Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27,892, for Daniel Mathews, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. H.
Mathews, Daniel or Matthews,
H 27,892 B.L.Wt. 2303-100
Mary
B.L.Wt. 106-60-55-
CONTENTS

77033 } Act March 3/53 } April 18 1855
Mary Matthews Widow of Daniel Matthews, pre:
Revolutionary War Applicant for a Pension Act of Feb 29 1848 Copy of Certificate Given for Camp Contl. line,
AD 60 Acres Nov 6 1855. me July 46 130
Boston
John Miller Warren Maine

280 70.0
M c Name
Mary Matthews widow of Daniel N H Matthews , who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Jan'y 1838 and sent to
J. M. Thayer Pafton
Mass:
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 6 , Vol. A ,

12.686
Maine R
Daniel Matthews of Searsmead in the District of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed — of the New Hampshire line, for the term of Two Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine District at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of July 1819 and sent to William Crosby Esq Judge Belfast Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10m 2 30 d 31-85:56
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819 — 48:-
133:56
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent to William Crosby Esq 21 Oct 1820
Right Maine

Dan Matthews Private Col. Reed's Regt. New Hampshire Line 1781 - to 1783, dec. 14 th Ap l 1818
The deposition of two cred- ible & disinterested witnesses, duly sworn, taken & authenti- cated (by the certificate of an officer of the Regt.) to prove the service of applicant, is waiting.

Deu d Matthew of Kennebec in the county of Kennebec state District of Maine on oath say and declare that being a native citizen of the United States since that I have more than nine months as a private soldier in the late revolutionary war that same time in the spring of the year 1777 enlisted into the service of the United States as a private soldier for and during the war that same time in March 1777 went to Boston New Hampshire and there drew my clothing and encumbered myself to Saratoga to take the smallpox from them to Fort Glene on the Mohawk river where in May or June of the same year was embodied in a regiment then commanded by Lieut. Colonel formerly by Col. Col. Robertson in the second Reg t New Hampshire line then commanded by Col. George Root and served in the same until July 1777 when Genl. Br. encamped at Bennington near the North River above West point but before last my discharge
am now poor and stand in need of the assistance of my country for my support
Daniel Matthews

Daniel Matthews
12686
Con
July 19

State of Maine Hancock Co
On this tenth day of July 1820 Personally appeared before me Wm Crosby one of the Judges of the third Eastern Circuit Court of Common Pleas including the Counties of Hancock Washington and Penobscot being a
court of record by the laws of said state, with power of fine and imprisonment Daniel Matthews aged 55 years, resident in Searsport in said county, of Hancock who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, to wit: as a private from March 1782 till June 1783 in Capt Robisons Company in Col. George Webbs Regiment in the New Hampshire line.
of all which I made declaration before the Honorable Wm Crosby on the fourteenth day of April 1818, and have received my pension certificate therefor, No. 12085 and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen in the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Daniel Matthews
Sworn to and declared on the tenth day of July 1820 before the One Wm Crosby a Judge of the said Court

(Schedule) I Daniel Matthews on oath say and declare that I have no real nor personal Estate nor any income whatever any necessary bedding and wearing apparel excepted Except One Cow - One horse pledged to one Calvin Fletcher to indemnify him against a note of about $400 which he signed as my Surety - and One hog - I am a labourer - I am not able to work but little - My wife is weak - I have three Children - Bickford age 21 next Febry sick unable to work - Noah age 19 troubled with Rheumatic complaints - Dis age 15 also weak - I am not able to support myself and family without my pension - Daniel Matthews
State of Maine
Hancock ss. Third Eastern Circuit Court of Com- mon Pleas at Eastern July term A.D. 1820
I, MASON SHAW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Third Eastern Circuit, in the County of Hancock and State of Maine, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court: And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is sixty five dollars and _____ cents.
Done in Open Court IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fifth day of July A. D. 1820.
Mason Shaw Clerk
of the said Court for the County of Hancock.

State of Maine County of Lincoln on this twenty Sixth Day of August eighteen hundred and fifty, before the Court of Probate being a court of record, in said County, personally appeared Mary Matthews, and made oath in due form of law, that she is the Widow of Daniel Matthews, who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the United States, at the rate of thirty Six Dollars per annum, that he died on the twenty fourth Day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty Six, - that he resided in the town of Searsport in said State that she was married to the said Daniel Matthews on the twenty third Day of Feb y Seventeen hundred and ninety Six, in the town of Windthrop in said State by Jonathan Whiting a justice of the peace, that she is now a resident of the town of Upton in said State, and is seventy four years of age that she asks for a pension under the act of 1836
Mary Matthews
Lincoln ss. At a court of Probate held at Waldoboro within & for the said County on the 25 th day of August AD 1850 Mary Matthews appears in open court & made oath to the foregoing by her subscription - Arnold Maney Judge of Probate

State of Maine } County of Lincoln } SS
on this twenty third day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Matthews Aged Seventy nine years a resident of the town of Liberty in the State of Maine who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Daniel Matthews deceased who was a private in the revolutionary war, and that she is the identical person named in an original certificate in her possession of which the following is a true copy
Department of the interior
Widows Pension
I Certify that in conformity with the act of July 29 th 1848
Mary Matthews
widow of Daniel Matthews who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty Six Dollars per annum commencing on the 4 th March 1848 and continuing for life unless she shall again marry; in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage
Department of the interior L S
given at the department of the interior this fifteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
Alex o H. H. Stuart Secretary of the interior
Examined and countersigned J. G. Heath Commissioner of pensions. — and she further declares that she is now the widow of said Daniel Matthews, and that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land

to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 d 1855
for proof of marriage & please examine papers on file at the department on which the before described certificate was granted
Mary Mathews
We Samuel Kinkley and Seth A. Wyllie residents of Warren in the State of Maine upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Mathews in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Samuel Kinkley Seth A. Wyllie
State of Maine.
LINCOLN, SS.
I, EDMUND B. BOWMAN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that John Mellen
whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, was on the day of the date thereof, legally commis- sioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the signature to the annexed papers purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this Second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five
E. B. Bowman
Clerk.

to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 d 1855
for proof of marriage & please examine papers on file at the department on which the before described certificate was granted
Mary Mathews
We Samuel Hinkley and Seth A. Wyllie residents of Warren in the State of Maine upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Mathews in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be
Samuel Hinkley Seth A. Wyllie
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year 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 that I have no interest in this claim
John Miller Justice of the Peace

application of Mary Matthews of Maine for a pension under act of 29 th July 1848
Her husband, Daniel Matthews was a pensioner under act of 1818.

Lincoln ss Feb. 23 (twenty third) 1796 (one thousand seven hundred & ninety six) Married W m Daniel Mathews of Goshen, and Miss Mary Prescott of Winthrop Jonathan Whiting { Justice of the Peace
The above is a true copy from the records of marriages of Jonathan Whiting deceased, which records are now in my possession.
Elias Whiting
Kennebec ss July 31. A d 1830 Then personally ap- peared the above named Elias Whiting and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him signed
before me Francis Fuller Justice of the Peace
I Francis Fuller Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Kennebec in the State of Maine do hereby certify that I have examined the above copy of record & compared it with the original in the possession of M c Elias Whiting - and that the same is a true copy of said original record.
Francis Fuller

State of Maine County of Kennebec ss
I the undersigned clerk of the judicial courts for said county hereby certify that Francis Fuller Esq. was a justice of the Peace for said county on the 31 st day of July last, duly commissioned & qualified and the within written signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this seventh day of August Anno Domini 1850
Ypn M. Stratton Clerk

Warrant No 1138 ipd in the name of Danl. Matthews private in the N. Hampshire line Oct 11 th 1825 —
In pursuance of the Special Act of Congress approved the 11 th Aug t 1842, Land warrant N o 2303. for 160 acres issued the 3 rd Jan y 1843 in favour of B. C. Matthews, being in lieu of Warrant N o 1138. which is lost, and thereby cancelled.

Dec 29 th July 48, Tues
(18 th July 48)

1138-100-Rev. (lost)
2303-100-Rev.
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Coaerz

77039
Commissioner of Pensions Department of the Interior Washington (D.C.)

Rey
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 27 892
Mary Matthews widow of Daniel Matthews Browns N H Camp Reywar
Act: _____
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hon. Geo. Evans
July 24 th 1841
Daniel Matthews N. H. Green
1186
100 acres
Geo. Evans
Geo. Evans
100 acres
Rev. E. M. Huntington
Respectfully referred to the Bounty Land Office M c Halen
Rec d 22 d July 1841.
R d July
22 d 1841

Senate C.W.
July 22, 1841
E. M. Huntington Esq.
Conns + -
Sir,
a land warrant
issued, at what time I know not, in favor of Dan l Matthews for revolutionary services - which has been lost . Can a duplicate of it
be obtained? I am unable to furnish any other data, by which
the time of issue may be ascertained. If a new one can be issued, & your books furnish the necessary data, please send it to me for his use. Yours ob't serv't
Geo Evans
No. 1138 for 100 acres issued the 11 th Oct 1825 to Capt. Matthews a private of the N. Hampshire Line
The above warrant does not appear to have been sur-issued.
Genl Land Office
July 26 th 1841

State of Maine Lincoln ss
I Edwin D. Hovey Register of Probate within and for the County of Lincoln within said State
Do hereby certify that Arnold Blaney Esq. whose signature is affixed to the paper hereto annexed is the Judge of said Court of Probate in said County of Lincoln that his attestation thereto is in due form and that full faith & credence is to be given to the same
In witness whereof I do hereby set my hand & affix the seal of said Court this 26 th day of August A.D. 1880
Edwin D. Hovey } Register of Probate for the County of aforesaid

State of Maine
Lincoln ss Be it known that on this 26 th day of August A.D. 1880 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court before the Court of Probate of said County that Mary Matthews is the widow of Daniel Matthews who was a soldier in the war of the rebellion and a pensioner of the United States at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum that he died on the 24 th day of March A.D. 1826 that he resided in the town of Searsport in said State that she was married to the said Daniel Matthews on the 23 rd day of February 1796 in the town of Winthrop in said State that she is now a resident of the town of Union in said State aged 74 years -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court & subscribed my name

This 26 th day of August A.D. 1880
Ebenezer Hovey } Register of Probate for the County of Essex

P. 27
Boston Mass
October 9/50
J. M. Thayer.
Enc: Application of Mary Matthews for a pension under act 29 th July 1848.
= also an application of Prudence Kirt for increase of Pension under Joint Resolution of July 1 st 1848.
Ref d to Board of Pensions Dep. Interior Oct. 12. 1850

Boston Mass. Oct 9 th 1850
To the Secretary of the Interior Sir,
I herewith transmit the application of Mary Mathews of Maine widow of Daniel for a pension under act of 29 th July 1848. and also an appl- ication in the case of Prudence Kink widow of William of Me. a pensioner under act of 2 d Feb. for an increase under act Joint Resolution of July 1 st 1848.
Very Respectfully J. M. Shayer

No 853 Matthew, widow of Daniel Me Act 29 July, 1848
Marr'd 1796 Mrs died 1826
Adm of 96 per annum, conting 4 March 1848,
J. M. Thayer, Boston Present Mass

Daniel Matthews
N o . 2303
Issued in lieu of Warrant N o . 1138. and in pursuance of the Special Act of Congress, for the relief of Beekford C. Matthews, approved the 11 th Aug t . 1842 —

H. A. Marshall Dean of the P. & O. 24. 1842
Hon Thomas H. Blake
2. St. Andrew Street, Washington Office Dec. 24. 1842 Commissioner of the General Land Office
My Dear Sir,
230

Mr Gadsby
2. It is requested that the Report referred to the Pension Office Decr. 24. 1842 Commissioner of the Pensions
Dear Sir,
Hon. A. Marshall Heaton H.R. Rec. Decr 24. 1842

House of Representatives Dec. 23/1842
Dear Sir
At the last Session of Congress, an act was passed granting a tract of Land to Bickford & Matthews of Maine he has written me to procure a warrant for the same which letter I enclose, will you forward me the warrant as requested by him
Respectfully Yours Alfred Marshall

No 263 Hon J. Hall
21 April 1836 Countryland Office Report read 6 th
1138 Rev Wax Dept mid 7 April 1836.
Rec? Apr 5 th 1836

House of Representatives April 2 1836
Sir
I have the honor to enclose to you a letter & letter of inquiry in relation to a land Warrant any information which can be given at the proper department will be gratefully received, as soon as please return with the information the accompanying letter
I have the honor to be very respectfully My own Servt J. P. Kirtland
No 1138 for 100 acres of land the 11 th Oct 1825 to Daniel Matthews Private near Hampshire Center, and delivered to Sam l J. Prescott.
Hon. Lewis Cass Secy of War Washington DC

The Honorable The Secretary of War Washington Sir,
Boston, Mass., October 26 th 1825
As Attorney to "Daniel Mathews, who was a private in the New Hampshire line," in the War of the Revolution, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a Warrant for one hundred acres of land in favour of said Daniel Mathews, given at the War Office on the eleventh day of this present month of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, and received by me in a letter from Wm M. Stewart Esq., of the Bounty Land Office bearing date the same day.
Very respectfully, I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedt. servant Sam l J. Prescott

Department of War.
Regulations for the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, who acquired a right to Land from the United States, but have not received it.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16 th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers & Soldiers who engaged for, & continued to serve, during the War, or until discharged by Congress, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N.B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration must be filled up & sworn to by the claimant:
State of Maine County of Hancock ss.
I, Daniel Mathews, now resident in Searsport in said County, aged fifty nine years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one I enlisted for the term of "during the war" and served in the regiment No. two under the command of Colonel Geo. Price of the New Hampshire Line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the second regiment, commanded by Colonel Geo. Price.
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever; therefore,
I now all men by these presents that I, Daniel Mathews aforesaid, do hereby constitute & appoint Samuel J. Prescott of the City of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, Esquire, to be my true and lawful Attorney, for me & in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest
Cassy Hazzettine
Samuel Prescott
Daniel Mathews

chusett, Esquire, to be my true and lawful Attorney, for me & in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him , for the special purposes above expressed.
Daniel Mathews
Attest Harry Hazzitt Nath Prescott
I, Nathaniel Prescott aged seventy nine years, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with Daniel Mathews, who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Nath Prescott
Attest Harry Hazzitt Nath Prescott County of Hancock
State of Maine
Before me, Harry Hazzitt a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hancock, personally appeared the above named Daniel Mathews, subscriber to the foregoing declaration, & in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and likewise, personally appeared Nathaniel Prescott who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability & truth, & made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this twenty first day of July 1825
Harry Hazzitt Justice of the Peace.
Hancock County
State of Maine
In testimony that the above written Harry Hazzitt was a Magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of Maine at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the County Seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Castine , in said County this sixth day of September 1825.
Nath Prescott
Seal of all the Judicial Courts held within said County of Hancock.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HANCOCK, ss.
ON the fourteenth day of April A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Third Eastern Circuit, of the Court of Common Pleas, in said Commonwealth, including the Counties of Hancock, Washington and Penobscot : Personally appeared Dan d Matthews who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, on his oath made the statement and declaration by him subscribed, and hereto annexed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war."
And thereupon, I the said Judge do certify that I am satisfied the said Dan d Matthews did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his said declaration, against the common enemy, and that he has made it appear to me, that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Which proceedings and the testimony annexed, being all he has been able to produce, I now transmit to the Secretary, for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of said Court to be hereto affixed by Moses Shaw Esquire, Clerk of said Court for said County of Hancock.
William Cagley Judge

Deersmont April 17 th 1818
We the Subscribers Selectmen or assignees of the poor for the town of Searsport in the County of Hancock & District of Maine do hereby certify that Daniel Mathews of this place is poor & stands in need of the assistance of his country for his support and in our opinion is well intitled to the Bounty provided by Law for the respective Survivors of the army & navy of the late Revolutionary war Isaac G. Giddings Selectmen

Deposition of Benj t Johnson in Behalf of Daniel Mathews
[Faint, illegible handwritten text]

I Benjamin Johnson of Lawfull age testify & say that Daniel Mathews was a privet soldier in the American Revolution in AD 1782 & belonged to Capt Caleb Robinson Company in the Newhampshire troops & joined a party at Snakady from them from the to forest plain on the mohawk river & joined the Regt Commanded by Col. Geo Reed & was discharged in June 1783 at Newburg I further say that I was a soldier & belong belonged to Capt Frazers Company & in the Second Regiment of the Newhampshire troops at the same time & knowing him to be there at that time & your Deponent further testifies Benjamin Johnson
Hamble Feb 24th 1819
The aforesaid Benjamin Johnson was Examined Cautioned & sworn to the truth of the above Depo- sition by him subscribed
Before me
William Westcott Justice of the peace
Attest John Burnham Clerk
Hamble
I hereby certify that Ben- jamin Johnson above named is a credible and disinterested witness and that Daniel Mathews above named is an acting Justice of the peace within 4 years & a nice country
John Brooks C. J. C. C. C. C. C. C. State of Mass

Joseph Gordon of Belfast in the District of Maine of lawful age to testify - and to whom was granted Pension certificate N o 9076 under the law of the 10 th of March 1818 ver oath so says that I served as a private & non-com- missioned Officer in the late revolution- ary war in a company commanded by Col o Robison afterwards by Lt o Col o Colton in the second Regiment New Hampshire line, one commanded by Col o Hale after- wards by Col o Reed, under an enlistment for three years or during the war - Further say that I am well acquainted with Dan e Matthews of Sebec in the District of Maine, and I well knew that he served as a private in the same com y  three months at last and that he was regularly discharged at the same time with myself same time in June 1783. near Redwood =son above west point - said Colton was then our Captain & said Reed our Col o -
Joseph Gordon
Hancock 16 June 28 1819
Personally appeared Joseph Gordon above named and being first sworn, said credible witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me W m Crosby 6 th June 1819 C.C.C. Chairman