Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2885, Samuel Watts, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Watts, Samuel Mary
W. 2885
CONTENTS

Maine 30. 656
Samuel Watts
of Washington Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith of the Regt. commanded by in the Mass. a line for 6 mos & 5 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars 55 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of May 1836 and sent Rufus K. Pillsbury ME
Arrears to the 14th of March 1836 $102.71 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept " 10.21 $113.02
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Addison Clerk, Book Vol. 156 Page 64
Rept June 11. 36 N.H.A.
The left fork of the road befound to enter this case.

Widow died June 25, 1852 (AB)
912 Maria
Mary Watts widow of Samuel who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Massachusetts Mil
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 53
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of March and sent to 1852
Hon J. J. Fuller Prof R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 11 Vol. A

(Amended Declaration)
State of Maine
County of Washington ss:
In this 22 day of February 1832, personally appears me open Court of Probate now held at Machias by Hon. John Dickinson Judge of Probate in & for said County, Samuel Watts resident of Jonesborough in said County, who being first sworn according to law deposes & says, that since the return of his declaration for a pension made on August 28. 1832, he has made application to the Secretary of Massachusetts for evidence of his service, & finds the rolls except for a part his term are not to be found in that office, but that he is the same person named in the accompanying certificate as Samuel Watts, H. that from the dates given in said certificate he is now satisfied that in his said previous declaration he was incorrect as to the year of commencing his service & that he first enlisted in 1775: that a similar error also exists as he only believes in the year mentioned in the annexed deposition of Elias Norton & Samuel Weston: that owing to the loss of memory consequent upon old age he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his rec- ollection he served not less than ten months & he believes as much as one year in the Company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Stephen Smith, as a private soldier, by voluntary enlistment; and he claims a pension for one year's service: that since his former de- claration he has found that said Elias Norton & Samuel Weston recalled his serving as a soldier of the Revolution & has caused their said deposition to be taken, but has from infirmity found it inconvenient to attend Court to make this amended declaration till this time: that he does not know to what line of troops said Company belonged, but believes it belonged to Massachusetts.

and was part of the time under the command of Col. John Allan; that he for some time had his home at Litchfield - and not being personally acquainted with any clergyman & having obtained more conclusive evidence of his services than heretofore proof, he has not thought it expedient to trouble or call upon any clergyman to support his character. Samuel Ward
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
John Dickinson
I, George L. Smith of Machias in said County on oath being say that I have long been acquainted with Samuel Ward above named, - that he sustains a good character, has always been respected & believed in this vicinity & have served as he has above stated as a soldier of the Revolution, & I am in that opinion Capt. Stephen Smith deceased under whom he served was my brother, & his papers relative to his military command in the Revolution were once in my possession, but long since destroyed or of no value.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
G. L. Smith
John Dickinson
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investi- gation of the matter, and after putting all necessary interrogatories, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that George L. Smith who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of Machias in the County of Washington, and State of Maine, and that his statement is entitled to credit.
John Dickinson
Judge

✓ I, Elisha Norton, of Jonesport in the County of Washington on oath testify and say, that I was a sergeant in Col. John Allan's regiment or company (consisting partly of Indians & partly of Americans, infantry & artillery, raised for defence of the Eastern settlements) in the year 1777 & 8 & for some time after: that I recollect that while I was then in the service there was enlisted by Capt. Stephen Smith, at Machias, where I was then stationed, a company of Infantry for the term succeeding to the best of my recollection, of eight months: that I recollect that Samuel Watts of Jonesborough served in said Smith's company, but for what length of time I cannot be positive: that he entered the service undergoing to my best recollection at the commencement of said Smith's enlisting his company & served to the end of the term: that I well recollect his being in the service as aforesaid, & particularly for being engaged in repelling the British Brig Hope commanded by one Dawson.
Elisha Norton
W State of Maine County of Washington ss. On this seventeenth day of May, 1833, personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County, Elisha Norton of Jonesport in said County, & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing deposition. And I certify that the said Norton is a credible person, and his deposition aforesaid entitled to credit —
Wm. A. Crocker. Justice of the Peace.

I Hannah Weston of Jonesborough in the County of Washington & State of Maine on oath testify and say, that I am now in the seventy fifth year of my age: that I well recollect my brother Samuel Watts, of said Jonesborough, who has made application for a pension, going to Machias in the Spring or first of the sum- mer of 1776 or 1777 and enlisting in Captain Stephen Smith's company, as a private, for the term of six months, and that he served the said term stationed at Machias: that I also recollect the said Samuel's serving at other times during the war of the revolution, at Machias & the vicinity thereof, but whether as a volunteer or in Militia I cannot recollect, for all accor- ding to the best of my recollection the year, including the said six months' service: that I have the more distinct recollection of these facts from the circumstance of my husband serving at the same time: that I then (at now) lived at Jonesborough now seven miles from Machias, but at that time on the path which through the forest, as much as twelve miles, and was several times at Machias while he was there serving in the army of the revolution.
Hannah her Weston marks
Witness - R.K. Porter

State of Maine
County of Washington ss. on the twenty ninth day of June 1833 personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County Hannah Weston of Jonesboro in said County I made oath in due form of law, to the truth of the foregoing depositions. and I certify that the said Weston is a credible person and her deposition entitled to credit
Wm A. Crocker Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 24 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 Samuel Watts Jr. name, appears on a Roll of Capt. Stephen Smith's Company, stationed at Machias - entered Sept. 22 1775, and as having served Three months and 16 1/2 days as a private.
Edward D. Bangs Secy

I Albert G. Lane Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Washington in the State of Maine do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the amended application of Samuel Watts for a pension. Also that William A. Crocker who has signed the annexed depositions was at the time they were signed an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Washington and duly qualified according to law to act as such.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid. —
Albert G. Lane
Register of Probate.

State of Maine, County of Washington.
On this twelfth day of December, A.D. 1850, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, Hannah Weston of Generiborough, in the County of Washington, and being duly sworn, deposes and says, that she is the widow of Joseph Weston, late of said Generiborough, deceased; that she is a sister of  Mary or Polly she was a sister of Samuel Watts, late of said Generiborough and late husband of Mary or Polly Watts; that she is well acquainted with said Polly Watts & that her maiden name was Polly Mayes; that she was present at the marriage of said Polly to said Samuel Watts; that it was solemnized at said Generiborough, by a Rev. Mr. Crocker, who was a travelling preacher & whom she well recollects; that she cannot state from recollection the date of said marriage; but that they lived together in the married relation many years and brought up a large family.
Witness,
Levi Bencker Joseph Weston
her Hannah X Weston mark
Subscribed & sworn the day & year above written, before

me,
Peter Thacher, Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine Washington County ss }
I Albert Pillsbury Clerk of all the Judicial Courts do hereby certify that in and for said County do hereby certify that Peter Thacher is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified. That his commission was dated on the 15 th day of Jan. A.D. 1845 and was expired on the 12 th day of Jan. A.D. 1852 That his signature above written is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of our Supreme Judicial Court this Twenty Seventh day of December A.D. 1850
Albert Pillsbury Clerk

N o 908
Mary Watts, m rs of Samuel
She
Air 29 July 1848-
Married before 1800
Her died 4 March 1848
Peter Thatcher
at 1/2 per share for £20:55
per annum, coming
4 March 1848
How J. S. D. Fuller H. of P.

United States of America.
State of Maine, County of Washington ss:
On this fifth day of December, A.D., eighteen Hundred and Fifty, personally appeared before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Washington, George H. Day of Jonesborough, in said County, and being duly sworn, according to law, deposes and says that he is the Clerk of the said town of Jonesboro' and has the custody of the Records of said Town; that he has made a careful examination of the Records of said Town, and that they contain no re- cord of the marriage of Samuel Watts & Mary Moyes; that said Town was not incorporated till subsequent to the year 1800, and that there does not appear to have been any regular Records of marriages kept previous to such incorporation; He further says that he has found in the Records of said Town a record of the birth of the chil- dren of Samuel Watts and Polly, his his wife; and that the earliest record of the birth of a child of these parents, is as follows:
"Lucy Watts, daughter of Samuel Watts and Polly, his wife, was born Nov. xxxx fourth Seventeen Hundred and eighty nine":
He further says that the above is a true copy or ex-

tract from the Records of the Town of Sonnbury, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the Records in full legible figures, as follows:
"Nov. 11th, 1789."
C. W. Taylor
Sworn and subscribed this fifth day of December, A.D. 1850, Before me,
Peter Thacher, Justice of the Peace, within & for the County of Washington.
State of Maine.
Washington County ss.
I Albert Pillsbury Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in and for the County aforesaid. Do hereby certify that Peter Thacher is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified that his commission was dated on the 15th day of Jan. A.D. 1845 and will expire on the 14th day of Jan'y A.D. 1852 and that his signature above written is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court this twenty seventh day of December A.D. 1850,
Albert Pillsbury Clerk.

Samuel Watts.
declaration for Pension
C.C.P. Washington, Coy
March 2. 1836.
admd
6 mo. 50s. pri
Rufus K. Potter Esq
Machias
Me

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept. 9 th 1836.
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 Sam l Watts Jr., as a private, is borne on a Muster roll of a Company, stationed at Machias in the County of Lincoln, under the command of Capt. Stephen Smith, where he is allowed from Sept r 22 d to Dec r 31 st 1775. ————— 3 = 16 three Months and sixteen days.
Sam l Watts Jr's name is borne on a payroll of Lt Col Joel Whitney's Company, in Col. Foster's Regt. in the County of Lincoln, who did duty at Machias, from July 16 th to Oct r 7 th 1777. — where he is allowed for services, two Months and Nineteen days. ————— 2 = 19 6 = 05
John P. Bigelow, Secretary.

State of Maine - Washington ss:
On this second day of March, 1832, personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas held at Machias within & for said County, by Hon. David Perkins, Justice of said Court.
Samuel Watts of Jonesborough in said County aged eighty years, who being first 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 Officers & served as herein stated viz.
He entered the service in a company of infantry commanded by Capt. Stephen Smith, as a private, - as near as he can recollect in the spring of the year & served accordingly till some time in the winter following, - but he cannot recollect what the year was, whether 1775 or the year after, nor can he recollect the day of the month of his enlistment or discharge:
He again entered the service as a private in a company of infantry commanded by Lieut. Joel Whitney, in Col. Benjamin Foster's Regiment, but cannot from recollection alone state the precise day of his enlistment or discharge, but distinctly recollects serving in said Whitney's company, & from the annexed certificate from the Secretary of Massachusetts he ascertains that his service last aforesaid was from July 16, 1777 to October 7, in the same year; And he on his oath aforesaid declares that he is the identical person who is named in the annexed certificate of said as
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19 15

Samuel Watts Lakin, and that in his former declaration made for this purpose which has not been allowed for want of proof of service, he from failure of memory attendant upon his great age forgot to mention his said service in said Whitney's company:
He is still confident that he served more than six months, as much as seven months, in said Smith's company - making, with his said service in said Whitney's company, his whole service nine months & nineteen days, for which he claims the pension provided by said act. And for evidence of his said services he refers to the annexed certificate & also to the testimony which accompanied his said former application, which testimony he respectfully prays may be reconsidered.
His services aforesaid were all performed at Nashua & the vicinity, & he has resided since that time in said New Hampshire.
He has no documentary evidence of his services, except said certificate.
He hereby relinquishes all claims to a pension except the present & declares that his name is not on any pension roll. Samuel Watts
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court, the day & year first aforesaid.
David D. D. D. Clerk of the Court of Pensions.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & putting such interrogatories as seemed requisite to arrive at the truth of said declaration, that there is no reason to doubt the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing statement. David Schram Jur. Court P.P.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting such interrogatories as seemed requisite to arrive at the truth of said declaration, that there is no reason to doubt the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing statement. David Schram Jur. Court P.P. = 16
State of Maine
Washington ss.
I Aaron L. Raymond, Clerk, of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of State aforesaid, do hereby certify and attest, that the foregoing contains the proceedings in the case of Samuel Watts, declaration for a pension. In testimony whereof, I do hereby set my hand and the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas, this seventh day of March A.D. 1836. = 19 05
A.L. Raymond Clerk as aforesaid

(Original Declaration)
State of Maine
Washington Yr: } On this 28 day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court of Probate, now holden at Machias, by Hon. John Dickey, an Judge of Probate in said County, Samuel Watts resident of Jonesborough in said County, aged Seventy six 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 & served as herein stated: as near as he can recollect he enlisted as a private in a Company commanded by Capt. Stephen Smith, (Lieut. James Fraser with & Ensign James Lord being the other Officers) in the Spring of the year seventeen hundred seventy seven: he was then a resident in Jonesborough, born in Haverhill (Mass.) - he continued in the service in said Smith's Company until later the next Spring  entering after, but he cannot recollect the precise day of enlistment or of discharge - he was stationed at Machias during that time, and he thinks over six months. - he was discharged at Machias on what was then the parade ground, near front street, but no written discharge was given him or any of the Company, said Smith giving as a reason therefor that he was a slow writer & it would take too much time to write the discharges and the soldiers were in haste to go to their homes. - he was during said service engaged in repelling an attack from a British armed vessel commanded by one Capt. Dawson who came near the Town, but being attacked by small arms & a scroll from the banks of the river he was obliged to put to sea again.
He was also previously engaged with other volunteers in a sloop commanded by Capt. Jno. O'Brien, armed with muskets, pitch forks & such arms as they could come at, in taking

the British armed vessel called the Margaretta, near the mouth of Machias River - which the declarant believes was the first armed vessel taken from the British in the war of the revolution. In this action the British lost about ten men, & on the American side only five, were injured including wounded or killed.
The said company commanded by said Smith was raised by the State of Massachusetts. The said declarant has no docu- mentary evidence of his service, and does not know whether said company belonged to any Regiment.
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. He knows no person except Joseph Gitchell that served with him or knows of his service as aforesaid. Samuel Watts Gitchell
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid At a Court of Probate held at Machias. —
John Dickinson Judge. —
I Joseph Gitchell resident at Machias aforesaid hereby cer- tify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Watts before named and served with him, and that I recollect he served through the winter & think he served near a year, as he was above stated as a soldier of the revolution, in the Company aforesaid.
Joseph Gitchell
Trials

I Marshall Thaxter of Markin, aforesaid certify that I have been acquainted with Samuel Watts before named & that he is reputed & believed in this vicinity to have served as he has been stated as a soldier of the revolution - that such has been the reputation & belief for ever since I first knew him, which was near fifty years ago. Marshall Thaxter
(Mr. Smith not being at home etc. not in way of giving testimony. His deft. is arranged to the intended deponent.)
I George L. Smith of said Markin join in certifying the facts stated by said Thaxter, & further state that Stephen Smith deceased by said Watts was my father, whose papers relating to his military service in the revolution were once in my possession but long since destroyed as not expected to be of value.
The above named Joseph Gitchell and Marshall Thaxter personally appeared and where severally sworn to the truth of the foregoing declaration by them subscribed
John Dickinson Judge -
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 do further certify that it appears to them that Joseph Gitchell, and Marshall Thaxter, who have signed the foregoing certificate are credible persons, and that their statements is entitled to credit.
John Dickinson Judge of said Court

State of Maine,
Washington Co.
I Aaron L. Raymond Register of the Court of Probate for and within the County of Washington, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Wall, for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirtieth day of August A.D. 1832.
Aaron L. Raymond Register of Probate Court
Samuel Wall Application for Pension - 5776.

November 8, 1937
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Miss Sybil Noyes 482 Cumberland Avenue Portland, Maine
SAMUEL WATTS W. 2885 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from pension claim, W. 2885, based upon service in the Revolutionary War of Samuel Watts.
Samuel Watts was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was the son of Samuel Watts; the date of his birth and name of his mother were not given. While a boy, he moved to Jonesborough, Washington County, District of Maine.
While a resident of Jonesborough, District of Maine, he volunteered and served as a private with the Massachusetts troops as follows: from September 22, 1775, three months sixteen days in Captain Stephen Smith's company, a part of the time under Colonel John Allen, and was in an engagement with a British armed vessel at Machias; from July 16, 1777, under Lieutenant Joel Whitney in Colonel Benjamin Foster's regiment. Prior to these services, date not given, he assisted in capturing the British vessel, "Margaretta" which, he stated, he believed was the first armed vessel taken from the British in the Revolutionary War.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-six years and a resident of Jonesborough, Maine. He died there February 28, 1850.
Samuel Watts, while a resident of Jonesborough, District of Maine, married January 4, 1789, in said Jonesborough, Mary or Polly Noyes. The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not shown.
Soldier's widow, Mary Watts, was allowed pension on her application executed July 13, 1850, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and a resident of Jonesborough, Maine. She died June 25, 1852.

The following names of children of Samuel Watts and his wife, Mary or Polly, are shown in the claim: Lucy Watts who was born November 4, 1789 (her birth being recorded in the Town Clerk's Office of Jonesborough, Maine) and David Watts, age not stated nor place of residence, but living in 1850.
In 1851, one Ansel H. Fish of Jonesborough, Maine, stated that his wife, whose name he did not designate, was a granddaughter of Samuel and Mary Watts.
In 1833, soldier's sister, Mrs. Hannah Weston, was aged seventy-four years and the widow of Josiah Weston who died, date not stated, in Jonesborough, Maine, where she was then living. Another sister of the soldier, Mrs. Elizabeth or Betsy Bowker, who was born in 1764 and was living in Jonesborough, Maine, in 1789, was in 1836 a resident of Machias, Maine; the name of her husband was not given.
The soldier had a nephew named Samuel Watts who was born a few years after the Revolution, but the names of the parents of his nephew were not stated.
In 1850, Levi Bowker and Joseph Weston witnessed, jointly, the signature by mark of Mrs. Hannah Weston, soldier's sister. The relationship of Levi Bowker to Elizabeth or Betsy Bowker, and that of Joseph Weston to Hannah Weston, was not shown.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension in the case of soldier's widow, Mary Watts, and the name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Mary Watts, widow of Samuel Watts, certificate #912, issued March 4, 1852, rate $20.55 per annum, commenced March 4, 1848, Act July 29, 1848, Maine Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Machias, County of Washington, Maine, Nov. 24, 1851.
Hon J. E. North, Commissioner of Pensions, Sir,
I received your letter of July 29 th last in reference to the application of Mary Watts, widow of Samuel Watts, "who applies to be placed on the Pension List under the Act of July 29, 1848", in which you remark: "it is shown from the records of the 3 d Auditor's Office that he was paid as living on the 4 March, 1850. There is something wrong about this case and before we pension the widow we must have the strongest evidence of the death of the husband."
Enclosed are the depositions of Rev. Daniel Dodge, the clergyman who officiated at the funeral of Samuel Watts, who testifies from records made by him at the time, and from whose deposition it appears that he (Watts) was very sick on the 26 Feb y 1850 — that on the 28 th of the same Feb y he was informed of his death by his son & that March 3, 1850, he preached his funeral sermon: also of Amos M. Fish, the joiner who made the coffin, corroborative of Mr Dodge's deposition, tho' he does not undertake to fix dates , except to state from his recollection that he died in Feb y , 1850. These gentlemen are both persons of the highest respectability & perfectly reliable. It is hoped that their testimony is suf-

ificent to remove every doubt.
William H. Crocker, Esq. the present agent of Mrs Watts, was agent of her husband & usually collected his pension. He has exhibited to me his books of account, in which under date of "April 1, 1850" he has credited to Polly Watts her late husband's "pension up to Feb'y 28, 1850 - $10.00." Now I understand his yearly pension to have been $20.54, so that his pension up to March 4, 1850, would have been $10.27, that is, for the preceding six months.
At all events, there can be no doubt that he died Feb'y 28, 1850, & that his widow is therefore entitled to her pensioned from that date. The amount of the pension is small, but she is poor & it would be a great help to her, in her old age. But if much longer delayed, it is to be feared she may not reap any benefit from it.
Permit me respectfully to solicit, in her behalf, your favorable attention to this case as speedily as possible.
As the Department now has in its possession the certificate of the Clerk of the Court of this County that my commission as a Justice of the Peace continues in force for some time hereafter, it is not supposed to be necessary to forward it now.
With the same references as in my letter to you of the 28th April last, I add that of H. W. P. J. D.

Huller, member of the House from this District, who knows me well.
I have the honor to remain, With great respect, Your obedient servant,
Peter Thacher.

United States of America.
State of Maine, County of Washington, fs:
On this twenty fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Fifty one, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Washington, Ansel H. Fish of said Jonesboro', in the County of Washington, who, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, that he is well acquainted with Mrs Mary Watts of said Jonesboro', the widow of Samuel Watts, deceased, late a pensioner of the United States; that he also was well acquainted with said Samuel, and attended his funeral; that this deponent's wife is a grand-daughter of said Samuel & Mary; that he kept no memorandum of the time of the death of said Samuel, but that he well remembers that it took place in February, 1850, and that the funeral was within a few days after the decease; that this deponent is a joiner by trade and was called upon to make & did make the coffin for said deceased and assisted in placing the remains of said Samuel therein; that he is well acquainted with Rev. Daniel Dodge of said Jonesboro' and that he remembers that said Dodge officiated at the funeral of said Samuel & that it was on  Sunday said funeral took place on Sunday.
Peter Thacher, Just. of the Peace.
Ansel H. Fish

Washington p: November 24, 1851 Then Deane Dodge Ansel H. Fish, within named, whom I hereby certify to be a credible witness, personally ap- peared and subscribed and swore to the truth of the foregoing deposition, before me,
Peter Thacher, Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Washington & State of Maine.

United States of America.
State of Maine, County of Washington.
On this twenty fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Fifty one, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in & for the County of Washington, Rev. Daniel Dodge, a minister of the gospel, residing at Penobscot in said County, who, being duly sworn, according to law, deposes and says: that he is well acquainted with Mrs Mary Watts of Penobscot, widow of Samuel Watts late of said Penobscot and a United States Pensioner; that he was also well acquainted with said Samuel; that he visited him at his house on Tuesday, February 24, 1850, and found him very sick and prayed with him; that he, this deponent, keeps a journal or diary, in which this fact is entered under said date; that upon Thursday, February 28, 1850, he was called upon by a son of said Samuel, who informed him that his father was dead, which fact is also entered in said journal under date of February 28, 1850; that he well remembers, tho' it is not so entered in the journal, that said Watts, the son aforesaid, also then stated to him that his father died on that day; that on Sunday, March 3, 1850, he officiated at the funeral of said Samuel and preached a sermon on the

occasion, which facts thus recorded in said journal: "Lord's day, third - preached the funeral sermon of Br. Samuel Watts in the afternoon." That the foregoing is an exact transcript from said journal, except that the word "third" is substituted for the figure, written "3d" in the journal: that the year, was, 1850, and is written down in said journal on the first day of the year; and that the month was March and is so written down in said journal, on the first day of that month: that this said journal is now here produced by me to the said justice, being the original thereof aforesaid.
Peter Thacher, Justice of the Peace.
Daniel Dodge
Washington ss: November 24, A.D. 1851 Then Daniel Dodge, above named, whom I hereby certify to be a credible witness, personally appeared and subscribed and swore to the truth of the foregoing deposition, before me,
Peter Thacher, Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Washington & State of Maine.

6776
Samuel Wallis
I have recommended to Mr. Wallis not to make an original new application, believing it will be more satisfactory to the Secy. of War to examine the whole proceedings, including the amended declaration, - notwithstanding the misrecollections of party & some witnesses as to the year of service. It seems certain, especially by Norton's def n that Wallis commenced service at the first of Capt. Smith's raising a Company; & by the Secy. of War's certificate that was in 1775. It would also seem that he enlisted immediately after the capture of the Margaretta, which history says was in June 1775. I trust there can be no doubt that he served as he states, & will be perceived accordingly - Respectfully,
Feb. 4. 1872.
R. K. Porter
R. K. Porter Esq Madison 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 Samuel Watts which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? e. V. P. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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? None 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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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? XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? None
 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 the 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.
† 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 authenticated 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 end 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.
Probably he might obtain some evidence of his services from E. D. Bangs Esq. Secretary of the State of Massachusetts He should state to what description of troops he belonged

State of Maine. County of Washington, ss:
I, George N. Taylor of Onebus, in the County of Washington, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Town of Onebus and that I have the custody of the Records of said Town: that I have made careful and diligent search in the Records of marriages in said Town, for a record of the marriage of Samuel Watter and Mary Noyes, but that I have been unable to find any record of said marriage and that none such is to be found in any of the Books of record of said Town. Witness my hand this 28 th day of April, A.D. 1851.
Geo N Taylor
State of Maine:
County of Washington, ss: April 28, A.D. 1851 Then George N. Taylor, whom I hereby certify to be a credible witness, appeared, subscribed, and swore to the truth of the foregoing certificate, Before me,
Peter Thacher, Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine.
County of Washington, ss:
I, Peter Thacher, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Washington, do hereby certify that Hannah Weston, Betsey Bunker, Jacob Longfellow & George W. Dayler, whose depositions have been taken before me, on the application of Widow Mary Watts for a Pension, are credible witnesses.
Given under my hand this twenty eighth day of April, A.D. 1851,
Peter Thacher, Justice of the Peace.

Land Watt Gaur.

Saml Watts, Maine,
Act '32. $20.56 per aw.
To what time paid? Paid to 4 March 1850. 3 rd Auditor's Office July 22 nd 1851.
F. F. Kirby
M c Gilv

Machias, Maine, April 28, 1851.
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 19th inst. touching the applications of Mrs. Nates & Mrs. Bonker for pensions.
The certificate of Geo. W. Taylor, Penn. - Clerk of Genesboro', in regard to the record of the marriage of each is herewith transmitted.
The certificate of the credibility of the witnesses, inadvertently omitted before, is also herewith transmitted.
As the Department now has in its possession the certificate of the Clerk of the Court of this County that my commission as a Justice of the Peace continues in force for some time hereafter, it is not supposed to be necessary to forward it now.
In regard to the remark in the close of your letter, that "the depositions should be taken before some other magistrate than the agent himself", I beg leave to say that I am not the agent of the claimants. Their agent is William A. Crocker, Esq. of this town. I was simply employed by him to take the evidence in the cases as a matter of convenience & ad at the Department. The communications of the Department would be quite as properly directed to Mr. Crocker, as to me.
In the cause of progress, I beg leave to refer you

touching myself, & the Hon. A. H. Paris, late 2 d insp. trotter & to the Hon. George Evans of Maine.
I have the honor to remain, very respectfully, Your obedient servant,
Peter Shaeffer
To Hon. J. C. Heath, Commr. of Pensions.

Macbeth Maine Ap 28. 1857
Sir
Mr Peter Thacher has shown to me your letter to him of the 19 th inst; he allow me to say that I am the agent of the applicants Mrs Wallis & Mrs Bowker & that I engaged the services of Mr Thacher to act as Magistrate in taking the Depositions of the witnesses that at my request the papers were forwarded to the Department I trust with the additional certificate now forwarded the claims of these aged widows will be considered satisfactorily made out & that the pension certificates will be forwarded to me as Mr Thacher as soon as may be.
There is reason to apprehend in case of much more delay that the relief to be afforded by the Pension would come too late for the relief of one if not of both of the applicants.
To Hon J. E. Heath
Respectfully Yrs
Com. of Pensions.
Wm H Crockford

Brief in the case of Mary Watts, widow of Samuel, Washington County and State of Hawaii act 29 July 1848
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner Rec d proof of marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
W. J. L. Tuller 1848
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

House of Rep s
July 25 th 1852
Sir
I have been written to, upon the subject, of an application for a Pension of Mary Watts, widow of a Revolutionary Pensioner deceased from Washington Co: Me.
As I am personally acquainted with the Agents in that case, of the application labors, I shall be very glad, to throw any light upon the application in my knowledge.
I am very Respectfully T J D Fuller
Hon J. C. Heath
Comm: Pension Washington

I, Jacob Longfellow, of Machias, in the County of Washington & State of Maine, testify & say, that I came to Machias to re- side, in the year 1780, and soon after became acquainted with Samuel Watts, now of Jonesborough, then Samuel Watts Senior, his father being Samuel Watts & then living: That I also knew Lieutenant Joel Whitney, then Lieutenant of the company of Militia, infantry, of what are now the towns of Columbia & Jonesborough, then called Pleasant River & Chandlers River settle- ments: That said Samuel Watts Senior was then reported & have served as a soldier of the revolution at Machias, and that he and his father were the only two persons of the name of Samuel Watts then living in Machias or Jonesborough or in this vicinity: That I never heard of any other person of that name, until a nephew of the present Samuel Watts was born, several years after the revolution, & received that name: And that I have no doubt that Samuel Watts Sr. mentioned on the pay-roll of said Whitney's company in the service of the United States, at or near Machias, in the war of the revolution, was the same person who has applied for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832. & now resides at Jonesborough. I knew him to be a member of that company, when I first became acquainted with him. Jacob Longfellow

State of Maine
Washington ss: On this 9. day of April, 1836. Appeared before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the peace within & for said county, Jacob Longfellow Eugene, within named, & gave & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed: And I certify, that the said deponent is a credible witness, & his deposition aforesaid is entitled to full credit & belief.
Rufus K. Porter, Just. of the peace.
_____ State of Maine _____
Washington County ss. _____
I Aaron S. Raymond Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County & State aforesaid certify that Rufus K. Porter and William A. Brockton are magistrates duly commissioned and qualified, and the signatures hereunto annexed purporting to be theirs are genuine. _____
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the said Court and subscribed my name this Fifth day of May in the Year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty Six.
A. S. Raymond Clerk as aforesaid

I Betsy Bowker of Middlesex testify & say that Samuel Watts now of Jonesboro is my brother that he was in the actual service of the State of Massachusetts in the revolution both in Lieutenant Joel Whitney's Company & also in Capt. Stephen Smith Company that he and his father were the only two persons in Jonesboro Massachusetts at any time when to to my knowledge of the name of Samuel Watts till after the Revolutionary War That I recollects said Samuel Watts then Samuel Watts jr being frequently at on duty as a soldier during said War but do not recollect the precise times or length of service. That I was born in 1764 and remember his being in the two Companies before mentioned
Her X Mark Betsy Bowker
State of Maine Washington S.S. on this second day of May A.D. 1836 personally appeared Betsy Bowker above named before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County & gave subscribed & made oath to the truth of the aforegoing deposition and I certify that the said Betsy Bowker is a credible person & that her deposition aforesaid is entitled to full credit & belief Wm. A. Crocker Justice of Peace

May 14
Me - Saml. Watts
J. S. Edwards Esquire
Constitutional Hall
Washington -
FREE
due

Machin, May 6. 1836.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commission of Pensions,
Sir,
Enclosed are two depositions in support of Samuel Watts' claim for a pension, prepared in pursuance of the suggestion which you did me the favor to make. I trust they will be sufficient - more of the kind can be had if necessary. Very respectfully
Yr. obedt. Servt
Rufus K. Porter

November 8, 1937
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Miss Sybil Noyes 482 Cumberland Avenue Portland, Maine
James Lara, W. 24488 Samuel Watts, W. 2885 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of recent date, in which you request the records of James Lara, of Cumberland County, Maine, who in 1840 was living with one Isaiah Lara in Turner, Oxford County, Maine, and receiving a pension, also, of Samuel Watts who, in 1840, was receiving pension while living in Jonesborough, Washington County, Maine, both soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
The records of James Lara and Samuel Watts are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

May 11, 1931
Miss Alta Watts Roque Bluffs Maine
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 2885, that Samuel Watts, the son of Samuel, was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, date not stated.
While residing in Jonesboro, District of Maine, he enlisted and served as a private with the Massachusetts troops, as follows: from September 22, 1775, three months and sixteen days in Captain Stephen Smith's company, a part of the time under Colonel John Allan, and was in an engagement with a British armed vessel at Machias; from July 16, 1777, two months and nineteen days under Lieutenant Joel Whitney in Colonel Benjamin Foster's regiment. Prior to these services, no date given, he assisted in the capture of the British vessel, Margaretta, which, he stated he believed, was the first armed vessel taken from the British in the War of the Revolution.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, at which time he was living in Jonesboro, Maine, and was aged seventy-six years.
He died in Jonesboro, February 28, 1850.
The soldier married January 4, 1789, at Jonesboro, Mary or Polly Noyes.
She was allowed pension on her application executed July 13, 1850, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and a resident of Jonesboro.

Their daughter Lucy was born November 4, 1789. A son, David, was living in 1850. Ansel H. Fish in 1851, a resident of Jonesboro, stated that his wife was the granddaughter of Samuel and Mary Watts. His wife's name is not stated. There are no further data as to children.
In order to identify the record of Anthony Schoppe (Shoppe), you should furnish as much as possible of the following data in regard to him: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Hatts a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W 2885 -
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept 22. 75 7 yrs 3 mo. 16 d. Pvt Stephen Smith John Allan Mass   July 16. 77 2 mo 19 d. " Lt Joel Whitney Benj Foster "  
Battles engaged in, assisted in capture of Brigs Margaretta & in  With Br arm'd vessel at Machias  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Pembroke Me.  Date of application for pension, Aug 28. 1832. Calais Me.  Residence at date of application, Forestborough Washington Co Me.  Age at date of application, 76  born of Samuel  in Haverhill Mass. d. Forestborough Me. Feb 28. 1850
Remarks: Sol son of Samuel Hatts man of Forestborough Jan 4 1789 Mary Hays  She was at present of age July 12. 1850 while res. of said place no 78. dau. Lucy b. Nov. 4  1789. a son David Hatts living in 1850  ansel H Fish in 1851  state of West Va

Pension Dept. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
✓ In 1840 James Laria was a Rev. pensioner, 85, living in family of Isaiah Laria at Turner, Oxford Co., Me. As James Larey he had service from Yorktown and Falmouth, Cumberland Co., Me.
✓ In 1840 Samuel Watts , pensioner, was living in Jonesboro, Washington Co., Me., aged 85. His service I think was all from Machias in that county.
May I get a copy of the pension application of each man, and also learn when and to whom

Samuel Watts' last pension payment was made?
Yours truly
(Miss) Tybil Noyes Maine Historical Society Portland Me.
Oct. 29. 1937.

Rogue Bluffs, Me.
March 28, 1931
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Gentleman:
Have you a record of Samuel Watts Jr. , who assisted in the capture of the Margaretta off Machias Bay; Also a record of Anthony  Skepper Schoppee , who fought under General Wash- ington during the Revolution?
Thank You.
Yours truly, (Miss) Alta Watts Rogue Bluffs Maine
RECEIVED APR 2 - 1931

Baltimore Md. Oct 20. 07
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly give me any information that can be had of one Samuel Watts of Machias Me, who assisted in the capture of the Margaretta at the beginning of the Revolution. It is claimed he fired the shot that killed Capt. Moor of the above ship, the first Naval officer who fell in the Revolution. In 1775 the troops with which he served were organized into the continental army. I believe he received a pension from the Government, as he is one of my ancestors I would like to have any information you may be

able to give me,
Very respectfully Courtland B. Springer 426 E. 22 nd St. Baltimore Md.

1907 Nov. 7. Heist to Courtland B. Springer au 1931-May 11 - Hish to Miss Alta Watts case. 1937 Apr. 8. Heist to Miss Sybil Nye M.R.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2885
Mary Watts Widow Samuel Watts Pr. Res. War
Act: July 29, 1878
Index: Vol. 72 , Page 305
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Maine.
County of Washington, ss:
On this thirteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Fifty, personally appeared before the Supreme Judicial Court, now holden at Machias, in and for the County of Washington, for the Counties of Washington & Aroostook, by Hon. Ethel Shepley, Chief Justice of said Court, Mary Watts of Jonesborough, in said County of Washington, a resident of said Jonesborough, 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 benefit of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows", and an act approved Aug. 23, 1842, amendatory thereof, and a resolution approved August 16, 1842, entitled "a resolution declarative of the Pension Act of July 7, 1838" and an act passed March 3, 1843 entitled "An act granting a pension to certain widows of Revolutionary soldiers", and an Act passed June 17, 1844, entitled "An Act

to continue the Pensions of certain widows," or either or any of said acts and resolutions, with any subsequent Act, or Acts, resolution or resolutions, by which her case may apply:
That she is the widow of Samuel Watts who was a soldier in the army of the United States, during the war of the revolution, for a number of years, as she believes, but for precisely how long she is unable to state, and that she believes he served at Machias and in its neighborhood: that her late husband was a pensioner under the laws of the United States, viz. in conformity with the law of the United States of June 7, 1832, and to the papers substantiating his claim as a Pensioner, which she believes now to be in the War Office of the United States, in the Pension Department, she refuses for particular information, touching her late husband's services as a revolutionary soldier.
She further declares that her maiden name was Mary Noyes and that she was married to the said Samuel Watts, at said Jonesborough, January 4, 1789, by a Rev Mr Crocker, who was an itinerant preacher — that her first child was born November 4, 1789, as appears by the Records of the Town of Jonesboro' — that she has made enquiry and finds that there is no record of her marriage

in the Parish Register of Marriages in Jonesboro': that there was at that time no religious society in Jonesboro' and consequently there are no parish re- cords and that she does not know of, & cannot hear of any existing record of her marriage: that Mrs Elizabeth or Betsy Barker, now living at said Ma- chias, was present at her said marriage: that she cannot learn anything of the said Barker and believes him to be deceased: that her said hus- band died at said Jonesborough February 28, 1850: that she was not married to him previous to his leaving the service; but that the marriage took place prior to January 1, 1794, & not as above stated, January 4, 1789.
Witnesses
Peter Bracher W m H. Brockway
her
Mary X Natty mark
Sworn and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me in open Court.
Ebenezer Shepley Clerk of Court of the Sup. Jud. Court for the State of Maine

State of Maine
Counties of Washington & Aroostook p.
I Albert Pillsbury, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine now holden at Machias in the County of Washington for the Counties of Washington & Aroostook, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Mary Watts for a Pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand & the seal of said Court this thirteenth day of July
A.D. 1850.
Albert Pillsbury Clerk

Fluor

United States of America.
State of Maine, County of Washington:
On this seventh day of June, Anno Domini One Hundred and Fifty, personally appeared before me, the sub- a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Washington, say Booker of Machias, in said County, and being duly sworn according to law to testify the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, deposes and says that she is well acquainted with Mrs Mary Watts  Stoyes of Forestboro', in this County: that she is the widow of Samuel Watts  Stoyes deceased, late of said For- estboro': that she, the deponent, resided in Forestboro' in 1789: that she was present at the marriage of said Mary, her maiden name being Stoyes, to Samuel Watts of said Forestboro': that the marriage took place at said Forestboro', one Sabbath, after church; and that a traveling preacher, whose name she does not now remember, performed the marriage ceremony: that she cannot now from recollection state the day, but thinks it was in 1789 & remembers that it was a cold weather. My own age is eighty six & I am of sound mind and memory.
Witness Peter Phacher
Betsy Bricker
State of Maine, County of Washington:
Subscribed & sworn the day & year above written, before me,
Peter Phacher, Justice of the Peace,

State of Maine
Washington County ss. I Albert Pillsbury Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in and for said County do hereby certi- fy that Peter Thacher is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County. duly commissioned and qualified that his com- mission was dated on the 15 th day of January A.D. 1848 and will expire on the 14 th day of Jan. A.D. 1852 and that his signature before written is genuine,
Given under my hand, and the seal of our said Supreme Judicial Court this twenty seventh day of December A.D. 1850.
Albert Pillsbury Clerk.

No 900
Mary Watts widow of Samuel
Moaine
Act of 29 th July 1848
Letter to Peter Thacker Esq: April 19 th 1851 Let. to Peter Thacker July 29/51.

Rejected claim
Samuel Watts
Col Rk Porter
7 July 1832
to same March 26 1836.

Feb 25/52
Rel: to claim of Mrs Mary Evatts -
29 9 48 me
Hon: J. G. Heath
Born: Parnass Washington O.C.
J. G. Fuller M.P.