Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,751, Joseph Gordon, Mass. N.H.
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(0-1778)
SERVICE                                 NUMBER 
Mass.      | Gordon, Joseph | W 1751
N.H.        |               Dorothy | B.L. Wt 2009-100
                                   or
                               Dolly
Contents
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9876
R
Maine
Joseph Gordon
of      in the state of
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Hale of the N. Hamp line, for the term of 6 yrs
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of April, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2[illegible] of April, 1819
and sent to Wm Corsby 
Belfast, Me
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819 -                 87.69
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819      48.--

10 mo 25/30    4/31                           $135.69

[bracketed] Revolutionary claim,
                   Act 18th March, 1818

*Mass. & N. H.
W. D. G. May 24, 1909

Discontinued
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Notification sent to William Crosby [illegible] 21 Oct 1820.
Belfast  Maine
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5.79.
Maine.
Dolly Gordon
widow of Joseph Gordon
who served in the Revolutionary war as a Corporal
[illegible]*
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
88 Dollars  00
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 9th day of May 1849  [written over in pen]
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th date of June 1850
and set to 
N. H. Bradbury
Belfast, 
Maine

* Mass & N. H.,
W.D. [last initial illegible] May 24, 1909
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under a[illegible]
[February marked through and replaced with July] 29 1848, Page 4  Vol. 1
B[illegible]

Reported
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I Joseph Gordon of lawful age certify & say that Charles Gordon of Belfast in the County of Hancock is my oldest child - that he is now twenty nine years of age - that he lived with & labored for me one year after he was of age, since which time he has followed the sea for a livelihood, and that he has during his  [illegible] following the sea , at sundry times paid small debts of my contracting, & supplied myself & family with the necessaries of living - Sometime in the month of December [illegible] 1822 I settled with my said son Charles, & was found indebted to him in the sum of five hundred & twenty dollars, at which time I gave him a Deed of my farm at the price of seven hundred dollars.  Since that time he has paid me the ballance, & more, by discharing some small debts for me & furnishing me with the necessaries of life.
I further say that I am poor, and unable to labor, & I have no means of subsisting myself but by the charity of my said son Charles & my neighbors, & that I do actually stand in need of the relief given to others by the Government for Revolutionary services under similar circumstances.    Joseph Gordon
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I, James M. McCrillis of lawful age testify & say that I am one of the Assessors & Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Belfast in the County of Hancock of State of Maine - I am well acquainted with Joseph Gordon of Belfast who, by common report was a revolutionary soldier.  I further say that the said Joseph has no real or personal property excepting necessary wearing apparrel, beading[?]  & furniture.  I consider him a very poor man, and would be unable to keep himself from the Town for support were it not for the aid furnished him by his son Charles & his neighbours.
James M. McCrillis
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I Charles Gordon of lawful age do testify & say that I am
the son of Joseph Gordon of Belfast in the County
of Hancock & State of Maine, & that I am now twenty
nine years of age - that I am a mariner by
profession that I went to sea in the month
of May last, & was absent at sea until the twenty
first instant when I returned to said Belfast.
I lived with my father & labored for him one
year after & became of age, & since I have followed
the sea. Since I have gone to sea I have from time to
time supplied my father with necessaries, & paid
sundry debts for him-- among them a debt due
Andrew Leach, and on or about the nineteenth
day of December A.D. 1822 I had a settlement
with my father when he was found in arrear
to me in the sum of five hundred & twenty
dollars, at which time I took a Deed of his
farm at the price of seven hundred dollars.
since which time I have paid him the balance 
& more in discharging some small debts
of his & furnishing him with necessaries. I further
say that my father is very poor and de-
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pendent upon me & his friends for support and from
the nature of calling I am unable to support
myself & contribute any farther to the support
of my father & his family
Charles Gordon
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State of Maine
Hancock ss. Dec. 5th A.D. 1823
Be it known to whom it my concern that
Joseph Gordon, James McGillis, & Charles Gordon this
day personally appeared before me, & being severally
sworn by me did make oath to the truth
of the annexed depositions by them respectively
subscribed; which were reduced to writing
by me & read to them respectively.  In testimony
whereof I have the day & year aforesaid hereunto
at my and & seal official as notary public,
Alfred Johnson Jr
Notary Public
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for Gordon
Private Col. Hales Regt New
Hampshire Line 1777 to 1783
dee: 6th April 1818
4 years
Roll -
Admitted
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I Joseph Gordon of Belfast in the County of Hancock
and District of Maine on oath do say and
declare that some time in August 1775 I enlisted
in to the service of the United States as a private
soldier in the late Revolutionary war and
was immediately embodied at Winter Hill
near Boston in Jeremiah Gilmans company in
the 4th Regiment Massachusetts line commanded 
by Col. Nixon and served out my time
and immediately enlisted again for one year
and served out my time in the same comp.
and Regiment and volunteered for six weeks
longer
In March 1777 I enlisted again during the
war and was embodied in Capt Caleb Robinsons
company at Ticonderoga in the 2d Regiment
New Hampshire line commanded by Col. [illegible]
and remained there till it was evacuated by
the American army and then went to the
southward and joined Gen. Washington's Army
at the White Marsh - wintered at Valley
Forge untill[sic] the Brittish[sic] left Philadelphia, in
1778 was detached into Gen Scotts Brigade of
light infantry and in 1779 was under Gen
Sullivan against the Indians - in 1780 was
in the grand army-- The Feb 1781 was detached 
into the Marquis De La Fayette's Brigade
of light infantry - when at the siege and
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis - in 1782
way on the Mohawk Station - and was discharged
June 7, 1783. from Capt Jos Potters company
in the second Regiment New Hampshire
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commanded by Col George Reed.
I have lost all my papers. I am poor and stand
in need of assistance from my country for support

Joseph Gordon
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HANCOCK, ss.
On the Sixth day of April A. D. 1818,
before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Third Eastern Circuit, of the Court of
Common Pleas, in said Commonwealth, including the Counties of Hancock, Washington
and Penobscot: Personally appeared Joseph Gordon
who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, on his oath made the statement and
declaration by him subscribed, and hereto annexed, in order to obtain the provision made
by the late act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war."
And thereupon, I the said Judge do certify that I am satisfied the said Joseph
Gordon did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his said declaration,
against the common enemy, and that he has made it appear to me, that he is in reduced
circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Which proceedings and the testimony annexed, being all he has been able to produce,
I now transmit to the Secretary, for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of
the aforementioned act of Congress.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of said Court
to be hereto affixed by Mason Shane Esquire, Clerk of said
Court for said County of Hancock.
William Crosby [illegible]
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I Ben Johnson a soldier in the late Revolutionary war on oath say that I know Jos
Gordon of Belfast in the County of Hancock 
and District of Maine and that
I knew him in the army in said war
and that he served in Capt Jos. Potters
comp. in the 2d Reg. N Hampshire line
commanded by Col Geo Reed we were honorably 
discharged at the same time during
1773. I further know that he was listed [illegible]
during the war Ben Johnson
Hancock ss Apr. 24. 1818
Sworn to
Before me
Wm Crosby Chief Judge
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1818
Ap.11
We the subscribers [illegible] and overseers
of the poor of the town of Belfast in the County
of Hancock in the District of Maine do hereby
certify that Joseph Gordon of said Belfast
and who is commonly reported to have
been a soldier in the late revolutionary
war by reason of his reason of his reduced
circumstances stands in need of assistance
from his country for support and in
our opinion is entitled to the bounty
provided by law for the necessities of survival
of the late Army and Navy of the
late revolutionary war
John Merriam
Manasseh Sleeper
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State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham Exeter June 4 1849
I hereby certify that the following is a true copy
from the records of the Town of Exeter aforesaid
in relation to the marriage of Mr Joseph Gordon
and Miss Dolly Smith both of said Exeter
with the exception of the date which is expressed in
the records in fair legible figures as follows
James M Lovering Town Clerk
named October thirty first Seventeen hundred ninety
October 31 1790 Mr Joseph Gordon and
Miss Dolly Smith both of Exeter
By me Wm H. Rowland
recorded by me
Josiah Gilman Town Clerk
.
James M Lovering 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 extract from the records of said
Town of Exeter with the exception above named
as certified by me
James M Lovering Town Clerk
of Exeter
Exeter N.H. June 4 1849
Sworn to before me
Wm D. Moulton Justice Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss
I Ira Bartlett Hoitt Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County
certify that William P. Moulton is an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned 
and qualified; that his commission
is dated on the fifth day of January 1847, and will
expire in five years from that date; and that 
the signature on the within paper purporting to be his
is his genuine signature
In Testimony Whereof I have
hereto subscribed my name
& affixed the seal of said
Court this fourth day of June
Anno Domini
1849
I B Hoitt. Clerk
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Principal Claim
by
Joseph Gordon
Recd Feb 10, 1834
Joseph Gordon
No 2009.
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
State of Maine
Waldo County ss.
I Joseph Gordon aged seventy four years, do upon oath
testify and declare, that about or in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven
I entered or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the 
War," and served in the - regiment of the New Hampshire line, commanded
by Colonel - and that I continued in the
service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the
- regiment of the New Hampshire line, under the command of
Colonel George Reed and when I was a Corporal
I do further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised
me on the part of the United States, [nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever:] [crossed out]
Therefore, KNOW all men by these presents, that I Joseph Gordon
aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin to be my
true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary
of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Bounty land due to me as aforesaid;
and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised[sic] and empowered to constitute and appoint
one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Tenth
day of January 1834.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered,
in presence of
Andrew Leach
Joseph Gordon
[illegible]al

I, David Nickols aged seventy three years, do upon oath
declare that I am well acquainted with Joseph Gordon who has
subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and do well know him to be the identical
person he represents himself to be; and further I know or do believe he did perform the
military service therein stated.
David Nickels

State of Maine
Waldo County ss.
Before me Andrew Leach a Justice of the Peace in and for
the county aforesaid, personally appeared the above named Joseph Gordon
subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of
attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and likewise personally appeared
David Nickols subscriber to the above certificate of identity, both
to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth
of the depositions by them respectively subscribed. Dated this tenth
day
of January 1834.
Andrew Leach Justice of
the Peace

State of Maine
Waldo County ss.
I, H.J. Anderson Clerk of the Court
of Waldo County, do hereby certify, that Andrew Leach
before
whom the foregoing declaration was sworn, and the subjoined power of attorney purports
to have been acknowledged, is and was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace,
in and for the County of Waldo duly commissioned sworn and qualified
by law to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing
of said Justice, and verily believe the signature puporting to be his is genuine. In witness
whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County and subscribed my
name at Belfast this 31st day of January in the year 1834.
H. J. Anderson Clerk of Judicial
Court of said County
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Joseph Gordon
9876
Belfast
[illegible] 
$593
April 19
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State of Maine
Hancock ss.
On this twenty first day of June eighteen hundred and twenty personally appeared before me William Crosby, one of the Judges of the third Eastern Circuit Court of Common Pleas including the counties of Hancock Washington and Penobscot being a Court of record by the laws of said State with power of fine & imprisonment Joseph Gordon aged 61 years resident in Belfast in said County of Hancock who being first duly Sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows towit as a private twelve months in 1776 in Capt. Jeremiah Gilman's Company in Colonel Nixon's Regiment in the Massachusetts line and from March 1777 during the war this enlistment I was first embodied in Caleb Robinson's Company in the second regiment Newhampshire [New Hampshire] line of all which I made declaration before the said Judge on the sixth day of April eighteen hundred and eighteen and have received my pension certificate thereon No 9876 --
and I
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AND I Joseph Gordon do solemnly swear, that I was a
resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner
whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred
and eighteen, 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.
Joseph Gordon
Hancock ss June 21st 1820
Subscribed and sworn to before me
Wm Crosby one of the Justices of said Court
(Schedule) I Joseph Gordon on oath say and declare
that I have no real nor personal estate nor any income whatever
my necessary bedding and wearing apparel excepted.
Except 50 Acres of land in Belfast on which I now live and
buildings worth $500.
One horse 14 years old worth 20.00
one Cow 18.00
one Sled 1 Plough 14 years old some old household
furniture and farming utensils worth 20.00
fourteen Sheep two hogs-
I have three Children under me at home viz-
Eliza 20 years old
Nancy 15 " "
John 12 years old
I am a Farmer but I am a cripple in both hands and
unable to labour but a very little
I owe to-
Andrew Leach about $50. 00
Charles Gordon about 350. "
and sundry other sums to sundry
other persons about 150. 00
my wife is sickly and expensive
I cannot support myself without my pension without 
the aid of public or private charity 
Joseph Gordon
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State of Maine
Hancock ss. Third Eastern Circuit Court of Common Pleas July term A.D. 1820
I, MASON SHAW, clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Third Eastern Circuit, in the County of Hancock and State of Maine, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records 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 five hundred ninety three dollars and --- cents ^value of the property exhibited^
^Done in open Court^
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of July A. D.  1820.
Mason Shaw Clerk
of the said Court for the County of Hancock

[seal]
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No 14,050
Dolly Gordon
wid of Joseph
Me
Act 2 Feby 1848
Married 1790

No 798, Act 15 May 1828, [illegible]
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 29th July 1848.

State of Maine, Waldo County ss.
On the fourteenth day of June 1849, personally appeared before the Hon. Joseph Miller, Judge of the Court of Probate for said County Dolly ^otherwise Dorothy^ Gordon, a resident of Searsport in said County, aged seventy nine years, who, being 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 July 29, 1848, that she is the widow of Joseph Gordon decd, who was a Corporal of Infantry, in the New Hampshire line of the army of the Revolution, and who received a pension under the act of May 15, 1828, Certificate numbered 830.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Gordon on the thirty first day of October in the year Seventeen hundred & nine; that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Gordon died on the ninth day of May 1849.  that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but the marriage took place previous to the second of January, Eighteen hundred; viz at the time stated above-- She further swears that is now a widow, and that she
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she has never before made any application for a pension.
Dorothy Gordon
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year within written Before
Joseph Miller, Judge of Probate

State of Maine     }
Waldo County ss.}  I hereby certify that Joseph Miller is Judge of Probate for said County of Waldo, and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.  In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the seal of the Probate Court this Sixteenth day of June A.D. 1849
 Charles Palmer } Register of Probate for said County of Waldo.

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In reply to your request of _, received _
for a statement of the military history of Joseph Gordon
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (and his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
W. file 1751

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1776
Mch. 1777
disch. June 7, 1783
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
1 yr. 6 wks.
RANK
Pri.
Corpl.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Jeremiah Gilman
Caleb Robinson
Joseph Potter
COLONEL.
Nixon
Hale
George Reed
STATE.
4 Mass
2 N. H.
Main Evac. of Ticonderoga & in Genl. Sullivan's Indian Exped. in 1779.
Battles engaged in, Siege of Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment [check]
Date of application for pension, Apr. 6, 1818. Allowed
Residence at date of application, Belfast, Hancock Co. Me.
Age at date of application, 59 yrs.
Remarks: 1820 oldest ch. Charles 26. Eliza 20 Nancy 15. John 12
Sol max. Exeter N. H. Oct 31, 1790 Dorothy Smith
he died May 9, 1849
Wid. all. as "Dolly Gordon" pension appl. ex. June 14, 1849 ae 79 res. Searsport, Waldo Co. Me.
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In compliance with a
letter from this office
of the 6th Sept 1823
the produces the affidavit
of one of the
Overseers of the Poor &
of his son Chas Gordon
who was the purchaser
of his Real Estate.
He states that his
Father became indebted
to him at sundry times
for the Disbursment
of debts to the amt
of $520 & on the 19
Dec. 1822 he came
a settlement with his Father 
by taking the Land
which he agreed to pay
$700 for that since
that period he has paid
the balance in the purchase
of necessaries for his support
& in the liquidation of 
some other debts. & he
likewise states that he
a mariner & is unable
of rendering his Father
further aid - The Overseer 
of the Poor states
that without aid from his
son he will become a
Town Pauper - The claimant
makes oath to
the above the whole
of which is properly
authenticated-
Should this man be restored 
his pension should
commence from the
5th Decr 1823 -
see letter to
Wm Crosby. Esq.
May 1, 1824
Belfast
Paper cop'd for said MC
Agt. [illegible], by JW Orme, Apl 21.39
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Joseph Gordon, Maine, Act 15 May 1828, $88 per
to what time paid?
Pension Office
died in 1849 June 7 1850
[Sept. 4, 1848] [crossed out]
W.S.A 
March 4, 1849
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Widows papers--
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No 14,050
Dolly Gordon
ME
letter N. H. Bradbury 22 Sept 1849
" " same Jan. 30 50
" " same Mar. 6th 1850
" " same Mar. 27th 1850
Act 7 July 1838 [illegible]
Act 2nd July 48
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1 cow 9 sheep & 2 Hogs
cows named in family
1 sled & plough worn
out some farming
utensils & furniture
worn out.
Claimant 64 y. a farmer
Crippled in both hands
1 son 15 & 1 Daughter 18 ys.
subsists by Charity
See letter 6 Sept 1823 to
Wm. Crosby Esq
Belfast
ME
the last papers dated 5 Dec. 1823
Sep 1819

Maine
Joseph Gordon priv
1 y. in 1776 & 6 ys. from 1777
1st Sched, dated June 1820
Real Estate $500.-
Personal 93.-
Total $593.00
owes to A Leach $50
to C Gordon 350. 
Sundry Persons 150.
$550
Sched under act Mar 1823
dated 25 June 1823
Personal Property $20-
accounts for the decrease
of property &
By sale of Real
Estate to Chas. Gordon
on the 19th Dec. 1822.
for $700 which he
applied to the payment
of his debts & support
his family - 1 Horse died
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Joseph Gordon's claim 1823.
I have to send the certificate
of the allowance of 
this claim to
William Crosby
Belfast
Maine
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State of Maine
County of Hancock ss.
On this twenty fifth day of June 1823 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record and the highest Court of record in said State, now sitting at Castine within and for said County, Joseph Gordon of Belfast in said County aged sixty four years, who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of the 18th of March 1818, the first of May 1820, and 1st of March 1823, that he the said Joseph served in the Revolutionary War as follows, towit: as a private twelve months in 1776, in Capt Jeremiah Gilman's Company, in Col Nixon's Regt in the Massachusetts Line and from March 1777 during the war, under this enlistment: I was first embodied in Caleb Robinson's Company, in the second Regt New Hampshire line - and was honorably discharged at Newburg in the State of New York in June 1783, and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United Staes on the 18th 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, past on the 18th 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 here annexed and by me subscribed, towit, one yearling heifer & five sheep -- Some old house hold furniture barely enough for myself and family, which is all my personal estate, my necessary bedding and wearing apparel excepted; and I have no real estate: - I have two children only under age, towit, Nancy aged eighteen years and John aged
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aged fifteen years; I am a farmer, but I am a cripple in both hands and unable to labor but a very little.
(Signed) Joseph Gordon.

That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property. -
First schedule  50 acres of land -- Sold to Charles Gordon for seven hundred dollars
1 Horse -- Exchanged for another horse which is dead
1 Cow -- Killed and eaten up
1 Sled -- Worn out
1 Plough -- Worn out
Some old House furniture & farming utensils -- All gone and worn out
14 Sheep -- Eat up lost and reduced to five
2 Hogs -- Eat up and gone 

I have expended the proceeds of the sale of my real estate in discharging my debts named in my first schedule and other debts since contracted and in the support of myself and family -- and I am now and for a long time since have been dependent upon private and public charity for my support.
(Signed) Joseph Gordon

Sworn to this 25th day of June 1832
Prentiss Mellen C. Justice of sd Court

A true copy
Attest Eben Poor Clerk
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
That I Joseph Gordon of Belfast in the County of Hancock and
State of Maine, Husbandman
in consideration of Seven hundred dollars
paid by Charles Gordon of said Belfast Mariner
the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said Charles Gordon a certain tract of land in Belfast being a
part of lot number eight in the first division of lots in Belfast aforesaid
bounded Westwardly by a highway that leads between lots number eight
and nine, and Southwardly on Belfast Bay, & is twenty rods wide at right
angles with the side lines of said lot, and is to contain the one half the
width of the original lot number eight, and to continue the side lines
parallel to the head of said lot number eight meaning the one half of
said lot number eight on the Western side thereof, bounded Northwardly
by lot number one in the third division of lots in said town, more
or less.

TO HAVE and TO HOLD the afore-granted premises to the said Charles Gordon
his Heirs and Assigns, to their use and behoof forever.
AND I do covenant with the said Charles Gordon
his Heirs and Assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the aforegranted
Premises; that they are free of all incumbrances; that I have good right to sell and
convey the same to the said Charles Gordon
AND that I will warrant and defend the same premises to the said Charles Gordon
his Heirs and Assigns forever, against the lawful claims
and demands of all persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I the said Joseph Gordon
have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this 19th Day
of December in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty two.
Joseph Gordon LY
Signed, sealed, and delivered
in presence of us,
Robert Houston
Nancy Gordon
Hancock ss. December 1822. Then the above-named Joseph Gordon
acknowledged the above Instrument to be his free Act and Deed before me,
Recd June 23. 1823 entered by
B. Hall, Reg.
Robert Houston Just. of Peace.
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State of Maine

Hancock ss,

I, Alfred Johnson Jr., Notary Public, in & for the County aforesaid by authority of said State admitted, commissioned & sworn & dwelling in Belfast within said County do hereby certify & make known to all whom it may concern--
That Bradshaw Hall of Castine in the County aforesaid is the Register of Deeds for said County for the present period of five years; which officer, by the laws of this State, is elected by the qualified voters in the respective Counties once in five years - That I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Bradshaw Hall - and that the signature of the said Bradshaw Hall contained on the back of the Deed hereunto annexed is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have to these Presents subscribed my name & affixed my seal official at Belfast this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirteen
Alfred Johnson Jr.
Notary Public

[The seal is on the document; with the exception of the name JOHNSON, the writing is illegible.]
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State of Maine

Hancock ss.

I Eben Poor, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for said County of Hancock, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the Record of the said Supreme Judicial 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 dollars.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, on this seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
Eben Poor} Clerk of the said Sup. Jud. Court.

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Act 1828
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File #1751
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1283
No. of Original payment 798
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMES.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
28 Nov 1828
Joseph Gordon of Belfast in the County of Wlado in the State of Maine has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled " An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Corporal in captain Potter's company, in the Second regiment of the N Hampshire line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.

By order of the Secretary F A Dickind

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
2nd December 1828

It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Joseph Gordon in the New Hampshire line.
It further appears that Joseph Gordon is not now on the pension list of  any agency, and has not been so since the 3rd March 1826.

Peter Hagner Aud
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State of Maine
Waldo ss.
for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act
for the relief of
certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of
the revolution approved on the fifteenth of May eighteen
hundred and twenty eight I Joseph Jordan of Belfast
in the County of Waldo in the State of Maine do hereby
declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the
army of the revolution for an during the war and
continued in its service until its termination
at which period I was a Corporal in Capt Joseph
Potters Company in the second regiment of the New
Hampshire line. I also declare that I have no recollection 
of receiving a certificate for the reward of
eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve 
of Congress past the 16th of May 1778
And I further declare that I was not on
fifteenth of March 1828 on the Pension List of the
United States but that I was a pensioner under a Law
of the United States passed on the eighteenth day of March
1818 which was afterwards discontinued under a subsequent
act of Congress
Joseph Gordon
Before me William Crosby Esqr one of the Justices of the 
Peace within and for said County of Waldo personally
appeared this day Jonathan Wilson and William Crosby
Esq of Belfast in said county who did severally
make oath that Joseph Gordon by whom the fore
going declation[sic] was subscribed is generally
reputed and believed to have been a soldier in
the army of the revolution in manner as there
in stated.
Turn over
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Witness my hand this twenty third day of October
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty
eight.
Wm Crosby Jus. Peace
I Hugh J Anderson Clerk of the Supreme Judicial
Court and of the Court of Common Pleas sitting in the
County of Waldo in the State of Maine do hereby certify
that William Crosby Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits 
were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace in
and for said County and duly empowered to administer 
Oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal of
said Supreme Judicial Court this 17th day
of November in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and twenty eight
H.J. Anderson clerk
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1253
Belfast Nov. 21 1828
To the Hon Richard Rush Esq
In [illegible] the claim
of Jos. Gordon for a pension under 
the act of the 15th May 1828
If the claim is satisfactory he requests
to be informed thereof and if found
his due- he wishes for a draft for the same
on the [illegible] Bank in Portland
I am your Hum. Ser.
Wm Crosby by request
of said Gordon
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Dolly Gordon
Widow of Joseph
Maine

Act 29 July 1848
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 29th July 1848.

State of Maine, Waldo County ss.
On this eighth day of May A.D. 1850, personally appeared before me the Hon. Joseph Miller, Judge of Probate for the County of Waldo, Dolly Gordon a resident of Searsport in said County, aged eighty years, who being duly sworn, according to 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 July 29th, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, that she is the widow of Joseph Gordon who was a pensioner and a corporal in Col. Cilley's Regt in the New Hampshire line of the army, for proof of whose service she refers to documents in the pension office -- She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Gordon on the thirty first day of October in the year seventeen hundred & ninety that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Gordon died on the ninth day of May 1849, that she was not married to him prior
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to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January Eighteen hundred viz at the time above stated.  She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension (except the application for which this is substituted)
Dorothy Gordon

Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year before written at her dwelling house in Searsport in sd County, being unable by reason of bodily infirmity from appearing in open Court.
Before me Joseph Miller

State of Maine
I Charles Palmer, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Waldo, do hereby certify, that the Hon Joseph Miller is Judge of said Court, and that his signature in three places on this sheet is genuine
Given under my hand and Seal of Office this 13th day of May 1850
Charles Palmer
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I Hugh Ross of Searsport, Waldo County State of Maine, testify and say that I have been
acquainted with Joseph Gordon and Dorothy
Gordon, from the year 1800 to the time of the
death of the said Joseph Gordon -- I have lived in
the same neighbourhood near by them for
forty years- they have always lived together as
husband & wife since my acquaintance with
them-- [I have no doubt but the said] [crossed out] I know her
the said Dorothy Gordon to have been the wife
of the said Joseph Gordon for the term of time
above stated
Hugh Ross
State of Maine
Waldo County May 8th 1850. Subscribed & Sworn to
Before me Joseph Miller Judge of Probate for
said County of Waldo
I Robert L. Cells of Searsport, Waldo County State of
Maine, testify and say that I have been acquainted
with Joseph Gordon and Dorothy Gordon of
said Searsport since the year 1810. I have lived in
the neighbourhood near by them from that time till
the present, and have known the said Dorothy to be
the wife of the said Joseph Gordon to the [be the wife of
of the said Joseph][crossed out] time of his death
State of Maine
Waldo County May 8. 1850. Subscribed & Sworn to
Before me, Joseph Miller Judge of Probate for said County
of Waldo.
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State of Maine
Belfast Dec 6. 1873
J. L. Edward Esq
The absence of Charles Gordon at sea, whose
Dep. I herewith inclose[sic] to you, is the reason that I
have not called your attention to the claim of Joseph
Gordon to be restored to the pension roll before now.
I inclosed[sic] for your satisfaction to add his Dep.
to his fathers.
I appreciate the suggestion contained in
your inclosed[sic] communication: but I can assure
you that have never lent my aid to any claimant
for a pension where I did not really believe him
fairly intitled to it and have refused it in a
number of cases, where the applicants have
succeeded thro a diferent[sic] channel.
In the present case I am well acquainted 
with the applicant and his circumstances and
have no doubt but he ought to be restored to
pension and hope the inclosed[sic] Depositions will
satisfy you also.
I am respectfully [illegible]
Wm Crosby
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State of Maine

I Joseph Miller Judge of the Court Probate for the County of Waldo, do certify that satisfactory evidence has been adduced that Dolly Gordon otherwise called Dorothy Gordon, widow of Joseph Gordon late U. States pensioner, and who made a declaration before me, in order to obtain a pension on account of the services of her late husbands, is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Witness my hand this 4th day of Feby. 1850.
Joseph Miller

State of Maine
I Charles Palmer Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Waldo, certify that the Hon. Joseph Miller is Judge of said Court, and that his signature above written is genuine - Given under my hand & Seal of Office this fourth of Feby 1850.
Charles Palmer
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Dolly Gordon
widow of Joseph
Maine
Admitted
Corpl 2 yr $88
Com 9 May 1849

[illegible] 9 May 1849

Act 29 July 1848

N. H. Bradbury
Belfast
Me.
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FREE
J. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington 
DC
Fly 11/50
BELFAST 
FEB
7
M
[illegible] case
Dolly Gordon
Mr. Ames
Dolly Gordon
charge to Mr. Allison
June1 1850 have
no such case
Maine 38 wife
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Belfast (Me) Feb. 6, 1850

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions

Sir
I enclose additional proof in the case of Dolly Gordon widow of Joseph Gordon for pension.
Respy yours
N. H. Bradbury
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W. Allison 
FREE
J.L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
Washington
DC
Dolly Gordon
BELFAST
MAY
15
Me.
May 20/50
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Belfast (Me) May 14, 1850

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions

Sir:
I now send a new Declaration of Dolly Gordon for pension, also proof of identity made out agreeable to yours of the the 27th March.
Respectfully yours
N. H. Bradbury [illegible]
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FREE
W. Wilson
or W. Ames
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions
Washington
DC
Mar 2/50
Dolly Gordon
Maine
[illegible]
action
BELFAST
FEB
25
Me.
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Belfast (Me) Feb 25, 1850

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com of Pensions

Sir:
The papers for pension Dolly Gordon widow of Joseph Gordon decd were sent to the Dept in June last -- it is very desirable that the case should be acted on so that she can have her Certificate to draw at the next payment.
Respy yours
N. H. Bradbury
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War Department
Pension Office
September 6, 1823

Sir,
The claim of Joseph Gordon has been examined.  Before a decision can be had, he must state under oath what relation Charles Gordon is to him, the nature of the debt due, and at what time contacted.  It is to be feared, from the unsatisfactory accounts which many have given of the changes made in their property, that relations are too often made grantees or mortgagees, where not a shadow of a just or equitable claim has ever existed.  It is hoped that every public officer, will discountenance such attempts to defraud the government.  The Secretary of War is determined not to restore the name of any one to the rolls unless a satisfactory account of the diminution of the claimant's property shall have been exhibited.

I am, respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards

William Crosby, Esq.
Belfast
Maine
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FREE
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions
Washington
DC
Dolly Gordon
BELFAST
MAR
12
Me.
charged to Mr. Ames
March 7 1850
W. Cole
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Belfast, March 11 1850

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions

Sir
In the case of Dolly Gordon, widow of Joseph Gordon ^a pensioner^ which has been pending for a long time, there seems to be a difficulty which has never arisen before in any similar applications that I have had any agency in laying before the Department. I supposed when I sent the papers last June that every document was furnished which the Act of Congress under which she claims and the regulations that have been published would fairly seem to require and since then sundry other certificates have been furnished - She has "sworn in positive terms" that she is the widow of Joseph Gordon decd who was a pensioner, the Judge who took her Declaration has certified that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to him "that she is the identical person she represents herself to be" - I suppose he could not certify that she was personally known to him, as he resides in a distant part of the County, and probably never saw her till he went to her residence to take the Declaration - but he could truly say, that evidence satisfactory was exhibited as to her identity for as she had resided with her husband on the same farm for
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[underlined] fifty years [/underlined] or more, and among their descendants are some of our most worthy citizens it was abundantly proved to the Judge and he certified accordingly.  Will you please state what further additional proof is needed to show that she is "the identical person she represents herself to be" and refer me to the pages in the regulations where the forms of such documents may be found.
Respectfully yours
N. H. Bradbury
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[envelope]

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City  D. C.

Decld  June 21 / 49
Dorothy Gordon

[stamp:  Belfast NY  Jun 17
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Belfast NY  June 16 1869

Commissioner of Pensions

Sir:
I enclose the application to of Widow Dolly or Dorothy Gordon for pension
Respy Yours
N. H. Bradbury
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[envelope]

J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

[written over and hard to read]

Gary Esq 50
[stamp:  Release Jan 2]

Got papers on Mr Wally
with immediately on file this letter
struck out:  not on files V S
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Belfast (Me) Jany, 21, 1850

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions

Sir, 
In the month of June last I forwarded to your office the papers in relation to pension for Dorothy Gordon widow of Joseph Gordon it is very desirable that claim should be acted upon before the 1st March
Respectfully yours,
N. H. Bradbury
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3-871.
Record Division.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.

Briefed by L.D.L.
Claim No.   blank
Certificate No.   blank
Claimant  blank
Soldier  Joseph Gordon
Service  N. H.
Additional Service Rev. War
No [blank] claim, State Records  blank, 190 blank
No Claim, combination records  blank, 190 blank

Remarks:
No claim, except
I # 37017 }  consolidated.
W# 1751

blank
Chief Division
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I have mailed the [illegible] and signature of
[illegible] Hall the register who certifies the copy of
the Dep. annexed to Jos. Gordons claim here
with sent you, to be authenticated by the
Notatorial certificate annexed. Being the
only way of authenticating the same
within my knowledge.
I hope the papers will now be satisfactory
to the office - if so, and the claim shall
be allowed - please to send the certificate
To your hum. ser.
Wm Crosby
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Rev.

To the Secretary of the Pension Dept., Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:  Is the name of Joseph Gordon, a Revolutionary soldier on the pension roll?  If so please give me the facts concerning his record.  He served seven years as a soldier.  I think he was from New Hampshire.

Very respectfully,

Louise Roberts

May 11, 1909
728 S. Washington St.
Hobart Okla.

[stamp:  Record Division May 17 1909]
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[Left side]

1909 June 10. hist to louise Roberts

[right side]

Privy  Widow, etc.

File No.  1751
Dolly Gordon
Widow 
Joseph Gordon
Congress Rev. War
Act July 29. 1848.
Index:   Vol. A,  Page 278
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37017
INVALID.
Consolidation with W. File 1.751.
File No. 37,017
Joseph Gordon

[illegible] Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 477
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]