Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,551, John Goodwin, Mass.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE  |         |  NUMBER
Mass  |  Goodwin, John  |  W.7.551
      |     , Sarah  |  B.L.Wt 19758-160-55

CONTENTS
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Maine     11.5.43

John Goodwin
of Oxford Co, in the State of Maine
who was a Pvt in the Company commanded
by Captain Goodwin of the Regm commanded
by Col Primes in the Mass.
[?] for Troops

8  M.  Private   $26.66

Inscribed on the Roll of  Maine
at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of May
                and sent to  
1833 O.S.  Col, Turner; Oxford Co.  Me.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 -                     53.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 1833               13.33

                                                                           $66.65

                                                          Revolutionary Claim,
                                                          Act June 7, 1932.

Recorded by  J.T. Sprague - Clerk
Book  E     Vol. 1      Page 18
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Sarah Goodwin widow of John Goodwin who served in the Revolutionary war as a Private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 7th(?), February 1853

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of June 1853 and sent to Job Prince

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under Act 3 (?) February 1853 Page 4 Vol. A
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LEft side:
Act Mah 3/55
May 17
137.0975

Sarah Goodwin Widow
of John Goodwin Soldier
Revolutionary War & Pensioner
Claimant is a Pension in Act July 5 1853

Mass Troops
Rev. War

[illegible]: 160 AC Mach 29/56
[illegible] 53-576
Boynton

Written vertically
No 19758 [illegible]

Right side:
[illegible] J. Parsons Feb. 27,/56
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John Goodwins Application for a Pension
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STATE OF MAINE 

County of Oxford ss.
On the first (handwritten) day of January (handwritten) A.D. 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate (handwritten) now sitting, John Goodwin (handwritten) a resident of Turner, in the County of Oxford and the State of Maine, aged 66 (handwritten), who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declarations, 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 herin stated. 

Handwritten
And in the first place he States that he was born in Berwick in the County of York, State aforesaid, on the twelfth day of August A. D. 1766 and was known by the name of Jacob Nason from the period of his birth until after he was in the service of his country; that he knows of no record of his age; that he lived in Berwick, in the family of Capt Jeremiah Goodwin, when he enlisted, which was the last of March or the first of April 1780, as a soldier into a company Commanded by the said Capt Goodwin, and in the Regiment of Colonel Joseph Primes, of the Massachusetts State troops, that they waited for orders to march until the third or fourth of May same year, when they left Berwick for Falmouth, now Portland, and in three or four days they reached Falmouth, and their duty was in building forts on Brimhorn Hills, until the first of September same year, then the company was ordered to march to Waunakee, and there (sic) said company was divided, and one half was stationed at Pownalborough, and the other half at Fort Weston on the Kennebec River, where Augusta now is, and that he was in the half at Fort Weston, where he remained until late in November same year. That then they received orders from Genl. Wadsworth to march to Falmouth in order to be discharged, and that they were accordingly discharged, and reached home on or about  the 24th of November same year. MAking a period of about or nearly, eight months from his enlistment. 
That he has no written discharge from said Service. That he continued to reside in the said Capt. Goodwin family for about four or five years after he left the Service; and that when he left said Capt. Goodwin, being fatherless, he assumed the name John Goodwin, by which name he has been known ever since; that he has lived in said Turner for thirty five years. 

Typed
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to 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 

Handwritten 
John X mark Goodwin (signature) 
Before Stephen Emery, Judge
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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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  He having adduced in correlation of his own declaration, the deposition of Timothy Wentworth, of the certificates  of Asa Bradford and William Harris, all on oath duly administered.  He said Bradford & Harris being well known to the court as passing of truth f& veracity

Stephen Emery, Judge

1. Joseph G Cole Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of John Goodwin for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the office this first day of January, A. D. 1833.

Joseph G Cole Register
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State of Maine
County of Oxford SS.
On this seventeenth
day of February in the year 1853
personally appeared before the Probate
Court held  at Turner within and for
said County, Sarah Goodwin a resident
of Hebron in said County of Oxford aged
Seventy one years who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on her
oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the act of Congress passed
February third
1853 that she is the
widow of John Goodwin, who was a
private soldier in the Revolutionary war
And for proof of the service of her late
husband and the corps to which he belonged
She refers the Deportment to his, the said
Goodwin declaration and the evidence
accompanying the same upon which
he was granted a pension of twenty six
dollars and sixty six cents per annum
under the act of June 7th 1832. She
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further declares that she was married
to the said John Goodwin on the ninth
day of March in the year eighteen hundred
twenty nine by Thomas Merrill Esquire and
that her name previous to her marrige
with said Goodwin was Sarah Cox
that her husband the aforesaid John
Goodwin died in Hebron on the eleventh
day of April eighteen hundred fifty two
and that she still remains a widow
and unmarried -
Sarah X Goodwin
          mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court
the day and year first above written.
Before me
Timothy Ludden Judge
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State of Maine
County of Oxford SS.
I Geo W Shaw Register. 
of the Court of Probate for said County it being
a Court of Record, hereby certify that Timothy
Ludden whose proper signature is affixed
to the foregoing declaration of Sarah
Goodwin is Judge of said Court and that
full faith and credit are due to his acts as
such in and out of Court
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed the seal of said
Court and subscribed my name
this fifteenth day of March in the
year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty three

Rev. Geo. R. Shaw, Reg.
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I Thelismen Beara of Hebron in the
County of Oxford and State of Maine aged
forty eight years on oath depose and
say that I was well acquainted with
John Goodwin late of this town,  a
Revolutionary pensioners of the United States
that he resided in my neighborhood
that he died about one year ago that I
was at his funeral but cannot say exactly
the time but know it was in the spring of 1852
that he left a widow by the name of
Sarah Goodwin who still remains a
widow and now resides in my neighbourhood
State of Maine
Thelismen Beara
Oxford County ⎬ SS. March 15th 1833
Then personally appeared Thelisman
Beara a credible witness and make
oath to the truth of the above affidavit
by him subscribed
Before the
John Prince Justice of the Peace
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Claim of Sarah Goodwin

Act of March 3, 1855

War of the Revolution
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Sold by B. Tharston, Stean Printer Portland.
BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
FORM OF DECLARATION FOR WIDOW OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR SOLDIER.

---
State of Maine,
County of Oxford
ss.
On this nineteenth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty
five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, John Goodwin, deceased who was a soldier in the Revolution and a revolutionary pensioner
---

That her said husband served on about eight months and was honorably discharged.

She further states that she was married to the said John Goodwin in Turner
on the ninth day of March
A.D. 18 by one Thomas Merrell
Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Cox
that her said husband died at Hebron on the Eleventh
day of April  A.D. 1852, and that she is the executing this her declaration::
and that she is a pensioner and has a certificate numbered in the pension office on the roll of pensions under Act February 1853 Nov 576 ---
her husband's service, and her marriage, &c.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 21, 1855. She also declares that she 
 has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, 
witness: James Murdock                                                 Sarah Goodwin
George Murdock
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim, and that the above 20 Entries were made before signed
Henry R. Parsons Justice of the peace
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AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES.
STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford
On this nineteenth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty
five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid
James Murdock
and George Murcock residents
of the State of Maine and County of Oxford who being duly
sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Sarah Goodwin who saw her sign her name (or made her mark) to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person
therein represented and that she is now a widow; and they swear they are disinterested witnesses.
Thomas Murdock
George Murdock
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents, That I, Sarah Goodwin of Hebron of the County of [illegible] and State of Maine, and the widow of John Goodwin deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Joshua Parsons of West Minot my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States, under existing laws granting Bounty Lands to the officers and soldiers, or their widows and minor heirs, for services rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid, to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises, as much so as if present myself.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this nineteenth day of March 1855
Sarah Goodwin
Witness James Mordock
George Murdock
Oxford SS. March 19th AD 1855
 [square Seal & additional signatures blocked by the following document]

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF OXFORD, SS.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court
I, ELISHA WINTER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify that Henry R Parsons Esquire, whose genuine signature appears to the Certificates hereunto annexed, was at the respective dates thereof, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly authorized to administer OATHS, and take acknowledgment of DEEDS and other Instruments; and that the Court aforesaid is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our said Court this Twentieth day of April 1855.
Elisha Winter Clerk.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents, That I, Sarah Goodwin of Hebron of the County of Oxford and State of Maine, and the widow of John Goodwin deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Joshua Parsons of West Minot my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States, under existing laws granting Bounty Lands to the officers and soldiers, or their widows and minor heirs, for services rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid, to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises as much so as if present myself.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this nineteenth day of March --- 1855
Oxford H March 19th AD. 1885
Sarah [+mark] Goodwin
[rectangular seal]
Witness James Murdock
George Murdock
Oxford SS. March 19th AD - 1855
Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oxford and State of Maine, this nineteenth day of March1855
Henry R. Parsons  - Justice of the Peace

Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State [illegible]tify, that _____
whose genuine signature appears [illegible]idavit, and power of attorney, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are en- missing] and
that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at ____ this ____ day of ___ A.D.,185_
_______CLERK.
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Maine
No 710
Sarah Goodwin
now of Jno.
Act 3 Feb 1833
death alleged 11. 1850
( [illegible] Aud. and admit of confirmed)
admd
H [illegible] per annum
Coming  3 Feb 1853
Job Prince Esq
Turner Me
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"March ninth eighteen hundred twenty nine John Goodwin and Sarah Cox both of Turner"
I certify that the above is a true extract from the Record of Marriages of the town of Turner, Solemnized by Thomas Merrill Esq. with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows "March 9th 1829"
Hira Bradford Town Clerk
I Hira Bradford on oath depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Turner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine and that the above is a true extract from the Record of Marriages of said town with the exception as above certified by me
Hira Bradford

State of Maine
Oxford County SS.
March 2d 1853
Subscribed and sworn to Before Me   Job Prince Justice of the Peace
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24553

John Goodwin
Oxford C.
Maine

Admitted
8 mo's
26.66

Jos. G. Cole Register
Turner
Oxford Co.
Maine
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War Department,
Pension Office 
183

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 the 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 shew what is necessary to be done. Those point to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin 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, shewing the Service of John Goodwin, Oxford Co Maine
Period when service was rendered. Apr 1780 A (unknown)  Years    Months 8   Days
Rank of the claimant. PVT   Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Cap Goodwin
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Col J Primes
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. None. Country through which he marched. Maine
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. 66 years York Co. Maine
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. One Witness


I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J.L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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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, musicians 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 of 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 provion [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 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 day 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 applicacation  [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, ifpossible, 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
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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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 now live?
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 names 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?
To an Offcer. {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 he 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 a 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 the 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.

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[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 claimant 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 cannot 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 ______month 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 or 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] [i] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his 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 officer, 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 claimants 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 are must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
the notes from [a] to [e] are equally applicable to 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.

Joseph Rowen [hand written]
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[circular illegible stamp]
Official business
J. E. Heath Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D C
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Pension Office
May 31, 1853.

Sir-
Be pleased to say when John Goodwin 
 pensioner Act 7 June 1832 - on Maine roll, was last paid; and when he died - rate of 26.66 per annum.

S Burt Esq
Very Resp
J. Cole
for Commissioner

TS Burt Esq [illegible]}
   

Died 11th April 1852 and paid to the day of his death.
F Burt Esq
Auditor
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Turner (Me) March 23d 1853
Sir
Herewith you will receive the application of Deborah Harlow & Sarah Goodwin for a pension - Please address, your  [Obt Scut ... illegible]
Job Prince
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March 13th [written on the side]
turner Me
Mch 8 Z

To the Department of War,
Pension Office,
Washington City.
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[Circular Seal with Ribbons]
STATE OF MAINE.
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Oxford County, ss.
I, Elisha Winter Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of Oxford County, certify that Job Prince is an acting Justice of the Peace within said County of Oxford, duly appointed and qualified,
and that the foregoing signature, affixed to the Affidavits of [Thedismen illegible] Boone and Hira Bradford purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and set the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State the twenty third day of March A.D.1853

E Winter Clerk.
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[Envelope] 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Pension Office, Official Business 

No  March 28 [illegible year]
Appl. of Sarah
Goodwin widow of
John

Maine
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11545
Act 3d Feby. 1853
Revy:
_____

Job Prince
Turner Maine
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Washington City,
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[ripped piece of paper]
[illegible]
Mr. Minot Me
Mar 14
S
Hon L P Waldo
commissioner of Pension
Washington D [cut off]

137097 [written on side]
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[ripped piece of paper]
Minot Me
[cut off] rch 24
A
Joy
Hon.
J Minot - Commissioner
Washington D.C.
Additional evidence in Bounty Land Claim No. 137097

[written on side]
Sarah Goodwin and John
Boynton
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[ripped piece of paper]
Minot Me
[cut off] rch 24
A
Joy
Hon.
J Minot - Commissioner
Washington D.C.
Additional evidence in Bounty Land Claim No. 137097

[written on side]
Sarah Goodwin and John
Boynton
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19.758

[illegible]
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7551
Sarah Goodwin
Wid'
John Goodwin
Pvt. Rev.' War
Act: Feby. 3 of 53
Index: -- Vol. A Page 279
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Brief in the case of Sarah Goodwin wid'w of Jno. 
                  County and State of Maine
                   act  3 February 18?3 

CLAIM,  ( "original," or "for increase.")

PROOF EXHIBITED, ( if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.

Husband pensioned Act of June 1832  
Marriage proved by town record.
A witness of credibility prove death of pensioner (corresponding with date recorded here)  And that the widow  survives in his neighborhood.  

(If for increase.)
   Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If  so, what?
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                        State of Maine.

ANDROSCOGGIN, SS

Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,}
Auburn, March 18  1856}

I, JOSIAH D. PULSIFER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County of Adroscoggin, being a Court of record, do hereby certify that            William L. Bonny   is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereunto annexed, was an Acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Androscoggin, as appears by the paper hereunto annexed - that he is duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgements 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 day and year first above written.
J. D. Pulsifer   Clerk. 

[A seal and ribbons appear in the bottom left corner]
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I  William Lowell aged 52 years & Gideon Bearce aged 34 years both of Minot on Oath testify & say that we were intimately acquainted with John Goodwin late of Hebron deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner of the U. States, and that his widow Sarah Goodwin is now a pensioner & is reputed to have made application for bounty land under the Act of Mar 3 1855 and that we know her to be the reputed widow of the said John Goodwin and is the person she claims to be in her application & that we have no interest directly or indirectly in the claim that said Sarah Goodwin may have to Bounty Land.
                                Wm. Lowell
                                 G.  Bearce
State of Maine Androscoggin SS March 15th 1856.    Personally appeared the above named William Lowell & Gideon Bearce and known to me as credible witnesses made solemn oath to the above affidavit by them signed to be the truth

Before me       W.L. Bonny  Justice of the Peace
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     Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

                                    Secretary's Office, Boston
                                    March 18, 1856

            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 John Goodwin is born on pay roll of Capt. Daniel Clark's Comp.  Col. Joseph Pims Regt. from May 9 to July 18, 1780. 2 mos as private from Arundel.  




In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
               Francis De Witt
           Secretary of the commonwealth.
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                      State of Maine
     West Minot March 5th  1856



To the Secretary of State of Massachusetts
Gentleman, 
     Please to furnish a certificate of record of service of John Goodwin who served in Capt. Jeremiah Goodwin  Com. v.  Col Pim's Reg't. in Mass State troops  -  8 months in 1780.

It is for the purpose of obtaining the claim of his Widow for bounty land.

I enclose you one dollar and if it is not satisfactory you will so say on return of Mail.
             Yours
             Respectfully
             Joshua Parsons
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We Asa Bradford, Esq & William Harris, Esq, both of Turner in the County of Oxford S State of Maine, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Goodwin an applicant for a pension; that we believe him to be about sixty six years of age; that is he reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. And we also certify that he is a man of truth.                    Asa Bradford
                                 Wm. Harris
                        State of Maine
Oxford S.S.  Dec. 31 1832.   
said witnesses being highly respectable & credible & there being no clergyman in the immediate vicinity}           Subscribed & Sworn to before me, William K Porter Justice of Peace
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State of Maine}
Oxford Ss  }

Rufus King Goodenow Clerk of the Judicial County in the aforesaid County of Oxford hereby certify that William K Porter whose (illegible) is annexed to the within deposition is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County.  
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this first Day of January in the year 1833.
Rufus King Goodenow
Clerk of Oxford County Court
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I, Timothy Wentworth of Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine, of the age of eighty five years, do testify and say, that Jacob Nason formerly of Berwick, but now known as John Goodwin of Turner in the County of Oxford and said state, was with me as a soldier in a company under the command of Capt. Jeremiah Goodwin, and I the said Wentworth was first lieutenant of the same. That he enlisted on the last of March or the first of April 1780 into said company, and that we waited until May for orders to move that on the fourth of May same year we left Berwick for Falmouth now Portland, and on the seventh of May we arrived at Falmouth. Our duty was building forts on Forb Hill and on Brimhorn Hill, until the fifth of September same year, then our company was drafted to march to Kennebec, and there our company was divided, and one half thereof was stationed  at Pownalborough, and the other half at Fort Weston, and I the said Wentworth had the command of the half at Fort Weston and there we remained until late in November the same year; and then we received orders to march to Falmouth from Genl. Wadsworth in order to be discharged by Col. Joseph Prime, who was Colonel of our Regiment and the said Nason, now known by the name of Goodwin aforesaid, was with us during the whole of said campaign, and we arrived home on the 26 November 1780.- Timothy Wentworth

State of Maine.
York SS. October 11H1832 Then the above named Timothy Wentworth made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement before me, and I further certify that the said Wentworth's reputation for the truth is good.-
Love --- Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine
County of York SS
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County of York, certify that Love Ke-- is a magistrate us within and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine-
In witness whereof, I hereunto set my name and affix my office seal the thirteenth day of November Anno Domini 1832
Jere. Bradbury Clerk