Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,935, for Moses Page, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.) Page, Moses
S 41,935
CONTENTS
7

see letter to Hon. D. L. May H. R. March 16. 1830
19.485 R.
VERMONT
Moses Page
of Windham in the State of Vt who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cogswell of the regiment commanded by Colonel Dalton in the Mass  line , for the term of one year from Jany 17 th to Jany 17 th 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 of June 1825
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of July 1825 and Sent to Rufus Barton Esq. Ludlow, Vt.
Arrears to 4th of Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 Sept 1825 $ 17.60 1.60 16 17.60  38 183 { Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Died Aug 1
March 1. 1823
Sept. 1825

Mrs. Page's Pension Declaration
provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to

Original claim.
Declaration in order to be placed on the pension list under the act of the 18 th of March 1818.
State of Vermont, } On this twenty ninth day Windsor District, ss. } of June A. D. 1825 At a Probate Court held at Andover within and for said District, personally appeared in open court, (the same court being a court of record agreeably to the laws of this State,) Moses Page of Ludlow in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818, & the 1 st of May 1820, - that he the said Moses Page enlisted in Roxbury, Mass. in January 1776 for one year in the Company commanded by Capt. Gogdell and regiment commanded by Col. Baldwin in the Massachusetts line, in the Revolutionary war of the United States under the Continental estab- lishment, that I went from Roxbury to Providence in Rhode Island, to New London in Connecticut, there to New York, was in the battle at Frog's point, and was at the White Plains, and was, at the expiration of the year discharged at the Pitskills N. Y. - my discharge being lost, it is not in my power to prove my service, only by the depositions of David D. Town and Joshua L. Davis.
The following are the reasons for not making earlier applications for a pension, - my being not able to procure the proof of my actual service till now, by reason of bodily infirmity and being poor.
And in pursuance of the act of May 1820 I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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

to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th 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 is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. — That since the act of the 18 th of March 1818, there has no changes taken place in my property.
Real estate — Five acres of poor land with a log hut on it appraised at $40.00 one Cow 12. one axe 1.00 one old hoe 17. one sickle 25 13.42 Iron ware 1.62 brand hooks 1.50 two bowls 20 3.32 Tin ware 1.42 old putes 1.00 Two old pails 25 1.67 old Draw 1.50 four old chairs 40 Two old wheels 1.00 2.90 Total $61.31
I am by occupation a farmer but by reason of age and a swelling on my right arm, I am not able to labour to support myself.
I have a wife named Sally aged sixty seven years, not able to labour. —
Mons Page. —
Sworn to and declared on the 29 th day of June A. D. 1825, before said Court.
attest Nicolas Cobb Register.
State of Vermont ( Probate Registers Office District of Windsor ss. ) Springfield June 29. 1825
I Nicolas Cobb Register of the Probate Court for the district of Windsor, do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record, and of the original schedule and oath on file in this office. And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is sixty one Dollars & thirty one cents.
And in testimony hereof do hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court
Nicolas Cobb Register

State of Vermont } I Jonathan Whipple District of Windross } Judge of the Probate Court for the District of Windross certify that Nicholas Cobb is the Register of said Court, and full credit may and ought to be given to the certificate by him above subscribed -
In testimony whereof, I have hereto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 29 th day of June A. D. 1825 - - - Jonathan Whipple Judge

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
O. W. & N. Div. F. S. M. P. C.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., October 28, 1895.
Sir:
Replying to your letter of the 14th instant, in which you request information bearing upon the identity of one Moses Page, a Revolutionary soldier, you are advised that so far as this Bureau is aware he resided up to the time of his death, which occurred on August 1, 1858, in the town of Ludlow, Vermont. No members of his family are mentioned in any of the papers on file with his pension case except his wife, Sally, who was alive in the year 1825, and sixty-seven years of age.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Alvin Page Johnson, 16 Maverick Square, Boston, Mass.

Alvin note Lg. M.E. Johnson Mun. M.E. Dens Lg. Lymn M.E. M.E.
41935 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 41935
Moses Page Rev Rev Rev
Act 18 th March 18 th
Index Vol 8 Page 382
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Oct. 10/93 His. to Page Johnson, 16 Mar E. Boston, Mass Oct. 28/93 Letter to A.P. 16 Mannick Sq. Braintree Mch. 7/96 Soldier Mrs. E. A. Mower 1913 Feb. 13. History to Charles A. Robinson & F.

19.6.94 Moses Page Hudson Co. Pa.
Reuben Hartley
Shillington
Feb 16th 1845
To the Hon James Barlow Secretary of War Washington Pension Office

To the Hon James Barber Secretary of War I here with some inclose the Papers of Moses Page to be examined in order to be Placed on the Pension List on account of his Services in the Revolutionary war I wish you to examine the Case as quick as is convenient and send the Certificate to Rufus Barton of Ludlow Vermont Windsor County
Ludlow July 9 th Day 1825
Rufus Barton

I John L. Davis of Rockingham in the County of Windom and State of Vermont of Lawful age testify and say that I enlisted in the Revolutionary war of the United States in the Regiment commanded by Col Buttrick I enlisted in Concord Mass in 1776 for one year and became acquainted with Moses Page a Private Soldier who belonged to Col Bowdoin's Regiment and Capt Coogell Company I first saw Mr Page at Providence R.I. immediately after our arrival in New York and the White Plains and the Battle Hill and new him to do actual service for the space of nine months under one enlistment under the Continental Establishment in the Mass Line.
State of Vermont Windom County
John L. his Davis mark Rockingham April the 25 Day 1825
Personally appeared the above named John L. Davis and Mad oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is the truth
Then by Colly that the above named John L. Davis is a credible witness
Peter Killam Justice of Peace

State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, Brattleborough, May 3 d A.D. 1825.
I certify that Peter Willard, Esquire, is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Windham aforesaid, duly commissioned as such, and that the within appears to be his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court the day and year above written.
Att.
James Elliot Clerk.
Davis Deposition for Page

I David D. Town of Halifax in the County of Windham and State of Vermont of lawful age testify and say that I enlisted in the Service of the United States under the Continent- al establishment in the month of January 1776. for one year in Roxbury Mass in the Com- pany of Capt. Ezra Davenport and Regiment Commanded by Col. Eben Learned in the Mass Line for one year and became acquainted with with Moses Page a private Peter's B. belonged to Capt. Gage's Conningham and Col. B. D. regiment that I first saw him at Roxbury in January 1776 and was on guard with him at Roxbury and had him as the army moved to New York and at the White Plains and Ticonderoga and am knowing to his Dainy actual Service for the space of ten months under one enlistment under the Continental establish- ment in the Mass Line David D. Town
State of Vermont } Halifax April 22 d 1825 Windham County }
Personally appeared the above named David D. Town and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed April 22 d - April 1825 - Truth before me There by certify that the above named David D. Town is a credible Witness J. L. Stark Judge County Court

State of Vermont
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, Brattleborough, April 23 d A. D. 1825.
I certify that James L. Stark, Esquire, is one of the Judges of the County Court within & for the County of Windham afore- said, duly commissioned under the authori- ty of this State, and that the above within is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court the day and year above written.
Atts.
James Elliot, Clerk.
Deposition of Tawn Her Page

[Faint, illegible handwriting or bleed-through text]

East Boston Savings Bank. No. 16. Maverick Square.
Boston, Oct. 2, 1895.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir:
I wish to obtain whatever facts are on record in your office regarding Moses Page, a Revolutionary pensioner who died in Ludlow, Windsor Co., Vermont in 1838.
His name appears in the Report to the Senate in 1834, which gives the list of all Revolutionary pensioners, on page 81 of the Vermont list in Vol 1.
It says pension granted July 10, 1825 to date from June 29, 1825.
He is an ancestor of mine, and it is important that I should get the record of his services in the Revolution.
Kindly let me know what his application for a pension gives as his services, company, regiment, &c, and greatly oblige,
Respectfully yours,
Alvin Page Johnson, East Boston Savings Bank, East Boston, Mass.

East Boston Savings Bank. No. 16. Maverick Square.
Boston, Oct. 14, 1895.
Commissioner of Pensions, Dear Sir:
Your favor dated Oct. 10 th giving information contained in the application for a pension, dated June 29, 1825, of Moses Page, a Revolutionary soldier, residing at that time at Ludlow , Vermont, has been received.
I find that a mistake was made in the application regarding his age, so that in order to make the record belonging undoubtedly to my ancestor, will you kindly let me know at what time said Moses Page ceased to draw his pension; and also if his residence was still Ludlow, Vt. when the last payment to him was made.
By giving me these two additional facts you will greatly add to the obligation I am under for the facts you have so kindly sent me. Most respectfully, Alvin Page Johnson.

1089 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, Mass.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Would it be possible for me to secure through your office the Revolutionary War record of one Moses Page who appears on list of Revolutionary Pensioners of 1834 living at Ludlow Vermont.
I believe he enlisted in the 26th Continental Regt. in Jan 1776, but do not know positively.

Also have you any record of one Josiah Harris who lived in Stoneham Mass and enlisted in Capt Edward Lowell's Co of Col Gill's Regt. I don't know whether he was a prisoner Believe he afterward lived at Plymouth H. and died at Reading H. Apr 1 - 1813. Any information you can give me will be much appreciated.
Very sincerely Charles C. Johnson 1089 Commonwealth Ave Boston Mass

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
F. S. H.E.C.
October 10, 1895.
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
Sir: of _____, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Moses Page
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1776. 1 yr. Pvt. Cogswell Baldwin Mass.          
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, _____ Frog's Point, White Plains. Residence at date of application, _____ Enlisted at Roxbury, Mass. Age at date of application, _____ June 29, 1825.
Remarks: _____ _____ Ludlow, Vt. _____ _____ Sixty-eight years. Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Alvin Page Johnson, Esq., 16 Maverick Square, East Boston, Mass.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Nicholas Page a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
8 Feb 4 1935
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     March 1776 1 year Priv. Col. [unclear] Col. [unclear] Mass.   at [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear]              
Battles engaged in, Lexington Residence of soldier at enlistment, Nashua Date of application for pension, June 22, 1875 Residence at date of application, Nashua, New Hampshire Age at date of application, 69
Remarks: 1855 - 1860 - 1865 - 1870 - 1875
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.