Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,997, for James Maxwell, New Hampshire

SERVICE
N. H.
Maxwell, James
NUMBER
8.44.997
CONTENTS

12,022 R
New Hampshire
James Maxwell
of Heath in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed of the New Hampshire line, for the term of Three Years . 1777-
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month; to commence on the 7 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of June 1818 and sent to Abraham B. Long Washington N. Hampshire
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819  87.46    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Sep. 1819  48.00    10 Mo. 244      3031   $135.43  
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent Sep 19 th 1820, to David Hale Keeneport N.H.

James Mayhew private, P. 11 New-Hampshire line 7 th April, 1818.
Not found on the rolls.
77 to 80
Admitted Recd's N.H. Certificate to be sent to Abraham B. Story Esq. at Washington N.H. S Hale
Jonathan Leavitt, Esq; Judge, Greenfield, Franklin Co. Massachusetts.
Rec d . 30 th April. 1818.

11 James Maxwell a Citizen of the United States now resident in the Town of Heath in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do on oath declare that I belonged to the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War
I entered the Continental Army in June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty two as a private in the company commanded by Captain Moses Rustin in the Regiment commanded by Colonel George Root in the New Hampshire Line for the term of three years. Soon after we went into winter quarters Lieut. Joseph Potter was appointed to the command of the company. — I was afterwards shifted into a company commanded by a Captain — Bell — I remained in Captain Bell's company until as near as I can re- collect the month of July and December 1783 when I received an honorable discharge signed by Gen. Geo. Washington and was discharged at Newburgh in the State of New York
This discharge I kept in my possession for several years after the war but have not seen it or had any knowledge of it for more than twenty years
I am now in my eighty second year — am poor and in reduced circumstances in life and stand in need of assistance from my Country for support Wrote at Greenfield in the County Commonwealth aforesaid this seventh day of April A.D. 1818
Attest. Saml. Wells
James Maxwell

Commonwealth of Massachusetts — Franklin ss — April 7 th A.D. 1818 — Then personally appeared James Maxwell known to the within declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same — Before me Josiah H. L. Leavitt Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas —
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss — I Daniel Prugg of Beath in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid one of the Selectmen of said Town do hereby certify and say that according to the best of my knowledge James Maxwell signer to the foregoing declaration is poor and in needy circumstances and stated in need of assistance from his Country for support — April 7 th A.D. 1818 —
Given to the day & year last aforesaid Daniel Prugg By James Joseph Leavitt Judge of said
To the Secretary of the Department of War — The Subscriber Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which includes the County of Franklin aforesaid do hereby certify that from the testimony aforesaid it appears to my satisfac- tion that the aforesaid James Maxwell served in the Revolutionary War against the Common Enemy as he has set forth in his declaration aforesaid and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assis- tance from his Country for support —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the Court aforesaid this seventh day of April. A.D. 1818 — Josiah Leavitt

James Maxwell
12.022
Sept. 1879.
C.A.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CHESHIRE COUNTY ss.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
ON this eighteenth day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court
being a court of record for said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, James Maxwell aged eighty four years, resident in Claremont in said county, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:
{ 1782 1783 } that he served 13 months in the years { 1882 & 1883 } in capt Isaac Dutton's Company in the second New Hampshire Regiment commanded by col. George Reid
The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the ninth day of April 1818 The number of my pension certificate is 12022
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 8th 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. whatever
or in other words, that he has no income or property - that his occupation is farming that he is unable to labor, and that he has no family
his James T. Maxwell mark
Sworn to and declared at Newport  1820 day of July 1820 before
R Vose { Judge of said Court, in said County, on the

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 _____ dollars and _____ cents!
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 25 day of July A. D. 1820
S. Hale

S.F. 44997
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of James Maxwell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1782 July 1783 Pvt. Moses Dustin St. Joseph Potter Roll George Reid N.H.                                  
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Washington, Cheshire Co. N.H. Date of application for pension, Apr. 7, 1818. This cl. was also Residence at date of application, Heath, Franklin County, Mass. Age at date of application, 81 yrs. Date & place of birth not stated Remarks: In 1820 soldier was a resident of Claremont N.H. There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1922 Apr. 12 Hist. to Mrs. C. F. Hatherell.
44997 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 44997
James Maxwell Priv. Res., War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index: —Vol. 3 , Page 308
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Jonathan Brockway of Washington in the County of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire aged eighty one, do testify and say, that I have lived in said Washington for forty six years last past, that I was well acquainted with James Maxwell who lived in said Washington when I moved into said Town, and he continued to live in said Washington until sometime after the close of the Revolutionary War, excepting that part of the time which he served as a Soldier in the War -
In the year 1782 as near as I can recollect the Town of Washington were called upon to furnish two Soldiers for the Continental Service for three years; and immediately arrangements were made by the Town to raise the men: and I know that James Maxwell above named was one of the men who was sent into the Continental Service on that occasion: I am well satisfied that it was in the summer of the year 1782 that said Maxwell went into the Continental Service for three years when said Maxwell marched from Washington Town with him to Charlestown in New Hampshire

and there saw him pass muster and join the company of a Captain whose name I do not recollate, who was then at Charlestown on the recruiting service. - I returned home and left said Mansell at Charlestown after he had joined the company there: after that time I do not recollate hearing from said Mansell until he returned from the Service in the summer or fall of the year 1783. Then said Mansell returned to Washington (the War then being over.) dressed in a Continental Uniform: and I have no doubt but that the said Mansell served faithfully from the time he went into the Service until the end of the War; he sustained the character of a good, faithful man and soldier.
January 13 th 1819. Jonathan Brooks

State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss
On the fifteenth day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, at Washington in said County of Cheshire, the before named Jonathan Brockway came personally before me, and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition, by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth of what he knows, relative to the case for which it is taken. And I do further certify that the before named Jonathan Brockway is well known by me: that he is a man of veracity; and that his testimony is entitled to full credit.
Abraham B Story } Justice of the Peace } within and for the } County of Cheshire } in the State of } New Hampshire
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Courts in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire do certify that the foregoing is the signature of Abraham B Story who is a Justice of the Peace in said County, & that no seal is used by the County Court in said County.
S. Hale

I William Proctor of Washington in the County of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire, aged seventy two: testify and say that I have lived in said Washington ever since the year 1774, and am well acquainted with James Mearswell who had lived in said Washington about one year before I moved into said Washington and continued to live in said Town for some years after the close of the Revolutionary war.
In the year 1782 the Town of Washington was called upon by the Government, to furnish two men for the Continental Service for three years: I was appointed by the Town, one of the commissioners to see that the two men were raised and sent into the Service, and I do know that the above named James Mearswell was one of the men who was sent from Washington into the Continental Service on that occasion. He left Washington to go into the Service in the month of June 1782: while Mearswell was absent from Washington I frequently had letters and other information from the Army; and frequently heard that said Mearswell was in the Army, and that he served as a good and faithful Soldier: in the latter part of the summer or beginning of Autumn 1783 said Mearswell returned from the Service to his family in

Washington (He was then being attacked) when he returned he was dressed in a contaminated uniform:
And soon after he returned he was at my house - and showed me his discharge from the Army. I well recollect seeing and reading his discharge and that it was signed by Gen. Geo. Washington since that time the said Maxwell has told me that he has lost his discharge and cannot find it.
January. 13. 1819.
William Proctor
State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss }
On the thirteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen at Washington in said County of Cheshire. The above named William Proctor, commonly known by me, and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition, by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth, of what he knows relative to the cause for which it is taken. And I do further certify that the above named William Proctor is well known to me; that he is a man of veracity,

And that his testimony is intitled to full credit
Abraham B. Story } a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire
I Salma Hale clerk of the Courts in the County of Cheshire state of New Hampshire certify that Abraham B. Story is a Justice of the Peace in said county, that the fore- going is his signature, that no particular impression is used as a seal by the county Court for said county
S. Hale

17.52
Rec
3 Puritan Ave Dorchester Mass March 13 1922
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir- Please send me the record of James Maxwell who died in Claremont N.H. in 1823 a89 Placed on Roll 1818 (I think) Service in N.H. I particularly want his birthplace ,
Also- Moses Jackson who died in Claremont N.H. 1824 (or 1824 a 62) (Placed on Roll 1818 (?)) Service in Mass Line
Also Sarah [Maxwell] Jackson wife of Moses Jackson who died at Claremont N.H. 1846 Was on list of 1840 a 70 I particularly want birthplaces and names of parents !
I understand that in making application for pension it was necessary to give birthplace.
Sincerely yours
Fannie L. Wetherell
Mrs C. F. Wetherell 3 Puritan Ave Dorchester Mass Boston 21