Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23759, John Campbell, Mass. N.H.
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Mass
N.H.
Campbell, John
Betsey
W. 23759
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4997
New Hampshire, Concord
Betsey Campbell
widow of John Campbell
who died on 17 May 1831
of Sullivan Co. in the State of New Hampshire
who was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Kidder's of the Regt commanded
by Col Peabody in the New Hamp
line for 22 months 6 day

Inscribed on the Roll of Concord
at the rate of 74 Dollars 00
Cents
per annum, to commence on the 9th day of
March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of
Feby 1851 and sent to
John Bryant
Arrears to the 4th of
Present
Semiannual allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim,
Act July 4, 1836,
Section the 30th
Recorded by J.K. Weightman
Book D
Vol. 2
Page 356
H. H. Sylvester
June 9. 1831
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I Phinehas Campbell of Henniker in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire of the age of seventy five years upon oath say - that I am the only surviving brother of John Campbell late of Claremont in the County of Sullivan in said State deceased - & that he served in the Revolutionary War - I also say that the said John was married some time in the month of April 18 Anno Domini 1780 to Betsy Campbell now residing at said Claremont, then Betsey Harriman. 
I was not present at the marriage but have a distinct recollection, that it was at that time said to be solemnized at the house of the Rev. Jacob Rice ['and by him' crossed out] in presence of himself & his family only - The said Rice is ow dead his wife and all the other members of  his family who could have been more than six or eight years of age at the time. The said John & Betsey lived together, as husband & wife from that time for the space of fifty one years until his decease, at Henniker and Claremont N.H. = 
/s/Phinehas Campbell
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss March 14, 1837
Then the above named Phinehas Campbell personally appearing made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is in his belief true - 
Before me. /s/Sam'l Smith Jus. Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Sullivan ss. 
I. T. W. Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County, do hereby certify That Sam'l Smith is a Justice of the Peace within and for our County of Merrimack and that the Signature herewith is in my belief genuine. 
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and Seal of the Court this 12th day of July A.D. 1837
/s/T. W. Gilmore Clerk
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Declaration of Betsy Campbell. V2355
N.H. 
wid of John
Name as Capt. Wilson's sol
W76 Milit Vol 1 
NH V3
Col Peabody
Capt. Marsten
enl'd Mar 18 dis'd Sept 10 78
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Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the Third Section of the Act of Congress of the 4 July. 1836 
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan ss.} on this 17th day of May A.D. 1837. personally appeared before the Judge of Betsy Campbell a resident of Claremont in the County aforesaid, 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 4 July 1836. That she is the widow of John Campbell, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution. That in the year 1775 he went from Hampstead in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire where he then resided to Cambridge Mass'tts and there enlisted into Captain William Goodrich's Company in Colonel Arnold's Regiment of the Continental Army. This enlistment was about the last of December in that year 
He immediately after, went with said Company under Arnold, by the war of Newburyport & Kennebeck (Kennebec) River, to Quebec in Lower Canada, & was in the battle in which General Montgomery fell. His time expired the next morning, & he went thence to Montreal, & in January 1776 enlisted into Captain Rice's Company until the 15 April 1776. He then returned home. & afterwards enlisted into Captain H. *Stilson's Company in Colonel Wingate's regiment at Mount Independence, [margin note: *NH Revy roll.] to serve until the last of November following, and served during said term - 
He then returned home and in May 1777, at Henniker N.H. enlisted under Captain Marsten in Colonel Peabody's regiment of the N.H. troops & went with said Regiment to Providence R.I. & thence to Newport R.I. & remained at Providence and Newport six months, that is during the
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Campaign. He returned home, the winter following, the time of his enlistment having expired. In #May 1778. he enlisted at Henniker aforesaid, under Captain Kidder of Colonel Peabody's regiment, in General Nicholas' Brigade, and went to West Point after General Arnold deserted to the British. 
This Declarant further states that she is seventy three years of age, and was married to the said John Campbell in April 1780 - that her husband the aforesaid John Campbell died on the seventeenth day of May A.D. 1831 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. 
/s/X her mark Betsey Campbell
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year above written 
Before /s/John L. Putnam Judge of Probate
#July 5, 1780, disch'd Oct 23, 3 mo 19 ds NH rolls vol 3
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Betsey Campbell of N.H. Suspended 
claim Act 4th July 1836
Additional proof of Marriage -
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I John Ager of Claremont in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire aged upwards of 40 years depose and say that I resided in the same house with John Campbell late the husband of Betsey Campbell in said Claremont from my childhood to the time of his death and subsequently with his widow Betsey Campbell who formerly removed from Henniker to said Claremont, where I always understood they were previously married by the Rev'd Mr. Rice on the 5th day of April 1780, and which I do the more fully believe for the reason that the said John Campbell formerly had an original family record which I have seen and which contained a record of the date of his and of his wife's Births and of their Marriage at the state aforesaid. That some time in the year 1824 the said John Campbell purchased a large new Bible into which he caused to be transcribed his said family record. 
It was done at his request by one Hazen Stearns a School Master in the winter of 1825; that I have not since seen said original family record and believe the same to have been destroyed - 
That said Stearns, a relative since deceased, was then boarding in the family and I was present and saw him copy from the old to the new Book - A true extract from which, now before me, is as follows
"Names Births" 
"Month Day Year"
"John Campbell Dec'r 21. 1757."
"Betsey Harriman Apl. 7th 1765"
(over)
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Secretary of State's Office. 
I, JOHN L. HADLEY, Secretary of State aforesaid do hereby certify that George Bryant is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Sullivan duly commissioned and qualified, and duly authorized by the Laws of said State to administer Oaths, take the acknowledging of Deeds &c. His Commission was dated on the 5th day of January 1847 and will expire on the 5th day of January 1852.
[state seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this first day of February 1851. 
/s/John L. Hadley Secretary of State.
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"John Campbell and Betsey Harriman were married April 5th 1780."
/s/John Ager
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss} Sworn to and subscribed on this 30th day of January 1851.
Before me /s/George Bryant Justice of the Peace. 
I further certify John Ager, the deponent is a credible witness - 
/s/George Bryant Justice of the Peace
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I John Campbell of Claremont in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire make oath declare and say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five [margin note: 1775] I belonged to Ham(p)stead in in the County of Rockingham in said State and in that year I went from thence to Cambridge in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and there inlisted into  Capt. William Goodrich's Company of Col. Arnold's Regiment of the continental army - ['for one year' crossed out] I inlisted aforesaid about the last of ['August' crossed out] December of that year - and went immediately after in said Company under General Arnold by the way of Newbury Port and Kennebeck (Kennebec) River to Quebeck in Lower Canada. I was in the battle in which Genl Montgomery fell - My time expired the next morning and I went from thence to Montreal in Lower Canada and then ['on the fifteenth day of April' crossed out] in January of the year seventeen hundred seventy six I again inlisted ['again under' crossed out] into C[apt. Rice Company till the fifteenth day of April 1776 - I then started for homme and afterwards inlisted into  Capt. Stilson's company in Col. Wingate's Regiment at Mount Independence to serve ['at' crossed out] till the last of November following and served during said time 
I then returned home and in the month of May following that is in May 1777 at Henniker in this state - inlisted again under Capt. Marsten of Col. Peabody's Regiment of the New Hampshire troops and went with said last mentioned Regiment to Providence in Rhode Island and there at said Providence and Newport I remained six months that
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is during one campaign - I returned home the winter following ['a furlow and in May 1778 I went to Westpoint' crossed out] the time of my inlistment having expired - 
In the Spring following that is May 1778 I inlisted again at said Henniker under Capt Kidder of Lynsborough (Lyndeborough) in this State of Col. Peabody's Regiment as this deponent thinks tho' he cannot be quite confident as to the  Regiment of General Nichols' Brigade and went ['with said' crossed out] to Westpoint and was discharged about a fortnight after Genl. Arnold deserted to the British - But that discharge I have worn out and lost - 
/s/John Campbell
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss John Campbell personally appeared before me Elisha Huntley Esq. a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said County and made solemn oath that the above and foregoing declaration and affidavit by him signed is just and true this seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 
/s/Elisha Huntley} Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas
I further say that I am poor and in Reduced Circumstances and stand in need of Relief from my Country - 
/s/John Campbell
State of Newhampshire
Cheshire ss} Clarmount (Claremont) April 9th 1818, then John Campbell appeared before me and made solemn oath that this [illegible] declaration by him Signed is Just and True. Before me
/s/Elisha Huntley} one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County
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Rev WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 23.759
Betsey  Campbell wid of John Campbell
Priv Rev war
Act July 4th 1836
Index: Vol. A, Page 121.
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Betsey Campbell 
wid of John
Let J. J. Gilchrist Aug't 14, 1837. to Hon. H. Hubbard June 17, 1840 - 
Act 1836
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Betsy Campbell, ['dec'd' crossed out] widow of John Campbell; deceased
Act 4 July 1836, (3d Sect.)
N. Hampshire
See letter J. James Gilchrist 14 August 1837.
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No 2355
Betsey Campbell 
NH
See let to J. James Gilchrist 14 Aug't 1837
  "  "  Hon. H. Hubbard, June 17: 40
  "  "  to same May 13th, 1850
  "  "  to same 10' Sept 1850
act 4 July 1836
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John Campbell
1775. 8 mo ['Col' crossed out] Cap William Goodrich Col Arnold
*1776 3  "  15  "  Capt Rice
  "  fm July 4 to 30 Nov 4 mos 6 Capt Stilsens (Stilson) Col. Wingate
1777 Deserted Capt Marsten Col. Peabody
1778 3 m 19 days Capt Kidder, Col Peabody
Certificate of Secy of State
*80 day Capt Rice, Ticonderoga
3 mo 19  "  Capt Kidder
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[addressed envelope]
Geo. Wm. Crump
Acting Com'r of Pensions
[postmark: WASHINGTON CITY D.C. AUG 14]
J. James Gilchrist Esq
Charlestown N. Hampshire
[margin notes: Copy this for Mr. J. E. Dow=present [illegible] 2.4 
44X12/88 49=428
217 261 204 222/24]
CAMPBELL, JOHN (MASS.)
W 23759
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[handwritten letter]
War Department, 
Pension Office, 
August 14, 1837

Sir,
I have examined the claims of Mary Goodwin, widow of James Goodwin, dec'd and of Betsey Campbell, widow of John Campbell, and have placed. It appears by a statement made by the husband of the claimant in 1818, that he enlisted in the year 1775, in Capt. Goodrich's company - marched to Quebec, where his time expired. that, in January 1776; he again enlisted into Capt. Rice's company until the 15th of April, same year, when he left the service for home. That he afterwards joined Capt. Stilson's comp'y and remained with him until the last of November, That in May, 1777 he enlisted into Captain Marsten's company, Col. Peabody's regiment, and went to Rhode Island and served six months. That in the year 1778 he enlisted under Captain Kidder in Peabody's regiment and marched to West Point for six months and was discharged about a fortnight after Arnold deserted. 
After
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[handwritten letter]
After a diligent search among the N. Hamp. rolls I find that Mr. Campbell did belong to Capt. Stilson's company in the year 1776; but for which time does not appear. The rolls also show that he enlisted in Captain Marston's company, June 18, 1778 (not 1777) and marched with it to R. Island, and that he deserted from the service on the 10th day of September following. [margin note: Claremont NH]
I find also that a man by the name of John Campbell enlisted into Captain Kidder's Co on the 5th July, 1780 (not May 1778) and marched to West Point where he was discharged October 23d 1780. Making allowances for the errors Mr. Campbell made as to dates, his statement is fully corroborated so far as his services as stated, with the exception of his having deserted from Marsten's co. That act destroyed all claim for services previous to that time; and as he served but three months and nineteen days afterwards proves fatal to the claim of the widow and it is therefore disallowed. [margin notes: 1980 1998/18 111111 1111]
The claim of Mrs. Goodwin has been admitted and the certificate will be sent to you in a few days. 
I am, respectfully, your ob't sert.
/s/Geo. Wm. Crump
J. Jas. Gilchrist, Esq.
Charlestown, N. Hamp.
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Claremont April 8th 1807
I acknowledge to have sold this day to Joseph Ager for which I have received my pay my three Cows which I have kept through the winter one yearling the whole of my sheep the whole of my household furniture and all and every of the rest of my personal property except my home saddle and bridle 
/s/John Campbell
/s/John H. Summer
/s/Ephraim Weston
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I Ruth Goss, before marriage Ruth Campbell, of Henniker in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, now in the eighty seventh year of my age - Depose and say that I have seen and heard read the supplementary declaration of Betsey Campbell of Claremont in the County of Sullivan in said State made before George Bryant Esqr. on the 20th day of March instant; wherein she claims an allowance for upwards of two years service of her late husband John Campbell (To wit.) Eight months under Capt. Reed (Reid) in 1775 - Three and a half months under Capt. Stilson in 1776 - eight days under Ensign Rice, (who I will recollect was a resident of Henniker) in 1777 - Two months and nine days under either Capt. Runnels or Capt. Goss in 1777 - one month under Capt. Gage in 1777 - six months and eighteen days under Capt. Samuel Dearborn at Rhode Island in 1778 - and ending Jan'y 4, 1779 - and three months and nineteen days under Capt. Kidder at West Point in 1780 - which several tours of service I do fully believe to have been rendered by her husband John Campbell, who was a brother of mine and resided in the same house with me at the commencement of the war of the Revolution, in which to my knowledge he was at various times engaged from 1775 to
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1780 - And I have yet a distinct recollection of his first departure for the service in 1775, and do well recollect what clothes he wore away, and further in reference to his absence, that my mother would frequently say on retiring to bed in a cold stormy night, O! poor John, how he is suffering - 
I have reason to believe and do believe the services claimed by said Betsey Campbell were all performed by her husband, my said brother, who continued to reside with me untill nearly the close of the war when not engaged in the service - He was several times at home after engaging in the service and I frequently heard him speak of his sufferings, particularly in the Canada service, which I think was in 1776. & which I think was soon after the expiration of his eight months service. And as it respects the six months service claimed by his widow as having been performed in the Continental service under Capt. Dearborn at Rhode Island 1778, I have no doubt of its being performed by him, having often heard him speak of Capt. Dearborn - I have heard him speak of services rendered in 1777 - such as being at Bennington, Saratoga and other places at the west, and that he served at West Point in 1780 - As it respects the desertion alluded to by my sister in law the said Betsey Campbell, I cannot think it applys to my brother, as I must have heard it spoken of, had he left the army in such a manner - I never heard any thing of the kind mentioned by him or any other person, believing he was at
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that time engaged ['at that time' crossed out] in the Rhode Island service under Capt. Dearborn - of whom I used frequently to hear him speak as above stated - 
/s/X her mark Ruth Goss
Witness - /s/Cyrus Goss
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. 
Sworn and subscribed this 27th day of March A.D. 1850 - 
Before me /s/Page Eaton Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the abovenamed Ruth Goss is person of a remarkable strong mind and memory and from a long acquaintance with her, I certify that she is entitled to full credit as a witness - 
/s/Page Eaton, Justice of the Peace
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Betsey Campbell widow of John Campbell of N.H. claim for the benefit of of the 2d Section of the Act of the 4 July 1836 - 
John Bryant Agent
Meriden N.H.
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State of New Hampshire
Sulllivan County ss}
On this 28th day of September 1850 personally appeared before Eleazar Jackson an associate Justice of the Court of Common for said County, Betsey Campbell a resident of Claremont in s'd County aged 86 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 second section of the act of Congress passed July 4 1836 - That she is the widow of John Campbell who was a private in the New Hampshire service of the Revolution for the space as she believes of upward of two years for which she has a pending claim to a pension under the said act in her own right - She further declares that she was married to the said John Campbell on the 5th day of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty - that her husband the aforesaid John Campbell died on the seventeenth day of May eight hundred and thirty one and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the certificate that will herewith be transmitted, for proof of her marriage to the said John Campbell at the time above stated, she prays that reference may be had to the affidavits on file in her other pending case and particularly so to those of Mrs. Ruth Goss and Mrs. Betsey Patrick 
/s/X her mark Betsey Campbell
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
/s/Eleazar Jackson {Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
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I further certify that in my belief the above named declarant Betsey Campbell is a person of credibility and that on account of bodily infirmity and the entire loss of her sight she is unable to attend the Court of Common Pleas
/s/Eleazar Jackson {Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss. 
I, T. W. Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County do hereby certify that Eleazar Jackson is an acting associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signatures herewith are genuine - 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of said County the 4th day of October AD 1850
/s/T. W. Gilmore Clerk
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Betsey Campbell of N. Hampshire widow of John Campbell - 
Renewed Declaration Act 4th July 1836 before Judge Jackson
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the Act of Congress of the 4th of July 1836
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan ss}
On the 28th day of September 1850 personally appeared before Eleazar Jackson an associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, Betsey Campbell a resident of Claremont in said County aged upward of 86 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following supplemental declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836, 
That she is the widow of John Campbell late of Claremont deceased who was a New Hampshire soldier of the army of the Revolution and who as such as she verily believes rendered the county upward of two years actual service for which has a pending claim and hereby renewably claims for the several following tours which she believes to have been performed by her husband as shown by the Certificate of the Secretary of the State of Newhampshire now supposed to be on file in the Pension Office at Washington viz: 
8 Months under Capt. George Read (Reid) in 1775 which the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions in his report made to the Hon. H. Hibbard on the 10th of September instant in her case consented to admit 4 months 26 days under Captain Stilson in 1776 which the said Commissioner of Pensions in his report previously made to Mr. Hibbard on the 13 of May last also consented to admit together with 8 days under Captain Rice and 3 months & 19 days under Capt. Kidder in 1780 that being his last tour of service and was rendered subsequent to her marriage to the said
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Hon. Commissioner of Pensions upon a further consideration of her case
/s/X her mark Betsey Campbell
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
/s/Eleazar Jackson Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
I further certify that in my belief the above named declarant Betsey Campbell is a person of credibility and that on account of bodily infirmity and the entire loss of her sight she is unable to attend the Court of Common Pleas
/s/Eleazar Jackson {Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
And I do hereby still further certify that from my youth I have lived within a few miles of Mrs. Betsey Campbell the above named declarant and her late husband John Campbell who was reputed to have been a New Hampshire soldier of the army of the Revolution and have rendered much service therein - I have frequently heard him speak of a part if not all the service for which his widow claims as aforesaid and I am well satisfied that he performed the same, also that their marriage took place before the last period of his service, to wit, on the 5th day of April 1780 as stated in the foregoing declaration
/s/Eleazar Jackson {Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
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State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss. 
I T. W. Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Eleazar Jackson is an acting associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said County duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature herewith are genuine. 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of said County the 4th day of October AD 1850. 
/s/T. W. Gilmore Clerk
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The Secretary of the State of New Hampshire is hereby requested to examine Capt Daniel Runnels Roll supposed to be in his office and see if he can find thereon the name of her late husband John Campbell for service in 1777 together with the names of John Smith and Alexander Stevens of Henniker and Matthew Dickey of Deming and subjoins a certificate as he finds 
He is also further requested to examine Capt. Samuel Dearborn's Roll for service at Rhode Island in 1778 and see if there is to be found thereon the name of her late husband John Campbell together with the names of William Hastings Josiah Brown Wills Kimball and Dudley Gilman persons whom she believes to have been engaged in the Rhode Island service
Witness my hand at Claremont this 28th day of September AD 1850
/s/X her mark Betsey Campbell
Subscribed in my presence by the said Betsey Campbell
/s/Eleazar Jackson Just. Peace
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss} I T. W. Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Eleazar Jackson is an acting Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his signatures herewith are genuine - 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand & the Seal of Said County the 4th day of October AD 1850
/s/T. W. Gilmore Clerk
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office.}
I certify that on examination of Capt. Daniel Runnels Roll to which reference is had in the foregoing declaration of Betsey Campbell, I find on said Roll the name of John Campbell with an allowance for 2 months and 9 days service, together with the names of John Smith as a Sergeant, Matthew Dickey and Joseph Hastings as corporals and James Humphrey and James Moore as privates.
I further certify that on examination of Capt Samuel Dearborn's Roll, I also find thereon the name of John Campbell with an allowance for 6 months & 18 days service, from June 18, 1778 to January 4, 1779, and that the names of William Hastings, Josiah Brown & Wills Kimball are borne upon the same Roll. 
[state seal affixed] Given under my hand and the seal of the state, this fifteenth day of January A.D. 1851. 
/s/John L. Hadley
Secretary of State.
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Mrs. Betsey Campbell of N.H. pending claim -Act 4th July 1836- Renewed declaration made by Aug't 16, 1850
& Betsey & Wm. Patrick, Affidavits
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I Betsey Campbell now of Claremont in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire, widow of John Campbell who was a New Hampshire soldier in the war of the Revolution, aged eighty seven years, depose and say, that before my marriage to said John Campbell which took place on the 5th day of April 1780, my name was Betsey Harriman. I was at the time of my marriage a resident of Henniker which is in the present County of Merrimack in said State of New Hampshire. I was married at the time above stated when not far from the age of sixteen as stated in the deposition of Mrs. Ruth Goss, by the Rev. Jacob Rice then a minister of said Henniker. The ceremony was performed as my distinct recollection yet is at the house of Mr. Rice for the reason that he was then so much out of health as to be unable to go abroad. And though no evidence of my said marriage is to be found either on the town or church records of said Henniker as appears by the accompanying Town Clerk's Certificate, yet I am still confident that it took place at the time and place above stated. Several persons went in and were present when we were married. Of the number was my brother Levi Harriman and cousin Phebe Johnson, also Nehemiah Hower and two others by the name of Patterson, not one of who to my knowledge are now living, and I am consequently unable to make proof of my said marriage by them. I further depose and say that I never was the mother of a child that lived and for that reason there is no record to be found of the birth of my children. I further depose and say that I have a pending claim to a pension under the Act of the 4th of July 1836, for the services of my late husband, the said John Campbell, and that the report made in my case by the Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions, to the Hon Harry Hibbard on the 13th of May 1850 has been read in
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my hearing, wherein it is suggested that "Some further evidence in regard to the date of marriage of claimant is required", which further evidence I have made an effort to supply and have supplied in part by the additional testimony of Mrs. Ruth Goss. I further depose and say that I perceive by said report that eight months and twenty five days only of the two years service and upwards of my husband, as shown by the certificate of the Secretary of the State of New Hampshire now on file, is admitted. With an allowance for so small a part of the service of my husband I cannot feel satisfied for I do yet believe that he rendered upwards of two years service as a private, the evidence of which is contained in the certificate of the Secretary of the State of New Hampshire, now supposed to be on fil in the Pension Office. I notice that said report contains the following paragraphs,
"The certificate of the Secretary shows much more service credited to the name of John Campbell, but as Mrs. Campbell's husband specified no such service in his statement in 1818 it cannot be computed in the adjustment of her claim."
In reference to which statement I would further depose and say, that although my husband was regarded as an honest man the statement made by him in 1818 might have been made under such circumstances as to be somewhat imperfect, not embracing all his services nor accurately describing several of the tours that he performed, as to dates, lengths, and so forth. If in his "statement" he said he did not enter the service till December 1775, he must have misstated for it was always said and understood that he first engaged in the service in the spring of the year 1775, in what was called
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the eight months service, and went and served about Boston, and was there at the time of the battle of Bunker's Hill but under what officers I have no further knowledge than what is contained in the Secretary's certificate which shows that he was under the command of Capt. Reid of Col. Stark's Regiment. Further evidence of that service appears in the accompanying affidavit of his sister Mrs. Ruth Goss. For the tour of service commenced and rendered for which he received pay instead of a coat and for which it appears that he gave a receipt, I respectfully claim an allowance of eight months as a private, together with the following several other tours of service described in the Secretary's Certificate of which I have heard my husband speak and do verily believe to hae been performed by him, to wit, eight days under Ensign Rice, four months and twenty six days under Capt. Stetson, tow months and nine days under either Capt. Runnels or Capt. Goss of Stark's Brigade, most certainly two months and nine days under one of said last named Captains in 1777, also as a volunteer under Capt. Amos Gage, one month in 1777, and six months eighteen days under Capt. Dearborn at Rhode Island in 1778. Of this last named service I have many times heard him speak and state that he was engaged in a  battle by which a man standing in the ranks with him was shot down and that he assisted in carrying him off the ground. And lastly three months nineteen days service under Capt. Kidder at West Point in 1780. And as respects this last named tour of service at West Point, if my husband in his statement in 1818 stated that in the year 1778 he enlisted under Capt. Kidder and marched to West Point and was discharged about a fortnight after Arnold deserted it would seem that in this he must have been under a mistake, for the West Point service was subsequent to our marriage in 1780 as is shown by the accompanying testimony of Mrs.
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Ruth Goss. 
A recapitulation of the service for which I do hereby renewedly claim and pray an allowance under the act of the 4th of July 1836 is as follows
8 months under Capt Reid in 1775
8 days under Ensign Rice
4 months 26 days under Capt Stetson
2 months 9 days under eight Capt. Runnels or Capt Goss
1 month under Capt. Gage
6 months 18 days under Capt. Dearborn at Rhode Island in 1778 and 3 months 19 days under Capt. Kidder at West Point in 1780. in all 2 years 2 months and 20 days, which I doubt not but that he actually performed. I further and lastly depose and say that on inquiry I cannot hear of a single person living who served in the same company with my husband. 
/s/X her mark Betsey Campbell
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan ss.} Sworn and Subscribed to this 16th day of August 1850
Before me /s/George Bryant Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the deponent is a credible witness
/s/George Bryant Justice of the Peace
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I Betsey Patrick widow of William Patrick formerly of Henniker but now a resident of Claremont in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire and in the eightieth year of my age, depose and say that at said Henniker I lived near by and was well acquainted with Betsey Campbell the foregoing declarant and claimant she being the widow of the late John Campbell, the precise time of whose marriage I am unable to stated but my belief is that it took place in the spring of the year 1780 for to my knowledge they lived and cohabited together as husband and wife ['to the' crossed out] from that time up to the time of his death in 1831 - This I am enabled to state from my age and the time of my removal to said Claremont. - That after I became a resident of said Claremont the said John Campbell and wife were my nearest neighbors - Their house was within 30 rods of ours - He was often in at our house up to the time of his death - I frequently heard him speak of his revolutionary services and many times state when free from liquor that he early engaged in the service in the Revolution and I should think as early as the spring or summer of 1775 - he used to state that one of his towns was through the woods to Quebec and that he suffered much by hunger &c at that time - 
Also that he was afterwards engaged in the six months service at Rhode Island and that he was there engaged in the Battle and that one of the Company (I think Captain
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Dearborn) was shot down near him and that he helped to carry him off the field on a Barn Door - 
I also further recollect hearing him say that he served at West Point and that he there saw the noted General Arnold - That tour I am satisfied was after his marriage to Betsey Harriman who is now his widow and the claimant aforesaid, still living nearby me in said Claremont. 
/s/X her mark Betsey Patrick
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan ss.} Sworn and subscribed to this 20th day of August 1850. 
Before me /s/George Bryant Justice of the Peace
I William Patrick aged upwards of 45 years depose and say that I am a son of Betsey Patrick the above deponent and that I have resided with her from my birth and have also been acquainted with the said John and Betsey Campbell and from his oft repeated declarations I have no doubt that he rendered all the services for which his widow claims her allowance being satisfied from his account that he served during most of the War commencing with the eight months service in 1775. and ending with a tour at West Point in 1780. 
/s/William Patrick
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan ss} Sworn and subscribed to this
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20th day of August 1850.
Before me /s/George  Bryant Justice of the Peace
I further certify that William Patrick the deponent is a credible witness - 
/s/George Bryant Justice of the Peace. 
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss. 
I T. W. Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that George Bryant is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission was dated the 5th of January 1847 and will expire on the 5th day of January 1852 and that his signatures herewith are genuine - 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of the County the 21st day of August AD 1850
/s/T. W. Gilmore Clerk
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Betsey Campbell widow of John Campbell NH claimant act 4 July 1836
Supplementary declaration March 20 1850
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State of New Hampshire
County of Sullivan ss.}
On this 20th day of March 1850 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for said County Betsey Campbell a resident of Claremont in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire aged upwards of 86 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration supplementary to a former one made by as the widow of John Campbell who was a New Hampshire soldier of the Revolution from the town of Henniker in said State and who died at said Claremont on the 17th day of May 1831. 
That her original declaration was made before a Court of record some time in the year 1837 at which time she assorted a claim to a Pension under the act of the 4th July 1836 for the services of her late husband the said John Campbell - That at the time of making her said original declaration she had no other means of describing her husband's service than a statement she believes to have been made by him in 1818, which statement she thinks might have been made at a time when her husband was in an unfortunate situation as he occasionally was when abroad towards the latter part of his life and consequently imperfect both as respected the number of tours of service that he performed and the length, dates &c and the names of some of his officers - That so believing she has of late made application to the Secretary of the State of New Hampshire for evidence of her husband's service and has obtained from him a Certificate report of the same from which report she feels assured that the statement made by her husband did not embrace the whole of his service; and that he was mistaken as to
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several of the dates of him given and particularly so of his last tour which was always understood to have been a short one at West Point in 1780. instead of 1778. That she therefore now feels justified in claiming an allowance for the several tours of service described in the Secretary of N.H. Certificate dated the 15th March 1850 as having been rendered by and allowed one of the John Campbell's of New Hampshire for it will be perceived there were two of the same name who were several times engaged at the same time, both of whom were residents of Henniker which was her own place of residence at the time and with both of whom she was acquainted - The several tours of service which she believes to have been rendered the Country by her husband as referred to and described in said Secretary's Certificate and for which she now claims an allowance are as follows, to wit, First the tour commenced May 4, 1775 as a private in Capt George Read's (Reid) Company which was called the 8 months service - next the town in Captain Wm. Stilson's Company mustered July 4, 1776 and for which it appears that he received as an allowance for advance wages and bounty £9.18.0 and supposed to have been from three to four months in duration and which she understands the Secretary of State says is good for 3 1/2 months - next the alarm town of 8 days under Ensign Rice in July 1777 - next a tour two months and nine days ending September 28th 1777 under either Capt. Runnels or Capt. Goss is not which as it appears that both of the John Campbell's were at that time engaged for the space of two months and nine days each, under said Captains Runnels & Goss of Stark's Brigade. Next tour of one month under Capt. Amos Gage ending October 28, 1777 - Also another subsequent tour in the Continental service at Rhode Island of which he used to speak as well as of his
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other services in his life time always stating that he served six months at Rhode Island, which six months tour I fully believe to have been rendered by him under Capt. Samuel Dearborn in 1778 of whom I have many times heard him speak said service being shown by the Secretary's certificate obtained as aforesaid - that she also admits that it is shown by said Certificate that another John Campbell which she believes to have been John Campbell the Blacksmith also entered the Rhode Island service at the same time, to wit, on the 18th day of June 1778, and that it appears that he deserted on the 10th day of September 1778 after having served but two mo. & twenty four days, This last named John Campbell she thinks must have been John Campbell the Blacksmith and that he could not have been husband for the reason that he in speaking of the Rhode Island service always called it six months - 
And a further reason of her belief that her husband could not have been the deserter, is that she never had an intimation of such a thing from him or any one else till allusion was made it in the letter of Geo. Wm. Crump Esq to J. J. Gilchrist Esq under date of August 14, 1837. That a still further reason of her belief that her husband faithfully served for the space of six months or upwards at said Rhode Island in 1778 is that she at the time lived with her father on the South side of the Contoocook River in said town of Henniker and that the said John Campbell who afterwards became her husband lived nearby on the north said of said River, that she knows that he went, or that it was so said at the time, to do a town of service at Rhode Island which she is confident was in the summer of 1778 and that at that time he was absent upwards of six months - that on his return from that tour of service which she thinks was in the fall or winter following he called to see her as he had been in the habit of doing when some conversation took place between us in reference to our marriage at a future day, and he at that time stated to me that
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he had rendered six months service at Rhode Island. And in reference to the case of desertion aforesaid she would further state that it used to be said that the other John Campbell, that is John Campbell the Blacksmith did desert or leave the service before his time was out. 
/s/X her mark Betsey Campbell
Witness /s/Elisabeth Ager
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written 
Before me /s/George Bryant Justice of the Peace. 
I further certify that in my opinion Betsey Campbell the declarant  is entitled to full credit as a witness. 
/s/George Bryant Justice of the Peace.
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Betsey Campbell widow of John Campbell NH claimant Act 4th July 1836 suspended claim 
Renewed declaration & John Ager's Deposition
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State of New Hampshire
County of  Sullivan ss.} 
On this 2d day of April 1850. personally appeared before me George Bryant a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Sullivan Betsey Campbell a resident of Claremont in said County aged upwards of 86 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following renewed declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836 granting Pensions to certain widows - That she is the widow of John Campbell who was a resident of Henniker N.H. and a N.H. soldier in the Army of the Revolution and for whose service she has at the Pension Office an original claim to a Pension under the said Act of the 4th July 1836. That on the 20th day of March ult. she made a declaration supplementary to her former one made before a Court of record in 1837. 
That she makes this renewed declaration in order to renewedly claim an allowance for the several tours of service which she now unhesitantingly believes to have been faithfully rendered the country by her husband the said John Campbell, to wit, 8 months under Capt George Read (Reid) in 1775. - 3 1/2 Months under Capt. Stilson in 1775 or 1776 - 8 days under Ensign Rice of Henniker in 1777 - 2 Months and 9 days under either Capt. Runnels or Captain
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Goss in 1777 - 1 Month under Capt Gage in 1777 - 6 months and 18 days under Capt. Samuel Dearborn a Rhode Island in 1778-9 instead of 1777 as was at one time erroneously stated by her husband - & 3 months and 19 days under Capt. Kidder at West Point in 1780. - That as she has not been enabled to find a single individual who served with her husband during any of the tours of service rendered by him as aforesaid, she has obtained and will herewith cause to be transmitted in support of her claim the depositions of Ruth Goss, Wm. Morrison, John Campbell son of John Campbell the Blacksmith and Lewis Smith Esq, to which she prays that particular reference may be had, together with such other strong circumstantial proofs as may hereafter be obtained in relation to her husband's services - That in reference to one of the tours of service of her husband for which she claims, to wit, the tour of 6 months and 18 days under Capt. Dearborn at Rhode Island in 1778 it has occurred to her recollection since making her supplementary declaration on the 20th ult. that she used to hear her husband speak of having been in a battle at Rhode Island while in the performance of that tour of service, that a man standing next to him was shot down and that he assisted others in carrying the wounded man off the ground on a door of a Corn Barn standing near, that they obtained for that purpose. The name of the man at that time wounded I do not now recollect. From his relation of this and other incidents that took place at Rhode Island she is strengthened in the belief that her husband did render 6 months and 18 days actual service at that place under
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Captain Dearborn in 1778.
/s/X her mark Betsey Campbell
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written 
Before me /s/George Bryant Justice of the Peace.
I further certify that in my opinion Betsey Campbell the declarant is entitled to full credit as a witness.
/s/George Bryant Justice of the Peace.
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I John Ager of Claremont in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire aged about 40 years depose and say that I was well acquainted with John Campbell the husband of Betsey Campbell the foregoing claimant for a Pension - He lived with my father Joseph Ager in the same house with me at the time of his death and I have reason to believe and do believe that he rendered the several tours of service for which his widow the said Betsey Campbell claims an allowance to a Pension - I frequently heard him converse with his revolutionary neighbors relative to his and their war services - My belief is that he first engaged in 1775. and that he afterwards served in Canada as I have heard him say that he went to Canada - I also recollect hearing him state that he was at Saratoga, Rhode  Island, and West Point - The said John Campbell was regarded as an honest and upright man but he had some faults - One of which towards the latter part of his life was that of indulging at times too freely in the use of intoxicating drinks although he never became a common drunkard - My father Joseph Ager was brought up from his childhood in the family of the said John Campbell to whom Mr. C. made some conveyances of property many years ago - We all lived together at the time of said Campbell's death - I used to see said Campbell write - And I have lately found, among my deceased father's papers the paper hereunto attached being an acknowledgement of the receipt of payment for certain articles of property sold to the said Joseph Ager - It is dated April 8th 1807. and the signature of John Campbell thereto late the husband of the said Betsey Campbell is his genuine signature - 
/s/John Ager
State of New Hampshire. Sullivan County ss.}
Sworn and subscribed this 2d day of April 1850
Before me /s/George Bryant Justice of the Peace
I further certify that John Ager the deponent is a credible witness. 
/s/George Bryant Justice of the Peace.
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State of New Hampshire,
Office of Secretary of State
[state seal affixed] I do hereby certify That George Bryant is an acting Justice of the Peace is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Sullivan duly Commissioned and qualified. His Commission was dated Jany 5, 1847, and will expire Jany. 5, 1852, and his signature to the foregoing instruments are genuine. 
And I further certify, That I have compared the signature of John Campbell, found upon a List of Men in Capt. Reid's Company, Col. Stark's Regt. who received pay for Regimental Coats and signed said List in acknowledgment of the amount received, with the signature of John Campbell to the annexed paper, Dated "Claremont April 8th 1807, and am satisfied that both papers were signed by the same person. Said List, which remains in this Office, is Dated "Octr. 10, 1775." 
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 22d day of April 1850. 
/s/Thos. P. Treadwell
Secretary of State
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
[state seal affixed]
I, THOMAS P. TREADWELL, Secretary of State aforesaid, do hereby certify that George Bryant is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Sullivan duly commissioned and qualified, and duly authorized by the Laws of said State to administer Oaths, take the acknowledgment of Deeds, &c. His Commission was dated on the fifth day of January 1847 and will expire on the fifth day of January 1852 and his signatures, as such, to the annexed instrument ['is' crossed out] are genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 25th day of March 1850. 
/s/Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of State.
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Betsey Campbell of NH dec'd
Certified proof of her husband John Campbell's death 
John Bryant Agent
Meriden N.H.
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State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss.} At a Court of Probate holden at Cornish within and for said County on the 26th day of February A.D. 1851 before the Hon. John L. Putnam Judge of said Court it was in evidence that John Campbell the husband Betsey Campbell died at Claremont in said County on the 17th day of May 1831. That his widow Betsey Campbell made a supplemental declaration before the Hon. Eleazar Jackson on the 28th day of September 1850. claiming a Pension for the Revolutionary services of said John Campbell under the Act of the 4th of July 1836 which was admitted on the 6th day of February 1851. and subsequent to her death at the rate of Seventy-Four Dollars per annum - That she also on said 28th day of September 1850. before the Hon Eleazar Jackson aforesaid made an other declaration in the right of her late husband claiming the benefit of the Second Section of the Act of the 4th July 1836 which had not been filed in the Pension Office at the time of her death which took place at said Claremont on the 7th day of November 1850. That she left no children - 
The testimony to the above points was satisfactory to the Court - I further certify that Hira Ager of said Claremont has been duly appointed Administration upon the Estate of said Betsey Campbell and is commissioned as such 
[court seal affixed] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 26th day of February A.D. 1851.
/s/Henry E. Baldwin Register of Probate
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Mrs. Betsey Campbell of NH Act 4 July 1836
Town Clerk of Henniker, negative certificate in relation to her marriage
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Town Clerk's Office, 
Henniker, August 10, 1850
I James Caldwell, Town Clerk of said town of Henniker do hereby certify that upon application to me for evidence of the Marriage of John Campbell and Betsey Harriman, said to have taken place on the 5th of April 1780, and that they were married by the Rev. Jacob Rice. I have searched the records of Marriages in this Office without being able to find a record of said Marriage, of the record of any Marriage solemnized by said Rice previous to 1791. 
I further certify that I have searched the Church Records of Henniker, whereof the Rev. Jacob Rice was Pastor, from and after his settlement in said Henniker, but find no record of the Marriage of said John Campbell to Betsey Harriman.
/s/James Caldwell, Town Clerk
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack SS. } August 10, 1850
Sworn and subscribed
Before me /s/Page Eaton Justice of the Peace
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application for copy of papers in case of Betsey Campbell
wanted a copy of Dr. Crump's letter in this case of August 14 1837
J. E. Dow
agent
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[handwritten letter]
Claremont NH Nov 21, 1849

To the Hon J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions
The subscriber would respectfully before sent, that she is the widow of John Campbell, and a New Hampshire claimant for a Pension. 
That she several years since, made and caused to be forwarded to the Pension Office a Declaration, accompanied by Proof of her marriage, and some other proofs in support of her claim, which she supposes to be, among the suspended cases on file, in the Pension Office, awaiting farther requisite proofs - 
But on account of age and cause great loss of memory she does not now recollect under what act she claimed in her original Declaration, and that she has not now at hand the report that was made in her case by the Commissioner of Pensions, and that believing and that believing her claim to be a just one, she has desired the Agency of John Bryant Esqr of Meriden New Hampshire in its further prossecution, and  is desirous that he may be permitted to examine the papers in her case; and that he may be fully regarded as her agent in every thing relating to the same.
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[handwritten letter]
Very Respectfully Yours,
/s/X her mark Betsey Campbell
Witness
/s/Hira Ager
/s/John M. Ager 

Meriden NH Dec. 14, 1849
Sir
By permitting Jesse E. Dow Esq to examine the papers in Mrs. Campbell's case and taking a copy of her declaration and other papers as I know not what has been filed in her case, you will confer a favour on 
Your Obt Serv't
/s/John Bryant

Hon J. L. Edwards Com. Pensions
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State of Vermont
Windsor County ss} Springfield April 21st 1840
Then the within named William Brown after due caution and carefull examination made solemn oath that the within deposition by him subscribed is true and contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth - 
Before me /s/Abner Field Justice of Peace
I William Brown of Springfield Windsor County ['of Windsor' crossed out] & State of Vermont being of Lawfull age doth say - That I was well acquainted with John Campbell formerly Henniker State of Newhampshire and mooved from Heneker (Henniker) to Claremont Newhampshire and resided their untill his death and I also was knowing to his being in the service of the revolutionary War and never heard any thing of his deserting from the Army. I have also seen him and conversed with him since he returned from the service - as I lived at the time he resided in heniker (Henniker) about one and quarter miles from his house and never herd it mentioned by any one any thing to the contrary but what he served his time out regular at the several enlistment - I also has acquainted with another John Campbell living at Heniker (Henniker) the same time and knowing of his being in the service of the revolution war and was well acquainted with him ['before and' crossed o ut] after his return from the service and had frequently herd him called a deserter to his face and I never herd him dispute it in any way and the John Campbell which was called a deserter was not the one that died in Claremont, N.H. and his widow is now petitioned for a Pention - and I am also well acquainted with
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the widow of the John Campbell with is now asking for a pension and was well acquainted with her before she married John Campbell
Springfield April 21th 1840 /s/William Brown
Personally appeared the above named William Brown and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true - 
Before me - /s/Abner Field Just of Peace
State of Vermont
Windsor County} I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the County of Windsor in the State of Vermont do certify that Abner Field is an acting justice of the peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the twenty fifth day of November last and will expire on the thirtieth day of November next and that his signature above written is genuine. 
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand and the  seal of said County Court this twenty seventh day of April AD 1840
/s/N. Williams Clerk.
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Betsey Campbell widow of John Campbell NH claimant Act 4th July 1836. suspended claim - Certified evidence of her husband's service -
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State of New Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State
I do hereby certify, That from an examination of the books and documents, relating to Military services in the war of the Revolution, which remain in this Office, it appears that the name of John Campbell is borne upon the "Pay Roll of  Captain George Reid's Company in Col'o John Stark's Reg't to Aug'st 1st 1775." as a private in said Company, with an allowance for Three month and five days service commencing May 4th 1775.* And upon a List of Men in Capt. Reed's (Reid) Co. Col. Stark's Reg't who received pay for Regimental Coat is borne the name of John Campbell, acknowledging the receipt of Four Dollars in full payment for regimental coat* *And upon a Pay Roll of Capt. Wm. Stilson's compy in Northern Army, Mustered July 4th 1776, is borne the name of John Campbell (Campbell) as a private, with an allowance for Advance wages & bounty" of £9..18..0*
Also, upon the "Roll of Capt. John Nesmith's Compy. raised for Canada service, is borne the name of John Campbell as a private, with an allowance for "Advance wages & bounty" of £9..18.. [margin note: and will claim under service] Said Roll is Dated July 11, 1776. 
And upon the "Pay Roll of Ensign Elijah Rice's party of Men from Henniker" for the relief of the Garrison at Ticonderoga on the alarm, "and marched 58 miles where we had the news of the Evacuation of the Fort," is borne the name of John Campbell as a private with an allowance for Eight day service, ending July 12, 1777* Also upon the Muster & Pay Roll of Capt. Daniel Runnels Co. Stark's Brigade, is borne the name of John Campbell as a private, with an allowance for Two months & nine days service ending Septr. 28, 1777 - Also, upon the Pay Roll of Capt. John Goss's Comp'y Stark's Brigade, is borne the John Campbell as a private, with an
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allowance for Two months & nine days service, ending Sept. 28, 1777. Also, upon the "Pay Roll of Capt. Amos Gage's Compy. of Volunteers which marched from Pelham Sept 29. 1777 and joined the Northern Continental Army at Saratoga is borne the name of John Campbell as a private, with an allowance for one month service, ending Oct. 28, 1777. 
And upon the Pay Roll of Capt. Simon Marston's Comp'y Col. Peabody's Regt. for the Continental service at Rhode Island, is borne the name of John Campbell, engaged June 18th and Deserted Sept. 10, 1778 
Also upon the Pay Roll of Capt. Samuel Dearborn's Co, Col. Peabody's Regt. for the Continental service at Rhode Island, is borne the name of John Campbell as a private, with an allowance for Six months & eighteen days service from June 18, 1778 to Jany. 4, 1779. one Days pay allowed for every twenty miles travel home
And upon the Pay Roll of Capt. Jonas Kidder's Comp'y Col. Nichols Regt. at West Point is borne the name of John Campbell as a private, with an allowance for Three months and nineteen days service from July 5, to Octr. 23, 1780. 
[state seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 15th day of March A.D. 1850 
/s/Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State
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State of New Hampshire
Office of Secretary of State
I do hereby certify, That it appears from Capt. Samuel Dearborn's Pay Roll, Col. Stephen Peabody's Regiment, Rhode Island service, that Capt. Samuel Dearborn served Twelve months & seven days, commencing Jany. 1st 1778, & Discharged Roll tht the private in said Dearborn's Comp'y served from six months & two days to Eleven months & twenty six day
[state seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 27th day of March 1850
/s/Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State
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The subscriber a New Hampshire claimant for a Pension under the act of the 4th of July 1836 for the services of my last husband John Campbell would hereby respectfully request the Secretary of the State of New Hampshire to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office of the Revolutionary service of my said husband which I cannot further and more particularly describe than to say that by belief is that he engaged a the very commencement of the War as an eight months man in 1775 and served in the vicinity of Boston & Roxbury and subsequently engaged and went to Canada in 1776, but how long he served in that expedition I do not know - He was also still subsequently engaged as my belief is for the space of three months in 1777 - 6 months as I used to hear him state under Capt. Dearborn in 1778 and a tour of West Point in 1780 but for what length of time and render whose command  at that time I am unable to state - And as I understand there were two John Campbells engaged in service in the same years from the same town, that is Henniker New Hampshire one of whom was my husband I have to request you to furnish certified evidence of the services of both of said John Campbells in the War of the Revolution one of whom by was of distinction from my husband was called John Campbell the Blacksmith and he had the name of having been a deserter from service
Witness my hand at Claremont in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire this 13th day of March 1850
/s/X her mark Betsey Campbell
Signed in my presence by said Betsey Campbell
/s/George Bryant Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Sullivan Ss.} ['Sept' crossed out] April 17th 1840
Then the within named Samuel George after due caution and careful examination made solemn oath that the within deposition by him subscribed is true and contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth
/s/John B. Stowell Justice of Peace
Question to Samuel George
did you serve in the army of the United States at west point nine months during the revolutionary war
answer yes
Question did you during the time you served in said Army know a man by the name of John Campbell answer yes
Question did said Campbell serve in the same army with yourself during the term of nine months at the same time that you served in said united states army answer yes
Question did said John Campbell serve the relative time that he enlisted for and then obtain a discharge from said service - answer - yes
Question did you serve in said army constantly in such a manner and under such circumstances that you had a chance to know whether the said John Campbell was in constant service during the nine months that you were in said service - answer yes
Question did you know of said Campbell's being absent from duty without leave during the nine months that you served in said army answer no
Hindell(?) April 17th 1840 /s/Samuel George
State of New Hampshire
Sullivan ss - 
Personally appeared the above named Samuel George and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true before me
/s/John B. Stowell} Justice of Peace
I hereby certify that the above name Samuel George is a credible witness
/s/John B. Stowell Justice of Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss} I, T. W. Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that John B. Stowell is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 29th day of June 1838 and will expire on the 28th day of June 1843 and that his Signature herewith is genuine - 
[county seal affixed] Given under my hand and Seal of the County this 25th day of April AD 1840
/s/T. W. Gilmore Clerk
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The clerk was absent
Mr. Hira Ager
Fremont House
Claremont N.H.
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I Phinehas Campbell of Henniker in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, of lawful age, depose and say that John Campbell formerly of said Henniker and that afterwards resided and died in Claremont New Hampshire, was my brother - 
He served in the army of the Revolution several terms - he never  deserted, but served out his full terms of enlistment, and brought home his discharge. His widow Betsey Campbell is now living in Claremont N.H. - 
There was another person named John Campbell who resided in said Henniker, and died there, who enlisted in the revolutionary army at or about the same time by brother did, and who deserted. This last mentioned John Campbell ever after the period of the revolutionary war resided in said Henniker and died there - he was a blacksmith. My brother John, removed to Claremont many years since and died there - he was a carpenter - Betsey Campbell the widow of my late brother John, has made application for a pension
I never heard the charge or deserting imputed to my brother John by any person, but John Campbell the blacksmith above mentioned,
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was generally called a deserter, and never to my knowledge denied the charge. 
I am now in my seventy ninth year - 
Henniker May 21st 1840 /s/Phinehas Campbell
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss} May 21st 1840 Personally appeared the abovenamed Phinehas Campbell, and made solemn oath the above affidavit by him subscribed is true - 
Before me /s/John J. Prentiss Justice of the peace
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County }s.c.t.
I Stephen C. Badger Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John J. Prentiss is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the twenty ninth day of June 1838, and will expire on the twenty ninth day of June 1843. - and that his signature above written is genuine. - 
[court seal affixed] Given under my hand & seal of said Court this twenty first day of May 1840
/s/S. C. Badger Clerk
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Betsey Campbell widow of John Campbell N.H. suspended claim Act 4th July 1836
Additional  proofs in her case
John Campbell & Lewis Smith's Depositions
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I John Campbell of Hen(n)iker in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire aged 64 years, depose and say that I was in their life-time well acquainted with the two John Campbells of said Hen(n)iker referred to in the Supplementary declaration of Betsey Campbell the widow of one of them, made before George Bryant Esq. on the 20th day of March instant, both of whom were reputed to have been actors in the Service of the Revolution. 
One of them John Campbell the blacksmith was my father, and to the question "do you know when and where, and under what officers your father was engaged in the service? I answer that I do not. And to the further question, did you ever hear your father, the said blacksmith Campbell, state that he served at Bennington? or Saratoga in 1777, and at Rhode Island in 1778? I answer that I do well recollect to have heard him say that he served at Bennington and Saratoga, but never a word about serving in Rhode Island in 1778, and that if he was there engaged in 1778, I know not the reason of his silence in relation to that tour of service. I further depose and say that my father the said John Campbell the blacksmith
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deceased, never obtained a pension. 
/s/John Campbell
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County 
March 28, 1850} Personally appeared John Campbell made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is in his belief true - 
Before me. /s/George G. Fogg Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the deponent above is a very respectable man and credible witness
/s/George G. Fogg
I Lewis Smith of Henniker N.H. aged thirty four years on oath say that I have for the last nine years been a resident of said Henniker and a practising atty. with the exception of an absence of between two and three years - that during that time I was frequently in Henniker, and I have often heard people there speak of two John Campbells - who were engaged in the service of their country as soldiers during the war of the Revolution, they seem to have been distinguished by the appelations of "Long John" and "Blacksmith John" - I have recently heard several of our oldest inhabitants speak of there being an entry on the rolls - that one of the two John Campbells alluded to
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, THOMAS P. TREADWELL, Secretary of State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that George G. Fogg is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Merrimack duly commissioned and qualified, and duly authorized by the Laws of said State to administer Oaths, take the acknowledgment of Deeds, &c. His Commission was dated on the 6th day of July 1846 and will expire on the 6th day of July 1851 and his signature, as such, to the annexed instrument is genuine. 
[state seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 28th day of March 1850.
/s/Thos P. Treadwell, Secretary of State.
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left the Service or deserted while at Rhode Island and the expression of opinion has in every instance been that "Long John" never deserted for no person ever knew him to dodge anything he  undertook to do - or refuse to fight whenever he had a provocation, whatever odds might be arrayed against him 
I further say that I have heard the opinion expressed by a number of our oldest inhabitants who remember them both, that if either of them deserted, it must have been the one called "Blacksmith John" - and from what I have heard said I am inclined to believe that opinion correct. 
/s/Lewis Smith
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack SS. March 28, 1850} Personally appeared Lewis Smith and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true - 
Before me /s/George G. Fogg Justice of the Peace.
I am well acquainted with the said Lewis Smith, and believe him a respectable and credible man
/s/Geo. G. Fogg
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Mrs Betsey Campbell of N.H. Act 4th July 1836
Additional evidence in her case
Mrs. Ruth Goss Dep'n
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Secretary of State's Office. 
I, ['Thomas P. Treadwell' crossed out] John L. Hadly, Secretary of State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Page Eaton is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Merrimack duly commissioned and qualified, and duly authorized by the laws of said State to administer Oaths, take the acknowledgment of Deeds, &c. His Commission was dated on the twenty third day of November 1849. and will expire on the twenty third day of November 1854. 
[state seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this tenth day of August 1850. 
/s/J. A. Gove Dep'y Secretary of State
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I Ruth Goss of Henniker in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire formerly Ruth Campbell of said Henniker aged 87 years do this second time in reference to the pending claim of Betsey Campbell, widow of John Campbell to a pension - depose and say that the letter of J. L. Edwards, commissioner of pensions, to the Hon Henry Hibbard dated May 13th 1850 - has been shewn me and read in my presence and hearing from which it would seem that her husband John Campbell in 1818 made a "statement" relative to his Revolutionary service - Her husband the said John Campbell was a beloved brother of mine and although in my opinion an honest man, that "statement" might have been made under such circumstances as to have been incorrect as to length and dates, for my brother did at some times unfortunately make too free use of ardent spirits towards the latter part of his life - It is said in said commissioner's letter that "he specified no service under Capt. Reeds (Reid) of Col. Stark's Regiment the service credited under that officer cannot be allowed without some clear and direct evidence of identity from those who were in service with Mrs. Campbell's husband" 
Now all that I can say in reference to that tour of service is, that I know of no individual who served with him during that or his other tours of service, but  I can and do say that the said John Campbell, who was a brother of mine and a number of the same family at the time of the commencement of the war of the Revolution did engage therein soon after the war began, and as I now think
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in the month of April or May 1775 - He first engaged as was said at the time in what was called the eight months service and served in the vicinity of Boston 'till the full of that year - I am unable to state the names of the officers although I presume I might have known at the time - After the expiration of that time he further engaged in 1776 in what was termed the Canada service during which he went through the woods to Quebec - And as to the date of the marriage of said Betsey Campbell, widow of my brother John Campbell I am able to fix on the time it took place from the date of my own marriage and the time of our own ages - we ['were' crossed out] were both born in the same year, and lived near each other - 
Betsey Harriman was married to my brother at the age of sixteen - I was married to Eph'm Goss at the age of nineteen, which was in the month of November 1783 - Her marriage took place in the month of April 1780 - Both of our marriages were solemnized by the Rev'd Jacob Rice then the minister of Henniker - My brother at the time of his marriage made it his home mainly in our family, and after his marriage performed a tour of duty at West Point, which I think was his first tour of service - In this I am confident of being correct for his wife as my recollection still is, lived with her father near by, in his absence - If my brother in his "statement" refered to, said the last named service was in 1778, he must have been mistaken, as it was after his marriage in 1780 - And as expressed in a former affidavit my opinion still is that my said brother was engaged
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at various times from 1775 to 1780 - And in all, I should think, to the amount of more than two years - 
/s/X her mark Ruth Goss
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss.} Sworn and subscribed this 10th day of August 1850 - 
Before me /s/Page Eaton Justice of the Peace
I certify that the abovenamed Ruth Goss is a woman of remarkable mind and memory - of ardent Piety and as I frequently see her, I even cheerfully say I can see little if any difference in her mind or memory for the last ten years, and I should consider her entitled to as full credit as any other witness - 
/s/Page Eaton Jus. Peace
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3
Betsey Campbell widow of John Campbell NH claimant Act 4th July 1836 - Proofs in her case
Ruth Goss & Wm Morrison's Depositions
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I William Morrison of Henniker in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, Depose and say that I am eighty-seven years of age, that I have lived in Henniker since about the close of the revolutionary war - I was well acquainted with two men by the name of John Campbell, one was distinguished as Blacksmith John who was formerly a resident of Londonderry in this state - The other who was called long John (being quite a tall man,) and who married Betsey Harriman was reputed to be a Revolutionary Soldier from this town, and from what I have heard my belief is that he engaged in the early part of the War and served at various times, I think I recollect hearing it said he once served in Canada - 
I particularly recollect hearing it said he served at West Point from a circumstance that was said to have occurred on his way there. That he got into a boxing scrape or scuffle with another soldier, in which the said long John became disabled to such a degree as to be detained some little time on his march - I am unable to particularise the various tours of service which I think were performed by the said John Campbell But from my acquaintance with him and the knowledge I had of his character I have no doubt he faithfully fulfilled all his engagements - I certainly never heard an intimation from any one to the contrary - Of the service of the other John Campbell I do not recollect to have heard any thing said - 
/s/William Morrison 
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. - 
Sworn and subscribed this 27th day of March A.D. 1850. 
Before me /s/Page Eaton Justice of the Peace -
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I certify that I have been long acquainted with the within deponent, Wm. Morrison and that he is entitled to full credit as a witness - 
/s/Page Eaton - Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
[state seal affixed]
I, THOMAS P. TREADWELL, Secretary of State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Page Eaton is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Merrimack duly commissioned and qualified, and duly authorized by the Laws of said State to administer Oaths, take the acknowledgment of Deeds, &c.  His Commission was dated on the twenty-third day of November 1849 and will expire on the twenty third day of November 1854 and his signatures, as such, to the annexed instruments ['is' crossed out] are genuine. 
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 27th day of March 1850. 
/s/Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of State.
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4947
Betsey Campbell 
N.H. 
Act 4 July 1836
Ad'd 22 mo 6 d pri
$74 per ann from 4 Mch 1831 - 
Concord Roll
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[duplicate of p 80]
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Secretary of State's Office.
I, ['Thomas P. Treadwell' crossed out] John L. Hadly, Secretary of State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Page Eaton is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Merrimack duly commissioned and qualified, and duly authorized by the laws of said State to administer Oaths, take the acknowledgment of Deeds, &c. His Commission was dated on the twenty third day of November 1849. and will expire on the twenty third day of November 1854.
[state seal affixed] Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this tenth day of August 1850.
/s/J. A. Gove Dep'y Secretary of State
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: CHARLESTOWN NH JULY 24] Free
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington D.C. 
[margin notes: July 28 Mehitable Barton app'n JJC 24 June 37 Rec'd(?) in relation to Mrs. Barton's case July 28, 1837]
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[handwritten letter]
Charlestown N.H. 
24 July 1837

Sir,
In a package accompanying this, are the applications of Mary Goodwin and Betsy Campbell for Pensions under the Act of July 1836 - 
Will you have the goodness to inform me whether the application of Mehitable Barton has been received. I sent it in April, I think - but I believe there was no letter accompanying it from which it could be ascertained, who sent it - 
Yours Respectfully
/s/J. J. Gilchrist

James L. Edwards Esq.
City of Washington
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Mr. Edwards will please examine the accompanying papers and acquaintance with his conclusion
/s/H. Hibbard
H.R. Sept. 2. 1850
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[handwritten letter]
Meriden N.H. August 30, 1850

Dear Sir
As the agent of Mrs. Betsey Campbell of Claremont, I am under the necessity of praying your further attention to her pending claim to a pending claim to a pension under the act of the 4th July 1837. And I herewith enclose back to you the report of the Commissioner made to you on the 13th day of May last beging leave to state to you what my is in relation to it - Soon after the passage of the Act of the 18th of March 1818 a meeting of a number of the old soldiers was had in Claremont in reference to claiming the benefit of that act. John Campbell the husband the husband of our claimant was one of them, and at that meeting made the "statement" of his services or some parts thereof referred to in Col. Edwards letter was kept, he not having served 9 mos. at any one time in the Continental line, and was forwarded as I am told with Mrs. Campbell's papers when she first made her application in 1837 - That "statement" (not a declaration on oath) as I learn by some of Mrs. Campbell's friends in Claremont was probably made at the said meeting under such circumstances as to render its accuracy some what uncertain - Mr. Campbell although a very poor and honest man did "occasionally when in company" as they say make too free use of the ardent, and I as thought he might have been under the influence of "strong drink" when he made the "statement" of his services, in which it is said, "he specified no service under Capt. Reed (Reid) of Col. Stark's Regiment" Notwithstanding it is to my mind entirely certain that he did so serve and that he be-
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[handwritten letter]
came entitled to a Regimental Coat, for which he acknowledged as appears by the original roll, to have "received Four dollars in full payment" - That roll and receipt I have seen and it is in the genuine hand writing of our John Campbell as as has been certified by the Hon. Thos. P. Treadwell Hon Secretary of State, whose certificate to that effect has been filed in the Pension Office - And in a word, I have myself become entirely satisfied from the testimony of his sister Mrs. Goss, Mrs. Patrick, and William Patrick herewith submitted, that Campbell did first engage in the 8 m's service in the spring of 1775 and that he did subsequently render the several other tours for which his widow has, and does now renewedly claim, and to the amount in all, of upwards of two years as as a private - It is also made certain, that she is entitled under the Act of the 4th of July 1836. the last tour of service having been performed at West Point in 1780 after her marriage which took place in April 1780. And I have no doubt but that upon a further consideration of the case and an examination of the additional proofs herewith a certificate will at once be issued to Mrs. Campbell which will afford her needed relief she being an object of pity having been entirely blind for some 8 or 10 years past - Please present the additional proofs at your very earliest convenience and personally attend a further consideration of Mrs. Campbell's case, and in so doing you will much oblige
Your Obt. Serv't
/s/John Bryant
Hon. H. Hibbard