Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,8720, James Varnum, Continental Mass. R.I.
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Continental         Varnum, James  S48720
Mass.
R I
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Massachussettes

James Varnum of Dracut in the state of Mass who was a Capt. in the Regt command by Captain______ of the Regt command by Col Jackson in the Mass line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 480 Dollars___Cents per annum to commence on the 4th Day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of March 1833 and sent to _Nelson HR 
Arrears to 4th March 1833               $9600
Semexant, allowance ending 4 Sept  $240.00
                                                           $1200,00

                        Revolutionary Clasm,
                        Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book D  Vol. 2 Page 88
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Col. James [illegible]
1143T
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Middlesex ss.
On this twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now holden at Concord in and for said county of Middlesex, James Varnum [illegible] a resident of the town of [illegible] in the county of Middlesex aforesaid, aged eighty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832: That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with [crossed out]  as a volunteer and served in the ninth Regiment of the [crossed out] [illegible], line, under the following named officers: vis. Col. James Mitchel Varnum on the 10th day of August 1776 his [illegible] Duly [illegible]  as a Captain of a Company in said Regiment, + served there for some time, when he was transfered to the eighth Massachusetts Regiment, under the Command of Col. Michael Jackson, x continued to serve there till August 1780, when he was honorably discharged, on the 29th of September 1779 [illegible] a second Commission [illegible] the [illegible] of [illegible], taking rank from August 10th, 1776, and both Commissions are hereto annexed.  The Discharge which [illegible] is either lost or [illegible]
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, 
[handwritten] J. Varnum
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[handwritten] S. P. P. Fay [indistinguishable]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
[handwritten] S. P. P. Fay [indistinguishable]
I [handwritten] Issac Fiske
Register of the Court of
Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of 
[handwritten] James Varnum
for pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 
[handwritten] twelfth day of [handwritten] September in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. 
Isaac Fiske [indistinguishable]
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James Varnum
will and Prob
Copy

[illegible] 5 cents
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In the name of God Amen I James Varnum of [illegible] in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire being of sound mind and memory do make and ordain that my last will and testament in form following viz
My will is that all my just  debts and funeral expences be paid by my Executor herein after named
I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Martha Varnum my horse and chaise and all my household furniture of every name and nature to dispose of as she may think proper. I also give my said wife the use improvement  and income of one full third part of all my real and personal estate for and during the time of her natural life
And whereas  it is my will  and desire that all my state both real and personal shall finally be divided among my eight grandchildren.  Therefore I give to my daughter Prudence Gale  the wife of Benjamin Gale of Concord in New Hampshire the use improvement and income of Six Eighths of all my real and personal estate subject however to the provisions for my wife as aforesaid and after the decease of my said wife and the decease of my Said daughter it is my will that the six children of my said daughter viz Mrs. James V. Gale Ruth C Gale Eleanor V Gale John V Gale Benjamin Gale and Levi B Gale shall have and take Severally in equal Shares all the said Six Eighths parts of my real and personal estate the use and improvement of which I leave given to my Said daughter during her life and I do hereby give and devise the Same Six Eighths  parts to my said Six grandchildren then  [illegible] and assigned forever.  I give and devise the remaining two Eighths parts  of all my real and personal
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estate to my live grandchildren viz Eleanor B Coburn and Mary Jane Coburn the children of my late daughter Eleanor Coburn the wife of Samuel A Coburn to be equally divided between them their heirs and assigns forever subject however to the provisions for my Said wife during her life Provided however that if either of my said grandchildren shall die before they arrive at the age of twenty one years the share of such deceased grand child or grand children shall be equally divided among my surviving grandchildren so that all my grand children shall ultimately share equally out of my estate.
I do hereby constitute and appoint my live sons in Law, Benjamin Gale and Samuel A. Coburn the Sole Executors of this my last will and testament 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Seventh day of November in the year of our Lord 1825. James Varnum [circled] Seal [/circled]
Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the said James Varnum to be his last will and testament in presence of us who at his request and in his presence hereunto Subscribed our names  as witnessed 
Peter Coburn [signed]
Robert Bartley [signed]
Daniel P Coburn [signed]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Middlesex ss.      At a Court of Probate, holden at [illegible] in and for said County, on the Eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

The foregoing instrument, purporting to be the last will and testament of James Varnum late of [illegible] in said County of Middlesex, Esquire deceased, having been duly presented for probate to the Judge of said Court, by Benjamin Gale and Samuel A Coburn
the executors therein named; and the heirs at law and legatees of said deceased, here {the following has been redacted} and others interested in [blank] estate, having been cited and duly notified of the time and place assigned for taking the same into consideration {redaction ends}: the children of the Sam Coburn and wife of the said estate who [illegible] in the Probate thereof by the said Benjamin Gale and Samuel A Coburn [illegible] the widow of the [illegible] having also [illegible] to the Probate therefore writing were Robert Bartley and Samuel P Coburn two credible witnesses thereto, now appear before the Judge of said Court, and make oath, that they saw the said Testator sign, seal, and heard him pronounce, publish, and declare the said instrument to be his last will and testament, and that they with Peter Coburn and other credible witness, then also present, who is now alive at the same time attested the same, and subscribed their names together, as witnesses, in the presence of the said testator and at his request, and that he was then, according to the best of their discernment, of sane mind and sound and disposing memory. Whereupon, he objections being offered, and the evidence touching the premises maturely considered, and all needful inquiries made, it appears to the Judge of said Court, that the said instrument is proved, and ought to be allowed as the last will and testament of said deceased. It is therefore DECREED by the said Judge, that the same be approved, allowed, established, and recorded, and have full force and effect as such accordingly, and that the execution thereof be committed and the administration of the estate of said deceased -  - granted to the executors ~~~
above named, in manner and form by law in such case made and provided.
S.P.P. Fay   J. Prob.


Countersigned, Isaac Fiske Reg.

     Copy [illegible] Isaac Fiske
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Middlesex ss. The Hon. Samuel P. P. Fay Esq.
     Judge of the Court of Probate in and for said County, to all, unto whom these
     Presents shall come, - Greeting.

     WHEREAS, by a decree, passed by the Honorable Judge of said Court, holden of Cambridge in and for said County, on the Eighth say of January A.D. 1831 the instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be the last will and testament of Samuel Vernum late of [illegible] in County, [illegible] deceased, who had while lived and at the time of his decease, goods, chattels, rights, credits, or estate in said County, was proved, approved, and allowed, as the last will and testament of the said deceased, and to have full force and effect as such, and the execution thereof committed, and the administration of the estate of said deceased granted to Benjamin Gale and Samuel A Coburn the executors therein named.

     KNOW YE THEREFORE, that the said S.P.P Fay Esq., Judge as aforesaid, by virtue of the power and authority in him vested by the laws of the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth hereby accordingly commit the execution thereof, and grant the administration of the estate of said deceased, in all things the same concerning, whereof he died seized and possessed in said Commonwealth, unto Benjamin Gale and Samuel A Coburn the executors named and appointed in the said will, well and faithfully to execute the same and to administer the estate of said deceased according thereto, in all things pursuant to law; who has accepted of the said trust, and given bond as the law directs, to of hereupon both and Judge {illegible] [illegible] of his estate within their mouths from the death thereof and also to render a just and true account of his proceedings thereon, upon oath, when thereunto lawfully require.

     In testimony whereof the said S.P.P. Fay Esq., Judge as aforesaid, hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal official, this nineteenth day of February in the year of our Lord on thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
                                   S.P.P. Fay   J. Prob.
Countersigned, Isaac Friske   Reg.

Middlesex ss.    At a Court of Probate now holden at Charlestown within and for said County, on the nineteenth day of February Anno Domini, 1831     I hereby Order Benjamin Gale and Samuel A Coburn there executors of the last will and testament of Samuel Varnum late of [illegible], in said County of [illegible] deceased, to make known his appointment and acceptance of said trust, by posting notifications thereof in said town of Dracut and also by causing the same to be inserted three weeks successively in the Lowell journal newspaper, printed by E. C. Scudy within three months from this day, and make return of their doings hereon to the Probate Office, on oath, within twelve months from the date hereof.
                         S.p.P. Fay     J. Prob.
                 Copy [?] Isaac Friske [?]
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I Benjamin Gale of Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I was acquainted with James Varnum late of Dracut Mass deceased for fifty years.  Before his death that he was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7, 1832 as the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars per annum. That he died in said Dracut on the second day of December 1832: that he left a widow whose name was Martha Varnum: that she was the third wife of said James Varnum and [illegible] no issue: that said Varnum's second wife at her death left one child whose name was Eleanor Varnum who died before the decease of the said James Varnum. That the said James Varnum at his death left one child only and that by his first wife: that said child's name was Prudence Varnum: that the said Prudence was the wife of the said affidavit and did on the third day of April 1850 leaving six children only: Benjamin F Gale. Laura V Gale. John V Gale. Levi B. Gale. Ruth C Gibson and Eleanor V Morrill

Benj'mn Gale

Subscribed and sworn this third day of July 1852

Before me S. D. Stevens Justice of the Peace
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Elisha Morrill 
Concord
N. H.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Secretary of State's Office
I, John I. Hauley, Secretary of State of aforesaid, do hereby certify that
[handwritten] Lyman D. Stevens
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of 
[handwritten] Merrimack
duly commissioned and qualified , and duly authorized by the Laws of said State to administer Oaths, take the acknowledgement of deeds, [unreadable] His Commission was dated on the 7th day of Dec 1847, and will expire on the 7th day of Dec. 1850

Given under my hand and the Seal of the State this third day of July 1850.

John L. Hadley  
Secretary of State
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STATE OF
[handwritten] New Hampshire
COUNTY OF
[handwritten] Merrimack} ss:

Be it known that on this
[handwritten] third 
day of
[handwritten] July,
A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty
[handwritten] two,
before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared
[handwritten] Benjamin F. Gale,
a resident of
[handwritten] Concord
in said County, and made oath according to law, that 
[handwritten] one of the heirs at law and a [illegible] under the will of James Varnum deceased who was a Captain in the War of the  Revolution and did on the second day December [illegible] and who received a pension under the Act of June 7, 1832: that he asks for what was due the said James Varnum Under Act of June 7, 1832: that 1828 May 15th
that he is directly interested, as aforesaid, as a claimant, and makes this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining
[handwritten] arrears
of Pension as may be due under any of the Laws, Regulations, or decisions that have been or may hereafter be adopted. The said Affidavit further declares that he hereby constitutes and appoints
[handwritten] Elisha Morrill
to be Attorney and Agent to prosecute said claim, with power of substitution, to examine all papers and documents in relation to it, and to do all things necessary and lawful in premises; except drawing the money, which will be hereafter provided for.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me]
[handwritten] S. D. Stevens
J. Peace.
[handwritten] Benjamin F. Gale
I,
[handwritten] S. D. Stevens
Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
[handwritten]Benjamin F. Gale,
above named, is a respected resident of this County, and is, as I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth, and acknowledge the above Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.

[handwritten] S.D. Stevens
J. Peace

In testimony that the above named was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, at the date of the same, I hereby subscribe my name and affix the County Seal.
County Clerk.
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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Varnum [?] of Dracut in the state of Mass
(Ace 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge? Open Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 85 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.    10th Aug 1776

Duration of Service.    Years, 4  Months, -  Days, -

Rank.    As a Captain

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.    Gen Varnum    Col Varnum    Gen Varnum    Col Jackson

5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dracut Mass

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?    Documentary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Court

     * Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned

                                             Richard Cutts
                                         Examining Clerk.
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[Top left]
1913 Key & [illegible] to
Eleanor V. [illegible] D.L.M

[Redacted: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

                          REJECTED
10,915
P.O. Varnum, James

Service:


Enlisted:    Admitted act, 1832.
Discharged:    File 48,720, 18  .

Application filed:                 18  .

Alleges:

Re-enlisted:



Attorney:
P.O.

          Recognized.                         Contract.
          Cert. of Dis.     Searched for          ,18  .
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James Varnum
WH 
deceased May 15 '28
Rejected
see
Lt: to E. Morrill
18 June 1853

10915
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Oregon, Ill.
April 26th 1913
To The Commissioner of Pension Office
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir,
Can you please inform me whether not a Pension was ever granted to Col James Varnum of Dracut Mass on account of his service in the War of Revolution. I have from the Office of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Boston Mass. 
Albert Langtry Secretary. True abstracts of papers from the Record Index of the Military 
Archives deposited in that office. Witness in the Great
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Seal of the Commonwealth. Col James Varnum. My Grand Father and I wish to be a daughter of the Revolution.
     July Four.
Miss Eleanor VV Morrill.
R R No 3.      Oregon [?]



     The manifest the James Varnum who died Dec. 2, 1832 + he was a Capt. + not a Col.

V. L. M.
May 3, 1910

{Seal of Pension Office on Apr 30, 1913}
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Department of State.
- Washington, February 5, 1852

D.D. Addison Esq.
                      Washington.

Sir,
     The following evidence of the revolution any services of J. varnum of Massachusetts has been found in the Washington Papers.
     In No. 21 of the Army Returns, p. 44, there is a "Roll of Capt. James Varnum's "Company in the 9th Massachusetts Regiment:, signed by the J. Varnum Capt." and dated "Camp, September 9, 1778."
    In No. 13 Army Returns p. 32, there is a certificate signed by "J. Varnum P: "Muster 8th Mass th Regt."

                                                       Page
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Page 53 of the same volume presents a certificate that "Captain James Varnum, late Paymaster to Col." Michael Jackson's Regiment 8th Mass: having this day produced and settled his accounts, as Paymaster to said Regiment from April 1st to Dec 21, 1779, in which he credits the United States. is hereby discharged This certificate is dated New Windsor, Auditor's office, Eastern Depart. "October 5, 1780", and is signed by "William Bedlow, Auditor Accts. Eastern Dept."

I am, Sir, respectfully,
Your obedient Servant

Deon Webster
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Col. James Varnum   Dracut     which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the wat when he served?

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension is entitled?

VI. Has he given the names of officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII. has the Court given their opinion?

IX. has the Clerk given his certificate?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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2

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?    no

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?    no

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that suck proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, hes he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
   If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
   Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations directs?    no

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?    no

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?



EXPLANATORY NOTES.

*QUERE V.  in a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
     "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, doposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades;    For _____ year _______ months, and _______ days, I served as a __________ For _______ months and _______ days, I served as a __________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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The DELEGATES of the UNITED COLONIES of New Hampshire, [torn away]
Rhoe-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Suffex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, to James Varnum Esquire

We reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, D O by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be Captain of a Company in the Ninth Regiment of [illegible] Commanded by Col. James Mitchell Varnum in the Army of the United Colonies raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Captain by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders an a Captain. And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules of Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this of a future Congress. Philadelphia August 10th; 1776

By Order of the Congress
Attest. [signed Chas Thomson]
[signed John Hancock] PRESIDENT.
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Nov 1  THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
For James Varnum Esquire     Greeting. We Reposing especial trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, [illegible], and Fidelity: DO by those [illegible] [illegible] said appoint you to be a Captain in the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment
     in the Army of the United States [illegible] [illegible] as such 
of August 1776; You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Captain. By doing and performing all manner of things the [illegible] belongings. And we [illegible] charge and request all Officers and Soldiers under your command to be obedient to your orders, as Captain. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from [illegible] a future Army of the United States, or Committee of Congress for the purpose appointed {illegible] of the Service Commander in Chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officers [illegible] to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. The Commision to [illegible] enforce until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the States.

Entered in the War Office and [illegible] by the [illegible]
Attest. [signed: Ben Sanders]

[illegible] [illegible] Excellency Samuel Huntington Esq. President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia, the 29th day of September, 1779, and in the fourth year of our [illegible]

[signed: Sam. Huntington. President.]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Boston:
July 7, 1852.

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 James Varnum is borne on a roll of Capt. Peter Coburn's Co. Col. Bridge's Regt. as a private from Dracut from Apl. 19. 1775. 7 days.

Our Rolls of 8 mos. service in 1775 Capt. Coburn's Co. Col. Bridge's Regt. as Sergeant from Dracut from April 26. Coat roll signed Nov. 20. Also on receipts for pay in the above Co. for the months Oct. & Nov. 1775.

Our abstract and roll of Capt. Reed's Co.; Col. Varnum's Regt. as first Lieut. from Jany 1, 1776 to Apl. 1. 3 months.

On the lists of Commissioned Officers as Capt. in 8th Reg., one list gives the date of his Commission Apl. 10. 1776. the other Aug. 10 1776.

On Continental Army Books the name "James Vernon" appears as Capt. & Pay Master in Col. M. Jackson's Regt. from Jany 1. 1777; 36 months. On the Books from 1780 the name is written James Varnum. Capt. & P. Master. same Regt. from Jany. 1 to Oct. 6. 1780. 9 months & 5 days.

The
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The name Benjamin Peirce is borne on the Con. Army Books. Col. M. Jackson's Regt. as Ensign during the year 1780. 

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Great Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written,

Amasa Walker
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Application for Certificate of Revolutionary Services

State of New Hampshire
County of Merrimack. Town of Concord

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hearby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the service of James Varnum who was a Captain in the war of the Revolution. 

He was a native of Dracut in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts. He served during the war and served in the capacity of Capt. I have heard him speak of being in the battle of Bunker Hill, Monmouth Trenton, Saratoga, White Plains and York Town.  I am unable to state his services more fully than above stated. 

[unintelligible] my hand, this third day of July 1852. 

Signed by said Benjamin F. Gale
in my presence. 

Benjamin F. Gale
[unitelligible] Steven Justice of the Peace
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RECORD DIVISION.
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSION.

S.F. 48720         Washington, D.C., _____, 19___
_________
_________
_________
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of James Varnum a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in thus Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OF APPOINTMENT.
1775
Aug. 10, 1776
X  Jan 1, 1777
Resigned

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
_____
_____
_____
Oct. 6, 1780

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

CAPTAIN.
_____
_____
_____
_____

COLONEL.
James Mitchell Varnum
James Mitchell Varnum
Michael Jackson
_____

STATE.
R.I.
9th Continental
8th Mass.
_____

Battles engaged in, [check mark and 3 dots {meaning 3 battles}]
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [check mark]
Date of application for pension, Sept. 12, 1832 His [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Dracut, Middlesex Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, 85 yrs. Died Dec. 2, 1832 at Dracut, Mass.
Remarks: Soldier married 3 times, Prudence dan. by first wife mar. She died Apr. 3, 1850. Benjamin Gale, their children were; James V., Ruth C. mar. Tibson., Eleanor V. mar. Morrill, John V., Benjamin F., and Levi B. Eleanor, daughter by 2nd wife died before soldier. She mar. Samuel A Coburn and her children were Eleanor B. Coburn and Mary Jane Coburn. In 1825 his 3rd wife Martha was living she had no children. The names of other wives are not stated nor is there any other family data. 
Very respectfully,

6-2856

*The Heitman + report from Secretary of Mass. in Claim

Commissioner.
have not put in battles alleged by son-in-law as some of them [illegible] after Soldier resigned.
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Feb. 28, 1853
Appl. of James Varnum died
Nov.
Act 15th May 1828





Elisha Morrill
[illegible]
N.H.
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I William kent of Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I was acquainted with James Varnum late of Dracut Mass deceased; that at his death he left only one child surviving whose name is Prudence Gale; that the said Prudence Gale died in said Concord on the third day of April, 1850 leaving leaving Six children heir: Benjamin F. Gale, James V. Gale, John V. Gale, Levi B. Gale, Ruth C. Gibson and Eleanor V. Morrill who are her only surviving children.
[signed: William Kent]

Sworn and subscribed this third day of July 1852 before me
[signed: L.D. Stevens] Justice of the Peace
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Jas Varnum
[illegible]
Maj.


D.D. Addison
[illegible]
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[Printed] Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, [Written] October 14th 1837. [Printed] I Hereby Certify. That [Written] at the date of the annexed attestation Joel Adams was a [maybe justice] of the Pension for the County of Middlesex. [Printed] in the said Commonwealth, duty commifsioned [?] and qualified; and to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Peak of the Commonwealth, the date above written. [Written] Amasa Walker, [Printed] Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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Claim of James Varnum
Act of 7th June 1832;
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State of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex}  ss:

Be it known, that on this ninth day of October A.D. eighteen hundred and fifty one, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Nathaniel Wright a resident of Lowell in said County, and made oath according to lat that - he is the administrator of the estate of the late James Varnum de bonis non, with the will [illegible], who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act 7th June, 1832.
at the rate of $480 Dollars per annum; that he has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as [illegible] in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence and arguments as his Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
[Signed: Nathaniel Wright]
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. before me,}
[Signed: Joel Adams] J. Peace}

I Joel Adam Justice of the Peace, do hereby certify that Nathaniel Wright, who has executed the foregoing affidavit before me, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein sat forth.
[signed: Joel Adams] J. Peace.

I, _______ Clerk of the _____ Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that _____ before whom the foregoing affidavit was executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and [covered] duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and his name thereunto sub-[covered] be his usual signatures.
[covered]-oef, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County Seal, this [covered] day of _____ A.D. 185__.

Clerk.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY:-Revolutionary Pension Claim.
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Know all Men by these Presents, taht I, Nathaniel Wright administrator as aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint J. M. Thayer + D.D. Addison to be my true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of the late James Varnum for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents of every description, in relation to said claim, that may be on file in the Departments of Washington City, or elsewhere; to file any additional evidence or arguments, [redacted: that can be obtained]; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to my order only as administration at Boston, [redacted: to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein {illegible}]; amd to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
     Witness my hand and Seal this 9th day October A.D. 1855

[Signed: Nathaniel Wright]

Signed and Sealed in the presence of }
[Signed: Joel Adams]}
[Signed: J.L. Ordway]}

State of Massachusetts}
County of Middlesex} ss:
     On this ninth day of October A.D. 1855 before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Nathaniel Wright, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
     In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year aforesaid.
[Signed: Joel Adams],   J. Peace.