Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,444, Robert Townsend, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Townsend, Robert
H. 22,444
Susan
B.L.H. 3980-160-53-
CONTENTS

me July 4 - no 3917
Vol I. Page 113.
34.322. Act March 3/55- Recd April 2..
Susan Townsend, widow of Robert Townsend, priv.
Capt. Jacob Poole } Mass Col. Jacob } mil
Ent ~ 1780 Dis ~
Revolutionary War
Receiver Pension act: 1848 $58.09
Buxton Private - Capt Porter Col Durban's Mass Troops
Adm 160 act Aug 18/55
3980 ip Aug 22/55 Dodges
H. K. Harmon Portland Me.

Maine N: 26,044
Robert Townsend
Cumberland Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Porter of the Regt. commanded by Col. Burbank in the Massachusetts for 17 months & 13 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 58 Dollars — 9 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Dec. 1833 and sent to J. Mussey Portland Me.
Arrears to the 14th of Sep. 1833 145.22 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 34 29.04
$174.26
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk,
Book E.
Vol. 1
Page 59

Reprinted Feb 7 16/119
3917. Maine Susan Townsend widow of Robert who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 5 Dollars 09, Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Feb 7 1849 and sent to
Hand S. M. H. Clapp H. H. C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 39 Vol. 1.

34.32 2
CLAIM OF
Susan Townsend.
To Bounty Land.
Act of March 3, 1855.
WAR OF the Revolution.
Z. H. Harmon.
PORTLAND,
Maine.

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, March 29 185 3 .
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Ebenezer W. Mitchell Esq.
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper s hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid, — and that the following Signature s purporting to be his
are GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. Cook
CLERK.

State of Maine Cumberland ss
On this seventh day of March A.D. 1855, personally ap- peared before the subscriber a jus- tice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Susan Townsend a resident of Freeport in said County aged eighty four years, who being duly sworn doth on her oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to ob- tain Bounty Land under the Act of Congress passed March 3 d 1855.
And your declarant states that she is the widow of Robert Townsend late of Freeport in said County of Cumberland and State of Maine, that her said husband was a resident of Ab- ington Mass. in the time of the Rev- olution and served as a Private in Capt. Jacob Root's Company Col. Jacob's Regt. in 1780, and was pensioned in this County

Cumberland under the Act of 1832 at the rate of Fiftyeight dollars and nine cents, which pension he drew until his death which took place on the ninth day of September 1845.
Your declarant further states that she was married to said Robert Townsend on the 15 th day of August 1840 1789, and that she is still a widow, and re- ceives a pension of $58.09 cents under the Act of Feby. 2 d 1848, as that will appear by her pension certificate under said Act No. 3917, and for proof of marriage, service and death of her said hus- band she refers to her applica- tions and the accompanying evidence filed with the same, and also to proof of identity hereto annexed.
Attest, Erskine M. Mitchell Susan Mark  Y. Townsend William Saunders
Cumberland ss: Signed & sworn to before me on the day and year first above written. And thereby

certify that said Susan Townsend is the widow of Robert Townsend, and the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration I have no interest in this claim.
Ezekiel H. Mitchell Justice of the Peace. }

We Isaac Griffin and Theodon Curtis - residents of Freeport in the county of Cumberland disinterested witnesses and of lawful age to testify on oath say that we have been personally and intimately acquainted with Susan Townsend widow of Robert Townsend late of said Freeport a Revolutionary Pensioner deceased, for more than twenty years last past. Susan Townsend is now a widow and has never been mar- ried since the death of her hus- band Robert Townsend who died about ten years ago - She is now a widow Pensioner of the United States and she is the identical Susan Townsend who is named in a pension certificate which is issued from the War Office of the United States on the 16th day of Feb- ruary 1849 under the Act of Feby 2 d 1848 at the rate of fifty Eight dollars & nine cents per annum - and the same person who has signed her applica- tion for Bounty Land in our

Sworn this day
Theodore Cuntis Isaac Griffin
State of Maine Cumberland ss. March 7. 1855
Then personally appeared Isaac Griffin & Theodore Cuntis known to me to be persons of truth and in- tegrity and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them signed Before me. Orchias N. Mitchell - Justice of the Peace

Depo. of Seth Townsend for Robert Lawrence
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State of Maine. Cumberland ss.
I Seth Townsend of Freeport in said county testify, declare and say, that I will remember when my brother Robert Townsend returned home from the service in 1778 or 9. I was quite a boy, and have full recollection of his return, and his discharging his gun and the account he gave of himself in the service - I know that he had been gone a good while and the family were anx- -ious for his return - I know that my mo- ther often shed tears for him - Seth Townsend
State of Maine. Cumberland ss. July 24. 1832.
Then the above named Seth Townsend came before me and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed -
Before me Jonas W. Mitchell.
And I certify that the above named Seth Townsend has been known to me for twenty five years and is a man of truth and veracity -
J. W. Mitchell Just peace.

United States of America
District of Maine ss. On this sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six personally appeared before the Hon: Ashur Ware judge of the United States for the District of Maine Susan Townsend widow of Robert Townsend deceased who being sworn doth upon her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 17th 1844.
And this applicant states that she is the widow of Robert Townsend late of Freeport in said District deceased. That her husband was a resident of Abington Mass. in the time of the revolutionary war and was a soldier in the revolution. She further states that her said husband was placed upon the pension roll of Maine in the month of December 1833 under the act of 7 June 1832 and that he received a pension in his life time of $58.09. This applicant is unable to state particularly in relation to her said husband's service in the war of the revolution, she therefore refers the Commissioner to his declaration made by him for the benefit of the act aforesaid, and to such proof as was then adduced by him.
She further declares that she was married to the said Robert Townsend on the fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one

thousand seven hundred and eighty nine, that her husband the aforesaid Robert Townsend died on the ninth day of September A.D. 1845 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Witness John Warr      Susan his Townsend Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before.      John Warr

I certify that satisfactory evidence has been ad- duced to prove that Robert Townsend late of Freeport died on the ninth day of September 1845. That he was a pensioner of the United States and that Susan Townsend the foregoing declarant is his widow and has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband aforesaid.
Ashton Wm

Nehemiah I George Thomas Town clerk of Freeport on oath depose and say that I have in my possession all the Books of Record belonging to said Town In one of the ancient Books purporting to con- tain a Record of marriages I find the follow- ing to wit
Mr Robert Townsend was married to Miss Susanna Dennison August the twenty seventh Seventeen hundred eighty nine
Attest Nehemiah Thomas Town Clerk I further depose and say that the foregoing is a true extract from the Record with the ex- ception of the date which is written in fair legible figures thus 1789. Aug 27 th
Nehemiah Thomas
State of Maine
Cumberland ss. March 7 th 1846. Then appeared the above named Nehemiah  George Thomas Town clerk of Freeport and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Simon Dorr. Justice of the Peace.

Robert Townsend's Application for a pension
Sept. 1832
19001
✓

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the thirteenth day of Sept. A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this thirteenth day of Sept. aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Robert Townsend a resident of Sacopee in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged seventy two 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 entered the service of the United States in the year 1777 as a private soldier in the Company commanded by Captain Porter in Col. Burbanks Regt in the line of Massachusetts, and served on Castle William, in Boston Harbor and served there for the said term of eight months & was then discharged. That he went home & soon returned again to the Castle, and enlisted again under the same Officers for the term of six months, and served out the said term of six months at the same place & was then discharged but in the fall of 1778. and returned to Abington. That in the spring of the year 1779. he enlisted in a Company of militia commanded by Capt. Jacob Pool, and soon after marched to Albany, and from Albany to Schoharie on the Mohawk - pursuing the Indians, after they had burned the town - Col. Brian with his Regt went out from Pitsfield on the same pursuit, & he with seventy of his men were killed, beyond fort Plank - That he was with the troops, that captured seven hundred Indians, & British and put them in Albany Jail - That his term of six months was out a few days before the Indians were captured. That he was discharged and returned home to Abington. My Brother John was a sergeant in the same service, but he is dead. he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
8 6 3 1/2 3 1/2 3 1/2
Robert Townsend
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before, Ashur Ware
U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

The said Robert Townsend further states that he was born in Abington, Massachusetts the 2 nd day of December 1760 - That he believes there is a record of his age in Abington - That he lived in Abington when he first entered the service - That he removed from Abington to Trapset about sixty years ago and have resided there ever since - That he entered the service each time as a volunteer and served as a private - That he has no written discharge, and does not remember ever having any - He would refer to Joseph W. Mitchell Esq. or any other inhabitant of Trapset who knows him, to testify as to his character for truth and veracity.
Robert Townsend
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid before Adam Wan { S. S. Judge for the District of Maine
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, John Nufsey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Robert Townsend for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this seventh  seventh day of November A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two  two
John Nufsey { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cumberland, State of Maine, the afore named Robert Townsend who being sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that by reason of old age, and 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 - viz: For eight months in the year 1777, and six months in the year 1778 I served on Castle William in Boston Harbor under the Officers named in the preceding declaration - and I also served six months in the year 1779 in the Indian Expedition on the Mohawk, & in the vicinity of Albany - being twenty months service in all - and for such service I claim a pension. - I have made application to the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, for evidence of my service but could not procure any, the Documents not having been returned or to be found on the files in his office relative to the service I have stated. -
Robert Townsend
Cumberland County ss. August 20 th . 1833. Subscribed & sworn to by the said Robert Townsend before me. Joseph Pope, Jus: of the Peace.
State of Maine Cumberland County, ss. }
I Ransom Vaughan, Clerk of the courts of Cumberland County, certify that Joseph Pope is a Magistrate as above, 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 said County, this twentieth day of August in the year 1833 Ransom Vaughan

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Robert Townsend a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. May 1777 8 mos. Pvt. Joseph Porter Burbank Mass.   1778 6 mos. Porter Burbank   * 1780 6 mos. Jacob Pool Jacob  
Battles engaged in, * was in Indian Expedition on the Mohawk
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Abington Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 30, 1832. He was al.
Residence at date of application, Freeport Cumberland Co. Maine.
Age at date of application, born at Abington Mass. Dec. 2, 1760
Remarks: died Sept. 9, 1845 at Freeport Me.
He was. Aug. 27, 1789 Miss Susanna Dennison. She was al. pension on an app. Ex. Mch. 6, 1846 while a res. of Freeport Me. Dist. aged 73 years.
Respectfully,
Brother Seth
Commissioner.
* The Expedition described took place in 1780

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
1914 July 28 Hist. to A. S. Townsend 1922 Oct. 13-22 History to Frances N. Carlton C.W.F.
File No. 22444 Susan Townsend Widow of Robert Townsend Pri Rev War.
Act Feb 2 d 48
Index: Vol. 16 , Page 123
[Arrangement of 1870.]

34.322
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OFFICIAL BUSINESS. Bounty Land Claims.
Hon. L. P. WALDO,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City,
D.C.

Will you kindly send me what personal and family information there may be in the application for pension of Robert Townsend in 1835 in Freeport, Maine? This is wanted for D.A.R. membership.
Very truly
Frances N. Carlton
Hallowell, Maine

No. 34322
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 2 nd , 18 55
Susan Townsend wid. of Robert Townsend fri. Capt. Jacob Poole Col. Jacob Maj. Neil. Rev. War
Warrant 3985-160-55
K. Harmon Portland Maine.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, November 22 d A. D. 1848.
Cha s C. Harmon
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Samuel Thing
is an Acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Thing is dated May 2 a A. D. 1846, and will expire May 2 a A. D. 1853.
and that the following this are Genuine.
SIGNATURE purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
Cha s C. Harmon CLERK.

3980
{ Neo Am

Susan Townsend wid of Robt Maine
Act 1838 - admt . 3917 - 2240
on the 31 day of February, 1853, under the per annum commencing a pension at the rate of deceased, has been allowed and State of of the county of and files of this Office, that I hereby certify, that it appears from the records PENSION OFFICE , 1857.
J. H. Gault

Courts
PENSION OFFICE,
, 1857.
I hereby certify, that it appears from the records and files of this Office, that Jean Townsend — of the county of Cumberland and State of Maine widow of Robert Townsend deceased, has been allowed a pension, at the rate of fifty-eight dollars and ninety cents per annum, commencing on the 3d day of February, 1853, under the second section of the act of that date, entitled "An Act to continue half-pay to certain widows and orphans," on account of the services of her said husband in the Revolutionary War, as a — private soldier
Also, that there is evidence on file in this Office, that her husband, the said Robert Townsend died prior to the 4th of March, 1848.
Commissioner.
Pensions 3d Feb: 48, [Signature]

H. Bradford Portland Maine
one specimen from ... P. ... in hand

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Dec. 17. 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Robert Townsend is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt Jacob Peck's company, in Col Jacob's regt. of New Series from the County of Plymouth, as a private, from July 31 to October 23. 1780. inclusive, with 13 days allowed to return home, 3 months & 13 days. The above, is all the evidence of service, which can be identified with the individual described in the annexed application!

1585 And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John C. Parkman; Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Secretary of State Massachusetts. The application of Susan Townsend widow of Robert Townsend for the remainder of her husband's service in the War of the Revolution,
The undersigned Susan Townsend widow of Robert Townsend late of Frampton, request the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mass. to furnish from the rolls and other documents relating to military service in the War of the Revolution the evidence of the service of Robert Townsend. Her husband was a resident of Shingle in the State of Massachusetts in the time of the revolutionary war and she believes that he enlisted from that town. Her late husband died at Frampton September ninth 1845. and has received a pension of $58.09 per annum under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832.
She requests that a full examination of the rolls and other evidence may be made for the sum of her said husband
I hereby appoint Joseph Daby of Pittston my attorney in the premises. William D. Townsend Concurrence J. D. Daby Frampton Sept 22-1845. Signed before me
Samuel Strong Justice of the Peace

United States Maine District } Circuit Court Clerk's Office.
I hereby certify that the Honorable Asbur Ware before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the United States in and for Maine District and that the several signatures thereto purporting to be his are his genuine signatures, And I further certify that Simeon Pratt to quire is a Magistrate duly authorized and commissioned as such & that full faith and credit are due his official attest- ations.
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Circuit Court this thirteenth day of March A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty six.
John Nussley Clerk U.S.C.C.
966

Susan Townsend widow of Robert Townsend Private 17 mo. 13 days
$ 58: 9 per ann. to commence Sept. 9. 1845
Maude Roll.
Act 17 June 1844
married — 27 August 1789 husband died — 9 Sept. 1845
Beit: to Freeman Bradford Portland Maine.

FREE
J. S. Edwards Esq Commissaire of Pensions. Washington
10/17
179-447 A. E. Williams

Yallahama Nov 21. 1848
Sir. I humbly forward you the declaration of Susan Townsend widow of Robert for the benefits of the Act of Congress passed 2 o February 1848. which if correct please forward me her Certificate.
Respectfully Yours Sir Eddy
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington,

Portland March 21. 1846
Sir
I herewith send the declaration of Susan Townsend widow of Robert Townsend for the benefit of the act of June 17. 1844. Robert Townsend was a Pensioner under the Act of 1832 and in this case we rely upon the testimony in his case now on file in your Department.
I am Very Respectfully Your Ob t : Serv t : F. Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

R. Townsend

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Novemb 8 th 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Robert Townsend is borne as a Private on a Pay Roll of Capt m Jacob Pools Company in Col o Jacobs Reg t . of New Services from the County of Plymouth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts raised for the term of three months to reinforce the Continental Army, having served from July 21 st , to October 31 st , and was allow'd Three months & thirteen Days. N o Days 3. 13
Robert Townsend claims for further services under Capt m Pool, he also claims for service under Capt m Porter & Col o Burbank on the Castle in 1777 The Rolls of which is not found in this Office.
Edward D Bangs Secy

19001
5
Robert Townsend
Admitter
17 No 13 St F u
Mr Bangs should certify that the claimants name does not appear on the rolls of service in his office -
Pension Office
Sept 27 1833
J. Murphy
Portland Me

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Robert Townsend which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy 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? yy 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? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy 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? yy

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?
Certified by two Citizens
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? No/No.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
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 shown 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.
He must apply to E. D. Bangs Esq. Secretary of the State of Massachusetts, for evidence of service.
See additional declaration

Deposition of Col. Denison & John Griffin for Robert Lawrence

State of Maine
Lumberville
I Solomon Dunning of Freeport in said County Esquire, and I John Griffin of Freeport aforesaid merchant, do depose testify and say that we are both well acquainted with Robert Youngs of said Freeport yeoman - we have known him for many years and he is a man of truth and veracity, that we have often heard him recount his services in the Revolutionary war, and have no doubt he states the truth -
John Griffin Solomon Dunning
State of Maine
Lumberville Sept 10. 1832.
Then personally came before me the above named Solomon Dunning and John Griffin and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposi- -tion by them signed Josiah W Mitchell Justice
I certify that the above named Solomon Dunning and John Griffin are personally known to me & that they are both men of respectability and truth & veracity -
Josiah W Mitchell Justice

State of Maine
Cumberland county ss. I, W. T. Vaughan Clerk of the courts of Cumberland County do certify that Josiah W. Mitchell is a Magistrate as above - and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine, as I believe.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this thirteenth day of September A. D. 1832.
Ebenezer D. Vaughan
Clerk of the courts of Cumberland County.

Depo. of Bob Beals for Robert Farnsworth.

State of Maine - Kennebec County.
I Job Beal of Freeport in said County do depose testify & say, that in the the year 1777 I was a private soldier in the Company Commanded by Capt Joseph Porter in the Regiment of Col. Brackebank, in the Massachusetts line, in the Continental Service, and know that then Roland Townsend did duty in said Company for the term of eight months in that year.
In 1778 I was in said Company with said Townsend, at the same place, with the same officers, and do know that he did duty in said Company as a private soldier for the term of Six months. said Townsend now lives in Freeport in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine -
Job Beal
State of Maine
Kennebec County. July 24. 1832.
Then the above above named Job Beal made solemn oaths to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed -
Before me Joseph W. Mitchell Just Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Job Beal is a man who would be a competent & sensible witness in a court of justice -
Joseph W. Mitchell Just Peace

Ref.?
1832
Maine 179
Susan Townsend, widow of Robert Townsend who was a Private in the Revolution, Voted 9 th Sept. 1845
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 58 Dollars 9 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 9 th September 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24. day of April 1846. and sent to Freeman Bradford, Portland, Maine.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book D. Vol. 1. Page 19.

State of Maine.
County of Cumberland ss.
On this twenty first day of Novem- ber 1848. personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace, in and for said county. Susan Townsend a resident of Westbrook in the County of Cum- berland and State of Maine aged seventy five 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 February 1848. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. that she is the widow of Robert Townsend who was a private in the revo- lutionary war in Captain company in Col
Regiment,
She further declares that she is still a widow, and has received the benefits of the Act of Congress passed 17 June 1844 at the rate of Fifty Eight dollars per annum.
Samuel Thwing William Southworth
Susan her  X Townsend cross
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written Before me Samuel Thwing Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named declarant Susan Town- Towns- -end is personally known to me to be the identical person as stated above Samuel Thwing Justice of the Peace

FOUNDED A.D. 1792.
Insurance Company of NORTH AMERICA OF PHILADELPHIA WESTERN DEPARTMENT, ESTABLISHED 1864 CHICAGO, ILLS.
A. E. TOWNSEND, Agent.
SKIATOOK, OKLA. July 16, 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Have you any pension record of one Benjamin Townsend, who served in the Revolutionary War from Abington, Mass., and who later removed to the vicinity of Freeport, Maine, at which place he died on November 23, 1810.
This man is my great great grandfather, and had four sons also in the Revolutionary war, viz:
Benjamin, Jr., who died at Abington soon after the war.
Joseph, who moved to Freeport, Maine, after the war.
Bela, who also moved to Freeport, Me., after the war.
Robert, who also moved moved to Freeport after the war.
(V.I.M.) m. 22444
Is there any Department in Washington which gives the ages of Revolutionary War Heros?
Thanking you in advance for a prompt reply, I remain, Yours truly,
A. E. Townsend,

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Townsend, Samuel GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7879 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 27, 179! to — not shown
*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.