Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 2169, for Love Roberts, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Roberts, Love.
N. 2169
Mass
Betsy
B.L.Wt. 24620-160-55
CONTENTS

72,651 Maine
Looc Roberts of Shapleigh in the dist.  state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Seamans of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of the dist. of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd of July 1819 and sent to Benj. Greene Esq. South Berwick, Me.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819  10 3/4  $7.43 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Oct. 1819  40.00
$47.43
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
York County.

Love Robert (Private) Scamel's M st (Regt.)
1 year ending Dec r 1776-
7 th April 1818-
This Claimant has enlarged his declaration, abundantly proved his service by the testimony of three credible & disinterested witnesses, the cost of which has been administered by myself. I have annexed -
Brn J. Greene
Admitted.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
York ss. On this first day of June A.D. 1819 before me the undersigned Chief justice of the Circuit Court of Comm. Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth personally appear Jonathan D. Dyer, Esq. and Stephen Shadrach - three distinguished and competent witnesses all of whom have now their pension certificates and who being by me first duly sworn according to law, the above their deposition say that they well acquainted with David Roberts now of Shapleigh in said County of York, and that he the said David Roberts having served the term of eight months in the army of the United States under Capt. E. D. Williams of Col. Patterson's Regiment on the last of December A.D. 1775 again enlisted as a private soldier into the Continental Army under the same Capt. E. D. Williams then of the Regiment commanded by Col. Patterson for the further term of twelve months that the said David Roberts served as a private in said Company & Regiment the whole of the last mentioned term, was with them in a battle at a place called the Cedars, & was then with them taken prisoner by the Indians & Canadians from whom the said Roberts escaped his escape, and immediately joined his company - that soon afterwards they were relieved & joined their company also & served with the said Roberts in the same Company and Regiment until the last of December A.D. 1776 when they were all discharged at Boston in the State of Massachusetts That they well remember that the said Roberts was considered as a very brave and active soldier that they were in the battle at Trenton when about three hundred Hessian were made prisoners. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal this day & year above said B. Greene
mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this day of Anno Domini, 1818.
B. Greene
Place of Pension Roll Boston

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. } ON this seventh day of April A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Love Roberts aged sixty two years resident in Maple in said county of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration 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:"— That in the month of April or May in the year 1775 the said Love Roberts enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental Army under Capt. Ebenezer Sullivan in the Reg t Commanded by Col. James Scammons of the Massachusetts Line, that he continued to do his duty in said Reg t & Company till eight months, (the term for which he enlisted) expired, when he again enlisted into the same Company for the term of twelve months, during which term he continued to his duty & at the expiration thereof was discharged, on Dec r 1776 at Newton in the state of New Jersey, but rec d no pension discharge—
And in proof of the foregoing Declaration made by the said Love Roberts, Stephen Henderson and Samuel Day two credible witnesses personally appear who being by me first duly sworn testify and say that the declaration of the said Love Roberts in respect his enlistment, time of service & discharge, may prove to be substantially correct—
And the said Love Roberts further states & prays by the Certificate of the Overseers & Selectmen of the town in which he resides.
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Benj g Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Love Roberts did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this day of Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj g Greene
Please place on Pension Roll Boston

Love Roberts
Shawnee
12.651
W.P.A.
Sept 1847

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday of July being the fourth day of said month and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene Chief Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this fourth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, County, Love Roberts aged sixty years resident in Hattiesburg in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Sullivan in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Scammon in the line of the State of Massachusetts, on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the seventh day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 12,651 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
Love Roberts
Sworn to and declared, on the 4th day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Benjamin Greene Chief Justice One of the Judges of the said Court. Attest Daniel Small Clerk

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Thirty acres of land - 10 acres of which is mowing and tillage & the residue pasture and tillage land - 1/2 of a one story house 30 by 28 ft. 1/2 barn 32 by 32 feet - 1 yoke six feet oxen - 2 cows - 2 pigs - 1 horse 12 years old - 4 sheep and 3 lambs -
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Love Roberts who, by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of infirmity of age, rheumatism and weakness.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Anna my wife 58 years Consumptive and weakly.   Clarissa my daughter 18 years almost helpless - with a white swelling on the knee. -    Love Roberts.
STATE OF MAINE.
I, York 38. Daniel Sewall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record 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 four hundred sixty four dollars and fifty cents. But as the applicant states considerably in debt. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eleventh day of July , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall, { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York

1487.
New Hampshire,
Pat's Betsey Roberts, widow of Giles Roberts
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Pirate , Maude
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 23 d day of Aug., 53. and sent to
Richard Russell Somersworth, N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 11 Vol. A.

Richard Russell Poninsborough New Hampshire

STATE OF MAINE.
YORK, ss.
Clerk's Office Judicial Courts,
Alfred, March 30th 1853.
I,
James A McIntire
Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County,
Do Hereby Certify, That
Timothy L. Kimball
IS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN AND FOR SAID COUNTY,
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly commissioned and qualified to act as such; that his commission is dated May 1. AD 1846
and will expire May 1 AD 1853
and that the following
genuine.
signature purporting to be
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial
Court of said State, the day and year above written.
James A McIntire
CLERK.

A COPY
Extract from the Records of the Town of Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine under head of Marriages solemnized by Howley A O'Leary Justice of the Peace in said Town is the following entry, viz: Sove Roberts and Betsey Herson March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty three  Lebanon
1. Daniel Wentworth Clerk of said Town of Lebanon do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date which is expressed in the Records in fair legible figures as follows, viz:—
MARCHED A.D. 1833 November 14th  Sove Roberts and Betsey Herson  Lebanon  Daniel Wentworth Town Clerk of Lebanon
2. Daniel Wentworth above named do hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Lebanon and that the foregoing is a true Extract from the Records of said Town with the exception of the date which is expressed in the Records in fair legible figures as follows, viz:—
Daniel Wentworth Town Clerk of Lebanon
York STATE OF Maine  March 25 1855
Timothy L Kimball Justice of the Peace

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed February 3 rd 1853,
State of New Hampshire
County of Strafford
On this twenty fifth day of February A.D. 1853 personally appeared before the Court in Open Court none being in and for said County of Strafford State of New Hampshire a resident of Manchester in the County of that name and State of New Hampshire aged 57 years, who being duly sworn according to law, do hereby make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed February 3 rd 1853, that she is the widow of Love Mobbs, who was a private in Company in the War of the Revolution, that he was pensioned at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum under the act of March 18, 1818, and was a pensioner at the rate of 96 dollars at the time of his death, that he was a resident of Straplight Newton Lebanon in the County of York and State of Maine and was receiving his pension at the Agency of the United States for paying Pension at Portland State of Maine
She further declares that she was married to the said Love Mobbs on the fourteenth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and that her husband the aforesaid Love Mobbs

died in Lebanon in said state of Maine on the 14th day of November A.D. 1840. That she was married to him at the time above stated. She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act and is still a widow and that she has never before made application for a pension.
Betsey Roberts
Stratford p The State of New Hampshire Court of Common Pleas
February 25. 1853
Personally appeared Betsey Roberts in open court and made oath that the foregoing declaration by her subscribed is true
Before me -
Reuben Gaylord Clerk

Set Hawks 100,943 10 April 18/53
Civ. No. Hobbs Dec 22/55
Betsy Roberts Widow of Gore Roberts priv.
Capt. William Revolutionary Col. was at the Battle of Bunker Hill
On Map: Col. C. Co.
Revolutionary War AD: 1775, May 3rd M. B. 1855-1487/1855
MS
Moody Hobbs Pelham N.H.
Vol R. page 114

Betty Roberts
105945

State of New Hampshire.
County of Hillsborough ss.
I, Perley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Moody Nobbs whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified: that his commission is dated on the Third day of December A. D. 1852, and will expire in five years from that date; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Amherst, this 23 d day of April A. D. 1855.
Perley Dodge CLERK.
A. D. 1855, as will appear by the muster rolls of said company.
She further states that she was married to the said Gove Roberts in Lebanon, Maine on the fourteenth day of November A. D. 1832, by one Hawley A. Key a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her marriage was Betsey  Persehall and that her husband died at Lebanon, Maine on the fourteenth day of November A. D. 1840, and that she is now a widow, and the widow of said Gove Roberts . She further declares that he has heretofore made application for Bounty Land under the act of September 28th, 1850, and received a Land Warrant No. for acres which he has since legally disposed of and cannot now return. That She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act of March 3d, 1855, granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who had been engaged in the military service of the United States." she also declares that she has never applied for or received under this or any other act of Congress any Bounty Land Warrant except the one above mentioned, nor did her late husband ever receive any Bounty Land whatever.
Betsey Roberts
We Millot Goff and E. B. Smith residents of Windham in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Betsey Roberts 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.
Millot Goff E. B. Smith
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.
Moody Nobbs
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
POWER OF ATTORNEY.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:—Please deliver the certificate or warrant, to which I am entitled according to the tenor of the foregoing declaration and application to Moody Nobbs of Orlham of Manchester , in the State of New Hampshire.
Signed in presence of me, Millot Goff
Betsey Roberts

APPLICATION FOR BOUNTY LAND.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE } ss. County of Hillsborough }
On this nineteenth day of April 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, Welsey Roberts aged Eighty nine years, a resident of Windham in the State of New Hampshire, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the Widow of Love  Roberts who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Sullivan in the Regiment of commanded by Colonel in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812: in the Revolutionary War and was at the Battles of Bunker Hill and Washington that he enlisted  volunteered at Concord on or about the 18th day of June 1775 A. D. 18, for the term of the war as she believes and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days  three years or more and was honorably discharged on or about the close of the war day of A. D. 18, as will appear by the muster rolls of said company.
She further states that she was married to the said Love Roberts in Lebanon, Maine on the fourteenth day of November A. D. 1832, by one Harold A. Key a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her marriage was Welsey  Roberts and that her husband died at Lebanon, Maine on the fourteenth day of November A. D. 1840, and that she is now a widow, and the widow of said Love Roberts . She further declares that he has heretofore made application for Bounty Land under the act of September 28th, 1850, and received a Land Warrant No. for acres which he has since legally disposed of and cannot now return.  She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "act of March 3d, 1855, granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who had been engaged in the military service of the United States." She also declares that she has never applied for or received under this or any other act of Congress any Bounty Land Warrant except the one above mentioned nor did her late husband ever receive any Bounty Land whatsoever.
Betsey Roberts
We Millet G. Coffe and E. B. Smith residents of Windham in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Betsey Roberts 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. Millet G. Coffe E. B. Smith
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. Moody Hobbs JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
POWER OF ATTORNEY.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:—Please deliver the certificate or warrant, to which I am entitled according to the tenor of the foregoing declaration and application to Moody Hobbs of Pelham of Manchester , in the State of New Hampshire.
Signed in presence of me, Millet G. Coffe  Betsey Roberts

I, Betsy Roberts, of Windham, in the County of Rockingham and State of New- Hampshire, do depose and say that I am the identical Betsy Roberts, who am now the recipient of a Pension from the United States, for the Revolutionary Services of my late husband, the Certificate for said Pension is dated the twenty third day of August, one thousand eight hundred fifty Three signed by H. M. Colbllan, Secretary of the Interior and countersigned by G. P. Waldo, Commis- sioner of Pensions - Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under Act February 3 d 1833, Page 21, Vol. A. and that she would refer the Department to the testi- mony filed by her, by which she obtained the Pension, aforesaid, for a full and explicit ac- count of the services of her late husband to enable her to substantiate her claim for Bounty land according to the terms of the forego- ing Application. And would also refer to the said testimony on file to prove her marriage and her husband's death
Betsy Roberts
Subscribed and sworn to this 19 th day of April, 1855 Before me:
Morley Hobbs, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that Betsy Roberts within named has in her possession the Pension Certificate within described and that I know her to have received one payment of a pension thereon,
Worley Hobbs, Jas. Peace.
Betsy Roberts
105945

* in the various places in which said Regiment was employed - was in an engagement with and was taken prisoner by the Indians and Canadians at a place called The Cedars, from whom he made his escape in a few days, and again joined his Company was in the battle at Trenton where about nine hundred of the enemy, mostly Germans, were taken prisoners. And having said faithfully the whole term for which he had enlisted.

Maine.
Love Roberts, Private.
Served 1 year in 1776. -
1 st schedule, dated 1 st July 1820, contains 30 acres of land, house, and barn - 1 yoke oxen, 2 cows, 2 pigs, 1 horse, and 4 sheep - all valued at $464:50 considerably in debt.
Schedule under act 1 March 1823, dated 24 Sept. 1823, contains only 1 cow, 1 pig, and a few old articles of household stuff, worth $26:00
Accounts for decrease of property, by sale of his real estate to John Wood- son, for $600, on 9 Nov. 1821. (copy of deed is produced) Says the proceeds have been applied to the discharge of his debts. He proves the payment of $100 32 100 on execu- tion, to Timothy Ferguson, due for goods bought from 1814 to 1820 - $100, to Amasa Capp, on execution, debt contracted in 1820 - $168, to J. W. Roberts, on execution, for mo- ney lent in 1814 & 1815 - $60:07 to Thos. Fewell, on execution, for store account in 1818 & 1820 - $25 23 100 , to Joshua Roberts on execution, for goods bought in 19 - $52 13 100 , to C. M. Cogswell, on execution, debt contracted for professional services, money lent, and goods bought - $28 67 100 to Wm Burleigh, on execution - These pay- ments amount to $534 79 100 , and are
by the oaths of the creditors. certified schedule of judgments a- gainst the claimant, amounting to $180, is produced - Caleb Emery says, on oath, that the claimant made a bona fide sale of his land, for the pur- pose of paying his debts, and that the consideration for which he sold it, was insufficient to pay all his debts -
Claimant aged 71 - by occupation, a farmer, but not able to pursue it, from bodily infirmity. Wife aged 51 - 2 daughters, 1 aged 22, with a white swelling on her knee, and unable to work - the other aged 16, who does house work - and 1 grandson, aged 12 -
  30 100 48   1 2. 13   1 1. 3   43. 16 
Rev. Dec. 20. 1824 I sent to Joseph Pote, Portland, Maine.
Sept 1819. } Test d closed 23 Sept. 1824.

James H. Robert.
$168.00

I James B. Roberts of Lynden in the County of York and State of Maine do hereby certify that in the year 1814 and 1815 I hired N. Love Roberts of Shapleigh in the County of York one hundred and one dollars and in August 1821 recovered Court against said Roberts for one hundred and sixty Eight Dollars Which Sum has since been paid me by the said Love Roberts
July 21 st 1821
James B. Roberts
York ss. July 21 st 1821 Then Personally appear- ed the above named James B. Roberts & made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him Subscribed
before me Nathan Hanson Justice of the Peace

N o 866
Betsy Roberts widow of Love.
M. H. Add. VV, hide,
Set to R. Russell
4. June 1803
Act Heby. 3/03

5
24,620
3
New Canus

Pension Office, 19 th August. 1853.
Sir
Be pleased to inform me to what time the Within named pension was paid at the date of his death.
I am Sir, Respectfully &c.
J. Cole
for W. Cummings,
Love Roberts, act 1818, $8. p.m. Died 14 th Nov. 1840. Paid to his death.
L. Burt Auditor.
Francis Burt, Esq. Third Auditor

App. of Betsey Roberts widow of Love Roberts.
C. N. H.
File
119
Act 3 d Decr: 1853
$96. 00 Per Admin
Allowance 3 d Feb: 1853
New
Richard Russell Somersworth Stafford Co N.H.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Johna Roberts $ 25.28

I Joshua Roberts of South Berwick in the county of York State of Maine trader do hereby certify that in June 1819. I had an execution against Nathaniel Roberts for the sum of seven ten Dollars & thirty eight cents & in March 1820 another execution against Love Roberts for ten Dollars & 90 cents, both which executions were issued me by Love Roberts. Both were for goods sold & delivered from my store for the benefit of said Love Roberts.
July 8. 1824.
Joshua Roberts
York ss. July 8th 1824. Then personally appeared Joshua Roberts above named & made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him signed before Charles M. Loogswell J. Peace

Timothy Ferguson
$ 100.59

I Timothy Ferguson of South Berwick in the county of York & State of Maine merchant hereby certify that Love Roberts of Shapleigh in said county, in the spring of the year 1821 paid me by the hands of John Woodman (to whom he sold his farm) an execution which I then had against him for the sum of One hundred Dollars & 59 cents — & that said debt was due me for goods sold & de- livered to said Roberts from my store from about the year 1814 to 1820 —
To Berwick July 8th 1821.
Timothy Ferguson
York S. July 8 th 1821. Then personally appeared Timothy Ferguson above named & made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate by him signed.
before me — Charles A. Gagswell Jus. Peace

Love Roberts from Thomas Sewett 60.07

I Thomas Jewett of South Berwick in the County of York & State of Maine Merchant hereby certify that in the autumn of the year 1821 - Love Roberts of Shapleigh in said County paid me in Cash a demand I had against him, amounting with the Costs thereon to the Sum of sixty Dollars Seven Cents - and that said debt was due me for goods sold & delivered from my Store from the years 1816 to 1820
Thomas Jewett
So. Berwick, July 8th 1824
York Me. July 1824. Then personally appeared Thomas Jewett above named & made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him signed to the best of his knowledge & belief before me -
Charles N. Cogswell Justice of the Peace

William Reidy $ 28.67

I William Burleigh of South Berwick in the County of York State of Maine Coun- sellor at Law hereby certify that in August 1819, as attorney to William May of Berwick I recovered an execution against Love Roberts of Shapleigh, in favor of said May, for twenty eight Dollars & 67 cents which ex- ecution he has since paid & discharged
So Berwick July 8th 1824.
Wm Burleigh Atty
York ss. July 8th 1824. Then personally ap- peared the above named William Burleigh & made oath to the truth of the above certif- icate by him signed
before me Chas. N. Cogswell Justice of the Peace

Rec. Ev. Mar;
Strafford Co;
N.H.
Pap: if death in 1840 Nov. 14;
"Plympton"

Barbara Roberts Love
J. P. B. H. H. H. H. H. H.
Esq Pensions Washington DC
Pension Dept Free

John P. Waldo Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

State of New Hampshire
Stafford ss. I Andrew Pierce, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, and Court of
State of Maine
York ss.
I Jeremiah Bradbury, clerk of the Judicial Courts, for the county of York, hereby certify that William A. Hayes and Charles A. Cogswell both of South Berwick and Nathan Hanson of Lyman all in said county of York, now are and for a long time have been Justices of the peace within and for the county of York aforesaid, duly appointed and qualified
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twenty second day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four.
Jere. Bradbury Clerk

State of New Hampshire
Stratford ss. I. Andrew Peirce, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, and Court of Sessions, for said County of Stratford, do certify, that John Wingate Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, acting under the authority of said State, and that full faith and credit is due to his official acts, as such.—
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Superior Court this 23 d day of September A D 1824. A. Peirce, Clerk.

Official Business
FREE
105945 Additional Evidence
Return to Petitioner John Dane
Hon. Josiah Minot
Barnstable
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Brook
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2169
Betsey Roberts, Widow, Love Roberts, Rev. Rev. War.
Act Feb. 3. 1852.
Index:—Vol. 92 Page 168.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

January 15, 1891
London

✓ 1487 New Hampshire Pension Betsey Roberts widow of Love Roberts who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a pirate Massachusetts
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818.
3 rd February 1833 Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Aug/53 and sent to
Richard Russell Somersworth N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3rd 1818, Page 21 Vol. A 3/53
1818
Reg 3 m 55 105945

I Amasa Wentworth of Somersworth in the County of Strafford and state of New Hampshire aged 40 years on Oath declare that Betsey Roberts who claims a pension as the Widow of Love Roberts late of Lebanon in the County of York and state of Maine deceased and who was a Revolutionary Pensioner in the state of Maine aforesaid is the Identical Widow of the said Love Roberts alluded to in your letter to Theodore Russell Esq and dated June 4 th 1853. That I have been personally acquainted with her from my earliest recollections and knew her Maiden name to be Betsey Hensham. That she is still the Widow of the said Love Roberts and has never intermarried since his death. That before, and at the time of her marriage with the said Roberts and during the time she lived with him as his Wife her residence was in Lebanon aforesaid Amasa Wentworth,
Strafford Co & State of New Hampshire Be it known That on this 23 day of June A.D. 1853 Personally appeared Amasa Wentworth well known to me as a Man of truth and veracity and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true Before me Pintard Puffer Justice of the Peace

I John Horn 2 d of Somersworth in the County of Strafford and State of Maine agree 50 years on oath declare that Betsey Roberts who claims a Pension as Widow of Love Roberts late of Lebanon deceased who was a Revolutionary Pensioner in the State of Maine is the Identical Widow of the said Love Roberts. That I have known her ever since my earliest recollection and knew her before her marriage with the said Love Roberts by the name of Betsey Hensham. That she is still the Widow of the said Love Roberts and has never intermar- ried since his death, and that before her marriage and at the time of her marriage and at the time of the death of her husband the said Love Roberts, her residence was in Lebanon aforesaid John Horn 2 d
Strafford County State of New Hampshire Be it known That on this 24 th day of June A.D. 1853. Personally appeared John Horn well known to me as a man of truth & veracity and made oath to the truth of the above Certificate by him Subscribed Michael Mussele Justice of the Peace

Anasa Writworth and John Horn 2 nd Affidavits

The State of New Hampshire.
STRAFFORD COUNTY SS.
COURT OF PROBATE REGISTER'S OFFICE.
I, JOHN H. WHITE, Register of said Court, hereby certify that Richard Russell is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and was such at the time of the taking of the foregoing affidavit s that his commission is dated May 24 A. D. 18 49 and will expire May 23 A. D. 18 54 and that the foregoing signature s purporting to be his are true and genuine; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit, and that the aforesaid Court of Probate is a Court of Record.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 15 th day of July A. D. 185 3 .
John H. White  Register of Probate for said County of Strafford.

Robert

Brief in the case of Betsey Roberts. Widdow of Love, Strafford County and State of New Hampshire, act 3 d  Feby; 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the act of 18 th March. 1818. I can't.
Recommendation of marriage (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Richard Russell Esq., Somersworth, Name and residence of Agent Strafford Co. N.H.
J. C. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

Somerville N.H. April 1, 1853
Dear Sir -
Herewith is enclosed the Application of Miss Betsey Roberts for a pension under act of Feb. 3, 1853
Very respectfully Yours obed servt.
Michael Musso.
L. P. Waldo Clerk of Pensions Washington, D. C.

Somersworth N.H. July 18. 1853
Sir,
Herewith I enclose addition- -al identification of Will. P. Melny Molekuts for a pension.
very respectfully Richard Mansfield
Hon. J. P. Waldo Washington City

Additional Evidence in claim for Bounty Land No. 105,945, under Act of March 3, 1855.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
April 18. 1856.
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 Nove Kobrits is borne on pay roll of Capt. Ebenezer Sullivan's Comp. Col. James Scammon's Regt. from May 5. to Aug. 1. 1778. 3 mos. 13 days. travel included, as private from Berwick.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis D. Wilde Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES,
made by the Widow of the party who rendered the service.
State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham Town of Windham
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Gore Roberts a Private in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Seton in the County of York and State of Maine, then Mass.
He enlisted from the Town of Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine, then Mass. in the year 17 75 as a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sullivan, it is said , in the Regiment to me unknown and he served as follows,* viz:—
at New York, Long Island, Trenton, Princeton and other places to me not now remembered . I have often heard him mention various incidents of the war which leads me to believe that he served in the Massachusetts troops . He served long enough to enable him to draw a full pension—$96. per year—and was in the receipt of that, Sum at the time of
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c., of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

my marriage with him in 1851- and I am in the receipt of that sum per annum as his widow.
I am now Sixty three years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this twelfth A. D. 1856.
day of April .
Betsey Roberts
Signed by said in my presence.
Betsey Roberts
Woody Hobbs JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

PENSION OFFICE,
1855.
Decr 22 d
Sir:
The claim of Betsey Roberts for bounty land under the act of the 3d of March, 1855, No. 105.945 has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Love Roberts the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
Very respectfully,
J. MINOT, Commissioner.
Messrs Hobbs Esq Pelham N. Hampshire.

2329. Love Roberts
Copy

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the
Tuesday, being the  day of and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty fourth day of September three in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable LEVI H. PERKINS,
Ashur Ware Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty fourth day of September in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Ebene Roberts — aged seventy — years, resident in Shapleigh — in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he swears in the Rev-
make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st May 1820 that he the said Ebene Roberts enlisted for the term of twelve months or more on or about the 1 st day of January in the year 1776 in the State of Massachusetts, in the company commanded by Captain Sullivan in the regiment commanded by Colonel Patterson in the line of the State of Massachusetts in the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said service until the last of December 1776 when he was discharged from the said service in Newtown in the State of New Jersey that his name has been placed in the pension list and draft therefrom in account of his services.
income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Ebene Roberts
Sworn to and declared, on the 24 day of September A. D. 1828
BEFORE
Ashur Ware
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the
Tuesday, being the  day of and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty fourth day of September  three in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable LESLIE K. PARSONS,
Ashur Ware Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty fourth day of September in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Love Roberts — aged seventy
was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 ; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18th day of March, 1818 : 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 ; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Love Roberts
Sworn to and declared, on the 24 day of September A. D. 1828
BEFORE
Ashur Ware ; U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — I have none
Personal estate — One cow and one pig and a few old and broken articles of household stuff. Since the exhibition of my first schedule viz about two years ago I was obliged to sell the land mentioned in my first schedule in order to pay the debts, a schedule of which I have forwarded to the War Office together with the copy of the deed which I gave of the land.
I have no income — The articles of stock or cattle mentioned in my first schedule have long since been disposed of and appropriated to my support. And I am necessitous and unable to support myself and family without assistance.
Ebene Roberts
Signed and sworn to Sept. 24, 1823
Before Ashur Ware Judge of the U. S. for the District of Maine
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Ebene Roberts — who, by occupation am a farmer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of age and bodily infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife Anna — 51 —   Daughter { Clarissa — 22 lame with a white swelling on her knee and unable to work   { Nancy — 16 does housework   John Kimball 12 a grandson I have to support   Ebene Roberts  
Signed and sworn to Sept. 24, 1823
Before
Ashur Ware Judge of the United States for the District of Maine

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Jr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record 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 Twenty six dollars and no more  cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fourth day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty, three
A large, stylized handwritten signature of John Mussey in dark ink. The signature features a large, looping 'J' and a prominent 'M'.
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Copy. Deed - Love Roberts et al. to John Woodson.
Search & copy, 46q

State of Maine
Yorke ss.
I, Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the county of Yorke aforesaid, hereby certify that Jeremiah Gondwin esquire, of said Alfred at this time is for a long time past has been Register of Deeds for said county, duly qualified and sworn
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Courts this fifteenth day of July Anno Domini 1823.
Jere. Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts Co. of Yorke
and Samuel Drew, on the south by Lebanon town line, and on the west by lands of James Roberts; lying on both sides of the road leading to Milton mills, so called, and is the same farm whereon we now live, and which the said Love Roberts purchased of John B. Hanson, by deed dated November twenty eighth, A.D. 1783.
Also, one other tract of land, lying in Lebanon in said county of Yorke, containing one hundred acres, more or less, and is bounded as follows, to wit; north by the head line of said Lebanon and lands of Ezekiel Prescott, on the east by lands of Samuel Goodridge and Elisha Goodridge, on the south by lands of Samuel Cowell, and on the west by James Roberts' land; and is the same lands

Know all Men by these Presents, that we Love Roberts and Ezekiel Roberts of Shapleigh in the county of York and state of Maine, husband- men, in consideration of six hundred dollars paid by John Woodson of Lebanon in the county of York aforesaid, yeoman, the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said John Woodson, and his heirs and as- signs, forever, a certain tract of land situated in Shapleigh aforesaid, with the buildings thereon, con- taining one hundred and five acres, more or less, bounded as follows, to wit; on the north by lands of Paul Roberts, Jonathan Prescott and Bartholomew Miller, on the east by lands of Benjamin Drew, Jr. and Samuel Drew, on the south by Lebanon town line, and on the west by lands of James Roberts; lying on both sides of the road leading to Milton mills, so called, and is the same farm whereon we now live, and which the said Love Roberts purchased of John B. Hanson, by deed dated November twenty eighth, A.D. 1783.
Also, one other tract of land, lying in Lebanon in said county of York, containing one hundred acres, more or less, and is bounded as follows, to wit; north by the head line of said Lebanon and lands of Ezekiel Prescott, on the east by lands of Samuel Goodridge and Elisha Goodridge, on the south by lands of Samuel Cowell, and on the west by James Roberts' land; and is the same land

land which the said Love Roberts purchased of Benjamin Chadbourn, Septem r . 11, 1794, and September 11, 1799, as by two several deeds will appear.
To have and to hold the aforegranted premises to the said John Woodson, his heirs and assigns, to his and their use and behoof, forever. And we do covenant with the said John Woodson, his heirs and assigns, that we are lawfully seized in fee of the aforegranted premises; that they are free of all incumbrances; that we have good right to sell and convey the same to the said John Woodson. And that we will warrant and defend the same premises to the said John Woodson, his heirs and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
In witness whereof, we the said Love Roberts and Ezekiel Roberts, together with Anna Roberts the wife of the said Love, and Sabra Roberts wife of the said Ezekiel, in token of their relinquishing their right of dower in the aforescribed premises, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one.
Signed, sealed, and deliv d Love Roberts ered in presence of us, Ezekiel Roberts Daniel Wood, Anna Roberts Caleb Emery. Sabra Roberts
York, ss. November 9 th 1821. Then the above named Love Roberts and Ezekiel Roberts acknowledged the above instrument

to be their free act and deed.
Before me, Daniel Wood, Justice of the Peace. Recorded according to the original, received November 13. A.D. 1821. Attest,
Jeremiah Goodwin, Register.
A true copy of Record, book 107, page 251, of the Records of Deeds for the county of York and state of Maine. Attest,
Jeremiah Goodwin, Register of Deeds.

ALBION K. PARRIS, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE;
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS,
GREETING:
Know Ye, That Jeremiah Bradbury, Esq.— formerly of York, now of Alfred, is Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the State of Maine, held in the County of York; and that Daniel Wood Esq. of Lebanon, and John Bedwell, Esq. of Shapleigh, are Justices of the Peace and Quorum, within and for our said County of York,
Albion K. Parris
duly nominated and appointed, commissioned and qualified; and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court. And also that Charles A. Folsom of

duly nominated and appointed, commissioned and qualified; and that to these Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court. And also that Charles A. Cushman of South Berwick, is duly appointed and commissioned a Justice of the Peace, within and for the said County of York;
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed.—Given under my hand, at PORTLAND, this nineteenth day of July , in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and twenty three ; and in the forty eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR:
J. Nichols Secretary of State.

batch Emery — Affidavit —

I Love Roberts of Shapleigh in the county of York and state of Maine do testify and declare that I have one cow two swine five sheep & six lambs and a few old farming utensils together with some old household furniture the above mentioned property is all that I have and my creditors have demands against me for upwards of one hundred and fifty dollars. —
Dated at Shapleigh this Thirteenth day of July A.D. 1923. —
Love Roberts
York ss. July 13 th 1923 Then personally appeared the above named Love Roberts and made oath to the truth of the above statement Before me John Bodwell Justice of the Peace
that the sum received by said was insufficient to discharge all his debts & that there now remains due from him a number of debts which he is unable to pay — & from a knowledge of the parties & a full acquaintance with the above named transaction the deponent is satisfied that it was a bona fide sale, & made without any fraudulent design or purpose whatever —
Dated at So. Berwick this 10th of July A.D. 1923
Caleb Emery
York ss. Then personally appeared Caleb Emery a man in whom full confidence may be placed & made oath to the truth of the above statement July 10th 1923 before me Chas. N. Cogswell Just. Peace

I Caleb Emery of Lebanon do hereby testify & declare that Love Roberts of Shapleigh, in the county of York, State of Maine, sometime in the fall of the year 1820, (the deponent believes in the month of November) made Sale of his real estate in said Shapleigh to John Woodson of Lebanon, for the purpose of discharging his debts — & the deponent further states that the said Roberts applied the money received by him of said Woodson, (being the consideration named in said deed) to the payment of his debts — & the deponent further states that the sum received by said Roberts as aforesaid was insufficient to discharge all his debts & that there now remains due from him a number of debts which he is unable to pay — & from a knowledge of the parties & a full acquaintance with the above named transaction the deponent is satisfied that it was a bona fide Sale, & made without any fraudulent design or purpose whatever —
Dated at S. Berwick this 10th of July AD 1823,
Caleb Emery
York ss. Then personally appeared Caleb Emery a man in whom full confidence may be placed & made oath to the truth of the above statement July 10th 1823, before me Chas. A. Cogswell Just. Peace

Charles H. Cogswell
41.02
11.16
52.18

I Charles A. Cogswell of South Berwick in the county of York Attorney at Law, do hereby certi- fy that in the autumn of the year 1821, some Roberts of Sheephigh in said county, found an execution in my name against him for the sum of forty One Dollars & 25 cts which money was the property of Wm. A. Hovey Esq. I myself was due as in part for moneys we had paid for him, & for professional services.
The money was paid by John Woodman. So Berwick July 19th 1821 Chas. A. Cogswell
I also certify that, as attorney of Messrs. Seaver Palmer & Norton then merchants in said So Berwick, but now two of them residing in the eastern part of the State of Maine, I received & collected of said Roberts on or about the same time in 1821, an ex- ecution due from him to said Seaver Palmer & Norton, which execution origi- nated from an account for goods & etc & delivered, & amounted to Eleven Dollars & 16/100
S. Berwick July 19th 1821 Chas. A. Cogswell 1821
York Sr July 19th 1821, Then personally appeared Charles A. Cogswell above named & made oath that the above certificates by him signed were true before me Wm. A. Hovey Just Peace

I, Thomas Cope of Lawfull age Testify and Say that Love Roberts of Shapleigh and the County of York and State of Illinois promised to pay me a Debt about three sums of two hundred and twenty two dollars and Eight cents as appears by my minutes of the Debt & Lests - which Debt was satisfied by virtue of an Exon in my name on said Love Roberts Real Estate by Levy - for want of personal property that could be attached; that said Love sell off to me was never redeemed by Mr Roberts - The Debt, a part (say rising 100 Dollars) was a note said Roberts gave me Ralph Blandell who endorsed it to Ada Swann who endorsed it to me -
I should suppose that Mr Roberts has paid me within three or four years as much as twenty five or one hundred Dollars - more in small debts that has been left with me for collection as said Roberts, including the Lests - there -
July 15 1924
Thomas Cope -

State of New Hampshire Stafford J s July 16 1824 Then personally appeared the within named Amasa Laph and made oath to the truth of the within affidavit by him subscribed Before me - John Menzies Justice Peace

Rev. Bradbury's Clerks certificate
A b r

I Love Roberts of Shapleigh in the county of York and state of Maine do testify and declare that the demands mentioned in the paper to which this is annexed were due prior to the year 1819 except about twenty dollars the notes therein named were renewed or the greater part of them.
Dated at Shapleigh, July 13 th 1923.
Love Roberts
York ss. July 13 th 1923 Then personally appeared the above named Love Roberts and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him signed _____ (before me) John Woodworth Justice of the Peace
Charles N. Cogswell v him was rendered on one note dated March 3 1821 for $30.40
Amasa Goff v him was rendered on one note dated Oct 23 1819 for $5.22, one other for $3.70 dated Nov. 4 1820, one other dated May 5 1821 for $2.00 and one other dated April 3 1819 for $140.23.
Charles Greene v him was rendered on one note dated July 4 1820 for $5.00, and on an account amounting to twenty three dollars and fifty cents.
Benja Lord v him was rendered on a receipt for personal property Recd by the Deft. and not delivered to said Lord he being a Deputy sheriff.
Simon Chase v him was rendered on one note dated January 2 1820 for $23.54

Schedule of notes and accounts on which Judgments have been entered up against Dore Roberts in all the Courts in the County of York since May term C.C.C. P. 1821
The Judgment Joshua Roberts v him was rendered on one note dated December 15. 1819 for $ 8.69, one other note dated October 12. 1820 for $15.51, and on an account of 67 cents.
The Judgment Thos. Jewell v him was rendered on one note dated Dec 28. 1820 for forty five dollars and thirty cents fifteen dollars endorsed
Asa Swazey v him was rendered on one note dated Oct 19 th 1820 for 20 dollars and twenty cents.
Charles N. Cogswell v him was rendered on one note dated March 5. 1821 for $ 30.40
Amasa Goff v him was rendered on one note dated Oct 23. 1819 for $ 5.22, one other for $ 3.70 dated Nov. 4. 1820, one other dated May 5. 1821 for $ 2.00 and one other dated April 3. 1819 for $140.23.
Charles Greene v him was rendered on one note dated July 4. 1820 for $ 5.00, and on an account amounting to twenty three dollars and fifty cents.
Benja. Sord v him was rendered on a receipt for personal property Recd. by the Deft. and not delivered to said Sord he being a Deputy sheriff
Simon Chase v him was rendered on one note dated January 2. 1822 for $ 23.54

Schedule of Judgments recovered against Simeon Roberts in York County Commencing September term 1820
  C.C.C.P. May 1821 Joshua Roberts vs. him $27.00 damage 12.75 costs   " Sept " Thomas Buel v him 31.77 damage 13.05 costs   " " " Abah Dwasey v him 21.25 damage 12. " "   " " " Charles A. Cogswell v him 31.44 damage 9.33 "   " May 1822 Amasa Coff v him 190.09 damage 13.44   " Oct " Charles Greene v him 29.17 damage 8.85   " " " Benja Ford v him 40.00 damage 18.39   " " " Simon Chase v him 24.50 damage 8.48   S.P.C. August 1821 James W Roberts v him 139.24 damage 25.43   " April " Timothy Ferguson v him 72.19 damage 28.05   Cost of Sery of Exon Amasa Coff v him $13.22   Lived 25 th June 1822   - do do do Charles Greene v him 19.75 
 140.61  606.76  32.97  $780.34 
State of Maine
York ss. I hereby certify that the above is a true schedule of judgments recovered in the Court of Common Pleas and Supreme Judicial Court of this State within the time above mentioned and on which Excons have issued in favor of the several parties above mentioned against said Roberts.
Attest Jere. Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts Co. of York
July 1 st 1892

The Judgment James W. Roberts v him was rendered on one note dated May 4. 1818 for $116.04.
Timothy Ferguson v him was rendered on one note dated March 28. 1815 for 59.26 and one other note dated May 15th 1820 for $51.11

1 March 1823.
War Maine.
Love Roberts.
Recd 5 Augt 1824.
Sept 18
Secretary of
Washington
Joseph Pope, Portland, Me.
The Hon
John Quincy Adams

Portland, July 30 - 1824.
The Hon ble Secretary of War,
Sir,
The additional statements and proof of the creditors of Love Roberts which he was required to furnish before he could be restored to his pension he has, as far as in his power, to do collected, and which at his request I enclose — I hope that the affidavits he has provided, will be found satisfactory.
I am Sir, most respectfully
Your Obed t Serv t ,
Joseph Pope
P.S. I have the impression that the official character of the Justices who certify the enclosed affidavits, was certified to the Dept t with some former papers of Roberts — if it was not so, & it is required — I will procure & forward such a certificate — Roberts is very poor, & can ill afford to buy a paper which is not absolutely necessary.
Respectfully,
J. Pope

1 March 1823, Maine.
Love Roberts
Rec. 25 Oct. 1824.
Joseph Pope Portland Maine
Hon. J. C. C.
Secretary of State Washington

Portland Maine Oct. 10. 1824. Hon ble J. C. Calhoun Esq r . Secretary of War -
Sir,
I again enclose the affidavits of the creditors of Love Roberts, accompanied with the certificates, required by the letter of S. L. Edwards Esq r of the 13 th ultimo - which I hope will prove satisfactory -
I am Sir, respectfully
Your obed t Serv t
Joseph Pope