Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2818, for Joseph Lewis, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Lewis Joseph Mchitable
W 2818
B.L.Wt. 43507-160-55
CONTENTS

251. 526
Act mar. 3. '77
July 11. '76
Melitable Melitable Lewis, wid. Joseph Lewis. -
1/2's
4350 yd up
Revij. war.
Rev. Act
July 53-3089 Ad: 1600 ad Dept: 11/52
B. M. F. D.
Stephen Emery.
Portland.
Me.
K
2 - 59

Copies of papers sent to Lund Ag c Bangor; one, by Mr. Orme, June 22 1839.
307 Maine
Joseph Lewis
of Waterville in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Barnum of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dripps in the Maine line, for the term of 3 years from May 1781 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 74 \frac{42}{100} Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st day of May 1831 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th of December 1832 and sent to John Muller Portland Maine
the Roll on _____ day of 182 _____ and notification sent to at _____ Pension commencing on the of _____ 182
Amount due on 4th of } May 1832 } 74.42 June " " } 107.21 Sept " " } 111.63
Mr. Orme Sept. 32 June 1832 { Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }
Recorded Book 20 Page 1 Page 67.

Increase
No. 3,089.
Maine
Mehitable Lewis widow of Joseph who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private. Mar.
Portland agency.
Rate 96. Dollars cents per annum.
Commencing July 27 th , 1868
Deduct payments made since
Certificate dated Dec. 17 th , 1870 and sent to Pension Agent atty Moses Emery, Saco. Maine.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb- July 27 th , 1868. uary 3, 1853, Page 166 Vol. 26
Sent Gardiner

I Thomas Carter of Scarborough in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, aged seventy Sixtyfour years (64) depose and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph Lewis deceased who was a Revolutionary General of the United States, that I am also well acquainted with Abigail Lewis his widow, that I was present at the time of her marriage with Joseph Lewis the identical person above named, that said marriage was solemnized by Elden Gray of Waterborough in the County of York and State of Maine that said Elden Gray was a regular ordained Minister of the Gospel, that Abigail Lewis name was before her marriage Abigail Richards that I was acquainted with her before her marriage to said Joseph Lewis, and that said acquaintance has continued since that time and that I know her to be the identical person as above stated. Thomas Carter
State of Maine County of Cumberland ss. I do hereby certify that fifty day of September 1853 before Joseph Lewis a Justice of the Peace, I further certify that Thomas Carter is a person of truth and veracity and a credible and respectable witness In July Justice of the Peace

State of Maine. York County, s.s.
I, Joshua Herrick, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of York, do certify, that Samuel H. Roberts of Waterborough in said County is a justice of the peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal this twenty-ninth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and fiftythree.
Joshua Herrick Reg d of the Court of Probate

I Joseph Allen Town Clerk of Waterville on oath Depose and say that I am Town Clerk of said Waterville, legally chosen and sworn for said office that I have in my custody the Books of Records of said Town that in one of the ancient Books of records I find the following Entry of Marriage Viz M c Joseph Pever of Waterville and M c Nichitable Richman of Scarborough were joined in marriage on the fourteenth day of June Eighteen hundred and twenty seven I Joseph Allen the aforesaid Town Clerk on oath testify and say that the foregoing extract of the aforesaid Records is a true extract with the exception of the dates which is expressed on the Records thus June 14 th 1827
Joseph Allen
Town Clerk of Waterville in the County of York Me
State of Maine
York County ss February 28 th A D 1853
Then personally appeared the aforesaid Town Clerk and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him Subscribed
Before me S c H c Robert justice of the peace
ss

The undersigned, residents of the Portland in the State of Maine, on oath state, that we are well acquainted with Mrs. Mehitable Lewis, who signed the foregoing application, that she signed the same in our presence, and she is the same person mentioned in the Pension certificate therein referred to, which we have seen in her possession this day. That she has, for many years, been and now is a widow
Horace B. Richards H. B. Richards
Cumberland p. April 5th 1856
Subscribed & sworn to before me, and I certify that the above named affiants reside at said Portland and are credible persons. Geo. F. Emery Justice of the Peace.
Maine District p. Office of the Clerk C.C.U.S.
I Geo. F. Emery, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the United States for Maine District, hereby certify, that Geo. F. Emery whose signature in this, and the preceding pages, are genuine, is a justice of the Peace for the County of Cumberland in the State of Maine, duly commissioned & qualified, and fully authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this fifth day of April A.D. 1856
Geo. F. Emery } Clerk Circuit Court } U.S. for } Maine District

YOUR DECLARANT FURTHER STATES, that she was married to the said Joseph Lewis on the fifteenth day of June A. D. 1829, at Waterborough in said State, and that her name before marriage was Mehitable Richards .
And your declarant further states, that after the passage of the Act of Congress of Feb. 3 d 1853 she made application for a Pension, on which application a pension was granted her at the rate of seventy four dollars & forty two cents per annum, as will appear by her Pension Certificate, dated Dec. 3 d the third day of December A. D. 1853 No. 9089 .
For proof of marriage, her husband's service in the Revolutionary War, and his death, and of your declarant's identity, she refers to her declaration and proof for a Pension, now on file in the Department of the Interior, at Washington.
She therefore claims Bounty Land under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow, and never has, to her knowledge, received any Bounty Land, nor did her husband, to her knowledge.
And for the purpose of this application, I hereby appoint of _____ my true and lawful Attorney in the premises.
Attest, Geo. F. Smeyr Horace B. Richards Horace B. Richards
Mehitable her Lewis mark
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year first above written, and in my presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned. And I hereby certify that I believe the said Mehitable Lewis to be the widow of _____ to be the person who performed the military service aforesaid, and to be of the age above stated.
Geo. F. Smeyr
Justice of the Peace.

Nov. 12, 1853. Whitaker Lewis, widow of Joseph,
York co.,
Maine.
Albany 874 42. pgs
Feb. 3. 1853
Act 1853
1853
Rev.
307
John Bailey Washington D.C.

On this Sixteenth day of February A.D. 1853 personally appeared, Mehitable Lewis , a resident of Waterborough in the County of York, and State of Maine, aged Seventy three years before the Hon d  Abner Ware , Judge of the United States for the District of Maine, who being first sworn, doth upon her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Acts of Congress, passed 7 th July 1838, 3 d March 1843, 17 th June 1844, February 2 d 1848, and the joint Resolution 1 July 1848 and the act 3 d February 1853,
Her husband Joseph Lewis , was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, and received the benefits of the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832, at the rate of Twenty four Dollars forty two cents per Annum. That your applicant is unable to state under what Captain he served during the War of the Revolution, but she refers the Commission of Pensions to the declaration of her late husband made for the benefit of the Act of 7 th June 1832, and particularly to the testimony that was there adduced in support of his claim.
She further declares that she was married to said Joseph Lewis on the fourteenth June eighteen hundred and twenty nine, (14 th June 1829) and that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Lewis died on the ninth day of December 1834, at Waterborough in the County of York & State of Maine and that she has not intermarried since the death of the aforesaid Joseph Lewis , and that she

Continues a Widow, and that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred, but at the time before State.
Witness In July
Notitable by Lewis Dowd
I sign
Be it remembered that on this 16 of Feb. 1853 personally came before me the above named Notitable Lewis & made oath to the truth of the facts stated in her above dated declaration.
Ashton Mear
Judge of the Probate for the District of Maine
Maine District ss: Office of the Clerk C.C.U.S.
I Geo. F. Emery Clerk of the Circuit Court of the United States for Maine District, hereby certify, that Ashton Mear whose genuine signature is above written was, on the sixteenth day of February last, and still is, District Judge of the United States for the District of Maine, duly commissioned and qualified, and full faith and credit are due to his acts as such, and the foregoing are the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Notitable Lewis for a pension -
I further certify that Joseph Hersey who purports by papers annexed to have acted as Justice of the Peace, was at the time of so acting, and still is, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Cumberland, duly commissioned & qualified, fully authorized to administer oaths & take acknowledgments - His commission is dated January 16, 1850 and will not expire till January 16, 1857. And the signature annexed purporting to be his is genuine,
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and official seal this third day of November A. D. 1853.
Geo. F. Emery } Clerk Circuit Court U.S. for Maine District

For Lewis Private Not time Col Sheppard's Regt - 1781 to 1783 Dec. 13 th April 1818
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Joseph Lewis of Watertown in the County of York & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby  state aged fifty four years do declare that I enlisted in the American Army, on the Continental Estab- -lishment under Capt. Jonathan Rawell on the 31 st day of May A.D. 1781 & marched to Boston from there to Bunker Hill - or Gallus Hill & was turned in to Capt. Bannister's Company in Col. Shephard's Massachusetts Line Regiment for three years - I was stationed during the principal part of said time at West Point, New- -burgh, Gages Hill & was discharged at Newburgh some time in July or August A.D. 1783 - I was regularly discharged, but my discharge I have since lost - I have no pension, & from my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from a pension from my Country for support - I am a citizen of the United States - Joseph Lewis
April 13. 1818
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss - Be it known that on the 13 th day of April A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts personally appeared the above named Joseph Lewis, & being duly sworn, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him in my presence subscribed, in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service

of the United States in the Revolutionary War, which declaration being signed & sworn to as aforesaid, I George Thatcher one of the Justices do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joseph Lewis did serve in the revolutionary war on the continental establishment, against the common enemy, as stated in his declaration & that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; And I now transmit the proceedings & testimony, had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions in the Act of Congress aforesaid.
In testimony whereof I have here to set my hand, & have caused the seal of said court to be hereunto affixed this tenth day of May In the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & eighteen
George Thatcher

I Thomas Spencer of Limington in the county of York & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged fifty three years, do testify & declare that I enlisted in the American Army on the 15 th day of April A.D. 1781 for three years & was placed in Capt. Lincolns Company & Colon d John Brooks Regiment, & was discharged about the middle of October A.D. 1983 at West Point. I further testify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Lewis, who signed the declaration on the first page of this paper. I well know that the said Lewis was in Capt. Mannisters Company in Col. Shephards Regiment about eighteen months of said time, & was on the boat guard at Ellshins Row, West Point about three months with him & on several other occasions — Thomas, S. Spencer
York Jo. June 27 1813. Then personally appeared the above named Thomas Spencer & being a credible & competent witness duly sworn, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him signed before me Sam l P. B. Harker Jus Peace

Joseph Lewis
Application for pension
Aug 1832
Resident
PO
$74:42 per ann.
307
Page 67 307

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the third day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this third day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Joseph Lewis a resident of Waltham in the county of York in said Maine District, aged sixty eight 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
was placed on the pension list roll of the District of Columbia Agency and a Certificate of pension granted to him on his application made on the 13th day of April 1818. That his name was dropped from the pension roll by the act of March 1, 1820. That he served as a private in Capt. Banister's Company 1st Regt. Sheppard's Regiment that he enlisted for three years. That he resides in Waltham and resided there when he made his first application for a pension in April 1818.
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 Maine .
Joseph Lewis
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 pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Mussey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this third day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Mussey { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

✓ A3.507
S New Am

251.526
J. Minot Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Portland July 7. 1856
Sir,
Inclosed please find the application for Bounty Land of Abishai Lewis. When disposed of, please send the Land Warrant to
Your Obed. Servant Stephen Emery

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2818
Mehitable Lewis,
Widow
Joseph Lewis,
Pa. Rev. War.
Act Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Patterson Nov 21. (Mon) 1853
John Beitzel Esq Sir
In answer to the objection made by the Commission of Pensions in the lease of Elizabeth Lewis will say that she, Elizabeth Lewis was not prevented by reason of age or indisposition from going to the Court house and make oath to the declaration before Judge Ware, and that the declaration was sworn to at the Court house before Judge Ware, that had the facts been otherwise he would have so stated. There has been no objection made to the other cases upon this ground and why does he object to this case.
I will state that in every case which I have had charge of, the person (or Widow) has gone to the Court and made oath to the same before Judge Ware, he has not in any instance administered the oath out of the Court House.
If the Commission makes objection in this case you will return me the declaration and I will have the certificate made by Judge Ware. I do not see why the Department does not adopt one general rule, this case is not different in any respect to the rest that have been granted.
Yours in haste J. S. Lake
all well, not thing new.
P.S. The Commission states that Judge can make a separate certificate - If the facts are in State, I do not see if how Judge Ware can make a certificate without the

Original declaration being presented to him - he will not be likely to recall this case in particular (out of the many which he has) without seeing the papers - I should not think of asking him to give a certificate without showing him the papers

Joseph Lewis
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Portland D. U. at the Cumberland Bank
Russell

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818.
Joseph Lavis late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the Thirteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Fourteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

No. 3,607
Michela bel Lewis, widow of Joseph
Letter to John Bailey Esq, Presur. Nov. 16. 1853.
Acc. B. Feb. 1853

With the 3 rd Audit to state time of death of pensioner and to what time paid -
F. Burt Esq., } Respectfully, 3 rd Audit } S. Cole Nov. 20. 1853 } For Comm ee
Joseph Lewis, at 1832, $74.42 p. annum. Died 9 th Dec r 1834, Paid to his death.
Edw. G. Brins Adj. Auditor. "

Mercer
3.089
1
Brief in the Case of
Heitable
Lewis
Widow
of Joseph
Saco
Levi, Prov. Rev. War.
York
County and State of
Maine
She 13 Act Dec 1860 2 d Dec 1863 Feb 3 1863 July 27 1868
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
The claimant is a pensioner at $14.42 pr Ann. She relinquishes her certificate and applies for increase as provided in the 13. Act July 27. 1868
Adulthood and continued Widowhood Shown.
Admitted Dec 13. 1860 to a pension at $96. pr. Ann to commence July 27. 1868, deducting payments since.
W.E. Wash Examining Clerk.
Name and residence of Agent. Abner Emery Saco Maine
22.
to Contract - Fee $10.

Brief in the case of Michael Lewis, wid of Joseph York County and State of Maine act Feb. 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or for increase? )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Marriage and identity proved by one decedent's will - by coincidence &c.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Allowed for $74.42
Dec. Feb. 3 1853.
Name and residence of Agent
John Bailey, Present
J. P. Adams,
Examining Clerk.

14.354 R
District of Maine
Joseph Lewis
of Waterboro in the state of the Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sheperd of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of Sep 1819 and paid to George Thacher Esq. Saco District of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1819  133.80    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar 1820  48.00    16 Mos 27 30  $181.86  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

I Joshua Grant of York in the County of York & Commonwealth. Massachusetts aged seventy three on oath depose & say, that I well know Joseph Lewis, now of Waterborough in said County, now of Waterborough but formerly of said York, knew him in the army of the United States during the war of the revolution, he enlisted in said York for the term of 1. Years - he served to my knowledge more than two years in the same regiment with me, the fourth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Shephard - said Lewis was considered a good soldier, and was honorably discharged in 1783 about eight miles above N. Point in the state of New York - - Joshua Grant
I Paul Welch of York aforesaid on oath testify & say, that I have heard  heard & read fully understood the above deposition of Joshua Grant of said York & know the facts by him above stated to be true - said Joseph Lewis enlisted in 1781 at the same time I enlisted, served the United States Govt. & was honorably discharged in 1783. - Witness Tho. Bransley Paul Welch his mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts York ss. - On this 10 th day of June 1819 Personally appeared Joshua Grant and Paul Welch both of said York, who are well known to me, are disinterested witnesses well entitled to credit for truth, and severally made oath to the truth of the above declarations by them respectively subscribed - Before me Jer. Dorrabury Justice of the Peace

3089 Beine Portland Nehitable Lewis, widow of Joseph who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 72 Dollars 42 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Dec r 1853. and sent to
John Bailey Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 11 Vol. A

W. H. S. Davis Payment to be made at
Portland
by
George F. Emery
Agent for paying Pension Agency of
on the 4th September and 4th March
awarded to the Pension of the Roll of Pensioners under a military Bd. 1844, Page 11 Vol. II
G. F. Getty Clerk.

State of Maine, County of York ss.
On this seventh day of December A.D. 1870, personally appeared before me George A. Emery Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Saco, a Court of Record. Mehitable Lewis, widow of Joseph Lewis, who was a private in the Revolutionary war, a resident of Saco, County of York and State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of Section 13. of an act of Congress relating to pensions, approved July 27. 1868; That the person on account of whose death a pension was granted, was a private in the Revolutionary war; That the pension certificate numbered 3089 and bearing date the third day of December A.D. 1853, is herewith returned; That she has never re-married since the death of her said husband Joseph Lewis, and still continues his widow; That claimant appoints Moses Emery of Saco, Maine her attorney to prosecute the above claim, and that her residence is in the city of Saco, County of York and State of Maine and that her post office address is

Saco Maine Attest Mehitable  Sperry George H. Sperry Rebecca B. Ricker
Mehitable her L. Sewell's mark
Also personally appeared George Ricker and Rebecca B. Ricker both residing in Saco, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn, say they were present and saw Mehitable Sewell, the claimant sign her mark to the foregoing declaration; that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the claimant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person who represents herself to be and that she has not re-married since the death of her said husband but continues his widow, and that they have no intent in the prosecution of this claim.
George Ricker Rebecca B. Ricker
State of Maine
County of York ss. Saco, Decr. 7 th 1878.
Then personally appeared the above named applicant and affiant and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. The foregoing affidavit was not subscribed before me. Affiant is respectable and credible. I have no interest in the matter. My commission expires July 20, 1880.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb- ruary 8, 1853,
Honorable Lewis.
widow of Joseph Lewis,
who was a  private  in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Seventy four dollars and forty  two cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this third day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
W. L. C. C.
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions.
74-42 37-21