Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7222, for Lemuel Stimson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Stinson, Lemuel
W 7222
Catharine
B.L.Wt. 31720-160-56-
CONTENTS

2019.  Massachusetts  Samuel Stimson
Worcester in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the [blank] due for [blank]
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of [blank] Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 15th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the [blank] day of [blank] 1832 and [blank] and [blank] [blank] now [blank]
Arrears to 15th of [blank] $ 4.90 Pension allowance ending [blank] 21.60  $ 86.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk. Book [blank] Vol. [blank] Page 33.

5.548
Massachusetts Catharine Stimson widow of Vernon C. Stimson Massachusetts who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 5th day of Novr 1852 and sent to
Charles Henson Pittsburg Pa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 16
Set Chatty Mason Dec 17/59
184329
Apr 7. 1885 Copy of data furnished to Ezra S. Stearnes Esq of Ashburnham Mass. for historical use. Copy inside

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss. ON this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Yates S. Paine a resident of Shrewsbury now sitting  Second Term in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy four 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Before Nath Paine , Probate for the County of Worcester
General Stinson

Declaration of
General Clinton

We S. B. Spaulding a Clergyman residing in the Town of Mendon and Abraham Love residing in Said Mendon hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Leonard Hemen who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Nath. D. Dames, Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester -
Nathan B. Shaulding Abraham Love
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that S. B. Spaulding who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Mendon and that Abraham Love who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Mendon and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nath. D. Dames, Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
1  Joseph Wheeler Ringer , 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 Leonard Hemen for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 18 th day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two .
Joseph Wheeler Reg. of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts -

Declaration of Interest Stearns, Jan 10, 1840
Dear Sir, I believe the case relates to Geo. G. Parker, Ashland, Maine - Mass
4 1333
Witness

James Cogswell of Concord in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Atts. do testify & say. That Daniel Hinson of Ashburnham in the County of Worcester, but former- ly of Weston in said County of Middlesex, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution in the year 1776. in the Regiment commanded by Col. Reed of Littleton and May's Fletcher of Acton, and in the Company commanded by Capt Charles Miles, Lieut. Matthew Hobbs of Weston & Munroe of Lexington, and that said Hinson served as a soldier in said Company for the term of five months as I fully believe. I enlisted & served in said Company for said term, with said Hinson, and have no doubt that he served the whole term. and further I say not — James Cogswell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 3
Middlesex ss. August 9 th A. D. 1832. Then the above named James Cogswell personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth relative to the subject matter thereof.
Before me Nathan Brooks Justice of the Peace
And I further certify, that I am now and have been for many years, well acquainted with the same James Cogswell, and from his general reputation for truth and veracity, I believe full faith & credit should be to his deposition as herein Nathan Brooks Jus. of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex B.
I Elias Hovey Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said County of Middlesex do certify that Nathan Brooks Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Middlesex, and that his name set to the within Certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the thirteenth day of October 1832
E. Hovey.

Catharine Stinson.

State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester.
On this seventeenth day of October, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before the Court of Probate in and for the County and State aforesaid, Catharine Stinson, a resident of Ashburnham in the County and State aforesaid, aged sixty seven years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 d February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Lemuel Stinson, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution; that she is unable to give a full & particular statement of her said husband's service, but that he served as one of the right wrights men in the Company commanded by Capt. Nathan Haller, in the Regiment of Col. Thomas Gulliver, in the Continental Army, and also for two or more shorter terms, all, as she believes, in the years 1775 and 1776; that he resided at Weston, Massachusetts, at the time when he entered the service; that the aggregate of his service, in the

said Wm, connected, as she believes, to nearly eleven months; That she is unable to state the time when he entered or left the service; That for his service in the said War he received, in his life- time, a pension, under the act of 7th June, 1832, at the rate of Forty Three Dollars & thirty three cents, per annum, during his natural life, payable at Boston, Mass., - his Pension Certificate being date of November 15, 1832, and being recorded in "Book D. Vol 2nd Page 83." and number, inside, "2019." and for proof of her said husband's service she refers to the evidence filed in his application on which his said pension was granted.
She further states that she was married to the said Samuel Atkinson, in Ashburnham aforesaid, on the eighth day of May, A. D. eight- een hundred and thirty three, by Rev. Nathan B. Spaulding, a clergyman, that her said husband died at said Ashburnham, on the twenty second day of September, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty, that she was not married to him prior to the sec- ond day of January eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares, that she is now a widow.
And she prays that the Pension certificate which may be issued upon this application,

may be sent for here to Charles Mason , Fitchburg, Mass. -
Witness Chas. G. Prentiss. Not known here
Catharine Hinson
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, before me. & I certify that I have no interest as executor or otherwise in the matter of this application.
Thos. Kimnicutt Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, ss.
I, Charles G. Prentiss, Register of the court of Probate for the county of Worcester, do hereby certify that Thomas Kimnicutt is the Judge of said court, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature to the above certificate purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court this seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and fifty five.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register.

State of Massachusetts County of Worcester.
(a) This may certify that Mr. Lemuel Stinson and Miss Catharine Goodale both of Ashburnham were legally joined together in marriage by me on the eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. Nathan B. Spaulding Minister of the Methodist E. Church.
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:—(b) "8th day of May 1833."
Charles Stearns
I, Charles Stearns above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of Ashburnham in the county and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the records of the said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Charles Stearns { Town Clerk of Ashburnham
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this sixteenth day of October A. D. 1855.
George Root Woodward { Justice of the Peace.
 (a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full.  (b) Here give the date exactly as in the record. 
State of Massachusetts County of Worcester.
We, Asahel Coney and Lovitt H. Gibbs residents of Ashburnham, in said County and State, having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Lemuel Stinson, who was a private in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, declared June 19, 1840 , whose widow now applies for a pension that we knew him for more than ten years before his death, which occurred at Ashburnham about fifteen years ago,—that we know that he died about that time because we were in the neighborhood and were knowing to the fact
that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
Asahel Coney
Lovitt H. Gibbs
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this sixteenth day of October A. D. 1855, and I certify that I have no interest in the result of the aforesaid application.
George Root Woodward { Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Asahel Coney and Lovitt H. Gibbs of the said County and State, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the aforesaid application; that Catharine Stinson of Ashburnham, Mass. is the widow, remaining unmarried, of the late Lemuel Stinson who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and that the said Lemuel Stinson died at Ashburnham aforesaid, on the twenty second day of September A. D. 1840.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this sixteenth day of October 1855.
George Root Woodward { Justice of the Peace.

184 329 Act Mar. 3/85
Catharine in: life  Sen of Sturges  Sturges
Catharine Sturges and Samuel Sturges Resident  Resident  Resident  Resident
Stratford Capt. Fuller William Col. Bond
Mass. line
East Dist.
Revolutionary War
Pensioner
W. 160 Aa, f 25/75 [Signature]
Chas Mason Fitchburg Mass.
Vol 82. page 81.

Catherine Stinson.
184299

State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester.
On this Fifteenth 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, Catharine Stimson, aged sixty seven years, a resident of Ashburnham, in the State of Massachusetts, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Lemuel Stimson deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Nathan Fitts in Col. Thomas, Gardner's Regiment in the Continental Army commanded by Genl. Washington, in the Revolutionary War. That her said husband enlisted at Weston, in the state of Massachusetts, as one of the eight months men, and continued in actual service in the said war for the term of six months & upwards, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of service near Boston as she believes, that the period of his entering the service & receiving his discharge she is unable to state, that he was in service on the 29th day of October 1777, at Brandywine Hill, that he did not, to her knowledge receive any formal printed or written discharge, & if he ever had such discharge she believes it is not in her file, nor does she know where it is, & that to her knowledge he received no pension in his lifetime.
She further states that she was married to the said Lemuel Stimson in Ashburnham aforesaid, on the eighth day of May, A.D., 1833, by Rev. Nathan B. Spaulding, a regularly ordained clergyman, and that her name before her said marriage was Catharine Goodale; that her said husband died at Ashburnham, aforesaid, on the twenty second day of September A. D., 1840, and that she is now a widow.
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. She also declares that neither her said husband nor herself has ever applied for or received, under this or any other act of Congress, any bounty land warrant.
And she prays that the warrant which may be issued upon this application may be sent for her to CHARLES MASON, Fitchburg, Mass.
Catharine Stimson
We, Elbridge Stimson and Levi H. Gibbs, residents of Ashburnham, in the State of Massachusetts, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Catharine Stimson, in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Elbridge Stimson
Levi H. Gibbs
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
C. Starnes
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 23. 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed.
James was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester
Also at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed, Chic Whitney Jr. was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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 Commonwealth, the date above written.
T. M. Wisler Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Massachusetts County of Worcester.
(a) To the Town Clerk of Ashburnham. This may certify that Mr. Samuel Stinson and Miss Catherine Goodale both of Ashburnham were legally joined in marriage by me on the eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. Nathan B. Spaulding, Minister of the Gospel. E. C. Stearns
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:—(b) "8th day of May 1833"
C. Stearns
I, Charles Stearns, above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of Ashburnham in the county and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the records of the said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
C. Stearns
Town Clerk of Ashburnham
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this fifteenth day of June, A. D. 1855.
Oliver Whitney Jr.
Justice of the Peace.
 (a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full.  (b) Here give the date exactly as in the record. 
State of Massachusetts County of Worcester.
We, Asahel Corey and Joel F. Motcalf residents of Ashburnham in said County and State, having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Samuel Stinson who was a private in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain, declared June 19, 1819 whose widow now applies for bounty land,—that we knew him for more than ten years before his death, which occurred at Ashburnham about fifteen years ago,—that we know that he died about that time because we were in the neighborhood
that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
Asahel Corey
Joel F. Motcalf
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this fifteenth day of June, A. D. 1855.
C. Stearns
Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Asahel Corey and Joel F. Motcalf of the said County and State, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the aforesaid application; that Catherine Stinson, of Ashburnham, Mass., is the widow, remaining unmarried, of the late Samuel Stinson, who was a private in the Revolutionary war, and that the said Samuel Stinson died at said Ashburnham on or about the twenty second day of September, A. D. 1840.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of June 1855.
C. Stearns
Justice of the Peace.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
Nov. 22, 1924.
R. P. Harbold, Major, Q. M. C. Office of Quartermaster General, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that pension was allowed under Certificate No. 2019, to Lemuel Stimson who was born at Newton, Mass. July 11, 1858, served as a private from May 1875, to Jan. 1876, in Captain Nathan Fuller's Co., Colonels Thomas Gardner and Bond's Mass. Regiment, and from June, or July 1876, to Nov. 1876, in Capt. Charles Miles' Co., Colonel Reed's Mass. Regiment.
He died at Ashburnham, Mass. Sept. 22, 1840.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

No 6.101
Catharine Stimson, widow of Samuel
Worcester Co. Mass
Admitted Act February 3, 1853 at rate of $43.33 c per annum commencing at date of passage of said Act husband was a personnel under act of 32 at said rate as private Infantry 13 mos.
Pay widow.
Certificate to
Charles Mason Fitchburg,
Massachusetts.

London thru
Revolutionary Pension claim }
Me
Hon. J. M c Intosh Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City, District of Columbia.
J. M c Intosh
Official Business
FREE

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5 Mercurius

Official Business.
Nov 1859 George C. Whiting Commissioner of Revenue, Washington City, District of Columbia

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, William A. Smith Assistant Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court , which is a court of record for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that
George Rockwood Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to take the acknowledgement of deeds and administer oaths, that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that his SIGNATURE to said CERTIFICATE is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court, this twenty fourth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
W. A. Smith. Asst. Clerk.

Mar. 11-1902
L. E. Warner - Present
1909 Feb 20. Inst. on L. E. Warner on his m. (Gen. in his L. E. Warner)
June 5, 1916. Mrs. G. E. Tuttle 4650 Fremont Ave. So., Minn- neapolis, Minn. advised of cost of copies. Her letter is no. 97. 18560. Moses Barrow
1917 Feb. 24. Mrs. H. Tuttle sent photo copies. See her letter re Moses Barrow
1924 Nov 20. Tombstone data to R. M. Lee. See
Revolutionary War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 72227
Catharine Stimson
Wid.
Samuel Stimson
Print Rev War
Act: July 31 1855
Index: Vol. 16 , Page 242
[Arrangement of 1870.]

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
IN REPLY REFER TO QM 293 A-C Stimson, Lemuel
November 12, 1924
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
In order that a headstone may be provided for the grave of the decedent appearing below, The Quartermaster General requests that the correct military service and the spelling of the name be supplied this office from the records of the Pension Bureau;
Private Lemuel Stimson, Mass. Mil. Capt. Nathan Fuller's Co. 35th Regt. Lt. Cal. Wm. Band's Regt. Capt. Jonathan Gates Co. Died; Sept. 22, 1840.
Very truly yours,
R. P. Harbold R. P. HARBOLD, Major, Q. M. C., Assistant.

Rev. War Section.
Feb. 27, 1917.
Jessie H. Tuttle, 4650 Fremont Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minn.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 17" instant, herewith are enclosed copies of eleven pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Lemuel and Catharine Stimson, Mass. W. 7322, and of ten pages from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Elizabeth widow of Moses Barrows, Mass. W. 18,580. Said uncertified photostat copies are furnished you under the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1912.
Very respectfully,
McGregor Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
June 5, 1916.
Mrs. C. E. Tuttle, 4650 Fremont Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minn.
Madam:
In reply to your letter of the 29" instant, you are advised that under the Act of August 24, 1912, a charge of 15 cents is made for each sheet photographed, with 25 cents additional for certification if that is desired. If a certified copy be ordered it will be necessary to place on the certificate a ten cent internal revenue documentary stamp which stamp should be forwarded and not included in the remittance.
The proper amount should be forwarded by certified check, draft, money order or cashier's check.
In the pension claim, Lemuel Stimson, Widow File 7222, Revolutionary War, there are eleven sheets to be copied, the cost would be $1.65 uncertified, or $1.90 certified and a stamp as described above.
In the pension claim, Moses Barrows, Widow File 18560, Revolutionary War, there are ten sheets to be copied, the cost would be $1.50 uncertified, or $1.75 certified and a stamp also. here letter for in other claim
Very respectfully,
M. C. Meigs Commissioner.
The above sheets are 4 pages of the original in the case of Col. 16, 1832 in the case of Col. 17, 1832 aff. of Leonard Purdie Aug 24, 1832 aff. of James Cogswell Aug 9, 1832

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.     January 1862 6 months Private John R. [?] James [?] Mo.   February 1862 5 months " John R. [?] E. [?] "   March 1862 4 months " John R. [?] James [?] "  
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____  Date of application for pension, _____  Residence at date of application, _____  Age at date of application, _____  Remarks: _____
Very respectfully,

Pension Office, October 31. 1855.
The Third Auditor will please certify the date of death of within named pensioner Very respectfully
B. Moore.
Mr Commissioner
Giddes

3 Andovers Open Nov. 2: 187
Para to 11 Sept 1841. No evidence of his death. Wm. Martin and

Brief in the case of Catharine Stimson, widow of Lemuel Stimson Worcester County and State of Massachusetts. not February 3, 1853
Claim, ("original," for increase )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of claimant was a pensioner under Act of June 7, 1832 at rate of $43.33 1 / 3 per annum and paid to 4 th September 1840, as per 3 rd Auditor's Certificate
Marriage proved (date 8 th May 1833) by verified copy of Town records
(For increase.) Identity of claimant as the widow Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
of the said pensioner - his death on the 22 nd September 1840 and her present widow- hood proved by Asahel Corey and Leavitt & Gibbs - credible witnesses
Charles Mason Esq.
Name and residence of Agent Fitchburg
Massachusetts.
E. Gibbs Examining Clerk.

Hon. J. Minal,
Commission of Pensions.

Fitchburg, (Mass.) Oct. 25, 1855.
Sir,
I send herewith the application here & accompanying proofs of Mrs. Catharine Steinson, for a Pension as the widow of Samuel Steinson, a Revolutionary Pensioner. She requests that the Certificate, when granted, may be sent to me. I am respectfully, Charles Mason.
Hon. J. Smith, Colonel Pensioner,

Pittsburg (Mass.) Jan. 12, 1859.
Sir, I write on behalf of Mrs. Catharine Stinson, widow of Lemuel Stinson, who, as such widow, received a resolutionary pension under the act of Feb. 3, 1853, commencing only from that date, & inquiring whether there is now any provision whereby she is entitled to a pension prior to that date (from 1848, I think).
If there is any provision extending the pension under that act back beyond the date of the act, will you please inform me, & send me any regulations & directions (if any have been promulgated) for proceedings in such cases.
Hon. Geo. C. Dilling } Very respectfully, Comm. Pensions. } Charles H. Mason.

Upper Canada / Scituate Park Nov 1
Samuel Stinson
No 1 —
Scituate Park
Disposition of

I Leonard Parks of Cambridge in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts age twenty one years do under oath testify and say that I was acquainted with Samuel Hinson, then of Weston in said County of Middlesex but now residing in the town of Ashland in said County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I further depose and say that said Samuel Hinson in the month of April or May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, listed as a private soldier into the Company of Captain Nathan Tilton of Weston in said County of Middlesex for the term of eight months - that said Samuel Hinson served for eight months and was discharged therefrom on the first day of January A.D. 1776. The Company in which said Samuel Hinson served as aforesaid belonged to the Regiment of Cambridge commanded by Col. Gardner of Brighton in said County of Middlesex, who was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th of June A.D. 1775 and afterwards by Col. Bond of Watertown in said County of Middlesex. I also depose and say that said Samuel Hinson was in the battle of Bunker Hill as a private in said Tilton's Company and continued to serve therein until his discharge in January A.D. 1776 as aforesaid during which term of eight months I served in said Tilton's Company as a Fifer being fifteen years of age - was well acquainted with said Hinson and boarded or quartered in the same house with

Samuel Stimson. Also testified I further testify that I was in the Army on Lake Champlain in the year A.D. 1776. in the Company of Captain Ashley belonging to the Regiment of Col. Patterson and while at Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain the said Samuel Stimson came there as a private in the Company of Capt. Miles of Concord in said County of Hillsborough and in the Regiment of Col. Reed of Pittstown in the County last aforesaid and served in said Company for three or four months and until I left Ticonderoga for Philadelphia for long said Samuel Stimson staid at Ticonderoga after I left there I am not say but, while there said Samuel Stimson told me he had tested for five months. I often saw said Samuel Stimson at Ticonderoga & talked with him & think he had been there three or four months before I left it and neither I say not.
Leonard Parks
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Medfield J. August 8th 1832. Personally appeared Leonard Parks and made oath to the deposition above by him subscribed containing the truth and nothing but the truth before me.
John Buttrick Justice of the Peace Medfield County

In the Subscribers hereby certify that I have been in the same town for with him since, with the above named Leonard Parks the defendant for eight years last past during which time I have never heard his character for truth & veracity questioned, nor have I ever heard or known any thing in his conduct or character which would lead one to doubt his state the truth of his statements.
Eph Buttrick
Aug. 30. 1832
I am now in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. I Elias Hemenway Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said County of Middlesex, do certify that Ephraim Buttrick Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace, within & for said County of Middlesex and that his name set to the foregoing certificate is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the thirteenth day of October 1832.
E. Hemenway