Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24672, for Moses King, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
King Moses
N 24672
Brainard, Mary
former widow.
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2 Certificates
Act 7 th July 1838 " 3 March 1843.
6.891.
Maine
Mary Brainard, former widow of Moses King who was a Hiker in the Revolution.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88. Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of May 1845 and sent to
H. M. Morton Esq Augusta Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. 21 Vol. 1. Page 1.
H. S. Evans

Lincoln. February, nineteenth, Seventeen hundred and eighty nine, Moses King & Polly Portland both of Pownalborough were joined together in marriage by Jonathan Bowman, Just. Peace.
I, Elisha McKenny of Wiscasset, County of Lincoln and State of Maine, hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the town of Wiscasset aforesaid, duly chosen and sworn, and further certify that the above is a true copy of record of the town of Pownalborough (now Wiscasset) with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz: "Febr. 19. 1789"
Elisha McKenny
State of Maine, Lincoln Co. Wiscasset, February 11. th 1845. Personally appeared Elisha McKenny and made oath to the above certificate. Before me W m Beals } Justice of the Peace

11825 Mary Brainard Formerly widow of Moses King.
Re March 27, 1845.
M 89 C 04
Geo W Morton August chance.

Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". And an Act to amend the same "Approved August 23. 1842"
State of Maine
W Kennebec County S.S On this eighth day of February 1845 personally appeared before me, Judge of the Court of  District Court of Maine, the same being a Court of Record,  Probate for said County of Kennebec, Mary Brainard a resident of Pittston in the County of Kennebec, and state of Maine, aged seventy six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" And an Act to amend the same "Approved August 23. 1842" That she was formerly the widow of Moses King who she has reason to believe and does believe was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, that he was a resident at the time of his enlistment of Amesbury Massachusetts and that he enlisted about the year 1777 for the period of three years or during the war and served in Captain Spurr's company in Colonel Dyer's regiment of the Massachusetts line; that after his death she remained a widow until her intermarriage with Nathl. Brainard which took place on the eighteenth of August 1809 and that the said Nathl. Brainard died on the 24th day of January 1827 since which time she has remained unmarried - She further declares that under a resolve of the legislature of Maine she rec d two hundred acres of land being entitled thereto as the widow of said Moses King for his services as named above in the War of the Revolution, that she was married to the said Moses King on the nineteenth day of February in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty nine and that her husband the aforesaid Moses King died on the tenth day of

of August in the year 1803 or 1804 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen hundred & ninety four. (in at the time stated in this declaration, that her maiden name was Mary Pochard) and that she was married in Pownalborough (which town has since been divided into the towns of Dresden and Wiscasset) by Jonathan Bowman a Justice of the Peace. My said late husband was Mary King was an invalid person of the United States in consequence of the loss of his right arm while in the army.
Attest J. H. Redington
Mary her Brainard marks
State of Maine. February 8. 1845. I certify that the words "February" and "eighty one" in the second and third lines from the bottom of the preceding page were interlined before the above declaration was signed; and also that the above named Mrs. Mary Brainard this day made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by her subscribed.
Before me J. H. Redington.
Judge of the District Court of Maine, the same being a Court of Record.
State of Maine; Feb 8 1845. I this day visited Mrs. Mary Brainard, at her residence in Pittston, ten miles from the County Court house. By means of palsy and other physical infirmities she is quite unable to attend in open court. I believe her to be a woman of truth.
J. H. Redington, Judge of Dist. Court etc.

Mr. G. Bates - Cashing M.D.H. of above msn
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24672
Mary B. Raines Widow of Moses Wing wife who was
Act: March 3d 1883
Index:—Vol. A , Page 92
[Arrangement of 1870.]
#5 Dec 1883
1906 Feb 21- History to Hon. Ord. H of R. [Letter in Wd. F. 10172 King J
1906 Mch 12. Mr. Bates advised 0

No 11825 (43.7801.
Mary Brannan formerly Wife of M c Kee Me.
act 7 July 1838
Adm o Dyer's fifer $88 00
Adm o 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $88 00 for annu
Geo. W. Morton Augusta Me

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by Marion B. Hudson
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Moses King.
Service _____
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 191_____
No claim, combination records _____, 191_____
REMARKS:
No. O.W. 9. D.W.W. or Ref. except N.F. 24672
No information in American State Papers or Printed List 1835 rela- tive to Inv. Pension.

2 Certificates
9. 300
Act 1838
" 1843.
Maine
Mary Brainard, former widow of Moses King who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 24 th January 1827. of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a fifer in the Company commanded by Captain Spera of the Regt. commanded by Col. Stigson in the Mass. line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 88. ~ Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of May, 1845 and sent to George M. Morton, Augusta Maine
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by A. J. Evans Clerk, Book 20. Vol. 1. Page 1.

I hereby certify that Mary Brainerd formerly the widow of Moses King, received from the State of Maine, under a resolve of said State passed the 17th day of March 1835 entitled "a resolve in favor of certain officers and soldiers of the revolutionary war, and the widows of deceased officers and soldiers" a deed of two hundred acres of land, she having been entitled to the same under said resolve on account of the revolutionary services of her late husband the said Moses King, who it was proved was a musician and private in Col. Noyes's regiment of the Massachusetts line in the war of the Revolution —
Witness my hand at Augusta in the State of Maine this twenty second day of March A.D. 1845 —
Levi Bradley
Land Agt of Maine
State of Maine.
Secretary's Office,
Augusta March 22, 1845
I hereby certify that Levi Bradley is Land Agent of the State of Maine, given under my hand & the Seal of the State, the day & year above written.
Philip L. Johnson, Secy of State.

Augusta Maine
March 22. 1845
Sir
The papers herewith enclosed are transmitted for the purpose of having a claim for pension of Mary Brainard, formerly the widow of Aaron Yong, obtained. Should they be satisfactory, I would respectfully request you to allow her claim and send me, for her a certificate.
Very respectfully
Your obt Servt
Geo. A. Morton
James L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts
within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby CERTIFY that
William Beals 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 District Court for the Middle District Court this 15 th day of February
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty five .
Jacob Smith CLERK.

July eighty six
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
March 18 1845.
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 Moses King of Amesbury - is borne as a sifer upon an account in the Army Books, in Capt s Spurr's Comp y Col. Nison's Reg t , and there credited by his service from Jan y 12. 1778 to Dec r 31. 1779, - 23 months, 18 days at 44/ per month; - and further from Jan y 1. to Dec r 31. 1780 - as a private at 40/ per month.
More than 2 years service see Mass R o 9

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.
John G. Sawyer,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application for Certificate of Revolutionary Service made by the widow of the party who rendered the Service.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office, of the services of my late husband Moses King, he enlisted from the town of Amesbury in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts about the year 1777 for the period of three years or during the war of the Revolution. That I have reason to believe he served in Capt. Spurr's Company in Col. Dyer's Regt of the Massachusetts Line, I am now seventy six years old, and am not able to state my husband's services more fully than above stated. For Witness my hand this day of Febry 1845. Mary X Brainard Attest, M c Redington. marks
Kennebec Co. } July 8. 1845 }
Signed by said Mary Brainard in my presence J. M c Redington, Justice Peace

I Moses King of Pittston in the County of Piscataqua and forty nine years of age do depose and say that I am the fourth child of my late father Moses King that my Mother Mary Brainard was the widow of Nathaniel Brainard. after the death of my late father the said Moses King married the said Nathaniel Brainard in or about the month of August eighteen hundred and nine. and that the said Nathaniel Brainard died in the month of Jan- uary eighteen hundred and twenty seven since which time she has remained a widow and unmarried My late father the said Moses King died in the year 1803 or 1804 and that he was a pensioner of the United States for the loss of his right arm while a soldier in the Revolution as I have always un- derstood) Moses King
State of Maine
Kennebec ss July 5. 1845.
The above named Moses King, who is a reputable man and a credible witness, subscribed and made oath to the foregoing certificate. Before me,
Wm. Pillsbury,
Judge of the Dist Court
of Maine - the same being
a Court of Record.

State of Maine
County of Kennebec ss
I the subscriber Clerk of the Jud. Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. Asa Redington is sole Judge of the Middle District Court of said State of Maine and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 22 d day of March A D 1845
M c M c Stratton "