Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,048, for James Mc Laughlin, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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SERVICE Mass. N. H.
McLaughlin, James
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3325
New Hampshire James McLaughlin
of Sullivan in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Stark in the N.H. line for 13 days 2 D.
Date of death not on A.B. J.L.L.
Inscribed on the Roll of N.H. at the rate of 43 Dollars 77 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Dec 1832 and sent to St. Hubbard St. of R.
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $65.65 Pension allowance ending 4 Mar 33 21.88 $87.53
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. H. [blank] Clerk Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 170.

11,946
James McLaughlin
Truck
13 Mm + 4 days
at
11.68
Return not Return to be available
Dec 11 1832
$43.77.
(Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page)

11,946
BRIEF in the case of James M. Laughlin of Charlestown  vs Sullivan by in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? at Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? no  3. How old is he? 74  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Apr 75- about 1 19 private Capt Gilmore   Sept 75- 3 " Capt. Furbish   Dec " 3 15 " Capt. Gilmore   July 76 5 " Capt Johnson   July 77 12 34 " Capt. Wilson - Co. Nichols    Col. Park  Col. Fuller  Col. Wiggins
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill - Bennington  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Salem N.H.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Right 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. G. Easton Examining Clerk.

James McLaughlin.
11942

State of New Hampshire Sullivan } ss
On this 27 th day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before Frederick A. Sumner Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate for the said county, now sitting, James McLaughlin a resident of Charlestown in said county & State, aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 A. D. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated - That on the alarm being given of the approach of the enemy he left the town of Salem in this State, where he then resided, and repaired to Lexington in Massachusetts on the 20 th April A. D. 1775 - under the command of Capt James Gilmore of Windham in the State of New Hampshire - He continued in the service at that time for the space of two  about seven weeks, & then returned home - At the time of the battle of Bunker Hill, in June 1775, he was there present under the command of the said Capt Gilmore - In September 1775, he enlisted in the company commanded by Capt Charles Gerbick of Massachusetts, at Cambridge in said State - He performed guard & camp duty with the forces there stationed, in the vicinity of Boston for the term of three months - After that time he enlisted in the company commanded by the said Capt Gilmore, at said Cambridge, in December 4 th 1775, & served two months, after the expiration of that time he enlisted for the term of half a month & served out both his enlistments, - in the vicinity of Cambridge aforesaid - He recollects that during all said terms Col one Stark of this State had command of a Regiment there stationed - He also recollects that Colonel Durgess had command of a Regiment there stationed in whose regiment his company was, & that Colonel Cilley of this State also had a command as he recollects, at that time & place - In July 1776 at Andover in Massachusetts, he again enlisted under Capt Johnson for the term of three  five months, in Col Fuller's regiment, Col. Fuller He died soon after & the command devolved on Lieut Col Wigglesworth - marched from Andover to Ticonderoga, & was discharged at the latter place at the end of his term of enlistment - on or about the 4 th December 1776 - There was a battle on the lake where he remained there - he was not engaged in it but the

Colonel of his Regiment was second in command under General during Battle of Arnold. About the middle of July 1777, he again enlisted for the term of two months, in Capt Wilson's company, he thinks, or a company commanded by the said Wilson, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Nichols of Amherst in this State of New Hampshire - He was marched to Bennington, & was in the Battle of Bennington August 16, 1777 - under the command of General Stark - He has no documentary evidence of his services - He knows of but one person Emerson Cally, whose testimony he shall endeavour to procure, to give evidence of his services - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State -
He was born in Londonderry in New Hampshire in the year 1758 - He has no record with him, of his age - He was living in Salem in New Hampshire, when he first joined the service. Since the Revolution he has lived in Concord in New Hampshire, & in Charlestown aforesaid, in which last mentioned place he now lives - He entered the service as a volunteer - He cannot state the names of any regular officers either of the continental line, or of the militia, other than those above named. He never received any written discharge from the service. He is acquainted with John Densmore and Jason Wetherbee, citizens of said Charlestown, who can testify as to their belief in his veracity, & his services as a soldier of the Revolution -
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
Frederick A. Cummings of Probate
James McLaughlin
We John Densmore Henry Gabbard Jason Wetherbee citizens of the town of Charlestown aforesaid & residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James McLaughlin, & have so been for the last forty years, that he has has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 74 years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion - John Densmore Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me Frederick A. Cummings of Probate Jason Wetherbee

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Densmore and Jason Letherbee who signed the preceding certificate are residents in Charlestown aforesaid, that they are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit -
I F. A. Sumner Judge  for the Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Sullivan do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James McLaughlin for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 27th day of July A. D. 1832 -
Francis A. Sumner Judge of Probate

August 24, 1933.
BA-J/ILL
Nellie Greene Clarke 1876 North Mentor Avenue Pasadena, California.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Lydia McLaughlin, a pensioner in 1840, John and Samuel McAlilly (variously spelled), Thomas Steele who landed in Londonderry, New Hampshire, in 1719, John Steele, David Steele who was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, in 1757, and whose widow was Ann Ramsey Steele, Daniel Greene whose widow was Rebecca Barton Greene, James Clarke whose widow was Barbara Tillinghast Clarke, and Cornelius Clarke.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon service of soldiers in that war.
A search of the records has been made and fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of Thomas Steele, David Steele, Daniel Greene, and James Clarke as described by you, and no claims for John or Samuel McAlilly and Cornelius Clarke. Various spellings of these surnames have been searched. The record of John Steele cannot be identified without definite information regarding him.
The record of Lydia McLaughlin has been found, also, records of two soldiers with name James McLaughlin (or similar spelling) have been found; those three records are furnished you herewith, as it cannot be determined just which James McLaughlin might be the one in whom you are interested.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

110118 INVALID.
Rev. Rev.
File No. 11,048
James M c Laughlin Rev. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 247
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1924 Feb. 17 photo D.D.W. De Good. and 1933 - Aug. 24 - visit to Willie Mae Clarke - see letter in Rev. Rev., James M c Laughlin - B.A.M. 59096-160-55-222

11,946
James M'Laughlin
Ant Hubbard He R

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James M c Laughlin which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? No Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
Yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days. I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

I Emerson Corliss of Braintree in the county of Orange & State of Vermont aged seventy four years. Testify say that in the year 1775 I was acquainted with James W Gloughlin who is now present at the taking of this affidavit & who I am well able to identify - that I know he served two terms of duty as a soldier during that year, stationed at or near Cambridge in Massachusetts. during these periods of his service I was attached to Col. Stark's regiment stationed at Winter Hill near Boston. frequently went over to the army at Cambridge & frequently saw the said James there. he was in Capt. Gibbons company, which was raised in Salem N.H. where I was born. I am unable to say how long a time he served. At these periods he was a volunteer. I believe that in this same year he served a period of enlistment in Captain Furbush's company, which was stationed at Cambridge. Altho' I well recollect his serving in this last named company I am unable to state the time when or how long though I think it was in 1775.
I further testify say that in the year 1776 the said James W Gloughlin enlisted into Capt. Lawrence Johnson's company in Col. Wigglesworth's regiment & served as I suppose five months for

I know it was a five months service, during this period he was at Ticonderoga & I was at Mount Independence in the same neighborhood & saw him frequently.
I also testify that said M c Gloughlin & I were both in Capt. Wilsons company & Col. Nichols Regiment & served two months & during this period were in the battle of Bennington.
Emerson Corliss
Grafton Aug. 21. 1832
Sworn to before Not Woodward justice of peace
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Grafton do certify that George Woodward is a Justice of the peace within & for said county of Grafton duly qualified to take affidavits & that the above is his genuine signature.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 21. day of August 1832
Not Woodward Clerk

Mr. Locklip is a credible and disinterested witness.
Dec. 17. 1832 H. Hubbard M.P.
Emerson Locklip's Dept.

6769
3-2233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Feb. 12. 1927
Chief Rev War Section Division.
I have this day received from A. M. De Gooch cash No. 30 for $1.50, requesting
photostat copy post office address as per letter herewith.
Feb. 17 1927 photos J. Lawrence Div Prof. AU
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Division.
cc C 15

1927. Feb. 12 -
of Pensions. Please furnish photo. 2 copies from Rev. War pension claim #117048 of James Scugmlin (not ctd)
to A.W. De Gooch U.S. Shipping Board City.
Recd payment Feb. 12. 27 20 cts. A.W. Watson
FINANCE DIVISION BOOK-KEEPER'S DESK FEB 14 1927 BUREAU OF PENSIONS

SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE.
1-681
PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No.
12809
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON
CHIEF, Division of Publications, Room G 137.
February 15, 1927. 192
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pension Deliver to Room No. 5033
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE, EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostat copies of 2 pages from the Rev. War pension claim, S. 11048, James McLaughlin
No. of copies 1 of each page Shall form be kept standing? no days
For further information see A. E. Wilson Room No. 5033 Phone No. 541
Approved: Chief Clerk of Bureau.
Chief of Branch or Division
NOTE: No order made "SPECIAL" unless statement showing necessity is written below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering
CHECK WORK DESPATCHED OR
Duplicate
Multigraph single or double space? Facsimile signature?
Mimeograph one side or both sides? Facsimile signature?
Folding once or twice?
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Stapling Once? Twice? Side? End?
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Photostat X Size actual Official use? Repay? yes $ 0.30 Blue Print Size Official use? Repay? $
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August 24, 1932.
Nellie Greene Clarke 1276 North Mentor Avenue Pasadena, California.
BA-J/III
Dear Madam:
JAMES McLAUGHLIN-S.11048.
The record of James McLaughlin, as his name is borne on the pension rolls, but who signed his name McLaughlon, is given below as found in the papers on file in his pension claim, S. 11048, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
James McLaughlon was born in the year 1758, in Londonderry, New Hampshire; the names of his parents are not stated.
While residing in Salem, New Hampshire, he volunteered April 20, 1775, on the Lexington alarm, and served seven weeks as private in Captain James Gilmore's New Hampshire company, during which period of service he was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He enlisted in September, 1775 and served three months in Captain Charles Furbush's Massachusetts company, re-enlisted December 4, 1775 and served two months in Captain Gilmore's New Hampshire company, after which he served another two weeks; all of these enlistments were served as private at Cambridge, Massachusetts, or in the vicinity of that town in the regiment of Colonel Durkee, who was stationed at that place. He enlisted in July, 1776, at Andover, Massachusetts, served as private in Captain Samuel Johnson's company, Colonel Fuller's and Wigglesworth's Massachusetts regiment, was at Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, and was discharged December 4, having served five months. He enlisted about the middle of July, 1777 and served two months as private in Captain Wilson's company, Colonel Nichols' New Hampshire regiment, during which period of service he was in the battle of Bennington.
After the Revolution, the soldier resided in Acworth and in Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 27, 1832,

at which time he resided in Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
There are no data relative to the family of James McLaughlin, the soldier, in the papers on file in this claim.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.

August 24, 1933.
Nellie Greene Clarke 1276 North Mentor Avenue Pasadena, California.
BA-J/III
Dear Madam:
Re: Israel Hull-W.15074. Widow, Lydia McLaughlin.
The data furnished herein relative to Lydia McLaughlin, the pensioner of Goshen, New Hampshire, in 1840, are found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 15074, based upon the service of Israel Hull in the Revolutionary War.
Israel Hull, a resident of Salem, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, married December 17, 1774, Lydia Ober, who was born December 21, 1761. They resided in Salem, New Hampshire, at the time of the Revolutionary War.
He enlisted in April, 1777, for three years, as a private in Captain Caleb Robinson's company, Colonel Nathan Hale's New Hampshire regiment, marched to Ticonderoga and died in the service there in the latter part of the summer of 1779.
Lydia Hull, soldier's widow, married some time later, David McLaughlin; the date and place of his birth, names of his parents and date of his marriage to said Lydia are not stated. David McLaughlin died February 16, 1818, in Claremont, New Hampshire.
Lydia McLaughlin, applied on February 12, 1838, for pension on account of the service of her former husband, Israel Hull, in the Revolutionary War. The claim was allowed. She was then a resident of Goshen, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
She died June 4, 1840, survived by children.
In 1838, her son, Thomas McLaughlin, resided in Clarendon, New

Hampshire, and her son, James McLaughlin, resided in Claremont, New Hampshire.
In 1838, Joseph Hull, brother of Israel Hull, was a resident of Salem, New Hampshire, and stated that he was present at the marriage of said brother to Lydia Ober.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of Lydia Hull and the names of the persons to whom said payment was made, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following:
Lydia McLaughlin Widow of Israel Hull, Certificate #1837 Issued March 8, 1838. Rate of $59 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831. Act of July 4, 1836. New Hampshire Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Assistant to Administrator.