Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 14,967, for Ephraim Jackson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Max
Jackson, Ephraim Hannah
NUMBER _____
W. 14.967
CONTENTS

2.503
Let to Page & Whitman May 13 1839.
Massachusetts
Hannah Jackson widow of Ephraim Jackson
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 29th May 1814 of Plymouth in the State of Mass. who was a Lieut. in the Comp y commanded by Captain Lathrop of the Reg t commanded by Col l Bailey in the G.W. line for 8 mos. Lieut.
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 100 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Ap l 1839 and sent J. H. G. Lord Plymouth Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. 39, $319.98 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept., 53.33 $373.31
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded, by H. M. Addison Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 1st Page 79

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth
Clerk's Office August 25 th 1838
I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of Plymouth aforesaid, hereby certify, that it appears of record in this Office, that on the fifth day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, Ephraim Jackson and Hannah Dole was both of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, were married in — Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth by the Rev d John Porter.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the said County of Plymouth, on the day and year aforesaid.
John B. Thomas

2386
Warner Jackson Mass.
admitted St. John's $106.66
on roll St. John's Capt. David Lother Co. vol 15 Pgs 53 — 8 mo. etc.
Apr 24
J. N. Lord Plymouth Mass

State of Massachusetts.
County of Plymouth ss. At a Probate Court begun and held at East Bridgewater within and for said County of Plymouth on the first Tuesday of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight being the second day of said month personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Wilkes Wood, Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Plymouth Hannah Jackson a resident of North Bridgewater in said County aged eighty six years, who being first duly sworn doth upon her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838. entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;
That she is the widow of Ephraim Jackson late of North Bridgewater in the said County of Plymouth and State aforesaid, deceased, that her said husband was a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, that he went into the service of the United States immediately upon the commencement of the War of the Revolution as a Lieutenant and continued in the service eight months that is to say according to the best of her knowledge he enlisted as a Lieutenant into a company commanded by Daniel Lothrop in the spring of 1775, and served eight months with the Massachusetts Troops at Roxbury, Abner Hayward or Howard was an ensign of this company and John Bailey of Hanover in this County was the Colonel. From a mutilated roll

of this Company officers as I have stated found in the possession of the said Ephraim Jackson deceased and which has been preserved to the present time it would appear that the said Ephraim Jackson enlisted into the Company aforesaid on the nineteenth day of April 1875. This roll contains a list of the commissioned officers, sergeants, corporals, musicians, and forty-five privates. She further declared that she was married to the said Ephraim Jackson on the fifth day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, that her husband the aforesaid Ephraim Jackson died on the twenty ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, 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.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Hannah Jackson's mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first before written Before me
William Wood J. D. Doy

Plymouth Sp. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willes Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the foregoing is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this Seventh Day of October 1838. J. H. Lord

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, September 29 th 1835.
I hereby Certify, That Eliab Whitman Esq r is a _____ Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth, _____ in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court, and he was a justice as aforesaid at the date of his several attestations.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.
2 1 Leave

I Daniel Hartwell of West Bridge water in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being in the eighty third year of my age do testify and say, that I was in the Revolutionary Army of the United States and did duty as a private soldier at different periods and at various places and am now a Pensioner. In the month of April 1775 I enlisted into the eight months service at Roxbury near Boston as a private eight months - The Company into which I enlisted, was commanded by David Lothrop, the Lieutenant was Ephraim Jackson and the Ensign Abner Howard , Our Col. was John Bailey of Hanover in this County - I have known Ephraim Jackson above named from early life, and I know it to be a fact, that Said Ephraim Jackson was a Lieutenant in the eight Months service at Roxbury and did duty as such for the period of eight Months, in the Company commanded as I have above stated, for I was with him during all this period of service Daniel Hartwell

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss. Aug. 28 - 1838 -
Personally appeared the within named Daniel Hartwell and made oath to the truth of the within declarations by him subscribed. And I certify, that I am personally acquainted with the Deponent aforesaid, and that he is considered and reputed to be a man of truth and veracity.
Before me,
Eliah Whitman, Justice of the Peace.

I Oliver Jackson of North Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts being in the seven to second year of my age do testify and say that I am the son of Ephraim Jackson late of said North Bridgewater deceased. I well recollect the commencement of the Revolutionary War., although a boy of but eight years of age I distinctly remember the circumstance of my father enlisting into the service of the United States in the month of April in 1775. as a Lieutenant for eight months service at Roxbury. The Company was commanded by Daniel Lathrop - My father above named was the Lieutenant and Abner Hayward a Howard was the Ensign. I do not know absolutely that my father served the eight months as aforesaid but I distinctly remember that my father was absent and on duty as I suppose through the Spring, Summer and Autumn of 1775. with the exception when he came home on a furlough for a few days. I recollect distinctly of my father's drilling the Company in April 1775 at the house where he then lived and where he continued to live till his decease. I have in my possession a mutilated roll of the Company aforesaid officers as I have mentioned which was in my father's possession at the time of his decease, and which has been accidentally preserved. My father was married to Hannah (Belant) his second wife on the fifth day of February 1784, and died on the twenty ninth of May, 1814, in the twenty fifth year of his life, and I know it to be a fact that said Hannah his wife has remained a widow to the present time and is yet single and unmarried.
Oliver Jackson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. September 5. 1838 Personally appeared the within named Oliver Jackson and made oath to the truth of the within declarations by him subscribed. And I certify, that I am personally acquainted with the Deponent within named, and that he is considered, and reported to be a man of truth and veracity before me.
Eliah Wistman Justice Peace

I, Olive Jackson of North Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, being in the fifty second year of my age do testify and say that I have been acquainted with Ephraim Jackson late of said North Bridgewater deceased more than thirty years. He lived and died at the house where I now live. He married Hannah Delano for his second wife on the fifth day of February 1784 and died on the twenty ninth day of May 1814. and I know it to be a fact that said Hannah his wife has remained a widow to the present time and is yet single and unmarried.
Olive Jackson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. September 5. 1838 Personally appeared the above named Olive Jackson and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declarations by her subscribed - And I certify that I am personally acquainted with the foregoing document, and that she is considered and reported to be a person of truth and veracity.
Before me
Elizabeth Whitman Justice, peace

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
14967
Hannah Jackson
Widow of
Ephraim Jackson
Pri Rev War
Act: _____
July 1 st 86
Index:—Vol. _____
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hannah Jackson

May 13. King county Maryland
JE
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

North Bridgewater Mass. May 9. 1839.
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Sir,
Mrs. Hannah Jackson of this town widow of Ephraim Jackson deceased a Lieutenant in the Revolution has received from the War Department a pension certificate under the act of July 7. 1838. and dated April 25. 1839. In behalf of Mrs. Jackson, I made application to the Pension Office Boston and that Department replied that her case had not been reported and consequently the Pension could not be paid.
I am, Sir,
Respectfully
Ebenezer Whitman.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Jackson, Francis GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7330 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Feb. 14, 1791 to Jere h Van Ranselar, atty.
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.