Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22076, for John Manson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Mass Sea Service
Privateer.
CONTENTS
Manson, John
Monson or
Richardson, Elizabeth
Former Widow.
W 22.076
B.L. Mt 56,945-160-55

6427 (7) Maine.
Elizabeth Richardson, formerly widow of John Hanson.
Mass who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a priv. & teaman.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 77 — Dollars 77 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of July 1857 and sent to Samuel P. Anderson, Otisfield, Maine.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 153 — Vol. B6.

Set. S.R. Anderson Jan 10/53 Feb 14/57 End
Set. 60. aed Mar 3/57 Oct. 6/56 (16)
Elizabeth Richardson Georgia
John Monson dec Elizabeth Richardson Rev. Thomas Monson Rev. Capt. Saml. Grant Col. Pitcomb
Ent. 1777.
Maine State
Rev. War.
me no Papers Ad: 160 ac, Mich 19/57 Special C. G. B. W. H.
Saml. G. Anderson Dispute Me.
Vol M2. 1844 115

All when Doth the people trip My dear see let of art Very fair. [Signature]
288. 807.

State of Maine.
(9)
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, September 20 1856 }
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
William Foster Esq
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for
the County of York
as appears by the papers hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid — and that the following Signatures purporting to be his
an GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
Obadiah Cook
CLERK.

Declaration of Elizabeth Richardson
State of Maine } County of Oxford } SS On this Fifth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Fifty six personally appeared before me, the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid Elizabeth Richardson a Resident of Norway in said County aged Eightythree in February who upon Oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the Bountyland to which she may be entitled as the widow of John Monson a Revolutionary Soldier deceased under the Act passed February 3 d AD 1853. That said John Monson enlisted into the Com- pany commanded by Capt Samuel Grant and Col Jonathan Titcomb's Regiment and served Two months and Twelve days from the Town of Hittery as Private in said Company said service done in 1777 And this Declarant further states that she was married to the said John Monson January 4 th 1790 by the Rev. Joseph Litchfield Pastor in said Town of Hittery then called the Province of Maine but now State of Maine That her Maiden name before marriage was Betty or Elizabeth Shepherd and that her Husband

John Monson died at Pittsfield in the Fall of the year 1793 or 1794 there not being any Town Record of his death I have placed it as above stated
And this Declarant further states that she was married to John Richardson, (he being her second husband) in the Town of Lewiston in said State by Esquire Tibbetts a Justice of the Peace in 1794 or 1795 and lived with him untill January 1852 when he died leaving me a Widow and have remained a widow up to the present time
And this declarant further states that she has not received or applied for bountyland under this or any other Act of Congress except the present application
Attest Wm Foster
Betty her  X Richardson mark
We Robinson Flatts and Mark S Grover residents of Norway in the State of Maine upon our Oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknow- ledged by the said Elizabeth Richardson in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the appli- cant, that she is the identical person she rep- resents herself to be, and is still a widow, and we have no interest in the above claim. Robinson Flatts
Mark S Grover

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day & year first above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and is still a Widow, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Wm Foster Justice of the Peace
State of Maine } County of Oxford } SS September 5 th 1856
Know all men by these presents I Betty Richardson of Norway in said County and State aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel Pitunderson of Otisfield County of Cumberland and State aforesaid my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior a Warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid; and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more Substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his Substitutes may lawfully do in the premises
Attest Wm Foster
Elizabeth her Richardson mark

Declaration of Mark S. Grover I Mark S. Grover of Norway County of Oxford and State of Maine being thirty nine years old depose and say that I married a daughter of John Richardson of said Norway about fourteen years since, about ten years since Mr John Richardson and Elisabeth Richardson came to live with me and he continued with me untill his death which took place in 1852 and during the time above stated I often heard his wife speak of her first husband whose name was John Monson being a Soldier of the Revolution; that she was married to John Monson in Hittery about the year 1790 that she lived with him about four years when he fell from a Mill raising and was drowned and this declarant further certifies that in the year 1794 or 1795 said John Richardson married Elisabeth Monson widow of John Monson a Soldier of the Revolution as I often heard her state Mark S Grover

State of Maine } County of Oxford }
Norway September 5-1856
Personally appeared Mark S. Grover the Deponent above named who subscribed to and made oath in due form of law that the above affidavit is true before me and I further certify that the deponent Mark S Grover is a person well known to me and that his statements are to be believed
Wm Foster } Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
May 27. 1856.
❧ Whereby 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 John Monson is borne on pay roll of Capt. Samuel Grant's Comp. Col. Jonathan Sturtevant's Regt. R. Island Service in 1777 (service time not dated) 2 mos. 12 days travel included, as private from Hittery! Read and allowed in Council July 21. 1777.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
A. D. Merrill
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence of the service of John Monson in the War of the Revolution
He enlisted from the Town of Pittsfield Maine in the year 1775 was present at the Battle of Lexington and Bunkerhill
The Officers of the Company and Regiment to which he belonged I do not remember
I am now almost Eightythree years old and my memory does not enable me to state my husbands services more fully than above stated
Witness my hand this seventeenth day of May AD 1856
her Elizabeth J Richardson mark
Signed by Said Elizabeth Richardson in my Presence
Samuel P. Anderson Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
Alfred,
James S.
A. D. 18 56
} }
I, James O. McIntire,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
In and for said COUNTY OF YORK, certify that
Daniel Frisbee Esq n is com
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for
the County of
York
as appears by
the paper hereto annexed; that he is PULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his Commission is dated
March 3
A. D. 18 52 and will expire
March 3
A. D. 18 59
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be
This is
GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court , for said State, the day and year first above written.
James O McIntire
Clerk.

Married by the Rev Joseph Leitchfield Jan 4 th 1790 Jan Fourth Seventeen Hundred and Ninety
John Swanson and Betty Shephard
This may certify that the above is a true extract from the Records of the Town of Hiltney
Hiltney June 14 th 1856
A true copy, attest Isaac D. Phillips Town Clerk
Note of Maine York S d Hiltney Jun 16 th 1856
This may certify that the above named Isaac D. Phillips is Clerk of the Town of Hiltney and personally appeared before me and made oath that the above is a true copy from the records of the Town of Hiltney
Before me Daniel Ferris, Justice of the Peace

1

Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1830 entitled An act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows State of Maine
County of Oxford } SS
On this ninth day of June One Thousand Eight hundred and Fiftyseven personally appeared before the Court of Probate held at Sumner within and for the County of Oxford.
Elizabeth Richardson a resident of Sumner in the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty three years in February last who being 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 7th 1830 entitled an Act granting half-pay and pensions to certain widows.
That she is the widow of John Manson deceased who was a private in the Company of Infantry commanded by Capt Tobias Fernald Col Edmund Phinney's Reg't From Feb 22 d to December 8 th 1776-9 months and 16 days from Hittery
Also on pay Roll of sea service on board of Brigantine Hawke Capt Jonathan Oakes Commander from May 3 d 1777-30 days as Seaman
Also on pay Roll of Capt Samuel Grants Company Col Jonathan Titcombs Reg't 2 months and 12 days from Hittery. Also on Brigantine Tyrannicide over

Capt. Hallett Commander from the February 26th to April 30 1779 2 months and 5 days as Seaman in the War of the Revolution
This Declarant further states that She believes that her husband John Manson was out under the Com- -mand of Capt John Paul Jones as a seaman; and as she has no documents to prove the facts, she is un- -able to state the service more definitely than above stated. She further states that she was married to the said John Manson in Hittery in the State of Maine January 4th 1790 by the Reverend Joseph Litchfield Pastor in said Town of Hittery, and that her name before marriage was Elizabeth Shepherd; That her husband died at said Hittery in the fall of the year 1793 or 1794 there not being any Town Record of his death, I have stated the fact to the best of my recollection
And this Declarant further states that she was married to John Richardson (he being her second husband) in the Town of Lewiston in said State by Esquire Tiblets a Justice of the Peace in 1794 or 1795, and lived with him untill January 1852 when he died leaving me a widow, and I have remained a widow up to the present time And I further certify, that I made application for Bountyland last September and have rece- -ived a Warrant No 56,955 for 160 acres, and I would respectfully request the Commissioner to

examine the proof produced to prove her claim for bounty land; And I further certify that I have never made application for a pension before this time, and also that I cannot file herewith his Certificate of discharge for the reason, that I never saw it. She hereby appoints Samuel Peterson of Otisfield her true and lawful Attorney with power of substitution to prosecute this her claim for a pension, to receive the Certificate when issued and to do all other acts necessary and proper in the premises
attest John Butterfield Elizabeth her Richardson mark
Sworn and Subscribed before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I hereby certify that I know the said deponent Elizabeth Richardson, and believe her to be as is above stated, and that she is of the age above stated; and further, that I am not interested in this her claim as Attorney or otherwise Witness my hand and the seal of said Court affixed by me.
Thomas W. Brown { Judge of Probate
By order of said Court
Clerk
David Knapp Register

State of Maine } County of Oxford } SS
On this ninth day of June A D 1857 personally appeared before the Subscriber Judge of Probate  a Justice of the  Peace , in and for the County aforesaid, duly authorized to administer Oaths John Butterfield a resident of said County, to me well known as a credible witness and who, being by me duly sworn, doth on his Oath state that he is acquainted with Mrs Elizabeth Richardson the above named applicant for a pension that he has known her for eighteen years last past, and believes her to be the widow of John Hanson who died (I testify by report) over sixty years since in the Town of Hittery at a Milbraising John Butterfield
Subscribed and sworn to, the day and year first above written, before me and I certify that I have no interest in the above claim
Justice of the Peace Thomas W. Brown Judge

day of June AD 1857.
Section of the State Thomas W. Brown Judge of Probate for the County of Oxford
State of Maine.
County of Oxford } Court of Probate } ss. In open Court
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before the said Court, which evidence is herunto annexed, that John Manson was a Revolutionary Soldier of the United States and that he died in the fall of the year 1793. or 1794 leaving surviving him a Widow named, Elizabeth, and the said Elizabeth is still living and a resident of Sumner, formerly of Norway, County of Oxford, and State of Maine.
In Testimony Whereof I have by order of said Court, herunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court this ninth day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven.
David Knapp Register

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
April 27 th 1857.
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 John Manson is borne on pay roll of Capt. Tobias Fernald's Comp. Col. Edmund Farnsey's Regt. from Feby. 22. to Dec. 8. 1776, 9 Mos. 16 days, as Private, Endorsed "on Command at Ticonderoga". Capt. Fernald was from Nittery.
Also on pay roll of S d u Servis on board Brigantine Hawke, Capt. Jonathan Oakes Commander. from May 3. 1777 30 days, as Seaman.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Samuel Grant's Comp. Col. Jonathan Stearns Regt. 2 Mos. 12 days, from Nittery. Second roll dated July 18. 1777. Allowed in Council July 21. 1777. Also on Brigantine Tyranicide Capt. Hallett, Commander from Feby. 26. to April 30. 1779 2 Mos. 5 days, as Seaman.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls and other Documents in his Office of the services of John Manson in the War of the Revolution viz He enlisted from the Town of Hiltsey in the County of York and State of Maine for two months and about a half in the year 1777 as private in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Grant, and Col Jonathan Titcomb's Regiment
Also said John Manson was out as a Sailor in the Brigantine Hawkes under Capt Jonathan Oakes in the year 1777 time not known
Also another service of said John Manson as a Sailor under Capt Allen Hallett in the year 1779
Also in 1780 I think that my husband John Manson was out but how long I do not know and it has been reported that he was out with the celebrated John Paul Jones but how long I not able to state
I am now eighty three years old past and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than above stated over

Witness my hand this 23d day of March A.D. 1857
Signed in my presence Elizabeth her L Richardson mark
Samuel Pitderson Justice of the Peace

I, Charles Manson of Kittery, County of York and State of Maine, aged sixty two years, on oath before me say, That I have heard My Father say, that John Manson was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and was at Ticonderoga, he was a brother to my mother, and I believe him to be the identical John Manson who married Elizabeth Shepherd of Kittery on or about the year seventeen hundred and ninety one, I have also further heard My Father, say that said John Manson was a sailor in the United States Navy under the command of John Paul Jones,
Charles Manson
State of Maine, York, St. Kittery Feb'y. 28. 1857. Personally appeared the above named Charles Manson, and made oath that the above deposition by him signed was true Before Me,
Eph. Otis } Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify that the above named Charles Manson is a person of truth and veracity
Eph. Otis

I Simon Manson of Kittery, County of York and State of Maine, aged seventy five years the twelfth day of October last past, on oath depose and say, That I have heard my Father and other aged persons say that, John Manson of Kittery who was drowned at a mill rising in said Kittery, was the identical John Manson who married Elizabeth Shephard of Kittery on or about the one hundred and ninety one, and further I have heard my Father and others say that the said John Manson was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and I believe that he is the identical John Manson as above stated, Witness Joshua H. Sanborn Simon his Manson Mark
State of Maine, York, ss, Kittery February 28 th 1857
Personally appeared the above Simon Manson and made oath that the above deposition by him signed was true
Before Me, Eph. and Otis } Justice of the Peace
We hereby certify that the above named Simon Manson is a man of truth and veracity,
Eph. and Otis Joshua H. Sanborn

State of Maine.
(12)
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND,
March 21, 1854.
I, OBADIAH G. COOK.
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Eph m Otis Esquire
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for
the County of
Sarh
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer Oaths and take Acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid,—and that the following Signature purporting to be his
are  GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
O. G. Cook
CLERK

I. William Manson of Wittery, County of York, and State of Maine, aged sixty three years, on oath depose and say, That I have heard my Father, Mother and other aged persons, say, that John Manson of Wittery, was a soldier in the revolutionary war, that he was a sailor in the U.S. Navy with John Paul Jones, and that he married Elizabeth Shepherd of said Wittery on or about the year Seventeen hundred and ninety one,
William Manson
State of Maine York ss. Wittery February 28. 1857.
Personally appeared William Manson and made oath that the above deposition by him signed was true
Before Me,
Joshua H. Sanborn } Justice of the Peace.
We hereby certify that the above named William Manson is a Man of truth and veracity,
Joshua H. Sanborn, Joshua H. Sanborn,

Rec. Ev.
about 18" / 41" "Boyn ton."

No 132.452
Adjut. Genl. in case of Henry S. Morgan
Henry S. Morgan Esq. Reuben
Commissioner of Pensions Washington
D. L.

Official business
To the
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
XXXXX

No. 3,061 June 23. 1852
App't of Mary D. Morgan widow of Reuben.
Suffolk
Mass : N. 76 Ror 32 21222
act 3rd Feby 1853. $21.67 Per An Com Arb: 3.7853, Rev:
Horatio Woodman Boston Mass:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Elizabeth Richardson
1838
Brief
Dodge

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Richardson - formerly widow of John Manson Oxford County and State of Maine act July 7 th , 1838 - and subsequent acts (3)
Claim, ("original," or " for increase ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service - The evidence is traditional and supported by rolls - rejecting all service declared for of which the declarant apparently obtained knowledge from Mass. records -
In the previous application for bounty-land witnesses testified to Manson's statements that he was at Ticonderoga - but the only service then certified was to R. Island. I now allow the service at Ticonderoga. The widow declared that her husband said he served under John Paul Jones. - this was not certified, but the rolls of the Ranger, under Jones, are in this (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what? office - showing John Manson, as Seaman, from Nov 1, 1777 to Oct 16 th , 1778 - 11 months 15 days - It is not improbable that the other service certified in the name of John Manson was performed by the claimant's former husband - but the dates do not clash - but the identity is not sufficiently established.
Marriage - Jan'y 4 th , 1790 - Proved by Town record - Identity and present widowhood proved by Israel.
Name and residence of Agent
Samuel P. Anderson East Otisfield Maine
S. G. Dodge Examining Clerk.

No. 15. H 64. Elizabeth Richardson formerly widow of John Hanson Maine - Oxford Co. Acts July 7, 1838 & subsequent acts Admitted
(1)
9 mos 16 das priv. of Int. $31.77 11 1/2 mos Seaman $46.00 at $ 77 77 / 100 per annum, from March 4 th 1836, excepting two years
Certificate payable to the claimant.
Warrant $256.94 160 acct act / 55
Atty Samuel P. Anderson Oxford Maine

East Otisfield June 22d 1857 (2)
Geo C Whiting Esqr
Sir I inclose a claim of Elizabeth Richardson for a Pension I have obtained the proof of service from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and have supposed, by reports in the place of her birth, that John Manson her first husband was out quite a term of service under Capt Paul Jones but have been unable to obtain that service The marriage and proof of identity was furnished in September last when she made application for Bounty land, which case was No 56,995 I hope the evidence of service, will be satisfactory
Very Respectfully Yours
Obedient Servant
Samuel Peterson

East Otisfield Feb 3 d 1856 (11) ?
Geo C Whiting Esqr Commissioner of Pensions
Sir your letter of January 10 th 1857 in the case of Elizabeth Richardson for Braintree land; you say, "The claim will be favorably considered as soon as proof is filed identifying her husband as the Soldier whose services are described in the Certif- icate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts." If you can admit the case upon the Testimony that is already filed; it would save the old lady a great deal of trouble; she lives in Norway, and from Norway to Hittery is over 100 miles, the place where she was married to John Monson 67 years since
I became acquainted with the old Lady, in case last May. I was informed that she was present when Rufus Richardson & Eleanor Hicks were married and I took her Deposition and it is filed in the case of said Eleanor Richardson in a claim for Braintree land She said her first husband John Monson was a Rev- olutionary Soldier; that he was out two months and a half in 1777 but could not tell the Officers names She stated that she was married to Mr Monson in 1790 by old Parson Litchfield Pastor of the Town of

Hittery Maine, that three or four years after her marriage, Mr Monson was assisting to raise a Mill and he fell from the frame and was killed or drowned; and after hearing her simple statement of the above, I told her that she was entitled to Bountyland on account of her first husbands services. and she was anxious that I should undertake to obtain it; which I have done I in the first place applied to the Secretary of Mass., for the proof of the service and found that Mr Monson served two months and 12 days; I then applied to the Town Clerk of the town of Hittery for a marriage Certificate of Mr Monson and found that old Deacon Litchfield solemnized the marriage exactly as she had stated to me and I found that her statement was as correct as any person would be likely to make after a lapse of nearly 70 years and then she had to take the account from her husband As the old Lady is infirm and poor please take her Declaration with the accompanying proof together with facts as I have explained them and see if you cannot be satisfied that she is the widow of the Soldier, whose services are certified to by the Secretary of Mass.:
It is very uncertain whether a man could be found who was out with Mr Monson in that particular service in 1777 and relate the facts so that the facts would appear any more intelli

gible than they now appear, as delineated in the old lady's declaration, and by the circumstances connected
Please be as favorable as the circumstances in the case will permit, and drop me a line whether the explanation which I have here made will answer
Very respectfully your Obedient Servant Samuel P. Anderson

Ed. & O. L.
1875
1875

(10) Atspield September 23/56
J Minot Esqr Commissioner of Pensions
Sir in this case I send the claim of a Widow of a Revolutionary Soldier. I have found the Record of the mar- riage of Mrs Richardson with her first husband John Morson, and a Certificate is added but cannot find the Record of his Death, as stated in a letter to me from the Town Clerk of Hittery, where Mr Morson was drowned; and I supposed that the proof of his death was sufficient, from the fact of the second marriage, and raising up a family by the second husband, and also the fact that the second husband while living died with his daughter in Norway
Very respectfully yours Obedient Servant Samuel P. Anderson

258.807.
Elizabeth Richardson
for wid of
John Morgan the original
Cole
{ Commissioner of Pensions
(20)
J Minot Esqr Washington D.C.

Elizabeth Richardson for wid. of
John Mansfield Maine
original
See Bounty land - paper -
Cole
Geo E. Whiting Esq. Washington D.C.
{ Commissioner of Pensions
(19)

258801
Elizabeth Richardson
Boston
Geo. P. Whiting Esq. Washington D.C.
Commissioner of Pensions
(18)

E. Otisfield M.E.
Feb 5th
Elizabeth Richardson
Geo
Poynton
{ Commissioner of Pensions
(17)
Whiting Esq.
Washington
D.C.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
(8)
No. 22076
Elizabeth Richards Former widow of John Manson Dis. New York
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 164
[Arrangement of 1870.]

East Otisfield March 31/57
(13)
Geo. C. Whiting Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir in your letter of Feb'y 14 th 1855 in the case of Elizabeth Richardson for bountyland No 250 001 you say "It is advisable that you procure the affi- davits of two or three aged Credible Witnesses who will testify to the reputation as a Revolutionary Soldier of John Monson, the witnesses should be persons who knew him"
I have attended to the business as you directed and have taken three Depositions of the oldest persons that I could find, who knew John Mon- son, or was well acquainted with his reputation and I hope that the effort will prove satisfactory as I could do no better in obtaining proof
Respectfully your Obedient Servant Samuel Peterson

56.945. (15)
160 acres.

258.801. Act March 3, 1855.
Oct. 6, 1856. (14)
Elizabeth Richardson, formerly widow of John Morrison, deced. private.
Capt Samuel Grant, Col. Sitcomb.
Entry 1777.
Revolutionary War.
Original brief enclosed.
Samuel P. Anderson, Otisfield, Maine.

11.861
(5)
Maene Elizabeth Richardson, formerly widow of John Manson. who died on the
of _____ in the State of _____ who was a priv t & seaman in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution time for 9 mos & 16 days private line for 11 1/2 " seaman
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 77- Dollars 77- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of July 1857 and sent to Samuel P. Anderson. Arrears to the 4th of Otisfield. Semi-annual allowance ending Maine
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act July 7, 1838. } G. S. [Signature] Clerk.
Recorded by Book 96. Vol. 1. Page 111

9.696 Maine (6)
Elizabeth Richardson, formerly widow of John Manson. who was a Priv. & Seaman in the Revolution.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 77— Dollars 77— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of July 1857 and sent to
W. P. Anderson Otisfield Maine
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book Me. Vol. 1 Page 132.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Manson, John GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9999 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED August 14 1793 to Jasper Isler loan, 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.