Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2498, Joshua Ward, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Ward, Joshua Hulda
W 2 4 9 8 B.L. Mt, 38, 338-160-55
CONTENTS

227. 630. Act of Mar 3
Dec 17. 1855
Hulda Ward widow of Joshua Ward dec?
Briv -
Gen Ward
3835
Revolutionary War.
Willowdale, Aug: 15 1866 B. True
Map July 48 - 418
Loring B. True. Washington D.C.
Vol N o 1 = 21

15732 Massachusetts
Joshua Ward
of Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a P.K.H. in the Company commanded by Captain V.P.O. of the Regt commanded by Col. Hearst in the Mass line for 10 months & 20 days Brattle G. S. Sergeant
Cash & Note
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 64 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of July 1833 and dated at Hartford Boston Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $28.68 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. " 32.17
$160.85
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A.H. Anderson Clerk, Book E Vol 2 A Page 12
75 Norfolk

418
Massachusetts
Muldah Ward
widow of Joshua Ward
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Mass. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 64 Dollars 34
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Nov r 49. and sent to
G. S. Bulfinch Merchants Bank Baltimore.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2/1848, Page 543 Vol. 1
July
Book C.
Repeated
set. to Post Master Baltimore Md. Jan y 24/50, Set. to G. S. Bulfinch Esq Jan y 26/1850 - Set. to G. S. Bulfinch Esq Enclosing Pension Cer- tificate Jan y 28/1850,
227650

N o 6683.
Joshua Ward.

I Samuel Tolman of Stoneham in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joshua Ward of Milton. He served with me for the period of eight months in a Company commanded by Stephen Penniman on Dorchester heights and Boston. Ward was a Sergeant & I a Corporal in the above Company. = The period of our service was from August 1776 to April 1777. We were in the Massachusetts State Troops. = Samuel Tolman
Norfolk August 16 th 1832 Submitted & sworn to, I further certify that I said Samuel Tolman is a credible witness before Thomas Judge of Probate

I Mather Holmes of Stoughton in the County of Frampton Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy five years on oath declare & say that I am well acquainted with Joshua Ward of Milton who has applied for a pension. In August 1776 I served with said Ward in a company of Mass- achusetts State troops under the command of Stephen Pen- niman on Dorchester heights we served together a period of seven months when Ward went into Boston & served a month longer making in all a period of eight months I remember Ward very well he was a Sergeant, & was noted for his lively & strightly disposition. Mather Holmes
Norfolk August 16 th 1832 Submitted & sworn to before J Leland Judge of Probate
I further certify that said Mather Holmes is a credible witness. J Leland / Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk ss. Quincy On this fourteenth day of August A.D. 1832. personally appeared in open Court before the Probate Court now sitting at Quincy within and for the County of Norfolk — aforesaid Joshua Ward of Milton aged seventy seven years
Who being 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
He enlisted at Dorchester Massachusetts as a volunteer in the Company commanded by Capt. Elijah Paine & Regiment commanded by Col. John Cushing of Roxbury on or about the twentieth of April 1775. & in the State Troops of Massachusetts, marched to Cambridge & took part in the siege of Boston, continued in this service until January 1 st 1776 when he returned home. This term was eight months & ten days. —
After this as nearly as he can recollect in September 1776 he again enlisted as a volunteer at Dorchester in a Company of Massachusetts State Troops commanded by Captain Stephen Penniman & Regiment commanded by Ebenezer Francis. A requisition having been made in the town of Dorchester for troops he was induced to enlist by the offer & payment of twenty shillings per month from the town additional to his pay. I was soon after made sergeant which gave him an addition of eight shillings per month making his whole pay eleven dollars per month. He annexes his warrant as sergeant. He enlisted for three months but served seven on this enlistment, had no written discharge. Served in Dorchester & Boston at the ex

duration of said seven months he served one month more under said Per- niman He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State. Joshua Ward Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
We Lemuel Gulliver & Samuel Guild the latter a Clergyman residing in the town of Milton in the County of Norfolk hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joshua Ward . who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Lem d Gulliver Sam l Guild
And the said Court thereupon proceeded to propound the following interrogatories, which he answered under oath, as follows:
1. Where and in what year were you born?
Answer, In Weymouth Massachusetts May 3 d 1755
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I am told it is recorded in the records of Weymouth.
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer When called into service I was serving my apprenticeship in Dorchester with A Bond have since lived in Milton where I now live
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer, I volunteered
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regi- ments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, General Artemas Ward. Brigade Major P. Wadsworth. The regiments were Militia I was employed principally in the siege of Bos- ton & the defence of the coast.
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Revered S Guild, Revd Mr Whitney I know of no one who can impeach it.

7 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer. = I had no written discharge. Joshua Ward
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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
further certifies that it appears to them, that Samuel Gile who has signed the preceding
Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the said Methuen & that Samuel Gile is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Hawn, Register of the Court of Probate for the County aforesaid: Eleazer Fessenden Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Joshua Ward herein named for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of
August,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Samuel Hawn,

Joshua Ward.

I John Adams of Milton in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman aged eighty seven years on oath depose and say that I am well acquainted with Joshua Ward of said Milton who this day applies for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832. I knew him before the revolutionary war & have continued my acquaintance with him to the present day. In the year 1775 we served together in the Massachusetts State troops at the siege of the Town of Boston. from April 19 th 1775 the period of eight months and some days to Jan'y 1 st 1776 when he returned home. John Adams
S. Norfolk ss ss August 14 th 1832 Subscribed & sworn to before S. Leland Judge of Probate I further certify that said John Adams is a credible witness - S. Leland of Norfolk

I William Sumner of Dorchester in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Gentleman on oath depore & say that I have been from my youth to the present day well acquainted with Mr Joshua Ward of Milton a town adjacent to said Dorchester, the said Ward being the same person who this day applies for a pension. In April 1775 he enlisted as a soldier in a company of the Massachusetts State Troops commanded by Capt S Dore in which company I was soon after appointed Ensign and served with him in the same more than eight months until the close of the year. The said Ward is a man of good character & his statements are entitled to confidence. Wm Sumner
Notary Public August 12 th 1832 Submitted Sworn to - I further certify that said William Sumner is a credible witness before the undersigned Judge of Probate

N o 6683.
Joshua Ward.

I Elphaz Thayer of Braintree in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman on oath depose & say that I am well acquainted with Joshua Ward of Milton who this day applied for a pension under the recent act of Congress. I knew him in the Revolutionary war & served with him according to the best of my recollection a period of about six months in the Battery commanded by Stephen Penniman in the Massachusetts State Troops I remember he was a Sergeant in this Battery, we were stationed at Dorchester. I believe the said Ward to be a man of true veracity. Elphaz Thayer. 1.
Norfolk, August 14 th 1832 submitted & sworn to before me a Justice of Probate I further certify that since Elphaz Thayer is a credible witness, - J. Leland Probate

507 Declaration of Huldah Ward, under Act 29 July. 1848.

New Application for a Pension under Act 29 July 1848. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk County ss.
On this ninth day of June A.D. 1849 personally appeared before the Subscriber Judge of Probate in and for said County of Norfolk Huldah Ward a resident of Roxbury in the county of Norfolk aforesaid aged eighty three 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 29 July 1848 that she is the widow of Joshua Ward who was a private and Sergeant in the War of the Revolution and served as set forth in his Declaration to obtain a Pension under the Act of 7 June 1832 now on file in the War Department, and drew a Pension of sixty four dollars and thirty four cents under said Act of 7 June 1832
She further declares that she was married to the said Joshua Ward on about the fifteenth day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety five; that her husband the aforesaid Joshua Ward died on the twelfth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second of January eighteen hundred, viz, at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow, & that she has never before made any application for a pension. attest A.W. Newman Huldah Ward Sworn to and subscribed on the day and

year herein before written, the words, "that she is the widow of Joshua Ward" having been interlined before signing &c.
J Seland Judge of Probate
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first above written.
Before me
J Seland
Judge of Probate
I the said Judge hereby certify that the above declaration was not made in open court; the said Declarant being unable, in consequence of old age and bodily infirmity, to appear in court for the purpose.
J Seland
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Norfolk ss.
I Jonathan H. Cobb, Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Norfolk, hereby certify that Sherman Seland is Judge of said Court of Probate & that his signature above is genuine and true. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at the seat of said Court this sixth day of November A.D. 1849.
Jonathan H. Cobb

Town Clerks Office - Town of Milton, in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
"A Purpose of Marriage between M rs Joshua Ward and M rs Huldah Babcock both of Milton. Entered March Twenty ninth, One Thousand Seven Hundred and ninety, Five.
Pr John Ruggles Town Clerk "
I Jason Reed, Town Clerk of the Town of Milton in the County aforesaid hereby certify, that the above is a true copy of the record of the notice of the Intention of Marriage between Joshua Ward and Huldah Babcock, with the exception of the date, which is written in fair, legible figures as follows - March 29 th 1795.
Jason Reed, Town Clerk of Milton
A true copy of the Record with the exception above written.
Attest
Jason Reed, Town Clerk of Milton
I Jason Reed, Town Clerk of said Town of Milton hereby further certify, that I have made a careful ex- amination of the Records of Marriages of said Town, and that the record of the Marriage of the said Joshua Ward

and Huldah Babcock is not to be found therein.
Jason Reed, Town Clerk of Milton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss. Milton June 2. 1849. Then personally appeared Jason Reed, signer of the above certificate, and made oath that he holds the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Milton aforesaid, and that the above certificate by him subscribed is true.
Before me
Nathan C. Martin, Justice of the Peace
Norfolk ss.
At Milton aforesaid. June 2, 1849 Then personally appeared George Fisher of Dorchester in said County of Norfolk Son in Law of Joshua Ward late of said Milton, deceased and made oath to the fact, that Huldah Ward now a resident of Roxbury in the County of Norfolk was the wife of the said Joshua Ward - and lived with him until the decease of the said Joshua, as a good and dutiful Wife
Before me
George Fisher
Nathan C. Martin, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, September 5 th 1819
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Nathan C. Martin was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; 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.
W m M. Duffts Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Norfolk, ss
I, James Campbell of Milton in the County of Norfolk do - Testify and say - That Joshua Ward late of said Milton, late of deceased was the identical Joshua Ward, whose wife, now a widow resides in Roxbury, and whose name is Huldah - and that said Joshua and Huldah Ward lived together as Husband and Wife until the decease of the said Joshua
(Witness
Nathan C. Martin
James Campbell
Norfolk, ss. at Milton June 5, 1849. Then personally appeared the above named James Campbell, and made oath to the truth of the above Testimony by him subscribed
Before me
Nathan C. Martin Justice of the Peace
I, Nathan C. Martin the above named have been personally acquainted with the before mentioned George Fisher and James Campbell and that their testimony is to be taken as strictly true Nathan C. Martin Justice of the Peace

Milton Aug 9 th 1849
This is to certify that the Rev Mr Robbins was negligent in several instances in recording those he united in Marriage
Jason Reed, Town Clerk of Milton

6683 Lulu Ward
W. E.
Paid 10 Mr 10 days
Sept 6 "
16 10
Mr 06
Apr 18 1895
P. 361
Adm
33.33
1.11
34.44
30
64.44
E H Derby
Boston

6683
BRIEF in the case of Joshua Ward of Milton County of Norfolk in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77  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.     about 20 yrs In 1775 - till 17 Jan. 76 3 8 10 Private Gen. Wosey Col. Newton or Ware   Sept. 76 7 Private Cap m  Puniman Col. Frances   after which he says he served 1 Mo. more under said Puniman 1 Sergeant Cap m  Puniman  
5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  should be 5
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dorchester
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Sergeant's Warrant 5 living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
The papers The depositions taken before the judge of probate
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk.
24 Jan 33
This Sergeant's Warrant is dated 29 Nov. 70

227. 630.
Act of 1855.
DECLARATION FOR WIDOW. Who has never received Bounty Land.
Claim of
Kulda Ward
Widow of
Jashua Ward of Massachusetts who is Rev. Pensioner act of July 28 th 1848 See her Papers
FILED BY
L. B. True Present

DECLARATION FOR WIDOW
Who has never received Bounty Land.
STATE OF Massachusetts } ss. COUNTY OF Norfolk }
On this 16th day of November 1855, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, (duly authorized by law to administer oaths, Huldah Ward, aged 90 years, a resident of Raybury in the County and State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Josiah Ward, deceased, who was a Private, in the company commanded by Capt. (name forgotten), in the Regiment of (She can't be called) commanded by Col. (can't remember) but I think he was under Genl. Ward, in the war with Great Britain.
That her said husband entered the service of the United States at on or about the day of 18, for the term of and continued in actual service in said war for the term of at least fourteen days, and was honorably discharged from said service as will appear by the Muster Rolls of said company, not having any knowledge of the manner of her said husband's discharge. She further states that she was married to the said Josiah Ward, in the County of Norfolk State of Massachusetts, on or about the 10th day of May 1825, by the Rev. Nathl. Robbins and that her name before her said marriage was Huldah Babcock, that her said husband died at Milton, on the 12th day of June 1837, and that she is still a widow.
In presence of Josiah Leavitt, Shad C. Craft
Huldah Ward mark
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855, never having received Bounty Land under this or any other act, nor made any other application for Bounty Land except the present.
Given to the City of Washington D.C. of Columbia
is hereby authorized to prosecute this my claim and to receive any warrant that may be issued hereon.
In presence of Josiah Leavitt, Shad C. Craft
Huldah Ward mark
AFFIDAVIT OF TWO WITNESSES.
We Andrew W. Newman and Caroline Newman residents of the County and State aforesaid, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the above Huldah Ward, in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
And we further declare that we were well acquainted with the said Huldah Ward and Josiah Ward his wife (now the widow) during the life time of the former, and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to have been so generally reputed. That her said husband, the said Josiah Ward died at Milton in said County on the 12th day of June 1837, and that she is still a widow; and that they have no interest in this claim.
Andrew W. Newman
Caroline Newman
* If no public or private record of the marriage exists, or can be procured, state the fact in the declaration, after the word where and in such case, such other evidence, such as the testimony of persons who knew the parties in the lifetime of the husband, and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to be so reputed, will be admissible.
If a public or private record exist, an authenticated copy thereof must be furnished; if it be a private record, the authenticated copy thereof must be accompanied with the affidavit of some disinterested person, proving the genuineness of the original, and that the copy certified is a true and correct copy of it.
A certificate from the clergyman or magistrate who solemnized the marriage is not competent evidence, unless the genuineness of the certificate be proved, and the person who gave it be shown to have been authorized to solemnize marriages.

MAGISTRATE'S CERTIFICATE.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that I believe the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
John H. Saver, Notary Public
J. P
COUNTY CLERK'S CERTIFICATE.
STATE OF COUNTY OF
} ss. I hereby certify that
Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavits were made, is and was, at the time of taking the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature above is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this _____ day of _____
18
Clerk.

Post Office Baltimore 25 Jan 1880
Sir
Yours of 24 inst received; enclosed please find the letter addressed to "G. S. Bulfinch"; it has been in the possession of the Pension agent at the Merchant's Bank since its reception at this office otherwise it would have been returned to you in December last.
Respectfully, Yrs. obt. Servt
C. T. Alexander P.M.
Hon. J. L. Edwards amt of Pensions

Pension Office.
October 31 st 1849.
Sir:
The papers in the case of Huldah Ward, widow of Seshua Ward, claiming a pension under the Act of 29 th July 1848, have been examined and filed, with the exception of her declaration, which is herewith returned in order that the official character and genuineness of the signature of the Judge of Probate, may be certified, by the Register under his seal of Office.
The evidence as to the marriage is satisfactory, and a certificate at the same rate her husband received, will be issued to Mrs Ward, so soon as her declaration properly authenticated, shall have been returned.
Very Respectfully, Your Ob t S er . J L Edward
Boston 7 Nov r 1849
The foregoing directions have been complied with.
Very Respectfully G. S. Bulfinch
G. S. Bulfinch, Esq. Merchants Bank, Boston. Mass.

J. L. Edwards Esq Commis n of Pensions

Merchants Bank Boston
5 Sept r 1849
Sir,
Enclosed is the Declaration of Mrs Huldah Ward, for the purpose of being placed on the Pension List under the Act of 29 July 1848.
She wishes her Pension Certificate to be sent to my care.
Very Respectfully Your obed t serv t G. S. Bulfinch
J. L. Edwards Esq re Comm r of Pensions

Town Clerk's Office, Town of Milton in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
"The Rev Mr Nathaniel Robbins, Pastor of the Church in Milton, departed this life, May 19 th 1795. aged 69 years, in the 45 th year of his Ministry."
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the death of the Rev Nathaniel Robbins, in the Registry of Deaths in the Town of Milton, - Lib. 1. P. 88.
Jason Reed, Town Clerk of Milton Milton June 8. 1849.

N 507 Hulda Ward wid of Joshua Mass
act 29 May 1848
Mumford 1795 husband died, 1837
adm of 64 34 per an per 4 March 48
G S Belpinch - Merchant's Bank Baltimore

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk County ss.
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid, John Wyeth of Cambridge in the county of Middlesex and made oath that he was well acquainted with Joshua Ward deceased, late a Revolutionary Pensioner and his wife Huldah Ward, now his widow; that he knew them living together as man and wife, and never heard the least doubt expressed of their having been duly married; that he has frequently heard her speak of her having been married by the Reverend Nathan- iel Robbins, and of the singular circumstance that he died only two days after the marriage and of her fear that he had not recorded the said marriage.
These Remarks were made by her before any provision had been made by Law for Pensions for widows of the Revo- lution, which she was expecting. She further states that he is forty four years of age, and that he has no interest whatever in her obtaining a Pension. There were no children by said marriage.
Sworn to and subscribed John Wyeth this 24 July 1849
Before me G. T. Bulfinch Justice of Peace.
I certify that the aforesaid John Wyeth is a credible witness. G. T. Bulfinch Justice of Peace.

418 Jan 23/87
Huldah Ward
Jan 29/pat
Mr Love
J. Edwards Esq. Pioneer Washington D.C.
REC'D

Boston
21 Jan. 1850
Sir,
I have not received the Pension Certificate of Mrs Huldah Ward; altho' her name was inscribed on the Pension Roll here under Act 29 July 1848, pursuant to your letter to the Pension Agent of 15 Nov. last.
Will you have the goodness to inform me if the Pension Certificate was sent to me, as in such case I will cause particular enquiry to be made for it here and at the General Post Office.
Yours Very Respectfully G. S. Bulfinch.
Jas. L. Edwards Esq. Comt of Pensions.

Joshua Ward's name is not found on the rolls from Dorchester in 1775. Nor do I find any roll of Capt. Vose for that year he sent 6 m d from Boston in 1776 " was a Deaf from Nov 29 1776 to 16 th Apr. 1777. 40 m P.

Vol 22 p 29 - Cap Pinnun 60

No 507 Kneeland Ward Map
Set to G.S. Bulfinch 31 st Oct r 1849
at 29 July 1848

Joshua Ward Map. act 7 June 1832 $114 34 p m
To what time was he last paid?
G. L. D.
Pension Office
Nov. 12 1849 3 Died 12 June 1837 to his death
W. J.

Pension Office, Official Business.
J. Edwards Commissioner. by
G. T. Bulfinch Esq Merchants Bank Baltimore

WIDOW, &c.
Theory
File No. 2498
Kuldaah Ward
Widow
Joshua Ward
Bi. Rec. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 305
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joshua Ward.
No. 2492
Mass.

To Joshua Ward Greeting By virtue of the Power and authority to me given reposing Special trust in your Loyalty courage and Good Conduct I do by these Presents appoint you the said Ward to be a Serjeant in the Reg t under my Command you are therefore Carefully to Discharge the Duty of a Serjeant in the 1 st Reg t and you are Carefully to obey all such orders as you shall receive from your Superiors and you are to be faithful in all Duties Put to you as a Serj t whereof this is Sufficient warrant Given under my Hand this 29 th Day of November 1776
Ebenezer Francis Hol o

Washington D.C. Dec 18/75 To the Hon Commissioner Pensions, Present Sir
Enclosed is the claim of Hulda Ward (Rev.) Widow of Joshua Ward a Rev. Pensioner from the State of Massachusetts
Please refer to her Pension Papers on File for further proof in her case
Please also direct the Bounty Land Warrant when issued to me at this City and oblige
I am Sir Most Obediently L. B. True Agent in this case

5 38,338
5 New Am

To his Hon Commis'dalous Pensions 227 630. Present
Rev. B. Lane