Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 11918, James Wyllie, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Wyllie, James Wyllie or James
NUMBER _____
R 11918
CONTENTS

State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the annexed paper, signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contains the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas, at a special session thereof holden at Bristol in said county, by the Hon. John Ruggles one of the Judges of said Court on the 27 th day of November A. D. 1832, in the matter of the application of James Wyllie for a Pension. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 27 th day of November A. D. 1832.
Nath. Coffin CLERK.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF LINCOLN, }
Esq. ON this 27 th day of Nov. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before John Ruggles Justice of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, James Wyllie a resident of Mristol in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged
seventy seven 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. From the 10 th day of January 1777 to the 10 th day of April following in a company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Thomas Brackett, that he was marched from Mristol Maine to Swanton on Rhode Island when his company was attached to Col. North's regiment of the Massachusetts line that he was verbally discharged by Capt. Brackett at Swanton on the day last above mentioned. Also from the last of August 1778 to the last of November following in a company of Infantry commanded by Capt. William Lemand in Col. Litchgow's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops that he was employed the most of this last term of time with others in going from a place called Clam Cove in Camden Maine to Penobscot River & there collecting & bringing in boats & gondolas whatever could be saved from the vessels destroyed at Penobscot after the defeat at Bangobene we went up three times & brought to Camden considerable quantities of Iron, anchors, rigging & one cannon also a number of cattle & delivered them to Col. Litchgow at Camden, & that he was at the expiration of the three months at Camden discharged verbally by Capt. Lemand. Also that in the year 1775 in a company of Infantry under the command of Capt. Debuton Howland in Col. Cargill's regiment he served one month was marched from Mristol to Penobscot & there destroyed a fort was verbally discharged by Capt. Howland
And to the Interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department he answers that he was born in Mristol Maine in 1754 had a record in his family bible, lived in Mristol when called into the service have lived there ever since, now live there entered each time as a volunteer was not drafted, Elijah Dunbar was drafted for the time at Rhode Island & I volunteered to take his place, I recollect Genl. Cook & Major Hunter at Swanton I have before stated all the general circumstances of my service as far as I can recollect & also how & by whom I was discharged
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
James Wyllie
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before
John Ruggles
Judge of said Court.

WE, Henry Chamberlain & John Sprout 3 residing in the town of Bristol and of the said residing in the James Niles Wylie who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven 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.
Henry Chamberlain John Sprout 3
State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss....Sworn and subscribed this Twenty seventh day of November
A. D. 183 2
Before me, John Ruggles J. L. G. P.
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 Henry Chamberlain who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident in the s d town of Bristol and that John Sprout 3 who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. It also appears that there is no clergyman living in the vicinity of the said applicant who could, without too much inconvenience to himself, attend said court.
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. John Ruggles J. L. G. P. Attest Nathl. Coffin Clerk
LINCOLN, ss....I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that
Esq. whose name is affixed to the above certificate, as a is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this day of
A. D. 183
CLERK.
James Wylie 22409

Power of attorney. case of Alexander Wyllie son of James Wyllie
Aug 1852
EL J. E. Hassler Present.

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
State of — Maine
County of — Lincoln William N. Titus Alexander Wyllie
} Justice of the Peace
Be it known that before me
personally appeared William N. Titus aged 59 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of James Wyllie who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of Maine and that he died on the 16 th day of October 1841 and that his mother named Jane died on the second day of August 1800 and that they were married on the 29 th day of January in the year 1789 and that they were residents of Bristol in the State of Maine and that they resided there 87 years, and that he resides in Bristol and that furthermore He BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorises irrevocably and with powers of substitution—F. E. Hassler of Washington City, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government Officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due him as heir or son of James Wyllie who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law, custom, or equity he is or may be entitled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF He has on this 31 st day of July 1852, hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal.
Alex Wyllie
Witness: Henry H. Hunter
Witness: William Hunter
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and Sworn to before me, on this 31 st day of July 1852.
William N. Titus J. P.
At the same time personally appeared before me William N. Titus a Justice of the Peace two credible and disinterested witnesses named Henry H. Hunter and William Hunter residents of the aforesaid County and State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself, that he has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that James Wyllie was a Revolutionary soldier and that Alexander Wyllie was by him always treated as and is by the witnesses believed to be the son of the said Revolutionary Soldier.
Henry H. Hunter
William Hunter
Sworn to before me the day and year first above written.
William N. Titus — J. P.
of
} to wit:
County of
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Esq.,
before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of County Court, this day of one thousand eight hundred and
Clerk.
* If a Widow applies state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."

I John Wyllie of Warren in the county of Lincoln & State of Maine aged eighty two years on oath do testify & say that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five James Wyllie of Bristol County & State aforesaid was a private in a company of Infantry in the service of the United States commanded by Capt. Zebulon Howland in Col. Cargill's Regiment & to the best of my recollection he served therein about one month & was marched from Bristol to Penobscot I was in the same company with him at that time & think it was one month!
John Wyllie
Lincoln p. April 23 d 1834 The the above named John Wyllie made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed taken at the request of James Wyllie before me
Peaslee M. Wells Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above named John Wyllie is in my opinion a man of veracity & a disinterested witness
Peaslee M. Wells
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Peaslee M. Wells Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 30 th day of May A. D. 1834
Nath. Coffin CLERK.

James Wylie Lincoln County Maine
Seaford
Application should be made to E. D. Bangs for evidence of the claimants service
Nathan Baffin clk Lincoln County Massachusetts Maine

Wyllie James Mass. R.R. 1912

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjjoined 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 James Wyllie Lincoln Co. Me
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Jan. 1777 3 pr Capt Bracket. C. L. North Me 77 Bristol Traditionary   1778 3 " Capt Leinane Col Smith Me Maine Living Witness   1775 1 " Capt Howland Col Car-   7 gill-  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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 day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 ————— year ————— 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 , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, 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 [i] 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.
B Newman Col. R.

11.918 P. O. James Wylie Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____ P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

22,402
Subscribed
Mea me
James Wylie
at Exavangh
21 July 1876
Hon J. Ruggles 31 May '38
see let. to Hon H. J. Audubon
June 11, 1838
Set. to Hon E. Robinson June 18, 1838
Set. to Hon John Ruggles, July 12, 1838.
11918

War Department Pension Office, Washington (D.C.)

I James Wyllie of Bristol in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine of the age of Eighty three years testify & say that I served in the Revolutionary War the full term of three months at a place called Baga-due under command of Capt. Zebulon Howland and that I served a further term of three months at Tiverton in Rhode Island under the command of Capt. Thomas Pruchett and also that I served at a place called clam cove on the Penobscot river in what is now the State of Maine under the command of a Capt. William Lemond and not Lemont as stated in a former Deposition by mistake - the full term of three months - James Wyllie
State of Maine
Lincoln ss June 23 d 1838 Be it known that before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Lincoln personally appeared the above named James Wyllie and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed -
Amos D. Hovey } Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify, that the applicant Mr. Wyllie sustains the reputation of a man of truth; that the report among the aged in this place, is that he was in the army most of the time during the war; but the names of his Officers, on the times that he served at different places they do not remember.
Daniel Henarick, Minister of the Gospel

War Department Pension Office Washington

I Moses Trask of Edgecomb in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, of lawful age, being about seventy nine years of age, do testify, and say, That I was with James Wiley now of Bristol, in the States service during the year seventeen hundred and sixty nine according to my best recollection, at a place called Bequeduce, now Castine, in the Company commanded by Capt Benjamin Howland, for the time of three months, and nine months at a place called clam cave on the Penobscott in the Company commanded by Capt William Lammond, and three months at Rhode Island in the Company commanded by Capt Thomas Bracket.
Attest John Husey
Moses his Trask
Lincoln ss. On the nineteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight the aforesaid Deponent was examined, cautioned and sworn agreeably to law, to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed before me
John Husey Justice of the Peace

Deposition of James Saughton taken for James Wyllie

I James Laughton of Mistol in the county of Lincoln & State of Maine aged ninety one years on oath do testify & say, that in the year of our Lord 1777 James Wyllie of Mistol aforesaid was a private in a company of Infantry in the service of the United States commanded by Capt. Thomas Brackett & that he served therein at Giverton on Rhode Island that year three months I was orderly sergeant of said company & know he served the above term of time
James Laughton
Lincoln p. Nov. 20. 1832 Then the above named James Laughton made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed taken at the request of James Wyllie
Before me
Pease M. Wells Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above named James Laughton is in my opinion a man of veracity & a disinterested witness
Pease M. Wells
See also the deposition of William Sermond filed in the case of Thomas Hutchings -

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Peaslee M. Wells — Esq. whose name is herein affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 27 th day of November A. D. 1832.
Nath. Coffin CLERK.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, March 18 th 1834.
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 roll of Capt. Howland's Company, in Col. Porgill's Regt. in 1775. as described by James Wyllie who claims for services under the said Officers in 1775. is not found in this Office.
James Wyllie claims for services under Capt. Bracket, Col. North's Regt. in 1777. and under Capt. Lemand Col. Lithgow's Regt. in 1778; - but the rolls which he describes are not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

The deposition of James Saughton refers to the first which I presume is marked as Traditional by Capt. Sammon. to the second, & Capt. Myllies to the third or that of 1775 -

77. Thos Bracket 3 mo no roll - proved by Sergt of Comp 78. + Wm Lamont 3 - 1780 as Lt Invalid 79. Lebelin Howland 1 - no roll
Wm Lamont 1780. Invalid -

In at a/c 30.
Willy
me. 2
Hon James L. Edwards Com: P. S. C. Washington
Puzzle Knack Ms.

Washington 28 th Ap 1838
Sir
Will you be good enough to send me an answer to the question embodied in the enclosed letter, as early as convenient, and return to me the letter of Mr. Kenebec.
Very respectfully
Your Obedt Servt.
Saml Ruggles
Hon James L Edwards Comm r of Pensions