Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,540, for Thomas Moore, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Mass Moore, Thomas W. 18.540
Mary
CONTENTS
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9199
Vermont
Thomas Moore
of Chelsea in the State of Ver.
who was a Pri in the Com commanded 
by Captain Bent of the Reg commanded
by Col. Greator in the Massa
line for 11 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Vert.
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annym
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of April
1833 and sent John 
W. Smith, Chelsea, Vt
Arrears to the 4th of March 33 $73.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep 4 33. 18.33
$91.65
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 77
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[left side] 4172
Vermont Minitpld
Mary Moore
widow of Thomas
Mass 
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
payable to children
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
36 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848
ending 16 June 1848
Certificate of Pension issued this 
day of
and sent to John W. Smith
Chelsea
Vt
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 2, 1848 Page 68 Vol. 2
[right side] noy
Reported
Mch 6/49
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Thomas Moore
Declaration
Chelsea
No 9.565 Vt
admit
11 mo
$36.66
Make returns  to
John W Smith
Chelsea Orange
County Vermont
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State of Vermont,
ORANGE COUNTY SS.} At Chelsea in said County on this 21st day of August A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court before Hon. Titus Hutchinson Daniel Cable Thomas James Justices of the County Court of said Orange County, now setting, being a Court of Record Thomas Moore a resident of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.- that in the year 1775 he resided in Stoughton in the County of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, and that on the 19th day of April of that year being the day of the Lexington battle volunteers were called for to march immediately to Boston & that he volunteered afs the sd 19th of April in the Company commanded by Capt William Bent Lieut. Theophilus Lyon & Ensign Isaiah Bussey in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Greaton & Lieut. Col Vose. that he was marched towards Boston in 2 hours after volunteering & went to Brighton the first day. & from thence to Boston next Dorchester & Cambridge and was thence on guard & in active service until the first day of May following, on which day & year he returned to Stoughton afs having been verbally discharged at Dorchester afsd and enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt Wm Bent Lieut Lyon & Ensign Isaiah Bussey, in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Greaton in the Regular Army of the United States according to his best recollection. that his enlistment was for the term of eight months that he was marched on the same day back towards Boston & was mustered at Dorchester on the day following from thence they went to Squantum eastwardly of Boston & were there stationed till July following & from thence they  marched to Cambridge where they were stationed till the first of January 1776. when he received a written discharge for 8 months service. that while at Cambridge they were employed in building fortifications & on guard that in 1785 on the 29th day of Sept the sd Moore then residing in sd Chelsea his house accidentally took fire & was consumed with  all its contents & his discharge was burnt
Also that about the first day of December 1776 being then at Stoughton afsd he volunteered in the service of the United States in the company company commanded by Capt. William Babcock & Lieut. Talbott & Ensign Mouse in the Regiment commanded by Col. Lovell in Gen. Lincoln's Division that he marched from Stoughton afsd on the 19th day of December 1776. that he marched to Providence from thence to Danbury, Connecticut & from thence to Tarry Town & West Chester N.Y. that they crossed North River at Peekskill or near there & from thence to Morristown in New Jersey & Veil Town where they were stationed about 15 days & that he was discharged at Morristown in New Jersey on the 19th day of March 1777 that being the expiration of his term of enlistment which was three months & that his discharge was burnt as above stated and that he has no documentary evidence in his possession to prove his services above stated and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services and that his name was Thomas Moore Jr when he performed the above services that he finds no testimony in his case except the deposition of Samuel Moore
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to a pension, or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. to his knowledge
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, 
Thomas Moore 
JC. E.G. McLaughlen Clerk
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We Calvin Noble Minister of Gospel residing in Chelsea in said County of Orange and Josiah Dana residing in the said Chelsea hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Moore who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Calvin Noble
Josiah Dana Notary public
JC E.G. McLaughlen Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Calvin Noble who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in Chelsea in said County, and that Josiah Dana who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
JC E G McLaughlen Clerk
I H E G McLaughlen Clerk of the County Court of Orange County aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Moore of sd Chelsea for a pension. In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 24 day of August A.D. 1832.
JC. E G. Mc Laughlen CLERK.
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9471
[crossed out] Mary Moore
Vermt
Act 7th July 38
Rejected
husband died
oct 19 '42
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State of Vermont
Orange County Ss} On this 2d day of August A.D. 1843 personally appeared before the Hon. Probate Court for the District of Randolph. being a Court of Record Mary Moore a resident of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged 80 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by act of Congress passed July 7.1838. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. 
That she is the widow of Thomas Moore deceased who was a soldier in the revolutionary war and drew a pension from the United States under the act of June 7. 1832 of thirty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum to the time of his death which was on the 19th day of October AD 1842- and that under the act of July 7.1838. she is entitled to a pension of thirty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum from the 4th of March 1836 to the 4th of March 1841. as she believes
 She also declares that she was married to the said Thomas Moore on the 1st of December 1780. (one thousand seven hundred & eighty)- and that her husband the aforesaid Thomas Moore died on the 19th day of October 1842- that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated- and that she has not since married but continues as a widow-
Mary [her X mark] Moore
Witness J.M. Smith
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before D. F. Weymouth Register of said Court
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State of Vermont
Orange County
Probate District of Randolph ss.}
At a session of the Probate Court within and for said district of Randolph holden at Chelsea on the 2nd day of August A.D. 1843
Present Hon. John Colby Judge
When personally appeared Mary Moore of said Chelsea widow of Thomas Moore late of said Chelsea deceased 
and made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration signed by her is the truth and nothing but the truth.-
In testimony whereof I D.F. Weymouth Register of said Probate Court hereunto affix the seal of said Court and subscribe my name at Chelsea this 2nd day of July A.D. 1843
By Order of said Court
D.F. Weymouth Register
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I Hannah Allen of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged 78 years depose testify and say that I removed with my husband Sloman Allen from Royalton to Chelsea in the year 1790. and have resided in Chelsea ever since. and I have been acquainted with Thomas Moore and his wife Mary Moore ever since. they have lived together ever since that period as husband and wife. until the decease of the said Thomas some time last fall- They had a large family of Children. and when I removed to Chelsea they had several children three or four some of whom are still living. The said Mary Moore is still living. and is still the widow of the said Thomas Moore. and is a reputable and credible woman. but has failed in her mental faculties.
Hannah Allen
Sworn to and subscribed this 12th day of July AD 1843. before me 
John M. Smith Justice Peace
I also certify that the said Hannah Allen is a person well known to me as a credible witness
John M Smith Justice of the Peace
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I Enos Smith of Chelsea in the County of Orange & State of Vermont aged 82 years a pensioner of the United States depose testify and say that I removed from Belchertown Massachusetts to said Chelsea in the spring of 1784. according to my best recollection and lived in the family of Thomas Moore and Mary his wife for several years until I married and had a family of my own
they came from Winchester NH. a few years before I came to Chelsea and had lived in Chelsea one or two years as I then understood and verily believe. when I removed to Chelsea I have lived in Chelsea ever since and have been well acquainted with the said Thomas Moore and his wife Mary Moore. They had three children Nathaniel, Mary and Arethusa when I came in to their family to live in 1784. and they rais a large and respectable family of children most of whom are now living and they have always lived together as husband and wife untill the said Thomas Moore was removed by death in October 1842- and the widow Mary Moore is still living- the said Thomas Moore was a pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7.1832 and drew thirty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum during his life
Enos [his X mark] Smith
Witness
J.W. Smith
S.P. Smith 
Sworn to and Subscribed this 21st day of July AD 1843 before me
John W. Smith Justice of the Peace
I also certify that Enos Smith above named is personally known to me as a credible witness
John W. Smith. Justice of the Peace
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Sarah Bond
Deposition
[left side]
1779- 83
62
21
62
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I Sarah Bond of Thetford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged eighty three years, depose testify and say that I have been acquainted with Mary Moore of Chelsea in sd County ever since and before she was married to Thomas Moore late of Chelsea deceased
I knew her several years before her marriage afsd. I lived in Winchester N.H. when I was married which took place in December 1779. and I had one child when Thomas Moore and his widow Mary Moore then Mary Whiting were married. I did not attend their wedding I lived about three miles from the Moores but I was connected with that family by marriage and well recollect it and according to my best recollection it took place between the birth of my first and second child and my oldest child Amasa Bond is now 63 years old. And according to my best recollection they were married in 1780 or 1781. I cannot recollect the year with certainty nor the month. tho I once knew perfectly
I had but two children when we, my husband & myself & Samuel Moore brother of Thomas afsd & wife who married my Sister and the said Thomas Moore and wife removed to Chelsea. and have known them well ever since. I am well acquainted with Enos Smith of Chelsea who removed to Chelsea soon after we removed there- and also with Hannah Allen who removed Chelsea a few years after us. we were among the first settlers
The sd Mary Moore was married at Winchester afsd.
Sarah [her X mark]  Bond
Witness J. W. Smith
S J Moore
Sworn to and Subscribed this 7th day July 1843 before me John W Smith. Justice Peace
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I also certify that the within named Sarah Bond is a person well known to me as a credible witness
John W Smith Justice Peace
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I Amos S. Hatch of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged 40 years depose testify and say that I am Town Clerk of said Chelsea and have the custody of the records of deeds & records of marriages births & deaths & other town records and that I find in ancient book of Records of marriages births and deaths the following record of the births of Thomas Moores Jr sd Children to Wit
Nathaniel son of Thomas Moore Jr and Molly his wife was born October 16. 1781-
Mary daughter to Thomas Moore and Mary his wife was born June 10. 1782-
Arethusa daughter to Thomas Moore and Mary his wife was born March 23 1783. and January 11.1786 departed this life-
Thomas Porter son to Thomas & Mary  his wife was born October 16 1785
Sarah daughter of Thomas Moore & Mary his wife was born December 20. 1787-
Leonard son of Thomas Moore and Mary his wife was born April 11. 1789-
William son of Thomas Moore and Mary his wife was born August 2d 1791-
Zebulon son to Thomas Moore and Mary his wife was born April 30 1793-
John son to Thomas Moore & Mary his wife was born May 12. 1796-
Salmon Joiner Son to Thomas Moore and Mary his wife was born May 6. 1801-
Certified by Thomas Moore
Attest Elihu Hyde, Town Clerk
A true Copy of Record
Attest Amos S Hatch Town Clerk
Sworn to and Subscribed this 21 day of July 1843
before John W. Smith
I further certify that the said Amos S. Hatch is Town Clerk and is a person well known to me as a credible witness
Att. JW Smith Justice Peace
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Winchester August 8.1843
J.W. Smith Esq.
Sir agreeable to your request I have made careful  examination of the record of marriages in my office and do not find any record of the marriage of Thomas Moore Jr and Mary Whiting or Molly Whiting
Yours Most Respectfully
J.W. Smith Esq. Daniel A. Severance
Town Clerk the Town of Winchester, N.H.
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Hon J L Edwards
Dear Sir
I send you enclosed the application and proof of Mary Moore of this town for a pension under the act of July 7.1838-
I can obtain no record proof of her marriage and presume that the accompanying proof will be deemed sufficient to establish that fact-
Resp your obt Servt
John W. Smith
Chelsea Vermont
Aug.10.1843-
Please send the return to me-
J.W.S.
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STATE OF VERMONT
Orange County,....ss.} I, Perley C. Jones Clerk of the County Court of the County of Orange in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
John W Smith
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 9th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signatures to the annexed affidavits is genuine.
Under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this 10th day of August A.D. 1843
Perley C. Jones, Clerk.
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I Thomas P. Moore of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged 58 years depose testify and say I am the son of Thomas & Mary Moore mentioned in the family record hereto annexed that my father and Mother removed from Winchester N.H. to Chelsea V.t.  as I was informed from early childhood and verily believe when they had but three children the youngest of whom Arethusa died afterwards & I am and even have been refuted to be the first man child born in Chelsea- I have lived in Chelsea ever since my birth and my father Thomas Moore and my Mother Mary Moore have always lived together as husband and wife from my earliest recollections to the time of his death which occurred on the 19th day of October 1842-
And my Mother Mary Moore is still living & is a widow
Thomas P. Moore
Sworn to and Subscribed this 21st day of July AD 1843
before me J.W. Smith. Justice Peace
I also certify that the said Thomas P Moore is a person well known to me as a credible witness
John W Smith Justice Peace
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No 2565
Vermont
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BRIEF in the case of Thos Moore of Chelsea
County of Orange in the State of Vermont
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 76
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[table headings] Period. | Duration of Service.  [subheading - Years, Months, Days.] | Rank. [subheading-As a] | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. [subheading-Gen.]  |
Apl 19 In 1775 | [blank] 1 11 | Private | Capt Wm Bent Coln Graeton Lt Col Vose
May " | [blank] 8 [blank | " | Capt Bent Col Graeton
Dec 1 1776 | [blank] 3 [blank] | " | Capt Babcock Col Lovell, Genl Lincoln
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Stoughton. Suffolk County, Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living & Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned
Jas Wilson Examining Clerk.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section [handwritten-MMHF]
August 13, 1924
H. D. Moore
953 Dexter Horton Bldg., 
Seattle, Wash.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim 18540 it appears that Thomas Moore while living in Stoughton, Suffolk County, Massachusetts enlisted April 19, 1775 and served as a private in Captain William Bent's Company, Colonel John Greaton's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged January 1, 1776.
He enlisted December 1, 1776, served as a private in Captain William Badcock's Company, Colonel Lovell's  Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged March 19, 1777.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832 while a resident of Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont aged seventy-six years. He died in said Chelsea October 19, 1842.
Soldier married December 1, 1780 in Winchester, New Hampshire, Mary Whiting who was allowed pension
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her application executed August 2, 1843 while living in Chelsea, Vermont aged eighty years. She died June 16, 1848 in Royalton, Vermont.
Their children were:
Nathaniel born October 16, 1781.
Mary " June 10, 1782, married Salmon Joiner.
Arethusa " March 23, 1783, died January 11, 1786.
Thomas Porter " October 16, 1785.
Sarah " December 20, 1787.
Leonard " April 11, 1789.
William " August 2, 1791.
Zebulon " April 30, 1793.
John " May 12, 1796.
Salmon Joiner " May 6, 1801.
Five children survived their mother: Mary Joiner, Thomas Porter, Leonard, John and Salmon Joiner.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner
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CERTIFICATE OF THE COURT AS TO THE DEATH OF A PENSIONER
STATE OF VERMONT
District of Randolph
Orange County, ss.} I Philander Perrin, Register of the Court of Probate in & for sd District at  a session thereof holden at Chelsea in and for District afsd on the 27th day of Feb 1849 do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Mary Moore, deceased was a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of 36 66/100 dollars per annum was a resident of the county of Orange in the State of Vermont and died in the Town of Royalton in the State of Vermont in the year 1848 on the 16th day of June that she left five children whose names are Mary Joiner, Thomas P. Moore Leonard Moore John Moore & Salmon J. Moore, all of age- that she was a pensioner as widow of Thomas Moore deceased under former widows pension acts till March.4.1848. and that John W Smith of Chelsea in said District is Administrator on her Estate and duly authorised by Law to receive the balance due to her or her heirs from government 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Chelsea this 27th day of Feby in the year of our Lord 1849.
Philander Perrin, Register
Pension Vermont 18  .
RECEIVED OF [blank] Agent for paying Pensions [blank] dollars
[blank] cents, being [blank] months and [blank] days of [blank] 18 [blank], to the day of [blank]  18 [blank], for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
Pension Agency,  Vermont 18  .
RECEIVED OF [blank] Agent for paying Pensions [blank] dollars
[blank] cents, being [blank] months and [blank] days of [blank] 18 [blank], to the day of [blank]  18 [blank], for which I have signed duplicate receipts.
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I Samuel Moore of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged 74 years depose testify and say that I am personally acquainted with Thomas Moore of Chelsea afsd. an applicant for a pension that in the year 1775 we both resided in Stoughton in the County of Suffolk & State of Massachusetts
In the year 1775 at the time of Lexington battle the said Thomas Moore went as a volunteer to Boston in the Company of Capt Bent., Lieut Lyon & Ensign Bussey in Col Gratons Regiment- the sd Thomas Moore enlisted on the first of May 1775 according to my best recollection for eight months under the same officers above mentioned and as  believe continued in the Army 8 months- I was at Dorchester while he was in his eight months service learning the trade of a Blacksmith and saw the said Thomas Moore several times when he was at Squantum & at Cambridge in his sd eight months service--I have always understood and believe that the sd Thomas served out his eight months- I also recollect that the sd Thomas Moore went a campaign to New York & New Jersey some time after his eight months service but I can not recollect the year- and I did not then live at home- but I always understood at that time and ever since that he was out in the service of the United States several months after his campaign in 1775--- the sd Thomas Moore is seventy six years old-
Samuel Moore
Witness John W. Smith
State of Vermont
Orange County ss.} At Chelsea in sd County
August 20 AD 1832
Personally appeared Samuel Moore personally known to me and a credible witness and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth
before me
John.W.Smith Justice Peace
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State of Vermont Orange County Clerks Office August 22d 1832 I H E G McLaughlen Clerk of Orange County Court hereby certify that John W. Smith before whom the foregoing Deposition was taken is a Justice of the Peace duly authorised to administer oaths and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day & year above written
H.E.G. McLaughlen Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 22 1843
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Thomas Moore is borne upon the eight month roll in the company of Capt Wm Bent Col Greatons regiment from April 27 1775 to Aug 1. & he is returned in Oct after which time there are no rolls of this Capt Bent for 1775
There are no rolls in this Office of Capt Babcock in Col Lovells regiment for 1776 and his name does not further appear
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone: and that said application and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno. A. Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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State of Vermont
Orange County Ss} Chelsea Oct 17.1843-
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his Office of the service of my husband Thomas Moore in the war of the revolution
My husband Thomas Moore deceased enlisted from the town of Stoughton, Massachusetts & Winchester N.H., in the year 1775 as a private in the Compy commanded by Capt William Bent Col Greatons & Lieut Col Vose Regiment and served as follows vis
one month & 11 days in 1775
eight months in same year same Co. & three mo. in 1776 in Capt Babcocks Co & Col Lovell & Gen Lincolns Regt-- and some other service afterwards as she believes which she cannot recollect or specify. and he was placed on the pension list under an act of June 7.1832 at $36.66 per annum which he drew till his death-
I am now 81 years old and my memory does not enable me to state the services of my said deceased husband more fully than I have above stated- And I do hereby constitute John W. Smith of Chelsea V.t. my attorney
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in the premises
Witness my hand this 17th day of October 1843
Mary [her X mark] Moore
Witness John.W.Smith
Signed by the said Mary Moore in my presence,
October 17 1843
Harry Barns Justice of the Peace
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Hon J.L. Edwards
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you the proof of the service of Thomas Moore in the case of his widow Mary Moore an applicant for a five years  pension-
I have experienced a long delay and incurred an expense of some $7.00 getting the enclosed proof. and I do not w exception the Certificate of the Secy of State as to the amount of service which it proves but I hope the evidence will be claimed sufficient. Please make return to me as soon as convenient-
Resp Sir Your Obt Servt
John.W.Smith
Chelsea Vt
Dec 4.1843-
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Mary Moore
Decd
Mary Moore,
under joint resolution of 25
January 1845 & act of
July.7.1838-
Adend: @ $36.66 per ann:
from 4 March, 1836 to
4 March, 1841-
John W. Smith Esq
Chelsea
Vemont.-
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23d of January 1845-
Whereas the act of the 30th of April 1844- prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner- I now make the following statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned-
I am the Widow of Thomas Moore late of Chelsea in the County of Orange, Vermont, deceased who was a soldier in the war of the revolution & drew a pension under the Act of June 7, 1832 of thirty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum- I have drawn a pension at the rate of $36.66 per annum from the fourth of March 1843 to the fourth of March 1844- and now ask for the amount due me from the fourth of March 1836 to the fourth of March 1841.-
E.F. Moore
Mary [her X mark] Moore
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 24th day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty five at Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont
John W. Smith Justice of the Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual as she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
John W Smith, Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF VERMONT
ORANGE COUNTY, SS.}
I, Calvin Blodgett Clerk of County Court of the County of Orange in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
John W Smith Esq
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four and will expire the thirtieth day of November next, and that his signature hereto affixed is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County Court, this 25th day of February A.D. 1845
Calvin Blodgett Clerk.
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Adm
Act 1848
436.66 per an
Ending 16th June 1848,
payable to surviving
children-
(names within
John W Smith 
Chelsea
Vt
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of Feby 2d 1848 entitled an act making further provisions for surviving widows & soldiers of the Revolution
State of Vermont
Orange County Ss} On this 27th day of February AD 1849, personally appeared before the Hon Probate Court in and for said Orange County, being a Court of Record- John W Smith a resident of Chelsea in said County and State afsd aged 56 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain as administrator on the estate of Mary Moore late of said Chelsea deceased the benefits of the provision made by act of Congress passed on the 2d of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That the said Mary Moore deceased was the widow of Thomas Moore deceased who was a soldier during the revolutionary war and drew a pension under the Act of June 7, 1832 of $36.66 per annum and that she drew a like pension of $36.66 per annum under the Act of June 17, 1844 as will fully appear by her & her sd husbands declarations at the War Department- & he further declares that at the decease of the said Mary she continued the widow of the said Thomas Moore, & that I am duly appointed administrator on the Estate of the said Mary Moore deceased & that she deceased at Royalton, in the State afsd on the 16th day of June AD 1848
John W Smith Admin
Sworn to and subscribed in Probate Court
this 27th day of February A.D. 1849, Before Philander Perrin, Register
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I also certify that the foregoing Declarant is personally known to me, as a credible witness.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Chelsea in sd District this 27th day of February A.D. 1849
Philander Perrin, Register
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Washington City
March 5, 1849
Dear Sir
I recd the inclosed letter and papers from the Hon John W. Smith of Chelsea in the County of Orange Vermont, but not in season to present them in person & as requested I now send them & request that attention may be given them and answer returned to him.
Respectfully Yours
J. Collamer
Col. J.L. Edwards Com. Pensions.
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Chelsea Feby 28.1849
Hon J. Collamer
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send you a Declaration and proff in case of Mary Moore the deceased Mother of Mr Salmon Joiner of Royalton for a 3 mo 12 days pension & should be pleased to have you present it to Mr Edwards & get a certificate. if can revisit before you leave the city
Also request Mr Edwards to forward me the certificate of Hannah Hackett the widow of Daniel Hackett sent some 4 months since. I need those you enclosed me in due season
Resp Sir Your Obt Servt
John W. Smith
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No 9471
Mary Moore
Vermt
Suspended
Set to J.W. Smith, Oct 10th 1843
"" Do Aug 22nd 44
Rejected tw
Act July 7 38
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[left side] 9208
Vermont Mnt
Mary Moore
widow of Tho Moore
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 19th Oct 1842
of Orange Co in the State of Vt
who was a Pri. in the compy
commanded by Captain Bent of the 
Regt. commanded by Col Greaton in
the Mass line for 11 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day 
of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of
April, 1843 and set to J.W. Smith
Chelsea, Vt
Total amount, $183.30
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Reorded by Tho Lumpkin, Clerk,
Book J Vol. 1 Page 133
[right side] Joint Reso: of Jany 23.'45
No. 150 Rejected
Page 42

[left side] Rejd
Joint Reso: of Jany
23rd 1843.
No 150
[right side] 6021
Vermont Mnst
Mary Moore widow of Thos Moore
who was a Private,
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
36 Dollars 66
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the
22 day of Augt. 1844
and sent to John W. Smith,
Chelsea
Vt
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 28.
Page 43

no. 6328
Mary Moore
Vt
Act 3d Mar. '43
addl
11 m.
paid
$36.66 per ann
Page 44

June 18, 1940
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mrs. Thomas J. Foley
Akron
New York
[handwritten-Her letter in (with arrow pointing to)]
Samuel Moore, S. 22403
Thomas Moore, W. 18540
RA-J/MHF: MLB
Dear Madam:
Your letter addressed to Mrs. Finch has been place in the proper channel for official reply in regard to Samuel Moore, the brother of Thomas Moore (W. 18540), Revolutionary War soldier, or any other brother, to aid you in obtaining the names of the parents of Thomas who was born sometime between 1775-1780. You state that Samuel Moore made affidavit in support of his brother's (Thomas') claim for pension.
A claim for pension has been found based upon service of a Samuel Moore of Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont, in 1832, then aged seventy-four years, just as described in the claim of Thomas, which you read, doubtless, when you were in this city. The papers in that claim for pension, Samuel Moore, S. 22403, have been examined, but no names of children are shown.
No other brothers of Thomas Moore can be identified, even if on file, without their full names.
You will recall that Thomas Moore, cited by you, had a son, Thomas Porter Moore, born October 16, 1785. His mother, Mary Moore, died in 1846, and he survived her.
Mrs. Finch is glad to know that you were not injured in the recent storm referred to in your letter.
Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[left side of page]
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
---
File No. 18540
Mary Moore
widow of
Thomas Moore
Pri Rev War
---
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index: -- Vol. M, Page 64
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[right side of page]
[illegible] 13 - Hist to H. D. Moore [illegible]
[illegible] June 18 - Mrs. T. J. Foley
[illegible] rel. to children
His [illegible] in Samuel Moore MNF
$22403 -
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OFFICERS
HARRY DENTON MOORE
PRESIDENT
PERCY BRADFORD HUNTING
IST VICK PRESIDENT
JOHN W. BELL, JUNIOR
2ND VICE PRESIDENT
JESSE MARTIN HITT
3RD VICE PRESIDENT
WALTER BURGES BEALS
REGISTRAR
JOHN CHARLES GREGORY
HISTORIAN
WILLIAM T. BEEKS
SECRETARY-TREASURER
EMPIRE BUILDING
SEATTLE

DR. AMBROSE M. BAILEY
CHAPLAIN
WILLIAM D. TOTTEN
STATE TRUSTEE
MEMBERS
BOARD OF MANAGERS
HERBERT EUGENE PECK
JOHN FRANK VAN DYKE
ELIAS A. WRIGHT
EDWARD JUDD
EDMUND ROBERT BOWDEN
WALTER JUDSON MILROY
CHARLES CARROLL BROWN
HARRY GRANT ROWLAND
SOLON T. WILLIAMS

Sons of the American Revolution
Washington State Society
July 17, 1924.

Commissioner of Pensions,
(Rev. War Records )
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
I wish to obtain a copy of any record you
may have of Thomas Moore, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, who served either in New Hampshire or Massachusetts Militia and who died and was buried at Chelsea Vt.
His wife was Mary Hamlin Moore, who died either at Chelsea or Royalton, Vt.
Thanking you very kindly, I remain,
Very truly yours,
H D Moore
HDM FP.
Address: 953 - Dexter Horton Bldg.,
Seattle, Washington.

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U.S.
PENSION
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JUL
23
1924
OFFICE