Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20653, Solomon Bacon, Mass.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Massachusetts

Bacon, Solomon
Margaret

NUMBER
W. 20653

CONTENTS

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20.740
New York
Solomon Bacon
Oneida in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Mack of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer in the Massachusetts line for 8 months.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of October 1833 and sent to Stoddard Clark, Waterville

Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] 3rd - $66.66
Semi-annual allowance ending [illegible] - $13.33
= $79.99

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Go. C. Stiles, Clerk
Book E. Vol. 4, Page 18.

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18246
Solomon Bacon's Declaration for a Pension
One term of 8 10/30 months

Of Marshall
Oneida County
New York

Stodard & Clark
Attorneys
Waterville Oneida Co.

Barne [illegible]
September 18

Free

Reuben Bacon
Post Master
Waterville
Oneida County, New York

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State of New York
County of Oneida, ss:
On this 26 day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared before me, Nathan Kimball, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Oneida County aforesaid Solomon Bacon, being of infirm health and thereby unable to appear in open court, who being duly sworn according to law doth upon his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th, A.D. 1832. To wit:
That he was born on the 13th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand and fifty one in the Town of Barre, County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts and that he possesses a Family Record of his age which is herewith presented & inspected.
And the said Solomon Bacon further declares that on the 20th day of April in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & seventy five at Barre aforesaid, he entered the service as a minute man, and marched immediately to Cambridge near Boston when he enlisted as a private soldier in the company of Captain John Black, Lieutenant Benjamin Gates & Ensign John Patrick in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer and Major Mores.
And the said Solomon Bacon further declares that he was during his term of enlistment engaged in the Battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th June 1775 and that he continued in active service till the first of January 1776 when he was dismissed and returned home to Barre aforesaid. After having served a term of eight months and ten days.
And the said Solomon Bacon further declares that he knows of no individuals living whose testimony he could obtain who were fellow

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soldiers with him in the aforesaid service, or who have [illegible]
 knowledge of the same, save his brother Josiah Bacon of Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts, whose affidavit is hereunto annexed.
And the said Solomon Bacon further declares that he resided in Barre aforesaid until he moved thence to about thirty five years since to the town of Marshall Oneida County and State of New York where he now resides. And that he believes that Aaron Stafford, Esquire, and Samuel M. Mott, Esquire, Sheriff of Oneida County both of Sangerfield, Oneida County, aforesaid, can testify as to his veracity and reputation of having been a soldier of the Revolution.
And the said Solomon Bacon further declares that he hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declared that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. 
Solomon Bacon
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid before me
Nathan Kimball, Judge of Oneida Common Pleas

Oneida County ss: We Aaron Stafford and Samuel Mott both of Sangerfield Oneida County,  State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with  Solomon Bacon who had subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to e of the age in said Declaration above stated, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Samuel M Mott
Aaron Stafford
Subscribed and sworn the day and year first aforesaid before me
Nathan Kimball, Judge of Oneida Common Pleas

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I therefore the said Nathan Kimball once of the judges of the Court of Common Please in and for the County of Oneida aforesaid, hereby declare my opinion, after making the investigation of the matter and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. That I have examined the Family Record of said Solomon Bacon and find his age to be as in the above Declaration stated; and further, that Aaron Stafford, Esquire, who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Commissioner of Deeds in the town of Sangerfield aforesaid and that Samuel M. Mott, Esquire, who has also signed the same Certificate is a resident of Sangerfield aforesaid, and is Sheriff of Oneida County aforesaid & that they who both entitled to implicit confidence.
And I, the said Nathan Kimball, further declares that the said Solomon Bacon by reason of his infirmity is unable to attend in Open Court.
Nathan Kimball
Judge of Oneida Common Pleas

Oneida County ss:
I George Brown, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Oneida County New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings had before his Honorable Nathan Kimball, who is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid in the matter of the application of Solomon Bacon for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of November A.D. 1832.
George Brown, Clerk

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State of Massachusetts
County of Worcester ss:
Josiah Bacon of Barre being duly sworn depose and says that he was a fellow soldier with his brother Solomon Bacon now a resident of the Town of Marshall, Oneida County & State of New York; that in April 1775 he entered the service with him at Barre in Worcester County aforesaid in the company of Captain John Black, and in the Regiment of Colonel Brewer and marched with his said brother to Cambridge near Boston Massachusetts; and continued with him in the vicinity of Boston until about the first of January 1776 when they were dismissed and returned home to Barre aforesaid and further this deponent says not.
Josiah Bacon
Subscribed & sworn this seventh day of September 1832 before me.
I hereby certify that said Josiah is a credible person.
Seth Lee, Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester, ss:
I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Worcester, do certify that Seth Lee, Esquire, before whom the foregoing deposition of Josiah Bacon was signed and sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester, and that the signature of said Justice to the certificate of the oath of said Deponent, appears to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the County Seal, this twelfth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.

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No. 18246
Solomon Bacon
Oneida County
New York

c.i.j.

In Vol. 14, page 10
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Stodard L. Clark
Watersville

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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 the 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. 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 the request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A statement, wooing the Service of Solomon Bacon, Oneida County, New York

Period when the service was rendered.
Vol. April 1775

Duration of the claimant's service.
8 Months.
10 Days.

Rank of the claimant.
Private

Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.
Captain Black

Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.
Colonel Brewer

Battles in which the applicant was engaged.
Bunker Hill

Evidence by which the declaration is supported.
Traditionary evidence [illegible] certified credible. No clergyman
[illegible] reason given, one living witness not certified credible
applicant too infirm to appear in Court.
Papers not properly attached.

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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 th Eline, 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 entitled, 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 a Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, etc. Teamsters, Boatmen, etc. 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 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 Records.
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 th country 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 [sp] 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 enered {sp} 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, etc.)
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency  in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of __. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. __ A.B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant wa 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 e(i) this __ day of __ etc.
If, on examination 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 additional, 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. and that D.C., who has also signed the name is a resident in the __ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, __ Clerk of th eCourt 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 __ etc.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as many 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 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 subscribed 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 Regula rOfficers, 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 re3spectable 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 hs 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 its a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will 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 inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have every 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 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 th eCourt 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.

(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 of periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name 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 her 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, Etc. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposethand 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 -- months and -- days, I served as a --; and for such service I claim a pensions."

It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank heeled, 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 [italics] about three or four months, [end italics] 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, etc., without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in eery case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, of 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.
(i) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable 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.

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2769
2769
Albany 2769

Margaret Bacon
widow of Solomon Bacon
MSS
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7. June 1832 and who died on the 3. April 1836 of Oneida County in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Black of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer in the Massachusetts line for 8 months.

Inscribed on the Rolls Albany at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 3 April 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May 1839 and sent to Reuben Bacon, Waterville, New York.

Arrears to the 4th of March '39
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 September.

{Act July 7, 1838.}
[illegible] by D. Brown, Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2, Page 67

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"Solomon Bacon and Margaret Forbes both of Barre were joined in wedlock November thirteenth one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven by Reverend Josiah Dana."
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Record, with the exceptio of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures as follows: "November 13, 1777."
Lyman Sibley, Town Clerk of Barre

I, Lyman Sibley above named depose and say: that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Barre, in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Barre with the exception above named is certified by me. 
Lyman Sibley, Town Clerk of Barre
Barre, August 21, 1838

[illegible] ss, August 21, 1838
Sworn to before me
Seth Lee, Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester, ss
I Jos. G. Kendall, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for said County, certify that Seth Lee, above named, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified and such, and that the above signature of his name is in his own hand writing. In witness whereof I have hereto set my name & affixed the seal of said Court 
[illegible] this day of August A.D. 1838.
Jos. G. Kendall
Attorney

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State of New York
Oneida County ss
On this 17th day of October A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Honorable Nathan Kimball, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Oneida, Margaret Bacon a resident of Sangerfield in the said County of Oneida, aged eighty five 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;" that she is the widow of Solomon Bacon who was a private in the War of the Revolution and that the said Solomon Bacon during his life time, was a pensioner of the United States, as such private soldier in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person named in a pension certificate (now in the possession of the said Margaret Bacon) hereof the following is a copy.
War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June 1832, Solomon Bacon of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi-annually in the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year. Given at the War Office of the United States L.S. this 2 day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
John Robb.
Acting Secretary of War

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Examined and countersigned
J.L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions
(Endorsed) 20.739
Payments to be made at New York by President U.S. Br. Bank agent for paying pensioners in the agency of New York.
received in the pension office, in Book E, Volume 4 Page 48 by George C Stiles, Clerk.
And that she still remains the widow of said Solomon Bacon and has never married since his death. She further states that the service of said deceased is set forth in the papers now on file in the Pension Office on which said Solomon Bacon  obtained his said pension. As also the time of service said the other witnesses connected therewith.
She further declares that she was married to the said Solomon Bacon on the thirteenth day of November in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven; that Solomon Bacon her husband aforesaid died on the third day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty six; 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; e.g. at the time above stated.
Margaret Bacon
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me; said and do hereby certify that the said applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend my Court of Record; and that the said Margaret Bacon is a credible person whose statements are written to full faith and

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State of New York
Oneida County, sss:

Aaron Stafford and Reuben Bacon of Sangerfield being duly sworn doth severely depose and say that each for himself said that they were well acquainted with Solomon Bacon , named in the foregoing declaration and in the pension certificate a copy of which is therein set forth, that the said deponents were both present at the death of the said Solomon Bacon who died at Sangerfield in said County of Oneida on the third (3rd) day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty six. This deponent Aaron Stafford says that the said Solomon Bacon may have breathed his last a few moments before this deponent entered the house in which he died but that he saw said Solomon Bacon immediately after his decease and before he was laid out.
That both these deponents well know the the said Margaret Bacon and know that she is the identical widow of the said Solomon Bacon the aforesaid deceased pensioner and that she has not married since his decease but still remained his widow and resides at Sangerfield aforesaid.
Aaron Stafford
Reuben Bacon
Sworn & subscribed October 17, 1838 before me and I certify that said deponents are both credible persons whose statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
Nathan Kimball, Judge of Oneida Common Pleas

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Clerks office
[obscured] County, ss:
I James Dean, Clerk of the said County, certify that Nathan Kimball, Esquire is one of the Judges of the County Courts of the said County, duly commissioned and fully authorized to act as such Judge; that his commission bears [illegible] in March 1837 and will expire in March 1842; and that his signature above written in two places are genuine and in his own [illegible] handwriting.
given under my hand and seal of office this 19th October 1838.
James Dean, Clerk

2813
Act July 7, 1838
Margaret Bacon

2769

Admitted
Private, 8 months

Reuben Bacon, Esquire
Waterville, N.Y.

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[Left side]
August 3, 1896 Sold [illegible] to Miss M.J. Low
San Francisco, Cal.
See [illegible] 32689 
LWB

February 3, 1897 - History to ss. M. J. Low, San Francisco, Cal.
[illegible] Inv. 20-082

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Revolutionary WIDOW, etc.
File No. 20, 653
Margaret Bacon
widow of Solomon Bacon
Private, Revolutionary War
Act: July 7th, 1838
Index: Vol. A, Page 37
(Arrangement of 1870.)

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Albany, New York
Solomon Bacon on roll Act 1832 June 7, at the rate of $26.66 per annum to what time paid?
V. Luce
John Harry, Esquire
p ofc. 4 March 1836
JH

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State of New York
Oneida County} ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county Solomon Bacon who being duly sworn and deposed and says that he was eighty one years old the 13th day of September 1832; that at the time of his executing his pension papers herewith attached, before the Honorable. N. Kimball one of the Judges of Oneida Common Pleas, the Reverend E. S. Barrow, then a resident of Sangerfield and of whose church the deponent was a member, was absent from his residence and his affidavit count not therefore be had for this deponent, and that by reason whereof the deponent [illegible] the certificate of Aaron Stafford, Esquire, a commander of [illegible] in [illegible] of the certificate of the said Reverent E. S. Barrows. And further, that the said Reverent E. S. Barrows has since removed to another county and further says not.
Solomon Bacon
Sworn to and subscribed this 15th day of  June 1833, before me the subscriber, and I further certify that the said Solomon Bacon is a credible person.
Reuben Bacon, Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Oneida County, ss}
I George Brown, Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Reuben Bacon before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken was at the date thereof one of the judges of the peach in and for said County; and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature. And that the papers herewith attached contain the original proceedings said before his Honor N. Kimball, one of the Judges of Oneida Common Pleas in the matter of the application of Solomon Bacon for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19th day of June 1833
George Brown, Clerk
Joseph B. Read, Dep. Clerk

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[very faint]
Service could not have exceeded 8 months.

Admd
8 mo. Private
$26.66

[Additional writing very faint]
[illegible] by Bacon, Esquire
Post Mater [illegible] 
prepaid

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2813
October 19
NY
7 July 1838

[postmark]
Waterville, NY
October 24

[ink stamp]
FREE

J. L. Edwards, Esquire.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

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Waterville, Oneida County, NY
October 24th, 1838.

J. L. Edward, Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir,
I enclose to you widow Margret Bacon's papers claiming a pension under the act passed last spring, if your office is not the proper place to direct the papers to, you will please hand them over to the proper place, you will please forward to me all communication respecting her business.
Yours truly,
Reuben Bacon

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
Feb 10, 1897

U.S. OLD WAR & NAVY FILES
Feb. 12, 1897

[additional scribble? initials? are illegible]

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B & M 
[illegible]

San Francisco
February 2, 1897
Dear Sir,
Please send me the pension records of Josiah and Solomon Bacon who served in the War of the Revolution.
Also of Benjamin Merrill who served in the same war, all from Massachusetts.
Send to:
Miss M. J. Low
2203 Sutter Street
San Francisco
Cal.