Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23340, John Holt, Mass

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(3 -- 1776)
SERVICE                                
Mass        
Holt, John         
Lydia.
NUMBER
W. 23340
CONTENTS

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5754
Maine 4
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John Holt
Private
Massachusetts Line
In the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 7th of May 1818
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25th of January 1819
and sent to Albion K. Parris
Paris. Oxford [illegible]. 
Maine
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 3 mos 29/31 = 31.48
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819          48
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                                                                      $79.48
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{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818}

Continued on the roll under this
law 1 May '20, notification
sent to Thos Clark 11 July 1870.
Paris Maine

Let to Hon M. Mason,
Apr 25 1836.

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Maine 5046
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Lydia Holt
widow of John Holt
who as a Private
in the Revolution

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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
80 Dollars
per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.
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Certificate of Pension issued the
9th day of March 1844
and sent to Lyman Remsen
Rumford
Maine
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[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1 Page 6
Rep?

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STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford, ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas
begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford
on the second Tuesday of June A. D. 1820
before the Honorable Benjamin Greene & Judah Dana, Judges of said Court.
On this 16th day of June in the year above written, personally appeared 
in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment" and being a Court of Record for said county
of Oxford, John Holt, aged fifty five years, resident in
Bethel in said county, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his
oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private. In the
company commanded by Capt. Michael Hewdeing in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
Rufus Putnam in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment,
as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 7th day of
May A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered
5754 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 hereunto 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 below, also subscribed by me.
John Holt.

Sworn to and declared, on the 16 -- }
day of June A.D. 1820.} Benjamin Green
BEFORE                            Judah Dana} Judges of said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the
subscriber, viz: -- two cows - three yearlings -- two calves -- two swine -- one Chain -- one poor plough -- two axes -- two hoes -- two scythes -- one Iron bar -- one 
poor loom -- two spinning wheels -- two tubs -- two pails -- two tables -- eight poor chairs -- one poor
Desk -- one poor chest -- two kettles -- one spider --
tin Crockery & earthen wares -- valued at two
Dollars -- one poor gun & equipment -- one
pair of tongs -- 1/2 Doz poor knives & forks --
John Holt --

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SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John Holt who by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of a breach and a broken right arm.

NAMES.
Lydia wife of said John
Hiram - his son
Lydia - daughter

AGES.
56
16
14

Capacity of each to contribute to their support.
can perform some labour
in good health
-do-

John Holt

Oxford ss.
I Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford 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 eighty dollars $80.00

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24th day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

Thomas Clark
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford

John Holt
No. 5754
continued
5454
broken arm
continue

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I John Holt of Bethel in the County of Oxford of Commonwealth of Massachusetts a resident citizen of United States aged fifty two years on oath declare that at Andover in said Commonwealth in the month of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty I enlisted into the army of the United Colonies of America in the Company commanded by Captain Michael Hudang [Capt. Michael Gabriel Houdin] in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam in the second Brigade of the Massachusetts Line on the continental establishment & served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war untill the 28th day of October A.D. 1783 when I received an honorable discharge hereunto annexed.
I further testify that I am not borne on any pension list of the United States that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support -- Wherefore I pray that this application may be transmitted to the Secretary at War to the end that I may be placed on the Pension List of the United States agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818 entitled "An  Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
John Holt (signature)

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John Holt
Private
Putnam's Mass.t Reg. 
January 1780
to
October 28, 1783

May 7th 1808

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I John Killgore of Newry of lawful age testify and say that John Holt of Bethel served in the war of the Revolution, in the continental establishment against the common Enemy, as a private soldier the years A.D. 1782 and 1783 in Capt. Hudangs's [Capt. Michael Gabriel Houdin] company in the fifth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam.

John Killgore (signagure)

Bethel May 18th 1818-
Oxford ss. Personally appeared the above named John Killgore and made Oath the writ of deposition by him subscribed before me. 
Timothy Carter Jus. Peace. (signture)

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We the subscribers Selectmen of the Town of Bethel in the District of Maine do hereby Certify that we are personally acquainted of with Dr. John Holt of said town and from what we know of his situation it is our opinion that by Reason of his Reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support Dated at Bethel aforesaid this 25th day of April A.D. 1818.
Jona Abbot
Asa Kimball
Selectmen of Bethel

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Timothy Carter or
Amos Hills, esqr of Bethel
in the District of Maine

GREETING.

WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at
Paris in said District, on the Seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen John Holt of Bethel in said District presented
an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private
Soldier in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against
the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and
that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled ""An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service
of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:--And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the
town of Newry in the District of Maine
aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:--
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service,
the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such
depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.

GIVEN under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.

Albion K. Parris
Judge of the United States in and
for the District of Maine.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
MAINE DISTRICT, ss. 
[seal]
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came John Holt the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true. 
And the said applicant further offered in evidence a regular Discharge given him in the revolutionary war, and the deposition of John Kilgore, taken before Tim. Corter a respectable magistrate appointed by Dedimus for this purpose; and the certificate of Jono. Abbot & Asa Kimball, municipal officers of the corporation to which said applicant belongs relative to his circumstances in life; all which are hereunto annexed 

And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said John Holt private soldier the applicant served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support ; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned. 
Albion K. Parris (signature)
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

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3613 
Lydia Holt widow of John.  
Me.  [Maine]
Act 7 July 1838. 
Married 1787. 
Died 1830.  
Allow $80 per anm [annum]

[crossed out: Forwarded at the request of the applicant by Stephen Emery]

Hon VD Parris 
HR

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"In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven June seventh John Holt 3d and Lydia Rupell both of Andover were married by Jonathan French Pastor of the Church in the South Parish of Andover "

I Samuel Johnson jr certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record
in fair legible figures as follows, viz
 A.D. 1787 June 7.

I Samuel Johnson Jr. above named depose & the say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Andover in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town of Andover with the exception above named of certified by me
Samuel Johnson jr (signature) Town Clerk
of Andover aforesaid

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Sept 18th 1838. Personally appeared
Samuel Johnson Jr Clerk of the Town of Andover, and
a credible witness & made oath to the truth of the
within certificate with the exception respecting
the date as within specified
Before me W. Swift, Just of Peace
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ESSEX, ss.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and
for the County of Essex, do certify, that
N. Swift Esq is a Justice of the Peace
within and for said County, and that his
signature hereon is genuine.
WITNESS MY HAND, and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas,
September
18. A. D. 1838.
John Prince Clerk

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State of Maine 
Oxford County ss.   on this nineteenth day of October AD 1838, personally appeared before the Court of Probate, now sitting specially at Bethel in & for said County, Lydia Hall a resident of said Bethel, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by an Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838, entitled, "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows." 
That she is the widow of John Holt, (formerly known as John Holt the 3d) late of said Bethel deceased, who was a soldier of the United States in the Revolutionary War; the particulars of whose services, she is unable to state; but for his said services, the said John Holt received a pension from the United States- & she begs leave respectfully to refer to the evidence on file in the War Department, in his application for a pension, in proof of his serving aforesaid. She further declares, that she was married to the said John Holt on the Seventh day of June in the year of an Lord Seventeen hundred & eighty seven - that her husband, the aforesaid John Holt died on the Sixteenth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty- that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen hundred & ninety four, viz. at the time above cited.
Lydia Holt her X mark 
Witness S. Emery (signature)

Sworn to & subscribed by the said Lydia Holt, the day & year first above written
Before Stephen Emery, Judge (signature)

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State of Maine 
Oxford ss.   I Levi Stowell Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County hereby certify that Stephen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid. I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Lydia Holt for a Pension. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Office this Eighth day of December A.D. 1838. 
Levi Stowell (signature)

[seal]

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Revy
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 23340
Lydia Holt Wid of John Holt
Priv Rev War.

Act: Mar 3rd 1843

Index: - Vol A, Page 354

[Arrangement of 1870]

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Maine 1702
Lydia Holt widow of John Holt decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 16th July 1830
of Oxford in the State of Me.
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Houdin of the Regt commanded
by Col. Putnam in the MS.
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 80 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Jany 1839 and sent to Hon V. D. Parris Ho. of Reps.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838      $200.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '39, 40.00
= $240.00


{Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by D.D. Addison, Clerk
Book A   Vol.1st   Page 11


[right side]
dec. Act 43 recd to H. Holt
Jan. 26. 1844 -

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By the Honorable Majr General Knox commanding the Garrison of West Point and its dependency

John Holt Soldier in the first Massachusetts Regiment being inlisted for three years is hereby honorably discharged the service of the United States

Given at West Point this 28 day of Oct 1803
Knox M General [Major General Knox]

By the Generals Command
Jon. Lillie Aid de Camp.
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Registered in the book of the Regiment
P. Pettengill Majr

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4981 Decr 11. 1884
Ms

Lydia Holt

act 3 March 1843

Hon. James L Edwards
Com of Pensions
City of Washington
D.C.

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Rumford Dec. 5 1843
Dear Sir
Enclosed is the Declaration of Lydia Holt for a Pension -
Please forward her certificate (and any 
communication that may be necessary touching the same) to Hiram Holt of Bethel in the County of Oxford and you will oblige
Gerret & v - Lyman Renson.

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Declaration -
In order to obtain the Benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3rd March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7- 1838 —
State of Maine ) Oxford SS-
On this ninth day of November in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty three, (blank) personally appeared before Lyman Remsen Judge of the Probate Court for said County of Oxford Lydia Holt a resident of Bethel in said County aged [illegible - seventy] eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd of March A.D. 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, That she is the widow of John Holt who was a private in the Revolutionary army - and that she received eighty dollars her per annum under the act of July 7 - 1838 She further declares she is still a widow 
         her
Lydia  X  Holt
        mark;

Attest Hiram Holt (signature)

Subscribed & sworn to the day and year above written this Declaration was taken out of Court on account of the infirmity of the Declarent (sic), who is personally known to me the subscriber 
Lyman Remsen Judge - (signature)

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4981
State of Maine
County of Oxford ss

I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Courts written and for the County of Oxford hereby certify that Lyman Rawson whose genuine signature is annexed to the within certificate is the Judge of Probate within and for said County of Oxford duly commissioned and qualified as such and that full faith and credit is to the given to his acts in that capacity
[seal]
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court & subscribed my name this twenty eighth day of November 1843
Joseph G. Cole Clerk of the Courts for Oxford County (signature)

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5422 Feb 24 1844
Humford Nes
(sideways) Fly 20
HenrY, L, Edwards 
Commisn. of Pensions
City of Washington
Dist - of Columbia (end sideways)
Con
Maine
Mar 3 1843
Lyd Staff
$80 per am
Lyman Remsen
Rumford
Maine

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Rumford Feb 20 1844

Dear Sir 
Please forward the Pension Certificate to Hiram Holt of Bethel Oxford County Maine - 
Yours respectfully
Lyman Renton (signature)