Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19,379, for James Lord, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Lord, James
S. 19,379
carded
CONTENTS

2543
Maine ✓
James Lord
Gardner in the State of Maine
who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Dodge — of the Reg t commanded by Col l Little in the Mass a
time for Nat l Troops for 9 Mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Mar 1832 and sent to R. C. Vose Augusta Me
Arrears to 4th of Sep r : 1832 $ 4 3 Semi-ann l . allowance ending Sept r 1833 — 1 3
$6 0
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Eras. D. Bullock Clerk, Book 9 Vol. 13 Page 108

BRIEF in the case of James Lord  of Gardiner in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court of Record
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Sixty nine 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 1775 8 Private Col. Little's Regt Col. Dodge   " 1 " " "  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ipswich
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. D. Duccock Examining Clerk.

Declaration & evidence in the case of
James Lord Junior
Col Little Mass
April 1775. To Feb'y 76.
10 mo
Nine months under one enlistment , required.
No enlistments prior to Dec r 75 for a longer term than eight months .
Rejected
18 Sept rd 1876
new ledger

To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States. I the Subscriber being one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify to your Honor, that James Lord Junior a citizen of the United States, now resident in Gardiner in the District of Maine, and Commonwealth aforesaid on the
twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same and the proceedings to be had thereon to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States agreeably to the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" - passed March 18. 1818 - which declaration and the other evidence produced by the said applicant is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor that after a careful examination of the said applicant & a full consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier on the continental establishment, against the common enemy in the war of the Revolution for the term of more than nine months as stated in his declaration aforesaid, and that from reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have caused the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court to be hereunto affixed this eighth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighteen
J. S. Wilce
J. S. J. South
for S. Lord the Applicant

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss.
The subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable Samuel J. Wilde Esq r , before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of this Commonwealth; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed, unto this Certificate, bearing His signature, the Seal of said Supreme Judicial Court.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one Thousand eight hundred, & eighteen.
Wm DAVIS

I James Lord Junior of Gardiner, in the County of Kennebec, District of Maine, State of Massachusetts, being a native citizen of the United States, and from reduced circumstances, being in need of assistance from my Country for support, do on oath testify and declare that I served as a private in the army of the United States in the war of the Revolution. I enlisted at Ipswich in the State of Massachusetts, sometime after the Battle at Lexington, and before the Battle on Bunker's Hill, at which latter I was present. I did duty for eight months in the Company commanded by Captain Abraham Dodge, in Col. Little's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line. At the expiration of my term of service, in consequence of the militia not coming in to supply the places of those whose term of service had expired, I with many others enlisted for a further period of one month, and I did duty for that time in the same company, Regiment & Line , into which I originally enlisted. I never received any written discharge.
Attest Wm B Wilde
James Lord Jr.
Kennebec ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
21 st April.
On this 21 st day of April A.D. 1818
The above named James Lord Jr, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed before me. J. S. Walde
Jus. Sup. Jud. Court
for S d Com th

I Chapin Sampson of Gardiner, in the County of Kennebec, District of Maine & State of Massachusetts, do on oath testify and declare that I am acquainted with James Lord Junior of said Gardiner, and that according to the best knowledge I have of his circumstances (of which I am enabled to judge by having lived as a neighbour to him for five or six years), I believe his situation to be such as to render the assistance of his country, provided by the act "To provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary army," necessary for his support.
Chapin Sampson
Kennebec J
April 21 st 1818 Then personally appeared the above named Chapin Sampson & made solemn oath that the facts contained in the above affidavit by him signed are true
Before me
John Sawall, Justice of the Peace

James Lord
Private. Mass ts troops
Dodge's Co. Little's Regt.
9 months
No 4141
admit
9 th private
$30
W. C. Vose
Augusta, Me.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this twenty seventh day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, James Lord a resident of Grainier in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Abraham Dodge and served in Col. Little's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz, Dodge Capt , Little Col . That he enlisted in that Company & Regiment as a private in April 1775 for eight months, was in the battle of Bunker Hill after serving out the full term of his enlistment, enlisted for a further period of one month in the same Company & Regiment, that this latter period he fully served out & was discharged in February 1776 at Prospect Hill, Cambridge, Massachusetts .
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
That he was born at Spswick Massachusetts , in the year 1763 where his age is recorded. Where his home was during his revolutionary services. That he afterwards lived in Litchfield Me. & has lived in said Grainier for the last thirty years. That he enlisted into the service was not drafted or received as a substitute. That he did not receive a written discharge from the service. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services. And that his Father James Lord an Officer of the Revolution has testified to his services. —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
James Lord
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
B before
Nathan Weston
not s.p.c.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston
27 July

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the HON. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of James Lord for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this
day of
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21 July J. A. Chandler

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 189__
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Jas Lord Jr. , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 9 mo priv Dodge Little Mass.                              
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill Residence of soldier at enlistment, Ipswich Mass. Date of application for pension, April 21 1818 Residence at date of application, Gardiner Maine Age at date of application, 57 Remarks: Pension allowed
Very respectfully,
A. B. Russell  Atlanta Ga
Commissioner.

(3-550.)
CONGRESSIONAL.
No. _____
NAME OF CLAIMANT, _____
P. O. _____
NAME OF SOLDIER, _____
Co. _____, Reg't _____
Information wanted as follows:
These slips are exclusively for the use of Senators and Members of Congress, and when used by any other person will not receive consideration.
Senators and Members will greatly aid the Bureau of Pensions in giving them an early answer if they will fill and use these slips in making calls in pension cases.*
GREEN B. RAUM,
Commissioner.
* Please give post office of claimant.
(3-550-250,000)
6-701

OWNR
TO CHF. _____ DIV. _____ ACTION _____ FEB 3 1893 COMMISSIONER.
19392
James Lord
in Revolutionary war - from Ipswich Mass - He drew pensions - he then living in Litchfield Maine where he remained after the war & died there -
I wish to learn officially his services and etc as shown in Pension office
J. E. Buck
Atlanta Ga
Feb 3/93 Spk JBR line

19379 INVALID.
1893 Feb 4 Shist A. O. Buck Allan
File No. 19379
James Lord
His Rev. Rev.
Act: James V o 32
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 215
[Arrangement of 1870.]