Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35501, for Moses Kimball, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (N.B.)
Kimball Moses
S 35501
CONTENTS

1840
Aug 14 Hon C F Mendelsohn Esq
Paris
Notification sent to the Clerk 19 Oct 1840
8,960
Maine
Moses Kimball
11
of Rumford in the state of who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Poor of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 3 d of April, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Apr 1819 and sent to H. K. Davis, Esq Paris, Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. amt No 11. 89.56 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Apr 1819 48.00
$137:56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Moses Kimball
No 0960-

STATE OF MAINE.
begun and holden at Paris  Oxford ss. At a special Court of Common Pleas on the fourth  Tuesday of July within and for the county of Oxford  and by adjournment there A. D. 1820 before the Honorable Judah Dana  day of Judges 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  Moses Kimball aged 71 years, resident in Rumford 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. Winborn Adams in the Regiment commanded by Colonel in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 3d day of June A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 8000 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.
Moses Kimball
Sworn to and declared, on the 25th day of July — A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Judah Dana — Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: — no real estate - one old House
Moses Kimball —

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Moses Kimball — who by occupation am a farmer — which I am unable to pursue by reason of  partial derangement — old age & consumptive complaints
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Phebe my wife 66 years unable to labour, having the dropsy   Phebe, daughter 24 " able to labour —    Moses Kimball
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clark — 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  five dollars —  $5.00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 28 th day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty —
Thomas Clark { Clerk of the Circuit Court of C.P. for said county of Oxford —

I Moses Kimball a resident citizen of the United States in the Town of Rumford in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify that in the early part of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy six I enlisted into the Company commanded commanded by Captain Windburn Adams in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Enoch Poor in the Army of the United States of America & served in that company as a private soldier in the war of the rebellion on the continental establishment during the term of my enlistment which was one year at the expiration of which term I left the service.
And I further testify that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support.
Moses Kimball

Rumford May 4 th 1810.
This may certify that Mr. Moses Kimball of this town having served in the revolutionary war, has grown aged and infirm, and is destitute of property and also is dependent on his children for his daily support, as he is unable to support himself by labor; and therefore is a subject properly entitled to his pension, according to the true intent of a law of the United States lately passed for the relief of those soldiers who served in the said war.
Abel Wheeler } Selectmen Aaron Dinsmore } Rumford
Daniel Gould Minister of the Gospel in said Rumford

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Joseph Young or Samuel Shepard of Gilmon- ton, Ebenezer Clifford or Benjamin Abbott of Easton Charles Prager or Eleazer Davis of H- ton, Stephen Mitchell or Jos. Col. of Durham in the District of Washington Josiah Dunn or Asahel Cook of Waltham Lyman or James Kelley of Sumner , David Bradley or Abner Silbey GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, held at Paris in said District, on the third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  Almon H. T. Parsons in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town of Gilmonston, Easton, Houlton, Durham, Cornish, Sumner, Waltham aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Almon H. T. Parsons Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

Moses Kimball Private Col E. Poors Regiment 1776-1783
Admitted
Moses Kimball

I Parker Morgan of Gilmanton in the county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire depose and say that sometime in the last of December A.D. 1775 I enlisted for one year into the Continental service of the United States in the Revolutionary war into the Company commanded by Captain Windborn Adams Company and Regiment commanded by Col e Enoch Dorr New Hampshire line and served said enlistment out in said corps that before I entered the aforesaid service I was personally acquaint- ed with Moses Kimball then of Exeter  Fremington , County of Rockingham and State aforesaid now of Rumford in the State of Massachusetts that the he the said Moses Kimball entered the aforesaid service about the same time I did myself I know that he served and did duty as a priv d Soldier for in said company for more than nine months during said enlistment and that he was in the same step in said Company with myself Strafford ss July 1 st 1818. Parker Morgan

State of New Hampshire Stratford ss
July 1 st 1818 Then personally appeared the within named Parker Morgan who is a man of credibility and whose deposition ought to have full faith and credit given to it and made solemn oath that the within deposition by him submitted was the truth before me.
Joseph Young Jus. Peace

I Stephen Dudley of Alton in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire Depose and say that some time the last of the year A.D. 1775 I saw Moses Kimball of Exeter serving as a private soldier in the Company of Capt Adams in Colonel Enoch Poor's Regiment at Winter Hill in the State of Massachusetts in the revolutionary war in the New Hampshire line - and afterward to Waltham. Some time the last of August in the year 1776 I again saw the said Moses Kimball serving as a private soldier in the Company, Regiment, and line aforesaid which was then called the year's Service - Strafford ss - July 8 th 1818
Stephen Dudley
State of New Hampshire } July 8 th 1818 Then Personally Strafford ss _____ appeared the above named Moses Kimball Stephen Dudley who is a man of credibility and whose depository ought to have full faith and credit given to it, and made solemn Oath that the within above deposition by him subscribed, is just and true before me - Samuel Shepard. Justice of the Peace

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the Third day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Moses Kimball the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the depositions of Parker Morgan and Stephen Dudley, taken before Joseph Young and Samuel Shepard, respectable magistrates appointed by Delegates for this purpose; and the certificate of Abel Wheeler & Aaron Virgin municipal officers of the corporation to which said applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life, all which are hereto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Moses Kimball the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion L. Larris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

35 501
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35-501
Moses Kimball
Rev Rev Mass
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 228
[Arrangement of 1870.]