Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,299, for Robert Low, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Low, Robert
S. 29,299
CONTENTS

18.021
Maine
Robert Low
Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Giddings of the 2nd Regt, commanded by Col. Foster in the Mass. Militia for 11 mos 16 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 38 Dollars 42 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July 1833 and sent to R. C. Vose Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $76.84 Semi-ant. allowance ending Septm 19.21 $96.05
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 31

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Declaration of Robert Low
Private - Mass'tts troops Giddings Co. } 10 months Forster's regt. } 4. 2ds Private
David Low's Co; 1 month
Private 11 months 11 months 16 days as private Proof Prof. E. D. Dens certificate Sam d Wanele certified to be a credible witness by oath of Rev. Elijah Jones & certificate of Isahel C. Woodman Esq. Justice Peace Also proof by Rev. David Hunton.
adm d 11 mo. 16 ds pri
36 16 1 76 38.42
R. L. Vose, Augusta, Me.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
Minot
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland , within and for said District, on the fourteenth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE , Judge of said Court.
On this 14 day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Robert Low a resident of Readfield in the county of Kennebec in said Maine District, aged seventy two 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 the said Low entered the service of the
one mo time one month United States in the last part of February A.D. 1776 in Gloucester  Company and served two  months in the company commanded by Capt  Briddings in the regiment commanded by Col. Foster and was stationed at Cape Ann and were discharged about the first of December following. That he volunteered in the fall of 1777 and served a month in the company commanded by Capt David Low and marched on to Saratoga and was then at the captain of Burgoyne and accompanied the captain troops to Cambridge . That he served in the service as a private - that he has resided in this State for more than thirty years . That he now resides in Readfield aforesaid. That the evidence of his service is hereto annexed. That he was born in Spiwick in the county of Essex , in the State of Massachusetts .. in the A.D. 1759 . resided there when he entered the army That he never received any written discharge. That he was born at Shrewsbury in the State of Massachusetts , 1759. That he married Abigail in the year 1800 and has resided in New Gloucester since then in Maine since and at the time of  the time of  his marriage to Readfield . He has a record of his age in a family bible & there is also an and  at the time records in Shrewsbury .
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Robert Low
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware
} U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier pensioner , and served as he states
That Seth Mayo Esquire who took the annexed deposition of David Thurston is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified at the time of his official attestation and is entitled to full faith & credit
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Nussey Clerk of said District Court have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighteenth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two .
John Nussey { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

I am a Veteran of the war in the state of Maine in 1862-1865 and say that in 1876 I was a private  sergeant in Co. B 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Battery, Col. Foster Regiment. We were stationed at Gloucester in Massachusetts & I served there some time  about a half a month. About four the weather in some  the official for a  person was in the company when I joined it. I continued in the company some  some months, a half a dozen was in the company the whole of the time & served the whole of the time.
Samuel Hare
United States of America - Maine District of - Aug. 14. 1892
Admiral Warren
Judge of the U. S. for the Dist. of Maine

State of Maine Kennebec, ss: } I John A. Chandler clerk of the Judicial Courts, Kennebec County, hereby certify that David Thurston named in the annexed deposition is a clergyman residing in Winthrop in said County. That Seth May Esq. before whom the same deposition was taken is a Magistrate, & that Iabez C. Woodman Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was sworn is also a Magistrate & their certificates are entitled to credit,
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State this 1 st day of May 1833. — J. A. Chandler

I David Thurston a clergyman residing in Winthrop do hereby certify that the Rev. Robert Low of Readfield, is a person in whose declarations con- fidence may be safely placed; that I am well acquainted with him and have no doubt that any statement he may make in regard to his having been in the revolutionary army will be true; and that in the town of Readfield where he resides, he has the reputation of having been a soldier of the revolution - and that I believe his age to be seventy two years -
David Thurston.
Kennebec ss. Subscribed and sworn to this first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Before me Levi May. Justice of the Peace

This may certify that I have been many years acquainted with Mr Samuel Verrill of Minot Cumberland County, State of Maine, & I hereby testify concerning him that he is reputed to be a person of about seventy five years of age, that he sustains a fair moral char- acter, & that he is universally esteemed within the circle of his acquaintance a man of unquestionable veracity — Elyah Jones
Pastor of the Congre- gational Church in Minot.
Cumberland Co. January 7. 1833
Then personally Elyah Jones, aforesaid, Pastor of the Congregational Church in Minot and made oath that the foregoing certificate is true before me
Izaber C. Woodman Just Peace
Jan. 7. 1833. I certify that Elyah Jones is Pastor of the Congregational Church in Minot aforesaid, & that he and Samuel Verrill aforesaid are men of truth and veracity.
Izaber C. Woodman Just Peace
Deposit 3 fees .49 Lutins - .50

29 299 REG. INVALID.
No. 29,299
Robert Lee
St. Louis
No. June 1 1862
Series - Vol. 2 Page 246
[Amended 4-10-62]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, May 8 th . 1833.
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 Robt the name of Robert Low is borne on a muster roll of John Lane's company under Col. Foster & stationed at Cape Ann, as having served as a private from Jan'y. 11 th to Feb'y. 15 th 1776, & was paid for one month & fifteen days service (one month & 4 days.) and that Robert Low served as a private in a company of sea coast forces commanded by Capt. David Laddings in Col. Foster's regt. stationed at Gloucester from Feb'y. 15 th to November 18 th 1776, & was paid for nine months & three days service (nine months 2 days.) and that the name of Robert Low is borne on a muster roll of Capt. David Low's company from the County of Essex commanded by Maj. Charles Smith raised agreeably to a resolve of the 22 d . of September 1777 to join Genl. Gates did duty in the Northern Department & joining Lieut. Genl. Burgoyne's Army to Prospect Hill, as having served as a private from Sept. 30 th to November 7 th 1777, & was paid for forty days service.
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9.02 10.06
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Edward D. Bangs Secy

Robt. Low
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Papers properly authenticated May - 1833. —
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R. C. Vose, Augusta, Me,
Statement Readfield App C

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Robert Low which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No - see June 14
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No - see June 16
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.