Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 976-100, for Francis Lovejoy, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. H.
Lovejoy, Francis
B.L.Wt 976-100.
CONTENTS

(976 to 978 inclusive)
The heirs of Francis Lovejoy Private
New Hampshire line No 976
The heirs of Thomas Owen 977 Private
3 rd Regt. Mass: line -
Abiel Turner 978 Private
2 nd Regt. Mass: line -
Warrants ipd Feb: 27-1821 to
Hon: James Parker

J. F. 29449 Encl 42792
Hon James Parker
3 Revolutionary Cl's
post Nos 976. 977 & 978
Francis Lovejoy de.
N. H. Line
Abiel Turner - 2nd Mass
✓ John Sleeper
Mass Line
Thos Owen - 3rd Mass
post
✓ Gideon Fletcher
Mass Line
✓ William Hunt
Pennsylvania Line
Found in a trunk with
July 10. 1820
Mass Vol 1820 - wrote to him

To all people to whom these presents shall come Lilas Bates of Hallowell in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine sendeth greeting
Whereas Daniel Lovejoy of Fairfield in the County of Somerset & State of Maine by his letter of Attorney now in the Secretarys Office for the War Dept did constitute me his law- ful attorney for the purposes & with the powers in the said letter of Attorney at large contain- ed — Know ye that I the said Lilas Bates by virtue hereof and of the power of substitution in said letter of Attorney appar- ing have substituted & deputed & do substitute & depute the Hon. James Parker of Gardiner in Sagadah County of Kennebec to be the lawful & sufficient Attorney of the said Daniel with all & every power & authority of acting in the name stead & to the use of the said Daniel granted to me by the said letter of Attorney which I can lawfully delegate & exercise — Herby ratifying & con- firming whatsoever the said Parker shall lawfully do in the name of the Daniel or in my name as attorney for the said Daniel to the use of said Daniel by virtue of the presents and the power of substitution in said letter of Attorney contained — In witness

I have hereunto set my hand & seal the Eleventh day of April A.D. 1820.
Silas Bates
State of Maine } Personally appeared before Kennebec } me Silas Bates to me well known, & made oath in due form of Law that he is the same person described in, and who executes the above power of substitution and the same is his free voluntary act & deed for the purpose therein mentioned.
Given & subscribed } this 11- day of April } A.D. 1820 before me Wm Clark } Justice of the Peace State of Maine
In testimony that the above named William Clark is a Justice of the Peace I have hereunto set my hand & my official seal this thirteenth day of April A.D. 1820
R. Sprague } Notary Public within & for the County of Kennebec

Department of War Section of bounty lands February 27 th 1821
Of the subscriber a Representative in Congress from the State of Maine do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with John Clark, who has taken the acknowledg- -ment of Silas Bates - and am fully persuaded that he was a Justice of the peace on the 11 th April 1820
James Parker

Commonwealth of Massachusetts county of Rumbach ss
The undersigned Judge of probate with us for said county, do hereby certify & make known that it has been satisfactorily made to appear to me, that Daniel Lovejoy of Fairfax in said county, is a brother & an heir at Law of Francis Lovejoy late of New Hampshire and late a soldier in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War deceased, - That said deceased, was never married has left no children, & that his Father is also deceased, and it being alleged that the said Francis served during the War.
And further that the above named Daniel Lovejoy now in full life is one of the brothers of said deceased, & one of the legal heirs of the goods & estate of said deceased, by the laws of this state
Given under my hand & the seal of our court of probate in said county January 13. th 1820 ~
D. Hovey Judge

Daniel Looney Fairfax. P. Nov 27- 1879
certificate of heirship I authority to receive for the W. K. wanting

I Cyrus Baldwin of Fayette in the County of Kennebec & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful age do depose and say that I will know Francis Lovjoy late of Amherst in the State of New Hampshire now deceased that he enlisted for the war in the New Hampshire line and have no doubt but he served to the close of the war of the Revolution
Cyrus Baldwin
Sworn & Subscribed before me this sixth day of December A.D. 1879
Jos. Bates Justice Peace

STATE OF
COUNTY, ss. }
BE IT REMEMBER
day of me
one thousand eight hundred and
one of the Justi
for said County, personally appeared
and made solemn oath in due form of
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Norfolk. Peleg Sprague
a Notary Public within & for said County duly appointed sworn & qualified
Cyprus Baldwin Deportions Francis Loring
I the undersigned Clerk of the Superior Court within the County of Norfolk do hereby certify that Solomon Bates Esq. before whom and at the time when the within acknowledgment & affidavit was made was a Justice of the Peace duly qualified for that purpose acting under the authority of the State and that his name thereunto subscribed is his own proper signature in testimony whereof I have unto my hand and affixed my official
Seal Given this Twentieth Day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty
P. Sprague Not. Pub.
above sig

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KNOW all Men by these Presents, That I Daniel Lovejoy of Fairfax in the County of Kennebec and State of Massachusetts Brother of Francis Lovejoy deceased late a Soldier in the Revolutionary War in the New Hampshire Line
have made, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute and appoint Silas Bates of the town of Hallowell in the County of Kennebec and State of Massachusetts my legal representative and lawful attorney, for me and in my name and behalf, to demand and receive of and from the Regular Officer the Bounty of the United States, or such other person as may be duly authorised to which I am entitled by virtue of the several Acts of Congress in consequence of services done by my Brother Francis Lovejoy during the War of the Revolution in the New Hampshire Line
And the said Silas Bates is hereby authorised and directed to execute in my name and behalf the proper receipt and legitimate acquittance for the same, and all other writings, necessary in my name, to make, do, seal and execute in as ample and complete a manner to all intents and purposes as I might or could do were I personally present at the doing thereof.—And one or more attorneys or substitutes under him to duly make and appoint, and at pleasure revoke their powers; and whatsoever my said attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the
premises by virtue of the power herein contained I hereby irrevocably ratify and confirm. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this twenty seventh day of November A. D. 1819
In presence of Silas Bates Daniel Lovejoy
STATE OF Massachusetts } PERSONALLY APPEARED Daniel Lovejoy COUNTY OF Kennebec ss. to me well known, and made oath in due form of law, that he is the same person described in and who executed the above power of attorney, and the same is his free, voluntary act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this twenty seventh day of November A. D. 1819 } Daniel Lovejoy Justice of the Peace
STATE OF } PERSONALLY APPEARED Gideon Ferrill COUNTY, ss. of Hallowell and Elias Bond and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say, that they and each of them are personally acquainted with Daniel Lovejoy who has executed the above power of attorney, and well know him to be the person described therein. Gideon Ferrill Elias Bond
Sworn and subscribed before me, this twenty seventh day of November A. D. 1819 and I hereby certify that the above deponents are in my opinion credible witnesses. E. Warren Justice of the Peace
STATE OF Massachusetts } COUNTY, ss. Public within for said County of Kennebec duly appointed sworn & qualified
do hereby certify that E. T. Warren before whom and at the time when the above acknowledgements and affidavits were made, was a Justice of the Peace duly qualified for that purpose, acting under the authority of this State, and that his name thereunto subscribed, is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this Twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty P. Sprague N. ch. Pub.

STATE OF
COUNTY, ss. }
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this
day of
one thousand eight hundred and
before
one of the Justices of the Peace in and
for said County, personally appeared
and
and made solemn oath in due form of law that
David Green Hartford, P. Nov 27. 1849 Subscribed before me for the W.P. warrant
Sworn and subscribed before me, this day of And I hereby certify the above deponent opinion credible witness
A. D. 181
in my
STATE OF
COUNTY, ss. }
I
do hereby certify that before whom and at the time when the above acknowledgements and affidavits were made, was a duly qualified for that purpose, acting under the authority of this State, and that his name thereunto subscribed, is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
this
day of
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and