Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15390, for Luther Stimson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Stimson, Luther or Stinson
W 15390 B.L.Wt. 17565-160-55
Sally
CONTENTS

Reported
Lt H. Woodman
Nov 9/50.
Lt H. Woodman (Ct 51)
Hon A. De Witt Feb 9, 1857.
Reg 3 m 55 120249
1848
Massachusetts
Sally Stimson widow of Luther Stimson
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Mass Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Sept. 1848, and sent to
Samuel Lee Templeton Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 134 Vol. 2

376
Sally Stinson Mapackneth.
admitted P. 20s #80
on roll Capt King Col. Brooks Mass.
died 2 nd Oct 1801
at 7 July 35
Jacob Waler Bald

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
His Excellency EDWARD EVERETT, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth
To all whom it may concern:
Edward Everett Know Ye, That Sir Barton Esgo Judge of Probate and Surrogate, Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to His Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court; that the within Attestation is in due form, and by the proper Officers.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this Ninth day of August A. D. 1838, and in the Sixty third Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Sam P. Biglow Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Winchendon in I James McElvain of the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty years, Depose and say that Luther Stimson late of Winchendon deceased married a Sister of mine by the name of Sally McElvain the said Luther Stimson deceased in said Winchendon about thirty seven years ago. I do not remember the exact time altho' I attended his Funeral. I further say the widow of the said Luther now resides Sally Stimson now resides in said Winchendon and has remained a widow since the death of the said Luther.
James McElvain
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss August 9 th 1838
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year above written
Jacob Wales Justice of the Peace
I further certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named James McElvain for more than thirty years last past and he is a man of truth and veracity
Jacob Wales Justice of the Peace

It reads from the Records of the town of Winchendon in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts Luther Shindler and Sarah McBlain both of Winchendon were Married November twenty fifth Seventeen hundred and eighty seven per me Joseph Brown Clerk
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 as follows Nov r 25 - 1787
Webster Whitney Clerk of the Town of Winchendon
I Webster Whitney above named do hereby certify that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the town of Winchendon aforesaid and that the above is a true Extract from the Records of said town with the exception above mentioned as certified by me
Webster Whitney Clerk of the town of Winchendon
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ss Winchendon August 8 - 1838 Subscribed and sworn to before me this day and year above written Jacob Wales Justice of the Peace

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838. entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows: -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ss -
On this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand and thirty eight personally appeared before me Ezra Barton Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Worcester the Widow Sally Stimson a resident of said Town of Winchendon aged sixty eight 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 Luther Stimson late of Winchendon aforesaid deceased, who was a Private Soldier in the war of the Revolution. She further says from the best knowledge she has of his services she believes he was in the last three years service in Coln Brooks Regiment she thinks he might have been in Capt Libby Kings Company, the reason why she thinks he was in Coln Brook Regiment is because all men enlist when he went into the service and when he returned but is not sure how long he was gone but she thinks he was out about three and four years. She further says according to her best recollection that the said Luther Stimson and Beverly Lord who was then a resident of said Winchendon went out together and returned and both returned about the same time. She further

says she has been informed that Abel Gardner of the Town of Hinds, in the County of Cheshire and State of Hampshire and who she understands is a Russian was well acquainted with the said Barnaby Lord and she thinks her husband the said Luther was with Lord Thompson must have been in Green Brooks Regiment she further says she thinks he was at a loss of about nine months before he enlisted for three years. she further says that she has seen a discharge that he left at his Bureau but did not perceive it as she did not consider it of any value and as to the particular proof of her said hus- band's services she most respectfully refers to the records in the War Department, as she has no documentary evidence whatever of his said services she further says that her maiden name was Sally McElvain, and that she was married to the said Luther Stimson in said Town of Winchendon the twenty fourth day of November nineteen hun- dred and eighty seven by the Rev d . Joseph Brown then minister of said Winchendon as will appear by the official certificate of Webster Whitney Clerk of said Town of Winchendon. she further says her husband the said Luther deceased the second day of October eighteen hundred and one and that she has remained a widow ever since. That she has not married since to some person but has married previous to the first day of January one year nineteen hun- dred and one solely for, to wit, at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed the 24th day of November 1887 Sally Stimson
before me See Barton Judge of the Court of State Prison County of Hampshire

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss.
I, Charles G. Prouty, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify, that on the ninth day of August, A.D. 1838, Ezra Burleigh was the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature to the foregoing is genuine.
I further certify, that on the eighth and ninth days of August, A.D. 1838, Jacob Resler was a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature to the foregoing is genuine.
In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this third day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
Chas. G. Prouty, Register.

120 249 - Act March 3/55
Civ. H. Woodman, Jan'y 24/56
March 7/55
Sally Stimpson wid of Luther Stimpson - G.W.H.
Reproduction War
Act March 3/55
Horatio Woodman Boston Mass
Vol 12 page 71.

120. 249 APPLICATION OF Widow of Luther Stimson Revolutionary War for a 160 acre warrant. Act of March 2d, 1855.
WARRANT TO BE SENT TO HORATIO WOODMAN, Boston, Mass. AS WITHIN REQUESTED.

State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester ss
On this fourth day of April 1855 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester, personally appeared Sally Stimson aged eighty five years, a resident of Winchendon, County of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, and made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of Luther Stimson who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War. That she is the identical Sally Stimson to whom under the provisions of the act of February 2 d 1848 a pension of 20 dollars per annum has been allowed her for the services of the aforesaid Luther Stimson. She further states that her pension certificate under the aforesaid act of February 2 d 1848 is numbered 1850 and bears date the 7 th day of September 1848 and is made payable at the Boston Mass Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County Land to which she may be entitled under the act of March 1855, never having received, or known herself entitled, or made application under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her identity and proof of service of her husband she respectfully submits to the proper authorities the attached true copy of the pension office, and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted, and to the annexed ranging affidavits. And she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent to Horatio Woodman.
Attest John H. Poor Phoebe H. Woodard
Sally Stimson
Sealed and acknowledged before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Sally Stimson to be the identical person she collected herself to be - a pensioner of the United States - and that I am not interested in her claim.
James Lee. Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts, County of Worcester ss
On this fourth day of April 1855 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Worcester personally appeared John M. Poor and Hepsibah Stockdall residents of Winchendon, County of Worcester. Inasmuch as credible persons who made oath in due form of law that Sally Simpson who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is to their personal knowledge the identical person to whom under the provisions of the act of February 2 d 1843 a pension of 20 dollars per annum has been granted for services performed by her husband as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. That they have known her for twenty years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances viz. living near neighbours to her, and having frequently seen her pension certificate. . . . . They further state that they are disinterested witnesses.
John M. Poor Hepsibah H. Stockdall
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
Passmore Lee Justice of the Peace.
For a certificate of Justiceship, reference is hereby made to the case of Widow of Thomas Graton under the same law, and for similar services, executed before the same Justice, on the same day with the within application, and enclosed this day in the same package with this case.

2272 Massachusetts
Valley Windsor widow of Luther Windsor who was a Private in the Mass. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27th day of Nov. 1843 and sent to Hiram Lee,
South Berrien, Wis.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 54

Maps
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15370
Sally Stimson Daughter of John Stimson Providence
Act: Rich L. 18
Index:—Vol. M , Page 245
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Boston Mass. Oct. 29 1850.
Sir,
As son of Mrs. Sally Stimson, widow of Luther Stimson, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, has applied to me to obtain for his mother an increase of pension. Her pension certificate bears date Sept 7, 1844, is numbered 1855, and is recorded in Vol. 21 page 134. It is now $40 per year. I have received from our Secretary of State, a certificate of her husband's services which states that "the name of Luther Stimson is on a roll of men enlisted for 3 years, of Brimfield, 16 years old, 5 ft 4 in. light, a farmer, enlisted January 17, 1781. also on a receipt for £120, paid him by Town of Brimfield for enlisting for 3 years." His son states that he had enlisted for and served out a previous term of 9 mos. Will you please to inform me whether this of duty  and certificate of the Secretary, taken together with the broad side, in her case and on the rolls in your office, will not entitle her to an increase of pension. If so I will forward her certificate and that of the Secretary of State.
W. J. L. Edwards Govt. of Portland.
Respy. Mr. Secy. of State. Horatio Woodman

Boston September 21, 1857.
Sir
I enclose the pension certificate and application for an increase of pension to $96. per year of Mrs. Sally Stimson, widow of Luther Stimson who was a private in the Revolution-ary War. As she has not drawn her last payment she is anxious to receive her new certificate at an early day.
Respectfully Yr. Obt. Servt.
Gerardo Woodman.
James C. Heath Esq. Commr. of Pensions Washington City.

Jan 24 '45
Sally Stimson
Wt role # vid Luther
from Winchendon
Washing line
Rev? on bus trip to see St Protein was 24.05
St. ... Sally Stimson Wt role # vid Luther from Winchendon

Fitzwilliam Hampshire Jan 18-1846
Dear J L Edwards Comr of Pensions
Sir I wish you to be so good as to send me a certificate of the services of Luther Stinson who was from Winchester Hops and was one of the last three years men in Coln Brooks Regt I obtained a Pension under the act of 1838 for his Widow Sally Stinson and by referring to her papers by which she obtained the pension you will find that he was in Brooks Regt and if he did not serve 2 1/2 years under Brooks in the last three years, the widow thinks she can show nine months or about that, before he enlisted for the last three years, her object is to show 2 1/2 years service in all, which will entitle her to a state gratuity of $50.00 I trust you will attend to this and send me a certificate of all the service you find as soon as possible.
and I remain oblige yours &c Jacob Wales
P.S. I address this line to you supposing the last three years states to be at your office as I find they are not in Bristol.
J. Wales

1610 B aldwinville 11678 To be kept } of record
Sally Strum M. N. W.
Dear L. Edwards Comr of Pensions Washington City

Baldwinville February 1-1840 Hon. J. L. Edwards Count of Pensions Sir, I was requested by Sally Stimson the widow of Luther Stimson whom you granted a Pension Certificate to the last of August or some part of September last to write to you for an official certificate of the services of her husband the said Luther, if he served 30 months at one period his widow, the said Sally will be entitled to $50-00 a State grant, and as he was one of the best Gyeans men we have no means of showing his service in Boston, your immediate attention to this is requested as I engaged to write you at the time the widow received her Pension but it wholly shifted my mind until she called on me a few days ago, you will find his service by reference to the Rolls whereby you granted her Pension.
Respectfully yours &c Jacob Bates

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Septemb. 5 th 1831
S I hereby Certify. That at the date of the annexed attestation Samuel See was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his 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.
William H. Wells Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Worcester County Ss. I Sally Stimson, having been duly sworn, depose and say, that I am the widow of Luther Stimson, who was a Revolutionary Soldier at the rate of Eight Dollars per month. That I am the identical person named in the accompanying certificate. That I have never received but Eighty dollars per year.
Wherefore I now surrender my certificate and pray that I may receive another at the rate of Ninety six dollars per year, payable at Boston. and that I may be paid the arrearages due me.
Sally Stimson
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, who certify that I well know the said Sally Stimson, and that she is the identical person above referred to, this fourth day of September 1851.
Samuel Lee - Justice of the Peace

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855. REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE,
January. 24 th 1856.
Sir :
The claim of Sally Stinson , for bounty land under the act of the 3d March, 1855, No. 120.249 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Luther Stinson , the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED, that the recorded action of this office, admitting a revolutionary soldier to the list of pensioners upon partial proof, is not considered "record evidence" of service within the meaning of the act aforesaid. In all applications for bounty land under this act, the papers of the soldiers, or their widows, who have applied for or received pensions, as well as the rolls in this office, are carefully examined for record evidence of service, before this circular is issued.
Respectfully,
J. MINOT, Commissioner.
Hon. Nathl Woodman, Esq., Boston, Mass.
(Vertical note on the left margin) You are referred to the 3d section of the act of March 3d, 1855, for such service to be established by "record evidence." See Capt. H. H. H. (Comp. H. Col. R. Art.) 33. P. 331 of Mss. B. 1. 6. v. 1, p. 10.

Gen L. Edwards Comm d of Pensions
Washington City

Baldwinville August 6-1839
Hon J. L. Edwards Commr of Pensions
Sir enclosed is the application of the Widow Martha Brown for a Pension. I also transmit to you the application of the Widow Sally Stimson of Winchendon which you will see was lodged in your office the 18th day of last Augt and which you sent on for a further certificate and for further proof of services. I have made trial to find some positive proof of Mr Stimsans services but I cannot find any person that was out with him. In your letter to me of the 12th of September last you stated that the name of Luther Stimson was not to be found on the rolls referred to by his Widow in her application. She stated she believed he was in Colo Brooks Regiment and Capt Kings Company and according to your letter I suppose you only examined Capt Kings Company we think from the best information we can get that Stimson was in Colo Brooks Regiment although he might not be in Kings Company. you will see by the widows statement in her declaration that she obtained her information from one Abiel Gardner of Rindge as to the officers she pursued

her husband served under the said Gardner having been well acquainted with Bursley Lord in the last three years service, and that the said Bursley Lord & the said Luther Stinson both went from Winchendon and came home at or about the close of the war, we therefore most earnestly request you to examine the whole of Col. Bous- hess Regiment and if you do not find the name of the said Luther in said Regiment, we know not at this time that we can give you any further proof of his services than what I shall hereafter mention (to wit) I have conversed with a number of aged Gentlemen in Winchendon who were remember that the said Luther was in the last three years service as was a common report at the time, and one in particular by the name of Ephraim Murdock mentions about the time the said Luther went into the service & about the time he came home, he says he the said Luther wore his Unaforn Coat, that he wore home out of the service to meeting the Sunday after he got home, he also well remembers that the said Luther was Regular for the Company in Winchendon the first Training they had after he came home, we can also prove some thing like the above by a number more aged Gentlemen in said Winchendon, the widow States as you will see in her declaration that she had his dis- charge after he died but it was lost, she has since told me that after her husband died

her Father James McEwan was Administra- tor on his Estate and she and her Father was examining her husband's old papers and found his discharge among them. That her Father told her that it was of no value and therefore she did not preserve it. Should you not find him in the Regiment above referred to, and the evidence above stated will ans- wer any purpose you will let me know & I will obtain it and forward it without delay. I am Respectfully your obedient son
Jacob Raley

Sally Thomson 3784
804
Sam! Lee Esq Templeton Mass

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss. On this Second day of June A. D. 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for the County of Worcester, Sally Himson a resident of Winchendon in said County, aged Seventy Three years, who being first 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 3d of March, 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Ebenezer Himson who was a private in the war of the Revolution - That a part of the time he served in a Regiment commanded by a Col: Prescott.
and that she received a pension under the act of July 7, 1838, of $ 80 per annum. She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Sally Himson
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me;—and I certify that the said Sally Himson is personally known to me
Samuel Lee
Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph G. Kendall , — Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify, That Samuel Lee, Esquire , is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature to the certificate, on the deposition of  Declaration of Sally Stinson , hereunto annexed, is genuine, and the said Lee was such justice, on the second day of June last.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said County, this seventeenth day of November , in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
J. G. Kendall

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, CHARLES G. PRENTISS, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do certify that Samuel Lee
is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature to the foregoing certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, this seventh day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty- three .
Chas. G. Prentiss Register.

Declaration Gally Stimson
Admitted
Saml Lee Templeton Mass

State of Massachusetts Worcester County ss.
On this Twenty ninth day of July 1848 personally appeared before me Samuel Lee a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Worcester. Sally Stimson a resident of Hingham in the County of Norfolk aged Seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed on the 2 d February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Luther Stimson who was a private in the Army of the Revolution. From her best recollection she served in a Regiment commanded by a Col d Groot. That she has no other evidence of her husband's service, than that already furnished by her at the time she obtained her pension certificate. That the annual amount of the pension which she received under the Act of 5 th June 1844 was Eighty Dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sally Stimson
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me Samuel Lee. Jus: of the Peace
I hereby Certify that I am personally acquainted with Sally Stimson the above Declarant, that she is the identical person she declares herself to be Samuel Lee. Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County } ss.
I Charles W. Hartshorn, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, of the County and State aforesaid do certify that Samuel Luce on the twenty ninth day of July last was and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that his signatures certain written are genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court the first day of August 1845.
Charles W. Hartshorn Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. February 12 th 1856.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Nathan Simpson is borne on List of Final Settlement in 4 th Old 9 th Col. Henry Jackson's Regt. No. 13839 Jany 1. 1782 $ 36.60 - No. 14301 Jany 1. 1783 " 15.24 No 15129 Jany 1. 1783 " 80.00 No. 39916 Jany 1. 1784 " 23.75 No. 40631 Jany 1. 1784 " 39.50
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
L. De Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth

State of Massachusetts
County of _____
I Sally Henson having been duly sworn, depose and say, that I am the widow of Luther Henson who was a Revolutionary soldier, — that he is believed to have enlisted at or near Winchendon that the names of some of his officers are believed to have been Col Sprout that he is believed to have been in the battles of
he is supposed to have been in the battles of _____ and that I pray to receive from the Secretary of State a certificate from the rolls in his office of the service of the said soldier. through Horatia Woodman of Boston - Mass.
Sally Henson
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this eight day of February A.D. 185 6
William Day
Justice of the Peace.

17.565 v  U
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New Cons

Mary Russell
Widow of  Isaac Russell , who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the  20th of  1834 of  the State of  Mass. who was a  in the  commanded by Captain  of the  commanded by  in the  line for  1834
Inscribed on the Roll of  Mass. at the rate of  8  Dollars  Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the  27th  day of  Aug. 1839  to  Sgt. and  Isaac Russell 2nd  Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1839  $240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending  12th of  1839  40.00 $280.00
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by  Deacon  Clerk Book  1  Vol.  1  Page  124

Lot 6 J. Males, May 1. 1840 " Same. see Nov 11th 43

120249 Sally Stinson
Dear Mother
No 120249
Abigail Nash in case of Sally Stinson
Yours affectionately Boyntan Person of Business
Weslington
A. B.

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