Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14203, Darius Wright, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Wright, Darius Louisa or Lovisa
W. 14203
CONTENTS

Died 14 Sept '48
Reported
Widow to Geo. B. Morris, and H. Warren Esq. Atty.
30th 1848.
Certificate corrected & sent to Franklin Warren Jan 16/49
1847
Massachusetts
Louisa Wright
widow of Darius Wright
Man who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 38 Dollars 10,
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
Geo B. Morris Springfield Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 172 Vol 2.

10.570
Massachusetts
Darius Wright
of Springfield in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by Col Wood in the War time for _____ year.
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ at the rate of 40 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of _____ 1833 and sent to William Springfield Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 80-- Semi-annual allowance ending _____ 20--
$100--
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H B Blair Clerk, Book 2, Vol. 2 nd Page 90.

Additional Declaration
I Darius Wright who have subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration in order to obtain a Pension, on oath do further depose & say that my birth stands recorded on the town Records of Shrewsbury, when I have stated I was born. That I can not state more precisely than I have done in said original declaration the length of my service. I have there stated that I was in service at three different periods of. of eight months - of one month & of three months, making in all twelve months.
I have made no claim in my original declaration, to any grade above that of a private. I now state that my rank was that of a private.
I am well known to the Rev. Doct Samuel Osgood & Josiah Hooker Esq. who have sworn to this fact heretofore, & have also testified as to my character for truth & their belief of my having been in the service - also as to my reputation of service in my neighborhood. I could name hundreds of others who could testify to the same facts & will do so if the Department of War should require me to procure their testimony.
Darius Wright
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } County of Hampden } ss. On this seventh day of December A D 1832 personally appeared before me the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate within & for said County, & subscribed & made oath to the foregoing declaration, & I further certify that I am personally acquainted with said Wright & that he sustains a good character for truth & veracity OWEN MORRILL Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden ss:
I Justin Willard Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that The Hon. Oliver B. Morris is the Judge of said Court, duly commissioned & qualified to act as such and that the name "Oliver B. Morris" subscribed to the preceding certificate of the oath administered to the above named Darius Wright is the proper hand writing said Morris Judge as aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this seventh day of December A.D. 1832
Justin Willard Register

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden 383
On this eight  twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate now held at Springfield within and for said County Darius Wright of said Springfield aged seventy one years of age who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 Viz: That he was born in said Springfield on the twenty first day of May seventeen hundred & sixty one when he has for the most part resided ever since - That he entered the service of the United States & served in the revolutionary war in all a term of one year as a private soldier as follows viz - In the Month of May 1778 on the fifteenth day of said month, he enlisted at said Springfield as a volunteer in the State Troops of Mass ts for the term of eight months - under Capt John Carpenter - Lieuts Martin Smith &  Winchell in the Regiment commanded by Col  Wood - Adjt General Hall - being taken with the small pox after his enlistment he did not March until past the middle of June, when he marched to Fishkill the place of rendezvous, where he with the other troops delayed two days previous & then marched to White Plains on the Hudson river & there joined his regiment & there continued as at head quarters until some time in August except being out on forage parties & other duties several times, when the grand army broke up he marched to Danbury in Connecticut & after a few weeks marched around a place called Graham Hills to Woodbury in Connecticut where he & the whole Regiment  Brigade lay a few weeks & then came to Red Bank South end of the High Lands below West point & there took up winter quarters in November, where they the remained until the 20 th of Feb y building log Barracks &c on which day he & the whole regiment were discharged by an order of the Maj. General
8 months Residence

McC Dougall which was read to the troops by the Adjutant - Hall - Some of the other officers with whom he served were Brigadier Gen. Nixon - Col. Graton - Col. Putnam - Col. Nixon brother to the 3 d Generals. General La Fayette came there with General Washington immediately after the battle of Monmouth. General Gates commanded until Gen. Washington came up from the South.
1 month Again in the month of August 1779 he enlisted as a volunteer for a period of three months, at said Hningfield, in a company of State troops commanded by Capt. John Peep. Lieut. John Root & Charles Terby of said Hningfield & immediately within three days of his enlistment marched to Albany the place of rendezvous & there joined the Regiment commanded by Col. Chapin Chapin - there were no other troops there except Chapin's Regiment. He there did duty for one month & 22 days (continental) for one month & was then discharged with the Regiment soon thereafter Sep r - rec d no written discharge - & troops to the service of Gen. troops being no longer required.
3 months Again in 1779 1781 some time in August he volunteered at said Hningfield in Capt. King's company of Mass ts State troops - Lieut. John Root of said Hningfield - does not remember the other company officers, within three days he marched to Albany & there joined the place of rendezvous, where with the other recruits remained about a week & then joined marched to Saratoga in company with Gen. Stark & guarded up two prisoners viz. Capt. Dunham & Lieut. Grant to be tried by court martial - At Saratoga he & they joined the Regiment commanded by Col. Sears - Maj. Rowley - does not remember other field officers - a part of the Regiment was up the Mohawk river - he remained on duty at Saratoga to the end of his enlistment viz. three months except a few days gained & allowed the troops for a task not then of drawing logs - he was discharged toward the last of November 1781 - rec d no written discharge, being discharged in manner above stated - it was Hampshire Regiment & a part of a New York Regiment.

came there just before he was discharged. General Stark had the commands there. Not far from the time of the capture of Cornwallis this Applicant was one of the twelve detached to guard Lieut Thos: Lovelace to the gallows - who had been convicted as a spy. This Applicant then saw him hung
He has no documentary evidence of either of said terms of service. As to the two first mentioned periods of service he offers the depositions of Phoebe Perry
As to the last he adduces the evidence of Stephen Reeps.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension rolls of the agency of any state
sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Darius Wright
We Samuel Osgood a Clergyman & Jonah Hooker residing in Shrewsbury above named hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Darius Wright who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy one years of age - that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Samuel Osgood Jonah Hooker -
And the said court. Present the Hon Oliver B. Morris Judge, after investigating the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, do hereby declare their opinion that the said above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states and the said court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Osgood Esq. who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in said

Springfield and that Sarah Hooker Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Springfield, & is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Justin Willard Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County of Hampden do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Darius Wright for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
Justin Willard Register in

Thaddus Ferris Affidavit in the case of Darius Wright
Aug 8. 1832

I Thaddeus Ferré of Springfield in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify & say that I enlisted in a company of State troops in the time of Revolutionary war in May A.D. 1778 - and that said company was commanded by Capt John Carpenter - & the regiment to which it belonged was commanded by Col Wood - and that at the same time that I enlisted, Darius Wright then and ever since an inhabitant of said town of Springfield, enlisted in the same company - that I went to White Plains in the latter part of June of the same year & joined the American army under Gen Gates - that said Darius Wright came a very few days after & joined said army - and that said Wright & myself - were in the same company & the same regiment & were mess-mates, so long as we continued in the service under said enlistment - and that I personally know that said Wright continued in the service until about the 20 th day of February A.D. 1779 - when the whole of said regiment was discharged at Peekskill in the State of New York -
I also farther testify & say that I enlisted in a company of State troops in the revolutionary service about the latter part of August or the beginning of September A.D. 1779 - which company was commanded by Capt Keep & the First Lieutenant was John Bart & the Second Lieut. Charles Ferré - and the regiment to which it belonged was commanded by Col Chapin - that I enlisted for three months - And I personally know that Darius Wright aforesaid enlisted at the same time in the same company & for the same term - and that we both went to Albany (the place of rendezvous) within three days after our enlistment when we both continued in the service for one month doing duty until the when the regiment was discharged - and that I received pay for one month - And farther the Deponent saith not -
his Thaddeus Ferré mark
Hampden p Aug. 8. 1832
This personally appeared Thaddeus Ferré above named and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit subscribed by him as above before me Josiah Hooker Justice of Peace

Hampden B: Dec. 7 th 1832 And I do now further certify that the above named Thadius Foss is a credible witness. - Jonah Hooker Justice of the Peace
att

Darius Wright
12 months
8935-

I Stephen Keep of Springfield in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age on oath do testify depose and say that I have been well acquainted with Daniel Wright of Newfield in said County ever since the year 1781 that being in service as a soldier in the Revolutionary war in that year at Saratoga said Wright came there as a soldier in Capt. Ashel Root's Company of Mass ts Militia & in Col. Sears Regiment in the part since there with two Regiments of Regulars that said Wright came there as aforesaid in the month of August 1781 & continued in service until the last of November following & was then discharged by a written annual order (under the hand of General Stark the Commander) read to us by Adjutant Tracy - I was in service in the same Regiment & personally knew the facts above stated.
Stephen Keep
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden 388.
On this eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared Stephen Keep above named & subscribed & made oaths to the above deposition before me.
Justin Willard
Hampden ss. Dec 7 th 1832
I do hereby certify that said Stephen Keep is a credible witness Justin Willard Esq. Pres.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that Justice Willard Esq. before whom the above deposition was verified & Josiah Hooker Esq. before whom the annexed deposition was verified are Justices of the Peace for the County of Hampden that their names thereto subscribed are their true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
John Ingersoll Clerk

8935
Darius Wright
5. 14. 816 interrog.
atmos not Paphos ball
Nov 29 1832
Private 1 year
$40.
P 114.
J Willard Springfield Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Darius Wright  of  Springfield  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy one years  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.     15 May In 1778 Enlisted *8 private Gen. Cap John Carpenter, Col Wood Reg t   Aug t 1779 Enlisted †9 Col Keep Col Chapin   Aug t 1781 Volunteered 3 except a few days Cap King - joined Col Sears Reg t  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Springfield Mas  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional 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? Not authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
* was taken with the male pay - † did duty for 1 month
A Rintze Examining Clerk.

No 489.
June 21/47
Louisa Wright, Map
Act 17 June 1844
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Mama 1783
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$38 40  Quame
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11 mo 13 days m
Bro. B Morris
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On this 26th day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty seven personally appeared before the Hon Oliver B Morris Judge of the Court of Probate for the said county of Hampden Lovisa Wright a resident of Springfield in the said county of Hampden aged eighty one 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 on the 17th of June 1844 entitled "An Act to continue the pensions of certain widows" that she is the widow of Jarius Wright late of said Springfield deceased who was a pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832 and who served in the Army of the Revolution as stated in his declaration on file in the War Department of the United States. She further declares that she was married to the said Jarius Wright on the 17th day of January 1783 at West Springfield by the Rev. Joseph Sattrop deceased. That her husband the said Jarius Wright died on the first day of October in the year 1846; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service,

but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated of
her Louisa L Wright mark
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above said before me, and I do certify that the said Louisa Wright by reason of age and bodily infirmity was unable to attend the court, and being also unable to write her name she made her mark in my presence, and I do declare my opinion that the facts stated in the foregoing declaration are true, In witness whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and cause the seal of the court of Probate to be affixed for said county of Hampden to be hereunto affixed this twenty sixth day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty seven
Abiah D Morris Judge of the court of Probate for said county of Hampden

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden County ss.
I Justus Willard Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Hampden do hereby certify that the Hon. Oliver B. Morris is the Judge of said Court & that the above certificate subscribed to the foregoing declaration of Louisa Wright is in his hand writing & that there his name thereto subscribed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this seventeenth day of June A D 1847
Justus Willard Clerk

The following persons were married by me on the day of the date affixed to their respective names - by me Joseph Sattinote -
Darius Wright & Lovisa Taylor both of West Springfield January sixteenth seventeen hundred and eighty three
I Edwin J Perkins of West Springfield in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts do certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the above marriage with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows Jan y 16 th 1783. Edwin J. Perkins
I Edwin J Perkins above named depose and say that I hold the office of town clerk in the town county and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records with the exception above named as certified by me. Edwin J. Perkins Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden County ss December 25: 1847 Sworn to before me George B Morris. Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that George B. Morris Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Morris and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth,
this twenty fifth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty Seven
Richd Bliss Clerk.

I Anna Sikes of Sudlow in the County of Hampshire State of Massachusetts of lawful age on oath depose and say that I am the sister of Louisa Wright Widow of James Wright late of Springfield in said county deceased a Pensioner, that I was present and saw the said James Wright married to the said Louisa Wright then Louisa Taylor, that they were married at West Springfield in said County of Hampshire on the 17th day of January A.D. 1853 by the Rev Joseph Sattrop
Anna Sikes
State of Massachusetts Hampshire County } May 22 d 1847 Then the above named Anna Sikes personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is true Before me George B. Morris Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that George B. Morris Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Morris and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the
Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth,
this Seventeenth day of June
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty Seven
Richd Bliss Clerk.

Sir,
Merchants Bank Boston 12 Jan. 1849
In compliance with your letter of 30 th November last, I return you the Pension Certificate of Mrs Wright, that the Christian name may be altered from Louisa to Lovisa, should you under the present circumstances deem it necessary. Mrs Wright died on the 14 Sept. 1848, & I will thank you to return me the Pension Certificate forthwith, in order that I may pay the arrears to whomsoever may be entitled to receive them.
Very Respectfully
Your obed t serv t
Franklin Hawn Pension Agent.
Jas. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions.

Rev d
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14203
Lovisa Wright
Widow of
Darius Wright
Priv. Rev. War
Act: Feb 2 d 1841
Index:—Vol. M , Page 361
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Springfield June 19. 1848.
Dear Sir
The name of Mrs. Wright whose papers you have is Lovisa and not Louisa. I can have no doubt but that the name was correctly written in her original application for a pension.
Truly Yours -
Geo B Morris
G. S. Balch Esq } Boston Mass }

Darius M c Ginty, Map Act 7 June 1832 $40 00 p er annum
To what time was he last paid? A. 6, A
Pension Office May 24. 1848 3 Paid 4 th Sept. 1846
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V No 480
Louisa Wright
Map
Lt. G. B. Morris June 29. 47
act 17 June 1844

8930
Darius Wright
J. William Ely Springfield Mass

8935 8935
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Darius Wright of Springfield
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? No can not frame language more apt to state the precise length of time than he has done & he was not asked for pay above the lowest rank, & his words are "in all, a term of one year as a private soldier" 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? 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? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 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? 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 - comitted And is the official character and signature of the magistrate 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? No This is now attested to XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2 & 7th comitted in additional decl n
 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.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
July 31 1847.
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 Darius Wright is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt John Carpenter's company, in Col Ezra Wood's regt for service at the North River N. York as a private from July 18 1778 to February 2 1779, including allowance of 17 days for travel. 7 Months and 2 days.
1-4 Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Caleb Keen's company, in Col Israel Chapin's regt, as a private from October 25 to November 21 1779, including allowance of 6 days for travel. 1 Month and 4 days.
3 1/2 7 Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Abel King's company, in Col Sears's regt, for service at Bienderoga as a private from August 20 to November 20 1781. 3 Months and

7 days, including allowance of 7 days for travel.
The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one of the names shown by the Military records in this Department.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sawyer,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office of the service of my late husband Darius Wright in the War of the Revolution.
He was a native of the town of Springfield in the County of Hampden State of Massachusetts. He enlisted from Springfield and served eight months in the year 1778 under Captain Carpenter in the Regiment commanded by Col Wood, one month in the year 1779. under Capt H Keap in the Regiment commanded by Col Chapin and three months in 1781 under Capt King of Col Sears Reg't
I am now 81 years old and my memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than above stated.
Witness my hand at Springfield this sixth day of July A.D. 1847
signed by Lovisa Wright in my presence
Lovisa Wright x her mark
Theodore Clapp Justice of the Peace

Springfield Mass Dec r 25. 1847
Sir
In the matter of the application of Louisa Wright for a pension under the act of June 17. 1844 now on file in your office I enclose the certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth as to the services of her late husband also the certificate of the Clerk of the town of Mt Springfield of her marriage. If a certificate pension is granted her be pleased to forward it to my address and oblige.
Truly Yours
George B Morris
James I Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions

James L. Edmonds Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Springfield Mass s Jan 18. 1847
Sir
I transmit to you this day the application of Mrs Lovisa Wright for a pension. She is the widow of James Wright late of this town deceased a Pensioner - also the evidence of the marriage of Mrs Wright contained in the deposition of Mrs Anna Sikes.
I also send the application of Mrs Prescilla Walbridge widow of Joshua Walbridge late of Milbraham in the county of Hampshire a Pensioner. Accompanying the application is a certificate of the marriage from the Town Clerk also evidence of a portion of the service of the deceased from the Comptroller of the State of Conn.
If the above applicants are allowed pensions be pleased to enclose their certificates to my address and oblige
Truly Yours
George B. Morris
James L. Edmonds Esq. Pension Office

Report
487. Massachusetts Louisa Wright widow of Darius Wright who was a Private in the Revolution Husband died 1 Oct 1846
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 38 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st 1st day of March Oct, 1846
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of May 1848, and sent to G. B. McBurney Esq. Springfield Mass
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 40

Merchants Bank
Boston
20 June 1848
Sir,
Application has been made for payment of pension money on behalf of Lovisa Wright
The name is spelt in the Pension Certificate Louisa Wright, & by that name is entered on the Rolls.
I enclose a letter which has been received on the subject, stating that the name is Lovisa .
Please inform me whether payment shall be made on the certificate as it is, the difference being so slight, or whether I shall forward it to you to be altered before making payment.
Very Respectfully
Your obedt servt
J Hauen
Pension Agent.
J. L. Edwards Esq re Comm r of Pensions.

admitted
Geo. B. Morris Springfield Mass

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
Hampden COUNTY, }
On this Third day of June personally appeared
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Lovira Wright a resident of Springfield in the county of Hampden
aged eighty two 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to
widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of
Jeremiah Wright who was a soldier in the Army of
the Revolution and served as commanded by stated in his declaration
on file in the Pension Office of the United States and is the identical person who drew a pension
under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late hus-
band aforesaid, at the rate of thirty eight dollars and
ten cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Lovira Wright
mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written,
Before me,
George B Morris
In presence of
Hva Likes
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a
Pensioner as she declares above.
George B Morris Justice of the Peace
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss.
Hampden COUNTY, }
I, Rich Blip
Clerk of the Common Pleas
Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that George B.
Morris is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly
commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this eighteenth
day of August 1848
Rich Blip
CLERK.