Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt 2377-100, for Thomas Moore, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Continental (Mass) Moore, Thomas
NUMBER
B.L.Wt 2377-100.
CONTENTS

State of Maine
Oxford county s.s. On this 14 th day of February A.D. 1845 John Moore of Sumner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, personally appears and made the following declaration in order to obtain the bounty land due to the soldiers of the Revolution
That he is the son of Thomas Moore deceased who served for during the war as an Artillerist in Col. Grimes Regiment. That his father and mother are dead & he believes that his father never received his bounty land in his life time and that this is the first & only application that has been made therefor.
He further declares that the children and only children of Thomas Moore are John Moore your applicant, William Moore, Fairfield Moore, Nancy Mathews, Dolly Andrews, Mary Bracket & Sally Moore & Thomas Moore who is supposed to be dead but not certainly known to be, he having been absent & not been heard from for many years. In behalf of himself and the other children above named he claims the bounty land to which his father was entitled by virtue of his revolutionary services.
John Moore
Subscribed & sworn to by the said John Moore the day and year first above written before me Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace J.P.

I Joshua Davis of Canton, in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, aged eighty five years, on oath, say that, I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War -- While in the Service I was acquainted with Thomas Moore who was also a Soldier in the same Army, and served in a Company of Artillery (The number I do not recollect or by whom commanded) in Col. C. Brane's Regiment of Artillery -- I know that he enlisted in the State of Massachusetts for and during the war, in the the month of November or December I think in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, and that he served in said Army till March in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, when, being discharged, I left the Army --
During the term last aforesaid I was intimately and personally acquainted with said Moore, and know that he was in the Army when I left -- at the time aforesaid -- I have often seen said Moore since in his lifetime and have heard him say he served during the war --
Canton Feb 7 15 th 1845
Witness
William Thompson
Joshua his Davis X mark
Oxford ss Feb 7 15 th 1845
Then personally appeared Joshua Davis known to me as a man of truth and veracity and made

oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed - Before me
William Thompson Justice of the Peace

Thomas Moore Rev
No. 2377.
Rev. Romulus Land 100 Acres
Freeman Bradford. Portland Maine

I William Cobb of Heban in the County of Oxford State of Maine, aged eighty years, testify & say that I was well acquainted with Thomas Moore, late of Gloucester, in the State of Massachusetts, and his wife, both deceased. They once lived in Heban neighborhood to me. Afterwards Mr Moore was in the Almshouse in said Gloucester & being there about twenty eight years ago, as near as I can recollect, I went to the Almshouse to see Mr Moore; when the keeper of the house told me that he was dead & had died but a short time before. He (the keeper) got his book & read to me the record of his death & his age. The widow of Mr Moore, after the death of her husband, came back to Heban and lived there in my neighborhood till she died about seven, or eight years ago. I did not attend her funeral but I saw it pass my house, to the grave yard —
I was a soldier in the army of the Revolution and am a pensioner & I know that said Moore was reported to be a soldier, but do not know it by personal observation. I was in the State troops & he in the Continental service, as it was said — I was acquainted with the family of children of said Moore He had four sons. William. John & Fairfield & Thomas and daughters. Nancy. Dolly. Sally & Mary. William now lives in Heban & John in Sumner (in this State). Nancy married a Mathews. Mary married a Crockett. Sally married a Moore. I don't recollect about the others. William Cobb. State of Maine. Oxford. February 14th 1845 Then the above named William Cobb, to me well known as a man of truth, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, before me, Samuel F. Braden Inter. of the Peace.

F. Bradford Portland Maine

State of Maine County of Oxford ss. We John Moore William Moore Mary Brackett Nancy Mathews and Dolly Andrews all of Oxford County in said State being at law of Thomas Moore deceased. do upon oath, testify and declare to the best of our knowledge and belief that said Thomas Moore did serve for during the war in a Regiment of Artillery under the command of Col. Brann of the Massachusetts line & that he continued in the service to the end of the war and was honorably discharged. We further declare that we have never received Bounty Land promised to said Thomas Moore on the part of the U.S. nor do we believe that he ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever. Therefore We the undersigned being at law do hereby constitute and appoint Freeman Bradford of Portland in the County of Cumberland to be our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our names to de- mand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States the Bounty Land Script for the quantity of land due to us as aforesaid, and our said Attorney is fully

authorized and empowered to sell assign transfer and other wise dispose of all the right title interest & estate that we may have therein to any person or persons whatsoever, and is also empowered and authorized to appoint one or more substitutes or Attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed. Hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever our Attor- ney or his substitutes shall do in the premises. Attest
George Cobb
Wm Moore
John Moore Mary Crockett Keren Mathews Mark
Dolly Dandridge
Oxford ss. September 6 th 1845
Personally appeared the above named subscribers to the foregoing declaration and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney then to be joined in it, to be then for ever as a deed for the purposes therein men- tioned. Before me. George Cobb Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine Penobscot County ss. I Fairfield Moore of Litchfield in the County and State afore- said on oath testify and declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that Thomas Moore my father was a soldier in the Revolution and did serve for the war in a Regiment under the command of Colonel Crane of the Massa- chusetts line & that at the expiration of the war he was honorably discharged. I further declare that I have never received Bounty Land promi- -sed to said Thomas Moore on the part of the U.S. nor do I believe that said Thomas Moore ever re- ceived or transferred his claim to it in any man- ner whatsoever. Therefore I the undersigned here at Law of said Thomas do hereby constitute & appoint Freeman Bradford of Portland in the County of Cumberland to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, the Bounty Land being for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid, and on said Attorney is fully authorized and em- powered to sell assign transfer and otherwise dispose of, for my benefit, all the right title in- terest and estate that we may have therein to any person or persons whatsoever. And say

said Attorney is also authorized and empowered to appoint one or more substitutes for Attorney, under him for the special purposes above expressed. To hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever any attorney or his substitutes shall do in the premises.
Witnesseth my hand
Attest John D. Hale
Samuel Hale
Number 88. September 16 th 1865 Personally ap- peared the above named subscriber to the fore- going declaration and under oath to the same and in my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subjoined to his free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
Before me John D. Hale Attorney of the Peace.

STATE OF MAINE.
HUGH J. ANDERSON,
Governor of the State of Maine.
To all who shall see these Presents,
GREETING.
Know ye, That George Cobb , of Hebron , in the County of Oxford , was on the eighth day of February A.D. 1844, appointed and commissioned, and on the fifteenth day of April A.D. 1844, qualified as a Justice of the Peace within and for said County; That John Neal , of Litchfield , in the County of Kennebec , was on the twenty seventh day of March, A.D. 1845, appointed and commissioned, and on the twenty ninth day of April A.D. 1845, qualified as a Justice of the Peace for said County; That the tenure of their commissions is seven years, from the date hereof.
and that to their Acts and Attestations, as Justices of the Peace full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand at AUGUSTA, this tenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- five and in the seventieth — year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
W. B. Hartwell Secretary of State.

State of Maine ss. I Sally Moore of Phillips in the County of Franklin and State of Maine on oath before me and declare to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Thomas Moore my father did serve dur- ing the war in a Regiment of Artillery under the Command of Colonel Grant of the Massachusetts line, and that he conti- -nued in the service to the end of the war and was honorably discharged. I further de- -clare that I have never received the Bounty Land promised to said Thomas Moore my father on the part of the United States, nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever. Therefore
I Sally Moore here at Law of Thomas Moore deceased do hereby constitute and appoint Freeman Bradford of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State aforesaid Counsellor at Law, to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States the Bounty Land due for the quantity of Land due to me as one of the heirs of Thomas Moore aforesaid; and my said Attorney

is fully authorized and empowered to sell design transfer and otherwise dispose of, for any benefit, all the right, title, interest and estate that I may have therein to any person or persons whomsoever; and my said Attorney is also empowered and authori- -ed to appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed. Hereby ratifying and con- -firming whatever my Attorney or his substi- -tute shall do in the premises.
Attest Sally Moore
Franklin County ss. October 21 st 1840. Per- -sonally appeared the above named Sally Moore subscribed to the foregoing declaration and made oath to the same in due form of law; and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be her free act and deed.
Before me Wm Parker Justice of the Peace

State of Maine. County of Franklin ss.
I the undersigned, Clerk of the Judicial Courts held within & for the County of Franklin, certify that William Parker Esqr is a justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned & qualified. and that the above signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Witness my hand & the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this Third day of November A.D. 1845.
J. B. Caswell Clerk

State of Maine Cumberland County ss Probate Office Nov. 10 th , 1845
I certify that satisfactory evidence was aduced to me to prove, that Sally Moore, Fairfield Moore, William Moore, John Moore, Mary Crockett, Nancy Mathews, and Dolly Andrews, all of the State of Maine, and Thomas Moore a resident of Nova Scotia, are the heirs, and only heirs at law in fee, to Thomas Moore deceased late a soldier of the Revolution.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office the day and year first above written.
Barrett Potter Judge

Province of Nova Scotia Queens County ss. I Thomas Moore of Willing- ton in the Province and County aforesaid heir at law of Thomas Moore who was a Soldier in the Army of the U.S. and late of Gloucester in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do do upon oath testify and declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that said Thomas Moore my father did serve for during the war in a Regiment of Artillery under the Command of Colonel Crane of the Massa- chusetts line, and that he continued in the service to the End of the war and was honor- ably discharged. I further declare that I never have received the Bounty Land promised to said Thomas Moore my father, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe that he ever received it or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever. Therefore I Thomas Moore heir at law of Thomas Moore my father deceased do hereby consti- tute and appoint Freeman Bradford of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, Counselor at Law, to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States the Bounty Land scrip for the quantity of land.

due to me as one of the heirs of Thomas Moore above said and my said Attorney is fully authorized & empowered to sell assign transfer and otherwise dispose of for my benefit, all the right, title, interest and estate that I may have therein to any person or persons whomsoever, and is also empowered and authorized to appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed. He hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes shall do in the premises.
Attest my hand and seal this 25th day of October 1845 Thomas Moore
Personally appeared the above named Thomas Moore subscribed to the foregoing declaration and made oath to the same in due form of law, and in my presence acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
25 th October 1845
Whitman Freeman Notary Public

Queens County Liverpool ss
I Edward C. Bagg Clerk of the Crown in Her Majesty's Supreme Court for the County of Queens do hereby certify that Whitman Freeman Dugan whose name is subscribed to the foregoing document is a duly commissioned Justice of the Peace for the said County, and that the foregoing is his bona fide signature.
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court at Liverpool A.D. this 25 th day of October 1845
Edward C Bagg A.M. Clerk of the Crown

Portland 22 d Nov 1845
Sir
I herewith enclose the declaration and power of Attorney duly executed, of Thomas Moore one of the heirs at Law of Thomas Moore dec d . Please file the same with the other papers in the case. You will confer a favor by acknowledging the receipt of the power enclosed.
I am
Sir
Very Respectfully Your O bt Servt: F. Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

1892 51242
NAM. J.A.d
Refer in reply to this initial: B April 23/92
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 23 , 1892
ADDRESS ONLY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
58-87
Hon Commissioner U. S. Pension Office.
Sir:
Replying to your inquiry of April 14-1892. - O. W. & L. Division - I have to state. That M. B. L. Warrent No. 2377. for 100. acres. new series. Rev War. in favor of the Heirs of Thomas Moore, dec d was a Private of Artillery in the Massachusetts Continental Line. was satisfied by the issue of Revolutionary Bounty Land Scrip. No. 11117 & 11118. to Sally - Fairfield. William. John & Thomas Moore. Nancy Matthews & Polly Andrews, only heirs. etc. Dec. 24. 1845. pursuant to the Act of May. 30. 1830. and July 13-1832.

There is no noting on the record of Scrip showing that the same was ever satisfied by location.
Respectfully.
J. H. Carter
Commissioner.

O. F. & N. DIV.
P.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
March 14, 1902.
Sir:-
In compliance with your request of February 24th., you will please find enclosed copies of certain affidavits on file with the application for bounty land of Thomas Moore, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. Please acknowledge receipt of same.
Very respectfully,
Rev. L. M. Robinson,
Commissioner.
1746 Walnut St.,
Philadelphia, Penn.

1892 Mar 14 Copies of affa. of William Cobb x Joh. Davis found to Rev L. M. Robinson
Phila Pa D. April 14/92 T. G. L. C. Has D. not located.
April 17/92 T. L. M. Moore Warrant issued and declining to furnish any more data.

1715 Walnut St. Philadelphia Pa
Dec 31 1891
To the Com r Pensions Washington D.C.
My application for information concerning the Revolutionary service of one Thomas Moore has been return- ed to me for fuller data.
I will give the facts so far as I know them.
In 1845 a claim for a pension for the the & land bounty for the heirs of Thomas Moore was sent to Com r of Pensions by a lawyer by the name of Harmon of Portland Me.
I have a copy of his record here before me in which

he says. under date of "18 Feb. 1845 -
" Thomas Moore died in Gloucester Mass about 25 yrs ago - He left a wife & children who resided after his death in Poland Me - He probably served to end of the war and is entitled to Bounty Land - His widow died about 6 yrs ago -
" John Moore of Hebron Me has sent me the declaration of himself for the bounty lands made before Sam d F. Brown Esq also the affidavits of Joshua Davis and William Cobb who knew his father (Thomas Moore) in the service. The warrant will issue when the proof of heir- ship is recd by Comm ee of Pensions The heirs are Thomas Moore William Moore John Moore

"Nancy Mathews (wife of Valentine Mathews) Fairfield Moore "Dolly Andrews, Sally Moore " + Mary Crockett. "Sep. 12 1845: Have recd four "of Attorney from all except "Thomas Moore Fairfield Moore " + Sally Moore -
"Nov 10 1845 Power of "Attorney from all heirs as "proved by judges Certificate "and declaration forwarded "to Commss n of Pensions "this day with the exception "of Thomas Moore of N.S. ""
Here the record of Mr Harmon Esq Esd And I wish to know if any pensions or bounty lands were granted to the heirs of this Thomas Moore - also to get

Copies of the Affidavits of Davis & Cobb mentioned above, and any record which may throw light on the Service of Thomas Moore - his birth & marriage etc.
I have learned from other sources that this Thomas Moore probably enlisted about 1788 in a Mass. Co. possibly Capt John Cutler's Co in Col Nathan Wade's Regt. As there is a Thomas Moore mentioned on a muster roll of that Co. - He died in Gloucester Mass 27 July 1817: His widow died in Hebron Me 27 Dec 1835 -
The application was made from Maine: The Service was probably in Mass. Co. -
An early answer will greatly oblige
Yrs Sincerely: L. M. Robinson
1715 Walnut St Philadelphia Pa.

Portland Nov 21 1845
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 17th of November enclosing Land Warrant N o 2377. issued in favor of the heirs at law of Thomas Moore dec d , who was a private of Artillery in the Revolution
I am Very Respectfully Your obt t Serv t H. Bradford

OLD RAILROAD AND TOLL MAR 23 1892 FILES.
2377-100 Rev

1715 Walnut St. Philadelphia Pa. March. 19 th 1892
To The Com r Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Your enclosure of the 14 th inst. is at hand for which please accept thanks.
(Reenz) Can you tell me if the 84 Thomas Moore referred to in these Affidavits ever received the Bounty Lands - ?
I wish to know to whom the warrant for these Lands was issued - as one of the Sons of said Thomas never rec'd his share -

Can I obtain a copy of proof of heirship filed in this Case? also declaration of John Moore son of Thomas Moore, when he made application for said Bounty Lands?
Will you kindly give me a list of all papers filed in this Case and gratly oblige Sincerely yrs
(Rev.) Lucien Moore Robinson 1715 Walnut St. Philadelphia Pa.
P.S. The number of Thomas Moore in records Rev. War as given on the Affidavits sent me is 2,377

1715 Walnut St. Philadelphia Pa. Feb 24 1892
To the Com r Pensions - Washington D.C.
Dear Sir -
The enclosed letter was returned to me with the request that I should state for what purpose I desired the information there sought.
In the first place as a great grand son of the Thom Moore I am interested in his military service - and desire the information for a memoir of the family which I am preparing - And then I am in hope by means of some of the

Affidavits mentioned, to establish facts and dates in the life of the said Thomas Moore which will connect him with his family in England.
He is said to have come to this country in Burgoyne's Army and to have been captured in the surrender of that army at Quetee Saratoga and afterwards enlisted in the service of the U.S. - I am in hopes some of these facts may appear either in the application or in the affidavits accompanying it.
Again in behalf of the heirs of Thomas Moore of Nova Scotia (mentioned in my letter) son of the said Thomas I wish
the information sought for in order to determine if this branch of the family ever received their share of County lands &c - - -
Hoping that these reasons may prove satisfactory and that I shall receive an early reply to my letter - giving me the information I desire I remain
Very truly
(Rev) Lucien Moore Robinson

DIVISION.
J. S. Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Feb. 18, 1892
Respectfully returned to L. M. Robinson, #715 Walnut St., Phila., Pa. who showed state fully for what pur- pose the infor- mation is desired. Return all papers. #2377-100 - Rev.
Green B. Raum Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Moore, Thomas GRADE Private "in the LINE Invalids"
WARRANT NUMBER 13500 ACREAGE 100 ISSUE March 10, 1790 To — not shown —
*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.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Moore, Thomas GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4637 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 8, 1792 to Ezra Beadgett
*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.