Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,964, Asa Travis, Mass.

19.033 R New Hampshire Granby
Let to E. Brinker, June 6 1837.
of Granby in the state of New Hampshire who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Abiathar of the regiment commanded by Colonel Whitcomb in the Mass. line, for the term of one year (1776)
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 of June 1823 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 of July 1823 and Jemima Hubbard Newton New Port N.H.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1823 Semi anl. all'ce ending 21.6
2 10 4. 1.6 21.6
$21.6
{Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Check 1.1823
30 10 4

Asa Inanis
Not on Rolle. —

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Cheshire ss.)
ON this ninth day of May A D 181 8 , before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature for the State of New Hampshire personally appears Asa Travis
aged sixtyfour years, resident in Newport in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said Asa Travis enlisted in Cambridge the first of January A D 1776 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Whiting of the Regiment commanded by Col. Whitecomb of the Massachusetts Line ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the first of January A D 1777 , when he was discharged from service in Scarsdale State of New York ; that he was in the battles of
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Levi Woodbury Atty. Genl.
I, Levi Woodbury Judge of the Superior Court of Judicature as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Asa Travis as a Private Soldier did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
9th May
A D 181 8
Levi Woodbury Atty. Genl.
Levi Chamberlain Assistant Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Cheshire certify that the above is the proper signature of the Hon. Levi Woodbury who is duly commissioned by the executive of said State an associate justice of said court In witness whereof I have hereto subscribed and affixed the seal of said court this 9th day of May A D 1818
Levi Chamberlain

Asa Francis 18.64
4 Newton Esq.
Hubbardston as Newport St. Hampshire

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CHESHIRE COUNTY ss. Superior COURT OF Common Pleas  Judicature ON this sixteenth day of October 1822 personally appeared in open court
being a court of record for said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, Asa Travis aged sixty seven years, resident in Newport in said county, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: That he enlisted in Cambridge the first of January A.D. 1776 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Whitney, of the Regiment commanded by Col. Whitcomb of the Massachusetts line that he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States until the first of January A.D. 1777 when he was discharged from service in P'keepsie State of New York.
The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 9th day of May 1818 The number of my pension certificate is And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
I have no property - My family consists of my wife aged sixty two, has been sick two or three years and is not able to support herself - and of one daughter aged nineteen - I am lame, and am not able to labor but a very little Asa Travis
Sworn to and declared at Keene in said County, on the 16 day of October before Levi Woodbury Samuel Green } Judges of said Court. Isaac D. Dick Asa Lapham  Judicature
I, SALMA HALE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas  Judicature for the County of Cheshire, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed  is truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property in the aforesaid schedule, is said Travis has no dollar and property cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 22 day of October A. D. 1822 S. Hale

9641 V Declaration of Mary Harris N.H.
Hon Frank Pierce U.S. Senator

State of New Hampshire Sullivan County ss. On this twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty seven personally ap- peared before the Hon. Ambrose Gasset one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Sullivan Mary Travis a resident of Newport in said County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire aged seventy seven 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836: — That she is the widow of Asa Travis late of Newport afore- said who was a private in the regular army: — that he served a portion of the time in the regi- ment commanded by Col. Brewer, and in the company commanded by Capt. William Whiting of which company — Wellington was Lieutenant. — That the said Asa Travis entered the service before the battle of Lexington and continued in it until about June 1780, when he returned home and re- mained about three months, when he again entered the service and continued in it, accord- ing to the best recollection of the said Mary Travis nine months or thereabouts. That he also served a portion of the time under Col. — Whiting, and also under Col. — Barker: — That the said Asa Tra- vis resided in the town of Natick in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts when he entered the service: That the said Asa Travis

was a volunteer: — That the said Asa Travis was in the battles of Lexington Bunker's Hill and White Plains, and that he was in the expedition to Ticonderoga, and was at Bennington, and in the State of New York: and that the said Asa Travis was a pensioner under the act of March 18 th 1818, and that the documents relating to his claim, and which would tend to elu- cidate this declaration, are now on file in the War Department at Washington.
She further declares that she was married to the said Asa Travis, on the twenty second day of June 1780; and that her husband Asa upon- said Asa Travis died on the twentieth of February A.D. 1826; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Signed in presence of Emma Duke Ambrose Cofit
Mary X Travis mark
Known to, and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before Ambrose Cofit
Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Sullivan Co. New Hampshire
I hereby certify that the above named Mary Travis is to the best of my knowledge a credible person. Ambrose Cofit.      Mr. Justice Co. Com. Pleas.

State of New Hampshire
Sullivan Jo.
I, J. W. Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, do hereby certify, that the Hon. Ambrose Cossit, who took and subscribed the foregoing certificate of acknowledgment is an associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, and that his signature herewith is an genuine - Given under my hand and Seal of the Court, this third day of July A. D. 1837 J. W. Gilmore Clerk

June twenty second one thousand seven hundred and eighty Asa Travis of Natick was married to Mary Smith of Needham Attest Samuel West U.D.M.
I certify that the above is a true Copy of record on the book of records of the town of Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legable figures and letters as follows June 22. 1780 -
Asa Kingsbury } Clerk of the town of Needham aforesaid
I Asa Kingsbury above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Needham with the exception as certified by me
Asa Kingsbury } Clerk of said town of Needham
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss. July 9 th 1845 Then personally appeared the above named Asa Kingsbury who is the Town Clerk for the Town of Needham, and made oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is a true copy from the Town records
William Hagg } Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 10 th 1845.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation William Flagg was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Packer, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of New Hampshire County of Sullivan } ss.
On this twenty ninth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty five personally appeared before me Andrew Colpit one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County Nancy Clarke a resident of Newport in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire, aged sixty 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 act of Congress passed July 4, 1836; that she is the daughter of Mary Havis who was the widow of Asa Havis, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution - that said Asa Havis died at Sudbury, in the County of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts on the 26 th day of April, 1775 in the Company of Capt. Theodore Russell, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Jonathan Brewer and served from that date until nearly the close of the war - that said Asa Havis was not during the whole of the year 1776, as will fully appear by reference to the proof accompanying the declaration of the said Mary Havis now on the files of the Pension office, which the declarant desires may be made a part of this case - that in the year 1778 the said Asa Havis served in the Company commanded by Capt. Langley, and Regiment of Col. Cogswell detached for the protection of guarding and fortifying posts in and near Boston, from Oct. 12 th to Dec. 31 st , including allowance for travel two months and twenty days - that the said Asa Havis afterwards in the year 1780 served in the company of Capt. Joshua Fish, and

Regiment commanded by Col. Abner Perry, from July 28 th to July 31 st , including allowance for travel days, which service was in the State of Rhode Island. — That after he ceased to serve as a private near the close of the war, he served as a Teamster, and was in fact in the army as a private and Teamster during the whole of the war — That the said Ezra Travis was not at the battle of Bunker's Hill, and in several others, the names of which the deponent cannot now remember. — That the said Ezra Travis, before he came to the State of New Hampshire which is now about sixty five years ago, resided at part of the time in the town of Natick, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, and in the town of Sudbury in the same county, which adjoins Natick. The petition declares that the said Mary Travis was married to the said Ezra Travis on or about the fifteenth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and eighty — That the said Ezra Travis died on the 20 th day of February, in the year eighteen hundred and twenty five and that the said Mary Travis died on the 11 th day of December in the year 1837; and that the said Mary Travis left at her death four children whose names are the Nancy Clark, the deponent, Jacob Travis, Lucinda Brown, and Abigail Crawford. — all which facts will appear from the testimony herunto annexed, and now on the files of the Pension Office at Washington, to which the deponent refers, and makes a part of her case. The petition declares that the petition Ezra Travis was not a pensioner under the act of 18 th March

1818, and also refer to the proof furnished on the application of the said Anna Haven for her pension, and desires that it may be made a part of this case.
Nancy Clark
State of New Hampshire, Sullivan ss.
Newport April 29. 1845
On the day and year above written the said Nancy Clark, submitted to, and made solemn oath that the foregoing declaration is true. And I further certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court, and that the proceedings aforesaid were had out of Court, at the dwelling house of the said Nancy Clark. I further certify that the words on the first page, "See Travels," and the words on the second page "time in the" etc. the words "or about" were interlined before signed.
Ambrose Cook, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Sullivan.
State of New Hampshire Sullivan County ss.
J. T. Mc Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Ambrose Cook is an acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Sullivan duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County the 26th day of May A.D. 1845
J. T. Mc Gilmore Clerk

New Hampshire 4248
Rep d . see letter
Mary Travis, dec d ?
widow of Asa Travis who was a Pensioner under act March 18-1818 who died on the 20. February 1825 of Sullivan Co., in the State of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Whiting of the reg t commanded by Col. Whitcomb Mass in the Mass. line for 1 year 10 months & 24 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 75 Dollars 97 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834. Paid 11 th December 1837, when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of July 1845 and sent to Hon. E. Burke Comm r of Patents, Present
Arrears to the 14th of
Semi-annual allowance ending Payable to children Nancy Clark, Jacob Travis, Lucinda Brown, and Achasa Crawford.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3. }
Recorded by D Brown Clerk, Book C, Vol. 1, Page 35.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 11 th July 1836, Section 3, Mary Travis, deceased, late of New Hampshire, widow of Asa Travis who was a Private in the Revolution, was entitled to a pension at the rate of Seventy-five Dollars and Ninety-seven Cents per annum; and having died on the 11 th December 1837, the amount due from the 11 th March 1831 to the time of her death, is payable to Nancy Clark, Jacob Travis, Lucinda Brown, and Achasa Crawford, children of said Mary Travis, deceased.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 30 th day of July — one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Commissioner of Pensions.

For WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15964
Mary Travis
Wid of
Isa Travis
Priv Rev War
Act July 4 th /36
Index: Vol. M , Page 284
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Office
July 25, 1845
Sir,
I herewith

Mary Travis, dec d . who was widow of Asa Travis
Private 1 st 10mo. 24d.
Act 4 July '36 (3 d sect n .)
$ 75 : 97 per ann.
com: 4 March 1831
married June 22 1780
husband died 20 Feb. 1825
Payable to her children Nancy Clark, Jacob Travis, Lucinda Brown and Achasa Crawford, up to 11 th December 1837, when she died.
Roll of N. Hampshire agency of Concord
Cert: to Hon.
E. Burke,
Commissioner of
Patents,
Present

B724 5 June 1837 Pension Office
Naya Prowis N# 18.
21 July 23
5th Journey of Mr Washington letter
Receipt N# 3 May 30 3 fee

Nesport, N.H. May 29 th 1837
Sir
Mary Favis, the widow of Asa Favis late of this town, is about to make a claim for a pension, under the recent act of Congress allowing pensions to the widows of the soldiers of the revolution. She says her husband was allowed a pension under the act of 1818, which he received until he died. As that part may aid her much in making out her case, I should be glad to know if proof of it exists upon the record of the Department. Asa Favis be-

longed to the regular army, than a hundred lines. I should also be much obliged for a copy of Annotated for establish- ing the claims of widows for pensions under the recent acts of Congress.
Respectfully yours J. M. Stewart
Edmund P. Duke.
Mr. Prof. F. Patten Admiral Secty of Nav. } Washington D.C. 3

Newport. R. I. Sept. 28 th 1843.
Sir.
Some five or six years since the declaration of Mary (or Polly) Havis, widow of Asa Havis, was forwarded to the Pension Office for examination. Having been married to Asa Havis before the close of the Revolutionary war, she was entitled to a pension for life. Her husband was a pensioner under the act of 1818, and of course there could be no doubt of her right to receive a pension, if the requisite proof of marriage was furnished. The Rev. Mr. Purr, then a member of the Synod, had charge of the paper. And what was the result of the application of Mrs. Havis has never been ascertained.
Tell me, Kempford, do me the favor to cause an examination of the files and records of your office to be made, in order to ascertain whether

or not else have is entitled to a pension? And also please inform, whether or not the proofs filed in the case are sufficient.
With much respect
Your Obt. Servant
Edmund Burke
Rev. J. L. Edwards
Court of Pensions
Washington City

Patent Office July 28 th 1845.
Sir,
I enclose herewith proof of the marriage of Asa Davis and Mary Smith to be used in the application of the children of the latter (Mary Davis) for a pension. I believe this completes the proof.
On my recent visit to New Hampshire, I learned from the attorney of Mrs. Clarke, one of the children of Mrs. Davis, and the declarant in this case, that the present places of residence of the other children named in Mrs. Clarke's declaration, are not known, and have not been for about two years; nor can it be ascertained where they now are, nor whether they still survive. The attorney of Mrs. Clarke (the Hon. Asa for Chatham of Newport, N.H.) thinks

minus that you would do me the favor to inform him how the money and the other children shall be drawn.
You will please enclose the person certificate to me, and such information in regard to the method of drawing the money, as is in the proper for your office to impart.
I have the honor to be very respectfully
Your Obedt. Servant Edmund T. Merrill
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commr. of Pensions, Washington City.

Patent Office, May 24 th 1845.
Sir.
Some years ago Mary Travis of Newport, Sullivan Co. New Hampshire, applied for a pension as the widow of Asa Travis who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution, and a pensioner. Her papers are now on file in the Pension Office. I wish now to enquire if sufficient proof of the marriage of Asa and Mary Travis (before marriage Mary Smith) is on file in your office? I shall be greatly obliged by an answer to my enquiry as soon as your convenience will permit.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully Your Ob t . Servant. Edmund Burke
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm d . of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Asa Farris

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Feb. 25 1845.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Asa Travis is borne as a private upon a pay Abstract of Capt s Longley, Col. Cogswell, detached for the purpose of guarding and fortifying the posts in and near Boston, from Oct r 12 to Dec r 31, 1778, — including allowance for travel, 2 months 20 days; — Upon a pay Roll of Capt s Joshua Fish, Col. Abner Perry, service at R.I. from July 28 to 31, 1780, including allowance for travel, 6 days; — this roll is dated "Natick (Co. of Middlesex) Dec r 12 th ". There is no Capt s Barker found upon the Rolls in the 8 months service in 1775. but upon a List of Capt s Thaddeus Russell's Comp y . Col. Jonathan Brewer's reg t in that service, is borne the name of Asa Travis, as having enlisted from Sudbury (in the same Co. of Middlesex) April 26 th and on the Coat Roll of the same Comp y dated, Prospect Hill, Nov. 13. 1775; being the same service and year of enlistment set forth in the annexed declaration, and there is no other person of the same name borne upon any of the records in this office, either from

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

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, MADE BY THE child  widow OF THE PARTY WHO RENDERED THE SERVICE.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of my father  husband , ESA of  Gravissat in the war of the Revolution, who was the husband of  Missy  Travis in whom right I claim. He enlisted from the town of Latia  Midlesex in the County of Midlesex and State of Massachusetts in the year 1775 as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Barber in a Regiment not recalled Regiment not recalled and he served as follows, viz:— He was at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and served in the Massachusetts line nearly the whole of the war. At the latter end of the war he enlisted into what was called the wagon service, and remained in that service until the close of the war.
I am now sixty  forty years old, and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's  husband's services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this Twenty sixth day of December
A. D. 1844.
Signed by said in my presence,
Nancy Clark Nancy Clark
Lucas Little
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss.
J. T. Mc Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the State and County aforesaid do hereby certify that Amos Little is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified. That his Commission was dated the 12th day of June 1841 and will expire on the 12th day of June 1846 and that his Signature herewith is genuine
Given under my hand and the Seal of said County the 26th day of May A.D. 1845 J. Mc Gilmore Clerk

William Miller affidavit

I William Miller of Newport in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire of lawful age depose and say that I have been a acquaintance with Widow Mary Francis of Newport of said between nineteen and twenty years - That she was the wife of Ezra Francis late of said Newport deceased who was a missionary pensioner under the Act of March 1818 - That said Ezra Francis died in the month of February 1826 according to my best belief - That I attended his funeral - and that said Mary Francis has ever since remained a widow.
William Miller
State of New Hampshire Sullivan ss. Aug. 10 th 1837. Then person- ally appeared the above named William Miller and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
In witness where
Edmund Pooke Justice Peace

Paul Kelley's Affidavit

I Joe Kelny of Newport in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hamp- shire of lawful age depose and say that I have been acquainted with widow Mary Harris of Newport aforesaid during the last twenty years - That she was the wife of Ezra Harris late of said Newport deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner - That according to my best recollection the said Ezra Harris died about eleven years ago - and that the said Mary Harris has not since married but has re- mained a widow.
Test J. Kelny
State of New Hampshire Sullivan ss. August 10th 1837. Then person- ally appeared the above named Joe Kelny and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true.
Before me.
Edmund Purdie Justice of the Peace

The State of New Hampshire
Sullivan Co.
I J. M. Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature do hereby certify that Edmund Park is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and that his signature herewith are genuine.
Given under My hand and Seal of the Court this 15 th day of August A D 1836.
J. M. Gilmore Clerk

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State of New Hampshire Sullivan ss.
I Uriel D. Dean Register of the Court of Probate of Wells & holden at Coleman in and for said County of Sullivan on the twenty first day of May A.D. 1845 do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Asa Travis was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of eight dollars per month, was a resident of Newport in the County of Sullivan aforesaid, and died in the Town of Newport in the State of New Hampshire in the year 1825 on the 20th day of February, that he left a widow whose name was Mary Travis; that said Mary Travis was a resident of the Town of Newport aforesaid and died in said Town on the 11th day of December in the year 1837, that she left four children whom she had by the said Asa Travis deceased whose names are Nancy Clark, Jacob Travis, Lucinda Brown and Asahel Crawford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 21st day of May A.D. 1845. Uriel Dean Register of Probate.

18,641.
Dear Sirs,
Hubbardston, Newport, N.H.
Recd. 19 July 1828
per Department Pension-Office City of Washington

Newport New Hampshire July 9 th 1892
Enclosed are the papers relative to Asa Francis's application for a pension - He has procured an additional reparation, & hopes the evidence will now prove satisfactory -
Please to transmit the result to -
Hubbard Newton Esq Newport New Hampshire -

Sam Lanchetti Deposition on application of Asa Francis

I Samuel Endicott of Newport in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire sixty four years of age testify and declare upon oath that I was well acquainted with Asa Travis in the year our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy six, and was knowing that said Travis enlisted into Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regiment and Capt. Daniel Whiting's company about the first of January A.D. 1876, for the term of one year, and was knowing that he served out the time for which he enlisted. The reason why I am certain of these facts is that I was well acquainted with said Travis and saw him frequently during the time aforesaid. Saml Endicott
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss.
On this Thirty first day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty the above named Samuel Endicott personally came before me the subscriber and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just & true and I further hereby certify and make known that the above named Samuel Endicott is a disinterested witness and that his character for truth and veracity is unimpeachable.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Hubbard Newton Justice of Peace
Cheshire J. October 22. 1892.
I Salma Hale clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said county certify that Hubbard Newton is a Justice of the peace in and for said county, and that the foregoing is his signature. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Court. S. Hale Clerk

Simon Blood Deposition

I Simeon Blood of Springfield in the county of Cheshire and state of New Hampshire of sixty six years of age on oath declare and say, that in the year 1775 I believe in June I first became acquainted with Mr. Asa Davis then an enlisted soldier in the eighth month service in Cambridge in Massachusetts, that afterwards in January 1776 the said Davis was a private soldier in Capt. Daniel Whilings Company in Colonel Whitcomb's Regiment of the Massachusetts line, and enlisted as I then understood for the term of one year, that I frequently saw him while a soldier in said years service, and verily believe that he served his term out. And although I did not belong to the same regiment, I saw him immediately on his return home after his discharge at the expiration of the year.  Attest David Hale. Simeon Blood mark
State of New Hampshire } On the eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty two the above named Simeon Blood personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within & for said county, and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true. And I further certify that the above named Simeon Blood is as I believe a disinterested witness, and that his character for truth is good.
Sworn and subscribed this day aforesaid
Cheshire J. Oct 22. 1822
David Hale, Jus. Peace.
I Salma Hale, Clerk of the Superior Court of Sessions for said county, certify that on the day last aforesaid David Hale was a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that the foregoing is his signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court. S. Hale Clerk

Oliver Innes's deposition-

I Oliver Travis of Denmark in the county of Oxford and state of Maine sixty one years of age testify and declare upon oath that I was well acquainted with Asa Travis in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy six, who then lived at East-Stockbury in the state of Massachusetts, and who now lives in Newport in the state of New Hampshire - And I further declare that said Asa Travis about the first of January A 1776 at Cambridge in the state of Massachusetts, did to my knowledge enlist into Capt. Daniel Whiting's Company of the regiment commanded by Col. Asa Whitcomb of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year, and I do know the fact that he served out the whole of said term for which he enlisted, and was regularly discharged about the first of January A 1777 at Saratoga in the state of New York - The reason why I know these facts is, said Asa Travis is my brother, and I at that time saw him frequently by, and I now have a perfect recollection of the facts above stated - Oliver Travis
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss. On this eighteenth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty three, the above named Oliver Travis personally came before me the subscriber, and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true. And I further hereby certify and make known, that said Oliver Travis is a distinguished witness, and that his character for truth is good -
Known and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Hubbard Newton Jus. Peace

Cherhins. July 5. 1823.
I Salma Hale clerk of the Superior Court of Indictature within and for sd County certify that Hubbard Newton is a Justice of the Peace in sd County, and that the foregoing is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affix the seal of sd Court.
S. Hale