Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8793, Samuel Turner, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Turner, Samuel Joanna
N. 8793
CONTENTS

10.750 Maine
Sam l Turner
of Penobscot in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Davis of the 1st Reg t commanded by Col. Whitlock in the Maine line for 15 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of - 50 - Dollars - - - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of April 1833 and sent Col. J. Shuman Washington D.C.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $100.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept " 25.00 $125.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. C. Adams Clerk, Book C Vol. 25 Page 58

29-
Maine
Joanna Turner widow of Samuel Turner Maj who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Jan y . 49 and sent to
Hon. W. W. Kimball Senate N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 19 Vol. 1
29 July, book D

State of Maine County of Penobscot ss
On this fourteenth day of November A D 1848 personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for said county, Simeon Fowler, a resident in Bangor in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare and say that he is town clerk of said town of Bangor, and that in the records of publication of intentions of marriage in said town is the following entry, to wit:
"Mr Samuel Turner & Miss Joanna Mc Mann both of Bangor entered November twenty fifth seven hundred and ninety four"
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in full and legible figures as follows. "November 25. 1794."
Simeon Fowler Town Clerk of Bangor
And in the record of marriages is entered as follows "Mr Samuel Turner & Miss Joanna Mc Mann both of Bangor, married December fifteenth seventeen hundred and ninety four"
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record

with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair and legible figures as follows "December 14 th 1794"
Simeon Fowler } Town Clerk of Orington
I Simeon Fowler above named depose and say, that I hold the office of town Clerk of the town of Oring- ton in the county of Penobscot in the State of Maine and that the above are true extracts from the re- cords of said town with the exception above men- tioned as certified by me
Simeon Fowler } Town Clerk of Orington
Subscribed and sworn before me the day and year first above stated
James A. Smith Justice

State of Maine
Penobscot ss.
I, William T. Hilliard clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County certify that James A. Swett is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County: that he is duly qualified to act as such; and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this Fifteenth day of November Anno Domini 1845
Wm. T. Hilliard Clerk.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. Piscataqua
On this fourth day of October A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon W O Williamson Judge of Probate of said State, Samuel Turner, a resident of Dover in the County of Piscataqua and State of Maine, aged Seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in the year 1775 with Captain James Myles and served in Col. Joseph Read regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: Myles Captain
Read Col. That in October 1775 he enlisted as a private for the period of three months and that this period he served out and was honorably discharged in 1776 at Newburyport. That in June 1776 he again enlisted to go to Red Bank for the period of five months in Col. Whipple's Regiment & served six months under Capt. Daniels when he was honorably discharged. That in 1777 in the month of September he again enlisted for the period of two months in Col. Storer's regiment - Capt. Phelps's company - in which Regiment he served two months & was honorably discharged. He further states that he enlisted and served two months in Hovey's & Mann's Regiment on an expedition to Rhode Island in the year 1779 or 1780 - when General Sullivan made his retreat when he was honorably discharged - making a service of 12 months.

And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers: that he was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts - in 1775 when his age is recovered as (he supposed) and when his home was during his revolutionary services that in 1785 he removed to what is now called Bowdoin (Maine) where he now lives that he enlisted, was not drafted or received as a substitute that he was not monthly discharged from his services - that he served the first period at Roxbury (Mass) the second period at Ticonderoga - the third period and the fourth period in Rhode Island. He produces the deposition of John Fannyton & David Mann who were with him with that is the only evidence which he can obtain without great inconvenience & expense. He adds that the certificate of Rev. Brinsley Clapp & John Fannyton to his good character & to the belief of his revolutionary services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Samuel D. Merrill
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
in open court
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
William D. Williamson Judge of Probate for the County of Penobscot
William D. Williamson Judge of Probate

18 index
State of Maine.
WE John Farrington a Clergyman , residing in the town of Bucksport in the County of Penobscot and Thomas George residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Tarm who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration ; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age ; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
John Farrington Thomas George
STATE OF MAINE.
Penobscot ss. Sworn and subscribed this 11 day of October A. D. 1832
Before me,
John Appleton Justice of the Peace.
For of the with an one was
John Farrington Thomas George

18 1812
State of Maine
John Harrington of Waltham Mass formerly now of Brown Maine and a soldier of the revolution upon oath testimony declare that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Turner within named, that in Oct or Nov 1775 he enlisted in the troops of the Massachusetts line under the Command of Capt. M'Call Col Robinsons Regiment when that he served out the period of five months and was honorably discharged at said Roxbury - and that I was at that time a Soldier with him in the same Company John Harrington

Samuel Turner State of Maine.
AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, 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 John Harrington who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Burnham and that Thomas Gorge who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same town and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
And the court further certifies that Rev. William D. Williamson is a Clergyman of the Town of Burnham & that John Harrington is a resident of the same town & an creditable person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
State of Maine.
Penobscot ss. — I, Alexander Savage  Ruler of Probate for the County of Penobscot hereby certify that the Will D. Williamson before whom the within proceedings was had, is Judge of Probate of said State ; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Samuel Turner for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this fourth day of October A. D. 1832
Alexander Savage

No 4A
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ad 29 July 1848
Marmad 1794 instated dec 1837
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Hen H Hamlin Senate N States

Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 29 th of July 1848 entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers & soldiers of the Revolutionary Army.
State of Maine
County of Penobscot. ss. On this twenty six th day of September 1848 personally appeared before me, Hon. Ebenezer G. Newson. Judge of Probate of wills &c. for said County of Penobscot in open court Joanna Turner, a resident of Brewer in the county of Penobscot aged seventy four 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 previous made by the act of Congress passed July 29. 1848 entitled "an act for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army." That she is the widow of Samuel Turner, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution. That she cannot from recollection say the regiment or corps in which he served, or specify the service performed by him but for the same refers to his declaration and the accompanying proofs on file in the department. She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Turner on the twenty fifth day of December 1794 in the year fifteen hundred and ninety four. That her husband the aforesaid Samuel Turner was a pensioner of the United States, and died on the fourth day of October

day of One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January eighteen hundred, viz at the time above stated Witness my hand and seal this day of Joanna Turner her mark on the day and year above writ ten before
E. G. Rawson Judge of Probate
State of Maine County of Penobscot ss
I John Williams Register of Probate Court within and for the County of Penobscot, aforesaid hereby certify that E. G. Rawson is Judge of Probate for the County of Penobscot aforesaid and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the certificate by him subscribed hereto annexed, and that his sign- ature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Probate for said County and subscribed my name this twenty sixth day of September A.D. 1848.
John Williams
Register of Probate for Penobscot County

Samuel Turner flaird
Plate 15 Months
A. N. Thomas Present

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Turner  Penobscot County State of Maine
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlist 1775 3 Priv Capt Moulton Col Read 17 Years Newham 1 Witness who testafy to the service of each term   1776 6 Capt Banister Col. Whedock Mass   " 1777 2 " Capt Hympton Col Hawes   1779 2 " Capt Pitney Col Hawes  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  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 services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. 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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. &amp; N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
May 15, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning John Gilkey and Samuel Turner, soldiers of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that a very careful search has been made and from the data given the name of John Gilkey has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension records on file in this Bureau.
Samuel Turner made an application for pension on October 4, 1832, at which time he was 77 years of age and residing at Brewer, Maine, and his pension was allowed for fifteen months' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Daniels and Col. Whitlock. He enlisted at Wrentham Mass. His widow, Joanna, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Wilfred A. Wetherbee,
633 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.

State of Maine County of Penobscot ss
On this third day of November of November A D 1848 personally appeared before me the Subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, John Phillips, a resident in Sedgwick in the County of Hancock in said State aged sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath de- clare and say, that in the year seventeen hundred and nine- ty four, and several years before and several years after that time he lived in his father's family on the roads going up the Penobscot river, in what was then Oquossoc, but afterwards divided from Oquossoc and incorporated into a town by the name of Brewer. The place was about half a mile south of the house where Samuel Turner then lived and where he continued to live till his decease which was in 1837. That in the year 1794, in December and he thinks, on the twenty fifth day of the month, he remembers that it was a Christmas day or a Sunday. He saw the Rev. Seth Noble, come up and cross the river on the ice near his father's house, and go up by the road on foot, as he supposed to go to Mr. Turner's. For he had heard that he was to be married to Miss Joanna the Mason, and he had also heard that they had been prohibited in Oquossoc. Soon after the element saw Mr. Noble pass by, going towards Mr. Turner's. He the de-

ponent was sent up by his father to Mr Turner to get some shaving soap. and went to the house for that purpose. and went in and found and saw there Mr Noble. Mrs McAlister the mother of the said Joanna. and two of the said Joanna's Sisters. also Mr. Turner and the said Joanna. that he understood from what he saw & heard that the marriage ceremony has just been concluded. when he came out that he was well acquainted with the said Samuel Turner. and the said Joanna McAlister for several years before that time. and knew and understood that they intended & expected to be married. and that the said Joanna had left home for said Samuel Turner he thinks for about two years before that time. He further says that his father received from Bellingham in Clackmannanshire to said town of Dennyton about the year 1790. and lived in the same house with said Turner. some months and until he had got his own house in a state to live in it. He then removed to his own house about half a mile east of Turner and lived there four or five years and then removed to the place south of Turner just above spoken of. at what place this deponent lived with his father till he was at the age of twenty one years. that from the time he first came into this country with his father as aforesaid until the death of the said Samuel Turner in 1837. he was intimately acquainted with him and his family. and he

knows that the said Samuel Turner and the said Joanna McMahon, lived together as husband & wife from the time when he was at the house and understood they had just been married till the death of the said Turner, and that they had brought up a number or family of children, & the deponent never doubted or heard it called in question that they were then legally married. He further says that Mrs McMahon, by him above mentioned and the two Sisters of the said Joanna, when he saw at the house and the said Seth Noble are all dead. Some of them many years and all of them several years since. He further declares that he well knew the said Rev. Seth Noble, that he was many years a minister of the gospel, preaching at Bangor and in places in the vi- cinity, and that he was at that time so far as this deponent knows, the only clergyman in the vicinity. He was then an old man and is long since dead. The deponent further says, that he is or confident that the marriage of Mr Turner & the said Joanna took place in the 1794. From the fact that he was married himself in the year 1802 and he well and distinctly recollects that the marriage of Mr Turner as by him above stated took place nearly ten years before his own marriage.
Sworn and subscribed the day & year first above stated Before me
William P. Rice
John Phillips
Declarify that I am personally acquainted with John Phillips above named, that full credit is to be given to his statement.
William P. Rice

Penobscot, ss.
State of Maine
I Wm. F. Hilliard Clerk of all the Judicial Courts for said County certify that
John B. Hill
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County; that he is duly qualified to act as such; and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this 21st day of November A.D. 1848
Wm. F. Hilliard Clerk

P.O. July 17. 1832
Samuel Turner

State of Maine - County of Penobscot & Town of Brewer
I John Harrington of Brewer certify and say that in the year 1775 I was personally acquainted with Samuel Turner, then of Wrentham Mass, now living in Brewer and that the said Turner to my knowledge joined the company commanded by James Metcalf in November of the same year and was stationed in Roxbury Mass - and served his country five months in said campaign
State - County & Town aforesaid
I David Mann of Brewer certify and say that in the year 1776 I was personally acquainted with the above named Samuel Turner then of Wrentham Mass - and that the said Turner to my knowledge in the month of July of the same year joined the Military forces stationed at Tienderoga for the defence of his country and served in the same six months
Also that the above named Samuel Turner in the month of September 1777 joined the troops stationed at Little Compton under the command of Capt Plympton and served his country two months in this campaign
Also that the same Turner joined himself to the troops commanded by Capt Pitts in the month of July 1780 and was stationed at Rhode Island and served two months in the same
John Harrington David Mann
Penobscot ss, Brewer July 3 d 1832
Personally appeared the above named John Harrington and David Mann, and made oath that the above certificates by them subscribed are just & true - before me the above deponents being credible witnesses
Benj n Harrington Jus t of the Peace
I Alexander Savage Ry d of Probate Judge certify that Benj n Harrington is a justice of the peace for the County of Penobscot and the above is his genuine signature.
In testimony of which I have affixed the seal of said Court. Every name this 26 day of March 1833
Alexander Savage

State of Maine.
WE Billings Clapp a Clergyman, residing in the town of Brown in the County of Penobscot and John Harrington residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Twine who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration ; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age ; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Billings Clapp John Harrington
STATE OF MAINE.
Penobscot ss. Sworn and subscribed this Twentyth day of February A. D. 1830
Before me,
John Appleton
Justice of the Peace.
I Alexander Savage Asst of Probate certify that the above is the genuine signature of John Appleton that he is a justice of the Peace for the County of Penobscot The foregoing of which I have affixed my name to the Seal of said Court this 26 day of March 1833
Alexander Savage

Nov 27. 47
James Freeman The son of Samuel Brown
Col J. S. Edwards - M Com of Pension Washington

Bangor Nov 21 1848
Col J. L. Edwards
Sir
Enclosed are the declaration of Joanna Turner, widow of Samuel Turner, for a pension under the act of July 29 1848 the attested copy of record of publication and marriage, certified & sworn to by Amasa Fowler town clerk of Orrington and the deposition of John Phillips to their identity. As to Phillips deposition I note that he is mistaken as to the day of the month of the marriage. He thinks it was 25 th of Dec. 1794. The record shows it to have been the 14 th of Dec 1794. I also note that in the affidavit I have written the name Joanna Mc Mahon. In the record it is Mc Mahon. I remark that the name is now by most people pronounced Mc Illam, or was formerly so too so written. but is now generally written Mc Mahon as I have written it in the deposition. The certificate when issued the writer sent to me
Very Respectfully yours
W. Hall

Samuel Turner Mr Act 7 June 1832. $50 00
To what time was he last paid
Pension Office January 2 1848
G. L. A.
Paid to 11 th Sept. 1837
W. B.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8793
Joanna Turner Wid Samuel Turner Print Rev. War
Act: July 29  1848.
Index:—Vol. 86 , Page 285
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May M.W. 633-
15. 1897. History to Wilfred A. Wetherbee - Tremont st. Boston, Mass.

WILFRED A. WETHERBERG, COMMANDER. NEWTON, MASS.
HUBERT O. MOORE, ASST ADJT GENERAL.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
State House, Boston.
Office of Commander, Newton, Mass., April 16 th 1897
Hon.
H. C. Evans Pension Commr
Dear Sir.
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Is it possible for me to obtain from the records of the Pension Office a transcript of the records regarding "John Gilkey of Islesboro Maine," and "Samuel Turner credited to Penobscot Co Maine" both of whom are reported to be "Revolutionary" Pensioners. If it is, such information would be a favor and sincerely appreciated.
Resp Yours
Wilfred A Wetherber. 633 Tremont St Boston Mass