Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 34,825-160-55, for Edward Packard, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Packard, Edward
B.S. Mt. 34,825-160-J
Prudence
CONTENTS

180,000 Feb 1833 Jan 28 1835
Prudence Portard widow of Portard's priv.
Capt. William Portard also Capt. Washburn Col. Collins.
8 Oct. 21 Sept. 1779 " " Apr. 1781 " " Apr. 1781
Revolution
Private letters May 1835
AD. 160000 July 1856
Rufus Prince Turner Maine
Vol P = 18

180,008

"A list of Marriages performed by ye Minister of Gospe in ye County of Cumberland and Commonwealth of Massachusetts from last of April 1788 to last of April 1789"- "July tenth seventeen hundred eighty eight; Edward Packard & Prudence Stetson,-
I certify that the above is a true extract from the Records of the town of Turner with the exception of the dates which is expressed on the Records in fair legible figures as follows, "July 10- 1788."
Wesley Thorp, Town Clerk
I Wesley Thorp on oath depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the town of Turner in the County of Androscoggin and State of Maine and have the Records of said town in my possession and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town with the exceptions as above certified by me.
Wesley Thorp
State of Maine
County of Androscoggin ss June 18 th 1835
Subscribed and Sworn to
Before Me L. S. Prince justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
ANDROSCOGGIN, SS.
CLERK'S OFFICE, SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
AUBURN, June 19 1855.
I, JOSIAH D. PULSIFER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County of Androscoggin, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
J. D. Pulsifer
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereunto annexed, was an ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of Androscoggin, as appears by the paper hereunto annexed — that he is duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid, and that the following signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
J. D. Pulsifer CLERK.

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Union ss.
On this eleventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid,
Prudence Packard aged Eighty four years, a resident of Turner in the County and State
aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that she is the widow of Edward Packard deceased, who was a Cooper in the Company commanded by Captain Nathan Packard in the
Regiment of Infantry commanded by Colonel Greene in the war with Great Britain , declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812, also a private in Capt Stearns Washburn's Comp and in Colton's Regt in the Revolutionary War .
That he was called out at Bridgewater on or about the twenty first day of September 1779 for the term of twelve months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of about three months in all and was honorably discharged at Rhode Island on the first day of April A.D. 1781 as will appear by the proof hereto annexed .
She further states, that she was married to the said Edward Packard in Heberville on the tenth day of July A.D. 1788 by one John Strickland of Turner a Minister of the Gospel , and that her name before her said marriage was Prudence Stetson ; that her said husband died at Turner on the fifteenth day of November A.D. 1845 and that she is now a widow. She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty land, under this or

any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor, and believes that her said husband never applied for or received Bounty land under any Act of Congress, in his life time.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855.
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said Prudence Packard do hereby constitute and appoint Rufus Prince of Turner in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid: and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Prudence Packard Mark
We Josiah Packard and Theon Packard residents of Turner in the County of Androscoggin and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Prudence Packard in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of her for many years past, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be in her declaration. and that we have lived in the same house with said declarant and her late husband for more than forty years and that we were present when he, the said Edward Packard died.
Josiah Packard Theon Packard
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by Prudence Packard the declarant above named, and by Josiah Packard and Theon Packard witnesses above named, 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.
J. S. Prince Justice of the Peace.

I Caleb Snell of Turner in the County of Androscoggin and State of Maine aged Seventy one years on oath depose and say that I was intimately acquainted with Edward Packard late of this town that I have resided in the same neighbourhood with him and family for more than forty years that I have often heard him say that he served in the Revolutionary War at Rhode Island one and I think two campaigns, and have heard him relate incidents connected therewith, I do not recollect the names of the Officers, under whom he said he served with one exception, I well recollect that he told me that he served under Capt Abram Washburn of Bridgewater, who was my uncle, (my Mother's Brother) which perhaps is the reason of recollecting him in particular I further say that the said Edward Packard died in Turner on or about fifth day of November 1845 that I made his Coffin and placed him therein, that he left a widow by the name of Prudence who now applies for bounty of land, and who is still a widow and resides in said Turner -
Caleb Snell
over

State of Maine County of Androscoggin ss. June 12th 1835
Then personally appeared Caleb Snell and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, he being a credible witness.
Before me J. D. Job Maine justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 8 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Edward Parkard is borne on roll of Capt. Nathan Parkard's (Comp. Col. Jacob Garrison's 1 Regt. R. Island) service from Sept. 21 st to Dec. 1, 1779 (2 mos. 10 days) as Corporal.
Also on pay roll of Capt. Abram Washburn's (Comp. Col. Theophilus Cotton's 1 Regt. Service at Newport) from March 10. to April 1, 1781. 22 days, as private.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Winder Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish from the Rolls in his Office evidence of the service of my late husband, Edward Packard in the Revolutionary War - He was a resident of Bridgewater, in said Commonwealth, at the during the war - and served one campaign at Rhode Island under Capt. Nathan Washburn, and I think he served one other short term during the war aforesaid, but am not able to state the names of the officers - I have often heard him speak of being in the service during said war but from the lapse of time and my advanced age I am not able to state any thing more definite - And the Secretary is requested to furnish all the evidence in his possession of the service of my late husband the aforesaid Edward Packard
Witness - Theron Packard - Prudence her Packard State of Maine Mark
County of Androscoggin June 4th 1855 - The above application was signed by the said Prudence Packard in my presence
Job Prince Justice of the Peace
Send to Job Prince, Farm, Me.

180. out

Turner (Me) June 25-1855
Sir
Herewith is the Application of President Packard for bounty Cone Act March 3 1855 which you will forward to me when made and oblige Your Oblt Servt Rufus Prince
J P Waldo Esq Comr Pensions

S 34.825
S Neo Amys

L. P. Waldo Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington City D. C.
180008