Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,012, Joseph Winter, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Winter, Joseph Morse, Betsey Former widow
W.24.012 B.L.Wt 783-100 B.L.Wt 62-60-55
CONTENTS

45b.
District of Maine
Joseph Winter Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of May 1818 and sent to the Pensioner, Capt. J. H. Paris Esq. Judge, to Paris, Oxford Co. Dist. Maine
Arrearages to Sept. 1818 $40.26 5 mo 1 day $40.26 55-20
Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818, Vero finis
Let to James Starr, May 23 '36 Papers cop. for Land off. of me Dec 13. 1836
Notification sent to Thomas Clark Esq. 19 Oct 1820. Paris Maine

may 30-1855 AR
4460.
Uaine
Betsey Uorse widow of Joseph Winter who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Uus n
One 2 from $88
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 98 Dollars 88
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
1 st July
Certificate of Pension issued the day of Aug 1851,
and sent to
B. Randall Orleton me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 24 Vol. 1,

fe 29. 096
I Joseph Winter, aged fifty two years, a Citizen of the United States, born in Newbury Massachusetts, now a resident in Plantation No 4. Oxford County in the District of Maine upon Oath testify and declare that I enlisted in May or June in the year 1781. in the war of the revolution against the common Enemy, into the Company Commanded by Cap Marshall & Reg t by Col. Tupper, of the Massachusetts line, as a fifer, I served in said Company and Regiment about one year and was then transferred to the Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Vose, 1 st Reg t Massachusetts line, in which Regiment I continued to serve as a fifer in the same Col Marshalls Company until June 1783, at which time I took my final discharge at New Windsor huts, signed by the Commander in chief - my discharge I kept - number of years & then let - Mr Noyes have it & I have not seen it since, and it is not now in existence to my knowledge. Attest John Hovey. Joseph X Winter mark.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss.
October 24. 1818.
Personally appeared the above named Joseph Winter, and he made solemn oaths to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed.
Before me
John Hovey Justice of the Peace
Know all men by these presents that I Joseph Winter above named, do hereby nominate and appoint Robert C. Vose, of Augusta in the County of Kennebec & District of Maine my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to ask and receive of the regular officers of Government the land bounty to which I am entitled for my revolutionary services in the Massachusetts line during the revolutionary war, and to draw my land warrant in my name, and also

to obtain & make the location of my said Warrant, to receive the patents which may be granted in my name & to sign all necessary receipts and discharges for the same in a full and ample manner as I would have done myself, and I hereby authorize my said attorney to appoint one or more substitutes with similar power hereby given him my said attorney - Hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said attorney may do or cause to be done for me in the premises - Given under my hand & Seal this twenty fourth day of September  October A.D. 1818
Signed & sealed in presence of John Hovey James Chapman
his Joseph Winter mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss October 24, 1818. Personally appeared the above named Joseph Winter, and he acknowledged the above instruments by him subscribed to be his free act & deed.
Before me John Hovey Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Kennebec ss Bleaker Office
In Testimony whereof that John Hovey, Esq. was on the day of the above acknowledgment was sworn made & the within Oath administered, was a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Kennebec, I hereunto affix the County Seal and subscribe my name this twenty fourth day of October A.D. 1818.
John Davis
Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the County of Kennebec
B.C. Vose
left by W. Nichols

No 783
Joseph Winter
priv:
1 st Mass. Regiment
Warrant issued 31 st March
1879
Amos Nicoll Attorney

42.435
Ad Mar 8/55 Apr 8/55
Betsey Stone mrs Joseph Winter mrs Pension cert no 44.6
2 Dss OC duplicate of fund Jany 13/41
Registration Mar Vose's Mass Regt to close of war - recd 100 acs
Boynston Adm 60 acs Sept 5/55 Dodge
Adm
B Randall Milton Maine

March 13/70 Lts & G2 Office is M located near files RM " 16/70 " " W & Lowell Edge North Chesterville Me RM Jany 13/71 " " G2 Office RM Jany 20/71 " " Hon D P Morrill Ho Rep notice of issue of duplicate to RM
Me 48 no 1106 Jany 13/71 Warren Hovey for duplicate and bond to W & Lowell Edge North Chesterville Me RM

13605 Declaration of Betty Winter -

State of Maine, Franklin County ss.
On this first day of February A.D. 1848 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County, being a Court of Record, Betsy Morse of Carthage in said County, aged eighty one years the 25 th day of February last, 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 7 th 1838 entitled, "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows," and an Act supplementary thereto passed August 23 rd 1842, and the subsequent Acts of Congress of March 3 rd 1843 and June 17 th 1844, reviving and continuing the same: that previous to her marriage with her last husband Nathan Morse, who died January 15 th 1848, she was the widow of Joseph Winter who was a Musician in the Army of the Revolution, in the Massachusetts line; that her said husband, Joseph Winter, was a pensioner under the act of Congress of March, 18 th 1818; that his certificate of pension was dated May 12 th 1818; and she refers to the evidence furnished by him on his original application for a pension, for proof of his service.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Winter in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety in the town of Winthrop in the State of Maine, being in that part of said town which has since been incorporated into the town of Readfield, by a Justice of the Peace, whose name she thinks was Page; that she thinks it was on the 25 th day of February of that year; that her name previous to her marriage with the said Joseph Winter was Betsy Carver; that she and her said husband, the said Winter, at the time of their said marriage then resided in what is now the town of Livermore in said State, and continued

to reside there a few months after their marriage, and then removed to a new township adjoining which is now the town of Jay, where they resided many years; but, that some time before his decease, they removed into No. 4, so called, a new township, having but one family residing in it, but which since has become settled, and is now the town of Carthage aforesaid, where she now resides with William Winter one of her sons; that her first husband, the aforesaid Joseph Winter, died June 13 th 1832 at said Carthage; that she afterwards married Nathan Morse of Jay who has since died as before stated; that she was not married to the said Joseph Winter prior to his leaving the service, but that said marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, Viz: at the time above stated. She further says that she is now a widow.
Witness - John S. Townsend Nathan Curtis
Betsey Morse Mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court this first day of February A.D. 1848 before me -
M. Sherburne Judge of Probate

State of Maine Franklin County ss.
I Joseph D. Prescott Register of Probate within & for the County of Franklin, do hereby certify that Moses Sherburn is Judge of Probate as above and that the foregoing certificate purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court of Probate and subscribed my name this first day of February A.D. 1848
J. D. Prescott Register.

No 13605
Betsey Morse junr wid of Joseph Winter
Mr
act 7 July 1838
Married 1790 first husband died 1832 2 d husband died 11 July 1848
Elizabeth of Wood St. Samuel Wood Jr. Yours ever the aff

State of Maine } ss. Hennebec County)
I Samuel Wood Jr. Town Clerk of the town of Winthrop in said County, on oath do testify and say, that I have made diligent and careful search in the Records of Marriages in said town, to find a Record of the marriage of Joseph Winter and Betsey Carver, who, I am informed were married in said town many years ago, before the town of Readfield was incorporated, when that town was included in the town of Winthrop, and that I cannot find any record of said marriage. I am of opinion that, if said persons were married as aforesaid, the marriage was never recorded, which, owing to the newly settled state of the country at that time, might have been the fact. I find in the Records of said town of Winthrop, among the records of the "Publications of the intentions of marriage," the following Record, Viz: —
"February 11 th 1790 —
Mr. Joseph Winter of Phips-Canaday, and Miss Betsey Carver of Livermore-town made publication of marriage." "Per John Hubbard Town Clerk"
I, Samuel Wood Jr. above named, depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception that "Per John Hubbard Town Clerk," is set at the bottom of a List of publications of intentions of marriage from which the said extract is taken, instead of being immediately connected therewith, as I have placed it. The date of said Record is February, eleventh, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and ninety, in plain legible figures, as above —
Sam. Wood Jr.

State of Maine, Kennebec county, ss.
On this fourteenth day of February A.D. 1848, before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for said county of Kennebec, personally appeared Samuel Wood Jr. who subscribed his name to the foregoing affidavit and made oath to the same -
Before me J Am, P Benson, Justice of the Peace
State of Maine County of Kennebec ss -
I, William M. Stratton, clerk of all the judicial Courts held within and for the said county of Kennebec do hereby certify that Samuel P. Benson Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for said county duly commissioned and qualified, and that the above written signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this fourteenth day of February in the year of our LORD Eighteen hundred and forty eight. W. M. Stratton

Betsy Morse's Ld. B. H. 35 Bounty Land Claim Act of March 3, 1855
Presented by B. Randall Wilton Maine

Bounty Land Claim.
State of Maine } ss. County of Franklin }
On this nineteenth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, Barron Randall, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, Betsey Morse aged eighty nine years, a resident of Carthage, County of Franklin in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the the identical Betsey Morse who was formerly the widow of Joseph Winter who was her first husband and is now the widow of Nathan Morse who was her second and last husband — That her first husband the said Joseph Winter was a revolutionary pensioner, having served as a musician in the Revolutionary War, and that she, as his widow, since the decease of her last husband the said Nathan Morse, has received a pension, and now has in her possession an Original Pension Certificate of which the following is a true copy,
Viz: " Department of the Interior.
Widow's Pension.
No. 4460
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2 nd 1848, Betsey Morse, formerly widow of Joseph Winter, who was a Musician in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum, commencing on the 1 st July 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage. Former payments at $8.88 per annum to be deducted.
Given at the department of the Interior this 6 th day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty one.
Will. A. Graham
Acting Secretary of the Interior.
(Seal)
Examined and countersigned J. S. Heath Commissioner of Pensions

She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act granting additional bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States," approved March 3 d 1855. And she refers to the records of the Pension Office, and to her declaration and other vouchers and papers now on file in said Office which were forwarded by her to establish her claim to a pension as the widow of the said Joseph Winter, as evidence to prove her claim to bounty land under said act.
She further declares that she is still a widow and was so at the time of the passage of said act of March 3 d 1855 having remained unmarried ever since the decease of her second husband the said Nathan Morse. That she has not received a warrant for bounty land under any other act of congress, nor made any application therefor, except the one now presented. And I request that a Warrant for the land I am entitled to, may be sent to Barron Randall Esq. Milton, Maine for me. Witness: William Allen P. M. Winter Betsy her X Morse mark.
State of Maine Franklin, ss.
On this nineteenth day of March 1855 personally appeared before me Barron Randall a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Franklin, the above subscribed Betsy Morse, and made oath according to law to the truth of the foregoing declaration. And I certify that I know her to be the identical Morse  widow who received and now has the original pension certificate named in her declaration, and that the foregoing is a true copy thereof; and that I have no interest in said claim. Barron Randall Justice of the Peace

State of Maine } County of Franklin }
Personally appeared William Allen and Melvin S. Winter citizens of Berthage in the said County and State, who being duly sworn, depose and say that they are personally acquainted with Betsey Morse, and that she is the person now present who signs and executes the foregoing declaration.
William Allen
Melvin S. Winter
Sworn to and subscribed before me this nineteenth day of March 1855, and I certify that the said William Allen and Melvin S. Winter are credible and respectable citizens.
Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, SS.—
I, Isaac Tyler for the County of Franklin, hereby certify that
Clerk of all the Judicial Courts holden within and
Barron Randall
Esquire before whom the annexed proceedings were had, and who has thereto affixed his genuine signature; was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Franklin, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts done as aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court at Farmington, this thirtieth day of March Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
Isaac Tyler Clerk

Wm F. Lowell, Application for reissue of lost Bounty Land War- rant—
P.O. North Chesterville Franklin County Maine

State of Maine County of Franklin ss. On this sixteenth day of February A.D. 1870 personally appeared before me, a justice of the Peace in & for said county of Franklin, William F. Lowell, well known to me, and I certify that he is respectable, entitled to credit, being first sworn accor- ding to law deposes & says: That he is a resident of Chesterville in said county of Franklin - That he is Administrator of the Estate of Orestes E. Randall late of Wilton in said county of Franklin - That during the life time of said Orestes E. Randall he pur- chased for a valuable consideration, Bounty Land Warrant No. 62 for 60 Acres issued Oct. 18 th 1855 in the name of Betsey Morse of Coalthage in said county of Franklin, farmer widow of Joseph Winter; that said Land Warrant was duly transferred and assigned to the said Orestes E. Randall by Barron Randall late of Wilton in said county of Franklin, Administrator of the Estate of said Betsey Morse; that at the time of the death of said Orestes E. Randall the above described Bounty Land Warrant was in the possession of John Biskee of Garden City Minnesota, having been sent to him, the said Biskee, for the purpose of location by the said Orestes E. Randall - after the decease of the said (over)

Orestes E Randall, viz: on or about the first of March A.D. 1867, Mrs Hannah E. Randall, widow of the said Orestes E. Randall, wrote to the said John Bisbee requesting him to send the above described Land Warrant to her, or to the Administrator of her husbands Estate, by mail, directed to North Chesterville Maine - That after waiting a suita- ble time for an answer to her letter, (requesting the return of said Land Warrant,) and receiving no answer, she the said Widow requested your affi- ant to write to the said Bisbee requesting him to return said Warrant that it might be accounted for in the settlement of said Estate, and that your affiant did so write and in a few days received a letter from him the said Bisbee stating that he had sent the said Land Warrant to Mrs H. E. Randall by mail, directed to North Chesterville Maine" - That your affiant has good reason for believing that the said Hannah E. Randall did not receive said Warrant, and that the same was lost or destroyed through the mails between Garden City Minnesota and North Chester- ville Maine - That your affiant has given public notice of the loss of said Warrant by publishing the same six successive weeks in the Farmington Chronicle, a public news paper published at Farmington in said county of Franklin; That your affiant filed in the General Land Office at

Washington on the 7 th day of January last his affidavit describing said Warrant & the loss of the same to wit as a coostat; That your affi- ant makes this application for a reissue or duplicate of said last Bounty Land Warrant for the benefit of the Estate of said Orestes E. Randall under Act of Congress Approved June 23 d 1860 -
Wm F. Lowell
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above written, and I have no interest in said Bounty Land Warrant
Simeon H. Sowell, Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Franklin, ss:
I, SIMEON H. LOWELL, Clerk of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, which is a Court of Record, within and for the County and State aforesaid, hereby certify that Simeon H. Lowell , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were had, and who has thereto affixed his genuine signature, was, at the time of so doing, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for the said County of Franklin, duly commissioned and qualified; and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts done as aforesaid.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said COURT, at Farmington, this Sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy  Seventy .
Simeon H. Lowell Clerk.
[Faint, illegible handwriting at the bottom of the page]

There being two wit- -nesses/testifying as to the service of Joseph (Winter) who are cer- -tified by the Judge to be credible & one of them viz Jacob French being found on on  the  Map  the  rolls the Map the rolls This claim is very old
Washington City
Witte
On Roll Capt Murchison Col Rose for 10 mo 3 days up from 1783

I Joseph Winter a indent citizen of the United States of America, of an unincorporated plantation called Dummerston in the County of Oxford, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify & say that, in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, and in the month of June or July I enlisted into the Army of the United States of America on the Continental Establishment, was then as a fifer in the company commanded by Captain Christopher Marshall in the tenth Massachusetts Regiment whereof Col. Tupper was the commander. In which Company I served during the term of two years and four months, when I received an honorable discharge, some lost by accident. The company in which I served, belonged to the tenth Massachusetts Regiment, the most of my time of service; but was transferred into the first Regiment Massachusetts, under Colonel Joseph Dose about seven months before my time of service expired. And I further testify, that by reason of my reduced circumstances, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support.
Joseph his X Winter mark
Witness. A. R. Parris

I Zebulon, I am being of lawful age do testify and say that I knew Joseph Winter in the Revolution War and that he served as a fife in the Company commanded by Captain Christopher Marshall heartily under the command of Colonel Dupper of the tenth Regiment and heartily under Colonel Vane of the first Regiment and that was acquainted with him from June 1782 to June 1783 and was know- ing to the said Winter's Discharge and that he belonged to the Troops of Massachusetts
By Plummer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Dunstable April 2nd 1813 then the above named Zebulon Dune personally appeared and made oath to the above as being the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth before me - Nathl. H. White my Justice Peace

Zebulon True Deposition

I Jacob French of Jay in the County of Oxford of Lawful age do testify and say, that I knew Joseph Winter in the Revolutionary war in America, that he served as a fifer, in the Company commanded by Capt n Christopher Marshall, which was part of the time under the Command of Colonel Tupper of the tenth Regiment and a part of the time said Company was under the Command of Colonel Vose, of the first Regiment, and that I was personally acquainted with said Winter, that he served in said Company about two years, and was discharged from the same, at the same time that I was, in June, I think in 1883. at the time then who enlisted during the war, was discharged - and that he belonged to the Massachusetts Troops - I further testify and say, that I was a Solder in said Company six years and six months, further saith not
Jacob his + French mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Oxford ss. April 3 1819. Then the aforesaid deponent, was duly examined, and cautioned, and sworn to the truth of the aforesaid Deposition by him subscribed -
Before me James Starr Jr. Just of the Peace

Joseph Winter N o 451.
Plantation N o 4 Con
May 18

STATE OF MAINE.
begun and holden at Paris Oxford ss. Maliseet Court of Common Pleas within and for the county of Oxford on the fourth Tuesday of July 1820 - and by adjournment before the Honorable Judah Dana Judge of said Court.
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 - Joseph Winter - aged 55 years, resident in Plantation Number four 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 musician in the company commanded by Capt. Christopher Marshall in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper 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 4th day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 451 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.
his Joseph + Winter mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 25th day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Judah Dana
Judge of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:—
  1 Cow  }  1 Tea Kettle  }  1 Earthen Dish -    1 Sheep  2 pails -  3 Milk pans    2 Small Hogs  1 Coffee Pot  1 Tin pail    1 Chain  1 Quart -  1 old Table    1 Iron Kettle  5 plates -  1 pine boards - do    1 Ace -   5 Cups & saucers   2 old Kitchen chairs -      1 Scythe    
Dowe upwards of two hundred Dollars - -
his Joseph + Winter mark

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Joseph Winter — who by occupation am a Farmer — which I am un able to pursue by reason of one of my legs having been broke in two places, and the other leg affected with vari-cose vein —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Betsey my wife — 56 years very much debilitated by reason of the dropsey — also, severely afflicted with the Rheumatism —   William } 18 — " feeble constitution, unable to labour — same —   Bally } 16 — "   Hannah } 13 — "   Stillman } 11 — "  
his Joseph Winter mark
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 twenty five dollars cents . $25.00
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

John Rowell's Deposition of Stephen Morse's

I Mary Carver of Jay in the County of Franklin and State of Maine aged seventy eight years, on oath do testify and say that Joseph Winter, a revolutionary pensioner, who died in Carthage about sixteen years ago, was married to Betsey Carver, a sister of mine, at a place which is now the town of Readfield but was then a part of Winthrop, and that I was present and saw them married. They were married by a justice of the Peace whose name I think was Page. It was on the twenty fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred and ninety. This I know by my own age and by the circumstance that she was married on her birth day which I have always understood to be the 25 th of that month, and that she was twenty four years old that day. My sister, the said Betsey Carver, then resided at my brother William Carver's in Livermore then called Livermore-town, and had resided there sometime. My two brothers William Carver & James Carver were present at the said marriage but are now both dead. The said Joseph Winter resided in said Livermore-town or in an adjoining new township called Phips-Canada now the town of Jay, where he had begun to clear and make a farm. They both went to my said brother William's after the marriage, and within a few months, moved on to his new farm in said Phips-Canada to live. They resided in said Jay for many years. They had ten children, all of whom were born in said Jay, formerly Phips-Canada. Some years before his death, they removed to a new township, which is now the town of Carthage, where he died. I have resided in these towns of Livermore, Jay & Carthage, the most of the time since they were married. After the said Winter's death my said sister married Nathan Morse of Jay, who also died the 15 th day of January last & she is now a widow. Witnesses George T. Fuller Nathan Fuller Mary her Carver mark

State of Maine } ss. Franklin County, }
On this 8 th day of February 1848, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, per- sonally appeared Mary Carver, known to me to be a creditable witness, who subscribed her name to the foregoing Deposition, and made oath to the same.
Before me
Barron Randall, Justice of Peace

State of Maine } Franklin County P. } 3
I Alanson B. Caswell Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Barron Ramsdell Esqr is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Franklin duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission was dated Feby. 17. 1842, & will expire Feby 17. 1849. that his signature to the foregoing depositions of John Rowell, Stephen Morse & Mary Carver are genu- ine.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of Supreme Judicial Court of said State, this fifteenth day of Feby A.D. 1848.
A. B. Caswell } Clerk
3

Mary Carver's Deposition & etc.

Deposition of John Rowell.
I, John Rowell, of Jay in the County of Franklin and State of Maine aged fifty two years, on oath do testify and say, that for many years past, I have resided in the same neighbourhood with Nathan Morse late of this town deceased, & been well acquainted with him. He died on Saturday the 15 th day of this present month of January being A.D. 1848. I further testify and say that I was formerly well acquainted with Joseph Winter, a Revolutionary pensioner, when he resided in Jay previous to his removing to Carthage where he died several years ago; that the said Winter at his decease, left a widow in Carthage who afterwards was married to the said Nathan Morse & resided with him in Jay some years before his death, and that she is still living.
John Rowell
State of Maine } ss. Franklin County,
On this 29 th day of January 1848 before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared John Rowell, to me known to be a credible witness, who subscribed his name to the above Deposition, and made oath to the same.
Before me
Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

Deposition of Stephen Morse.
I, Stephen Morse, of Jay in the County of Franklin and State of Maine, aged forty nine years, on oath do testify and say, that I knew Joseph Winter, a Revolutionary pensioner, who formerly resided in Jay near my father's, and removed to Carthage some years before his death. I further testify and say, that, after the said Winter's decease, my father, Nathan Morse, married his, the said Joseph Winter's widow, and lived with her several years; and that my father, the said Nathan Morse is now dead; that he died on Saturday the 15 th inst. being the 15 th day of January A.D. 1848. His widow who was the widow of the said Joseph Winter, is still living.
Stephen Morse
State of Maine } ss. Franklin County }
On this 29 th day of January 1848, before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for said county, personally appeared Stephen Morse, to me known to be a credible witness, who subscribed his name to the above Deposition, and made oath to the same — Before me —
Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

December 28, 1934
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Joseph Winter-W.24012 BA- 5 /AWF
Mr. E. B. Wickersham 4th Unit, Sante Fe Bldg. 1033 Young Street Dallas, Texas
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Joseph Winter, soldier of the War of the Revolution from Massachusetts.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 24012, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Joseph Winter.
Joseph Winter was born in Newbury, Massachusetts, date not shown, nor are the names of his parents given.
He enlisted in the spring of 1781, served as fifer in Captain Christopher Marshall's company, Colonel Tupper's 10th Massachusetts regiment, was transferred about seven months before discharged to Colonel Joseph Vose's 1st Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged in June, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 4, 1818, at which time he was fifty-two years of age and a resident of "Plantation No. 4," Oxford County, District of Maine.
Joseph Winter married February 25, 1790 in Winthrop, District of Maine, Miss Betsey Carver. She was born February 25, 1766, place not stated, nor are the names of her parents given. At the time of their marriage, Joseph Winter was of "Phips-Canaday", which was later Jay, Frank-

lin County, Maine, and Betsey Carver was living in "Livermore-town", with her brother, William Carver.
The soldier, Joseph Winter, died June 13, 1832 in Carthage, Franklin County, Maine.
His widow, Betsey Winter, married Nathan Morse, who died January 15, 1848, date of her marriage to Nathan Morse not shown.
The widow, Betsey Morse, was allowed pension, on account of the services of her first husband, Joseph Winter, on her application executed, February 1, 1848, then residing in Carthage, Maine, with her son, William Winter. She died May 30, 1855.
Joseph Winter and his wife, Betsey, had ten children, all born in Jay, Maine. Reference was made in 1820 to the following children: William aged eighteen years, Sally aged sixteen years, Hannah aged thirteen years, and Stilman aged eleven years.
Mary Carver, sister of the widow, Betsey, was seventy-eight years of age in 1848 and living in Jay, Maine, she with her brothers, William and James Carver, were present at the marriage of Joseph Winter and her sister, Betsey Carver. In 1848 Stephen Morse, son of Nathan Morse, was a resident of Jay, Maine, he stated that he was well acquainted with the soldier, Joseph Winter.
In 1851 William Winter was Justice of the Peace in Franklin County, Maine, and in 1855 Melvin L. Winter was living in Carthage, Maine; it is not stated that the William Winter, Justice of the Peace, was the same as the son, William Winter referred to above, nor is it shown that Melvin L. Winter was related to the family.
There are no further data in this claim concerning the family of the soldier, Joseph Winter.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev
4. Dec 28 - list to E. B. Kershaw
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24012
Betsy Morse Formerly  Widow of Joseph Winter mut. Res. war.
Act Feb 2 d 1848.
Index: Vol. M , Page 65
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4460 Maria
Betsey Morse widow of Joseph Winter who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Muse ;
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of March 1849 and sent to
Barnum Randall Wilton Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page  22  Vol.  1

Report
Letter to Hon. H. Fletcher, Augst 25/48
Duplicate certificate issued 23. Sep 1848. I doubt to Hon. J. M. Bradbury Augusta Maine
8346
Maine
Betsy Mase, fory. widow of Joseph Minter who was a Musician in the Revolution Husband died 13 Jan'y, 1832,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of April, 1848, and sent to
Hon. J. M. Bradbury, Senate H. States
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 6 Vol. 2 . Page 6 .

70427.
Maine
Betsey Morse J. W.
Widow of Joseph McIntire who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 13 Jany 1832 of Franklin Co. the State of Maine who was a Musician in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by _____ in the Revolution time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Pallance at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of April, 1848, and sent to Hon. J. W. Bradbury Senate W. B.
Total amount, $ 440.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. W. Bradbury , Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 . Page 11 .
Reported
Duplicate Certificate issued 23 Sep 1848. & sent to Hon J. W. Bradbury Augusta Maine

Act '43 p. 9448 No 13605
Betsey Morse fully wid of Joseph Winter Me
act 7 May 1838
Adms. 2 years Me $88 00 per
per 4 March 1836
Adms act 3 March 1843
and 17 June 1844
$88 00 per annum
per 4 March 1843
Hon. J. W. Bradbury
Senate W States

Pension Office April 1848
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8 th inst. asking for the

62
Coacres

Joseph Winters Me act 18 March 1818, $96 00 per annum
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office      Old Case      G. C. A. April 20 1848 } Dec'd 13 th Jan. 1832 Paid to his death. P. B.

North Chesterville, Me. March 7, 1870.
Hon. H. Van Kurnan Comm. of Pensions } Sir:
I herewith send you my application for reissue of lost Bounty Land Warrant together with affidavits to prove my claim to the same as Administrator. The warrant should be issued so that I can use it as Admyn. of the Estate of Duster E. Randall, the original warrantee being dead and her Administrator too.
Your Obt. Servt.
W. F. Lowell

Affidavit from Hannah E. Randall

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
SUFFOLK, ss.
SUPERIOR COURT.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That
William W. Blackmar
was at the date of the within attestation a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, that due faith and credit are and ought to be given to his official acts, that he is duly authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgments, and that his signature is genuine.
Witness my hand, and the seal of said Court, at Boston, in said County and Commonwealth, this 25 th day of February A. D. eighteen hundred and sixty- fourth
Just Willard Clerk.

State of Massachusetts, County of Suffolk ss: On this twenty fifth day of February, A.D. 1870, personally appear- ed before me, Justice of the Peace for said County of Suffolk, Hannah E. Randall, whom I certify to be respon- sible and suitable to credit, being first sworn according to law, deposes & says, that she is the widow of the late Orestes E. Randall of Wilton, Franklin County, State of Maine. That at the time of his death, her husband, the said Orestes E. Randall, was the legal owner of Boun- ty Land Warrant No. sixty two, for sixty acres, issu- ed in the name of Betsey Morse, late of Carthage in said county of Franklin, late former widow of Joseph Winter in said county. And that said land warrant was in the possession of John Birkbe of Garden City, Minnesota. That she the said Hannah E. Randall, on or about the first of March, A.D. 1869, requested the said John Birkbe, by letter to send the said land warrant to her or to the Administrator of the said Randall's estate, by mail, directed to Chesterville, Maine. That said land land warrant was not received by her or said administrator and they have no knowledge of the same whatever. Hannah E. Randall.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Suffolk p. Boston. Feby 23 rd 1870
Then personally appeared the above named Hannah P. Roundell and made oath that the above statement by her subscribed & sworn to is true - and I hereby certify that I have no inter- est in the said Land Warrant
Before me William H. Blackmar Justice of the Peace

Milton September 14 th 1848
Sir
I have received your answer to my enquiry relative to the Certificates of Pension of Mrs. Morse formerly the Widow of Joseph Winter of Carthage; and as you have no knowledge about them, they are doubtless lost. We very much regret it, but in that case shall be obliged to apply for new Certificates, as you suggested, & to ask your assistance in the case. I have, therefore, herewith enclosed to you an Application from Mrs. Morse properly sworn to and authenticated, and also my own affidavit, as being her Agent, & to prove the identity of the applicant, which I suppose necessary in the case, for the purpose of obtaining new Certificates of Pension for her under the Acts of 1843 & '44, similar to those which have been lost.
Mrs. Morse & her friends are very much disappointed by this failure & I wish to obtain the new Certificates as soon as possible. I have sent the enclosed affidavits to you to be forwarded to the Pension Office, and if any further testimony is required in the case I wish you to let me know. It may be as well for you to have the new Certificates sent to you & then. Mail them to me.
I am, Sir, very Respectfully Yours &c.
Barron Randall
Hon. J. W. Brailbury

Mr Bradbury will be much obliged if an early answer shall be given to the enclosed Letter
Apr 6/48

Hon. James W. Bradbury -
Sir, The enclosed letter to the Hon. Hiram Belcher was written, supposing he had returned to Washington; - before sending it , however, I learned he had not, and on application to him, he informed me that he had agreed with you to attend to some business for him during his absence, & that, if requested, you would doubtless obtain the desired information for us. I have, therefore, enclosed it to you, respectfully soliciting your assistance in the case. If you obtain the information, please forward it by Mail, directed to the subscriber in Wilton, Maine -
I am, Sir, with sentiments of Respect -
Your Ob t Servant.
Barron Randall
State of Maine - Wilton March 31 st 1848.

Hon. Hiram Belcher -
Sir, - Some six or eight weeks ago I put in the Mail a Package directed to the Pension Office containing the declaration of Mrs. Betsey Morse, formerly the wife of Joseph Winter of Carthage, deceased, a Revolutionary pensioner applying for a pension on account of the services of her husband the said Winter with such testimony as we deemed necessary to establish her claim; and, as we have not heard whether it arrived safe at the office or not, & as Mrs Winter, as we usually call her & her son with whom she resides are very anxious to know whether the papers were received & whether any further testimony will be required in the case, I take the liberty to solicit your assistance in ascertaining that fact at the Pension Office, & in obtaining a favorable decision on the case as soon as practicable.
I trust you will pardon us, Sir, for thus troubling you, as the case is rather peculiar & life is very uncertain. Mrs. Winter was married to Mr. Morse of Jay some 14 years ago, about two years after Mr. Winter's decease but lived with him only a few years as he became insane & one of his sons took him to maintain & she went back to live with her son Wm. Winter in Carthage who has supported her without any assistance for many years. She could not draw a pension while Mr. Morse lived, but as he is now dead we think she is entitled to draw the whole amount which she would have received had she remained the widow of Joseph Winter until now. Of course you will perceive there is considerable depending on the result, & we are desirous of obtaining a decision as early as possible. There is no question of the justness of her claim, & if more testimony required

it can doubtless be now obtained. If the case is delayed, her claim may be defeated by her decease, or by the death of persons whose testimony may be indispensable to establish it.
I am Sir with sentiments of Respect Your Obed t Servant
Barron Randall
Wilton March 27 th 1848
Hon. Hiram Belcher Member of Congress -

Brief in the case of Betsey Morse, widow of Joseph Winter. Franklin County and State of Maine act 2 February 1848.
Claim, ( "original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner at $96 per annum; Under the Joint Resolution of July 1, 1848, the widow is entitled to the same rate of pension. Admitted at $96, deducting former payments at $88 per annum, from the 1 st July 1848.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
J. Randall, Esq. Wilton, Me.
S. Cole, Examining Clerk.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions — Pension Office —
War Department — Washington City —
D. C.

J. L. Edwards, Esq -
Sir, Herewith enclosed is the Declaration of Betsey Morse, formerly Betsey Winter, to obtain a pension under the existing acts of Congress for the relief of Widows, & the depositions of Samuel Wood Esq. Town Clerk of Winthrop & of Mary Carver of Jay to prove the marriage of the said Betsey Morse with her first husband the said Joseph Winter a Revolutionary pensioner deceased - Also the depositions of Stephen Morse & John Rowell of Jay to prove the decease of her second husband Nathan Morse who died on the 15 th ult. The record of her marriage to the said Winter cannot be found. It, probably, was never recorded, & as the magistrate is dead we are obliged to rely upon such evidence as can be found. The publication was recorded, & it can be abundantly proved that they lived together as man & wife according to her declaration. Believing that we have enclosed all the evidence which the rules of the Department require in such a case, we would ask, that, if, on examination, it is found to be deficient in any part, information of it may be forwarded to us soon, that it may be corrected, or more obtained. A decision upon the case is desired, as soon as circumstances will possibly permit -
I am Sir with Sentiments of Respect
Your Ob t Servant -
Barron Randall
J. L. Edwards Esq. - Commissioner of Pensions -

Farmington { Aug 5 19. 1848 State of Maine }
Col. J. L. Edwards Sir,
I am informed by Barron Randall Esq. that he forwarded to you by mail, an application for a pension for Betsey Morse formerly the widow of Joseph Winter of Litchfield in this State - with all the necessary papers in February last - I wish you to have the goodness to inform me whether these papers arrived at the Pension Office and if they have been examined, whether any further evidence is required
Yours truly Hiram Belcher

# July 17-48 Betsey Mops formerly widow Joseph Winter Maine
Waltham Me July 12
J. G. Edward
Commissioner of Pensions War Department
4460-48
Maine
File

Wilton, July 9 th 1848
Sir,
The declaration of the Widow Betsey Morse of Carthage to obtain a pension on account of the Revolutionary services of her first husband Joseph Winter, with several depositions relative thereto, was mailed by me sometime in February last directed to you at the pension Office. - We have heard nothing from it since. Mrs. Morse, or Mrs. Winter, as she is called, & her friends feel very anxious about it. We wish to know whether the papers were received or not. If they miscarried we wish to prepare new ones & send on again forthwith, as life is uncertain & the necessary evidence may be lost. -
Will you please inform us whether the package was received & placed on file. If it was received, we shall expect the case will be attended to as soon as shall be consistent with the rules & business of the Office.
I am Sir very Respectfully Your H st Servant -
Barron Randall
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions - Washington City - D.C.

Col. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City - D. C.

Wilton Dec. 19 th 1848.
Sir—
Enclosed herewith is the Declaration of Betsey Moore formerly the widow of Joseph Winter a Revolutionary pensioner, applying for a pension under the Act of Feb. 2 nd 1848. Mrs. Moore has received a pension under former pension Acts, and is doubtless entitled to a continuance under the Act of Feb. last. We wish you to forward her certificate as soon as her case can be attended to.
The declarations of Patty Nutting, Lois Wood, Abigail Root (and Marabab Varnum were forwarded by me to the Pension Office, by Mail in August last, (all widows in the town of Wilton), for the purpose of obtaining a continuance of their pensions under the Act of the 2 nd of Feb.; but, although so long time has elapsed, we have had no return.
We are very desirous to know whether the package was received, & to obtain the Certificates in their cases. I have waited, expecting their cases would be attended to in turn, but begin to fear there has been some failure. A pension Agent in Washington has written to Mrs. Wood offering to obtain her certificate on certain conditions, but we do not think the intention of the government is, to oblige widows to sacrifice 25 or 33 per cent on their pensions to obtain them, & have not employed him. Will you please forward their certificates, with Mrs. Moore's, as soon as practicable; and if the said package was not received, please to inform me immediately. — Please direct to the subscriber at Wilton. Franklin County — Maine —
I am, Sir, very Respectfully —
Yours &c.
Barron Randall
Col. J. L. Edwards.
Commissioner of Pensions — Washington City

Payment to be made at Portland by
Wm. Woodbury Esq. Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Maine
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 22 Vol. 1 .
Geo. H. Perkins Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Betsey Morse, widow of Joseph Winter. who was a Musician in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty eight. dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 21st day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty nine.
J. Erving
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

James C. Heath, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Wilton (Maine) June 23 d 1857.
Janus E. Heath, Esq.
Sir — Enclosed herewith is the original certificate of Pension of Betsey Morse, together with her application for a new certificate including the increase and arrearage of pension to which she is entitled by the act of July 1 st 1848 — Please forward the new certificate, as soon as practicable, to the subscriber in Wilton, State of Maine —
I am, Sir,
With sentiments of Respect,
Your Ob t Servt.
Barron Randall

Payville? May 15 }
Free
May
for Winter
17 May
L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
City Washington
D.C.

Jay, Maine May 14 1836
Dear Sir,
I was under the necessity of asking the favor of you, about a year ago, of furnishing me with a copy of the evidence in the War Department of certain Pensioners. Claims there on file, which you sent me without delay, and for which favor I feel grateful. I wish now to obtain a certified copy of the evidence that Joseph Winters late of Casthaze in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, deceased, (who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of March 18. 1818,) furnished when he was placed on the Pension list, which I expect is on file in your Department. The Legislature of Maine, at the last Winter Session gave a bounty to a certain class of R. Soldiers & also to their widows, and Winters service in that war, has been of so long standing & most, if not all who served with him have deceased, which makes it very difficult to find living testimony in his case sufficient to establish his widows Claims. Sir if you will on the reception of this comply with the request you will confer a favor on the widow of the deceased, and
Greatly Obedient your Most Obedient serv
Humble Serv t
James Harr
J. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions.

Augusta Sept 18 1848
Sir,
I am desired to forward to you the accompanying application for a New Town Certificate, in place of one that was lost in the house of Hans-nutty, in April last.
I have no recollection of knowing where the Certificate, which is said to have been sent to me; my practice is to forward to their proper destination such papers as soon as received.
It is possible that this package may have miscarried in the attempt to remail and forward to me from Washington, as I left that city about the middle of April and was absent for several weeks.
If convenient, it is desired that the new Certificate should be forwarded to me at this place, and as early a day

as may be practicable.
I believe the papers transmitted will furnish to the Department the requisite evidence for the issuing of the new Certificate.
I am acquainted with Mr Randall and the blank of the bonds for the county of Franklin, where affidavit and certificate are grounded and must there- fore entitled to credit.
I have the honor to be your obedt. Servt
J. M. Bradbury
Rev J. L. Edwards Bureau of Pensions }
Washington D.C.

Application of Betsey Morse
Encl to p 96. deg p 88 Per annum, com'g 1 July 1848
D. Randall Wilton, Maine

State of Maine } ss. Franklin County }
On this twenty sixth day of April A.D. 1851 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of Peace within and for said county Betsey Morse a resident of Carthage in said county 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 increase and arrearage of Pension which may be due her by the Act of Congress of July 1 st 1848 - or other existing Acts.
That she is the widow of Nathan Morse who died January 15 th 1848 - that before she married with said Morse who was her second husband she was the widow of Joseph Winter who died June 13 th 1832 - That the said Joseph Winter was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum - That she has received a Pension on account of the Revolutionary services of her husband the said Joseph Winter under the Act of Feb. 2 nd 1848 at the rate of Eighty Eight dollars per annum - That she thinks she is entitled to the same amount of Pension per annum which her said husband received and makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the said increase of Pension and the arrearage which may be due her -
She further declares that she is still a widow -
Witness Nathan Hutchinson Melvin L. Winter Betsey her X Morse mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written - Before me
Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
Franklin County ss, I G. M. Whitney Clerk of the judicial courts of said State for the County aforesaid certify, that Barron Randall is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly authorized to administer oaths, and that his signature within written is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Farm- ington this fourth day of June A. D. 1851.
G. M. Whitney Clerk.

Power of Attorney

To James C. Heath, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir - I am the widow of Nathan Morse, who died January 15 th 1848 - and, previous to my marriage with the said Nathan Morse, I was the widow of Joseph Winter who was a pensioner under the Act of March, 18, 1818, at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum, and who died June 13 th 1832 - I have been allowed a pension on account of the services of my said husband Joseph Winter under the Act of February 2, 1848, at the rate of Eighty Eight dollars per annum which has been paid to me at the United States Agency for paying pensioners in Portland, Maine, from the 4 th day of March 1848, to the 4 th day of March 1851. - I think I am entitled by the Act of July 1 st 1848 to the same amount of Pension which my said husband received Viz. Ninety Six dollars per annum, and I have authorized, and do hereby authorize & appoint Barron Randall Esq. of Wilton, Maine, as my Attorney for me to apply for and receive whatever arrearage and increase of Pension I may be entitled to by said Act, or by any other act or resolution of Congress relative to widows' Pensions. In witness whereof I have hereunto my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of April A.D. 1851.
Signed, Sealed, & delivered
in presence of
Nathaniel
Hutchinson
her Betsy X Morse mark
State of Maine, Franklin County ss. On this 24th 26th day of April 1851, before me Wm. W. Winter a justice of the Peace within & for said County, personally appeared Betsy Morse and acknowledged the above Power of Attorney by her subscribed to be her free act and deed.
Before me Wm W Winter
Justice of the Peace

Bitney Morse
21

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 d of February, 1848, entitled "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and soldiers of the Revolution."
State of Maine } p. Franklin County }
On this thirtieth day of October A.D. 1848 personally appeared Betsey Morse, formerly the widow of Joseph Winter a Revolutionary soldier, a resident of Carthage in the County of Franklin aforesaid aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 d day of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. — That she is the widow of Nathan Morse of Jay who died on the 15 th day of January last, said Morse being her second husband. — That her first husband was Joseph Winter, a Revolutionary pensioner who died at Carthage aforesaid on the thirteenth of June 1832, — That she was pensioned under the act of June 17 th 1844 on account of the services of her first husband, the said Joseph Winter, and that the amount which she received under said act of June 17 th , was Eighty Eight dollars per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Betsey her X Morse mark
Witness All in All true
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me — Barron Randall, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine } Franklin County } ss
I Alanson B. Caswell Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in & for said County, do hereby certify that Baron Randall Esqr is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission was dated the 17th day of February A.D. 1842, & will expire the 17th day of Feby A.D. 1849, & that his signa- ture above written purporting to be his, is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Sup. Jud. Court of said State this 5th day of December A.D., 1848.
A. B. Caswell Clerk

State of Maine } ss. County of Franklin }
On this twelfth day of September, 1848, before me, the subscriber, a justice of the Peace for the said County of Franklin, personally appeared Betsey Morse of Carthage in said County, who on her oath testifies and declares that she is the widow of Nathan Morse late of Jay in said County, and that previous to her marriage with the said Nathan Morse she was the widow of Joseph Winter of Carthage a Revolutionary Pensioner, who died June 13 th 1832. — She further testifies & declares that; after the death of her late husband, Nathan Morse, who died on the 15 th day of January last, she made application for a pension on account of the Revolutionary services of her first husband, the said Joseph Winter — that she employed Barron Randall Esq. of Wilton as Agent to assist her in making said application & procuring a pension. That she has recently been informed that the said application was received at the Pension Office and that her name was inscribed on the Pension Roll under the Acts of Congress of March 3 rd 1843 — and June 17 th 1844 on the 22 nd of April last, and that certificates of that fact were issued & sent to the Hon. J. W. Bradbury of the U. S. Senate, but, that she has never received any certificates of Pension, or heard anything further about them; and she has no doubt, if they were so sent, that they miscarried by some means, and are lost. And, that as she has never received a formal certificate, she now wishes to obtain one.
Witness — Hannas C. Adams
Betsey her X Morse mark

The foregoing affidavit of Betsey Morse was sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year therein above written.
before me. — Barron Randall justice of the Peace
State of Maine. Franklin County ss
I Hanson B. Caswell Clerk of the Judicial courts of the county & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Barron Randall Esqr. is a justice of the Peace in and for the county of Franklin duly commissioned & qualified; that his commission was dated the seventeenth day of February 1842. & will expire the seventeenth day of Feby 1849. & the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. Given under my hand & the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of this State this 13th day of September A.D. 1848.
H. B. Caswell Clerk of the court

I, Barron Randall of Milton in the County of Frank- lin & State of Maine, aged fifty five years on oath do testify (and say that I know Betsey Morse who subscribed & made oath to the preceding Affidavit, to be the identical Betsey Morse who made application for a Pension as stated in her said affidavit. I further testify and say that I have been some acquainted with the said Betsey Morse for more than forty years - she having resided in the towns of Jay & Carthage adjoining Milton and that I was well acquainted with her first husband Joseph Win- ter who was a Revolutionary pensioner. I also testify & say that after the death of her last husband, Nathan Morse, I assisted the said Betsey Morse in making application for a pen- sion on account of the Revolutionary services of her first husband the said Joseph Winter - that after preparing her Application and the other testimony in the case I sent it by mail to the Pension Office, in Feb. or March last, and afterwards wrote to the Hon. J. W. Bradbury of the U. S. Senate soliciting his assistance in the case; but that I heard nothing from it or from Mr. Bradbury until the 4 th inst. I then received a communication through the Hon. Hiram Belcher of Farmington dated August 25 th 1848, from the Commissioner of pensions informing that Mrs. Morse's name was inscribed on the Roll under the Acts of 1843 & '44 at $88 per annum and Certificate of Pension issued on the 22 d of April last & sent to the Hon. J. W. Bradbury of the U. S. Senate. I further testify that no Certificate of Pension for the said Betsey Morse have ever been received by me, or by any other person to my knowledge, & I have no doubt they are lost, as I have written to Mr. Bradbury who in -

forms me that he has no recollection upon the subject
Barron Randall
State of Maine } ss. County of Franklin }
On this thirteenth day of September, 1848 before me, the subscriber, a justice of the Peace within & for said County of Franklin, personally appeared Barron Randall, known to me to be a credible witness and made oath according to law to the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me
Sam l Belcher } Justice of the Peace "
State of Maine } County of Franklin }
I Alanson B. Caswell Clerk of the judicial courts of the County & State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel Belcher Esq r is a justice of the Peace duly commissioned & qualified, and the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine;
Given under my hand & the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State this 13 th day of Sept A.D. 1848.
A. B. Caswell } Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Know all men by these presents that I Robert Charles Vose of Augusta in the County of Kennebec and Commonwealth aforesaid esquire, Attorney of Joseph Winter, of the plantation N o 4 unincorporated, but within the County of Oxford and Commonwealth aforesaid, a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, do hereby, by virtue of the letter of Attorney from the said Winter to me, bearing date twenty fourth day of October now last past, nominate and appoint, and by these presents have nominated and appointed Amos Nichols now at the City of Washington in the District of Columbia my true and lawful substitute for me to ask and receive, in the name of the said Winter, of the regular officer of government the land bounty to which the said Winter is entitled for his revolutionary services in the Massachusetts line during the war of the revolution, and to draw his land Warrant in his name and also to obtain and make the location of his said land warrant and to receive the patent which may be granted in his name and to sign all necessary receipts and discharges for the same. Hereby giving to the said Nichols all the power vested in me, in the premises, by virtue of the said letter of Attorney from the said Winter. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen —
Signed and sealed in presence of } — Robert C. Vose
Robert Howard
John Howard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co. On the sixteenth day of March A.D. 1819 personally appeared the above named Robert Charles Vose esq., and he acknowledged the above instrument, by him subscribed, to be his free act and deed —
Before me
Robert Howard Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Kennebec, Clerk's Office, In Testimony, that Robert Howard, Esquire before whom the within acknowledg- -ment was made, was a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Kennebec, at the time the within declaration was made, and that the same is his own free act and deed. — I subscribe my name and affix the County Seal this sixteenth day of March Anno Domini 1819. —
John Davis Ck.

Department of the Interior, General Land Office, March 24 th 1870.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of 15 th inst. I have to state that it appears from the records of this Office that a caveat was filed Jan. 7 th 1870, by Hon. S. P. Morrill against the issue of a patent for any location made with Bounty Land Warrant No. 62 for 60 acres Act of 1855.
Very respectfully
Your abt servt
O. H. Nelson Commissioner
Hon. H. Van Arnem,
Comm r of Pensions,
Washington,
D.C.

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Department of the Interior General Land Office January 7 th 1870.
Yrs I have to inform you that the Hon. S. P. Morrill this day filed in this office the affidavit of William F. Lowell of Franklin County Maine, to operate as a Caveat against the issues of a Patent on any location that may be made with Bounty Land Warrant N o 62, for 60 acres issued under Act of March 3 rd - 1855 in the name of Betsey Morse, which said Warrant is said to have been lost.
Very respectfully Your O ff . servt.
O. J. Milton Commissioner
Hon. H. Van Aernam Court of Pensions Washington D.C.

Certificate from Register of Probate,

State of Maine.
Franklin County, ss.
The subscriber, REGISTER OF THE COURT OF PROBATE, for said County, hereby certifies and attests that on the sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , Barron Randall of Wilton in said County, was duly appointed Administrator of the Estate of Betsey Morse
late of Carthage in said County, deceased, intestate, and became bound, according to law, for the faithful discharge of said trust, and that full faith is due to his official acts at this time in that capacity.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the official seal of said Court, this Sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy ,
Geo. F. Atkinson
Register.

State of Maine.
Franklin County, ss.
The subscriber, REGISTER OF THE COURT OF PROBATE, for said County, hereby certifies and attests that on the sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , Barron Randall of Wilton in said County, was duly appointed Administrator of the Estate of Betsey Morse
late of Carthage in said County, deceased, intestate, and became bound, according to law, for the faithful discharge of said trust, and that full faith is due to his official acts at this time in that capacity.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the official seal of said Court, this Sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy ,
Geo. F. Atkinson
Register.

Certificate from Register of Probate

State of Maine.
Franklin County, ss.
The subscriber, REGISTER OF THE COURT OF PROBATE, for said County, hereby certifies and attests that on the Seventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty eight . William F. Lowell of Chesterville in said County, was duly appointed Administrator of the Estate of Orestes E. Randall, late of Milton in said County.
late of _____ deceased, intestate, and became bound, according to law, for the faithful discharge of said trust, and that full faith is due to his official acts at this time in that capacity.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the official seal of said Court, this Sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy .
Geo. F. Atkinson
Register.

Affidavit from A. H. S. Davis
Publisher of Farmington Chronicle -

Lost Land Warrant.
NOTICE is hereby given that Land Warrant No. 62, for sixty (60) acres issued the 1st of October, 1855, in the name of Betsey Morse, former widow of Joseph Winter, a musician in the Revolutionary War, has been lost; that said land warrant had been duly assigned to Orestes E. Randell by Barron Randell, administrator of the said Betsey Morse, and had not been assigned by the said Orestes E. Randell, now deceased; that said land warrant, on or about the 20th of March, 1869, was inclosed in an envelope directed to Mrs. H. E. Randall, North Chesterville, Maine, and mailed at Garden City, Minnesota, by John Busbee; said warrant was not received by Mrs. Randall, and has not since been heard from; and notice is hereby given that I shall apply to the Commissioner of Pensions for a reissue of the lost warrant above described.
WM. F. LOWELL, Administrator of Estate of Orestes E. Randell. Chesterville, Me., Dec. 30, 1869. 6w2
State of Maine: County of Franklin.
On this 17th day of Feby. A.D. 1870 personally appeared, before me, a Justice of the Peace in & for said county of Franklin, A. H. S. Davis, well known to me, and I certify that he is respectable & entitled to credit, who being first sworn according to law deposes & says: That he is a resident of Farm- ington in the County of Franklin aforesaid; that he is Editor & Publisher of the Farmington Chronicle, a public newspaper. published at Farmington in said county of Franklin; That your affiant has published in said Farmington Chronicle for six successive weeks the above notice of the loss of Land Warrant No. 62 for 60 Acres, and I have no interest in said Warrant.
A. H. S. Davis
Subscribed and sworn to the day & year first above written, and I have no interest in said Land Warrant. Simonds D. Scudder. Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Franklin, ss:
I, SIMEON H. LOWELL, Clerk of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, which is a Court of Record, within and for the County and State aforesaid, hereby certify that Simeon H. Lowell Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were had, and who has thereto affixed his genuine signature, was, at the time of so doing, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for the said County of Franklin, duly commissioned and qualified; and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts done as aforesaid.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said COURT, at Farmington, this Seventeenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Seventy .
Simeon H. Lowell Clerk.

Joseph Winter
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I Is aee West of Jay, County of Oxford District of Maine do upon Oath testify & declare that I am personally acquainted with Joseph Winter of Mt. Jay in said County, that I know him in when in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain in the years 1782, & 1783, and I am knowing that he enlisted during the war, and served until the close thereof and was regularly discharged, that he is a person fully to be believed. Isaac West
I William Eustis of Jay, County of Oxford District of Maine, do upon Oath declare that I am personally acquainted with the above named Joseph Winter & believe him to have served in the revolutionary war, of America against Great Britain - that he is a person fully to be believed - Wm Eustis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Oxford County ss
January 19, 1819 personally
appeared the above named Isaac West and William Eustis - they severally are to me well known, and each of them made oath to the truth of the above signed, in my presence
Before me James Harriss Justice of the Peace

Kennebec ss Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I hereby certify that James Starr Jr is one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County of Oxford duly authorized by the Laws of this State to take the acknowledgment of Deeds - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name as a Justice of the Peace & of the Quorum in and for said County of Kennebec & Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held for & within said County of Kennebec & have also hereunto affixed my official Seal this twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen
John Davis

CHICAGO
ATLANTA
DALLAS
NEW YORK
SCOTT, FORESMAN AND COMPANY EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS
HUGH A. FORESMAN, PRESIDENT W. COATES FORESMAN, TREASURER
E.B.WICKERSHAM
4 TH UNIT, SANTA FE BUILDING 1033 YOUNG STREET DALLAS
ROBERT C. McNAMARA, VICE PRESIDENT WILLIS H. SCOTT, SECRETARY
December 7, 1934
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
A letter from E.T. Conley, Brigadier General, Washington, D.C., states that the Revolutionary War records in his office are not complete and that you may be able to give me information concerning Joseph Winter , who served as a private (fifer) in the 13th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Calvin Smith.
Sincerely yours,
E.B. Wickersham E.B. Wickersham
EBW:N

Affidavit from John Bishu

I John Bisbee of Garden City in the State of Minnesota, on oath declare, that some time about the year Eighteen Hundred & fifty five I received a Land Warrant for sixty acres, issued to the widow of a revolutionary soldier by the name of Betsey Morse, and according to my best recollection knowledge & belief, this Land Warrant was No. 62 issued October 1, 1855 to Betsey Morse former widow of Joseph Winter, a musician in the Revolutionary War; and had been assigned by Bannin Randall Administrator of the estate of the said Betsey Morse, to Orestes E. Randall, which assignment was acknowledged before Enoch Seales a Justice of the Peace as Certified to by Samuel Belcher Judge of Probate. I received this Land Warrant from the said Orestes E. Randall, to be located for him. I had not located it before I received intelligence of the death of said Orestes E. Randall, and on or about the 20 th day of March 1869. I inclosed said Land Warrant in an envelope, directed to Mrs H. E. Randall North Chesterville Maine

an deposited the same in the Post Office at Garden City Minnesota
Said Land Warrant was never located by or disposed of in any other way than as above stated. I further declare that I have not or ever had any interest in said Land Warrant
Second & my subscribed to before me, Jan 20th 1870
John B.
R. J. Mearns
Justice of the Peace
STATE OF MINNESOTA, } ss. County of Blue Earth. }
I, William C. Durden , Clerk of the District Court, which is a court of record of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that R. J. Mearns whose name is subscribed to the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, an acting Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, and duly authorized to take the same: And Further , That I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such R. J. Mearns and verily believe that the signature to said certificate or proof of acknowledgment is genuine. I Further Certify That said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of this State, as appears by said certificate.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at the Clerk's office at Mankato, on this 22 nd day of January 18 70 . William C. Durden Clerk of District Court.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hinter, Joshua GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5276 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 1, 1790
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*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.