Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7995, for John Killgore, Massachusetts
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(3 - 1776)

Service
Continental
Mass

Killgore, John
or Kilgore, Abigail


NUMBER
W7995
B.L. Wt. 34927-160-55
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Paris Maine
papers copied & sent to
John Killgore, Newry, Me
June 8. 1835
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7890

Maine
John Killgore
of Newry in the dist. of Maine--
who was a corporal in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam of the Masstts [Massachusetts] line, for the term of three years

Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist of Maine at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 20th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th of March 1819 and -sent to A. K. Parris by Maine.

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819  10 mo 83.96
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819 $48.00
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$131.96

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{ Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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657

Maine

Abigail Kilgore
widow of John Kilgore 
Mass.

who served in the Revolutionary war, as a corporal


Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848 [struck out] 8th February 1853

Certificate of Pension issued the
9th day of June 1853

and sent to
F. Bradford
Portland, Me

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
July 29, 1848, Page 5 vol. a
1818
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2a9693 Act March 3/55
Rept 1 of 55
[crossed out]John Killgore
and Abigail [illegible]
Abigail Kilgore
wid of 
John Kilgore
REv. War
Pension 1890 Act March 18/1818
[illegible] July 25/56
B.H Mace
Bangor Me
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209693
Abigail Killgore
Maine
application for 
Bounty Land
act of March 3 1843
File
by
B. H. Mace
Bangor Me
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State of Maine.
COUNTY OF Penobscot SS.
On this fifth
day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred fifty-five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid,
Abigail Kilgore aged eighty years, a resident of Dexter
in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Kilgore deceased, who was a Corporal in the Company commanded
by Captain (name forgotten) in the army of the Revolution which will appear from his certificate for a pension  no 1890 granted under the Act of March 18, 1818 and issued March 17 1819 to [illegible] cited for
further particulars
that her husband enlisted at Bethel Me
on or about A. D. 1781 for the term of [blank]
and continued in actual service in said War for the term of the war
and was honorably discharged on or about the
day of [blank] A. D. as will appear by the rolls
and for further evidence of her claim as widow of the said John Kilgore she refers to a certificate for pension as widow of the said John Kilgore [illegible] under the
February 3d 1853 & recorded in the Pension office.
She further states that she was married to the said John Kilgore in Paris Me on the [blank] day of November A. D. 1826 by one
Rev James Hooper and that her name before her said marriage was Abigail Shurtliff
that her said husband died at Newry, Me
on the tenth day of April
A. D. 1843 and that she is still a widow. 
She further declares that neither she, nor her said husband has applied for or received Bounty Land under this or any
other Act of Congress.

And I hereby constitute and appoint B. H. MACE. of Bangor, Maine, my Attorney for me, and in my name to
present said claim and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a Warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid,
and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes therein
expressed.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled, under the Act
of Congress, passed March 3d, 1855, granting Bounty Lands to certain officers and soldiers, and their heirs or widows,
who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States.
Abigail Kilgore her mark
WITNESS,
Henry Knight
Sophia Knight

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said
Abigail Kilgore to be the widow of the soldier above named, and that she appears to be
of the age above written, and that I have no interest in the result of this application and no concern in the prosecution of it.
Patrick McCrill
Justice of the Peace.
We, Henry Knight and Sophia Knight
in the State of Maine, on oath depose and say that we are well acquainted with Abigail Kilgore that she is well known to us as the widow of John Kilgore
and that she signed the foregoing declaration in our presence.
We also depose that we well knew her and the said John Kilgore
during the lifetime of the latter, and know that they lived together many years in the relation of husband and wife, were
so universally reputed, and no one ever disputed their marriage to our knowledge.
We also know from personal recollection and from many facts and circumstances that the said John Kilgore
died on the tenth 
day of April 1843
Henry Knight
Sophia Knight
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Penobscot SS.
Subscribed and sworn to before me and I certify that the said Henry Knight and
Sophia Knight are well known to me and entitled to credit. Also, that I have no interest in the result of the claim aforesaid, and no
concern in the prosecution of it.
Patrick McCrill Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine.
COUNTY OF PENOBSCOT.
I, Nathan Weston, Jr.,
Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that Patrick McCrill Esquire, is and was, at the date of this certificate hereunto annexed, an acting
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, that he is and was duly qualified to act as such; and that the signatures
purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal
of the Supreme Judicial Court for the State aforesaid, this tenth
day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and fifty five
Nathan Weston, Jr. Clerk
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Abigail Kilgore
widow of John
M
Act 3 Feb 1833
[illegible] 3 Feb 1833
Freeman Bradford
Portland,
Maine
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State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
Portland, April 10th A. D. 1853
I, Charles C. Barman
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that Hon. Joseph [illegible]

Acting Justice of the Peace, within and for [blank] the County of Oxford as appears 
by
the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his Com-
MISSION is dated November 19 
A.D. 1850 and will expire November 19 A.D. 1857 [illegible]
and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be [illegible] GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the
Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year
first above written.
C. C. Barman
Clerk.
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State of Maine
County of Cumberland ⎬ SS.

On this thirteenth day of April
A. D. 1853, personally appeared
before the Hon: Joseph Howard one of the Justices of the Supreme Jud: Court of said State
Abigail Killgore a resident of Dexter Maine & now in the County of Cumberland
aged seventy seven  years, who being sworn
according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed the 3 day of February 1853
And your declarant states that she is the widow of John Kilgore late of Newry in the State of Maine deceased, who was a soldier
in the war of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the U.S. under the act of 1818, and that he received
a pension at the rate of ninety six dollars
per annum under said act as will appear
by his declaration now on file in the Pension Office at Washington to which she refers.
And the said declarant further states that she was married to the said John Kilgore
on the fourteenth day of Nov 1826
at Paris, Maine and that her name before marriage was Abigail [illegible] and
that her husband the said John
Kilgore died in Newry Maine on the tenth
day of April 1843 as will appear by the testimony annexed
She therefore claims a pension under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.

Abigal Killgore her mark
Witness [illegible]

Then personally appeared the above named Abigail Kilgore and made oath to the declaration by her signed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me,
Joseph Howard
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We Elijah Powers and Isaac Powers
of Newry in the County of Oxford on 
oath say that John Kilgore late of Newry
was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the U.S.
at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum. 
That he died at Newry on the tenth
day of April 1843 and [illegible] widow
Abigail Kilgore now living &
who has remained a widow ever since
the death of her husband. We further
testify that we are disinterested.
Elijah Powers
Isaac Powers
Oxford SS. March the 31 1853 Then personally appeared the above named
Elijah Powers & Isaac Powers
persons of truth and veracity and made
oath to the foregoing declaration by them
Signed
Before me
Isaac I. York Justice of Peace
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State of Maine County of Oxford Town of Paris
(a)An account of the persons who have been
Joined in marriage by the subscribed since
April Eighteen hundred & twenty six to April
Eighteen hundred & twenty seven
John Killgore of Newry and Abigail Shartliff
of Paris April thirtieth Eighteen hundred and
twenty Seven
James Hooper

I Certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which
is expressed in the record in fair legible figures, as follows: --(b) " April 30th 1827"
Geo. S Mellen
I, George S Millen- above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and state aforesaid, and that the
above is a true copy of the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Geo S Mellen
Clerk of the Town of
Paris
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this eighth day of April A.D. 1853
R K Goodenow Justice of the Peace
( a ) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that instead of copying the figure, the date must be written out in full.
(b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.
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John Killgore
1790
17 March 1819
not entitled
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State of Maine.

Oxford ss, Ma Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford, on the second Tuesday of June A. D. 1820 before the Honorable Benjamin Green and Judah Dana Judges of said Court.

On the 16th day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court of Record for said county of Oxford John Kilgore aged fifty four years, resident in Newry in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law,, doth in his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, a follows, viz. as corporal in the company commanded by Capt. Joseph Kilkamp in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam 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 20th day  of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7890 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  evolutionary 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 below, also subscribed by me.

/s/ ohn Killgore

Sworn to and declared on the 16th
day of June A.D. 1820.
BEFORE

Benjamin Green
Judah Dana
Judges of said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the
subscriber, viz:--
twenty and a half acres of land nineteen
acres of which is unimproved-- a poor house
unfinished-- a poor barn- two Cows - one yearlings 2 Calves four sheep - two lambs three swine two axes two hoes - two spinning wheels - one  table six old chairs - one desk one Chest one bub-tin, Crockery & Earthen ware to the value of one dollars & fifty cents, three kettles two pails. one fire shovel one poor wooden Clock-- one revolutionary gun-
John Killgore
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Schedule of the family residing with me John Killgore who by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of a breach


Names/Ages/ Capacity of each to contribute to their support.
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Anna wife of said John 46  can perform some labors

Elizabeth mother of said John 81 totally blind

John a son 17 in health

Ira a son  11 in health

Mose.K son 9 feeble

Phinehas son 6 in health

Joanna daughter 15 in health

Nabby daughter 13 very feeble

Julianne daughter 4 in health

Oxford ss.  /s/ John Killgore


I Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Please for said county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly coped 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 eighty two dollars ad and fifty cents $82.50


IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
Court on this 24 day of June A. D. 
thousand eight hundred and twenty .

/s/
Thomas Clark 
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas
for said county of Oxford
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John Killgore (Corporal)

Putnam's  Masst Regt


May 1781 to 30th June 1784

20th April 1818
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I John Kilgore of living in the County of Oxford
& Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath declare that in the month of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred & eighty one I enlisted into the army of the United Slates of America into the company commanded by Captain
Joeseph Kilham in the fifth Regiment commanded by Colonel
Rufus Putnam in the Massachusetts line & continued in said service as a Corporal in the war of the revolution the continental establishment untill the 30th day of

June A.D. 1784 when I received the discharge here unto annexed
I further certify that I am a resident at [illegible] of the United States, am not borne on any Pension List 
by reason of my reduced circumstances in life
I stand in need of assistance from my country for support
John [illegible]
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We the subscribers, select men of the
town of Newry + the district of Maine do hereby certify that we are
personally acquainted with John
Kilgore of said town, and from what we know of his situation, it is
our opinion that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support - Dated at Newry aforesaid this 27th day of April 1818
Asa Foster
James Eames
selectmen of
said town of
Newry
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twentieth
day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen, personally came John
Killgore 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 a regular discharge
given him in the revolutionary war and the deposition of John Halt, taken before Timothy Corter, a respectable magistrate appointed by
[illegible] for this purpose; also the
certificate of Asa Foster & James Eames
municipal officers of the corporation to
which said applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life
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 John Kilgore
the applicant, served as a
non-commissioned officer 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 support
; 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.

Albion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and
for the District of Maine.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section   MGS


Millie K. Sampson
3 Clinton Ave.
St. Johnsbury, Vt.


Madam:
October 24, 1925
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, No.7995, it appears that JOHN KILLGORE enlisted in
May, 1781, place not stated, and served as Corporal in Captain Joseph Killam's Company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's Massachusetts Regiment ,  and was discharged June 30, 1784.


He was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, while a resident of Newry, Oxford County, Massachusetts (later
Maine).

In 1820 he stated that he was fifty-four years of age and then referred to his mother, Elizabeth, aged eighty-one, and his wife, Anna, aged forty-six, and the following children: John, aged seventeen, Joanna,
aged fifteen, Nabby, aged thirteen, Ira, aged eleven, Moses K., aged nine, Phinehas, aged six, and Julianne, aged four years. He married April 30, 1827, at Paris, Maine, Abigail  Shurtleff of Paris, Maine.

He died April 10, 1843, in Newry, Mine.
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is widow, Abigail, was allowed pension on her application  executed April 13, 1853, at which time she was seventy-seven years of age and a resident of Dexter, Cumberland County, Maine.
Respectfully,


WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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John Killgore Corporal in the
the American Regiment,  
being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from
the Service of the United States.
Given in the State
the 30th Day of June 1784
[illegible]
By the General's Command, 
C Selom Capt
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
C Selom Adjutant
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This may certify that Me. John Kilgore of Newry, in my opinion, is frequently indisposed and unable to labour - Has been out of health for a number of years past.
Timothy Carter Physician
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We the subscribed Inhabitants of the Town of Newry, do hereby testify that M& John Kilgore of this town, is in a bad state of health, and has been for some years past, being often confined to his bed, has a large family to maintain, and is unable to labor for their support, and on the most [illegible] examination Cannot pay his debts  [illegible] contracted.

Andrew N. Stone
John Libby
[illegible] of Newry
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[illegible]  Killgore, John   W7995
[illegible]  or Kilgore     B.C. Wt. 34927-160-35
Abigail
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[illegible] 3
Hon. J.L. Edwards Pension Agent
Washington City
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Bethel May 24th 1835
Dear Sir
Mr. John Killgore wishes you
to send him the proof of his being a pensioner
for services [illegible] in the revolutionary war his discharge
and likewise the testamony of John Halt as
the said Halt is dead. There is a grant of
100 acres of land from this State to all that
served in the Massachusetts line is the occasion
of his wishing for the above proof
Sir be good enough to send them to John
Killgore Newry State of Maine and much
oblige your friend
Hon. J. L. Edwards  
Moses Mason Jr.
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34,9827
[illegible]
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John Kilgore
Na. of Certificate 7890
Hon E. Lincoln
H R
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I John Kilgore of Newry in the State of
Maine declare and say that I am the same
John Kilgore named in an original Pension
Certificate No 7890. dated the 17th of March
1819.  I also declare that in June last I
gave in & subscribed a schedule of my property family & occupation before the rent
Court of Common Pleas at Paris in the County
of Oxford -  in which schedule my property
was considered by said Court to be worth a
bout Eighty four Dollars - I was at that
time in debt more than that sum. The
land mentioned in my said Schedule I
had paid for only in part ver, six dollars
forty four cents - having bot the same
since I was a pensioner- and was by agreement
to make a small payment out of
each pension due, as I should be able to reserve it for that purpose - but since my
pension has been stopped I have been
obliged to relinquish and give up not
only the land aforesaid but all the little
personal property I had except one pig &
my bedding & clothing to pay debts
for the necessaries of life which I had
contracted in expectance of my pension - and
for which kind of necessaries, my pension
had enabled me to fulfil my promises -
I am now destitute and needy, and were
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it not for the assistance of friends who furnish
me with some [illegible] of support I must
unavoidably suffer. I am feeble and
ever sick a great part of my time
and shall not long stand in need of
assistance from Country or friends-
I served my country faithfully for three years
of the war suffering hardship & fatigue
and am now in want -  was it the intention
of the law that one in my situation should
be relieved? if so, I hope my case will be
favorably considered by the Hon Secretary
of War. The certificates of two respectable
practising physians I also transmit
and also a certificate of the Selectmen of
the town of Newry which will confirm
my aforesaid statement -

John Killgore
Nov 4, 1820
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United States of America
Maine District, SS
Nov. 4. 1820
It is hereby made known that
John Kilgore before named personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the facts by him stated in the foregoing declaration; and
I do further make known that for many
years I have been personally acquainted with
the said Kilgore and believe him to be a man
of unquestionable honesty and veracity; that
I am alike acquainted with John Grover and
Timothy Carter, whose certificates are hereunto
annexed, and know that they are Physicians
of reputable standing.
Albion K. Parris
Judge of the United States in
and for said Maine District.
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United States of America
District of Maine ss.
To Timothy Carter Esquire of
Bethel in said District
Greeting
Whereas at a special District Court of said
United States for Maine District holden at Paris
within said District on the twentieth day of
April A.D. 1818 John Kilgore of Newry
in said District presented himself [illegible] a
certificate of his having served in the war of the revolution against the common enemy for the purpose of receiving a Pension from said United States agreably to the provisions of an Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818 entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" & whereas in the course of the examination here had it appears that the testimony of
John Halt of said Bethel is material & necessary
to the support of said application. Therefore to
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[illegible] that the
testimony aforesaid may be [illegible]
by [illegible] of the power vested in this Court
by [illegible] of the United States on the said Timothy Carter are hereby appointed & authorized at the proper expense of the applicant to take the deposition of the said John Halt touching the application aforesaid & the same when taken together
with this warrant to certify & return to the
Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay
Given under my hand & seal at
Paris in said District this twentieth day of
one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
Albion K. Parris
Judge of the United States in
and for the District of Maine
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John Hale of Bethel of lawfull age
Testify and say that I am knowing
to John Killgore of Newry serving in
the Continental Army of the United States
against the common Enemy in the years
seventeen Hundred and eighty one, eighty two
& three in the Company of Capt Joseph
Kilham in Col. Rufus Putnam's Regiment
John Halt
On the 27 day of April in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred & eighteen the aforesaid Deponent made Oath
to the above statement or Deposition by him
Subscribed before me
Timothy Carter Jus. P.
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St. Johnsbury Vermont
Sept. 14 1925,
Pension Commissioner of
Revolutionary Claims
Washington D.C
Will you please let me know if
you have the name of John
Kilgore on your pension list?
The John Kilgore I am anxious to
learn about was born in 1766
at Newry Maine and married
Anna Bean York of Bethel, Maine.
If you can furnish any record
of him please let me know what
the charge is. Yours truly
Millie Kilgore Sampson
3 Clinton Ave. It
St. Johnsbury Vt.
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Brief in the case of Abigail Kilgore
Cumberland County and State of Me
act 3 Feb 1853
Claim ("original," or [crossed out]"for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
He was a pensioner at 96 pr annum,
Record here of marriage

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
F Bradford
[illegible]
Examining Clerk.
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Second Compl
is for arrears $82 Due $8.80
Sprague
[illegible]
Oct 24 his &
Millie K Sampson

[illegible] April 6.46
[illegible] 4 46

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7995

Abigail Kilgore
Wid. 
John Kilgore
Corpl. Rev. War
Act Feby. 3 of 53
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 401
[Arrangement of 1870.]

16. Aug
Vouch
Bells
Es
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1st Schedule $ [illegible] - Real and [illegbile]
2nd Schedule all given up to [illegible] 4 children, 
[illegible] a mother lives with him - 81 yrs old
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[Mail cancellation stamp] Bangor Me
[another stamp] FREE
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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[Mail cancellation stamp] Bangor Me
[another stamp] FREE
To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Kilgore, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, will please find below the desired information as contained in his 
(or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT May, 1781
Length of service 3 years
Rank corporal 
Officers under whom service was rendered|
CAPTAIN Jos. Killam COLONEL Rufus Putnam
STATE. Mass
Battles engaged in, none men.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Town not given
Date of application for pension, Apr. 20, 1818
Residence at date of application, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine,
Age at date of application, 52 yrs
Remarks: Married Abigail Shurtliff, Nov. 14. 1826 died  Apr. 10, 1843 He signed his name Killgore

Very respectfully,
W. W. Kilgore
Red Wing
Minn
Very respectfully,
Commissioner,
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RED WING HIGH SCHOOL.
W. W. KILGORE, Principal.
RED WIND, MINN Feb 14 1894
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
My Dear Sir
Will you kindly send me certificate of the services of John Kilgore in the Revolutionary War as they appear in his application for
pension which was granted under the Act of Apr 20th 1818:
I think that he was placed on the pension
roll Mar 17th 1819 as a private in the Mass. Continental Line.
Yours Very Truly
W. W. Kilgore