Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 22010, for James Preble, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Preble, James Rebecca
W 22010
CONTENTS

Maine N o 26,030
James Preble of Lincoln Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Patton of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Maine Troops time for 14 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 16 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19. day of Dec r , 1833 and sent to Hon. E. Ravensagh A. R.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833 106.66 2 / 3 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1st March 34 23.33 1 / 3
$140.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk. Book E. Vol. 1 Page 43

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 papers signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contain the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas, at a special session thereof holden at Bath — in said County, by the Hon. John Ruggles one of the Judges of said Court on the eleventh day of August A. D. 1832, in the matter of the application of James Poble for a Pension. IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 14 th day of August A. D. 1832. Nathaniel Coffin CLERK.

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF LINCOLN SS.
At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Bath in said County on the 11 th day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open Court, before JOHN RUGGLES, Esq. one of the Judges thereof,
James Preble a resident of Bowdoinham in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged Seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States in the Militia of Lincoln County in the latter part of April 1779 that in the said month he marched under Lieut. George Thomas from Bowdoinham aforesaid to Camden in the Penobscot Bay a distance of about sixty miles. I was then stationed with the company till order came to join the American forces at Camden sent to attack Baggadadue, at the time of the siege of Baggadadue the applicant crossed the Penobscot Bay before his company & then immediately joined the company Regiment commanded by Capt. Asa Patten, and in that company served at the said siege of Baggadadue after the siege the applicant continued with his company retreated with the American forces up the Penobscot River, & then with the troops crossed the country to Kennebec River & then down to the mouth thereof at Coxes Head where he was stationed with the said company, and then served until the end of the year 1779 making a term of actual service of the applicant for 1779 Eight months. Lt. Baggadadue General Loomis commanded the American Army & Commodore Saltonstall the fleet, that he did not receive any written discharge from the service. This applicant also in both states that in 1780 he was a minute man so called & served three months in that year in guarding the sea coast in the County of Lincoln from Townsend to Small Point in the company under
Capt. Asa Patten & Lieut. George Thomas. in Col. Samuel McKobb's Regiment. In 1781. This applicant served under the same officers three months in the same kind of service & was engaged in guard duty and a scouting party on the sea coast near the mouth of Kennebec River making in all of actual service a term of
14 He has always a voluntary & never a sub. charge was born at Bowdoinham aforesaid June 14 th 1761. That he has no record of his age, but knows that he was no record of his age, but knows it from his parents who have told him that he resided at said Bowdoinham ever since his birth that he is known to John Atwell a clergyman, & John Springer of Bowdoinham & the neighborhood to his testify to his

8 cant in 1779 Eight months. Lt. Colonel General, Lister commanded the Canadian Army & Commodore Saltfleet the fleet, that we did not receive any written discharge from the service. This application also in the State that in 1780 we had a minute man for call & served three months in that year in guarding the sea coast in the County of Lincoln from Townsend to Small Point in the company under
Capt. Peter Patten & Lieut. George Thomas. in Col. Patten's Regiment. Served under the same in 1781. This application served under the same officers three months in the same kind of service & was engaged in guard duty all in Scituate part on the sea coast near the mouth of Kennebec River making in all of actual service a term of
14 fourteenth months, that we was born at Bowdoinham aforesaid June 14 th 1761. that we has no record of his age, but knows it from his parents who have told him that he resided at said Bowdoinham ever since his birth that he is known to John Atwell a clergyman, & John Springer & many others of Bowdoinham & the neighborhood who can testify to his character for truth & veracity, that we has no written evidence of his service aforesaid & that the persons whom affidavits are annexed are the only living witnesses who have personal knowledge of his service that can now be produced.
Dane Dill
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid J. Ruggles J. C. P.

We John Atwell a clergyman residing at Bath & John Springer residing in Litchfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Proctor who has subscribed to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one years of age he is reported and believed in that neighborhood when he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion
John Atwell John Springer & year aforesaid John Ruggles J.L.G.P
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid John Ruggles J.L.G.P
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives 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 that John Atwell who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman residing  at Bath, and that John Springer who has signed the same is resident in Litchfield  and that both of the persons above named are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to  credit.
I, Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas for Lincoln County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
Attest Nathl. Coffin Clerk
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this day of A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas in Lincoln County.
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I Andrew Whitmore of Scituate in the County of Lincoln aged Seventy years on oath state that I well know James Preble of Bowdoinham in said County, that he is seventy one years of age, that in April 1779 he marched as a soldier under Lieut George Thomas of Bowdoinham to Camden & served there until the siege of Bagga- doo in July 1779, that he then crossed Penobscot Bay & was at said siege, serving as a soldier there & retreated with the American forces up Penobscot river & thence across the country to Kennebec River & there continued to serve till the remainder of that year at Cox's Head under Capt. Hector Patten in Col. Samuel McRobb's Regiment. I was a soldier with him for 1780. I knew him to serve as a minute man in said Capt. Patten's company three months, and he also served three months in 1781 as a minute man in the same company, the last service of his in 1781 was guarding the coast.
Andrew Whitmore
Subscribed & sworn to the day and year aforesaid in open court, whereby it appears that the said Andrew Whitmore is a competent witness in the above entitled matter Attest Nathl Coffin Clerk J. Ruggles J. C.C.P. I John Springer of Litchfield aged Seventy three years on oath testify that I well know James Preble of Bowdoinham abovenamed, that he is seventy one years of age & that he served during the term above stated & that the facts stated in the above affidavit of Andrew Whitmore are true. I being a soldier & having served in the same company with said Preble & Whitmore
John Springer
Subscribed & sworn to the day and year aforesaid & filed in open court, whereby it appears that the said John Springer is a competent witness in the above entitled matter Attest Nathl Coffin Clerk J. Ruggles J. C.C.P.

Reported Jan 26/49
3583.
Name
Rebecca Peble widow of James Peble who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 46 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Jan 1849 and sent to Geo. W. Morton Augusta Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 30 Vol. 1.

6493

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Lincoln County, ss.
On this Nineteenth day of February A. D., 1839, personally appeared before the Hon Nathaniel Grooton , Judge of Probate Court within and for the aforesaid County, in open Probate Court, Rebecca Preble
a resident of Bowdoinham in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged Sixty-eight 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 July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of James Preble , late of Bowdoinham aforesaid, deceased who was a soldier of the Revolutionary war and served, at different times and produced such evidence under the act of June 7th 1832 as entitled him to be entered on the Pension list, which evidence is now on file in the Pension office at Washington City where she refers. his original pension certificate being necessary to obtain arrearages of pension.
She further declares, that she was married to the said James Preble on the fifteenth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and Ninety-three ; that her husband, the aforesaid James Preble died on the twentieth day
of February A. D. 1835; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. and She further says
that prior to her marriage, her maiden was Rebecca Weston , the daughter of Caleb and Rebecca Weston of Bowdoinham aforesaid -
Attest Marshall S. Hagar
Rebecca Preble Mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me
Nathaniel Grooton Judge of Probate for Lincoln County

STATE OF MAINE.
I the subscriber Regd of Probate for said County hereby CERTIFY, That William G. Gurnea before whom the proceedings were had, is Judge of Probate for said County I also CERTIFY, That the Application contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Rebecca Preble widow of Jud Preble for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this Nineteenth day of February A. D., 183 9
Geo. W. Nichols
Regd of Probate for said County

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May fourteenth (14 th ) Seventeen hundred ninteg three (1793) There was married Mr James Pribel to Mrs Rebeckah Weston for me Jobe Maccorner Attest James Maxwell Town Clerk
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy from the records of the town of Bowdoinham, with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows May 14 th 1793 (May fourteenth Seventeen hundred ninety three) Bowdoinham Feb 19 th 1839 Orrington Lunt, Clerk of the town of Bowdoinham
I Orrington Lunt above named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the town of Bowdoinham in the County of Lincoln State of Maine and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the Coun- ty of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Marshall S. Hagar 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 proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my and hand affixed the seal of the District Court of Common Pleas this 9 th day of May A. D. 1839.
Jacob Smith CLERK.
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May fourteenth (14 th ) seventeen hundred ninety three (1793) There was married Mr James Pribel to Mrs Rebecca Weston per me Jobe Macomber Attest James Maxwell Town Clerk "
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy from the records of the town of Bowdoinham, with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible figures as follows May 14 th 1793 (May fourteenth seventeen hundred ninety three) Bowdoinham Feb 19 th 1839 Orrington Lunt, Clerk of the town of Bowdoinham
I Orrington Lunt above named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the town of Bowdoinham in the County of Lincoln State of Maine and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me
Orrington Lunt Clerk of Bowdoinham
State of Maine Lincoln ss Sworn to this nineteenth day of Feb. 1839 before me Marshall S. Hagan Justice of the Peace

Dec. 21. 1839
Hagar Sarah P. Webb 6495 Barnesham
Hagar
Rebecca P. Webb
mo. of James
Hon. Rufus Randall

I Sarah Preble of Bowdoinham in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, of the age of Seventy-nine years, do depore and say that I was present at the in- termarriage of James Preble with Rebecca Weston - Mr James Preble was a brother of my husband (Zebulon Preble) - They that is to say, James Preble and Rebecca Weston were Mar- ried by Elder Macomber of Bowdoinham at her father's house in Bowdoinham - I cannot say how long ago it was, but I should think it might be forty six or forty-eight years ago - This I judge of from the age of my children - I further depore and say that I have known the said James and Rebecca ever since and have always lived near neighbours to them - They lived together until he died about four years ago - Mrs Rebecca Preble, the widow of James Preble, deceased. is now living near to me in Bowdoinham and is and has been a widow since the decease of her said husband James Preble - She is now and has remained his widow, unmarried
Sarah Preble
State of Maine Lincoln - ss. February 20th, 1839 - The above named Sarah Preble was examined and cautioned and sworn agreeably to law to the foregoing deposition by her subscribed - Taken at the request of Rebecca Preble to be used in the matter of an application by her made for the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838, entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" - by me Marshall S. Hagar Justice of the peace
I Stephen Weston of Richmond in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine of the age of Sixty-two years, do depore and say - that I am a brother to Mrs Rebecca Preble of Bowdoinham - that I was at home when the marriage took place between Mr James Preble and my said sister Rebecca Weston and was present at the marriage ceremony, which was per-

informed by Elder Joe Macomber - I should think that this was about forty eight years ago - that is, James Preble and Rebecca Preble (Weston) lived together, until about four years ago, when James Preble died, leaving Rebecca Preble his widow, who is still living, and who now is and has remained his the said James' widow, unmarried to any other person - I have always lived in the near neighborhood to said James and Rebecca Preble - James Preble was a rentier before he died, having obtained the same on the ground of services in the Revolutionary War as I can't have been informed -
Stephen Weston
State of Maine Lincoln ss. February 20th, 1839 - The above named deponent Stephen Weston was examined and cautioned and sworn agreeably to law to the foregoing deposition by him subscribed. Taken at the request of Rebecca Preble and to be used in the matter of an application by her made for the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows - By me Marshall S. Hagar - Jus. Pacis
I Zebulon Preble of Bowdoinham in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, of the age of thirty-six years, do depose and say - that I am a son of Mr James Preble and Mrs Rebecca Preble of said Bowdoinham - that James Preble my father died four years ago this very day - that is, on the 20th day of February 1835 - that my Mother Rebecca Preble is now living and is and has remained the widow of the said James, from the time of his decease to this day, unmarried -
Zebulon Preble
State of Maine Lincoln ss. Feb'y 20, 1839 - Subscribed and sworn to before me Marshall S. Hagar - Jus. Pacis

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Marshall S. Hagar Esq. whose name is affixed 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 proper signature to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the District- Court of Common Pleas this 9 th day of May , A. D. 1839.
Jacob Smith CLERK.

2710 James Noble Admiral
14 Mo 2 nd $46.68
Application should be made to the King of the State of Mass for evidence of the claimant's name
no relinquishment be signed double in open Court & then relinquished Nathl. Coffin Wiscasset Maine

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Oct 7. 1832
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 subjoined 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. Those 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 James Noble
   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.     1779 8 { Capt Patten No Col. mentioned 71 New Jersey Traditionary evidence   1780 3 { Capt Patten No Col. mentioned 2 witnesses. not   1781 3 Go Go Cuttings to be enquired   14 mos  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner

Does James Pible or Pribble's case come within the rule in all respects?
Ans - He appears in an open Court of record, makes his declaration & subscribes to oath to it -
1 st . He states his age at 71 years at the time of his application.
2. He was born at Bowdoinham June 2 d (early) Maine - June 14, 1761 - has no record of his age knows it from his parents.
3. He always lived in Bowdoinham now lives there
4. He was a volunteer & never a substitute.
5. Saw M c Coll Col. Gen Ladd at Bangor -
6. Never rec d any written discharge
7. He states the names of those who knew him -
8 - Certificate of E. D. Bangs Esq. And Whitmore witnesses
9. James Pible has signed his applica- tion in open Court, double - as will be seen by examination where he originally relinquishes all claims to any other pension -

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 days 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 , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years 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 fix 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.

Separated
4763.
Maine
Rebecca Preble widow of James Preble who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of May 1844 and sent to Hon. F. H. Morse R of Rep
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1. Page 6

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22010
Rebecca Pruble
Wid. of
James Pruble
Pris PW war
Act: Feb 2 d / 48
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 142
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Maine 4789.
Rebecca Preble, widow of James Preble, dec d . who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and who died on the 20 February 1835, of Lincoln in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Patten of the reg t commanded by in the Maine line for 14 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Dec r 1839, & sent to Hon. Benj t Randall, H. Reps.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1839 $163 33 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar ch 40 23.33 $186.66
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D m Curdy, Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 19.

E D Damp Certificate for James Noble or as split & returned at this time Noble

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, November 4 th 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 James Prebel , as a private, is found on a Pay Roll of Capt. Peter Patten's Company, in Col. Sam l  McGobb's Regt. where he is allowed, from July 9 th to Sept r 25 th 1779. m d E. M. two months and Nineteen days. 2-19
James Preble claims under Capt. Peter Patten, in Col. Sam l  McGobb's Regt. in 1780, & '81; the rolls of which are not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy
It is evident that after the return of McGobb's Regt after 25 th Sept r , that they were ordered to the mouth of the Kennebec River, and that service, from the 25 th Sept on the rolls in Bangs office was a continuation of said service which lasted from 7 to 8 Mo —

Com Patents Pensions

House of Rep - Jan 26 th 1844
Sir
I herewith transmit the declaration of Rebecca Preble for a pension under the law of March 3 rd 1843. You will oblige me by sending me her certificate as soon as convenient. She is very poor & in immediate want.
With great respect your obedt Servt F. H. Moore M. C.
Edwards Hon J. L. Edwards Comm Patents Pensions

11495
Sarah Preble
4789
Wid of James
Maine
Act July 7 1838
Mamma 793
deed 1835
Allow $46.66 per
ann
Acc-
- Pay Randall
the BR

5236.
Rebecca Preble -

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, granting Pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received Pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
STATE OF MAINE, }
County of Lincoln ss. }
A. D. 1843, personally appeared,
County of Lincoln
Lincoln
a resident of Bowdoinham
in the County of
aged Sixty-eight
years, who, being first
duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of
James Preble
who was a
Soldier
during the Revolutionary War; that she was
pensioned as the widow of the said
James Preble
at the
rate of forty-Six
— —
dollars and
Sixty-Six
cents per
annum, under the Act of July 7, 1838, which was paid to her at the agency in
Portland
in the State of
Maine
She further declares
that she is still the widow of the said
James Preble
having
remained unmarried ever since his death.
witnesses
Marshall S. Hagar
Rebecca
her
Preble
Caroline
Maclean
mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
Before me,
Marshall S. Hagar
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me to have been pensioned under the Act of July 7, 1838, and is the reputed widow of James Preble deceased, and has remained unmarried ever since his death.
Marshall S. Hagar
Justice of the Peace.

Rebecca Preble
aa 4763
Geo W Morton Augusta Maine

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2, 1848, entitled "An Act Making further provisions for the Surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Lincoln
On this 28 th — day of August A. D. 18 48 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, Rebecca Preble a resident of Bowdoinham in the County of Lincoln aged Seventy-Three years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the second of February, 1848, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of James Preble — who was a Soldier (Private) during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said James — at the rate of forty-Six dollars and Sixty-Six cents per annum, under the Act of June 17, 1844, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland, in the State of Maine. She further declares that she is still a widow.
WITNESS: Marshall S. Hagar } Rebecca Preble }
Rebecca Preble mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
BEFORE ME, Marshall S. Hagar Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Marshall S. Hagar Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY,
I, William M. Stratton Clerk in the Courts of Kennebec County, certify that Marshall S. Hagar is a Magistrate as above, and that the above signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, and subscribed my name this 30 th day of August in the year 1848.
W. M. Stratton
Clerk of the Courts of Kennebec County.