Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2663, for Reuben Perry, Connecticut

SERVICE
Conn.
Perry, Reuben Sally
W. 2663
B. L. Ut. 54.873-160-55
CONTENTS

1 Minn 3095 Haine
Dolly Perry, widow of Reuben Perry
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private,
ct line St Paul Augusta
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 32 day of Dec. 1853.
and sent to
V. M. Knight, Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 8. Vol. A.
1867 Feby 20 transferred to St Paul from the 4 Sept 1866
ct line

5006. Maine
Reuben Perry Private
Connecticut line - War. In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Jany 1819 and del d R. C. Vose. Augusta Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818. 4 mo 4/30 33. 06 Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 th March 1819 48 00
$ 81.06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Plantation No. 1.
Continued
Notification sent to R. C. Vose Esq r 23 d Oct. 1820
Augusta Maine

Act of 1833
226,562
Sally Perry, widow of Reuben Perry Prio:
Revolutionary war.
Adm d - 160 acres.
Vol. P. page 67.
William B. Bennett
Phillips
Franklin Co.
Maine.
July 4/47 - sent to Comt Genl. Land Office.
Who 5/8 3/3 p 2
Rev.

Reuben Perry
Reuben Perry, Plan. N o . 1. Oxford Co. pt. Sherburne Connecticut line
"Perry"

Reuben Perry, Plan N o 1. Oxford County. Lt. Col. Sherman Connecticut Reg. -
1778. to 1783.
5 years
May 1. 1818
Admitted
A. L. S.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Reuben Perry aged fifty one year, a Citizen of the United States, born in Lanes, Connecticut, now a resident in Plantation No. 1. County of Oxford in the District of Maine, upon Oath testify and declare that in the month of April 1778. I enlisted as a private soldier in the war of the revolution against the common enemy upon the Continental establishment for the period of during the war, into the company commanded by Lt. Kimball Regiment by Col Sherman of the Connecticut line. - I served in said company Regiment until April 1781. at White Plains was transferred into Cap. Clefts Company and Col. Alexander Hamilton, regiment - as in the Detachment Selected for the Southern expedition, I marched thro New Jersey & Pennsylvania to Virginia, and was at the siege of Yorktown & capture of Cornwallis, - afterward I returned to the Highlands near West Point, where I rejoined my former regiment and served until the close of the war, and took my final and honorable discharge from the Army as a Sergeant June 1783 at West Point - my discharge was signed by the commander in chief, but I have since lost it, and it is not now in existence to my knowledge - I was at the capture of Cornwallis as I have before stated, and was at the battle at Monmouth, - not knowing where any of the soldiers I served with or the Officers I served under now reside I am unable at this time furnish any further evidence - From my reduced circumstances I am in need of assistance from my country for support - I hereby relinquish all claim to any pension heretofore allowed me by the Laws of the United States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine
Reuben Perry
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss.
On this first day of May Anno Domini 1818. the above named Reuben Perry, was after having been carefully examined made Oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed
Before me
S. S. Wolde
Jus. Sup. Gen. Court for S. Comm

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Arthur Lithgow, Esquire, now resident in Augusta in the District of Maine - Upon Oath testify and declare, that I have been well acquainted with Reuben Perry, within named for many years, I have always considered him an honest man, and a man of truth - and fully believe he lived as he has within stated.
Arthur Lithgow
Kennebec Co.
On this eleventh day of June A.D. 1818. Personally appeared the above named Arthur Lithgow Esq. and made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me
Robert C. Vose Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Ezra Carlton, of lawful age, now resident in Plantation No. 1. County of Oxford, upon Oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with Reuben Perry within named, from circumstances which the said Perry related to me a year ago. I fully believe he lived as he has within stated. I was myself a Continental Soldier at the same period, in the New Hampshire line, during the revolutionary war. From the said Perry's reduced circumstances in life he needs the assistance of his country for support, he sustains the character of a man of truth. -
Ezra Carlton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co.
On this sixteenth day of June A.D. 1818. Personally appeared the above named Ezra Carlton, and after being carefully examined made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed Before me
Robert C. Vose Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States: —
The subscriber being one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify to your Honor, that Ruben Perry, a citizen of the United States, now resident in the District of Maine, within said Commonwealth on the first day of May A.D. 1818, made application to me to review his declaration under oath and such other evidence as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings to be had thereon, to your Honor, that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeable to the provision of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed March 18th A.D. 1818, which declaration and the other evidence produced by the said applicant is herunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor that after a careful examination of the said applicant and a full consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me, that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and have
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Leicester ss
The subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within said County, hereby certifies, that the Honorable Samuel S. Wilde Esq., before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, of this Commonwealth, and that by the direction of the said Judge I have affixed to this Certificate, bearing His Signature the Seal of said Court. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand —
Dated at Taunton this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & eighteen
John Davis

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States:—
The subscriber being one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify to your Honor, that Nathan Perry, a citizen of the United States, now resident in the District of Maine, within said Commonwealth on the first day of May A.D. 1818, made application to me to review his declaration under oath and such other evidence as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings to be had thereon, to your Honor, that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeable to the provisions of an Act, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed March 18th A.D. 1818, which declaration and the other evidence produced by the said applicant is herunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor that after a careful examination of the said applicant and a full consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me, that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and have caused the Seal of said Supreme Judicial Court to be hereunto affixed this 2nd day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eleven.
S. S. Wilde
Just. Sup. Jud. Court for D. Smith

State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Wennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Ken- nebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open 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, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Nine dollars and cents, and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Nothing  dollars and  cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fourth day of June . 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Wennebec

Reuben Ferry
Plantation 101
No 5,006
Extremely poor & a young family - March 1819
[Faint, illegible signature or initials]
Robert C. Vose, Augusta Maine

copy
State of Maine.
452
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this Twentieth day of June, 1820, personally appeared before in open Court before Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Reuben Perry aged fifty five years, resident in plantation No 1 in the County of Kennebec within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Wainball and Regiment commanded by Colonel Sherman of the line of the State of Connecticut upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of during the war from 1780.
that his original declaration was made before Judge Willey on the first day of May 1818; that he is now on the Pension Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 5006. And I, the said Reuben Perry do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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.
Unto M. Weston Jr.
his Reuben X Perry mark
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz: Old household stuff besides necessary bedding not exceeding five dollars in value. I have no debts due to me that can be collected, and I owe upwards of three hundred dollars. I have one broad axe, two chisels, two augars, and one narrow axe, all worth four dollars. My income from the above property is nothing. My trade is that of a carpenter, but from age and infirmity, am unable to do but little labor. My family at home consists of myself, my wife Sarah aged ninety five years, being my third wife, my son Henry aged seven years, my son David aged three years and my wife's sister Abigail aged eighteen. Except the foregoing, and my necessary clothing and bedding, I have no property or income whatever.
Witness S. Weston Jr.
his Reuben X Perry mark

State of Maine.
KNOWETH ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
Subscribed, sworn to and declared, both the oath and schedule, on the twentieth day of June 1820 before me
Nathan Weston Jr J. G. G. G. Pleas.
A true Copy
Allen S. Davis Atty

Claim of Sally Perry Wid. of Reuben Perry for Bounty Land
226.862
Direct to William B. Bennett Phillips Maine

State of Maine COUNTY OF Franklin
} ss.
On this fourth day of April , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid; Sally Perry aged sixty one years, a resident of Letter E. Plantation in the State of Maine county of Franklin who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Reuben Perry deceased, who was a Soldier  (Does not remember the name of the cap!) in the Company commanded by Captain (Does not know the number Regiment of Arnold to state, commanded by Cannot tell the name of the Commander in the war with Great Britain,  declared by the United States on the 18th of June, 1812,  Revolutionary War . That she is allowed a Pension of ninety six dollars per annum under the 2 nd section of the act of congress of Feb 3 rd 1853 on account of the services of Reuben Perry  her said  late husband in the army of the Revolution . That her Pension Certificate is numbered 3095 and dated at the department of the Interior  Dec. 3 rd 1853 . That her said husband on or about the day of , A. D. 18 , and continued in actual service in said war for the for the term of and was honorably discharged at  day of , A. D. 18 ; but that, to the best of her knowledge and belief, her husband never received any written or printed discharge. That she has made diligent search for her said husband's discharge & cannot find it.
She further states that she was married to the said Reuben Perry in Phillips , on the fourteenth day of December A. D. 1810 , by one Samuel Williams , a preacher of the Gospel, and that her name before her said marriage was Sally Lufkin ; that her said husband died at Madrid , on the 16 th day of October , A. D. 1836 , and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855," and prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to William B. Bennett of Phillips Me  James G. Green & Son, of Marshall, Mass. , and declares that she has not received a Bounty Land Warrant under this or any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Attest Joseph Dorr
her mark Sally Perry

We Miller Hinkley and Charles Church residents of Phillips in the State of Maine upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sally Perry in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Miller Hinkley Charles Church
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
Joseph Dow Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine  Franklin County.
We, Miller Hinkley and Charles Church , having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Benjamin Perry who was a Soldier in the war of  Revolutionary War whose widow now applies for bounty land; that we knew him for more than twenty years before his death, which occurred at Madrid about nineteen years ago; that we know that he died about that time, because we resided in the vicinity at the time of his death.
that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she is now unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
Charles Church
STATE OF MAINE
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, SS.—
I, Isaac Tyler Clerk of all the Judicial Courts holden within and for the County of Franklin, hereby certify that
Joseph Dow
Esquire before whom the annexed proceedings were had, and who has thereto affixed his genuine signature was at the time of so doing knowing Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Franklin, duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts done as aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court, at Farmington, this seventh day of December Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
Isaac Tyler Clerk

We Miller Hinkley and Charles Church residents of Phillips in the State of Maine upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sally Perry in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Miller Hinkley Charles Church
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
Joseph Dow Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine  Franklin County.
We, Miller Hinkley and Charles Church , having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Reuben Perry who was a Soldier in the war of  Revolutionary War whose widow now applies for bounty land; that we knew him for more than twenty years before his death, which occurred at Madrid about nineteen years ago; that we know that he died about that time, because we resided in the vicinity at the time of his death.
that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she is now unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
Charles Church
Miller Hinkley
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this fourth day of March  April A. D. 18 55
Joseph Dow Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Miller Hinkley and Charles Church of the said County and State, whom I know to be credible persons, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the foregoing application; that Sally Perry the applicant for bounty land in the foregoing declaration is now unmarried, and that she is the widow of the late Reuben Perry who was a Soldier in the war of  Revolutionary War and that the said Reuben Perry died at the time above stated.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, this fourth day of April 185 5
Joseph Dow Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine } ss. County of Franklin } of Probate personally appeared Mrs. Sally Perry in the being first duly sworn as obtain the benefit of the That she is the wid- the Massachusetts & State, under acts which pension her- That she was advised She further declares that (18 th ) day of December more fully appear by the died on and thirty-five (1835) seven before me and as subscribed & sworn to be written, and I certify that as attorney, agent or St Sam.
I do hereby constitute lawful attorney for the the same while residing and proper, as fully as I Witness. Sam l Belcher J. W. Linscott.
State of Maine County of Franklin.
a Court of a Prisoner of the United States
died on the sixteenth day of October - eighteen hundred and thirty-five and that he left surviving him the following named widow and children, viz: Sally Perry, widow of deceased, and Henry S. Perry, David S. Perry, Elbridge S. Perry, Benjamin Perry and Reuben Perry, children of said deceased.
Witness my hand this twenty eighth day of June A.D. 1853. Sam l Belcher, Judge etc.
State of Maine County of Franklin } ss.
I do hereby certify that Hon. Samuel Belcher whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Probate - held in and for said County (a Court of Records) duly commissioned and sworn. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of June - A.D. 1853. J. W. Linscott (Register of Probate for said county, and of said Court.)

State of Maine } ss. County of Franklin } of Probate
On this twenty eighth day of June - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, before the subscriber a Judge of the Court held in and for the County and State aforesaid, being a Court of Record, personally appeared Mrs. Sally Perry who is to me known as a resident of the Town of Letter C. in the County of Franklin - and State of Maine aged fifty-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 provisions made by the Act of Congress, approved 3 d February A.D. 1853. viz;
That she is the widow of Reuben Perry deceased, who was a Private in the Massachusetts line in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States under Act of May 18. 1818 at the rate of Ninety six Dollars per annum, and which pension he received on the agency in the City of Portland - Maine -
That she was not married to him before 1800 but was married at the time hereinafter mentioned viz: She further declares that she was married to the said Reuben Perry on the thirteenth (13 th ) day of December in the year eighteen hundred and ten (1810) as will more fully appear by the proofs hereto annexed: That her husband the aforesaid Reuben Perry died on the fifteenth (15 th ) day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five - (1835). She further avers that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a Pension.
Subscribed & sworn to before me this day and year first above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the application as attorney, agent or otherwise.
Sam l Belcher Judge of the Court of Probate
Sally X Perry mark
I do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel M. Knight of Washington D.C. my lawful attorney for the purpose of presenting this my application for a Pension to the same while pending and to receive the Certificate when issued and to do all things as and proper as I could do were I personally present. Dated this twenty eighth day of June A.D. 1853.
Witness my hand Sam l Belcher J. W. Linscott
Sally X Perry mark
State of Maine } ss. County of Franklin }
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the undersigned Judge of the Court of Probate - a Court of Record held in and for the said County that Reuben Perry late a Pensioner of the United States
died on the fifteenth day of October - eighteen hundred and thirty-five and that he left surviving him the following named widow and children viz: Sally Perry, widow of deceased, and Henry D. Perry, David S. Perry, Elbridge G. Perry, Benjamin Perry and Reuben Perry, children of said deceased
Witness my hand this twenty eighth day of June A.D. 1853.
Sam l Belcher Judge
State of Maine } ss. County of Franklin }
I do hereby certify that Hon d Samuel Belcher whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Probate - held in and for said County (a Court of Record) duly commissioned and sworn. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of June - A.D. 1853.
J. W. Linscott (Registrar of Probate for said County and of said Court)

State of Maine County of Franklin ss
I certify that J. A. Linscott before whom the within certificate was subscribed and sworn to was at the date thereof a justice of the Peace duly qualified to administer oaths and that his signa- ture within written is genuine
Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court at Farmington this twentieth day of July A.D. 1853.
Isaac Dyer Clerk of said Court
and open first above (I. Dyer) Clerk

Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2663
Sally Perry Widow Reuben Perry For Rev. War
Act: Feb 3, 1853.
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 119.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Den. Off: 28 th Nov. /53
Sir. Please certify the term to which the within named pensioner was paid, on the date of his death, Very Respectfully,
S. Cole For the Comptroller, Reuben Perry, est 1818, $8. p. month. — Died 16 th October 1835, Paid to his death.
Sam. J. Reid Actg. Auditor,
Francis B. Hays, Housg Auditor. Treasur.

Perry Leubus fr. Wright's Compny - Enlisted July 1. 1780 for 6 mos - Dischd. Dec. 9. 1780 Col. Brady's Reg t not Perry. It is Perry

To the Commissioners of Pensions Washington City D. C.
226.562

304-60
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Richard D. D.
Mr. D.
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for Cancellation
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Act of 1835
226. 532
Sally Perry, widow of Reuben Perry
Pri., Conn. line
Rev. War.
Warrant no. 804 for 60 acres cancelled — See No. 54. 873 for 160 acres
Feby. 4/37 P.D.G.
M.

ms. C. 1. 1.
Gally Perry Wick Renss
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Hon. S. P. Waldo. Court of Pensions. Pension Office.

3 Appl. of Sally Perry, widow of Aluben Perry, Franklin Co., Maine.
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Act 3 d Feby. 1853. $96. 00 Pn An — Com - Feb: 3 d 1853. An.
J. M. Knight, Present.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE. OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commissio

Rescript to D. Lande Feb 20/66. BD Guten

Winona Minnesota
Feb 12 th 1866
Hon Joseph H Barrett. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Inclosed please find Petition of Sally Berry for purposes therein set forth.
All communications for me you will please direct to my Attorney Sam Cole Winona Minnesota
Sally Berry Reference per Sam Cole Hon T S Norton U.S. Hon Wm Wardlaw M.C.

FREE
502 1/2 Congress St R. A. Merrill Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Ms. 873 v
Ms. 873

226. 562
Clet March 3
Dec. 11.
11
Sally Perry Reuben Perry
Sally and Reuben Perry
Rev. 304 y o Aug 13/56 160 acres S. 1/2 S. 1/2 N. 1/2 N. 1/2 Sec 30
Rev. ad Feb. 3 1853. art. 3095.
July 53 3095
Ad 160 a c o Aug 13/56
Boylston
Connecticut line
Wm B. Bennett Philips. Me.
Dec 26/56
Supplemental Warrant for 160 acres, with Case
Boylston
Rev 2/7/56 Mr to Capt - entitled to 160 acres - D. M. 1856 John H. H. - Lett to Com d Genl Land Office.

3095 Mayne p Portland. Sally Jerry - widow of Reuben who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Dec r 1853 and sent to S. M. Knight Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3. 1853, Page 8. Vol. A
(18)

Phillips Sept 22 d 1856
Dear Sir
A land warrant for 60 acres dated August 29 1856 No 904 was forwarded to Sally Perry. Widow of Reuben Perry, a Revolutionary Pensioner. She should have received a warrant for 160 acres, as we understand the matter. Please answer soon of convenient. & if such is the fact we will forward the 60 acre warrant to the department & receive another.
Yours &c
Sally Perry
P. W. B. Bennett her Atty.

UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
Department of
The Interior
60 ACRES
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED
that under the Act of March 3rd 1855, entitled "An act in addition to certain acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Army, Service of the United States."
Sally K. [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear]
BOUNTY LAND
is entitled to locate Sixty Acres of any tract of the public lands subject to the public lands upon any of the public lands subject to sale at either the minimum or lower graduated price.
Given under my Hand and Seal this 29th day of August 1856 O. D. Cooke No 604
the Seal of the Department this 29th day of August 1856 [Signature] Commission
Note? You can locate this Certificate at any of the United States Land Offices, or it will be located for you by the General Land Office on the return of it with your request to that effect endorsed thereon specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the location made. If you locate it, fill up and sign the following application To the Register of the Land Office at [unclear] 18 [unclear] I locate this Certificate in the [unclear] in Township [unclear] of Range [unclear] [unclear] (Register)

Pension Office 27 Dec. 1856.
Sir,
Please return land Warrant N o 304 for 60 acres, issued under the act of March 1855, in the name of Sally Perry. And a certificate for 160 acres, will be substituted instead thereof.
Very Respectfully M c Collough Comm r
Williams B. Bennett Esq. Phillips Me.
Phillips January 12 th 1857
Agreeably to the above order I herewith return the Land Warrant of Sally Perry. & for the purpose above named.
Respectfully W m B Bennett
D.P.P.

State of Maine County of Franklin C. H.
On this seventh day of October - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County duly authorized to administer oaths James Lufkin and David Lufkin - who are to me well known as credible witnesses and residents of the said County, and who being by me first duly sworn according to law, depose and say, that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Sally Perry, who is as they have been informed and believe, an applicant for a Pension under Act of 3 d Feby. 1853, now in charge of S. M. Knight her Attorney. That they have known her for fifty - years last past. That they were acquainted with Reuben Perry, her late husband who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and a resident of the State of Maine, having known him for twenty - years previous to his death; that they the said Reuben Perry and Sally Perry, lived together as husband and wife and were so reputed; that deponents have never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. - That the said Reuben Perry died on the sixteenth day of October Eighteen hundred and thirty five, and the said Sally Perry has since that date and still is reputed to be his widow, which deponents believe to be the case, That she has never married since the date of her said husband's death and is still his widow. And further that her name before her marriage was Sally Lufkin - - - , and that deponents are disinterested, and that we were both present at the wedding of the said Reuben Perry and the said Sally.
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written, and I certify that I am not interested in the said claim in any manner, the 14 th line being first interlined.
J. W. Dinsmore
Justice of the Peace.
James Lufkin David Lufkin

State of Maine County of Franklin ss.
I Isaac Tilton Clerk of all the judicial Courts of said State for the County aforesaid hereby certify that Joseph A. Linscott before whom the within deposition was subscribed and sworn to was at the date thereof a justice of the peace duly authorized to administer oaths, and that his signature thereto written is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County this nineteenth day of November A.D. 1853 at Farmington.
Isaac Tilton Clerk

I John Plummer, aged fifty eight years upon oath testify and declare, that being myself a soldier at the time, I knew Reuben Perry of a plantation called No 1. in the District of Maine, as a sergeant in the continental service in the war of the revolution. How long he served I do not certainly know, but I know that he served served until the end of the war, and I have reason to believe for several years before. John Plummer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hennepin Co. On the sixth day of October A.D. 1810 John Plummer above named, being a credible and disinterested witness, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed.
Before me, Nathan Weston C. Just C.C.C. Pias

Brief in the case of Sally Perry, widow of Reuben Franklin County and State of Maine act 3 rd Feb: 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th March, 1818 & Cont d .
Record evidence of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
A. M. Knight, Esq. Name and residence of Agent Present.
J. B. Doynton Examining Clerk.

No 2706
Chas. Fraz. Wadsworth Residen
Set to G. M. Knight 29 th Sept. 53
Alt. 3 rd Feby. 1853
226562

Washington
July 29 th 1853.
Hon S. P. Waldo.
Com r of Pensions. Sir.
I have the honor to enclose herewith the declaration of Sally Perry widow of Reuben Perry. for the benefit of the 1 st section of the act of February 3 rd 1853.
Very Respectfully
Your O bt Serv t
L. M. Knight

Washington
Nov. 25. 1833.
Hon. S. P. Waldo Counsel Pensions & etc
I have the honor to enclose herewith the proof of identity required in your letter of the 29 th Sept. last, sus- pending the application of Mrs. Sally Perry widow of Reuben for the benefits of the 2 d Section of the Act of 3 rd Feb. 1833.
Very Respectfully
Your Ob t Servt
S. M. Wright

☞ If a Pensioner has re-enlisted, has been suspended or overpaid, or anything else is known which should be communicated, note it in this transfer letter.
PENSION AGENCY,
Augusta Feb. 15 th 1867.
Sir:
Yours of the Nov. 26 th instant is received, notifying me of an application for a transfer from this Agency by Sally Perry widow of Reuben a Pensioner under the Act of Feb. 3 rd 1853
You are informed that she was last paid to 4 th Sept 1866, at the rate of 96 dollars cents per annum
I am, very respectfully,
E. Y. Pillsbury
Pension Agent.
by Ed.
To Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

Sally Perry help for transp St Paul Minn.
1809 Sept 22 /66
correction Recd Nov 26/66 Feb 12/67
Rev
Lauckfor papers France
Lauck Gary
Sally Perry wid of Reuben
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
Commissioner.

Petition
To the Honorable Joseph H. Russell Commissioner of Pensions
The petition of Sally Perry widow of Ruben Perry who was a private in the revolutionary war. Most respectfully requests that her name may be changed from the Pension rolls payable at Augusta Maine, and placed upon the rolls payable at St. Paul Minnesota, for the reason that she is now a resident of Winona County in the State of Minnesota
In presence of Sally Perry Sam Cole Ellenridge G. Perry

State of Minnesota, Winona County ss.
On this 12 th day of February one Thousand Eight hundred and Sixty Six, before the undersigned, a justice of the Peace in and for the State and County above named, personally appeared Ellbridge G Perry and Sam Cole residents
State of Minnesota, } ss. County of Winona. }
I, Ernst A. Gerdtzen
Clerk of the District Court in and for said County, do hereby certify that Jacob Story Esq. .....before whom the annexed affidavit was made  instrument was acknowledged , was, at the date of his certificate thereto, an acting Justice of the Peace  Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, sworn and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths for  take and acknowledg- general purposes  ment ; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature thereto to be genuine, and further that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of Minnesota.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at Winona, this 9 th inst. day of February A. D. 1866
Ernst A. Gerdtzen CLERK.
WINONA REPUBLICAN PRINT.
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 12 th day of February 1866 Jacob Story Justice of the Peace
Sam Cole Ellbridge G Perry

State of Minnesota, Winona County (ss.
On this 12 th day of February one Thousand Eight hundred and Sixty Six, before the undersigned, a justice of the Peace in and for the State and County above named, personally appeared Ellbridge G Perry, and Sam Cole, residents of Winona County Minnesota and made oath that they are personally acquainted with Sally Perry, widow of Ruben Perry who is now a resident of Winona County State of Minnesota and who made and subscribed the petition hereto attached in their presence, and that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant, and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, that they reside as above stated.
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 12 th day of February 1866
Jacob Story Justice of the Peace
Sam Cole Ellbridge G Perry

State of Minnesota } County of Winona } ss.
I Jacob Story a justice of the Peace in the County above named do hereby Certify that I have the most Satisfactory evidence, viz: from the affidavits of Elbridge G. Perry and Sam Cole respectable Citizens and residents of the County of Winona that Sally Perry who this day signed the annexed petition in my presence is the identical person named in the pension Certificate which she has exhibited before me given at the Department of the interior the third day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, and signed R McClellan Secretary of the Interior. Examined and Countersigned, by S.P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions.
Given under my hand at Winona this 12 th day of February 1866.
Jacob Story Justice of the Peace

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Perry, Robert GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12476 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 29, 1792 to Francis Graves, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.