Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9,122, for Reuben Leighton, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Leighton Reuben Sally
NUMBER _____
W 9.122 B.L.W. 30756-160-55-
CONTENTS

Increase
No. 21, 1745
Massachusetts (Boston)
Sally Leighton widow of Reuben Leighton Mass who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
27 July 1868, Recd. pay to made since Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of March 1869 and sent to
Luther E. Shepard Lowell Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 13 Vol. 16, No. 2
3/53 D. M. Smith July 27/68

10.004.
Massachusetts
Ruben Leighton
of Westford in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the reg t commanded by Col Reed in the Mass line for 11 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 39 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of March 1832 and sent Samuel Dana of Boston Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $78.66
Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 1833 119.66
$198.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H Blake Clerk, Book D Vol. 27 Page 49.

Capt. Hovey
Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 10 p. 56
War of Revolution
Pensioner
Feb 5-3-2143
AD: 160000 per 14/56
[Signature]
[Signature]
Abel Prescott
Fringe Village Worcester Co. Mass
Vol L. page 56.

APPLICATION FOR BOUNTY LAND.
(By the Widow of a deceased person who has not had a Land Warrant.)
STATE OF Massachusetts COUNTY OF Middlesex
On this twentysventh day of April A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sally Leighton aged seventysix years, a resident of Westfence in the State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the widow of Reuben Leighton deceased, who was a private soldier in the company commanded by Captain Glover in the war of the Revolution .
Proof of his services and also of her being a widow entitled to charity pension may be found on file which was made when she obtained the certificate the entitling her  Regiment to a pension  said certificate dated  May 16 th A.D. 1854  in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812. Recorded on the Roll of Pensioners under the Act of February 3 rd A.D. 1853 Page 42 Vol. A.
that her said husband at  on or about the  day of  A. D.  for the term of  and continued in actual service in said war for the term of  and was honorably discharged at  on the  day of  A. D.
She further states that she was married to the said Reuben Leighton in Carlisle on the fourth day of April A. D. 1805 , by one Asa Berlin a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Sally Wilson that her said husband died at Westfence on the ninth day of September A. D. 1844 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855. She also declares that she has not received a pension for bounty service under this or any other act of Congress nor made any other application therefore. She prays that the necessary further leave may be given her to file Rescott George Village Mass. Sally Leighton

STATE OF Massachusetts } ss COUNTY OF Middlesex }
We, Amos Leighton and Eliza Leighton residents of Wethersfield in the State of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sally Leighton in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. That she is the identical person holding the certificate described in the declaration
Amos Leighton.
Eliza Leighton.
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Ephraim Hhat, Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF } COUNTY OF ss. }
I,
certify that
whose signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; that in the day of A. D. 185 such are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand
this day of
A. D. 185

State of Massachusetts, County of Middlesex
We Elvira Leighton and Amos Leighton having been duly sworn or deposed and say that we well knew Reuben Leighton of Westford Massachusetts who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution whose widow now applies for Bounty Land, that we knew him for more than twenty years before his death which occurred at Westford the ninth day of September A.D. 1844 That we have known his said widow from his death to this time that she has remained unmarried that she is the identical person that signed the accompanying declaration that we are disinterested
Elvira Leighton Amos Leighton.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me thirtieth day of April A.D. 1855 April 27 th 1855 Middlesex S.S.
Ephraim Abbot, justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace, that Sally Leighton is the widow remaining unmarried of Reuben Leighton who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution that the said Reuben Leighton died at Westford on or about the ninth day of September A.D. 1844 Since I certify that I knew of the death of said Reuben Leighton as I was in the neighborhood at the time.
Middlesex S.S. April 27, 1855.
Ephraim Abbot jus. Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss.
On this seventh day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before the Hon. Samuel P. P. Fay, Judge of Probate within and for the County of Middlesex in open Court, Sally Leighton of Westford in said County of Middlesex and State aforesaid, Widow, aged seventy five years who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed the 29 th day of July 1840 who now is the widow of Deacon Reuben Leighton late of said Westford, deceased a private in the Revolutionary Army and a pensioner to the time of his de- cease which took place on the ninth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four for services rendered as a private in said Revo-

lutionary Army, for proof of service and the time of the decease of the said Reuben Leighton reference may be had to the files in the Pension Office.
She further declares that she was married to the said Deacon Reuben Leighton on the fourth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and five; that her said husband, Deacon Reuben Leighton died on the ninth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four; that she was not married to him prior to her leaving the service but only at the time above mentioned; She further swears that she is now a widow and has ever been from the decease of her said husband, Deacon Reuben Leighton and that she has never before made any application for a pension. Sally Leighton
*
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written

before.
J. P. C. Fay Judge of Probate
State of Massachusetts } ss. Middlesex County }
I, A. A. Prescott, Register of Probate within and for the County of Middlesex and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Hon. Samuel P. P. Fay is the Judge of Probate for said County & State duly commissioned & qualified; and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this twentieth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
A. A. Prescott Reg.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Norfolk Sc.
On this twenty fifth day of January in the year one thousand eight hun- dred and fifty four personally ap- pointed before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said County, George F. Duren of Easton in the County of Middlesex and State aforesaid, Clerk of said Town, and deposes and says that the records of said Town con- tain the following marriage, as follows. viz. April the fourth in the year one thousand eight hundred & five- were married Mr. Reuben Leighton and Miss Sally Wilson both of East- on in the County of Middlesex by Asa Pulin Justice of the Peace. and that it is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date which is in legible figures, as follows April the 4. 1805.
I George F. Duren above named, depose and say that I hold

the office of Town Clerk in the Town, county, and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town of Carlisle with the exception above named, as certified by me J. H. Dorr Town Clerk Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.
Fisher A. Kingsbury Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, February 2 d 1854
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Fisher A. Kingsbury was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court. 11. signature of the Justice is genuine
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
William Lloyd Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Stephen Leighton 19. 443
Prob 11 Mo & 24 days A.M.
839.33.
Saml. Dana Esq. Groton Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  Reuben Leighton  of Westford in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In Autumn 1777 3 private Col o Reed & Capt: Wood   1779 (Bangs) 3 18 private Col o Tyler & Capt: Haney   In June 1780 3 8 private Col o How & Capt: Wright  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? In Westford  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by 3 living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not attached according to regulations 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.
The certificate of the Secretary of the commonwealth of Massachusetts shows that Reuben Leighton is on the rolls of said commonwealth —

Declaration of Purbeck Leighton
1944-45
Please to send my Certificate direct to my Agent Sam Dana Esq. Gorton MS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
County of Middlesex
ss.
On this seventeenth
day of August  AD 1832
Concord
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas  Probate now sitting at within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth
foresaid
Reuben Leighton of Westford aged 70 years
Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
1 st That in the autumn AD 1777 he agreed to enter the service and guard Burgoyne's troops then laying at Winterhill for three months and he enlisted in the Company of Capt. Isaac Weeks of Hopkintown his Lts. were Solomon Woods and Joshua Longley and his Company was in Col. John Reed's Regt. he gained his Company and with them, did duty at Winterhill for three months when he was discharged.
2 nd In AD 1779 he engaged to go to Rhode Island for six months and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Hovey of Cambridge  Company his Lts. were Simon of Stow , and Nathaniel of Waltham his order ly Seyant was one Mason of Lincoln and his Company was in the Regt. of Col. Tyler of Bridgewater of the Mass. Forces . He was mustered at Concord and joined his Company and marched to Rhode Island , and was there in the early part of the summer season, after the British left Rhode Island , they were stationed at Newport and there he completed his term of service and was discharged having served full six months.
3 rd In the month of June AD 1780 he engaged to serve three months at Rhode Island and enlisted in the Company of Capt. Leach of Westford in Col. Cyprian Hovey's Regt. of Mass. Forces , his Company marched from Westford to Rhode Island and were there encamped at Battle Hill where we continued and did duty until we served the term of three months, when we were regularly discharged and returned home to Westford again.

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to and
J. P. P. Bay  Wm. Brewster  Reuben Leighton We Leonard Luce Commonwealth of Massachusetts
a Clergyman residing in the town of Wadsworth in the county of Middlesex and Jonathan Prescott of the same Wadsworth hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Reuben Leighton who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed before me  Sam. Dana  Justice of the Peace for all the counties in said Commonwealth.
Leonard Luce Jonathan Prescott
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that The Rev. Leonard Luce who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the the Town of Wadsworth aforesaid , and that Jonathan Prescott Esq. is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Fisher  Master Probate in and for the county of Middlesex do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Reuben Leighton for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Isaac Fisher
And I further certify that John Abbot , Joel Adams and Jonathan Prescott Esq. are Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, and that their respective signatures to the captions on the Depositions of Simothy Adams , Simothy Proctor , and Nathan Wright appear to be their proper signatures.
Isaac Fisher
m

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex on the seventeenth day of August A. D. 1832 On the application of Reuben Leighton, claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year, were you born?
Answer,
In Littleton Ms. Mar. 21 st A.D. 1762
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer,
I have no record, but my name is recorded in Littleton
3. Did you ever receive any written discharge from service?
Ans r I never received any such discharge
4. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer,
In Westford, where I have since and now do live.
5. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Answer,
I was a volunteer except my tour to Cambridge when I was a substitute for John Oliver born of Littleton.
6. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer,
I saw Gen. Putnam at Cambridge
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer,
Rev. Leonard Luce. Dr. Paul Kittredge. John Abbot Esq. Jonathan Prescott Esq. Mr. Nahum Graft Esq.
Reuben Leighton
Sworn to me J. M. Fay Prob

Affidavit of Timothy Proctor in the case of Reuben Leighton
Affidavit of Timothy Proctor in the case of Reuben Leighton
Timothy Proctor Affidavit

Affidavit of Timothy Proctor in the case of Reuben Leighton
Affidavit of Timothy Proctor in the case of Reuben Leighton
Timothy Proctor affidavit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 27 1832
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Reuben Leighton is borne on "a Pay roll of the company of Capt. Thomas Hovey, Col. Nathan Tyler's regiment of new levies from the Massachusetts State for their state pay for service, done in the State of Rhode-Island, agreeable to a resolve of Court passed 2 d of June 1779" for the space of 4. months and 19. days from the 12. th of July 1779.
Again, on a Pay roll of the same officers, for service done at the same place, in the month of December for the space of 27. days. Discharge dated December 22 d 1779.
Again, his name is borne on "A Pay roll of the company in the Massachusetts State's service, under the command of Capt. Zacharius Wright in Col. Cyprian Hovey's regiment" for the space of 3. months and 6. days, time to return home included from the 30. th of June 1780. Time of discharge dated Oct. 30. 1780 —
I further certify, that there is no roll of Capt. Isaac Wood's company, on which the name

of Reuben Leighton is contained, on file in this office —
Edward D. Bangs, Secy

Nathan Wright of Westford in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being sixty-nine years of age, do depose and say that in the month of June 1780 I enlisted into the United States service, and marched from said Westford to Rhode Island and was stationed at Butts hill on the Island, I went for three months and was in the service that term of time, I was acquainted with Reuben Lighton of said Westford who enlisted into said service at the same time I did, and marched with me from said Westford and continued in said service in the same company said three months, and at the expiration of said three months were regularly dismissed and returned to said Westford. The regiment was commanded by Col Hove of Marlborough Massachusetts, and the company by Capt Zachues Wright of said Westford.
Nathan Wright
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex, ss. July 25 th 1832 Then the above named Nathan Wright whom I believe to be a man of veracity, and doubt not his declarations are entitled to full credit, personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed, is true before me
Govt Prescott Justice of the Peace

I, Timothy Adams, of Cavendish in the county of Windsor and state of Vermont, heretofore of Westford in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being seventy years of age, do depose and say, that in the early part of the summer season of the year 1779, I entered into the United States service, and marched from said Westford, and was stationed the first part of the time at Providence in Rhode Island. I went for six months and was in said service that term, as near as I can recollect. I was acquainted with Reuben Leighton of said Westford, who entered into said service at the same time I did, and marched with me from said Westford, and continued in said service in the same company said six months. After the British left Newport in said Rhode Island, we were ordered there, where we completed our term of service and were regularly dismissed, and returned to said Westford, as I think in the month of December. The regiment was commanded by Col Tyler of Bridgewater in Massachusetts, and the company by Captain Hovey, who lived in what was then called, Little Cambridge, now Brighton, in said Massachusetts. Timothy Adams
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Middlesex ss. July 28 th . 1832 Then the above named Timothy Adams, whom I believe to be a man of veracity, and doubt not his declarations are entitled to full credit, personally appeared and made oath that, the above affidavit by him subscribed, is true before me.
John Abbott Justice of the Peace

Tim o Adams affidavits
Affidavit of Timothy Adams in the case of Reuben Lighton
The County of

I Timothy Proctor of Cavendish in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, being sixty nine years of age, do depose and say, that some time in the Spring of year 1778, I enlisted into the United States Service for the term of three months, marched to Cambridge in this State, where I remained doing duty as a private in Capt. Isaac Wood's Company, in Col. Jonathan Read's Regiment, and I do further depose and say that I then knew Ruben Leighton now of Westford, and I often saw said Leighton at Cambridge during this time, doing duty there in the same Regiment with me, as a private, I do not now recollect with certainty his Captain's name, but I think he belonged to Capt. Hunt's or Capt. Wood's Company. Simo Me (Proctor)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
June 27th. 1832. The the above named Timothy Proctor personally appeared and made oath that the above written affidavit, by him subscribed was true
Before me Joel Adams. Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
June 26 th 1855
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed.
Francis Abbot was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Reuben Leighton
$39.33
Payments to be made at Boston Mass by the Pres d of B o Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Mass.
Corrected
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book N. Vol. 2 nd Page 29. by J H S o Blair Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Reuben Leighton of the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution.
is entitled to receive Thirty Nine — dollars and Thirty Three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Fifteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-Three
Isaac Bab
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Weymouth March 26. 1883
Sir
Mrs Sally Leighton, I suppose from the enclosed proofs, is entitled to the same amount of pension which her late husband received from his decease. Her husband received a pension but a short time before his decease, and there was arrears of considerable amount due him before his pension certificate was issued if that is allowable - to which she, the present applicant would be entitled.
I hope her case may have a decision upon it soon.
Yours truly
H. A. Kingsbury
The Commr, Comr of Pensions Washington City Dale

case of Sally Leighton, wid. of Reuben, Middlesex County and State of Mass. act 3. Feb'y 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
This claim was a pension under the Act of June 1832,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
J. A. Kingsbury, Esq., Weymouth, Mass. Name and residence of Agent
D. C. Boynton Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF WAR JAN 22 1853 PENSION OFFICE
Isaac C. Barnes 42.70 42.70
Payment to be made at Boston by
Isaac C. Barnes
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Massachusetts
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 112 Vol. 11
G. T. Getty Clerk.

Department of the Interior.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853.
Sally Leighton „ widow of Reuben Leighton „ who was a Private — in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty Nine , dollars and Thirty Three , 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 Sixteenth , day of May , one thousand eight hundred and fifty four .
W. L. C. Claiborne
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
S. P. Hildreth Commissioner of Pensions.
Andrew 70 years 1826 74 1865
John E. Walden

FROM THE OFFICE OF L. E. SHEPARD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tyler's Block, : : Central St.
Lowell, Mass., Jan 21 1868
Hon. C. C. Cobb,
Dear Sir:
I send this note to explain the signature of Sally Leighton, of Westford, Mass. She is quite old and infirm, but possesses her reason to a remarkable degree, and was quite pleased to be able to write her name, although you can hardly read it.
The Mrs. Leighton is a neighbor of old Mrs. Leighton and I could not get nearly the very easily to witness her name before the clerks of our Police Court.
I wish you would ex

am sure the claim of our for Sally Leighton needs the money very much and she will not know it many years of the longest.
If any thing more is needed please inform me at once and much oblige
Yours in haste L. E. Shepard.

Increase Brief in the Case of Sally Leighton Widow of Reuben Private Rev. War. Westford Middlesex County and State of Massachusetts - Boston Act 2 d Sec Feb. 3. 1853.
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A pensioner on the roll of Mass. at $39.33 for annual certificate returned.
She claims increase as provided by Act of July 27. 1868.
Personal identity shown.
Admitted Feb 23. 1869 to a pension at $96. per ann to commence July 27. 1868. deducting pay since
Name and residence of Agent,
Luther E. Shepard Lowell Mass.
H. E. Frank Examining Clerk.

Sally Leighton, wid: of Reuben,
Middlesex Co.
Mass
Oct 15 3 .
$39. \frac{33}{100} per An:
Com: Feb: 37853.
Rev
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business.
H. A. Kingsbury, Brimfield, Mass. Commissioner.

JR Hon. Loren P. Waldo Corners of Pennon, Washington City D. C.

Memphis Sally Leighton Rev. Ransom Leighton
Boymtown 1833
The Commissioners of Pensions Washington City D. [Signature]

✓ 20.736
J Nov 1887

Weymouth, Norfolk Co. Mass.
April 7. 1854
Sir:
I herewith forward the affidavit of Rev. Samuel S. Leighton, son of Deacon Reuben Leighton deceased, and his widow Sally Leighton to prove the present & continual widowhood of said Sally Leighton from the decease of her husband, said Reuben Leighton, whose claim for a pension has been suspended for lack proof. Her pension ought to commence from 1831.
Yours truly
Fisher A. Kingsbury
Loren P. Waldo William T. Phillips Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9122
Sally Leighton
Wid
Reuben Leighton
Print Rev War
Act: July 27  1868.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 436
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No. 4481 Gally, Leighton, Wiv: of Reuben.
Set. to F. A. Kingsbury 28 th March 1871.
100/63

4143.
Massachusetts.
Sally Leighton, widow of Reuben:
who served in the Revolution-
ary war, as a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 39. Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 16 th day of May 1854. and sent to
J. A. Kingsbury Weymouth Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 112. Vol. A. 7
179617

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Norfolk ss.
On this seventh day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a justice of the peace within and for the County of Norfolk and State aforesaid, Rev. Samuel S. Leighton of Londonderry in the State of New Hampshire, who is personally known to me, the said justice, and deposes and says that he is the son of Deacon Reuben Leighton, late of Westford in the County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, now deceased; that his father, said Reuben Leighton, as he always understood and verily believes was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, and afterwards received a pension for a short time for services rendered during the war of the Revolution and to the time of his decease; that the said Reuben Leighton died on the ninth day of September in the year 1844; that my mother Sally Leighton, who, he is

given to understand and verily believes, is an applicant for a pension under the several acts of Congress in relation thereto, has always been known to me from my earliest recollection was the wife of the said Reuben Leighton and is now the widow of the said Reuben Leighton and has so al- ways remained to this day from the decease of my said father the said Reuben Leighton Samuel S. Leighton.
Subscribed and sworn to by the Rev. Sam- uel S. Leighton on the day and year above- mentioned before
Fisher A. Kingsbury
Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 7 th 1854.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date hereof Sirha A. Kingsbury is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to her acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court. The signature of the justice is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. H. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex
On this Twenty first day of January, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, personally appeared before me Samuel P. Hadley Jr., clerk of the Police Court of Lowell, the same being a court of Record in the County and State aforesaid, Sally Leighton, aged Eighty nine years, a resident of Westford, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Sally Leighton to whom was granted a Pension Certificate No. 4143 (if the figures on the inside of the certificate show the number of said certificate,) payable at Boston at the rate of $3.27 3 / 4 per month, being the sum of thirty-nine dollars and three  four cents per annum, issued under the act of February 3, A.D. 1853, the 2d section; which is
That she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section of the act of July 27, 1868; that she hereby constitutes and appoints Luther E. Shepard, Esquire, of Lowell, County and State aforesaid, her true and lawful Attorney, and authorises him to present and prosecute this claim and to receive and receipt for all orders or certificates that may be issued in consequence thereof, hereby revoking all Powers of Attorney, if any, heretofore given by her for a like purpose.

Sally Leighton
Post Office address is as follows — Westford, Middlesex Co. Mass. — Said Pension certificate is Recorded in Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act of February 3d 1853, Page 12 Vol 4. Sally Leighton
Also personally appeared Eliza B. Leighton and E. Maria Stone both of Westford, Middlesex County, Mass. persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Sally Leighton, sign her name to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to be- lieve, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the iden- tical person she represents herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim
X Eliza B. Leighton
X E. Maria Stone.
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this twenty first day of January, A.D. 1869, and hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
X Saml. Wadsworth Clerk of the Police Court of Framingham.