Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29243, Edward Howard, Mass.
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Service                      Number
Mass.   Howard, Edward   S.29243
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Albany  5588. Michigan
Massachusetts
Edward Howard
Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Soper of the regt commanded by Col. Marshall in the Mass line for 6 mos 3 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 20 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Feby 1833 and sent to Leland Rosebury 
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $30.29 Semi=anl, allowance ending 4 Mar 33
10.16
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$40.65
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Hezk Blair Clerk
Book 3 Vol 2nd
Page 99
Let to Hon. G.Y. Lansing Nov 10. 1835.  Tr. ar. Dec 17, 1835.  Transfd to Albany from 4 Mar. 1834.  Dec 28. 1835  Notn sent to Hon. W. Taylor H.R.
Sett Joshua Howard  Apr 25. 37 - Tr a Cir same day
Letter to J. Howard $3d  and 9 Jan 39
Paid at the Treasury with the act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1835 to 4 Sept 1838 - Agt notified 2 June 1839.
Paid as above from 4 Sep  1838 to 4 March 1839.  Agt notified 2d April 1840
Letters to E. Howard & to P. Agent Borton & Detroit, 10 Sept. 1841
Letter to J. Howard. 31 Jany 1842.
Paid as above from 4th March 1839 to 4th Sept 1841. Agt. notified May 28th 1842.
Informally trans to Michigan fr 4 Sept 1841 - June 1. 1842. 



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These affidavits are insufficient.
Capt. Joshua Howard
Present
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APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER
State of Michigan
County of Wayne
On this fifteenth day of June 1834 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Wayne personally appeared Edward Howard, who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Amasa Soper in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State (District of Territory,) of Michigan where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future.  The following are his reasons for removing from Lyons New York to Dearbornville Michigan.  He is in indigent conditions unable to maintain himself & now 83 years old, he having been e... upon the charity of one of his sons in Lyons, for ... years has lately lately removed to Dearbornville and enjoys the hospitality of another son.
Edward Howard
Sworn and subscribed to before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Thomas M Sweeny
Justice of the Peace
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.  The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, ant that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity.  He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath, is the person described in the affidavit.  The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers. - In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officers who authenticates the papers is not written on the sam sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

[Along side of document]  Edward Howards name was first placed on the pension Roll of the State of Massachusetts from where he removed to the State of New York.
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Washington City D.C. 20th March 1841
I certify that the withinnamed Thomas M Sweeny is a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Wayne, Michigan & I further certify that the within named Edward Howard is the pensioner named in said affidavit and the said Edward Howard is my father and that I am the same Joshua Howard who lately hold a commission as Captain in the first Regt of United States artillery
Sworn & Subscribed to before the undersigned Justice of the Peace this 20 day of March at the City of Washington 1841
Joshua Howard
Rob. Gelly
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
May 12th, 1842
Sir:
Under the date of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States ,"
 The administrator of Edward Howard, deceased, late a Pensioner of the Roll of the Albany, N. York, Agency at the rate of Twenty  Dollars and -- Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th of June 1832, has been paid at this Department,  from the 4th of March 1839, to the 4th Sept. 1841.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris 
Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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Third April 1841
J. L Edwards, Esq.
Commission of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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Dearbornville 9th Apr 1837, Michigan
J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir,
The pension Edwards Howard of the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the Army of the revolution who received a pension certificate for $20.33 for year dated the 12th February 1833.  Which was in conformity with the act of the 9th June 1832, is my father he removed from Mass to Lyons New York and has transferred to the Albany Pension Roll 28th Decbr 1835 to take effect 4th March 1834  he has sinced removed to Michigan & taken shelter under my roof where he purposes to spend the balance of his days and the small pension to which he is entitled he wishes in future to receive at the office in Detroit 
I have to request that he may be duly transferred to the Detroit Roll, abating the usual tedious forms.
With great Respect
I am your obt servant
Joshua Howard
Late Capt 1st Artillery
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Edward Howard
19801
Prob
6 Mar & 3 days
adm
E. S. Leland
Roxbury
Mass
$20.33
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

County of Norfolk ss.  On this twentieth day of September In the year or our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Roxbury in and for said County, Edward Howard a resident of Stoughton in said County, aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, A.D. 1832.  
THAT he was born at Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth on the twenty fourth day of January A.D. 1756, and that there is a record of his birth in the town records of Bridgewater: that  he was in the United States service from about the first of June A.D. 1776, to about the first of December A.D. 1776 six months as a private in the Massachusetts militia: that he was residing at said Bridgewater when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Amasa Soper & Colonel Herman Marshall's Regiment: that he marched from Bridgewater to Nantucket from there to Castle island: that he served with other Militia troops; and no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no  battle and at the end of his service received no discharge: that he left the service on or about  the first of December and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Easton, Chelmsford & Stoughton
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the eighth day of December A.D. 1776, to the twenty fourth day of December A.D. 1776 fifteen days as a private in the Massachusetts militia that he was residing at said Bridgewater when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Eliakim Howard of Colonel Edward Mitchell's Regiment: that he marched from Bridgewater to New...: that he served with none - of the regular troops; and no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service on or about the 24th of December 1776 -
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the thirtieth day of July A.D. 1780, to the tenth day of August A.D. 1780 eleven days as a private in the Massachusetts militia that he was residing at said Bridgewater when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Eliakim howard of Colonel Edward Mitchell's Regiment: that he marched from Bridgewater to Rhode Island: that he served with other militia troops; and no regular officers were known to him; that he was in no battle that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service on or about the 10th of August 1780
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That he was some times Edward Howard & some times Edward Howorth for in convenience of his father; having the same name but his father was not a soldier.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Edward Howard
Sworn to and subscribed the day and years first aforesaid.
We Tisdale Drake Esq residing in Sharon and Jesse Gay residing in Stoughton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Edward Howard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Tisdale Drake
Jesse Gay
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the court further certify that it appears to them that Tisdale Drake Esquire who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Sharon; and that Jesse Gay who has also signed the same is a resident in said Stoughton and they are credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Sherman Leland Judge of Probate
I Samuel Haven, Regr, of the Court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Edward Howard for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Haven
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29243
Revy INVALID
File No. 29,243
Edward Howard
Rev. War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 193
[Arrangement of 1870]
Mch, 15, 1905 Hrs
Mrs. Emily P. Sloan
Bloomington Ill
Theo Desk
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Merchants Bank
Boston, 13th Sept 1841

Sir,
Your letter of the 10th inst. relating to Edward Howards pension is recd - In reply I have to state that his name does not appear to be inscribed on the Roll under the Act of 7th June 1832.
I am very 
your obt svt
Franklin Haven
President and Pension Agt

J. L. Edwards Esqr
Court of Pensions
Washington D C
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The U.S. pension Agent
Washington
D.D.
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Detroit  11th Jany 1842

The Commission of Pensions

Sir
In March last I obtained the transfer of ... and Hand and a Revolutionary pension from the pension Rolls of Albany to those of Detroit, immediately after on my return to Michigan I called upon the pension agent here for the unit then one said Edward Howard which was one from 4th November 1841, but was informed that there was not found.  More recently I have been informed by the said pension agent there
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Date of death
Jan 29, 1842
To The Commissioner of Pensions
[illegible] Washington 
D.C.
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Detroit 21st Jany 1842

The Commissioner of Pensions

Sir

a few days Since I had the honor to address you concerning the pension of My Father Edward Howard aforementioned under the Act of 1832. It is now [illegible] upon me to inform you that same Edward Howard died at My House in Detroit on the 18th instant - age Eighty Six years (86) 
I will now thank you to cause the balance due on his pension which is from the 4th March 1840 to the 15 Jany 1842 to be paid to the [illegible] [illegible] will be in dispute of my right to [illegible] the Same. I have on hand his power of attorney to service from 4th March 1840 to the 4th March 1841

Very Respectfully
[illegible]
Joshua Howard
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James L. Edwards Esquire
Commiss'r of Pensions
Ma. Department
City of Washington

[postmark] ALBANY APL 28

[sideways note on left side of envelope]
JM at JW Burdine  May 1.
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MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
April 28 1837

James L. Edwards, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions,

Sir,

In reply to your letter of the 25th [illegible],
I have to state, that Edward Howard
a Pensioner under the Act of Jun 7, 1832 at
20 33/100 -- Dollars per annum was last paid to
the 4 day of Sept. 1836.

I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
Tho. M. Elliott
PRES'T, and PENSION AGENT.
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Death
Ed Howard
[illegible]

James L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions
Washington
(D. C.)
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Commonwealth Bank
Boston Dec. 22 1835

Sir,

Your letter of the 17th inst is received - 

Edward Howard a Revolutionary Pensioner under the At of 7 June 1832 at $20.33 pr Ann. has been paid up to 4 March 1834.

I am sir, Very respectfully
Your mo. obt. servt.
John K Simpson
President
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Mar 30 1840
Evans
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
March 28th, 1840.

Sir: 

Undert he act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitles "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Edward Howard, -- a Pension on the Roll of the Albany, NY. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838. to the 4th March 1839.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 10th, 1839.

Sir:

Undert he act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitles "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Edward Howard, -- a Pension on the Roll of the Albany, NY. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838. to the 4th Sept. 1838.

Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Edward Howard

Norfolk fr November 10th 1832. I hearby certify that Austin Packard is a justice of the peace for the county of Plymouth & that the name signed to the foregoing certificate is his signature

S Leland J [illegible]
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I Thaddeus Howard of West Bridgewater, in the county of Plymouth, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the seventy seventh year of my age, do testify & say, that in the month of May or June, in the year 1776, I & Edward Howard of Stoughton, in the county of Norfolk, enlisted & entered a Company of militia in the Massachusetts State troops; we both then lived in what was then Bridgewater, in the county of Plymouth, _ we first marched to a place then called Nantasket, now the town of Hull, in said county of Plymouth; we continued there a short time, & then removed to Castle Island, in Boston harbor, now Fort Independent; we then served out the remainder of our term of enlistment, which was six months; - our Captain was Amasa Saber; our Lieutenant Daniel Snow, & our Enslign was Freeman Tabor. _ Thomas Marshall, of Boston, was the Col. of the Regiment; Gamaliel Bradford the Lt. Col. & Jonathan Carver the major. _ Gen. Lincoln was there a part of the time, but whether he was there the whole time or not, I cannot say. _ When our said term of six months had expired, I & the said Edward Howard returned together to the said town of Bridgewater whence we started.

I also believe, that the said Edward Howard was out with me in the Revolutionary war at other times & places, namely, at [illegible], in the county of Bristol, at Rhode Island.
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& at Weymouth, in the county of Norfolks, but for how long a time, in addition to the six months before positively stated, I am unwilling to say, but should think his whole service was for about one year. Thaddeus Hhoward

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Plymouth LL.
August 21, 1832. Then personally appeared at the above named Thaddeus Howard & made an oath ^ that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, was true. _

Before me,
Austin Packard,
Justice of the Peace

Edward Howard
Norfolk [illegible] November 10th 1832. I hereby certify that Austin Packard is a justice of the peace for the county of Plymouth & that the name signed to the foregoing certificate is his signature

S Leland [illegible]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Oct. 26 1832.

I 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 Department, it appears that The name of Edward Howard is borne upon the Pay rolls of Capt Amasa Soper's Company in Col Thomas Massachusetts'  Regt for the period of five months seven days & a half commencing June 26th 1776
The name of Edward Howard ^ is is borne upon the Pay rolls of Capt. Eliahim Howard's Company in Col. Edward Mitchel's Regt for the following periods (viz)
Fifteen days commencing the eighth of December 1776
Eleven days commencing the thirteen of July 1780

Edward D Bangs [illegible]
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Nov 10.
in attention
Ed Howard
for transfr
from [crossed out] Albany Mass
to Albany
5588

James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensioner
War Department
Washington
D. of. C.
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J L Edwards Esq

Sir

The enclosed application of Edward Howard a pensioner to be transferred (for the purposes of payment of his pension) from Boston to Albany is forwarded to you at his request. Let me ask on his behalf your attention thirsts.

I am very respectfully
Your [illegible]
Gerrit Manning
Albany Nov 7. 1835
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In the matter of Edward Howard a Revolutionary Pension of the United States -- appreciation to his transferred from Massachusetts to New York State.

from Mass to Albany _
[illegible] to 4 Mar: 1834.

Mass role 
for transfer
29 Jan 19
No 5588

Hon. W. Taylor
HR
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State of New York
Wayne County [illegible]
On this 21st day of November 1835 before me the subscriber First [illegible] of the said County of Wayne personally appeared Edward Howard who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Amasa Soper in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall in the service of the United states that his name was [illegible] on the pesnion role of the State of Massachusetts from whence he has lately moved. that he now resides in the state of New York where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be thus payable [illegible]. The following are his reasons for moving from the town of Easton County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts to the town of Lyons county of Wayne & State of New York that he is aged two son residing there and came to Lyons to reside with his son who resides there

Edward Howard

Sworn & subscribed to before me the day & year aformed _
Wm Sisson First Judge
of Wayne County

State of New York
Wayne County [illegible] Edward C. Howard of the town of Lyons in said county being duly sworn [illegible] & saith that his is [illegible] augmented with the above named Edward Howard a revolutionary pension of the United States who has  [illegible] & sworn t othe foregoing affidavit & knowledge him to the identical person described in said affadavit & further saith not from & [illegible] to before
on this 21st day of November 1835
Wm Sisson First Judge of Wayne County

E.C. Howard
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State of New York
Wayne County SS 
I certify that I am well acquainted with Edward C. Howard who has signed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit before me & that he is a person of veracity
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 21st day of November 1835.
Wm. Sisson, First Judge of Wayne County

State of New York
Wayne County SS
I Cullen Foster, Clerk of said County of Wayne do certify that William Sisson before whom the foregoing affidavit of Edward Howard & Edward C. Howard was taken & submitted & who has made the foregoing certificate is now & was at the date of said Jurats & certificate first Judge of the said County of Wayne duly qualified & sworn as such & that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge & that the signatures subscribed to the Jurats of said affidavits & to said Certificate purporting to be his, are genuine

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said County this 21st day of November 1835

[County seal affixed to left bottom of page]

Cullen Foster Clerk