Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,188, Stephen Watson, N.H.

SERVICE
n. H.
★ Watson, Stephen
NUMBER _____
Dec 30, 188
CONTENTS

N o 18190 Maine
Stephen Watson
of York Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Brentwood of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Dearborn in the N. Hampshire Troops for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 30 Dollars ————— Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27. day of July 1833 and sent to J. S. Kimball Lebanon Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 60.00 Trans. allowance ending 16 Sept. 1833 15.00
$ 75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book E. Vol. 1 Page 64

30 188
Rev INVALID.
File No. 30,188
Stephen Watson His Rev. Mrs.
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 437
[Arrangement of 1870.]

8202 Stephen Watson
April 9 th 1833
Obj - 13.
8202
T. 325
Adm o
9 mos private
$30.00
J. S. Kimball Esq. E. Salem, Me.

BRIEF in the case of  Stephen Watson  of actin  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? 70 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. As a Gen.     may In 17 80 9 Private Col d Leavitt  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Brother Brentwood New Hampshire  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
New Hampshire
Richard D. Douthitt Examining Clerk.

I Richard Garland of Bartlett in the County of Coos and State of New Hampshire upon oath do testify and declare, that I well knew Mr. Stephen Watson a Soldier of the War of the Revolution, said Stephen Watson served in the company of Connecticut and in Colonel Henry Dearborn's Regiment of Infantry in the year A.D. 1780 at West Point in the State of New York and was discharged at a place then called Hampshire village near which further the said Richard Garland knew the said Stephen Watson a soldier as aforesaid six months he served as a private soldier in Stafford New Hampshire.
Conway August 1 st 1832 Subscribed & sworn before me -
Stafford ss. Conway Aug st 1 st 1832 James Willey Justice of the Peace
The said Richard Garland is well known to me to be a credible witness and uninterested and a man of truth and veracity and on the day month and year above named the said Richard Garland personally appeared and made oath to the of the above deposition by him subscribed.
Before me - James Willey Justice of the Peace

Deposition of Richard Garlough
State of Northamptonshire Stafford ss. I Andrew Pierce, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County of Stafford, certify that James Willey Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the within document, is a Justice of the Peace for said County, and the signature purporting to be his, I have no doubt is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this 18th day of August, A.D. 1832. A Pierce, Clerk

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a justice of the Peace within and for the County of York Stephen Watson of Acton in said County, 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 order viz; for seven months I served as a private in Captain Penman's Company of Infantry in Colonel Henry Dearborn's Regiment in the Year 1780; and for such service I claim a Pension - Said Stephen Watson further depo- seth and saith that he knows of but one man now living who served with him, viz Richard Garland of Bartlett in the County of Coos State of New- Hampshire whose deposition I obtained by going myself to said town of Bartlett dist. August distance 53 miles from Acton where I now live - said Deposition I sent to the Clerk of the Courts for Shippensburg County to obtain his certificate & seal of Office and the Clerk neglected to return said Deposition so my application for a pension went on to the War Office without Garland's Deposition - I have since got the said Deposition and herewith forward the same
York ss April 27 1833
Stephen Watson
The above named Stephen Watson to me is well known to be a man of truth and veracity, and on the day and year last abovenmentioned, said Watson personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed, Before me
Inverness J Kimball } Justice of Peace

State of Maine.
h. fr. I Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of the Court of Probate for the county of York hereby certify that Increase S. Kimball is a Justice of the peace as within stated, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this first day of May A.D. 1873.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate

Stephen Watson.
8202.

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF YORK, SS.
ON this twenty second day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said county now sitting at Alfred  of the  in & for  said County  Stephen Watson a resident of Acton in the county of York - - and State of Maine aged seventy  last May years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year seventeen hundred & eighty with Capt. Pennington and served in the first - - regiment of the New Hampshire line, under the following named officers: In the year 1780 I was hired to enlist in the Army of the Revolution by the town of Brentwood in the County of Rockingham State of N.H. to fill the Continental Army. - In May I enlisted and left said Brentwood the first of June of said year - I joined the Army at West Point. I do not recollect that we had any first Lieut. Our second Lieut. was James Harny (so called) Col. Harny Dearborn commanded our Regiment. Our other field officers I cannot recollect. Our Regiment moved from that point into the Jerseys across King's ferry to Orange. When there we laid the most of the summer of said year. I was discharged the first of January, 1781 about twelve miles from New York - I had a written discharge which I carried home and lost it - I was born in Exeter N.H. where I lived when I was hired to enlist as aforesaid by the town of Brentwood - I moved from Exeter to Milton N.H. where I now live about 27 years old from Milton to Acton in the County of York and State of Maine where I now live I was born in 1762. I served as a private soldier
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Stephen Watson
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, Wm. Cutter Allen , Register Clerk of the Court of Probate aforesaid , do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Stephen Watson for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty second day of August , A.D. 1832.
Wm. Cutter Allen , Register of Probate.