Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,813, Robert Usher, N.H.

SERVICE
N.H.
Usher Robert Lydia
NUMBER
R. 10.813
B.L.W. 45599-160-5-6-
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230.558. Act of March 3
Jan 28. 1856.
Lydia Ashurst widow of Robert Ashurst decd.
Prv.
Capt. Wm. Barnes.
Capt. Shauld on 5
Col. Francis Nichols
Ent. 1 st June 1775.
dis.
Ent. 1780.
dis. Oct 1780.
Revolutionary War.
Claim for Rev. F. Sullivan
Me or A H suspended.
Me. Dis June 31
Private Quasi miles
Ad. 760 dis Oct 10/56
Dodge
F. E. Hassler Washington D.C.
vol u = 47

Power of Attorney - Lydia Usher to F. E. Hassler -
Maine - 1832 rejected claim of Robert Usher (Revolutionary)
Filed Nov 26. 1855 F. E. Hassler Atty Washington

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, November 19. 1855. }
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Stephen R. Porter Esq
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for
the County of Cumberland
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signature , purporting to be his
hereunto annexed is GENUINE. and that the deed with the seal
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. Cook CLERK. 4

Know all Men by these Presents, That I
Lydia Usher of Sebago, County of Cumberland and State of Maine, widow of Robert Usher late of said Sebago deceased
have constituted and made, and in My stead and place put, and by these presents do constitute and make, and in My stead and place put Dr. E. Hapler, of Washington D. C.
to be My Lawful Attorney, for Me and in My name and stead, and to My use, irrevocably for me and in my name to receive from the United States, any bounty, land certificate, or warrant, or pension certificate, and all such sums or sums of money due me on account of arrears of pay, three months extra pay forage, mileage, for horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service, or any money or moneys which may be due me by the United States on any account whatsoever, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises
GIVEN and hereby granted unto My said Attorney full power and authority, in and about the premises; and to take and use all due means, course, and process in the law for accomplishing the same, and in My name to make, seal and execute due acquittances and discharges therefor: And for the purposes aforesaid to appear, and the persons of his constituent to represent before any governor, judges, justices, officers, and ministers of the law whatsoever, in any court or courts whatsoever: With full power to make and substitute one or more Attorneys under him  my said Attorney, and the same again at pleasure to revoke. And generally to do, transact, accomplish, and finish all matters and things whatsoever, relating to the premises, as fully and effectually as his said constituent should, ought, or might personally, although the matter should require more special authority than is herein comprised.
hereby ratifying and holding firm and valid whatsoever my said Attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done in and about the premises, by virtue of these presents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED
IN PRESENCE OF
S. R. Porter William Fitch
Lydia Usher mark
Cumberland ss. October 20, 1855 Then the above named Lydia Usher personally acknowledged the above instrument, by her signed and sealed, to be her deed.
Before me,
Stephen R. Porter Justice of the Peace.

act March 1855. Bounty Land 230. 558.
Lydia Usher widow
Robert
Revolutionary
suspended
Rev: Pension claim
Maine 1832
filed 2 Jan 1856
H. E. Hassler

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, December 29 1855. }
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
David Potter Esq
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for
the County of Cumberland
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signature , purporting to be his
is GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. G. Cook CLERK.

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Cumberland ss.
On this tenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Lydia Usher aged about eighty-six years, a resident of Sebago in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that she is the widow of
Robert Usher deceased, who was a private in the  company of Hapachuck's troops  company of Hapachuck's troops commanded by Capt. William Barnes - that he entered the army a second time in the year 1780 in the Company commanded by Captain Spaulding
Regiment of of the Revolution - commanded by Colonel Moses Nichols in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812.
That he entered the Service (enlisted) at Monmouth on or about the first day of June  1775 for the term of four months in 1775: and five months in 1780 and continued in actual service in said war for the term of nine months and was honorably discharged at West Point on the or about the
first day of Oct. A. D. 1780 as will appear by the rolls or file at the Department - She making this statement according to her best recollection, knowledge & belief.
She further states, that she was married to the said Robert Usher in Rubensfield on the fifteenth day of September A. D. 1785 by one Foster a minister of the gospel , and that her name before her said marriage was Lydia Scholly ; that her said husband died at Baldwin in said county on the first day of September A. D. 1830 , and that she is now a widow and ever has been since the decease of the said Robert Usher.

She further states that her husband the said Robert W. in his life time applied for a pension and was not allow
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855, or any other act not having heretofore made any application -
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said Lydia Usher - do hereby constitute and appoint F. E. Hapler of Washington D. C.  in the State of Maine , my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid: and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Lydia  her X Usher mark.
We William Fitch and Lizzie W. Fitch residents of Sibog in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Lydia Usher Aforesaid in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of her for many years past, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration. We know of the decease of the Robert Usher for we were present at his death and burial - William Fitch Lizzie W. Fitch
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by Lydia Usher the declarant above named, and by William Fitch and Lizzie W. Fitch witnesses above named, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
David Potter Justice of the Peace.

State of New Hampshire County of Cheshire ss.
I Leonard Bisco. Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, for said County, do hereby certify that Horatio Osgood of Nelson in said County is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and sworn as such and authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgments of deeds, take depositions and administer oaths, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such Justice.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Keene in said County this Twenty second day of December A. D. 1855. Leonard Bisco. Clerk.

EXTRACT FROM THE RECORD OF MARRIAGES,
In the _____ Town of Nelson formerly Packerfield County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire , as kept by law from the return of the persons legally authorized to solemnize Marriages. Robert Lisha and Lydia Scholly both of Packerfield were joined in wedlock October ye nineteenth, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, by the Rev. Jacob Foster.
I Certify that the above is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date and figures, which are expressed in the record in fair and legible figures, as follows, viz: October ye 19 th 1784.
Charles H. Whitney
Clerk of said Town of Nelson
I, Charles H. Whitney , above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Nelson formerly Packerfield in the County, Town, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Nelson , with the excep- tion above named, as certified by me.
Charles H. Whitney
Clerk of said Town of Nelson
Subscribed and sworn to before me, on this twenty first day of December A. D. 1855.
Horatio Osgood Justice of the Peace.

State of New Hampshire County of Cheshire ss.
I Leonard Bisco. Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, for said County, do hereby certify that Horatio Osgood of Nelson in said County is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and sworn as such and authorized by the laws of this State to take acknowledgments of deeds, take depositions and administer oaths, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such Justice.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Keene in said County this Twenty second day of December A. D. 1855. Leonard Bisco. Clerk.

State of Maine. Cumberland.  Supreme Judicial Court at Portland on the 22 Tuesday of Nov r 1836 COUNTY OF Cumberland SS.
ON this sixteenth day of Nov r 1836 personally appeared in open court, before Nicholas Emery a Justice of the said Court now sitting at Portland  Robert Usher
a resident of Baldwin in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine aged seventy eight 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 Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he volunteered his services in the Revolutionary War on the twenty first of April 1775 at Merimack in the State of New Hampshire as a private under Capt. William Barry and two days after the Battle of Lexington was marched to Winter Hill near Boston where I was put into a volunteer company under Capt. Walker that I was stationed at Winter Hill till after the Battle of Bunker Hill and was dismissed the latter part of July or first of August having served at least three months then being discharged. Also I enlisted as a private at Pownalboro now called Gardner in New Hampshire on the first of June A.D. 1780 in Captain Spauldings company of Infantry & in Regiment commanded by Col. Moses Nichols in the New Hampshire line was marched to Westpoint where I served four months and was discharged.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of Me
Robert Usher
SWORN TO, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
in open court before me Charles Cobb Clerk of Said Court
Noah Emerson , a clergyman, residing in the town of Baldwin and Joshua Chadbourne , residing in the town of Baldwin aforesaid hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Robert Usher , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight 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 TO, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. State of Maine Cumberland before me Ephraim Flint Justice of the Court
Noah Emerson Joshua Chadbourne
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Noah Emerson , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Baldwin , and that Joshua Chadbourne , who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Baldwin and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Charles Cobb , clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Robert Usher for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this tenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six.
Charles Cobb Clerk
# 3mo 15 d. 2 176 vol. 3.

State of Maine
Cumberland ss.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of of the Judicial courts in said County certify that Ephraim Flint within named is a Magistrate and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said: Jud: Court this tenth day of December A.D. 1836
Charles Cobb Clerk

State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss.
I Leonard Bisco. Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, for said County, do hereby certify that Horatio Osgood of Nelson in said County is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified as such, that his commission was dated on the 26 th day of June A.D. 1855 and will expire on the 26 th day of June 1860. and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such Justice.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this nineteenth day of November A.D. 1857.
Leonard Bisco. Clerk.

I Charles H. Whitney Town Clerk of the town of Nelson in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire hereby certify that the following is a true extract from the records of Marriages of the town of Nelson formerly called Packersfield, now in my possession with the exception that the date is written in figures, and not in letters, — And that I am not interested in the within claim.
Robert Asker and Lydia Seeley both of Packersfield were joined in wedlock October 2 nd nineteenth one thousand seven hundred eighty four by the Rev. Jacob Foster.
Charles H. Whitney, Town Clerk of Nelson
Nelson. County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire Nov. 18 th 1857. Then personally appeared the above named Charles H. Whitney Town Clerk of the town of Nelson aforesaid, personally well known to me and made oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him subscribed
Horatio Osgood } Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, December 12. 1857. }
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
William H. Powers Esquire
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for
the County of
Cumberland
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid,—and that the following Signatures , purporting to be his
are GENUINE.
WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. Cook CLERK.

AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES.
STATE OF MAINE. COUNTY OF Cumberland } ss.
On this fourth day of December A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty- seven personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Oliver M. Pike and Almon Young residents of the State of Maine and County of Cumberland who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Lydia Wether (They saw her sign her name (or made her mark) to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented and that she is now a widow; and they swear they are disinterested witnesses. They further state that they lived a neighbor to the said Lydia Wether several years.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this fourth day of December A. D. 185 7 ; and I certify that the said Oliver M. Pike and Almon Young are credible and respectable citizens.
William H. Powers Jus. of the Peace

NEW PENSION LAWS.
FORM OF WIDOW'S DECLARATION. No. 1.
STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF Cumberland } 88.
Lydia Usher of Bridgton in said County, makes oath and says that she is the widow of Robert Usher deceased, who was a 2  Soldier in the Revolutionary War in a company raised in Parkersfield N.H. under Captain Barnes of Merrimack, N.H. in the regiment commanded by Colonel Warner of Amherst N.H. that the said 3  Robert Usher died at 4  Baldwin in said County on or about the 5  first day of September A. D. 18 84
She further states that she was married to the said 6  Robert Usher in Parkersfield now Nelson N.H. on the nineteenth day of October in the year eighteen Seven hundred and Eighty-four by one 7  Jacob Foster a minister of the Gospel and that her name before her said marriage was Lydia Scholley and that there are children of the said Robert & Lydia now living, whose names are as follows: 8  Betsey Fitch, Fanny Morrison, John Usher, Barnard Usher, Atherton Usher, Mary Parker, Sarah Usher only surviving children of the said Robert Usher deceased, and that her husband 9  She obtained a land warrant for one hundred and sixty acres of land under act of 1850 sometime in the year 1856 - No pension was ever obtained -
She furthermore by these presents constitutes and appoints irrevocably F. E. HASSLER , of Washington, D. C., her true and lawful attorney to prosecute and demand from the U. S. Government any pension or money or land that she may have right to—hereby confirming her said attorney's lawful acts in the premises her application for the benefits act of July 1853. granting pensions to widows of Revolutionary soldiers.
Subscribed, acknowledged, and sworn to and before me, this fourth day of December 18 57 and I further certify I am not interested in this claim.
Lydia Usher Mark William H. Powers Jr., Reau
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory proof* has been exhibited before me the undersigned, one of the Judges of the Supreme Judicial Court, in and for the County of State aforesaid, by the affidavits of Oliver M. Pike and Almon Young of the above named County and State, being personally known to me and who are entitled to credit, that Mrs. Lydia Usher is the Widow of the late Robert Usher who was a Soldier in the United States service, 10  in the war of the Revolution , and that the said Mrs. Lydia Usher is now, and was on the 3d February, 1853, the widow of said Robert Usher to the best of their knowledge and belief.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twelfth day of December in the year 185 7  Woodbury Davis
* The written evidence, upon which the court acts, must accompany the certificate.

STATE OF Maine to wit. COUNTY OF Cumberland
I hereby certify, that the Hon. Woodbury Davis before whom the annexed  within affidavit was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing, Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine in and for the said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, this 12 th day of December in the year 1857 O. G. Gorham Clerk.
from W. D. & S. Lane Portland Maine
F. E. HASSLER, ATTORNEY, WASHINGTON CITY, D. C.
War of the Revolution
Claim of Judith Mosher FOR A PENSION. ACT OF FEBRUARY 3, 1863.
NOTES.
 1. Which must be made before a judge of a court of record in open court, unless applicant is from bodily health unable to appear; it then can be made before the judge, who will certify to the fact of the disability to appear.  2. Must here state, whether a revolutionary soldier, or officer, or pensioner, naming the State where the pension was paid; or if the husband served and died in the service during any war since 1790—naming them thus: Wayne's, or Indian wars prior to 1800; War with Great Britain, 1812; Seminole War, 1817 and 1818; Black Hawk War, 1832; Florida War, 1835 to 1842; Cherokee and Creek Disturbances, 1836, &c.; Mexican War, 1846 to 1848; and giving the name of the Captain, Company, Regiment, and Colonel; and whether militia, volunteers, or regular army; and place of muster, discharge, or death.  3. Deceased person's name and residence.—4. The place.—5. The date of death.—6. Husband's name, or father's name.  7. Name of the minister, or justice of the peace; and if married in any State or county where any public records of marriages are kept, the marriage should be proved by a duly certified copy of the record, or by the testimony of credible witnesses who were present at the marriage; and where such testimony exists, and is not produced, satisfactory reasons must be stated, under oath, why it is not produced; and, in all cases where record evidence or the testimony of witnesses who were present at the marriage could be procured and is not, the claim will be rejected, unless other testimony of a very full and satisfactory character is produced. If it is shown by affidavit that no record evidence or testimony of eye-witnesses can be procured, the claimant may then produce the best other evidence in her power, such as the testimony of witnesses, who were acquainted with her and her husband during his lifetime, knew them to live together as man and wife, and that they were reputed so to be, and that the fact of their having been married was never called in question by their acquaintances.  8. In no case, however, will the mere statement of the witnesses, that the claimant is the widow of the deceased, be taken as evidence of the marriage; but the witnesses must state the facts and circumstances from which they derive their knowledge or opinion that she is the widow of the deceased.  9. A certificate from the clergyman or magistrate who solemnized the marriage is not competent evidence, unless the genuineness of the certificate be proved, and the person who gave it be shown to have been authorized to solemnize marriages.  10. This blank is left, for the purpose of the applicant's stating whether any bounty land or pension has at any time been received by any one; if so, by whom, and when.  11. Naming the war.  12. All records or copy of records must be attached to the original declaration by a tape, the ends of which must pass under the seal of the court, in order to prevent the improper addition of any evidence after the papers have been duly executed and certified to by the judge and clerk.  13. If the widow was re-married, all the facts of both marriages and death of both husbands must be proven.  14. A probate court is the most convenient court in which to make these proofs.  15. The law (3d February, 1853) grants pensions to the widows of revolutionary soldiers, without reference to date of marriage, who served six months and over.  16. This form may be used for Bounty Land applications by changing the word "Pension" to "Land," and striking out the date of the act. 
Please conform to the above "notes."
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Acts of July 14, 1902, and March 3, 1903.
REJECTED
June 11-1900 military to Mass. Rannie McNaught, Biddeford Me.
10813
P. O. _____
Sylvester Usher
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

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Nov 1899

Orange Mass July 24 th 1860 Court of Pensions
Esq
By a letter dated January 14 th 1888 directed to F. E. Hassler Esq (a copy of which has been forwarded to me) That in the Revolutionary claim of Lydia Fisher widow of Robert. That there isn't six months service in the Pension office but does not state how long service is found. Please inform me the length of service as it appears on the rolls in the Department also whether Robt Fisher applied for a Pension if so what service he alleged. It is not certainly known whether he made application but it is believed that he did a short time previous to his death which occurred in 1834. It is believed Mr Fisher was in the Continental Army in Capt Barnes Company Col Warners Regt and was at the Battle of West Point in the State of N.Y. He was also in the N.H. Militia under Capt Spaulding The names of his other officers not known Very Respectfully Edwin Stone {Power of Atty on file}

Orange Mass Sept 3 d 1860 Comm. of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed I send a certificate of the service of Robt Usher in support of the application of his Widow Lydia Usher for a pension The 4 Months Service alleged to have been rendered in 1778 is supposed to be on file in the Pension Office
Very Respectfully
Edwin Stone

Orange Sept 24 th 1860 Commission of Pensions
Yours of 20 th is at hand. Please inform me what evidence of service was adduced by Robt Lister at the time he filed his application for a Pension. I wish to know if there is not an affidavit of Parsons who was with him at the time he rendered the service in 1775 which will establish that tour. Yours Respectfully
Edwin Stone

Orange Aug 13 th 1860 Commission of Pensions
Sir
Your letter of 6 th inst does not fully answer the enquiry I made on the 24 th ult. It is well known by the Widow of Robt Asher that her husband served in Capt Spaldings Co at least for a period about 4 Months in 1780 as Robt Asher set forth in his Declaration. But she does not know who he served under the 3 Months in 1775. Please inform me whether you have the 3 Months on file at your office and if so the name of his officer
Very Respectfully
Edwin Stone

Orange Dec 20th 1889
Comm of Pensions
Enclosed I send co Bills of Attorney for Lydia Fisher widow of Robt Fisher who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war Robt Fisher made application about 1838 under Act June 7 1832 Mrs Fisher died soon after making the declaration His widow has applied for a Pension and Bounty Land the Land she has received the Pension has not been as yet received the reason she does not know Please inform me what further evidence is required to establish her claim
Respectfully Yours
Edwin Stone

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND. November 21 1859.
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
William H Davis Esq
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for
the County of
Cumberland
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid,—and that the following Signature , purporting to be his
is GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
Obadiah G. Cook
CLERK.

Know all Men by these presents
That I Lydia Usher a resident of Bridgton in the County of Cumberland in the State of Maine and widow of Robert Usher who was a soldier of the Revolution do hereby constitute and appoint Edwin Stone of Orange in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts My true and Lawfull Attorney to apply at the proper Department of the United States Government at Washington or elsewhere for all record evidence of the service of my said Husband and anything my said Attorney to receive my Pension certificate when issued and to do all other things relative to my said Claim and to appoint others under him to act for me and in my name as well as if I was personally present. Revoking and countermanding all former authority which may have been given for the above purposes.
Lydia Usher Mark
Attest
William H. Seward Emily J. Usher
State of Maine } Cumberland County } ss
On this 21 st day of November A D 1889 Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for said County Lydia Usher and acknowledged the above power of Attorney to be her free act and deed
William H. Davis Justice of the Peace.

State of New Hampshire.
 SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE. 
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the war of the Revolution, which remain in this office, it appears that the name of Robert Asker is borne upon the Pay Roll of Capt. Benjamin Spaulding's Company, as a private in said Company,
"Army Rows. Vol 3. Letter K. Feb 31" as follows:
Pay Roll for Capt Benjamin Spaulding Company of Militia in Col: Moses Nichols Reg't raised by the State of New Hampshire & joined the continental army at W. Point 1780
    State of New Hampshire & joined New continental   army at W. Point 1780   Names Rank Time of Engagement Time of Discharge Time in Service Rate per mo Am't of Wages No. miles to Springfield No. miles home amt of travel and 12 hours     49. Robert Ashest Private July 7 1780 Oct 21. No. days 3.15 130 £ 469 £ 93 230 124-16-0   officers subsistence 60 £ mo. for mo. ration delivered   parts related Nation 3 £ per month   604.6 - whole Amount   55-16-0 Money advanced by the State   548-10-0 Balance   
Book 6. Folio 188.
State of New Hampshire In witness whereof the said Seal is hereunto affixed this 25 th day of August 1782.
Jan 25. 1782. To Nicholas Gilman Esq. Treasr Pay to Col. Field twenty five pounds fifteen shillings Six pence new emission being for wages & auto Interest thereon due to Robert Askin as appears by Col. Spauldings pay roll for 3 mos men in 1780.
Millwear, Pres 2 1/2
Y 25. 15. 6 Adora "contus" received Robert Asher

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State this first day of September 1860.
Thomas L. Fullock Secretary of State

Orange Mass Feb 20 th 1861 Comm of Pensions
Dr Sir
In the
Revolutionary claim of Lydia Asher widow of Robert Asher Mr Asher made a declaration for a Pension in his lifetime and alleged two terms of service one in Capt Wm Barron Co in 1775 and one in Capt Spaulding Co at a later date. The last named service is on record in the State of N Hampshire and a certificate from the Secretary is on file on the claim of about 3 months and 15 days I am informed by the Secretary that no rolls of Capt Barron Co are in his office. But in the certificate

of the service of Capt Spalding Co is receipt signed by Mrs Asher of about £ 28 for his services which would be about 80 dollars which would be for about 10 months as a private. The rolls of Capt Barnes being lost is not this receipt together with the oath of Mrs Asher sufficient to establish the claim of the widow as no further evidence can be advanced
Very Respectfully
Edwin Stone

No. - 15.518.
Lydia Usher wid. of Robert, = N. H. =
E. Stone ad. 6/61.
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for letters see inside encl.
Sus. 7 th July, 1838

10.893
3-649.
Bureau of Pensions.
Robt Washburn
Deatn. Dec 10, 1836 78 Baldwin Me.
En. Apr 21, 1775 merrimac N.H. Capt W. Barns Quartermaster Dis. 3 mos 10 days
En. June 1-1780 at Pownefield now Gardner N.H. Capt Spaulding N.H. Col Moses Nichols 4 mos Dis.
wid Deatn Made Dec 4, 1857 Says. Soldier died Apr 1/34
Last Service is shown by Copy of N.H. records in case & this information to Mrs Fannie M. Hackett Biddeford Me. July 11, 1900

Portland Dec 28 th 1836
Sir. I herewith transmit the declaration of Robert Wheeler of this State for a pension. Mr Wheeler believes that evidence of his services will be found in the militia rolls of Massachusetts & of New Hampshire which are understood now to be in the possession of your Department.
I have the honor to be, Sir, with great respect your obedt Servt John D. Sleeper
To Amos L. Edwards Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.