Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2429, William Batchelder, N. H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Batchelder, William
........................Joanna

NUMBER
W. 2429
B.L.Wt. 17596-160-55

CONTENTS
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140,675
________________
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Whitefield, Maine
May 15 1855

Sir

Enclosed herewith please find the application of Hiram Polson Grandson of Joanna Batchelder for Bounty Land Under Act of March 3d 1883

Please examine & send the result to my address

F.W. Lewis
Whitefield Maine

Hon L.P. Waldo
Commifsioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Pension Office
August 25/55

Sir

Please report time of last payment to, or death of within named pensioner

Respectfully &c
S. Cole
for Comm'r.

F Burt Esqr
3 Aud

Privat
William Batchelder, 2d.
Act 1818.  $8. p. m.---Paid
to 4th Sept. 1840---no
date of death on our
Books.

F. Burt
Auditor.
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Whitefield Maine  Aug 30 1853

Sir,

About the 14th of June I mailed the application of Widow Joanna Batchelder for a Pension under Act of Feb 3d 1853,  Also for the Arrear of Pension due at the time of the decease of her late husband William Batchelder 2d (on the Rolls) who was a Private in the Army of the Revolutionary War &c

Permit me to inquire, Has it been received?  If not, please inform me--
Most Respectfully
Reuben Lewis

Hon L P Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington
DC
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Brief in the case of Joanna Batchelder widow of Wm
Kennebec County and State of Maine
act of Feb 3--1853
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Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")

Proof exhibited, (If original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner act 1818 at
$96 per annum

Pri

Marriage proved--public record

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

Death cr.  uitts.
Identity certificate of Co.

Name and residence of Agent
Rhuben Lewis
Whitefield
Lincoln Co.  Mr.

Examining Clerk.
JL Gray
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Batchelder, William
........................Joanna

NUMBER
W. 2429
B.L.Wt. 17596-160-55

CONTENTS
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[left side of page]

July 7th 1834  dup certif:  ifs'd &
sent to R.C. Vose Esqr--Augusta
Maine--on the--

[written vertically on edge of left side of page]
Notification delivered June 8th 1824 to R C Vose Esqr.
Washington City--

[right side of page]
14,243   R
District of Maine
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William Batchelder 2d
of Pittston in the ["state of" stricken out] D of Maine
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Reed of the N Hamp're
line, for the term of One Year
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Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 11 of May 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of Sep 1819
and Sent to Josiah Stibbins Esqr
Alna District of Maine
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Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819..........................126.47
Semi-anl. all'ce ending Mar 1820.................48.00
15 Mo. 21/31  4/30.......................................=====
..............................................................................$174.47
...............................................................................=====

(Revolutionary claim,         )
(Act 18th March, 1818.      )

Continued.
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William Batchelder.

New Hamp   line
2d  Regmt---
Col'o Reed

9 May 7.82
25 Dec'r 7.83  1Yr 7

The Testimony of one
other Creditable & 
disinterested witnefs, duly 
taken & Authenticated.

Admitted
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I William Batchelder of Pittston in the County of Kennebec, and District of Maine, aged fifty three years, a resident citizen of the United Sttes, desiring to receive the provision of a law of Congrefs entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," and to be placed on the pension list for the District of Maine; do on oath testify and declare:  That at Cheshire in New Hampshire on the ninth of May, 1782 I enlisted as a private soldier on the continental establishment in the war of the revolution, was mustered the next day at Exeter in New Hampshire; and marched & joined the army at Fort Plain, on the Mohawk in New York, and was annexed to Capt. Cherry's company of Infantry, in Col. Reed's regiment, being the New Hampshire second, ["and" stricken out] in the New Hampshire line; in which I faithful did my duty till December the 24th or 25th 1783, after the close of the war, when I received an honourable discharge at Constitution Island near West Point.  This discharge is lost, and
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is not to my knowledge in existence I removed from New Hampshire more than Thirty one years ago, and know of no person in this State who can testify to my services; it therefore is not now in my power to produce any further evidence of them.  By reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of afsistance from my country for support.
William Batchelder

Commonwealth of Mafsachusetts
Lincoln fs.
On the eleventh day of May A.D. 1818, William Batchelder of Pittston above named, personally appeared before me, Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by him signed.
Josiah Stebbins.
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I Israel Wing aged sixty years upon oath testify and declare that I know, being myself a soldier in the war of the revolution, that William ["Cherry was of H" stricken out] Bachelder now of Whitefield in the District of Maine, enlisted and served three years in the war of the revolution, upon the continental establishment, as a private soldier in Capt Cherry's company and Col. Reed's regiment of the New Hampshire line.  He served until after the war.
Israel Wing

Commonwealth of Mafsachusetts.
Kennebec  fs.   March 5th 1819

Then Israel Wing above named made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me; and I give credit to the above testimony.
Nathan Weston Junior  C. Just
**C.C.C. Pleas 2d E. Circuit.

[written vertically along left margin of page]
**For the office of Judge Weston reference is asked to the numerous cases by him certified.  R.C. Vose Agent.

I am satisfied that the above deponent now a pensioner under the late law, is disinterested and credible.
Nathan Weston Junior
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Commonwealth of Mafsachusetts.

I certify that the within Samuel Weston Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Somerset.

Josiah Stebbins
a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2d E. Circuit

John Rogers
Deposition
Wm Batchelder's
Case
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M.
I John Rogers, now of Cornville in the County of Somerset & District of Maine late a private in the Hampshire now on the pension list for the District of Maine under the law of March 18, 1818, do hereby certify & make known that I well knew William Batchelder, a continental Soldier in the War of the Revolution, the said Batchelder joined the company to which I belonged (viz) Capt Sam'l Cherry's, at Fort Plain on a Mohawk River in May 1782 and served in the same Company until June 1783 at which time I was discharged & left said Batchelder to serve out the term of his enlistment, which was for three years--the said Batchelder served to my knowledge the full term of time above stated which was more than nine months in continuation--
John Rogers

Somerset fs.   July 29, 1819--

John Rogers above named, a credible & disinterested witnefs appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed--
Before me  Samuel Weston  Justice of the Peace

Per certificate on the back hereof.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.

I, the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that William Batchelder, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Pittston, in the ["said" stricken out] County of Kennebec, in the District of Maine, on the eleventh day of May, A.D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed March 18, A.D. 1818, which declaration, is ["and the other evidence produced by said application" stricken out] hereunto annexed.

And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this eleventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Josiah Stebbins.
_____________________________________
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.

I THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:--Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this         day of                   in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

Authentication of Judge's office under seal of State was transmitted June 21, 1819.  On cases 
returned reference is endorsed to "case of James Robinson."
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108

William Batchelder 2d

14243.

Mar:  '20

Con
J.L.E

R.C. Vose
Augusta
Maine

Stebbins [stricken out]
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STATE OF MAINE. 
Kennebec ['LINCOLN' crossed out] ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at ['Wiscasset' crossed out]Augusta, within and for the County of Kennebec ['Lincoln' crossed out], on the Second ['third Tues' crossed out] Monday, being the ['twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the' crossed out] eleventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court. are presented & filed in Court the declaration, oath and schedules following:
ON this tenth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared before Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, William Batchelder aged fifty seven years, resident in Pittston in said Circuit, 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. Cherry in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Reed in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the eleventh day of May A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 14.243 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. 
[margin note: (Pittston is in Kennebeck Co=see P.O.B. p 50)]
/s/X his mark Wm Batchelder
Sworn to and declared, on the 10th day of July A.D. 1820.}
BEFORE /s/Josiah Stebbins {One of the Judges of the said Court.
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SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real Estate. None. 
One cow, value fourteen dollars - 2 spring pigs, value three dollars - old ax and hoe value one dollar - a few articles of household furniture, value four dollars. I have no debts due to me, and owe not less than thirty dollars. I have no income except my pension. 
/s/X his mark Wm Bachelder (Batchelder)
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me William Batchelder who, by occupation am a shoe maker which I am unable to pursue, except in a small degree by reason of decay of strength and eye-sight, and a thumb and finger of my right hand disabled by tumors called felons.
[column headings: NAMES.|AGES.|Capacity of each to contribute to their support.|]
Joanna Batchelder|48|My wife in ordinary health for a person of her years.|
[end of columns]
/s/X his mark Wm Batchelder
Attest /s/John David Clk
STATE OF MAINE. 
Kennebec ['LINCOLN' crossed out], ss. 
I, ['NATHANIEL COFFIN' crossed out] John Davis, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Kennebec ['Lincoln' crossed out], 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 twenty two dollars ['and [blank] cents.' crossed out]
[court seal affixed] IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this [illegible] day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty. one
/s/John Davis {Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.
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1601.
Maine
Joanna Batchelder widow of William Batchelder NH 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 ['4th day of March, 1848' crossed out] 3d February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Aug/53 and sent to Reuben Lewis Whitfield Lincoln Co; Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February ['2, 1848' crossed out] 3/53, Page 1 Vol. A
18187
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State of Maine
County of Kennebec ss.
On this thirtieth day of May Eighteen hundred and Fifty three, Personally appeared before me undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State aforesaid, Joanna Batchelder, a resident of Pittston in the County of Kennebec, and State aforesaid, aged Eighty One 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 made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d February AD 1853, granting Pensions to  Widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War; That she is the widow of the identical William Batchelder, 2d alias, William Batchelder, deceased, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolutionary War, and inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, commencing on the eleventh day of May A.D. 1818, in conformity with the Laws of the United States of the 18th March 1818, and May 1st 1820. For further proof and description of service of the said William, reference to be had to the evidence filed in the application of the said William now in the appropriate officer of the Department at Washington City. Also, to the Pension Certificate, otherwise, a Duplicate, No 14.243 which is herewith presented.
She further declares, that she was  married to the said William Batchelder 3d alias William Batchelder, on the sixth day of February in the Year Eighteen hundred and twelve; and that her husband, the said William, died on the Fourth day of November eighteen hundred and forty, 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 - I hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Lewis of Whitefield County of Lincoln & State of Maine, my true and lawful Agent to present this, and any other claim I may justly have, for arrears or balances of Pension due, at the decease of my late husband, to the Department for adjustment; and to receive a Certificate or Certificates of whatever I may be allowed therefor, for me; hereby confirming all my said Agent shall lawfully do in the premises
/s/X her mark Joanna Batchelder
Witness /s/George W. Mansir (over
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State of Maine
County of Kennebec ss.
The within declaration and appointment of Agency, Sworn to, Subscribed and acknowledged, before me, the day and year within written. And I hereby certify, that I believe the said Joanna Batchelder to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, that I know her to be the identical party therein alleged, in whose claim I am in no wise interested; and that from her advanced age and bodily infirmity, in my opinion, she is unable to attend the County Court.
/s/George W. Mansir} Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF KENNEBEC. SS. - 
I, WILLIAM M. STRATTON, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that Gary W. Mansir & James Chapman Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were had, and who have thereto affixed their genuine signature, were at the time of so doing respectively Justices of the Peace, in and for the said County of Kennebec, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to their official acts done as aforesaid. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court this eighth day of June Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
/s/W. M. Stratton
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State of Maine. County of Kennebec
On the Sixth day of February AD. eighteen hundred and twelve, I joined in Marriage Mr. William Batchelder with Miss Joanna Blackwell, both of Mount Vernon, in the County of Kennebec, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
/s/James Chapman Justice of the Peace
I Thomas C. Norris Clerk of the Town of Vienna, in the County of Kennebec aforesaid, do hereby certify, that, the foregoing is a true copy, as found upon the original records of said Town, except in the date, it reads "AD. 1812." instead of eighteen hundred and twelve
/s/Thomas C. Norris Town Clerk
Subscribed and duly sworn to this fourteenth day of April AD. eight hundred and fifty three 
Before Me /s/James Chapman} Justice of the Peace
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This certifies that I was the attending physician of Mr. Wm. Batchelder of Pittston, a Revolutionary pensioner, during his last sickness, and that I saw him after his decease on the 4th day of Nov. AD. 1840
/s/Nathaniel Ford M.D.
Alna May, 20, 1853
To the Clerk of the Court for Kennebec  County 
Sir, Please authenticate & enclose these papers to My address & oblige
duly Your /s/Reuben Lewis
Whitefield Maine
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 
Duplicate - 
I Certify, That, in conformity with the Laws of the United States, of the 18th March 1818, and May 1st 1820, William Batchelder, 2d late a private in the Army of the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the eleventh day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. This certificate is issued in lieu of one dated on the 6th September 1819 which has been lost, or destroyed, and which, if presented at the Agency, the Agent is requested to transmit it, to this Department - 
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Seventh day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty four. - 
/s/Lewis Cass
Secretary of War. 
Examined and countersigned, 
/s/J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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State of Maine
County of Kennebec ss. 
We Mary C. Moody and Eliza B. Moody of Pittston in said County and State aforesaid, having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew William Batchelder 2d, alias, William Batchelder, who, agreeable to his Pension Certificate No 14.243 now in the possession of his widow, Joanna Batchelder, who now applied for a pension, under the Act of Congress passed February 3d 1853. was a Private in the Army of the Revolutionary War: that we knew him for more than seven years before his death, which occurred at Pittston aforesaid, in said County of Kennebec on or about the fourth day of November eighteen hundred and forty; that we know that he died on or about that time because we were present at the time of his death
that we have known Joanna Batchelder, his widow, from his death, to this time; that she has remained, and is now, a widow, and that we have no pecuniary interest in the result of her foregoing application. 
/s/Mary C Moody
/s/Eliza B Moody
Subscribed, and duly sworn to, before me who certify that the deponents are credible witnesses; Also, that the facts above stated, are generally known to me personally. This thirtieth day of May A.D. 1853
/s/George W. Mansir} Justice of the Peace
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[verso]
140.615 Act Mch/55
May 19/55
Joanna Batchelder Widow of William Batchelder pri
Revolutionary War 
Claimant is a Pensioner
Act Feby 3d 1853
Private Col. Reid
NH Line
Me Feby 53 - 1601
Ad. 160 acs Feby 16/56
Dodge
[overwritten: no 17596 iss Feb 26/56]
F. N. Lewis
Whitefield Maine

[recto]
Vol. B - 15.
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[this is the reverse side of the following document shown in full as image #33]
For proof of the service of the said William Batchelder in the Revolutionary War, he refers to the papers filed in his application for a pension at Washington D.C.
He further states that said Joanna was married to said William Batchelder on the sixth day of February AD 1812 and that said William Batchelder her late husband died at Pittston, State of Maine, on the fourth day of November AD 1840 - For further proof of the marriage aforesaid, and the death of the said William Batchelder, he refers to the evidence filed in said Joanna Batchelder's application for a Pension now in the appropriate office at Washington - He further states that said Joanna is now the widow of William Batchelder aforesaid
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the Act approved March 3d 1855, giving Bounty Land to Officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and their Widows - He declares that he has never applied for nor received Bounty Land under any Act of Congress (excepting this application)
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The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons and that their statements are true; that the claimant is the identical person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim 
/s/Reuben Lewis Justice of the Peace
Know all men by these Present that I, Hiram Palmer, Guardian, before named do hereby constitute and apoint F. W. Lewis my true and Lawful agent, to present this my claim for Bounty Land & to do all thing pertaining thereto as I myself could Lawfully do in the premises. 
/s/Hiram Palmer Guardian
State of Maine, County of Lincoln, SS. on this eight day of May AD 1855 personally appeared Hiram Palmer above named & acknowledged the last instrument above, by him subscribed, to his free act and deed
before me /s/Reuben Lewis Justice of the Peace
Natr. William Batchelder's duplicate Certificate of Pension is Numbered 14.243
Joanna Batchelder's Certificate of Pension recorded on the Roll of Pensioners Act February 3d 1853
Page 1 Vol. A. Pension payable in Portland at the Maine Agency 
/s/Geo. F. Emery Esqr Agent
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State of Maine
County of Lincoln} SS.
I hereby certify, That Reuben Lewis Esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration, affidavit and Power of Attorney were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the times of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Lincoln aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto Signed my name and affixed my Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County aforesaid this sixteenth day of May AD 1855
/s/E. B. Bowman Clerk of said Court
Claim of Hiram Palmer Guardian to Bounty Land Act of March 3d 1855
Presented by F. W. Lewis 
Whitefield Maine
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STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County. Probate Office. 
I, Joseph Burton, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Kennebec, hereby certify, that Hiram Palmer of Whitefield in the ['said' crossed out] County of Lincoln was on the twenty fourth day of October A.D. 1853, duly appointed and commissioned Guardian of Joanna Batchelder a person non compos mentis. of Pittston in said County of Kennebec and that he remains, at the present time Guardian as aforesaid, as of record in the Probate Office for said County, fully appears; and that full faith and credit are due to his lawful acts in that capacity. 
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court, at the Probate Office in said County, this eleventh day of May in the year one thousand and eight hundred and fifty-five
/s/J. Burton} Register of the Court of Probate, Kennebec County, Maine.
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State of Maine
County of Lincoln} SS
On this eighth day of May eighteen hundred and fifty five, Personally appeared before me, Reuben Lewis, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths, within and for the County & State aforesaid Hiram Palmer, a resident of Whitefield in said State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the lawful Guardian of Joanna Batchelder, a Pensioner of the United States, under the Act of February 3d, AD 1853, and inscribed on the Pension List, at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum agreeable to her Certificate thereof in his possession of which I certify the following is a true Copy,
Department of the Interior, Widow's Pension
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853, Joanna Batchelder widow of William Batchelder, who was a private in the revolutionary War, is inscribed on the Pension List at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum, commencing on the 3d of February 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case, the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage - 
[facsimile seal: Department of the Interior L.S.] Given at the Department of the Interior this twenty ninth day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty three. 
/s/R. McClellan Secretary of the Interior
Examined & Countersigned 
/s/S Cole Acting Commissioner of Pensions
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For proof of the service of the said William Batchelder in the Revolutionary War, he refers to the papers filed in his application for a pension at Washington D.C. 
He further states that said Joanna was married to said William Batchelder on the sixth day of  February AD 1812 and that said William Batchelder her late husband died at Pittston, State of Maine, on the fourth day of November AD 1840 - For further proof of the marriage aforesaid, and the death of the said William Batchelder, he refers to the evidence filed in said Joanna Batchelder's application for a Pension now in the appropriate office at Washington - He further states that said Joanna is now the widow of William Batchelder aforesaid [margin note: 140615] 
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the Act approved March 3d 1855, giving Bounty Land to Officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and their Widows - He declares that he has never applied for nor received Bounty Land under any Act of Congress (excepting this application)
/s/Hiram Palmer Guardian
We John E. Palmer and Harriet J. Palmer, residents of Whitefield in the State of Maine upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hiram Palmer, Guardian of Joanna Batchelder, in our presence, and that we know, that he is the identical person her represents himself to be; and that said Joanna is now living and unmarried
/s/John E Palmer
/s/Harriet J. Palmer
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O. W. and N. Division. 3-525.
[initials: own] 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.,
SSC
Wid. File 2429
Rev. 
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of William Batchelder, Pens. as Batchelder a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (['or' crossed out] & his widow's) applications for pension on file in this Bureau.
[column headings: DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.|LENGTH OF SERVICE.|RANK.|OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.(CAPTAIN.|COLONEL.)|STATE.|]
May 1782|to Dec 25. 1783|Pvt.|(Samuel Cherry|Geo. Reid)|N.H.|
[end of columns]
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓Enl at Cheshire, NH
Date of application for pension, May 11, 1818. His cl. was al. 
Residence at date of application, Pittston, Kennebec Co., Me.
Age at date of application, 53
Remarks: Sol. mar Feby 6., 1812 Joanna Blackwell
He died Nov. 4, 1840 at Pittston Me - wid. appln. May 30, 1853 ac 81 res. Pittston Me. Her cl al
No further fam data.
Very respectfully, 
[blank] Commissioner. 
20581b3m11-05
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[handwritten letter]
Whitefield Maine
May 15 1855

Sir
Enclosed herewith please find the application of Hiram Palmer Guardian of Joanna Batchelder for Bounty Land under Act of March 3d 1853
Please examine & send the result to my address
/s/F. W. Lewis
Whitefield Maine
Hon L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Pension Office
August 25/55
Sir Please report time of last payment to, or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully &c
/s/S. Cole for comm'r
F Burt Esqr 3 Aud Present
William Batchelder, 2d
Act 1818. $8. p. m. - Paid to 4th Sept. 1840 - no date of death on our Books.
/s/F Burt Auditor.
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[handwritten letter]
Whitefield Maine - Aug 30 1853

Sir,
About the 14th of June I mailed the application of Widow Joanna Batchelder for a Pension under Act of Feb 3d 1853, Also for the Arrears of Pension due at the time of the decease of her late husband William Batchelder 2d (on the Rolls) who was a Private in the Army of the Revolutionary War &c 
Permit me to inquire, Has it been received? If not, please inform me - 
Most Respectfully
/s/Reuben Lewis
Hon L. P. Waldo
Com of Pensions
Washington DC
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Brief in the case of Joanna Batchelder widow of Wm Kennebec County and State of Maine 
act of Feb 3 - 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") [blank]
Proof exhibited. (if original.) [blank]
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner act 1818 at $96 per annum Pri
Marriage proved - public record
(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death cr, wills,
Identity certificate of co. 
Examining Clerk. /s/J L Gray
Name and residence of Agent
Rhuben (Reuben) Lewis
Whitefield Lincoln Co. Me,
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Oct. 18, 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, 
The widow of William Batchelder 2d. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars ['and [blank] Cents' crossed out] per month, under the law of the 18" March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the 4" of Sept. 1840 to the 4" Nov. 1840. 
Respectfully, yours, 
/s/J. M. Brodhead Comptroller. 
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.
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[handwritten letter]
Whitefield, County of Lincoln, Maine
June 14th 1853. 

Sir,
Herewith enclosed I transmit to you the declaration of Joanna Batchelder, widow of the late William Batchelder 2d, who was a Private in the Army of the Revolutionary War, and inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Maine Agency at the rate of eight dollars per Month; and agreeable to his Duplicate Pension Certificate No 14.243 dated the seventh day of July AD 1834. he was pensioned under the Acts of Congress of 18th of March 1818 and May 1st 1820; and who received his Pension annually up to the Fourth day of September AD 1840, and in just two months there afterwards said William, deceased, agreeable to the testimony of Mary C. Moody & Eliza B. Moody, two credible witnesses, & near neighbors of said William who saw him die.
This testimony is corroborated by the Certificate of Nathaniel Ford. M.D. the attending Physician, who saw said William the same day after his decease, & recorded the time of this last visit on his book of accounts. Then being from the fourth of September 1840 to the fourth day of November 1840, two months, for which said William never received any Pension; now the said Joanna, his widow & next a kin, claims the amount of Sixteen Dollars which was due said William at the time of his decease, to be drawn on the fourth day of March next following in 1841: & the said Joanna Batchelder prays, that a Draft may be sent for her, payable at the Agency above mentioned on the fourth day of September next 1853 - The said Joanna, widow as above stated, Also claims a Pension, under the provisions of the Law of the United States passed February 3d, 1853. Section 2d for a Pension
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[handwritten letter]
to Widows of Officers & Soldiers of the Army of the Revolutionary War, who was married subsequent to the year 1800 - 
She relies upon the evidence of her late husband's revolutionary services, filed in the appropriate department at Washington City D.C. with his application for a Pension upon which his Pension Certificate was issued; together with the proof of her the said Joanna's marriage with the said William on the Sixth day of February 1812 by James Chapman Esquire, and recorded in the public records of the town of Vienna in the County of Kennebec, & certified by Thomas C. Norris Clerk of said town, & sworn to before said James Chapman Esq aforesaid; Also the evidence of two credible witnesses that the said William Batchelder 2d, alia, William Batchelder died on the fourth day of November 1840; that they both, knew the said William & the said Joanna for more than seven years before his death & that the said Joanna lived with the said William as his reputed wife, & that they have known her the said Joanna ever since The death of her late husband the said William; that she has lived unmarried, and that she the said Joanna Batchelder who now applies for a Pension is a Widow - & that they are disinterested subscribed & sworn before George W. Mansir, a Justice of Peace in and for said County of Kennebec, to whom the facts of said William Batchelder's being a Pensioner, & of his death, Also that Joanna, the present applicant, is the widow of said William are well known - There has been no administration of the estate of the said William for the reason that there was now to be administered; & no Kin, children of said Joanna & William, & none others to me known - The said William Batchelder was known as William Batchelder 2d on the Rolls of the Army
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[handwritten letter]
The 2d it appears, was dropped before his marriage, as his widow does not know that he has been known as William Batchelder 2d since their marriage - 
Very probably there were two persons of the same name in the Company or Regiment where he performed his reputed service; as, there might have been two of the same name in his native town at the time of his enlistment into said service - 
However, no doubt is entertained of the facts as are stated in said Joanna's declaration - The Hon Commissioner is refered to the Application of said William Batchelder 2d on file & proof of service connected; Also, to the declaration of Joanna Batchelder his widow & proof connected including The Duplicate Pension Certificate; all of which is Most Respectfully submitted - 
Please, give the subject an examination & forward the result to me; with any information as to proceedings on the part of the widow aforesaid, as may be deemed necessary - 
Very Respectfully
/s/Reuben Lewis Agt
Hon. L P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Application of Wm. Batchelder for a new certificate.
R. C. Vose
Augusta, Me.
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Application for a new Certificate,
State of Maine.
Kennebec, ss: On this fifth day of May 1834, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Kennebec, personally appeared William Batchelder who on his oath declares, that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Capt. Sam'l Cherry's company, in the regiment commanded by Col. George Reed being the 2d regiment in the New Hampshire line in the service of the United States, and that his name was placed on the pension roll of the District of Maine as William Batchelder, 2d. that he received a certificate of that fact, under the seal & signature of the Secretary of War; which certificate on or about the 12th day of April 1836. at or near the place of his residence in Pittston in said County was lost in the publick highway as he believes out of his pocket & in consequence of the rain & mud was as he believes entirely destroyed as he cannot find the same after diligent enquiry & search.
/s/X his mark William Batchelder
State of Maine,
Kennebec, ss: Subscribed & sworn to this 5th day of May 1834, the said Batchelder having been well known to me for ten years past, & being to my knowledge the same man named in the certificate which he has above declared to be lost.
/s/Wm Woart Jr Justice Peace
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I, J. A. Chandler Clerk of the Court of Kennebec County, certify that William Woart Jr is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name, this 5th day of May 1834. 
/s/J. A. Chandler} CLERK OF THE COURT OF Kennebec COUNTY
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17.596
160 acres
[verso]
1907 Jany. 31. History to Chas. H. Batchelder c
1920 Feb. 3 History to J. J. Haskell aw

[recto]
Revy WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 2429
Joanna Batchelder, widow, William Batchelder, Priv. Rev. War. 
Act: Feb. 3. 1853. 
Index: - Vol. A, Page 29
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[handwritten letter]
[margin note: Revo [illegible]]
Maine Writers Research Club
President
Miss JESSICA J. HASKELL, Hallowell
Vice-President
Mrs. FLORENCE WAUGH DANFORTH, Skowhegan
Secretary and Treasurer
Miss LOUISE H. COBURN, Skowhegan
Board of Review
Miss ANNA L. DINGLEY, Auburn
Mrs. E. C. CARLL, Augusta
Mrs. JANIE L. SMART, Bangor
Mrs. BOYD BARTLETT, Castine
Mrs. LUCY B. REYNOLDS, Waterville
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE D JAN 21 1920]
Will you kindly send me the Rev. record of 
William Batchelder or William Bachelder
Rev. pensioner from Kennebec County, Maine, but of N.H. Line. Any particulars as to age or family much desired
/s/Jessica J. Haskell, 
Hallowell, Maine
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Phineas I16621
Wm W.2420
Jethro W.17250
I. 11,996 John Chesley
I10798 Thos. Hatch
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[handwritten letter]
[receipt stamp: O.W.&N. DIV. FILES JAN 29 1907] [initials: OWN]
Portsmouth N.H. Jan. 16 1907
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir: - 
Below are the names of several men who are said to have served in the Revolution from this State, and some or all of whom drew pensions. Will you kindly give such facts relating to each of them which the records of your Department show. 
1. William Batchelder}
2. Phineas Batchelder} may be spelled Bachelder &c
3. Jethro Batchelder}
4. John Chesley
5. Thomas Hatch
Yours respectfully, 
/s/Chas. H. Batchelder
Portsmouth N.H. 
[receipt stamp: U. S. PENSION OFFICE. A JAN 18 1907]