Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 4355, for William Thoms, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Thoms, William Lydia
W 4355 B.L.Wt. 17732-160-55
CONTENTS
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3.023.
New Hampshire, J. P.
Lydia Thoms widow of William Thoms who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of November 1852 and sent to
Samuel L. Chandler North Conway N. H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 22, Vol. A
62 5 m 55-103276

6726 4 District of Maine
to N. Hampshire. William Shom
of Fryeburg, Oxford Co in the state of D of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel A. Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of the D of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of Feb y 1819 and sent to Judge Dana, of Fryeburg, Oxford Co Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818. 31 \frac{24}{31} \frac{4}{30} . 31 25 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 1819. 48
$ 79.25
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Petition sent to Genl. H. H. Agassiz Esq. 26 Oct r 1820. Fryeburg Maine.

103,276. Mar. 3. 1853.
C. S. Chandler Dec: 15/55 Jan: 2/56
Thoms, Apr. 28. . . .
Lydia Thomas, widow
Wm. Thomas, & Thomas, Pin.
Thoms
Col. Vose, man
Mass: Pott. line,
End: - 732
Dis. - 17
Revolutionary War. Pensioners.
N H Sep 53 3023
Ad: 160 Ac. Feb: 26/56
Boyle
Mr
Saml. S. Chandler, H. Rep. at Augusta, Me.
Hon. Saml. S. Chandler. North Angelburg.
Adap at Augusta, Me. Maine Mem: of p'm of S. S.
Vol I. page 61.

Evans
Lydia Thorne wid of W m . Thorne 78 Carroll Co N.H. He resided in Canaan in said County.
Married 19 May 1816 Town Records
died 28 Sept 1878
48 33 81

Declaration of William Shomb
Private & Wife's Sackville, Mass. Regt
Nov 1781. 3 years
Admire May 8. 1818

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Oxford Is - On this eighth day of may AD 1818
before me the Subscribed Judge of the Court of Probate and first associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth personally appeared William Shoms aged fifty two years a resident of Hingham in said County of Oxford, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled an act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the land and naval ser- vices of the United States in the revolutionary war. That he the said William Shoms, served in the revolutionary war as a Private Soldier on the Continental establishment against the common enemy about two years - That he enlisted in November AD 1781 for three years & joined Capt Burnham's Company in Col o Henry Jackson's Regiment, in General Patterson's Brigade (as I think) Massachusetts line. That he ser- ved several months in that company & then joined the Company commanded by Capt d Daniel Lunt in Col o Vose Regiment in same line and served in the last mentioned company till December AD 1783 or January AD 1784, when I was regularly and honorably discharged at West Point York State - That many years ago he lost his discharge & can not tell where it is - That from his

reduced circumstances in life, he stands in need of assistance from his country for support -
Sworn to and declared before me the day & year aforesaid
Judah Dana Judge
I Judah Dana Judge as aforesaid, do certify, that from the foregoing statement of the said William Shoms & from the testimony of two other credible Witnesses - It appears to my satisfaction that the said William Shoms did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment and that from his reduced circumstances he stands in need of assistance from his country for support: and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secre- tary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court of Probate, at Tryon this thirteenth day of July AD 1818 -
Judah Dana Judge

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Oxford
The subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in said County. Do at Fryeburg in said county, on Friday the eighth day of May A.D. 1818, certify & make known that the Hon: Judah Dana who signed the foregoing certificate is Judge of said Court of Probate, & first associate justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth. And that said instrument is under the seal of said Probate Court. —
Abel Root Reg d of Probate

Extract from the records in the town of Fryeburg county in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, under the head of Marriages Administered by Rev Francis G Whiting I certify that the following is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures. The following persons have been legally joined together in Marriage the bonds of wedlock in my presence agreeably to the dates herein specified. May nineteenth eighteen hundred and fifteen, Mr. Wm Thoms of Conway to Mrs Lydia Evans of Fryeburg; Francis G. Whiting. Pastor Joseph Chandler Town Clerk.
I Joseph Chandler above named do hereby certify that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town of Fryeburg with the exception above named as certified by me, and that the original is expressed as follows. May 19th A.D. 1816
Joseph Chandler Clerk of the Town of Fryeburg
State of Maine } March fourth A.D. 1853. Oxford St. } Subscribed & sworn to before me Justice of the Peace. Robinson Parlin. And I hereby certify that I am interested in the prosecution or result of any claim which the above named Lydia Thoms may have in any case to which the above may refer. Robinson Parlin. Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE, OXFORD COUNTY S.S.
I hereby Certify, That Robinson Martin Esq. was at the date of the annexed attestation a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Oxford in said State, duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgements of deeds and other instruments in writing, and that the signature to the certificate annexed, purporting to be his is genuine, and that to his acts and attestations as such, full faith are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of said Court and subscribed my name this ninth day of March A.D. 1853. William Clerk of said Court.
the Peace

William Thoms N o 6726.
Graveyard con
Feb 19

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the fourth Tuesday of July and by adjournment A. D. 1820 before the Honorable Judah Dana Judge of said Court.
On this 25th day of July in the year above written, personally appeared — in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford. William Thoms aged 54 years, resident in Conway now in Fryeburg 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, viz. as a private In the company commanded by Capt. Burnham in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 8th day of May A. D. 1810, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 6726 was granted. 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particu- larly described below, also subscribed by me.
William Thoms
Sworn to and declared, on the 25th day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Judah Dana Judge of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:— 1 Cow, 1 this spring calf, 2 hogs, household furniture, Blacksmiths tools, I am oweing debts to the amount of one hundred Dollars — William Thoms.

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me William Thoms — who by occupation am a Blacksmith — which I am not able to pursue by reason of an injury in my left shoulder —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Saydie my wife 48 years healthy   Samuel son 16 " do   Ezra — " — 14 — " —do   William " — # 12 — " —do   John — " — # 10 — " —do   Alpha — " — # 8 — " —do   Joshua — " — # 3 — " —do  
William Thoms
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clarke Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 nine dollars and cents  $59.00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 20th day of July — A. D. one thousand eight hundred and Twenty
Thomas Clarke { Clerk of the Circuit Court of C.P. for said county of Oxford

Application
Lydia Hon.
Rev. Pension.
Act 3 July 1853.
Saml. L. Chandler North Conway N. H.

State of New Hampshire } County of Carroll }
On this twenty eighth day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me Jonathan G. Chase a judge of the Court of Probate in and for the county of Carroll in the State of New Hampshire being a court of Record Lydia Thorne aged seventy eight years a resident of Canway in the county of Carroll and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of February A.D. 1853.
That she is the widow of William Thorne who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution that he was a resident of Canway in the county of Carroll and State of New Hampshire and a Revolutionary Pensioner and inscribed on the Pension Roll at the rate of ninety Six dollars per annum, and was paid at the Agency at Portsmouth New Hampshire That from imperfect memory and lapse of time she is unable to state further particulars but respectfully refers to papers on file in the Pension Office establishing her said husbands claim.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Thorne in Fryeburg Maine on the nineteenth day of May A.D. eighteen hundred and sixteen by one Francis L. Whiting a Pastor and that her said husband died at Canway aforesaid on the twenty eighth day of September A.D. 1848. That she was married to him at the time above stated.
She further declares that she was a widow at the passage of the above named act and is still a widow.

that her name before her said marriage was Lydia Evans and that she never before
made application for a Pension.
Witness John G. Trulan
his Lydia X Sharn mark
State of New Hampshire
Canal SS. The foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above mentioned before me and I do hereby certify that in consequence of old age and bodily infirmity the above named Lydia Sharn is unable to attend court
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said court to be affixed and I certify that I have no interest in the result of the aforesaid claim and no concern in the prosecution thereof
Jonathan Chase Judge of Probate
State of New Hampshire
Canal SS. I Sanborn B. Carter register of probate of said county hereby certify that the above named Jonathan Chase is Judge of the court of Probate in said county and the above is his true and genuine signa- ture
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of Probate of said county This 15th day of April A.D. 1853
Sanborn B. Carter, Register of Probate

103276 Application Lydia Thomas for Barnes Land 100 L 4 Mar 3 1858.

State of Maine } ss. County of Oxford } ss.
On this twentieth day of March A.D. and thousand eight hundred and fifty five Personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County in the State aforesaid Lydia Thoms aged eighty one years, a resident of of Conway  Conway in the County of Carroll and State of New Hampshire who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the Widow of William Thoms deceased who was a Soldier of the War of the Revolution and pensioned as such that the said William Thoms is now deceased and that the said Lydia is inscribed on the Pension Roll at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per Annum that she was pensioned under the act of February 3 rd 1853. that her Pension certificate is not now in her possession and cannot remember the number or the date of her said certificate but that said certificate is made payable at the agency in Portsmouth New Hampshire that she respectfully refers the Pension Department to her Pension Papers on file at Washington where she obtained her said Pension Certificates which papers were sent by Samuel G. Chandler for me.

She makes this Proclamation for the purpose of obtaining the Bounties and to which she may be entitled under the Act granting Bounties to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States since 1790 also to Revolutionary Soldiers and their widows passed March 3 rd A.D. 1855 and that she never before applied for nor received Bounties and under any Act of Congress passed before or since said date of March 3 rd 1855
Witness Joshua Thomas
Sydia Thomas
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day and year first within written; and I certify I believe the above signed Sydia Thomas to be the identical Widow of William Thomas as within represented by herself and that her signature above is her true signature and that I have no interest in any case to which the above and within may relate.
Samuel L. Chandler } Justice of the Peace

I John Evans and I Joshua Thorne of Conway in the County of Carroll and State of Mississippi do hereby say I was well acquainted with William Thorne of Conway deceased, that the said William Thorne was a Revolutionary Pensioner and that we are also acquainted with Lydia Thorne of this town of Conway, that the said Lydia Thorne is the widow of William Thorne aforesaid and that she is in receipt of a Pension by virtue of her said husband's services and now resides in the town of Conway in the County of Carroll and State of Mississippi, and is still a widow. Joshua Thorne John Evans
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day and your first within a year and I certify the above named Joshua Thorne and John Evans are credible witnesses and that I am disinterested.
Samuel L. Chandler Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF OXFORD, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court.
I, ELISHA WINTER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify that
Remuel L. Chandler Esquire, whose genuine signature appears to the Certificates hereunto annexed, was at the respective dates thereof, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly authorized to administer OATHS, and take acknowledgment of DEEDS and other Instruments; and that the Court aforesaid is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our said Court this Seventeenth day of April 1855.
Elisha Winter Clerk.

Very  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4355-
Lydia Thomas Widow William Thomas Rich. B. Co. Wis.
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. 71 , Page 269
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Notification of transfer returned 13 Sep 1827 as a dead letter and filed so there.

103. 2. 26
Widows Ruth S. Barker Cynthia Gilman Lydia Thomas Mora
S. S. Chandler to Hon L. P. Waldo, Committee on Pensions Warrants issued hereon to be sent to Samuel L. Chandler North Fryeburg Me, their agent.

Hon. Sam l L. Chandler who filed Application of Lydia Thoms Widow of W m Thoms for Dower Land under Act March 3 rd 1855.
Hon. J. to Minot Comm r on Pensions Washington D.C.
Warrant issued thereon to be sent to - Samuel L. Chandler for applicant - Lydia Thoms
Hon. Kept Augusta Maine Feb y 20 th 1856 Sam l L. Chandler

✓ 17.732
5
Nov 1917

No 3093
Lydia Thom, widow of William Thom Let to Sam l L. Chandler (Ry) Oct 12/53
Rw. act 3 d Feby 1853

W H Lyding me Apr 24 Free,
Ms. B. 2. 29. 6.
Hon. L. L. Waldo.
Commissioner on Pensions Washington D.C.

Return to sender
Lydia Thomas Mrs. William
Hon. J. A. Minot Commissioner on Pensions Washington D.C.
you FREE

The G. Brown Hyde
Boynton
Free
FREE
J. M. Merrill Commissioner on Pensions Washington D.C.

Mr. A. W. 153, Nott,
B. J. 153

Pension Office
Nov. 21. 1853
Sir,
Please furnish a new certificate in this case - The witness ap- pear to be positive that the pensioner died in 1848 -
Very respectfully Yours off. Servt
B. Hood.
For Commissioner F' Burt Esqr 3 d Auditor } Passing } (See other side.)

William Thoms, New Hampshire, d. 1848, $8. p. month. Died 28 th Sept. 1848. Paid to his death.
Samuel G. Bird Actg. Auditor.
N. B. — The undersigned looked on the Vermont Roll — the mistake is my own, in the former answer. W. L. Bryan.

Pension Office Oct. 11. 1853
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was last paid; and, if in your power, the date of his death
Very respectfully Your Obed. Servt
J. Cole For Commissioner J. Bartlett } J. H. Austin } Pursuer }
(See other side.)

William Thoms, at 1818 $8.00 p.m. Paid to 4 th Sept. 1834, no date of death on our Books.
J. Bush Auditor.

State of New-Hampshire.
CARROLL, SS.
I, Francis R. Chase , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for said County, hereby certify that Samuel L. Chandler Esq., before whom the annexed Affidavit made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereunto is genuine.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court, this 23 day of
August
185 3
Francis R. Chase Clerk.

I James Osgood and I Jane Osgood of Canway in the county of Carroll and State of New Hampshire depose and say that we were acquainted with William Thomas late of Canway in his life time that he deceased at Canway aforesaid on the twenty eighth day of September A.D. 1848. That we attended the funeral of the said William Thomas and that the date above is the date inscribed on his Tomb Stone; that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner and that we are well acquainted with his widow Lydia Thomas and that she still remains the widow of the said William Thomas, and that we are disinterested witnesses.
James Osgood Jane Osgood
State of New Hampshire County of Carroll } S.S.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty ninth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty three; And I certify that I well knew the above signed James Osgood and Jane Osgood and that they are credible witnesses and their signature above is true and genuine, that I am disinterested Samuel L. Chandler } Justice of the Peace

Cydia Shorn Wid
William

North Scituate Me. Oct
Nov th 12 th 1853.
Yon L. P. Waldo
Commit on Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: The affidavit of James Osgood and Sam Osgood if not lost or misplaced will be found accompanying the application of Lydia Shaw alluded to within stating they were at the General of the within named William Shaw at such a time, which was the date also of his death as inscribed on on his Tomb Stone. I think the affidavit alluded to will be found. If not however I can procure affidavits anew from many of the neighbors to the same effect. The name of William Shaw I think must be inscribed there as a Revolutionary Pensioner as I well recollect he was by report, a pensioner long prior to his decease.
I am Sir
with respect
Sam l L. Chandler

Pension Office Oct 12 th 1833,
Sir,
In the case of Mrs. Lydia Thom, proof is required fixing the exact date of the death of her husband, in right of whose services in the revolutionary war she claims pension. The witnesses must state the facts and circumstances which enable them to be precise. There is no pensioner on our books of the name of William Thom, who died as stated in the declaration and proofs filed in the present application.
Very Respectfully, J. M c Intosh Commissioner
Sam l S. Chambers, Esq., North Conway, N. H.

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
January 27 th 1827.
SIR:
IN conformity with the regulations of this Department, you have this day been transferred from the Roll of Maine to that of New Hampshire to take effect from and after the 4 th September 1826.
I am, sir, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
Mr. William Thoms
U. S. Pensioner.
Portland, Me.

Brief in the case of Lydia Thorne, widow of William Thorne Carroll County and State of New Hampshire act 3rd February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or for increase. )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of March 18. 1818 at $96 per annum as private
Marriage proved by duly verified copy of Town records.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Samuel L. Chandler Esqr North Conway
Name and residence of Agent N. A.
R. Sedder Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, February 16 th 1856.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of William Thoms is borne on pay roll of Capt. Silvanus Smith's Comp. Col. Joseph Vose's Regt. for the year 1783. 12 mos. as private.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
A. D. Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. January 17. 1856.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of William Skombs is borne on pay roll of Capt. John Reed's (comps. Col. Samuel the Cobb's Regt. from Sept. 14 to Dec. 1. 1781. 2 mos. 18 days, as private.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis DeWitt Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Nov. 9 Minot - Cannon on Puerco Washington D.C.

Augusta Maine House Representatives January 19th 1856.
Hon. J. Minot
Enclosed please find Authenticated Copy of the Records Services of William Thomas in the Revolutionary War which Copy of said Record is in behalf of Widow of said William Thomas which widow applied for Bounty Land under Act of March 3 rd 1855, and her application sent by myself to the Pension Department about April last and recently Reported requiring Record proof of her said husband's services.
Will you send her warrant when issued, as also, then Evans Warrant widow of William Evans to myself at Augusta where I shall be engaged during the Legislative Session.
I am Sir, with the Respectful Yours very obedt Servt Samuel V. Chamberlain No. 107 P.O. Augusta Me
N.B. I write to know if Anthony Grover's Land Warrant has yet been issued. His application was filed May or June last by Hays or Mason of Bethel Oxford Co. Me.

Wm Thomas for transfer
24 Jan
Pensioner Portland Me.
Recd. 24 Jan 1827
Hon. James Madison Secretary of War Washington D.C.
Recd Jan. 24. 1827

ENOCH LINCOLN, Governor of the State of Maine: TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS:
Greeting:
KNOW YE, That Stephen Chase, Esquire, of Fryeburg, whose signature is borne on the paper hereunto annexed, is one of our Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum, for our County of Oxford;
Enoch Lincoln
duly nominated and appointed, commissioned and qualified; and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed. GIVEN under my hand at PORTLAND, this seventeenth day of January, — in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven ; and in the fifty- first year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR:

State of Maine —
Oxford ss. — On this Thirteenth day January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty seven, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Oxford, personally appeared William Thomas, of Conway, in the County of Stafford, & State of New Hampshire, blacksmith, who, on oath, declares, that he is the same person, who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Lunt, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose, — in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State District of Maine, that he now resides in the State of New Hampshire, where he intends to remain, & wishes his pension to be there payable in future; & that he did reside in said District of Maine, when his name was placed on the Pension List. —
Wm Thomas
Sworn & subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid —
Stephen Chase, Just. Peace

State of Maine — County of Oxford ss. —
On this thirteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred & twenty seven, before me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Oxford, personally appeared Andrew McMillan a citizen & inhabitant of the Town of Fryeburg, in the said County of Oxford, who on his oath declares, that he well knows the before named William Thomas who signed & swore to the foregoing affidavit, to be the same identical William Thomas named in a pension certificate in his possession, of which the following is a copy, viz —
"War Department.
"Revolutionary Claim —
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 10th of March, 1810, William Thomas, late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
"Given at the War Office of the United States, this tenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred & nineteen.
(Signed) "J C Calhoun
"Secretary of War."
(L S)
Andrew McMillan

State of Maine -
County of Oxford ss - I hereby certify that the preceding affidavit, was subscribed & sworn to before me the day & year last aforesaid & that the above named Andrew Nesbitt the said deponent, is well known to me to be a person of veracity, & of good standing & reputation -
Stephen Chase, Just. Peace.
Wm. Phillips J.P.