Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,692, Joshua Woodman, Mass Navy

SERVICE
Mass Navy
Woodman, Joshua Sarah
NUMBER
W. 22.692 B.L.Wt. 26202-160-55-
CONTENTS
2

Name N. 542
Inscribed on the Roll of NAMO at the rate of $3 Dollars 53 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Sept r 1833 and Seal of the U.S. Arthur Dunnington M.R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $208.33
Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 34 - 41.67
$250.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John A. Johnson Clerk, Book E Vol. 187 Page 64
Let to Jos. York, June 11. 1835.

Act March 3, 1855 47048 April 1855
Sarah Woodman Sarah Woodman wid of Joshua Woodman Pmi d seaman
No 26202 of Mus.
Revolutionary War
Rev. Pen -
Me Feb 48 1205
Buxton Ad 160 ac May 16/56 Buxton.
Jonathan Ingle Biddeford Me
Civ. Def. Inst. Sept. 8/55, Me
Feb 48 - no 1205
Vol No 2, page 104,

1205.
Name
Sarah Woodman, widow of Joshua Woodman who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Pri. Steamer
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $3 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of August 1848 and sent to
Hon, A. M. H. Clapp Portland Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 43, Vol. 1.

State of Maine } York County } ss
On this twelfth day of February A.D. 1844 personally appeared before the Honorable Justice of the District Court for the Western District in open court being a court of record within & for the county of York in the State of Maine Sarah Woodman a resident of Buxton in the county of York & State of Maine aged seventy eight years who being first sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of Joshua Joshua Woodman late of said Buxton deceased who was a seaman and soldier in the army & Navy of the Revolution & who served on board the Frigate Alliance & I think in the army for a short period during the war but the latter service I am not certain of but for a more particular description of his service you are referred to his application for pension his declaration & all accompanying documents in the office of Commissioner of Pensions under which a pension was awarded him &

a pension certificate granted bearing date the twenty seventh day of September eighteen hundred & thirty three for eighty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum and numbered 21,542 that he was a private & seaman in the army & Navy of the Revolution.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Woodman on the fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven that her husband the said John Woodman died on the twenty first day of January in the year eighteen hundred & forty four, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January eighteen hundred & thirty four, at the time above stated. And she further declares on oath that she has continued a widow ever since the decease of her aforesaid husband.
Witnesses: Attica M c Cutcheon
Joseph Howland
Sarah Woodman
State of Maine } set. County of York }
District Court, Western District, February term, 1844 Subscribed and sworn to in open court on the day and year first above written. Before me
Daniel Goodwin

State of Maine } ss. York County }
I, William Trafton Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the county of York, do hereby certify that Daniel Goodenow is Judge of the District Court for the Western District in said State, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the eleventh day of December 1841 and will expire on the eleventh of December 1848, and that his foregoing written signature is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this twelfth day of February 1844. William Trafton, Clerk.

Marriages
One thousand seven hundred and eighty seven June fourteenth Joshua Woodman Junior and Sarah Wheeler both of Buxton
State of Maine Buxton County of York
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in plain legible figures as follows:
"1787 June 14 Joshua Woodman Junior & Sarah Wheeler both of Buxton."
I Silas Baker Silas Baker Clerk of the Congre- gational church Buxton Me do hereby certify that I hold the office of Clerk of the Congrega- tional Church in Buxton in the county of York and State of Maine and that the above is a true abstract from the records with the exception above named as certified by me. Witness Arthur M'Arthur Eliza S. Baker. Silas Baker
State of Maine York county ss On this eighth day of February A.D. 1844 the above named Silas Baker to me personally known who sustains the office above assumed by him to be a person of good character for truth honor and made solemn oath to the truth of the above depositions by him subscribed Before me Arthur M'Arthur Justice of the Peace

(Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace)
State of Maine } ss. York County }
I, William Trafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for said County of York, do hereby certify, that Arthur M c Arthur is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the third day of February, 1842, and will expire on the third day of February 1849, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this twelfth day of February, 1844
William Trafton, Clerk.

I Stephen Hans on of Buxton in the county of York & State of Maine of the age of fifty five years depose testify & say that I was personally acquainted with Johna Woodman late of said Buxton deceased a person of Sarah Woodman his widow & I live in the same neighborhood and the said Johna Woodman died at said Buxton on the twenty first of January eighteen hundred & forty four & the said Sarah has continued a widow & unmarried ever since.
Witness Arthur M'Arthur Stephen Hanson Joseph Howard
State of Maine county of York } ss on this twelfth day of January A.D. 1844 the above named Stephen Hanson to me personally known & who sustains a good character for truth & veracity personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscri- bed Before me Arthur M'Arthur justice of the Peace

(Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace)
State of Maine, ss. York County, } ss.
I, William Trafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the county of York, do hereby certify that Arthur M c Arthur is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the third day of February 1842, and will expire on the third day of February, 1849, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, the twelfth day of February, 1844.
William Trafton, Clerk.

10542
Woodman
Arthur M c Arthur Solicitor

9951 -
Joshua Woodman
April 12 th 1833
Obt 14. 11. 12
Seaman 5 Months
Private 19 "
P. 333
A. M c Arthur Esq. Limington Maine
E

BRIEF in the case of  Joshua Worrman  of  Sandwich  in the State of  Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79 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.     April In 1775 (above to Mar.) 8 2 Private Gen. Gage Col. Foster   July - 1776 10 " Col. Gage Col. Foster   Spring - 1777 3 " Col. Gage Col. Foster   April 1780 (alliance with France) 5 Seaman Col. De la Motte  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Boston Maine  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional 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? The papers are not attached & yes as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cloutier Examining Clerk.

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
March 31
1855. }
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Robert Wentworth Esq
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
York
as appears by the paper 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 , purporting to be his
W 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.

47048 Bounty Land Claim Sarah Woodman War of the Revolution
Jonathan Tuck Biddeford Me.

State of Maine
County of York S.S.
On this thirtieth day of March A.D. 1855 Personally appeared before the Subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah Woodman,
a resident of Buxton in said County and State aged ninety years, who being duly sworn, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain bounty land, under the act of Congress passed March 3 d A.D. 1855.
And your declarant further states that she is the the Widow of
Joshua Woodman
late of Buxton in the State of Maine, that her said husband Joshua Woodman
was a private and seaman in the revolutionary war and a pensioner of the United States under the act of March 18 th A.D. 1818 at the rate of Eighty Three Dollars and thirty three cents per Annum as will appear by his declaration under said act in the War department of the United States, and that he died at Buxton on the twenty second day of January A.D. 1844
She states that she has never applied for nor received Bounty land under this or any other act of Congress and she believes her said husband never received Bounty land in his life time.
Witness
Sarah W. Lane.
Notable W. Lane,
Sarah her X Woodman mark

Your declarant further states, that she was married to the said Joshua Woodman on the _____ day of June A.D. 1787 at Boston in said State of Maine, and that her name before said marriage was Sarah Wheeler And your declarant further states, that after the passage of the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838. She made application for a Pension, on which application a Pension was granted her at the rate of Eighty three Dollars and thirty three cents per annum as will appear by her Pension Certificate, dated the 16 th  day of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty eight. No 1205.
For proof of marriage, her husband's service in the Revolutionary War, and his death, and of your declarant's identity, she refers to her declaration and proof for a Pension, now on file in the Department of the Interior at Washington.
She therefore claims Bounty Land under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
And for the purpose of this application I hereby appoint Ebenezer Wentworth of Buxton my true and lawful Attorney in the premises
Attest Notable W m Lowe  Sarah  her  X Woodman Sarah W m Lane.  mark
Sworn to and subscribed, before me the day and year first above written, and in my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned. And I hereby certify that I know the said Sarah Woodman to be the person she represents herself to be in her Declaration, and that she is a Widow Pensioner of the United States.
And I hereby state that I have no interest in this claim
Before me Robert Wentworth Justice of the Peace

We Mehitable W Lane and Sarah W. Lane
Residents of Buxton in the County of York and State of Maine being of lawful age, on oath depose, testify and say, that we are well and intimately acquainted with Sarah Woodman of Buxton in County of York and State of Maine aforesaid, and who is now a claimant for bounty land.
We have known the said Sarah Woodman for fifteen years last past, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her application for said Bounty Land, and that she is now the widow of Joshua
Woodman who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States.
We have no interest, direct or indirect in the claim that said Sarah Woodman may have to Bounty Land.
And we further declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by said Sarah Woodman in our presence.
Said Sarah Woodman is a widow Pensioner of the United States her said husband died about the year 1844 and she has not been married since the death of her said husband aforesaid.
Witness Mehitable W. Lane, Sarah W. Lane.
State of Maine
County of York S.S. Buxton March 29 1855
Then personally appeared the above named Mehitable W. Lane and Sarah W. Lane known to me as credible witnesses, to whom the foregoing affidavit was read as the same is written, who understanding the same, subscribed their names thereto, and made oath that the same is true.
Before me
Robert Wentworth Justice of the Peace

John a Woodman's application for pension.
9951

United States of America Maine District
COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
ON this thirty first — day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the District Court of the United States for said District for the District of Joshua Woodman a resident of Standish Maine aged seventy nine — 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 Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. as follows: That he enlisted as a private in April
1775 in Captain John Lane's company of Infantry for eight months in the Massachusetts troops in Boston State of Maine (then Massachusetts) on June 10 1775 marched for Cambridge when we had gone as far as Salem we were ordered to Cape Ann instead of Cambridge. We marched to Cape Ann, where we arrived about the 15 th of June same year & were attached to Col. Joseph Forster's Regiment in Massachusetts troops. I was stationed at Cape Ann during this term. I served the full period of this enlistment & about two months over. The strictness of Cape Ann duties caused Captain Lane not to discharge any of his men until Captain Giddings's company arrived & we were not discharged until February 1776 two months after our time was out — I enlisted for eight months and my time would have expired in December 1775 — After I was discharged in February 1776 having served ten months I enlisted in Captain Daniel Giddings's company of Massachusetts troops as a private said company belonging to Col. Joseph Forster's Regiment for one year unless sooner discharged & served in said company until December 1776 when I was discharged having served ten months in said company
After I was discharged I remained at Cape Ann during the winter of 1777 & worked at my trade which was a tailor
In the Spring of 1777 I enlisted as a private in Captain William Ellery's company in Col. Forster's Regiment in the Massachusetts troops & served three months & was discharged at Cape Ann.
In the month of April 1780 about the 15 th of said month I shipped on board the United States Frigate Alliance mounting 36 guns as a seaman & stationed in the magazine commanded by Captain Peter DeLande at L'Orient in France. I had previously made my escape from Fortune prison in England the last of March 1780 with six others & got into France in two days afterwards — we all received one guinea each from Dr. Franklin at Nantz for running away. I shipped on board the Alliance for such time as said ship should arrive in the United States. We were detained at L'Orient about four months in consequence, as I was informed there, that Captain DeLande's being arrested by Paul Jones & tried for firing into the Bon Homme Richard commanded by Capt. Paul Jones at the time of her engagement with the Serapis. Capt. DeLande in the Alliance coming to the assistance of the Bon

in consequence, as I was informed there, that Captain Delande's being arrested by Paul Jones & tried for firing into the Bon Homme Richard commanded by Capt. Paul Jones at the time of her engagement with the Serapis. Capt. Delande in the Alliance coming to the assistance of the Bon Homme Richard in the aforesaid action fired upon the Serapis & accidentally raked the Bon Homme Richard. Capt. Delande was acquitted & then sailed from L'Orient on the month of August & arrived at Boston about the middle of September 1780 after a passage of thirty two days. I was discharged on our arrival having served about five months. The first Lieutenant's name was Dagg. The two surgeons on board were named Smith & Brages & the Boatswain's name was Darling. When I enlisted in Capt. Lane's Company I was twenty two years old - I was born in Buxton in the county of York &
State of Maine in the year 1753 I lived in Buxton my native town ever since the Revolutionary war until within a year past that I have lived in Standish in the county of Cumberland
There is a record of my age in the town Records of the town of Buxton. I don't recollect that ever I had a written discharge when any one of the aforesaid periods of enlistment or shipment expired. I think that Reverend Levi Loring Nathan Elden & Esquire of Buxton & Abijah Whitcomb Esquire & Isaac Lane Esquire will testify to my character for truth & veracity.
John A. Woodman

HE hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present. and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of
SWORN TO, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
before me  John  Joshua Woodman  Joshua Woodman first of a limited state for the District of Maine
WE, Ephraim Clark , a clergyman residing in the town of Swingstown and Forest Brooks , residing in the town of Sturtevant hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joshua Woodman , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy nine 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.
Ephraim Clark
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
State of Maine York ss August 13 1832 Then Forest Brooks  Ephraim Clark & Forest Brooks personally appeared the truth of the above depositions before me John M'Cutcheon justice of the peace
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that  who has signed the preceding certificate, is a  clergyman, resident in the town of  and that  who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, John Nussey , 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 Joshua Woodman for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this thirty first day of August A.D. 1832.
John Nussey Clerk

I Samuel Varrell of Minot in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine of lawfull age do testify and say that I was at Gloucester barracks in the County of Essex & State of Massachu- setts in The year Seventeen hundred & Seventy 83 5 and was knowing that Josiah Woodman now of Standish the County of Cum- berland & State of Maine was then a Soldier under John Lane and in the Spring of that year said Woodman was turned over to Capt. Daniel Giddings Company and served in said Company under said Giddings Eight months & a half, and further the deponent saith not. our best was Josiah Hester Samuel Varrell
Cumberland ss Minot August 10-1832 personally appeared Samuel Varrell and after being duly cautioned sworn to the truth of the above deposition by him signed before me Gale Gossner Justice of the Peace

Most Aug. 10. 1832 This certify, that I have been acquainted with Samuel Varrell the within named deponent for Twenty years last past and his reputation for truth is as good as any man, Godfrey Grosvenor Justin Bean
Maine District
District Clerk's Office Aug. 31. 1832
In testimony that the signature is the true signature of the within named Godfrey Grosvenor at that time Esquire is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified & that his official attestations are entitled to full faith & credit I have hereto set my hand & seal of Office the day & year above written -
John Mussey Clerk U.S. Courts
Sam. J. Varrell, Deposition
Woodman, Joshua Mass. W22692

Ephraim Clark's Deposition
James Clark

Joshua Woodman Mass. 1826
Joshua Woodman Mass.
Woodman, Joshua Mass. W22692

I Ephraim Clark of Limmington in the county of York of the age of seventy six years now of Limmington in the county of York & State of Maine do hereby testify & say that in the fall of 1779 I was confined in Fortune Prison in England having been taken a prisoner in a prize belonging to the Alliance Frigate on board of which I had entered while in France - To the best of my recollection Joshua Woodman now of Standish in the county of Cumberland & State of Maine, was a fellow prisoner with me & made his escape with me by digging out under the prison. We were both retaken & carried back into prison & put in the black hole. I afterwards made my escape from prison by bribing the sentinel about the first of May 1780 & went to France & was not retaken -
Ephraim Clark
State of Maine. York ss: August 23 rd 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Ephraim Clark above- named & after subscribing the above statement deposition made solemn oath to the truth of it Before me Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace York ss: I certify that the above named Ephraim Clark is a man of truth & veracity -
Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace
Maine District
District Clerk's Office August 31. 1832
In testimony that the signature above is the true signature of Arthur M c Arthur Esquire who took the above deposition & that he is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified & that his official attesta- tions are entitled to full faith & credit I have hereto set my hand & seal of office the day & year above written
John Mussey Clerk U. S. Courts

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22692
Sarah Woodman
wid of
Joshua Woodman
Prv Rev war
Act Feb 2d  188
Index: Vol 16 , Page 85-8
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Maine Exhibit A No 1 July 23 1832 Stephen Whitney subscribed to the within Deposition personally Affirmed and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the same Subscribed - before me William Thompson Judge
I hereby certify that the within named Stephen Whitney is a Magistrate of the Peace and Well Entitled to the Respectful Consideration of the Laws of the State of Maine - I further state that he is in my Opinion too aged to travel far - to attend Court
July 23 1832 William Thompson
Maine District
District Clerk's Office August 12. 1833 In testimony that William Thompson is a Mag- istrate as above & that the signature thereto pur- porting to be his is genuine I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office the day and year last above written
John Mussey Clerk U. S. Court

William Lloyd Jones
Stephens To Tibbets
Woodman Joshua Mass. W22692

John L Hancock of Hiram formerly of Buxton in the county of York State of Maine Yeoman, of Lawrell (age do testify that I was enlisted as a Soldier in the April 1875 under Captain John Lane (Company) we marched for Cambridge, and before we arrived there were ordered to March to Cape Ann. I further testify that at the time Woodman of Stanchfield in the county of Cumberland with me for Eight Months (as they said) and was a writer to Lieutenant John Lane and remained there during the time for which we listed (in the same company) and further the deponent saith not July 5 1832 John L Hancock
Corners said SS July 5 1832 then person- ally appeared John L Hancock and made oath to the above deposition before me Joseph A Paine Justice of the Peace

Cumberland ss July 5 th 1832
I hereby certify that the within named John L. Hancock is a man of truth & veracity
Joseph W. Paine Justice of the Peace
Maine District
District Clerk's Office August 31, 1832
In testimony that the signature above is the true signature of Joseph W. Paine Esquire within named is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified & that his official attestations are entitled to full faith & credit I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the day and year above written
John Nussey Clerk U.S. Courts

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Woodman, Joshua Mass. W22692

We Andrew Hobson of Buxton in the county of York & State of Maine the nearest clergymen to Joshua Woodman of Standish in the county of Cumberland & State of Maine being & residing in the neighborhood & vicinity of said Joshua Woodman the applicant for pension within mentioned & Lot Davis of said Buxton living in the neighborhood & vicinity of said Woodman depose testify & say that we are acquainted with said Joshua Woodman who subscribed & made oaths to the above declaration to which this is annexed and that we believe him to have been seventy nine years of age when aforesaid declaration was made 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.
Andrew Hobson
Lot Davis
State of Maine York ss On this twelfth day of July A.D. 1833 the abovenamed Andrew Hobson & Lot Davis personally appeared before me & made solemn oaths to the truth of the above deposition by them subscribed before me.
Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace
Maine District
District Clerk's Office August 12. 1833
On testimony that Arthur M c Arthur is a Magistrate as above and that the signature above purporting to be his is genuine I have hereto set my hand & seal of office the day & year last above written
John Mussey Clerk U.S. Courts

Sethua Woram an
 25.  60.  3.33  88 352  166.66  41 67   308 33 
A. M c Arthur Esq.
Simington 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 Joshua Woodson  Star dish. Th as ne which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes 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? yes 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
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? yes
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? no
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
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.

✓ 26.202
5 Sto. Urs

8206
Maine
Sarah Woodman widow of Joshua Woodman
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 21: Jany: 1844 of York Co in the State of Maine who was a Brit Sea: in the Compny: commanded by Captain Lane of the Regt: commanded by Col Foster in the Maine line for 19 mos Pri 5 " " Seaman 3 26 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland Maine at the rate of 83 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of March 1844 and sent to A. M c Arthur Limington, Maine.
Whole amount due $416:65
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by F. S. Swann Clerk. Book D. Vol. 1. Page 21.
Rep: 19. Mar ch 44

rep 11 ap 44
5278
Maine
Sarah Wooman widow of Joshua Wooman who was a Pri & Seaman in the Maine Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 83 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Apr 1844, and sent to Arthur M c Arthur Nimington Maine,
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. / Page //,

10542 July 17. 1844
Mr
Sarah Woodman 7 July 1838
$83:33 per a
A. M c Arthur Lewiston Maine Commission of Pension, Washington (D.C.)
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Alfred Feb 13 th 1844
Sir,
Inclosed is declaration & documents of Sarah Woodman for pension.
I am very respectfully Your obedt Servt.
Hon James L. Edwards Commission of Pensions.
A. M c Arthur

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Mar 8 1844,
Memo Mar 3 1843 Sarah Woodson
Rev. James S. Edwards, Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.
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Lewington March 2 1844.
Sir,
Enclosed is the application for pension of Sarah Woodhouse under the Act of 3 rd March 1843 in addition to her application for pension under Act of July 7 1838 made Feb. 12 1844
Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Yours respectfully Arthur Wellesley

Corham May 30
Ms J. M. 11. 1835. Free
Hon. Levi Woodbury
Secretary of War - - - - -
Washington City
Referred to War Dept. 11/

Recd 3 June
To Hon. Levi Woodbury Secretary of War
Sir, Would you have the goodness to send me an attested copy of all the papers in the Pension case of Joshua Woodman of Standish, Maine Agency, who received his certificate in the summer or autumn of 1833 -
Standish May 26. 1835
I am, Sir, with much respect Your Obedt Servt. Joseph Cook

John Woodman
Me - 1832
4 June 1835 3
Pension office
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STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
CLERK'S OFFICE, JUDICIAL COURTS, }
Portland, June 28 th A. D. 1845.
I, Chas. C. Harmon CLERK of all the JUDICIAL COURTS in and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Joseph H. H. H. 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 H. H. H. is dated Feby. 9 th is dated A. D. 1843, and will expire Feby. 9 th A. D. 1850.
and that the following 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, the day and year first above written.
Chas. C. Harmon CLERK.

State of Maine.
County of Cumberland ss.
On this twenty sixth day of June A.D. 1848 personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said county, Sarah Woodman a resident of Bangor in the county of Cumberland York and State of Maine aged Eighty one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Joshua Woodman, who was a private in Capt John Lanes Company and that he was promoted to some office, afterwards, and was in the Marine or Naval Service.
She further declares that she has received the benefits of the acts of Congress passed 7 July 1838, 3 d March 1843 & 17 June 1844, at the rate of Eighty three 33 / 100 dollars per year.
She also declares that she is still a widow.
Witness my hand and seal this 26 th day of June 1848. Sarah Woodman
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year above written. Joseph Dyer, Justice of the Peace.

5488 Sarah Woodmans application-
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$83:33 per an
Arthur M c Arthur Lemington Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
York County.
On this twenty ninth day of February 1844 Personally appeared before me Arthur M c Arthur Esquire
one of the Justices of the Peace for the county of York in the State of Maine Sarah Woodman a resident of Burton in the County of York
aged seventy eight 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 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War—That she is the Widow of
Joshua Woodman who was a private & seaman in the Army & Navy of the Revolution and who served as set forth in the application of the said Sarah before the District Court for Western District which was held at Alfred within & for the county of York State of Maine on the twelfth day of Febru
ary A D 1844 wherein she claimed a pension for eighty three dollars and thirty three cents by virtue of the act of Congress of July 7 1838 the services of said Joshua having been entered in his original declaration for a pension by virtue of act of Congress of June 7 1832 wherein a pension was granted him for eighty three dollars & thirty three cents dated September 27 1833 & numbered 21.542 she further declares that she is still a widow
Witness Arthur M c Arthur Jully Edmudge
Sarah Woodman
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Before me Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace
York ss
I hereby certify that the declarant is personally known to me & that she conforms her words
Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace
NOTE—After “who was a” insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy or militia, as the case may be, and the regiment, corps or vessel in which he served, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838.

(Arthur McArthur Justice of the Peace)
State of Maine } ss. York County. }
I, William Drafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the said county of York do, hereby certify, that Arthur McArthur is an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the third day of February 1842, and will expire on third day of February 1849, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this second day of March, 1844.
William Drafton, Clerk.