Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22391, for Salmon Temple, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Wass.
NUMBER _____
Temple, Salmon Mary
Nr. 22391
CONTENTS

See letters Nov. 23. 1820 to Salmon Temple and 2 d Feb. 1827 to Hon. S. C. Allen, H. R.
Notation sent to Genl. Temple by Salmon Temple 23 Nov 23 1820 Cert t of Restoration sent to Hon. S. C. Allen 3 d March 1827 at Springfield Massachusetts
4,945 Massachusetts Roll -
Salmon Temple Mass s 9 Line Private 4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Dec r 1818 and sent to Genl. Temple By Judge Greenfield Mass s
  Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 4m s 27 3/4  39:20    Semi-ann l all ce ending 1 st March 1819  48:     87:20  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
about 11 months
Restored 8 March 1827 Heath Franklin Co y

Massachusetts
Mary Temple widow of Salmon Temple Mass who was a Swede
in the Mars. hie for 2 years
Phila Co Pa
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Decr. 1843. and sent to M c E. Bragdon, Nat. of Adams Berkshire Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 55

4.945
Salmon Temple
March 10/19.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, began and holden at Greenfield, within and for the County of Franklin, on Monday the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, et de die in diem to the fifteenth day of the same month,
PERSONALLY appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth, Salmon Temple aged sixty five years, resident in Heath in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
I served from the first of June 1778 to 18 th of April 1779 in Capt. Keith's company in Col. Michael Jackson's Regiment, Larned's Brigade of the Massachusetts line.
I made my original application & declaration before the Hon. Jon a Seavitt, Judge, on the 8 th of April 1818 and received a pension certificate numbered 4,945. and dated Dec. 18. th 1818.
My wife, Molly, is sixty two years old; I have no other family.
I am unable to labour much by reason of the infirmities of age, and cannot carry on my farm alone. I owe nearly four hundred dollars;

and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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.
Salmon Temple
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of July A. D. 1820, before the said Court.
Attest, E. Alvord CLERKE
I ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the aforesaid Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath 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 eleven hundred sixty nine dollars and ninety cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of July, 1820.
E. Alvord CLERK.

Schedule of the estate of Samuel Temple of Heath County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, appli- -cant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1 st 1820.
  Land 45 acres & Buildings 1100.00 1100.00   2 Cows 30.00 - Horse 20.00 - Desk, 1 - Table 1 - Clock 2, 54.00   Case of Drawers 1 - Books 5.00 - Looking glass, 12 - 6.12   Saddle bags, 50 - Trunk, 20 Harrow 1.50 - - - - 2.20   Grind Stone 2.50 - Pot, 50 - Tea kettle 1.00 - - - - 4.00   And irons, 33 - Tongs, 25 - Kettle 3.00 - - - - 3.58   1169.90 
Salmon Temple

33
Mary Temple wid of Salmon de Ad July 7 1838
Allen 2 nd pr $80 pr am comp 4 th March 1839.
Hen
M c Briggs Esq
Lancaster Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss
On this seventh day of August AD 1888
personally appeared before the Hon William P Walker Judge of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Berkshire. Mary Temple a resident of Clarksburgh in the County of Berkshire aged seventy nine 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 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of Salmon Temple who was a pensioner of the United States for services rendered as a soldier during the Revolutionary War for the proof of which she refers to the evidence furnished in that case now on file at the Pension Office at Washington City - She further declared that she was married to the said Salmon Temple on the eighth day of May AD 1780. in the year seventeen hundred & eighty; that her husband the aforesaid Salmon Temple died on the sixth day of March in the year eighteen hundred & thirty seven - 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 & ninety four viz at the time above stated for the evidence of her marriage & the death of her said husband she refers to the papers on file in the pension office transmitted thro' the Hon George A Briggs. Mary her Temple mark - Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before -
W. P. Walker Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss. I the Subscriber Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Berkshire do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of Mary Temple for a pension and that William W. Mathew Esq r is the Judge of said Court and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this Seventh day of August A D 1838
Henry M. Bishop Register of Probate

Salmon Temple line
Jackson's Mass Aug
1778 to 1779
see Robt
Concord
Mass

I Daniel Brugg, one of the Selectmen of the Town of Heath aforesaid testify & say that the aforesaid representation made by the within named Solomon Temple in regard to his situation & circumstances in life, appears to me to be fair & according to the truth. Dated the 17th Day of April A D 1878
Daniel Brugg
State of Massachusetts — Franklin Co. April 18th A D 1878 —
I the undersigned Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit, which includes the County of Franklin aforesaid do hereby certify that from the testimony aforesaid it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Solomon Temple genuine in the Revolutionary War, as he in his Declaration within has set forth, & that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court aforesaid, this eighteenth day of April A D 1878
Jonathan Leavitt

I Salmon Temple of Heath in the County of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts, being a Citizen of the United States, do hereby declare that I belonged to the Army of the United States in the re- bellionary War. I entered the ser- vice about the first of June in the year 1778. I served until a- bout the last of April in the year 1779, in the Continental army com- manded by Capt. Keith, in the Regiment of Col. M. Jackson of the Massa- chusetts Line, when I received a Discharge in writing under the name of Col. Jackson as far as I can recollect but I have lost it & do not know what has become of it. I have some property but am low in the world, being sixty two years of age & quite infirm, & by reason of my reduced circum- stances in life I am in need of assistance from my Country for a support. Dated the 7th day of April A D 1878 — Salmon Temple
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin — April 7th 1878 — The above named Salmon Temple made oath that the Declaration of facts by him subscribed is true — Before me John Leavitt, Judge of the Circuit Court of Com- mon Pleas

Schedule No. 2.
When I exhibited and verified my former Schedule in July 1870 I was indebted to a much larger amount than I expressed in my declaration accompanying that schedule, that declaration was drawn in haste, when others were waiting & impatient for their turn. When I was asked by the agent employed by me to draw the same, I answered without taking time to compute the amount of my debts. At that time I was indebted to Nathaniel E. Russell Esq. more than the whole amount I mentioned; which after making him a payment in part I secured by procuring my son Tilton to give his note jointly with me as surety and at the same time to wit, October 26. 1822 gave a mortgage executed also by the said Tilton of the real estate mentioned in said Schedule as collateral security thereof, the debt at the time I gave said security was $391. 37. I also owed at the time of exhibiting my former schedule to one Jonas Reed since deceased a large debt, amounting with the interest on the 4 th February last to $284. 32. This debt on the day last aforesaid I secured to William Buck Guardian to the Children of the said Jonas in the same manner in which I had before secured the said debt to Nathaniel E. Russell Esq.
I was also at the time of exhibiting my former schedule indebted to many other persons which mostly remain unpaid. After that time I purchased a pair of oxen of Silas Allen Jr for which I gave my note for $100. This

note was sued and my rights in equity to redeem the mortgaged Real Estate aforesaid has been sold at auction to satisfy the judgment, recovered in said suits as will appear by the deed of David Thayer a Deputy of the Sheriff of this County a copy of which is herewith sent to the war office. After I had kept the said cattle about a year I sold them to one Moses B. Dickenson Esq for $70 who made payment thereof to Ephraim Hastings Esq to whom I was indebted about $170. I now owe the said Hastings about $100. the other changes in my property are trifling; some articles have been consumed worn out or lost, & trifling additions have been made.
I have no family excepting my wife, who & myself on account of the infirmities of age are unable to earn a living by labor, & I have no connections able to support me, but am dependent on public or private charity for a support.
April 23. 1873
Salmon Temple
Franklin p- sworn to before me
E. Alvord Justice of the Peace and Clerk of the Sup. Jud. Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN ss.
ON this twenty fourth day of April — 182 3 , personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Common Pleas , being a court of record for the county of Franklin , established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth. Salmon Temple resident in said county, 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 provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he, the said Salmon Temple enlisted for the term of nine months on the first day of June in the year — 177 8 — in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Heath in the regiment commanded by colonel Michael Jackson in the line of the state of Massachusetts — on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until the expiration of said term when he was discharged from the said service, in the Highlands in the state of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt therefrom on account of his property.
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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. That, since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have been made in my property—viz.
my Real Estate has been mortgaged for the payment of debts which I then owed, and the right in equity to redeem the same has been attached and sold on execution as will appear by the deeds copy of the deeds and other papers herewith exhibited and such other changes have been made in my property as are mentioned in the Schedule No. 2, herewith annexed.
A Schedule of property belonging to Salmon Temple of Heath in the County of Franklin appraised by us the subscribers after being duly sworn for that purpose.
  1 old house  10.00.  1 Cow  20.00.  1 Shout  3.00 —  33.00    1 old desk  5.00.  1 Hf table  2.00.  1 old chest  1.00 —  8.00    1 Bed & Bedding  10.00.  1 Beasted  1.50 —    11.50    1 pot & Dishketter  1.50 —  6 Chairs  1.50    3.00    1 small trunk  .75 —  1 Looking Glass  .50 —    1.25    Heath March 31. 1823  $56.75  
Sworn to, and declared, on the twenty fourth day April — before the Court aforesaid.
Attest E. Alvord Clerk
I, Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Salmon Temple did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 fifty six — dollars and Seventy five cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty fourth day of April — 182 3
E. Alvord — Clerk of the Court of the  Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Franklin for the County of Franklin

Mary Temple Wid. of Salomon Mass.
Rej d to Hon G. Briggs May 10 1838 do. July 27 1838
duet 1837

Salmon Temple
Restored, 8 th March 1827, coming 27 Feby 1827, and notification Sent to Hon S. C Allen: Greenfield Mass.
18 Dec 13
March 1879

Reported.
A new Certificate was issued in this case under the opinion of the Attorney General of the 2 d Sep. 1842, which was given in consequence of the Resolution of Congress of the 18 th Aug 1842.
72.
Massachusetts. Mary Temple widow of Salmon Temple
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 16 th March 1837 of Berkshire Co in the State of Mass ts who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col Jackson in the Massachusetts line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836 & ending 16 th March 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Feb y . 1843 and sent to Hon. R. A. Briggs. House of Rep s .
Arrears to the 4 th of Semi-annual allowance ending
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by H. L. Evans — Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 136.

Massachusetts 72
Mary Temple widow of Salmon Temple
who died on the 6th March 1837 of Berkshire in the State of Mass.
who was a Private in the Company, commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't, commanded by Col. Jackson in the U.S. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of a Mass. a at the rate of 50 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 6th day of March, 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Aug. 1838, and sent Sec. of War. Briggs Lawrence Chap. a Arrears to the 4th of March 1838 $79.78 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Sept. " 40.00
$119.78
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not July 4, 1838, Pension due }
Recorded by H. H. Johnson Clerk, Book 4 Vol. 12 Page 136

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22396
Mary Temple
wid of Salomon Temple
Paris Rev war
Act: March 3 d 1/43
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss
On this eleventh day of April AD 1888 personally appeared before the undersigned William P. Walcutt Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Berkshire.
Mary Temple a resident of Adams in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts - being aged seventy nine 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 4 th 1836.
That she is the widow of Salmon Temple who was a Pensioner of the United States for services rendered during the War of the Revolution, for the proof of which, she refers to the evidence furnished in that case, now on file at the Pension Office, at Washington.
She further declares that she was married to the said Salmon Temple on the eighth day of May AD 1780 - That her husband the aforesaid Salmon Temple died on the sixth day of March AD 1837 & that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written.
Subscribed & sworn to the day Mary Temple mark.
W. P. Walcutt Judge of Probate.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss I Henry M. Bishop Register of the Court of Probate for said County

of Berkshire do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Mary Temple for Divorce.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court at Brattle their Eleventh day of June in the year eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
Henry D. Bishop, Register Brattle.

Daniel Temple
Efficiavit
1812

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin Co.
I Daniel Temple of Bernardston in said County of Franklin of lawful age to testify say that Salmon Temple of Heath in said County was justly indebted to me in the sum of thirty three dollars and thirty eight cents in the year 1820. Signed... Daniel Temple
Bernardston February 28 th 1826
Franklin Co. February 28 th 1826
Then Daniel Temple above named personally appeared and made solemn oath that the af- -fidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Sol. Goodale Just. Davis
Bernardston Feby. 28 th 1826
I hereby certify that I am person- -ally acquainted with Daniel Temple the Subscriber of the foregoing affidavit and that he is a credible witness
Sol. Goodale Just. Davis

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Franklin aforesaid do certify that Job Lyoodale Esq. before whom the within affidavit was taken was at the date thereof and now is a Justice of the Peace for the said County duly commissioned and qualified and acting as such under the authority of this Commonwealth. And I further certify that the attestation to the caption thereof is his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County the eighteenth day of December A. D. 1826.

I Daniel Gale of Heath in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Mass- achusetts of lawful age to testify, depose and say, that for eight years last past I have resided in the town of Heath and in the neighborhood of Salmon Temple, that I am personally acquainted with the farm which he once owned, & the same one where he now resides, & the only one of which I have any knowledge of his ever owning - That I have been one of the Assessors for the town of Heath for several years, consequently it became my duty to know the number of acres which it contained, and according to my recollection it was ever assessed as forty five acres and no more. That I consider the forty five acres with the buildings, which was once Salmon Temple's to be worth not more than seven hundred dollars at this time & highly appraised at that, that he is poor & miserous I have not the least  doubt .
Heath 13 Feby 1827
Daniel Gale
Franklin Co.
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day & year abovenamed. Ephraim Hastings, Jus Peace

I hereby certify that Ephraim Hastings within named is a for a number of years but just has been a justice of Peace within a for the County of Franklin appointed. & that the within is his signature. I am also acquainted with Daniel Gole the deponent & know him to be a man of truth & respectability
Feb 24. 1827
J C Allen M.C.

I Nathl E Russell of Greenfield in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age to testify, depose & say that when I called upon Salomon Temple for security of the debt he owed me, I was unwilling to take a mortgage of his property alone , his wife refusing to release her right of dower in the same, and I told him he must get his son Tilton to sign the note with him, and convey his land also, which he did, and for the sum of not Greenfield 17 July 1827. Nathl E Russell
Franklin 17 July 1827
Personally appeared Nathaniel E Russell who signed the foregoing affidavit and made oath that the same was true before me.
Ebenezer Hastings, Jus Pacis

Stephen Hastings Esq is a portion of Pence & the within is his mortgage J. C. Allen M. C.
Nathaniel E Russell is a man of good character a respectable Merchant in Greenfield Mass. J. C. Allen
Feb. 26. 1827.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I Ephraim Hastings of Heath in said County of Franklin of lawful age to witify, Say that in the year 1820 Salmon Temple was justly indebted to me in the sum of Sixty Dollars ----- and as appears by the books of the firm of Hastings, Dickinson & Co of which firm I am one that he was also justly indebted to said firm in the year 1820 in the sum of Seven hundred and 69/100 making in all the sum of one hundred thirty one - dollars sixty nine cents
Heath February March 7. 1826
Ephraim Hastings
Franklin's February  March 6. 1826
Then Ephraim Hastings above named personally appeared & made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me Franklin Ripley Jus. Peace
I hereby certify that I am per- -sonally acquainted with Ephraim Hastings the subscriber of the foregoing af- -fidavit & that he is a credible witness.
Franklin Ripley Jus. Peace

1870
John Hasling's Affidavit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss
I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for the said County of Frank- -lin do certify that Franklin Ripley Esq. before whom within affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified and acting as such under the authority of this Commonwealth. And that the certificate of the caption thereof is done under his genuine hand In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Com- mon Pleas for the County of Franklin aforesaid the eighteenth day of December A. D. 1826
E. Alvord Clerk

War Department, Pension Office, February 2 d . 1827.
Sir,
I have examined the case of Salmon Temple, whose papers you left with me yesterday. It appears from his schedule, exhibited in 1820, that he had at that time, in addition to personal property, real estate, consisting of 45 acres of land and buildings, worth $1100. It also appears from sundry affidavits exhibited, that at that time he was indebted to the following named persons the sums annexed to their names:— To Daniel Temple, $20— E. Hastings $60— Hastings, Dickinson & Co., $71.— Richard Temple $20— Nathaniel Temple $30— Jonas Reed's estate $100— Silas Allen $106— C & W. Thompson $10— Moses Smith $22— Samuel Coolidge $30— making $591— and it is stated by William Buck, guardian for the minor children of Jonas Reed, dec, that there was a note of $122:78 due from Temple to the deceased Reed's estate, which grew out of a note dated on the first of January, 1821. This debt, I suspect, is the same which Benjamin Maxwell, administrator on Reed's estate, has

seems to have been due in 1820. It also appears from N. E. Russell's account current and affidavit, that S. Temple owed him on settlement in October 1822 $391:37. Supposing that all the afore mentioned sums have been paid by Temple, which, however, is not proved, it would still leave upwards of $100 unaccounted for. This does not, however, constitute any very material objection, to the case. There is another difficulty which must be removed, in order to a favorable decision. The claimant swears that in 1820 his lands consisted of forty-five acres, but it appears from the deeds made in October 1822 and February 1823, by Salmon and Tillotson Temple that one tract contained 100 acres, and another tract 90 acres.
The objection arising from the discrepancy between these two statements, may probably be removed by an explanatory statement from you. There requires also an explanation as to the fact of the son's becoming a party in the conveyance of the property. If you are acquainted with the claimant's circumstances and character sufficiently to give the necessary explanations, and can certify that the transactions are bona fide, it will save the trouble of obtaining further evidence. The papers

are herewith returned,
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt,
J. L. Edwards
Hon. A. C. Allen,
House of Representatives,

Salmon Temple of Mass. take a premium under the Act of March 18. 1818. When was he last paid ~.
A. N. G. Aug. 14.
6 th March 1837. A. N. G.

4 Feb 1843
Sir
Enclosed I send you the Appointments of Mrs Coligroom & Mrs Temple -
Respectfully
Your G. N. Briggs

Salmon Temple
Face
Honble Samuel C Allen member of congress Washington

Greenfield 17 Feby - 1827
Dear Sir
Yours of Feby 3 was duly recd
The laboring points in Salmon Temple's case I think will be easily & satisfactorily explained by the affidavits of Nathl B Russell and Daniel Gale.
1st How did it happen that the Father & Son joined in the conveyance to Russell & Co. Answer. Because Russell was unwilling to take the deed of the old mans estate for the security of his demand. See Russell's affidavit. The same remark is true, & will apply with additional force in relation to Burt's deed, because Russell's demand was first secured. Therefore have not taken Burt's deposition to this point.
2 How much land did the old man own Answer, see the affidavit of Daniel Gale. To you Sir, he is personally known.
3 How was it happen that the land sworn to in the schedule was 45 acres, and in one deed described as 90, & in the other as 100? -
Answer. The whole story stands thus - The original lot of Salmon Temple contained 110 acres, some 30 or 40 years ago he sold to his brother Nathl Temple 20 acres leaving 90. His son Eliotson was born October 31. 1783, became of age 31 Oct 1804. lived with & laboured for his father until 17 March 1814, at which time his father gave him a deed of 45 acres of the same 90, being the one half of the same more or less.

This was done as a compensation for almost ten years service, & long too before the Pension law was thought of. Ever since, it has been known and taken as the property of the son. This lot of Temple was numbered two in the Bulfinch tract so called, and they were all laid out for so many acres, with  an allowance for roads , And I think it probable that this lot might have contained a surplus- age of ten acres, although it is not known not having been re-surveyed, and whether it does contain 90 or an 100, cannot vary the case much, provided they are one & the  same which were conveyed to Russell & Co. & Buck, which will clearly appear by the description  description -sine, save only the one is called 90 acres & the other 100  more or less As to the payment of the debts - I am knowing to some of them, Russell & Buck secured by mortgage, Silas Allen paid his by selling the right to redeem, Samuel Coolidge in cash & the residue I know but in part, those that have not and do not expect me to obtain anything, for this best of reasons. There is not wherewith, There has been such difficulty in pay- ing by reason of the snow, that I have been much de- layed in furnishing the explanations required, but still hope you will receive them seasonably to answer the purpose. Hope you will be able to obtain the attention of the department to this case before the rising of your society, as the old man  has not been able to do the justice really needs assistance, and some of his friends begin to think they have done as much for him as charity dictates. With great respect your Obed Servt Hanes G. Allen Esq.                      Ephraim Hastings

This may certify, That I am well acquainted with Ephraim Hastings Esqr the writer of the within letter that his a magistrate in the County a man of highly respectable character & that full reliance may be had on any statements he has made
Feb. 27. 1827
J. B. Allen M.C. I know this letter to be his handwriting J. B. H.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Franklin County ss. — {
Charlemont 19 th April 1831
I Priscilla Maxwell of Heath in the County aforesaid testify: that at the time when the event mentioned in this Affiant took place the present town of Heath was a part of the town of Charlemont. I further testify that from the days of my infancy I have been acquainted with Mr. Solomon Jenneple late of Heath deceased; and with his wife Mary Jenneple. I well remember when she was called Mary Lamphear & resided in the neighborhood where I then lived, and distinctly recollect the time when it was said that Mr. Solomon Jenneple & Mary Lamphear were married. I was present at the marriage and do not know that there is any person now living who was present on that occasion. They were in after years living together as husband & wife; and brought up a family: they always held themselves to be husband & wife. I cannot now from my recollection say what year the transaction took place; but it was during the time of the Revolutionary war.
Priscilla Maxwell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Franklin County ss. — {
On this nine and twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight Priscilla Maxwell above named personally appeared & made oath in due form of law, to the truth of the foregoing affidavit as far as she has subscribed. She being a person of good character & is fit to be a juror.
Before me, J. Maxwell Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. I Elijah Wood Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the within named Sylvester Max- -well is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Franklin duly commissioned and qualified, and that the within signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of the said court at Greenfield in said county this nineteenth day of April A.D. 1838
E. Wood Clerk of said court for said county of Franklin.

Comm.
Town Clerk's office. Charlemont Franklin County Mass.
April 24 th 1858
I Waitstill Hastings do hereby say that I hold the office of town clerk in the County of Franklin & State of Massachusetts & that I have this day examined the town Records of Marriages & that I can find no record upon them of the marriage of Salmon Temple & Mary his wife & I do not hesitate to say that no such records exist upon the books of said town of Charlemont.
Waitstill Hastings.
Franklin ss. April 24 th 1858 - Then Waitstill Hastings above named being a person of good reputation & credibility affirm- ing under oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true & correct - Syd Maxwell Justice of the Peace

Franklin ss
I Elyah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that Sylvester Maxwell is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court. this twenty fourth day of April A.D. eighteen hundred thirty eight.
Elijah Alvord Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Pittsfield.
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Pittsfield, do certify that Edmund B. Penniman Esq. whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the paper hereto annexed was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within said County duly Commissioned & acting under the authority of this Commonwealth. and that I believe the signature to said Certificate purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas at Lenox this eighteenth day of April 1838. Ch. Sedgwick Clerk

El Gould Dept.
Hon. G. N. Briggs AR

I Eli Gourd of Adams in the county of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Mary Temple the widow of Salmon Temple late of Adams in said county deceased. That she the said Mary now resides in St Adams & that she is still the widow of said Salmon Temple & has not been married since the decease of said Salmon Temple. That I have been acquainted with her the said Mary from the time she was nineteen years old up to the present time. - She the said Mary was married to said Salmon Temple in the year 1780. My Brother was killed in the Army the same year - I should think the said Mary was about eighty years old. I am now seventy two years old. I lived within half a mile of said Salmon Temple at the time of his marriage with said Mary & I have lived near them ever since & they lived from the 1780 together as man & wife. I was not present at the marriage of said Salmon Temple & Mary but the marriage was talked of in the neighbourhood at the time & they were often at my fathers house in Charlemont Street where we then lived in the same year they were married which was before the close of the revolution war - & they continued to visit us from that time up to the time of said Salmon's decease. She the said Mary has no children under the age of sixteen years - Said Salmon Temple was in the Revolutionary war previous to his marriage but cannot say that he was in the Service after his marriage - Said Salmon Temple was taken with a paralysis in his foot & it mortified like a piece of the complaint in March A D 1837 & the said Mary is a cradleboard person Adams April 11 th 1838 Eli Gourd

Nashville April 11 th 1838
Personally appeared Eli Gould & made oath to the truth of the within dispositions by him subscribed & hereby certifying that said Eli Gould is a credible person. Dupes me. E. B. Person
X 3455 Mary Temple and J. Dalmer Mess.

Certificate of the Selection of Heads.

We the subscribers hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with Salmon Temple of Heath & the only one of that name in said town - That we believe him now to be, & to have been for three years past so entirely destitute of property as to be unable to present his claim for a pension that no one felt interested for him, and not until after he applied to the selectmen for relief was any effort made in that behalf.
David Rugg Selectmen Joseph H. W. Hunt of Heath
Heath October 1826.

Nathaniel E. Russell
Affidavit
J. S. Sangle

Doct. Talm on Temple in acc t with N o Russell D
  1821 Jan 15 50 lb Linen 25 3/4 n 1/8 6.94   1 chst Set tea 68 n 65 c 44.20   25 c Soda do n 41 c 10.25   1 Old Ginger 72 3/4 152 n 11 c 17.48   25 c Pepper n 2/4 9.72   21 c Spice n 2/4 8.17   Day for do n 3/2 .58   1/2 kg tobacco 9 1/10 n 81 n 21 c 17.01   1/2 do 10 2/10 92 n 01 c 10.82   33 Gals N o Rum n 41 c 13.53   Plate 1.00   16 7/8 Gals N o Do n 41 c 16.87   1/2 lb kg n 3/2 .58   1 Ream Broken paper 10/ 1.67   1 pk Chick cotton 30 1/4 n 20 c 0.05   1 Shitting 31 n 28 0.20   1 Drap sack n 3/4 .56   14 c Coffin n 31 c 4.34   1 Blank book n 5/8 .92   6 c 10 or snuff n 38 c 2.42 178.61   22 35 c Sugar n 10 c 3.57   1 coffee Mill n 6/ 1.00 4.50   July 2 2 Jars Salt 16 lb n 8/ 18.00   2 Jars for do n 4/ 1.34 19.34   23 33 Gals Rum n 41 c 13.53   Aug 1 Freight of pearlash to Hartford & Boston 5.75   25 16 7/8 Gals Rum n 41 c 6.77   Oct 15 1 potash kettle 36.00   29 1 Ream wrapping paper n 6/ 1.13   Nov 28 66 c Set tea do n 66 c 43.56   1822 5 Gals N o Rum n 46 c 2.30 45.86   Jan 17 7 c Spice n 2/3 2.63   2 gts Brandy n 10/ .53   1 Doz .13   10 Chalk .06 3.65   29 paid for 1 bbl pearlash to Green .46   March 21 15 tobacco n 1/6 .25   25 Nails .20   2 gts Rum n 3/ .25   16 Spice n 1/2 .11 1.81   May 14 14 c tobacco n 1/2 2.94   July 11 7 1/2 Gals Rum n 3/ 3.75   1 or turnip seed .06 3.81   Aug 10 33 Gals Rum n 41 c 14.52   1 bbl for do 1.00   25 c Spice n 2/3 9.38   1 Ream paper n 6/ 1.08   Day for Spice .50   1 or n afus .12   5 pk Stripes & black cotton n 78 3/4 90 n 20 c 15.65   2 pk Shitting 47 1/2 n 14 c 6.58   1 Shitting n 2/5 5.00   53.83 323.16 
T. and brown ght over 323 16
  do do 53.83   1 chst 4/6 .70   1 kg tobacco 19 2/10 - 172 n 20 34.40   1 Rng to contain dry Goods .75   1-1-12 fish n 4/8 5.43   8 c chocolate n 1/6 2.00 97.16   Sept 16 1 pr Shears .28   23 for 1 bbl pearlash to Boston 1.20   Oct 15 1 pk Brandy .18   Cattle .13 .31   19 30 1/4 Gals Rum n 41 c 13.31   Abbl n 6/9 1.12 14.43   21 Interest 18.32   26 Interest on balance from 21 to 26 Oct 454.86   Note taken of date Oct 16. 1820 41.81   do do do do do 4.87 46.68   do do do do do 12.00 12.40   do do do do do 1.40 28.85   do do do do do 26.64 1.56   do do do do do 2.21   Balance due Lymn the sent on acct $545.61   73.09   26 Paid for 1 bbl pearlash to Green 56.87   1.00   569.70   Coat & Cr 569.70   1822   July 23 By 32 1/4 pearlash n 5 c 1.61   proceeds of 3 bbl pearlash sold W & D Wright 51.76   Aug 1 do do do 2.00   Jan 17 9 2/3 Gals Rum n 41 c 2.66   2.5 Gals Rye n 4/ 1.46   1 1/2 lb flax seed n 6/6 1.62   3 c 15 or feathers n 4/ 2.63   26 c 12 or pearlash n 5 c 1.33   29 1 bbl pearlash sold L Ken abbl 9.70   do do do 22.33   Mar 21 0.1.15 1/4 & pearlash n 6/ 2.31   Apr 13 15 c butter n 14 c 2.10   1.83   July 11 30 1/2 c pearlash   Oct 1 1.0.15 pearlash n 6/ 6.89   Sep 21 Note proceeds of 3 bbl pearlash sold W & D Wright 74.66   Oct 21 Interest 5.24   Oct 21 Day note 178.33   591.37   $569.70 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I Elijah Wood, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for the County of Franklin aforesaid do certify that Franklin Ripley Esq before whom the annexed affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified and acting as such under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that he has certified the caption thereof by his proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Franklin the 18 th day of December A. D. 1826

I certify that the within is a true statement of the account which I held on the twenty sixth day of October 1822 against Salmon Temple of Heath that on that day it was settled by his note secured by a mortgage that the balance viz $391.37 was justly my due on such settlement and that the said debt accrued at the several dates within stated - Greenfield Dec. 1826.
N E Russell
Franklin ss. Dec. 18 th 1826
Then the above named Nathaniel E Russell who is well known to me to be a credible witness appeared and made oath that according to the best of his knowledge and belief the above statement is true before me.
J H Atkinson Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss
Clerks Office, Greenfield, Dec. 18. 1826
I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for the County of Franklin aforesaid do certify that it appears from the records in this office, that Hooker Leavitt Esq. is the Register of Deeds and conveyances of real estate within the said County duly elected and qualified according to the laws of this Commonwealth; And I further certify that the subscription of his name to the three copies of deeds hereunto annexed is his genuine signature; and that there is no seal pertaining to his said office.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Sessions for said County, the day and year above written.
E. Alvord, Clerk

Salmon Sample 1812
10
Nathaniel E. Russell
copy

Know all men by these presents that The Salmon Temple and Tilton Temple of Heath in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts for and in consideration of the sum of Three hundred ninety one dollars & thirty seven cents to us in hand, before the delivery hereof, well and truly paid by Nathaniel E. Russell Esq. Esq. & Levi T. Stone of Colerain in the County of Franklin aforesaid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have given, granted, bargained, sold, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, confirm and confirm unto the said Nathaniel E. Russell Esq. Esq. & Levi T. Stone their heirs and assigns forever. A certain tract of parcel of land lying in the Town of Heath, County of Franklin and Commonwealth aforesaid. Bounded as follows viz. Beginning at the northeast corner of the premises at land belonging to Joshua Whapfield thence south six and one half degrees east, one hundred and sixty rods to land belonging to David Rugg, thence westerly on said Ruggs land forty four rods, thence north on said Ruggs land fifty rods, thence westerly to land belonging to Nathaniel Temple thence northerly to Abijah Henson land said line is parallel with the east line thence easterly one hundred and eighteen rods on land belonging to said Henson to the first mentioned point containing by estimation one hundred acres of land more or less. Be it remembered that the aforesaid premises is bounded east on Joshua Whapfield, Elias Bliss & Ephraim Hastings Esq. Esq. land and is a part of Lot No. Two in the land surveyed for Charles Bulfinch by Col. Hugh Parsons. To have and to hold the said granted premises with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging to them the said Nathaniel E. Russell Esq. Esq. & Levi T. Stone their heirs and assigns to their heirs only proper use and benefit forever. And we the said Salmon Temple and Tilton Temple our heirs executors and administrators do hereby covenant grant and agree to and with the said Nathaniel E. Russell Esq. Esq. & Levi T. Stone their heirs and assigns that until the delivery hereof we are the lawful owners of the said premises, are seized and possessed thereof in our own right, in fee simple, and have full power and lawful authority to grant and convey the same in manner aforesaid; that the said premises are free and clear of all and every encumbrance whatsoever. And that we the said Salmon Temple and Tilton Temple our heirs executors

and administrators shall and will warrant the same to the said Nathaniel E. Russell Jesse Lane and Levi P. Stone their heirs and assigns against the lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whomsoever. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two.
Provided nevertheless that if the said Salmon Temple & Tilton Temple their heirs executors or administrators pay to the said Nathaniel E. Russell Jesse Lane and Levi P. Stone their heirs executors administrators or assigns the sum of Three hundred ninety one Dollars and thirty seven cents on or before the twenty eighth day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty three, then this deed as also a certain note of hand bearing even date with these presents given by the said Salmon Temple and The said Tilton Temple to the said Nathaniel E. Russell Jesse Lane and Levi P. Stone conditioned to pay the same sum and interest at the time aforesaid shall be void otherwise shall remain in full force. In witness whereof we the said Salmon Temple and Tilton Temple have hereunto set our hands and seals this twenty sixth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty two. Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us
Robt. S. McCallen Salmon Temple and Levi P. Stone Lydia Temple Tilton Temple Seal Franklin ss. October the 26. 1822. Then Salmon Temple and Tilton Temple within named personally appearing acknowledged the within instrument by them subscribed to be their free act and deed.
Before me Robt. S. McCallen justice of the Peace. The foregoing is a true copy of the Original Rec. Oct. 28. 1822. at fifty nine minutes before One O'clock in the morning.
Recorded and compared By H. Sewell Reg.
The foregoing is a true copy of Records. Attest Hooker Sewell Reg.

Temple to Buck
Copy

To all people to whom these presents shall come :
GREETING.
KNOW YE, That We Salmon Temple & Tilton Temple of Heath in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachussetts yeoman.
For and in consideration of the sum of Three Hundred dollars, current money of the Commonwealth aforesaid, to us in hand paid, before the ensealing hereof, by William Buck of the same Heath in the custody of Guardian to the minor children of Sarah Wood late of Heath deceased.
the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, and are fully satisfied, contented, and paid; HAVE given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents, do freely, clearly and absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, convey and confirm unto him the said William in his Percherty & his heirs and assigns forever,
A certain tract of Land situated in Heath aforesaid and is bounded as follows viz. beginning at the southeast corner of the premises at a marked beech tree, thence north by Hastings, Allen and Warfield one hundred and twenty eight rods to a hemlock tree thence west one hundred and eighteen rods by Land of Abijah Glason to a stake and stones thence south by own land one hundred and twenty eight rods to Land of David Rugg to a stake and stones thence east sixty four rods by land of said Rugg to a stake and stones thence south by said Rugg's land sixty rods to a stake and stones thence east by said Rugg's land forty five rods to the first mentioned corner containing ninety acres be the same more or less.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the before granted premises, with the appurtenances and privileges there to belonging, to him the said William Buck and his heirs and assigns: to his and their own proper use, benefit and behoof forevermore. And We the said Salmon and Tilton our heirs, executors, and administrators, do covenant, promise and grant unto, and with the said William his heirs and assigns forever, that before and until the ensealing hereof, We are the true, sole, proper and lawful owner, and possessor of the before granted premises, with the appurtenances. And have in us good right, full power and lawful authority to give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, convey and confirm the same as aforesaid; and that free and clear, and freely and clearly, executed, acquitted and discharged of and from all former and other gifts, grants, bargains, sales, leases, mortgages, wills, entails, jointures, dowries, thirds, executions and incumbrances whatsoever.
AND FURTHERMORE, We the said Salmon and Tilton our heirs, executors and administrators, do hereby covenant, promise and engage the before granted premises, with the appurtenances unto him the said William (and his)
heirs and assigns forever, to warrant, secure and defend against the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons whatsoever. In witness whereof We the said Salmon Temple and Mary
Temple wife of the said Salmon, Tilton Temple and Lucy Temple wife of the said Tilton who in token of releasing their right of dower in and with the above described premises
have hereunto set their hand and seal this Fourth day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty three
Provided nevertheless, That if the said Salmon and Tilton their heirs, executors or administrators pay to the said William Buck his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, the sum of Two hundred eighty four dollars and thirty four cents within two years from the date hereof with interest annually then this deed, as also a certain note bearing even date with these presents, given by the said Salmon and Tilton to the said William conditioned to pay the same sum at the time aforesaid shall be void; otherwise remain in full force.
Signed, sealed and delivered, in presence of
Benj. Maxwell Jr. Witness to the signing Ebenezer Hastings of Mary & Lucy Temple
Salmon Temple Tilton Temple 4 Seals

FRANKLIN, ss. 4 February and Silveston Temple
18 23 . Then Salmon Temple
within named, personally appearing, acknowledged the within Instrument by them subscribed, to be their free act and deed.
Before me, Ephraim Hastings Justice of the Peace.
The foregoing is a true copy of the original rec d Feby 5. 1823 Recorded and from hence, by Hooker, Sewell & Page . A True copy of Record, att. Hooker, Sewell & Page
FRANKLIN, ss. Received Registered in Book No. _____, Page _____, and compared by
Register.

Copies of deeds

NOTA all Men by these Presents,
That I David Mayer of Heath in the County of Franklin Sheriff in and for the County aforesaid, by virtue of an Execution in favour of Silas Allen Junr
against Salmon Semple of Heath in said County of Franklin
have taken the Right in Equity of Redemption of certain tract of Land lying Heath
the property and estate of the said Salmon Semple
of which property and estate aforesaid William Buck of Heath & Nathaniel B. Runt of Greenfield both in said County of Franklin hold Mortgage Deeds dated Wm Buck is dated Feb. 4. 1823 and N. E. Runt is dated October 28. 1822.
and on the fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand eight Hundred and twenty three , by virtue of said Execution, and by order of the said Creditor, I advertised the Right in Equity aforesaid, as the law directs, to be sold on the twentyeth day of March
at One o'clock in the afternoon, at the House of Hastings  Dickinson & Co in Heath
the same said Right having been previously attached on the mesne process in said suit, and at said time and place I proceeded to the sale thereof, and in consideration of the sum of One Hundred Thirty Dollars & seventy one cents then and there bid and paid by Ephraim Hastings  he being the highest bidder of Heath he being the highest bidder, I do give, grant, bargain and sell unto him the said Ephraim Hastings Esq. his heirs and assigns, the said Right in Equity of Redemption of and in said property and estate or mortgaged premises, reference being had to said mortgage deed as recorded for the particular bounds and terms thereof, together with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging.
To HAVE and to HOLD the aforegranted premises to the said Ephraim Hastings Esq. his
heirs and assigns to his use and behoof forever, subject only to redemption as the law provides
And I do covenant with the said Ephraim Hastings his
heirs and assigns that I have proceeded in the sale of the Premises aforesaid as the law directs, and have good right and lawful authority to sell the same to the said Ephraim Hastings
David Mayer to Ephraim Hastings
copy - , 368

1 March 1823.
Solomon Temple, Mass:
Hon. S.C. Allen. H. R. rec? Feb. 1. 1827
Affidavit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss
I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for the County of Franklin aforesaid, do certify that Ephraim Hastings Esq. before whom the annexed affidavits were taken was at the several dates thereof a justice of the peace for the said County duly commissioned & qualified and acting as such under the authority of this Commonwealth. I further certify that the signatures to the caption of the several depositions aforesaid are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County this eighteenth day of December A. D. 1826
E. Alvord, Clerk

Canaanewath of Massachusetts
Franklin
& Richard Temple of Heath
Said County of Franklin yeoman of lawful age to testify say that Salmon Temple of Heath in said County of Franklin (who is made to me) was justly indebted to me in the sum of twenty dollars in the year 1820 and long after. Richard Temple
Heath July 27, 1826
Franklin J. July 27, 1826
Then Richard Temple above named per- -sonally appeared and made solemn oath that the affidavit by him subscribed is true before me Ephraim Hastings, Jus. Peace
Heath July 27, 1826 I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Richard Temple the subscriber of the fore- -going affidavit & that he is a credible wit- -ness
Ephraim Hastings, Jus. Peace

North Temple City Affidavit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss
I Nathaniel Temple of Heath in said County of Franklin Yeoman of law- -full age to testify say that Salmon Temple of Heath in said County of Franklin who is uncle to me, was justly indebted to me in the sum of thirty dollars in the year 1820 and long after.
Nathaniel Temple
Heath July 27 1826
Franklin ss July 27 1826
Then Nathaniel Temple above named personally appeared and made solemn oath that the affidavit by him subscribed is true. before me Ephra. Hastings Jus. Davis
Heath July 27 1826 I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Nathaniel Temple the subscriber of the forego- -ing affidavit and that he is a credible witness.
Ephra. Hastings Jus Davis

Benjamin Russell Esq.
Affidavit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I Benjamin Maxwell Jr of Heath in the County of Franklin Admin- -istrator upon the estate of Jonas Reed mi- -chant late of Heath in said County deceased say of lawful age to testify say, that Salmon Temple of Heath in said County was justly in- -debted to the said Jonas Reed in the sum of one hundred dollars in the year 1820 as appears by the Books of the said Jonas Reed now in my possession
Heath Feby 1826
Franklin ss Feby 1826
Then Benjamin Maxwell Jr Esq in above named personally appeared and made solemn oath that the affidavit by him subscribed is true
before me Ephraim Hastings Just Dices
Heath Feby 1826
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Benjamin Maxwell Jr Esq the subscriber of the foregoing affidavit and that he is a credible witness
Ephraim Hastings Just Dices

Selas Allen Jr. Affidavit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin St.
I Silas Allen Jr of Hawley in the said County of Franklin yoman of lawful age to testify, say that Salmon Temple of Heath in said County of Franklin on the first day of October 1820, was justly indebted to me in the sum of one hundred & six dollars. That on the 20 March 1823 I obtained the aforesaid sum from the sale of the said Temple's farm, the right in equity to redeem the same, having been attached at my suit. Hawley July 24 1826 Silas Allen Jr
Franklin St Feb. 7 1826 Then Silas Allen above named personally appeared and made so- lemn oath that the affidavit by him subscribed is true before me Ephra. Hastings Justice of the Peace
Heath February 24 1826 I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Silas Allen Jr the subscriber of the foregoing affidavit & that he is a credible witness.
Ephra. Hastings Justice of the Peace

Charles Thompson's Affidavit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss
I Charles Thompson of Colrain in said County of Franklin of lawful age to testify say that Salmon Temple of Heath in said County was justly indebted to the firm of C & W Thompson in the sum of ten dollars and ninety six cents in the year 1820 Colrain Febry 27 1826 Charles Thompson
Franklin ss February 27 1826
Then Charles Thompson one of the firm above named & the same who signed the fore- going affidavit personally appeared and made solemn oath that the same is true.
Before me Ephraim Hastings, Jus Peace
Colrain February 27 1826
I hereby certify that I am per- -sonally acquainted with Charles Thompson Esqr the subscriber of the foregoing affidavit and that he is a credible witness
Ephraim Hastings Jus Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss I Moses Smith of Heath in the County of Franklin Groom of lawful age to testify say that Salmon Temple of Heath in said County of Franklin was justly in- -debted to me in the sum of Twenty two dollars in the year 1820 Moses Smith
Heath March  July 6 th 1826
Franklin ss March  July 6 1826
Then Moses Smith above named personally appeared and made solemn oath that the affidavit by him subscribed is true before me Ephraim Hastings Jus. Peace
Heath March  July 6. 1826
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Moses Smith the subscriber of the foregoing affidavit and that he is a credible witness.
Ephraim Hastings Jus Peace

Moses Smith Affidavit

Small book Affairs

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss
I Samuel Goodidge of Colrain in said County of Franklin of lawful age to testify, say that Salmon Temple of Heath in said County was justly indebted to me on the 25 January  of 1820 in the sum of thirty dollars Colrain February 28 th 1826 Samuel Goodidge
Franklin ss February 28 1826
Then before me Samuel Goodidge above named personally appeared & made sworn oaths that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true, before me
Jus. Davis
Colrain February 28 1826
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Goodidge the subscriber of the foregoing affidavit and that he is a credible witness
G. John Hastings Jus. Davis

This may certify that I received a Note of Salmon Temple, (as Guardian for the minor Children of Jonas Reed deceased) for the Sum of one hundred Twenty two dollars and Twenty eight cents, which Note was secured by mortgage upon his real estate, all of which Sum remaining due and unpaid with the addition of the interest since about the first of February 1823, which said Sum of 122.78 grew out of a Note dated the first January 1821 in the Sum of 109.15 which note was made payable to Betsey Reed Administrator upon said Jonas Reed's estate. Heath 10 March 1824      188 m Buck Guardian for the minor Children of Jonas Reed Deceased
Franklin ss Heath 10 th March 1824
Personally appeared Mr. Beech who signed the foregoing certificate and made oath that the same was true before me Ephraim Hastings Jr. P.M.

1792
Mary Temple
80 ¢
Mr. E. Brayton H. Adams Berkshire Mass.

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7, 1838, and the amended act of 23d August, 1842.
State of Massachusetts County of Berkshire } ss.
On this Nineteenth day of July 1843 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the county aforesaid - Mary Temple a resident of the town of Adams in the County of Berkshire aged Eighty Four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth 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 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Salomon Temple - who was a private in the Army of the Revolution in Capt. Brith's Comp y and Col. Jackson's Regiment - and the annual amount of Pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838 was Eighty Dollars - Her Certificate was numbered 72 and dated Augt. 27, 1838
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Mary Temple for mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me - and I certify
Witness - that the Deponent is personally known to me -
Mary Temple
W. E. Brayton } Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss.
I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that William E. Deyton Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity: and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Deyton and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Courts for said Commonwealth, this fourth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three .
Charles Sedgwick Clerk.

Mary Temple Mass— act 7. July 36 88 1/2 from 4 march '36 to 6 march 37
Hon G. N. Briggs H R

State of Massachusetts Berkshire Co. ss.
On this 24 th day of Jan y in the year 1843 Personally appeared before W. E. Brayton a Justice of the Peace in & for s d County - Mary Temple - who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration - in order to obtain arrears of Pension - That she is the widow of Salmon Temple - who was a Pensioner up to the day of his death - which took place on the 11 th March 1837 - and that she was pensioned under the Act of the 9 th July 1838 - and her Pension commenced on the day of the death of her s d husband - and she now claims arrears from the 11 th day of March 1836 to the 11 th day of March 1837 - at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum -
In presence of Sherman Gessner William Temple
Her Mary Temple mark -
Sworn to and subscribed this 24 th day of Jan y . 1843. and I certify that the declarant is the widow of s d Salmon Temple who was a Pensioner - and that she was also a Pensioner as stated - and is a respectable and credible person - residing in the town of Adams in s d Co.
W. E. Brayton } Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify that William E Branton Esq before whom the foregoing Declaration of Mary Temple was made & sworn to has been since February 22 d 1838 a Justice of the Peace within said County duly commissioned & qualified that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 28 th Day of January 1843. Charles Sedgwick Clerk

To - the Secretary of War - in Washington

To the Secretary of war.
Dear Sir i sent a Order which i had on the Continental Treasury, dated March 18. - 1779. which i had for Services done for my Country. anno 78 and 79. which i had for going into the State of Ohio, to bring back a Lieutenant, who was hired during the war. and was gone home to his plantation, dying between Lake Erie and the way back, about three miles from from the place where General Braddock was defeated, anno 55. This Order i received, for going to ohio, and bringing back this Officer, by Order of his Excellency George Washington. - but i never applied to Congress for it, till April. 1818. when i sent the Order to Congress by the stage. but have had no Direct return i beg therefore this matter may be laid before Congress, and if it is their pleasure to grant me some relief, it will be gratefully accepted: but if not; that the pension they have been pleased to grant me, might be continued as i am in very dependent Circumstances. and in a debilitated state of health on account of my hardships on my journey in the state of Ohio. it is not likely i shall continue long, to need help from my country or any others, as i have arrived almost to 70 years. and lived to see my country blest with peace and prosperity and enjoying all the liberty both civil, and sacred that Heaven is pleased to grant a free, and independent nation. i beg Sir you would think of this matter and grant my request. in so doing, you will greatly your most Obedient and
Humble Servant Salmon Jennie D
Massachusetts. Heath February 1 th 1820 County of Franklin