Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,666, for Henry Jackson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Jackson, Henry of Sarah
N. 26,666
CONTENTS
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STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, August 28th A. D. 1849
I Charles C. Harmon, _____
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS.
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that John Eveleth,
Aaron D. Holden & Daniel M. Cook,
_____ are Acting Justices of the Peace, _____
within and for the County of Cumberland, as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that Eveleth they are DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the Commission of the said _____ Eveleth _____ is dated May 1st _____ A. D. 1848, and will expire May 1st _____ A. D. 1855. _____ That the commission of the said Holden is dated May 28. 1846 and will expire May 28. 1853; that the _____ commission of said Cook is dated March 8. 1847. and will expire March 8. 1854. _____ and that the _____ following _____ SIGNATURE purporting to be _____ theirs are, _____ Genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas. C. Harmon, CLERK.

Certificate of Service

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
15 June 1849
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that
The name of Henry Jackson is borne on an account in Army Books as a private of Capt Elizabeth in Capt Mayberry's Company, Col Tupper's Regiment, and there credited by his service from January 1. 1777 to December 31. 1779 - 36 months, at 40 s per month - Enlisted for three years -

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Wm. Swift Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Hon., Secretary of Massachusetts, Boston,
Application of Henry Jackson son and heir at law of Henry Jackson late of Raymond Me,
This applicant, respectfully requests, evidence of all his Fathers service in the war of the Revolution, which is contained in the Books, Rolls, and other documents which relate to military service in said Revolution, This applicant believes that his said father Henry Jackson enlisted from Cape Elizabeth in the County of Cumberland (State of Maine) in the year 1777, and served about three years and under Capt. Mayberry (as a private,) and Col. Supper,
Said applicant believes that his father had received for his pay forty shillings pounds per month as money was reckoned at that time,
Henry Jackson
State of Maine, Cumberland ss, April 21 st A.D., 1849, Signed in my presents
Si Waterhouse Justice of the Peace & Quorum

United States, Maine District ss, On this 22 nd day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, personally appeared before the Honorable Ashur Ware Judge of the United States, in and for Maine District, Henry Jackson a resident of Litchfield in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine aforesaid, aged 67 years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain for himself, and his Brothers and Sisters, to wit, Richard Jackson Gideon Jackson Miriam Chap- lin and Mary Bartlett, the benefits of the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, granting pensions to the widows of persons who served in the war of the Revolution, and he further states that the before mentioned persons are all children and only surviving children of his father and mother, Henry Jackson and wife Sarah Jackson deceas- sed, and that he the declarant Henry Jackson Gideon Jackson Richard Jackson Miriam Chaplin and Mary Bartlett are all the heirs at law of said pension which they now claim, and the only heirs at law of said pension, And also, that his father the said Henry Jackson served in the war of the Revolution, in Capt Mayberrys company in Col Tiffens Regt, three full years as will appear by the certificate of over

of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts dated June 15 th 1849, which certificate accompanies this Declaration in the case, And he further declares that his father the said Henry Jackson was a native of Cape Elizabeth and entered the service from that place, That after performing said service he removed to Raymond where he was married to his Mother the said Sarah whose maiden name was Sarah Davis about the last of September 1780 And also that my father the said Henry Jackson died in Raymond in the month of before 1818, and that my Mother survived my father and that she remained unmarried and died a widow on the 7 th of November 1838, as will appear from the testimony annexed, Henry Jackson
Witness
United States Maine District ss, Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year before written Before me,
Aspen Warren Dist. Judge of the U.S. for the Dist. of Maine.

Certificate of You - Clerk of Windham of the Publishment John Evelyn Yrs Peace

Mr, Henry Jackson and Miss Sarah Davis both of Raymond intends Marriage, Windham September tenth seventeen Hundred and eighty Edward Anderson T. clerk,
The foregoing is a true copy of the records of the Town of Windham county of Cumberland State of Maine with the exception of the date which is in fair legible figures thus September 10 th 1780, Attest,
Nam: Freeman Town Clerk of Windham,
I, Nam: Freeman on oath Testify and say that I am Town clerk of Windham aforesaid Duly chosen and sworn — That the records of said Town are in my care — That the foregoing cer- tificate was a true transcript, from the records of the aforesaid Town, of Windham, with the exception of the date above noted, I also testify and say that I have examined the records of said Town of Windham and cannot find the record of the Marriage of Henry Jackson & Sarah Davis therein,
Nam: Freeman Town Clerk of Windham State of Maine
Cumberland ss April 30 A.D. 1849, Subscribed and sworn to, before me
John Eustis Justice of the Peace —

Certificate of Death by Aaron Blunk Aaron B. Holden Jus Peace
4

I Daniel M. Cook of Casco do certify that on the nineteenth day of March A.D. 1849 I was duly chosen and qualified as town clerk of said Casco for the year 1849 and that in one of the Books of Records of said town I find the record of the death of Mrs. Sarah Jackson widow of Henry Jackson deceased and that said record shows that the said Sarah Jackson died on the seventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
Said record is in words & figures legibly written as follows, to wit "Sarah Jackson widow of Henry Jackson died November 7 th A.D. 1838
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the death of Mrs. Sarah Jackson aforesaid - and I farther certify that it does not appear by said book of Records at what time said record was made, but that the last date of the entry of a record on said Book is September 21 st A.D. 1841
Casco July 3. 1849
Daniel M. Cook { Town Clerk { of Casco

State of Maine
Cumberland ss. Case 60 July 3. 1829
I hereby certify that the within named Darius M. Cook personally appeared and made solemn oath that the within certificate by him signed is true. Before me
Almon B. Wolden Jr. Esq.

Mayberry's Affidavit by D. M. Cook for Peace

I William Maybury of Casco in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine aged ninety years on oath depose & say that I was a Soldier of the Revolutionary army, and now am a Pensioner of the United States, that I am the Son of Captain Richard Maybury of Windham in this State who commanded a company in the Revolutionary War that I entered the army under my father and served three full years, that I was well acquainted with Henry Jackson then of Cape Elizabeth in this State, that said Henry Jackson entered the army under my father, about the same time that I did, and served three years in the same company, that the said Henry Jackson removed to Raymond about the year 1780 and was married to one Sarah Davis of said Raymond, that said marriage was solemnized at my father's house in Windham and that I was present at the marriage, that said Henry Jackson died (as near as I can recollect), about thirty years ago, and that Sarah Jackson wife of said Henry Jackson lived till about ten years ago and died a widow, having never married after the death of said Henry Jackson and I further depose and say that Henry Jackson, Richard Jackson, Gideon Jackson and

Miriam Chaplin and Mary Bartlett are all children and the only surviving children of the said Henry Jackson and his wife Sarah Jackson
Witness his William Mayberry mark Daniel M. Cook Oliver Mayberry
State of Maine Cumberland ss July 3, 1849 Subscribed and sworn to before me. (Daniel M. Cook Justice of the Peace)
I Daniel M. Cook of Casco one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Cumberland do hereby certify that the above deponent Mr William Mayberry of this town is a man of respectability and credibility and that full reliance may be put in his affidavit Casco July 3, 1849 Daniel M. Cook

NO 13971
Sarah Jackson decd wife of Henry
Mr
act 7 July 1831
Memo 1780
husband decd 1815
widow decd 7 Nov 1838
Adm Dyer, Mr
80 th p an
pm 4 March 1831 to 7 Nov 1838 the day of her death bequeathed to Richard Jackson, Aaron Jackson, Miriam Chapman and Mary Runtle and Henry Jackson only living children of Sarah Jackson dec.
Thomas Waterhouse North Pownal Mr
15 13971
Sept 11 th 1849 coldness in this case as agent, Thomas Waterhouse North Pownal
Maine,
Please examine the within case, as soon as possible, it has been attended with expense and a great trouble because the Declarant is very poor,

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, September 11. A. D. 1849
I  Chas C. Harmon
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS.
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Ambrose F. Wight is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Wight is dated January 15 th A. D. 1845, and will expire January 15 A. D. 1852
and that the following his are Genuine.
SIGNATURES purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas C. Harmon
CLERK.

I Thankful B. Whitney in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine - aged fifty five years on oath before testify and say that I was well acquainted with Sarah Jackson deceased widow of late Henry Jackson, and that I know that she the said Sarah died a widow - and the widow of Henry Jackson aforesaid - That I was with her in her last sickness that I helped to lay her out for burial and was present at her funeral - and that the said Sarah Jackson died on the 4 th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight and further I before said say that I am well acquainted with all the surviving children of the said Sarah Jackson and that Henry Jackson Gideon Jackson Richard Jackson Miriam Chaplin and Mary Bartlet are all children of the aforesaid Sarah Jackson and the only surviving children and that the aforesaid children are the only heirs at law, of the pension, claimed by them Witness Thankful B. Whitney Godfrey G. Hummel
State of Maine
Cumberland ss. Casco August 28 th 1849 then personally appeared the above named deponent who is well known to me to be a credible witness, and made solemn oath that that the foregoing affidavit by her signed is true before me
Ambrose F. Wight } justice of the Peace

I, Thomas Whitney of Casco in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine aged fifty two years on oath depose and testify that I was well acquainted with Henry Jackson deceased and that he was reputed to have been a Soldier of the revolutionary army, and that he died before the year 1818, - That I am certain of this fact for the reason that it was a number of years previous to my marriage and that I have been married thirty years. - And also was well acquainted with said Henry Jacksons wife and widow - Sarah Jackson - deceased that she died the widow (and a widow) of the said Henry Jackson, and on or about the 7th day of November 1838, and further that I am well acquainted with all the surviving children of the aforesaid Henry Jackson, and wife and widow Sarah Jackson deceased aforesaid, That Henry Jackson, Gideon Jackson, Richard Jackson Miriam Chaplin and Mary Bartlet are all children and only surviving children of the aforesaid Henry Jackson and wife Sarah Jackson deceased, and that the aforesaid children are the only heirs at law, to of the pension claimed by their
Witness Godfrey G. Hemenwell
Thomas Whitney
State of Maine, Cumberland Is
Casco August 27th 1849 Then personally appeared the above named deponent who is known to me to be a credible witness and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true before me Amos A. Wight } Justice of the Peace

United States Maine District
District Clerk's Office
I hereby certify that the Honorable Asahur Ware before whom the foregoing pro- ceedings were had, is Judge of the United States in and for Maine District, and that the several signatures thereto, purporting to be his, are his genuine signatures
In testimony of which I have hereto set my hand and af- fixed the Seal of said District Court this twenty eighth day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty eight.
John Mussey Clerk U.S. Dist. Court. Maine
[Handwritten signature of John Mussey]

Reported
Payable to surviving children, in Richard Jackson Gideon Jackson Miriam Chaplain Mary Bartlett & Henry Jackson
10775
Maine.
Sarah Jackson dec d
Widow of Henry Jackson who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died at the 7 th Nov r 1838 of illness in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Mayberry of the Reg t commanded by Col Tappan in the Mass line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. & end 7 th Nov r 1838 when she died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of Nov r 1849 and sent to Thomas Waluburn, North Port Maine
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Book
Vol. 1
Page
9
J. P. Chase Clerk.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. W. 753, W. 20666.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
April 28, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that full information concerning Samuel Jackson was furnished you under date of March 31, 1898.
Ephraim Jackson made an application for pension on April 3, 1818, at which time he was 58 years of age and residing at Sudbury, Vermont, and his pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Walcott and Col. Marshall. Place of his enlistment not stated. His widow, Phebe, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
The children, Richard Jackson, Gideon Jackson, Miriam Chaplain, Mary Bartlett and Henry Jackson, of Sarah and Henry Jackson made an application for pension dated Cumberland County, Maine, August 22nd, 1849, which was allowed for the actual service of their father as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of two years; a part of the time he served under Capt. Mayberry and Col. Tupper. Place of his enlistment not stated. He died in 1818, and his widow, Sarah, died in 1838.
Very respectfully,
Mr. Orrin A. Reynolds, Covington, Ky.
Commissioner.

A. in, Ky.
Rev
WIDOW, &c. 26666
Apr. 28/91. Orin Reynolds, Corning
File No. 24750 26666
Sarah Jackson Widow of Henry Jackson Brin Mass line
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. A , Page 373
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Post Office,
COVINGTON, KY.,
April 6 1891
Hon. Commissioner Hudson Washington D. C. Dear Sir:
Did the Thomas Reynolds who served as a private in Capt. Almer Davis Co. 9th Mass. Regt. commanded by Col. Henry Jackson Rev. War, or the Thomas Reynolds who served as a private in the Col. Co. of the 16th Mass. Regt. com- manded by Col. Henry Jack- son Rev. War, leave a widow by name of Elizabeth ? My ancestor died in 1795.
(2803-2,000.)
Yours truly Orin A. Reynolds

Post Office,
COVINGTON, KY.,
APR 11 1898
Apr 6 1898
Hon. Commissioner Pensions Washington D.C. Dear Sir
I id the Samuel Jackson who served as private in Capt. Chambers Co. 6 th Mass Reg. commanded by Col. Thomas Wixon in War, or the Samuel Jackson who served as private in Capt. W th Story's Co. 8 th Mass. com- manded by Col. Michael Jackson Rev. War, leave a pensioned widow by name of either Mary or Leah? One Samuel died in 1811
the widow in 1811. The other about 1840 the widow about 1855.
(2803-2,010.)
Yours truly (A. Reynolds)

Post Office,
COVINGTON, KY.,
APR 11 1898
Apr 6 1898
War Commission Pensions Washington D.C. Dear Sir Yours of 31 st ult (P.B.W w. 7879) noted.
I can not yet determine which Regt. was my grandfather's. Can you tell what Regt. Col M'Intosh commanded when Capt Fuller with Samuel Jackson as privates was attached to his command? Cols. Michael Jackson, Henry Jackson and Elphran Jackson were cousins of Samuel Jack- son Sr. who was my great grandfather.
Yours truly E. A. Ramey

Payment to be made at Portland by W m Woodbury Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book Volume Page by J. H. Clark, Clerk.

117 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th July 1838, Sarah Jackson died, late of Maine, widow of Henry Jackson who was a private in the Revolution and died in _____ 1818, is inscribed on the roll of pensioners at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum commencing 4 th March 1836 and ending 7 th November 1838, the day of her death.
The amount is due & payable to her only surviving children to wit Richard Jackson, Gideon Jackson, Mariam Chaplain, Mary Bartlett & Henry Jackson
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 8 th day of Nov r one thousand eight hundred and forty= nine
Examined and Countersigned.
Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions.