Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23143, Joshua Grant, Mass.
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(3-1776)
Service
Mass.

Grant, Joshua
Abigail

Number
W. 23143
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11,582
R
Distt. of Maine.

Joshua Grant, of York county in the state of Massachtts. who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shepherd, of the Massachtts. line, for the term of three years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13. of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9. of June, 1819 and sent to Benjamin Greene, Judge, York, distt. of Maine.

Arrears to 4th March, 1819. | 85.83.
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept: 1819. | 48."
10 mos. 18/30 & 4/31 | $133.83.

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.

Discontinued
notification sent to Daniel Sewall Esq 13 July 1890
York Maine
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[left page]
[Late?] Sent Alexr McIntire, Feby 2
Duplicate certificate issued 13 Apl. 1837 and sent to Hon Alexr. McIntire, York, Me

[right page, top half damaged both sides]
Maine 236

Abigail Gran[t?] [missing]
[missing] York in the State of Ma[ine]
[w]ho was a Mass in the [blank]
[missing] Captain [blank] in the [blank]
[missing] widow of C[missing]
Grant decd late [missing]
in the war of [the Revolu]tion

Inscribed on the Rolle of Ma[ine?] at the rate of 80 Dollars [blank] Cents per an[num] to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of No 1836 and sent A. McIntire York Maine

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 | $440.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 37 | 40.00
30 Sect Act 1836 | $480.00

Revolutionary Claim,
[crossed out: Act June 7, 1832.]

Recorded by D D Addison Cler[k]
Book [blank] Vol. 1. Page 8
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Joshua Grant Privat[e]
Col. Shepperds Regt Mass line 1780 - 1783

dec. 13 April 1818
To prove the service of this applicant I have taken the Deposition of James [Bracey?] & Benja. Austin, (two credible & disinterested witnesses) which are here contained.

Benja Greene

The deposition of two credible & disinterested witnesses to know the service of the applicant, duly to be taken & authorized, is required.

[superscript over above paragraph]
Admd.

[Jno?] WEaver

The Judge, at South=Berwick, Maine.
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I James Bracey of York in the county of York, aged 77 years, testify and declare that I was a soldier in the army of the revolution from the first of the year 1781 to the fall of the year 1783 and served in the regiment commanded by Col Shippen part of said time and the residue of the time in Col Vose's regiment in the Massachusetts line; that I knew Joshua Grant of York of the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment under command of Col. Shepard. I further testify that said Grant joined the army at West Point a few days before I did, early in the spring of 1781, and that I knew him in said service until the time of my discharge as aforesaid; and that said Grant was at the same time discharged from the army and returned to York at the same time I did. 
York, April 22, 1819
James Bracey
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
York [illegible] April 22 -1819. Personally appeared before me the subscriber the above named James Bracey a credible and disinterested witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year above said -
Benj. Greene Chief Justice of the C. Court of Com pleas and Justice of the Peace [illeg] the Commonwealth of Mass.
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I Benjamin Austin of York in the county of York aged 57 years testify and declare that I was a private soldier in Col. Vose's regiment, Massachusetts line from [crossed out] in the war of the revolution, that I served four [crossed out] in said Regiment from early in the year 1781 to the fall of the year 1783. I further testify that I was [crossed out] am well acquainted with Joshua Grant of said York and well know that said Grant served during the whole of said time in the Fourth Regt. Colonel Shepard's and that I often saw him on duty. Said Grant was discharged in October 1783 and returned with me from West Point to York.
Benjamin Austin.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
York [illegible] April 22, 1819 Personally appeared before me the subscriber Benjamin Austin a credible and disinterested witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year abovesaid. Benjamin Greene Chief Justice of the C. Court of Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace throughout the Comth. of Mass.
Sworn 22 Apr
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
York, SS} On this thirteenth day of April AD 1818,  before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Joshua Grant, aged seventy-two years, resident in York in said county of York, who being by my, first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An Act to Provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War:" - that in the spring of the year 1780, he the said Joshua Grant Inlisted as a private soldier in the Continental army for and during the war and served as a sergeant in Captain Davis Holbrooks' Company in Col. Shepard's regiment, Massachusetts line, from the time of his enlistment until end of the war - when in the Autumn of 1783 (he thinks in the month of October) at West Point he recd. an honorable discharge from General Knox - which discharge however he has had the misfortune to lose. 
And the said Joshua Grant further states (a fact [illeg] by the Selectmen and overseers of the Poor of the Town of York)

That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. 
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year abovesaid.
Benjamin Greene

I Benjamin Greene, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the First Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joshua Grant did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy, as he had stated in his declaration aforesaid - and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support. - And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this thirteenth day of April Anno Domini, 1818. Benj. Greene
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Copy
Joshua Grant
Application for pension
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State of Maine
County of York, SS. 
On this eighteenth day of September 1823 in open Court, being the supreme judicial court held at Alfred-- within and for the county of York on the third Tuesday of September AD 1823. Present the Hon. Prentiss Mellen chief justice of said court; said court keeping a record of their proceedings, having jurisdiction limited in amount, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having the power to fine and imprison, and being a Court of Record in said county, personally appeared Joshua Grant resident in said county, aged seventy eight 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 eighteenth March 1818 and the first May 1820, that he the said Joshua Grant enlisted for the term at nine months on the = day of April in the year 1775 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Samuel Derby  in the regiment commanded by Colonel James Seammon in the line of the State of Massachusetts as more particularly mentioned in his original declaration made 18 April (1818) on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corp until the later part of January 1776-- when he was discharged from the said service, in Cambridge, in the State of Massachusetts that his name on the pension list, and dropt therefrom on account of his property. 
And in pursuance of the Act of the first 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 service of the United States 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, contract or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. He also enlisted in 1780, in Colonel Shepherd's regiments and served three years in said Regiment and was honorably discharged. 
Joshua Grant 
In court and at the time above mentioned the above named Joshua Grant made solemn oath to the declaration by him signed and the statements above stated 
Before me, Prentiss Mellen Ch. Justice of said Court.
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SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: 
The right of redeeming four acres of mowing land with a small house and barn thereon, old and out of repair, seventy one dollars due on it, one cow, one bed, a few old chairs, table and a few other small articles of household furniture 
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me in York who, by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of my age and infirmities
[transcription of table] 
Name: Abigail Grant, wife Age: 75 Capacity of each to contribute to their support: unable to work 
Name: Mary Grant, daughter Age: 49 Capacity of each to contribute to their support: sick with the dropsy 
Name: Stephen Stackpole Age: 12 Capacity of each to contribute to their support: Can earn his living 
Name: Pelina Grant Age: 8 Capacity of each to contribute to their support:
[end table transcription] 
That since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property. 
[transcription of table] 
Names of the person to whom sold, or by whom now owned: Joshua Grant 3rd 
Time of sale or transfer and for what purpose: September 15. 1823 twenty acres of land 
Amount of money, or description of property received in return: 500 dollars which was paid for my debts then owed by me 
Names of the person to whom sold, or by whom now owned: James Bragdon 3rd Time of sale or transfer and for what purpose: September 15th. 1823 Mortgage deed of four acres of land and house and Barn 
Amount of money, or description of property received in return: For consideration of 71$ which I owed him 
[end table transcription]
Joshua Grant 
Sworn to and declared on the eighteenth day of September 1823 before Prentiss Mellen C. Justice 
I Jermiah Bradbury Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court do hereby certify that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Joshua Grant in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedules thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of 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 fifty dollars. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and fixed the seal of the said Court on this fourth day of October 1823 
Jere. Bradbury clerk of the SUP. JUD. Court 
Co of York
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State of Maine       York County } SS 

On this twenty eighth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six personally appeared before William A Hayes Esquire Judge of Probate for the County of York in the State of Maine. 
Abigail Grant a resident of York in the County of York and State of Maine, aged Eighty [illegible] years who being first duly sworn, according to law, on her oath, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4. 1836: that she is the widow of Joshua Grant, who served as a Sergeant in a Regiment in the Massachusetts line in the war of the Revolution as well appears by documentary evidence in the War Department of the United States at Washington, said Joshua Grant having produced such evidence of his service in said Revolutionary war as to entitle him to a Pension under the law of the United States passed March 18. 1818. 
She further declares, according to the best of her knowledge and belief, that said Joshua Grant served in seventeen hundred and seventy five eight months in Captain Samuel Derby's Company; in seventeen hundred and seventy six in Captain Titus Salter's Company, in a Regiment in the Massachusetts for the term of three years. And to the close of said war, but cannot tell the number of the Regiment, or the names of the officers in command. 
She further declares that she was married to the said Joshua Grant on the twentieth day of August seventeen hundred and sixty five, that her husband, the aforesaid Joshua Grant, died on the fifth day of June eighteen hundred twenty five and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof here unto annexed. 
Witness Wm. A. Hayes-- Abigail X [her mark] Grant
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Subscribed and Sworn to, the day and year aforesaid

Before me Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate

And I William A. Hayes Judge as aforesaid, do further certify that the said Abigail Grant by reason of her great age & bodily infirmity is unable to travel & attend Court, & for that reason I went to her residence & took her oath to the above declaration by her subscribed

Wm. A. Hayes Judge of Probate as aforesaid


State of Maine.
York county ss.

I William Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for the county of York aforesaid, hereby certify that the Hon. Wm. A. Hayes is the Judge of said Court and that the above signatures hereunto annexed are his genuine signatures.

In testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this eleventh day of November, 1836.

Wm. Cutter Allen,
Reg. Prob. York Co.
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I, Jeremiah [S.?] Putnam of lawful age do hereby depose testify and say, that upon an examination of the records of the 1st Church and Parish in York, I find that the Rev. Isaac Lyman was pastor and the settled minister of said church and parish from the year 1749. to the year 1810. and the records of the deaths. Baptisms and Marriages were kept in the well known handwriting of the Rev. Isaac Lyman from the year 1749 to the year 1800. And the record of Marriages were kept during a period of more than 40 years by the said Lyman in the following manner. Commencing at the top of the page

"Marriages consummated by Isaac Lyman"

"June 11th 1765 Jotham Moulton & Joanna [Sindal?]
August 22d 1765 Rev. Isaac Hasey & Rebecca Owen
the same week 20th 1765 Joshua Grant & Abigail Grant
Aug. 29 1765 Charles Bane & Mary Banks.
Sept. 26. 1765 John Holman & Mercy Simpson"

And in this manner were recorded all the marriages consummated by Mr Lyman through 10 or 11 pages of the church records, and all in the hand writing of Isaac Lyman, agreeable to his signature & alterations of church records.

Jeremiah S. Putnam
clerk pro[???] of 1st Church in York.


State of Maine
York County
ss.

November 5, 1836

Then personally appeared Doctor Jeremiah S. Putnam above named, who is a highly credible person, and whose testimony I hereby certify, is intitled to full credit and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true.

Before me Alex. Mc.Intire Justice of the Peace.
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November 17, 1936

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Joshua Grant, W.23143
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. H. W. Hill
100 Monmouth Road
Elizabeth, New Jersey

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for information relative to Joshua Grant, a Revolutionary War soldier from York, Maine.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 23143, based upon the military service of the only Joshua Grant that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

The date and place of his birth and the name of his parents were not given.

While a resident of York, Massachusetts (which was later Maine), Joshua Grant enlisted and served as sergeant with the Massachusetts troops as follows: from April 1775, until late in January 1776, in Captain Samuel Darby's company in Colonel James Cammon's regiment and was in the batter of Bunker Hill; from the spring of 1780 until October, 1783, in Captain David Holbrook's company in Colonel Shepard's regiment.

He was allowed pension on his ap[p]lication executed April 13, 1818, at which time he was a resident of York, Maine, and was seventy-two years of age.

In 1824 the soldier was referred to as Joshua Grant, Senior.

He died June 5, 1825, in York, Maine.

Joshua Grant married August 20, 1765, Abigail Grant. Both were residents of York, Maine.
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As the widow of Joshua Grant, Abigail Grant was allowed pension on her application executed October 28, 1836, at which time she was a resident of York, Maine, and was eighty-eight years of age.

Deborah Garcy or Garey was in 1836 referred to as the oldest child of Joshua and Abigail Grant. Reference was also made to their daughter, Abigail. In 1823 the soldier referred to the following as members of his family, in addition to his wife, who at that time were residing with him; Mary Grant (daughter) aged forty-nine, Stephen Stackpole (relationship not shown) aged twelve years, and Pelina Grant (relationship not shown) aged eight years. In 1823 one Joshua Grant, [3rd?], lived in York, Maine, relation to the soldier not shown. In that year reference was made to one George Grant and to "the heirs of Nathaniel Grant, deceased", relationship not shown. One William Grant was referred to but his relation to the soldier was not given. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Joshua Grant
No. 11582
not entitled
9 June '19

not entitled
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STATE OF MAINE.

York ss.... At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York, within and for the County of York, on the first Tuesday of July, being the fourth day of July,
[crossed out: and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene, chief Justice [crossed out: Judge] of said C ourt.

ON this fourth day of July, in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same proceeding according to the course of common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County, Joshua Grant, aged seventy five years, resident in  York, in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Serjeant in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Derby, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Scamman in the line of the State of Massachusetts, on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the thirteenth day of April, A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration of Pension, numbered 11,582 was granted. And 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 service of the United States, 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.

Joshua Grant

Sworn to and declared, on the 4th day of July  A. D. 1820.

BEFORE Benja. Greene, Ch. Justice
[crossed out: On e of the Judges] of the said Court.
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SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Twenty five acres of very poor land-
One old small house
One cow - one yoke of four year old stears
All holden by indulgence of my creditors-
Being much in debt

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Joshua Grant who, by occupation am a labourer, which I am unable to pursue by reason of bodily infirmity & old age- having been many years afflicted with a rupture.

[transcription of table]
Names: Abigail Grant wife Ages: 73 Capacity of each to contribute to their support: Unable to support herself by reason of old age.
Names: Mary Grant Ages: 30 Capacity of each to contribute to their support: Unable to support herself by reason of bodily infirmity
Names: Stephen Stackpole Ages: 10 Capacity of each to contribute to their support: Able to support himself
[end of table transcription]
Joshua Grant
STATE OF MAINE.
York SS.
I, Daniel Sewall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Please within the county of York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 forty-two dollars and improves is property the county of his friend, much in debt. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county on the sixth day of July, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall, {Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York.
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To what time was Joshua Grant pri.8$ pr. mo paid at the Maine agency act 1818?

G. W. C.
Nov. 22 '36
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Jan 19
Joshua Grant
9 March 1819
me
Copies of Papers
handed to Jno Weaver
to copy

Hon Jno Fairfield
H R

Hon J. L. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
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Ho. Rep. Jan. 18, 1836

Hon J. L Edwards
Com. of Pen. &c.

Sir, Will you do me the favor to cause to be copied & forwarded to me through the P. O. the statement of Joshua Grant of York made to procure an allowance of pension under the law of 1818? – By doing you will much oblige

Your most oby srvt.
John Fairfield
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Hon. Alexr. McIntire
York,
Maine
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APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.

County of York ss.

On this fourteenth day of March 1837, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of [York?], personally appeared Abigail Grant, widow of Joshua Grant, who, on her oath, declares that she is the [crossed out: same person] widow of said Joshua who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Samuel Derby & other Companies in the regiment commanded by Colonel Scammon & other Regiments in the service of the United States; that her name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Maine that she received a certificate on or about the fourteenth day of December 18366 at or near Scarborough in the County of Cumberland as she has been informed and verily believes was lost by her Attorney James Maxwell, and cannot be found.

Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Abigail her X mark Grant

Alex. McIntire Justice of the Peace.

NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.

The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

[symbol: hand with index finger pointing right] If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics, and insert, in lieu thereof, "but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one"

The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper office, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.

When a person acting as an agent or Attorney for a pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.

[symbol: hand with index finger pointing right] 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.

[symbol: hand with index finger pointing right] Made of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same 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.

[symbol: hand with index finger pointing right] No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department, or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.
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I Francis Plaisted of York in the County of York in the State of Maine, aged sixty four years depose and say that I was born and have from my birth lived within a quarter a mile of Joshua Grant late of York deceased, who received a pension under the Law of Congress of 1818, for military services during the war of the Revolution, and was well acquainted with his widow who received a pension under the law of Congress passed July 4. 1836. 
I further testify and say that Abigail Grant, the widow of Joshua grant, is the same person described in the Affidavit made for the purpose of obtaining a new certificate accompanying this the new certificate having been lost as I have bene informed and that the said Abigail Grant is still the widow of the said Joshua Grant 

There personally appeared Francis Plaisted, whom I thereby certify to be a man of truth and veracity and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit, by him subscribed. 
Before me Ch. O.  Emerson. Justice Peace.
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State of Maine

York county ss.

I William Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said county of York, hereby certify that Charles O. Emerson, Esqr. is a Justice of the Peace for the county of York aforesaid, and that his signature hereunto annexed is his genuine signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office, this 27th day of March, 1837.

Wm Cutter Allen,
Regr. Prob. York Co.
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I James Maxwell of Wells in the county of York and State of Maine of lawful age, depose and say that on about the fourteenth day of December in 1836 the original pension certificate under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War of Abigail Grant, widow of Joshua Grant, late of York in the county of York in the state of Maine, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, deceased, together with an attested copy of said certificate and power attorney was placed in my hand for the purpose of obtaining from the agent of the United States for pay in pension in Portland her annuity deed to the fourth of September 1836.
I obtained the annuity but in returning from Portland on a boat the fourteenth day of December 1836 in the town of Scarborough I accidentally lost the said original Certificate of said Abigail Grant and have been unable to find it or hear anything from it since. 
Signed James Maxwell.
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State of Maine

York county ss.

I Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for the county and state aforesaid, hereby certify that Charles O. Emerson is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of York aforesaid, and that his signature hereunto annexed is his genuine signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eighteenth day of March, 1837.

Wm. Cutter Allen,
Regr. Prob. York Co.
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Hon. James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City Washington

12 Feb
Alexr McIntire
resp. list Pension certificates
Burdine
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York Maine February 16th 1837 
Hon. James L Edward Commissioner of Pensions 
Sir, 
The pension certificate of Abigail Grant widow of Joshua Grant deceased and Sarah Banks widow of Pelatiah Banks deceased both of this place, issued under the third section of the law of Congress, passed July 4th 1836 having been put in the hand of Mr. James Maxwell for the purpose of obtaining the money due on them up to September 4th 1836, and he having obtained the money, on his return from Portland to York lost both certificates. 
 A delay in making application has been made under the hope of finding them but as no prospect remains of their being found I am requested to inquire of your Honor, what evidence is required at the Pension Office so that new certificates or duplicates may be issued to these Pensioners?

I am very respectfully Sir, 
You Obt. Serv. 
Alex. McIntire
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I Elihu Bragdon of York in the County of York and State of Maine aged sixty nine years, depose and say, that I was born in York aforesaid was brought up and have ever lived in said York and within the distance of one mile from the residence of Joshua Grant late of York deceased, and who as I have been informed and verily believe, served in the capacity of a Sergeant in the war of the Revolution, for the greatest part of the time which that was lasted.

I further certify and say that having ever lived in the immediate vicinity of the residence of said Joshua Grant, have been well acquainted with him and his family. I have ever understood that he was married more than seventy years ago, and that Abigail Grant, of said York, an aged woman was his lawful wife, and is now his widow. Abigail Grant, the daughter of said widow, is nearly my age. The aforesaid widow Abigail Grant is, according to the best of my knowledge and belief the widow of the said Joshua Grant, who received a pension for services in the Revolutionary war under the law of Congress passed in the year 1818.

York Octo 21, 1836.

Elihu Bragdon


State of Maine
York County
ss.

October 21, 1836

Then personally appeared Elihu Bragdon Esquire that above named deponent, with whom I am well acquainted, and hereby certify is a credible witness, and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true. Before me

Alex. McIntire Justice of the Peace
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No. 305

3.sic.
Abigail Grants
application for Pension

Send to Alex. McIntire,
Esqr. York, Co. York, Maine.

old case

2 years pri
80
no deduction

A. McIntire
York
Me
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I Thomas Braydon of York in the County
of York and State of Maine aged Seventy one years,
depose and say, that I was born and have ever
lived in said York, and was well acquainted with
Joshua Grant late of said York deceased who was
Soldier in the War of the Revolution having lived
within the distance of one mile from his residence
for about sixty years previous to his decease.
I further depose and say that in 1775 I perfectly
recollect of seeing said Grant March by my father's
house in the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Derby, with his Gun and Knapsack, this was a short time previous to the Battle on Bunkers hill.
I further testify and say, that I saw said Grant
in the fall of the year 1783 when he was on his return
home from the Army, and recollect of enquiring
of him, the reason of his staying so long after the war had ended, and he replied that he had been detained to
take care of Cannon, arms and munitions of war, and 
chains that was placed across North River &c.
saving lived in the immediate neighbourhood of said
Grant, I am enabled to testify and say that I have been
been intimately acquainted with the family of said Grant
the oldest child of said Grant Deborah by name, now
Deborah Gorey is about my age, and as I have ever
understood and firmly believe is the daughter of Abigail
Grant the widow of said Joshua Grant deceased, and
that the said Joshua Grant & said Abigail his widow
were joined in marriage more than seventy years ago.
I further testify and say that said Joshua
Grant died about ten or twelve years ago, and
that the said Abigail Grant is still living and remains his widow.
York Octo. 21. 1836
State of Maine
York County SS October 21. 1836
Then personally appeared Thomas Braydon above
named, a man with whom I am well acquainted and
whom I hereby certify to be a credible person, and
made oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed is true.  Before me
Alex. McIntire Justice of the Peace
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Kennebunk
Jan 27 [postmark]
Free

1 March 1823
Joshua Grant
Recd 5 Feb. 1825
Daniel Sewall
Kennebunk, Me

Honorable John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War Department
Washington City
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Kennebunk, 26. January. 1825 
Sir, 
I here enclose the depositions of James Bragdon 3rd. Samuel Mc. Intire & Josiah Gilman, taken at the request of Joshua Grant in order to his being restored to his Pension-- I am not certain that these depositions will prove so much as you require in similar cases. But I am fully persuaded that if you knew the conditions and circumstances of Mr. Grant and his family, you could not hesitate in restoring his pension. 
He has been a faithful soldier & Officer in the Revolutionary War, and has never been adequately paid for his services. He and his wife are both between 70 and 80 years of age. He is ruptured on both sides of the abdomen, and scarcely able to get to the door without help. The probability is that he will not live two years. His wife is totally blind in one eye, and nearly so in the other, and very decripit & helpless.-- They have a maiden daughter with them, over 50 years of age who is confined with the dropsy. The house they live in is a small one story house with two rooms entirely unfinished which is so old & leaky that the rain runs down thro the roof to the cellar.-- The furniture consists of three or four old chairs & an old pine table and something that has an appearance of a bed. 
The whole of his income before he made any deed of conveyance was by no means sufficient for the support of himself and his family, and if he had not been assisted by the town, he must have suffered greatly-- so that he is a Pauper in the true sense of the word.-- The four acres of land where the old house stands is mortgaged to James Bragdon 3rd for the full value, and he lets Mr. Grant have the income
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income of it while he lives, without any consideration-- Mr. Grant owes a number of other small debts, which his creditors never will call for. 
It is the opinion of many reputable men in the neighbourhood of Joshua Grant, that he deserves a pension more than any person in that town. 
I am Sir, very respectfully 
Your humble servant 
Daniel Sewall. 











Hon. John C. Calhoun.
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We the undersigned Selectmen of the Town of
York State of Maine, do hereby certify that
Joshua Grant of this town a meritorious Soldier
of the Revolution is in necessitous circumstances
and needs the assistance of his country for support
Mr Grant is eighty or more years of age, very infirm being broken in several places, has no property, is is obliged to labour intensely hard for a scanty subsistance and suffer much by his bodily infirmit[ies] and for want of the necessary means of support.
York August 16th 1824
David Wilcox
James Bragdon 3d
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Depositions of
James Bragdon 3d
Samuel McIntire
& Josiah Gilman,
in the case of Joshua Grant,
to be restored to his Pension.
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I Josiah Gilman of York in the County of York and the State of Maine physician depose and say that I have practiced physic in the family of Joshua Grant of York for more than twenty four years and there was due need for medical assistance for the last twenty four years forty eight dollars and forty cents, and that Joshua Grant 3rd has given me his note of hand for the amount, and I have receipted my bill against said Joshua Grant senior-- and Joshua Grant 3rd is now bound to pay me the above named sum, which was due me from said Joshua Grant senior-- 
York December 22. 1824
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Saml McIntire
deposition
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I Samuel McIntier of York in the County
of York and State of Maine, of lawful age do
of
testify and say, that on the thirtieth day of March
A.D. 1813 I lent to Joshua Grant of York, Seventy
dollars and twenty four cents in money, and took
his note of hand of that date for that sum payable
on demand with interest, which note and
the interest thereon is now due me excepting fifteen dollars which was paid me towards the interest, by said Grant on the twenty second day of
November A.D. 1819
And I further testify and
say that Joshua Grant 3d of said York has this day
obligated himself to pay said note and interest which
now amounts to the sum of one hundred and
eight dollars and sixty two cents. And further
the deponent saith not
York December 21, 1824
Sam Mcintier
York ss. December 21. 1824
Then the above named Samuel McIntier made
oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him
subscribed
Before me Alex. McIntire Justice of the Peace
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I James Bragdon 3d of York in the County of York
gentleman, testify and say, that Joshua Grant of said York
who was an Officer in the late Revolutionary War, was indebted to me for certain blacksmiths work, and for two
or three years taxes, the iron work or part of it was done
about seven years ago, for which the said Grant gave me
his note of hand upon Interest, the sum I cannot now
recollect precisely, but it was between Forty & Fifty
dollars, including a small note which I took up against the said Joshua in favour of Alexr McIntire Esqr
Afterwards I took up another note which the said
Joshua gave to one William Grant. And
on the fifteenth day of September, 1823, the whole
ament of the debt due to me from the said Joshua
including interest was seventy one dollars & eleven
cents; for which I received a deed of Mortgage on that
day from the said Joshua Grant of four acres of Land in
said York, with the appurtenances, as a collateral
security for the payment of the said sum of seventy
one dollars & eleven cents. No part of which has
been paid since--
James Bragdon 3rd

State of Maine
York ss. November 30th 1824. James Bragdon 3d above
named personally appeared, and after being carefully
examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed,
Taken at the request of Joshua Grant, in order to his being restored to the pension list
Before me, Daniel Sewall, Just. of the Peace
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Hon. J. C. Calhoun Esq 
Secty of the War Dept 
The undersigned citizen resident in the Town of York State of Maine would respectfully call your attention to the request of Joshua Grant of said Town (a meritorious soldier of the Revolution) to be placed on the Revolutionary pension list. Said request was forwarded sometime since to the War Department by Jeremiah Bradbury Esq of Alfred we can with safety assert that there is no one on said list more deserving of assistance than Mr. Grant, if faithful and devoted would have a claim. And none that need assistance more if Age infirmities and the want of the actual necessaries of life offer a reason for the application. Mr. Grant engaged early in the cause of our Independence he was in the engagement on Bunker hill, was with Gen. Arnold on the Lakes and in many hazardous enterprises in the course of his long and faithful services, and has often been represented to us by Officers of the Army who knew him at those times, we are fully persuaded if any evidence is wanting to satisfy you that he is entitled to the assistance of his country if can be furnished and confidently hope his immediate annxcetin* [unclear word] and partial wants may be relieved by his being speedily permitted to partake of the
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bounty of his Country in being placed on the revolutionary pension list as soon as is commitment with you arrangements. By a recurrence to the accompanying certificate it will be seen the object of our solicitude cannot long enjoy his countries bounty. 
August 14. 1824 

Esaias Preble 
David Wilcox 
Charles O. Emerson 
Edn A enerson 
Thos. Savage 
James Bragdon 3rd
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See Letter to
Daniel Sewall Esqr
York, Maine
August 19th 1824.

Dec. 20, 1824
sent Hon. W.
Burleigh an 
extract of the
the letter of
9 Aug. 1824
to D.S.
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Service  Number
Mass. 
Grant, Joshua Abigail
W23143
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May 31, 1932.
MMHF/ILL
Honorable Edith Nourse Rogers
Room 532, House Office Building
Washington, D. C.
My dear Mrs. Rogers:

Reference is made to your request by telephone on
this date, in behalf of Mrs. Earl Watson, Pine Shelter Farm,
North Reading, Massachusetts, who desire information in regard
to the Revolutionary War pensioner, Joshua Grant of York, Maine.
The records of this office show that in December, 1824,
Joshua Grant was living in York, Maine, and that he died June 5,
1825, in York, Maine, and that his pension was paid to that date.
In order to obtain the name of person paid and the
address to which the payment was sent, Mrs. Watson should apply to
The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and
cite the following:
Joshua Grant
Certificate #11582
Issued January 9, 1819
$8 per month
Commenced April 13, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Maine Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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July 25, 1929.
Mr. Edward C. Moran, Jr.,
25 Chestnut Street,
Rockland,
Maine.
Dear Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension
claim, W. 23143, it appears that Joshua Grant, while a resident of
York, Massachusetts (which was later Maine), enlisted and served
as sergeant with the Massachusetts troops as follows:
From April 1775 until late in January 1776 in Captain Samuel
Darby's Company, Colonel James Seamon's Regiment, and was in the battle of
Bunker Hill; from the spring of 1780 until October 1783 in
Captain David Holbrook's Company in Colonel Shepard's Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 13,
1818, at which time he was a resident of York, Maine and was seventy
two years of age.
He died June 5, 1825. The date of his birth and place of his
death were not given.
The soldier married August 20, 1765, Abigail Grant. Both were
residents of York, Maine.
2
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She was allowed pension on her application executed October
28, 1836, at which time she was a resident of York, Maine, and was
eighty-eight years of age.
Deborah Garoy was the oldest child of Joshua and Abigail
Grant, and they had a daughter, Mary, aged forty-nine years in
1823 and a daughter Abigail.
In 1823 the soldier referred to the following as members of
his family who were at that time residing with him:
Stephen Stackpole
Aged twelve
Pelina Grant "
eight.
In 1823 one Joshua Grant 3rd lived in York, Maine, but relationship
to the soldier was not stated.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the name of
Joshua Grant that is found on the Revolutionary War records of
this Bureau; and said records fail to afford any information in
regard to any soldiers named Michael Long + Silas Bunker or John Dow and Nathan Dow
of Deer Isle, Maine.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
3
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REVELOUTIONAR WAR RECORDS SECTION
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 20, 1922
In reply to your request of(BLANK),
received (blank)
for a statement of the military history of Joshua Grant
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
[column]DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Spg, 1780
[column]LENGTH OF
SERVICE. (illegible)
[column] RANK. (illegible)
[column]OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
[column]CAPTAIN.
David Holbrook
Samil Darby?
Titus Salter
(column)COLONEL.
Shepard
Scammon
[column] STATE.
Mass.
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Apl 3, 1818-al
Residence at date of application, York, York Co. Me.
Age at date of application, 72 yrs.
Remarks: He mar Aug 20, 1765 Abigail Grant-both of York, Me.
had June 15, 1825 and she was a (illegible) Oct. 28, 1836 while res. in York, Me ar 88 yrs.
3 dans. are referred to Deborah Garcy(?) who
was the oldest child, Abigail and Mary*

Respectfully,
COMMISSIONER.
*other persons not mentioned- no relationship
hi(illegible) (illegible)
En
6-2856
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Mar. 6, 1988.
Mrs. C.S. Andem
57 Grove St.
Putnam, Conn.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the 33[] ultino, you are advised that the record sent you Jan. 30, 1922, was compiled from the data contained in the pension claims of Joshua Grant, and his widow Abigail, Widow File 23, 143, in the usual form as given to inquirers.
If you wish an exact copy of application for pension, is photostat copy of that paper will be furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, ,1913, the cost being fifteen cents for the one page to e copied, and twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Very respectfully,
Washington Gardner
Commissioner
[handwritten]
If she pays send her page Ap. Abigail Grant
Oct. 28, 1836
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Boudinot Chapter, D.A.R.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
100 Monmouth Rd.,
Elizabeth, N.M.
Oct. 15, 1936
[Stamp Received Oct 16, 1936
Mail Sub-Div
Vets. Adm.
Reader # 37
M.E.G.
Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen; -
Can you give me the name of the wife of, -
Joshua Grant, York, Maine, Private, Capt. Johson Moulton's (York) Co. of Minute-men; enlisted Ap. 21, 1775, service 4 days probably on the alarm of April 18, 1775; also Sergeant, Capt. Samuel Darby's Co., Col. James Seamon's (30th) regt. muster roll dated Aug. 1st, 1775; enlisted May 3, 1775 service 3 mos. 6 days. Also company returned (probably Oct. 1775) including abstract of pay to last of July 1775, also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in mony dated Cambridge, Oct 28, 1775; also Quartermaster Sergeant (late) Capt. Samuel Sayer's Co. commanded by Lieut. Sam. Young subsequent to Aug. 3, 1779. (late) Maj. Littlefield's detachment by York Co. militia; entered service July 7, 1779, discharged Sept. 6, 1779 service 2 mos. on Penobscot expedition.
Also the name of the wife of, - Joshua Grant, enlistment agreement dated York, May 8, 1781 signed by said Grant and others engaging themselves to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years, unless sooner discharged and stating that received bounty of the town of York; also private, Capt. David Holbrook's Co. Col. William Shepard's (4th) regt. Muster roll June - Sept 1781, enlisted jan. 3, 1781, enlistment three years, reported with Col. Putnam in Sept. 1781, also muster rolls for Oct. Dec. 1781 dated York Hills, also muster rolls for Jan. Feb. 1782 dated Hills. Sincerely,
L.A. Hill
Mrs. H.W.Hill,
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Putnam, Conn.
Jan. 3, 1922
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Kindly send me a copy of the pension #11582 of my ancestor Joshua Grant of York Maine. service for which pension was given was in the war of the Revolution.
Very truly,
(Ms) C.S. Andem
57 Grove Street
Putnam, Conn.
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Elizabeth Porter, Putnam Chapt.
D.A.R.
Putnam, Conn.
Feb. 22, 1922
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
I have received the pension which I asked for, record of Joshua Grant, #11583 from you, and it states that his widow Abigail Grant, applied for a pension, which was granted Oct. [30 crossed out] 28, 1836, Revolutionary War.
Will you kindly send me a copy of her pension,
Very truly,
Mrs. C.S. Andem
57 Grove St.
Putnam, Conn
[stamped] Pension Office
U.S.
Feb 28, 1922
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[handwritten in upper left corner]
Answered thru Hon. Edith Nourse, Rogers
May 31, 1931
Pine Shelter Farm
North Reading Massachusetts
April 20, 1932
Adjutant General of the United States
Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir,
Will you be so kind as to advise me where the pension of the Revolutionary soldier, Joshua Grant, was sent?
I am practically sure it must have been mailed to Berwick, Maine but need further confirmation. He enlisted at York, Maine. Your reasonably prompt attention
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will be deeply appreciated.
Very respectfully yours
Alice G. Watson
(Mrs. Earl Watson)
11 Received A.G.O. Apr 22, 1932
[stamped] Received Apr 22 1931 OLD Records Divn.
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The Adjutant General's Office
Washington April 23, 1932
Respectfully returned to 
Mrs. Earl Watson,
Pine Shelter Farm,
North Reading, Massachusetts
Inquiry relative to pensions should be addressed to the Director of Pensions Veterans' Administration, Washington, D.C.
[stamp in upper left corner]
Received May 3, 1931Receipt [illegible]
Pension [illegible]
C H. Bridges
Major General,
The Adjutant General. 
by RD
My dear Sir, Will you kindly answer the enclosed inquiry which thrs wrong information was misdirected- With thanks for an early reply  I am very truly yours
Alice G. Watson
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Edward Carlston Moran, Jr.
25 hestnut Street
Rockland, Maine
April 8, 1929

Pension Bureau
Revolutionary War Pension Dept..
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Have you any record (date and place of birth, date and place of death,) of the following men whom I understand were revolutionary soldiers:
(1) Michael Long of St. George, Maine
(2) Joshua Grant of Berwick, Maine
(3) Silas Bunker of Gouldsboro, Maine
(4) John Dow of Deer Isle, Maine
(5) Nathan Dow of Deer Isle, Maine.

Very truly yours,
[signed]
Edward C. Moran, Jr.
S-4
[stamp]
Revolutionary & 1812 Wars
Section
Bureau of Pensions
Apr 10, 1929
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Rev
WIDOW, &c.
---
File No. 23143
Abigail Grant
Wid [widow] of
Joshua Grant
Priv. [Private] Rev. [Revolutionary] War
---
Act: 1836
Index:--Vol. A, Page 291
{Arrangement of 1870.}

1922, Jan 20 list to Mrs C.S. Andrem
1922 Mar. 6 Mrs. C.S. Andrew wife
of copy of wid. ap. aw
1929 July 25 list to Mr.
Edward C. Moran Jr
1932 May 31 - Hon, Edicts Nourse
versed on behalf of
Earl Watson, how to obtain
and of last pay etc MHF
19 [illegible] Nov. 17 list to Mrs.
H. W. Hill
[illegible] cs
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I Alexander McIntire of York in the
County of York and State of Maine, depose and say that I am Town Clerk in said town of York and have in my possession and keeping the Records of said town. And that in the Book of the Records of publishments of intentions of marriage and of Marriages, there is in the
well known hand writing of Daniel Moulton
Esquire who was then and for many years before and after town Clerk in said town the following Record to wit;
"Joshua Grant & Abigail Grant both of York intend marriage entered Augt. [August] 3d 1765".  "Joined in marriage Aug. [August] 20. and 1765 by the Rev. [Reverend] W. Isaac Lyman".
I further testify and say that there
is no attestation by the signature of the town
Clerk in this case, nor in any other case in
this Record, and in most cases, the intention
of Marriage only, is recorded without the record of the marriage.
Alex. McIntire
State of Maine
York County
ss
November 7th 1836
Then personally appeared Alexander McIntire
Esquire above named, who is a highly credible
person and whose testimony, I hereby certify is
entitled to full credit and made oath that the
foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true.
Before me Solomon Brooks Justice of the Peace
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Copy.  Mortgage Deed
Joshua Grant
to
James Bragdon, 3d.
of York.
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT, I Joshua Grant of York in the county of York, yeoman, in consideration of seventy one dollars & eleven cents paid by James Bragdon, 3d of York in the County of York, gentleman,
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said James Bragdon, 3d
his heirs and assigns, forever, a tract of mowing and tillage land,
lying in York aforesaid, and on Cider Hill, so called,
in York aforesaid, and is bounded on the southwest by the road leading from York Court House
to Berwick, on the northwest by the road leading
to the Fall mill, so called, on the northeast by lands
of George Grant, and on the southeast by lands
belonging to the heirs of Nathaniel Grant, deceased;
containing four acres, more or less, with the
buildings thereon standing.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the aforegranted premises,
3d
histo
the said James Bragdon 3d his heirs and assigns, to his & their use and behoof forever.... And
do covenant with the said James Bragdon 3d his heirs and assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises; that they are free
of all incumbrances; that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the
said James Bragdon, 3rd
And that I
will warrant and defend the same premises to the said James Bragdon, 3 his heirs
and assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
PROVIDED NEVERTHELESS that if the said Joshua Grant, his
heirs, executors or administrators, pay to the said James Bragdon, 3rd his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, the sum of
seventy one dollars and eleven cents, with the legal
interest thereon till paid, within two years from this date,
then this deed, as also a certain note of hand bearing even date with these presents, given by the said Joshua Grant
dollars and eleven cents to the
said James Bragdon, 3d or order of seventy one dollars and eleven cents to pay the sum at the time
aforesaid, shall both be void, otherwise shall remain in full force.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I the said Joshua Grant have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this fifteenth day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered

in presence of us,

Alexander McIntire, Mary McIntire
Joshua Grant [seals]
York, ss. September 15, 1823.
Then the above named Joshua Grant
acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and deed. Before me,
Alex. McIntire, Justice of the Peace.
Recorded according to the original received of minutes before [illegible] of the 16th September, 1823. Attest,
 Jeremiah Goodwin, Register.

[Left margin in landscape] 
York, ss. Alfred, December 1, 1823.  This is a true copy of the record, page 90 of the 113 book of the Record of Deeds for said county.  Attest, Jeremiah Goodwin, Register of Deeds.
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State of Maine
York ss I Jeremiah Bradbury, clerk of the Judicial Courts for the county of York, hereby certify that Jeremiah Goodwin within named is and for a long time has been Register of Deeds for said county of York that the within are the true and proper signatures of the said Jeremiah Goodwin and that full faith and credit are due the doings of the said Jeremiah Goodwin as such Register of Deeds.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Courts this fifteenth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty four
Jere. Bradbury
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Copy Deed
Joshua Grant
to 
Joshua Grant, &
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Know All Men by These Presents,
that S. Joshua Grant of York in the county of York, yeoman in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars paid Joshua Grant, & of York in the county of York, caulker
the receipt hereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Joshua Grant, &
his heirs and assigns, forever, a certain tract of land lying in York aforesaid, containing twenty acres, more or less, and is that remains unsold of the land I purchased of major Abel Moulton, and lies on both sides of the Post road, near the house of Joseph Furbush.
Also, six acres of wood land near Groundroot hill, so called in said York which is all the wood land I own.
To have and to hold, the aforegranted and bargained premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereof, to the said Joshua Grant &, his heirs and assigns, to his and their use and behoof, forever... And I do covenant with the said Joshua Grant & his heirs and assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises; that they are free of all incumbrances; that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Joshua Grant & to hold as aforesaid. And that I will warrant and defend the same to the said Joshua Grant &, his heirs and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
In Witness Whereof, I the said Joshua Grant have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of                                   Joshua Grant (seal)
Alexr. McIntire
Alexr. McIntire, Junr.
York, ss. September 15 1823 Personally appeared Joshua Grant above named
and acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and deed.
Before me, Alexr Mc.Intire, Justice of the Peace
Recorded according to the original received May 8, 1824. Attested a true copy of Record, Attest 
Jeremiah Goodwin, Register
Jeremiah Goodwin, Register of Deeds
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State of Maine
York SS
I Jeremiah Bradbury clerk of the Judicial Courts for the county of York, hereby certify the Jeremiah Goodwin within named is and for as long time has been register of Deeds for said county of York, that the within are the true and proper signatures of the said Jeremiah Goodwin and that full faith and creit are due the doings of the said Jeremiah Goodwin as such Register of Deeds
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Courts this fifteenth day of May in the year of our lord 1824
Jere. Bradbury