Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,278, for William Leeman, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass
Leeman, William
NUMBER _____
R. 6.278
CONTENTS

205 William Deerman
Newcastle
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
Court of Common Pleas this
twentieth
day of
April
A. D. 1833
Nathl. Coffin
CLERK.

State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the annexed paper, signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contains the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas, at a special session thereof holden at Wiscasset in said county, by the Hon. John Ruggles one of the Judges of said Court on the 28 th day of December A. D. 1832, in the matter of the application of William Leeman for a Pension. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 21 st day of May , A. D. 1832.3
Nathl Coffin CLERK.
in the War Department in company at a private at Edgcomb (a town adjoining said Newcastle) he forgets the time he was enlisted for but well recollects that he was not discharged until late in the fall following after cold weather had commenced which he thinks was towards the last of October or first of November, being as much as seven months - immediately after he enlisted he was mustered & with the Company proceeded to Camden on Penobscot Bay to guard the coast, against the enemy - after remaining there some time we were ordered to march to Brookbay where the Baggage expedition so called was collecting in order to go and take Castine when the troops had all assembled at Brookbay Harbour the fleet had collected there, his company proceeded on as the expedition - he went with them & was at the battle when our troops landed at Castine & after our defeat there he came home through the wilderness - was immediately ordered to join the Company at Brookbay, & serve out the time he enlisted for, he immediately repaired to Brookbay & joined the Company & assisted in building a fort there & at the expiration of the time he enlisted for he was verbally discharged Having been in actual service from early in the spring to late in the fall, the exact time he cannot remember, but knows it to be from six to seven months.
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instruction of the War Department he answers - That he was born in Edgcomb a town adjoining said Newcastle in the year 1762 - has a record of his age at home in a family bible - lived in said Edgcomb when called into service, lived there since the Revolutionary War, until about thirty two years ago, when he removed to said Newcastle - he enlisted voluntarily - recollects the General was called home - recollects Maj Hunt & Adjutant Stinson - he was discharged verbally - Any of his neighbours can testify to his character for truth & veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services but he will particularly refer to Rufus Leavell & Warren Duntow.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
William Leeman
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before
John Ruggles Judge of said Court.
Nathl Coffin Clerk

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } COUNTY OF LINCOLN, } ss.
ON this 28 th day of December 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before John Ruggles Judge of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, William Leeman a resident of Newcastle in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged
Seventy 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United
States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated, as follows - to wit not in the spring of the year 1779 he thinks said in the month of April he enlisted in the capt Wallcutts company as a private at Edgcomb (a town adjoining said Newcastle) he forgets the time he was enlisted for but will recollect that he was not discharged until late in the fall following after cold weather had commenced which he thinks was towards the last of October or first of November, being as much as seven months - immediately after he enlisted he was mustered & with the Company proceeded to Camden on Penobscot Bay to guard the coast, against the enemy - after remaining there some time we were ordered to march to Brook Bay where the Baggaduce expedition so called was collecting in order to go and take Castine when the troops had all assembled at Brook Bay Harbour the fleet had collected there, his company proceeded on in the expedition - he went with them & was at the battle when our troops landed at Castine & after our defeat there he came home through the wilderness & was immediately ordered to join the Company at Brook Bay , & serve out the time he enlisted for, he immediately repaired to Brook Bay & joined the Company & assisted in building a fort there & at the expiration of the time he enlisted for he was verbally discharged having been in actual service from early in the spring to late in the fall, the exact time he cannot re- member, but knows it to be from six to seven months.
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instruction of the War Department he answers - That he was born in Edgcomb a town adjoining said Newcastle in the year 1762 - has a record of his age at home in a family bible - lived in said Edgcomb when called into service, lived there since the Revolutionary War, until about thirty two years ago, when he removed to said Newcastle - he enlisted vol- recollects the General was called Lane untarily - discharged verbally - recollects Maj Hunter & Adjutant Stenson - he was Any of his neighbours can testify to his character for truth & veracity & their belief of his revolutionary services but he will particularly refer to Rufus Leavell & William Dutton .
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
William Leeman
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before
John Ruggles Judge of said Court.
Nathl Coffin Clerk

WE, Rufus Sewall residing in the town of Edgecombe and Warren Deerton residing in the town of Newcastle hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with William Leman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Rufus Sewall Warren Deerton
State of Maine.
LINCOLN, ss. Sworn and subscribed this ninth day of April A. D. 1833
Before me, J. Bailey Justice of the Peace.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Rufus Sewall who has signed the preceding certificate, is resident in the said town of Edgecombe and that Warren Deerton who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Newcastle and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. And it appears to the Court that there is no clergyman residing in the vicinity of said applicants.
Jno. Ruggles J. C.C.P. Attest Nathl Coffin Clerk.
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Jere Bailey Esq. whose name is affixed to the above certificate, as a Justice of the Peace is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this twentieth day of April A. D. 1833
Nathl Coffin CLERK.
205 William Leman seventy

Maine
William Lemmon
Suspended
✓ Let to Hardy Bailey
Dec 29. 1836
✓ Let to Hon. E. Robinson, July 6 th 1838.
6278

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
Q278
P. O.
William S. ...
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis.
Searched for _____
, 18

William Seeman
4.
Am. J. Daily HR
Clarendon Newcastle MS

WAR DEPARTMENT,
7 Sept Pension Office,
7 September 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjóined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of William Leeman
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers, under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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 , in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Hon. J. S. Clevards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington.

House of Reps. Dec. 7. 1836.
Sir,
I have the honor to enclose the papers of William Seeman a claimant for a pension. The former papers are herewith returned, together with a new declaration by the claimant , and a new deposition by Thomas Trask .
I am personally acquainted with Trask, he lives in my neighbourhood, is very intelligent, and is a person of strict integrity & veracity. Seeman is in feeble health, and his memory much impaired.
I would respectfully request you to communicate to me the result of your examination of this case, in order that I may inform the claimant.
Your most Ob t . Serv t .
J. Bailey
Hon. J. S. Edwards Com t of Pensions. —

William Leeman

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 31 1833.
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 Leeman is borne on a "roll of a Company under the command of Capt. Archabald M c Allister in Col. Samuel M c Coll's Reg t on the expedition against Magalagaduce from July 11 to Sept 4. 1779" — and he is there allowed for two months 13 days service. Timothy Cunningham is borne on the same Roll. There are no other rolls of said M c Allister's Company in 1779 — there are several rolls of his company in other years, but the name of William Leeman is not borne thereon. — 2.19 Edward D. Bangs Esq

Time Cunningham & Moses Teasdale depts. in W m Seaman's case

I Timothy Cunningham of Oddecombe in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine aged seventy eight years affirm I declare that I am well acquainted with William Seamen of Newcester in said County & believe him to be seventy years of age - said Seamen & myself were out as private soldiers in the Revolutionary war in 1779. we were in Capt. Archibald M c Allesters Company on the Bagaduce expedition so called at Penobscot river & to Lake Boston - we landed there & said Seamen was present on the spot at the battle when we were defeated. I do not know how long he served in guarding the coast before we went on that expedition as I was not with him in the duty of guarding the coast against the enemy.
Timothy Cunningham
Subscribed State of Maine - I John B. April 10, 1833 - Personally appeared the above mentioned Timothy Cunningham before me Jeremiah Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within the said County of Lincoln & after due examination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth affirmeth under the pains & penalties of perjury to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed in my presence The aforesaid Deponent is a disinterested person & of good credit in whose testimony confidence may be placed. J. Bailey Justice of the Peace.

I Moses Trask of Oquossoc in the County of Lincoln State of Maine aged seventy five years on oath depose say, that I am well acquainted with William Seaman of Newcastel in said County & believe him to be about seventy years of age. - Said Seaman was  with out with me as a private soldier part of the season in the year 1779. - we both served as privates in Captain Archibald M c Alister's Company on the Bangsdown expedition to Penobscot - I well recollect that our Company was in the second gondola that landed & that said Seaman was among us - the first gondola lost nineteen men in landing - the second (ours) lost six men - I afterwards left that Company & went into Capt. Dorr's Company - when I left Capt. M c Alister's Com- pany said Seaman was in it on duty. - After I left Capt. M c Alister's Company, I understood that said Seaman went to Fowles harbour in Boothbay & was there on duty until the boats were carried up river to Wiscasset, which was not until cold weather. - The enlistments & preparation for the Bangsdown expedition commenced quite early in the spring, but the landing & attack was not made until the summer. - I have no doubt but what said Seaman was out in the service that year seven or eight months. - I have always been acquainted with him & his family ever since I was a child. -
Moses Trask

~ State of Maine ~ Lincoln ss. April 10. 1833. Personally appeared the aforenamed Moses Frost, before me Jeremiah Bailey Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace within the said County of Lincoln & after due examination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth maketh oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed in my presence. The aforesaid Deponent is a dis- interested person of good credit in whose testimony Confidence may be placed. J. Bailey Justice of the Peace
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the Coun- ty of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Jer. Bailey Esq. whose name is written affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duely qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own prop- er signature to me well known. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 21 st day of May A. D. 1838. 3
Nathl. Coffin CLERK.

I Thomas Frask of Jefferson in the County of Lincoln, State of Maine, aged seventy seven years in October next, on oath depose and say, that I am well acquainted with William Seaman of Newcastle in said County of Lincoln, and that I have known him from his youth upwards, having always lived near him & his father's family; said Seaman is about seventy four years of age, I have seen him lately & find that his memory & recollection of things that took place a long time ago have much failed him.
In the month of April 1779. said Seaman & myself and several others were drafted into Capt. Joseph Jones Company for two months to go to Camden on Penobscot Bay to guard the coast against the enemy, said Seaman & myself went then in said Company and before we had served out the two months we were recalled & immediately drafted into Capt. M c Alister Company to go on the Bagaducee expedition to Castine. Said Seaman & myself did go on that expedition in Capt. M c Alister Company, and very soon on our return (I think in a fortnight) M c Alister had orders from Gen. Wadsworth to collect his

Company together & march them to Boothbay, said Seaman & myself then immediately joined our Company (M c Alister) and marched to Boothbay & immediately went to work in building a fort there, as it was a good harbor it was feared the British would attempt to land. We staid there till cold weather, it was as late as the middle of November 1779, when we were discharged, as the enemy had then left the coast on account of the cold weather and lateness of the season; said Seaman remained there at Boothbay in said M c Alister Company until it was discharged as aforesaid, I well recollect that fact, because he was in my mess, and we travelled home together, we lived only half a mile apart. Said Seaman was out in actual service from the middle of April to the middle of November 1779. with the exception of about a fortnight after he returned from the expedition Bagaduce before Capt M c Alister collected his Company together to march them to Boothbay as I have before stated.
Said Seaman and myself got our pay for the Bagaduce expedition, but we got nothing for our services in Capt. Jones Company at Camden, and nothing for our services after we marched

to Boothbay and staid 'till November, as I before stated. We were dissatisfied about it and asked Capt. Mt. Alliston why it was so, he said that the returns were made immediately on our return from the expedition and that it would do no good to alter them & add our other services at Boothbay. Some of our men thought that Capt. Mt. Alliston had contrived in some way to get pay for our services after we returned & kept it himself, but we never knew how it was, at any rate we got nothing.
In the above services I never heard of any Regiment, we were spoken of as in Companies, but I heard Gen. Wads- worth spoken of as the Commander over the whole in the Bageduce expedition.
I have seen said Seamen's first declaration as to his services, and find that he is in error as to his being in Mt. Alliston's Company while at Camden on Penobscot river; it was Capt. Jones' Company he was in when there, in other parts of his declara- tion he is substantially correct. Thomas Trapp

State of Maine - Lincoln Co. Sept. 22. 1836. Personally appeared the aforementioned Thomas Hatch before me Jeremiah Bailey Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County of Lincoln & after due examination & caution to testify & declare the whole truth maketh oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed in my presence. The aforesaid deponent is a disinterested person & of good credit in whose testimony confidence may be placed.
J. Bailey Just. Peace. —

State of Maine
Lincoln Co. Sep. 22. 1836. Personally appeared before me Jeremiah Bailey a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Lincoln, State of Maine, William Seaman of New- castle in said County of Lincoln, who after being duly sworn, deposes 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 ac- cording to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below; and in the following grades:
For a time not exceeding two months, I served as a drafted soldier in Capt. Jones Company at Camden on Penobscot Bay in the early part of the year 1779, I think we were drafted & marched in April, I afterwards, was recalled & drafted into Capt. McAllister Company and served as a soldier in that Company six months, including the Bagedore expedition and the time I remained at Boothbay after the expedition in assisting in building a fort and guarding the coast, and I particularly refer to the deposi- -tion

of Thomas Trask now herewith for the first time sent, and for such services I claim a pension.
William Seaman
State of Maine: - Lincoln ss. Personally appeared the above named William Seaman & made oath that the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration are according to his best knowledge & belief. Sept. 22. 1836.                      Refn in J. Bailey Just. Peace ss
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. LINCOLN, ss— I NATHANIEL COOPER Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the Coun- ty of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Jeremiah Bailey Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own prop- er signature, to me well known. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 21 st day of November A. D. 1835
Jacob Smith CLERK.