Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24582, for Daniel Lord, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lord, Daniel Mary
N. 24582
CONTENTS

9124
Maine
Daniel Lord 1 st
of Hancock bty in the Dist state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer of the Inf y line, for the term of nine months.
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 th of June, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of Apr. 1819 and sent to M. Kingsley Esq. Kennebec, Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. 8 mo. 19/4. 70.09 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 11 th Sep. 1819 118.00 $188.09
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Sept. 19
Notification sent to Jacob McLean Esq. 23 rd Oct 1820. Bangor Maine

3143.
Mary Mary Lord, widow of Daniel
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of July 1849 and sent to
Hon. W. Williams Esq.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 21 Vol. 1
Reported July 1849

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ENOBSCOT, ss.
ON the 12 th day of June A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Third Eastern Circuit, of the Court of Common Pleas, in said Commonwealth, including the Counties of Hancock, Washington Penobscot : Personally appeared Daniel Lend who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, on his oath made the statement and declaration by him subscribed, and hereto annexed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."
And thereupon, I the said Judge do certify that I am satisfied the said Daniel did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his said declaration, against the common enemy, and that he has made it appear to me, that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Which proceedings and the testimony annexed, being all he has been able to produce, I now transmit to the Secretary, for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of said Court to be hereto affixed M. Kinsley Esquire, Judge of the Court as aforesaid.

Daniel Lord Private Col Breunus Regiment 1778- 9 Months

Note I served several campaigns besides the above; But not to the amount of nine months in any excepting the one above stated. —

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF HANCOCK, ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas. begun & held at Bangor within said County of Hancock on the second Tuesday of July A.D. 1820 ON this eleventh day of July in the year
of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record within and for said County and State of Maine, having the power of fine & imprisonment. established by a law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, made and passed on the twenty first day of June, A. D. 1811, and recognized by the Constitution of the State of Maine Daniel Lord aged, sixty two years, resident in a place called Oldamom in said County of Hancock, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: viz as a private soldier in the company commanded by captain Merrill in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer in the Massachusetts line upon the Continental establishment during nine months in 1778-9, as will more fully appear by my original declaration made on the twelfth day of June A.D. 1818 on which declaration - my certificate of pension Numbered 9124 was granted.

AND I Daniel Lord do 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.
Daniel Lord
Schedule of all the estate belonging to me Daniel Lord, necessary bedding and clothing excepted. viz
Real estate — none.
Personal estate — one cow and seven sheep.
Daniel Lord
Schedule of the family residing with me Daniel Lord who are by occupation a husbandman but which occupation I am unable to pursue, except in a small degree on account of an hernia and the infirmities of old age. viz
My wife Mary Lord aged 61 years who is weakly Son Nathaniel Lord, aged 16 years always sickly Grand child Lydia Lord " 6 years
Daniel Lord
I, MASON SHAW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Third Eastern Circuit, in the County of Hancock and State of Maine, do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said 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, is thirty one dollars and fifty cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eleventh day of July A. D. 1820.
Mason Shaw Clerk of the said Court for the County of Hancock.

State of Maine County of York, and Town of Kennebunk Port.
Married By the Reverend Silas Moody. Seventeen hundred and eighty one, the eleventh day of January, Daniel Lord and Mary Washborn. I Benj a Merrill do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures, as follows.
1781 st Jan y , 11 th Daniel Lord and Mary Washborn.
Recorded by Benj a Downing Town Clerk
I Benj a Merrill above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in the Town, County, and State afore- said and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exceptions above named as certified by me
Benj a Merrill Town Clerk
Kennebunk port April 11 th 1813
York ss. April 13 th , 1843
Then the above named Benj a Merrill ap- peared, and made oath that the above cer- tificate by him subscribed is true before me.
Charles Bradbury, Justice of the Peace
State of Maine, County of York Town of Kennebunk Port. I, Joshua Harnick, of Kennebunk Port, notary public, do hereby certify & attest to all whom it may concern, that the signa- ture of Charles Bradbury, Esq., at the foot of the foregoing certificate, is of the own proper writing of said Bradbury, and that he is duly commissioned & qualified to act as a Justice of the Peace.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal the fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty three & in the 67 th of the Independence of the U. S. of America. Joshua Harnick Notary Public

State Maine ss
On this the twenty first day of April, eighteen hundred and forty three, personally appeared before me, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Hancock, Mary Lord a resident of Plantation number One, North Division in said County, aged eighty two Years, doth on her Oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pension, to certain widows" That she is the widow of Daniel Lord who was a private in the Continental Army under Col Bremer, & Capt Daniel Merrill, nine months, in 1777 or 8. at West Point & White Plains.
She further declares she was married to the said Daniel Lord, in the town now called Vinalhaven Port County, York, by the Rev Silas Moody, and her maiden name was Washborn, and that she was married on the eleventh day of January Seventeen hundred and eighty one, and that her husband the said Daniel Lord, died on the tenth day of April, eighteen hundred and thirty nine, and that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four. Ver At the time above stated
Witness Ivory D. Hens
Mary her X Lord mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and Year above written before me.
Silvanus Twitchell Just of the Peace

State of Maine.
I, Elias M. Brown Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Cumberland hereby certify that Silvanus D. Mitchell is a justice of the peace, and that full credence is due to his office as his commission is dated Dec 31. 1839, will expire Dec 31. 1842. Given under my hand at the foregoing signature purporting to be his and seal this fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
E. M. Brown Clerk.

We Timothy Lord and Nathaniel Lord both and each residing of Plantation numbered One North Division, in County Hancock State Maine, and Children of Mary Lord, of said Plantation, County and State do on Oath testify and say, that her age and feeble health, the bad state of the roads the distance, render it impossible for her to make a declaration in open Court.
Witness Ivory Safford
Timothy Lord Nathaniel Lord
Hancock ss
April 21st 1843.
Then personally appeared before me the above named Timothy & Nathaniel Lord, and made oath to the foregoing statement.
Silvanus Twitchell Just of the Peace
Hancock ss
April 21st 1843
I further state and certify that the said Mary Lord, resides at a distance of more than fifty miles from Ellsworth, the Shire town of this County, and the only place where Courts of record holds their sessions, that I am personally acquainted with said Mary, that she is of infirm health, and constitution, and the road between her residence and Ellsworth, is in so bad a condition as very much to increase, the inconveniency of travelling said distance and it is in my opinion, out of the power and ability of said Mary, to obtain a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record to go to her place of residence to take her declaration, no such Justice living nearer than fifty miles, from her residence.
Silvanus Twitchell Just of the Peace

I Noah Cluff of Arundel in the County of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Labourer, sixty three years of age, do in oath testify and depose, that sometime in the month of May 1778 I enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental army for the term of nine months at Arundel aforesaid and joined the company under the command of Capt Daniel Merrill of Colo Samuel Brewer's regiment. That at the time I enlisted, Daniel Lord who then belonged to said Arundel also enlisted for said term of nine months, and accompanied me to White Plains where we joined said company, and from thence marched to Danbury, - thence to Haverford - thence to West Point where we were honorably discharged from the American service on the 15 th day of March 1779. I further certify that said Daniel continued to do his duty as a soldier in said company and regiment until said nine months had expired; - That I was well acquainted with said Daniel at the time he enlisted, and have been from that time to this, and that the Declarant is the same Daniel Lord above named. ———
Attest E. E. Bowdoin Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Noah Cluff mark
York ss. July 3 d 1818. Then the above named Noah Cluff, he being a disinterested witness and credible, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed.
Before me G. W. Wallingford Justice
I Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the county of York in said Commonwealth, hereby certify, that George W. Wallingford is a Justice of the Peace in said county, duly qualified & empowered to act as such.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and the seal of the said Court, the third day of July, A. D. 1818. Daniel Sewall.

I Samuel Miller of Arundel in the County of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Gentleman, do on solemn oath testify and depose as follows - That sometime in the month of June 1778 Daniel Lord then resident in Arundel aforesaid, with several other men arrived at the Camp at White Plains and there joined the Continental army, and was attached to the company commanded by Capt Merrill, of which I was then a Lieutenant, in the regiment commanded by Colo Brewer of the Massachusetts line - and I further depose that the said Lord continued to do his duty until his term of service was expired, when he had an honorable discharge from the army and returned home sometime sometime, I think, in the month of March 1779 - I further say that I have known the said Lord from that time to the present and that the Declarant is the same Daniel Lord above named —
Samuel Miller
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (York ss) July 3 1818 Then the above named Samuel Miller above named (he being a credible and disinterested witness) made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed —
Before me G W Wallingford Justice
I Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern District in said Commonwealth, do certify that George W Wallingford is a justice of the Peace in and for said County of York, duly qualified and impowered to administer oaths. —
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, the third day of July, A. D. 1818.
Daniel Sewall.

Daniel Lard —
Pirate
Col Brewis Regiment
1778 - 9 months

Israel Dorman of Arundel in the county of York and commonwealth of Massachusetts, a woman sixty eight years of age, do on solemn oath testify and depose as follows - That the last of May or first of June 1778 orders came to the town of Arundel for the purpose of enlisting a number of men to reinforce the American army, for the term of nine months, and among the number who enlisted at that time for the nine months service was Daniel Lord a young man then resident in Arundel aforesaid and myself and several others - and soon after enlisting Daniel Lord and myself marched to join the army and when we arrived at West Point, I being a Carpenter was draughted out and put into the works, for the purpose of building the forts and in this employment I continued until my time of service had expired and the said Lord and others proceeded to join the company commanded by Capt Merrill, in the regiment commanded by Col Brener then at White Plains and I saw no more of him until after he and myself had returned home after the time expired - and I verily believe and have no doubt the said Lord served out his full time -
I further depose that the said Daniel is the same Daniel Lord above named I having known him from that time to this -
Israel Dorman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts York ss July 3 rd 1810 Then Israel Dorman above named (he being a credible and disinterested witness) and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed - before me
G. Wallingford Justice
I Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the county of York in said Commonwealth, hereby certify, that George W. Wallingford is a Justice of the peace in and for said county of York, duly empowered and qualified to act as such.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and the seal of the said Court, the third day of July, A. D. 1810.
Daniel Sewall.

Middlesex Claim act July 1. 1848 -
for 2 to 96. doz. $30 per annum coming 1 July 1848.
G. B. Moody Bangor Me

State of Maine.
Penobscot, ss.
I, William C. Billiard, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County certify that
N. Webster and George B. Moody
Esquires and acting Justices of the Peace, in and for said County, as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such;
and that the signatures purporting to be theirs  his and genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for said State, this Twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one
Wm C Billiard Clerk.

Declaration
For increase and arrears of Pension under the act of July 1, 1848.
State of Maine } ss County of Penobscot }
On this seventh day of April A.D. 1851 personally appear- ed before me a Justice of the Peace with- in and for said County Mrs Mary Lord a Resident of Enfield late a Res- ident of Lowell in said County aged Ninety one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Dec- laration in order to obtain such increase and arrears of Pension as she may be en- titled to under the provisions of said Act or any existing Acts or Joint Resolutions.
I am the Widow of Daniel Lord who was a soldier in the War of the Revo- lution who died April 10, 1839 and who prior to his decease drew a Pen- sion for many years under the act of March 18, 1818 - I have drawn a Pen- sion under the acts of 7 th July 1838

3 rd March 1843 & subsequent Acts, upon my application hearing date about April 21. 1843 at the rate of thirty old pounds per annum, a sum much smaller than the Pension of my Husband the said Daniel Lord under the said Act of 1818.
I further declare that I am still a widow
Witness
John L. Chamberlain Mary her X Lord Melinda Chamberlain mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above mentioned
Before me N. Webster Justice of the Peace
I certify that the Declarant is personal- ly known to me and that she is the iden- tical person she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
Geo. B. Moody Justice of the Peace

Bangor April 11, 1851
Sir
I present the claims of Mary Lord widow of Daniel Lord under act of July 1, 1848 - for increase & annuity of Pension - with Pension Certificate Very Respectfully Yam Obedient
Geo. B. Moody Hon J. E. Heath Commr of Pensions.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2 nd February 1848 entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution"
State of Maine ) County of Penobscot ( ss
On this sixth day of September A.D. 1848 personally appeared before me Joseph Porter a Justice of the Peace for the County of Penobscot & State aforesaid Mary Lord a resident of Lowell in the said County of Penobscot aged Eighty-seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, states on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February 1848, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; that she is the Widow of Daniel Lord who was a private in the Army of the Revolution; but in what regiment he served she does not recollect & has not now in her possession any documentary proof to establish, but begs leave to refer to the Papers in the Pension Office which accompanied the claim of her said

Husband for the Pension which was granted him in his lifetime and to those filed by her in her application for a Pension under the act of July 7 th 1838, for the particulars of his service - and she further declares that she received a pension of thirty dollars per annum under the act of 17 th June 1844 -
She further declares that she is still a widow. Witness Wm M Lord
Joseph Porter
Her Mary X Lord Mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me
Joseph Porter Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me or that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Joseph Porter Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Penobscot ss.
I William T. Hilliard Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Joseph Porter is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County as appears by the paper hereto annexed, that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his commission is dated March 4 th 1847 and will expire March 4 th 1854; and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State this 16 th day of September Anno Domini 1848.
W m T. Hilliard
Clerk

Declaration State of Maine County of Hancock S.S.
On this thirteenth day of December A.D. 1843 personally appeared before me John W. Fish a Justice of the Peace within & for said County Mary Lord a resident of Plantation in her the North Division County of Hancock aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn, ac- cording to law, states on her oath, makes the follow- ing declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, pas- sed on the 3 rd March 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Rev- olutionary war.
That she is the widow of Daniel Lord who was a private in the Continental Army, as she thinks more than two years - who served as she has always understood & believes in the Reg- iment commanded by Col. Brainerd & the Com- pany commanded by Capt. Daniel Merrill for some months of the above period in the 1777 or 1778 at Chest Point & White Plains & for further particulars she begs leave to re- fer to the records in the Department of Pensions which show the proof of service under which he obtained a pension of ninety six dollars per year - And that she the said Mary has re- ceived a Pension of thirty dollars per year from March 4 th 1836 to March 14, 1841 under the act of July 7, 1835. She further declares that she is still a widow
Notary John W. Fish Ivory D. Hobbs
her Mary X Lord mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year before above written by the said Mary Lord and I certify that the said Mary Lord is per- sonally known to me.
Before me
John W. Fisk Justice of the Peace for said County of Hancock.
State of Maine
I hereon attest George A. Brown Clerk of the Superior Judicial Court within & for the County of Hancock hereby certify that John W. Fisk whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the time of subscribing the same an acting Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Hancock, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty four.
G. W. Brown Clerk S.P. Court for said County

9077
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Geo. B. Moody Bangor Me

30413
Moaine
Mary Lord widow of Daniel Lord
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private increased from 30 dollars per annum
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March , 1848.
first July
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of April and sent to
G B Moody Bangor Maine
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 21 Vol. 1
Ex by [illegible] sec 18

V 4898
Maine
Mary Lord widow of Daniel Lord who was a private in the Mass ts Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the Eighth day of Feby 1844 and sent to
Geo B Moody Bangor Me
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. / Page 13

Maine 7407
Feb 13 th July
widow of Mary Lord Daniel Lord
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 10 th April 1839 of Hancock (in the State of Maine) who was a private — in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt: commanded by Col: Brewer — in the Massachusetts line for 9 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the — 12 th — day of July 1843 — and sent to George B. Moody, Bangor, Maine
Whole amount due . . . . . $150.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Salisbury Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 — Page 14
Recd (Amount) also Geo. Moody

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24, 5-82
Mary Lord Wid of Daniel Lord Rev. Rev. War
Act Feb 2 d 1848.
Index : Vol A , Page 444
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Maine
Penobscot L.S. Court of Probate within & for said County April Term A.D. 1843 -
Be it Known, that on this eighth day of May in the year of our Lord 1843, it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, that Daniel Lord late of Plantation No. One North Di- vision & County of Hancock was a Pensioner of the United States, and that he died at said No. One on the tenth day of April A.D. 1839 - and that Mary Lord of said No. One is the Widow of said Daniel Lord deceased -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court & subscribed my name this eighth day of May in the year 1843 -
Sam d Cony } Judges
State of Maine
Penobscot ss.
Probate Office Bangor May 8 th AD 1843.
I do hereby certify that Samuel Cony Esquire is Sole Judge of Probate within and for the County of Penobscot in the state of Maine, and that the signature of said Judge is genuine, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of said Court.
John Williams Register of Probate for said County

Miss Lord
Payment to be made at Portland
by
William Woodbury Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Maine
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 21 Vol. 1
Geo. H. Perkins
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Mary Lord widow of Marius Lord , who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, 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 War Office of the United States this 18th day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty nine .
Wm. L. Ware
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Bangor Sept. 16. 1848
James L. Edwards Esq Home of Penins Sir
Herewith I send Mrs Mary Lord's papers for Pen- sion of Feb. last.
Very Respectfully Yours
Geo. B. Moody

Bangor Aug. 10. 1843
James L. Edwards Esq Sir
With this are the Declarations of Mary Lord & Sarah Winchester for the Pension allowed by act of March 1843 -
Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt
Geo. B. Moody
Atty to said Widows -

W. H. H. H.
Feb 6 1844
Retd care
Me
Mar 3 1843
Mary Lord

Bangor May 31. 1844
J. L. Colvins Esq Commisioner of Revenues Sir
I return the declaration of Mary Lord with the certificate of personal knowl- edge & the Magistrate's authority & signature duly authenticated.
Very Respectfully
Yours
Geo. B. Moody

Bangor May 20. 1843
James L. Edmonds Esq Sir
Inclosed with this is an application of Mary Lord Widow of Daniel Lord for a Pension under the act of 1838, together with other papers - I trust they will be regarded as sufficient. Her age & infirmities, & poverty, together with her distance from the shire town of the County & the badness of the Roads have made it impossible to go before a Court of Record or to get a Judge of a Court of Record to go to her residence to take her deposition, which she has therefore made before a Justice of the Peace - and the proof of the other facts relative her marriage has been made before the Court of Probate in this County & is certified to by the Judge, because it was attended with less expense & trouble to produce the proofs here than it would have been at Ellsworth in the Co. of Hancock. She has stated all she can recollect as to the service of her Husband, but the papers on file in your Department in his case will show further particulars. I trust these papers will prove sufficient to entitle her to the full pension of $96 which was the pay of her Husband in the Army, for 5 years from the 4 th March 1836 to 4 th March 1841 & under the law of last Winter

to one year Premium in addition - Have the goodness to forward to me the certificate in case the application proves successful -
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Geo. B. Moody

Maine -
Reg d & Ex d

Bangor July 15 - 1820
Mr. J. C. Calhoun Esq.
Dear Sir, I am sorry to trouble you with single cases of pension declarations, but can assist it in the present instance
— Please to forward me with the result of the inland, where you shall have determined what to do with it —
Very respectfully                      Your obedt
Servt Jacob W. Gaus