Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 3642-160-55, for Jeremiah Paul, Massachusetts

SERVICE
7 Mass.
Paul Jeremiah Hannah
NUMBER _____
B L Wt 3642-160-55,
CONTENTS

20918
Act. Mar. 3/55
March 28/55
Heannah Paul wid of Jeremiah Paul priv.
Capt. Leighton } Rec. Mil. Col. Bruns }
Enl. May 2nd 1776
Dis
Revolutionary War, Capt: Samuel Leighton.
mas: Mil;
ad: 160 ac, Aug: 10/55,
BOYNTON
Boynton
See No
3642 ip Aug 14/55
E.E. Boome Kennebec Maine
let: E.E. Boome phr. 24/55,
me
no Papers
Vol P page 2-

20. 9/8

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court, Alfred, March 21 A. D. 18 55 }
I, James O. McIntire,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
In and for said COUNTY OF YORK, certify that
Edward E. Paine. In ii cou
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of York as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his Commis- sion is dated Nov 12 A. D. 18 57 and will expire
Nov 12 A. D. 18 58 .
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be his is GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
James O. McIntire. Clerk.

State of Maine, York County } ss.
On this twenty third day of March 1855 personally appeared before me Edward E Bourne, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and state aforesaid Hannah Paul aged eighty three years, a resident of Kennebec in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jeremiah Paul, deceased, who was a private in the company of Capt Leighton of Rattery - Amos Towne Lieutenant - of Col Brewers Regiment, in the Revolutionary War, four months - He acted as water to the Captain, and served said four months, and was honorably discharged. - The enlistment was in the last of May or first of June 1776. - They were stationed during the whole time in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
She further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Paul in Kennebec on the fifteenth day of May 1836 by one George W Wells, the Congregational minister of said Kennebec - and that before her said marriage her name Hannah Wise - that her said husband died at Kennebec on the twenty fifth day of September A D 1849, and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which

J. Joshua A Swan, minister of the First Congregational Church and Society in Kennebunk do on oath testify and declare that the following are true extracts from the Records of said Church -
Under the head "Marriages"
"1836 May 15. Jeremiah Paul and Mrs Hannah Wise both of Kennebunk"
Under the head "Deaths"
1849. Sept 25 th - Jeremiah Paul died of old age, 87 "
J. A. Swan
State of Maine } ss County of York }
The foregoing declaration and affidavits were sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, and I do certify that I am personally acquainted with said affiants, said Hannah Paul, Edward G Wise, Sarah J Wise, Edward E Bourne and Joshua A Swan, and that they each and all are credible witnesses. That said claimant is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim
Edw a E Bourne Jr
Justice of the Peace

Thermopolis Wyo. Aug. 3 55
Dear Sir
I enclose record evidence of the service of Jeremiah Paul, to be used in the case of Hannah Paul, Afft for Bountly Land, No 20918 -
The evidence I regard as conclusive as to service - The pay roll of the company for their travel to Fort Benton and the payroll for their return home , three months afterwards, shows a service to that time and honorable discharge -
Yours respectfully,
E. E. Bourn
Hon - Minot
Law of Pennns Washington D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Aug. 1 st 1855.
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 Jeremiah Paul is borne on travel roll of Capt. Samuel Leighton's (comp. from their respective homes to Dorchester Heights Aug 21. 1776. Read and allowed in Council Sept. 18. 1776. Also on pay roll for travel in Capt. Samuel Leighton's Comp. from Dorchester Heights to their respective homes Nov. 29 1776. 85 miles each way. Read and allowed in Council Nov. 29 1776. No roll for service for said Paul.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Winston Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Con
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
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Be pleased to file a declaration in this office, agreeably to the accompanying regulations, and search will be made for the revolutionary service of and the result forwarded to your address. Particular attention is called to the second regulation.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

The following REGULATIONS, to be observed in the examination of the Revolutionary Rolls in this office, have been rendered necessary under the rules which are established in the Pension Department at Washington, viz:—
1. Every application requiring search or certificate must be made to the Secretary, in writing, by the claimant, or by some person duly authorized by the claimant; and the signature to the application must be attested by some magistrate.
2. In all cases where the application is made by any person other than the claimant, a power of attorney, attested by a magistrate , authorizing such person to act in the claimant's behalf, must accompany the application.
3. The application must set forth, as fully as the circumstances of the case will allow, the residence and service of the soldier, and the names of the officers under whom he served; and no search will be made until after the filing of such written application.
“Regulations to be observed in the examination of the Massachusetts Revolutionary Papers in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.”
“The application must be made to the Secretary, in writing, by the claimant, or by some person duly authorized by the claimant, by a written power of attorney, attested by a magistrate. The signature of the claimant must in all cases be attested in like manner.
“The application must set forth, as fully as the circumstances of the case will allow, the residence of the soldier, &c., at the time of the service, and the names of the various officers under whom he served, as well as the nature of such service.
“The certificate of the Secretary must show that the search was made, after the filing of such application, by himself, or by one of his Clerks, alone, and must be accompanied by the original application of the claimant or of his attorney, and by a detailed statement, under the signature of the Secretary and the Seal of the State, of the circumstances which satisfied that officer of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.”
The following is an extract from a letter received by the Secretary from J. E. Heath, Esq., Commissioner of Pensions, dated March 19, 1852:—
“I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3d inst., accompanied by a copy of the Regulations now in force in your office in the examination of your Revolutionary Rolls; and, in reply to your questions, have to state that, in my opinion, the said Regulations could not be relaxed in any particular without serious injury to the Government and the rights of individuals justly entitled to the benefits of the Revolutionary Pension Laws. Indeed, even with those guards around your rolls, I am satisfied they are frequently used by unscrupulous individuals to sustain applications not embraced by the laws, and as a means of obtaining exorbitant fees.”

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES.
Made by the Attorney of the widow of the party who rendered the service.
County of York — State of Maine Town of Wiscasset
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Jeremiah Paul in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Sanford (I believe) in the County of York and State of Maine
He enlisted from the Town of — in the County of — and State of Maine in the year 1776 as a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Samuel Leighton in — Regiment
and he served as follows,* viz: — Four months in 1776 at Dorchester & Cambridge E. E. Bourne
Signed by E. E. Bourne in my presence
Hosea H. Sley. Jus. of the Peace
* Here describe, as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c., of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

I am now more fully than above stated.
years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services
Witness my hand, this A. D. 18
day of _____
Signed by said in my presence,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. ]

— Mason Office, August, 10 th 1855.

Mr. Col. agrees with me that the case should be tried; Leave Off. Aug. 10/55.
By Mr. [unclear]

See your B. Land N o 20. 218. Hannah Paul - Jeremick Me - M. Pope
Boylston
Mem o 4 Com te of Pensions Washington D.C.
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No. 20918
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar 28 55 , 1855
Hannah Paul wid of Jeremiah Paul Br M rs Mill New Har
Warrant No 8642160-55
E. B. Dames Kennebunk Me