Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6,553, Aaron Willard, Mass.

SERVICE
mass.
Willard, Aaron Anna
NUMBER _____
W 6553
B. L. N. 9045-160-55-
CONTENTS

8094 4
New Hampshire
Aaron Willard
of Montpelier in the state of N. Hampshire who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bigelow of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 of July 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Feb 1819 and sent to Nathan Parker Esq. Fitz William New Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 64.51 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1819 48.
$ 112.51
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
Information sent July 14th 1820 to John D. Hale Esq. State House New Hampshire

584 New Hampshire (enc.)
Anna Willard, widow of Aaron Willard Maj who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1818.
3 rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of May 1853
and sent to
L. D. Stevens Concord N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 22, 1818, Page 23. Vol. A
1818
G. H. Starkweather, (Acting Pension Clerk) May 24/58

71.9703 Act March 3/55 April 16 "
Anna Willard, Widow of Aaron Willard, Spin-
Private in the Revolutionary War Applicant is a Pensioner under Act 30/1843
Map: Cont. line,
No: 160 ac, Oct: 20/1855, N.Y. July 53- SRA
Bogota
J. Starkweather Keene N.H.
Vol. No. 7.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Office of Secretary of State.
I, JOHN L. HADLEY, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Sabin Baker is an acting Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Cheshire duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 1 st day of November 1841 and will expire on the 17 th day of September 1864 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State, this 24 th day of March 1853.
John L. Hadley Secretary of State.

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord.
March 24, 1853.
I hereby certify, That at the dates of the annexed attestations George F. Harkness and Lewis Campbell were Justices of the Peace for the county of Cheshire
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their 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 State, the date above written.
John G. Headley Secretary of State.

State of New Hampshire, County of Cheshire S.S. On this fifteenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three, 1853, personally appeared before me, the Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Cheshire & State aforesaid, Anna Millard a resident of Marlborough in said County and State, aged Seventy five years, who being 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 February 3, 1853. That she is the widow of Aaron Millard who was a private in the war of the Revolution, That at his death he was in receipt of a pension from the United States at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum payable at the Concord N.H. pension Agency.
She further swears that she was married to the said Aaron Millard on the Eleventh day of March in the year eighteen hundred and thirteen, 1813, in the town of Marlborough aforesaid, That her name before her said marriage was Anna Lawrence, That her aforesaid husband Aaron Millard, died in Marlborough on the ninth day of February A.D. 1843. That she was married at the time above stated and was a widow at the passage of the act, and is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for a pension.
Witness G.F. Starkweather
Anna her X Millard mark
Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court before me the day and year first above written, and I certify that said Anna Millard is a respectable resident of this County, and the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration.
Larkin Baker Judge of Probate.

We Benjamin Whitney and Emery Cudworth both of Marlborough in the County of Cheshire New Hampshire depose and say that Anna Willard who is making application for pension under the Act of Feb. 3, 1853, was on the said date and still is the widow of Aaron Willard deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner. We further swear that Aaron Willard her aforesaid husband died at the time she stated, to wit, on the ninth day of February A.D. 1843, and that we are not interested in the result of her application for pension.
Benjamin Whitney
Emery Cudworth
Cheshire ss. Subscribed and sworn to before me March 15, 1853. And I certify that I am disinterested in this case -
Lewis Campbell
Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire, County of Cheshire — Town of Marlborough.
March Eleventh eighteen hundred and thirty three then joined in the bond of Matrimony Mr Aaron Willard to Miss Anna Lawrence, for me Phinehas Farrar Just Peace A true record of the return Jonas Frost Town Clerk
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows:—
March 11. 1813.
William Boyden Town Clerk
I William Boyden above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the above named as certified by me.
William Boyden Clerk of said town.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this 21 st twenty first day of March A.D. 1853.
George F. Starkweather Justice of the Peace.

50 Aaron Willard
Value 302.50 Marlboro
8894
all paid
Sep 1819

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CHESHIRE COUNTY ss.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
ON this ninth day of July 1820 personally appeared  in open Court before the Justices of said 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, Saron Willard aged Sixty three years, resident in Nashborough in said county, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: viz. that I was enlisted on the second day of May  A. 1779 in the company of Infantry commanded by Jonathan Hodgkins  : Col. Timothy Biglow's Regiment in the Mass. line of Continental  troops that I was in the battles of Stillwater and Monmouth & at Rhode  Island and Fort Sullivan and that I was regularly discharged at  Concord May 20 1780
The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the third day of July, 1818. The number of my duplicate pension certificate is P. 094 the
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. My assessment is that of a farmer the number  of my family resident with me is four viz. my wife Anna  aged forty three years my son William Lawrence aged 20 -  James Lawrence aged 13. unable to contribute any thing towards  his support in consequence of suffering under the toothache  and my daughter Eliza Willard aged 5 years -
And I further state that I am owing at this day one hundred dollars more than I owe due to me
Saron Willard
Sworn to and declared at Keene in said County, on the
ninth day of July 1820 before
R. Chase { Judge of said Court.
I, SALMA HALE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Cheshire, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are 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  three hundred two dollars and fifty cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this eighth day of July
A. D. 1820
S. Hale

SCHEDULE,
Of the whole estate (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) and income of Saron Willard of Marlborough in the County of Cheshire and State of Newhampshire, Applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of May 1st, 1820.
Personal property
  One house valued at - - - - - $ 60. 00   one yoke working oxen - - - - - 65 00   five cows average value $ 15 - - - - - 75 00   1 2 year old heifer - - 10 - - - - - 10 00   3 cattle 1 year old 5 each - - - - - 15 00   6 sheep with their lambs - - - - - 12 00   3 calves this season - 12/ each - - - - - 6 00   2 swine worth 24/ each - - - - - 8 00   1 old cart worth 48/ - - - - - 8 00   2 do ploughs - 12/ each - - - - - 4 - 00   shovels pitch - rucks axes &c - - - - - 10 00   Carpenter's tools chest for the same - - - - - 4 00   Chests tables and chairs - - - - - 10 00   Earthen and stockey ware &c - - - - - 3 - 00   old wash tubs pails &c - - - - - 3 - 00   Iron ware - - - - - 5 50   ox yokes chains horse chains &c - - - - - 4 00   Saron Willard  Saron Willard $ 302, 50 
We the Subscribers testify and say, that we have viewed the property contained in the above Schedule, shewn to us by above named, as his property; and are of opinion that the sums set against the respective items are their true value.
Cheshire ss. appeared, above named, and made oath to the truth of the above statement, by them subscribed. Before me,
182 Personally Justice of the Peace.
I certify, that named, are disinterested and credible witnesses.
above Justice of the Peace.

Aaron Willard late Declaration pamph Col Bigelow's Ref. Massachusetts Line 1777-37 years A

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CHESHIRE SS.
On this third day of July 1818, before me the sub- scriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for said County, per- sonally appears Aaron Willard aged sixty years, resident in Marlborough in the said County, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in or- der 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 Willard on the second day of May 1777 enlisted in Leicester , in the state of Massachusetts , in the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Hadkins of the Regiment Infantry in the land service of the United States on the Continental establishment commanded by Col. Timothy Bigelow in the Massachusetts line in the Revolutionary war that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the 24th of May 1780 , when he was discharged from ser- vice in Worcester state of Massachusetts ; that he was in the battles of Stillwater, Saratoga, Monmouth, and on Rhode Island under Gen. Sullivan 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. except the certificate of the Secy of Massachusetts State hereunto annexed Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Nahum Parker
I, Nahum Parker Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Aaron Willard did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, a- gainst the common enemy, for nine months on the continental establishment; and is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support 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 aforemen- tioned act of Congress.
July 3.
1818
Nahum Parker
I, Salma Hale Clerk of the Court of Com- mon Pleas for the County of Cheshire, hereby certify, that the Hon. Nahum Par- ker, whose proper hand is above subscribed, is one of the Justices of said Court, du- ly commissioned, and that no particular impression is used as a seal by said Court.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed a seal in usual form as used by said Court, this 3rd day of July , A. D. 1818
S. Hale

Woomoon th of Mass ts Secretary's Dept. June 30 th 1818
I hereby certify, that Aaron Willard served as a private Soldier in Capt. Hodgkins Company, Col t Bigelow's Regiment, raised in the American army in the war of the revolution, (said Regiment being a part of the Massachusetts Line & on the Continental establishment) from May 2 d . 1777 to 24 th of May 1780; as appears by an official regimental list or roll of said Regiment, now remaining in this office.
Holden Bradford Secy. of Common th

Anna Willard's Claim
March 3, 1853
71,970

State of New Hampshire.
CHESHIRE COUNTY.
I Leonard Bisco, CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas, of said State for said County, do hereby certify that William Boyden
before whom the annexed declaration and affidavit were made was at the date thereof, as Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly authorized by law to take depositions and administer oaths, and that his signature thereto are genuine, in my belief
In witness whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, this thirtieth day of March 1855
Leonard Bisco Clerk.

We Emery Cudworth and Ezekiel Cudworth residents of Marlborough in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that Anna Willard signed & acknowledged the attached declaration in our presence and from her statements and appearance we believe her to be the identical person she represents herself to be. we further declare that she is a widow, and that her husband Aaron Willard, with whom she lived as his lawful wife, is dead & died on the ninth day of Feby A.D. 1843 as we believe.
Emery Cudworth Ezekiel Cudworth Jr.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this thirtieth day of March 1855 and I certify that I know said affiants to be credible persons, I have no interest in this claim.
William Boyden Justice of the Peace

Anna Willard

State of New Hampshire.
County of Cheshire SS. On this thirtieth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appearing before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for the State and County aforesaid, Anna Willard aged Seventy seven years, a resident of Marlborough in the State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical person to whom a certificate to whom a Land Warrant, No. _____ for _____ acres was issued under
the provisions of the act of Congress, passed September 28, 1850, for service in the war of 1812, in the Company of _____ for pension for ninety six dollars per annum. issued under the act of Feb. 3. 1853. That she is the widow of Aaron Willard who was a private in the war of the Revolution and served more than six months & was honorably discharged. She further declares that she hereby irrevokably constitutes and appoints G. F. Stark her true and lawful attorney to prosecute her claim for Bounty Land under the act hereinafter mentioned,
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the _____ bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act passed March 3, 1855 . That she has not heretofore applied for nor received Bounty Land. That she was married to said Aaron Willard on the eleventh day of March A.D. 1813 and that he died Feb. 9, 1848. That she receives a pension of ninety six dollars per year, and refers to her evidence on file under said act of Feb. 3. 1853. and to the Roll of pensioners under said act, Page 23. Vol. A. to corroborate her statement. That she is still a widow.
Attest, Emery Cudworth  Anna X Willard Ebenezer Cudworth Jr. mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me. And I hereby certify that I believe the said Anna Willard to be the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration, and of the age above stated. I have no interest in this claim.
William Boyden Justice of the Peace.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Aaron Willard , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. 71.6553
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 2, 1777 Private Jonathan Hodgkins Timothy Bigelow Mass.   dischg May 24, 1780.                              
Battles engaged in, Pittsfield, Saratoga, Monmouth + Rhode Island. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Date of application for pension, July 3, 1818. His claim was alld. Residence at date of application, Marlborough, N.H. Age at date of application, sixty years.
Remarks: sol. mar. Marlboro, N.H. Mch. 11, 1813 Anna Lawrence.  In 1820 he ref to: He died Feb. 9, 1843 + she was alld. pens. on her  appln. etc. Mch. 15, 1853, while 75 yrs. of age + a resident of  Marlborough.
Put this after marriage
1820 { his dau. Eliza Willard at 5 yrs. wife Anna at 43 yrs. + sons William Lawrence 20 yrs. Jonas " 13 yrs.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1915 Jan. 21. Hist. to Charles H. Pope, 4.
Key WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6553
Anna Willard
Wid.
Aaron Willard
Beth. Res. Wac
Act: 1818
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 339
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Restored
1 st Feby 1827.
commz 11 January 1827. at the 8 per month. an. notification sent to Sir Chamberlain Esq Fitzwilliam. at H.
(Sept 1849)

9045
} 160 cans

Aaron Willard
23 March 1819

Aaron Willard APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. County of Cheshire, ss.
ON this twentysixth day of May 1820; before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Cheshire, personally appeared Aaron Willard who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Jonathan Holmgren in the regiment commanded by Colonel Timothy Bigelow in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Hampshire; that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the seventh day of March, 1820, was delivered to Nahum Parker, Esquire, accompanied with a power of attorney, authorising Amos A. Parker to receive the money due on said Certificate the 4th of March last; and that he believes said Certificate is now lost, by being stolen from said Attorney on the night after the 15th of April 1820 by which he has lost his certificate Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Nahum Parker  Aaron Willard Jus. Peace.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. Cheshire ss.
ON this 24th day of May — 1820, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Cheshire, personally appeared Amos A. Parker, and made oath that the abovementioned Certificate was stolen from his possession on the night of the 15th of April, 1820, and has not since been recovered. Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } Amos A. Parker the day and year aforesaid. }
Nahum Parker Jus. Peace.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. Cheshire ss.
I, Salma Hale, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature in and for said County, certify that Nahum Parker is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned, and the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 30th day of May 1820.
S. Hale Clerk.

52 Lee St., Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 13, 1915.
Dear Sir :-
You have helped me so much I am emboldened to ask still further help in clearing up the history of some of my genealogical problems .
N. 65533 AARON WILLARD, residing in Cheshire county, N.H. in 1819, received a pension ;was dropped for technical reasons and restored in 1827. of Marlborough, N.H. in 1840.
N. 2388 ELI WILLARD, Sullivan county, N.H. placed on pension roll in 1832.
S. 44,068 HUMPHREW WILLARD, residing in Coos county, N.H. received pension April 1, 1818, for service in Mass. continental line, ae. 69; said to have died Feb. 14, 1822 .
$360 - Half pay 1816. MOSES T. WILLARD, who had served in the 11th N.H. Infantry ( possibly in the War of 1812 ) was a pensioner; died July 25, 1814, leaving heirs mentioned in Rockingham county, N.H.
It will be a great favor if you will give me whatever points of parentage, residence, date of birth, place of birth, family, which are given in the papers relating to the above .
Yours Respectfully,
Charles Henry Pope.

Ph: 29 th July, 48, Nat H.
Boston.

No. 71970
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 16, 1855.
Aaron Hillard Rev. Har
Warrant 9045-160-55
Y. F. Starkweather Keene N.H.

I William Barron of Troy in the county of Grafton & State of New Hampshire, depose and say, that for four years previous to April, 1826. Aaron Willard of said Troy rented a farm of me, in Troy aforesaid. The two first years at sixty dollars per year and the other two years at fifty four dollars per year. In March last the said Willard was owing me a balance of one hundred & seven dollars forty nine cents. At that time I pur- chased of said Willard in payment of said balance, one horse for thirty dollars. one yoke of oxen for 50 dol- lars. and two cows & seven sheep for the balance of my demand. Said Willard had two cows, and no other stock left at that time. Said Willard lives on a farm adjoining the one I own & live upon and I have been intimately acquainted with his affairs and business ever since he became my tenant, and I know of no means which he had to pay my debt, except by the property he turned out to me. Three years ago the present fall, said Willard sent a pair of fat oxen to the market, and paid me fifty dollars out of the proceeds towards rent. A year afterwards he paid me thirty five dollars more, the proceeds of another pair of oxen, sent to Market. Two years ago last spring I bought a cow of said

Willard for twenty two dollars. The said Willard is now sixty nine years old, and since he has been on my farm, his property, as well as his capacity for earning a subsistence has been gradually diminishing. The first yoke of oxen the horse and the cow last mentioned, were a part of the stock men- tioned in the schedule of said Willard's property, forwarded to the War Department in July 1820. Wm Farrar
State of New Hampshire } Grafton County ss. } Be it remembered that on the second day of December A.D. 1826. William Farrar, above named, subscribed to, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition.
Before me Levi Chamberlain, Justice of the Peace I certify that the above named William Farrar is a credible and disinterested witness
Levi Chamberlain Jus. Peace
Grafton ss. January 11. 1827
I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial Court in said county certify that Levi Chamberlain is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county & that the foregoing are his signatures. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of the Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale

Aaron Willard
Return to Levi Chamberlain Fitzwilliam N.H.

DECLARATION,
In order to be restored to the Pension List, under the Act of the 1st March, 1823.
State of New-Hampshire.
County of Cheshire ss. Court of Common Pleas  March Term 1826
On this twenty third day of March 1826, personally appeared in open court, [being a court of record held within and 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 their proceedings]
Aaron Willard
resident in said county, aged 68 years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he, the said Aaron Willard enlisted for the term of 3 years on the Second day of May in the year 1777 in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Jonas Holkins in the regiment commanded by colonel Timothy Bigelow in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until May Second 1780 when he was discharged from the said service, in Worcester in the state of Massachusetts that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt therefrom on account of his property.
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1st May, 1820, I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) 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.
Schedule of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, owned by Aaron Willard
   Two Cows. 36.00 brought up - - - - - 79.02   one ox yoke 1.00 Earthen & Crackery Ware 3.00   2 Shovels & Dungfork 1.40 old casks, tubs & pails - 3.00   1 pair horse harness 1.50 Iron Ware - - - - - 5.50   1 plough - - - - - 3.00 90.52   4 pitch forks - - - - - .67   1 old cart - - - - - 8.00   2 Chains - - - - - 2.00   1 Shoal - - - - - 4.00   3 axes, bottle rings & wedges 1.00   Iron bar - - - - - 1.25   Scythe rake & hoe - - - 1.20   Grindstone - - - - - 1.00   Carpenter tools & Chest 4.00   Chests Tables & drawers 10.00   79.02  
Aaron Willard

An account of property exhibited in the first schedule and not now owned by the applicant.
   Articles sold. Names of persons to whom sold. Time of sale. Amount of money, or description of property, received in return.     One horse William Farrar March 1. 1826 $30. in payment of a debt   1 yoke of oxen Sold in Brighton Market for $80.00 in 1821 and the money paid to William Lawrence for a debt.   3 Cows one to William Farrar in 1824 - $22. in payment for rent   two to William Farrar March 1. 1826 $32 in payment for a debt   1 Two year old Killed & consumed in the family -   3 yearlings Sold to Calvin Norton in 1820. To pay Doctors bill & hired help   6 Sheep Sold to W m Farrar March 1. 1826 $12. to pay a debt   2 Swine consumed in the family   1 Calf Killed & consumed in the family    It is not possible for me To recollect precisely the time when some of the articles mentioned in my former Schedule were disposed of or for what sum - My occupation is that of a husband man, and for four years past I have rented a Farm in Troy N.H. belonging to Colonel William Farrar, and as Occasion has required I have consumed such articles of personal property as I could spare, I am now Sixty eight years old - and by reason of my advanced age am not able to do half a common mans work - my Family consists Anna Willard my wife aged 49, who by reason of the dropsy has been under the care of Physicians for 4 years past - and is intirely unable to earn a Substance - Jonas Lawrence her son aged 19 years able to work but little by reason of a sore leg - Eliza Willard my daughter aged 11 years troubled with a Scarfaceous Complaint -
Aaron Willard
Sworn to, and declared, on the twenty third day of before
March A.D. 1826 before
A Livermore. Ch. J. Jonah Butler J. attest. S. Hale clerk
I, Selma Hale clerk of the Court aforesaid do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the court, that the said Aaron Willard did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is ninety dollars and fifty two cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this tenth day of April 1826
S. Hale
Clerk of the Court of the Count aforesaid of

Concord N.H. March 28 1853.
Sir
Herewith forward you the application of Anna Willard widow of Aaron Willard for Pension under the Act of February 3d 1853.
Very Respectfully, Your Obt Servt L. D. Stevens
Hon L. P. Waldo Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Willard

Brief in the case of Anna Willard, Widow of Aaron, Cheshire County and State of New Hampshire, act 3 d of February, 1853,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under act 18 th March 1818, & Cont d
Marriage proven by Certif'd Copy of the record of the same,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
S. D. Stevens, Esq., Concord, N. H.
Name and residence of Agent
E. C. Brapton,
Examining Clerk.

Anna Billard Claim
By her Attorney G. F. Starkweather, Keene N.H.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Cheshire SS. Probate Office.
I, CALVIN MAY, JR., Register of the Court of Probate for said County, do certify that Nelson Converse  whose  whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing Certificate of acknowledgment  acknowledgment , was at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to take such acknowledgment  acknowledgment and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such Justice.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court, at Keene, this Third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Eight
Calvin May Jr.

State of New Hampshire
County of Cheshire ss - On this seventeenth day of June A.D. 1858 before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cheshire and State aforesaid, personally appeared Anna Willard, and made both under oath of law, that she is the widow of Aaron Willard who was a Private Soldier in the war of the Rebellion and that she is now receiving from the United States a pension at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum, under the 2 d Section of the Act of February 3 d 1853. That she asks for such arrears of her pension as she may be entitled to under any and all Acts and Resolutions of Congress, applicable to her case. That she is now a resident of Marlborough in said State, and remains a widow -
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George H. Hall
Anna Willard
William G. Cummings
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me, and I certify that the said Anna Willard is the identical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit, & that she is a widow and that I am not interested.
William G. Cummings, Justice of the Peace.