Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17809, Samuel Akley, Continental Mass.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE

Continental (Mass.)

Akley, Samuel
or
Ackley

NUMBER
S. 17809
B. L. Wk. 16102-160-55

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CONTENTS
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Samuel Akley
Declaration for a pension

Our final settlement certificate list, Obl:
3 page 14
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Original Claim

Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension list under the Act of the 18th of the 18th of March 1818. 

State of Vermont 
Windham County

On this 19th day of February 1827. Personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Marlboro in the State of Vermont, and in open Court, said Probate Court, being a Court of record according to the law of [unclear] State, begun and holden at Brattleboro in and for the District of Marlboro on the 19th day of Feb. AD. 1827. Samuel Akley resident of Halifax in [unclear] County. Aged Sixty two years. Who, being first sworn according to law, with on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions by the Acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the first of May 2820. That he, the said Samuel Akley enlisted in the service of the United States, in the revolutionary War, under the continental establishment for the term of three years. Enlisted in the Company of Capt. Jackson and the Regiment of Col. Crane, the first of March 1780 or 1781. enlisted in Topsham in the State of Mass: in the Mass line - passed muster at Boston Mass. Joined the Army at West Point N.Y. That he did serve till the Army was disbanded, and was discharged at Westpoint N.Y. his discharge being lost it is not in his power to provide his service Only by the papers that accompany this declaration. That there has no changes taken place in his properly since the 18th of March 1818. 
The reason for not making earlier application for a pension is, because he could not obtain his evidence to prove his services. And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st of May 1820. I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818. And that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner dishared my property; or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it or to bring myself with the provisions of an Act of Congress. Entitled [unclear] Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, passed on the 18th day of March 1818. And that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contract, or debt due to me nor have I any income other than is contained in the Schedule hereto amassed, and by my underscribed. 

Samuel Akley
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The Schedule is as follows __ viz __

One old Horse $20..00 
One old waggon $5..00
One of Harness $1..00
                            $26..00
One Table $1..25
One Chest $1..00
One Chest 50₵
One Trunk 75₵
                   $2..50

One Shovel 25₵
Ironware 75₵
Table furniture $2..00
                           $3..00

One ax 50₵
One scythe and snath 25₵
                                       75₵


Eight chairs $2..00
                      $2..00
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$34..34

Attest as appraisers to the foregoing property according to the best of our abilities

} Peter Worden  }
} George Skeley }

That there has no change taken place in my property since the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818. The reason why I did not make earlier application for a pension is because I could not get evidence to prove my services. That I am a Farmer by occupation. I have a Wife named Betsey aged 52 years. I have one Daughter Susan seventeen years. One Son named Joseph aged fifteen. One Son named Caleb aged twelve. 

Samuel Akley

Sworn to and declared on the 19th day of February AD 1827. before me Lemuel Whitney Judge of Probate in the District of Marloboro in the State of Vermont. 

I Lemuel Whitney Judge of the Probate Court, within and for the district of Marlboro in the County of Windham and the State of Vermont is hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the [unclear] Samuel Akley did serve in the revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term from the time from the enlistment ended the Army was disbanded, under one engagement on the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto owned are truly copied from the records of the said Court -- And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the totalment in value of the property inscribed in the afore[unclear] Schedule is Thirty four Dollar and Thirty Four cents. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and office of the Seal of the said Court on this 19th day of February AD. 1827.

Lemuel Whitney Judge of Probate
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Reported
Let to Freeman Bradford
April 13. 49
New certificate, at $100 per
annum, commencing 4th
Sept [September] 1848, issued Sept 13th
1849 & sent to F. Bradford,
Portland Maine

32639
Maine
Samuel [crossed out Ackley] Akley
Oxford in the State of ME
who a matross in the Company commanded
Captain Jackson of the Regt [Regiment] commanded H. Crane in the Revolution
 for 2 years
Continental

Inscribed on the Roll of Portland
at the rate of 100 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of
April 1849
and sent to Hon D. Hammons

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-ani. allowance ending
M. Congress
Deduct what he has been
paid under the act of 18th March 1818
at $96 per Ann. {Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832]
Recorded by Th. [Thomas] Lumpkin Clerk
Book E Vol. 1 Page 1
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37.656
Samuel Akley
Me
act 7 June 1832
Adm. [illegible]
$100.00 pr
deducting what has 
paid Since 4 March 1831
at the rate of $96.00 pr
[crossed out Freeman Bradford Portland]
Maine

Hon. D. Hammons
M.E.
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STATE OF MAINE

CUMBERLAND, SS.

Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts,
Portland, October 5th A. D. 1848

I Chas C. Harmon
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that

Timothy Walker is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Cumberland 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 Feby. 20th A. D. 1845 and will expire Feby. 20th A. D. 1852. and that the following SIGNATURES purporting to be his are 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. Harmon CLERK
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1848
85
1763

State of Maine
On this 25th day of August in the year of our
Lord one thousand Eight hundred and forty
Eight personally appeared before the undersigned
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of
Oxford and State aforesaid, Samuel Ackley
a resident of Rumford in said County aged
85 years who upon oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the act of Congress passed June 7 1832
And this declarant states that he was a resident
of Topsham in the State of Massachusetts in the
time of the Revolutionary war and that in the
month of April 1781 he enlisted at Topsham
in said State to serve three years and that he
performed said service in the Company of Capt [Captain] Thomas Jackson in the Regiment of Col [Colonel] Crane
that he passed Master at Boston and joined
the Army at West Point.
He further states that he was first placed on
the pension roll in Windham County Vermont
and was transferred in 1837 to Oxford County
and that he has resided in Rumford for
the last 17 years. He claims an increase of Pension as an Artillerist and for proof of service refers
the Commissioner of Pensions to his original
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declaration for a pension now on the files of 
the Department at Washington. Samuel Akley

Signed and sworn to before me by the said
Ackley the year and day first above
written.

Before me Timothy Walker J. P.

I certify that the above named Samuel Ackley
is a pensioner of the United States at the rate
of Eight dollars per month and that he
is the identical person he declares himself
to be in the foregoing declaration
Timothy Walker Justice of the Peace
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[Left fold] Vol. A. 13.

[Right fold]
129,597
Clerk
May 12/55
Samuel Ackley,
Col. Crane.  [crossed out Private] Matross
Mass [Massachusetts] Contl. [Continental] line
Capt [Captain] Jackson
Col [Colonel] Crane
Rev [Revolutionary] War
No. 16102
No. 160 A[illegible], Feb. 12/56,
Pensioner B  [illegible]
Me [Maine] June 32 - 32659
Z. K. Harmon
Portland
Me [Maine]
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129.597
Claim of Saml. [Samuel] Ackley
To Bounty Land.
Act of March 3, 1855.
WAR OF the Revo: [Revolution]
Z. K. Harmon
PORTLAND,
Maine.
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State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, May 8 1853.
I OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
J W Elliott Esq
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for the County of Oxford
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to
administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing,
in the County aforesaid,--and that the following Signature, purporting to be his
GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal
of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and
year first above written.
O. G. Cook CLERK.
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STATE OF MAINE
County of Oxford ss.
On this Twentieth day of April in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid,
Samuel Ackley [Akley] aged Ninety three years,
a resident of Rumford in the County and State
aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that he is the identical
Samuel Ackley who was a Private or Matross
in the Company commanded by Captain
Jackson in the
Regiment of [Crossed out Militia] Artillery and Colonel Crane
in the war of the Revolution & that he now receives a pension from 
the U.S. of $100. per ann. [annum] under Act of
June 7th 1832.  Pension certificate dated
Sept. [September] 13th 1849. 

That he entered the service at West Point on or about the seventeenth day of July 1780 for
the term of three years and continued in actual
service in said war for the term of about three years he believes
and was honorably discharged at West Point
on or about the seventeenth
day of July he believes A.D. 1783 as will appear by the Muster
Rolls of said company, to which he refers 
for evidence of service he states
that he passed muster in Boston, the day he was 18 years old

And your applicant states that at the time he entered the service aforesaid, he was residing in
Topsham in the County of Lincoln
and State of
Mass. [Massachusetts] then, now Maine. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
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He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which he may be
entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855.
And for the purpose of this application, I the said Samuel Ackley
do hereby constitute and appoint Z. K. Harmon of Portland in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for
me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid; and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and
appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and
confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Samuel his X mark Ackley

We Wm F Stevens and JohnThompson
residents of Rumford
in the County of Oxford
and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration
and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Samuel Ackley
above named in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and
statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of him for many years past, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be in his declaration.
Wm. F. Stevens
John Thompson

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by
Samuel Ackley the declarant above named, and by Wm F. Stevens
and
John Thompson
witnesses above named, and I certify that
know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to
be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
J.W. Elliott Justice of the Peace.
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Sur. File No. 17,809 Rev. War, Samuel Alley was allowed
pension on his application executed February 19, 1827, while
a resident of Halifax, Windham County, Vermont.
It appears that he resided at Topsham, Massachusetts, where
he enlisted for three years in April 1781; he was mustered in
at Boston the day he was eighteen, joined his regiment at West
Point, and served as a Matross in Captain Thomas Jackson's company, Colonel Crane's Third Continental Artillery, until the
Army was disbanded and he was discharged at West Point, New York
In 1837 he referred to his wife Betsey aged 53 years and
children; Susan aged 17 years, Joseph 15 years, and Caleb 12 years. In October 1830 he removed to Rumford, Maine, and was
still there in 1855, aged 93 years.
Very truly yours,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
Ackley - 2 -
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INVALID.

File No. 17,809
or Akley
Samuel [crossed out Ackley]
Matross Rev [Revolutionary] War

Act: June 7th 39
Index: -- Vol., Page
(Arrangement of 1870.]

[second fold]
1915. Dec. 17. History to F. W. 
Arthur G. Akley

1916 Jan. 31. To Hon. John A.
Tilson letter in W. 5197
Champion Ackley, C.

1921, Apl. [April] 11 hist. to Ethel
M. Ackley. Letter in S.
29.990 - Elias Monk - E[illegible abbreviation].
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[illegible] 32, Me
B V [illegible]
formerly Halifax VT - Rumford - 1830
16,102
Wes Akley
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See letters 4 May 1829 to Hon J. Hunt. R.
Temple R. Barton & Stafford. See letter
to [illegible] March 29, 1831
Transfer to Maine 10 May 1831
from March 1831 and notification
sent to Pensioner of Rumford,
Paris P. O. Maine
[drawing of hand] s ca letter July 14, 1831 to
the pensioner.
Papers copied for
Land agent of
Maine
Dec 13 1836

No 19,770
Maine
[crossed out Vermont]
Samuel Akley
of Windham Co. in the state of Vermont  was a Private in the company commanded by 
Captain Jackson of the regiment commanded by Colonel Crane in the Massachusetts  
line, for the term of three years 
from March 1780 to 1783
Continental

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 5th day of May 1827

of Pension issued the 12 of June 1821 [illegible]
[page torn]
Ebenezer Cummings
[torn] [illegible], Vermont
$32
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Samuel Akley Mr, Act 18 March 1818 $96
To what time was he last paid?
GCA
Pension Office
April 4. 1849
Paid to [illegible] Sept. 1848.
MLB
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Samuel Akley's
Declaration for a Pension.
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Original Claim.
Declaration in order to be placed on the pension list, under the Act of
the 18th of March 1818. State of Vermont, Windham County.
On this 19th day of February 1827.  Personally appeared before the Probate
Court for the District of Marlboro in the State of Vermont, and in open
Court, said Probate Court, being a Court of Record according to the laws of said
State begun & holden at Brattleboro in and for the District of Marlboro; 
on the 19th day of February AD. 1827. Samuel Akley resident of
Halifax in [illegible] County Aged Sixty two years, who being first duly sum
according to law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the provisions of the Acts of Congress, of the 18th of March 1818. and
the first of May 1820. That he, the said Samuel Akley enlisted in
the service of the United States in the revolutionary War, under the
continental establishment, for the term of three years. Enlisted
in the Company of Capt. [Captain] Jackson, and the Regiment of Col. [Colonel] Crane
the first of March 1780, & 1781. Enlisted in Topsham in the State of Mass. [Massachusetts]
in the Mass. [Massachusetts] line--passed muster at Boston Mass. [Massachusetts] Joined the Army
at Westpoint N.Y. -- That he did serve till the Army was disbanded
and was discharged at Westpoint NY-- his discharge being lost, it is
not in his power to prove his service only by the papers that accompany this declaration.--That there has no changes taken place in his property
since the 18th of March 1818.--The reason for not making earlier
application for a pension is, because he could not obtain his evidence
to prove his services.--And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st May 1820.
I do solemnly swear--That I was a resident Citizen of the United States
on the 18th day of March 1818. And that I have not since that time, by gift,
sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent
thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress.  Entitled, An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War, passed
on the 18th day of March 1818--And that I have not, nor has any person in
trust for me, any property or securities, contract, or debt due to me, nor have I any income other than is contained in the Schedule hereto
annexed, and by me subscribed.--
Samuel Akley
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The Schedule is as follows--Viz--
One old Horse $20.00 One old Waggon [Wagon] $5.00 One old Harness $1.00  $26.00
One Table 39 cents One Chest $1.00. One Chest 50 cents One Trunk 75 cents  2.59
One Shovel 25 cents Iron ware 75 cents Table Furniture $2.00  3.00
One Ax 50 cents One Scythe & Snath 25 cents 
 0.75
Eight Chairs $2.00
2.00
34.34
Attest--as appraisers to the foregoing property
according to the best of our abilities.
{Peter Worden
George Akeley. }
That there has no change taken place in my property since the act of Congress
of the 18th of March 1818. The reason why I did not make earlier application
for a pension is, because I could not get evidence to prove my services.
That I am a Farmer by occupation.  I have a wife named Betsey-Aged 52 years.
I have one Daughter Susan-Seventeen years.--One Son named Joseph
aged fifteen--One Son named Caleb-aged twelve.
Samuel Akley

Sworn to, and declared, on the 19th day of February AD. 1827.
before me
Samuel Whitney Judge of Probate
for the District of Marlboro in the State of Vermont.

I, James Elliot, Register of the Probate
Court for the District of Marlborough in
the State of Vermont, do hereby certify,
that it appears, to the satisfaction of the
Court, that the said Samuel Akley did
serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated
in the preceding declaration, against the
common enemy, for the term of nine months,
under one engagement, on the continental
establishment. I also certify that the foregoing
oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the files and records
of the said Court - And I do further
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certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total
amount in value of the property exhibited in the foresaid Schedule is thirty four dollars and thirty four cents.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this
twenty fifth day of May A.D. 1827.

James Elliot
Register of the Probate Court, Marlboro District
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A. Bradford
Deposition
for
Sam. [Samuel] Akley
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this may certify that
I Andrew Bradford of Ludlow
in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont of
Lawful age testify and say that I enlisted in the service of
the United States in the revolutionary war with Grate [Great]
Britain for three years enlisted March 1780 that in the year 1781 the
first of April at West point I became acquainted
with Samuel Akley a private Soldier who belonged
to Capt [Captain] Jackson Company and Reg [Regiment] - commanded
by Col [Colonel] Crane a regiment of Artillery 3d reg [regiment] - was
under the continental establishment that I saw
S. Akley from time to time as the army moved
the army was disbanded his enlistment was for three
years that I am knowing to his doing actual service
till the army was disbanded one listment under the
Continental establishment
S Akley belonged to the
Mass. [Massachusetts] Line.
Andrew Bradford

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss
Ludlow February 6th 1827
Personally appeared Andrew Bradford
& after being duly cautioned made solemn
saith that the above deposition by him subscribed
contains nothing but the truth I also certify that the
deponent is a creditable witness
Asa S. Barton--Justice Peace

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss
Woodstock County Clerks Office March the 7th AD 1827
Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court, within & for
the County of Windsor, do hereby certify that Asa S. Barton is
one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, and
that the above is his signature
-
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal
of said County Court, and subscribe my name the day
and year last above
Benj. Swan
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Paris Me [Maine]
March 21

F[illegible]

Hon John H Eaton Esq
Secretary of War
City of Washington

Application for a transfer
of Pension from the Vermont 
to the Maine Agency
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State of Maine
Oxford County ss Be it Known, That before me
Peter C. Virgin Esquire a Justice of the Peace in and
for the County aforesaid personally appeared
Samuel Akley of Rumford in said County of Oxford and made oath in due form of law, that he is the
identical Samuel Akley named in an original on
certificate in his possession of which I certify the following is a true copy vis

No 19796
War Department
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that in conformity with the Laws of the
United States on the 18th of March, 1818 1 May 1820 and 1 March 1823 Samuel Akley late a private in the army of
the revolution is inscribed on the pension list roll 
of the Vermont Agency at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the fifth day of May
one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven.

Given at the War Office of the United States this twelfth day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven

James Barbour
Secretary of War
Examined and counter signed
J L Edwards

Samuel Akley

Subscribed and sworn to this thirty first day of January AD 1831
Before me Peter Virgin Justice of the Peace
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To the Honorable John H. Eaton Secretary of War of the United States,
I the subscriber a Citizen of Rumford
in the County of Oxford and State of Maine would respectfully state that I am a pensioner of the Revolution
my truly agreeable to the within copy of the original
certificate now in my possession and at the time of receiving said certificate I resided in the State of Vermont and last October I removed from the State of Vermont
to the Town of Rumford in the State of Maine where I now reside with my family.  Whereby I  would request
Judge Edwards to transfer my name from the Vermont 
Agency for paying pensioners to the State of Maine Agency.  That I may receive my pension
Agency
Rumford January 31, 1831
Samuel Akley

State of Maine.
Oxford County, ss
I Rufus King Goodenow Clerk of the Judicial
Court in & for said County of Oxford hereby certify that
Peter C. Virgin
Esquire, before whom foregoing affidavit was made, was, at the time, a Justice
of the peace in & for said County & duly empowered to administer oaths; that I 
am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe that his name
within written, is his own proper
signature
In testimony whereof I hereto write my name and
& affix the seal of our of said County this 18th
day of March A.D. 1831.
Rufus King Goodnow, Clerk J. C
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I Solomon Crockett of Rumford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine do certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence vis from personal and knowledge that Samuel Akley who has this day appeared 
before me is the identical person named in the
pension certificate which he has exhibited numbered
Nineteen thousand seven hundred and
seventy six and bearing date at the War Office the
twelfth day of June one thousand eight hundred
and twenty seven; that the said Certificate was originally issued for him; that he now holds the same
in his possession and claim all the benefit arising there from
Solomon Crockett

State of Maine
Oxford County ss
Be it known that on the twenty seventh day of 
May A.D. 1831 before me the subscriber
a Justice of the Peace personally appeared the  above named Solomon Crockett
of the above affidavit by him subscribed that I do hereby certify that the above named Solomon Crockett is a credible witness and 
a man unimpeachable integrity.

Peter C Virgin Justice Peace

State of Maine
Oxford County ss.
I Rufus King Goodenow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in & for said County of Oxford, hereby certify that Peter C. Virgin Esquire
before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace
in & for said County & duly empowered to administer oaths; that I am well acquainted with
his hand writing & verily believe that his name above written, is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the
seal of one of said Court this 29th, day of April
A.D. 1831.
Rufus King Goodenow, Clerk
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Asa M. Wiman of Mountholy in the County
of Rutland & State of Vermont of lawful age do
testify and say that I enlisted in the service of the United States
in the revolutionary war in the year 1780
during the War I became acquainted with Samuel Akley a private soldier who belonged to the Company
commanded by Capt. [Captain] Jackson and Regiment commanded
by Col. [Colonel] Crane Regiment was a Regiment of
Artillery in the Massachusetts [illegible] that I first saw
him at Westpoint in New York April 1st 1781
and continued to know him till the [illegible] was [page torn]
his enlistment was for 3 years and the Continental 
establishment and am knowing the said Ackley doing actual service during that time and one[illegible]
Asa M. Wiman 
his [X] mark

State of Vermont
Windsor County ss.
Ludlow Oct. 17th 1826
-
Personally appeared Asa M. Wiman and after being
duly cautioned made solemn oath that the
above
deposition by him subscribed contains the truth
and nothing but the truth. I also certify that said Wiman is a creditable witness
Asa S. Barton Justice Peace
[bottom of page torn]
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss

Woodstock County Clerks Office April 12th 1827
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court for
the County of Windsor, Do hereby certify that Asa S. Barton is one of the Justices of the Peace within
and for said County, and the within is his signature.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of said County Court, and subscribe my name the day of year above.
Benj. [Benjamin] Swan

[noted on left side]
Wyman
Disposition
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Samuel Ackley [Akley]
Pension Certificate


No. 19,776
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War Department,
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Laws of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, 1 May 1820, & 1 March 1823
Samuel Akley late a Private
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the
Vermont Agency, at the rate of eight
dollars per month, to commence
on the fifth day of May one thousand
eight hundred and twenty seven.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this twelfth day of June
one thousand eight
hundred and twenty seven

James Barbour
Secretary of War.

[blocked]and Countersigned:
J. L. Edwards
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Samuel Ackley [Akley]
Payable semi-annually. The first
payment on this Certificate will be
made on the 4th of September
in the year 1827 at Burling
in the Prest. of the Ban[illegible]
of Burlington, Vermont
Recorded by Benj L Beale
Clerk in Book [illegible] Vol 4, page 33

[right fold]
Capt. [Captain] Jackson
Col. [Colonel] Crane
[illegible] Rumford-
Halifax Vt.
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20,302
Pension Office
[illegible] 1827 
Samuel Akley
Act 18 Mar. 1818
Vermont

Ebenezer Cumming
Ludlow 
Vermont

[Written opposite direction]
To the Hon [Honorable] James Barbour
[illegible]
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Ludlow June 5th the day 1827
This I return you the papers of Samuel
Ackley [Akley] for a pension according to your request
and wish you to send the Certificate to Ludlow
Vermont to me as quick as may be
Ebenezer Cumming
Ludlow Vermont
Windsor County

Hon. [Honorable] James Barbour
Secretary of War
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Department of the Interior
Claim for Military service
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832 Samuel Ackley [Akley] of
Maine who was a matross in the Revolution and
entitled to receive at the rate of one hundred
dollars per annum commencing on the fourth day
of March 1831.  But he having already been paid
at the rate of $96 per annum the difference
between the former and latter sum is now due
and payable to the said Samuel Ackley [Akley].

Given at the Department of the Interior
this fifth day of April one thousand
eight hundred and forty nine
T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior

Examined and countersigned
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Agency
Portland Maine May 30 1849

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a copy of a
Pension Certificate this day surrendered at this
Agency and that Samuel Ackley [Akley] has been paid the
increased rate of Pension from March 4th 1831 to
September 4th 1848, and that no certificate or voucher
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has been presented, or authority given from the
Pension Office at Washington for the payment of the
Pension of said Samuel Ackley [Akley] at the rate of
One hundred dollars per annum from and after
his last payment under the act of 1818, which was
up to the 4th September 1848
Joseph Jesley Pension
Clerk of the Maine
Agency
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Freeman Bradford
Portland
Maine
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STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts,
PORTLAND, May 30th A.D. 1849
I Charles C. Harmon
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Timothy Walker is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Oxford
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 February 20th
A.D. 1845, and will expire February 20th A.D. 1852
and that the following SIGNATURES purporting to be his are
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. [Charles] C. Harmon, CLERK.
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The application of Samuel Ackley [Akley]
for a Pension Certificate to enable him
to receive his stipend semiannually
On this Seventh day of May
AD 1849 personally
appeared before the undersigned a justice
of the Peace in and for the County of
Oxford Samuel Ackley [Akley] a resident of
Rumford in said County aged Eighty six years, who
being duly sworn doth on oath make the
following declaration in order to receive
the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7 1832.
This declarant states that he is the
identical Samuel Ackley [Akley] who served in
Captain Thomas Jackson Company Col [Colonel] Cranes Regiment of Artillery in the 3
years service on Continental establishment from 1781 to the end of the War
and was honorably discharged. That
he applied for and has hither to
received the benefit of the Act of
1818 being a pension at the rate
of $8 per month.  That on or about
the fifth of October 1848 he applied
for an increase of pension by virtue
of the act of 1832 and has had
granted to him a pension certificate
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for the difference of pay at the rate
of One hundred dollars per annum
and at the rate of ninety six dollars
under the Act of 1818- He further
states that he transmitted his former
pension certificate under the act
of 1818 with the declaration for an
increase of Pension to the Commr.
This declarant now relinquishes his
pension under the Act of 1818 and
prays that a pension certificate
be granted him at the rate of $100
per annum commencing on the 4th
of March 1831 and payable on the
4th of March and 4th of September
during his natural life, all former payments to be deducted, under the Act of 1832.
Witness Timothy Walker
Sarah Walker
Samuel Akley
Then personally appeared the above named
Samuel Ackley [Akley] known to me to be the
identical person he represents himself
to be in the foregoing declaration and
made solemn oath to the truth of the
statement by him subscribed
Before me
Timothy Walker
Justice of Peace
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Portland September 14. 1849
Sir
Mr Samuel Ackley [Akley] Rumford, Me. has
again made enquiry of me relative to his application
for a pension certificate under the
Act of 1832. His certificate under the act of
1818 was surrendered a year ago, upon his
application for an increase under the act of
1832. His increase was granted in February
or March last and a certificate for the increased
rate was granted and has also been 
surrendered. A declaration for a pension
certificate was made about six months
age in order to enable him to draw his
pension but it has not yet come to hand,
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obt. [Obedient] Servant
F. Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Portland July 21, 1849
Dear Sir
Samuel Ackley [Akley] one of your constituents sent
his Pension Certificate under the act of 1818 to the Commissioner
on or about the first of Sept [September] last and a declaration
setting forth that he was an Artillerist about 3 years
in the war of the Revolution. He claims $100 per
annum instead of $96 and I presume there is not
the least question as to his claim. The time for drawing
is near by and he wants some one to jog the Commissioner.  Can you do it?  Or is he so hemmed in that
you cant get near enough?
I am very truly
your obt. [Obedient] Servt. [Servant]
Freeman Bradford

Hon [Honorable] D. Hammons
M.C.
Washington D.C.
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[Letterhead]
FREDERICK WALKER, Pres.
F. M. INGALLS, Vice Pres.
A. E. SMITH, Sec.
W. C. JORDAN, Treas.
[Edwards and Walker Company Building Drawing]
ESTABLISHED 1876.  INCORPORATED 1893.
Edwards and Walker Company
WHOLESALE HARDWARE
SPORTING GOODS, FISHING TACKLE, GUNS, TINS, ENAMALED AND GALVANIZED WARE.
RAILROAD, PLUMBERS' SUPPLIES.  AMERICAN WROUGHT
MACHINISTS' & MILL SPLIT PULLEYS.
AGENTS
FOR SIMONDS CIRCULAR SAWS.
J. B. HOYT Y COS. NORTON EMERY WHEEL CO. HECLA POWER COS.
OAK TANNED LEATHER BELTING.  NORTON EMERY WHEEL CO.  MINERS FRIEND DYNAMITE.
"DODGE" WOOD SPLIT PULLEY.
OUR BUILDING
135 Feet -X- 125 Feet.
SIX FLOORS.
MONUMENT SQUARE,
PORTLAND, ME.  
[End of Letterhead]

December 1 - 15.
Dear Sirs,
I forgot to state in my letter of
this A. M. that I am applying for membership
in "The Sons of the Revolution". That is why
I desire you to assist me regarding my great
great grandfather "Samuel Ackley" (or Akley)
Am also trying to get information about
Joseph Penley mother side of family
19 Towsland St
Yours truly
Arthur G. Akely
#19 Powsland St.
Portland, ME
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[Letterhead]
FREDERICK WALKER, Pres.
F. M. INGALLS, Vice Pres.
A. E. SMITH, Sec.
W. C. JORDAN, Treas.
[Edwards and Walker Company Building Drawing]
ESTABLISHED 1876.  INCORPORATED 1893.
Edwards and Walker Company
WHOLESALE HARDWARE
SPORTING GOODS, FISHING TACKLE, GUNS, TINS, ENAMALED AND GALVANIZED WARE.
RAILROAD, PLUMBERS' SUPPLIES.  AMERICAN WROUGHT
MACHINISTS' & MILL SPLIT PULLEYS.
AGENTS
FOR SIMONDS CIRCULAR SAWS.
J. B. HOYT Y COS. NORTON EMERY WHEEL CO. HECLA POWER COS.
OAK TANNED LEATHER BELTING.  NORTON EMERY WHEEL CO.  MINERS FRIEND DYNAMITE.
"DODGE" WOOD SPLIT PULLEY.
OUR BUILDING
135 Feet -X- 125 Feet.
SIX FLOORS.
MONUMENT SQUARE,
PORTLAND, ME.  
[End of Letterhead]

[DATE STAMP [ILLEGIBLE] FILES DEC 11 1915 RECEIVED]

Dear Sirs,
Will you kindly give history of my great
grandfather Samuel Ackley (or Akely) who was
in Revolution & enlisted from Rumford, Me. (Mass.)
Would also like to get history of my other
grand father Joseph Penley, who probably
enlisted from Danville or Auburn, Me.
And also his son, Joseph Penley, who fought
in war of 1812. (from Bethel or Paris, Me.
Yours truly
Arthur G. Akely #19 Powsland St. Portland Me.
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[Letterhead]
FREDERICK WALKER, Pres.
F. M. INGALLS, Vice Pres.
A. E. SMITH, Sec.
W. C. JORDAN, Treas.
[Edwards and Walker Company Building Drawing]
ESTABLISHED 1876.  INCORPORATED 1893.
Edwards and Walker Company
WHOLESALE HARDWARE
SPORTING GOODS, FISHING TACKLE, GUNS, TINS, ENAMALED AND GALVANIZED WARE.
RAILROAD, PLUMBERS' SUPPLIES.  AMERICAN WROUGHT
MACHINISTS' & MILL SPLIT PULLEYS.
AGENTS
FOR SIMONDS CIRCULAR SAWS.
J. B. HOYT Y COS. NORTON EMERY WHEEL CO. HECLA POWER COS.
OAK TANNED LEATHER BELTING.  NORTON EMERY WHEEL CO.  MINERS FRIEND DYNAMITE.
"DODGE" WOOD SPLIT PULLEY.
OUR BUILDING
135 Feet -X- 125 Feet.
SIX FLOORS.
MONUMENT SQUARE,
PORTLAND, ME.  
[End of Letterhead]

Dec. 14 15.
Gentlemen,
Have not rec'd your reply regarding
Revolutionary War record of my great great
grandfather, Samuel Ackley who enlisted from
Rumford, Me.  Trust you will write me
something by reply mail, as I am anxious to
send an application in the "Sons of the Revolution"
Yours truly
Arthur G. Akely
#19 Powland St
Portland Maine
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In reply to your request of [Blank],
received [Blank] for a statement of the military history of Samuel Akley or Ackley
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [Crossed Out] (or his widow's)  application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
S. F. 17809
[Table]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  LENGTH OF SERVICE.  RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  STATE.  CAPTAIN.  COLONEL.
1780 OR 1781 served to end of war.  Thos. Jackson.  Crane.  Mass.
[End of Table]
Battles engaged in, [Blank]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Topsham, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Feb 19, 1827. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Halifax, Windham Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, 62 yrs.
Remarks: In 1827, soldier referred to his wife Betsey
52 yrs, and his children, Susan 17, Joseph 15
and Caleb, 12 yrs of age
In 1831 he resided at Rumford, Maine
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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