Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2556, for Justin Lombard, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Comm.
Lombard, Justin Elizabeth
N 2556
B.L.Wt. 26002-160-55-
CONTENTS

Hampden 75
W. 646 Massachusetts Sylvan Dombrow of Springfield in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Pierce of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wolcott in the Mass line for 14 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 46-Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of April 1833 and Sept. 1833 and Sept. 1833 Springfield Mass
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $93.34 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 23.33 $116.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. W. Washburn Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 20 Page 49

Reported
397 Massachusetts
Elizabeth Lombard widow of Justin
Lombard who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Connecticut Mil
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 46 Dollars 67
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Nov. 1847. and sent to
Geo. B. Morris Springfield Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2/1848, Page 71 Vol. 1
July  Burk D

5471 - Act March 3-1855 March 19/55-
Elizabeth Lombard widow of Martin Lombard fin-
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Ent? } Reolut Dis? } War -
Pension - Certificate No 397 Ad 1600a, May, 1856
No Borton
46
H. S. Noyes - Springfield Mass -
S. H. H. f. Noyes, May, 1855. July 48-327
Vol L, page 125.

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Justin Lombard
9/16
5 & 1/4 interrogatories in the Brief not complied with Nov 29. 1832
72 (No. etc 1/4 Mo)
Almo
P 114.
William Springfield Mass

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BRIEF in the case of  Justin Lombards  of  Springfield  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  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.     Enlisted in 1776 6 Col Brastus Wolcott.   Enlisted 1777 4 weeks Cap Abiel Greene   again with the service 4 do Cap Jonas Hugg (Lt. Willis)   Enlisted 1780. *6 Col Willis, Col Ogden  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Suffield Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
* Served within a few days
Wintze Examining Clerk.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, George B. Morris, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that
George B. Morris 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 is, 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
Geo B Morris and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine: also that the instrument hereto annexed, purports to be duly executed and acknowledged, according to the laws of this Commonwealth, for the purposes therein expressed.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, for said Commonwealth, this sixteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
Geo B Morris
Clerk.

State of Massachusetts COUNTY OF Hampden } 58
On this fifteenth day of March 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, Elizabeth Lombard aged seventy seven years, a resident of Springfield in the State of Massachusetts who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Justin Lombard deceased, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Wood in the Regiment of commanded by in the war with  of the Revolution
that her said husband served as stated in his application for a pension now on file in the War Department at A. D. Washington 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 Justin Lombard in Springfield on the day of A. D. 1798 by one Brezael Howard a Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Loring ; that her said husband died at Springfield  aforesaid on the twentieth day of October A. D. 1841 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 3, 1855," and prays that the warrant therefor may be sent to H. S. Noyes, Springfield Mass. She further declares that full and exact particulars, in support of her claim, may be found in the papers, on file at the Pension Office, in consequence of which she received a pension certificate for 46 62 Dollars per annum, dated Nov 7, 1849 No. 3922 Resides in the office on the roll of pensioners under act Feb y 2, 1848 Page 79 Vol 1-2
We, Justin Lombard  Elizabeth Lombard and Margaret H. Lombard residents of Springfield , in the State of Massachusetts , upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Lombard 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.
Justin Lombard Margaret H. Lombard
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.
George B. Morris Justice of the Peace.

"An account of persons married by me Benedict Howard January One thousand seven hundred and ninety nine Justin Lombard and Elizabeth Loring"
I Joseph Ingraham do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of the marriage of Justin Lombard and Elizabeth Loring with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "January 1799" Joseph Ingraham Town Clerk of Springfield
I Joseph Ingraham above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Springfield County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named, as certified by me Joseph Ingraham
State of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss
Sworn before me this 30th day of August A.D. 1849
Geo. F. Mott
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HAMPDEN, ss.
I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that George B. Morris 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 Morris and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
Richd Bliss  Clerk.

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Elizabeth Lombard wid of Justin
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Prof Morris Springfield Mass

State of Massachusetts Hampden County 3/6
On this twenty second day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty nine personally appeared before the Hon Oliver B. Morris Judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Hampden Elizabeth Lombard a resident of Springfield in said County of Hampden aged Seventy Two 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 on the 29th of July 1848 entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving widows of officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army" that she is the widow of Justin Lombard late of said Springfield deceased who was a pensioner under the act of June 7, 1832 and who served in the Army of the revolution as stated in his declaration on file in the Pension Office of the United States. She further declares that she was married to the said Justin Lombard in the month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine by the Rev. Nathaniel Howard late of said Springfield

that her husband the aforesaid Justin Loubard died on the twentieth day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty one, that she has not intermarried since the death of the said Justin Loubard but continues a widow, that she does not now and never has received a pension from the United States, that she was not married to the said Justin Loubard prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred, viz at the time above stated.
Elizabeth Loubard
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year first above mentioned before me, and I do certify that the said Elizabeth Loubard by reason of infirmity is unable to attend the court, and I do further certify that the said Elizabeth is well known to me as a person of truth and I do declare my opinion that the facts stated in the foregoing declaration are true - In witness whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and cause the seal of the court of Probate for said County of Hampden to be hereunto affixed this twenty second day of August eighteen hundred & forty nine
Nathan B. Morris, Judge of the court of Probate for the County of Hampden

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire ! ss
I Justin Willard Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for said County do hereby certify that the Hon. Oliver B. Morris is the Judge of said Court and that his name subscribed to the foregoing certificate subscribed to the declaration of Elizabeth Lombard, is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Probate at Springfield this twelfth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
Justin Willard Clerk

Additional Declaration
I Justin Lombard who have subscribed & made oaths to the annexed declaration in order to procure a Pension do now on oaths further testify upon & declare that altho I am aged, I can not say with truth that my memory is impaired but I do testify and say that by reason of great lapse of time I can not now remember & have no means of ascertaining the precise day on which I entered the enlisted into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, at either term of my enlistment. And I do further depose & say that the duration of my services & sacrifices, privations & hardships in the war of Independence is too strongly impressed on my memory even to be forgotten, & having been often the theme of my conversation & reflections since that memorable period the portion of my life thus devoted to my country has never been absent from my recollection. I have had occasion to reckon the exact amount of my the compensation which I ought to have received, but which is still due to me from my country. The time which I spent in said service amounts in all to fourteen months , as I have before distinctly stated in the annexed declaration - I have made no claim in said declaration for any thing above the grade of a Private. I further state as I have already stated before that that I was always discharged from said service by general order or verbal discharge & therefore never received a written discharge.
I do further state that I am acquainted with & known to the Rev. Boston Boreel Howard & George Blake & many hundreds beside in my present neighborhood who can testify as to my character for truth & veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution.
Justin Lombard

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden ss:
On this seventh day of December A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate within & for said County, Justin Lumbard, above named & subscribed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, and I do further certify that I have been well acquainted with the said Justin Lumbard for more than thirty years past, and have frequently conversed with him respecting his revolutionary services, and know that he has been reported to have been a regular soldier of the Revolution, and I further certify that he is a citizen of good standing and reputation in the community, has been a selectman of the town of Springfield and a member of the house of Representatives of Massachu- setts, and any statement made by him will be fully believed by all who know him -
Oliver B. Morris
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. I Justin Willard Register & Clerk County of Hampden } of the Court of Probate within & for said County the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Oliver B. Morris, is the judge of said Court duly commissioned & qualified as such & that the name "Oliver B. Morris" subscribed to the foregoing before certificate is his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 7 th day of Dec r - A.D. 1832.
Justin Willard Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden § 88: On this fourth  twenty seventh day of August A eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared an open court before the Court of Probate now sitting at Springfield within & for said County of Hampden - Justin Lombard a resident of said Springfield aged seventy three 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 act of Congress passed June 7. A 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated - that About the first of July seventeen hundred & seventy six he resided in Suffield in the State of Connecticut - belonged to the militia of that State - that he then & there enlisted as a volunteer in a Regiment of the Connecticut state troops to be stationed at New London in aid of the Revolutionary war. Some of the Officers of said Regiment were the following - For Col. Erastus Wolcott of Windham in Conn. & Capt. Abiel Pease of Summers - Lieut. of Stafford Converse & Lieut. Pomroy of Suffield & Ensign Wood of Stafford were the Officers of the Company in which the Applicant enlisted & served. This Company assembled at Bolton in Conn. immediately on the enlistment & thence marched to New London, he remembers that when marching into New London the guns were fired at that station announcing the news of the declaration of Independence - This Regiment was there employed in building Fort Trumbull in which the Applicant assisted - The march of this Company was from said Bolton thro' Meriden, Lebanon & Winsted to New London on the Indian River. & this applicant thence also thro' Hebron to New London - the Applicant served out the whole period of said enlistment for six months at said New London & was discharged on the first day of June 1777 by the Col's orders communicated verbally by the Officers - He has no documentary evidence of this service & knows of no living witness thereof whose testimony he can produce, except that of reputation as proved by the testimony of John Smith and Daniel Lombard, whose depositions are annexed
6 months

This Applicant further states that in the month of August 1777 then residing in said Suffield he again enlisted entered the service as aforesaid under an order from the Governor of Connecticut requiring all the militia of the State to repair to the North river - he belonged to the Company of Capt. Israel King - in the Regiment commanded by one of the Col. Willis - there being two Col. of that name who were brothers - this Company went on horse-back to Fishkill where this Applicant with the rest of the Company, did duty - this applicant served there as a part of a sergeant's guard the rest of the Company went southwards toward the White Plains - he served there four weeks & was verbally discharged.
he again entered the service in the month of October next following under the same requisitions and circumstances - same Officers - except that Col. Adams was now Lieut. under Capt. King. This was soon after the British took Fort Montgomery  Clinton - Sopius (now he thinks called Kingston) was burnt after he arrived at the North river - he then & there served another period of four weeks & was discharged verbally as aforesaid at Fishkill - he offers supplementary evidence of these two last mentioned periods of service by the deposition of John Smith & Elisha Silms. he has no documentary proof - The deposition of Daniel Lombard also refers to this term of service.
In the year seventeen hundred & eighty this Applicant again engaged in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war, for a period of six months, he then also resided at said Suffield where he enlisted as one of the States quota of Connecticut to fill up the Continental regiments, he joined the Army at Kings Ferry on the North river, having resided at Hartford in Connecticut, his company was within two days after reaching Kings Ferry, he was selected by Baron Steuben as one of the Margaux Lafayette Corps of Light Infantry. he was  was soon first put in to the Regiment commanded by Col. Willis - there immediately drafted into Col. Aaron Ogden's Regiment. Gen. Hand, Brigadier Gen. & served there until the Campaign ended & then went back to the 2 d Willis Regiment & enlisted in building the Huts at the Highlands at Peekskill for winter quarters & was discharged in the latter
1 month
1 month
6 months

part of December 1780 having served out the period of his enlistment within a few days, leaving only time enough to get home within that period - this Applicant has no documentary evidence of this last or any other period period of his service, & offers John Smith's evidence as living testimony thereof. also the Dep ty of Daniel Comstock This Applicant was born at said Springfield on the sixteenth day of October A D 1759. where his birth is recorded on the records of said town. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to & subscribed
the day & year aforesaid Justin Lombard
We Berael Howard a clergyman & George Blake residing in the town of Springfield abovenamed hereby certify that we are well acquainted Justin Lombard who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy three years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion - Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Berael Howard George Blake
And the said Court, Present the Hon. Oliver B. Morris Judge, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed Applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. & the said Court further certifies that Berael Howard also has subscribed the preceding certificate as a clergyman & doctor in divinity resident in said Springfield, and that George Blake who has also signed the same certificate is also resident in said Springfield and is a credible person and

That this statement is entitled to credit
I Justin Willard Register of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Justin Lombard for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I do here have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Justin Willard Register

I Daniel Lombard of Springfield in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged sixty eight years, for twenty two years & upwards Past Master of said Springfield and commissioned as a Peace Master under four different Commissions do on oath depose & say that I am well acquainted with my Brother, Boston Lombard of said Springfield have lived a near neighbor to him about for about fifty years last past. I have always understood & known as well as I could know without having been with him, that he served in the revolutionary war & served for a period of six months in the year 1778. I knew of his going & returning but I was then young & can not now remember particulars. I have always understood & have now no doubt he was in the said service fourteen months in all - As to the last period of six months in which he was in service on the North river, in addition to the same means of knowledge as above stated, I went to the said North River under employ of the Government with a drove of horses for the use of the army, then encamped in New Jersey I do not recollect the exact time but it was in warm weather. I there saw the said Boston Lombard my Brother under arms in said service in New Jersey at a place which I think was called upon said Boston was there in the Massachussetts Infantry. I shall not soon forget that I found him in the act of preparing some soup which was but a poor apology for victuals. I gave him some a pound of chocolate which I carried from my father's house. I have no doubt of his perfect recollection, nor of his veracity & that his own declaration on this subject, fully entitled to credit
Daniel Lombard

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } On this twenty County of Hampden } fifth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared Daniel Lombard above named & subscribed a true oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition before me
Justin Willard Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } County of Hampden } ss: I Justin Willard the same Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing Deposition of Daniel Lombard was executed do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Daniel Lombard & know that he has been Past Master of S d Springfield for 22 years as he states & that he has been commissioned as a Magistrate as he states & that he is a credible person & possesses a high character for honesty & integrity, as well as for truth and veracity — Done at Springfield this fifth day of December A.D. 1832.
Justin Willard Justice of the Peace & Register of the Court of Probate in S d County

I Gideon Sikes of Suffield in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut, on oath testify & say that I am seventy nine years old & in my eighteenth years - am a native of said Suffield - that I am well acquainted with Austin Lombard of Springfield in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts - having known him more than fifty years. I further testify as aforesaid that in the month of August A.D. seventeen hundred & seventy seven the Governor of Connecticut made a requisition upon the militia of said Hartford County to turn out for a term of seven in defense of the Country against the Common enemy, that said Lombard then living in said Suffield & belonging to the company commanded by Josiah King marched with said Company under said requisition to the North river near Paterkill & there did duty as a soldier in said Company for the period of four weeks, being then discharged by a general order - said Company belonged to Col. Willis or the Hartford Regiment
That in the month of October in the same year (1777) under the same circumstances as aforesaid Lombard again did duty on the river near the North river for a second period of four weeks - the object of this tour was to prevent a junction between Burgoyne's army & the troops from New York - This deponent further says that he did duty in the same Company with

said Lombard during both the periods above mentioned & testifies from personal knowledge & recollection - that they were discharged from this last mentioned service by general order as aforesaid, & further this deponent saith not
Gideon Sikes
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampden ss. June 28 th AD 1832 Then Gideon Sikes above named personally appeared & subscribed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement before me
Justin Willard
Notary of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Mass ts County of Hampden } ss
Springfield Dec. - 5 th 1832 - I Justin Willard
being the same Notary of the Peace before whom the above deposition of Gideon Sikes was executed, do further certify that the said Gideon Sikes is a credible witness
Justin Willard Notary of the Peace
Register of the Court of Probate for County of Hampden

I John Smith now resident at Granville in the County of Hampshire of lawful age do on oath testify depose & say, that I have been acquainted with Austin Schibana of Springfield in said County for about sixty years that in the I well remember being in the service of the U States in the revolutionary war with said Lombard, the year that Maj Andre was executed as a spy, [in the year 1780] that said Lombard entered said service as one of states Quota for Connecticut as a private soldier in the summer season. This Deponent does not recollect the month that he continued in said service for six months or more principally in New Jersey - that he served in the Light Infantry under General La Fayette, in Col. Ogden's Regiment, in the Company commanded by Capt Wells of Weatherfield in Connecticut. said Lombard went from Suffield in Connecticut (where he then resided) to Hartford in Connecticut where he was mustered  was mustered & joined the 2 d Regiment, then he marched from to Kings Ferry below West Point thence into the Jerseys where was he served out the campaign & was discharged some time in the winter making a period of about six months, no written discharge was given, this Deponent was with said Lombard during all said period - with the other troops marched with him & helped him build the Huts for the troops which wintered there.
This Deponent further says he also knows that said Lombard served in the Revolutionary war a term of one month, in August 1777 under the order of the Governor of Connecticut - under Capt Suffield King of on the North river - also that said Lombard was again in service as last described in the month of October in 1777 for a short period, on the North river - under Capt King described, this deponent thinks this last service was a term of about one month.

This deponent further says that he served with said Lumbera both said last mentioned periods.
He further says that in the summer of eighteen hundred & twenty six he lived in the same family with said Lumbera in said Duffield, & knows that he then enlisted into the service of the US States  in the revolutionary war in the Connecticut line of Militia. that he then went on said service to New London. This deponent was not with him & does not remember the length of time he served at this enlistment.
John Smith
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Hampden ss: Springfield July 28 th 1832 Then
John Smith above the abovenamed deponent personally appeared and made oaths to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me Justin Willard
State of Mass
Hampden ss Dec 5 th 1832
I further certify that said John Smith is a credible Witness Justin Willard Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that Justice Willard Esq. before whom the above deposition and the two annexed depositions were verified is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden that his name thereto subscribed to each of said depositions is his true & genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
John Ingersoll Clerk
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Justin Lumbera for another

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Springfield August 30, 1849
Dear Sir
I transmit to you enclosed the declaration of Mrs Elizabeth Lombard for a pension under the act of July 29 th 1848 also evidence of her marriage contained in the certificate of the Town Clerk of Springfield Be pleased to forward Mrs Lombards pension certificate when issued to my address & oblige,
Faithfully Yours Geo 3 Morris
James L Edwards Esq Pension Office

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Justin Lombard
J Millard Esq Springfield Mass

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Justin Lombard of Springfield Mass — which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No see additional declaration attache to the papers VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his, revolutionary service ?  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had ?  XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No - cert. added Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service ? yes  XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ? yes No - they are now  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ? 6th & 7th in additional book 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades : For _____ year _____ months and _____ days. I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2556
Elizabeth Scamhard Widow
Justin Scamhard Br. Rev. Mass
Act: July 29, 1848
Index:—Vol. Q , Page 4410
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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