Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1991-100, for Jeremiah Moho, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Mass.
★ Moho, Jeremiah (colored)
B. L. Mt. 1991-100
CONTENTS

Authenticated Certifi- cate of heirship in the claim by the heirs of Jeremiah Noho
Elizabeth Williams + Mary Barr

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss. At a Court of Probate held at Roxbury in said County on the twenty third day of November A.D. 1833 Present the Hon. Sherman Leland Judge
Jonathan H. Cobb acting Register of said Court hereby certifies, that, it is made to appear to the said Court, by satisfactory evidence, that Jeremiah Moho (man of color) late of Hingham in said County, died about forty years ago, & left neither Widow nor Issue; & that Elizabeth Williams & Mary Burs are Cousins & the only heirs at law of the said Jer- emiah Moho deceased, & also that the said Jeremiah Moho was a Soldier of the Massachusetts line, in the Revolutionary Army
In testimony whereof the said Register has hereunto subscribed his name & affixed the seal of said Court.
Jonathan H. Cobb Reg.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss. I Sherman Leland, Judge of the Court of Probate for said County hereby certify, that Jonathan H. Cobb is Register of said Court & that the foregoing attestation by him made is in due form
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & caused the Seal of said Court to be affixed this nineteenth day of twenty third day of November A.D. 1833
S Leland

1930 - Aug 8 - List. To Adj. Gen. Carlson copy of letter in Min File, under C. H. Bridges ECL

CALL SLIP
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
_____ Class
Claimant _____
Soldier _____
Service _____
Case called for _____, 193
By _____, _____ Div.
Charged _____, 193
to _____
Charged _____, 193
to _____
Charged _____, 193
to _____
Charged _____, 193
to _____
Charged _____, 193
to _____

Heirs of Jeremiah Moho

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
State of Massachusetts } ss. Norfolk — County.
I, Mary Burr a Cousin and one heir at law to Jeremiah Moho. deceased, do upon oath testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, Jeremiah Moho. aforesaid, about, or in the year 1777 entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War:" and that he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the same, when he received an honorable discharge at the termination thereof, from the fourth Regiment of the Massachusetts line commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson and when he was a Private. I further testify, that the said Jeremiah Moho was accidentally drowned in York pond, in this Town of Stoughton, Norfolk County; about fortyfive years since
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to Jeremiah Moho. aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever:
Therefore, KNOW All Men By these Presents, that I Mary Burr aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin of Greenville in the State of New York my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Bounty Land due me and the other heir at law of Jeremiah Moho. aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 8 th day of November in the year 1833.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered, in presence of
Elijah Atterton
her Mary X Burr
Norfolk
County, ss.
Be it known that on this eighth day of Novr. in the year 1833 Before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Mary Burr subscriber to the above declaration, who made solemn oath to the truth of the same: and likewise acknowledged the power of attorney thereunto subjoined, to be her free act and deed; dated at Stoughton in said County the day and year above mentioned.
Elijah Atterton
Justice of the Peace.
State of Massachusetts } ss. Norfolk County.
Supreme Indorsement I, James Ware Clerk of the Court of Norfolk County, do hereby certify, that Elijah Atterton Esq r before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn, and the subjoined power of attorney purports to have been acknowledged, is and was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Norfolk duly commissioned sworn and qualified by law to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court and subscribed my name at Dedham this 12 th day of November in the year 1833.
James Ware

Jeremiah Moho N o 1991.

Norfolk p. Nov 8 th 1833.
I John Capen of Houghton in the County of Norfolk, Aged Seventy eight years, do testify and say. That I was formerly acquain- nted with Jeremiah Mako, of Houghton, now Canton, a coloured man, that after the close of the Revolutionary war, the said Jeremiah Mako, was accidentally drowned in York Pond in said Houghton, that I attended with the jury of inquest, either as a juror or a witness, which, I do not recollect. And that Elizabeth Williams, & Mary Burr, are the only surviving own cousins of the said Jeremiah Mako, and the nearest of kind. And further said deponent saith not. JOHN CAPEN
Norfolk p. Nov 8 th 1833.
Then personally appeared the above named John Capen, and made solemn Oaths, to the truth of the above deposition. Before me, Elijah Atwater Justice of the Peace

Norfolk, County ss. Nov r 8 th 1833.
I Mary Burr of Canton in said County Aged seventy six years, do testify and say, That myself, together with Elizabeth Williams, are the only children of Sarah Hill, formerly Sarah Moho, and that the said Sarah Moho, was a sister of Thomas Moho, father to Jeremiah Moho, and I always understood that the said Jeremiah Moho served in United States Army in the war of the Revolution, and that the said Jeremiah Moho, was accidentally drowned in York Pond, (so called), in Houghton, now Canton about forty five years since. And that myself together with the aforesaid Elizabeth Williams, are the only surviving own cousins and nearest of kind to the said Jeremiah Moho deceased.
her Mary X Burr mark.
Norfolk ss. Nov r 8 th 1833.
Then personally appeared the above named Mary Burr and made solemn Oaths to the truth of the above deposition. — Before me. — Elijah Atherton Justice of the Peace