Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11,144, for Elijah Rice, Massachusetts
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for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land
to which she may be entitled under the Act
approved March 3d 1855.
Witness    (signed) Margaret S. X Rice her mark

We Imri Woods and John Peters
residents of Henniker in the State of New
Hampshire upon our oaths declare that
the foregoing declaration was signed &
and acknowledged by Margaret S
Rice in our presence; and that we know
from personal knowlede that the said
Margaret S. Rice is the identical person
she represents herself to be and that the
still remains a widow.
Imri Woods
John Peters

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
be credible persons: that the claimant is the person
she represents herself to be & that I have no interest
in this claim.
Stephen K Hoyt
Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord,
April 30 1856
I hereby certify that the date of the annexed
attestation Stephen K Hoyt was a Justice
of the Peace for the County of Merrimack
in the said State duly commissioned and qualified, and that his
ads 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 State, the
date above written. 
Lemuel N. Pattee
Secretary of State.
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Old deed returned
Triplitt
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State of New Hampshirr,
Secretary's Office, Concord,
May 7th 1856
I hereby certify, That at the date of the annexed
attestations, L.D. Stevens and Stephen K. Hoyt
were Justices of the Peace for the County of Merrimack
in the said State duly commissioned and qualified; and that 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 State, the
date above written.
Lemuel N. Pattee
Secretary of State
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State of New Hampshire
County of Merrimack SS. On this
sixth day of May in the
year Eighteen hundred and fifty six before
me Matthew Harvey, Judge of the United States
District Court within and for the District
of New Hampshire personally appeared
Margaret S. Rice a resident of Henniker
in the State and County aforesaid aged
Eighty Six years, who first being 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 on the 3d day of
February 1853, granting pensions to widows of
persons who served during the revolutionary war:
that she is the widow of Elijah
Rice who, at the time he entered service
in said war was a resident of the town of
Grafton in the County of Worcester and
State of Massachusetts; that he served
in the Company of Captain Luke
Drury who was under the command
of Colonel or General Ward in Mass.
Militia as Drummer: that she is
unable to state precisely the length of time
that her said husband was in service
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston
May 8th 1856.
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 Elijah Rice is borne on return
of Capt. Luke Drury's Comp. Col.
Jonathan Ward's Regt. name borne
on Coat Roll dated Nov. 3. 1775, as
Drummer, from Grafton. 8 mos. ser.
Sec. fac simile in pencil above as
requested.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal
of the Commonwealth, the date above written
W. DeWitt
Secretary of the Common
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I Edward B Whitman of Henniker in the County
of Marimack and State of New Hampshire
on oath testify and say that the
annexed deed was among the evidence
of title which decended to me from my
great uncle Daniel Whitman mentioned
in said deed; that I now own
the land described in said deed:
that the Elijah Rice who signed said
deed was the husband of Margaret
S. Rice of said Henriker who is now
making application for pension on account
of his services in the war of the Revolution:
that I have no interest in her claim.
Edward B. Whitman

State of New Hampshire
County of Marimack 5 May 6. 1856
subscribed and sworn to before me: and
I certify that the affiant is known
to me and is a credible witness.
Stephen K Hoyt
Justice of the Peace
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I Samuel Wadsworth of Henniker in the
County of Merrimack and State of New
Hampshire on oath testify and say
that I am Eighty three years of age
and over and have lived in said
town of Henniker for most of the
time for the last eighty years: that I
was born in the town of Grafton and
State of Massachusetts: that I was well
acquainted with Elijah Rice formerly
of said Henniker and now deceased.
that said Elijah Rice was born in said
town of Grafton and came to said
Henniker, after I came that my father
moved from said Grafton to said
Henniker in May 1775: that I have
often heard said Elijah Rice speak
of being out in service in the war of
the Revolution: that he has told me
that he was stationed at Cambridge Mass
and he had a cannon ball in his
possession which I have seen many
times and which said Rice said
was shot by the British in Boston and
struck the under pinning of the house in
Cambridge Port where he was quartered:
that said Rice was generally reputed
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 1844
Margaret S. Rice
Wid of 
Elijah Rice
Certifd. Rev. War
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Act: Feby 3d, 1833

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(stamps)
FREE  CONCORD, N.H. April 2

Hon. Josiah Minot
Comms. of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

(sideways) 241.097
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Concord N.H. May 9. 1856
Sir
I herewith forward the application
of Margaret S. Rice widow of Elijah
for pension under the 2d Section of the
Act of 3 February 1853.
If it is not inconsistent with
the rules of the Office I should like to have
the old Deed Signed by Elijah Rice
& attached to the declaration, returned, as the
person in whose possession I found it
desires to have it returned to him.
I am respectfully
Your Obt Servt,
L. D. Stevens

Hon Josiah Minot
Commr of Pensions
Washington D.C.