Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8549, for Gideon Rice, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Rice, Gideon Elizabeth
W 85-49
B.L.Wt 7214-160-55
CONTENTS
This widow also claimed bounty land on account of the services of her first husband, Benjamin Berry, War 1812, and of her second husband, John Cummings, War 1812- See papers within.

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Gideon Rice
M.R.

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 Tuesday, being the  Tuesday, being the  Seventh day of February and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of nine 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 tenth day of February 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, Gideon Price aged sixty nine years, resident in Scarborough in said District,
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolution make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820; that he, the said Gideon Price — enlisted for the term of nine months on the first day of June in the year 1778 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Thomas in the regiment commanded by colonel Supper — in the line of the State of Massachusetts — on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until
the 15th day of March 1779 when he was discharged from the service, in Westpoint in the state of New York . that his name has been placed on the Pension List & I suffered therefrom by the Act of Congress of May 1. 1820, that he has not before exhibited any schedule of his property, because he understood that those who had any property and were not supported by charity could have the continuance of their pensions — was that he is encouraged to make his application now in consequence of the late regulations of the Hon. Secretary of War relative to pensioners
BEFORE
Ashur Ware
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the day of _____ A. D. 181_____, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered _____ 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.
Gideon Rice
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth } day of February A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Asher 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 :
Of Real Estate I have two or three acres of land in Scarborough and a small house on it, where I reside - I have no other real estate.
Of Personal Estate I have two cows - two young cattle, six sheep and a few articles of household furniture - I have no income other than can be realized from said property and that is very small.
I have never made any conveyance of any of my estate since the pension act was passed in March 1818 and I am in debt about a hundred dollars.
Gideon Price
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Gideon Price who, by occupation am a farmer - which I am not able to pursue by reason of age and rheumatism.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     my wife Sarah 74 has been sick many years   Sarah a grand child 14 able to do housework   Gideon Price   Sworn to Before Asher Ware   Deputy Judge  

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Jr. 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 six hundred dollars and _____ cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth day of February A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine
John Mussey Jr.
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Gideon Rice
Application for a pension
Aug t 1832
a private.
With 2,804
admt private Qu o $30 Humphrey

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the seventeenth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this seventeenth day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Gideon Price a resident of Scarborough in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he was placed on the pension list roll of the District of Maine Agency and a certificate of pension granted to him on his application made on the 29th day of April 1818 - That his name was dropped from the pension list by the act of May 1, 1820. That he served nine months in the Company commanded by Capt Thomas Hunt - Lieut in Col Sappus Regt. That he resided in Scarborough, when he made his first application for a pension, in April 1818 - and has resided there ever since that time to the present -
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine - Gideon Price
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Asher Ware } U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Nussey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighteenth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Nussey } Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

60,669 } Act March 7/55 April " "
Elizabeth Rice widow of Gideon Rice
Was a Soldier War Revolution Pension en Act 818 & Act 1832 Applicant for Pension Act Feb'y 3 rd 1843 refers to her application for Pension Mass. Cont. Line.
note Feb 53- no 217
Ad: 160 acs Oct 2/55. Blyth.
Roll
Vol. R page 66.
J. J. Coombs G. K. xxxxxxx Pressed Rutland Vt. 1844

✓ 318 M rs Mary Elizabeth Rice widow of Gideon Rice who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818. 3 rd February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of May 1853 and sent to H. Bradford Portland Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1818, Page 9 Vol. a
1832
1832

Dead.
The Client's Name: W. J. H. ... July 6. 1832
Maine - 3455 -
Gideon Rice
of Scarborough in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Thomas of the Regt commanded by Col Tupper in the Massachu- setts line for 9 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Decem- ber 1832 and sent to John Murray Portland — Me —
Arrears to 14th of Sep. 1832 — $ 4 50 Semi-ant. allowance on living Mar. 1833 — 1 50 $ 6 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bulloch Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 st Page 84

NO 363
Elizabeth Rice widow of Gideon Me
Act 3 Feb 1853
$30 per annum, Comig 3 Feb 1853
Freeman Bradford Portland Maine

State of Maine Cumberland ss
Personally appeared on this Eighth day of February A.D. 1853 before me the subscriber Josiah Pierce Judge of the Court of Probate. Elizabeth Rice a resident of Portland in said County aged seventy four years who on oath makes the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed January 29th and approved February 3rd 1853.
And your declarant states that she is the widow of Gideon Rice deceased, who was a pensioner of the United States. That her said husband was first placed on the pension roll under the act of 1818 at the rate of $96 per annum, and was dropped from the roll under said act, in 1820, and afterwards was pensioned under the act of June 7 1832 at the rate of $30 per annum which pension he drew to the time of his death which took place on the 21 November 1838, and that she has remained a widow to the present time. She further states that she was married to the said Gideon Rice by Nathan Tilton a

minister of the Gospel on the twentieth day of April AD 1834 and that before marriage her name was Elizabeth Cummings widow of John Cummings late of Greene in this State deceased. She therefore claims a pension under the act aforesaid.
attest Pierce
Elizabeth Rice
Then personally appeared on the day and year first above written Elizabeth Rice and made oath to the foregoing declar- ation by her signed
Before me
Josiah Pierce. Judge.

STATE OF MAINE.
PROBATE COURT, Cumberland County, ss.
Be it Known, That on this ninth day of February 18 53 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That Gideon Rice late of Scarborough was a Wartubulary Pensioner of the United States, and that he died at Scarborough on the twenty-first day of November 18 38 .— And that Elizabeth Rice is the widow of said Gideon Rice deceased. who drew a pen- sion at the rate of $30 per annum un- der the act of 1832
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this ninth day of February in the year 18 53
Josiah Pierce  Judge Probate for Cumberland County.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ss.
OFFICE OF THE COURT OF PROBATE.
I, Freeman Bradford Register of Probate for said County, hereby certify, that Hon. Josiah Pierce whose name is signed to the foregoing Certificate is JUDGE OF PROBATE, in and for said County and State, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of said State, that the annexed signature purporting to be his, are is genuine, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given, to his official acts and attestations.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Official Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this Fifteenth day of February A. D. 1853
Freeman Bradford Regr.

Be it remembered that the marriage of Mr. Gideon Rice & Mrs. Elizabeth Cummings, both of Scarborough, county of Cumberland, State of Maine, was legally solemnis- ed on the twentieth day of April Anno Domini 1834 by me ————— Nathan Tilton minister of the Gospel
State of Maine Cumberland, ss
July 16 th 1842
Rev. Nathan Tilton testified under oath that the above certificate of marriage is a true copy from his orig- inal record before me
Henry A. Tilton
jus. of the peace & Quorum
July 18 th 1842
Mary Chase testifies under oath that she and her late husband Moses Chase were present & witnessed the marriage of the late Gideon Rice & Elizabeth Cummings as above stated before me
Henry A. Tilton
jus. of the peace & Quorum

60,669
3 CLAIMS OF
Elizabeth Rice, wid of Reuben To Bounty Land.
Act of March 3, 1855.
WAR OF the Rev. War A Naval Service
Please consider this claim as filed under the last hus- band, Rice, a Rev. soldier. J.H.C.
J. H. Coombs PORTLAND, Maine. Present

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
PORTLAND, April 7th 185 5
I, OBADIAH G. COOK,
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court,
for said County of Cumberland, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Freeman Bradford Esq.
is, and at the date of his Certificate to the paper hereto annexed was, an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto 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
are _____ 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.
O. G. Cook _____ CLERK.

First claim under act of 1855
See 13 claim
STATE OF MAINE.
County of Cumberland ss.
On this Fifth day of April 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,
Elizabeth Rice aged 75 & over years, a resident of Portland in the County and State
aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that she is the widow of Benjamin Berry deceased, who was a Carpenter
in the Company commanded by Captain Mate in Board the Ship John Adams  Regiment of  commanded by Colonel  Commanded by Capt. Crane in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812.
That her husband shipped at board the John Adams on the 22 nd day of May 1813 for two years and he continued on board the John Adams in the Navy yard at Brooklyn N.Y. for about one month on or about the  day of  18 for the term of  and continued in actual  Sackett's Harbor Lake Ontario and put on board service in said war for the term of  on the  The Madison Commodore Chauancy  and was honorably discharged at  day of  A. D.  as will appear by  actual service till his death which took place on board the Madison in the month of November 1813
She further states, that she was married to the said Benjamin Berry in Portland on the 29 day of November
A. D. 1798 by Rev  Rev. Elijah Kellogg a Minister of the Gospel , and that her name before her said marriage was
Elizabeth Wheeler ; that her said husband died on board the Ship  Madison  in in Nov. 5 th A. D. 1813 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, except as hereto will appear and believes that her said husband Benjamin Berry 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 Elizabeth Rice do hereby constitute and appoint Z. N. Harmon of Portland 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.
We William B Berry and James House residents of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Rice  above named 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.
William B Berry James House
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by Elizabeth Rice the declarant above named, and by William B Berry and James House 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.
Fremont Bradford Justice of the Peace.

I William B. Berry of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose and say that I am sixty four years of age and am the identical William B Berry who attested the signa- ture of Elizabeth Rice to the fore- going declaration for Bounty Land I have known Elizabeth Rice ever since her marriage to my uncle Benjamin Berry - and I knew Benjamin Berry from my child- hood to his death - He the said Benjamin Berry shipped the same day that I did on board the U.S. Ship John Adams - and served as Carpenter Mate in the Navy till his death which took place in November 1813 on board the Ship Madison Sackett Harbor. Elizabeth Rice married John Cum- mings after the death of Benjamin Berry - and after the death of John Cummings she married Gideon Rice who is now dead - She is now a widow Pensioner of the United States and has not been

married since the death of said Gideon Rice -
William B Berry
State of Maine
Cumberland ss April 5th 1855 Then per- sonally appeared the above named William B Berry known to me to be a credible wit- ness and made oath to the truth of the for- going affidavit by him signed
Before me Freeman Bradford Jus Peace

State of Maine
County of Cumberland
City Town of Portland
(a)
"Seventeen hundred ninety eight. November twenty nine -
Benjamin Berry to Elizabeth Wheeler, both of ditto." (Portland)
I Certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the Marriage of said parties, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in the record, in fair legible figures, as follows:—(b)
"1798 Nov. 29."
Wm Boyd, City Town Clerk of Portland
I, Wm Boyd above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of City Clerk in the town, county, and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy of the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Wm Boyd
Clerk of the Town of Portland
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this sixth day of April A. D. 1855
Freeman Bradford
Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full. (b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.

Second claim under act of 1855
STATE OF MAINE.
{ see 3 d claim }
County of Cumberland ss.
On this Fifth day of April 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, Elizabeth Rive formerly widow of John Cummings aged 74 nearly years, a resident of Portland in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that she is the widow of John Cummings deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Pettengill she believes in the Regiment of Militia commanded by Colonel in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812.
In this case your applicant refers to her declaration under the act of Sept 28 1850 now on the files of the Pension Office for proof of marriage and saying which claim was rejected for the reason that applicant had intermarried since the death of John Cummings
That her husband was drafted at Green on or about the first part of September 18 14 for the term of an on  indefinite Period and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days & more and was honorably discharged at Bath on or about the first of November A. D. 1814 as will appear by the Roll of said Company to which she refers for evidence of service which she believes is in the Department, in Washington
She further states, that she was married to the said John Cummings in Portland on the 12th day of August A. D. 1817 by the Rev Thomas B Ripley a Clergyman , and that her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Berry ; that her said husband died at Green on the 12th day of November A. D. 1829 and that she is now a widow. She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty land, under this or

except as the widow of Benjamin Berry 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.
and her application under the act of 1850
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 Elizabeth Rice do hereby constitute and appoint J. H. Hannon of Portland 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.
Elizabeth Rice
We William B. Berry and James House residents of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Rice above named 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.
William B. Berry James House
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by Elizabeth Rice the declarant above named, and by William B. Berry and James House 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.
Freeman Bradford Justice of the Peace.

Please consider the claim under this declaration only. S.H.C.
State of Maine.
Third claim under the act of 1855
County of Cumberland ss.
On this Fifth day of April A. D. 1855
personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Rice a resident of Portland in said County and State, aged 76 (nearly) years, who being duly sworn, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain Bounty Land, under the Act of Congress passed March 3d , A. D. 1855.
And your declarant further states that she is the widow of Gideon Rice late of Scarborough in the State of Maine dec d that her said husband Gideon Rice was a Soldier of the Revolution, and a Pensioner of the United States, that her said husband Gideon Rice was first placed on the Pension roll under the act of 1818 at the rate of Eight dollars per month and dropped from said roll because he possessed property, that afterwards he was placed on the pension Roll under the act of 1832 at the rate of thirty dollars per annum which pension he drew to the time of his death which took place on the 21 Nov 1838. She further declares that she has not received bounty land under this or any other act of Congress and she believes her said husband Gideon Rice never received Bounty Land in his life time. Y.H.

YOUR DECLARANT FURTHER STATES, that she was married to the said Gideon Rice on the Second day of April A. D. 1834 , at Scarborough in said State, and that her name before marriage was Elizabeth Cummings
And your declarant further states, that after the passage of the Act of Congress of February 3 rd 1853 she made application for a Pension, on which application a pension was granted her at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum, as will appear by her Pension Certificate, dated the tenth day of May A. D. 1853 No. 318 . She states that she was the widow of John Cummings when married to Gideon Rice , and when married to John Cummings she was the widow of Benjamin Berry deceased
For proof of marriage, her husband's service in the Revolutionary War, and his death, and of your declarant's identity, she refers to her declaration and proof for a Pension, now on file in the Department of the Interior, at Washington.
She therefore claims Bounty Land under the act aforesaid, and states that she is still a widow.
And for the purpose of this application, I hereby appoint Z. K. Harmon of Portland my true and lawful Attorney in the premises.
Attest,
Elizabeth Rice William B. Perry James H. H. H.
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year first above written, and in my presence acknowledged
the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned. And I hereby certify that I know  know the said Elizabeth Rice to be the person who performed  who performed the military service aforesaid, and to be of the age aforesaid. represents herself to be in her declaration and that I have no interest in this claim Freeman Bradford Justice of the Peace.

We William B. Berry & James House residents of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, on oath depose and say that we have been well acquainted with Elizabeth Rice, now residing in Portland, since 1854, in which time she has had three husbands, viz- Benjamin Berry, John Cummings and Gideon Rice, all deceased - Elizabeth Rice is now a widow, and has not been married since the death of her last husband Gideon Rice. We were present when Elizabeth Rice made application for Bounty Land, and attested her signature thereto.
William B. Berry James House
State of Maine Cumberland ss April 5th 1855. Then personally appeared the above named William B. Berry and James House known to me as credible witnesses and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them signed. Before me Freeman Bradford Jus. Pease

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of Leideon Rice a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. file 8549
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     March 1, 1778 3 years Priv. Thomas Tupper Maine   March 2nd 15 1779 at Levi Clark   June 18 1780      
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____ Date of application for pension, Feb 29. 1812. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Scarborough, Maine. Age at date of application, 58 yrs. He died Nov. 21, 1838 at Scarborough.
Remarks: In 1820 he stated that his father was John Rice & his mother Sarah (Wheeler) Cummings. He was married to Sarah (Wheeler) Cummings. He was born in 1759 at Scarborough, Maine. He was married on Feb 22, 1780 to Sarah (Wheeler) Cummings. He was admitted to the town of Portland, Maine, in 1803. He was a resident of Portland, Maine, at the time of his death.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

No. 60669
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 11, 1878.
Gideon Rice
Rev. Star
Warrant 214-160-55
J. J. Coombs Present

1913 mch. 28. Hist. to Mrs. Ada Rice letter in S. 3641 zebulon Parke. 7
Revolution. Massachusetts Service
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8549
Elizabeth Rice
Wid
Gideon Rice
Print Rev. War
Act: July 29 th  1848.
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 162
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ 7214
160 aug

Application for P. Morgan Boston Ms. April 1819
7384 Maine.
Gideon Rice. 4
of Scarborough in the state of who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tappan of the Mass ts line, for the term of nine months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Disbursed Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of March 1819 and sent to John Ellapay for City Portland, Paris, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 — 81.56 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1818 48 —
$129.56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued

Annual 53. Mr. Burpston

Feb. 17 th 1853
App. of Elizabeth Rice widow of Gideon Rice.
Return of Claims
Maine 32
3455
Act 3 d Feb: 1853.
J. Reavy Feb 1/53
Freeman Bradford
Portland Maine
E. March Esq.
Commr. of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

Gideon Rice
Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, at the Cumberland Bank, Portland.
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, _____ " _____
Gideon Rice — late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of eight — dollars per month, to commence on the twenty-ninth day of April — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this sixth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

House of Reps - July 5, 1842
Hon. J. L. Edwards - Sir -
I enclose a letter in relation to the pension of Gideon Rice, of Scarborough, Maine, now deceased. Will you please inform me whether his widow is entitled to any pension under existing laws. if there are any facts to be established by her, what course it is ne- cessary for her to pursue, in order to entitle her -
Respectfully, T. M. Brewster
W. D. Fessenden

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Rice , widow of Gideon Cumberland County and State of Me act 7 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 7 June 1832 at $30 per annum Marriage proved by certificate of the clergyman who officiated
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
H. Bradford, Portland Me
S. Hall Examining Clerk.

Gideon Rice - Private Col. Supper. Mass line June '178 - 9 months Apr 29. 1818
correct
See the Judgys Certificate on file

I Gideon Price of Scarborough in the District of Maine & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged fifty-eight years being duly sworn do depose and say that I served as a private in Leicester Clark's company Colonel Tupper's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line Continental Establishment from the fifteenth day of June 1778 to the fifteenth day of March 1779 a period of nine months when I was honorably dismissed at West Point in the State of New York I further declare that I am in reduced circumstances in life & in need of the assistance of my country for support; that I do not receive nor am I entitled to receive any pension from the United States except by virtue of the late Act of Congress making provision for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary War passed the 18 th March 1818 Gideon Price
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Before me Albion H. Parrish Judge etc

William Hasty of Scarborough in the District of Maine & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being duly sworn do depose and say that Gideon Price who subscribed the annexed declaration, was a private in Col  Lieut Blanchard's company Colonel Tupper's Regiment of the Massachu- setts Line Continental Establishment and served nine months in the years 1778 and 1779 & was honorably discharged. In the declaration I was Lieutenant of the company in which he served and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of the assistance of his country for support
W m Hasty
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Before me -
Alcison H. Parrish Judge

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty ninth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Gideon Price the applicant named in the papers hereunto 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 testimony of William Hasty under oath, a Commissioned Officer of the Revolutionary Army, that he said Price served as a private for the period of nine months in continuation on the Continental Establishment during the Revolutionary war and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of the assistance of his country for support
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 Gideon Price ————— the applicant, served as a private 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.
Albion H. L. Park
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.