Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2165, for John Pope, Massachusetts
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And I, the said Judge hereby certify
that the said Sarah Pope did not
make the above Declaration in
open Court, she being unable tin
consequence of old age and bodily
infirmity to appear in Court
for that purpose.

S. Leland Judge of Probate
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Boston, March 30th 1855



I hereby certify, that at the date of the attestations hereto annexed Lewis Pierce and Ebenezer Tolman
were Justices of the Peace for the County of 
Norfolk

in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that
to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and 
ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal
of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
{Seal} 

E.M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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September and 6th March ---Recorded in the Pension Offices on the Roll
of Pensioners under act 1343--- Page 65 Vol 1 Book D"
Edward C. Clarke, Clerk

She further states that she was married to the said John Pope in Dorchester
on the fourteenth day of February A.D. 1799, by one Thaddeus Mason Harris
a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Davis;
That her said husband died at Dorchester on the thirteenth day of
November A.D. 1834, and that she is now a widow.
          She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining
the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved
March id. 1855-- and she prays that the certificate thereof may be
sent for her to Ebenezer Tolman, Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Sarah Pope

State of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk   SS.

                We, Robert Vose and Robert Vose Jr.,
residents of Dorchester in the States of Massachusetts upon our oaths
declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by
Sarah Pope in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and
statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents
herself to be.

Robert Vose
Robert Vose Jr.

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed
before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know
the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she
represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.

Eben Tolman  Justice of the Peace
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Revy. WIDOW, &C.

File No. 2165

Sarah Pope
Widow
John Pope
Pvi. Rev. War.

Act Jul 29,1848

Index:--Vol. M. Page 134
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Post Office Dorchester Mass
Sept 16, 1833

Dear Sir

         Your esteemed favour of the
wh instant came to hand this morning
in compliance with your direction I herein
enclose the Certificate of John Pope,
which we rec'd and can assure you that
the additional amt which your note
promises as he is entitled to, will amply
compensate the aged veteran for waiting.
Please enclose to my call and you
will much oblige & Sir
yr most obt. servant

Robert Vose
Post Master

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commr. of Pensions
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk SS.  Dorchester April 6, 1849

I Eben Tolman, the subscriber do hereby certify
that it appears by the Registry of Marriages, in the Town of
Dorchester that it contains the following entry of Marriage viz:
"Mr. John Pope to Miss Sarah Davis, both of Dorchester.
February fourteenth day in the year of our Lord One
thousand seven hundred and ninety nine.
The foregoing is a true copy of the entry of the Marriage in the
records of Dorchester with the exception of the date which is expressed
in the record in fair legible figures as follows viz: "February 14th 1799."
          I Eben Tolman above named depose and say that I
held the Office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid
and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Dorchester
with the exception above named as certified by me

Eben Tolman Town Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk S.S.   Dorchester April 6, 1849
          Then personally appeared the above named
Eben Tolman and made oath that the above certificate
of Marriage was a correct copy from Dorchester records.

Before me   Robert Vose
Justice of the Peace