Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,527, Elijah Gould, Mass.
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Mass.          Gould, Elijah          W19527
                          Lucinda
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Massachusetts 27270

Elijah Gould deed of Philipstown in the State of Mass who was a Corporal in the Comy commanded by Captain Leno of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Mass line for 24 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 88 Dollars _____ cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Mar. 1834 and sent to Hono George Gremmells _____ _____

_____ to the 4th of Mar 1832 $88
Semi-anl allowance ending 31 July 32 $32.93
                                                             $123.93

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by George Taylor Clerk,
Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 30

Discharge copied 21 Mar 1834
Sent to Hon G. Gremmell HR
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Massachusetts 1972

Lucinda Gould
Mass
wido of Elijah Gould
who was a Corporal 
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15th day of Sep. 1863 and sent to L.M. Stone Boston, Mass.

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 43.
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Lucinda Gould
27028
Widow of
Elijah Gould
who died 31 July 1832

Corporal 2 years

_____

Col Jackson regt Mass Line

Hon Geo Gremmells

_____
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Worcester ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lucinda Gould widow of Elijah Gould late of Phillipston deceased for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate, this twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three

Theophilus Wheeler Regt of said Court
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[Illegible text on first half of document]
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester SS Probate Court 13th Nov. 1833
It is made satisfactorily to appear to the Court
here, that Elijah Goode late of Philipston dec.
died at Phillipston aforesaid on the thirty first Day
of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred & thirty two

Nath Same Judge of
Probate for the County of Worcester
And I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate
for the County of Worcester. do hereby certify the above
certificate of the Hon. Judge of Probate for said County
is now added to the evidence produced; to support
the claim of Lucinda Gould widow of Elijah
Gould late of Phillipston in said County of Worcester,
 a Pensioner of the United States, now deceased & there
ing that the said Gould died on the 31st day of July
1832, which has been so proved in the said Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seat of the said court this 13th day of [illegible]. Wheeler Register of said
Court
November A.D. 1833-
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Declaration of Lucinda Gould widow of Elijah Gould late of Phillipston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts - -   she states that her said husband Elijah Gould was a boyfriend in the Revolutionary Army that He served therein for the term of three years - that  the only evidence of said service in her posesion or of which she can avail herself is a discharge from the Service by Mayor Gent. Knox - which accompanies this application - the further states that her said Husband died at Phillipston aforesaid on the thirty first day of July One thousand eight hundred & thirty two at the age of Sixty eight years ---      Linda Gould
Worcester Js[?] on the twenty third Day of May M 1833
in other [illegible]
Subscribed & Sworn to by Lucinda Gould
Before Nath. Paine Judge of Probate for 
the County of Worcester ~
He Oliver Powars Esq and James Hone [illegible] both of Phillipston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that we were well acquainted with Elijah Gould late of Phillipston deceased that we believe him to have been Sixty eight years of age - and that it is repeated and believed in the neighborhood where he wished to have been a soldier of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion ---- -
Oliver Powers

Sworn & Before me
[illegible over on the left]
Nath Paine Judge of 
Probate for the County of 
Worcester

[signature on lower right:] James Hone

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester[?] Ss. Probate [illegible] 23 May M. 1833
His mate to appear to the Court here that Elijah Gould above named has deceased and that Lucinda Gould who is now in full Life is the widow of the same Elijah Gould ~   and this Lucinda known to the Court that Oliver Powers & James Shnoof Esq above named are whom we Gentlemen[?] [illegible] and instilled &[?] full Belief
Nathl Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
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Worcester Ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Theophilus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lucinda Gould widow of Elijah Gould late of Phillipston deceased for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and applied the Seal of the said Court of Probate, this twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three
Theoph. Wheeler Reg of said Court
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7085
Lucinda Gould

Mass.
Act 7 July 38
m 91 d 32

admd
2 yrs Corpl
$88—

no deduction
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Worcester, Ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify that Ira M. Barton is the Judge of said Court, duly Commissioned and qualified —and that his signature to the papers hereto annexed are genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this twenty fifth day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty.
Char. G. Prentiss, Register
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State of Massachusetts
Worcester County } ss

On the twentyfirst day of May AD 1840 personally appeared before the Hon. Ira M. Barton Judge of the Court of Probate within afor said County of Worcester in open Court Lucinda Gould a resident of Phillipston in the County of Worcester aforesaid aged seventy five years who being 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 July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows"; That she is the widow of Elijah Gould late of said Phillipston; that her said husband enlisted for three years and served in the third Massachusetts Regiment something over two years, as she has always understood; that he served under Maj. Gen. H. Knox in the Regt. whereof John R. Stafford was Adjt. That he was regularly discharged and that his certificate of discharge is now on file in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions at Washington: that her said husband was put upon the pension Roll of Massachusetts under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that she refers the Department to the evidence now on file in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions for the proof of his services, furnished by her said husband at the time he was put upon the pension roll as aforesaid_ that she can not state the exact length of service, nor the company official under whom he served: that her said husband resided at the time of his enlistment, according to her best knowledge and belief in the town of Stone [?] That she has no documentary evidence of his services and that her maiden name was Lucinda Baker

She further declares, that she was married to the said Elijah Gould on the twentyeighth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and ninety one
(over)
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that her husband the aforesaid Elijah Gould died on the thirty first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit, at the time above stated.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written — before me

Lucinda Gould

The letter 'M" and the words "for three years" interlined before her oath & subscription.

Ira M Barton Judge of the Court of Probate for said County.
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I Pliny P Gould of Phillipston in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, do depose and say that I am a son of Elijah Gould and Lucinda Gould his wife. My said father died on the thirty first day of July in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, and my said mother has never been married since his death.
Pliny P Gould

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
County [?]  May 21. 1840 Sworn to by said deponent, who is a man of truth
Before me
Ira M Barton Judge of Probate for said County
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5 
"These certify that I the subscriber here joined in marriage the following couples, since my last return [ineligible].
December Twenty Eighth one Thousand Seven hundred and ninety one. Then was married Mr. Elijah Gould to Mrs. Lucinda Baker both of [illegible]--[illegible] April twenty first 1792 - Charles Baker Justice of Peace "Returned to me April 30 1792 and
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION 3—525
MMHF
W. 19527
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., July 17, 1923

In reply to your request of......, for the history of Elijah Gould, a solder of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the widow's claim for pension.
[The following categories/rubrics are arranged in a table over 6 columns] 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN
COLONEL
STATE
Over 2 yrs. Discharged Dec. 22 1783
Corp'l
in 3" Mass. Regiment —

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stow [?]
Date of application for pension, May 23, 1833. The cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Phillipston, Worcester Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, 75 years in 1840
Remarks: Soldier died July31, 1832 in Phillipston, Mass. aged 68 years. He married Dec. 28, 1791 in Phillipston, Mass. Lucinda Baker (both of Gerry). Their son Pliny P. was a resident of Philliipston, Mass. in 1840. No further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Discharge from the Army
22 Decem 1789

Corp Elijah Gould
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By the Honourable
Major-General KNOX
Commanding the American Forces on Hudson's River.
Elijah Gould Corporal in the third Massachusetts Regiment, be enlisted for Three Years, is herby honourable Discharged from the Service of the 
United States.
Given in the State of New York, the 22 Day of Dec. 1783
By the General's  Command, J Knox  [illegible]

Registered in the Books of the Regiment,
John R. Stafford Adjt.
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Rev  Widow, etc
Case No. 19527
Lucinda Gould
Widow of Elijah Gould Corps, Rev. War
Act: March 39,43 Index: Vol. A, Page 28
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1923-July 18-Hist. to  Mrs. Jaques A Gould. {signature]
1923-Sept 5-Mrs. J.A. Gould notified soldier did not apply for pension [signature]
1924-Jan.22-Mrs. J.A. Gould advised again , soldier did not apply for pension
[illegible], cert. issued to widow-[signature]
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Massachusetts-5606
Lucinda Gould,
widow of Elijah Gould, deceased,
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 and who died on the 31st of July, 1832-of Worcester co in the State of Masstts- who was a Corporal in the county commanded by -- in the Masstts- line for 7 years Corporal-
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts- at the rate of 88 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of July, 1840 and sent to C. G. Prentiss [?] Worcester, Masstts-
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1840=$396.00
Semi=annual allowance ending 4 Mar '41, 44.00
$440.00
{Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by S. A. Ellish Clerk, 
Book A. Vol. 1. Page 91.
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2263
Lucinda Gould
$88 per annui
L. M. Stone
Boston
Mass.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County}J.J.
Be it known that on this tenth day of June 1843. Personally appeared before me Mr. [ illegible] a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Worcester, Mrs. Lucinda Gould, a resident of Phillipston in said County and Commonwealth aged seventy eight years, was being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of March 1843. Granting pension to 
Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Elijah Gould deceased who was a Corporal in the Revolutionary War, and served as she verily believes, as stated by her in her original declaration for a pension under the Law of the 7th July 1838 to which declaration and the paper accompanying the same now on file in the War Department, she would refer for a more particular statement of his services, for the proof of her marriage, identity, and the same of her Husbands death. She further declares that she was pensioned under said Act at the rate of Eighty Eight dollars per annum which amount she received the the 4th of March 1836, to the 4th March 1844 at the Agency in Boston Massachusetts, and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the Pension Certificate granted to her under said Act to the Pension Agent at the said City of Boston agreeably to the Rules of the Department.
And this declarant further alleges that she has not remarried since the decease of her said Husband but, is now, and ever since  has been the Widow of said Elijah Gould deceased, as well more fully appear by the proof hereto [illegible]
And further she saith not.  Lucinda Gould
Sworn to and Subscribed on the day and year first above.
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written, and I certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the person within described
Before me
Oliver Powers Justice of the Peace
J. Curtis Powers of Phillipstown in the county of Worcester of lawful age, on oath testify and say, that I have been well acquainted with Lucinda Gould the applicant named in the within declaration for many years last past[?]. I know that she was the wife and is now the widow of Elijah Gould deceased, who was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that she was a pensioner under the law of 7th July 1838, as stated by her[?].
Curtis Powers 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County, [?], June 10 1843
Here came Curtis Powers who is known to me to be a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing[?] affidavit by him subscribed is strictly true. Before me
Oliver Powers Justice of the Peace
MH. I certify that the name "Martin Harris" was written by me + [?] in the Certificate of Curtis Powers before the execution of said certificate
Oliver Powers
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Secretary's Office, Boston 
June 21. 1843
hereby Certify, That at the dates of the annexed attestations Oliver Powers was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned;
and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno A Bolles
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Hon. James S. Edwards 
Comm of Pensions
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Worcester May 25, 1840


Sir,
I sent the application of Lucinda Gould.
Please sent her benefites tto
Your [illegible] Servnt
Chas G. Prentiss

Hon. J.L.l Edwards
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2515 Irving Av. South,
Minneapolis Minn, May 26, 1923
Revolutionary War Dipt. U.S. Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen, From The Pension Roll for the year 1830 p319 (515) I find record Elijah Gould of Worcester County, Mass. having received a pension. He commenced to receive a pension March 4, 1831 and died July 31, 1832. Will you kindly send me the information which said Elijah could filed with the Pension Bureau when he applied for a pension? I desire to know everything possible about him as our family knows nothing about him. Yours truly
Mrs. James A. Gould) Grace Dunham Gould

[circular stamp] PENSION GMAY 29,1923 U.S.  OFFICE
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2515 Irving Av.So.
Minneapolis, Minn, July 21, 1923
Bureau of Pemsions,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen;
Referring to your communication MMHF W19527 dated July 17, 1923 concerning data relating to Elijah Gould of Phillipston, Mass who was a pensioner for service in the Revolution, will say that the information I desire is the data filed by said Gould when he applied for
[underlined] his
pension. The information which you sent me is what his widow filed when she applied for a widow's pension. I already know all which you sent me. Is it possible that you have not got this data, and if so, could any state officer in Mass. give me this information? There are no members of the family living in Mass. so I cannot think of any way of obtaining the information I desire which concerns said Gould's birth-place and parents.
Yours truly,
Mrs James A. Gould
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2515 Irving Ave. So.
Minneapolis, Minn.
Jan.18, 1924

Revolutionary War Section
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:
Referring to the enclosed letter I advise you that the following is taken from Senate Documents Pension Roll 1st Session, 23rd Congress page 319 (514). "Worcester County, Mass. Elijah Gould, corporal, annual allowance $88.00, Sums rec'd $121.33. , Description of service, Mass. Contl. Line, Placed on Pension Roll Mar.19, 1834. Commencement of pension Mar.4, 1831, age 68, died July 31, 1832."
There were several Elijah Goulds who served in Mass. during the Revolution. This is the man I am interested in as he lived in Phillipston, Worcester Co Mass.  The other men of this name lives in other counties.
Yours truly,
Mrs. James A. Gould

P.S.l If you can find the information filed by this man when he applied for his pension I would be very glad to get it.  The date of his death is exactly like the one on his tombstone which I have seen.
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MMHF
Rev. War Section
3-1865
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington
September 5, 1923

Mrs. James A. Gould
2515 Irving Ave. South
Minneapolis, Minn

Madam:
I have to advise you relative to the Revoluntionary War pension claim W. 19527, 

that Elijah Gould died without making an application for pension.
His birth place and names of his parents are not on record in the above noted claim of his widow Lucinda.
Respectfully,
Hays Haymaker
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. War Section MMHF
September 5, 1923
Mrs. James A. Gould
2515 Irving Ave. , South
Minneapolis, Minn.
Madam:
I have to advise you relative to the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 19527 ,that Elijah Gould died without making an application for pension.
His birth place and names of his parents are not on record in the above noted claim of his widow Lucinda.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section MMHF
January 28, 1924
Mrs. James A. Gould
2515 Irving Ave., South
Minneapolis, Minn.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 19527 it appears that Certificate 27270 was issued March 19, 1834 to Lucinda widow of Elijah Gould who died July 31, 1832 , on account of his services in the Revolutionary War, as a Corporal in the Massachusetts Troops. Rate of pension $ 88 per annum,commenced March 4, 1831.
This soldier did not apply for pension, 
Respectfully,
Commissioner.