Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 830, Obadiah True, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
True, Obadiah
N. 830
Mary
BLK 13.712-160-55-
Polly
CONTENTS

3252.
Maine Roll
Abijah True W. 4 obediah private Massachusetts line 3 yrs In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 18 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of Oct r 1818 and sent to Judah Dana Esq. Fryeburg Maine
Arrears to 4 th of Sept r 1818 36.53 Semi-ann. all'co ending 4 th Mar. 1819 48.00
Arrears 4 Mo 17/30 $84.53
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 19th March, 1818. }
✓ 32 1/2 - Continued Denmark. Oxford Co
Petition sent to Timothy Osgood Esq 26 Oct 1820. Fryeburg Maine

Obediah Lane
Correct

I Obediah True of Dennis in the County of Dukes in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. a Citizen of the United States do testify and declare on oath that I served in the war of the rebellion against the Common Enemy, as a Private in the Continental Establishment about three years I enlisted in Massachusetts the first of the year 1861 for three years into Capt. Whulwright company - 6th Massachusetts Regiment in Patterson Brigade Massachusetts Line. I served out the time excepting about one week & then enlisted during the war - I served about two years of said last mentioned time and was taken sick and had a furlough - and I did not recover my health so as to return until the army was disbanded - I further say that I am a Resident of the United States & that from my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support - Attest J. Dana apl 18 - 1868 - Obediah True much -

I am Osgood of Hiram in the County of Oxford in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and depose that I am personally acquainted with Obediah True and know that he served three years in the revolutionary war according to his affidavit by him subscribed on the opposite page. and that he stands in need of assistance from his country for support
Asa Osgood
Oxford 13 April 18-1818 - Then personally offered the above signed Asa Osgood a make oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him signed - before me Judson Dana Judge see
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Oxford - On this eighteenth day of April 1818 before me the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate in said County and first associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth personally offered the within named Obediah True a Resident of Denmark in said County, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the within declarations by him subscribed on order to obtain the provision made by an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war.
sworn to and declared the day & year of said before me
Judson Dana Judge see

Judah Dana Judge etc. as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Obadiah True did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment: and from his reduced circumstances understand in need of assistance from his country for support: and now transmit the proceedings of testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate at Fryebury this twenty fifth day of July A D 1818. —
Judah Dana Judge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Oxford ss
I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in said county do at Fryebury in said county on this twenty fifth day of July A D 1818 certify & make known that the Hon. Judah Dana who signed the foregoing certificate is Judge of said Court of Probate & first Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth & that said instrument is under the seal of said Probate Court.
Attest John C. Goss Register of Probate

Obadiah True N o 3252.
Dearborn Con
Oct 18.
52 33 55

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the fourth Tuesday of June and by adjournment from before the Honorable Judah Dana Judges of said Court. A. D. 1820
On this 25th day of July in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford, Obadiah True - aged 61 years, resident in Denmark - in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Wheelwright in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Francis in the line of the State of Massachusetts - on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 10th day of April A. D. 1810, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 3252 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particu- larly described below, also subscribed by me.
Attest Tim o Osgood
Obadiah his True mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 25th } day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Judah Dana
Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: -
an old axe & an old scythe together with a little poor ordinary house furniture - I am owing the sum of one hundred Dollars -
Attest Tim o Osgood
Obadiah his True mark

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Obadiah True - who by occupation am a husbandman which I am un able to pursue by reason of  old age, weakness & general debility -
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mary - my wife 52 years an infirm woman   Robert - son 16 " healthy   Joseph - do - 13 " do   Grace - daughter 14 " an idiot   Peggy - do - 10 " healthy    attest Tim Osgood
Obadiah his True mark
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clarke Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is six dollars and fifty cents. $6 50
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 20th day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thomas Clarke Clerk of the Circuit Court of C. P. for said county of Oxford

1856 March 21 To Pension Agent
✓ 2139 Maine Mary or Polly True widow of Obadiah True who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848 3 rd February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Sept r 53 and sent to
J. K. Harmon Portland Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1831, Page 10 Vol. A 3953
1818

Z. H. Hannan Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND
July 8th
A. D. 1853
I, Charles C. Harmon,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, being a Court of Record, do here-
by certify that Hon. Caleb H. Storer is an acting Justice of the Peace throughout said State, that Dominicus G. Farber Esq. is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Oxford, and that Freeman Bradford 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 acknowledgements of deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid—and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be his
there 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.
C. C. Harmon Clerk.

State of Maine } County of Oxford } ss.
On this Twenty third day of June A. D. 1853, personally appeared before me Timothy Riddell Esq. Judge of Probate in and for the County and State aforesaid Mary True or Polly True  is sometimes called a resident of Denmark in the County of Oxford aged 84 years, who being sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed February 3 d 1853.
And your declarant states that she is the widow of Obadiah True late of Denmark in the State of Maine deceased, who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution. and a Pensioner of the United States under the Act of March 18 th 1818 at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum, which Pension he drew until his death, which took place on the third day of December A. D. 1844 that the declarant drew the arrears after the death of her said husband
And the said declarant further states, that she was married to the said Obadiah True on the _____ day of November 1802 at Cornish and that her name before marriage was Mary or Polly Boston
She therefore claims a pension under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
Mary True Boston Mary T
Then personally appeared the above named Mary or Polly True and made oath to the declaration by her signed, on the day and year first above-written.
Before me,
Timothy Riddell Judge

State of Maine } Oxford County } ss I further certify that by reason of bodily infirmity the said Mary True is unable to attend Court and that I administered the oath to her at Denmark her present residence - Timothy Sudden Jr.
STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ss.
OFFICE OF THE COURT OF PROBATE.
I, George K. Shaw Register of Probate
for said County, hereby certify, that Hon. Timothy Sudden whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate, is JUDGE OF PROBATE, in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of said State, that the annexed signature purporting to be his, is genuine, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given, to his official acts and attestations.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this twenty eighth day of June A. D. 1853
Geo. K. Shaw, Register.

Pension Agency Pittsfield, Maine.
I. Certify that the name of Obadiah True is borne on the rolls of this agency as a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of 18th March 1828. at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars per Annum. as of Offord County and was paid at said rate to 3 rd day of December 1844. and against his name is the entry due 3 rd day of December 1844.
J. S. Hovey (Clerk) of Pension Agency
Cumberland ss July 8 1853 Signed and Sworn to before me Freeman Bradford Just Peace

I, Abigail O'Brien of Cornish in the County of York & State of Maine, widow-woman, testify and say that I was present at the marriage of Obediah True and Mary Boston, then of Cornish aforesaid - I saw the marriage ceremony performed - They were married by Asahel Coder, a justice of the peace, about fifty years ago. Witness,
C. R. Tyler
Abigail her X O'Brien mark
State of Maine. York ss June 21, 1853. Then personally appeared Abigail O'Brien, a credible and competent witness, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by her signed.
Before me.
Asahel Coder, Jus. of the peace

State of Maine County of York Town of Cornish
"The Intention of Marriage between Obadiah True & Polly Boston both of this Town has been entered with me fourteen days prior to the date hereof and made public in the Town of Cornish as the Law directs
Recorded Nov 15, 1802
Cyrus Small S. Clerk "
I. Hiram Remick, of Cornish, County & State aforesaid Clerk of said town, hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true copy and extract of the records of said town, and I further certify that there is not contained upon the records of said town any certificate of the marriage of said Obadiah and Polly. There are no marriages recorded upon the books of said town from 1802 until 1816.
Hiram Remick
State of Maine. York ss. June 21. 1853. Then personally appeared Hiram Remick, a competent & credible witness, and made oath to the foregoing certificate by him signed.
Before me, Caleb Rootes, Jus. of the peace

I Eli Witham of Denmark in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, on oath depose and say, that I have been acquainted with Mary or Polly True as she is common- ly called, for thirty eight years last past - said Mary True is the widow of Obediah True who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninety six dollars per year - said Obediah True died at Denmark in December A.D. 1844 and left the said Mary his widow, who has not been married since her said husband's death, - Mary True is now as I should judge more than eighty years of age, I have lived within about one hundred rods of said Mary True for about thirty eight years past and have been intimately acquainted with the family of the said Obediah True during that time. Eli Witham
Oxford ss. March 28 th 1853. Signed and sworn to before me Dominic G. Garbow Justice of the Peace. I Dominic G. Garbow further certify that the above named Eli Witham is well known to me as a credible witness. I further certify that I have no interest in the claim of Polly True for a pension.
Dominic G. Garbow Justice of Peace

State of Maine
Cumberland ss. On this seventh day of July A.D. 1853 before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace duly qualified to administer oaths & personally appeared at said Portland Dominicus G. Farbox Esquire a resident of Denmark in the County of Oxford, aged fifty one years, a credible and disinterested witness who being first duly sworn, deposes and saith, that he is of the age aforesaid and resides in Denmark and by occupation a clothier, and has resided in Denmark for twenty six years. That he knew a man by the name of Obadiah True said to be a Revolutionary pensioner and whom I verily believe to have been a Revolutionary pensioner and who died in the year 1844 as near as I can recollect. That he left a widow called Polly True and whom I have known for more than twenty years and was the wife of said Obadiah True the Pensioner and is now his widow. I was present when she made her declaration for a Pension before Judge Sudden and I have no kind of doubt that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration.
Dominicus G. Farbox -
Signed and sworn before me on the day and year first above written
Freeman Bradford Justice Peace

111.495 - Act Mar 3/33
May 2/33
Mary True widow of Obadiah True, m c ,
Mass. Castle line,
Revolutionary
Pensioner
AD:168 Accts paid: 4/56,
No 13.1 one Ref 53-2139
True
John Sutton Esq Kezar Falls Maine
Vol I. page 37.

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
Alfred
A. D. 18 52
I, James O. McIntire,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
In and for said COUNTY OF YORK, certify that
Nathan Witham is now
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for
the County of
Orono
as appears by
the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his Commission is dated
A. D. 18 52
and will expire
A. D. 18 61
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be
his
GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written
James O. McIntire Clerk.

Bounty Land Claim
State of Maine and county of Oxford ss.
On this the third day of April A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and state aforesaid. Mary True aged eighty six years a resident of Himmarsk in the state of Maine who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Obadiah True deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by captain in the Continental Service in the war of the revolution. That she was married to said Obadiah True on or about the year 1803 and that said Obadiah True died Dec. 3 rd 1844 at Himmarsk Maine and that her name before marriage was Polly Weston that at the date of executing this declaration she is a widow that she cannot give the particulars of her service but refers you to the proof filed in the office of Pensions on which a certificate for a pension was issued dated 24 th Sept. 1853. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled the act approved March 3, 1855.

She further declares that she has never received under this or any other act of Congress bounty land warrant
Mark Mary Yune
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents to be and that I have no interest in the claim
Nahum Witham Justice of the Peace
Affidavits of Witnesses
State of Maine an county of Oxford on this the third day of April A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty five Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid Stephen Yune and Olive Yune residents of the State of Maine and county of Oxford who being duly sworn according to law declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs Mary Yune who has subscribed her mark to the foregoing declaration that they know her to be the identical person therein represented and that she is a widow and that they know they are disinterested witnesses
Stephen Yune
Olive Yune
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be respectable persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim Nahum Witham Justice of the Peace

January 24, 1939
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS Obadiah True, W.830
Miss Margaret Adams 7 Elm Street Brookline, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Obadiah True, a soldier of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 and was from Sanford and Denmark, Maine.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W.830, based on the military service of Obadiah True, the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. There is no record of a claim for pension having been made to the United States on account of the War of 1812 service of this soldier.
The date and place of birth of Obadiah True and the names of his parents are not shown.
He enlisted in Massachusetts early in 1777 as private in Captain Wheelwright's company in Colonel Francis' Massachusetts regiment; after serving three years lacking one week, he enlisted for the period of the war and when he had served about two years of this enlistment he was taken sick and received a furlough and did not recover his health until the army was disbanded.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 18, 1818, while living in Denmark, Oxford County, Maine.
He died there December 3, 1844.
Obadiah True married in November, 1802, Mary or Polly Boston and both were then residents of Cornish, York County, Maine.

As the widow of Obadiah True, Mary or Polly True was allowed pension on her application executed in June, 1853, at which time she was living in Denmark, Maine, aged eighty-four years. She was living there in 1855.
In 1820 Obadiah True stated that he was sixty-one years of age and referred to the following children: Robert aged sixteen years, Grace aged fourteen years, Joseph aged thirteen years and Peggy aged ten years.
In 1855, Stephen and Olive True were living in Oxford County, Maine, relationship to soldier not shown.
The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of this soldier.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

John [unclear] April 30
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

✓ 13.712
5 Nov 1912

I'm at 153, me;
By the

No 2652 Capt. of Mary or Polly True, widow of Obadiah True, Oxford co., Maine. e S. 18 d M. 19
Act 3 d Feby. 1853.
Rev. Adm. $ 96 per annum commencing 3 d Feby. 1853
Z. H. Harmon, Portland, Maine.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Pension Office
Sept. 22, 1853.
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid; and, if in your power, the date of his death. Please also, in this case, state the christian name of the widow, if she received an annuity
Very respectfully
Your ob't serv't
L. J. Waldo H. Burt Esqr. (Commissioner 3d Auditor Present. ) (See other side.)

Obadiah True, Act 1818, - $8. p. annum - Died 3 d December 1844. - Paid to his death. - Arrears paid to Mary True, his Widow.
F. Burt Auditor.

1929 Jan. 24 list. to Miss Margaret Adams Ms.
Ref WIDOW, &c.
File No. 830
Mary & Polly True Widow Obadiah True Rev. Rev. War.
Act. Feb. 3. 1883.
Index:—Vol. M , Page 280
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Know all men by these presents That I Mary June of the County of Oxford and State of Maine and widow of Obadiah June deceased who was a soldier in the service of the United States do hereby constitute and appoint Ashe Sutton Jr my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to prosecute and rec- eive from the United States the Bounty land certificate due me by virtue of my deceased husband's services in the United States and and to do all lawful acts and things therein touching the premises to appoint attorneys or attor- neys under him for the purpose aforesaid to make and receive at pleasure hereby confirming whatsoever my said Attorney shall do or cause to be done in my name in and about the prem- ises as much as if present my self In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal on this third day of April 1855
Mary June
On this 3. day of April in the year of 1855 personally Mary June appeared and set her hand and seal to the above power of Attorney before me Nathaniel Witham Justice of the Peace

Rezar Falls Maine Apr. 30 th 1865 Commissioner of Pensions
I would say that Mary or Polly Gove is superannuated. She says she or her husband drew no Bounty Land for services in the war of the revolution it is quite evident he served and all proof must be in your possession. All communications this or that of William Pinyree and Isaac Witham Hoar send to my my address to Rezar Falls Maine Very respectfully Yours John Dutton

Brief in the case of Mary True, widow of Obadiah True Oxford County and State of Maine act 9 th February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of claimant was a pensioner under the act of 18 th March 1818
Marriage proved by certified copy of Record of Intentions filed in Town Clerk's office; by affidavit of Abigail O'Brien, who swears she saw the parties married, and by affidavits of Eli Witham and D. G. Farber who knew (for instance) the parties have lived together for a long time as man and wife. The additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Witnesses duly certified to be credible - and all reside in Oxford County.
Death of pensioner shown by certificate of Third Auditor - the date certified by him corresponding with that stated in claimant's declaration.
Z. L. Harmon Esq. Portland
Maine Name and residence of Agent
W. D. Dyer Examining Clerk.

Palmaria, No. June 18. 1854
Sir I herewith forward you the application of Mary a Polly True. widow of Obalilah, a Russian man the Act the 3 d Section July 3. 1853. claiming 12 months pension which if correct please give directions for payment Respectfully Yours Jas. Ingle
J. Minter Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

7 Elm St., Brookline, Mass.
Dec. 2, 1938.
U. S. Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
b 1812 I am trying to get some information about the family of Obadiah True , who may have been one of my ancestors. He enlisted in the Revolutionary war from Sanford, Maine and in the war of 1812, probably from Denmark, Maine.
Will you please let me know the name of the person, if any, to whom a pension was paid after his death ?
Very truly yours,
(Miss) Margaret Adams.

Inu
To the Hon J. C. Calhoun Secretary for the Department of War Washington City

Impebury Decr 4-1818
To the Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secretary &c
Sir - I return the enclosed Pension Certificate on account of a misnomer of Person - The Pensioner's name is Obediah True and so it is here and so it should be in the papers I send you; and if it is not Obediah, it is a clerical mistake & should be corrected - with great respect I am Your very Ob t Serv t - Judah Dana