Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,159, for Joshua Moody, Massachusetts

(B-1775)
SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Woody, Joshua Rebecca
No. 24,159
CONTENTS

1133
Maine - 1208
- Rebecca Moody - widow of Joshua Moody, deceased who was a pensioner under the Act of 18. Mar. 18 and who died on the 27. Oct. 1828 - of her residence in the State of Maine who was a Pensioner in the County commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt. commanded by [blank] in the [blank] time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 28. day of Nov. 1838, and sent to Genl. J. L. [blank] Portland, Me.
Arrears to the 14th of Sept. - $ 200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 40.00 $ 240.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. [blank] Clerk Book A Vol. 12 Page 15

5702.
Maine
Joshua Moody
of Baldwin in the state of D o of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Alden of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of Jan'y 1819 and sent to George Thacher Esq. Saco M e
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 4m s 21 d 37.60 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 48. —
$85.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent to John Murray Jr Esq. 14 July 1890 Portland
Copied on Land Office

Joshua Moody p te
Feb 7 '77 - 3 years
Albion reg.
Map's line
Adm P.

I Joshua Moody of Baldwin in the County of Cum- berland and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty nine years, do declare, that I entered in the American Army on the Continental Establish- ment in February Anno Domini one thousand eight seven hundred and seventy seven, at Gorham, in said County & State, under Capt William H Ballard, and marched to Cambridge and turned into Col Aldens Regiment in the Massachusetts line. Thence I marched to Cherry Valley, thence to Fort Stanwix in pursuit of the Indians, thence marched thro' the Seneca Country. thence retreated to Pennsylvania & through the Jerseys to Westpoint, where I was reg- ularly discharged on the eleventh day of February 1780 as appears by my discharge hereunto annexed - after having served three years - I have no pension, and from my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my Country for support - I am a native citizen of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - my discharge is annexed Joshua Moody
April 14 1818
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss.
Be it known that on the 14 th day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber One of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts personally appeared the above named Joshua Moody & being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the fore- going declaration by him, in my presence, subscribed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act

of Congress entitled An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, From which declaration signed & sworn to as aforesaid, I George Thatcher One of the Justices of the Peace do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Joshua Moody did against the common enemies serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in his declaration, & that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, & I now transmit the proceedings and testimony had before me to the Secretary of the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid Act of Congress.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & have caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this thirtieth day of May eighteen hundred & eighteen George Thatcher

Work Point Feb y 11 th 1780
I do hereby Certify that the Bearer Joshua Moody - Soldier in Capt. William H. Ballard's Company in the Seventh Massachusetts Regiment. Has Served Three years In the aforesaid Comp y & Reg t . Previous to the Date hereof - being the full term of his Enlistment - Also that he has Return d his Arms & Accoutrements to the Q tr Master of Reg t . Agreeable to Genl. Orders -
James Lunt L t
In Above Garrison & Joshua Moody do hereby Discharge the Service of the United States
Work point Feb y Eleventh 1780
7 th Mass t Regiment

(1474)
Rebecca Moody widow of John Me
Act T. July 38
Marryed in '88 Died in 1828
adm 2 yrs. pri 80 $
no deduction
J. Lefeguer Portland Me

State of Maine.
Maine District
COUNTY OF
On this Eighth day of September A.D. 1838 personally appeared before Asher Ware — Judge of the United States District Court for Maine District
Rebecca Moody , a resident of Baldwin in the County of Cumberland and State or District of Maine, aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions 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 Joshua Moody who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary Army , and that he enlisted and served in the Massachusetts line , as she has heard him say, for the term of three years; she is not able to state at what time he enlisted, or the names of the officers under whom her said husband served, except she has heard him say that he served under Col. Alden at Cherry Valley and was at that place, when the Indians made an attack upon them. She has not any documentary evidence of his said service, but she thinks there is ample proof in the Pension Office, at Washington, of her said husband's service in the revolutionary war, for he received a pension of ninety six dollars per year under the pension act, passed by Congress in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen; and she states that he received said pension until the time of his death in the year 1828; she is unable to state what has become of his pension certi- ficate, or its number, and thinks it is lost, or given up and surrendered, when she obtained the balance of his pension due at the time of his death — and she refers to the evidence, now in the Pension Office, of his service in the army of the revolution to establish her claim.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Joshua Moody on the twenty fifth — day of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight — and that her husband, the aforesaid Joshua Moody — died on the twenty seventh day of December A.D. 1828 — , 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.
Witness. John L. Megginnet
Rebecca her  Moody mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written:
Before
Asher Ware

United States Maine District
District Court September 3. 1838
I hereby certify that the within proceedings were had in Open Court before the Honorable Asahel Ware Judge of the United States in and for Maine District as therein set forth -
And I further certify that James Henry Esdin whose official certificate is borne on the annexed deposition is a Magistrate as therein set forth and is such entitled to full faith and credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the District Court the day and year above written.
John Mussey Clerk U.S.
Court

State of Maine
Town of Steubenville September 3 d 1838~ Joshua Moody and Rebecca Phinney were joined in marriage by John Deane Esquire on the twenty-fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight
Copy of Record Attest Phineas Ingalls, Town Clerk
I, Phineas Ingalls, depose & say that I am the Town Clerk of Steubenville, legally chosen & sworn and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town except that the date is expressed in legible figures thus. November 25 th 1788~
Phineas Ingalls -
Cumberland 3 d September 1838 Then Personally appeared the above named Phineas Ingalls & made oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true
Before me James Hapby Justice of the Peace

I Coleman Phinney of Standish in the County Cumberland & State of Maine do hereby say that I am now and have been for more than fifty years past well acquainted with Rebecca Moody, who was the lawful wife and is now the widow of Joshua Moody, late of Baldwin in the said County of Cumberland. The said Rebecca now resides in said Baldwin for some years past & she is now more than eighty years of age - I further state that I was present at the time of her marriage with Joshua Moody and that she has ever remained a widow since the decease of her husband, the said Joshua Moody - Standish September 7 th 1838 - Coleman Phinney
Cumberland ss September 7 th 1838 - Subscribed and Sworn to by the said Coleman Phinney - Before me, James Hasty Justice of the Peace

N 244. Joshua Moody.
Copy
Cooke 5702
26 Jan'y 1821
STATE DISTRICT COURT I John H. ... Court of the District Court of the United States for Maine District do
Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court on the ... day of ... 1821 A true and correct copy of the foregoing ... In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
John H. ... Clerk of the U. S. District Court

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and held at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty eighth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. BARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty eighth day of June 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. Joshua Moody aged seventy four years, resident in Baldwin in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revo- lutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private in the company commanded by Capt. Hudson Ballard in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Alden in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the fourteenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pen- sion, numbered 5702 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.
Joshua Moody
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty eighth day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Albion K. Barris 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:
Real estate - I have none Personal estate - I have none - am wholly dependent on my friends for maintenance
Sworn to June 28 1820 Joshua Moody
Before Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Joshua Moody, who, by occupation am a Farmer, which I am not able to pursue by reason of the infirmities incidental to old age
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Rebecca Moody (wife) about 62 as well as women of this age generally are   Joshua Moody    Sworn to Before Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge

John Mussey Junr. MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. 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 . . . . . dollars and one . . . . . cent s no more.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty eighth day of June . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr.
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
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Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24159
Rebecca Moody wid of Joshua Moody Pri Mass Line
Act July 7 th 88
Index : Vol. M , Page 66
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Portland Sept. 8. 1838
Sir,
I send to you herewith the applications of Mrs Sarah Brackett and Mrs Rebecca Moody, with accompanying proof to establish their claims to the benefit of the provision made by the act of July 7. 1838 - The proof of the services of their husbands respectively is in the Pension Office, they having in their life time received pensions - You will please send to me the certificates that may be issued for them and, if there appears to be any deficiency of proof, you will communicate with me -
Yrs. Obed S. Smith
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington D. C.
John L. Maggioni