Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7879, for Samuel Jackson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Jackson, Samuel Mercy
A 7879 B.L.W. 30763-160-55
CONTENTS

Maine 11. 528
Samuel Jackson of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine who was a P t in the Company commanded by Captain Diller of the Reg t commanded by Col. M c Intosh in the Mass s Ways Troops . . . . .
7 No 18 V 3 P 2 25. 30
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 25 Dollars 30 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of May and sent to 1833 J d H o rr. Day, M c
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 50. 60.
semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 17. 65
$ 63. 25
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. P. Sprague Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 24

State of Maine. } ss. County of Franklin.
On this sixteenth day of June, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mercy Jackson aged eighty two years, a resident of Jay, County of Franklin, in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Samuel Jackson late of said Jay, deceased, who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, that her husband, Samuel Jackson was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of June 7, 1832. at $25,30 per annum, And that the said Mercy Jackson received her certificate of Pension at the rate of $25,30 per annum, date the twenty first day of January, A. D. 1854. No 3485. She refers to the evidence furnished by her husband the said Samuel Jackson, on his Original application for a pension for the proof of his Service, also the evidence she furnished in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by an act of Congress passed February 3 d 1853. for the benefit of widows of revolutionary soldiers.
She further states that she was married to the said Samuel Jackson in Jay aforesaid, on the eleventh day of November A. D. 1816, by Rev. Joseph Adams a Minister of the Gospel settled over a Baptist Church & Society in said town of Jay. and that her name before her marriage was Mercy Macomber; that her said husband died at Jay on the twelfth day of April A. D. 1837. and that 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.
her Mercy X Jackson
We Jacob Macomber and John Heller of Jay, County of Franklin in the State of Maine, upon our Oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed

and was acknowledged by Mercy Jackson, widow of Samuel Jackson late of say aforesaid, deceased, in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, having been personally acquainted with her for upwards of thirty years past that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that she is now a widow.
Chabod Macomber
John Miller
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first written; and I certify that I know the applicants to be credible and respectable citizens; that the claimant is the person she represents her self to be, and that I have no interest in this claim,
James Parr. Justice of the Peace
Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these Presents, That I Mercy Jackson of say, in the County of Franklin and State of Maine, widow, do hereby constitute and appoint Aruna Holmes Esq r of say aforesaid my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounties and Certificates or Warrants due me under existing laws granting Bounties and Certs to the Officers and Soldiers or their Widows and minor heirs, for services rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose of said, to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises, as much so as if personally
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and Seal this
day of June A.D. 1855
Mercy Jackson mark
Acknowledged and subscribed before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Franklin and State of Maine, in Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this sixteenth day of June A.D. 1855; James Parr Justice of the Peace
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Town Clerks Office Jay Maine
Rev Joseph Adams gives notice that he has joined the following persons in Marriage, viz. One thousand eight hundred and sixteen, November eleventh, Mr Samuel Jackson to Miss Mercy M c omber both of Jay. Attest, James Starr Jr Town Clerk I hereby certify that the above is a true extract from and copy of the Records, of the Town of Jay with the exception of the date which are expressed in fair legible letters and figures as follows, viz. 1816. Nov. 11, Silas Jones Jr Clerk of the Town of Jay Samuel Jackson Died April Twelfth one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
I Silas Jones Jr Clerk of the Town of Jay in the County of Franklin and State aforesaid do hereby certify that I held the Office of Clerk of said Town of Jay and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named and certified by me Silas Jones Jr Clerk of the Town of Jay
STATE OF MAINE
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, SS.-
I, Isaac Dyer for the County of Franklin, hereby certify that
Clerk of all the Judicial Courts holden within and
James Starr
Esquire before whom the annexed proceedings were had, and who has thereto affixed his genuine signature was at the time of so doing and now is a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Franklin, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts done as aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court, at Farmington, this twenty first day of June
Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Isaac Dyer Clerk

Town Clerk's Office Jay Maine
Rev. Joseph Adams gives notice that he has joined the following persons in Marriage, viz. One thousand eight hundred and sixteen, November eleventh, Mr Samuel Jackson to Miss Mercy Moore both of Jay. Attest, James Starr Jr. Town Clerk. I hereby certify that the above is a true extract from and copy of the Records, of the Town of Jay with the exception of the date which are expressed in fair legible letters and figures as follows, viz. 1816. Nov. 11, Silas Jones Jr. } Clerk of the Town of Jay. Samuel Jackson Died April Twelfth one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
I Silas Jones Jr. Clerk of the Town of Jay in the County of Franklin and State aforesaid depose and say that I hold the Office of Clerk of said Town of Jay and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named and certified by me. Silas Jones Jr. } Clerk of the Town of Jay
(I Silas Jones Jr. above named, depose and say, that I hold the Office of Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Jay, with the exception above named, as certified by me.)
State of Maine } ss. June 19, 1855. County of Franklin }
Subscribed and sworn before me.
James Starr Justice of the Peace.
Copies made duplicates

3485.
Maine
Mercy Jackson widow of Samuel Jackson Maj who served in the Revolutiona-
ry war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25 Dollars 30
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 21 st day of Jany 54 and sent to
James Star Gay, Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 5, Vol. W,

180620
Act 3 March June 29/55
Mercy Jackson, Wid. of Samuel Jackson, Pri.
M ch 30 1855
Revolutionary War
Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 - Certificate dated 21 st January 1854 - N o 3485.
Me Feb. 5 1855 W: H. O. A. C. for 14/86 B. M. B.
1855
Anna Holmes Say Franklin Maine
Vol 1. page 5.

Seamus Jackson
1900s
v

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Clarendon SS
ON this 19 th day of September A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Sessions now sitting, Samuel Jackson a resident of Say in the county of Sagadahoc and State of Maine, aged 60 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That to his knowledge
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Sam Jackson
Berlin
Stephen Emory, Judge

see the subscription of Jay & Coanton in the County of Oxford & State of Maine
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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. He adducing the Certificate of Edward D. Bangs, Secretary of State for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, hereto annexed, in corroboration of his own declaration.
Stephen Emery, Judge
1 Joseph G. Cole Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Jackson for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17th day of September A. D. 1832.
CLERK.
Joseph G. Cole Register

Samuel Salkin Maine
Admitted
7 mo 1889
$25.30
19006
Mr Starr
Lay Mr

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Jackson  60. of Oxford  in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68  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.     State service Spring. In 1798 enlisted 1 private Gen. Capt Miller   " " 18. " " Col. M c Intosh   US service 1780 " ✓ 6 " Capt Storer or Stowell Col. Jackson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Midlesex State of Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? (Document)  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? There are no witnesses of any kind 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Sayton
Examining Clerk.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 7, 1830, and any subsequent act granting Pensions to Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers.
State of Maine.
Franklin County S.S.
On the third day of January 1854 personally appeared before the open Court of Probate for said County of Franklin, it being a Court of Record, Mercy Jackson a resident of Jay in the said County of Franklin, aged eighty one 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 of an Act of Congress passed February third 1853, and other acts passed for the benefit of Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers. That she is the Widow of Samuel Jackson late of the said Town of Jay who was a private Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, that her said husband was pensioned under the act of June 7, 1832, at $25,30 per annum, that his Certificate of pension was dated the fifteenth day of May 1833, she refers to the evidence furnished by him on his Original application for a pension for the proof of his service.
She further declares that she was married to said Samuel Jackson on the eleventh day of November 1816, that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Jackson
died the twelfth day of April 1837. her
Witness. J. W. Dinsmore Sam l Belcher
Mercy X Jackson mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the application as Attorney, agent, or otherwise -
Sam l Belcher Judge of Probate for the County of Franklin.

State of Maine. County of Franklin } G. I do hereby certify, that Hon. Samuel Belcher, whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate, was at the date of the same Judge of the Court of Probate held in and for said County, (a Court of Record,) duly commissioned & sworn -
Witness my hand and seal of said court This third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
P. A. Dinsmore,
Register of the Court of Probate for Franklin Co.

I Elijah Jackson of Jay in the County of Franklin State of Maine, aged 59 years, depose and say, That I am the son of Samuel Jackson a Revolutionary Pensioner late of said Jay deceased, That I was present when my Father, the said Samuel Jackson was married to Mercy Mearns, (his second wife) on the eleventh day of November 1816, by Rev Joseph Adams, then a settled ordained Minister of the Gospel over a Calvinist Baptist Church and Society in Jay aforesaid, and they were the same persons named in the declaration of Mercy Jackson for a Pension herunto annexed (but not signed.)
Elijah Jackson
State of Maine } Franklin County } ss
Sworn to and subscribed on this second day of January 1854.
Before me James Parr Justice of the Peace
I Alvarus F. Adams of Jay in the County of Franklin State of Maine, aged 89 years, depose and say, that I am the son of Rev. Joseph Adams late of said Jay deceased, that my Father, the said Joseph Adams was a settled ordained Minister of the Gospel over a Calvinist Baptist Church & Society in Jay about thirty five years, that I lived in his family and in the house with him until his decease, that he kept a book of records of the marriages that he solemnized, which I was familiar with in his lifetime, and the same record has remained in my possession since his decease, there is the following record in said Book, "1816. November 11. Mr. Samuel Jackson to Mercy Mearns, both of Jay" .. a true extract from said Clergyman's record of marriages.
Alvarus F. Adams
State of Maine } Franklin County } ss.
Sworn to and subscribed this second day of January 1854.
Before me James Parr Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Franklin County ss. I Isaac Dyer Clerk of all the Judicial Courts for said State in the County aforesaid, hereby certify that James Starr Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to, was at the date thereof a justice of the Peace duly authorized to administer Oaths and that the signature thereto written purporting to be his is genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County at Farmington this third day of January A.D. 1854
Isaac Dyer } Clerk of said Court
State of Maine Franklin County, Clerks Office, Town of Jay,
I Silas Jones Jr of Jay, hereby certify, that I am Clerk of the Town of Jay and have been about Twenty one years, have in my possession the Public Records of the Town of Jay, commencing in the year 1795 the time of the incorporation of the Town, I find in a return of Marriages examined by the Rev. Joseph Adams Pastor of the Calvinist Baptist Church in Jay the following record, viz, Rev Joseph Adams gives notice that he has joined the following persons in Marriage. one thousand eight hundred and sixteen November eleventh, Mr Samuel Jackson to Miss Mercy Member both of Jay. Attest James Starr town clerk. I certify that it is a true copy of record with the exception of the date which is expressed on record in partial legible figures as follows, 1816 Nov 11, I Silas Jones Jr above named declare and say that I held the Office of Clerk, in the Town, County and State of or said and the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me Silas Jones Jr Clerk of the Town of Jay
State of Maine } County of Franklin } ss
note: Why the Town Clerk's certificate was not executed before the application was certified, He was absent and did not return till after the setting of the court.
Jan'y 7. 1854. Sworn before me, James Starr, Justice of the Peace James Starr Justice of the Peace

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Thomas Jackson N.Y. 1879
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June of 1848 1 mo. Pvt Edward Fuller Mass   July or Aug. 1848 10 days Edward Fuller Michael Jackson   June, 1850 6 mo. Chas or Merrill Michael Jackson  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, South Hadley, Co. Mass
Date of application for pension, July 2nd 1881
Residence at date of application, New Bedford, Co. Mass
Age at date of application, at Boston, Mass. June 18th 1881
Remarks:
Soldier married Sarah J. Fuller Dec 18th 1850. He was of full miles not stated. He died June 18th 1881. He was a resident of New Bedford at the time of his death. He was 53 years of age. He was a resident of New Bedford at the time of his death. He was 53 years of age.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

7879
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7879
Mercy Jackson Wid.
Samuel Jackson Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 24/53
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 371
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar 31/98
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Mrs R. N. Sioux Sioux
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1911 Nov. 1 Hist to Mrs. Alice 2 May 1912 1912 July 26 Hist to V. H. Bates V. H. M. 1913 Mar 31 Hist to Clara J. Roach V. H. M.
roads. on Ky. 15 to ton City In to Mass.

✓ 12 April 37 Pension Office January 16/54.
Sir, Please report time of last payment to, or death of, within named pensioner. Respectfully J. Burt Esq. J. C. Calhoun 3 and Present J. C. Calhoun
Samuel Jackson, Act 1832. $25.30 per annum, paid 12 April 1837. paid J. Burt Auditor

20.763
Soldier.
160 Acres

Department of the Interior Pension Office, Official Business.
Pay Mr James L. P. Waldo Esq r  Free
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City
D. C.

180620 Claim of Mercy Jackson
To Bounty Lands.
Act of March 3, 1855.
War of the Revolution.

# 1000 Pierce St., Sioux City, Iowa. Sept. 18. 1900.
To the U. S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I am desirous of joining the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, being a descendant of Samuel Jackson and Samuel Spaulding, both of whom served in the Revolution, the latter drawing a pension afterwards, and both of whom enlisted

from the state of New Hampshire. Can you give me date and place of enlistment, and copy of service, also length of service? Also give me date and place of birth of each of the above mentioned, and date and place each one died, if you have such data.
Please inform me of your charges for looking up this information; or in case you do not furnish such

advise me as the proper source from which I may obtain this.
I enclose stamp for convenience of your reply.
Your attention in this matter will greatly oblige.
Yours truly,
Mrs. R. H. Livingston

72 Georgia Street
Roxbury Mass.
October 27, 1911.
The Anniversary of President - Theodore Roosevelt
Dear Sir:-
Your communication.
received. Thank you very much for the information and putting me on the right track. Will you please send me a copy of the record of J. Samuel Jackson N. Fire Co. 7879, who served in the Massachusetts Troops, recruited.

in Diary , and is recorded in Volume 1, page 24. I shall be very much obliged
Very sincerely yours Saml. Allen C. May.
P.S. I know that this Samuel has been recorded in the Diary . I hope that I had been told his birth place was New Hampshire. I received from him a letter many of my missing relations work there now.
A. G. M.

The S.C. Bates Co.
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Butter, Cheese, Eggs, LARD, PICKLES, CODFISH, ETC. Nos. 46 to 52 GEORGE STREET.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
January 12-12
Miss Wilson
Department of the Interior Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
aw JAN 18 1912 aw
Can you give the writer the Continental Army records concerning Elijah Bates , born in Abbingdon, Massachusetts, March 28th, or 29th, 1738?
7879
Also the same record concerning Samuel Jackson, born in, or near, Newton, Massachusetts, April 16th, 1737.
Will appreciate such information as you can give me.
Yours very truly
W. H. Wilson
Dict VWB.H

2616 Parker St. Berkeley Cal.
Mar. 16, 1913.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Dear Sir- Kindly inform me whether the name of one Samuel Jackson of Massachusetts was on the pension roll of the Revolution of '76.
Yours truly Clara J. Hoach

# 706 Main St.
Malden, Mass
Pension Dept.
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:-
I would like to know if Samuel Jackson, private in 1st Newcastle Co., Col. William Jones reg. in 1779, ever received a pension.
If or any information you have of the said Samuel Jackson will be greatly appreciated.
Yours very truly
Frederick H. Deshon..
Sept. 5 th 1913

Post Office,
COVINGTON, KY.,
MAR 1 1898
RECEIVED MAR 22 1898 Post Office D.C.
Will you kindly let me know the two Samuel Jackson sons who were in the 4th or 6th Regt Mass Volunteers during the Revolutionary war each in dying left widows? My Grandmother died about 1854 or 1856 and was a pensioner and lived at Jay - Franklin Co Maine at time of death. My great Grand mother must have died many years before that time. I want to know my grandfathers Regt.
(2803-2800)
Yours Truly O A Reynolds

Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, March 7, 1898.
Respectfully returned to
Mr. O. A. Reynolds, P. M., Covington, Kentucky.
The indorsement from this office dated April 14, 1896, contains all the information bearing upon the subject of your inquiry that has been found of record.
For information relative to pensions, application should be made to the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C., who is the custodian of the pension records of all wars, and whose office is separate and distinct from the Record and Pension Office of the War Department.
BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
Colonel, U. S. Army, Chief of Office.
Per
GA
(300a)

RECORD & PENSION OFFICE
MAR 7
512047
8 03 PM
Lexington Ky. March 5. 1898
Samuel Jackson Mass. Rev. War
O. A. Reynolds P.M.
Requests information in regard to his ancestors of above name.

O. A. REYNOLDS, P. M.
Covington Post Office.
MAR 5 1898
COVINGTON, - Ky. of the Postmaster.
Covington, Kenton Co., Ky., Mar 5, 1898
Col F. G. Answorth Washington D. C.
My Grandfather Samuel Jackson was in either the H. B. or 6 th Mass. Regt. My great grand fathers name was also Samuel and he was in one of these Regt. If I could get the age of these two Samuels - I could fix identity - or if I could get the date as to the wed. one of these two soldiers and their death of pensions that would fix it. My grand- mother Jackson died while I was a boy - some time about 1854 - to 6. There were many families of my ancestors - Reynolds & Jackson in all our mass and I will be glad to get this one line settled.
Yours truly O. A. Reynolds

Record Division.
October 19, 1911.
Mrs. Alice G. May, 72 Georgia Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 13" and received the 16" inst., you are advised that the records of this Bureau fail to show a claim for Revolutionary War pension for Samuel Jackson who served in the New Hampshire troops, or resided in said State, or is recorded in Volumn 4 page 24. If you desire the history of Samuel Jackson W. File No. 7879, who served in the Massachusetts Troops, resided in Maine, and is recorded in Volumn 1. page 24, his record will be furnished you upon application for same.
Very respectfully,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, September 7 th 1832.
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 Samuel Jackson has served under
   m o Days     1778 Captain Ed o Fuller and Col o Thatcher Two Days 2   80 Ditto - Col o McIntosh Eighteen Days 18   1780 Newton Coll. of Six m o list Six months Fifteen days 6.15   Total amount Seven months & five days 7.5  
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

Brief in the case of Mercy Jackson widow of Samuel Franklin County and State of Maine act of February 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Headland a pensioner under act of June 7. 1837 at $ 25 \frac{30}{100} per annum & paid to her death. April 12 1837
Allowed $ 25 \frac{30}{100} per annum to commence Feb 3/53 (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by public record
Death of pensioner, proved by auditor's report
Identity & widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
James Starr Gay Maine
Examining Clerk.
H Gray

Say, Maine. Jan. 7, 1854.
Sir
I here enclose the declaration of Mary Jackson, the widow of a Revolutionary Pensioner, wish you to send her Certificate of Pension to me,
Most Respectfully your Obedient Servt,
Hon. L. B. Waldo. Commissioner of Pensions.
James Parr,