Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8440, for Jedediah Preble, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Preble, Jedediah Isabella
R. 8440
CONTENTS

2014 V Isabella Preble
(Act July 7, 1838.) widow of Jedediah Preble
Me m 81. d 11.
12 mo in 76-
Curf. auth
Geo. W. Morton Augusta, Me.

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."
STATE OF MAINE.
Lincoln
County, ss.
On this 28 th day of August A. D., 1838, personally appeared before the Hon: Nathan Weston Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State.
Isabella Preble a resident of Whitefield in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged Seventy Seven years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Jedediah Preble late of said Whitefield, deceased, who she has reason to believe & does believe served eight months in the year 1775, as a private in Capt. M c obb's company of the Massachusetts troops, & was honorably discharged. She further states that she has reason to believe & does fully believe that her said late husband enlisted, after the expiration of his said service, in 1776, for one year, as a private, & served out that period in Capt. Titcomb's company in Col. Poor's regt. of the Massachusetts troops, & was honorably discharged, & she refers to the rolls for evidence.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Jedediah Preble on the eighth day of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one; that her husband, the aforesaid Jedediah Preble died on the sixteenth day of August eighteen hundred & eleven, at Whitefield; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. That her maiden name was Isabella Clark & she was married at Pownalboro' Maine.
The Isabella Preble Mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me (the applicant being from age and infirmity, unable to appear in open court)
Nathan Weston C.J. S.J.C.

State of Maine
On the twenty fifth day of August, 1830, Isabella Pottle, the applicant within named, was examined and sworn, as within stated. I am satisfied, that she was married to Jedediah Pottle, late a revolutionary soldier of the United States, on the eighth of November 1781, that the said Jedediah Pottle deceased on the sixteenth of August, 1811, and that the applicant has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston C.J.
The foregoing declaration of this aged lady S.P.C. was by request received at her residence.
I presume the infirmities incident to her advanced period of life, was the inability which prevented her attendance at a court term.
Nathan Weston
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec
ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Court for said County hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon d Nathan Weston before whom the proceedings were had, is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State. I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing summons contains the original proceedings of the said Chief Justice in the matter of the application of Isabella Pottle for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this twenty first day of September A. D., 1838.
Thos Swan

I Lucy Ann Preble of Whitefield do on oath state That Jedediah Preble late of said Whitefield died at said Whitefield on the 16 th day of August 1811. That Isabella Preble within named has remained a widow ever since that period. Lucy Ann Preble
State of Maine
Lincoln ss Subscribed sworn to this 28 th day of Augt 1838: the deponent being a credible witness.
Before me
Nathan Weston C.J.
J.P.C.

Copy from the Town Records of Wiscasset, Maine formerly called Pownalborough.
"Lincoln ss" November eighth seventeen hundred & eighty one "Jedediah Preble & Isabela Clarke both of Pownalborough were joined together in marriage Per me Tho s Moore"
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair legible figures as follows viz,
"Novem th 8 th 1781"
Edmund Dana Town Clerk,
I Edmund Dana above named depose & say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of Wiscasset (formerly Pownalborough) in the County of Lincoln & 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. Edmund Dana Town Clerk
State of Maine } ss. Subscribed & sworn to County of Lincoln } September 12 th 1838
J. Bailey Esq is a Justice before J. Bailey Justice of the Peace of the peace for the county of Lincoln. Nathan Weston

State of Maine,
Wennebec pp
I the subscriver Clerk of the Courts for said county, hereby certify that Jeremiah Bailey Esq before whom the within affidavit was sworn, is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Lincoln,
Witness my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, this 28 th of January 1839,
A Chandler

STATE OF MAINE.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
Be it KNOWN, That on this twenty fourth day of June 1850 it has been satisfactorily proved in open COURT OF PROBATE, for said County of Kennebec, being a Court of Record, that Isabella Preble late of Whitefield was a Pensioner of the United States, and that he died at said Whitefield on the second day of December, 1839. And that she was the widow of Jedediah Preble, and remained unmarried ever after his death - that she was an applicant for Pension under Act of July 7. 1838, on account of the services of her husband, the said Jedediah Preble, in the army of the Revolution - and that Abrahams Preble. Mary Wheeler - Jedediah Preble. Olive Clark - Susan Clark. Sarah Jones and William Preble - are the only surviving children of the said Isabella Preble, deceased, and that he left no widow.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Office Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name this twenty fourth day of June, in the year 1850
Wm R. Smith
Register of the Court of Probate, Kennebec County, State of Maine.

Revolutionary.
Power of Attorney from heirs of Isabella & Nediah Rebecca Preble Maine Suspended
Filed Aug. 23. 1853
F. C. Hassler Present

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
STATE OF = Maine COUNTY OF = Lincoln William M. Titus William Preble
} a Notary Public
Be it known that before me
William M. Titus personally appeared aged 57 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the son of Jehudiah Preble who was a Revolutionary Soldier in the State of Maine and that he died on the Sixteenth day of August 18 11 and that his mother, named Isabella died on the Second day of December 18 39 and that they were married on the Eight day of November in the year 178 1 and that they were residents of Whitfield in the State of Maine and that they resided there 30- years, and that he resides in Whitfield and that furthermore He BY THESE
PRESENTS , constitutes, appoints, and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of substitution, F. E. HASSLER, of Washington city, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government and State officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due him as heir or son of Jehudiah & Isabella Preble who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law he may be entitled.
In witness whereof, He has on this Fifteenth day of August 18 53 1853 hereunto signed his name, and affixed his seal.
Wm. Preble
Witness: Wm M. Titus
Witness: Geo. F. Weymouth
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me; and I further certify, that William Preble has always by the community been known as the son of Jehudiah & Isabella Preble
Dated on this Fifteenth day of August 18 53 .
In witness whereof, I hereunto sign my name and affix my seal at office the day and year last above written = William M. Titus a Notary Public of
} to wit:
COUNTY of
I hereby certify, That
before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
County Court, this
day of
one thousand eight
hundred and
Clerk.
* If a Widow applies, state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."
† State under what act pensioned, or when pension commenced, if a pensioner—and amount of pension.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
July 30, 1928.
Mrs. John Morrison 101 Magoun Avenue, Medford, Mass.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 8440, it appears that Isabella Preble applied for pension August 28, 1838, at which time she was living at Whitefield, Lincoln County, Maine, and aged seventy-seven years, and alleged that her husband, Jedediah Preble enlisted in the spring of 1775 and served eight months as a private in Captains Smith's and McCobb's Companies, with the Massachusetts Troops; and enlisted in 1776 and served one year as a private in Captain Titcomb's Company, Colonel Poor's Regiment.
The claim was not allowed as there was not satisfactory proof of the alleged service.
It also appears in said claim that the soldier was living in Pownalborough (which was later Wiscasset, Maine), Massachusetts in the early part of the Revolution.
He married November 8, 1781, Isabella Clark, they were both then of said Pownalborough. He died August 16, 1811 at

Whitefield, Maine, where she died December 2, 1839.
The following children are referred to in 1850-- Abraham Prebel, Jedediah Preble, William Preble, Mary Wheeler, Olive Clark, Susan Clark, and Sarah Jones.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Isabella Isabella Feb 1838 - Feb 1838 Sus 1838 Sus 1838
Remun Office Official Business Free
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C

2014 ✓
Set. 10. G. Morton 21 June 39
same 26 Sept 39
to same 12 Dec 1850
then 1 Dec 20 Sept 1852
Set 7. 8. 16 Sept
" 10" Feb 1853 Col. 25753 " 10" Feb 1853 Nov. 3754
act 7 July 38
84110

July 17-1852
Com Preble's Inquiry rel: to col: of Isabella Preble. dec'd
Also inquiry of do 38 A.S. Clark rel: to Benj: Marshall.
Elmer Cook J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Washington DC

to your request of the military Jedediah a dier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find belo te e information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. R. File 8440
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Spring 75 8 mos. Private Smith + McCobb ✓ Mass   76 1 year " Titcomb Porr "   claim was rejected on the ground of insufficient proof of six months' service as required by law.   (Name not on rolls of 1775 - the records at Boston may furnish proof, as he was, it seems, in the battle of Bunker Hill.)  
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Enl. at Pownalborough Me. Date of application for pension, fynd: Aug. 28, 1838 Residence at date of application, Whitefield, Lincoln Co. Me. Age at date of application, 77 yrs. Remarks: Ed. m. Pownalboro Me, Bolls - Pownalborough Nov. 8, 1781, Leahella Clark, he d. Aug. 16, 1811, at Whitefield, Me. where she d. Dec. 2, 1839 at Whitefield Me. Childn: Abraham, Jedediah + William Babb, Mary Wheeler, Olive Clark, Susan Clark + Sarah Jones in 1850
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
31793b5m1C-07
Mass Book - Capt J Stearn's 1775 Col. Doolittle rep. having gone on to Canada

101 Nassau St. Bedford Hall. 21 Sept /27
Dept. of Interior — Bureau of Pensions Rev. War —
Would you kindly send me a copy of the Pension papers of our great grand- father — Jedediah Preble see no. 7 cl- on envelope a veteran of the Revolutionary War.
Thanking you — I am
Yours — Alice R. Harrison —
(Mrs. John)
R. 8440

1911 July 11. Hst. to Mrs. L. J. Ricker letter in M. file 21,664 Gideon Garland & 1928 July 30 - Hst. to Mrs. John Morrison sur.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
8440
P. O.
Service:
Isabella Preble mid of
Jedediah Preble
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
She printed list of 1852 shows reasons for suspension Alleges:
"name not on the rolls of Re-enlisted: 1775 - the records at Boston may furnish proof, as he was, it seems, in the battle of Bunker Hill." Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for

Wm Porble Coy Oct Nov 3

Enc.
Pension Office,
Nov. 3 d 1857.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 19 th  ultimo , I enclose you a letter of this Office to F. E. Haper, Esq r , under date of Oct. 25 th 1853, in relation to the claim of Isabella Preble, which will show you the view taken of the case, when it was last examined.
There has been no evidence filed since the letter inclosed was written.
Yours &c.
W m Preble Esq r , Whitefield, Maine.

Y. M. Morrison 12 Dec 1850

Perkins Office Dec 12 th 1880
Sir:
The supplemental declaration in the case of Isabella Pratt has been received. The length of time which has elapsed since you were apprized of the reason, for the nonadmission of this claim has not at all diminished their force. It must be shown what evidence there is relating to the service of her husband in the State Department of Massachusetts.
J. W. Morton Esq. Augusta Me.

Augusta, Maine.
Sept 25. 1850
Sir,
The papers of Isabella Preble of Maine, widow of Isedeah Preble , an applicant for Pension under the Act of July 7. 1838 are on file in your Office. She died the second day of December 1839; her surviving children are supposed to be entitled to her Pension to the time of her death, if the claim is allowed. I send a Certificate of Court, stating the time of her death also the names of her surviving children. Will you have the claim again examined and the services of her late husband as proved by the affidavits of Abide Hilton for eight months & Samuel Carlton for twelve months, services, (which are on file with her papers) allowed if satisfactory, so that her surviving children may receive the amount due them up to the time of her death. Her papers were transmitted to you in Sept 1838.
Very respectfully
Yr Obed Servt
Geo W. Morton
James L. Edwards, Esq (Censor of Pensions Washington.

War Dep
Gen: off
June 29 th 35
Sir
In the case of Mrs Isabella Preble widow of Jedediah Preble dec'd in -du the act of 7 July '38, the alleged 6mo service under Capt M'Goff in 75 is not sustained by the rolls of that company for that term - Neither his name nor the witness's name is borne thereon - The other term of 12 mo in 76 is not supported by any roll in this dept and or by any parol testimony -
The papers in the case of Mrs Mehita Lee Wiggins are herewith returned that your official character & signature may be duly certified - The cases drawn up & presented by you have been very generally defective in the specification of service, proof of identity of claimant with the records - The rules will be rigidly enforced hereafter & the more particularly as to the appear

...and of Claimants in open court , A regular term This is now required of Mrs Wiggins - The certificate of the Judge is unsatisfactory - Unless he can state the character of the disability, he should not certify it in general terms, that she is unable to attend - It is scarcely cre- -dible that so many so large a number of claimants, should all be afflicted to an extent that rendered them actually unable to attend in Court - No declara- -tion can by the rules be taken before any Judge except one who holds courts in the county of the Claimant - They must appear before a court of record of the county or a Judge of that court -
Geo. W. Morton August 2nd, Maine
26.
Rev. Mr. Morton June 23 - 39.

Geo. W. Morton, Sept. 26 th 39
o.b.

477. War Dept Genl. Offs Sep 26 39
Sir
The add d evidence in the case of Mrs Isabella Preble has not removed the difficulties of which case you were apprised by my letter of 27 June last - The name of her late husband is not borne on the rolls of Capt s - Nathan - Charley - Benjamin Eusebius - or Mr Smith who commanded companies in 75 - His enlistment is alleged to have been made after the battle of Bunker Hill & he was therefore in the six months service of that year - The records of the Secy at Boston may probably supply the requisite proof
Geo. W. Morton Geo. W. Morton Esq Augusta Me

Augusta, Maine.
September 17. 1839
Sir,
Your letter of 27 th June last was duly rec d , relating to the claim of Mrs. Isabelle Poble for pension under act of July 7. 1838. I herewith enclose the affidavits of Samuel Carlton, and Morrell Hilton in support of the claim. It appears her late husband actually served 8 mo s in 1775 and 12 mo s in 1776, as relates to the 8. months alleged service in 1775, mentioned in your letter, as not being sustained by the rolls of that company, for that term. Hilton says in his affidavit that Poble enlisted for 8 mo s at Litchfield under a Capt Smith, and that during the service, he was part of the time only under Capt. McEbb, his affidavit in support of the service is signed before Jeremiah Bailey Esq formerly a member of Congress, who certifies as to the credibility of Hilton, which it is hoped will be conclusive upon the point. Mrs. Poble is entirely unable to leave home, and the pension would be of great service to her. Should her claim be satisfactorily proved, I would respectfully request you to transmit me a certificate for her
James L. Edwards Esq Committee of Pensions Washington. D.C.
I am respectfully Your O bt Servt Geo. W. Proctor

16. 68 I Monah Hilton of Wiscasset in the County of Lincoln, State of Maine, on oath testify and declare, that I was well acquainted with Sededick Preble late of Whitfield in said County of Lincoln deceased. In the spring of the year 1775. said Preble, with myself and a number of others, associated together as minute men & held ourselves ready for service; immediately after the battle of Bunker Hill (June 17. 1775) we all had orders to march for Boston, we accordingly did march and went & encamped at Cambridge near Boston. said Preble went with us and enlisted also for eight months. said Preble and myself were in the same Company & the same mess. We all enlisted into Capt. M c Gobbs Company before we marched for Boston, - said Preble enlisted at the same time. We enlisted for eight months and served the time out and were honourably discharged. I well recollect that said Preble served the whole eight months out & was present in the Company when we received our discharge. During the eight months aforesaid our Company was attached to Gen. Arnolds expedition to Quebec. our Company passed some distance up the Kennebec River, and then were ordered back to pick up the sick & those who gave out, and the stray provisions, - we returned to Cambridge, and at the end of our eight months, I recollect there were enlistment orders for a year service to follow. I do not know where said Preble went at the end of his eight months, but I understood that he enlisted in the year service next following.
Monah Hilton

State of Maine,
Lincoln ss. August 21. 1838. Personally appeared the within named Morrel Hilton before me Jeremiah Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of Lincoln and after being duly cautioned and sworn, made solemn oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed in my presence, and I further certify that the within named deponent is a person of good credit & reputation, in whose testimony confidence may be placed.
J. Bailey Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that J. Bailey Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 21 st day of August A. D. 1838
J. Smith CLERK.

Revolutionary
Additional evidence Claim of
Isabella Preble his Name Susp. list, 1838.
Filed Oct 13 th 1853
J. E. Washburn Washington
Oct. 14, 1853. ADDL. ev. in case of Isa- bella Preble, nee. widow of Jedediah.
J. E. Washburn, Present.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
Oct. 1853.
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 Jeremiah Pule is borne on roll of Capt Samuel Darby, Col. James Scammon's Regt. of 8 mos. Service on Cont roll dated Cambridge Oct. 28. 1775. Also on roll of 8 mos Service in Capt Josiah Stearns (orup. Col. Ephraim Doolittle) Regt. dated Oct. 6. 1775 from Pownallborough, Enclosed "Gone on Quebec Expedition".
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. D. [Signature] Secretary of the Commonwealth.
1853

Presented by B Pond 23 Buffalo Road
Washington City D.C. Oct. 4. 1853
To the Secretary of State Boston Mass
Sir
I respectfully request a certificate of the Revolutionary services of Zedediah Noble, who served = 8 months in 1775, under Capt. McCobb. 12 " " 1776 " " Titcomb " Col. " Poor's Regt.
I am respectfully F. H. Hassler Physic in Office Oct 4/53 I certify that F. H. Hassler has filed a Power of attorney in this case, in this office A. R. Malleson Comr

having applied for a pension for my Mother Priscilla Prindle Wife of Jedediah Prindle and spent about fifty or sixty dollars and on account of something I never new what but should like to no what there was lacking or what the reason was as it was an honest claim in the years service there was six in a row Samuel Hincked Samuel Jackson & Samuel Groves and my father were four of them the other two I dont re member Samuel Groves was the only one living when I applied and was drawing a pension for the same service I went to him and he had lost all his reason was senseless as a least with had a shock of the rurel palsy some to or three months his Wife new all about the service & was well acquainted with my Father and directed me to Moral Hilcon you have his deposition he said he was with my Father in the six months service Samuel Carleton in his dep. said it was 8 months

Service I think he was right as he lived a near neighbor was to gether a great deal when my father got back from his 6 or 8 months service his brother James Prindle had listed for a year & he took his place and went back the as his Mother didnt want James to go because he was younger than father whether he attend the manor not I cant say my Father spelt his name pedediah but the most of folks wrote it peremiah. Samuel Jackson I believe dand a petition for this same service the late date that I applied it was impossible to get much evidence but in a just cause it seems as tho some circumstances or to satisfy - now please give this a fair perusal and answer it after looking over the weekends for I am a regular no nothing ground up in the woods with out any school or schooling but I want one of the new fangled nothings for I disfire them -

for I am a hard old democrat
Whitefield Oct 19 1857
Wm. Preble

Pension Office
Oct 25, 1853.
Sir.
The certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts filed by you in the case of Isabella Preble, dec d widow of Jedediah Preble, evidently refers to another soldier of the same name. She alleges, and the witnesses testified, that her husband enlisted from Wiscapett, originally in Capt. Smith's company and subsequently in Capt. McCobb's company of eight months men, - at the expiration of which he enlisted in Capt. Titcomb's company of Col. Poor's Regiment. Titcomb was attached to a New Hampshire Regiment, commanded by Col. Enoch Poor, and evidence of any service rendered under him should be sought in the office of the Secretary of that State at Concord. Our Rolls of his

company merely embrace the year 1775. Mr. Cobb's Rolls, which were in this office when the claim was examined in June 1839, did not contain the name of Mrs. Petti's husband or that of his sister, Mary Hilton, who alleged that he served in that company with him.
I am, respectfully Your ob. Serv.
Comm. p. 3 Oct 23/53
J. E. Mapler, Esq. Present

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Hon Isaac Reed Sept 20/52

262
Pension Office
Sep 20 1852
Sir
I have the honor herewith to return the letter of Mr McPreble and have to inform you that the letter written to Mr Morton Dec 12 1850, and which is in possession of Mr Preble, gives the true condition of the claim of Isabella Preble of the for the benefit of the act of July 7 1838. No additional evidence has been filed since that letter and, of course, the claim cannot be allowed. The inquiries of Dr Clark have been referred to the proper department & will be answered.
Hon Isaac Reed Hqs Reps

State of Maine
JOHN FAIRFIELD,
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING:
Now Ye , That John King and Jeremiah Bailey, whose names are borne upon the papers hereunto annexed, are Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Lincoln, and were so at the date of their within attestation, and that the signatures, purporting to be theirs, are genuine.
John Fairfield
duly nominated and appointed, commissioned and qualified; and that to their Acts and Attestations, as such, 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 sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and in the sixty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
N. B. Nichols Secretary of State.

I Samuel Carleton of Whitefield in the County of Lincoln State of Maine do depose and say that I am a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of March 18 th 1818 on the claim Roll - That I well knew Jedediah Pribble who enlisted in the year 1775 for eight months at Wiscasset. I believe in Capt Smiths company we left Wiscasset in company & went to Cambridge Mass. The said Pribble during the enlistment joined Arnolds expedition to Quebec & as I understood went with the troops up the Kennebec River until part of the troops was ordered back & said Pribble returned with them to Cambridge & after serving the eight months was discharged I believe but am not certain that said Pribble was in Capt. McLeods company most of the time during his enlistment. That is the first part of the year 1776. The said Pribble again enlisted for one year I went with him to New York where we separated. I understood that said Pribble belonged to Capt Titcomb's company & Col. Poors regiment & went to Tienderoga where he remained till the fall of said year then marched to the Jerseys and was at the taking of the Hessians troops at Trenton. That I believe was after his discharge from the enlistment I have often heard him state of the skirmishes & battles that he was in & of his hardships that he has had to encounter with & the places that he was to and that one Samuel Groves a Pensioner of the United States of the Claim Roll under the act of March 1818 whom I well knew served for the same time in the same company & Regiment with said Pribble & that said Pribble returned home to Wiscasset about the time I did. I understood from from what Pribble has told me & others & from what I knew myself that said Pribble served twenty months. said Pribble a few years after returning home to Wiscasset moved from said town to Whitefield where he resided many years prior to his death & where he died in the year 1811 a near neighbor of mine - many times & many years after the war of the Revolution the said Pribble has talked of his services in the army & I have always understood by him he served the time & places as above mentioned. The widow of said Pribble her name is Isabella Pribble - she is now living in said Whitefield where she has resided ever since the year 1781 Whitefield July 20 th 1839 Samuel Carleton

Lincoln ss
on this twentieth day of July 1839 the within mentioned Samuel Carleton was examined cautioned & sworn agreeable to Law to the within deposition - & I further certify that Mr Carleton although aged. his mind is not so impaired as to be unable to make a correct statement of facts so well recollected as as those within by him stated appears to be at this time he has always sustained a good Moral character. as to truth & veracity
John Hovey } part of the Penn

I Moral Hilton of Wiscasset in the county of Lincoln, state of Maine, aged eighty three years on oath depose and say, that I was acquainted with Jedediah Preble late of Whitefield in said county of Lincoln; in the month of June 1775, said Preble & myself enlisted at Wiscasset in the Revolutionary War & marched to Cam- bridge near Boston, it was directly after the battle of Bunker Hill, we enlisted at Wiscasset under a recruiting officer named Smith, while at Cambridge said Preble & myself were in the same mess, soon afterward said Preble & myself joined Arnold's expedition to Quebec, we marched to Newbury Port & there took transports for the Kennebec river, I recollect that said Preble marched with us, he was in the same company with me, which was Capt. M c Cobb's company, we proceeded up the Kennebec river as far as the neighbourhood of Norridgewock or Skowhegan When our company was ordered back to pick up various stores & articles left behind & also the sick, & go to Cambridge, which we did.
When we marched from Wiscasset to Cambridge I do not recollect of any other officer than said Smith, while we belonged to Arnold's troops Capt. M c Cobb commanded our company, Pettis I am pretty sure was our first Lieutenant. Soon after our return to Cambridge I enlisted into the years service. Moral Hilton

State of Maine
Lincoln Co. July 17. 1839. Personally appeared the within named Mancel Hilton before me Lemuel Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of Lincoln and after having been duly cautioned & sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed in my presence. And I further certify that the within named deponent is a person of good credit & reputation in whose testimony confidence may be placed.
Lemuel Bailey Justice of the Peace.

I Edmund Dana of Wiscasset in the County of Lincoln, State of Maine on oath testify & declare, that I am Town Clerk of said town of Book Wiscasset and have the books and records of said town in my keeping & possession. said town was formerly called Pownalborough, and since the Revolutionary war changed to the name of Wiscasset. On the records of the then town of Pownalborough, now Wiscasset, where marriages are recorded & entered, on page 35 I find an entry and record of which the following is a true copy, viz.
"Lincoln p. Nov m 8 th 1781 Sedediah Preble & Isabela Clark "both of Pownalborough were joined together in marriage "Per me. — Tho s . Moore."
The book of Town records from which the above extracts and copy are made, is an original & genuine record, and used as such.
Edmund Dana Clerk as aforesaid

State of Maine.
Lincoln J. August 21. 1838. Personally appeared the within named Edmund Dene before me Lemuel Bailey one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Lincoln, and after being duly cautioned and sworn, made solemn oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed in my presence, and I further certify that the said deponent is a person to me well known, — that he is the Clerk of the said town of Wiscasset, — and that he is a person of good credit & reputation, in whose testimony confidence may be placed.
J. Bailey Justice of the Peace