Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35492, for Joseph Kelly, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Kelly, Joseph or Kelley
S 35492
CONTENTS

B534
Maine
Joseph Kelley, Private.
Nine Months Bangor Massachusetts Line.
the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Jan y 1819 and sent to Samuel S. Wilpe Esq r Fairfax, Kennebec Co.
Years to 4th of Sept 1818 4 m. 24/30 38. 40 Annual all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48. -
$86.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Waterville, Maine Kennebec County
Cannot be restored. See letter to A.C. Date 4. May 1829.
Let Sally Green,
Oct. 22/53
8 8
Stephen from wife 13 July 1820 under 4th May 1818 to R. L. Ware Esq r
Augusta.
Maine

Oct. 8, 1853.
Appel 7
Joseph Kelly,
deed.
Kennebec co.,
Maine.
Act 132.
Sally Green,
Waterville,
Maine.

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Kennebec ss.
ON this thirteenth day of August A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two personally appeared before me, a Justice of  Notary Public  the Peace , within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sally Green aged sixty two years, a resident of Waterville in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn, according to law, declares that she is the identical  Clara Kelley  Joseph Kelley who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Barnes in the Regiment of commanded in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812, in the war of the Revolution.
That he enlisted was drafted at Brookbay on or about the twenty sixth day of June A. D. 1776 for the term of nine months and continued in actual service in said war, for the term of nine months  was enlisted for the war and and was honorably discharged at Yorktown on the twentieth day of October A. D. 1780
as will appear by the  or by the muster rolls of said Company, and that her father received a pension in 1820, but was struck off the list on account of owning property to the amount of $800 - as will appear by the records in the Department. That said Joseph Kelley died at Brookbay on the twenty fourth day of June A. D. 1830 - That his discharge has been lost. But that the records of the pension Department show that he received a pension above stated. She further swears that she is the only child of the said Joseph Kelley now living - She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the allowances of pension due said Joseph Kelley at the time of his death under the act granting pensions to widows of soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States, passed September 28th, 1850.  the law passed subsequently to 1820 - She also swears that he was made sergeant of said Company on the death of the Officer then in office, and served as such until the further States that there is no public record of said Joseph Kelley's death.  Sally Green
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I hereby certify, that I believe the said Sally Green  daughter of the to be the identical man who served as aforesaid, and that he is of the age above stated. Witness my hand
and notarial seal -
Josiah H. Drummond  (Notary Public)
Please send the Certificate to Josiah H. Drummond Waterville Maine -  Inty of action

Joseph Kelly - priv. Maine Roll - N o 45534. add. du. March 17. 1829. 1 Mar. '23
(Mar '19) R. C. Vose Augusta

State of Maine, Declaration of Joseph Kelly, County of Kennebec, ss.
On this Seventeenth day of March 1829, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the said State of Maine in open Court , - the undersigned Joseph Kelly, a resident of said county, who, being, duly sworn according to law, doth depose & say, that he is the same person who served in the Revolutionary war in the company commanded by captain Danforth of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson of the line of the State of Massachusetts: That he received a pension under the act of March 18, 1818, but, his name was dropt from the Pension Roll on account of the amount of his property, which was valued at less than $600, and he now appears to be restored in consequence of the regulations of the War Department of the 26th December, 1828, having at this time the following named property, being worth no more than the sums below, mentioned. He also, swears that he has before applied to be restored, but his claim has been rejected, on account of the amount of his property.
Schedule,
  My right in the eighty eight acres of land mentioned in my last schedule part of which has been sold to discharge the mortgage with the buildings on the same not worth more than three hundred dollars -  $300.00    One old mare worth ten dollars  10.00    Two yoke of small oxen worth seventy dollars  70.00    One cow worth ten dollars  10.00    One yearling worth six dollars, & swine worth $7.-  13.00    Farming utensils worth $15. One old sleigh & harness $5.-  20.00    Old household furniture besides bedding viz, bedchairs, table, 1 low chest, 1 iron pot, 1 tea kettle a few articles of crockery ware, &c.  6.00    forks & spoons - all not worth more than six dollars  6.00    The wooden clock that does not go worth three dollars  3.00    The annual income of all the above property does not exceed forty dollars per annum, except the above & my  $439.00  

necessary bedding & clothing I have no estate or income whatever. I am seventy one years of age & wholly unable to labor, having a rupture on both sides. attest R. C. Dose Joseph Wm Kelly ment
Sworn to before me, this 17th. day of March A.D. 1829. Nathan Weston Jr State of Maine.
Memoranda
I Robert C. Dose clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the County of Kennebec do hereby certify that the Hon. Nathan Weston Jr before whom the above proceedings were had is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State - I also certify that the foregoing Oath and schedule was made & exhibited in Open Court, the said Supreme Judicial Court held at Augusta, March Term 1829. and that it is the opinion of said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Four Hundred & thirty two dollars, and that the total amount of income of the said Joseph Kelly does not exceed Forty dollars per annum.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this seventeenth day of March A.D. 1829. -
R. C. Dose Clerk of the Court Memoranda seventy.

Declaration &c. of Joseph Kelley McTuckers. Sup. Rogn June 19. 1778 - 9 months
April 11th 1818
St. Asaph

I live in the Town of Hinstville in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being a Native citizen of the United States do in oath testify and declare that I served as a private soldier in the War of the Revolution about fourteen months, and that from reduced circumstances & infirmities of body I now need a pension from my Government for support. I served in the Militia under Col. North the time of the expedition at Rhode Island; and afterwards in the Spring of the year seventeen hundred & eighty eight I with some others from the Town of Brattlebury by the requisition of said Town, turned out to supply the deficiency in the Continental Troops occasioned by sickness at Valley Forge, as I understood I marched to Fishkill where I found Water and from thence marched to West Point where I helped to construct a fort called St. Marks Fort Put nam - I then marched to White Plains & joined the Company commanded by Capt. Burroughs, of the Regiment commanded by Col. Jackson, of the Massachusetts line and served for the term of nine months on the continental establishment, at the expiration of which term I was honorably discharged at Pickett's Hill on the 19 or 20 th of March 1779 according to my best recollection. My discharge has been lost, but I am not able to say with certainty when; about 30 years ago my house & every thing in it including my papers were burnt - but whether my discharge was also lost before I am unable to say - tho' I think it pro- bable that it was burnt in the house.
Joseph X Kelley Mar 18

7 Hampshire Is. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On this 11 th day of April A.D. 1818 The within named Hilly after having been carefully examined made oath to the truth of the within Declaration by him subscribed in before me. J. L. Wilde
Jur. Sup. Jud. Courts
for 5 th Conn. the

I Thomas Decker of Boothbay in the County of Lincoln of full age do testify & say that I together with Capt. Kelley & William Kelley, was detached sometime about the first of May Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & seventy eight, for Nine months continental service, and we were ordered to the State of New York, where we passed Winter on or about the eight day of June 1778 at a place called Kirk Kill. We were then ordered to West Point where we assisted in erecting a fort, called Fort Putnam. We were then marched to White Plains, where we joined Capt. Bangs Company of Infantry in a Regiment under the command of Colonel Jackson, & continued together doing duty in said Company for the term of Nine months, when we were discharged at Peekskill about the twentieth day of March 1779. I returned together to Boothbay Thomas Decker
Lincoln So June 13. 1818.
Then the above named Thomas Decker appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him sub- scribed — Before me.
Joseph M c Cobb Just Peace

35 492
Pay INVALID.
File No.
86-499
Joseph Kelly Pri Rev MD
Act: 18 th March 18 th
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of war of the United States. The subscriber, one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Joseph Kelly, a citizen of the United States, now resident in the District of Maine and Commonwealth aforesaid, on the eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same & the proceedings to be had thereon to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States agreeably to the provisions of an act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed March 18 th 1818; which declaration and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is herewith annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor that after a careful examination of the said applicant & a full consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me, that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment, against the common enemy, for the term of more than nine months as stated in his declaration aforesaid, and that from reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and have caused the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court to be hereunto affixed, this ten th day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen.
J. S. Wilde J. S. J. Lourt for J. Lom th E

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
November 1
The undersigned, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within said County, hereby certifies, that the Honorable Samuel D. Wilde Esq., before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of this Commonwealth, and that in the execution of the said Office I have adhered unto His Certificate bearing His Signature the Seal of said Court. Dated at Springfield in said County this fifteenth day of this Anno Domini 1818.
John D. Sleeper

State of Maine
Kennebec ss. On this Thirteenth day of June, A.D. 1883, personally appeared before me David  David  Kimball the justice of the Peace in & for said County, David Wheelin and Cyrus Wheelin and Sanford Pullen - all of said Waterville in said County who being duly sworn, according to law, say:
That they were acquainted with Joseph Kelley of a family of Boothbay in said State, a Soldier in the war of rebellion and that he lived at Boothbay on or about the time of the death of his wife about the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
That they were for many years intimates with the family of said Joseph Kelley, whom they now know as Sally Green of Waterville of Maine, and that from the time of the commencement of their acquaintance with said family, up to the death of said Joseph Kelley she was acknowledged by him and his wife as his daughter, and was introduced and treated as such uniformly by them and was universally reputed to be such throughout the neighborhood - and that she is his only descendant now living and that the property of said Joseph Kelley descended to said Sally Green - and they further state that they are disinterested witnesses in every case in which this statement can be used especially in

Any claim said Sally Green may make for appears of affidavit due said Kelley
David Whiston Deceased Sanford Pullen
The day + year first above recited Saml Kimball { Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the words "SD Waterville" which were underlined on the within instrument was done before signing - " Saml Kimball Justice of Peace,

Joseph Kelly
20 Jan. 1817.
P. C. Vose. Augusta. Maine. —

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

(Copy)
State of Maine.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this Third day of June , 1820, personally appeared before Nathan Weston  Junior Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Joseph Willey aged sixty two years, resident in Waterville in the County of Kennebec within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Banerft and Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of Nine Months
that his original declaration was made before Judge Wilder on the eleventh day of March 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 15534 . And I, the said Joseph Willey do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Joseph Willey
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz: One house lot in Wadsworth , with a house unfinished unglazed and out of repair thereon of the value of one hundred and twenty dollars. The right in equity to redeem eighty eight acres of land in Waterville , with a small unfinished house and two old barns thereon, which right is of the value of two hundred and fifty dollars. One mare twenty five years old & tame, worth ten dollars. Three cows, of the value of forty five dollars. One small yoke of oxen, of the value of thirty five dollars. Four yearlings of the value of twenty dollars. One sow and her brood of pigs, seven in number, all worth ten dollars. Old household stuff, besides necessary bedding, not exceeding ten dollars in value. Farming tools worth twenty six dollars. Old sleigh and harness worth five dollars. One wooden clock that does not go, worth five

five dollars. I have no debts due to me that can be collected and I owe on the mortgage before mentioned one hundred and seventy five dollars, and I owe besides as much as fifty dollars. My income from the foregoing property does not exceed twenty five dollars a year. I am by occupation a farmer, but from age, infirmity and sickness, having a rupture am totally unable to labor, and have been for three years my family consist of Myself and Hannah Butterfield, who takes care of me and my things, aged fifty years. Except the foregoing, I have no property or income what- ever.
Joseph Nolly
Subscribed Sworn to and declared both the oath and the schedule on the third day of June 1820. Before me Nathan Weston Jr. C. S. Clerk
True Copy
Attest J. M. D. Clerk