Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,611, Asa Underwood, Mass.

(-170)
SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Enderwood, Hsa
26611
Mercy
CONTENTS

3484.
Massachusetts
Mary (Mumford) widow of Alexander Mumford who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 67
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Jan 1849 and sent to
Joel Adams Lowell Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2. 1848, Page 169 Vol. 2.
Reported Jan 29/49

6934 Massachusetts
Asa Underwood of Dracut in the State of Mass who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Perkins of the Regt commanded by Col Prescott in the Mass line for 8 months
Wils
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 26 Dollars - 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of March 1833 and sent to Hon J Nelson H.R.
Arrears to 4th of March 1833 53 32 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th March 13 33
$66.65-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Bayliss Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 17
Middlesex 79

11627
Asa Underwood
Perch
8 Months
Ad
Ha J Nelson
Perch

BRIEF in the case of  Essa Woodward  of  Grant  in the State of  Albany  (Act 7th June, 1889.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? no  3. How old is he? 70 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     In 1775 - 8 - - As a Private Gen. Genl Putnam Col Purdie  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Concord -  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Groton Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Present all chs as regd. 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cottrell  Examining Clerk.

V 3640 Mercy Underwood Child of Asa Mass.
Ad 1 July 1838
Married 1790
died 1834
Allen of 2h. 66 per annum
H. W. Parmachoo 1882

Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the seventh of July 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of Massachusetts } p County of Middlesex }
On this twenty fourth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight. Mercy Underwood of Dracut in the County of Middlesex aged sixty six years personally appeared before the judge of the Police Court in Lowell in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of Asa Underwood a private in the army of the revolution and pensioner, and the same Asa Underwood named in the annexed certificate of the Secretary of War signed by Lewis Cass and certifying that said Asa was entitled to a pension of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831, which certificate is annexed to this declaration.
L. p.

She further declares that she was married to said Ezra Underwood on the thirty first day of March in the year seventeen hundred and ninety, and that her husband the aforesaid Ezra Underwood died on the third day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty four. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit, at the time above stated, and that she has never been married since the death of said Ezra her husband aforesaid.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written before Joseph Locke Justice of the Police Court of Lowell MARY UNDERWOOD
I, Albert Locke clerk of the Police Court of Lowell in the county of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereby certify that Joseph Locke Esquire, above named is a justice of a court of record, and that his signature above is his genuine signature. In witness whereof I hereunto put my name and the seal of said court this twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty eight. Albert Locke Clerk P.C.L.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Asa Underwood — of the State of Massachusetts — who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution —
is entitled to receive — Twenty-Six — dollars and Sixty-Six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Ninth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
John B. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards

Asa Underwood
Payments to be made at Boston Mass by the Pres t of W th Bank Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Massachusetts
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk, in Book D Vol. 2
Page 87

I Lendol Underwood of Dracut in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful age depose and say that I am a Son of Asa Underwood formerly a Soldier Revolutionary and Pensioner and husband of Mercy Underwood of said Dracut. That my Asa Underwood, my Father, died on the fourth third day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty four that I have always since that time lived in the family of Mercy Underwood my Mother of said Dracut, that she is still a Widow and has been mar- ried since the death of my Father Asa Lendol Underwood
Middlesex ss October 24. 1838
sworn to before me
Joseph W Mansur Justice of Peace

State of Massachusetts } County of Middlesex }
Town Clerks Office Town of Tyngsborough October 23. 1838
In the registry of Marriages in the Town of Tyngsborough in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, declared by Reverend Nathaniel Lawrence Pastor of said Town, is the following entry, to wit: "March the thirty first seventeen hundred and ninety, married Mr Asa Underwood to Miss Mercy Durant both of Tyngsborough."
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the records with the exception of the date which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows "March the 31 st 1790"
Charles Butterfield { Clerk of the Town of Tyngsborough
I Charles Butterfield abovenamed depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Tyngsborough in the County and State aforesaid. That the records of said Town are in my possession now, and that the above is a true extract from the said records with the exception above mentioned as certified by me
Charles Butterfield
Middlesex ss October 23 rd 1838
Sworn to before me
Joseph W. Warner Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Elias Thwing clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the County of Middlesex do certify that Joseph W. Mansue Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & of a said County, and that his name subscribed to the within certificate is his genuine sig- nature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the twenty seventh day of October 1838.
E. Thwing

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss.
On this Sixth day of October  1832
personally appeared Asa Underwood before the Court of Common Pleas, not being in the Commonwealth within and for the County of Middlesex
aforsaid Asa Underwood a resident of the town of Dracut aged seventy years
Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say,
On the 19 th of April 1775 on the alarm of the battle of Lexington, he marched as a column then, with his neighbors to Concord, where we had a skirmish with the enemy, & pursued them to Cambridge. I remained there a few weeks, when I enlisted into the army as a private soldier for the term of eight months in the company of Captain Oliver Parker, & Col. William Prescott's Regiment & served out the full term of my enlistment, was paid & dismissed, but none of us rec d a discharge. None of the officers under whom I served are now living & I have documentary evidence. He was a resident in the town of Boston when he entered the army, but soon after his discharge he settled in that part of Dunstable, which is now called Tyngsborough in said county & in 1808 removed to the adjoining town of Dracut. a near neighbor of John Darnum Esq r a late Member of Congress from Massachusetts, who boarded in my family in 1792 & has been familiarly acquainted with me since!

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the government of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Has the [illegible]
[Handwritten signature and illegible text]
[illegible] a Clergyman residing in the town of [illegible] in the county of [illegible] hereby certify that we are well acquainted with [illegible] who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be [illegible] years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that [illegible] who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the [illegible] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Chas. Thurney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Asa Underwood for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at office this tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
E. Thurney
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And the said David Cummins does hereby declare his opinion that after the investigation of the matter, and put- ing the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the said David Cum- mins further certifies, that it appears to him, that H. Lawrence
who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Tyngsborough in said County and John Farnwell of said Tyngsborough and is a credible person, and that their statement is en- titled to credit. - And I further certify that the said applicant is unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity - D Cummins

Asa Underwood

We Nathaniel Lawrence a Clergyman & John Farnwell Esquire, both of the Town of Syringo- borough in the County of Middlesex & Common- wealth of Massachusetts certify, that for 40 years past we have been acquainted with Asa Underwood now resident in Dracut in said County, but for many years, before our years an inhabitant of St. John'sborough, who signed the annexed Declaration Declaration, & that we believe him at the seventy eighty years of age, that he is respected & beloved, in the neighbor- hood where he has resided to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, & that we concur in that opinion.
N. Lawrence. John Farnwell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss August 8 th 1832. The above named Nath l Lawrence & John Farnwell personally affirmed

before me and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by them subscribed. I also certify that I have been personally acquainted with them for 30 years & know them to be gentlemen of perfect integrity, high respectability & entitled to full credit
John Warren Justice of the Peace
I Daniel Nutting of Westford in said County of Middlesex, an Invalid Pensioner testify, that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary war & in addition to other service, I enlisted for eight months in the Spring of 1775, in the Company of Capt. Ebenezer Bancroft & Col. Elnathan Reg.  Bancroft & was stationed at Cambridge in Massachusetts, that the undersigned of Dorchester, who signed the annexed declaration, was there during that period. but he was not in my Company or Regiment, I had not much knowledge of him, but I have always understood, & believe he served out the term of his enlist- ment.
Daniel Nutting by John Warren
Midse y ss August 8 th 1832 Commonwealth of Massachusetts personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit subscribed by his order. I also certify, that said Nutting is blind & incapable of writing his name, but signed to me to wit it for him, which was done in his presence & the presence of his family & then read to him. I also certify, that he is entitled to full credit
John Warren Justice of the Peace

I Nathl. Ingalls of Hudson in the State of New Hampshire now in the Town of Springfield County of Middlesex a Commonwealth of Massachusetts a Pensioner, on oath declare, that in 1775 I entered into the Army of the United States for the term of eight months the said Col. Ebenezer Dorr's Company & Col. Ebenezer Dorr's Regiment at Cambridge in Massachusetts, that the undersigned of Dover, who has signed the annexed declaration was a soldier in Col. Oliver Parker Company & Col. Nathl. Dorr's Regiment during the same period of eight months & I through out the full term of his enlistment
Attest John Warren
Nathl. Ingalls
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Middlesex ss. August 8 th
1832 Personally appeared
before me, the above named Nathl. Ingalls and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed. I also certify, that his character for truth & veracity is perfectly correct & he is entitled to full credit.
John Warren Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex Vs. I Elias Thorne Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Middlesex do certify that John Varnum Egle, is a true copy of the Record within and for said County, and that I believe his name set to the foregoing certificate is his own proper signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, the thirtieth day of August 1832
E. Thorne.

11427 Asia Underwood
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
On the 6th day of August 1832 before the Honb d
At the Court of begun and holden at on the
David Cummings, Judge of the C.C. Pleas house of Asa Underwood in Dracutt Middlesex
within and for the County of day of
A. D. 183
On the application of Asa Underwood Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit :
claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following
1. Where, and in what year were you born ?
Answer, I was born in Boston in Massachusetts in 1754, & lived there till I was nearly twenty years old
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it ?
Answer, I have no record of my age, except in the old family bible, which is now in my house
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live ?
Answer, I lived in Groton when I entered the army, removed to Dymock, now called Tyngsborough soon after I left it & resided there till 1808, when I sold my farm & removed to Dracutt, all in the County of Middlesex
4. When you were called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom ?
Answer, I marched as a volunteer & then was held for eight months
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service ?
Answer, I have stated the officers of my Regiment, & could state the officers who were stationed at Cambridge at that time but think unnecessary. The reason I was not in the battle of Bunker Hill is that I was appointed an architect, soon after my enlistment the day of a skirmish in the evening
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution ?
Answer, Col. James Varnum, who served during the war, John Varnum Esq. who takes the examination, & many others Brother John Varnum
Asa Underwood

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
No. 26611
Mercy Woodworth widow of Asa Woodworth Dis. Rev War
Act Feb 29 48
Index: Vol. M , Page 293
[Arrangement of 1870.]

as a Widow rock

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of as a Underwood Serial 111 which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? u II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? u V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? u VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? u VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? u VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? u IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? u X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? u

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

A 4123 Sep. 21. 1843.
Mary Underwood Oct 1843.
Mass.
22c. Washington City $26.67 ea a
Prison Department. Hon. James of Mass. Joel Adams Lowell Mass.

Louise Sept. 15. 1843.
Dr. Sir.
I send the application of Mary Underwood of D. Vancou for a Pension, and take in her behalf for a Certificate agreeable to her Right
Respectfully your obed Servt
Isaac Lewis
Hon. Sec. of War
Isaac Lewis Pension Office Washington D.C. Sept. 15. 1843

Underwood

Washington Jan'y 9. 1839—
Sir
I enclose you the additional testimony in the case of Mrs Underwood of County of Middlesex Massachusetts - also a letter from J. H. Manwaring Esq. making some inquiry in relation to the case of Mrs Dunn of some County of State - I ask the favor of a reply to me on the subject - I am very respectfully
Yr obedt Servt
W. P. Root
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commr of Pensions

Hon Wm Parmenter
40 Representative
Washington
D C
Hon Wm Parmenter H.R.

Lowell Jan'y 4 1839
Dr Sir
I hasten to send the certificate of Mrs underwoods  Dunns Marriage, which was accidentally omitted from the file of papers respecting her claim, - will you be so good as have it placed with her other papers at the pension office - With regard to Mrs Dunns claim I do not know whether there is any proof that can be obtained of the 12 months service in 1778 or not. - I had supposed that the army rolls would establish the claim. - will you be so good as enquire whether there would be any objection to allowing the pension according to the 8 months proved? provided she should not establish the other part of her claim Very Respectfully Yrs &c W W Mansur Hon Wm Partement

V Mass. 3640
Mercy Underwood, lurpt widow of Asa.
Hon W. Parmachute 29 Dec '38

Mary Underwood
class aa 2224
Joel Adams Lowell class

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Middlesex COUNTY, }
On this twenty ninth day of July 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Mercy Underwood a resident of Dracut in the county of Middlesex aforesaid aged seventy seven 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Asa Underwood who was a resident of Dracut and who was a private in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of twenty six dollars and sixty seven cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Mercy Underwood and year above written, } Before me,
In presence of Leah Underwood  Joel Adams Justice of the Peace.
X Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Joel Adams , Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY, }
X, Clerk of the Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this day of 18
CLERK.

2224
Massachusetts
Mercy Underwood widow of Asa Underwood who was a Private in the Revolution
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Dec r 1843 and sent to Joel Adams Howell Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 56.

1.652 Massachusetts
Mercy Underwood widow of Asa Underwood dec.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 3 d October 1834 of Middlesex, in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Perkins of the Regt. commanded by Col. Prescott in the Mass a line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass a at the rate of 26 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Jan y 1839, and sent to Hon. W. Parmenter Sec y of War.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept 1838 $66.67 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar. 39, 13.33
$80.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 16 Page 141

Mercy Underwood
4133
1. 2.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex County, ss. On this sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Jacob Adams of Lowell, a justice of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mary Underwood, a resident of the town of Dracut in said County of Middlesex, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 d of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Asa Underwood, who as a private rendered military service to the United States during the Revolutionary War, and died at said Dracut in the year A.D. 1834. That she is the identical person, who by the name of Mary Underwood made application for a pension under the late act of Congress of July 7 th . 1838, and transmitted to the United States Pension Department with her said Application, the requisite proofs of said Asa Underwood's military services, and also proofs of her lawful marriage to him the said Asa Underwood late husband, deceased. That she subsequently received a Certificate granting her a pension of twenty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum for a term of five years from March 4 th 1836 to March 4 th 1841. That she received the amount of said pension, and upon the receipt of the last payment thereof, she surrendered her said Certificate to the Agent for paying pensions in Boston in this State. That she has not intermarried since the decease of said Asa and still continues his widow - Mary Underwood Subscribed and sworn to Before me Jacob Adams, Just. Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss. June 18th 1843
I Joel Hearn a magistrate within and for the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do certify that the within named Mary Underwood is personally known to me to be the same individual person as represented in her Declaration within written
Joel Hearn Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston September 18 th 1873
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joel Adams was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Geo A. Dole
Secretary of the Commonwealth.