Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7318, Asa Folsom, N.H.
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N.H. Folsom, Asa W.  7 318
Mary B.L.Wt. 26.422-160-55
contents
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20.307
New Hampshire
Asa Folsom
of Rockingham C. in the State of New Hampshire
who was a Lieutenant in the company commanded by Captain Cheney of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Reade. in the N. Hampshire line, for the term of 18 months from June 1777 to December 1778

Inscribed on the roll of N. Hampshire 
at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to
commence on the 3rd day of Feb: 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd of February 1831 and sent to Hon [illegible] John Brodhead, House of Reps.

Arrears to 4th March 1831 $ 21.15
Semi-anu'l all'ce ending
$21.15
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[Illegible] J.C. , Dec 12 '46.

[illegible] letters to Mrs. B. Parker Maich V. 1834
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See letter to Mr B Parker March 21, 1834
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[Illegible] [Illegible] 
[Illegible]  of Asa Folsom
[Illegible]  served in the Revolutionary War as a Lieutenant

[Illegible] ecribed on the Roll at the rate of
240 dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of November [Illegible] 
[Illegible] and sent to
Arad Joy
Ovid
V G 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under  [Illegible] February 3, 1853 Page 15 Vol. A
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[left panel illegible]
[illegible]
May [illegible]
Rev War
No 26422 SS May
Rev Pension
Arth dated Nov. 25 1853
[illegible]. Feby 53-3013
Ad:160 acres May 23d 18 [illegible]
Boynton
Arad Joy[illegible} NY
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no alteration in property
an 1818-
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Schedule of the property of Asa Folsom of Stratham

Octr 5th 1830 $ [illegible]
One horse 20.00
one old chain 40.00
One Gig Waggon 15.00
One old Do Do 5.00
One Silver Watch 10.00
One old plow 3.00
One old pair Blacksmiths Bellows & Kee 7.50
one pair Andirons shovel & tongs 3.00
one old Clock 15.00
One old Beauro & Book case 2.50
three old tables 4.50
two looking glasses 2.00
21 old chairs of different sorts 5.00
Iron ware 3.50
Old Brap ware 4.50
Ases [illegible] 3.50
Two old light stands 1 pair hand Bellow 1.00
Glass ware $1. Crockery ware $1.50  2.50
Knives & forks 50th Stable Shovel 50th 1.00
Ten ware $1 two old spinning wheels $1  2.00
Grindstone $1 two flat Irons 57th [illegible} 50 th 2,00
one doz old Silver Tea Spoons 4.50
three silver table spoons 3.00
Old Books of sundry sorts 4.00
$163,00
the said Asa Folsom is indebted as follows
To Daniel Veazey $20,00
To William Bracket 25. 00
to John Gardner & Son - 10. 00
to Dr Trull 2.75
$57, 75

57.75
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Remainder of property after paying debts $105.25
Asa Folsom
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham SS
At the Court of Common Pleas holden at Portsmouth within and for the County of Rockingham on the first Tuesday of October in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty
Present the Honorable Arthur Livermore Chief Justice
Timothy Farrar
Josiah Butler Associate Justices
"Original Claim
Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension List
under the act of the 18th March 1818
State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham SS}
On this seventh day of October 1830 personally appeared in open Court (being a Court of Record for the County
aforesaid) Asa Folsom of Stratham in the County aforesaid Blacksmith
resident in said County aged seventy four years, who being first duly
sworn, accord to law on his oath makes the [illegible]
tion, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of
18th March 1818, and the 1st May 1820: that he the said Asa Folsom
entered the Revolutionary Army, in the month of June or July in the
year 1777 as second Lieutenant in the company commanded by Captain
Cherry, in the State of New Hampshire, in the regiment commanded
by Colonel Reed in the line of the State of New Hampshire
on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said
corps until the month of December 1778, when he obtained
leave to retire from the service (in consequence of ill health at a
place then called Tiverton near Howlands Ferry in the State of
Rhode Island; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension except the present, that he never before exhibited a schedule of his property nor made application for a pension, because he preferred maintaining himself so long as he was able to do so; that
his family consists of his wife aged sixty four years very infirm, and two
daughters, one, Martha aged thirty four years the other Abigall
aged twenty nine years; her health poor; and that he and his
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wife,
from their advanced ages are unable
to perform but very
little labour, and his daughters are not able to do more than support
themselves, and likewise that he has no person to help to support
him, and that he is unable to support himself without the aid of
Government, except by private or public charity
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820. I do solemnly
swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on
the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time
by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any
part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an but
to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service
of the United in the Revolutionary war"" passed on the 18th day of
March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for
me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have
I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto
annexed, and by me subscribed
Asa Folsom

Sworn to and declared on the 7th day of October AD 1830 for the Justice of
the Court aforesaid
Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County
of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Asa Folsom did serve in
the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceeding declaration, against the
common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagment on
the continental establishments. I also certify that the foregoing oath
and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records
of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion
of the said Court, that the total amount, in value of the property exhibited in the 
aforesaid Schedule is one hundred and five dollars, twenty five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 8th
day of October Anno Domini 1830
Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for Rockingham County
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Widows Revolutionary Claims
Law of 1853 New Hampshire
Declaration of Proof

Ovid Aug 18.’53 

Sir
I enclose under declaration of law of 1853 for Mary Folsom, with power of attorney & me as her agent.
Most Respectfully
Your Ob’t Servant
Arad Joy

Hon L. P. Waldon
Court of P[ens?]

The widow drew the balance of pension up to husband’s death, proof may be had as to facts in  [**] and office.
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Widow Mary Folsom
illegible of Josiah B. Folsom
Deerfield
Rockingham Co.
NH
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STATE OF New Hampshire  
County of Rockingham ss. as Widow Mary Folsom being  duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that she is the Widow of Asa Folsom late of Deerfield deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, that this deponent is directly interested in said claim.

Sworn and subscribed before me this 16 day of March 1858 and (I do hereby certify that the said Widow Mary Folsom who is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to by her as being directly interested in said claim.)

Joseph B. Tildon Justice of the Peace 
Know all Men by these Presents, that I Mary Folsom,  Wife of Asa Folsom, late of Deerfield deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, do constitute and appoint ARAD Jox, of Ovid, N. Y., my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name as one directly and personally interested in the claim or application for a pension.

Witness my hand and seal, this 16 day of March  1853 
Mary Folsom
Sealed and delivered in the presence of Joseph B. Tildon 

STATE Of New Hampshire  County of Rockingham}. Be it known that on the 16 day of March 1853, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, duly  authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, personally appeared Mary Folsom above named duly acknowledged the above power of attorney and affidavit to be her act and deed. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned.
Joseph B. Tildon, Justice of the Peace
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the 2nd section of the act of 3rd February 1853.
State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham on this fifth day of August 1853 personally appeared before the Probate Court of the State aforesaid Mary Folsom a resident of said County and State, age eighty years who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd of February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Asa Folsom late a pensioner of the United States.  She further declares that she was married to the said Asa Folsom on the 14th of April 1818 and that her said husband died on the 15th day of July 1843 (eighteen hundred and forty-three) and that she is still his widow.  Mary Folsom
Sworn to & subscribed before me this fifth day of August 1853 in open Court.
Ira St. Clair. Judge of Probate
I certify that the above named Mary Folsom is a respectable person, that she is the identical person represents herself to be, that she executed in person the above declaration.
I further certify that I have no interest whatever in the result of her application, that I have nothing to do with the management or prosecution of the claim.
Ira St. Clair, Judge of Probate
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State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham 

St Delia Gove and Rachael A Badger after being duly sworn according to law depose & say that they were personally acquainted with Asa Folsom deceased late a pensioned thirty five to forty years since, that they well recollect of his marriage in 1818 to Mary Gove, that the said Asa Folsom died in 1843 leaving his widow Mary Folsom, and that the declaration upon the first page of this sheet, was executed by the identical person & widow of Asa Folsom above named and that she the said Mary by Folsom is still a widow, that these deponents have no interest whatever in the result of this case whatever pension or no pension, and that they are residents of Deerfield in the above named County and State
subscribed & Sworn before me this fifth day of August 1853} Rachael A Badger, Delia Gove
Ira St. Clair, Judge of Probate Court

I certify that the above named Delia Gove and Rachael A Badger are respectable persons & worthy witnesses, and are both of the Town of Deerfield in said County and State, I also again certify that I have no interest in the rest of this application for a pension nor have I anything to do with the management on prosecution of the claim.
Ira St. Clair  Judge of Probate
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State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham}
Court of Probate at Deerfield
August 5th A.D.  1853

I, William B. Morrell Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Ira St. Clair is the Judge of said Court, and that his signatures to the foregoing certificates are in his own proper handwriting and genuine.

Given under my hand and the
Seal of said Court this 5th day of August 1853
William B. Merrill
Register
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 REVOLUTIONARY WIDOWS
 STATE of New Hampshire COUNTY of Rockingham
On this 23 day of April 1855, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, within and for the said County and State, Mary Folsom, aged 82 years, a resident of said County and State, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Asa Folsom deceased, who was a Soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States, and that she is in the receipt of a Revolutionary pension under the Act of February 1853 her pension certificate is No. [blank]and is dated Now 25 1853. She further declares that she was married to the said Asa Folsom on the  14thday of April in the county of Rockingham, and State of New Hampshire on by Elder Samuel Dyer and that her name. Before her marriage was Mary Gove and that her said husband died at State of New Hampshire County Rockingham, on the 15 day of July 1843 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. She also declares that she has never applied for nor received under this or any other Act of Congress, any bounty land warrant, 
Mary Folsom
Sworn & subscribed before me this 23 day of April 1855 Josiah B. Tilton Justice of the Peace 

We, Harrison J. Tilton and Albert F Tilton residents of Deerfield in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Folsom in our presence, and that we believe, from what we know of and from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. These deponent further upon their oaths say, that the above named Mary Folsom is now a widow 
Harrison J. Tilton.  Albert F Tilton

Sworn & Subscribed before me this 23 day of April 1855 Josiah B. Tilton Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rockingham ss.

I, A. H. Hoyt Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, hereby certify that 
Josiah B. Tilton is now and was on the 23rd day of April 26, 1855, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified: that full faith and credit should be given to all his official acts as such; and that the signature purporting to be his to the annexed certificate is in his own proper handwriting and genuine.
Given under my hand and Seal of said Court at Exeter in said County this twenty-third day of April, A.D. 1855.
A.H. Hoyt Clerk
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Capt Asa Folsom of Stratham & Miss Mary Gove of Nottingham have been Made public for Marriage in a Town as the directed [on] March 23rd 1818 
Recorded April 7th 1818 
Attest Henry Butler Town Clerk 
Marriage Solemnized by Samuel B. Dyer
April 14 in the year 1818 
Capt Asa Folsom of Stratham & Miss Mary Gove of Nottingham 
Attest Henry Butler Town Clerk 
I hereby certify that the above is a true Copy of Record
N.O. Smith Town Clerk of Nottingham
Nottingham  Aug 4th 1853
Rockingham August 4th 1853 
I hereby certify that N.O. Smith is Town Clerk for the Town of Nottingham for the year above named and that he signed the above copy.
Joseph S. Tuttle Jus. Peace
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State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss
I, William B. Morrill Register for the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Joseph S Tuttle is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Rockingham duly commissioned & qualified, and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Exeter in said County this 6th day of August A.D. 1853
William B. Morrill
Register
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Original Claim Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension List under the act of the 18th March 1818 County of Rockingham State of New Hampshire 

On this seventh day of January 1831 personally appeared in open Court aforesaid (being a Court of Record for the State aforesaid holder within and for said County) - Asa Folsom of Stratham in the County of Rockingham aforesaid 
Blacksmith resident in said County aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the first of May 1820; that he the said Asa Folsom entered the Revolutionary army in the month of June or July in the year 1777 as second Lieutenant in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Cherry in the Regiment commanded by Colonel George Reed in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps until the month of December 1778 when he obtained leave to retire from said service, in consequence of ill health, at a place called Tiverton near Howlands Ferry in the State of Rhode Island - That he was in the action at Bennington and in the action at Still-water at which place he was wounded- that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present. And that the following are his reasons for not making earlier application for a pension - that he has heretofore been able by his own industry with some assistance that he received from his son- to maintain himself and familybut his son being no longer able to render him
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Schedule of the property of Asa Folsom his 
necessary Cloathing and bedding excepted exhibited to the Superior Court of Judicature January Term 1831 Vol One 
One horse $20. one old chaise $40  ——  60. 00 
One Gig wagon $15. One old [ditto]  $5.    20.00 one Silver Watch $10 one old plough.       $13.00
one old pr Blacksmiths Bellows & Vice -      7.50 one pair Andirons shovel & tongs  -              3.00
one old Clock $15- One old Bureau & Book case $2.50 -                                                            17. 50
21 old chairs of different sorts       -               5.00
Iron ware $2.50 old brass ware 4.50 -           7.00 
A[**?] augers, chissels (sic) & Adz -             3.50 Two old light stand 1 pr Bellows-                   7.00
Glass ware $1.00 Cocking ware $1.50 -        2.50 Knives & forks 50cts Stable Shovel 50cts -  1.00 Tin ware $1 - Two old spinning Wheels $1 - 2.00 Grindstone $1- Two flatirons 50cts, cast & gridiron 50cts                                                   2.00 
one dos old Silver Tea Spoons.          -          4.50 Three Silver Table Spoons   -                         3.00
old Books of Sundry sorts                              4.00
                                                  (Total).         163.00
said Asa Folsom is indebted as follows --- 
To Daniel Veazey    20.00 
 "William Brackett     25 -
“ John Gardner & Son 10 - 
“ Dr. [Hull?]           2.75
          (Total)         57.75
value of property after paying his debt - $105.75
Asa Folsom
Rockingham State of New Hampshire At the Superior Court of Judicature holden at Portsmouth within and for the County of Rockingham on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty one 
Present the Honorable William M Richardson Chief Justice 
Samuel Green John Harris} Justices 
Original
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the assistance that he formerly did, and being now unable to labour with much effect he is under the necessity of making this application - 

And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled “An act to provide for  certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary " passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818; and that I have not has any person in trust for me any property, or surities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed 
My schedule is as follows-viz-- "one horse one old chaise ┃ one gig wagon, one old  (Ditto) one Silver Watch, one old plough, one old pair Blacksmiths Bellows & vice, on pair Andirons shovel & tongs, one old clock, one old Bureau & Book case-- three old tables, two looking Glasses.  21 old chairs of different sorts,  Iron ware old brassware, A[**] augers, chissels (sic) and adz- Two old light stands 1 pair Bellows, Glass ware, Crockery ware,  knives & forks, Stable Shovel, Tin ware, two old spinning wheels, Grindstone, two flat irons, cast & gridiron, one dos old silver spoons, three silver table spoons, old books of Sundry sorts amounting to $163 -  & that am now $57.75. 
Asa Folsom 
That no changes have taken place in my property since the 18th March 1818 except that the articles have
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have depreciated in value by constant use - That my family consists of my wife aged sixty four years very infirm. Two daughters one Martha aged thirty four years the other Abigale aged twenty nine years who's health is poor. That my daughters are able to do no more than support themselves, My occupation is that of a Blacksmith but am not able to do work enough to support myself at this time and am dependent upon public or private charity for support
Asa Folsom
Sworn to and declared on the 7th day of January AD 1831 before the Justice of the court aforesaid.
Attest P Chadwick Clerk 
I Peter Chadwick of the Superior Court of Judication for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the aforesaid Asa Folsom did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding declaration against the common enemy for a term of nine months under one engagement in the continental establishment.  I also certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court; and do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred five dollars twenty-five cents after deducting what he is owing -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this tenth  day of January Anno Domini 1831.
P. Chadwick. Clerk of the Supr Court of Judication for Rockingham County.
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[****] Folsom

My Dear Sir -  
[Dear?] old Dr. Piper was perfectly satisfied that you would send him a typewritten statement that his grandfather Asa Folsom was on pension when as a revolutionary soldier from N.H. - a Lieut.  He does point to [***] in making application to join the [****]. If you will just [****] the paper today,  I will take it to him - or you

(Stamped July 1892)
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Or you can mail it to him at 1512  Corcoran St.  His name is Richard N Piper M.D.  He is very appreciative of any attention such  if he should want you to call upon him you must go as he is one of the most interesting  old[er?] gentlemen you ever met and his [****] are a valuable museum  of Arts and Sciences.
Yrs [**]
SS Sampson
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Revy Widow &c.
File No. 7318
Mary Folsom
widow
Asa Folsom
Lt. rev. War

Act: Feb 3, 1853
Index:- Vol. A, Page 246
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1892 
July 21 Hist
to Dr. R. N. Piper
City J.S.
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OVID
May [*]
NY

FREE

Hon P Waldo
Court of P[***]
Washington DC
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OVID
May 2
NY

FREE

Hon P. Waldo
Court of Pleas
Washington, DC
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26.422
Nbo? Army
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illegible
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Warrant [illegible]
May 26/06
16-26.422
Patterson
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Mary Folsom
N0 116. 387
additional evidence suggested
Boynton
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Washington D.C. Feb 16. '56
[illegible]
Mary Folsom an applicant for bounty land made law of 1855 for the Revolutionary service of her late husband, an application no 116, 387, she is a pensioner of N. H. and as her husband was an officer of N.H.  I suggest that his service n a record of it may be found in N.H. rolls in Col Niles room of your office, full service to him was allowed as an officer -
Most respectfully
Your old Serv
Arad Joy

Hor J. Minot
Cons
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Ovid N. Y. (April crossed out) May 9 1856
Sir
Since the removal of the read evidence [illegible], I beg leave to call for a land warrant for Mary Folsom - No 106.387 - on 116.387 your [illegible] number
I am respectfully
Your Ob Serv
Arad Joy

How J Minot
Conf.
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Ovid N.Y. May 2nd 1855
Sir
I include application for bounty land for Mary Folsom Revolutionn (sic)

Most respectfully
Your Ob Serv
Arad Joy

How. L. P. Waldo
Conf.
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Brief in the case of Mary Folsom, Widow of Asa,
Rockingham County and State of New Hampshire. 
act 3, Febry 1853
1
Claims, ( "original" (or "for increase" strikeout)


Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Acts
of 18 March 1818 & 1st May, 1820

Record Evidence of Marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Arad Joy Esqr Ovid, N.Y.
Name and residence of Agent
J.C. Boyton Examining Clerk
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Commissioner of
Pensions
Washington Dec 11 1846
Dear Sir
The within letter
was [hundrd do by the- not legible] widow
of Lunt Folsom who is unable to pay [illegible, a number?]
 to obtain what is due to
the heirs of Lunt Folsom
Please to examine this case and
if any thing is found due
his heirs inform me what we (or ever or we're)
[dence] is needed to obtain it
Yours Respectfully
J Cilley MS.
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Pension Office

21st Nov. /53
Sir,
Please certify the time to
which the within named pension
was paid, or the date of death
respectfully
B. Hooe. [Hood]

from the Commissioner 
Asa Folsom, Act 1818,
$20.00  per month.
Died15th July 1843.
Paid to death
Sam S. Rind
Act. Auditor

Francis Burt Esqr
Third Auditor, [Mary?]
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Portsmouth NH March 5, 1834
him
J. L Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
Sir
About a year since
sent a deposition of Asa Folsom a pensioner
under the act of 1818 & 1820 who remains 20$ per Mo:
for an increase
of pension: I have not
received an answer whether the office has
decided upon his claim or not, Mr Folsom
who resides in North Deerfield N.H. is in
Town to day and wishes to know what the
Department has concluded to do for him
of
under the act
of 1832.
A letter stating the deterimination
the Department would be very acceptable to us both.  
I am Sir Respectfully Your
Obt Servant
Wm B. Parker
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Exeter Jany 27?. 1831
Hon John Broadhead
Sir
At the request of Capt
Asa Folsom
I enclose to you his declaration and other papers
to support his claim to the County of Government-
that he has justly earned it I have no doubt
and I think that his declaration supported as it
is- will entitle him to his certificate without further
trouble- should
any difficulty however arise
he will feel himself under great obligations
to you for immediate notice thereof
Very respectfully
Your Obt
humble Sert
Peter Chadwick

PS I read? the declaration returned as unsatisfactory
as it may posably be inquired for
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Washington Feb. 2. 1831-
Hon. Jno. H. Eaton
Rev of War
Sir,
I enter?    you
the papers
of Capt. Asa Folsom of
N.H. relative to his claim for a pension.
I think the papers are no(w?) in accordance
with the requirements of the
War Department, & I hope that
there is no informality sufficient to prevent
justice
being done him. I know him well
personally,
& believe implicitly every word
he states. May I request an early attention
to his case, as I wish if possible
to have
him
placed on
the Roll, before
the
Session closes, and if anything more be
necessary
to substaintiate his claim
I shall have to send?
to New Hampshire
Very Respectfully,
Yr. Obt Sert
John Brodhead
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The undersigned having had a long and most of us, intimate acquaintance with Captain Asa Folsom of Stratham, in the County of Rockingham, State of New Hampshire, do not hesitate to say that we believe him to have a regard for honor, integrity and Truth, and cheerfully subscribe our names thereto:
Stratham Nov 6th 1830
Paine Wingate
George Wingate
Oliver Peabody
Seth Walker
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I Thomas
Hall of Nottingham in the County of Rockingham
and State of Newhampshire Testify and declare that I served in
the Revolutionary War in the Company commanded by Captain
Cherry in the Regiment commanded by Col George
Reid in the Newhampshire Line during the years 1777
and 1778. And that I well knew Asa Folsom(e) who
is the identical Asa Folson(e) now present and that
said Asa Folsome served as a Lieutenant in said
Company
Commanded by Captain Cherry, in the Regiment commanded by Col George Reid in the Newhampshire line during
said years of 1777 and 1778
his
Thomas Hall his mark X

Rockingham ss January 19th 1831
Then Thomas Hall
 made Solemn Oath that the above affidavit
by him subscribed is just and true
Before me Bradbury Bartlett Jus. Peace
.
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with
Thomas Hall who signed the above affidavit and
Consider him intitled to full faith and credit
Bradbury Bartlett, Justice of the Peace
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I Peter Chadwith Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham
in the State of New Hampshire do hereby
certify that Bradbury Bartlett
whose signature appears to the within certificate is a
Justice of the Peace within and for said
County and as such is duly qualified to
administer oaths and the (truth) affidavits and
that the same are in his own hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the Seal of
the said Court this 20th day of
January Anno Domini 1831
P Chadwick Clerk
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I Thomas Haines of Concord in the County of 
Merrimack and State of Newhampshire Testify
and declare that I served in the Revolutionary War
in
the company commanded by Captain Ebenesar Fry
in the Regiment commanded by Col Joseph
Cilley in the Newhampshire line I was in said
Service about six years I well knew Asa Folsom
which is the same Asa Folsom now present at the
taking of this deposition that the said Asa Folsom
served as a Lieutenant in the Company commanded by
 Captain Samuel Cherry in the Regiment commanded by Col George Reid in
the Newhampshire line

I well knew the said Asa Folsom to serve in
the Regiment and company aforesaid and in the
Capacity aforesaid the year of 1777 and 1778
I think he served during the whole term of the
Two years aforesaid 
Thomas Haines

Merrimack SS
January 21st 1831 Then Thomas
Haines made solemn oath that the above
affidavit is just and true
---
Before me Samuel Cochran Jr Jus Peace
-
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Thomas
Haines & have been for man then twenty years
who is the same Thomas Haines that subscribed the
or affidavit and consider him intitled to full
faith and credit
Samuel Cochran Jr Jus Peace
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I
Eliphalet Conner of Pembroke in the County of
Merrimack and State of Newhampshire Testify and
declare that I was a soldier of the Revolutionary
army and served therein five years that Entered
said army the first of the year 1777 and continued
therein to the close of the year 1782 that I was
well acquainted with Asa Folsom who is the same Asa Folsom
 now present at the taking of this deposition
and that said Asa Folson served as a Lieutant in the
Company commanded by Captain  Samuel Cherry in the
Regiment commanded by Col George Reid in the
Newhampshire line and that said Asa Folsom
Served in said Company in said Capacity for
and during the years 1777 and 1778
Eliphalet Connor
Merrimack SS January 21st 1831 Then the
above named Eliphalet Conner made
Solemn oath that the above affidavit by
him subscribed is just and true
Before me Samuel Cochran Jr Jus Peace
I hereby Certify that I am acquainted with
Eliphalet Conner who signed the aboveaffidavit
& have been for more then thirty
years and consider him intitled to full
faith and credit
Samuel Cochran Jr Jus. Peace
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State of New Hampshire
To all whom it may concern
Know ye, that Samuel Cochran, Jr
Esquire of Pembroke in the County of
Merrimack and State aforesaid, whose
proper signature is prefixed to this
to this
paper, on the first and third pages thereof,
is a Justice of
the Peace in and for the County of
Merrimack and State aforesaid, duly constituted
and sworn, and that to his acts and attestation
as such,full faith and credit are and ought
to be given, in and out of court, within and out
of this
State.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed
the seal of the State, at Concord, this twenty first
day of January in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty
one, and in
the fifty fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

Dudley S. Palmer Secretary of State.
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Old Case
Asa Folson
N. H.


Rev pension Service
James L Edwards Esquire
War Department
Washington

Postal seal
Portsmo N.H.
Mar 9


for increase
Page 51

see file # File #17872601
Page 52

Application for an
Increase of
Pension
I
Asa Folsom, of Deerfield
New Hampshire, testify and say. That I was a
Second Lieutenant in Captain Samuel Cherry's Company
of Colonel George Reed's New Hampshire Regiment,
of the Revolutionary Army, in the year 1776; and that
I was promoted to be a first Lieut & served as such
during the years 1777 and 1778, and was discharged
as a first Lt. in November 1778; - That I was
placed on the Pension List of the New Hampshire
Agency, on the 3 of Feby 1831, which last is the date
of my certificate, at the rate of Twenty dollars
per month:- That I pray have (leave) to surrender
this certificate and received my pay in lieu thereof,
under the act of 7th June 1832, which, as well as
now recollect, was thirty Dollars
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per month:- And as in duty bound will
ever pray. Asa Folson

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham
ss


These are to certify; That on this
eighth day of March A.D. 1833, Asa Folsom aforesaid,
personally appeared before me, the Subscriber, a Notary
public, for said State,
and made oath in due form
of Law, that the facts stated in the foregoing
Application are true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my Notarial
seal, the day and year aforesaid
Wm B. Parker
Notary Public.
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James L Edwards Esq
Sir:
The decision of his case, Mr Folsom requests
may be communicated to me, and, if favourable, that he
will then transmit his certificate of pension.
Also, He stated, that his commission of Lieutenant was at
Deerfield
I am Sir, respectfully,
Your Obdt
Servt
Wm B. Parker
Portsmouth N.H. March 18th 1833
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I Noah O. Smith of Nottingham County
of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire do
hereby certify that I am the Town Clerk of said
Nottingham and have the records of said Town in
custoday that I have examined said records and
find recorded therein the following Marriage
The following persons were married by the Rev
Samuel B. Dyer of Nottingham
Capt Asa Folsom of Stratham and Miss Mary Gove
of Nottingham were married April the fourteenly
Eighteen hundred and Eighteen

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the
record with the exception of the date which is
Expressed on the record in fair legible figures
as follows April 14th 1818
Noah O Smith Town Clerk
I Noah O Smith above named depose and say that
I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Nottingham
in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire
and that the above is a true extract from the records
Town of Nottingham with the exception above named as
certified by me
Noah O Smith Clerk of the
Town of Nottingham
Rockingham ss
Nottingham Oct 27th 1853 Then
the above named Noah O Smith made Oath that the
above certificate by him signed was true
Before me Bradley Bartlett Jasper Jus Peace
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Rockingham ss October 27. 1853
We the subscriber have this day Examined
the Records of the Town of Nottingham now
in possession of Noah O Smith Clerk of said
Town and find a record of the marriage of
Capt Asa Folsom of Stratham and Mary Gove (Good)
of Nottingham April 14th 1818 which appears to
have been recorded by Henry Butler Town Clerk
March 9th 1819
Josiah B. Tilton
Jonathan L Bartlett
Rockingham ss October 27 1853 then the above
Named Josiah B Tilton & Jon L  Bartlett made
Oath that the above statement by them signed
was true
Before me
Brad Bartlett Jus. Peace


STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
ROCKINGHAM, SS.
Son

I, A. H. Hoyt ? CLERK, of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County,
hereby certify that Bradbury Bartlett Esq., is an acting Justice
of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that full faith and
credit should be given to all his official acts as such; and that the signature purporting to be
his to the annexed certificate is in his own proper hand writing and genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Exeter in said County, this Eighth day
of November 1853.
A.H. Hoyt Clerk
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Law 1853 Revolutionary
Suspended
Ovid N.Y. Nov 17 1853
Sir
 I inclose as I judge, all the proof required
years of the 7 Oct
Most Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Arad Joy

Hon L P Waldo
Court