Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35125, David Winslow, Mass. N.H.

Mass. SERVICE
N.H.
Winslow, David
NUMBER
S 35125
CONTENTS

18.808
MAINE
David Winslow
of Lincoln Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gillam of the N Hampshire line, for the term of 1780 three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of Nov 1822 and pmts R. L. Dore Esq. Augusta Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1823  413.44
Semi anl. all'ce ending March 1823  48
51  17 408  131 4.38 1.6 413.44
$461.44
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
May 1. 1820

Dana Winslow
2
Rose

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday , being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the fourth — Mon day of one April
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER , Judges of said Court. are exhibited, produced and filed, the declaration & schedule following viz. Open Court, viz
ON this sixth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared before Ebenezer Thatcher a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, David Winslow aged sixty eight years, resident in Putnam in said Circuit,
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt.
Blunt Hap Scott in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Francis H. Gilman in the line of the State of Massachusetts  J. N. Humphreys the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the fifteenth day of May A. D. 1818, for the purpose of claiming a  and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered  but not yet 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 particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
David Winslow
Sworn to and declared, on the sixth day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Ebenezer Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
1 Yoke of Steers one year old - - 15.00 1 Old horse - - - - - 10. - 1 Hog one year old - - - - - 4 Farming utensils - - - - - 15 Furniture none that is worth p3. - - 3. -
David Winslow
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me David Winslow who, by occupation am a laborer which I am unable to pursue by reason of age, I am very feeble cannot do but a very little labor of any kind, and have had help from the town.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Hannah 63 years My wife totally blind & has been for years   David 17 years Some partly deranged   Lucinda 5 years My Grand Children   Benjamin 2 years    Attest Nat. Coffin Cles
David Winslow
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, 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 Thirty Seven dollars and
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Twenty fifth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
Nath. Coffin
Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

David Winslow priv. Capt Scott Co Col Gilley's New Hampshire Reg 5 1780 to 1783. May 15 th 1818.
25 57 11 9
Proof Last Doyen Wm. Cowan
David Winslow - of Ruland Maine
R.C. Vose Augusta Me

Thomaston August 7 th 1922
Not forwarded till the present time for want of evidence - - - - -
E. Nutcher

David Winslow Declaration -
State of Massachusetts
District of Maine County of Lincoln ss -
On this fifteen th day of May A D 1810
before me the subscriber a Judge of the C.C.P. Pleas in the 2 d Eastern Circuit in the State of Massachusetts & District of Maine David Winslow of Putnam in the County of Lincoln personally appears & being solemnly sworn Declares that he is now sixty seven years old and a resident citizen of the United States - That he enlisted as a soldier of the revolution in the month of January A D 1777 in Tiverton in the State of Rhode Island in the Company commanded by Capt Blunt in Colonel Francis's Regiment - That he enlisted for three years, or during the War - and continued actually & faithfully to serve in the United States Army in the Massachusetts line & against the common enemy until the close of the War in the year 1783 when he was honorably discharged at a place called New City on - The North River in New York State - about 14 miles above Albany - he further declares that he was in the Battle of Tiibbleton where Colonel Francis was killed - and Captain Blunt so wounded that he left the service and also in the battle of the taking of Burgoyne at Saratoga - That after his  the  Captain & Colonel were out of service the one by death & the other by his wounds that he was put into Captain Wm Scott's company & Colonel St. Clair's Regiment New Hampshire line - and continued in the service till he received his discharge as aforesaid from Colonel Geo. Reed which was afterwards burnt in his house which was destroyed by fire in Nobleboro in the County of Lincoln - That he is in reduced circumstances & by reason thereof in need of the assistance of his country for support and therefore respectfully asks that he may be placed on the pension Roll as provided by act of Congress of March 1810 - entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War
Sworn to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid
Robert Thatcher a Judge of the C.C.P. Pleas 2 d Eastern Circuit State of Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Daniel Winslow —, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Putnam —, in the said County of Lincoln —, in the District of Maine, on the 15 th day of May —, A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the Pension List of the United States, agreeably to the provision of an Act, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a Private in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this 12 th day of August — in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Robert Fletcher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this — day of — in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and
County of Lincoln August 18 th 1818
Evidence of the Subscriber's official authority as a Judge is filed in the office of the Department of War authenticated by the Secretary of State of Massachusetts
Robert Fletcher

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
F. S. M. E. C.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., February 21, 1896.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- David Winslow --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. It appears that he enlisted in the month of January, 1777, at Tiverton, R. I., as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Blount, in Col. Francis' Mass. regiment; after the battle of Hubbardston, where Col. Francis was killed and Capt. Blount seriously wounded, he joined the company commanded by Capt. Wm. Scott, in Col. Cilley's N. H. regiment, and continued in service until sometime during the year 1783, when he was discharged from the N. H. regiment commanded by Col. George Reid. No other details of his services are given.
Battles engaged in, Hubbardston, and Saratoga.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated.
Date of application for pension, May 15, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Putnam, Maine.
Age at date of application, Sixty-seven years.
Remarks: His application for pension was allowed.
Very respectfully,
Mr. Avery B. Clark, 32 S. Walker St., Lowell, Mass.
1832b2m
Commissioner.

35 125
Ray INVALID.
File No. 35 125
David Winslow
Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 451
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feby 21, 1896 Miss. Hickey to Avery B. Clark Lowell, Mass.

Coll.
L. P. Waldo by Connington's

18,621 Augusta Me. Oct. 25 David Winslow, Lincoln Co. Maine. R. C. Rose. Augusta, Maine. Recd. Nov. 22.
Free
John C. Calhoun, James L. Edwards, Esq. Chief Clerk Pension Office War Department Washington City

I William Cowan of Vassalboro' in the county of Kennebec, aged sixty five years a Pensioner on the Maine Roll, do hereby on oath declare that I well know David Winslow a Private Soldier of Capt Scott's Company, and Col. Joseph Kelley's Regiment of the New Hampshire line, I belonged to the same Company and Regiment, the said Winslow served in said Company from 1780 to 1783 as he has in his declaration set forth - I was discharged at Danbury, and the said Winslow at Saratoga I have this day conversed with the said Winslow and he has related to me many circumstances relative to our services and to my knowledge the said Winslow did serve the full period by him stated in the said Scott's, afterwards Major Scott's Company -
WM COWAN
State of Maine
Kennebec County ss:
Oct. 25 th 1822
Personally appeared William Cowan above named, and he made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed - the said deponent being in my opinion a credible witness, and disinterested: -
Before me
Joel R Ellis
Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Kennebec ss:
I the subscriber clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for said county of Kennebec, do hereby certify that Joel R. Ellis Esq. before whom the above proceedings were had was on the 25 th of Sept r AD 1821 - and on the above said 25 th Oct r 1822 a Justice of the Peace within & for said county of
Kennebec; In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County Seal this 25 th October AD 1822. -
R. C. Vose, Clerk

Depositions Jacob Doyen & Wm. Cowan in the case of David Winland

I Jacob Doyen, of Canaan, Maine, a pensioner under the laws of Congress do upon Oath testify and declare that I well knew David Winslow, now of Putnam Maine, a Continental Soldier in the War of the Revolution, the said Winslow first enlisted in the Massachusetts line I think in 1777, and was transferred to the New Hampshire line sometime in the year 1780. and joined Captain Scotts afterwards Major Scotts Company of Col Joseph Gilley's Regiment of New Hampshire troops - said Winslow continued to serve until the close of the War 1783, when he was discharged after serving to my knowledge three full years in the New Hampshire line, at the time of his discharge he served in Major Scotts Battalion at West Point - serving myself in the same Regiment I well knew of the service & discharge of the said David Winslow - I am now on the Maine pension Roll - and am upward of sixty one years of age - Jacob Doyen
State of Maine.
(Kennebec County) September 20 th 1821. Personally appeared Jacob Doyen, above named and he made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed - the said deponent being in my opinion a Credible Witness and disinterested - Before me Joel A Ellis Justice of Peace

Augusta Oct. 25. 1822.
Sir,
I now enclose you the claim for Pension of David Winslow - The claimant lives in Putnam a remote town in Lincoln County & owing to his feeble health & extreme poverty has been unable to procure evidence of his service until the present time - Your aid will do him great service by having his claim passed upon in your office as soon as the situation of business will permit, as he is to my knowledge extremely poor & having this day particularly examined him as to his service I have the fullest confidence in the truth of his declarations -
I am very respectfully Yours Obt. Sec y . Robert C. Vose
Lt. L. Edwards Esq. Chief Clerk Pension Office War Department

MEMORANDUM.
35125-52
FROM
MERRIMACK MFG. CO. Lowell, Mass. Jan'y 20/96
TO
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. not W
no other no R
Dear Sir:
Can you give me a certificate of service in the Revolution of one David Hinslow of Castine Maine;
Yours very truly,
Harry B. Clark.
#82 South Walker St.
Lowell, Massachusetts
Middlesex Co.
Con

PENSION U.S. OFFICE. JAN 22 1896
OLD WAR & NAVY JAN 24 1896 LETTERS.