Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 23033, Samuel File, Continental (Mass.)
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE

Continental (Mass)
CONTENTS
File, Samuel
or 
Files
Esther
NUMBER
W 23033
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231

Maine
Samuel Files
of Gorham in the State of Maine
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain William of the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Phinney in the Massachusetts
line, for the term of One Year
from December 1775 to     17

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of Forty Dollars per month [lined out] annum, to
commence on the 4th day of May 1837

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th of August
1832 and sent to John
Mussey Portland Maine

the Roll on  day of
182
and notification sent to
at 
Pension commencing on the
of  182
Amount due on 4th of} Mar 1832 
Semiannual} 4 Sept "
$40
$20
$60

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act March 18, 1818, [lined out]}
{May 1, 1820. [lined out]}
June 1832
Recorded Book D Vol
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Maine
3853
Reported
Esther Files 
widow of Samuel Files
Me
who was a Private
in the Revolution

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
14th day of Dec. 1843
and sent to
Joseph Pope
Portland
Maine

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book
Vol. 1 Page 4.
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State of Maine
Cumberland County
Gorham September 6, 1838
I Eben Preble Clerk of the Town of Gorham do certify that in the records
of marriages by William Gorham Esqr as Recorded in the Records of said Town
Book No 1 page 142. the marriage of Samuel Files and Esther Thomes are
recorded as follows
Saml File & Esther Thomas Sept twenty Eighth
Seventeen hundred and Eighty
Attest Eben Preble Town Clerk
I Eben Preble as above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town
Clerk in the Town of Gorham, and that the above marriage is a true extract from the Records of said Town now in my possession with the exception of the date
which is expressed on the Records of said Town in fair legible figures as
follows (Septr 28th 1780)
Attest Eben Preble Town Clerk
State of Maine
Cumberland County SS.
on this Sixth day of September
Eighteen hundred and Thirty Eight personally appeared before me Elijah Hayes a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County aforesaid - Eben Preble above named Town Clerk of
Gorham, a person by me well known and entitled to full credit as a witness and made
oath that the above extracts by him subscribed are truly copied from the Record of
said Town, the dates being written out in words, which are put down in figures
only on the Record as above stated (with no other alterations -
1.
Elijah Hayes Justice of the Peace
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No 93 Samuel File

not entitled

7416
5 March 19
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF MAINE SS.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at
Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the
first Tuesday, being the sixth day of June
and by adjournment from day to day, on the eighth
day of
June
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS.
Judge of said Court.
On this eighth
day of June
in the year above written, personally
appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment" and being a
Court of Record for said Maine District, Samuel File
aged Sixty
years, resident in Gorham
in said District,
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary
War as follows, viz. as a private.
in the company commanded by Capt.
Williams in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Phinney,
in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is
more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 8th
day of April
A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension
, numbered 7416
was granted. And 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, 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; that
my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my
family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Samuel File
Sworn to and declared, on the eighth
day of June A.D.1820
Bro Albion K. Parris
U. S. District Judge for the
District of Maine.
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SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging
to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate, Seventy six and a half acres land,
in Gorham and Buxton, half of a house and half
a barn - three cows seven sheep - two calves
one hog - one horse - some kitchen furniture
no income-- no money due me but owe about
fifteen hundred dollars
Samuel File
Sworn to
Before
Albion K. Parris
U.S. Dist: Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Samuel File
by occupation am a farmer
who,
which I am partly able to pursue by reason of
Esther, my wife.
Abigail, daughter
Stephen, a son
Sally, daughter
AGES.
57
21 -
20
16.
Capacity of each to contribute to their support.
able to do little work
able to work
do
do.
do.
Samuel File
Sworn to before Albion K. Parris
┃ U.S. Dist: Judge
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MAINE DISTRICT, SS.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do
hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the
Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the
total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is twelve hundred, seventy
three dollars and no more.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the said Court, on this eighth
day of June
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

John Massey Junr
{Clerk of the U. States District
{Court for Maine District.

$1273
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Samuel Files
$40 per ann
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
AT a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at
Gorham
, within and for said District, on the thirty first
day of July
A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two
before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this thirty first
day of July aforesaid, personally appeared in open
Court before said District Judge
Samuel File
a resident of
Gorham
in the County of Cumberland in said Maine District,
aged seventy three
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 June 7th, 1832. That he
was placed on the pension list roll of the
District of Maine agency and certificate of pension granted to him
on his application made on the 28th day of April 1818. No 7416. That
his name was stricken from the pension roll on account of his property. That
he served in the revolutionary army as follows, viz. That he enlisted at
Gorham in Decr 1775 in the company commanded by Capt Williams
Phinney Regiment
and marched to Cambridge, remained there till the British left Boston
in Aug 1776 marched to Ticonderoga, thence to Fort George and was there discharged
on the 1st day of January 1777 and then returned home to said Gorham
That he enlisted again at Gurham in July 1778 in the company commanded by
Capt Alex M Killon in Col. Mitchell's Regt and marched to Bagadue, now
called Castine, and served out two months, and was then discharged, and returned to Gorham. That the first enlistment named above was for the term
of one year which he served out. that he has wherewith
resided there when he was put on the pension list where he was
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares
that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in
the State of Maine
Samuel File
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware
U. S. Judge for the
District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Mussey
Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the said Court, on this thirty first day of July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
John Mussey
Clerk of the U. States District
Court for Maine District.
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STATE OF MAINE.
District of Maine
County of Cumberland, ss.
On this twenty ninth day of September 1838
personally appeared before Hon Ashur Ware - Judge of the
United States District Court Esther Files
a resident of Gorham in the County of Cumberland and State or
District of Maine, aged Seventy five 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, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled
"An Act granting half pay, and pensions to certain widows." That she is the wid-
wo of Samuel Files who was a Private in the
Army of the Revolution and a pensioner
under the act of March ^18th^ 1818 & June 7th
1832 & under the last act at the rate of
Forty dollars per annum. She cannot
tell under what officers he served, but
would refer to the declarations of his
under which his pension was granted.
His name was on the roll of the Maine
Agency. she also declares that she
has not been married since the
death of said Samuel Files, but still
continues his widow.


SHE FURTHER DECLARE that she was married to the said Samuel
Files - on the [blank] day of September in the
year seventeen hundred and Eighty and that her husband, the aforesaid
Samuel Files died on the seventh day of
April 1835 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving
the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen
hundred and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated.

Witness - [Signature:] David Mose     Esther X Files made her mark.
mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
BEFORE  [Signature:] Ashur Ware
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2444
Esther Files
application for a pension
Act July 7. 1838

admitted
per year $40

died April 1835

Joseph Pope
Portland
Maine
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I Robert Files of Gorham in the County
of Cumberland and State of Maine, do
testify and say that Samuel Files
late of Gorham, a Revolutioner pensioner
died in my presence on the 7th day
of April 1835 and that Esther Files
who has subscribed the foregoing application for a pension is the widow of
said Samuel Files, and has not
been married since his death.
Robert Giles

Sworn to this 29th of September 1838 before
Ashur Ware
Judge of the united States for the
District of Maine
I certify that the above named Robert Files is a
credible witness
Ashur Ware
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United States
Maine District SS
District Court September 29 A.D. 1838.

I hereby certify that the within proceedings were had
in Open Court before the Honorable Ashur Ware
Judge of the United States in and for Maine District
as therein set forth.

And I further certify that Elijah Hayes Esquire
whose official certificate is borne on the annexed deposition
is a Magistrate as therein stated and as much is entitled
to full faith and credit.

In testimony whereof there hereunto
set my hand and affixed the
Seal of said Court the day and
year first above written
John Mussey Clerk of U.S.
Courts Maine District
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In reply to your request of
received
for a statement of the military history of Samuel File or Files
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
W. File 23033

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT. I
LENGTH OF
SERVICE. I
RANK. I STATE.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. 
CAPTAIN. I COLONEL.


December 15, 1775 I January 1, 1777 I Private I
Hart Williams I Edward Phinney I Mass.
discharged at Lake George
July 1779 I J Moss I {Hart Williams
{Brigadier     I Mitchell  (see Maine

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Enlisted at Gorham, Maine
Date of application for pension, 
April 28, 1818 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Gorham, Maine
Age at date of application, 59 yrs
Remarks: Married Gorham, Maine, September 28, 1780  Esther Thomes
died April 7, 1835 and she was allowed pension on her application Sept. 29, 1838 while 75 yrs of age resident of
Gorham aforesaid.
Very respectfully,

6-2856

Commissioner.
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23033
Esther Files
widow of
Samuel Files
Pri Rev War
Act March 3d 43
Index: Vol. A Page 239
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1913 Apl. 11. History to
Mrs. J. B. Kerr
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Samuel Files Maine Act 7 June 1832
to what time paid?
Pen Office
April 27. 1839

pd to 4 March 1835
JH
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257.2
Maine -[illegible]
==========
Esther Files
widow of Samuel Files, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832,
and who died on the 7th April 1835
of Cumberland in the State of Maine
who was a private in the Co commanded
by Captain Williams of the Regt commanded
by Col Phinney in the Masst.
line for one year.
==========
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 29 day of Apl.
1839   and sent to Joseph
Pope, Portland Maine
==========
Arrears to the 4th of March 1839             $20,00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep 39    20.00
                                                                  ======
                                                                  $140.00
                                                                  ======
                                                          { Act July 7, }
                                                          {   1838       }
Recorded by  D. McCurdy -- Clerk,
Book A.   Vol. 1. Page 9.
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[Left-hand page]

7.416
Maine
=======
Samuel File                   4[?]
of Gorham in the state{lined out]^Dist^ of Maine
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Phinny of the Mass^tts^[illegible - abbreviation for Massachusetts?]
line, for the term of one year, -----.
=======
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 28th. of Apl. 1818
=======
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th. of March 1819
and sent to A. K. Parris, Esq
Paris Maine
=======
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 10mo.  3/304/..   81.83
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819           48.00
                                                                      ====
                                                                    $129.83
                                                                      ====
{ Revolutionary claim,   }
{ Act 18th March, 1818.}

[Right-hand page - with text written vertical to page]
Notification Sent 21 June 1820 [? - date is mostly illegible] to John Godfrey post Exp
  Portland, Maine
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District of Maine Ss
   On this twenty eighth day of April AD 1818
before me the Subscriber Judge of the District Court of
the United States for the District of Maine, personally
appears Samuel File aged fifty eight years, resident
in Gorham in said District, 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 & naval service of the
United States in the Revolutionary War."
   That he the said Samuel File enlisted in Gorham
aforesaid in the State of Massachusetts on or about
the fifteenth day of December AD 1775 in the
company commanded by Capt Hart Williams in
the seventeenth Regiment of Infantry commanded
by Col.o Edmund Phinney, that he continued to
serve in said corps, or in the service of the
United States, untill [sic] the first day of January
AD 1777. when he was discharged from the service
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[continued from above]
at Lake George in the State of New York, his term
of enlistment having expired. That he is xxxx[lined out]
in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of
assistance of his country for support. And that
he has no other evidence of his said services now
in his power-
[Signature:]   Samuel File


Sworn to and declared before me, this day
& year aforesaid
[Signature:]          Albion K. Parris
                                     Judge fe

I Albion K. Parris Judge &c. as aforesaid, do
certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the
said Samuel Files did serve in the Revolutionary war
as stated in the preceding declaration against
the common enemy: and I now transmit the proceeding
testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary
of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions
of the aforementioned act of Congress. -- April 28, 1818.
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We William Hastey & James Small on oath
declare that we were in the service of the United States
during the Revolutionary war & we know
that the before named Samuel File of Gorham served
as a soldier in the United States service for the
term of one year in the Regiment commanded
by Col. Edmund Phinney & that he served out
the time for which he enlisted.
Wm Hasty
James Small

Personally appeared the above named William Hastey 
& Capt James Small and made oath to the foregoing
affidavit by them Subscribed. April 28, 1818.

Albion K. Parris
Judge &c
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Saml File
Payable semi-annually -- the first payment
on this certificate will be made
on the 4th of September next
at the Cumberland
Bank Portland
Maine.

Recorded
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WAR DEPARTMENT.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United
States, of the 18th of March, 1818, {  "  }
Samuel File, late a private
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pen
sion List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the
rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty
eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and
eighteen.

GIVEN at the War Office of the United
States, this fifth day of
March, one thousand eight hundred
and nineteen
J C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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I William Files of Gorham county of Cumberland
and State of Maine, aged Seventy one years,
do testify and say, that I well know Samuel
File of Gorham aforesaid and know that he
was a private in Captain Alexander McLellans
company of Colonel Mitchells Regiment of Yarmouth
this State of Massachusetts and that he served in the
Revolution and that he served two months in said
company of which I was also a private, It was
the time that was then called the Penobscot defeat.
 Gorham July 26th 1832
William Files

Cumberland Ss July 26th 1832
                      Personally appeared
the above named William Files a person well known
to me and who I believe to be a person of truth and
of undoubted veracity, and made oath that the above
stated by him subscribed is strictly true.
Before me
Alexander McLellan  Justice of the Peace
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J.L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of pensions
Washington D.C.
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Portland Oct 8 1838

J.L. Edwards Esqr
Commr of pensions
 Sir  I forward with this the applications of Nancy Hutchins and Esther Files for pensions under act of July 7. 1838 - and if their claims are allowed please forward to me certificates for them.
 Yours very respectfully
  Joseph Pope
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E. Files

$40 per an

Joseph Pope
Portland
Maine
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Portland, Me, Sept 9, 1843

J L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
 Sir,
  I forward herewith the application of Mrs Esther Files for her pension under the act of March 3, 1843.
 I am sir
 Yours very respectfully
 Joseph Pope
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STATE OF MAINE
         -----
CUMBERLAND, SS.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County. certify that,
Joseph Pope Esquire is a Magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is
duly qualified to act as such; that his commission bears
date January 27 A. D. 1842 and will expire
January 29 A. D. 1849.
and that the annexed signature purporting to be
his is genuine.

[Court seal covered over]
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial
Court for said State, this Ninth day of September
Anno Domina 1843.
[Signature:]   Charles Cobb  Clerk.
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4325
Esther Files
application for a pension
Act March 3d 1843.
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[Centered] STATE OF MAINE.
         ----
Cumberland County.
   On this ninth day of Sept. 1843
Personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice
of the Peace in and for said County
Esther Files
a resident of Gorham in the County of Cumberland
aged Eighty -- 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 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who
served during the Revolutionary War--That she is the Widow of Samuel
Files --who was a Private in the
war of the Revolution, and pensioner
under the act of June 7th 1832.
She also declares that she has received a
pension under the act of July 7th. 1838.
at the rate of Forty dollars per annum
Witness - [Signature:] Robert Files
she further declares that she is still a widow
                                         Esther X Files
                                         made her mark

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
   Before me; and I further certify
that the said Esther Files is personally
known to me to be the identical person
she has declared herself to be.
            [Signature:]  Joseph Pope, Jus. of the Peace

=======================================
NOTE--After " who was a"" insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy or militia, as the
case may be, and the regiment, corps or vessel in which he served, and the annual amount of the pen-
sion which she received under the act of July 7, 1838.
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State of Maine 
Cumberland [handwritten] County.
On this ninth [handwritten] day of Sept.r  [handwritten] 1843
Personally appeared before the Subscriber & Justice [handwritten] of the Peace in and for said County, Esther Files [handwritten' 
a resident of Gorham [handwritten] in the county of Cumberland [handwritten]  aged Eighty [handwritten] 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 pas-sed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - That she is the Widow of Samuel Files [handwritten] who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832 - She also declares that she has received a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838, at the rate of Forty dollars per annum.
Witness - Robert Finley [handwritten]
she further declares that she is still a widow.
Esther her X mark Files [handwritten]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Before me; and I further certify that the said Esther Files is personally known to me to be the identical person she has declared herself to be. - [handwritten]
Joseph Pope,  Jus. of the Peace [handwritten]
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Samuel Files  private
Col Phinney Mass line
Dec "75.  1 year
April 28 1818

Admitted

See the Judges certificate on file
Page 35

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
              --------
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty eighth
day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen, personally came Samuel
File the applicant named in the papers hereunto
annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the
several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my
presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the deposi'tn'
of William Hasty an officer
in the Revolutionary army
and James Small a
soldier in said army
both taken and sworn
to before me, which are
hereunto annexed.


And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible
witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory
proof to me that the said Samuel File the applicant, served as a
private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy,
for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further
certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear
that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for sup-
port; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to
the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."

    IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my
    official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
      [Signature:] Albion K. Parr
                      Judge of the United States in and
                             for the District of Maine.
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I Uriel Whitney of North Yarmouth in the County
of Cumberland State of Maine aged twenty four
do testify and say that I well knew Samuel
Files in Capt Alexander McLellens Company
in the State of Massachusetts serves in the time of
the Revolution I know that said Files served
two months in said company I served in the same
company it was the time of what was then called
the Penobscot defeat
[Signature:]  Uriel Whitney

State of Maine
Cumberland ss July 24, 1832 Personally appeared
Uriel Whitney a man well known to me by
common report to be a man of truth and veracity
and made solemn oath to the truth of the
above statement Before me
[Signature:] Caleb Hodgdon Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine
   -----
I Isaac Chase of Standish County of Cumberland
and State of Maine do testify and say that I was
a private in the company of Infantry commanded
by Captain Alexander McLellin of Gorham in the
Regiment commanded by Colonel Mitchell of North
Yarmouth in said State in the Massachusetts
State troops and was at Castine then called Bugaduce in the year A.D. 1779 - and that I was then
in the Revolutionary Army at that time two months - and that I then knew Samuel Files of Gorham aforesaid, and that said Files was a private
in the said company at the same time and that
he was in the said service two months- that the
said Files was enlisted and discharged at the same time
I was - And I further testify that I have this day
seen the said Samuel Files and know him to be the
same Samuel Files that was with me in the said
Alexander McLellans company in 1779-
Gorham July 26th 1832  [Signature:] Isaac Chase


Cumberland ss July 24th 1832
                                            Personally appeared the
above named Isaac Chase and made oath that 
the above statement by him signed was true
              Before me
                      [Signature:]  Alexander McLellan Justice of Peace
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Marshall, Ill
Apr 4 1913

Pension Dept
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - Will you please send me the revolutionary record of Samuel Files who died at Gorham Me Apr 7, 1835 & whose wife was a pensioner at time of death - Mch 1 1844.
  Thanking you -
 (Mrs.) J.B. Kerr
Marshall Illinois

Treasurer
Walter Bendick Chapter