Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,936, for Jesse Marsh, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Marsh, Jesse
S 15,936
carded
CONTENTS

Vermont 17.25,
Depe Marsh
of Windham Co in the State of Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Tyler of the Regt. commanded by Col Dana in the campaign for June 14 d.
Enrolled on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 31 Dollars 54 Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Aug. 1833 and sent to
Danny Elliott New Haven
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833. $63.08 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. — 15.77
$78.85
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book C Vol. 3 Page 27

Jesse Marsh, Declaration
No. 42. Windham Co. Vermont.
Jesse Marsh.
Dec W . Hc. for Pension.
August 1. 1832.
N o 2. 873.

State of Vermont
District of Marlboro
On this first day of August A.D. 1832
personally appeared in Open Court before the court of Probate within and for the District of Marlboro in the County of Windham and State of Vermont
now sitting Jesse Morrell resident in Dover in said County of Windham aged seventy years, who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named
officers and served as herein stated (viz) In the month of September 1777 a call was made for volunteers and he turned out and went to New Town in Rhode Island and when he and about eighty others arrived there they organized
into a company and chose Colonel Tyler for their Captain and St Col Martin for Serjeant Major, officers of the Militia remained there about two weeks and was dismissed
In December following he enlisted in Captain Cragg's company St Green in Colonel Tyler's Regiment for three months was marched to Providence in Rhode Island and
from there to Quinebaug Point remained there three months their duty was to guard the shore against Sam Butler. Shiping at the expiration of his three months was
discharged without a written discharge about first of March 1778. In the month of October then about the first or perhaps as early as September 1778 he enlisted
in Capt Baker's company (St. Stearns) in Colonel Daws Regiment for three months was marched above to Albany in the State of New York to defend the place against Indians
there were no other regiments with which they were connected they were continued there till about or near the expiration.

his term of enlistment was dismissed without any written discharge. The first of July 1880 he enlisted in Captain Benjamin Read's Monmouth Company in Calhoun Roads regiment and remained at Buffalo a short time and was called on to march to West Point on Hudsons River in the state of New York where there he was frequently sent out on fatigue in the construction of a Fort called No 2 frequently a week or fortnight at a time when General Arnold Stada, after he fled they were called back to the point where he remained with the regiment till his term of enlistment expired when he was dismissed and returned home had no written discharge his record during all his campaigns above related was in Douglas in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts his services in each of his campaigns except his first was in the militia of Massachusetts he has no documentary evidence and knows of no person who can give evidence of his service within his power to obtain except Baxter Hall whose deposition is herewith transmitted he hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.  To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, the answers, upon his oath, are as follows:—
1 st He was born in Douglas Worcester county Mass.
16-December 1761—
2 nd Has a copy of the record of his age from the town books of Douglas—
3 Lived in said Douglas when he entered the service. Has lived in said Dover for more than thirty years last vestige here he now resides

4. He enlisted voluntarily at each of his enlistments
5 He states that he has named his officers in the body of his declaration
6 th He never received any written discharge - Jesse Marsh
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting certain interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states -
I James Elliot, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Marlborough aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse Marsh for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of office, this first day of August, A. D. 1832.
James Elliot, Probate Register.

claimed Jesse Marks
[Supp. Declaration and Evidence]
9 mos 14 days
154
Lane Credit Ex New Tame 75

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
19 April 1833 3
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jesse Marsh Windham County Vermont
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Voluntary Enlistment 1777 3 14 private Col Nathan Tyler 78 Deposition of Baxter Hall and Jesse Moore & David White   Voluntary Enlistment 1779 3 private Col Dana Doctor Douglas Mr. Deposition of Baxter Hall & Jesse Moore   Voluntary Enlistment 1780 3 private Col Rand Deposition of Baxter Hall & Jesse Moore & Barreless Balcom  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr Jesse Marsh

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the="Text"> And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ your _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the terms, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

15936 INVALID.
1911, Sept. 5, Hist. to Mr. A. H. Marsh.
File No. 15936
Jesse Marsh Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 240
[Arrangement of 1870.]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Isaac March 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. S. 15,936
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept. 1777 2 wks. Pvt. Tyler ✓ Mass.   Dec. 1777 3 mos. " Samuel Crossin Nathan Tyler   Feb. 1779 3 mos. " Baker Denny   July 1780 3 mos. " Benjamin Reed Rand        
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Douglas, Worcester Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 1, 1832. Cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Dorchester Co., W. Va.
Age at date of application, b. Douglas, Mass. Dec. 16, 1761.
Remarks: No family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Baxter Hall affidavit

I Baxter Hall of Whitingham in the county of Windham and State of Vermont aged seventy four years testify and say that During the revolutionary war, I resided in Rexbridge in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts which Town adjoins the Town of Douglas, I lived about two miles from the residence of Jesse Merrill who has made his Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832 said Merrill now resides in Dover in the County of Windham and State of Vermont about thirteen miles from my present residence I have been acquainted with him from that time to this, I was well knowing that the said Merrill enlisted and served three campaigns in the Massachusetts Militia of three months each the first the first was in the winter of 1777 and 1778 he returned home about the first of March, the second term was the year following and I think commenced in the month of September 1779* he was marched to Albany in New York and remained in service three months or nearly that the third term of his service commenced about the first of July 1780 it was at West Point I served as a soldier in the same company and regiment during the three campaigns and know that he performed all the service above stated and further that his Department saith not Baxter Hall
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of July A.D. 1832
John Roberts Justice of the peace *The date 1789 in the above affidavit should have been 1779

I certify that Baxter Dace of Whitingham the subscribed of the within affidavit is a credible witness,
John Roberts Justice of the peace
State of Vermont Windham County Court Clerk's Office, New Haven, August 1. A. D. 1832.
I certify that John Roberts, Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, and that the above and within are his signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on the day and year above written.
James Elliot, Clerk.

Jesse Marsh. Supplementary Decla- ration. June 1833.

Supplementary Declaration
State of Vermont } on this fifth day of June A D 1833 Marlboro District } personally appeared before the Probate court within and for the District of Marlboro in the State of Vermont Jesse Marsh a resident of Dover in the County of Windham and State of Vermont aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law in addition to his former declaration doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 (viz) that he cannot be more particular in the account of his services than he has been in his former declaration he further says that there is now no clergyman residing in the Town of Dover nor any within his knowledge who has any knowledge of his services he further says that he has taken great pains to obtain positive proof of his services and has obtained the depositions of Jesse Morse David White & Henry Morse in addition to those of Dexter Hall which was before and Barreled Ballouh who were personally known to his services which is all the testimony now in his power to obtain he has therefore filled the Judicial blank sent from the war Department and again transmits the papers with the additional testimony with a view to facilitate the investiga- tion of his claim he further says that his services as set forth in his former declaration was in the field and in quarters and was not performed in pursuit of any civil contract
Jesse Marsh
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Merhake Miller Judge of Probate
Done in Probate Court June 5. 1833. Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court. James Elliot Probate Register.

I Beroel Boleam of Douglas in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. of lawful age depose & say. That I am personally acquainted with Jesse Marsh (now present) & now (as he says) a resident of Dover in the County of Windham and State of Vermont. That on or about the First of July 1780 sd Jesse Marsh Enlisted with me into the Massachusetts State Troops, under Capt. Benjamin Read, & Lieutenant Robert Doot. in Col. Rand's Regiment, in which Company & Regiment, sd Jesse Marsh. Marched to West Point in the State of New York, & Served there with me Three months.
And further the Deponent saith not. ————— Beroel Boleam
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ————— S ub . Douglas May 20-1833
Personally appeared Beroel Boleam & made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with sd Beroel Boleam, & that full faith & credit may be given to his Deposition.
Robert P. Church Justice of the Peace.

Deposition Brookfield September
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester, ss.
I, Joseph G. Kendall, a clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Worcester, do certify, That Robert P. Church, and Benjamin Braggin, Esquires, before whom the within and annexed Depositions of Besaleel Bolcom, David White, Levi Morse, Jesse Morse, and a second of said Jesse Morse, were taken and sworn to, are Justices of the Peace, within and for said County of Worcester; and that the signatures of said Justices to the certificates of the oaths of said Deponents, as thereto subscribed, appear to be in their own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof, I hereto set my hand, and affix the County Seal, at Worcester, this twenty third day of May, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Jos. G. Kendall Clerk

David White Deposition

I David White of Douglas in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age Depose & say, that I am personally acquainted with Jesse Marsh, (now present) of Dous in the County County of Windham & State of Vermont (as he says), that he enlisted with me in the Massachusetts State Troops on or about the first of December 1777 in the Company commanded by Capt. Benjamin  Samuel Craggin. Lieutenant Benjamin Green & Ensign Fish, & attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Nathan Tyler. - We marched from D o Douglas to North Kingstown in the State of Rhode Island & was stationed at Quidnessit Point in D o Town of North Kingstown where we served, including our march three months. - S d Jesse Marsh, marked & served with me in the same Company as above stated. - And further the Deponent saith not. David White
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss.
Douglas May 20. - 1833
Personally appeared David White, & made oath that the Deposition above written, & by him subscribed, is substantially true. - And I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with S d David White above named, & that he is a man of unquestionable veracity & full faith & credit may be given to his Deposition.
Robert P. Church Justice of the Peace.

Deposition
Levi Morse.

I Levi Morse of Douglas in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age Depose & say. That I am personally acquainted with Jesse Morse now present. & now (as he says) resident of Dux in the County of Windham & State of Vermont. That on or about the first day of July 1780 Jesse Morse Enlisted with me in the Massachusetts State Troops, under Capt. Benjamin Read & Lieutenant Robert Toft, in Col. Brans Regt. & Morse in p d Company & Regt. to West Point in the State of New York & served therein. with me three months. And further your Deponent saith not. —————
Levi Morse
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester County ————— B. Douglas May 20-1833
Personally appeared Levi Morse & made oath that the Deposition above written & by him subscribed is true.
And I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with p d Levi Morse. & that his Deposition is entitled full credit—
Robert P. Clapp Justice of the Peace

Deposition John Morse
April 18
18
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I Joseph Moore of Douglas in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts with these Seventy four years do testify & say that I am personally acquainted with Japheth Moore (now present) of Dover in the County of Windham and State of Vermont. but formerly of Douglas aforesaid that said Japheth Moore served with me in the Company commanded by Capt. Baker, Lieut. Stearns & in the Regiment commanded by Col. Dana we entered Somerville in the month of September, 1879 & marched to Worcester where the Company was formed we then marched to Albany & from there to the Mohawk river, where we staid until our time was about out which was three months, said Japheth Moore served with me all the time in the same Company, and further the Defendant saith not.
Japheth Moore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Douglas May 22: 1883 Worcester ss
Personally appeared Japheth Moore and made oath that the deposition above written & by him subscribed is true and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with said Japheth Moore above named and that he is a man of veracity & full faith & credit may be given to his testimony.
Benjamin Braggin Justice of the Peace

Deponen Jefe Mora
1892
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I Josiah Morse of Douglas in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy four years do testify & say that I am personally acquainted with Josiah Marsh (now present) of Dover in the County of Windham and State of Vermont (as he says) that he enlisted with me in the Massachusetts State Troops on or about the first of December 1844 in the Company commanded by Samuel Braggin Lieut Benjamin Green & Ensign Fish & attached to the Regiment commanded by Col Nathan Tyler we marched from Uxbridge to Providence & there the Company was formed we then marched to North Kingston in the State of Rhode Island & was stationed at Quonset Point in said Town of North Kingston where we served including our march three months said Josiah Marsh served with me in the above mentioned Campaign & in the same Company in the said Josiah Marsh then resided in Douglas in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts - and further the deponent saith not
✓ Josiah Morse
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Worcester ss
Douglas May 22. 1833
Personally appeared Josiah Morse and made oath that the deposition above written by him subscribed is true & I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with said Josiah Morse above named & that he is a man of veracity & full faith & credit may be given to his testimony -
Benjamin Braggin Justice of the Peace