Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6033, for Levi Shepard, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Shepard, Levi or Shepard, or Sheppard,
W. 6033 B.L.W. 13.707-160-55-
CONTENTS
Elizabeth

15.648 R
Maine
Levi Sheppard
of Pittston in the District state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford of the Massachusetts line, for the term of nine months.
Inscribed on the roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of Oct r 1819 and sent to R. C. Vose, Esqf. Augusta, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1819. 137.33 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819. 118.00
67.20 $185.33
Kennebec
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
C. H. Vose
Not m fe sent to R. C. Vose Augusta. 15 July. 1824.

584. Dollars Elizabeth Shepard widow of Levi Shepard who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818. 30 February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of June 1853 and sent to
G. N. Norton Augusta Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act May 20, 1818, Page 9 Vol. A
1818
1857. No 17 Let to M. G. Spring
Rev 3 m 55-43664

Citizens Morton, Sept 4/55, Me July 53 - no 584
No 43.664 (35) Sept 6/53
Elizabeth Shepard. Wid
Levi Shepard. Br
Cap: Major Genl. Col
Col. _____
Ent: _____
Dis: _____
Revolutionary War
Pen: Cnf. No 584. Oct. Feb. 3 d 1853.
ad: 1 p.m. Aug. 3 d 56,
no
W. H. H.
(Signature)
Vol 81. page 74.
Geo. W. Morton Esq
Augusta
Maine

Elizabeth Shepard widow of Levi Shepard For pension. Act Feb 3. 1853.
Geo W Morton Atty Augusta Maine.

Declaration, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress approved Feb 3. 1853
State of Maine, Kennebec County S.S.
On this ninth day of March A.D. 1853 personally appeared before the then Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, being a Court of Record Elizabeth Shepard a resident of Richmond in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine aged Sixty three years, who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed Feb. 3. 1853 entitled "An Act to continue half pay pensions to certain widows and orphans" That she is the widow of Levi Shepard who was a Revolu- tionary pensioner of the United States under the Act of March 18. 1818 at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per An- num that his pension was paid at the United States Agency for paying pensions in Portland in the State of Maine up to the 4th day of September 1848 during his life time from which time to the eighth day of February 1849 the pension was received by her as his widow. She further declares that she was married to the said Levi Shepard in the town of Pittston in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine on the fourteenth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and forty. That her name before her said marriage was Elizabeth Kile, that her late husband the said Levi Shepard died in Pittston on the eighth day of February 1849, that she is still a widow having remained unmarried ever since the death of her

husband the said Levi Shepard, and that she never before made application for a pension. Elizabeth Shepard
Subscribed and sworn to, in open Court, the day and year first within mentioning —
Richard D. Rice Judge L.L.
State of Maine — County of Kennebec Ss.
I William M. Stratton Clerk of the Judicial Court of Maine, do hereby certify that the Hon. Richard D. Rice, is a Judge of said Court and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Elizabeth Shepard —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 31 st day of March A.D. 1853. —
Wm M Stratton

In witness that Levi Shepard of Pittston and Eliza both of Islesboro were this day (April 14 1840) joined in Matrimony
By me Moses B. Bliss Justice of the Peace
A true copy of the certificate on file John Dow, Town Clerk
Witnesses for Pittston March 10 1853
Then personally appeared Alphonso H. Clark Clerk of the Town of Pittston and gave oath that the above is a true copy of the records of Pittston. Before me
M. L. Lewis Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF KENNEBEC, SS.-
I, WILLIAM M. STRATTON, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts holden within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that
Ward L. Lewis & Ezra Abbott
Esquires before whom the annexed proceedings were had, and who have thereto affixed their genuine signatures, were at the time of so doing respectively Justices of the Peace, the said Lewis in and for the said County of Kennebec, and the said Abbott for the County of Lincoln - duly commissioned and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to their official acts done as aforesaid.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court this 21 st day of March Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three .
W. M. Stratton
on the death of his

In witness that Levi Shepard of Pittston and Elizabeth Riley of Dundee were this day (April 14 1840) joined in Matrimony
By me Moses B. Bliss Justice of the Peace A true copy of the certificate on file Abner Dow, Town Clerk.
Witnesses to Pittston March 10 1853
Then personally appeared Alphonso H. Clarke Clerk of the Town of Pittston and gave oath that the above is a true copy of the records of Pittston. Before me
M. G. Lewis Justice of the Peace

I Abiel Dibley of Richmond in the county of Lincoln and State of Maine do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Elizabeth Shepard the widow of Levi Shepard who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, that she is now living in said town of Richmond in the same neighborhood with me, and that she is a reputable woman and has remained unmarried ever since the death of her late husband the said Levi Shepard.
Abiel Dibley
State of Maine.
Lincoln County S.S. On this tenth day of March 1853 personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Abiel Dibley well known to me, and who I certify is a reputable witness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Ezra Abbott, Justice of the Peace

42664 Elizabeth Shepard widow of Levi Shepard For bounty land Act March 3. 1855
Has not recd bounty land. Revolutionary Pension. Levi Shepard late husband Private in the Army of the Revolution
Presented by Gov. Winthrop Agent Augusta Maine.

State of Maine County of Kennebec ss
I hereby certify that Josiah Morrill Esq. before whom the within written declarations and affidavits 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 of Piscataquis aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Kennebec aforesaid, this third day of April A.D. 1855
Wm Shatten { Clerk of said Court

State of Maine COUNTY OF Sagadahoc , ss.
On this 26th day of March , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Elizabeth Shepard aged Sixty five years, a resident of Richmond in the State of Maine who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Levi Shepard deceased, who was a Solier in the Revolutionary War in the Company commanded by Captain Abel Root in the 1st Maine Regiment in the war with Great Britain.
declared by the United States on the 18th of June, 1842, that she is entitled to a pension of $10 per month from the date of her husband's death, which was on the 3rd of February 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should remarry.
that her said husband entered into the service of the United States on the 10th day of June , A. D. 18 12 , for the term of three months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of three months and was honorably discharged at Richmond on the 10th day of September , A. D. 18 12 ; but that, to the best of her knowledge and belief, her husband never received any written or printed discharge.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 26th day of March, A.D. 1855. R. McClelland, Secretary of the Interior.
She further states that she was married to the said Levi Shepard in Richmond , on the 10th day of June , A. D. 18 12 ; by one Rev. J. F. Weeks a Methodist Episcopal Minister of the Gospel ; and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Ann Root ; that her said husband died at Richmond , on the 3rd day of February , A. D. 18 53 , and that she is now a widow. and that her late husband Levi Shepard died in Richmond, the State of Maine Feb. 3, 1853.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855," and prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to George H. Root & Son, of Marblehead, Mass. ; and declares that she has not received a Bounty Land Warrant under this or any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Elizabeth Shepard

We Hiram Stinson and Aurelia Stinson residents of Bowdoinham in the State of Maine upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Shepard , in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Hiram Stinson
Aurelia Stinson
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; 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. I also certify that the said Elizabeth Shepard is a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and the identical person named in the pension certificate as filed by her
Josiah Morrison , Justice of the Peace.
State of Maine ,
Sagadahoc   County.
We, Hiram Stinson and Aurelia Stinson , having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well know Elizabeth Shepard widow of who was a Levi Shepard in the war of whose widow now applies for bounty land; that we knew him for more than years before his death, which occurred at  about years ago; that we know that he died about that time, because,
that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she is now unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
Hiram Stinson
Aurelia Stinson
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this twenty eighth day of March A. D. 1855
Josiah Morrison , Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Hiram Stinson and Aurelia Stinson of the said County and State, whom I know to be credible persons, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the foregoing application; that Elizabeth Shepard the applicant for bounty land in the foregoing declaration is now unmarried, and that she is the widow of the late Levi Shepard who was a in the war of the Revolution and that the said Levi Shepard died at the time above stated by Elizabeth Shepard his widow.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, this twenty eighth day of March , 1855
Josiah Morrison , Justice of the Peace.

Levi Sheppard of Kennebec County Maine, p t Col. Bradford's Mass t Reg. February 1777 to November 1777 = 9. months
April 4 th 1818.
Proof Ensign Shaw,
R.C. Vose

I Levi Sheppard, a Citizen of the United States, born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, now a resident in Pittsfield, Maine do upon Oath testify and declare, that in February 1777. I enlisted for the period of nine months, in the war of the revolution against the common Enemy upon the Continental establishment - I joined Cap Harkels Company of Col. G. Bradfords Massachusetts regiment, & continued to serve in said Regiment untill November 1777. a period of nine months, and was then Honorably discharged at West Point. I served a part of the time in the Hospital department, & was much with the General of our Regt. - in May 1780 I again enlisted for six months, and joined the same Company & Regiment, and served out my time and was discharged, at or near West Point, these were my only Continental service - And now by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I need the assistance of my Country for support, and I hereby relinquish all claim to any pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States if any; and request to be placed upon the pension Roll for the District of claim -
Levi Sheppard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec Co. On fourth of April 1818. - Levi Sheppard above named made his declaration under oath before me and on the 2 nd September eighteen hundred nineteen, he made oath to the above amended declaration by him subscribed
Nathan Weston Jun. C. Just C.C.C. Phas.

I James Shaw, a commissioned Officer in Col. Bradford Maf. t Regt and now on the pension Roll for the District of Columbia do hereby upon Oath certify and declare that I well knew Levi Shepard, a Continental Soldier in the war of the revolution. The said Shepard served to my knowledge, nine months in continuation in Col. Bradford Regt. as he has within stated I served during the same period, and well knew of the service and discharge of the said Shepard.
James Shaw
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec County } Sep 28 th 1819. Personally appeared James Shaw, above named, and he made made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. — The said Shaw, is in my opinion a credible witness. — Robert C. Vose Justice of the Peace
I certify that James Shaw, above named is to me well known to be that he served as an Ensign in Col. Bradford Maf. t Regt. in the year 1779. as will appear by the pension Roll, of Maine the said Shaw, being a pensioner under the law of the 18. March 1818. and that Robert C. Vose, Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Kennebec. —
Nashaw Weston Sec. C. Just.
C. C. C. Phos —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Levi Shuggard, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Pittston, in the said County of Kennebec, in the District of Maine, on the fourth day of April, A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a seaman private soldier in the naval service of the United States, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for nine nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston Jun. C. Just C.C.C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand :
Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John Davis

213.
Levi Shepard
Conteue
15648 Pittston
26 th of 1819
Mail Rev
P.O. Vase, Augusta, Maine.

State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Wernedow of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and that the original was exhibited in open 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, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Fifty two dollars and cents; and deducting therefrom
the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Nothing dollars and Cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Wernedow

(Copy)
State of Maine.
213
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this thirtieth day of May , 1820, personally appeared before Nathan Weston  Esq Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Levi Shepard aged fifty seven years, resident in Pittston in the County of Kennebec within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Haskell and Regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of Nine Months .
that his original declaration was made before Judge Waston on the fourth day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 15,648 . And I, the said Levi Shepard do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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.
Levi Shepard
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz:
 One barn standing on the land of one of my neighbors of the value of twenty dollars -  One cow of the value of fifteen dollars -  Three sheep of the value of five dollars -  Old household stuff besides necessary bedding, of the value not exceeding twelve dollars - 
I have no debts due to me that can be collected and owe as much as two hundred dollars - The income of the above property does not exceed the amount of twenty dollars - My occupation is that of a labourer, but from infirmity being afflicted with the rheumatism am able to labor but little - My family at home consists of seven persons, namely, myself, my wife Elizabeth, aged forty six years, she has been sick for eleven years past, and now unable to labor; my daughter Pura, aged eighteen years, my daughter Sarah aged fifteen years, a cripple, and unable to labor; my daughter Anna aged twelve years; my son Franklin aged eight

eight years; & my daughter Eliza aged four years.
Except the foregoing, and my necessary clothing and bedding I have no estate or income whatever.
Levi Shepard
Subscribed sworn to and dictated both the oath and schedule, on the thirteenth day of May 1820.
Before me Nathan Weston Junior C.S. C.C.C. Pleas
A true Copy G. Little Jr. Clerk

Dear Sir Walter E. Adams 1406 2 nd St. N.W. City Feb 8/96

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
F. S. M. E. C.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., January 30, 1896.
Madam:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Levi Shepard --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. In February, 1777, he enlisted and served nine months as a private in Capt. Hartwell's company, Col. Bradford's Mass. regiment -- was engaged a part of the time in the hospital department; in May, 1780 again enlisted and served six months in the same company and regiment. No other details of his services are given.
Battles engaged in, None mentioned. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Town not stated. Date of application for pension. April 4, 1818. Residence at date of application, Pittston, Me. Age at date of application, Fifty-five years. Born at Salisbury, Mass.
Remarks: He married Elizabeth Kile, April 14, 1840, and died Feb. 8, 1849. Both he and his widow were pensioners.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. Mary L. Clark, Rockport, Box 200. Mass.
Commissioner.

Jan'y 30, 1896. Wid. husky to Mrs Mary L. Clark Rockport, Mass.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6033
Eliz a Shepard Wid.
Levi Shepard Pvt Rev War
Act: 1818
Index:—Vol. 86 , Page 205
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Tradition Office, December 26 th 1855,
Sir: A _____

March 24, 1853
No 797 App. of Elizabeth Shepard. wid. of Levi: Maine
Act 3rd Febry 1853 p. 96. Per Annual commencing Feb. 3, 1853. Rev.:
Gov. Morton Augusta Maine
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. Div.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Levi Shepard
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Pittston, Maine (Maine)
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Pittston Maine (Maine)
Date of death (as near as possible):
Feb 1st 1849
Christian name of widow:
King
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Remarks:
Your name and address:
Walter E Adams 1406 9 th St. N.W. Washington D.C.

Augusta, Maine March 23. 1853.
Sir,
I herewith inclose papers for the purpose of establishing a pension for Mrs Elizabeth Shepard under the 2 d Sec. of the Act of Feb 3. 1853. She is the widow of Levi Shepard who was a pensioner under act of March 18. 1818 on the Maine roll and died Feb 8. 1849. She rec d the balance of pension due at the time of his death viz from the 4 th day of September 1848 to Feb 8. 1849. as his widow. if her papers are satisfactory I would respectfully request you to send me a Pension Certificate for her.
Very Respectfully Yours obed t Serv t Geo W. Morton
To the Comm ee on Pensions Washington City,

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Sheppard, widow of Levi, Lincoln County and State of Maine, act 3 rd February, 1853,
Claim, ("original," for increase. )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the Act of 18 th March, 1818. H. Out.
Marriage proven by record evidence, & parole proof
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Geo. W. Morton Esq., Augusta, Me., Name and residence of Agent
E. C. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

Pension Office, 31 st May. 1853.
Sir.
Be pleased to inform me, to what time, Levi Sheppard, a revolutionary pensioner, under the Act of 18 th March, 1818, inscribed upon the Maine roll, as a private at the rate of $96. 00 per Annum was paid.
I have the honor to be, Sir. Respectfully your Ob t . Serv t .
L. D. Waldo Commissioner.
Died 8 th Feby. 1849, and Paid to his death
Francis Root Esq r . Third Auditor, of the Treasury.
2 nd Bunk 3 rd Anaster. [Signature]

Claim No. 43664 Additional Evidence
Lydia Shepard, widow of Levi Shepard, for bounty land Act of March 3, 1855
Dec 29

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, (December 28 th 1855.
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 Verri Shepard is borne on pay roll of men raised by the Town of Littleton for six mos. from July 15. to Dec. 6. 1780, 5 mos 2 days. travel included. Roll signed by the Selectmen of Littleton , and dated Feb'y 1. 1782. Read and allowed in Council Feb'y. 6. 1782.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
T. M. Wight Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Y Oakport Mass
Dec 27 th /895
To the Honorable W m Lochren Comm r commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir
I wish to join the Daughters of American Revolution and find I must obtain the record of my Grandfather - who served in the Revolutionary War - was wounded, and, received a pension the last part of his life - his residence, Pittston, Me. where he lived, and died Feb 1 st 1849 aged over 90, As none of the

family are living. I cannot give exact dates
The following record I found in the Archives, at the State House Boston, are early answers will oblige yours Respectfully
Mrs Mary S Clark Box 200 Rockport Mass

Levi Shephard Continental Army out of the 3 d Cumberland Co. Reg't of Col Reuben Fogg made up on Settlement by resolve April 29, 1778.
Town of Scarbro Enlisted for Scarbro Served in Skillings Camp Col Francis, Regiment "term of enlistment 3 years."

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