Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22978, John Dunlap, Continental Mass.
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE Continental Mass. 
Dunlap, John 
Dorcas
NUMBER W.22978
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13.282 
District of Maine 
John Dunlap 
of Topham in the State of Mass who was a private in he regiment commanded by Colonel Phinney of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year 

Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of April 1818 - 

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of July 19 and sent to Josiah Stebbins 
Bath D. of Maine 

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 82.09
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819 48.00
10 mo 4/30 4/31
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$130.09
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{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
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3919. Maine 
Dorcas Dunlap 
widow of John Dunlap Mass
 who served in the Revolutionary war , as a private 
Inc. from $40 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the [crossed out: 4th day of March] of July, 1848. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Jany 1883 and sent to Dickens & Coombs Present 

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 9 Vol. 1

Date of death. not on AB
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John Dunlap 
Private Col Phinney 
Regt Mass Line 1776 - 1 year
Dec 27th Apl 1818 

The certificate of the Judge as to the credibility & disinterestedness the of within witnesses, is wanting 

Admitted

Apr 27
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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Lincoln COUNTY, SS. 

To the Hon John Stebbins a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, (called the Second Eastern circuit) which is a Court of record in the State of Massachusetts. 

The Declaration under oath of John Dunlap formerly a private Soldier engaged in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the town of Topsham County of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts respectfully sheweth --- 

THAT the said John Dunlap enlisted into Captain Yorks Company in 1 Colonel Tiernys Regiment Mass line in the month of January 1776 for one year and entered to of serve in the same Company and Regiment untill the month of January 1777 at which time he was honorably discharged at Albany in the State of New York which discharge was lost twenty years ago according to his best recollection and has not been able to find it since. 

And the declaration further sheweth, that the said John Dunlap is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the town of Topsham county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts, and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support.He is Sixty four years of age 

Therefore the said John Dunlap conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, ""An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, "" approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit
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the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable, the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided. 
John Dunlap

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS Lincoln County ss }
Personally appeared John Dunlap of the town of Topsham county of Lincoln, and State lf Massachusetts, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing declaration, are in all respects just and true. 

Sworn and subscribed before me this 27th day of Apr 1818, Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the C.C.C.P. E.C. 

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS Lincoln County ss }
Personally appeared Samuel Eaton & Joseph Ross and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that they are personally acquainted with John Dunlap late a Soldier in Colonel Henry's Regt of Mass line in the Revolutionary Army to and each know that he served agreeable to the with declaration having served in the same Company and Regiment with him 
Samuel Eaton
Joseph Ross

Sworn and subscribed before me this 27th day of Apr 1818, Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2d E.C. J

uly 6. 1819. I hereby certify that the aforesaid Samuel Eaton and Joseph Ross, appear to me, on satisfactory inquiry, to be disinterested and credible. Josiah Stebbins
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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, LINCOLN COUNTY, SS.} 
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Twenty seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, called the second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts. which is a Court of record, personally appeared the aforesaid John Dunlap who being by me duly sworn to in the foregoing Declaration and having duly subscribed the same,  hath testified and declared as therein expressed and on examination & inquiry it appears to me that by reason of his circumstances in life, that he is in need of assistance of his country for support

WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said John Dunlap did serve in the Infantry of the United States as a Private Soldier in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant ; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War. 

GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, at Nascacet this twenty seventh day of April  in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 
Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the C.C.C.P. E.C. 

Lincoln SS
I Nath'l Coffin Clerk of the just judicial court  within and for the county of Lincoln herby certify that Josiah Stebbins is a Judge of the court of common pleas for the second county circuit comprising counties of Lincoln, Kennebec & Susan, and  that the foregoing on severally his signatures 

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and half on this 27th day of April 
Nath Coffin 1818
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State of Maine County of Lincoln 

on this sixth day of September in the year of one Lord one Thousand eight hundred & thirty eight personally appeared before the undersigned, one of the Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine at a Court bequest holden at Topsham within & for the County of Lincoln in the fourth Tuesday of August last, and in open Court, Dorcas Dunlap of Topsham aforesaid aged sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, named off July 7. 1832 entitled An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows. 

that she is the widow of John Dunlap, late of Topsham aforesaid deceased, who was a private in the army of the revolution. She has no documentary evidence in support of her claim & does not know the time of his enlistment, the company in which he served, nor the commencement or of his service nor the other particulars, usually stated in cases of this kind, for want of recollection, it being so long mine her husbands decease. When he enlisted he resided at Topham & she refers to the records & files of the War Department & to the evidence accompanying be said husbands application for a pension under the act of Congress of March 18. 1818, which was granted to him the same year & which was duly paid to this applicant after his decease 

She further declares that she was married to the said John Dunlap on the twentieth day of August seventeen hundred & eighty six; that her husband the aforesaid John Dunlap died at said Topsham on the twenty fifth day of October eighteen hundred & eighteen; that the was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz at the time above stated 
Dorcas her X mark Dunlap

Witness to Dorcas Dunlap's mark
Joshua Haskell 

Sworn to  and subcribed, on the day & year above written, before 
Asa Redington, Just C.C. Pleas
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I Abner Danforth of Litchfield in the County of Lincoln aged seventy six years, on oath declare, that I am consin to Dorcas Dunlap, the widow of John Dunlap, a revolutionary soldier, late of Topsham in the County of Lincoln, and was intimate with the said John & Doris from their childhood. her maiden name was Dorcas Sparks. I was myself married to my wife, now at Litchfield and seven years older than myself in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one or therewith at the age of nineteen years, I perfectly well remember that I attended the wedding of the said John and Dorcas, which was solemnized by Samuel Thomson Esq a Justice of the Peace and frequently solemnizing damages, at the house of Samuel Eaton, my brother in law, now deceased. The only persons present, as I can recollect were the said Eaton & his wife now also deceased, the magistrate, also deceased, & my wife & myself with a young child of ours. From these circumstances I am confident that the marriage took place within a very few years, not exceeding years after my own marriage. remember it was in the summer season. I resided in Brunswick at that time and remember seeing the publishment of the banns in both of the adjoining towns of Brunswick & Topsham, and am also confident that the marriage took place immediately after the publishments aforesaid. I am positive that the said John & Dorcas were married before the year seventeen hundred & ninety four 
Witness Joshua Haskell 
Abner his X mark Danforth 

State of Maine County of Cumberland ⎬ Brunswick December 15. 1838. 
Then the above named Abner Danforth a person of good reputation for truth and veracity personally appeared and was duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing declaration before Eben Everett Justice of the Peace
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I certify that the intentions of marriage between John Dunlap Junr and Dorcas Spark's appear to have been duly entered on the records of the town of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine as follows viz "Mr John Dunlap Junr of Topsham and Mrs Dorcas Sparks of Brunswick intend marriage. July tenth, seventeen hundred and eighty six"

I further certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, on July 10, 1786. 
Nathl Badger Town Clerk of Brunswick 

I Nathaniel Badger above named depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the County town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of the said town with the exception above named as certified by me . I further depose, that I cannot find on the records of said town any entry by which it appears that the said parties were joined in marriage 
Nathl Budger 

State of Maine Cumberland SS ⎬ Brunswick December 15. 1838. 
Sworn to before me by the said Nathaniel 
Eben Everett Justice of the Peace
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I David Dunlap of Topsham in the State of Maine aged forty four years on the eighteenth day of February last part, on oath declare that I am the third child of John Dunlap late of said Topsham & Dorcas Dunlap his wife. The first child was my sister Anne Burgen now aged fifty years & the second child was my sister Rebecca Dunlap aged forty seven years, both now living & both of whom I have no doubt were born after the intermarriage of my said father & mother. There is not to my knowledge any record of marriages & deaths in one family at this time & I have no knowledge of such a record ever having been kept; neither have I ever seen any record of the marriage of my father & mother & have no reason to believe that there is any. my fathers estate was settled with the usual form of law, my mother was appointed administratrix & his property was duly distributed amongst all the children & my mother, no doubt being suggested or to my knowledge existing as to the marriage. I further testify & say that according to my best knowledge and belief my said father died in the month of October in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen and I am positive of the fact that he died after the time when he applied for his pension under the Act of 1818 and the time when it was received by my mother as I omited her in obtaining the same then the hand of her agent 
David Dunlap 

I further testify and my that my mother the said Dorcas Dunlap is now living and an applicant for a pension and that she is still the widow of the said John Dunlap my father deceased, and has not been married to any other person. 
David Dunlap
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State of Maine Cumberland SS Brunswick December 21. 1838. Then personally David Dunlap, above named, a person of fair reputation for truth and veracity, and was duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed, the word John having been previously written over the word David erased in the third line from the bottom, before Eben Everett, Justice of the Peace 

State of Maine Cumberland ss. 
I Charles Fox Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Cumberland & State of Maine, do hereby certify that Ebenezer Everett Esquire is Magistrate, duly commissioned as such to act within said County and I further certify that the several signatures sit to these papers and purporting to be his are his genuine signatures 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this Seventh day of January A.D. 1839- 
Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Cumberland
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June 24, 1935

Blanche M. Bryant 10 Everett Street Brunswick, Maine

BA-J/EEL John Dunlap-W.22978

Dear Madam:
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of John Dunlap are not shown. 

While residing at Topsham, Massachusetts (Maine), John Dunlap enlisted in January, 1776, served in Captain York's Company, Colonel Phinney's Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged in January, 1777. 

Sol in Mass S&S Vol 6. page 55

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-four years and resided in Topsham, Massachusetts (Maine). 

He died at said Topsham, October 25, 1818. 

The soldier married August 20, 1786, Miss Dorkis or Dorcas Sparks. He was then of Topsham and she of Brunswick and their intention of marriage was recorded on the town records of Topsham as of July 8, 1786, and on the records of Brunswick, as of July 10, 1786. 

Soldier's widow, Dorcas, was allowed pension on her application executed September 6, 1838, at which time she was aged sixty- eight years and resided in Topsham, Maine. 

The names of three children are shown as follows: Anne Dunlap, the eldest, aged 50 years in 1838, married - Durger. Rebecca Dunlap, second child, aged 47 in 1838. David Dunlap, third child, born February 18, 1794, in 1833, residing in Topsham Maine.. 

The name Charlotte B. Dunlap appears in 1833, no relationship show.
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In 1838, Abner Danforth then aged seventy-six years and a reident of Litchfield, Lincoln County, Maine, stated that he was a cousin of the widow, Dorcas Dunlap, and that he was present at her marriage to John Dunlap which took place at the home of his (Abner Danforth's) brother-in-law, Samuel Caton; name of town and state not shown. Said Abner stated that he was married in 1781 or about that time and that his wife, her name not given, was seven years older than he There are no further family data. Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator,
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Rev WIDOW, &c.
 File No. 22978 
Dorcas Dunlap Widow of John Dunlap 
Pri Rev War --- 
Act Feb 2d 48 
Index: Vol A, Page 201 
[Arrangement of 1870]
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1935 June 24 - Hist to Blanche M. Bryant E
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Maine 3053 --- Dorcas Dunlap 
widow of John Dunlap who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 Mar. '18 and who died on the 25 Oct 1818 of Lincoln in the State of Maine who was a Pri. in the County commanded by Captain of the Reg commanded by Phinney in the Mass line for 12 mon and 2 ds 

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of June 29, iaand sent E. Everett Brunswick, Me. 

Arrears to the 4th of March $120.00 Semiannual allowance ending 20.00
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$140.00 
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Act July 7, 1838. 

Recorded by R Burdine Clerk 
Book A Vol. 1 Page 7
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3919
Maine
Dorcas Dunlap
widow of John
who served in the Revolutionary War as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 dollars --- cents per annum to commence in the 4th day of March, 1848

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Feby 1849 and sent to Hon N. Clapp

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners February 2 1848 Page 9 Vol 1

Reported July 16/49
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Maine 1053 Dorcas Dunlap widow of John Dunlap who was a Private in the Mass line for 12 months 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of July, 1843 and sent to Eben Everett Brunswick Maine 

Act of March 3, 1843.} 
Recorded in Book A Vol 1. Page 3
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[sideways]
Jan 15, 1839
4496 
Maine
7 July 1838

[normal]
free
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington Dist. Col.
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[sideways] Jan 15, 1839 
4496  
Maine 

7 July 1838  

[normal] free 
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington Dist. Col.
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Brunswich, Me January 7. 1839
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions 
Sir I enclose the application and voucher of Mrs Dorcas Dunlap for a pension under the act of July 7. 1838. When examined, if found correct please forward the certificate & yours, very respectfully
Eben Everett
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I certify that the intention of Marriage between Mr John Dulap and his Dorkis Sparks appears to have been duly entered on the records of the Town of Topsham in the County of Lincoln and state of Maine as follows Va . 

Mr. John Dunlap of Topsham and Miss Dorcas Sparks of Brunswick entered marriage July the eighth Seventeen hundred and Eighty Six 

I further certify that the above is a true copy of the record with exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz July 8, 1786.
O. E. Frost Town Clerk of Topsham

I Obadiah E Frost above named depose and say that I hold the office of town Clerk in the County Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of the said Town with the exception above named as certified by me. I further depose that I cannot find on the records of said Town any entry  by which it appears that the said parties are joined in Marriage 
Obadiah E Frost 

State of Maine Cumberland SS
Brunswick December 22. 1848 Then the above named Obediah E. Frost, a person of good reputation for truth, appeared and was duly sworn to the truth of the foregoing declarations before 
Eben Everett, Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine. Lincoln County SS 
On this twenty second day of April AD 1843, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace of the said County of Lincoln, Dorcas Dunlap a resident of Topsham in the said County of Lincoln, aged seventy two 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 the act of Congress passed on the third day of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary War 

That she is the Widow of John Dunlap, late of said Topsham who was a private in the Revolution and a pensioner under the act of Congress passed March 18, 1818 and died in the action of the same year 1818, and whose pension was paid to this applicant to the time of his death; that she cannot state the regiment or corps in which her said husband served, but for these particulars refers to the declaration of her said husband duly filed in the pension office in 1818 & the evidence thereto pertaining, and that under the act of July 7. 1838 she became herself a pensioner at the rate of forty dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow 
Dorcas her X mark Dunlap
Witnesses to Dorcas Dunlap's mark, the word "forty" her having been first inserted 
Eben Everett 
Nathl Green 

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, before Nathl Green Justice of the Peace 

Lincoln Ss April 22. 1843. I further certify that the declarant Dorcas Dunlop above named is personally known to me & has been for upwards of thirty years, that she is a person of good reputation for truth, and I have no doubt of the truth of the facts above stated. Nathl Green Justice of the Peace
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4496 
Dunlap 
me 
Act 7 July 38.
m. 86 d. 18. 

Admd 12 mo pri
40$

No deduction 

Eben. Everett Brunswick M
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State of Maine Lincoln SS
I Jacob Smith Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the County of Lincoln, do certify that the Hon. Asa Redington whose signature is affixed to the within is duly commissioned and qualified as Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine, and that his signature so affixed is genuine 

In testimony I have hereunto set my hand & seal of the Court judicial Court this 28th day of December A.D. 1838. Jacob Smith, Clerk,
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Declaration for the benefit of the Joint Resolution of Congress passed July 1, 1848 
State of Maine 
On this 22 day of March AD 1850 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Lincoln Dorcas Dunlap a resident of Topsham in the County aforesaid who being duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of 1838 1843, 1844 & 1848 and the Joint Resolution aforesaid 

And this declarant states that she is the widow of John Dunlap late of Topsham decd She states that her husband was a resident of Topsham in the time of the Revolution and as she believes served on Continental establishment for one year or more, and that he was placed on the pension list of the Maine Agency under the act of March 18th 1818 at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum, which pension he received for a short time only and that he died October 25th 1818.

Your declarant further states that she was married to the said John Dunlap prior to 1794 as will appear by the evidence in her original declarations and that she is now
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a pensioner under the act of 2d February 1848 and has received the benefits of the acts of July 7th 1838 March 3d 1843. June 17th 1844 and the act aforesaid at the rate of Forty dollars per annum. She therefore claims a pension of Ninety six dollars per annum 
Dorcas her X mark Dunlap

Witness Freeman Bradford 

Then personally appeared the above named Dorcas Dunlap known to me as a person of truth and whom I know to be the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration and made oath that the same is true Before me Nathaniel Walker Jus Peace
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1439
Dorcas Dunlap

$40 per a

Eben. Everett
Brunswick
Maine
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STATE OF MAINE LINCOLN, ss. 

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN  I, Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby CERTIFY that Nathaniel Green Esqr whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as a Justice of the Peace is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the name, so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known. In Testimony Thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the SEAL of the District Court for the Middle District Court this 27th day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three 
Jacob Smith CLERK.
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Dorcas Dunlap
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STATE OF MAINE CUMBERLAND, SS. 
Clerk's Ofire Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, March 23rd A.D. 1850 

To Charles C. Harmon, CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS, In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that Nathaniel Walker is an Acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Lincoln annexed; as appears by the paper hereto that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Walker  is dated July 21 A.D. 1848. and will expire July 21.A. D. 1855 and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his is Genuine. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State the day and year first above written. Chas H. Harmon CLERK.
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Aa
1053

AP '07
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STATE OF MAINE. CUMBERLAND, SS. Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, Sept. 21st, A. D. 1848 
Charles C. Harmon CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS, In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that Nathaniel Walker, is an ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE within and for the County of Lincoln as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Walker is dated July 21st A. D. 1848, and will expire July 21st July 21st A. D. 1855. Acting Justice of the Peace, and that the and following SIGNATURE purporting to be his Genuine.  

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State the day and year first above written. Chas C. Hannon CLERK.
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State of Maine County of Lincoln SS
On this eighteenth day of September A.D. 1848, personally appeared, before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Dorcas Dunlap a resident of Topsham in the County of Lincoln State of Maine, aged seventy 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of John Dunlap who was a private in Revolutionary War, in Captain [blank] Company in Col [blank] Regiment 

she further declares that she is still a widow and has received the benefits of the Acts of Congress passed the 7 of July 1838, 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844 at the rate of Forty dollars per Annum 
Witness Charlotte B. Dunlap 
Dorcas her X mark  

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written Before me Nathaniel Walker Justice of the Peace 

I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me to be the identical person the stated as above and that the word seven was interlined before signing Nathaniel Walker Justice of the Peace
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Oct 7

Inc to $96 ded $40
per annum comm'g 1 July 1848
3919

Not on file

Dicken Records 
Present
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Washington 11 Oct 1850 

Sir,
Enclosed we present the claim of Dorcas Dunlap for an increased pension we also return her certificate for a more 
Respectfully Dickens & Coombs 
James L Edwards Esq Com of Pensions
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re Dorcas Dunlap 
Payment to be made at Portland by Wm Woodbury Esq Agent for paying Pensioner, in the Agency of Maine 

Payable on the 4th September and 4th March 

Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 9 Vol 1
Lev Jenkins Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT. WIDOW'S PENSION. 
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2, 1848, Dorcas Dunlap widow of John Dunlap who was a Private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty dollars and - - cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. 

Given at the War Office of the United States this 16th day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty nine . Mass Secretary of War. 
M. L Marcy

Examined and Countersigned. 
J. G. Burt for Commissioner of Pensions
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June 24, 1935
Blanche M. Bryant 10 Everett Street Brunswick, Maine
BA-J/EEL

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request for Miss Alice S. Dunning, Cumberland Street, Brunswick, Maine, the records of Dorcas Dunlap, listed '40, age 76, Lincoln County, residence, Topsham, John Dunlap, '35, age 64, Lincoln County, died October 25, 1818, and for Miss Frances M. Woodside, Summer Street, Brunswick, data on Desire Mathews, listed '40, age 78, Kennebec County, residence Vassalborough. 

The records of John Dunlap, widow Dorcas (W.22928) and James Mathews, widow Desire (W.23909) are furnished you herewith. 
Very truly yours A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.