Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2551, Micah Howe, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Mass

Howe, Micah
Persis

NUMBER
W. 2551
B.L.Wt.9210-160-55

CONTENTS
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3741
New Hampshire
Micah Howe
Henniker in the State of New Hamp. was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Carter of the Regt. commanded by Col. Jacobs in the New Hamp line for 2 Years. 

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hamp. at the rate of 80- Dollars -Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Dec 1832 and sent - Hon J.W. Harper House of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $120.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 $40.00
$160.00

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. 
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk
Book D Vol. 1st. Page 161
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1509
New Hampshire [illegible]
Persis Howe widow of Micah Howe
who served in the Revolutionary war, as private.
Massachusetts line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on February 1853

Certificate of Pension issued the  21st day f Aug 153 (sic) and sent to Saml Jones Bradford
Merrimack Co. 
recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3/53 Page 16 Vol. a
1832

Written up the side: Reg'n m 55-57006
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[page 1]
Act March 3, 1835
37006
April 15/55

Persis Howe,
Wid: of
Micah, 
[next crossed through " Persis Howe wid of"]

Rev. War
Mas: mil;

Rev. Pensioner
No. of Credit - 1509. Aug. 24, 1853

W: 160 claim Oct; 24, 1855
Boynton
Saml Jones

Bradford Merrimack  N.H.

(Right side)
C.S. Jones Sept 20/55
Vol. H _50
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Micah Howe Born Sept. 22, 1759
Micah Howe Died July 22, 1842

Persis his second wife Born Oct. 24, 1773.

Born unto Micah Howe and Persis his Wife,
A Son named Lyman Camp June 29, 1806.

A Daughter named Louisa Bush February 6, 1809.

A Son named Imi Curtis July 9, 1811.

A Daughter named Mary Williams June 28, 1815.

March 30, 1853
Received [illegible]

A true Copy of Record

Attest: James Caldwell
Town Clerk of Hennihere
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8182
Micah Howe

2 year Private
[illegible]


Hon. J. M. Harper
House Rep's
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BRIEF in the case of Micah Howe
of Henniker in the state of New Hampshire
(Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?  72 Years
4. State his services, as directed in the form annexed.
Period      Duration      Rank     Name of General
                                                  & field officers
                                                  under whom he
                                                  served
Jan'y in 1776   1 yr.     Private    Capt. Haskell
                                                   Col. Marshall

Jan'y 1777    4 mo.          "           Capt. Carter
                                                    Col. Knowlton
Aug   1777     4 mo          "          Capt. Morse
                                                     Col. Faulkner
May 1778         2 mo        "           Col. Jacoby
                                                      Capt. Blake
Aug 1778          4 mo.       "         Capt, Cranston

5. In what battles was he engaged?  Some stated.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Marlborough, Mass.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls?  Living witnesses & traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to for or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Defective letters in form & authentication (see long brief)
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
D. D. Addison, Examining Clerk.
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Revolutionary Claim
Persis Howe
57006
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form of Declaration 
To be made by the widow of deceased person who has not had a Land Warrant. 
State of New Hampshire
County of Merrimack
On this twenty sixth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty - five personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for the County and Sate aforesaid, Persis Howe aged Seventy seven years, a resident of Bradford in the State of new Hampshire who, being duly sword according to law, declares that she is the widow of Micah Howe deceased, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 
She is now a Pensioner for the same service at the rate of eighty dollars for per annum, her Certificate is No. "1509" and dated the 24th day of August 1853 and was received under the 2nd section of the Act of February 2nd, 1853.
She further states that she was married to the said Micah Howe in Thetford in State of Vermont on the Sixteenth day of July A.D. 1801 by one Rev. Asa Burton, a congregational Minister and that her name before said marriage was Persis Curtis that her said husband dies at Bradford, N.H. on the twenty second day of July, A.D. 1842 for proof she refers to her pension papers now on file in the Department and that she is now widow.  She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtainint the bounty land to which she may be entitled under te "act approved March 8, 1855."
Persis Howe

Witnedd
Pamelia P. Cressy
Sophronia Howe
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State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord
April 4, 1855
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I hereby certify, That as the date of the
annexed attestation Samuel
Jones [illegible] a Justice of the 
Peace and Quorum Armory Haus
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his
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 hand written.

John L. Hadley
Secretary of State.
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WE, Sophronia Howe and Pamelia P. Cressy residents
of Bradford in the State of New Hampshire upon
our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Persis Howe
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.

Sophronia Howe
Pamelia P. Cressy

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; 
and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be,
and that I have no interest in this claim.

Samuel Jones Justice of the Peace.

The warrant will be returned to Samuel Jones of
Bradford County of Merrimack New Hampshire
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I hereby certify that I have 
examined the records of the First 
Congregational Church in Thetford, Vt,
& find these records by Asa Buton
Pastor of said church the marriage
of Micah Howe of Hiniker N.H.
to Persis Welch of Thetford Vt, on July
30, 1801.
Attached copy of record
attest, T.F. Clary, Pastor of the
First Congregational
Church of Thetford Vt,
Thetford March, 25, 1853,

State of Vermont} at Thetford March the 25th 1853
Orange County SS} TF Clary appeared & made
oath that the above copy of record was true.
Before me Enoch Slade Notary Public
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 29th
A.D. 1848 Entitled an Act, for the relief of certain surviving widows of
Officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army. And the Act of
Congress passed February 3rd, 1853 and all other acts and Resolutions passed by
said Congress for the benefit of said widows.

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County Ss. On this Sixth day of April A.D. 1853-
Personally appeared before me Benjamin Wadleigh an associate Justice of the 
Court of Common Pleas, Persis Howe a resident of Bradford in said County of Merrimack
aged 79 years the 24th day of October last, who being first duly sworn according
to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain
the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed the 29th day of July A.D. 1848.
Entitled an Act for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers and soldiers of
the revolutionary Army, and the Act of Congress passed February 3rd A.D. 1853, and 
all other acts and resolutions passed by said Congress for the benefit of said
widows.
That she is the widow of Micah Howe who was a soldier in the Army of
the Revolution and was a Pensioner under the law of the United States of the
7th June 1832, that he received Eighty dollars per annum, and that she
returned his Pension Certificate in September 1842 and received the arrears
of the Pension due him from the 4th day of March 1842 to the 22nd day of July 
1842-"being the day he died," at the Pension Agency in Concord, New Hampshire $30.68
and that she refers to his Declaration for proof of service now on file in
the Pension Office. That she was married to the said Micah Howe on
the 30th day of July 1801 in the town of Thetford in the County of Orange
and State of Vermont, by the Rev. Asa Buron then Minister of the
Congregational Church in said town, and we lived in said town of Thetford
for several years and then mooved to the town of Henniker his
forever place of residence, in the State of New Hampshire, where her four
children were born  viz. Lyman C. Howe, Louisa B. Howe, Imri C. Howe and 
Mary W. Howe, and that she now lives with her son Lyman C. Howe in
said Town of Bradford, that her late husband the said Micah Howe
was carried to the said town of Henniker and there intered, and
believe he died on the 22nd day of July 1842, That she was not 
married to him before he left the service but the marriage took place
as above stated, and that her name, before her intermarriage
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with aid Micah howe was Persis Welch and that she has not been married since said Howe's death, but still continues his widow.  
Persis Howe
Witness: Benjamin Wadleigh
               Samuel Jones

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County - Sworn and subscribed this day and year above written before me Benjamin Wadleigh one of the associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Merrimack aforesaid, and I further certify that by reason of age and bodily infirmity the aforesaid Declaration was taken at her present place of residence in the said town of Bradford, in the said county of Merrimack and that satisfactory evidence was made before me that Micah Howe her late husband died on the 22nd day of July, 1842.

Benjamin Wadleigh - one of the associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Merrimack
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Micah Howe declaration evidence


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Hon. J. M. Harper  HR
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832
United States of America
State of New Hampshire}
County of Merrimack} Ss
on this 28th day of August 1832 personally
appeared in open Court before the Judge of the District Court
the U.S. for N.H. District now sitting Micah Howe a resident of Henniker in
the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire aged seventy two
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 Act of 
Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following 
named officers and served as herein stated he first enlisted in Captain
Andrew Haskill's Company in Colonel Marshall's Regiment in the Month
of January 1776 for the term of one year in what was then called the Bay troops, 
he then resided in the town of Marlborough in the County of Middlesex and Common
Wealth of Massachusetts, and found the regiment at a place called Nantucket Island
and in May following was ordered by General Ward to a place called Castle Island
in Boston harbour and soon after was dismissed but does not recollect of having a 
discharge, a few days before his time was out he enlisted in the Month of January
 1777 for the term of three months in Captain Carters Company in Colonel
Knowltons Regiment and joined the Regiment at a place called Dorchester's point in said
Massachusetts and from thence marched into Boston, and at the end of three months
General Heath requested the Regiment to stay one month longer, and the most of the 
Regiment stayed - he served one month as requested under the same officers and was
dismissed and he returned home to his fathers in Marlborough, and in the 
Month of August 1777 he volunteered in Captain Morse's Company
of said Marlborough in Colonel Faulkners Regiment and marched
to Burrington in the State of Vermont and from thence to Saratoga
in the State of New York, and he volunteered under Captain Eaton as a 
scout to destroy Bridges &c to prevent Burgoyne's retreat, and went as
far as Fort Edwards and was out three days and nights without food
and returned to Saratoga and then Marched to a place called Still Water
and was in sight of the last Battle with Burgoyne. But Col. Faulkners 
Regiment was ordered back to Saratoga and he was present when
Burgoyne's Army surrendered and then returned to Still Water
and marched with the Regiment a guard to Burgoynes Army of
prisoners through Greenbush, Williamstown, and Kinder Hook in the State
of New York, and Great Barrington, Springfield, Worcester to a place 
called Winter Hill in the Common Wealth of Massachusetts and
continued as a guard untill some time in the Month of December
when the Militia were called in and he was dismissed. he has no recollect
of having a written discharge, and in the month of May or
June 1778 he volunteered with eight or nine others for the term of
two Months and order to join Colonel Jacobs Regiment at
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Rhode Island, he went to Rhode Island but could not find Jacob's
Regiment and they went to a small village called Terrytown
and there found a part of a Company Commanded by Captain
Blake to which Company we joined and Marched to Providence,
Pawtucket Village, Bristol and Bristol Ferry as a guard and served the term of
two Months and were dismissed he believes in Providence and
then returned home and some time in August 1778 he
was drafted with three others from Captain Amisa Cranson's Company
of Militia by order of Colonel Howe for the term of four
months to guard Continental Stores which were deposited
in a Store House in said Marlborough where he served 
four months and was then dismissed, he was allowed rations
and pay as in Camp, and was paid in Continental currency,
and soon after moved to the State of New Hampshire
and has resided in the town of Henniker the most of 
the time since, which is his place of Residence at this
time. He has no documentary evidence, and he knows of no person, whose
testimony he can peruse to any part of service except Eli Howe's affidavit annexed
the whole term of service was twenty six months.
He herby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity 
except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll
of the Agency of any State
Sworn and subscribed Micah Howe
the day & year aforesaid. Charles W. Cutter Clerk.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after 
the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department that the above named 
applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
And the Court certifies that it appears to them that
the Reverand Jacob Scales is a Minister in the town of Henniker
in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire and Mr. Eli
Howe who has also signed the annexed certificate is a resident in
said town of Henniker are both credible persons, and that their
statements is entitled to Credit.

I Charles W. Cutter Clerk of the U.S. District C
for N.H. District do hereby certify the foregoing contains the ongoing
proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the application 
of Micah Howe of Henniker in said Court for a
pension, and that Joshua Darling who signed the
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certificates to the affidavit of Reverand Jacob Seales is a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum and that same is his genuine signature, and that Samuel Jones who signed the certificate to the affidavit of the Mr. Eli Howe of Henniker is a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum and that same is his genuine signature. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28th day of August AD 1832.
 
Charles W. Cutter Clerk
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., ......................, 192
In reply to your request of W. 2551, for the history of Mieah Howe, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the Sol. + Wide claim for pension.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE.
Jan. 1776 1 year Pat. Andrew Hasekell Manehall Mass.
Jan 1777 4 [illegible] Ceastes Komuwllor
Aug 1777, 15 Dec, '77 Morse Faulkner
Eaton
May or June '78 2 [illegible] Blake
Aug '78 4 [illegible] Amisa Ceranson Howe
Battles engaged in, al-Burgoynisfur
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Marlborough, Middlesex [illegible]. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 28, 1832. al.
Residence at date of application, Henniker Merrimack Co, N.H.
Age at date of application, b. Sept. 22, 1759
Remarks: He mar. July 30, 1801 in Thetford, Orange Co [illegible]. Persis Ceuntes [illegible] -24, 1773 (or Welch) [illegible] wife hed. July 22, 1842 in Bradford NH. and she lives
there whom as form on an ap [illegible], Apl. 6 1853 Their [illegible] all b. in Henniker, N.H. were; Lyman Camp. June 29, 1806, Louis Bush b. Feb. 6, 1809l; Imsi Curtis b. July 9, 1811; Mary Williams b. June 28, 1815. name of final-wife not-stated.
stated
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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[on the left:]
Apr. [April] 13/94 Mil. Hist. [military history]  to Willis Howe, Lidell Hotel St Louis, Mo. [Missouri]
[different hand and ink:] 1923, Feb. [February] 17 hist. to Mrs. H.L. Whitney

[on the right, a pre-printed form filled in in cursive:]
Rev. WIDOW, &c
File No. 2551
Persis Howe Widow
Michael Howe Pri. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index: - Vol. A, Page 341
[Arrangment of 1870.] [Preceeding brackets are in the document]
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No. 57006(?)
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 10th, 1855
Micah Howe. Dec. Pei.
 Mass. Mil. 
Rev. War
9210-160-55
Saml. Jones
Bradford, Merrimack Co. N.H.
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9210

160 Aus (?)
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[illegible] Act 53 Nitt
Boyton
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No 1563
Persis Howe
widow of Micah
N.Y.C.
Set to Samuel Jones
July 26 1833
Act February 3 1853
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[Document is too dark and illegible]
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Pension Office
Aug't [August] 22 1853
Sir
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was last paid and (if in your power) the date of his death
Very respectfully your ob't serv't [obedient servant]
S. Cole
for the commiss'r [commissioner]
F. Burt Esq
3d Auditor Present
Micah Howe Act 1832 $80.00 per annum died 22nd July 1842 paid to his death
F. Burt
Auditor
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State of Vermont
Orange County ss
I S M Flint clerk of the county court of the county of Orange in the state of Vermont do hereby certify that Enoch Slade Esquire s a Notary Public [strike out "n acting justice of the peace"] for said county duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated the 21st day of January in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and [strike out "forty"] fifty three and will [strike out "expire"] on the [illegible] day of [strike out "November"] Jany [January] next and that his signature to the foregoing affidavit is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said county court this 13th day of August AD 1858.
S M Flint clerk
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I, Eli Howe of Henniker in the county of Merrimack and state of New Hampshire testify and say that I am well acquainted with Micah Howe of said Henniker and that he is a man of truth and veracity and that I was personally acquainted with said Micah Howe and served as a soldier in the same company with him in Captain Haskell's company when stationed at Castle Island so called in the state of Massachusetts in the year 1776 in the months of November and December and I further say that said Micah Howe was absent from home of and 
said to be in the army the most of the time in 1776 and 1777 and I have no doubt but the statement made by said Micah Howe is true in regard to the services performed by him in the revolutionary war. I lived in the town of Marlborough in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts at the time of the above service and said Micah residence was the same town and family.
Eli Howe
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss
August 9th 1832
Personally appeared Eli Howe and made solomn [solemn] oath that the above affidavit by him signed is true. Before me
Samuel Jones Justice of the Peace of the [illegible]
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State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss.
August 10 1832
I hereby [illegible strike out] certify that I have been well acquainted with Mr. Eli Howe of Henniker for more than 35 years and have always considered him a man of strict veracity and truth whose testimony would be received as [illegible] in any court of record in this state.
Joshua Darling
Justice of the peace of the [illegible]
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Sophronia Howe of Bradford in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I was present at my house in Bradford in April last when Judge Wadleigh came there and (My Mother Persis Howe)
made a declaration and application for a Pension, and after the Judge administered on oath to her, I saw her sign it, and did,
My mother Howe is the widow of Micah Howe deceased, who was a I was asked to sign as a witness, which I think I Revolutionary Pensioner, and I have lived with her for 
twenty years past, or otherwise they [strike out "they"] lived in the same house with me, and when he died, which I think was on the 22nd day of July 1842, he was conveyed to the town of Henniker and was buried, I was present when he died, and the preperation  [preparation] for the funeral was at my house, and I went with the body to said Henniker, and the widow Persis Howe, who signed that
Application for a Pension as aforesaid, is the widow of said Mark Howe deceased and she has lived with me ever since his death
(0 mother in law EW 2-17-23)
Sophronia Howe
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County ss. 
Be it known that on the sixteenth day of August 1853 personally appeared Sophronia Howe above named and subscribed and
made solemn oath in due form of law that the above deposition by her subscribed is true before me, and I further state that the affiant is a credible witness whose testimony is good in any Court of law is personally known to me, and is entitled to credit, and I further certify that I was present when the above named
Declaration and application of the widow Persis Howe was made for a pension,
and wrote the most part of it, and saw her sign it, and that I knew
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her to be the widow of said Micah Howe deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner and resided in the town of Bradford having assisted him in obtaining a pension and pay semi-annually until his death and the widow Persis Howe to obtain the arrears due him at his death 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal at Bradford in said State of New Hampshire the day and year above written
Samuel Jones Notary Public
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, Boston
October 18th 1855.
I hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the
name of Micah How [Howe] is borne on pay roll of Capt [Captain] Manasseh Sawyer's Comp. [Company] Col [Colonel] Nicholas Dikes Regt. [regiment] from Dec. 1. 1776 3 mos [months] as private from Marlboro: Also on pay roll of Capt. [Captain] William Morse's Comp [company] Col. [Colonel] Jonathan Reads Regt [regiment] from Oct. 2nd to Nov. 8. 1777, 1 month 7 days as private from Marlboro 
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written
Chas W Lovett
Depty Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Persis Howe
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Application for a certificate of Revolutionary services of Micah Howe in the War of the Revolution, for the benefit of Persie Howe Widow of the party who rendered the service,
The Secretary of the Common Wealth [commonwealth] of Massachusetts is hereby requested, to furnish evidence from the rolls in your office, of the service of her late husband Micah Howe, in the War of the Revolution, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers. He first
enlisted in January 1776 for the term of one year in Captain Andrew Harskell's Company in Col. [colonel] Marshalls Regiment in what was then called the Bay troops, in the Common Wealth [commonwealth] of Massachusetts, he then resided in the town of Marlborough [Marlboro] in said State, he joined the Regiment in a few days after, at a place called Nantasket Island, in said Mass, [Massachusetts] and passed muster, and in May following he went to a place, then called Castle Island in Boston harbour, by order of Gen [general Ward, and soon after, Gen. [general] Heath took command, where he served his time out, and in January 1777 he enlisted in Captain Carter Company in Col [colonel] Knowltons Regt [regiment] of State troops and joined the Regiment at a place called Dorchester Point and Marched into Boston and was discharged some time in May following after serving 4 months, and he returned to his fathers in sd [said] Marlborough, [Marlboro] And sometime in August 1777 he volunteered in Capt [captain] Morse Company of Marlborough
in Col. [colonel] Faulkners Regt [regiment] and marched to Bennington Vt [Vermont] and
from thence to Still Water and Saratoga New York, and after the surrender of Burgoyne he marched as a guards to the prisoners
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of Burgoynes Army, to Winter hill so call'd [called] near Boston and continued as a guard untill [until] some time in December after the militia were call in and he was dismissed, in June 1778 recruits were called for to go to
Rhode Island he volunteered for 2 months with 8 or 9 others and joined Capt [Captain] Blakes Company at a place called Terry Town where we stayed 2 months, or over after marching to Providence we were at Pawtucket, Bristol
and Bristol Ferry R.I. Soon after his return from R.I. [Rhode Island] he was draughted [drafted] with 3 others for the term of 4 months by
order of Col. [colonel] Howe to serve as a guard to some stores that was kept at Marlborough [Marlboro] Col. [colonel] Howe being Deputy Commissary where he served 4 months, and was verbally discharged, She makes this declaration from papers made by him and now before her, for the purpose of proving fourteen days record service in order to obtain the bounty Land under the act 3d of March 1855 my age and memory does not enable me to state my husbands service more fully
Witness my hand this fifth day of October A.D. 1855
Witness, Sophia House
Persis Howe
Signed by said Persis Howe in my presence
Samuel Jones
Justice of the Peace
Return to Samuel Jones, Bradford, Merrimack Co [county] New Hampshire
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Additional Evidence
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Bradford August 17th  1853

To the Commissioner of Pensions, in reviewing your letter informing me that the widow Persis
Howe's application for a pension was suspended on account of the informality in the evidence of Marriage certificate, I wrote a letter to [illegible] Slade enclosing a copy of yours, and the regulations of June 1, 1853 - he immediately wrote me to be informed whether he must obtain a new certificate from the minister [illegible] I again wrote to him, I did not so understand  the requirements, that he might make a certificate setting forth the facts and obtain evidence of his official capacity as he said the State of Vermont had dispensed  with a seal, but if necessary he had one, he could use, and today I received the papers, he, accounting for the delay, that the Clerk lived some 40 miles from [illegible]ford, as I have somewhat particular in my certificate to Mrs. Sophronia Howes deposition you will pardon me for I  took or retained no copy - supposing at the time that all former requisitions were complied with, being personally acquainted with the widow Howe and knowing she was entitled I might not have been so particular as I ought, this I hope will be satisfactory as  this Vermont certificate costs $2.00 and over I would say Mrs. Parmenter certificate was received on Monday you will forward Mrs. Howe's as soon as convenient.  I am yours to serve
[illegible]
s/Samuel Jones
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8182
Micah Howe
Hon. [honorable] J. M. Harper
House Rep's [House of Representatives]
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Micah Howe which require
further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes, but not according to the proper form-
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? -
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? -
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For __year
__months and __days
, I served as a __. For __ months
__days, I served as a __; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about [italicized] three [italicized] or [italicized] four [italicized] months [italicized] is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof [italicized] of [italicized] Service [italicized].
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode [italicized] of [italicized] authenticating [italicized] papers [italicized].
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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P. Howe
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[Printed form, filled in with cursive]
Brief in the case of Persis Howe, widow of Micah Howe, Merrimack County and State of New Hampshire act 3d February 1853

Claim, )"original," [crossed out: or "for increase."])

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 7th June 1832
Marriage proved by only verified Certificate of Officiating Clergyman

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

Samuel Jones Esq. [Esquire]
Bradford
Merrimack Co. [County] NH [New Hampshire]
Name and residence of Agent

R Geddes
Examining Clerk.
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I Enoch Slade of Thetford Orange County & [and] State of Vermont testify and say that I was present when T. F. [smudged word is probably Clary] made his Affidavit to the Marriage Certificate of the widow Persis Howe from the records of the Rev. Asa Burton a former Minister of the first Congregational church in Thetford in the Month of March last & I saw the record & know it was a true copy of the record that the said T.F. Clary was the pastor of the said first Congregational church in Thetford at the time & now is & is a creditable witness that made oath to the Affidavit before me as a Notary Public that I was appointed to that office at last term of the County Court held at Chelsea in Orange Co. [County] last January for the term of one year.
Given under my hand & seal this tenth day of August 1853
Enoch Slade Notary Public
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State of Vermont Orange County} I S.M. Flint Clerk of the county court in the county and state aforesaid do certify that Enoch Slade who made the foregoing certificate was at the time referred to in said certificate and now is a Notary Public within & [and] for the county of Orange duly commissioned & fully authorized by the law of the state of Vermont to administer oaths and take acknowledgments. I also certify that the name subscribed to the foregoing certificate is his signature.
[Illegible smudged phrase] I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said county court this 13th day of August A.D. 1853 SM. Flint Co. [County] Clerk

[In upper left section of document, a smudged and illegible seal]
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[A pre-printed form filled in with cursive; at the bottom  a large seal with pinked edges and what looks like a bit of ribbon. The perimeter of the stamp on the seal has illegible words]

State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office, Concord.
April 11, 1853

I hereby certify, That at the date of the annexed attestations Benjamin Wadleigh was a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Merrimack and Samuel Jones was a Justice of the Peace & [and] Quorum throughout the State.
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, and that their signatures thereto are genuine.

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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I Lyman C. Howe of Bradford in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire depose and say the I am now forty six years of age the 29th of June last, that my Mother Persis Howe now lives with me in Bradford in said County and has for a number of years past, and that my father Micah Howe lived with me at the time of his death, which took place July 22nd 1842. I was present at the time, and two days after he was carried to the town of Henniker and interred where he had formerly lived, he was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of June 7th 1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum,
[signature in a different hand:] Lyman C. Howe

State of New Hampshire Merrimack County Ss On this 29th day of March 1853 the above deposition subscribed and sworn to before me, Samuel Jones Justice of the Peace, And I further certify that the affiant is a credible person whose testimony is good in any court of law.
S. Jones Jus. [Justice] of the Peace & [and] Quorum through the State

[different hand:I Sophrona How testify and say the I am the wife of the above named Lyman C. Howe and was present at the time of the death of the above named Micah Howe which took place on the 22nd day of July 1842.
Sophronia Howe [note different spelling from above, this signature does not match handwriting in the declaration]

Subscribed and sworn to before me this sixth day of April 1853
Benjamin Wadleigh} one of the associate Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Merrimack
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I Thomas Baker of Nelson in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire Depose and say that Micah How now of Henniker in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire formerly of Marlborough in the State of Massachusetts Volunteered in the Army of the Revolution about August or first of September A.D. 1777 in the company Commanded by Capt. William Morse then at Marlborough, that he was then marched to Bennington, Saratoga and from there to Stillwater, was at the taking of Burgoyne and engaged in guarding Burgoyne to Winter hill. I was with him during the whole of this time, but cannot recollect the exact number of months but recollect it was some time after the snow fell to a considerable depth.
Thomas Baker

[different hand:] State of New Hampshire Merrimack Ss} June 29 1832
Personally appeared the forenamed Thomas Baker and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed was true
Before me Page Eaton, Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that from the acquaintance I have with Thomas Baker I consider him a man of truth and veracity
Page Eaton, Justice of the Peace
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I hereby certify that Page Eaton
is a Justice of the Peace and that the
above is his signature
J.M. Harper
M.l
Dec. 31st 1782
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I hereby certify, that I have officiated in
this town as a minister in the congregation.
at church about six years, I have known
Mr Micah Howe during that time & viewed
him as a man of veracity & of good moral
character generally.
Jacob Scales V.D.M.

Henniker Aug. 10, 1832 

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack SS } August 10,1832

Him personally appeared the Reverend
Jacob Scales and made Solemn oath that the
forgoing affidavit by him Subscribed was just
& true

Before me Joshua Darling Justice of the Peace
of the Quorum
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W. Sumerville, Man
January 16
1923
2d Stamped
envelope
enclosed E.N.
Reg. Sec

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Will you kindly give
me what information
you can, about the 
pensions of Micah Howe
who served in the
Revolution going from
Marlbero, Mass.
I believe there was a 
second pension paid
to his second wife
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Persis Welch,
I understand he
died in Bradford, N.H.
although he lived in
Henniker N.H. after the
Revolution.
Also I would like 
information about the 
David Merrill who 
served in the Revolution
going from Tewksbury
Mass. David Merrill
Jr. served too I believe
but it is David Merrill
Sr. I want to know
particularly about
Also the facts about
Thomas Leviston of
Billerica, Mass. 
and the place of
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death and date of all of these I would like if possible.
Thanking you in advance I am yours respectfully
Mrs. H.L. Whitney
38 Wallace St. 
West Somerville Mass.
I also would like information about Zachariah Davis who went from Concord Mass. 
sent for from inf. as to David Merrill Sr
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PRIVATE OFFICE
LINDELL HOTEL 

HUBERT [crossed through], HOWE & CHASSAING
PROPIETORS St. Louis Mch 28th 1894

Hon Wm Lochren - Com2 of Pensions
Dr Sir
Will you please give me the
military history of my
great grand father Micah How
a soldier of the Revolutionary
War who drew a pension in
1840 while living at Bradford
Merrimack Co N.H. His name
appears on page 19. of the
census of pensioners of 1840

Very Respt
Address
Lindell Hotel
St. Louis
MO