Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 20412, for Thomas Irish, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Drish, Thomas
S. 20412
Carded
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11.245 Maine
Thomas Irish
of Cumberland in the State of Maine who was a Pr & Sgt in the Company command by Captain Williams of the Regt command by Col Finney in the Massachusetts for  Troops ~
8 mo Private — 25.88
2 " Sergeant — 10.38
Inscribed on the Roll of — Maine at the rate of 36 Dollars 55 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of April 1833 — J. Murray and sent to Portland Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 . 73.32 Semimant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833. 18.33
$91.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by John D. Sprague Clerk Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 24

20 412
INVALID.
File No. 20 412
Thomas Pick
Sept 1862
Act: June 7 th 1862
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 202
[Arrangement of 1870.]

May 3. 1897 - History to Mr. Howard F. Irish S. Huntworth St. Biddeford, Maine.

JS
Biddelford Me March 22nd 1897
Will you please give any information regarding a pension granted to James Smith of Guilford Me. who enlisted in the Revolutionary Army from such place? I should give the date of enlistment, and discharge the amount of pension, which I presume he was in to. it would be greatly appreciated. Also would you please supply the same information regarding James Smith who enlisted from Waterville in the Revolutionary Army.
This is not a claim but merely a matter of family history which I am trying to get together.
Yours sincerely
Howard G. Smith 5 Wentworth St Biddelford Me.

No 4408 Thomas Irish
Admitted
8 mos Private $26.66 20 .. Sergeant 10.00 36.66
J. Mussey Esq Portland Maine

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
A Special District Court of the United States began and held at Portland, within and for said District, on the day of  A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty before the Honorable Asahel Wain, Judge of said Court.
On this thirty first day of July A. D. 1832  forenoon , personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Thomas Loring a resident of Garharn in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged ninety five 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 served in the Revolutionary war as is here stated
He was at Cambridge in the company of Genl. Lord Howe's army & in Genl. Washington's army & served eight months - he was on the expedition to Penobscot as first sergeant in the company of Col. Col- Alexander Mitchell under Genl. Washburne in which service he served two months. That his memory is now impaired by age & infirmities that he cannot state his services more particularly - That he was born in Farmington in the State of Maine & that for eighty years or more he has lived in Garharn where he now resides
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
Asahel Wain - Thomas Loring
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Asahel Wain } U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

I James Morton of Gorham in the state of Maine aged eighty two years on all other dates say that in 1776 I was a soldier in the company of Col. Williams & Regiment of Col. Glencoe  Glencoe  Glencoe I served eight  eight months & was discharged in the winter of that year. Thomas Irish was in the same company with me & served out the eight months for which he was engaged as I understood & as I always understood. But to my now best  best knowledge I have always understood that he served in the expedition to Penobscot but have no particular knowledge of the fact.
Albert A. Dyer
his James X Morton mark
I certify that the above named James Morton is a credible witness & worthy of belief Albemarle June 2
Signed & sworn to before me
July 31. 1832
Albemarle Judge of the U.S. for the Dist. of Maine
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Nussey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Irish for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty second day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two,
John Nussey
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
I certify that the above named Thomas Irish by reason of age weakness & bodily infirmities was unable to stand & make his oath in open court.
Albemarle Judge of the U.S. for the Dist. of Maine

I Josphan Robie of Gorham in Maine District on oath declare & say that I have been acquainted with the within named Thomas Trist upwards of thirty years past, ever since I lived in said town. That he has maintained the reputation of a man of truth & that in the neighborhood has been reputed & believed to have been a revolutionary soldier; that I have no doubt of the correctness of his declaration of services.
I further testify that I am also well acquainted with James Morton who gave the annexed deposition & that he is reputed & believed to be a man of the strictest truth & has always reported a good character.
Josphan Robie
Subscribed & sworn to
before John Nussey Clerk S.C. Maine
I hereby certify that the above named Robie is personally known to me & that his character for truth is unimpeachable.
John Nussey Clerk

L. W. B. I. 20412, W. 22262.
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.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
May 3, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Thomas Irish, and James Smith, soldiers of the Revolutionary war, you are advised as follows:
Thomas Irish made an application for pension on July 31, 1862, at which time he was 95 years of age and residing at Gorham, Maine, and his pension was allowed for ten months' actual service as a private and sergeant in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Williams and Col. Pinney. He enlisted at Gorham, Maine.
James Smith made an application for pension on April 8, 1818, at which time he was 62 years of age and residing at Lyman, Mass., 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. Sawyer and Col. Petterson. Place of his enlistment not stated. His widow, Hannah, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Howard F. Irish, 5 Wentworth St., Biddeford, Maine.