Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17111, for Joseph Mc Clure, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
N. H.
McClure, Joseph Cluer, Margaret
Sk 1711
CONTENTS

4.103
Margaret Margaret McClure and widow of Joseph
who served in the Revolutionary
N. H. war, as a Private
Entered from p 20:55
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 29 Dollars 41
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848
Entry 13: July 1848 Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Nov. 51 and sent to
J. G. Burdet Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 24, Vol. 1
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I John McClure aged party five years depose & say that I am the son of the late Joseph McClure of Belfast & of his widow now living in this County of Wales Margaret McClure. That I removed from New Hampshire to Belfast in this County with my Father & Mother about thirty one years ago. That my Father then purchased & occupied the farm in Belfast in which I now live, till his death which was about nine years ago & that he & my mother always lived together as man & wife from my earliest recollection till his death. My Parents had ten children of whom Sally McClure now the wife of W m Chesley is the oldest & was born I believe in 1784. I also depose that Margaret McClure who has this day made a declaration before the Hon. Alfred Johnson is the same person who is my mother & the widow of

Joseph McClure my Father as above stated & that about one half the time since the death of my Father my Mother has lived with me in Belfast most of the rest of the time & that she has  now lived in Monroe in this County with her daughter & my sister Rachel the wife of John Blethen of said Monroe & is now staying with my family in Belfast aforesaid February 8 th 1880 John McClure W. Kelley, Witness
State of Maine
Waldo 83. Personally appeared John McClure known by me personally as a man of truth & made oath that the above statement by him signed in my presence is true this 8 th day of February 1880
Alfred Johnson Judge of Probate Justice of the Peace
In witness whereof the undersigned has hereunto set his hand the day and year first above written. W. Kelley, Witness

Marcus G. Barnett
Present

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, June 25th A. D. 1857
I, Charles C. Harmon, CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Arthur M c Arthur
Is an Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for every the County of the said State as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his COM- MISSION is dated August 6th A. D. 1857 and will expire August 6th A. D. 1857
and that the following SIGNATURE, purporting to be his 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.
C. C. Harmon , CLERK.

State of New Hampshire, Secretary of State's Office.
I do hereby certify That from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the war of the Revolution, which remains in this, it appears that the name of Joseph McClure is borne upon a "Pay Roll of a party of men raised out of Captain John Carson's company of Militia which marched from Francesstown for Secondaraga on the alarm July 7th. 1777" as a private - Entry July 7. 1777. Discharge July 11, Time in service 5 days.
And upon a list of "six months levies to reinforce New Hampshire line at West Point in 1781" is borne the name of Joseph McClure, Time in service 5 months. 10 days.
And upon the "Pay Roll for the six months men raised by the State of New Hampshire to serve in Continental army in the year 1781 at West Point" is borne the name of Joseph McClure, Place of abode Francesstown, Town he went for, Deering,

Time when mustered July 4. 1781, Time when discharged, Dec. 13. Time in service, 5 months 10 days. c
And upon a "Master Roll" of the soldiers raised by the State of New Hampshire to fill up the Continental army in the year 1781 - mus- tered by Moses Nichols "Master Master" is borne the name of Joseph McClure, Abode Fran- cestown, Town he went for, Dearing, Time when mustered July 4. Term. To the last of December.
And upon a list of "orders drawn by the President in pursuance of a vote of the 20 March 1781" under date of March 26, 1782 is borne the name of Joseph McClure and against his name is - £10.13.4.
And upon an "Abstract of the Pay Roll of Captain Peter Clark's Company in Col. Daniel Moore's Regiment of Volunteers which marched from Lyndeborough Septemr. 1777 and joined the northern Continental Army at Saratoga on Hudson's River" is borne the name of Joseph McClure as a private in said company and against his name for term due is - £6.18.10 - Said sum is receipted for as "received in full of Capt. Peter Clark" by

Joseph Cluer.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State this nineteenth day of June 1851.
John L. Madley, Secretary of State.

State Maine. County of York, ss.
Court of Probate, March Special term, A.D. 1851.
Be it known, that on this thirteenth day of March, A.D. 1851, it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a court of record, that Joseph M c Clure, formerly of Belfast in the county of Waldo and State of Maine, died leaving a widow by the name of Margaret M c Clure, who remained his widow and unmarried as long as she lived, and that she died at Searsport in the county of Waldo aforesaid, on the thirteenth day of July, A.D. 1850; and that John M c Clure, James M c Clure, Mary Shirley, Mary Ann Matthews and Margaret Bowman are the children and only surviving children of said Joseph M c Clure and Margaret M c Clure deceased.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this thirteenth day of March in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and fifty one.
Joshua Merrill
Register of the Court of Probate, York County.

I Richard Morgan of Brooks in the County of Waldo & State of Maine do hereby testify and say that I was personally acqu- ainted with Margaret M c Elm wife of Joseph M c Elm who was always known by the name of Margaret Carson before she was married to said Joseph M c Elm according to the best information I have I have Good Reason to believe and do believe that the said Joseph M c Elm and Margaret M c Elm after they were married lived a number of years in Francis Town in New Hampshire and moved from thence to Springfield in New Ham- pshire and I was personally acquainted with them when living in sd Springfield Witness Jeram Nichols Richard Morgan
Scarsport March 26 1851 Then the above disposition was taken upon to and subscribed before me
Benjamin Stoyes } Pastor of the church

Copy of the family record. of Joseph and Margaret M. Blum Joseph M. Blum and Margaret Carson were united in Marriage June 20. 1782
Scarsdale March 26 th 1851 The above is a true copy of the family records on a de and subscribed by me Witness Francis Nichols      Benjamin Dorr { Justice of the peace

I Woodward R Fitch of Woodstock in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont aged sixty years of age and say that Joseph McClure who lived in Sears Port in the State of Maine, came to my house in said Woodstock, in the month of June A D 1829, and continued there until he died, which was on the 15th of August A D 1829
I further testify that the above named Joseph McClure was the father of John McClure now living in Sears Port in the State of Maine
Woodward R Fitch
State of Vermont } Woodstock January Windsor County } first A D 1857
Then Woodward R Fitch personally appeared and made oath in due form of law, that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed, contains the truth and nothing but the truth
Before Walter Palmer Justice of the Peace

STATE OF VERMONT, } I, Norman Williams, Clerk of the County Court of the County Windsor County, ss. } of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that
Walter Palma
is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the thirtieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty and will expire the thirtieth day of November next; and that his signature foregoing is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, at Woodstock, in said County of Windsor, this first day of January A. D. 1851
Norman Williams Clerk.

State of Maine Waldo County ss. On this ninth day of June AD 1851 before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in every county in the State of Maine personally appeared John M c Clure a resident of Searsport in said county of Waldo aged fifty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration for himself and in behalf of James M c Clure Mary Shirley, Mary Ann Matthews and Margaret Brownson only surviving children of Margaret M c Clure late of said Searsport deceased, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Acts of Congress passed 7 July 1838 & 3 March 1843, 17 June 1844 & 2 d February 1848, Joint Resolution of 23 d January 1845 & 1 July 1848 & all acts & Reso- lutions of Congress applicable to their case, That the said Margaret M c Clure was the widow of Joseph M c Clure late of Belfast in said county deceased & in a part of said Belfast which now constitutes a part of said Searsport & who served as a soldier in the American Army in the Revolution- ary war with Great Britain.
That said Joseph M c Clure served as a private in Captain Peter Clark company in New Hampshire line for about six months in 1777 for which service the said Margaret M c Clure was pensioned for twenty dollars and fifty five cents per annum.
That your declarant believes that the said Joseph M c Clure performed other tours of service to wit six months as a private in 1781 in the New Hampshire Continental establishment as a private and that this latter service was not not allowed her in the adjustment of the rate of her pension under Act 7 July 1838 & subsequent Acts.

He further declares that the said Margaret McClellan was married to the said Joseph McClellan before the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four and the said Joseph McClellan died on leaving her a widow as will appear by the evidence now on file in the Pension office that she remained his widow and unmarried until her death and that she died at said Deers port on the thirteenth day of July eighteen hundred and fifty and that John McClellan, James McClellan, Mary Ginley, Mary Ann Mathews & Margaret Brownman are the children & only surviving children of said Joseph McClellan & Margaret McClellan deceased.
Witness Thomas J. Stace John McClellan
Subscribed and sworn on the day and year first above written
Before me Arthur M. Arthur justice of the Peace in every County in the State of Maine

34-51 Declaration of Margaret M. Blase in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 7. 1838
Me 7 July 38
[Faint, illegible text]
Hn. H. J. Anderson H. R.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July 1835 -
On this first day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty eight personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the County of Waldo State of Maine Margaret M c Clure of Monroe in said County of Waldo aged Twenty nine years last June, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath, in open court, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1835 -
That she is the widow of Joseph M c Clure who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, which will appear by the deposition & evidence hereto annexed -
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph M c Clure at Lyndeboro in the State of New Hampshire by Rev. S d Goodridge on the eleventh day of June (1783) seventeen hundred & eighty three. That her husband the aforesaid Joseph M c Clure died on the fifteenth day of August 1829 eighteen hundred & twenty nine & that she has remained a widow ever since that period all which will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed - Margaret M c Clure
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me in open court
Oleed Solomon Judge of Probate
State of Maine Waldo County
Solomon Heath Register of

Probate for said bounty do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court of Probate in the matter of the appli- cation of Margaret M. Chase for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office this first day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight
Solomon Heath
Master of Probate

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17111
Margaret McClure Widow of Joseph McClure Dis. Rev. War.
Act: Feb 22 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3457
Lt. to Hon. H. J. Anderson Dec. 10. 1838 & March 24, 1840. also to Hon. F. Pierce, April 22 d 1840 " " same June 3. 1840.

Maine 5475
Margaret McClure, widow of Joseph McClure, dec. who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 15 th August 1829 of Waldoboro in the State of Maine who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Clark of the reg t commanded by Col. in the N. H. Mil a . time for 6 mos 5 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars 55 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of June 1840, sent to Hon. F. Pierce, Senate, U.S.
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar 1840 $82.22 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sep r 40 10.27
$92.49
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. M. Gundy Clerk Book A. Vol. 1. Page 15.

5457
Maine
Margaret McClure, widow of Joseph McClure who died on the 10 th August 1829 of Waldo Co. in the State of Maine who was a private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Clark of the Reg t commanded by Col — in the M t H. Militia for 8 mos: 25 days
Portland
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 29 Dollars 41. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Nov r 1857 and sent to J. G. Berret Esq
Arrears to the 4 th of Present Semi-annual allowance ending
Inc d from 20:55
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act July 7, 1838. }
John Weightman Clerk. Recorded by Book — Vol. 1. Page 11
A. 1. 15

2663
Maine
Margaret McClure decd widow of Joseph who was a Private in the Revolution
Lucifer $20.55
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 29 Dollars 41 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Nov r 1857 and sent to
J. G. Berret Present
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 6.
A. 1.7

2660.
Maine
Margaret McClure widow of Joseph McClure who was a Private in the N. H. Line
for 6 mos & 5 days
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 75 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Nov. 1843 and sent to
N. M. Lowney Presean, Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1. Page 7.
Blm Nov 9

4103.
Name Margaret W m Clune widow of Joseph who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 55.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of March 1849. and sent to
Hon. C. H. Grant. Hof R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 22 Vol. 1.
14 Burnt Oct 18/51

Jan'y 20/40
to the die
Cole
at No. 28
J. Edward Bous Home of Francis Washington City (D.C.) Nathaniel M. Lowrey

3457 Margaret M c Clure wid of Joseph N.H.
At July 7 1838
Married 1783
died 1829
Allow 6 mo 5 days
pri $20 55 per ann
Capt Clark. N.H.
Militia —
Hon. P. Pierce
U.S.S.

Wm. Repd March 9 th 1840.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Sir,
I enclose herewith, the Declaration of Mrs Margaret McClure accompanied with several other papers in support of her claim for Pension under the Act of July 1838 - Some other papers have been heretofore presented which, with those now furnished are believed sufficient to establish her case -
I am Very respectfully
Your ob t Serv t
H. J. Anderson

Brief in the case of Margaret McClure, wid of Joseph County and State of Maine act 7 July '38 & Supplementals.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, ( if original. )
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Evidence of service for 8 Mo 25-3p: record. Marriage admitted when the first allowance was made.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
J. G. Benet Present.
F. F. Kirby Examining Clerk.

Washington 30 June 1857.
Hon:
Geo E Heath Comm d of Pensions Sir:
Therewith present the claim of Margaret M c Clure's children for violation of Pensions under the Joint resolution approved 1 st July 1848.
I am
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t James G. Beret

June 4. 1840
J. L. Edwards Esq Coat of Arms Washington

Washington June 4. 1840
Dear Sir
In the case of Joseph M c Clure I would respectfully suggest to the Commission that the only evidence there could now be produced to show that no soldier served in Capt. Clark's company by the name of Joseph M c Clary would be that of a soldier whose testimony would of course be of a mere negative character - That this would not fortify in the slightest degree the record evidence already furnished I am sure the knowledge & reference of the Commission will make advice - The only consequence of requiring such testimony would therefore be to subject the applicant to an additional expense

In hope of $15 or $20 - I therefore hope the Commission will pass the claim upon the record & other evidence already furnished, which seems to me to be in pretty conclusion -
Yours truly F. M. Burd
Hon. H. Edwards Comm: Pensions Washington D.C.

Increase,
Margaret McClure dec d . wid of Joseph, Maine,
Acts 7 July 38 Mch 3/ 43 June 17. 44 + Febz 2. 48.
8 mo: 25 dp pr. $29.41 to 13 July 1850 when she died - Deduct former paymt, at $20.55 per An.
Payable to.
John McClure, James McClure, Mary Shirley, Mary Ann Matthews & Marga- -ret Bowman, org children bequeath to I. G. Bennett Present.

Francistown Margaret M c Clune m 83 Joseph M c Clune d 29
76 Gull Reud. == 77 25 Old Church == Lydia P. + 81 Omo. 5.10 Vol 4   Gilman David Gregg Me " " " Amy Goodrich the W.D.
July 77 nd 5 12 d nd pm by 17 2 m t
W m Campbell + Joseph M c Clary 25 d pm by 29 Vol 2 Clark See Sec. Cab.

Mercer Pittaway — age 79      1836 79 1760
Elmore Ark 279

Abstract of the Pay Roll of Col t Peter Clark Company in Col d Patrick Moon's Regiment of Volunteers which marched from Lynde borough September 1777 and joined the Northern Continental Army at Saratoga on Hudson River
Warrant 23 Joseph McElany, Clerk, Private Sum due £6-18-10 Paid in full of Col t Peter Clark Joseph Elmer
State of New Hampshire Office of Sec y of State April 15 1840
I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true extract from the original now in this office. That the original Roll is made out in a very plain hand. That the Receipt is opposite each name which is evidently signed by the soldier or by the person who received the money on his behalf. The money was paid by any other person they have said that they have paid it for the soldier on his behalf. The name of Joseph McElany appears thus on the original.
Warrant Paid in full of Col t Peter Clark 23 Joseph McElany to 6-18-10 Joseph Elmer
The name of Joseph Elmer is in a very bad hand writing

In testimony of the forgery I gave herewith affixed the seal of said State
Gerrit Smith Jr Secy of State
As I think that on an examination of the original book in this office any one would be led to the conclusion that the name of Joseph M'Clancy was written by mistake & should have been Joseph M'Clure
Gerrit Smith Jr

Beaufort Maine Octr. 13. 1848
Sir
Herewith I send you the applications of Deborah Purdie & Margaret McElhin for pensions under the act of July 2. 1848. Be kind enough to send their certificates to me —
Respectfully your Obedt Servt Nathl M. Lowrey
J. L. Edwards Esq Com r of Pensions Washington City

3579
N. M. Clun
N. M c Clure
$20:55 per am
N. M. Looney Belfast Maine

State of Maine Waldo County ss On this 13th day of June 1843 personally appeared before Nathaniel M. Loring, Esquire, a Justice of the Peace, for said County, Margaret M c Clure formerly of Monroe & now of Belfast in the County of Waldo aforesaid aged eighty 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 Joseph M c Clure who was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution & that she drew a pension under the act of July 7th 1838 of twenty dollars & fifty five cents by the year. She refers to her former decla- ration on file in the Pension Office made under the act of 1838 & the other evidence thereto annexed to prove the services of her aforesaid husband. She further declares that she is still a widow
her Margaret M c Clure mark
Sworn to & subscribed by the said Margaret M c Clure who is personally known to me, the day & year first above written -
Before
Nathl. M c Loring
Jus. Peace

State of Maine } Waldo County } I Wm H. Burrice, Clerk of the courts for the county of Waldo aforesaid do hereby certify that Nicklaus M. Loring is a justice of the Peace in said County of Waldo & that the foregoing signa- ture purporting to be his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & placed the seal of the Inferior Judicial Court of said State this 13th day of June in the year 1843
Wm H. Burrice Clerk

Died 13 July, 1850.
John McClean, James McClean, Mary Shirley, Mary Ann Matthews, & Margaret Brown, only surviving children.
Allow for 8 months 25 d. $ 29. 41-

I David Gregg of Inverness County of N.H. and State of Maine of the age of eighty seven years do hereby and say that in the year 1746 I lived in the Town of Francis Town in the State of New Hampshire that in that year I enlisted in the United States Service under the command of Capt. George Reed of Bedford  Conway in Col. Starkes Regiment and marched to Milford in Massachusetts, I further testify that I knew Joseph M c Clure that he lived in Francis Town with Mrs. Starkes that he enlisted into the Service of the United States under the command of Capt. M c Clure of Bedford in Col. Starkes Regiment about the time that I enlisted in 1746 I also testify that I have heard a petition from Government, I further testify that said M c Clure was to the best of my recollection in the Service about seven years and half, when he left I know not as I transferred to the Massachusetts Line, My impression is that M c Clure enlisted more than once
Witness
Johan B. Cather
David his Gregg mark.
Sworn to this 2 day of Octr 1838
Before me Joseph Thompson, Jr. of the peace
I further certify that the before named David Gregg is a man of truth and his declarations on oath are entitled to credit
Joseph Thompson, Jr. of the peace

State of Maine Waldo County
I Solomon Heath Register of the Court of Probate for said County hereby certify that Joseph Thompson is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 21 st day of November A.D. 1838
Solomon Heath
Register of Probate

State of New Hampshire County of Hillsborough ss.
I Israel Herrick, Clerk of the Town of Lyndeborough in said County hereby Certify that the marriage of Joseph McClure and Margaret Carson both of Fremont is not entered on the records of said Town of Lyndeborough.
Israel Herrick Clerk as aforesaid.
Hillsborough ss. September 7 th 1878 Then personally appeared Israel Herrick who is a credible person, and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me Israel H. Godfrey Justice of the Peace

I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do hereby cer- tify that Israel H. Goodridge within named is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hills- borough as within mentioned, and that the within signature, purporting to be his, is genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name, at Antrim in said County, this eighth day of September Anno Domini 1838.
A. Wallace Clerk
H. Warren Opponent

I Benjamin Goodrich of Lyndborough in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that I have in my possession the papers and records of my deceased Father Nathaniel Goodrich that my said Father was settled in said Lyndborough and Ordained and resided for more than thirty years commencing twenty hundred sixty eight or nine that I have been applied to by John McEluer of Belfast in the State of Maine for a record of the marriage of Joseph McEluer and Margaret Carlson I have not been able to find such record my said Father died about twenty five years since the papers has been in my possession about four years in search for the record aforesaid I noticed one certificate of marriage mutilated, that no Minister was settled in Farmington earlier than about 1790 that people frequently came from Farmington to my Father to be married
Benjamin Goodrich Hillsborough Septmber seventh 1838 personally appeared the above named Benjamin Goodrich and made oath to the truth of this affidavit -it by him subscribed before me that the said Goodrich sustains a good connection  Samuel Hovey Esquire
to full credit of an engraver

Affidavit of Samuel Hodge Justice of the Peace
I Andrew Warren, Clerk of the Superior Court of Jurisdiction for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Samuel Hodge within named is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough as within mentioned, and that the within signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and sub- scribed my name at Antrim in said County this eighth day of August A.D. 1838.
A. Warren Clerk

I Allan Brewster of Livernstown in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire do depose and say that sometime in the summer of nineteen hundred and eighty three I was at Lyndeborough at the house of the Revd. Suel Goodrich in the County and State aforesaid I then and there witnessed the solemnisation of the marriage of Joseph M c Cluer & Margaret Carson by the said Goodrich, both residing at that time in the residence of the said Livernstown Witness Samuel Hovey Allan her Brewster John Brewster mark
Hillsborough N.H. September the sixth 1888 personally appeared Allan Brewster and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me — also that the said Mrs. Samuel Hovey Brewster is entitled to full credit of an impeachable conviction

Almon Barnes affidavit
I Andrew Wallace, clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Samuel Hodge within named, is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough as within mentioned, and that the within signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name at Amherst in said County this eighth day of August A.D. 1838
A. Wallace clerk.

I Rachel H. Blethen of Monroe in the county of Waldo, on oath declare that I am forty eight years old & the daughter of Joseph M. Blase a Revolutionary Soldier Margaret M. Blase of Monroe now a widow My father the deceased Joseph M. Blase died on the fifteenth day of Aug. A.D. 1829 & that my mother the deceased Margaret M. Blase has remained a widow ever since that period. - Rachel H. Blethen Oct 1. 1838
State of Maine Waldo County
The above named Rachel H. Blethen personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed before me & I do hereby certify that she is a woman of truth & that her declarations on oath are entitled to credit.
Solomon Heath Jus. Pease
State of Maine Waldo County
I Solomon Heath Register of the court of Probate for said county hereby certify

that Solymon Heath is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex & that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this first day of October A.D. 1838
Solymon Heath Justice of the Peace
A. Wallace Clerk

State of Maine Waldo County B.
On this 29th day of September 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in the said county Margaret McClure a resident of Searsport in the county aforesaid aged eighty 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 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 Joseph McClure who was a private in the Army of the Revolution (I do not remember what Regiment he belonged to) and the annual amount of pension which she received under the act of 17th June 1844 was Twenty dollars & Fifty Five cents -
She further declares that she is still a widow Witness Richard Smart Margaret Her McClure Mark
Sworn to & subscribed by the before named Margaret McClure, who is personally known to me the day & year first above written Baker Richard Smart Jus. Peace

State of Maine Waldo County ss.
I Wm H. Burill Clerk of the judicial courts in said county do hereby certify that Richard Smart is a justice of the peace in the said county & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his are genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 13th day of October 1848
Wm H. Burill Clerk

On this eighth day of February A.D. 1840 - mar- garet McClure a resident of Belfast in the County of Weldo & State of Maine - before me Alfred Johnson the Judge of Probate for said County of Weldo in open Court & makes this further De- claration supplementary to the one already made by her that it be believed that her late husband Joseph McClure first entered the service of the U.S. as a private in September 1777 under Capt Peter Clark of Hyre- borough Me. - that he joined the Continental Army at Saratoga - that she believes he served over three months in that Campaign because she has seen a copy of a receipt for his wages which amounts to £ 6.18.10 & because she has often heard him say he was at the capture of Genl Burgoyne. She also believes that at West Point when Arnold deserted, as she has often heard him speak of the circumstance - She also has often heard him speak of William Sutt & John Ramsey went with him at some period of the war.

She has no other evidence of the service of the said Joseph McElluce than what accompanies this supplemental declaration, but respectfully asks to have all the proof which may be in the War Department of the said Joseph McElluce's service in the war of the Revolution extended in aid of her claim for a pension.
Margaret McElluce
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written. Before me Alfred Johnson Judge of Probate
State of Maine
Waldo ss. I the subscriber Register of Probate pro tem hereby certify that Alfred Johnson before whom the proceedings were had is the Judge of Probate for this County of Waldo. I also certify that the above contains the original proceedings of the said Alfred on the matter of the application of Margaret McElluce for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this eighth day of Feb'y AD 1840 Charles Palmer Reg. Pro. tem

Lower Clerk of Francistown & Olushe affidavit
Francistown MS 3 Part 3
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Isaac M. Kelley
Salisbury 1870

I David H. Bixby of Franstown in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire of Lawfull age Depose and say that I am Town Clerk of said Town of Franstown, that I have examined the Town Records of said Town and the Church Records of said Town and can find no evidence upon either of said Records of the marriage of Joseph McLean & Margaret Carson, and I further Depose that I am the County Clerk and hold the Church Records of said Town and further say that it appear from an inspection of the said Last mentioned Record that the Rev. Moses Bradford was the first settled Minister in said Town when settlement took place in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety
D. H. Bixby
Hillsborough
January 2 nd 1840 Then personally appeared the above named David H. Bixby and made oath that the above affi- -davit by him subscribed is true Before me James H. Haseith (Clerk of the Court)

Abstract of the Pay Book of Captain Peter Clarke Company in Col. David Moore Regiment of Volunteers which marched from Lyndborough Septemr 1777 and joined the Northern Continental Army at Saratoga on Hudson River -
   Names Rank Sum due Received in full of Col. Peter Clarke Received in full of Col. Peter Clarke Rank Sum due     1 Peter Clarke Capt 13.11.4   2 Oliver Holmes Lieut 8.15.1 Oliver Holmes 27 Simon Fletcher Private 6.15.10 Simon Fletcher   3 Thomas Coldwell 2nd 9.0.6 Thomas Coldwell 28 Joseph Herrick do 6.15.10 Joseph Herrick   4 Alexander Gregg Ensign 7.1.4 Alexander Gregg 29 Jonathan Emerson do 6.15.10 Jonathan Emerson   5 Solomon Dodge Sergt 7.12.3 Solomon Dodge 30 Herbick Hamblet do 6.15.10 Herbick Hamblet   6 William Campbell do 7.12.3 William Campbell 31 George Hadley do 6.15.10 George Hadley   7 James Clements do 8.0.7 Received for Thomas Coldwell 32 Alexander Gorman do 7.10.2 Received for Thomas Coldwell   8 Joseph Ellingwood do 7.5.9 Joseph Ellingwood 33 Simon Langdon do 6.15.10 Simon Langdon   9 Noah Dodge Cook 7.2.3 Noah Dodge 34 John M c Millan do 6.15.10 John M c Millan   10 Edmund Gitchell do 7.16.11 Received for Gitchell Thomas Coldwell 35 Jonathan Morgan do 6.15.10 Jonathan Morgan   11 Edward Bevers do 7.2.3 Edward Bevers 36 William M c Master do 6.15.10 William M c Master   12 William Christie do 7.2.3 William Christie 37 William Nutt do 6.15.10 William Nutt   13 Stephen Egan Private 7.10.2 Received for Egan Thomas Coldwell 38 Timothy Parsons do 6.15.10 Timothy Parsons   14 Caleb Atwood do 7.1.10 Caleb Atwood 39 Samuel Purnham do 6.15.10 Samuel Purnham   15 William Brown do 6.15.10 William Brown 40 David Putnam do 6.15.10 David Putnam   16 James Burnham do 6.15.10 James Burnham 41 Robert Patterson do 6.15.10 Robert Patterson   17 Jonathan Chamberlain do 6.15.10 Jonathan Chamberlain 42 John Smith do 6.15.10 John Smith   18 David Loren do 6.15.10 David Loren 43 John Sherry do 6.15.10 John Sherry   19 Andrew Grafton do 6.15.10 Andrew Grafton 44 Solomon Fowl do 6.15.10 Received from Grafton to pay to Fowl Caleb Atwood   20 Samuel Coldwell do 6.15.10 Samuel Coldwell 45 James Wilson do 6.15.10 Received for James Wilson Robert Patterson   21 James M c Clay do 7.7.2 Received for M c Clay Thomas Coldwell 46 Samuel Worthen do 6.15.10 Received from Worthen to pay to M c Clay Caleb Atwood   22 John Carlson do 6.15.10 John Carlson 47 Isaac Butterfield do 6.15.10 Isaac Butterfield   23 Joseph M c Clay do 6.15.10 Joseph M c Clay 48 Hugh Campbell do 7.10.2 Received from Campbell to pay to M c Clay David Loren   24 Benjamin Dodge do 6.15.10 Benjamin Dodge 49 John Burnham do 7.10.2 Received from Burnham to pay to Dodge Thomas Coldwell   25 Francis Egan do 6.15.10 Francis Egan 50 Thomas M c Laughlin do 6.15.10 Thomas M c Laughlin   26 James M c Pherson do 7.10.2 Received for M c Pherson Thomas Coldwell  

State of New Hampshire Office of Secy of State April 30-1840 I hereby certify the within to be a true copy of the original now on file in this office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State Gerrish Stevens Jr Secy of State

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that David Tilton is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Hillsborough duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 27 th day of August 1836 and will expire on the 27 th day of August 1841 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this Second day of
January 1840
Josiah Stevens Secretary of State.

I Jonathan Stephenson of Lawful Age depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of Lynde- borough and that I have made diligent search for a record of the Marriage of Joseph Milburn with Margaret Carson, which Marriage is said to have been solemnized by the Rev. Israel Goodridge who was an Ordained Minister in said Lyndeborough, but no such record is to be found on the Books in my Office - there is a vacancy from 1780 to 1784 that no records of any Marriages are recorded.
Jonathan Stephenson
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. June 11. 1839 Then the above named Jonathan Stephenson personally appeared and made oath to the above affidavit
David Stiles Jr. Clerk
I certify that the above named Jonathan Stephenson is Town Clerk of the Town of Lyndeborough in the State of New Hampshire and County of Hillsborough for the present year
David Stiles Jr. Clerk

Margaret (widow of) Joseph M. Clance
Hon. H. J. Anderson H. J.

Mr Gilman. Sir. Please to let the bearer hereof Joseph McClure have the hole of my wages it being for the term of six month in the year 1781 and in so doing you will oblige me your friend
Samuel Ramsay
Society Land March 22 nd D. 1783
endorsed on back. Joseph McClure
Mr Gilman Sir. Ples to let the bearer hereof Joseph McClure have the hole of my wages it being for the term of six months in the year 1781 and in so doing you will oblige me your friend
William Mott
Hancastown March the 22 nd D. 1783.
endorsed on back Joseph McClure
Mr Gilman. Sir Ples to let the bearer hereof Joseph McClure have the hole of my wages it being for the term of six month in the year 1781 and in so doing you will oblige me your friend.
John Ramsay
Society Land March the 23 rd D. 1783.
endorsed on back Joseph McClure

Mr Gilman. Sir. Ples to let the bearer hereof Joseph Mc Cluer have the hole of my wages it being for the term of six months in the year 1781. and in so doing you will oblige me your friend
Society Land March the 22 nd D. 1783.
ensured on back Joseph Mc Cluer
Charles Kavanagh
March 25, 1783. By the pay Roll for the 6 th men in 1781 there appears to be due to
No 22 Joseph Mc Cluer 10. 13. 4 23 To William Nutt 10. 9. 4 24 To Charles Caversaugh 10. 4. 0 25 To Samuel Ramsay 10. 4. 0 26 To John Ramsay 10. 4. 0
Ed Josiah Gilman Jun
State of New Hampshire Secretary of States Office
I hereby certify that the foregoing entire copies as taken from original papers filed in this office.
In testimony
whereof I have this 19 th day of Nov. Anno Domini 1838 caused the seal of the State to be hereunto affixed.
J. M. Whipple Dep. Secy

Abstract of the Pay Roll of Captain Peter Clark's Com- -pany in Col. Daniel Moore's Regiment of Volunteers which marched from Lynchburg October 1777 and joined the Northern Continental Army at Saratoga on Hudson River
   Names Rank Time Amount in full of Col. Peter Clark     Joseph M'Clary Private 6.18-10 Joseph M'Clary  
State of New Hampshire Secretary of State's Office
Jan y 2-1860
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the original now in this office. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the said State
Levi Stevens Sec y of State

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Samuel Hodge is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Hillsborough duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the twentieth day of June 1838 and will expire on the twentieth day of June 1843 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this Tuesday day of
January
1840
Josiah Stevens Secretary of State.

I William Campbell of Fanecestown County of Hillsborough & State of New Ham- pshire aged Eightyeight in the eighth day of January A.D. 1839 depose and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph M c Cluer who resided in said Fanecestown in the revolutionary war and know that the same Joseph M c Cluer enlisted in Capt. Peter Clarkes company I think for three Months services, and Marched to Saratoga and was at the taking of Burgoyne I enlisted at the same time M c Cluer did and was present when Burgoyne surrendered and returned home with him we camped out on the green mountains and the snow fell upon us about five inches I also know that the same Joseph M c Cluer Married Margaret Craven removed as I understood to Belfast in Service of the same many years some enlistment was the fore part of September A.D. 1877
William Campbell
State of New Hampshire June 5 1839 Hillsborough ss. The above named William Campbell I have been acquainted with for forty years I consider him a good citizen and a man of truth and he has made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me Sam l Hodge Justice

I certify that the word who was erased and the date for inserted from 1877 to 1879 before signed & sworn to -

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I JOSIAH STEVENS, JR. Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Luke Woodbury is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Hillsborough duly Commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the twentyfirst day of May 1839 and will expire on the twenty first day of May 1844 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this Second day of
January
1840
Josiah Stevens Jr. Secretary of State.

I Elizabeth Thompson of Antrim in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire do hereby say that in the summer of seven hundred and eighty three I witnessed the solemn- ization of the marriage of Joseph McEliece to Margaret Cassan at the dwelling house of the Rev. Israel Goodridge in Lyndeborough in said County of Hillsborough. I was a guest at the wedding said Joseph and Margaret were both of Farmstown in said County and were married by said Goodridge. After their marriage they resided at said Farmstown and had three children one of whom was named for me - my age is seventy seven
Witness Israel W. Kelly
Elizabeth her Thompson mark
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough Ss. June 7. 1839 Personally appeared the above named Elizabeth Thompson who is a credible witness and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is true - before me.
Levi Woodbury Justice of Peace.

Samuel Ramsay of Greenfield in the County of Hillsborough N. Hampshire aged seventy eight years deposes and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph McEluer named in the foregoing orders and that I am the same Samuel Ramsay who signed the foregoing order upon Mr. Gilman directing him to pay my wages to the said Joseph McEluer. that said McEluer was a Frenchman in said County of Hillsborough and married Margaret Carson of the same Frenchtown that the said McEluer moved from Frenchtown to the State of Maine and there died a great many years since as I have understood leaving the said Margaret his widow. Samuel Ramsay
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough S. Decr. 26. 1839 Sworn to and Subscribed before me.
Lake Woodbury Justice of the peace.
I certify that the above named Samuel Ramsay is in my belief a credible witness.
Lake Woodbury Justice of the peace