Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11043, for Bezeleel Mack, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (New York) Mack, Bezeleel or Bezeliel Gates, Lucy
W 111043 B. L. Wt. 114-60-55
CONTENTS
Former widow

4,375
New Hampshire
Beydill Mach
private New York line
4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War. Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of April , 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of Nov. 1818, and sent to Elisha Huntley Esq. Hstead, New Hampshire.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. 4 mo: 20/30 37. 33 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar 1819. 418. 00
2 years & 8 mos $85.33
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
not entitled
✓ Gilson Cheshire Co.
Modification sent July 17 th 1820 to John G. Gann, M.D.

2000 New Hampshire (Mason) Lucy Gates, formerly widow of Bessel Mack who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Widow
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
3 rd February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Sept 1853 and sent to
G. F. Hartwell Keene N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 20, 1848. Page 16 Vol. A
July 31/53
1818
G. F. Hartwell (Keene City) Aug 24/58

84069 mch 3/85
April 19/85
Suey Gates Mid of Bangalea Mack Lee Matrop
Applicant is a Rev Pendleton
N Ham
Rev War
Private N. York Cont. Line N. H. July 22- 2000 recd Dec 1791
Ad. 60 and Nov 13/55 J. Dodge
G. F. Stark weather Keene N Ham

I Bezil Mack of Gilson in the County of Cheshire and State of Hampshireshire husbandman do make the following declaration upon Oath
That in the month of January the 4 th 1781 I enlisted at Hargrave State into a company of Voluntary commands By Capt William Stephans and attached to Coln Lewis Regiment in Genl Lord Howe's Brigade where I served two years and a half at five months and received a Regular Discharge which is hereunto annexed
I further say upon Oath as above that I am poor and I stand in need of Relief from my Country for Support
Bezelul Mack
State of Hampshireshire Cheshire ss April 15 th 1813 Then before Elisha Huntley a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Said County of Cheshire personally appeared Bezelul Mack before named and made solemn Oath that the foregoing declaration by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth and it having been made to appear to my Satisfaction that the said Bezelul Mack Did serve in the Revolutionary war against The common Enemy in manner as by him is stated in said declaration I hereby certify and transmit the testimony in his having his Oath and his Discharge hereunto annexed to the Honble John Calthrop
Secretary of War
Elisha Huntley
one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County

Whereas I Levi Chamberlain Assistant Clerk of the Superior Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certify that the within is the signature of the Hon Elisha Huntly who is a justice of said Court duly commissioned and that no par- ticular impression is used as a seal by said Court.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand and the seal of said Court this 20 th day of May A.D. 1818.
Levi Chamberlain
Admitted Beryl Mackintosh

To whom it may concern, We the undersigned, inhabitants of the Town of Gilsum in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, do hereby testify that we are well acquainted with Beryzelick Mack of said Gilsum, the bearer, and that he is in reduced circumstances as to property; we think we can safely say that he has but little besides his own labor to depend upon for the support of himself and his wife, she by breaking her ankle and other infirmities has not been able to do but a mere trifle for several years past, and we think it highly probable that she never will be able to labor much more. The said Beryzelick Mack is now 58 years of age and considerably infirm. He has been much troubled with the rheumatism for nearly two years past; for three months together he was wholly unfit for any labor. Considering the nature of said disorder his age &c. it is not probable that he will be able to labor a great deal more. We also further testify that the said Beryzelick Mack has been very industrious, a man of sober life and careful not to expense money unnecessarily. And now considering his needy circumstances &c. were it proper for us to give our opinion we should say that the said Beryzelick Mack has a just claim for a pension upon his Country which we believe he faithfully served in the revolutionary war.
Gilsum April 18, 1818
Jonathan Pease } select Aaron Day } Men of Gilsum
Jonathan Pease Just Pease Sam d Whitney Just Pease

Berzelius Mark
4375
(Mark 1019.)
Real estate
Shore
1921-41
Not entitled

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CHESHIRE COUNTY SS.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
ON this fourth 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, Benzel Mack aged Sixty years, resident in Gilsum in said county, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: that he enlisted into the Continental service on the first day of January A.D. 1781 in Capt. William Stevens company Col. Lamb's Regiment General Knox Brigade in the New York line during the war and received his discharge at the close of the war which discharge is now in Secretary of War Office
The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the fifteenth day of April 1818 The number of my pension certificate is 11375
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. and I do further say that I am a laboring husbandman and that I have not one half of my former strength and ability to pursue my said occupation, that I have only my wife aged sixty two years very infirm not able one half to support herself, that my Real property is under a Mortgage of one thousand dollars and that he is owning exclusive of the thousand dollars for which his real property is mortgaged the sum of $407.00 and that I have no demands against any person for which I can expect to realize any thing
Sworn to and declared at Meepe in said County, on the fourth day of July 1820 before
"R. Vose" } 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 221 dollars and 44 cents, the
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 Benzel Mock of Gilsum in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, Applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of May 1st, 1820.
  Personal Real property 1900. —   1 Case of drawers 2. 25   2 tables 1. 25   1 light stand 0. 12   Wire stove & Stovys 1. 25   one bellows 00   Hollow ware 2. 31   1 brass kettle 3. 00   one clock 2. 00   half dozen of chairs 1. 75   1 loom & furniture to it 2. 00   2 looking glasses & 1 low chest 87   Crockery furniture 2. 00   Pails barrels & sundry old articles 1. 00   2 wheels 1. 50   $ 1221. 11. 
"Benzel Mock"
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.
182 Personally
appeared, above named , and made oath to the truth of the above statement, by them subscribed. Before me,
Justice of the Peace.
I certify, that above named , are disinterested and credible witnesses.
Justice of the Peace.

Bersilul and Lucy Mack Married October 23 rd 1827. H. and J.

I Lewis H. Smith of Sullivan in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire testify and declare that I well knew Barzill Mack who was a pensioner for services rendered in the war of the Revolution. And that he died in Gilsum in said County on the 22 d day of July 1829, leaving Lucy his widow, who still survives & Though since married is now a widow and was a widow both before and on the 3 d day of February 1853. I further declare that the accompanying Record of the marriage of said Lucy to said Barzill is the genuine hand writing of said Lucy and to my knowledge has been kept by her and regarded as correct and that it is within my recollection that they were married as there stated, to wit, on the twenty third day of October in the year eighteen hundred and twenty seven.
Lewis H. Smith
Sworn to and Subscribed Before me this fourth day of May A.D. 1853. And I certify that said Smith is a credible witness and I am not interested in the result of Mrs. Gates application for pension.
Larkin Baker Judge of Probate & Justice of the Peace

Know all men by these presents that I Lucy Gates aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint George F. Starkweather of Keene N.H. my Attorney & Agent irrevocably with full power of substitution to prosecute my claim to pension under any Act or Resolutions of Congress applicable. To examine documentary evidence, argue & do all things needful in the premises, hereby ratifying all his acts. In testimony whereof I set my hand and Seal hereto the day and year first in my declaration written
Lucy Gates
I Larkin Baker Judge of Probate as aforesaid, do certify that Mrs. Lucy Gates is a respectable inhabitant of this County and entitled to credit in my belief and is the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing Declaration. And she has this day subscribed and acknowledged the above power of Attorney to be her free Act & deed Before me. I am disinterested in the result
Larkin Baker Judge of Probate

State of New Hampshire
County of Cheshire ss. } On this fourth day of May in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty three, 1853, personally appeared before me Larkin Baker Judge of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Cheshire, aforesaid. Lucy Gates aged Sixty (60) years a resident of Sullivan in Said County and 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 Barzillai Mack who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, that at his death he was in receipt of pension from the United States at the Rate of $96 per annum payable as she believes at the Portsmouth N.H. Pension Agency.
She further declares that she was married to the Said Barzillai Mack on the twenty third day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty seven the town oferry in Said State, that her name was Lucy Smith,
That her Said husband died on the twenty second day of July A.D. 1829, and that she was a widow at the passage of Said Act, has so continued and is still a widow, and never before made application for pension.
Lucy Gates
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year first above written and I certify that Said Lucy Gates by reason of bodily infirmities, is unable to appear in Court
Larkin Baker Judge of Probate

State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss } I George W. Sturtevant Register of Probate in and for Said County. do hereby certify that Sarkin Baker before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was at the time and still is Judge of the Court of Probate in and for Said County, duly Commissioned and qualified, also as Justice of the Peace. And that the foregoing & following Signitures purporting to be his, are genuine. In testimony whereof I hereunto affixed My Seal of Office and subscribed my Name this fourth day of May, A.D. 1853.
Geo. W. Sturtevant Register of Probate.

State of New Hampshire, County of Cheshire. Town of Surry.
Bezalel Mack and Lucy Smith both of Gilsum were joined in Marriage October twenty third Eighteen hundred and twenty seven by Parley Howe 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; Oct 23 d 1827.
Eliphalet Dorr Clerk
I Eliphalet Dorr above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true copy from the records of said town, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Eliphalet Dorr Clerk of Surry.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this Second day of June 1853. and I certify that said Dorr is a credible witness.
F. F. Lane
Justice of the Peace

State of New-Hampshire
Cheshire County ss. I Leonard Risco, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, of said State, for said County, do hereby certify that Jonathan F. Lane before whom the within certificate and affidavit of Eli Dorr were made, is, a Justice of the Peace for said county, duly authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and that his signature within written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said court this second day of June A.D. 1853
Leonard Risco. Clerk

840069 Lucy Gates Act March 3. 1855
By her Attorney G. H. Starkweather Reene N. H.

State of New Hampshire.
County of Cheshire SS. On this fourteenth day of April 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,
Lucy Gates aged sixty two years, a resident of Sullivan in the State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Lucy Gates to whom a
was issued under  certificate for Pension  was issued under the provisions of the act of Congress, passed March 3, 1855 for service in the war of the  Revolution
Feb. 3, 1853  that she is the  that she is the widow of Benjamin  Mack who was a Matross in said service & continued in service long enough to entitle her to one hundred dollars per annum - being more than 14 days & was honorably discharged
She further declares that she hereby irrevokably constitutes and appoints G. F. Starkweather of Greene N.H.  her true and lawful attorney to prosecute claim for Bounty Land under the act hereinafter mentioned,
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which She may be entitled under the Act passed March 3, 1855 ,
That She has not heretofore made application nor has She ever received bounty land,
That She was married to said Mack Oct. 25, 1827, &
That he died July 22, 1829. That She is a widow
and refers to her declaration & evidence filed
by G. F. Starkweather her attorney under act Feb. 1853 in support of this claim & to roll of pensions under said act, Page 16, Vol. 4 -
Darius Lura Asa E. Wilson
Lucy Gates
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me. And I hereby certify that I believe the said Lucy Gates to be the identical person she represents her self to be in the foregoing declaration, and of the age above stated. She have no interest in this claim
Darius Lura
Justice of the Peace.

Mr. Severyn Please see to the execution of this & return same G.F.S.

We Asa E. Wilson and Francis B. Jackson residents of Sullivan in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire Upon our Oaths declare that Lucy Gates formerly widow of Bezaleel Mack signed & acknowledged the declaration to which this is annexed in our presence & from her appearance and statements and our personal knowledge we believe her to be the identical person she represents herself to be.
We further declare that she is a widow as she alleges. Asa E. Wilson Francis B. Jackson
Sworn to and subscribed before me This fourteenth day of April 1855 and I certify that I know said affiants to be credible persons & I am not interested. David Lillard Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire.
CHESHIRE COUNTY.
Leonard Bisco CLERK of the Court of Common Pleas, of said State for said County, do hereby certify that David Seward
before whom the annexed declaration and affidavit were made the days thereof,  is a 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 fourteenth day of April A.D. 1855.
Leonard Bisco Clerk.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Mack, Bazaliel GRADE Private LINE Lamb's Artillery (New York)
WARRANT NUMBER 7525 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Aug. 3, 1791
And B.L.Wt. 114-60-55
Wt. 7525 to Ephraim Hart, assignee.
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Bozeliel Mack  Mahone in the 2 d or New York Artillery Regiment, having faith- ly served the United States from Jan y the 8 th 1781 untill the present period and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD QUARTERS
May 17 th June 1781
By HIS EXCELLENCY
Command,
J. Humboldt
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
James Bradford Adjutant.

• HEAD-QUARTERS, June With • 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Benzelal Mack

1145 ✓
Coacres

I Dudley Smith of lawful age depose that on the thirty first day of March A D eighteen hundred and twenty I loaned to Bena Leel Mack the sum of one thousand dollars. about eight hundred of which was applied to the discharge of a mortgage of the premises hereafter mentioned, of some years standing. — That at that time I rec d of said Mack an absolute. Deed and gave him a bond of the same date to redeem the premises upon condition that the said Mack paid me the above sum in one year from the date thereof — otherwise the bond to be void. — At the expiration of the year the said Mack made the payment and the farm became mine. — I further say that the contract between the said Mack & myself was fair and honest — that I am now and have been ever since the bond was cancelled which was at the expiration of the year before mentioned, unconditionally the owner of the farm and that the said Mack has no claim or interest in the same
Dudley Smith
State of New Hampshire —
On this 31 st — Subscribed & sworn this third day of May A D. 1823.
Before me Thomas M Edwards
Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above deponent is a credible witness
M. M. Edw. Edwards
Justice of the Peace

Chatham May 23. 1823
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Superior Court of Jurisdiction within and for said county certify that Thomas M c Edwards is a true of the Peace in and for said County, and that the foregoing is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court
S. Hale Clerk
[Handwritten flourish or mark]
Quincy Smith Christian
[Faint handwritten text at the bottom, possibly "Thomas M c Edwards"]

We the undersigned Neighbours to Berzelius Mack are personally acquainted with the situation of said Mack as it respects his Property and we have no hesitation in giving it as our opinion that his indigent circumstances are such as would justify the Honorable Secretary of War in restoring him to the Pension List as soon as may be. We further say that we have no personal interest in thus stating our opinion
Amherst Hayward Chadiah Dease Wm Mark Wm Banks
The above signers are Men of Veracity and in our Opinion have Given a just Statement of Berzelius Mack's circumstances for he has lived on him most 3 years
Jonathan Peale } select men John Harmon } of Gilsum

Lucy Gates, widow of Berzabub Mack Claim under Act, 1853. Add proof. Answer to Com. 6 th Sept.
By her Atty G. H. Washburn Keene N.H.

2118 We Nahum O. Hayward and Solomon Mack both of Gilsum in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire Testify and say that we well know Lucy Gates of Salomon in David County, formerly widow of Ruzalul Mack, and late the widow of Salomon Gates, deceased. We further certify that she lived with Salomon Gates as his wife was so reputed and accepted, and that we well recollect the time said Gates died, which was about seventeen years ago as near as we can recollect. That we recollect the funeral - and that there is no doubt that said Lucy was and is a lawful widow of said Gates, and further she is the widow of the identical Ruzalul Mack who was a Revolutionary pensioner. We are not interested in Lucy Gates claim to pension.
Attest: That E. Woxamson } Nahum O. Hayward Solomon Mack
Sworn to and subscribed before me Sept. 10. 1853 and I certify that said affiants are credible witnesses. I am a disinterested Magistrate. Edward Ferrin Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss } I Leonard Risco, Clerk of the Superior Court Judicatures of said county State, for said, do hereby certify that Edward Ferrar before whom the foregoing affidavit of Nahum O. Hayward and Solomon Mack was made, is a Justice of the peace for said county duly authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and that his signature thereto is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this tenth day of September A. D. 1853.
Leonard Risco. Clerk

Brief in the case of Sarah Gates, Widow, formerly of Brattle- Mack, Cheshire County and State of New Hampshire, act 3 d Febry, 1853,
Claim, ("original," or "increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the Act of 18 th March, 1818, S. Cont.
Second evidence & Parole proof of Marriage,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
G. F. Starkweather, Esq., Keene,
Name and residence of Agent
N.H.
S. C. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

Cheshire Co New Hampshire
Probate Court
4 May 1853
Hanna 23 Oct 1827 Nov
Public Record
1 witness proves marriage and identifies Widow-
Black Died 22 July 1829-
1 witness, swear to death at date

N. Hampshire
4375 mar: 1819
Bezaleel Mack
Restore Aged 63 yrs - farmer - unable to labor but little. - Wife 65 yrs of age - unhealthy.
Served from 1701, to the close of the war. -
1 st Sched: made in July 1820 - exhibits real estate, viz: in value $1,200.
Personal property, $21. 41. - States that the real estate is under mortgage for $1000. and that he owes besides, 407.
Court certifies property (after deducting mortgage money,) to worth $221. 41. -
Off. 1 st July 1820 - Application for restoration, as per R. Schedule, made 23 d May 1823. -
2 d Sched: exhibits 2 sheep, & a few articles of household furniture, in all amounting to $20. 72.
(over)
Sched estate assign of, viz:
Absolute deed for the land made to Dudley Smith in March 1820, to secure a debt due him of $1000. $1000 of which went to pay off an old mortgage - the residue to pay other debts. Smith, the time, gave a written article to Mack, that he would re- pay the $1000, with interest, in one year, the land should be re-conveyed to him. Mack complied with the terms. The article was cancelled, & Smith, in his affidavit dated 3 d May 1823, states that he now holds the P. land in absolute, a un- conditional fee.
"James Smith, Esq."
Cornish,
N. Hampshire -
Seene, certificate, under seal, copy, mortgage.

Sched: under act Mar. 1823 dated 6. May 1823.
Exhibits — $20.72
accounts for the decrease of property, & the Real Estate mentioned in 1. st Sched: & mortgaged for $1,000 has been tendered to the Mortgagee; an authenticated copy of Deed given — a few articles of fur- niture worn out.
family same as in 1. st Sched: —
Salma Hale Esq. Recd
N. 14.
Restored under Law of 1. March, 1823, commencing 6. May, 1823 notification sent on 18 July, 1823, to Salma Hale, Esq. Keene, New Hampshire
$31.76
copy in 1819.

FREE
Hon. L. P. Waldo Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Lucy Bates with Beryl MacAs
Sept 1893
FREE
Inver
Colon. S. P. Waldo Comm. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Rec: Dr: H. P. Ma: Debits 22 d July. 1829. "Bryton."

The application of for 5 years to pay under been examined and of deal
See
57 666

Pension Office
22 Aug 83
This case is respectfully referred to B d Auditor for date of death of pensioner and of last payment
Very Respectfully
J. Cole
Chief Clerk
10, M c L, (See other side,)

Bezaleel Murch, born 1818, 48. p.m. — Died 22 d July 1829, Paid to his death.
F. Burt Auditor.
Payin defaced before received at 3 d Auditor's Office.

June 8. 1853
App d of Lucy
Gates widow of
Barzeel much Gates. Matross
Pensioned at 8 ff per mo. Station off and Restored N.H.
Cheshire Co. m 19
Act 3 d Febry 1853 Adm td $100. Per: Mr: Com - Recd: 3 d 1853.
G. L. Starkweather Keene N.H.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
No. Good Evidence here

No. 2295
Sarah Gates, btm. wid. of Bezaleel Mack
Letto. G. F. Starkweather 6 th Sept. 1853,
PM Feb. 3 d 1853

Revolutionary New York
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11.043
Lucy Gates Wid
Bereleel Muck. Mrs. Muck
Act: Feb 3 d 53
Index:—Vol. A , Page 263
[Arrangement of 1870.]

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Cheshire SS. Probate Office.
I, CALVIN MAY, JR., Register of the Court of Probate for said County, do certify that David Seward whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing Certificate of admonition  oath 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 admonition  oath 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 eighth day of June A.D. 1858 before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cheshire aforesaid, personally appeared Lucy Gates and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Bezalel Mack who was a Major in the war of the Revolution and that she is now receiving from the United States a pension at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum under the 2 d Section of the Act of February 3 rd 1850 -
That she asks for such arrearage of her pension as she may be found entitled to under the any and all acts and Resolutions of Congress applicable to her case; that she is now a resident of Sullivan in said State of New Hampshire and remains a widow
witness
David Seward Lewis A. Smith
Lucy Gates
Sworn to & subscribed on this eighth day of June 1858 before me and I certify that the said Lucy Gates is the identical person who deposes hereby to be in the foregoing affidavit and is still a widow, and that I am disinterested
David Seward Justice of the Peace

Copy Mack to Smith Lib. 84 Vol. 253
The copyright for duplicates under the proper seal of office
7th Dec off. seal must be duly for S. M. Edward, Esq.
S. Hale Resm, M.P. 35.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That, I Berzallel
Macl
of Gilsum in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire Gent for and in consideration of the sum of one Thousand Dollars to me in hand, before the delivery hereof, well and truly paid by Dudley Smith of Gilsum in the County of Cheshire State of New Hampshire Gent the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained, sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, convey and confirm, unto the said Dudley Smith his heirs and assigns forever,
A certain tract of land lying in said Gilsum being the whole of the farm where the s d Macl now lives containing one hundred acres more or less Excepting one acre and an half at the northeast corner of said lot. The aforesaid tract being the 12 th lot in the fourth range in said Gilsum also twenty three acres and a quarter of an acre by measure in said Gilsum bounded as follows to wit Beginning at a stake and stones being the northeast corner of Eben Darts land that was on the east line of lots N o 12. & 13. in the third range, thence north ninety eight rods to a stake and stones thence west 42. rods to a stake and stones, south 4. deg. east 98. rods to a stake and stones thence east to the first mentioned bound, being the northeast of s d E. Darts land
To have and to hold the said granted premises with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging, to him the said Dudley Smith his heirs and assigns, to his and their only proper use and benefit forever. And I the said Berzallel Macl for my self my heirs, executors and administrators, do hereby covenant, grant and agree, to, and with the said Dudley Smith his heirs and assigns, that until the delivery hereof am the lawful owner of the said premises; seized and possessed thereof in my own right, in fee simple; and have full power and lawful authority to grant and convey the same in manner aforesaid: that the said premises are free and clear of all and every incumbrance whatsoever. And that I the said Macl my heirs, executors, and administrators shall and will warrant the same to the said Dudley Smith his heirs and assigns, against the lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whomsoever.
Witness my hand and seal this thirtieth day of March anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Provided nevertheless, that if the said Dudley Smith his heirs, executors, or administrators, shall well and truly pay the said sum of one Thousand Dollars to me or my heirs, executors, and administrators, or assigns
Then this deed to be void; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Signed, Sealed, and delivered, in presence of us, Berzallel I. Macl Obediah Pease State of New Hampshire Cheshire ss.
Berzallel Macl Seal
Gilsum March the 30 th 1820 Then the s d Berzallel Macl
Personally appeared and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his voluntary act and deed.
Before me Obediah Pease Justice of the Peace.
Rec d 31 st March 1820. Recorded & Examined J. James Campbell Reg. Copy Exam d Attest. James Campbell Reg.

Churkin p. July 5. 1823. I Salma Hale Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for sd County certify that James Campbell is Register of Deeds for said county, that the foregoing is his signature, and that he has no seal of office
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of sd Court
S. Hale

Berkeley Mark $20.72
4 375.
March term 1919- 1920
6 May 1920, (Sched.)
23/0 2
11/ 24 70 1 28 21 76

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. Superior Court of Judicature May Term 1823
On this 28th day of May 1823 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]
Berzelius Mark
resident in said county, aged sixtythree 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 Mark enlisted for the term during of the war on the first day of January in the year 1781 in the state of New York in the company commanded by captain William Stevens in the regiment commanded by colonel Smith in the line of the state of New York on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until the year 1783 when he was discharged from the said service, in at Westpoint in the state of New York 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 me
   Two Sheep 3.00   1 cow with calves 1.50   1 Muck 2.00   1 Table 1.25   1 do .30   7 Chairs 2.00   Bowl, glass & crockery 2.00   Iron Ware 2.00   Brap Kettle 2.20   Pot .17   4 milk pails .50   Looking glass .50   grate & shovel 1.50   Band & stick .10   19.72   1 silver dongs 20.72  
That the following account presents the charges which have been made in my property since the execution of my former schedule

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.  
   Real property De. Dudley Smith Sale as follows  
This estate appraised in my former schedule at $1200 was at that time under a mortgage to said Dudley Smith for one thousand dollars, for money which said Smith paid principally in discharge of a mortgage which I had some years prior to the giving of the same premises to another person, to procure payments which at the time I promised said Smith's payment had become due. The mortgage to said Smith was made by my giving him an absolute deed, a copy of which will be forwarded herewith, and receiving from him a bond in return to convey to me upon conditions that I paid the sum loaned and interest at a day mentioned. This time has long since passed, and the bond has been cancelled. Also the title is now & has been absolute in said Smith two years. The balance which I received of said Smith above the payment of the previous mortgage was applied to the payment of debts which I then owed.
The few articles of household furniture of little value mentioned in my first schedule are not here particularly accounted for have become by use and decay of no value and were therefore not appraised. I am by occupation a farmer, but unable to labor but little. I have a wife aged sixty-five years not healthy & by reason of age and ill health unable to do anything of consequence towards our support.
Berzelius Mack
Sworn to, and declared, on the 23 rd day of before  May A D 1823 Before the Hon. Jesse Woodbury Justice  Samuel Green Asst. S. H. Clerk
I, Sabina Hale clerk of the court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the court, that the said Berzelius Mack 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 twelve dollars and seventy five cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 23 rd day of May 1823
S. Hale
Clerk of the Court of the aforesaid of