Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,502, for Job Page, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Page, Job
S. 16,502
carded
CONTENTS

Suspended See orders which accompanied the  other returns to the New Agencies of Mass & N.H. Feb 28. 1834 He was paid at both agencies -
See letter to the Hon J. M. Harper March 28. 1834 -
See letter to Post off. J. B. Bank Boston. Sept 10. 1834
See letter to J. M. Harper Sept 10. 1834 -
See letter to Hon J. M. Harper Pension Agent Oct 24. 1834.
1526.
New Hampshire
Job Page
of Concord in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain  of the Regt commanded by Col Bartlett in the N.H. line for 9 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of N.H. at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Nov 1832 and due Sept 1 st 1833 Concord N.H.
  Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832  $ 45 -    Semi-annual allowance ending Dec 30.  15 -     $ 60 -  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. F. H. Plain Clerk. Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 176.

Job Page
no 9720
Yours J. C. Mott Concord Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  John Pason  in the State of  New Hampshire  of  Amherst  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Const  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76 Years 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     July In 17 80 " 3 " Private Gen. Eastman   June 81 " 6 " " Col. Bartlett Capt. Fogg, Col. 1 Regt  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? near Natick  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Nashua  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Very little & documentary proof  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

Job Page 7150 6 am 3/16
In testimony whereof this Seal - with day of August 27. 1811 H. B. Chase, Register of Probate.

Job Page 6 am

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832
State of New-Hampshire, } ss. Court of Probate now Sitting County of Merrimack
On this 29 th day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County Job Page a resident of Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New-Hampshire, aged seventy 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 enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1780 in July with Capt Eastman and served in the Col o Bartlett's regiment of the New Hampshire line, under the following named officers:
That he enlisted in Hanover New Hampshire in July 1780 for three months in a company commanded by Capt Eastman Lt Webster & Ensign John Hunt in the Reg t commanded by Col o Bartlett in the New Hampshire line in the Army of the Revolution and marched and encamped to Channick in New York thence down the River to Fishkill from thence to West Point where he remained till Gen l Arnold deserted then crossed over the North River & there served until the expiration of his enlistment being three full months and discharged had no written discharge. was attached to Arrows Brigade - In June 1781 at Hanover aforesaid he enlisted for six months in the Continental Service in Capt Fogg's Company in the 2 nd NHs Reg t commanded by Col o Geo Reed. Joined the Army at Phillipsburg or Phillips Patten. marched thence to Pustikill. thence to Galloway Hill then transferred into a company commanded by Capt Albin. thence removed to N. H. Village where he was discharged the 12 th Dec r 1781
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Job Page
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. Bowell Stevens Judge of Probate
I, H. B. Chase Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Merrimack , do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of the said Job Page for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court, this twenty-ninth day of August , A.D. 1832. H. B. Chase, Register of Probate.

16.502 INVALID.
File No. 16.502
Job Page Pr. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 39
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 290
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N. No.
Page, Job
816502

N.H. Village Dec r 12 th 1861 Job Page Capt. Tapp's Company 2 d New Hampshire Regiment having been enlisted for Six Months & faithfully served the Term of his engagement is hereby honorably Discharged & permitted to pass to his home in New Hampshire
Whom it concerns —
M c Gregor Capt. Command g 2 d N.H. Regiment

N.H. Village Dec. 12 th 1781
The issuing Commissaries; on the Road between N.H. Village and the State of N. Hampshire, are desired to issue the stated Rations of Provisions to the Bearer of this, until the 22 nd Inst. Included, taking Vouchers for the same —
W m Gage Capt. Comd. 2 nd N.H. Regiment
Issued four Rations Dec. 15 1781 for B. Hearn & Co. M c Intosh
Job Page S. & 16502 N.H.

Job Page Purch Nov 97 20
9 Months
Admitted
$30
A. C. Nut Ancestry N. H.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Page which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides ? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so ?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served ? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled ? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations ? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832 ? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion ? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed ? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal ? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? he has,
Documentary proof
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

I Moses Emery of Bradford in the County of Merrimack and State of New- Hampshire of Lawfull age do testify and say that I enlisted into the service of the United States at Hampton in the Month of July 1780. - for three Months in the New Hampshire line under Capt. Saltonstall Lieut. Webster Ensign John Kent in Col. Bartlett's Regt. Marched to Fishkill in New York & to West Point, served three months, and dismissed, and further testify that John Page of Concord in the County of Merrimack, and State aforesaid, enlisted at the same time for three Months, with me under the same officers and served in the same Company and Regt. for the term of three months and dismissed at the same time with me.
Merrimack ss } State of New Hampshire August 1 st 1832 } Personally appeared the above named Moses Emery and Made Oath that the above Affidavit by him subscribed is just and true Before me John Raymond Jus. Peace
I certify that Moses Emery the deponent is a man of good character whose Statements are entitled to full credit.
John Raymond Jus. Peace

He
Justice Secretarys Office August 6. 1832.
I hereby certify that the within named John Raymond is a Justice of the Peace for our County of Monmouth, duly constituted and sworn.
He
and I have hereunto set the Seal of the State.
Ralph Metcalf Secretary.