Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 26252, for Henry Mc Causland, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.)
McLaustrand, Henry Abiah
W 26252
CONTENTS

5962.
Maine.
Henry McCausland, Private.
Massachusetts line, 3 years in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of May 1818. —
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of January 1819 and att d R. L. Vose, Augusta, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818. 3 m 22 d 4/30. 30.73 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 - 48.00
$78.73
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Augusta,
Continued.
Expenditure
Notification sent to Hon. Col. Ben. Eng. Augusta Me. 15 July 1820.

Maine
Abiah M c Gausland & Henry M c Gausland dec d .
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died in the August 1829 of Kennebec in the State of Me. who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Jackson in the M s . time for 3 years
Encribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Mar. 1839 and sent Geo. W. Morton Augusta Me.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 39, $240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 40.00 $280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
N. Addison Clerk, Vol. 1 st Page 15
Recorded by Book A

State of Maine.
Nunnebec, ss Clerk's Office, Oct. 4 th , 1838.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within & for said County of Nunnebec, hereby certify, that among the Justice papers of the late Joseph North, Esq., who was a Justice of the Peace for said County, & which papers were many years ago returned to this Office in compliance with law, is found the certificate of which the following is a true copy, viz;
Pittston June 11 th 1783.
This is to certify that Henry McCausland Junr & Abiah Stackpole both of this town have been lawfully published.
Will m . Barker Town Clerk.
Upon which original certificate is endorsed, June twelfth, seventeen hundred & eighty three, in full, legible figures as follows, viz. "June 12. 1783." By which indorsement it is evidently intended to show, that the said Henry McCausland, Junr & Abiah Stackpole were married by the said Joseph North on the twelfth day of June seventeen, hundred & eighty three.
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, & subscribe my name this 4 th day of October 1838.
Thos. Swan.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Henry M c Cauley , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Augusta , in the said County of Hennebec , in the District of Maine, on the ninth day of May , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty seventh day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston Jun. C. Just. C. C. C. P. 2 d E. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. M. D. 1818

Henry W Gausland
Augusta Pr. Col. H. Jackson, Mass. Reg. 1777 to 1780.
May 9. th 1818.
Admitted

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Henry McCausland, aged fifty nine years, a citizen of the United States, born in Hampstead in the District of Maine, now resident in Augusta in said District, upon oath testify and declare that in April 1777 I enlisted as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy upon the continental establishment, for the period of three years, in Capt Benjamin Parton's company and Col Henry Sherburne's regiment of the Rhode Island troops or line; I served in the company commanded by Capt Parton about the term of one year, when I was transferred to the company commanded by Capt Joshua Hapton in the same regiment and line. The period of my enlistment I fully served out and took my honorable discharge from the army at Elizabethtown in April 1780. I was discharged as belonging to said Capt Hapton's company. My discharge I gave many years since to General Dearborn, and have never seen it since, and is not now to my knowledge in existence. I was at the battle on Rhode Island under General Spencer. From my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support. And I hereby relinquish all my claims to any pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine.
Henry McCausland
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss
On the ninth day of May A D 1818 Henry McCausland above named, after having been carefully examined made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed.
Before me Nathan Weston Esq Chief Just. C. Court C. Pleas, second eastern circuit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Couch of Hallowell in the District of Maine upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with Henry McCausland above named. I know that he served as a continental soldier in the war of the revolution, more than two years of the period by him above stated, as I served in the same regiment with him. And I fully believe he served the whole time by him stated. From his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
John Couch

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Humane p
On the twenty seventh day of May A.D. 1818 John Couch within named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the within deposition, by him subscribed. Before me,
Nathan Weston Jm C. Just
C.C.C. Pres 2 d E. circuit.

455
Henry Mc Caustland
William
Augusta - 5962
Jan 1811
Robert F. Vose, Augusta Maine

State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Ken- nebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and that the original was exhibited in open 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, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Thirteen dollars and  cents , and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Thirteen dollars and  cents .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fourth day of June 1820.
Jn Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of of Kennebec

Copy,
State of Maine.
455
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this Tuesday first day of June, 1820, personally appeared before  in open court before Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Pitt Dillingham aged 78 years, resident in Augusta in the County of Kennebec within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain and Regiment commanded by Colonel
of the line of the State of Maine upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of who has been duly appointed guardian to the person of Henry McCausland, who is incapable of taking an oath the said McCausland served in the Revolutionary war in Benton's company, and Sherburne's Regiment of the Massachusetts line, upon the continental establishment three years
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the month day of May 1818; that he is now on the Pension
Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 5962. And I, the said
do further 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.
And the said Pitt Dillingham, Guardian of the person of the said Henry McCausland as aforesaid, hereon before produces and exhibits
The following is a Schedule of my  the whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz: of him the said Henry McCausland, viz. Thirteen dollars in cash.
He has no income except his Pension. Except the above and his necessary bedding and clothing, he has no property or income what ever.
Pitt Dillingham Guardian of the person of the said Henry McCausland.
Subscribed and sworn to by the said guardian according to his best knowledge and belief on the twenty first day of June 1820
Before me Nathan Weston Jr G.J.C.C. Pleas.

Attnu Copy
Attnu John Davis clk.

V405 Abiah McCausland widow of Henry McCausland
admitted Pr. #80.
died 21 Sept 1829 Preston list.
March 25.
Georgetown Augusta Maine.

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."
STATE OF MAINE.
County, ss.
ON this thirteenth day of August A. D., 1838, personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine. Abiah McCausland.
a resident of Gardiner in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged seventy three years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, 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 pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Henry McCausland late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under Act of Congress of March 18. 1818. She believes he furnished the War Department with the evidence of his services in the War of the Revolution to which she refers.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Henry McCausland on the tenth day of June in the year seventeen hundred and eighty three ; that her husband, the aforesaid Henry McCausland died on the eleventh day of August 1829. at Augusta, Me. ; 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 and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. Her maiden name was Abiah Stackpole that I was married at Pittston Me.
Abiah McCausland mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me (the applicant being unable from infirmity to appear in person) Nathan Weston C.J. S.P.C.

State of Maine
On the thirteenth day of August, 1830, Abiah McCandland, the applicant within named, was examined and sworn, as within stated. She exhibited to me this family record, of the authenticity of which I have no doubt, from which it appears, and I am satisfied of the fact, that she was married to Henry McCandland, late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, on the tenth of June, 1783. I am further satisfied that the said Henry McCandland deceased in the month of August 1829, and that the applicant has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston Ch Just J.P.C.
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec ss.
I the subscriber clerk of the County of Kennebec hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon. Nathan Weston before whom the proceedings were had, is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maine. I also CERTIFY, That the depositions contains the original proceedings of the said hearing annexed in the matter of the application of purporting to be her an genuine . for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this fourteenth day of August A. D., 1838.
The Seal -

I, Hannah Marston aged forty nine years of Gardner in the County of Franklin do testify and declare upon oath that Abiah McConland now living in said town of Gardner is the widow of Henry Mc- Conland late a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and that she has remained unmarried even since the death of said Henry McConland.
Hannah Marston
State of Maine County of Franklin ss.
August 13. 1828. Subscribed and sworn to. I certify the foregoing a correct copy Before me Nathan Weston C.J. S.P.C.

Augusta, Me Oct 5 1838
Sir,
Your letter of 27 th ult. contains your reasons for not allowing the claim of Mrs Abigail Mc-Camland under Act of July 7. 1838. I herewith transmit a letter from the Hon Nathan Weston, and a certificate of Thomas Severn Esq in support of her claim. It is hoped the letter of the Hon Nathan Weston will satisfactorily do away any objection to her claim arising in consequence of her late husband not mentioning her family in his declaration made under the Act of March 1. 1820, and the certificate of Thomas Severn Esq will be deemed sufficient in establishing the fact of her marriage with the late Henry McCamland,
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt Geo. Weston
J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
July 1 st 1818
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Henry McCausland served as a Soldier in Capt. _____ Company, and Col. Sherburne's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from 18 April 1777 to Decr. 31 st 1779, being two years and 8 months. 13 days transferred.
Helder Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Augusta, Maine, Oct r 3. 1830
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir,
More than forty years ago, Harry McCansland was arrested and committed to prison, on a charge of murder. When brought out for trial, he confessed his guilt, but there being good reason to believe, that the act was done, while he was laboring under mental alienation, he was never sentenced or executed. He was however kept in prison, in the town in which I reside, for the residue of his life. I knew him well. He was generally mild, and manifested a high degree of intellectual power. There can be no doubt whatever but Abiah McCansland, an applicant for a pension, was in truth the afflicted and unfortunate wife, and now remains the widow,

Of the same Henry McCandland, who served in the revolutionary army, and was a pensioner of the United States.
I am your ob. servt.
Nathan Weston

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26.2.5.2 Abiah McCausland wid of Henry McCausland His Mass Line
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Index: Vol. M , Page 26
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Abiah V. Cleveland Maine
Suspended
Per let 27 th Sept. 1838 G. W. Morton,
Act 7 July 1838,