Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10665, Lemuel Tozier, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Tozier, Lemuel
R. 10665
CONTENTS

John Fozzi's - Statement

State of Maine -
Kennebec ss. On this thirteenth nineteenth day of February A.D. 1883. personally appeared before me Josiah H. Drummond a Notary Public, in and for said County & State John Tozier of Corinth Corinth in the County of Penobscot in said State, who being duly sworn according to Law says that he, & Levi, Serge, William, Richard, Elijah and Sarah L. Tozier are the children and only Heirs of Lemuel Tozier late of Waterville in said County of Kennebec, deceased.
That said Lemuel Tozier received some pension money about the year One Thousand eight hundred & thirty two but whether he received it from the United States, or from his Attorney in procuring a pension, the Department is unable to say - but that said Lemuel served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution, as papers on file in the Department will show; and this Department is informed & believes that the name of said Lemuel was placed

on the Pension Rolls, but owing to the death of his said Attorney, or from some cause to the Deponent unknown, the said Deponent never received any pension from about said year of one thousand eight hundred & thirty two —
That said Samuel Lozier died at said Waterville, on the second day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three —
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the arrearages of Pension due the said Samuel, at the time of his death, under the laws then existing —
Subscr
John Foster
Subscribed & sworn to, on the day above written, in witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & Notarial Seal Josiah H. Drummond Notary Public

State of Maine ~
Kennebec ss. On this Eleventh day of November, A.D. 1852 - personally appeared Sarah L. Lozier before me a Notary Public in and for said County & State, Sarah L. Lozier of said Waterville in said County, who being sworn according to law says, that she, and Levi, George, John, William, Richard and Elijah Lozier are the children and only heirs of Samuel Lozier of late of said Waterville deceased -
That said Samuel Lozier received a pension in the year 1832 received  a pension as a soldier in the war of the Revolution, as papers on file in the Department will show -
That said Samuel Lozier died at said Waterville, on the second day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three -
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the arrearages of pension due said Samuel, at the time of his death, as from some cause unknown to the deponent, said Samuel did not receive the pension

to which he was entitled, under the then existing laws from about the year 1832 up to the time of his death.
That the papers showing that said Samuel was entitled to a pension are on file in the Department —
Sarah S. Lozier
Sworn to and subscribed on the day above written, in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and notarial seal
Josiah H. Drummond { Notary Public

On this fifth day of November A. D. 1853. Personally appeared Sally D. Lozier of South Berwick in the County of Waldo, before me, Josiah B. Dumond a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, who being duly sworn, says she knew Sarah Lozier, wife of Samuel Lozier, forty years ago, and was well acquainted with her up to the time of her death. That said S. D. Dumond , lived, in the family of said Samuel Lozier and Sarah Lozier at Exeter in the County of Penobscot, for some time , and was with said Sarah at times during her last sickness, and attended her funeral - and that the said Sarah Lozier died at said Exeter on the twenty fifth day of April A. D. 1803: That she recollects the month and day from the occurrence of an unusually severe snow storm immediately prece- -ding her death and funeral -
That I have frequently seen the said Samuel Lozier in Waterville, where he lived for many years preceding his death. That she has often heard the said

Laurel Losen speak of having been out as a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and of certain persons having been out with him, among them was man by the name of Abraham Poge, formerly of Belgrade, now deceased, and one Rankins. That she was intimately acquainted with the family of said Laurel having lived in his family at different times during a space of several years.
At the time of (the beginning of) my acquaintance with the family, they had but three children, two boys, twins and one girl, who died single - I know the children of said Laurel very well, some of them having lived at my father's after the death of their mother - That they were eight in number - and their names were Simon, Levi, George, John, William, Sarah, Richard and Elijah - That Simon went into the Western States, and since then has heard from, but has not been heard from Wm Rumbledge for twenty years - That George died last winter in Massachusetts. leaving a family: That all the others are now alive, having seen them all quite recently - except Elijah & John whom I have not seen for about three years, but have heard from them quite frequently.

That she is sixty eight years of age last month, and is disinterested as a witness -
attest,
J. H. Drummond } John W. Butterfield }
her Sally D. X Lorin - mark
State of Maine -
Kennebec ss. On this fifth day of November A.D. 1853. Personally appeared the above named Sally D. Lorin, and dictated the above statement by her subscribed, to me, whose statement has written by me, and then read slowly to her, and then assented to by her & sworn to again by her, before me -
And I further certify that she is a disinterested and credible witness &
Josiah H. Drummond, Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Kennebec County ss
I hereby certify that Josiah H. Drummond Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was sworn to, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace for the said County, duly authorized to administer oaths, &c and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court for said County this ninth day of January A.D. 1854 -
Y. M. Stratton, Clerk of said Court.

Full
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Jan 22
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Waterville Me.
August 16 th 1855
Dear Brother
I wish you to send, by her Samuel C. Sawyer to New York, to her W m H. Woodworth Esq. W m H. S. for that "Deposition" sent to him by "Letter" by Brother William H. Sawyer myself.
Yours truly Sarah T. Gier
E. L. Gier

FAMILY RECORD.
Record of the Births and Deaths of Lemuel Tozier's Family.
Lemuel Tozier, born August 17, 1756. Sarah Lancaster, born October 29, 1761. Married by Ezekiel Pettey, Esq. January 19, 1780.
BIRTHS.
Polly Tozier, born August 11, 1780. Simeon Tozier, born January 26, 1782. Levi Tozier, born January 31, 1784. George Tozier, born April 11, 1786. John Tozier, born February 5, 1788. *Joseph & Benjamin Tozier, born Jan'y. 11, 1790. Joseph Tozier, born November 21, 1791. William D. Tozier, born April 17, 1794. Sarah Tozier, born April 23, 1796. Richard Tozier, born April 22, 1798. Elijah Tozier, born July 29, 1800.
Deaths.
Polly Tozier died June 4, 1794, in her 14th year. Benjamin Tozier died in July, 1790, aged 8 months. *Joseph Tozier died in August, 1790, aged 9 months.

Lemuel Joyner 28.119 Private - Mass. Troops McCobb's Co. } 7 months Nixon's regt. } Lemont's Co. } 6. Nixon's regt. } 13 months.
Proof of L. Doe credible witness.
in
R. C. Vose, Augusta, me.
Lemuel Joyner
Before me, Mrs. Maria A. ...

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this 15 th day of August A. D. 1833 personally appeared in open court of Common Pleas before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Samuel Gozier a resident of Waterville in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy six (Tomorrow) 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 1775 with Captain McCobb and served in Col. Noyes's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. McCobb Capt. and Noyes Col. That he enlisted in that company and regiment as a private the first of June 1775, for what then remained of the first eight months service, being seven months, which period he fully served out & was then verbally discharged at Fort Halifax , Truro , Maine, the last of December of the same year. That he enlisted at said Fort Halifax & was under Gen. Arnold in the Canada Expedition & returned from Quebec in the Fall of 1775 to said Fort, where he completed his term of service & was discharged. That the first of January 1776, he again enlisted as a private for six months in Capt. John Lemoine's company in the same regiment, which period he fully served out at Prospect Hill , Cambridge , Massachusetts , where he was verbally discharged the last of June 1776. Having served the full term of six months. That he was born at Georgetown , Maine in 1757, where he supposes his age is recorded & that in 1771 he removed with his Father to what is now called Waterville Maine, where he lived when he entered the service & where he still lives. That he enlisted & was discharged as he has stated & his named such of his officers as he now recollects. That James Doe can testify (as he believes) to his services, & he does not know of any other person living who served with him. That he was placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and that his pension certificate is numbered  and dropped therefrom  property. That at that time he resided in  in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, and now resides in     his      has no other documentary evidence . That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State, except as aforesaid.
his Samuel Gozier mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Erkirk Whitman
Court before which these proceedings were had And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Erkirk Whitman

(2) State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Junr.  Ezekiel Whitman , before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Court Judge, in the matter of the application of Samuel Tozier for a pension. That William Ward is a Magistrate as below appears. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 11 th  Septm. day of September, A. D. 1833. J. A. Chandler Clerk
I James Doe of Burnham in the County of Waldo, aged seventy six years upwards be pensioned on the Maine roll, as well as that I have known the within named Samuel Tozier ever since his service as within stated. I knew him when he was in the Canada expedition under Capt. McCobb & having served with him fully believe he served the length of time by him within stated. Having also served with him at Cambridge I know that he served six months in Capt. Lements company as he has within stated. I have recently seen & conversed with the within named Tozier & know him to be the same man with whom I served & to be a man of veracity.
I Amys Doe
State of Maine,
SEP 10 1833
Subscribed & sworn to this 10 th day of September A.D. 1833, the deponent being a credible & disinterested witness. Before me, Wm. Ward Justice Peace.

Leanne Losen
Dispersed
very doubtful
ans: R.C. V. 20: Nov. 33, Ans: R.C. bon - Mar. 13: 34
Providence
Augusta Me

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

 REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted:
 This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies.
 As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared _____ (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
 [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an 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.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion ( g ) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, 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 _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
Proof should be procured from Rolls in office of Secy of State of Massachusetts

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you 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?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. 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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Proof of Death —

I, Eldridge L. Getchell, on oath depose and say, that I am the Town Clerk of Waterville, in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine duly chosen and sworn, that the Records of said Town are in my custody, and that in a Book of records of the deaths happening in said town, I find the following.
"Second Loring died, (in Waterville) February second, one thousand eight hundred and forty three" which is a true copy of the record except the dates which are expressed in legible words and figures thus, "February 2 nd 1843"— Waterville. Mar. 19, 1853 ~ E. L. Getchell ~ Town Clerk.
State of Maine — Kennebec ss. On this nineteenth day of March A.D. 1853, personally appeared the above named E. L. Getchell and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Statement by him subscribed before me, in Witten whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & Notarial Seal —
Josiah H. Drummond, Notary Public.

RECORDS OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MILITARY PENSION FILES
RECORD GROUP NO. 15A
PENSION FILE R 10 665 of LEMUEL TOZIER, REVOLUTIONARY WAR
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Washington: 1959

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Jan y 22 d 1834.4
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 roll of Capt. Saml. McCobb's Company, in Col. John Nixon's Regt. from May 17 th to August 1 st 1775. is found Lemuel Tozier claims for services under Capt. McCobb. Col. Nixon in 1775. but his name is not borne on the above mentioned roll. Lemuel Tozier claims for services under Capt. John Lemont in 1776. but the rolls which he describes are not found in this Office.
Edward D Bangs. Secy

1882 June 24 J. M Davis - Haverhill Mf That application made 1833 was rejected - Sent Circular that he could not prosecute
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
10,665 cont
P. O. Lemuel Tozier
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Printed list of 1852 Alleged: _____
Re-enlisted: Gives cause of res- pension: "Suspended
for further proof and specification."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Augusta, Me. March 18 th 1837,
Sir,
Semuel Tozier, an aged, infirm & exceedingly poor man, called upon me to day, & stated that he made application to you, thro' the late Mr. Rose, for a pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832, but that he never obtained a certificate, for reasons unknown to him. I well recollect the applicant, but have no recollection of the cause of the rejection of his claim, & Mr. Rose's papers throw no light upon the subject. I would therefore respectfully request to be informed what objections there are to the allowance of Mr. Tozier's claim, whose papers are in your files,
I am Sir respectfully your obedt Servt,
Col. J. L. Edwards, Comm d of Pensions, }
M c Wart h

Waterville Jan. 18. 1854 -
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is an affidavit in case of the Heirs of Lemuel Loring. I am collecting the other Evidence required, and shall forward it as soon as possible - Is this suff- icient evidence of { Yours truly, the death of Mrs Loring } J. H. D. Drummond

Power of Attorney

State of Maine
Be it known, that we Levi Tozier, George Tozier, John Tozier, William Tozier, Richard Tozier, Elijah Tozier and Sarah L. Tozier hereby appoint and authorize Josiah H. Drummond of Waterville in the State of Maine as our Attorney to prosecute the our claim as heirs of the late Samuel Tozier, for arrears of Pension due him at the time of his death -
We hereby authorize said Drummond to take all measures necessary to obtain said arrears, and to receive from the Department the Certificate, which we wish payable at any Pension Agency in Maine - In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals this eighth day of November A.D. 1852
Sarah L. Tozier
William Tozier
Levi Tozier
Richard Tozier
John Tozier

J. M. Davis, HAVERHILL, MASS. P. O. Box 502.
Application No.
Name Lemuel Tozier
Certificate No.
Name of Soldier
Revolutionary
Co.
and
Regiment
unknown
Residence
Drew Pension before Death
P. O. Address
He lived in Waterville Me
Name of Heir
Elizah S. Tozier - Son - Haverhill Mass.
Ex.
Agent or other person
J. M. Davis atty
Information Desired
If the records of the Pension Office show anything due heirs, They were once informed that there was money in Washington for them.
over see letter

28.119
Maine
Samuel Ebenezer Logier
Impounded
Ans. R. C. Vose
Mar. 13 th 1854 let to Wm. Hart Jr. 8 th
Apr. 1837
Josiah H. Drummond 27 th June 1853.
Same Oct 11. 1853.
Same July 26 1854

State of Maine -
Kennebec ss. On this nineteenth day of March A.D. 1853. personally appeared before me, Josiah H. Dummer a Notary Public, in and for said County and State William Lozer and Stephen Lozer both of said Waterville, nephew known to me as reliable witnesses and nephews of Samuel Lozer deceased, who being duly sworn say they knew Samuel Lozer more than thirty years ago, and knew Levi, George John, William, Richard, Elijah and Sarah G. Lozer, and know them all to be the reputed children of said Samuel, & know that he always acknowledged, and treated them as his children, and we have no doubt, they are his children.
That said Samuel lived in said Waterville about ten years ago, to the best of our recollection -
That we have often heard said Samuel speak of having been out as a soldier in the war of the Revolution - and have no doubt that he was out  out as he said -
That we have no interest whatever in any arrearages of pension that may be due

the heirs of said Lemuel -
Stephon Boyer William Teger
Subscribed, and sworn to before me this nineteenth day of March A. D. 1853. in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & notarial seal -
Josiah H. Drummond Notary Public.

Waterville Maine June 2, 1858
Hon L. P. Waldo.
Dear Sir,
Some time since I sent on to the Department the application of the Heirs of General Towner for arrears of pension due said General at the time of his discharge - but I have heard not received any acknowledgment of the receipt of such papers. And knowing it to be the usual course of the Department to make acknowledge the receipt of all applications, I have fears that the papers failed in reaching their destination -
Information is desired -
Yours truly, J. H. Drummond