Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19948, for Josiah Osgood, Massachusetts

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Osgood, Josiah Elizabeth
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Mr. Hampshire
Letter to Heber 12 Nov 1839. Letter to H. Newton & P. 1839 18 March 1840
Elizabeth Osgood (died) who died on the 11th March 1839 who was the widow of Benjamin Osgood, died.
Mary who was a pensioner under the Act of ... and who died on the ... 1813, ... of Milford (in the State of ...) who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Green of the Reg't commanded by Col Brooks in the Mass. line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 50 Dollars ... Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 and on the 11 March 1839.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Nov 1839, sent to Richard Newton Haverst, New Hampshire.
Appears to the 11th March 1839 $ 241.77 1/2 Amount to be paid to Sarah Hutchinson former annual allowance ending wife of Henry Hutchinson William Osgood, Sidney Osgood, Thaddeus Osgood, Samuel Osgood, Ruth Kingsbury wife of Charles Kingsbury, Ada Osgood and Walter Osgood, { Act July 7, } only surviving children { 1838. }
Recorded by D.M. Gundy, Clerk. Book 17. Vol. 1. Page 49.

John Osgood's Deposition

John Osgood of Nelson in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire do hereby say that I am a brother of Josiah Osgood late of Milford in the County of Hillsborough and State aforesaid deceased. Said Josiah as well as myself were natives of Methuen, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I well recollect that towards the latter part of the Revolutionary war my brother the said Josiah went into the Revolutionary service for three years. I do not recollect the year that he entered the service but I do recollect that it was the last three years service in the Revolution and that he did not serve out the whole of the three years, because peace was declared before the three years service expired. I further recollect that the Town of Methuen was required to furnish a certain number of men for that service and that the Town was divided into clubs for that purpose and each club furnished a man or certain number of men and my brother Josiah went as one of those men. I further recollect that the men were unwilling to go and that to entice them many for their pay and the Town gave them a certain amount but how much I do not recollect, to encourage them to go my brother Josiah went accordingly but the war closed before his term of service expired. I do not recollect under whom he served. My father was a blacksmith and Josiah had worked some at the trade and I recollect of his telling me that he worked at his trade

in the service in refusing guns showing horses & I further recollect that my brother was also out in the service about the commencement of the Revolutionary war, about two months, I think, and was at or at Cambridge or that vicinity. He was taken sick during this service with the dysentery and less brought home, but I do not recollect under whom he served.
John Osgood
State of Massachusetts Hillsborough p. June 14. 1839 Personally appeared the above named John Osgood, who, to the best of my knowledge, is a credible witness and made oath that the aforesaid affidavit by him subscribed is true before me.
Leah Woodbury Justice of Peace

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough County } set.
I, Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Luke Woodbury is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the fifth day of December 1835, and will expire on the fifth day of December 1840, and that his signature hereon before written is genuine Given under my hand and the seal of said County, this twenty fourth day of September 1839.
A. Wallace Clerk

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Elizabeth Osgood Milford N.H.
Hubbard Newton Amherst N.H. Agent
H Newton Esq Amherst N.H.

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough County } ss.
In this eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, personally appeared before me Luke Woodbury Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate of Wells for said County, at Milford in said County, Elizabeth Osgood, a resident of Milford in the County of Hillsborough aforesaid, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows."
That she is the widow of Josiah Osgood late of Milford in said County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire deceased, who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution; and that according to the best of her knowledge and belief, the said Josiah Osgood her aforesaid husband, served as a private in the revolutionary war, during a period of three years, or more, that in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one, then living in the town of Methuen, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, he enlisted into the Army of the Revolution, at said Methuen, for the term of three years, that he marched thence to Boston, in said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where he passed muster, and thence to West Point, in the State of New York; and, that he served out faithfully the full term of three years, for which he enlisted; and, was honorably discharged, as she is informed and believes, at, or near the period, when the revolutionary war closed. She further says, according to the best of her knowledge and belief, that the said Josiah Osgood, though he enlisted as a private soldier, was after his arrival at West Point, attached to one of the Massachusetts Regiments, as an artificer, & served as a blacksmith most of the aforesaid term.
She further declares, that she has no document any evidence of the services of the said Josiah Osgood, her aforesaid husband, in her possession; but, she refers the Department to the records, and documents, showing the service of the Massachusetts

troops in the Massachusetts Army, now understood to be in the office of the War Department, at the City of Washington, where, she expects the most satisfactory evidence exists to prove the services of her said husband for the full term above referred and more. She further refers to the deposition of Ann Morse and Abijah Barker, to prove the said Josiah Osgood's enlistment & service for three full years; and that he was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Brooks.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Josiah Osgood on the seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. That her husband the aforesaid Josiah Osgood died on the second day of April A.D. 1813; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated. Elizabeth her Osgood Attest Hester  Hester  Harrison  Harrison Sworn and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me
Sister Woodbury Judge as aforesaid.
I certify that the aforesaid Elizabeth Osgood, the affiant is in my belief a credible witness; and that the cause of rejecting the aforesaid declaration at the present time, out of hand, is, that the aforesaid affiant is, in my belief, from bodily infirmities, unable to attend Court, without great inconvenience and exposure of her health.
Sister Woodbury Judge as aforesaid.
I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Sister Woodbury is Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills &c within and for said County of Hillsborough as above and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County, and subscribed my name at Antrim in said County this tenth day of November Anno Domini 1838.
A. Wallace Clerk

Certificate of Prob te bout of death of Elizabeth Osyad on 11 th March 1899

State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County ss. At a Court of Probate held at Antrim in said County on the third day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & thirty nine before the Hon. Luke Woodbury Judge of the Probate of Wills &c it was proved to the satisfaction of the Court that Elizabeth Osgood late of Milford in said County died at said Milford on the eleventh day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty nine. After having made her declaration for a pension on the eight day of November last past under the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838. That she left at the time of her death, Eight children living & no more, & that their names severally are, as follows, viz; Sarah Hutchinson wife of Henry Hutchinson, William Osgood, Sidney Osgood, Thaddeus Osgood, Samuel Osgood, Ruba Kingsbury wife of Charles Kingsbury, Lydia Osgood & Walter Osgood
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name & affixed the seal of said Court at Antrim aforesaid this third day of September A.D. 1839
Stephen Peabody Register

Elizabeth Osgood's Record of marriage

"Record of Marriages" "By the Revd Jeremiah Barnard"
Seventeen hundred and eighty eight, September seventh.
"Josiah Osgood to Elizabeth Walton." I hereby 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. The name of the month being abbreviated, as follows. viz. "1788 Septem: 7 th "
David Stewart { Town Clerk of Amherst
I David Stewart above named, depose and say, that Charles L. Stewart, who was elected Town Clerk of Amherst, in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, at the last Annual meeting of said Town, having removed from the State, I have been appointed, by the select men of said Amherst, Town Clerk of said Amherst, for the remainder of the year to fill the vacancy so occasioned, by his removal, pursuant to a Statute of this State, in such case made and provided. That I now hold the office of Town Clerk, in the Town, County and State aforesaid, and have the legal custody of the records of said Town; and that the above is a true extract from the records of the said town of Amherst, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
David Stewart { Town Clerk of Amherst aforesaid.
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss.
Sworn and Subscribed, this fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. before me. Hubbard Newton Justice of the Peace

Elizabeth Agassiz Maurice Agassiz
I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Justice for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Hubbard Newton is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough as within mentioned and that the within signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name at Amherst in said County, this tenth day of November Anno Domini 1838.
A. Wallace Clerk
I further certify that Hubbard Newton's commission as Justice of the Peace for said County was dated May 19, 1836 and will expire May 19, 1841.
A. Wallace Clerk

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19968 Elizabeth Osgood Widow of Isaac Osgood Priv. Rev. War
Act July 7. 1838
Index: Vol. M , Page 104
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Elizabeth Osgood da r wife of Josiah N.H.
At July 7 1835
Maria 1788 and 1813
Allow 2 y r . p r m $80 per ann from March 4 1836 to March 11. 1839. the time of the widow's death. cert. to p r ue to
Sarah Hutchinson wife of Henry Hutchinson William Osgood Sidney Osgood Maddox Osgood Samuel Osgood Ruth Osgood Kingsbury wife of Ch s Kingsbury Cada Osgood & Wallis Osgood

Wed - 27 May. 1839
Letter to Henry Bateson 29 May. 1839
Halifax
Elizabeth Osgood

War Department Pension Office May 22 d 1839.
Sir,
The claim of Mrs Elizabeth Osgood, widow of Isaiah Osgood, dec d has been examined, and her papers are herewith returned, in order that the rule of May 11 th also enclosed, may be complied with.
It is alleged that her late husband enlisted into the Mass. Line for 3 years, and that he was detached to work as a blacksmith. From the fact that his name is not found upon the rolls of the Mass. Cont t line, or those of artificers, the presumption is, that he was engaged under a civil contract. If so, his widow is not entitled.
I am, respectfully, Your obed. Servt. J. L. Edwards
Hubbard Newton, Esq r Amherst N. Hampshire.

Jacob Sargent Deposition in Elizabeth Osgood's case & Extracts from Records of Town of Methuen
John D. Prince bks

I Jacob Sargent of Methuen in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged twentyfive years do declare upon oath, that I was intimately acquainted with Josiah Osgood in the year seventeen hundred and eighty, who was then a citizen of said Methuen, and knew him well, both before and after that period. In the latter part of the year seventeen hundred and eighty, or the fore part of the year seventeen hundred and eightyone, the Town of Methuen was called upon to raise a number of men for three years, or during the war, as soldiers to fill up the quota, in the revolutionary army then required from the State of Massachusetts. The credit of the Continental Congress, as to its pecuniary means, was low at that time, and men could not be found who were willing to enter the Army and trust to the promises of Congress for their pay.
At this crisis the Town of Methuen held sundry meetings on the subject, and at length appointed a committee to hire the soldiers then required, to enlist for the term of three years. The committee thus appointed by the Town of Methuen did, contract with

with a number of young men, I should think from my best recollection, not less than twelve nor over seventeen, at this time, to enlist for three years. And it was agreed by the town that each soldier so enlisted should be paid the sum of three hundred dollars, for said three years service, in addition to the pay and clothing, which they might receive from the provisions made by Congress.
I further say that said Josiah Osgood did engage in said three years service, on the conditions, and under said contract, with said town, that he left Methuen, with other recruits, for West Point, some time in the spring or summer of seventeen hundred and eightyone; and did not return to Methuen except on a furlough, until after the close of the war, when he returned. After the war took place I was intimately acquainted with him, till he moved from Methuen to Milford in the county of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire, which was according to my best recollection some two or three years.
I was not in the service with said Josiah Osgood, and can not say in what company or regiment he served; but I was his near neighbor in Methuen, and knew him intimately both before and after his three years

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. 14th September 1839-
Then the above named Maria Merrill made solemn oath that he is the Town Clerk of the said Town of Methuen, that he has the legal custody of the records of said Town and that the foregoing extract by him subscribed is a true extract from the said records-
Before me Joseph W. Carlton Jus. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. At a legal Town meeting held at Methuen in said State on the 21 st December 1740
"The particulars of the above meeting are as followeth" "voted & chose Mr. James Ingalls moderator of said meeting"
"Secondly voted & chose Col. Thomas Poor, Capt. James Mallone & Lieut. Ebenezer Carlton as a committee, to assist in hiring sixteen men to fill up the Continental Army"
A true copy of record Attest
Moses Merrill
Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Essex ss. 18 th September A. D. 1839 Then the above named Moses Merrill made solemn oath that he is Town Clerk of the Town of Methuen aforesaid, that he has the legal custody of the records of said town, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town now in his possession.
Before me
Joseph W. Carlton
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. Town of Methuen
At a Legal Town meeting held at said Methuen on Monday the tenth  twentieth day of August A.D. 1941. In the warm and for calling the above meeting, the first and second articles are as follows - viz,
"first - To choose a moderator for said meeting. "2 d ly. To see what method the Town will vote to collect so much hard money as the soldiers require, for to bear their expenses to Reade- quarters, and to act on said affair as the Town shall think proper."
"At the above named meeting, met and chose Mr James Ingalls, moderator for said meeting -
"Vote to raise one hundred and eighty dollars. And if two thirds of the votes which the selectmen shall assess, be paid in ten days, their rates shall be crossed - if not shall pay the full sum to be paid by the 30 of August instant - Dissolved the meeting -"
a true copy of record
Attest.
Mrs Merrill Town Clerk

Service in the Army, and am confident that he served from this time, he enlisted in the year nineteen hundred eighty or eighty one until the Peace. It has always been so understood by all in Methuen, who were acquainted with him, and I have no doubt myself, nor did I ever hear it doubted by any person in Methuen or elsewhere who knew him, but that he did serve as above stated. Jacob Sargent
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Essex ss. I swear and subscribe this eighteenth day of September A.D. 1889, before me. And I further hereby certify that the above deponent Jacob Sargent is personally known to me, and that he is a credible, and an intelligent witness.
John Davis Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Barnstable ss. I John Prince Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County certify that Joseph W. Carlton and John Davis Esq. are Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly appointed & qualified to act; and that their respective signatures hereon are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Salem this nineteenth day of September 1839. —
John Prince Clerk Station of Middlesex
James H. Dyer Deputy Clerk Elizabeth Dyer Clerk Barnstable ss.

James L. Edwards Esq. Commr. Pensions War Department Pension Office Washington D. C.

Amherst 24 th September 1839 James L. Edmonds Esq., Comr. Pensions
Dear Sir, in the case of Elizabeth Osgood's claim for a pension, the papers having been sent back by the Department, for additional certificates, under the rule of the 11 th May, with the suggestion, that as Josiah Osgood's name was not found upon the rolls of the Mass. Cont. Line, the presumption was that he was engaged as an artificer, under a civil contract, and if so that the widow is not entitled to the benefit of the Law of 1834 - I am hopes of removing such presumption.
I now return the papers, for the further consideration of the Department, having supplied the certificates required by the rule of 11 th May - Once such further evidence, as will, it is believed, satisfactorily prove, that Josiah Osgood did, about the last of December 1780 enlist into the Continental Army at Methuen, in Massachusetts, for the term of three full years - and, that he served as an artificer , till the close of the war, in the fall of 1783 -
That sixteen soldiers were called for, from Methuen, for the Continental Army, and were hired by the town to enlist for three years, in the month of December 1780, or about that time, is rendered pretty certain, by the certified copy of the records of two meetings of that Town held, in Decr. 1780, & August 1781, though the records are imperfect, the committee appointed by the town, to hire the sixteen soldiers not having placed their report, if any was made, on record - Yet, it does appear by the record of the meeting in August 1781 that

That the soldiers had been hired; for, at the meeting last mentioned, the town voted to raise the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars in hard money to bear the expenses of said soldiers, on their journey to Headquarters of the Army.
It further appears most distinctly, by the deposition of Amos Morse, who enlisted at the same time, that Josiah Osgood was one of these sixteen soldiers; that he enlisted for the term of three years; and that they both marched together, to West Point; & that although, he has no recollection of seeing him the said Osgood, after they were assigned to different regiments, at West Point, yet he is morally certain that Osgood did serve till the close of the war. In all this, he is entirely supported by the deposition of Jacob Sargent, who also gives further particulars & circumstances, going to show that such must have been the fact.
To these same facts, we send you also the deposition of John Osgood, the brother of Josiah, the Applicant's husband.
In addition to all this, is the deposition of Abijah Barker, who testifies, that said Osgood did enlist with him, into the three years service, as testified to by the other witnesses - and that they marched together to West Point. That they were then assigned to different regiments - that Osgood worked in the Quarters , that he often saw him in the Quarters and has no doubt he served to the close of the war. This evidence will all be before you, for your examination; and if it impresses the Department, as it does

one, there can be left no room to doubt either, the engagement for 3 years ; or the actual service to the close of the war ; or that he served as an artificer , in the manner stated by the witnesses.
It is hoped therefore, that the supplemental evidence , in this case, when considered, in connection with that heretofore furnished, will be sufficient in the opinion of the department, to prove, at least, two years service, & in the capacity of an artificer.
The copies of the records from the Sawm of Methuen , as far as that record goes, and the testimony of all the witnesses, agree, in many particulars, so far as stated by each witness, except, in their recollection of the time of Osgood's enlistment - but none of them profess to be exact, or accurate in the date of the enlistment of the sixteen soldiers , of which Osgood was one - But, it can not be otherwise, than apparent, that they all speak of the same transaction; and, of one, which they all knew well, at the time - nor is the trifling variance of the witnesses, in their recollection of the date, at all material, in relation to the establishment of the main facts, the engagement for 3 years and the subsequent service as an artificer .
An engagement , and service for a given term, whether in the military service, or as an artificer , or learner , by the construction of the war department, of 27 June 1832, (page 154 of your report, in relation to the law of 1832), clearly brings this case within the provisions of the law of 1833 - Very respectfully,
+ Two of whom at least have said, with Virgils hero "Quorum magna pars fuit."
Hubbard Newton

Mr. Edwards Waverly - N.H. Gave a moment's attention
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James L. Edwards Esq. Comm ee Pensions Washington D. C.

Amherst New Hampshire March 15 th 1840.
James L Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir: I had, until yesterday, hoped that no circumstances would arise which could render it necessary for me to address you again on the subject of the pension due to Elizabeth Osgood, deceased, by law made payable to her children. I had found it one of the most perplexing cases which I had ever been called to attend to. Numerous and unforeseen contingencies had from the commencement been occurring, at every step in my progress, which rendered my correspondence with the pension office detailed, and tiresome to myself, and which must have been troublesome to you. Nothing but necessity and a sense of my own professional duties, could have impelled me, in many instances, or even now, have overcome my reluctance further to trespass upon that official courtesy which on your part has never seemed to tire, under the most importunate solicitations of applicants.
You will, I hope, so far excuse this prologue, as not to permit a poor apology to induce you to disregard the subject of this letter, and now to the point —
The certificate of pension to the children, eight in number, of Elizabeth Osgood, bearing date the 4 th November last, was received soon after its date.
Measures were immediately taken by Henry Hutchinson who married the eldest daughter of the deceased to obtain the necessary powers of Attorney, from each of the brothers and sisters named in the certificate, and to whom the pension was made payable.
This was a work of time and expense; as these individuals were dispersed over the States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire several hundred miles apart. The first power of Atty. is dated 15 th November 1839, and the last bears date the 9 th of Dec. 1839. These powers of Attorney were delivered to the Attorney William S. Newton, named therein, who accepted the trust, on the 14 th day of December 1839, and on that day took the oath as prescribed by law for the Atty. in such cases; and on the seventeenth of December 1839, presented his powers of Atty. at the pension agency, in Concord New Hampshire, and requested payment thereon. The payment was not then made.

for the reason, that the "late regulations of your office" did not authorize the payment of pensions, where the certificate of pension bear date after the third of September 1839. I wrote you on that subject, under date of 24 th Jany. and was informed by your communication of the 1 st February of the above regulation, and was satisfied with it; though, had I sooner received notice of it, much trouble and expense might have been avoided. As from the pension certificate itself, I inferred that payment would be made as heretofore, when applied for. — Your very courteous reply to my enquiries addressed to you under date of 24 th Jany. — and bearing date 3 rd March, informed me, that "the names of all pensioners , admitted to the pension rolls since the 3 rd September last, had been furnished the pension agents, and that their pensions would be paid on or after the 4 th instant."
The attorney, in this case, on receiving the information, again repaired to Concord, and on the 12 th instant, again requested payment of the acting pension agent, as Attorney of each individual named in the pension certificate, and offered to surrender the original certificate, then in his possession; but payment was declined, for the reason, that the powers of Attorney bear date more than 90 days prior to the last application for payment — though a former application had been made, on the 17 th Decr. last, and payment declined as above stated. In vain the Attorney urged, that this case was taken out of the operation of the rule, "that the Atty. must apply in 90 days from the date of his power," as an application had been made, and refused; as well as for the reasons, that the powers, though dated earlier, were not delivered to the Atty. till the 14 th Dec. 1839, when the oath was administered to him; and, he accepted the trust; and at that date the powers were to be considered as first completed; and, if so, the last application was made in season. Another consideration is entitled to great weight in this case. The expense of obtaining new powers of Atty. in this case will be so great as nearly to defeat the object of the Government in making the allowance to these individuals.
The person who acted as the agent at Con-

record. Mr Minot, Cashr of the Mechanic's Bank, was of opinion that, in equity and sound discretion , the pension ought to be paid on the powers presented; but that he could not exercise any such discretion; and advised submitting the matter to you, who was fully authorized, and as he believed, entirely competent and fully disposed to exercise the proper discretion, in this case. He expressed his full conviction that you would make a special order for the payment under the present powers, held by the Atty., without requiring the expense of new ones. And that with such order, he would cheerfully pay over the amount. Should your decision, in this case be favorable to the applicants, as I trust it will be, (as no laches or neglect whatever is imputable to the applicants, or their Atty. both having done all they could do, and failed only because provision was not made by Government for payment, when the first application was made) I have expressed a wish, that you would send a duplicate of such order to me; and, whatever your decision may be, give me notice of it as soon as convenient. I am, Dear Sir,
Yours very respectfully &c.
Hubbard Norton
It is
[Handwritten signature and circular postmark]

I Amos Morse of Methuen in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy six years, depose and say, that I knew Josiah Osgood late of Milford in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire formerly of Methuen aforesaid, and know that he served as a private or artificer in the army of the revolution; I know that he enlisted to serve as a private in the continental army for the term of three years about the first of February in seventeen hundred and eighty one, at Methuen aforesaid where he then lived; I enlisted at the same time that he did and for the same term, and in April following marched with him from Boston to West-Point in the State of New York, in company with about two hundred recruits for the Massachusetts regiments; at West-Point we were mustered and assigned to the different Massachusetts regiments to fill them up. I was assigned to the regiment commanded by Col Michael Jackson, and said Osgood was attached to some other regiment; I have no distinct recollection of seeing said Osgood after we were separated at West-Point, until after the close of the war, but always understood and never doubted or heard it doubted, that he was attached to one of the Massachusetts regiments as an artificer, and served his full term of enlistment, viz. three years, and was honorably discharged.
AMOS MORSE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex County ss. November 15 th A.D. 1838 Personally appeared the above named Amos Morse & subscribed and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition. Before me John Tenney Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with above named Amos Morse and that he is entitled to full credit for truth & veracity. John Tenney Jus. Peace

WAR DEPARTMENT,
PENSION OFFICE, May 11, 1839.
In order to remove any misconceptions that may arise relative to the rules of this Office, which require the proper officer to certify to the official character and signature of a magistrate who may administer an oath, the annexed form has been adopted, and must be strictly adhered to.
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Signature of the magistrate, ( John Tenney ) Just. Peace.
STATE OF Mass ts } sct. Essex County, }
I, John Prince Clerk of the Com. Pleas Court, of the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Tenney is an acting justice of the peace, in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 22 d day of March 1826, and will expire on the 22 d day of March 1843, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said county, this 11 th day of July 1839
John Prince Clerk.

Signature of the magistrate, ( John Tenney ) Just. Peace.
STATE OF Mass ts } sct. Essex County, }
I, John Prince Clerk of the Com. Pleas Court, of the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Tenney is an acting justice of the peace, in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 22 day of March 1826, and will expire on the 22 d day of March 1843, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said county, 39
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ESSEX, ss.
I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Essex, do certify, that
John Tenney Esq r is a Justice of the Peace
within and for said County, and that his signature hereon is genuine.
WITNESS MY HAND, and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas,
May under 8. A. D. 1838,
John Prince Clerk.

Depositions of Abijah Warner & Hannah Tuttle

I Abijah Barker of Contoocook in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that I am seventy nine years of age and a Revolutionary pensioner, that I was well acquainted with Josiah Osgood late of Milford in said County deceased that he enlisted with me at Methuen in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts into the last three years service in the war of the Revolution I think it was in the month of October in the year nineteen hundred and eight when he enlisted. The Town was required to furnish a certain number of men for the service and he and myself volunteered for the service I think we mustered at Boston and from thence went to West Point where we were divided off into the different Regiments which were stationed there. I went into Colonel Vose's Regiment and I think Osgood was put into the 7th Regiment in which he served. I do not recollect the Captain's name under whom he served but I think it was Gurn or Pray. Said Osgood was a Blacksmith and was employed in the Army a considerable portion of the time. I often saw him in the service although we were in different Regiments and have no doubt he served until the time of his enlistment or to the close of the war.
Abijah Barker
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough County ss.
Nov. 3. 1838. Sworn to and Subscribed before me.
Luke Woodbury Justice of the Peace
I certify that the aforesaid Abijah Barker, the deponent, is a credible witness.
Luke Woodbury Justice of the Peace
My commission expires on the 5th of December 1840.
A. Warren Clerk
to the of and in by the said noting fixed my this 1838. of the will

I Hannah Tuttle of Milford in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify and say that I was well acquainted with Josiah Osgood formerly of Milford deceased that I lived within about a mile of his residence at the time of his decease and a neighbor to him from the time he came to said Milford till the time of his decease I do not recollect the day of the month or the year that he died but I have no doubt from my own recollections that it was twenty five years since or more, that he had the reputation of being a Revolutionary soldier and I have often heard him relate his adventures in the Revolution that he died at said Milford. That I am also well acquainted with Elizabeth Osgood now living in said Milford and know her to be the widow of the said Josiah Osgood deceased, and that she has never been married since the decease of her husband the said Josiah Osgood.
Hannah Tuttle State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. November 8. 1838 Sworn to and subscribed before me.
Luke Woodbury Justice of the Peace I certify that the aforesaid Hannah Tuttle the deponent is, in my belief a credible witness.
Luke Woodbury Justice of the Peace
I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Luke Woodbury is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough as above and before mentioned and that the signatures to these papers, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name at Antrim in said County this tenth day of November Anno Domini 1838.
A. Wallace Clerk I further certify that Luke Woodbury's Commission as Justice of the Peace for said County was dated December 5. 1835 and will expire on the 5 th of December 1840. A. Wallace Clerk