Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,946, Lemuel Coburn, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Coburn, Lemuel     W.18.946
Sarah

NUMBER
B.L.M 34.961-160-55
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11.63y

Vermont

Lemuel Coburn of Grange Co. in the State of Vermont who was a (illegible) in the Company commanded by Captain Marcy of the Regt commanded by Col. Williams in the (illegible) 
me for troops

by No Private    $23.33

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of pension issued the 30 day of May 
                   and South
1833 S. Short, (illegible)

Arrears to the 4th day of March 1833 - $46.66
Semi-anl allowance ending on Sept        11.66
                                                              _________

                                                                $58.32
                                       (Revolutionary claim,)
                                        (Act June 7, 1832)
Recorded by J. T Sprague Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 56
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Reported

214679

1784
Vermont, Montpelier
Sarah Coburn
widow of Lemuel Coburn 
(illegible)
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
23 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March,1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
5 day of Sept. 1848
and sent to
Stephen Thomas
West Fairlee
Vt.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 47 Vol 3.
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Mar 3
214679 Sept 27/55
Sarah Coburn
widow
Lemuel Coburn priv
Sarah wife: Lemuel Coburn,
Capt
Col Mass Mil
Ent July 4, 1776
Dis
Revolutionary War
Rev Pension
Act of June 7, 1832
Vt July4th 1784
(illegible) 28/56
(Illegible)

New

Stephen Thomas
West Fairlee
Vt.
Vol. C2 - 29.
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Application & Certificate
            of 18531
Lemuel Coburn

P.6.
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State of Vermont
County of Orange} ss. Probate District of Bradford
On this 26th day of July 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the court of Probate of sd District now sitting, a court of record Lemuel Coburn a resident of Thetford in the county of Orange and state of Vermont, aged 73 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 herein states, in Capt Marey's company & Col Douglass regiment, Genl Putnams Brigade, that entered the service at Woodstock in Connecticut, where he thus lived for the term of two months about the first of February 1776 & served in the above company & Regt. being of the Connecticut line as he supposes, that he went to Cambridge in Massachusetts, when he was stationed the whole of the time was sick in the hospital a part of the time & was dismissed then by parol about the first of April of the He [unk] [unk] having served out the full period of his enlistment. He also declares that soon after his return from Cambridge in the months of April or May 1776 at he thinks at Woodstock Ct. where he lived he enlisted for the term of two month into Capt. Saml Chandler's company of said Woodstock, & marched to Providence in the State of Rhode Island, where he was stationed the whole of the time to guard the town; as the British were expected there, that he served out the full term of his enlistment & was dismissed by parol at said Providence and returned home.
He also declares that in the latter part of August of the same year 1776, the whole of Col. Williams Regiment of Militia of Pemfret, Connecticut was called for to go New York to prevent the British taking Fort Washington, as it was said, that he the said Coburn belonged to Capt. Stephen Lyons company of said Regiment, which company was then commanded by Lieut. Stephen tucker, the sd Lyon having enlisted into the regular service, that he marched with said company & Regt to the English neighborhood so called upon the Hudson River where he was stationed & was there upon the British took Fort Washington & remained there until dismissed about the last of Nov. as he thinks, & that he served all three months at this time. He says that he saw Genl. Washington possibly while there & that Genl. Green quartered at the English neighborhood at this time that he never took any written discharge & has no documentary testimony of his service & that he knows of no person except Stephen May who can testify for him, that he served as a private
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He also declares that in the latter part of August of the same year 1776, the whole of Col Williams Regiment of Military of Pomfret, Connecticut was called for to go New York to prevent the British taking Fort Washington, as it was said, that he the said Coburn belonged to Capt. Stephen Lyons company of said Regiment, which company was then commanded by Lieut. Stephen Tucker, after sd Lyons having enlisted into the regular service, that he marched with said company & Regt to the English neighborhood so called upon the Hudson River where he was stationed & was there when the British took Fort Washington & remained there until dismissed about the last of Nov. as he thinks & that he served all these months at this time. He saus that he saw Genl. Washington pass by while there & that Genl. Green quartered at the English neighborhood at this time, that he never took any written discharge & has no documentary testimony of his service & that he knows of no person except Stephen May who can testify for him, that he served as a private.
He hereby 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, or (in any) only that of the agency in the State of Vermont.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Lemual Coburn

We, Timothy Spalding a clergyman residing in the said Thetford Vt and William Heaton residing in sd Thetford Vt hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Coburn who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 73 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in the opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Timothy Spaulding
William Heaton

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 further certifies, that it appears to them that Timothy Spaulding who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Thetford Vt. and that William Heaton who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Simeon Short Clerk or Register of the court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Lemuel Coburn for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 26th day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Simeon Short Clerk
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The following interrogatories were there propounded by the Court to the applicant & answers given, viz.
1. Where & in what year were you born?
ans. In Charleton in the State of Massachusetts in 1758
2. Have you any record of your age? ans. none that I know of except my family Bible
3. Where did you live when called into the service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war & where do you now live?
ans. I lived at Woodstock, Vt. when called into the service; settled in Fairlee Vt about the close of the revolutionary war, where I lived until about ten years ago, when I moved into Thetford Vermont where I now live.
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute?
ans. Twice I voluntarily enlisted & turned out once voluntarily with the militia
5. State the names of some of the regular officers, who were with the Troops when you served; such continental & militia regiments as you recollect, & the general circumstances of your service.
ans. I do not know that I can be more particular than I have been in my declaration on these subjects, except that I recollect Col. Durkees regiment of Continental troops at the english neighborhood. In my first enlistment I served as a waiter to Ensign Stephen Lyons (afterwards Capt.) a part of the time, one month as I think & was then taken sick & confined in the Hospital the remainder of the two months, that I never received any regular discharge. I refer to the Revd Timothy Spalding & William Heaton Esq in my neighborhood to whom I am known & who will testify to my character for truth & veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier in the revolution.
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FAMILY RECORD

MARRIAGE

Lemuel Coburn & Sarah Russ were married May the 1st 1788.
Lemuel Coburn died June 3rd 1839

Lemuel Coburn (birth) Sept 12 Dec 1754 (death) June 3, 1839
Sarah Russ (born) 25 Nov 1766
Lemuel Coburn Jr (born) July 1789
Sarah Coburn (born) [unk] 1791 Sept 20th
John Coburn (born) 7 Aug 1793
[unk] Coburn 4 August 1795 
[unk] Coburn (born) 3 Aug 1797
Nathan Coburn (born) 29 Jan 1799
Cyril Coburn (born) 11 May 1902
Josiah Coburn (born) 10 June 1904
Clarisa Coburn (born) 30 March 1906
lost child (born & death) 1811
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FAMILY RECORD

CHILDREN'S MARRIAGES

Lemuel Coburn
Dec 31st 1850
State of Vermont
[unk[ County
I certify that Leml Coburn above named is the same person named & who is known to the affidavit to which this is [unk].
Simeon Short Justice Peace
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named in sd Record- that this record once belonged to an old family Bible of which is now entirely decayed & gone & have often seen these two leaves in that Bible & about [unk] years ago at the [unk] of my father Lemuel Coburn transcribed this record into a new Bible where he then purchased & I think transcript is hereunto annexed on which I have signed my name dated this 31st day of December 1840.
Lemuel Coburn

State of Vermont
Orange County ss.} Thetford Dec. 31, 1840
Sworn & subscribed before me & I certify that Leml. Coburn the above deponent is a credible person.
Simeon Short Justice peace


John Coburn was born December 7th 1793 on Saturday
Nathan Coburn was born August6 1795 on Thursday and died AUgust 19 1798
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Sarah Coburn the second was born August 3 1797 on Thursday
Nathan Coburn the second was born August 29 1799 on Wensday
Cyril Coburn was born January 11th 1802 on Monday
Josiah Coburn was born May 10th 1804 on Thursday
Clarisa Coburn was born June 30 1806 on Monday
Marth [unk] 8th 1811 our last child a son was born on Friday and died the same day

I Lemuel Coburn of West Fairlee in the county of Orange & State of Vermont aged 51 years depose & say that I am the same person named Lemuel Coburn Jr in the foregoing family records & one of Lemuel Coburn & Sarah Coburn
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Isaac Bartlett
applicant
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Family Record
Marriage
Lemuel Coburn and Sarah Russ were married May 1st 1788
Lemuel Coburn died June 3d 1839

Names             Births             Deaths
Lemuel Coburn Sept 12 1758 June 3 1839
Sarah Russ        Dec 25 1776
Lemuel Coburn Jr Nov 9 1789
Sarah Coburn  July 4 1791  Sept 20
John Coburn    Dec 7 1793
Nathan Coburn  May 16 1795  August 13 1798
Sarah Coburn   August 3 1797
Nathan Coburn    Aug 29 1799  June 5 1827
Cyril Coburn    Jany 11 1802
Josiah Coburn    May 10 1804
Clarissa Coburn   June 30 1806
Last Child  March 8 1811  March 1811
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I Isaac Bartlett of Hartford in the county of Orange and State of Vermont aged 44 years depose and say that Lemuel Coburn late of Thetford in the county and State aforesaid died on the third day of June eighteen hundred and thirty nine I was present at the time his his death, I further say that the said Lemuel Coburn was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States upon the Rolls of the Vermont Agency at the rate (as he believes) of twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum. I further say that Sarah Coburn who was once the wife and now the widow of the said Lemuel Coburn is now living she has remained a widow ever since the death of the said Lemuel Coburn. I further say that she is the mother of my wife.
I further say that the family Record hereto attached is a true copy from an original family record which was taken from the family Bible of said Lemuel Coburn deceased and sent as I suppose to the War Department with the application of said Sarah Coburn for a pension some time since said copy is in my hand writing and has been in my possession ever since it was made and is a true copy as I believe except the record of the death of said Lemuel Coburn which was added to said copy by me.
Isaac Bartlett
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7 day of April AD 1843 and I certify that the within named Isaac Bartlett is personally known to me & is a credible witness.
J W D Parker Judge of Probate

State of Vermont
District of Bradford ss. Registers Office Pail 7 AD 1843
I Stephen Thomas Register of the Probate Court within and for said District of Bradford, do hereby certify that J W D Parker is Judge of Probate within and for said District duly commissioned & qualified to act as such that his commissioner commenced on the first day of December AD 1843 and will expire on the thirteenth day of November AD 1843 & that his signature above written as such Judge is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Probate Court this 7th day of April AD 1843.
Stephen Thomas Register
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7612
Sarah Coburn
application
Vt
admd
7 mo pri
23.33

DC Churchill
Lyme 
N.H.
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State of Vermont
Orange County ss.} On this thirteenth day of December AD 1840 personally appeared before the Probate Court within & for the District of Bradford in the said County of Orange, in open Court, Sarah Coburn a resident of Thetford in the said County of Orange widow of Lemuel Coburn late of the same town of Thetford deceased- who being first duly sworn doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made the act of Congress passed July 7th AD 1838 entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Lemuel Coburn, who was a private in the army of the revolution, & for several years before & at the time of his death, was a pensioner of the United States on account of his revolutionary service, drawing twenty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum, & for proof of his services in the revolution, this declarant refers the commissioner of Pensions to the testimony & documents heretofore forwarded to the war department by the said Lemuel Coburn for the purpose of establishing his claim to a pension. She also declares that she is now 74 years of age, & that she was lawfully married to the said Lemuel Coburn in the town of West Fairlee in said Orange County on the first day of May in the year of our Lord 1788 by the Recd Nathaniel Niles a minister of the Gospel in sd West Fairlee & that her maiden names was Sarah Russ. She also declares that the said Nathaniel Niles has been dead several years, that she has caused the town records of sd West Fairlee to the be examined, but as she under
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stands no record of her marriage can be found & she does not recollect any person now living who was present at her marriage unless it be a sister residing in the State of Michigan, & that she knows of no other proof that she can furnish of her marriage except the family record she herewith transmits. She further declares that she was not married to the said Lemuel Coburn prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred & ninety four, to wit at the time above stated & that her husband the said Lemuel Coburn died at his residence in said Thetford in the third day of June AD 1839, & that she has ever since & still does remain the widow of the said Lemuel Coburn.
Sarah Coburn

Witness to Sarah Coburn
signature William Heaton
Isaac Bartlett

Subscribed & sworn to before me on the 30th day of December AD 1840 aforesaid.
Simeon Short Judge of Probate

State of Vermont
Probate District of Bradford ss.} I Joseph Berry clerk & regr in the County of Orange of the Court of Probate within & for the said District of Bradford & that the signature to the above & foregoing certificate purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office & subscribed my name this 30th day of December AD 1840.
Joseph Berry Clerk of the Court of Probate
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We William Heaton, & Isaac Bartlett both of Thetford in the county of Orange & state of Vermont do hereby severally make affidavit & certify that we are well acquainted with Sarah Coburn who has made the foregoing declaration & know that she is the widow of Lemuel Coburn deceased named in said declaration, & that she has remained single since his death, & we also know that the sd Lemuel Coburn was a pensioner of the united States at the time of his death & that he died at his residence in sd Thetford on the third day of June AD 1839.
William Heaton
Isaac Bartlett

State of Vermont
Orange County ss.} At Thetford in said county this 30th day of December AD 1840. The foregoing subscribed & sworn to before me & I certify that the deponents, William Heaton & Isaac Bartlett are well known to me as credible persons.
Simeon Short Justice of the Peace
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214679
BOUNTY LAND

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855

Mrs. Sarah Coburn
Widow of Lemuel Coburn
War of the Revolution


Please to communicate with
Stephen Thomas
West Fairlee
Vt.
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March 3, 1855
Declaration for Bounty Land
WIDOW

Printed at the Patriot Office
Montpelier, Vt.

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Widow of a deceased Officer or Soldier,
State of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex ss.} On this nineteenth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid. Sarah Coburn aged eighty eight years, a resident of Lowell in the State of Massachusetts who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow pf Lemuel Coburn who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain              in the Revolutionary War regiment of                commanded by              in the war with Great Britain declared by Great Britain on the 4th July 1776                that her husband enlisted at Massachusetts she thinks on or about the    day of          A.D.            for the term of               and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days, and was honorable discharged at            on the             day of                    A.D.       . That she cannot state the particulars about the service of her husband the said Lemuel Coburn, but for proof of his service she refers to the proof he filed in the Pension Office to obtain a Pension under the act of June 7, 1832 for proof of her marriage she refers to her declaration and accompanying proof for which she was placed upon the Pension Roll of the Vermont agency. She refers to the same for proof of her husbands death that he his [unk] in the receipt of a pension under the act of Feby 2nd 1848.
She further states that she was married to the said Lemuel Coburn in Fairlee Vermont (she thinks) on the     day of     A.D.    by one (she cannot state who or when) a       and that her name before said marriage was Sarah Russ, that her husband died at Thetford Vt. on the 3d day of June A.D. 1839, and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855." That neither herself or husband have never applied for nor received Bounty Land under any act of Congress, that she refers to her declaration for her Pension, for proof of her marriage & death of her husband.
Sarah Coburn her mark X

We, Charles Sperry and Cyril Coburn, residents of Lowell in the State of Massachusetts upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Coburn 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, that we know she is in the receipt of a pension as she above states.
Charles Sperry
Cyril Coburn

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 personal that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. 
Joel Adams, Justice of Peave

State of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.} I, Seth Ames Clerk of the Court of Common Please for the County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts, which is a Court of Record, hereby certify that Joel Adams Esq. is an acting Justice of the Peave within and for said County, duly qualified by the laws of this State to administer Oaths, for general purposes; that I am acquainted with his hand-writing and believe his signature to the foregoing to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereby set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Lowell in said County, this seventh day of May A.D. 1855.
Seth Ames
Clerk
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16531
Lemuel Coburn
Orange Co Vermont

admitted
7 months
$23.33

S. Short Esq,
Thetford
Vt.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
                        183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes,  you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed, The notes and regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which you r attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Lemuel Coburn

Period when the service was rendered: 1 Feby 1776
Duration of the claimant's service" 2 months
Rank of claimant: Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Capt Marcey, Col Douglass
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: 73 years
Woodstock Conn.
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary

Period when the service was rendered: May 1776
Duration of the claimant's service: 2 months
Rank of the Claimant: "
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Capt Chandler
Proof by which the declaration is supported: a Clergyman

Period when service was rendered: Augt. 1776
Duration of the claimant's service: 3 months
Rank of the claimant: "
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Capt Lyons, Col Williams, D Tucker
Proof by which the declaration is supported: a living witness

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service
4. Indian Psies
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucisians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And ever Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832
State, Territory, or District of
County of                                   } ss.
On this    day of     personally appeared (a) before     A.B. a resident (b) of     in the county of     and State, Territory or District of       aged (c)    years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with    and served in the     (e) regiment of the      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or country and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. -> This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby  relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                          A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I                               of the Court of               do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of                                 for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this       day of    &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of the applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in not (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will made and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the                 and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                       , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be      years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur un that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
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 further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. and that C. D. , who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the           and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the                     and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,                      Clerk of the Court of                   do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of                                  for a pensions.
In testimony, whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this       day of       &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witnesses cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribed and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And is a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of you service.
6. To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of you services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these question are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons- one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, by reason of bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or a Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such service, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the differnt grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. 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 and ------ says, I served as a --------; and for such service I claim a pensions."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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 three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declarant is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contain the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by apiece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of the certifying officer, as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service
[j] 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he 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.
-> The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers, and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must be all written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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In reply to your request of                       , received              for a statement of the military history of Lemuel Coburn a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's)  application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W, File 18946

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Feb. 1, 1776
Length of Service: 2 mos
Rank: Pri.
Officers under whom Service was Rendered: Captain Marcy, Colonel Douglas
State: Conn.

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Apr or May 1776
Length of Service: 2 mos
Rank:
Officers under whom Service was Rendered: Captain Samuel Chandler
State:

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Aug 1776
Length of Service: 3 mos
Rank:
Officers under whom Service was Rendered: Captain Stephen Lyone, Col oniel Williams, & Lt. Stephen Tucker

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Woodstock Conn.
Date of application for pension, July 26, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Thetford Vt.
Age at date of application, b. Sept 12 1758 at Charleton, Mass.
Remarks: Soldier married West Fairlee, Orange Co, Vt., May 1, 1778 Sarah Russ born Dec 25, 1776; he died at Thetford, Vt. June 3, 1839 & she was allowed pension on her appln. executed Dec 30, 1840, while a res. of Thetford aforesaid. In 1845 she resided with her son Cyril Coburn at Lowell, Mass and was there in 1855.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner
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Rev. War Section

June 12, 1913

Mr. Frank W. Coburn,
31 Percy Road,
Lexington, Mass.

Sir:
In addition to the military history of Lemuel Coburn, W. File No. 18946, Rev. War, you are furnished the following family data from the papers filed in the claim.

Lemuel Coburn was born September 12, 1756, died June 3, 1839, married May 1, 1788, Sarah Russ born November 25, 1766.
Their children.
Lemuel Coburn, Jun. born November 9, 1789
Sarah Coburn  "  July 4, 1791, died Sept 20, ----
John Coburn  "   August 6, 1795, died August 13, 1796
Sarah Coburn   "    August 3, 1797
Nathan Coburn  "   August 27, 1799, died June 5, 1827
Cyril Coburn  "  January 11, 1802
Josiah Coburn   "   May 10, 1804
Clarissa Coburn  "   June 30, 1806
A son    "   March 8, 1811, died the same day

Very respectfully,
G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner
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34961

Rev army
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14679
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West Fairlee, Vt. Sept 24th 1855
Hon: J. Minot Comr of Pensions

Dear Sir, The applicants husband made application under the act of March 3rd, 1855 for a Bounty Land & has since died his application is No 180236 & has since died therefore this application is forwarded.

I am truly yours
Stephen Thomas
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Rev WIDOW, &c.

File No. 18946
Sarah Coburn
widow of
Lemuel Coburn 
Pri Rev War

Act: Feb 2, 48
Index:- Vol. A, Page 181
[Arrangement of 1870]

1913 Mch 6 History to
Mrs. L. C. Jefferson
1913 June 12 Hist. to
Frank W. Coburn
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[unk] to Pension Agt April Rep
To Massachusetts fro no 4 march 1844, 28 April
1845, notification to Joel
Adams, Lowell Mass.

Massachsetts
Montpelier
Sarah Coburn
widow of Lemuel Coburn
who was a private
in the Massachusetts line for 7 months

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
23 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pensions issued the
10th day of June 1843
and sent to D. C. Churchill
Lyme, New Hampshire

[Act of March 3, 1843]

Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1  Page 25
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Repd May 20

Vermont 7275
Sarah Coburn
widow of Lemuel Coburn
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died in the 3d June, 1839
of Orange Co in the State of Vermont
who was a private in the company
commanded by Captain Marcey of the
Regt commanded by Col: Williams in the Masstts line for 7 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of Montpelier
at the rate of 23 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of
May 1843 and sent to D. C. Churchill, Lyme, N.H.

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending

                                               $116.65

[Act of July 7, 1838]

Recorded by M M Stewart Clerk,
Book A  Vol. 2  Page 48
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Vt. 7612
Sarah Coburn
see let to Wm Heaton
Feb 23, 1844


act 7 July 1838
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Declaration of
widow Sarah Coburn
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In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Probate Court this 7th day of April AD 1843.

Stephen Thomas Register
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of Vermont Orange County
Probate District of Bradsford} ss.
On this 7th day of April 1843 personally appeared before me J. W. D. Parker Judge of Probate within and for said District of Bradford Sarah Coburn a resident of Thetford in the county of Orange and state of Vermont aged 76 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit  of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled an "act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of Lemuel Coburn of Thetford in the county of Orange, and state of Vermont who was a private in the Revolutionary War and a pensioner of the united States upon the Rolls of the Vermont Agency at the rate (as she believes) of twenty three dollars and thirty three cents under the act of June 7, 1832:
She further declares that she was married to the said Lemuel Coburn on the first day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight and that her husband the aforesaid Lemuel Coburn died on the third day of June eighteen hundred and thirty nine; that she was not married to him
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prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated she further states that some time since she made application for a pension at which time she furnished her family record for the purpose of proving her marriage which record she respectfully refers she having no other evidence of her marriage except a copy of said Record which she herewith transmits.
Sarah Coburn

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written,
J  W D Parker Judge of Probate

I certify that by reason of bodily impairment the said applicant can not attend the Court.
J W D Parker Judge of Probate

State of Vermont
Bradford District ss.} Registers Office April 7th 1842, I Stephen Thomas Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Bradford aforesaid do hereby certify that J W D Parker is Judge of Probate within and for said district duly commissioned and qualified to act as such that his commissioned commenced on the 1st day of December AD 1842 & will expire in the 30th day of November AD 1843 and his signature written is genuine.
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In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Probate Court this 7th day of April AD 1843
Stephen Thomas Register
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8839 (crossed out) 8890 (crossed out)

widow Sarah Coburn
Vt
Act 7 July '38
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled an "Act granting half pay an pension to certain widows

State of Vermont Orange County}
Probate District of Bradford} SS

On this 7th day of April 1843 personally appeared before me J.W.D. Parker, Judge of Probate within and for said District of Bradford Sarah Coburn a resident of Thetford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged 76 years who having first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 *and Joint Resolution of August 16. 1842) entitled an "Act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows"
That she is the widow of Lemuel Coburn of Thetford in the County of orange and State of Vermont who was a private in the Revolutionary War and a Pensioner of the United States upon the Rolls of the Vermont Agency at the rate of twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum under the act of June 7. 1832
She further declares that she was married to the said Lemuel Coburn on the first day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight and that her said husband the aforesaid Lemuel Coburn died on the third day of June eighteen hundred and thirty nine: That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the
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first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated.
as to the proof of her marriage the time of the oath of her said husband or she respectfully refers to the papers accompanying her other declaration this day executed before the Honr J. W. D. Parker and her former declaration made same time since said last declaration she suppose is in the files at the War Department
Sarah Coburn

sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
J.W.D Parker Judge of Probate

I certify that by reason of bodily infirmity the said applicant cannot attend the court
J.W.D Parker Judge of Probate

Sate of Vermont
District of Bradford SS Registers Office April 7 AD 1843
I Stephen Thomas Register of the Probate Court within and for said District of Bradford do hereby certify that J.W.D. Parker is Judge of Probate within and for said District duly commissioned & qualified to act as such that his commission commenced on the first day of December 1842 and will expire on the thirtieth day of November 1843 and that his signature above written as such Judge are genuine

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said probate court this 7th day of April AD 1843
Stephen Thomas Register
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347
Widow Sarah Coburn

Act 3 March 43

D.C. Churchill
Lyme
N.H.
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 3d of March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7. 1838

State of Vermont Orange County}
Probate district of Bradford} SS

On this 7th day of April 1843 personally appeared before me J.W.D.. Parker Judge of Probate for the District of Bradford in the County and State aforesaid Sarah Coburn a resident of Thetford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged 76 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3d day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Lemuel Coburn who was a private during the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States upon the Rolls of the Vermont Agency at the rate of twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum. That she is entitled to a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838 at the rate of twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum for five years from the 4th of March 1836 as she believes
She further declares that she is still a widow
Sarah Coburn

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
J.W.D. Parker Judge of Probate

I certify that the above declarant is personally known to me
J.W.D. Parker Judge of Probate
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State of Vermont}
District of Bradford SS}
Registers office April 7. 1843

I Stephen Thomas Register of the Probate Court within and for said district of Bradford do hereby certify that J.W.D. Parker is Judge of Probate within and for said district duly commissioned and qualified to act as such that, his Commission commenced on the 1st day of December AD 1842 & will expire on the 30th day of November A.D. 1843 and his signature within written is genuine

In testimony thereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Probate Court this 7th day of April AD 1843
Stephen Thomas, Register
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Sarah Coburn
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
On this twenty seventh day of March 1845, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County of Middlesex personally appeared Sarah Coburn, who on her oath declares that she is the widow of the late Lemuel Coburn, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War. That she is the same Sarah Coburn, whose name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Vermont, whence she has lately removed, that she lately resided in the Town of Thetford in the County of Orange in the State of Vermont; that she now resides in the City of Lowell in the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts- where she intends to remain, and wishes her pension to be payable at the City of Boston in said Massachusetts. The following are the reasons for removing from Thetford to said Lowell- to wit- For the purpose of residing with my son Cyril Coburn, who lives in said Lowell- and I wish mt pension payable in Boston from the fourth day of March, 1844,
Sarah Coburn

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
Lowell March 27th 1845
This day the above named Sarah Coburn personally appeared and made oath in due form of Law, that the facts stated in the above written Declaration by her signed were true.
Before me,
Joel Adams, Justice of the Peace for said County
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Secretary's Office, Boston April 4th 1843

I hereby certify, that at the dates of the annexed attestations Joel Adams was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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 Commonwealth, the date above written.

John G Palfrey
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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I, Cyril Coburn of Lowell in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged forty two years, on oath depose and say, that I am a son of the within named Sarah Coburn, and that I know her to be the identical person which she has represented herself to be, in her affidavit within written,
Cyril Coburn

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss.
Lowell March 31, 1845
This day personally appeared the above named Cyril Coburn, and made oath in due form of Law. That the above written affidavit by him subscribed was true, and I do certify that the said Cyril Coburn is personally known to me to be a man of truth and credibility.
Joel Adams, Justice of the Peace
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Sarah Coburn
Declaration
Act 2d Feby 1848



Pleas Communicate
with Stephen Thomas
West Fairlee
Vt.
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Declaration act of February 2d 1848
State of Vermont
Bradford County ss.} On this 31st day of July AD 1848, personally appeared before the Probate Court within & for the District of Bradford at session thereof holden at West Fairlee in said District, Sarah Coburn a resident of Thetford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aged 81 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision if the act Congress passed February 2d, 1848 granting pensions to widows of those persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Lemuel Coburn who was a private in the war of the revolution; that she was pensioned under the act of 17th June 1844 at the rate of Twenty three dollars, or thereabouts, she can not tell the precise sum, that she was paid at the pension agency in Boston Massachusetts, at which place she wishes to be paid hereafter as she intends to return there. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sarah Coburn

Sworn to & subscribed by the above declarant the day and year first above written in open Court.
Before me
Stephen Thomas, Judge of Probate
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[unreadable due to hand being printed on top]
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State of Vermont
Bradford District ss.} I John W Batchelder register of the Probate Court for said district do hereby certify that the Hon Stephen Thomas is Judge of Probate Court within and for the district of Bradford duly commissioned and qualified and that his commission was dated on the 1st day of December 1847 and will expire on the 30th day of November 1848 & that the signature attached to the foregoing declaration purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of said Court and subscribe my name at West Fairlee on this 31st day of July AD 1848
J. W. Batchelder Register


Sarah Coburn's
Declaration act of Feby
2d 1848
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I Stephen May of West Fairlee in the County of Orange & State of Vermont aged 77 years depose & say that Lemuel Coburn of Thetford in the County of Orange & State of Vermont served with me two months as a soldier of the revolution, in February & March 1776 in Capt. Marcey's company & Col Douglass Regiment of the Connecticut State Troops at Cambridge in Massachusetts, where we were dismissed about the first of April 1776. I further testify that sometime in August 1776 I was a soldier in Col. Wards regiment & was stationed about sixteen miles above New York & saw the said Leml Coburn march by in a company of militia commanded by our Lieut Tucker; but I do not know the length of time he was out or when he was discharged & further say not.
Stephen May

State of Vermont, Orange County, Bradford Probate District ss-
Personally appeared in open Court, before the Probate Court for the District of Bradford on the 24th day of July 1832 Stephen May & made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth relative to matter for which it is taken & the said Court hereby certify that said Stephen  May is a credible person.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix my seal of office this 24th day of July AD 1832.
Simeon Short Clerk of said Probate Court.
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I Elisha Thayer Clerk of the Town of West Fairlee in the County of Orange and State of Vermont depose and say that I have held the office of Clerk of the said Town of West Fairlee for the term of forty two years last pass and have the records of said Town in my possession and have carefully examined the same from the year seventeen hundred and ninety seven (being the first record in said Town) to the year 1820 and can find no record of the marriage of Lemuel Coburn to Sarah Russ within the period aforesaid.
I further say that there is no record of the births of any children of said Lemuel Coburn and Sarah his wife. the records do not appear to be regular and full but nothing appears to raise the presumption against the marriage of said Lemuel Coburn to said Sarah Russ.
I further say that there was no settled minister in said Town prior to the year 1800.
I further say that Nathaniel Niles was the only [unk] magistrate in what is called West Fairlee prior to the year 1790.
Elisha Thayer, Town Clerk of West Fairlee

State of Vermont Orange County ss.
West Fairlee April 7, 1843
subscribed and sworn to before me
Azariah Wild Justice of Peace
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State of Vermont
Orange County ss. Probate District of Bradford
I Stephen Thomas Register of the Probate Court of the District in the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Anaziah Wild is an acting justice of the peace in and for said Count duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission commenced on the 1st day of December AD 1842 and will expire on the 30th day of November AD 1843 and that his signature within written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Probate Court this 7 day of April AD 1843.
Stephen Thomas   Register
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I Elisha Thayer of West Fairlee in the county of Orange and state of Vermont, aged 79 years, depose and say that I came into said Town in the year 1784 and resided in the family of the Honorable Nathaniel Niles and was a member of his family the first twelve years of my residence in said Town. I distinctly recollect by hearing said Nathaniel Niles say that he had been to a wedding and had married Mr Lemuel Coburn to Miss Sarah Russ (with both of whom I was well acquainted) and that it was the first marriage that he had [unk], this was at the time I resided in said Miles family and I should think it was before the year seventeen hundred and ninety but cannot state the particular date. I have always been acquainted with said Lemuel Colburn since I first came into the county until he died and I was at his funeral. I have also always been acquainted wit his wife during the same period and I know she is now the widow of said Lemuel Coburn.
Elisha Thayer

State of Vermont Orange County ss,
West Fairlee April 7, 1843
subscribed ad sworn to before me
I further certify that the said Elisha Thayer is a very respectable person and a credible witness.
Azariah Wild, Justice of Peace of Orange County
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State of Vermont
Orange County ss Probate District of Bradford
I Stephen Thomas Register of the Probate Court of the District of Bradford in the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Azariah Wild is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission commenced on the 1st day of December AD 1842 and will expire in the 30th day of November Ad 1843 and that his signature within written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Probate Court this 7th day of April AD 1843.
Stephen Thomas Register
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Lyme New Hampshire April 11, 1843

Sir
At the request of the widow Sarah Coburn of Thetford Vermont I herewith transmit her papers in support of her claim to a pension, you will perceive that she has made two declarations one under the act of July 7, 1838 and one under the same act embracing the Resolution of 16 August 1842.
They were so taken at my suggestion not knowing which if either would be right. I would therefore have you act upon either as you may choose. She has also made a declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of March 3, 1843 rather in anticipation of a pension under the act of July 7, 1838.
If anything further is necessary to sustain her claim either as to former otherwise please inform me in what particular and much oblige yours &c.
D C Churchill



Hon J L Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington
DC
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Clerks certificate
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Simeon Short Justice Peace
Simeon Short Justice Peace

State of Vermont
Orange County ss.} I, Robine Dinsmore, Clerk of Orange County Court, hereby certify that Simeon Short is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the county of Orange, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission bears date the 29th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty,  and will expire on the last day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty one, and that the above signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this seventh day of January AD 1841,
Robine Dinsmore, Clerk of Orange County Court
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FREE
Revolutionary claims

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.


Jan 15 1841
Vt.
July 7, 1838
7612 Sarah Coburn
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Thetford, January 7, 1841
Honl. J L Edwards
Comr of Pensions
Sir-
Enclosed are the applications of Mrs Sarah Coburn for a pension & of Mr Jonathan Lougee for a transference from the Roll of New Hampshire to that of Vermont.
I saw Mr Lougee in possession of the Pension Certificate described in his & Heatons affidavits & although I have not seen him until recently I have no doubt of the honesty of his statement.
Being in doubt whether it was proper for me to swear the witnesses in support of Mrs Coburns application as Judge of Probate, I have sworn them as Justice of the Peace  & forward the County Clerks certificate of my holding that office. If I am in an error in this respect I should receive it a favor to be corrected.
Please make return on the enclosed application to William Heaton Esq Port Mills Village, Thetford.

Very respectfully
Simeon Short
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J L Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington
DC


Apl 28 1845
Mr Evans
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Pen Agency
Montpelier April 22/45

J L Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Sir

Sarah Coburn a pensioner in the Roll of this agency under the act of 3d March 43 [unk] paid in the 4 March 1844

Yours truly
Sh Ruce
Pen Agt
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West Fairlee Vt. Aug 22d 1848

Hon: Sir
Herewith I enclose the declarations of Mrs Sarah Coburn & Mrs Elizabeth Page. Mrs Page wishes to have her pension increased to $80 per annum under the acts of 1838, 1845 & 17th June 1844, that being the amount allowed her husband under the act of 7th June 1832.

I am very respectfully your obt servt
Stephen Thomas
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Lemuel Coburn d. June 1839
Sarah  m  1788
pen act June 7 1834
No 11637
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Lowell Mass. April 4, 1845
Sir
Enclosed I forward the application of Sarah Coburn, who lately resided in the State of Vermont, to have her name transfered from the Pension Roll in Vermont to the Massachusetts Rolls. She now resides in Lowell, with her son- and intends, she says, to remain in that place. Her pension is small, and she cannot obtain her money from the Vermont Agency without considerable expense, therefore I hope you will transfer her name to the Rolls in Boston, and allow her to receive her money there from March 4, 1844, as long as she shall be entitled to any.
I am very respectfully your obt servt
Joel Adams

Jon. J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
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FRANK W. COBURN
OLD BOOKS, MAPS AND PRINTS
31 PERCY ROAD,
LEXINGTON, MASS., U. S. A. 

June 4 1913
Pensioner Commissioner
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir:
Can you furnish me with an abstract of the Revolutionary service of Lemuel Coburn. He was of Massachusetts and after the war moved to Fairlee, Vermont.
I shall be very grateful for such information.
Yours
Frank W Coburn
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St Paul Minn
February 20 1913

Bureau of Pensions
J L Davenport Commissioner

Dear Sir:
I am very grateful to you for the information sent me Fen 14th  in regard to Revolutionary War Pensioner Joseph Bruce. It will be of very great assistance to me. May I also trouble you to send me the same thing about Lemuel Coburn whose pension was granted by the same act of Congress
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passed 7th day June 1832, Orange Co Vt Pensioners.

Another ancestor whom I am anxious to follow back is Eldad Post- he served in the Revolutionary War first in Oxford N. H. & then in Prt Wills Vt Orange County. I do not find his name among the pensioner in that same list. Have you any record of him or of Jonathan Russ who served in the Revolutionary
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War in Hollis N.H. & then went to Orange County Vt. & died there.
Thanking you again for your kindness.

Yours truly
Mrs. L. C. Jefferson
1126 Summit Ave
St Paul
Minn
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Re. War Dection

March 6, 1813

Mrs. L. C. Jefferson,
1126 Summit Avenue,
St. Paul, Minn.

Madam:
In addition to the military history of Lemuel Coburn, W. File No. 18946. Rev. War, you are furnished the following family data from the papers filed in the claim.

Lemuel Coburn born September 12, 1758, died June 3, 1839, married May 1, 1788, Sarah Russ born November 25, 1766.

Their children.
Lemuel Coburn Jun. born November 9, 1789
Sarah Coburn  "  July 4, 1791, died Sept 20 ----
John Coburn  "  December 7, 1793
Nathan Coburn  "  August 6, 1795. died Aug. 13, 1796
Sarah Coburn  "  August 3, 1797
Nathan Coburn  "  August 27, 1799, died June 5, 1827
Cyril Coburn  "  January 11, 1802
Josiah Coburn  "  May 10, 1804
Clarissa Coburn  "  June 30, 1806
A son  "  March 8, 1811, died the same day

Very respectfully,
J L Davenport
Commissioner