Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,458, for Timothy Plumer, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Plumer, Timothy or Plummer, Hannah
W 17,458 B.L.Wt 3831-160-55
CONTENTS

4014
Maria Hannah Pheasant widow of Timothy who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 47 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Febry 1849 and sent to Hon W. Belcher Hof R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 30 Vol. 1,

12/63 Hannah Plumer
Re Sept. 3. 1845.
Act 7 July '38 &c
M o . 92 h P. 1807
1 yr. H o . 6 66 88 47.54
Geo W. Morton Augusta Maine.

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" And of the Acts of March 3. 1843 and June 17. 1844 relating to widows of revolutionary soldiers.
State of Maine.
Wernicke County S.S. On this fifth day of August A.D. 1845 personally appeared before the District Court of Maine in Open Court being a Court of record Hannah Plumer a resident of Jefferson in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged Seventy five 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 July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" And of the Acts of March 3. 1843 and June 17. 1844 relating to widows of revolutionary soldiers. That she is the widow of Timothy Plumer, who she has reason to believe and does believe was a soldier in the War of the Revolution and served as follows viz. In the year 1775 he enlisted for eight months into Capt. D o Colb's company in Colo. D o Wadsworth's regiment and served fully the time of his enlistment, and that in the year 1778 he served fully six months in Capt. LeMonds Company in Col. Wadsworth's regiment. That he served as a private. was at the time a resident of Balltown in the then District now State of Maine, that since that time the territory of Balltown has been incorporated into several separate townships. She further declares, that she was married to the said Timothy Plumer on the fourth day of April Seventeen hundred and ninety three. That her husband the aforesaid Timothy Plumer died on the fourteenth day of January A.D. One thousand eight hundred and seven, since which time she has remained unmarried, and that her maiden name was Hannah Hutchins.
for Hannah X Plumer mark

State of Maine District Court, Middle District.
Heard on ss. August 5. 1845.
In open court
The within named Mrs. Hannah Plummer made oath that the within declaration or certificate by her subscribed, is true. Before me.
Asa Redington Judge of said Court.
State of Maine.
Wernicke County S.S. I the subscribed Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held for and within the said County of Wernicke, do hereby certify that the Hon. Asa Redington before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is the sole Judge of the District Court of said State of Maine for the Middle District which embraces the Counties of Lincoln, Wernicke, Waldo and Somerset, and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the Application of Hannah Plummer for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this thirtieth day of August A.D. 1845.
Wm M. Stratton

I Abraham Tarr of Whitfield in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, a pensioner of the United States, do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Timothy Plummer now deceased. The said Plummer to my knowledge enlisted in the year 1778 for six months and served as a private in Capt Lemont's Company in Col. Wood's Regiment of the Massachusetts line. I myself belonged to the same Company and know that he served the full time of his enlistment. I understand by the said Plummer that he served previous to the above mentioned service in the war of the Revolution and heard him often speak of his service but do not recollect the name of his Officer or the length of time he served. The said Plummer was reported to have married Hannah Hutchins, with whom I was well acquainted and know that they lived together as husband & wife ever after their reported marriage till his decease. They brought up a family of children, his widow the said Hannah has remained a widow ever since his death and resides about four miles from my residence.
Abraham Tarr
In presence of Jeremiah Wheeler Pensioner State of Maine.
Lincoln County, S.S. On this twenty ninth day of August 1845 personally appeared before me Abraham Tarr above named and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. I certify that the said Abraham Tarr is personally known to me, that he is a credible person & entitled to full credit & belief. Jeremiah Wheeler Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the Marriage of Timothy Plummer and Hannah Hutchings both of Bath- ton is recorded in the Books of Record of the town of Newcast on follows viz by Ordean Cook Esq April Fourth one thousand seven hundred and ninety three and I certify that the same is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows April 4 th 1793
I Lewis Webb do hereby certify that I hold the office of clerk of the town of Newcast in the county of Lincoln and 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
Lewis Webb } Clerk of the } town of } Newcast
State of Maine County of Lincoln July 25. 1845 Personally ap- peared Lewis Webb, to me well known as a credible witness, and Clerk of the town of Newcast, and made solemn Oath that the above statement by him subscribed is just & true.
Before me Samuel W. Jackson Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
County of Kennebec ss—
I the undersigned clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the said County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. Asa Redington is sole Judge of the District Court of said State of Maine for the Middle District which embraces the County of Kennebec. I further certify that Jeremiah Wheeler and Samuel W. Jackson Esqrs are Justices of the Peace for the County of Lincoln & George W. Morton Esq. for the County of Kennebec— and that the signatures hereto affixed purporting to be the signatures of the said Redington, Wheeler, Jackson & Morton are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Dist. Court—Mid. Dist. this thirteenth day of August Anno Domini 1845.
W m M. Stratton

I Oliver Burrion of Jefferson in the County of Somerset and State of Maine do upon oath say that I have been acquainted with Hannah Plummer the reputed widow of Timothy Plummer for upwards of thirty years last past that I married a daughter of the said Hannah that the said Hannah has lived unmarried ever since the death of the said Timothy Plummer that I have always understood he was a soldier in the Revolution he left seven children of whom the said Hannah was mother six of whom are now living Oliver Burrion
State of Maine
Reinde County S.S. On this fifth day of August 1845 personally appeared before the Subscribers Justice of the Peace in and for said County Oliver Burrion above named and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed, the said Burrion being a credible witness & entitled to credit and belief
Geo. W. Morton. Jus. P. Peace

me 7d 46 no 4014
Vol P. page 103.
33003
Act March 3/55
Act March 3/55
Hannah Plummer, Widow of Timothy Plummer - private
Rev. War
Pensioner
Rev. Page 30. Vol 1
Priv. Capt McCobb's Co. Col Nixon's Regt
Mass. Buxton
Widow 160 acc'd Aug 16/55 Dodge
3831 of Aug 18/55
J. H. Macomber
Rev. War
Milo Maine

Hannah Plummer Bounty Land Claim Act of March 3, 1855 Revolution
33003
J. H. Stearns Agnes J. Getty Will

STATE OF MAINE. County of Piscataquis } ss.
On this twenty first day of March 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, Hannah Plummer aged eighty three years, a resident of Abbeville in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Timothy Plummer deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by Capt.  war of the Revolution - that not knowing the particulars of his service, she will not undertake to describe it - but she declares that her husband enlisted
on or about A. D. and continued in actual service in said War for the term of one year at least and was honorably discharged on or about  the  day of A. D. as will appear by the Revolutionary Records in the Pension & other Offices of the Government at Washington & especially the proofs upon which the said Declarant was placed upon the Roll of Revolutionary Pensioners under the act of July 7, 1838 & February 2 d , 1848 under which last mentioned act she is now a pensioner at the rate of $47.54 per annum.
She further states that she was married to the said Timothy Plummer in Jefferson Main  on the  in the month of April A. D. 1794 by one Justice Cook and that her name before her said marriage was Hannah Hutchinson that her said husband died at Jefferson on the 13 th day of February A. D. 1877 and that she is still a widow.
She further declares that neither she, nor her said husband have received Bounty Land under the act of Congress passed on the 3 d day of March 1855 or under any other act, or made any application therefor
And I hereby constitute and appoint James H. Macomber 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 purposes therein expressed.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled, under the Act of Congress passed the 3 d of March 1855 granting Bounty Lands to certain officers and soldiers, and their heirs or widows, who have been engaged in the Military service of the United States.
WITNESS Lewis Mayo  Hannah Plummer (mark) William H. (S)
Subscribed and sworn to, before me, the day and year first above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Hannah Plummer to be the widow of the soldier above named, and that she appears to be of the age above written, and that I have no interest in the result of this application and no concern in the prosecution of it. & that I know that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be from the fact that I have for several years executed the wills - Justice of the Peace.
for several years executed the wills - obtained the pension for her Russell Wetmore Justice of the Peace

We, Lewis S Mayo and William Hobbs residents of Maine in the county of Piscataquis
in the State of Maine, on oath depose and say that we are well acquainted with Hannah Plummer that she is well known to us as the widow of Timothy Plummer and that she is the same person who executed the foregoing declaration. & who now claims a Pension -
We also depose that we well knew her and the said during the life time of the latter and know that they lived together many years in the re- lation of husband and wife, were so universally reputed, and no one ever disputed their marriage to our knowledge.
We also know from personal recollection and from many facts and circumstances that the said died on the  day of
Lewis S Mayo William Hobbs
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Piscataquis ss. on this 21 st day of March 1855 SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, and I certify that the said Lewis S Mayo and William Hobbs are well known to me and entitled to credit. Also that I have no interest in the result of the claim aforesaid, and no concern in the prosecution of it.
Russell Kittredge Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, County of Piscataquis ss. I, NATHAN WESTON, Jr.  Edward Flint Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that Russell Kittredge Esquire, is and was, at the date of his certificate hereunto annexed, an acting JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said County, that he is and was then duly qualified to act as such; and that the signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for said State, this 23 rd day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five
E. Flint Clerk.

Wannah Hannah Plummer Recorded in the Pension Office On the roll of Pensioners under act Feb d 3 rd 1848 Page 30 book vol 1

Letter to Pension Agt 17 Sep '43
Rehoboth
4336. Maine.
Hannah Plumer, widow of Timothy Plumer, who was a private, in the Massachusetts line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 17 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9. day of Oct 115, and sent to G. W. Morton, Augusta, Maine,
[Act of March 3, 1843.] x 17 June 44
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 7.

✓ 3831
S
St. Louis

No. 33003
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 2, 18 55
Hannah Plummer, Wid of Timothy Plummer, Rev: War.
Warrant No 3831-160-55.
J. H. Macomber Milo. Maine.

9658.
Maine
Hannah Plumer
widow of Timothy Plumer, who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 14 Jan: 1807. of Kennebec (in the State of Maine) who was a private in the commanded by Captain Mc Cobb — of the commanded by Wade in the Mass — line for 114 m 5 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland, at the rate of 47 — Dollars 57 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th: day of Oct. 1845 — and sent G. W. Norton Augusta, Maine
Total amount, $237.70
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. Stevens Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 — Page 13.

No 12163
Hoamah Plumer
Maine
Act 7th July 1838
m o . 93 a.d o 1807.
Admitted
14 mos. 8 days private
= $ 47.54
Also acts 3 d March '43 and 17 June '44
Geo. W. Morton Esq Augusta Maine
46.66 88 54

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
March 10 1815.
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 Timothy Plumer is borne as a private upon a list of Capt n Samuel M c Cobb's Comp y in Col. John Nixon's Reg t in the 8 months' service of 1775, dated Camp at Winter Hill, Oct. 7. 1775, and from a muster Roll of the same Comp y . it appears that he enlisted May 20 th . On the first he is entered as from "Woolwich" and on the second, from "Newcastle;" both towns in the County of Lincoln, Me. and together with "Bath" where it is alleged that he resided, in the immediate vicinity of each other;— also upon a Return of men raised in the said County of Lincoln, to fill up the battalions of Col s Wade and Jacobs at R.S. from July 6. 1778 to Jan y 1. 1779— 6 months 8 days, including allowance for 233 miles;— and from several pay abstracts of the same service, it appears that he served in Capt n Benjamin Lemen's Comp y . Col.

Nathl. Wade's Regiment — No further Service
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sawyer, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Certificate to return
Sec. of State

Application for certificate of Revolutionary Services, made by the widow of the party who rendered the service.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his Office of the Services of my husband Timothy Plumer in the war of the Revolution. That at the time he enlisted he was an inhabitant of an unincorporated place called Balltown, in the District of Maine, that she has reason to believe that her service eight months in the year 1775 in Capt. D. Cobb's company and that about the year 1778 1778 in Capt. Lemeny's company in Col. Wadsworth's regiment 6 months and that he served at other times, but his Officer's name I am unable to state. I am now seventy five years old, and my knowledge does not enable me to state my husband's service more fully than above stated.
Witness my hand this thirtieth day of Jan y 1845
Hannah X Plumer Widow
Signed by said Hannah Plumer in my presence
Sam W. Jackson Justice of the Peace

Augusta, Maine.
August 30. 1845
Sir
I herewith enclose papers in order to have Mrs Hannah Plummer (widow of Lem o Plummer) claim for pension under Acts of July 7. 1838, March 3. 1843 and June 17. 1844 allowed. It will be noticed by the certificate of the Secy of War that her late husband was in the year 1775 in the eighth month service and in 1778 6 mo s 28 days. Should her papers be deemed sufficient to have her claim established I would respectfully request you to allow it and send me a certificate for her.
Very respectfully Merrill O. Gentry Geo W. Morton
James L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1745-5
Hannah Plumer
widow of
Timothy Plumer
Pris Rev War
Act: Feb 2 a 48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 133
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hannah Plumer
aa 7376
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 Penobscot }
On this fourteenth day of September , A. D. 1848 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine, Hannah Plumer a resident of Orono in the County of Penobscot aged Seventy 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 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 Timothy Plumer who was a Private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Timothy Plumer at the rate of Forty Seven dollars and fifty four 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.
WITNESSES:
Nathaniel Wilson Prince May
Hannah X Plumer mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
BEFORE ME, Nathaniel Wilson , 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.
Nathaniel Wilson , Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
I, William M. Stratton , Clerk in the Courts of Kennebec County, certify that Nathaniel Wilson 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 27th day of September in the year 18 48 .
W. M. Stratton Clerk of the Courts of Kennebec County.