Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1165, Josiah Gorham, Mass.
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Service: Mass.
Gorham, Josiah
Martha
Number W. 1165

B.L.Wt. 1965-100
Issued Sept. 9, 1833

B.L. Wt. 138-60-55
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103.314 act March 3/55
April 27, /55
Martha Gorham

Martha Gorham
widow of 
Josiah Gorham, fifer

Josiah Gorham, fifer

Mass: Contl. line.

War of Revolution

Rec Pension Act Feby 3, 1853

Me Feby. 53 - 9.55

Ad 160 Acres, Dec. 15/55,
Boynton

num

E Foot Jr
Wiscasset
Maine

[Across the center of the page]
Warrant at 438.20 Dec. 19th/55
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8122

Maine

Josiah Gorham
of Edgecomb in the (state crossed out) Dist. of Maine who was a Fifer in the regiment commanded by Colonel Alden of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Distr. of Maine
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 4th of April 1818 -

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th of March 1819 and sent to Jerh. Bailey, Esquire,
Wiscasset, Maine

Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 27.4/30.31 
                                                             88.23
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819    48.00
                                                             ______
                                                          $136.23

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818}

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Lincoln County.
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Notification sent the 5. July 1820, to
Jeremiah Bailey Esq.
Wiscasset, Maine
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Date of widow's death
not on AB.

955 Mai(ne?)
Martha Gorham
widow of Josiah Gorham
who served in the Revolutionary 
Mass
war, as a Fifer 

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars ~
Cents per annum, to commence on the (4th day of March, 1848.crossed out) 3 February 1853

Certificate of Pension issued the 19 ~ day of July 1853 and sent to 
F. Bradford,
Portland, Me

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act, Page 4 Vol. A
3 Feb. 1853
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State of Maine.

Cumberland, SS.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
Portland, March 30th. A.D. 1853

I, Charles C. Harmon
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
In and for said County of Cumberland, certify that Thomas G. White
and John G. Leeman Esquires, are 

Acting Justices of the Peace, 
within and for [blank] the County of Lincoln as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that they are Duly Qualified to act as such; that said White's Commission is dated November 2. -A.D. 1847 and will expire November 2, - A.D. 1854, and said Leeman's Commission bears date July 21, A.D. 1848, and will expire July 21, A.D. 1855. 

and that the following Signatures purporting to be theirs are Genuine. 

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.

C.C. Harmen Clerk.
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State of Maine.

Probate Court,}
Cumberland County, ss.}

Be it known, That on this Twenty ninth day of March 1853 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That Josiah Gorham late of Richmond, Maine, was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that he died at said Richmond on the twentieth day of April 1849. - And that Martha Gorham is the widow of said Josiah Gorham deceased. 

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this twenty ninth day of March in the year 1853
Josiah Pierce Judge of Probate for Cumberland County. 

State of Maine
Cumberland County, SS.
Office of the Court of Probate.
I, Freeman Bradford Register of Probate 
for said County, hereby certify, that Hon. Josiah Pierce whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate, is Judge of Probate, in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of the said State, that the annexed signature purporting to be his, is genuine, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given, to his official acts and attestations.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this thirtieth day of March A.D. 1853
Freeman Bradford Regr
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State of Maine
County of Lincoln
On this nineteenth day of February A.D. 1853, personally appeared 
before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace 
in and for the County of Lincoln
Martha Gorham a resident of Richmond
in the County of Lincoln aged seventy one years, who being sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February 3d 1853

And your declarant states that she is the widow of Josiah Gorham late of Richmond in the State of Maine deceased, who was a Fifer in the war of the Revolution on Continental establishment and a pensioner of the United States under the Act of 1818. She states that her husband drew a pension under the act aforesaid of ninety six dollars per annum from 1818 to the time of his death which took place on the twentieth day of April AD 1849

And the said declarant further states, that she was married to the said Josiah Gorham on the twenty first day of August 1800 at Edgecomb and that her name before marriage was Martha Leeman(?)

She therefore claims a pension under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow. 
Thomas G. White
Joseph Gorham
Martha Gorham (her mark)

Then personally appeared the above named Martha Gorham and made oath to the declaration by her signed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me,
Thomas G. White Jus Peace
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I, Obadiah Baker Town Clerk of Edgcomb in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine on oath depose and say that I have in my custody & posession the Books of Record belonging to said town in one of said Books puporting to contain a Record of marriages &c in said town I find the following among the list of marriages viz.
August twenty first, one thousand eight hundred, Then married Mr. Josiah Gorham and Patty Leeman both of Edgecomb
Before me Mosses Davis Esq.

Edgecomb March 10th 1853. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the aforesaid Book of Records with the exception of the dates, which are expressed on the Record in fair legible words and figures thus "August 21st 1800".

Obadiah Baker, Town Clerk of Edgcomb

Lincoln County ss: March 10th 1853. Then personally appeared the above named
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Obadiah Baker Town Clerk as afore said and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement and Record by him signed
Before me
John G Leeman Justice of the Peace
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103.314
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State of Maine
County of Lincoln

On the fourth day of April 1855 before me the 
undersigned a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Martha Gorham aged (blank) years resident of Dresden County of Lincoln in the State of Maine who made oath in due form of law that she is the indenticle (identical) Martha Gorham to whom under the provision of the act of February 3d 1853 a pension of nine six dollars per annum was allowed her She being the widow of Josiah Gorham who was a fifer in the Revolutionary war she further states that her Pension Certificate in notes the aforesaid act of February 3d 1853 is numbered 955 has a date July 19th 1853 and is made payable at the Portland (illegible) 
that she further makes the declaration 
for the purpose of obtaining the bounty Land in which she may be intittled (entitled) to under the act of 3d March 1855
never having received or known herself intitled or made application under any previous act of Congress in evidence of her warranty she respectfully refurs (refers) to the proofs heretofore added now on file in the Pension Office and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was (illegible) and to the accompanying affidavits She appoints as her attorney for the within specified purposes and with power of a substitution

Erastus Foote Jr of Wiscasset        her
Mrs. William B. Moffat      Martha X Gorham
Salome Moffatt                             mark


Sworn to and subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Martha Gorham to the  indenticle (identical) person she alleges herself to be a pensioner of the United States and that I am not interested in her claim as agent or attorney or otherwise
Thomas G. White Justice Peace
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State of Maine.
Lincoln, ss.
I, Edmund B. Bowman, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Thomas G. White

whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, was on the date thereof, legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such ; and that the signatures to annexed papers purporting to be his are genuine.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this twenty fourth
day of April in the year of our Lord 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five

E. B. Bowman Clerk.
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State of Maine}
County of Lincoln}

On this fourth day of April 1855 before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace authorized by law to administer oaths within which for the County and state of aforesaid personally appeared William B. Moffat and Salome Moffat residents of Dresden, county of Lincoln in the State of Maine known to me credible farmers who made oaths in the form of law that Martha Gorham who in their opinion has sworn and subscribed the foregoing declaration is to their personal knowledge the identical person to whom under the provisions of the act of February 3d 1853 a pension of nine six dollars per annum has been granted for by virtue of her being the widow of Josiah Gorham who was a fifer in the Revolutionary war That they have known her for many years  past and derived their knowledge of the  facts herein numerated from the following circumstances to wit that she has resided in our family for two years past.
They further state that they are disinterested witnesses
William B. Moffat
Salome Moffatt

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Thomas G White Justice Peace
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25
Josiah Gorham 

((sizz?))

Sept 1819
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State of Maine.

Lincoln, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, (crossed out: and by adjournment from day to day, on the [space] day of)
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Josiah Stebbins & Ebenezer Thatcher, Judges of said Court.

On this twentieth day of June in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the 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 Circuit, Josiah Gorham aged 
sixty years, resident in Edgcomb in said Circuit, 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 private in the company commanded by Capt. Warren in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Alden in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaratino, made on the fourth day of April A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 8122 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. 
Josiah Gorham

Sworn to and declared, on the 20th 
day of June A.D. 1820 }
Before 
Josiah Stebbins     {One 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:

Real estate - none
Personal - 1 cow & calf - 2 sheep - income from a small piece of land, in right of my wife, of about 14 acres - said income not worth more than $10. & I ahev no other income but my pension, I owe not less than one hundred dollars & have nothing due to me.
Josiah Gorham

Schedule of the family residing with me Josiah Gorham who, by occupation am a Cooper which I am not able to pursue by reason of infirmity from age, being lame & a cripple

Names / Ages / Capacity of each to contribute their support.
my wife Martha / 37 / sickly (about?) of health

son John / 16 / common ability & health

daughter Salome / 13 / -do-

son Silas / 10 / do 

" Joseph / 8 / common health but of no ability to  support himself

daughter Electery? / 6 / do

" Hannah / 4 / do

" Betsey / 1 9mo / lame & a cripple

Josiah Gorham
Attent Nat Coffin Clerk

State of Maine.

Lincoln, ss.

I, Nathaniel Coffin, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, 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 nothing (scratched out: dollars and cents)
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

Nat Coffin
{Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.}
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Josiah Gorham Prvt
Fifer
Colonel Alden's Regt
Massachusetts Line
1777 to 1780 Dec 4th Apl.
1818 3 years


Admitted
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State of Massachusetts
I josiah Gorham - a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Edgecombe in the County of Lincoln in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, in the month of February (as near as I can recollect) [illegible] 1777.

I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the end of the war in 1783, I have enlisted for [illegible] the war

as a private soldier - against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Capt Warren's Company, Col Aldens 7th Massachusetts Regiment, until about the year 1780 (as near as I can recollect) when Capt Warren resigned and the Company was commanded by Capt Mills

and that I left service at the close of the war in 1783 at New Windsor in the State of New York where I received a regular discharge which I have lost, any that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of fifty eight years soon after my first enlisting I was attached to the music as a fifer in said company and served afterwards in that capacity. part of the above time we were at West Point where Col. Brooks commanded our Regiment.

And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.

Lincoln Commonwealth of Massachusetts

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United Stated, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A.D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Jeremiah Baily Judge of the Court of Probate within [illegible] the County of Lincoln, in the [illegible] aforesaid, the same being about of records of said bounty.

the abovenamed Josiah Gorham and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.

Jer Bailey

I John H Sheppard Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the aforesaid Jeremiah Bailey is Judge of said Court of Probate above named, that his signature to this caption is genuine + the [illegible] aforesaid in the seal of said Court
John H Sheppard
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Principal Claim
by Josiah Gorham
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR
State of Maine
Lincoln County.

I, Josiah Gorham, aged seventy three years, do upon oath testify and declare, that about or in [carat] March the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven I entered or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War" and served in the Seventh regiment of the Massachusetts line, commanded by Colonel Ichabod Alden, and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the seventh regiment of the Massachusetts line, under the command of Colonel John Brooks and when I was a fifer I do further declare, that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty Land promised me on the part of the United States, 

[start strike] nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever: [end strike]

Therefore, KNOW all men by these presents, that I Josiah Gorham aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Rueben Baldwin to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Bounty land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Eighteenth day of July - 1833.
Josiah Gorham

Signed, Sealed, and Delivered,
in presence of Ebenezer Perkins, [illegible]

I, Ebnr Perkins aged sixtynine years, do upon oath declare that I am well acquainted with Josiah Gorham who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and do well know him to be the identical person he represents himself to be: and further I know or do believe he did perform the military service therein stated.

Ebenezer Perkins

State of Maine
Lincoln County

Before me Ebenezer Perkins [illegible], a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, personally appeared the above named Josiah Gorham subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and likewise personally appeared Ebenezer Perkins subscriber to the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed.  Dated this Eighteenth day of July 1833. Ebenr Perkins Jr. Justice Peace

State of Maine 
Lincoln County

I, Nath. Coffin Clerk of [carat] all the Judicial [strike out] the [end of strike] Courts of Lincoln County, do hereby certify that Eben. Perkins Jr before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn, and the subjoined power of attorney purports to have been acknowledged, is and was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Lincoln - duly commissioned sworn and qualified by law to take affidavits, &c. and further that I [strike] am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and [end strike] verily believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine.  In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the [strike] said [end strike] Court of Com. Pleas and subscribed my name at Wiscasset this 15th day of August - in the year 1833.
Nathl Coffin
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Apr 20'99
F.W. Sprague
Brookline, Mass.
Letter in [illegible]
Silas Gorham

WIDOW, &c.
Revy
File No. 1165
Martha Gorham.
Widow.
Josiah Gorham
Fifer. Rev. War.

Act. Feb. 3, 1853
Index: - Vol. A, Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Apr 72
Martha Gorham
widow of Josiah
Maine

Let to H. Bradford
May 31 / 83

Act Heby 3/83
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138
[illegible]
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Reuben Baldwin Esq.
Sandwich.
Map

[illegible] Certificate
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Aug. 28th 1833.

I hereby certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Josiah Gorham of Hardwick is borne on the Army Books, of the Massachusetts line, where he has credit for services, as a fifer in the Third Company in Col. Brooks Regiment, from the 10th of March 1777, to the 31st of Dec 1779

[illegible] 33, 21

Thirty-three Months + twenty one days.

Josiah Gorhams Name is borneon another army Book where he has Credit as a Fifer in Capt Warren's Company, in Col. Brooks Regiment, from Jan'ry 1, 1780, to Dec'r 31, 1780. Twelve months Amounting at 44/[illegible] month to [illegible]

12.0
9.45.21
Mo Day

Josiah Gorham appears on both Books, as a During the War man.

Edward D. Bangs, [illegible]
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Josiah Gorham
No. 1965
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Case of Josiah Gorham, Fifer, 7th Reg't Mass'us line.

The following certificates appear to have paid to Josiah Gorham. See Vol 100 [1?] final Settlements

No. 10491 Jan'y 1st 1782 . . . . $64.55 1/2
" 10622 Jan'y 1st 1783 . . . . 94.60
" 11206 Nov'r 4th 1783 . . . . 69.00

No. 11489 issued in the name of Joshua Gosham * Gratuity

* the name of Joshua Gosham does not appears on the list of final Settlements, at any period prior to the issue of the Certificate No. 11489 for the Gratuity of $80. nor can it be found on the Muster Rolls of the 7th Mass'tts Reg't on file in the Pension Office -- It is concluded therefore, that the name of "Joshua Gosham" which appear among the [illegible] at page 117 1st Vol final Settlements, was erroneously placed there, and that the name, at that page, Should have been Josiah Gorham it being manifest, from the payments made to Josiah Gorham, as above stated that he was a Mas Man, and that his name should have been placed among these who received the $80 gratuity at the close of the War, instead of that of Joshua Gosham

A warrant has therefore issued to Josiah Gorham, and his name inserted on the Printed list, where the name of Joshua Gosham appears, being in Brooks 7th Reg't Mass'tts line.

Wm Gordon
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STATE OF MAINE
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court
Portland, June 15 A.D. 1853

I. Charles C. Harmon, CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that

Hartley B. Cox Esq.

is and at the date of his certificate to the paper here to annexed was a Notary Public, and an Acting Justice of the Peace.

within and for _____ the County of Lincoln
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgement of deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid - and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his 
is
GENUINE

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the say and year first aboe written.  C.C. Harmon, Clerk
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State of Maine
County of Kennebec

On this Sixteenth day of June A.D. 1853, personally appeared before me Samuel Wells one of the justices of the Supreme Judicial Court

Martha Gorham a resident of Richmond in the County of Lincoln aged Seventy one years, who being sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February 3d 1853.

And your declarants states that she is the widow of Josiah Gorham late of Richmond in the State of main deceased, who was a Fifer in the war of the Revolution

An Continental establishment under the Act of 1818. She states that her husband drew a pension under the Act aforesaid of ninety six dollars per annum from 1818 to the time of his death, which took place on the 20th day of April 1849. For proof of service of her said husband she refers the Commissioner of Pensions to the papers filed by said Josiah Gorham for a pension under the aforesaid Act.

And the said declarant further states, that she was married to the said Josiah Gorham on the 21st day of August 1800 at Edgcomb and that her name before marriage was Martha Leeman

Attest Samuel Weells
Martha
her [illegible] Gorham

She therefore claims a pension under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.

Then personally appears the above names Martha Gorham and made oath to the declaration by her signed on the day and year first above written.

Before me,
Samuel Wells one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine
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(Top line cut off a bit)
[illegible] [illegible][illegible] Office Supreme Judicial Court

I Charles C. Harmon, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State of Maine for the County of Cumberland, do hereby certify that the Honorable Samuel Wells is one of the Justices of said Supreme Judicial Court (the same being a Court of Record) as appears within, that he is duly commissioned and qualified to act as such, that all his acts done as aforesaid are entitled to full faith and credence and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at my office in Portland this twentieth day of June A.D. 1853
C. C. Harmon Clerk
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I William H. Savels of Richmond in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, clergyman, on oath depose and say that I am fifty years of age, and have been personally and well acquainted with Martha Gorham, widow of Josiah Gorham late of Richmond, aforesaid, deceased, for more than five years last passed, and know that they, the said Martha and the said Josiah, lived together as husband and wife up to the time of the said Josiah Gorham's death, which took place April twentieth A.D. 1849. I was present at his funeral, the said Josiah Gorham was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of ninety six dollars ($96) per annum.  I lived in the same neighborhood with them during the lifetime of the said Josiah, and ever since have lived in the same neighborhood where the said Martha has resided, and have seen the pension certificate of the said Josiah many times.  The said Martha now is, and has, constantly been & remained a widow since the death of her husband, the said Josiah as aforesaid & is now living in this town.
I further testify that I have no
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interest in the claims that Mrs. Martha Gorham, aforesaid, has made for a pension, of any nature or kind.
William H. Savels


State of Main
County of Lincoln SS.
June 15th 1853, there personally appeared before me Hartley B. Cox, Esq., a Notary Public within and for the State and County aforesaid, duly authorized to administer oaths therein, William H. Savels, to me personally known, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed and I certify that he is a credible witness.  I further certify that I have no interest or claim direct or indirect by fee advanced, promise made or implied in this claim of any name, nature or kind.
H.B. Cox
Notary Public
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War Department

Revolutionary Claim

I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 18th of March, 1818, Josiah Gorham late a [illegible] in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Dist.(?) of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the Fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J.C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
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Local ? ?s

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on the Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portland at the Cumbeland Bank, Maine.
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Benj. Warren's Company
in Hardwick Mass
7th Mass Regiment
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8122

WAR DEPARTMENT 

I certify that, in conformity with the Law of United States, of the 18th of March, 1818 Josiah Gorham late a Fifer in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Dist. of Maine Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the Fourth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 

GIVEN at War Office of the United States, this Twenty Fifth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. 

J C Calhoun 
Secretary of War.
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P 8122

WAR DEPARTMENT 
PENSION OFFICE 

July 6th 1820

Sir, You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to ne continued on the Pension Roll. 

I am respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J.L. Edwards 

To Mr. Josiah Gorham
U.S. Pensionary, 
Edgecomb Maine
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Brief in the case of Martha Gorham, Widow of Josiah
Lincoln County and State of Maine,
act 3 February 1853,
Claim, ("original", or)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the act
18 March 1818, & Cont.
Marriage proven by alcond evidence

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
F. Bradford, Esqr
Portland, Me.
Name and residence of Agent

S. C. Boynton,
Examining Clerk.
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Pension Office
5 July 1853
Sir,
Josiah Gorham was inscribed upon the roll of Maine, as a Fifer in the War of the Revolution. Pensioned under the Act of 18" March, 1818, at the rate of $96 per Annum. Be pleased to inform me to what time he was paid.
I have the honor to be Sir,
Respectfully your Obt. Serv't,
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner

Paid to 4th March 1850
F. Bush
Auditor

Francis Burt Esqr
Third Auditor of the Treasury
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Pension Act /53,  ME.
Boynton
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Appl of Martha Gorham widow of Josiah
Lincoln, Jr
Maine

Act 3rd Feb'y : 1853
admitted for 96.00 per an____
commencing 3d Feby, 1853
Revy

F. Bradford
Portland
Maine

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business
Commisssioner
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Order to pay 16th Sep. 1832
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9897
Connecticut
Nathan Gorham
Fairfield Co. in the State of Conn't
who was a Private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Brewster of the Regt: commanded
by Col. Silliman in the Connecticut line for

    6 Mos Priv:       }  $20-
& 3    "   Seaman }    12-
                                $32-
Conn. and Sea Services  Accord completed
Febr. 11, 1907. AD
.......................................................................
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
the rate of 32 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of June
1833  and sent to  R.S. Nichols
..............................................................................
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 32                   $64
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. '33     16
                                                                 $80

{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832.       }

Recorded by G.C. Stiles   Clerk
Book C.    Vol.  3.    Page 15
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Nathan Gorham 
Shatford Conn. 
9 months service 
24172
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I John Beardsley of the Town of Bridgeport
in Fairfield County sworn in court before the court of Probate in & for Stratford District testify & say that I am well acquainted with the
within named Nathan Gorham a
Revolutionary Soldier now present &
I know the fact that the said Nathan Gorham
served in the Revolution for Six months
under Capt George Benjamin as a private
in sd company. Our company was marched 
to Naugatuck in June & was discharged
in December following in the year 1776- 
Sworn & subscribed on this 2nd day of April 1833.
--John Beardsley


I,  Samuel W Southworth of the Town of Stratford now in court before the Court of Probate in & for Stratford District testify & say that I am well acquainted with the within named Nathan Gorham & served with him
in the Revolutionary War six months he enlisted under George Benjamin at Stratford in the Connecticut State troops
 in the month of May 1776- sent to New York & served in the Army Six Months & were discharged in December I went & returned with I & Gorham........
Sworn & subscribed on the 2nd  day of
April 1833
--Samuel W. Southworth
I, Thomas Stratton of Bridgeport now in Court testify I say that I am well acquainted with the within named Nathan Gorham & know the fact that I said Gorham served  in the Revolutionary war as he states in his declaration -
 Sworn & Subscribed on the 2nd  day of April 1833-
--Thomas Stratton

The above Depositions of John Beardsley and Samuel W Southworth & Thomas Stratton subscribed & sworn in court 
 Attest     R.S. Nichols, Clerk
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State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield   Budge(ted?)
On this 2d day of April 1833 personally appeared within & for the (Determined?) of Stratford

now sitting, Nathan Gorham a resident of Stratford in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged eighty one years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. 

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. Sir, that in Month of May in the year 1776. I enlisted at Stratford in (Lank Auld?) County Connecticut for Six Months into the Connectticut [sic] State Troops under Capt. George Benjamin. We went in a very short time to Newyork [sic] & from there adjoined(?) new first to the Jersey Side then (aturned?) to the City & then to Long Island we found was obliged to retreat back to the City & from the the City to Haculon (?) & White Plains & were discharged Men at White Plains or at (Retis?) Hill on the Hudson Pines in the month of December 1776. & after six months (so vid?) which I did faithfully 
Col. Gold S. Silliman had command of the Regiment at first but being promoted Col. Chandler succeeded Him. One William Thompson was our Lieutenant & Josiah (Lacey?) was the (Junper?) of Capt. Benjamin's tho was taken sick & returned. SB Lacey was capt and under (him) were dismissed. All the officers under Whom I served are dead. Thomas Stratton & Wm Beardsley both of (Bu...?) were with me in said Service & also one served South with (of?) So. Stratford. Said Beardsley & South worm(?) are born present in court my memory is much impaired & cannot state  many particulars but I (tender? remember?) that I enlisted for Six Months & staid out my time.
I have not any Documentary Evidence of said Service nor (said?) (Service?) receive any (...llen?) dis(?)ayed(?). I was born at & have always lived in said Town of Stratford - I have a Record of my age in my Family Bible I was born on the 20th of June 1732. I am well known to David Brooks Esq Post Master at said Stratford & to David Gorham & the Hon David Pland when can testify as to my character for much of my aplications[sic] as a Revolutionary Sold-
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ier. I subsequently & think in the year 1778 I volunteered & went into said Service in the Commission Boats. filled out at Derby & Milford Connectticut [sic] which B(eals?) more for the (pensioning?) guarding teh sound & to prevent the British from coming over from Long Island to plunder. Capt Brearston(?) late of Langford (Du.?) had command of one of the Boats but (SV...y?) no (End some?) 15 June this I said nor can I state the year or months To the best of my knowledge & bility[sic] I was in this Service three months

The said Nathan Gorham hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. 
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Nathan Gorham

We, David Brooks residing in the town of Stratford and David Gorham residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Nathan Gorham who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ; that we believe him to be 81 years of age ; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood[sic] where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
David Brooks
David Gorham
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I Zildhl Wheeler Judge of the court of Probate 
 within & for Stratford District certify that the within named Witnesses Thomas Stratton,  Samuel W Southworth, & John Beardsley are credible witnesses men well known for truth
& veracity. 
--Zidhl Wheeler   Judge
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LF 18150

24172
Nathan Gorham Fairfield
County Connecticut
Admitted
Private 6 mo
Seaman 3  "
R.S. Nichols 6th Fairfield County
Connecticut
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War Department pension office  Sir: The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832 has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed you will find marked in the margins with a brace ( thus: } ). You will when you return your papers to this Department send this printed letter with them; and you will by complying with this request greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
 A statement, showing the service of Nathan Gorham Franklin county Connecticut. 
Enlisted May 1776 private 6 months to present under Col Silliman and Col Chandler ( age at present, and place of abode when entering service) 11 yrs (?) County of Fairfield Connecticut.
       proof by which the declaration is supported. Traditionary evidence certified + 3 witness papers correct. 
Nov 1778 3 months as a seaman commission boats, Caleb Brewster .     I am respectfully, Your obedient servant, J.L. Edwards; Commissioner of Pensions
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2
REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to- Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians (sic) or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District}
County of                         }  ss.
On this.......day of.........personally appeared (a) before.........A. B. a resident (b) of.......in the county of............and State, Territory or District
of.....aged (c)......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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d).........,with......and 
served in the ............(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:..................
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. >>This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of.................................
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                                      A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I ..........of the Court of.........do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ..........................for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this .......day of ..............&c.

If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the.........................and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
.................who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
.......years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the....................and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the .........      ....................
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Clerk of the Court of..........................
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of.................................for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this............day of............''''
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age. and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you live now?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the name of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
6. { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of the Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the declarant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim must be had. Every claimant must state, 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 he is entitled. 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, deposeth 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 of his 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 ____mouths and ____ days, I served as a _________; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase 'about three of four months', is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, & c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement;the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix her seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying office, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
* The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable the the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for  their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
L. W. B.
I. 45295,
I. 15150.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
March 15, 1898.
Madam:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Nathan Gorham made an application for pension on April 2, 1833, at which time he was 81 years of age and residing in Stratford, Conn., and his pension was allowed for six months' actual service as a private and three months' actual service as a seaman in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Brewater and Col. Silliman. He enlisted at Stratford, Conn.
Zachariah Blackman made an application for pension on May 11, 1818, at which time he was 57 years of age and residing at Palmyra, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Beardsley and Col. Heman. He enlisted at Kent, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Jeanette Booth,
King Street, Stratford, Conn.
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for  their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
L. W. B.
I. 45295,
I. 15150.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
March 15, 1898.
Madam:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Nathan Gorham made an application for pension on April 2, 1833, at which time he was 81 years of age and residing in Stratford, Conn., and his pension was allowed for six months' actual service as a private and three months' actual service as a seaman in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Brewater and Col. Silliman. He enlisted at Stratford, Conn.
Zachariah Blackman made an application for pension on May 11, 1818, at which time he was 57 years of age and residing at Palmyra, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Beardsley and Col. Heman. He enlisted at Kent, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Jeanette Booth,
King Street, Stratford, Conn.
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(Face of Postal Card - Postmarked Bridgeport Ct ---Rec'd at Pension Office March 11, 1898)

POSTAL CARD     ONE CENT
United States of America 
THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY

Pension Office
Washington DC
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Postal card

Please send me the service of Zachariah Blakeman, a Revolutionary pensioner, who died in Stratford Apr 23. 1835 aged 82 years.
Address    Jeannette Booth
                     King Street
                         Stratford, Conn.

OLD WAR & NAVY
MAR 12 1898
FILES
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(Face of Postal Card - Postmarked Bridgeport Ct ---Rec'd at U. S. Pension Office March 11, 1898)

POSTAL CARD     ONE CENT
United States of America 
THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY

Pension Office
Washington. D. C.
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Postal card

Please send me the service of Nathan Gorham who died in Stratford, May 28th, 1839. 88 years of age, and recd a pension in the Revolutionary War.
Address    Jeannette Booth
                       King Street
                             Stratford, Conn
Mar 12 1898
FILES
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15.150
INVALID.
File No. 15.150
Nathan Gorham
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 146
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Mch, 15-98, Miss Jeannette Booth, Stratford, Conn.