Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36715, for Nehemiah Packard, Massachusetts

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Packard, Nehemiah S. 36715
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36 715 Rev INVALID.
File No. 36 715-
Nehemiah Packard (Musician Rev Mr)
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 382
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Note. when sent to John Murphy Esq. Nathan Maine 22 Mar 1822
5745.  Maine 
Nehemiah Packard Capt Pilsbury Musician
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 d of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d of Jan y . 1819 and sent to Albion K e Parris Esq. Paris. Oxford County Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 - 4 mo s  \frac{12}{30} = 35.20 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Mar 1819 = 68.  88 3.20
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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N o 313. Nehemiah Packard
Copy
5745

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the fifth day of March and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of  two in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Ashur Ware Judge of said Court.
ON this fifth day of March - in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Nehemiah Packard aged Sixty years, resident in Minot in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revo- lutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Forest in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Smith in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty third day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pen- sion, numbered 5745 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Nehemiah Packard
Sworn to and declared, on the 5 th day of March A. D. 1822 }
BEFORE
Ashur Ware , U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real Estate, I have none
Personal Estate, a cow and a few ordinary articles of household stuff - very old and mostly worn out. I have no income except by my own labor and that very little - I have been a large portion of my time sick and feeble and unable to labor and in consequence have not attended Court before.
Nehemiah Packard
Sworn to
before
Asher Ware
U.S. Judge for the District of Maine
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Nehemiah Packard who, by occupation am a laborer which I am not able to pursue by reason of age and bodily infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Artemisa 56 a feeble woman   Juda Castle - 6 a grand child   Betsy Castle (a widowed daughter) 32 able to support herself   Nehemiah Packard    Sworn to Before Asher Ware U.S. Judge for the District of Maine

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, JUNR. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is seventeen — dollars and no more  cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth — day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty, two
} Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Ashe-meah Packard Musician Wigglesworth's Mass. Regt March 12. 1777. W.R.
admitted
April 23. 1818
Ashe-meah Packard.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty third day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Nehemiah Packard the applicant named in the papers herunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the affidavits of James Miller and Ebenezer Drake fellow soldiers with him in the revolutionary war, made and signed in my presence, also the certificate of Charles Moody, a municipal officer of the corporation, to which said applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life, all which are herunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Nehemiah Packard the applicant, served as a musician in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albin K. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

I, Nehemiah Packard, a resident citizen of the United States in the Town of Milford and County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby on oath declare that on the twelfth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, I enlisted as a musician into the Company commanded by Capt. Pillsbury in the Regiment under the command of Col. Plumer, subsequently being the thirtieth Regiment of the Massachusetts line on the continental establishment in the Army of the United States of America. I enlisted to serve during the Revolutionary War and served in the same from the time of my enlistment as aforesaid until the ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty three when I was honorably discharged and left the service, but by accident have lost my discharge.
I further on oath declare that I am not entitled as a pensioner on any pension roll of said United States and that by reason of reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for such part. Nehemiah Packard
We the subscribers do hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with Nehemiah Packard named in the above declaration and from what we know of his circumstances, we believe that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
Milford April 15 1810
Subscribers of Milford

I, James Willis, of Minot aforesaid, do hereby certify and say, that I was in the continental service in the revolutionary war with the above named Packard and was in the same regiment about three years, which term said Packard served, Capt. Frost's company, Col. Smith's regiment in the Monmouth line on the continental establishment, and I have not the least doubt, said Packard served the whole period as he has above stated.
Oct. 1778
James Willis
I, Ebenezer Drake of Salem in the County of Essex do hereby certify and say that I was in the Continental service during the Revolutionary war at the same period that Nehemiah Packard who signed the annexed declaration served and was in the same Regiment and that the said Nehemiah Packard to my certain knowledge served as a musician in Capt. Pillsbury's company as a fiddler for three years at which time I left the service. Said Packard continued in the service after I was discharged, he having enlisted to serve during the war, which term to the best of my knowledge and belief he served and was honorably discharged.
Ebenezer Drake