Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8,024, for John Lary, New Hampshire
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(3-1776) 
SERVICE Continental N H 
Lary, John
Lydia
NUMBER W.8.024
B.L. Wt. 33742-160-55
CONTENTS
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2,432
New Hampshire C
Lydia Lary widow of John Lary N H
who served in the Revolutionary war
as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars
00 Cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Oct. 1853 and sent to Jesse A Gove Concord N H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 18 Vol A
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193894, July 24 [18]/55 Lydia Lary wid [WIDOW] of John Lary Priv [PRIVATE] Rev [REVOLUTIONARY] Pensioner 
Act Feb. 2. 1853
War of Revolution
Pens [PENSION] Cert [CERTIFICATE] Oct 13. 1853
Feby [FEBRUARY] 53-2432
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Ad: [ADMITTED] 160 illegible] 9/[18]56 Boynton
Geo. [GEORGE] C Williams Lancaster N H

[left] Val L=13
[Overwritten middle] No 33742 is July 16 [18]/56
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[left sideways] Notification sent to A. Peirce Esqr Dover New Hampshire 6th Sepr. [SEPTEMBER] 1820

13.402
New Hampshire
John Lary of Wolfborough [WOLFEBORO] in the State of New Hampshire who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel
Poor - of the New Hampshire line, for the term of 11 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 24th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of July 1819 and sent to William Badger Esq Gilmantown [GILMANTON] New Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of Ma rch 1819 83.69
Semi-anl. [ANNUAL] all'ce [ALLOWANCE] ending 4 Sep 1819 48.
________
 $137.69 10 10/30 4/31
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary's Office, Concord.
August 23d, 1853:,
I hereby certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestations, Robert Ingalls was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and Reuben Stephenson was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Coos in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to
their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed
the Seal of the State, the date above written.
John L. Hadley
Secretary of State.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
REVOLUTIONARY PENSION CLAIM.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Lydia Lary of Milan in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire do hereby constitute and appoint Jesse A. Gove Concord N.H. my true and lawful agent and attorney to prosecute my claim for Revolutionary Pension and I hereby authorize my said agent to examine all the papers and documents of every description in relation to said claim that may be on file in the departments at Washington City or elsewhere; to file any additional evidence or arguments that can be obtained, and to receive the certificate which may issue for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable to myself; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might do were I personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said agent and attorney
shall lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal this ninteenth [NINETEENTH] day of August A. D. 1853 Lydia her x mark Lary
Signed and sealed in presence of
Reuben Stephenson Ormando Lary

STATE OF New Hampshire
Coos COUNTY, ss: On this Ninteenth [NINETEENTH] day of August-- A. D. 1853, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid, Lydia Lary and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her free act and deed for the purposes therein expressed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above mentioned.
Reuben Stephenson Justice of the Peace.
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Declaration, Act Feby [FEBRUARY] 3, 1853

State of New Hampshire
County of Coos Ss.}
On this nineteenth day of August in the year
Eighteen Hundred and fifty three, personally
appeared before me, Robert Ingalls, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Coos Lydia Lary, a resident of Milan in the County of Coos and State aforesaid aged Sixty-six 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 provisions of the act passed 3d February A.D. 1853. granting pensions to widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary war:

That she is the widow of John Lary who was a private in the Revolutionary war, and at the time of his death was in receipt of a pension from the United States at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum under the act of March 18, 1818: -
She further declares that she was married to the said John Lary on the twenty second (22d) day of August (AD 1822:) Eighteen hundred & twenty two. That her said Husband, John Lary died on the
(over)
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Sixth (6th) day of April (1834) Eighteen hundred and thirty four: That she was not married to him prior to the second of January, Eighteen Hundred, but at the time above stated:
She further declares that she is now a widow:
Lydia her x mark Lary
Reuben Stephenson Ormando Lary

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, and I certify that the above affiant cannot from bodily infirmity
attend in open Court, and I further certify that the said Lydia Lary is a respectable person and
her statements are and ought to be entitled to full faith and credit-
Robert Ingalls {Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
I certify that the word April in the top line on this Sheet was interlined before signing
Robert Ingalls {Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
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State of N. [NEW] Hampshire County of Coos Town of Shelburne
(a) To Barker Burbank Clerk for the Town of
Shelburne - I hereby certify the following is the record of the Marriage of John Lary with Lydia Ordway (viz) (August twenty Second Eighteen hundred and twenty two Mr. John Lary of 
Wolfborough and Miss Lydia Ordway of Shelburne was [sic] joined in Marriage by me:)
Frederick Ingalls Justice of the Peace.

I 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: --(b) August 22, 1822
Thomas J. Hubbard Clerk.

I, Thomas J Hubbard above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Thomas Hubbard Clerk of said Town.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this ninteenth [NINETEENTH] Day of August A. D. 1853
Reuben Stephenson Justice of the Peace

(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full.
(b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.
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We Thomas J Ordway and Mercy Ordway both of Milan in the County of Coos in the State of New Hampshire jointly and severally depose and say that Lydia Lary, whose declaration for a pension we have seen and heard read, is the Identical widow of John Lary who was a Revolutionary soldier and Pensioner; we have known the said Lydia for the Last thirty years and testify from personall [sic] knowledge: That John Lary died on the sixth day of April AD 1834; That he was married to Lydia Ordway on the 22d day of August AD 1822: That we are disinterested in the prosecution of this case:
Thomas Ordway
Mercy Ordway

Attest R Stephenson

State of New Hampshire, Coos Ss. Sworn
to and subscribed before me this nineteenth
day of August A.D. 1853: and I certify the said
Thomas J Ordway and Mercy Ordway are credible persons, and entitled to the fullest credit & belief: and I further certify that I am not interested in the prosecution of this case:
Reuben Stephenson
Justice of the Peace
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John Lary private Col. E. Poors [sic] Regiment New Hampshire Line 1776 - 11 mos. 
Roll

(not the same man)
Admd [ADMITTED]
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford Ss} On this 21st day of April A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas for said County personally appears John Lary - aged sixty three
years resident in the Town of Wolfborough
County and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval ["service" crossed out] of the United States in the revolutionary war:
That he the said John Lary enlisted sometime the last of the month of May AD 1775 as a private soldier for seven months in the town of Sanbornton County and State aforesaid into the company commanded by Captain Jeremiah Clough Col Enoch Poors [sic] Regiment Newhampshire [sic] line which time he fully served before the said enlistment was out he enlisted again for twelve months into the same company - regiment and line as aforesaid and that he continued to serve in said corps
in the service of the United States until the last day of December 1776 when he was discharged from service in Trenton in the state of Newjersey [sic] and that he was in the battle at
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Trenton in taking the Hessians he received no written discharge but was drawn up and discharged by the commanding office and that
from his reduced circumstances in life he
needs the assistance of his country for support
Sworn to and declared before me the day and
year aforesaid--
William Badger

I William Badger Judge &c. [ETC.] as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Lary did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the direction
of the aforementioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this 31st day of August AD. 1818
William Badger
Attest Dan Waldron Clerk of the Court of Com [COMMON] Pleas for said County of Strafford
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I William Taylor of Sanbornton in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire depose & say that in the Spring of the year 1775 I enlisted into the company commanded by Captain Jeremiah Clough & that John Lary enlisted into the same company about the same time & that we marched by Capt Cloughs  [sic] orders to Winter Hill in June 1775 and joined a Regiment commanded by Col Enoch
Poor in the New Hampshire line and I am well knowing that the said John Lary did continue as a private soldier and did duty as such from the said month of June 1775 to the month
of of [sic] November AD 1776 at which time the said Lary was ordered & marched for the Southland
William Taylor
September 2nd 1818
State of New Hampshire
Strafford Ss. September 2nd 1818 Then 
personally appearing the above named
William Taylor & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just & true
Before me Jereh [JEREMIAH] Sanborn Jr Just [JUSTICE] Peace
Strafford Ss Sept. 2nd 1818 I do hereby certify that the above named Jeremiah Sanborn is a Justice of the peace for the said County of Strafford -
William Badger
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I Philip Hunt of Sanbornton in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire of lawful age depose & say that in the Spring of the year of 1775 I enlisted into a Company commanded by Captain Jeremiah Clough & that John Lary enlisted about the same time & that we both marched by said Capt. Cloughs [sic] orders & with said Clough to Winter Hill and found the Regiment Commanded by Col Enoch Poor of the New Hampshire line and I am well knowing that said Lary did continue in said Regiment & did duty as a private soldier from that time until the month of December 1776 at which time we were on the march together for the Southerland and I was taken such at a place called Greenbush & there Capt. & the said John Lary marched on with said Regiment. Philip Hunt
September 2. 1818

State of New Hampshire
Strafford Ss September 2nd 1818 Then personally appearing the above named Philip Hunt and made solemn oath that the above
affidavit by him subscribed is just and true
Before me
Jereh [JEREMIAH] Sanborn Jr. Just. [JUSTICE] Peace

Strafford Ss Sept 2nd 1818 I do hereby certify that the above Jereh [JEREMIAH] Sandborn is a Justice of the peace for the County of Strafford -
William Badger
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford Ss On this 21st day of April A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas for said County personally appears Samuel Small & Jacob Smith residents in the Town of [illegible ?ton]
County and state aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on their oath make the following declarations that they were well acquainted with John Lary of 
Wolfborough County and State aforesaid
and served in the Regiment commanded by Col Enoch Poor Newhampshire [NEW HAMPSHIRE] line in the year 1776 and do know that the said John Lary did serve all the year 1776 in said Regiment as a private soldier-
Sworn to and declared before me the day
and year aforesaid-
William Badger
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State of New Hampshire-
Strafford S.S.}  Wolfborough August 29th, 1818
We the subscribers, Selectmen of the said Town of Wolfboro - [WOLFBOROUGH do hereby certify that John Lary of said Town being in our Opinion in so reduced circumstances we think he stands in need of his Country's help -
Thomas Stevenson}
Henry R. Parker}
William Cotton Jr} Selectmen

[middle sideways] John Lary private Col E. Poor's Regiment New Hampshire Line 1776-11 mos. 
Roll
(not the same man) Admd [ADMITTED]
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72
John Lary
13.402
Con
Sept 1819
Contd.
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To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Wolfborough within and for the County of Strafford and state of 
New-Hampshire, on the second Tuesday of July 1820. John Lary aged sixty five, resident in Wolfborough in said County, comes into court, and in pursuance of an act of Congress passed on the 1st day of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole Estate and Income- his necessary clothing and bedding excepted - as follows: --
One Cow - 1 Shote [young pig]
John Lary.

And the said John Lary in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the
following oath by him duly taken and subscribed :--viz.
I John Lary 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, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
John Lary

And the said John Lary doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, viz.
.
he entered Capt. Clough's company Colo
Poor's Regiment, New Hampshire line on the 19th day of June 1775 & served therein in 1775 & 1776- and in 1777 entered in Capt. Ambrose Company Colo. Welches [sic] Regiment N.H. line & served three months. - & in 1778 served under Capt. Sanborn for three months.
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That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is 21st Apr 1818 and the number of his pension certificate is 13402: - That his occupation is that of a laborer able to labor a part of the time - That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz. daughters Hannah aged 28 years Elizabeth aged 21 & Mary aged 20 able to labor-
Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said schedule, and that the same, together with a copy of the premises be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before the said court the 11th day of July 1820.
Attest A. Peirce, Clerk.} John Lary - 

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE STRAFFORD SS.
AT a Court of Common Pleas holden at Wolfborough within and for the county of Strafford and state of New-Hampshire, on the 11th day of July 1820 before
DANIEL M. DURELL, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
VALENTINE SMITH and SAMUEL QUARLES,} Associate Justices of said Court.

The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn by the said John Lary having been by him exhibited in person, and presented to the Court, and the same being seen and
considered, it is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is eighteen dollars - cents. Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises, together with the proceedings thereon be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Attest, A. Peirce, Clerk.

STATE OF NEWHAMPSHIRE.... STRAFFORD SS.
I, ANDREW PEIRCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Strafford, being a court of record, do certify that the foregoing schedule and oath, and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the court thereon are true copies from the Records and files of said court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, the 11th day of July - 1820.
A. Peirce, Clerk.
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193894
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State of New Hampshire
County of Coos Ss}  On the first day of June AD one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Lydia Lary aged sixty seven years a resident of Berlin in the State of Newhampshire  [sic] who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical widow of John Lary deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary War and who continued in actual service in said war for more than fourteen days and was honorably discharged.
She further states that she was married to the said John Lary in Shelburne NH. by Frederick Ingalls Esq. that her name before marriage was Lydia Ordway and that her said husband died in Shelburne Newhampshire, and that she is now a widow.
She further states that she is now in receipt as such widow of a pension from the Government of ninety six dollars per year, and that certificate for the same which she produces bears date Oct. 13. 1853. and is issued in conformity with 2d Section of act of Feb. 3. 1833 and is recorded in Pension Office on roll of Pensioners under act of Feb. 3, 1833, Page 18 Volume A. She refers to said certificate and to the proof on file at the Department for the purpose of obtaining said pension for a particular description of her husbands [sic] service and of her marriage and of her husbands [sic] death and for proof of each and all of said facts. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d 1855. and also declares that she has never applied for nor received under this or any other act of Congress any bounty land warrant nor made any application therefore

(Signature)
Lydia her x mark Lary

We Ormando Lary and George C. Williams residents the former of Sullivan and the latter of Lancaster in the State of Newhampshire, [sic] upon our oath declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Lydia Lary in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. We further upon our oaths declare that the said Lydia Lary is at this time a widow and has remained since the death of her husband unmarried & single, and that we have known personally of her receiving from the pension Agent for paying pension the same referred in the above described pension certificate at various times and we have at various times acted as her Agent & Attorney for obtaining the same.
George C. Williams Ormando Lary Fletcher J. Bean

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in the claim. I further state that I know from my own personal knowledge that the
said Lydia Lary is now a widow unmarried and I have this day seen her pension certificate in her possession as described above and have known of her drawing the money upon the same.
Fletcher J. Bean Justice of the Peace
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Know all men by these presents, That I Lydia Lary of the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire constituted and appointed Jared I Williams, Esq. of Lancaster in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire, my true and lawful attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands for services rendered in the United States in different wars, and generally to do all lawful [illegible] and things whatsoever touching the premises, and
an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name
generally do or cause to be done, in the premises.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this first day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.
(Signature) Lydia her x mark Lary.
Witness Geo [GEORGE] C Williams

Acknowledged and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire this first day of June 1855,
Justice of the Peace
Fletcher J. Bean Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire.
COOS, SS.
I JAMES M. RIX. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, hereby certify that Fletcher J. Bean Esq., before whom the annexed declaration, affidavit & power of atty [ATTORNEY] were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgment of deeds, &c, [ETC.] and that his signature thereunto is genuine, that I have no interest in said claim.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name, and affixed the seal of
said Court, this 2d day of June A. D. 1855.
James M. Rix Clerk.
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33.742

Rev [REVOLUTIONARY] Army
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Revy [REVOLUTIONARY] WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8024
Lydia Lary Widow John Lary
Pvt. [PRIVATE] Rev: [REVOLUTIONARY] War
---
Act: Feby 3. 1853
Index:--Vol. A Page 417
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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NH 3099
Pension office, Ad [ADMITTED] [18]/53.

Sir
Please advise the time to which the within
named person was paid; and if in your power,
the date of his death.
Respectfully your ob't servt. [OBEDIENT SERVANT]
S. Cole 
Commissioner

F. Burt Esq
3d August [illegible]

John Lary at1818, $8. p. m. [PER MONTH] died 6th April 1834, Paid to his death

F. Burt
Auditor.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
August 27, 1853
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents, Lydia Lary widow of John a Pensioner on the Roll of the Concord, N.H. Agency, at the rate of ninety-six Dollars and -- Cents per annum, under the law of the 18th of March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the fourth of March 1834 to the 6th of April 1834.
Respectfully yours,
T. Purington Acting Comptroller.
wid. [WIDOW] act 1853
2432
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.
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Brief in the case of Lydia Lary, widow of John Lary, Coos County and State of New Hampshire act 3d February 1853.

Claim ("original,")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of 18th March, 1818
Marriage proved by verified Copy of Town Records
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Jesse A. Gove Esqr Concord N.H.
Name and residence of the Agent
R Giddes
Examining Clerk.
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Aug. 25, 1853. Appl. [APPLICATION] of Lydia Lary, widow of John, Coos Co. N.H.

S. 19
Act 3d Feby [FEBRUARY] [18]53
Admd [ADMITTED] $96 per annum Commencing 3d February 1853
Rn
Jesse A. Gove, Concord N. H.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business
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Concord N.H.
August 28 1858:
Sir, I herewith transmit the application of
Lydia Lary, said widow of John, for a Pension
under the act of February 3d, 1858:
J Lansing

Very Respectfully your Obt. Servt. [OBEDIENT SERVANT]
Jesse A. Gove
Hon. [HONORABLE] Loren P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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I Nathan Taylor Depose and say that I was a Sergeant in a Company Commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Clough Colo [COLONEL] Enoch Poors [sic] Regiment in the year 1776 Revolution war of the United States that I knew John Lary a Soldier in said Cloughs [sic] Company that I have no knowledge of his Deserting from the Army during the year nor any time during the said war 
Nathan Taylor

Strafford Ss}. State of New Hampshire July 7th 1819 personally appeared the above Named Nathan Taylor a reputable person from the Town of Sanbornton and a Justice of the peace through the State made Solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me
Joshua Lovejoy Just [JUSTICE] Peace
and Quorum
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I William Taylor Depose and say that I was a Soldier in a Company Commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Clough Colo. [COLONEL] Enoch Poors  [sic] Regiment in the year 1776 Revolution war of the United States that I knew John Lary a soldier in said Clough Company and am certain that said Lary did not Desert from said Company during said year nor never heard of his Deserting from the Army at any time after
William Taylor

Strafford Ss} State of New Hampshire July 7th 1819 Personally appeared the above named William Taylor a Reputable freeholder in the Town of Sanbornton and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me
Joshua Lovejoy Just [JUSTICE] of the Peace
and Quorum
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I Philip Hunt Depose and say that I was a soldier in a company commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Clough Colo [COLONEL] Enoch Poors [sic] Regiment in the year 1776 Revolution War of the United States that knew John Lary a Soldier in said Clough Company and am
certain that said Lary did not Desert from said
Company during said year nor never heard of his deserting from the army any time during said war.
Philip Hunt

Strafford Ss} State of New Hampshire July 7th 1819 personally appeared the above named Philip Hunt in said county and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed -
Joshua Lovejoy} Just [JUSTICE] of the peace
and Quorum
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Sanbornton July 8th 1819
This may Certify whom it may Concern that I was acquainted with Mr. John Lary before the American War & often heard from him while he was in the service & and am confident that I
never Heard of his being a deserter untill [sic] now & it is my opinion that he did not leave the army untill [sic] discharged.

Benj [BENJAMIN] Sanborn
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The within named Benniah Sanborn is a Physician
of respectability in the Town where the said Lary lived when he enlisted and served and was acquainted with him at the time--
William Badger
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Gilmanton July 9th 1819

Sir,

I herewith transmit to the War Department several pension claims that were returned for further evidence I believe the requirements have been complied with - I also return one other claim (viz) John Lary's it was
inscribed on the back of it (at the War office) "deserted July 9th 1777 Rejected" - but upon examining his declaration it does not appear that he served in July 1777 nor for that year - I have since seen the old Gentleman he says that if there is any such entry upon the roll it must be some other person as he served his time out and never deserted he has taken
three depositions of very respectable citizens that I am personally acquainted with upon this point which I now forward and think upon a further examination it will appear that he did not desert but that it was some other person as he did not serve that year He says that he had a brother younger than himself by the name of James that served in 1777 that he did desert and came home that he and his friends advised him to return and deliver himself in to
the army and that he followed their advice and he thinks the name of James must have been taken for John in examining the roll otherwise he don't know how to account for it I believe Mr. John Lary to be a person of good credibility
I am Respectfully Your Obt Servt [OBEDIENT SERVANT]
William Badger
J. L. Edwards Esquire -