Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29258, for Lemuel Jenkins, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Heads.
Jenkins, Lemuel
S. 29258
CONTENTS

Vermont 11. 682
Samuel Perkins
of Caledonia Co in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Brown of the Regt. commanded by Col Whitney in the Mass ts for Troops —
  9 Mo Pifer  33. 00    4 " Private  13. 33     $ 46 33  
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 40 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of June 1833 and sent to Amos Paul, Danville, Vt
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 92. 86 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept r 28. 16 3/4
$ 115. 82
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Spagum Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 71
W. G. May 2 nd 1845

Samuel Jenkins
Not entitled
iss. 20 March 1819
D. C. Vose. Augusta, Maine.

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this thirtieth day of May, 1820, personally appeared before Nathan Weston Esq. chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Lemuel Perkins aged fifty seven years, resident in Bowdoin in the County of Lincoln within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Asa of Soper & Minor and Regiment commanded by Colonel Capt. Bachelder in the French Engineers of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of three years; that he was in the battle of the taking of Cornwallis
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the tenth day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Rej, and that his pension certificate is numbered 8,063. And I, the said Lemuel Perkins do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of 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.
Witness my hand
Lemuel Perkins
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz:
 The right to the profession only, the title being in another person, about sixty acres of land, in said Bowdoin, with a small unfurnished house, and an old barn much out of repair, thereon, all of the value of two hundred dollars  One horse of the value of thirty five dollars  One cow of the value of fifteen dollars  One heifer of the value of ten dollars  One yoke small oxen of the value of the number of thirty five dollars  Three sheep & nine lambs, of the value of twenty five dollars  Two swine of the value of eight dollars  Old household stuff except necessary bedding, not exceeding ten dollars in value  Implement of husbandry of the value of eight dollars  There are debts due to me which are collectable; and I am as much as twenty dollars. The income derived from the foregoing property does not exceed sixty dollars a year. My occupation is that of a farmer; but from age and infirmity, and being lame in my left shoulder and right hand. 

right here am able to labor very little.
My family at home consists of five persons, namely, myself, my wife Abigail aged fifty eight years, a sickly woman and are able to do but little labor; My daughter Sally aged twenty years; My son Mark aged nineteen; & My Grand child Louisa aged eleven years.
Except the foregoing and my necessary bedding and clothing I have no estate or income whatever.
Lemuel his Jenkins marks
Witness J. Nichols
Subscribed & sworn to and dictated both the oath and schedule, on the thirtieth day of May 1820.
Before me Nathan Weston Junior C.C.C. Plead.
True copy
Attest John Davis Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Levi D. Jenkins , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Bethel , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the tenth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier , in the war of the until the end thereof revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston Esq. C. Just. C. C. C. Pleas 2 d East. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand :
Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
A handwritten signature in cursive script, reading "J. M. Davis", located to the right of the date.

Lemuel Jenkins, Bowdoin Lincoln Co. Col. H. Jackson Mass. Reg 1781. to 1783
April 10. 1818

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Lemuel Jenkins, aged fifty six years, born in Kittery Maine but now resident in Bowdoin, Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that in February 1781 I enlisted as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for the period of three years. Immediately after my enlistment I marched to West Point and joined Col. Henry Jackson's regiment of the Massachusetts line. On my arrival at West Point the next day I joined the corps of sappers and miners commanded by Capt Lawrence as my immediate Captain, but the whole corps was commanded by Capt Bushnell Capt commandant. In this corps, and under this command I continued until Oct r 31. 1783 when at West Point, I took my final and honorable discharge from the army, signed by Maj Gen Greene. My discharge, I have since lost, and it is not now to my knowledge in existence. I was in battle at the taking of Cornwallis. From my reduced circumstances, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to any pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the district of Maine.
his Lemuel X Jenkins mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln Jp
On the tenth day of April A D 1818 Lemuel Jenkins above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him signed, the same having been first distinctly read to him
Attest me, Nathan Weston Esq Chief Justice of Court C. Hoad, Second Eastern Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Neal of Litchfield in the District of Maine, of lawful age upon oath testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with the within named, Lemuel Jenkins. From his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support. He sustains the character of a man of truth — And I fully believe that he deserves as his, has within stated
1117.66 32366 61.66 32396-52.00 No 32.274 86
John Neal
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co.
On the twenty first day of May A.D 1818 John Neal the above named after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed — Before me
Nathan Weston Esq.
Chief Justice C. Court C. Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
April 10. 1818

Lemuel Jenkins, Jr. Maine Roll v. 8.063 Schedule C.C.P. April 22 nd 1823.
Val. of Pigs 72.00
Papers relating to evidence in this case left by the Hon. Mr. Haskell
R.C. Poirier Agent

DECLARATION,
In order to be restored to the Pension List, under the act of the 1st March, 1823.
State of Maine.
COUNTY OF Lincoln ss.
ON this 22 d day of April 1823 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas  ed being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment Lemuel Jenkins , resident in said County, aged sixty years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of the eighteenth of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, the first of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, and the first of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three—that he the said Lemuel Jenkins enlisted for the term of three Years on the twenty Seventh day of February in the year 1781 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Lawrence in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps and under Capt. Brinknell in the corps Suffer and move until November 1783 when he was discharged from the said service in West Point in the State of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt there from  from on account of his property.
AND, in pursuance of the Act of the first May, eighteen hundred and twenty, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, 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 eighteenth day of March, eighteen 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.
Attest R Cross
Lemuel Jenkins Mark
SWORN to and declared, on the 22 d day of April 1823 before
Samuel E Smith
J. B. Com. Pleas State of Maine
Total Amt $72.00

I Lemuel Jenkins, named in the annexed schedule, do further depose and say that the land mentioned by me in my first schedule, was only held by me as being in possession only, the right of the Soil being in an other person, I was sued out of possession and the summons which was served on me I have long since forwarded to the Pension Office - and this summons is all the evidence of said summons upon me being wholly unable to pay for the Soil, one Isaac Jones, purchased the land and now has a deed of it; and I have no right in the said Real Estate nor have I any real estate whatever - I was what is termed in this part of the country a "Squatter", having no right in the Soil that I lived upon and as I relinquished my possession, there was no Sale of it. —
Albert R.C. Vose.
his Lemuel Jenkins mark
State of Maine
Kennebec Co July 20. 1824. Personally appeared Lemuel Jenkins and he made Oath to the truth of the deposition by him signed, the same being first read to him - (the deponent being in my opinion a credible witness.)
Before me John Hovey, Justice of the Peace
State of Maine.
Kennebec County, ss:
I the undersigned Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Kennebec, do certify that John Hovey, Esquire, before whom the above proceedings were had is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Kennebec, and duly qualified as such.
In testimony whereof I subscribe my name and affix the County seal of the said County of Kennebec this twentieth day of July Anno Domini 1824
R.C. Vose, Clerk.

SCHEDULE of the Real and Personal Estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: one horse of the value of twelve dollars one cow of the value twelve dollars, one heifer worth five dollars one Small John Stump, worth twenty dollars, Seven Sheep worth ten dollars one pig two dollars old house hold stuff (besides bedding) viz 1 Iron pot 1 Kettle 1 Tea kettle 60y Chair, 1 Table, 1 chest 6 Knives, Forks & 58 Spoons all worth ten dollars
Implement of husbandry of the value of Three dollars Attest R.C. Vose Lemuel Jenkins
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Lemuel Jenkins who, by occupation am a Farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of lameness in my knees and my right shoulder occasioned by the Rheumatism and that renders me almost totally unable to labor,
   Names. Ages. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Abigail my Wife Sixty one Sickly & unable to labor but a little for the last 16 Years   Louisa Granddaughter my son Clark has left me to fourteen yrs as healthy as common parts unknown Attest R.C. Vose Lemuel Jenkins  
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule, the following changes have been made in my property. I have been forced out of possession of the house mentioned in my first schedule so that I now have no Real Estate
   Names of the persons to whom sold. Time of Sale. Amount of Money, or description of property received in return.     Attest R.C. Vose Lemuel Jenkins  
Attest Nathl. Coffin Clk
I, Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the said County of Lincoln do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Lemuel Jenkins did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Seventy two dollars and cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty Second day of April 1823
Nathl. Coffin
Clerk of the Court of the County of Lincoln

for a statement of the military history of Lemuel Jenkins a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Ser. 7. 29,258.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     27 Feb. 1781. Pri. — Henry Jackson Mass.   Lawrence Corps Sapper's & Miners   Bushnell   Oct 31 '83.   The above noted is the only L. J. found on V. R. R.  
Battles engaged in, at taking of Cornwallis. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Kittery, Me. (Mass.) Date of application for pension, Apr. 10. 1818  Col. at Residence at date of application, Bowdoin, Maine. (Mass.) Age at date of application, 56 yrs Born in Kittery, Me. (Mass.) Remarks: In 1820, soldier referred to his wife, Abigail, 58 yrs old, daughter, Sally, 20 yrs old, son, Mark, 19 yrs old and a grand daughter, Louisa, 11 yrs old.
Very respectfully,
No 14 2 11

Maine.
Lemuel Jenkins - Priva aged 64 yrs - a farmer - has a rheumatism - almost unable to labour - Wife, 62 yrs old sickly for the last 16 yrs old - Healthy - His son mentioned in 1 st sched: has left him, & "gone to parts unknown" - served 2 yrs from 1781. - 1 st sched: dated 30 th May 1820, exhibits "the right of possession only, the title being in others" of about 60 acres of land, with a small unfinished house, & old barn, $: 200 - 1 Horse, $: 35 - 1 Cow, $: 15 - 1 Heifer, $: 10 - 1 yoke of small oxen, $: 35 - 12 sheep & 9 lambs, $: 24 - 2 swine, $: 0 - Furniture, $: 0 - whole amt. of sched: $: 325. -  = Off. 13 th July 1820. Application for re-rotation, as per 2 nd sched: dated 22 nd April 1823, exhibits no real estate. There is within, a certified copy of a summons under the hand & seal of the Clk: of the County Court, dated 14 th Dec r 1820, requiring Applicant to appear before the court to surrender possession of the land exhibited in 1 st sched: - The property has passed from the Applicant's possession. - The son Clk: certifies under date of Sept r 1821, that applicant has no real estate whatever. Personal property
1 Horse, $: 1 - 20, $: 12 - 1 Heifer, $: 5 - 2 yoke of oxen, $: 20 - 7 sheep, $: 10 - 1 pig, $: 2 - 4c: - whole amt. of schedule, $: 72. -
= There is within, an affidavit made by one of the "Select men" d 6 th Nov r 1823, stating that Applicant is poor, & needs assist n for support. -
Restored 16 th Augt. 1824, and sent to "R. C. Vose, Esq" Augusta, Maine" -

0063
Maine
Lemuel Jenkins
of Bowdoin in the State of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel H. Jackson of the Mass ts line, for the term of 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of March 1819 and sent to N.E. Dorr Esq Augusta Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 06.63 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 4819 40.
$ 134.63
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 13th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Official of the 13th July 1819 under Act 1 May 1820 Notified two sent to P.R. Dorr Esq Augusta Maine

29258 INVALID. Reg was
May 26, '08. Hist. to Wm. H. Jeffrey. F.W.
File No. 29258
Lemuel Jenkins
Capper & Minner Rev No
Act: June 1 st 1897
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 209
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Maine No. 646
Samuel Jenkins of Kennebec Co in the State of Maine who was a Sapper & Miner in the Company commanded by Captain Laurence of the Corps mounted of Engineers in the Mass for
2 Y Sapper & Miner $100
Enscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 100 Dollars or Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of May 1833 and sent to A C Close, Augusta Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 200.00 Fem-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 50.00 $ 250.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Sprague Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 8 Page 24

Samuel Jenkins
See rolls.
Adm 2 in Sapper & Miner
Adm in receipt of a pension. Make the usual entry
R. G. Rose August 1881

Augusta, Me. March 7 th 1833
TO THE HON. LEWIS CASS, Secretary of War.
SIR:—Being now a pensioner on the Maine Roll in the receipt of a pension under the Act of Congress, of March 18, 1818, and being entitled to the benefits of the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832, by first relinquishing my further claim to the pension under the first named Act. I do accordingly hereby relinquish my further claim to such pension, and state that I served as a Sapper Mining in Capt. Lawrence's Company, in Col. Under the  French Engineer's Regiment of the line or troops.
That I enlisted in February 1781, I was ordered to join the Corps of Sappers Miners as above mentioned. After serving three years was honorably discharged.
and do therefore respectfully request that I may be placed on the Pension List under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832. My pension, under the first named Act, was Eight dollars per month. My pension certificate which is herein enclosed, in numbered 8,063 and I was last paid at the Branch Bank of the United States, at Portland, Maine, the fourth day of March 1833—I now live in Bowdoin in the County of Lincoln Maine, and it is my request that any communications upon this subject may be addressed to ROBERT C. VOSE, Esq. of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine.
I am Sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant.
Rev. Mr. Root
General X
and a

Len Jenkins 221
No. April 4. 1872 — See letter

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
July 13 th 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
J. L. Edwards
To Mr.
Samuel Jenkins, Bordoin, Maine.
See within

I Samuel Jenkins, of Bowdoin, Lincoln County Maine do upon Oath testify and declare that I have no real estate whatever. The right of possession of the lot I have upon was estimated at two hundred dollars, in value; but it is not my property, having no deed of the soil, and expect every day to be sued and evicted off, of the lot, by the real owner of the property. - It appears, by representations made to me, that the War Department considered that my being in possession of the real estate, I must have been the owner of it - but this is not the law, as I do not own any real estate whatever as I have before stated - Since I made my schedule my son Mark has left me for parts unknown, & I deprived of his assistance and labor - My wife has been sick for twelve years last past, and myself about five years, & am not, nor I have been for five years past able to do more than one quarter of a man's labor - attest R.C. Moore
Kennebec County ss Sep 9 th 1820
Subscribed & sworn to
Before me
Nathan Weston
Not. S. J. C.
I have since been sued out of the possession of my land as will appear by the annexed summons
attest R.C. Moore
Dec. 25 1820
Sam l X Jenkins mark

State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Wernmelia of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open 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, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Three hundred forty five dollars cents and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Three hundred twenty five dollars and cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Wernmelia

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Isaac Keen, now a resident of Clinton in the County of Kennebec - upon Oath testify and declare that I well knew Lemuel Jenkins, a soldier in the revolutionary War - the said Jenkins enlisted in February 1781. in the war of the revolution upon the continental establishment, in the three years service he joined at West Point in Col. Henry Jenkins regiment of the Massachusetts line - soon afterwards the said Jenkins joined a corps of sappers and miners and that the said Jenkins served in the said corps until Oct. or November 1783. at the close of the war, and I well know that said Jenkins was honorably discharged at West Point I belonged formerly to the town of Kittery, the same town the said Jenkins did - we were both born there, and resided in that town until some years after the Peace -
Isaac Keen
Kennebec County ss.
On the 21 st day of September A.D. 1818.
Personally appeared the above named Isaac Keen, and he made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed - The said Isaac Keen, sustains the character of a man of truth of from before me
Matthew Weeks Justice of the Peace
Who is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Kennebec.
Nathan Weston Jur.

Bowdoin Maine No 6 1823
I hereby certify that in my opinion Lemuel Finkins of this Town is a poor Man and stands in need of assistance from his friends or from some other quarter for the support of himself and family he is a man of some bodily infirmity and not very well able to do hard labour
Moss Dennett
State of Maine
Lincoln ss. Nov 6. 1823 Then the above named Moss Dennett, a justice of the Peace in said County of Lincoln and one of the Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor for the said town of Bowdoin, made solemn oath to the foregoing statement by him subscribed before me Ebenezer Herrick Justice of the Peace

Augusta Me. July 20
1 March 1824
Maine
Samuel Jenkins
Recd. 24 July 1824
Free
Recd. July 27. 1824
Hon. John C. Calhoun
James L. Edwards Esq
Chief Clerk Penns Office
War Department
Washington

Augusta Maine July 20. 1824
Sir,
I return you the schedule of Lemuel Jenkins, with his explanation under Oath, as to the situation of the preemption mentioned in his first schedule.
The said Jenkins, having been sued off of his preemption, is unable to show a sale, for there was no sale, nor could there be any sale, according to the course of practice in this part of the country, & being nothing more than what is termed here as "Squatter" — Will you please to give this case a further examination and notify me with the result — Hon. Mr. Hemenway filed some papers in this case last winter, which I have never seen
I am very respectfully
Your ob t Serv t
Robert C. Vose
3
James L. Edwards Esq Chief Clerk Pension Office War Department Washington

Lemuel Jenkins
8083
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portland, Maine, at the Cumberland Bank.
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Lemuel Jenkins late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the tenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Twentieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
John C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss....To Lemuel Jenkins of Bowdoin in said County yeoman
GREETING.
WE command you that you appear at our Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the second Eastern Circuit, next to be holden at Warren within and for the County of Lincoln, aforesaid, on the second Monday of January next, then and there to answer to John Dix of Boston in the county of Suffolk & commonwealth of Massachusetts gentleman and Sarah his wife in her right, Sarah Beckley widow, Katherine Coffin spinster, John Coffin Esquire, Katherine M. Coffin spinster all of said Boston, Byre M. Coffin of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire Esquire, Julia Coffin & Sarah M. Coffin both of said Boston minor who sue this action by the said Byre M. Coffin & John Coffin their guardians & next friends in a plea of land which plea the said Defendants have commenced against you, to be heard and tried at the said Court; and your goods or estate are attached to the value of one hundred dollars, for security to satisfy the judgment which the said Defendants may recover upon the aforesaid trial.—Fail not of appearance at your peril.
Witness. Josiah Stebbins Esq. at Wiscasset, the fourteenth day of December in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Nat. Coffin CLERK.

Lemuel Jenkins

State of Maine Sept 12 1821.
I the subscriber Town Clerk of Bowdoin in the County of Lincoln do hereby certify and make known, that Lemuel Jenkins a United States pensioner has no title to any Real Estate in the Town or any where else to my knowledge. The said Jenkins lives on the Jeffers Rights so called by us is considered a poor man with very little personal property and very helpless family depending upon him for support if deprived of his pension the said Jenkins must depend upon publick or private Charity for support.
Benjamin Jaques } Town Clerk
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Board of Officers
W. H. JEFFREY, S. Coun., East Burke, Vt. E. M. Massey, S. V. Coun., St. Johnsbury, Vt. R. F. D. W. E. GIDDINGS, Jr. P. S. C., Springfield, Vt. A. E. WHITE, S. C. Sec'y, Montpelier, Vt. C. J. KING, S. C. Treas., Gloucester, Vt.
State Council of Vermont Junior Order United American Mechanics.
Office of State Councilor.
East Burke, Vermont.
May 18, 1908.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
Sir:-
.Revolutionary
I very much desire the war record of Lemuel Jenkins, whom I understand went from New Hampshire, served from Massachusetts and was a pensioner and died at St. Johnsbury Vermont. I communicated with the War Department, which suggested that perhaps the desired information could be obtained from your records.
Respectfully,
William H. Jeffrey.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, May 12, 1908.
Respectfully returned to
Mr. William H. Jeffrey, East Burke, Vermont.
The name Lemuel Jenkins has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of any organization of Vermont, Massachusetts, or Continental troops in service in the war of the Revolution.
The collection of Revolutionary war records in this office is far from complete, and it is suggested as a possibility that the desired information can be obtained from the Secretary of State of Massachusetts, or from the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
East Burke Vt. May 11 1908.
Lemuel Jenkins Rev. Coat. - Mass.
William H. Jeffrey requests record.
F. H. Smith The Adjutant General.

Board of Officers
W. H. JEFFREY, S. Coun., East Burke, Vt. E. M. Massey, S. V. Coun., St. Johnsbury, Vt. R. F. D. W. E. GIDDINGS, Jr. P. S. C., Springfield, Vt. A. E. WHITE, S. C. Sec'y, Montpelier, Vt. C. J. KING, S. C. Treas., Glover, Vt.
State Council of Vermont Junior Order United American Mechanics.
Office of State Councilor.
East Burke, Vermont, May 11, 1908.
Secretary of War,
War Department,
Washington, D. C.,
Sir:-
Will you please furnish me with the service record of Lemuel Jenkins of Vermont, who was a Soldier in the Revolution and who was a pensioner, I am informed that he served for Massachusetts.
Very truly yours,
William H. Jeffrey.