Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,224, Samuel Fogg, N.H.

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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Fogg, Samuel
Fogg, Ruth

NUMBER
W.24.224

CONTENTS

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11.553

Maine

Samuel Fogg

of Somerset. Co. in the State of Maine who was a [illegible] in the Company commanded by Captain Clarks of the Regt commanded by Col Songo in the [illegible] Troops

5 Mo 12 day Private | 17.98
7 Mo Drummer | 25.66
 | $43.63

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 43 Dollars 63 Cents per annum, to commence on teh 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of May and Sent to 1833 R. C. Vese. Augusta - Me -

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 | 87.26
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 | 21.81
 | $109.07

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J.T. Sprague Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 15

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3516.

Maine

Ruth Fogg widow of Samuel Fogg

who was a Private

in the Revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1843. The day of his death.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of May, 1844 and sent to G. W. Morton Esq Augusta Me

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page 4.

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Repealed
Joint Reso: of January 23, 1865
2 Calif 
No. 61
Repealed

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Saml, Fogg,

Private _ New Hampshire troops,

Clark's Co: Poor's regt
No. 6422, 2 months
No. 6422, six weeks

Sinclair's Co: Poor's regt 2 monthly

Drummer

Brown's Co: Long's regt, 5 monthly

Dearborn's Co: Stickney's regt, 2 months

Private | 2 months
Private | 6 weeks
Private | 2 months
Drummer | 7 months

Appelant infirm, Certf. by Judge April 4, 1833,_

R.C. Vose
Augusta, Me

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Declaration.

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

STATE OF MAIN, KENNEBEC COUNTY, } ss.

On this first day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, Samuel Fogg a resident of Cornville in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.  That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Clark and served in Col. Poor's regiment of the New Hampshire line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Clark Capt. and Poor Col, That he enlisted in that company & regiment in September 1775 as a private for two months; served at Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Great Island in Portsmouth Harbor & after the expiration of his term of enlistment, reinlisted [reenlisted] in the same company & regiment for a private for another period of two months, marched to Winter hill near Boston after serving out that period, at the request of Gen. Sullivan remained & did duty two weeks longer.  Then enlisted in Capt. Sinclair's company in the same regiment for one other period of two months, which period he served out on Winter hill & was discharged on Bunker hill in April 1776.-

That in August 1776 he enlisted as a Drummer for twelve months in Capt. Nathan Brown's Company & Col. Long's regiment of the same troops, that he continued to serve in said company & regiment until the last of December of the same year when he was verbally discharged by his officers at Portsmouth, N.H. in consequence of lameness - having served five months.  That in July 1777 he again enlisted as a private for two months in Capt. Stephen Dearborn's Company & Co. Sidney's regiment of the same troops, that under this enlistment he served at Bennington, Stillwater & Bemis Heights at which later place he was discharged in September 1777 having served during most of the time as a Drummer.

[torn paper at bottom obscuring printed text] under the instruction of [their??] department, he aus

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wers:

That he was born in the year 1756 in Raymond, New Hampshire where he presumes his age is recorded & where his home was during his revolutionary services & where he continued to reside until 1805 when he removed to said Cornville where he has ever since lived.

That he enlisted into the Service was not Drafted or received as a substitute.  That he never received a written discharge from the service.  That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services.

He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.

Samuel Fogg

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before Nathan Weston [illegible] s.j.c

And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.  Nathan Weston Jr

State of Maine April 4, 1833:

It has been made to appear to my satisfaction that the above named applicant, by reason of age & infirmity, cannot without prejudice too his health, appear in open court, to renew his declaration & again to make oath to the same,

Nathan Weston [illegible] s.j.c.

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State of Maine.

KENNEBEC, ss.--I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the HON. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Samuell Fogg for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 1st day of August

A.D. 1832,
J. H. Chandler

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Ruth Fogg
9235
Maine
Act July 7 1838

Husband died March 24th 1843

Rejected

Geo. W Morton
Augusta 
Maine

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DECLARATION

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." an the Act of the 23 of August 1842.

STATE OF MAINE.

Somerset County, ss.

On this fifth day of July A.D., 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber Judge of the Probate Court for said county of Somerset, the same being a court of record, Ruth Fogg a resident of Cornville in the County of Somerset and State of Main, aged eighty 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 July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" [crossed out text: That she is the widow of] and the Act approved the 23rd of August 1842; That she is the widow of Samuel Fogg, who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7, 1832 that his pension was paid to him at the Agency in Portland, in the State of Maine, at the rate of forty three dollars and and [sic] sixty three cents per annum up to the 4th day of March 1843, and that she refers to a declaration made by him of his service in the Army of the Revolution in support of his claim to a pension.

She further declares, that she was married to the said Samuel Fogg on the thirteenth day of October in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine; that her husband, the aforesaid Sameul Fogg died on the twenty fourth day of March 1843 at Cornville, Maine; 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 and ninety-four, viz. at the time above stated, that her maiden name was [thence??] Lane and that since the decease of her late husband the said Samuel Fogg she has remained unmarried.

Witness
Thomas C Jones

Ruth Fogg her mark X

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before 
C. Greene

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STATE OF MAINE

Somerset ss.

I the subscriber Register of Probate hereby CERTIFY THAT the Hon, Charles Greene before whom the proceedings were had, is Judge of the Court of Probate for said County-  I also CERTIFY, That the [witness??] contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ruth Fogg of Cornville for a pension.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this fifth day of July A.D., 1843

Thos. C Jones Regr of Probate

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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss}

Town Clerk's Office Epping NH
June 13th 1843

Samuel Fogg & Ruth Lane } were married the thirteenth day of October One thousand seven hundred seventy nine. -

I certify that the above is a true copy of the records with, the exception of the date, which is expressed on the records in fair-legible figures as follows.-

Octr 13. 1779

Attes John Jay Plumer { Town Clerk

I John Jay Plumer above named depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Cerk of Epping in the County and state aforesaid, that the above is a true extract from the record of said Town, with the exception above named and certified by me. - John Jay Plumber { Clerk of the Town of Epping NH

Rockingham ss June 13th 1843 } Sworn to and subscribed before me 
W Plumer for Justice Peace_

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State of New Hampshire

Rockingham County ss

I, JBHoitt Clerk of the Judicial Court in accd for said County certify that William Plumer Jr Esquire who has subscribed his name to the within certificate is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that he freely admits that he made said certificate and placed his signature hereto in his own hand writing and I believe the same to be his genuine signature

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature this twelfth day of June Anno Domini 1843

J.P. Hoitt Clerk

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Rev. & 1812
Section
[torn paper] E/eel

[handwritten note: am]

December 19,1928

Mrs. Charles K. Merritt
104 Pleasant Street
Rockland, Maine

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 24224, it appears that Samuel Fogg was born in 1756 in Raymond, New Hampshire.

While residing in Raymond, New Hampshire, he enlisted in September, 1775, and served four months as a private in Captain Clark's Company, Colonel Poor's New Hampshire Regiment.

He enlisted in February, 1776, served as a private in Captain Sinclair's Company, Colonel Poor's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged in April, 1776.

He enlisted in August, 1776,  served as drummer in Captain Nathan Brown's Company, Colonel Long's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged the last of December, 1776.

He enlisted in July, 1777, served as private and drummer in Captain Stephen Dearborn's Company, Colonel Stickney's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged in September,1777.

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He was allowed pension on his application executed August 1, 1832 while a resident of Cornville, Somerset County , Maine, to which place he had moved from Raymond, New  Hampshire in 1805.
He died March 24, 1843, at Cornville, Main.
Soldier married, October 13, 1779, in Epping, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, Ruth Lane. She was allowed pension on her application executed July 5, 1843, while a resident of Cornville, Main, aged eighty-one years.
It was stated in 1843 that soldier and his wife "have brought up a large family of children some of which are  upwards of sixty years of age", no names are given.
There are no further family data.
The Revolutionary war records of this bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Josiah Fogg, Henry Pendleton or Thomas Jefferson Wetherley.
                               Respectfully,


                      WINFIELD SCOTT
                        Commissioner.

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[Typed form with handwritten answers]

[Typed] reply to your request for a statement of the military history [end typed text]
[handwritten] Samuel Fogg W.F. 24 224 [end handwritten text] [Typed], a solider of the Revolutionary War [all caps], you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or [penciled strike out of "or" and written above "and"] his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau [end typed text]

[Beginning Typed table]
[Heading column 1] Dates of Enlistments or Appointments [end heading column 1] 
Sept. 1775
Feb. 1776
Aug. 1776
July 1777

[Heading column 2] Length of Service [end heading column 2] 
4 mos [months] 2 weeks
2 mos [months]
5 mos. [months]
2 mos. [months]

[Heading column 3] Rank. [end heading column 3] 
Pri [Private]
Pri [Private]
Drummer 
Pri [Private] & Drummer 

[Heading column 4] Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered [end heading column 4] 

[Subheading of Column 4] Captain. [End subheading of Column 4]
Clark 
Sinclair
Nathan Brown
Stephen Dearborn

[Subheading of Column 4] Colonel.[End subheading of Column 4]
Poor
Poor
Long 
Stickney

[Heading column 5] State. [end heading column 5] 
N.H. [New Hampshire]
N.H. [New Hampshire]
N.H. [New Hampshire]
N.H. [New Hampshire]

[End Typed table]

[Typed form with handwritten answers]

[Typed] Battles engaged in, [end typed] [handwritten] None given [end handwritten]

[Typed] Residence of soldier at enlistment, [end typed] [handwritten] Raymond N.H. [New Hampshire] [end handwritten]


[Typed] Date of application for pension, [end typed] [handwritten] Aug. [August] 1, 1839. His claim was allowed [end handwritten]


[Typed] Residence at date of application, [end typed] [handwritten] Cordarelle, Somerset Maine  [end handwritten]


[Typed] Age at date of application, [end typed] 
[handwritten] born in 1756 at Raymond, N.H. [New Hampshire] died at Bournville, Me [Maine] March 24, 1843 [end handwritten]

[Typed] Remarks: [end typed] 
[handwritten] (2) He married in Epping Rockingham N.H. [New Hampshire] Ruth Lane October 13, 1779/ She was allowed pensioner appreciated July 5, 1843. While living in Bournville Me [Maine] aged 81 yr- [years]. A large family of children are referred to, names not stated [end handwritten]

[Typed] Yours Respectfully [end typed] 

[End document]

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[Stamped address in black ink] 
Charles E. Merritt
104 Pleasant Street Rockland, Maine

[Circle black ink stamped faded] 
Pension Mar. [March] 19 1926 US Office 

[Letter typed on typewriter with penciled in editing marks]
Pension Office, Washington, D.C> 
Gentlemen, -
Could you inform me if any of the following received pensions, and if so, any other information you might have concerning them would be appreciated_ Major Josiah [penciled in o] Fogg [penciled in dash for space] born in 1728 also Samuel Fogg [penciled in check mark over Fogg and penciled underline under Fogg], [penciled in comma] born 1756 (think they came from New Hampshire). Henry Pendleton [penciled underline under Pendleton] [penciled in scribble over Pendleton] [penciled in comma] Northport [penciled in comma] Maine or Thomas Jefferson Wetherley [penciled in 0 over Wetherley] [penciled in comma] [penciled in parathesis] think he lived in either Northport, or Washington, Maine.[penciled in parathesis]

Thanking you in advance, I am, 
Sincerely yours, 
Mrs. Charles E Merritt

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724 Hodge Ave.,
Ames, Iowa,
Sept 25, 1923.

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Revolutionary War Records
Washington, D.C.

I am trying to establish my genealogy to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. I have this information concerning Samuel Fogg or (Fogge) 1756 to 1843 was placed on pension roll for five months actual service as a private and served as a drummer boy in New Hampshire line during the Revolutionary War. Will you please send me all the information you have on your records concerning his ancestors and descendants?
(Miss) Grace Gleason
724 Hodge Ave.
Ames, Iowa

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1933 James Sr. So. Minneapolis, Minn. 
May 31, 1922

[Penciled mark in left corner reads "res- sec ab"]

Commissioner of Pensions, 
Rev. [Revolutionary] War [penciled underline under Rev. War] Depart. [Department] Washington, D.C. 

Dear Sir:-
Will you please send me Revolutionary [penciled underline under Revolutionary] War Record of Josiah Fogg [penciled underline Josiah Fogg] [penciled in "o" over the last g in Fogg], as given in his pension claim. He was from Apr. 5, 1728 in Hampton, N.H. [New Hampshire] died Raymond, N.H. [New Hampshire]. He was at no time Major and later Lt. Col. 

Also [penciled underline under also] please send Rev. [Revolutionary] War Record of Samuel [penciled underline under Samuel] Fogg, (son of Josiah) He was from Aug. 10, 1756 d. 1843 in Maine. He was in Capt. [captain] Nathan Brown's Co. Pierce Long's regt. [regiment] Sept 13 to Dec 7-1776, & Mark Wiggins Co. [company] Col [colonel] Long's ref. Dec 8, 1776 to Jan. 7, 1777. He was of Raymond N.H. Rec'd [recorded] pension 1832. Samuel Fogg may 

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have had service in 1778 & 1779. 
These are my husbands ancestors. 
Thanking you in advance I am. 

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Eugene Fogg, 
1933 James Sr. So., 
Minneapolis, Minn. 

(J. H. Y)

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Symbol: NATIONAL SOCIETY NEW ENGLAND WOMEN

Stamp mark: [illegible] W. & N. DIV. FILES
JAN 19 1906

Jan 18 1906

Dear Sir
Would kindly send me information regarding the services of my great-grand father, Samuel Fogg, who lived and died in Cornville, Maine, and Seth Fogg who was a Col. in Revolutionary War.

Jeremiah and Daniel Fogg were majors in the Revolutionary war, who took part in the Battle of [illegible];
Respectfully
Mrs. William Willson Crossley
Hannah Elizabeth Fogg Crossley
350 Decatur St Brooklyn K.Y.

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WIDOW, &c.

File 24224
Ruth Fogg
Wid of Samuel Fogg
Priv Rev War

Act: Mar 3rd 1843
Index: - Vol. a, Page 249

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1906 Feb 23 - History to Mrs. Miliam Willson Crossly
1922 July 12 hist to Mrs. Eugene Fogg - Eu.
1928 Dec 19, Hist to Mrs. Chas E Merritt M.E.E.

M.B.H.

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No. 9235

Ruth Fogg
Maine
Suspended

Set to G W Morton Sep 16 1843

Act July 7ty 38

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9160

Maine
Ruth Fogg
widow of Samuel Fogg who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 24th March 1843 of Somerset in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Clark of the Regs commanded by Col Long in the Map line for 7 mos 2 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 23 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of April 1843 and sent to G. W. Morton Augusta, ME
Total amount, $117 75
Act July 7, 1838.
Recorded by Ths Lumpkin, Clerk
Book d Vol. 1. Page 5.

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Joint Reso: of Jany 23.'45

Repealed

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5881

Ruth Fogg
Me
Act Mar. 3 48

add
7m. 2 ds.
priv

$23.55 pran.

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I William Fowle, aged seventy four years, a soldier of the revolution, upon oath testify and declare that I was knowing that Samuel Fogg, then of Raymond, New Hampshire, now of Cornville Maine served in February of March as a private in Capt. Sinclair's company, and that he served two months as a drummer in Capt. Dearborn's company and Col. Stickney's Regiment in 1777.  I served at both these periods as a private in the same company.
William Fowl

Subscribed and sworn to August 7 1832, the deponent being a credible witness
Before
Nathan Weston Jr
Just S. J. C.

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(3-1776)
Service
N. H. 
Fogg. Samuel Ruth
Number
W. 24. 224

Contents

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I Joshua Woodman of Cornville in the County Somerset and State Maine of lawfull age depose and say that I have resided in this town thirty eight years and have been neighbors to Samuel Fogg and wife that they have brought up a large family of children two of which are upwards of sixty years of age -  and that the said Samuel Fogg was a Pensioner of the United States at the time of his service which was the twenty fourth day of March last and his Widdow Ruth Fogg remains now unmarried
Cornville July 3 1843  Joshua Woodman

Somerset Ss July 3 1843 - then the above named Joshua Woodman Personally appeared and made oath [illegible] [illegible] by him subscribed is true before me
Benjamin McDaniel Jus of the Peace
This my [illegible] that I have been acquainted with the above named subscriber Joshua Woodman of upwards of thirty years and he is a man of truth and varasity
Cornville July 3 1843
Benjamin McDaniel Jus of the Peace

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State of Maine
Kennebec SS
I the undersigned Clerk of the Jud. Court
for the County of Kennebec, do certify that Benjamin McDaniel is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Somerset, and that the signatures hereto affixed purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my
hand & affix the seal of the Sup. Jud. Court
this eleventh day of July A.D. 1843-
J. R. Nichols

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Ruth Fogg
under joint resolution & act
7 July, 1838-
Admd: @ $23.55 per ann.
from 4 March 1836 to 4
4 March 1841- &
under act 3d March 1843-
from 4 March, 1843-
to 24. March, 1843
Geo W Morton
Augusta
Maine

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Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the resolution of Congress of the 23 January 1845 Whereas the Act of the 30th April 1844 prohibited one from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner, I now make the following statement under Oath, to obtain the benefits of the revolution above named. I am the widow of Samuel Fogg who who a musician and private in the war of the Revolution. I have drawn a pension under the Act of Congress of March 3. 1843 at the rate of twenty three dollars and fifty five cents per annum. And now ask for the amount due me under Act of July 7. 1838 from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 4th day of March 1841- and also under the Act of March 3. 1843. from the 4th day of March 1843 to the 24th day of March 1843
Witness.
Rufus Robie
her
Joshua Fogg
Ruth X Fogg
mark
State of Maine,
Somerset County. S. S Sworn to and subscribed
before me this Fourteenth day of February A.D.
1845 at Cornville, in the County of Somerset
and State of Maine
Witnes Joshua Fogg Rufus Robie Justice of the Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally
known to me, and that she is the same individual
she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
Rufus Robie Justice of the Peace

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State of Maine
Kennebec C-
I the subscriber Clerk of the Jud Courts for
the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that
Rufus Robie Esq. is a Justice of the Peace as
within stated, & that the within signature purporting
to his are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the Sup. Jud Court, this 21st day of February
Anno Domini 1845.
Wm. M. Stratton

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Augusta. Maine
July 12. 1843
Sir
I herewith enclose declaration &c of Ruth Fogg and Sally Newman claimants for the pensions under the Act of July 7. 1838 and Augt 23. 1842. If their papers are deemed by you
sufficient to establish their respective claims,
I would respectfully request you to transmit
me, for them such certificates as you open in like care

Very respectfully
your Obt Servt
Geo W. Morton
James L. Edwards Esq
Comm of Pensions
Washington D.C.

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Augusta, Maine, 
Feb. [February] 21, 1845

Sir, 

I herewith endeavor declaration of Ruth Fogg and Elizabeth Ward to have their claim for pension under rendition of 23 Jany. [January] 1845 allowed. [a]nd respectfully request you to send me for them such application as you espouse in such claim, if their papers are satisfactory. 

Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
Geo W. Morton 

James L. Edward Esq. 
Commission of Pensions 
City of Washington D.C.

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6422
Samuel Fogg
Me

5 mos 12 ds private 17.97
7. drummer 25.66
$43.63

R. C. Vose
Augusta Me

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War Department
Pension Office
1&3

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 tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subscined 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.  These points 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 facilatate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Fogg, Mc

Period when the service was rendered.  
N.H. troops Sept 1775 
Declaration of the claimant's service.
Years. 2 Months. Days.
Rank of claimant.  Private
Names and rank of the Field officers under who he served.
Capt Clark Co. Poor
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the services.
76
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
born in Raymond NH. entered there now lives in Somerset Cty. Maine

Period when the service was rendered.
N. H. Troops
after mos. again
Declaration of the claimant's service.
Years. 4 Months. 12 Days.
Rank of claimant.
Private 
Names and rank of the Field officers under who he served.
Capt Clark Co. Poor

Period when the service was rendered.
N. H. Troops
then 
Declaration of the claimant's service.
Years. 2 Months. Days.
Rank of claimant.
Private 
Names and rank of the Field officers under who he served.
Capt Sinclair Co. Poor

Period when the service was rendered.
N. H. Troops
Aug 1776
Declaration of the claimant's service.
Years. 5 Months. Days.
Rank of claimant.
Drummer 
Names and rank of the Field officers under who he served.
Capt Brown Col. Long
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
One living witness 
  
Period when the service was rendered.
N. H. Troops
July 77
Declaration of the claimant's service.
Years. 2 Months. Days.
Rank of claimant.
Private / Drummer the illegible illegible
Names and rank of the Field officers under who he served.
Capt Dearborn Col. Stickney
Proof by which the declaration is supported.
moves 3d and last tour of 2m 
cash and generally

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 constructed 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 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,
(italics) State, Territory, or District of
County of (bracket) ss. (end italics)
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 country 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. (pointing finger symbol) This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons belonging 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 pinion (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                            
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; 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 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 application 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 witnesses cannot be found, the applicant will so stat 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 ex-expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, aand 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; 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 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 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 a 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 propercounty, 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 the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of dead 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.