Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18131, for Samuel Morrison, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Morrison, Samuel
S. 18131
CONTENTS
carded

Isaiah
32675 Maine.
Samuel Morrison deceased of Arundel in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Comp y command by Captain Littlefield of the Reg t command by Col Sherer in the Rev y (Mass) time for 6 mo & 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 20 Dollars 44 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834. & on 13 th Sept r 1844
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of No- vember 1844 and sent to Col J. A. Burnet, Present
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
Payable to surviving children
Isaiah Morrison, Edmund Morrison Samuel Morrison
Stephen Morrison
Margaret Spencer
Sarah Goodenough
Mehitable Colbath
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by
J. T. Chase
Clerk
Book IV, Vol. 1
Page 35

37.706 Samuel Morrison Maine
7. June 1832
admitted
Pr: 6 mo. 4 das. $20. \frac{44}{100}
Pr on com 4 March 1831 to 13 th Sept. 1844, payable to children
Isaiah, Edmund Samuel & Stephen Morrison & Margaret Spooner Dorothy Good- enough, & Abigail Cookbroth.
James G. Barrett Part

State of Maine } County of Aroostook }
Court of Probate September Term A.D. 1849
Be it known that on this fourth day of September A.D. 1849 it has been satisfactorily proved in open court being a court of Record that Samuel Morrison late of New Limerick in said county who was supposed to have been a revolutionary soldier, died at said New Limerick on the thirteenth day of September A.D. 1842 leaving no Widow & that Isaiah Morrison Edmund Morrison Samuel Morrison Stephen Morrison Margaret Spooner Dorothy Goodenough & Penchitable Coolbroth are the children & only surviving children of said Samuel Morrison deceased.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court and subscribed my name this fourth day of September in the year 1849
J. H. Bradford Reg. Probate.
{ Of the Court of Probate Aroostook county

State of Maine } Aroostook County ss On this fourth day of September A.D. 1849 personally appeared before Hon. Sam l . G. Dick Judge of the court of Probate in & for the county of Aroostook & State of Maine being a court of Record in open court. Isaiah Morrison a resident of Simmens in said county aged sixty five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration for himself & in behalf of Edmund Morrison Samuel Morrison Stephen Morrison Margaret Spooner Dorothy Goodenough & Mehitable Coolbroth in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that the said Isaiah Edmund Samuel Stephen Margaret Dorothy & Mehitable are the children & only surviving children of Samuel Morrison late of New Limerick in said county deceased. That the said Samuel Morrison deceased according to the best knowledge & belief of the declarant Entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & Served as herein stated viz He Entered the service of the United States in the Massachusetts Military establishment under Capt n Stevens in Arnolds regiment in 1775 as a private & served over two months He Entered the service of the United States

in the Massachusetts Military establishment as a private in Capt o Littlefield's Company in Col o  Stephens  Storrs Regiment in 1776 & 1777 and served over four months for the evidence of both of which tours of service reference may be had to the military documents in Pension office & the evidence herunto annexed. The declarant further on oath says that the said Samuel died at said New Grimsby on the thirteenth day of September in the year Eighteen hundred & forty two leaving no widow & having never been pensioned for a- foresaid services.
Witness J. H. Bradford
Isaiah Morrison
Houlton September 11 th 1849
Personally appeared Isaiah Morrison and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed before me
Sam l G. Buck,
Judge

I J. H. Bradford Reg d protem. of the Probate Court for the County of Aroostook and State of Maine certify that Samuel G. Truick is Judge of the Probate court for the county after aforesaid
J. H. Bradford Reg d Protem

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____ I received for a statement of the military history of Sam'l Morrison a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his son's (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 18131
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 2 nd mo. Pvt Jno. Stevens Arnold Mass   Aug 14, 1777 Nov 30, 1777 Jas. Littlefield Storer        
Battles engaged in, At surrender of Burgoyne.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Not stated
Date of application for pension, by son Isaiah Sept 4, 1849 - Thos. al.
Residence at date of application, Isaiah, Farmington, Aroostook Co., Me.
Age at date of application, Isaiah, 75 - State not stated to be
Remarks: was in Wells - York Co. Me. - State not stated to be
Sept 13, 1842 in New Brunswick, Aroostook Co. Me.
on 1844 -
leaving no widow but survived by the following ch: - Isaiah
Edmund, Samuel & Stephen Morrison, Margaret Spomer, Dorothy Gird-
enough & Mehitable Coolbroth.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

I certify that I am acquainted with the within named Issaiah Morrison and that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity Lev d Pierce Justice of the Peace

I Isaiah Morrison of Limerick in the County of Androscoggin and State of Maine aged sixty five years do hereby testify and say, that my late Father Samuel Morrison moved from Limerick in the County of York and then District of Maine in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1807 into what is now called the Town of New Limerick in said County of Androscoggin, At that time the Pension law for the benefit of Revolutionary soldiers had not passed, The section of Country into which my Father moved as above stated was a wilderness with but few settlements in a distance of twenty five miles, there was but little communication with other parts of the state and no mail communication to his immediate neighbourhood during his lifetime, and it was but a short period before his death that he was informed of the passing of any law under which he had a claim for pension, After that he frequently expressed an intention of going to Bangor or some place in the state where he could obtain the information necessary to establish his rights, but he was poor and delayed the journey from time to time until his death. Witnesses,
William Pennington S. P. Giesler
Isaiah Morrison
State of Maine Androscoggin ss October 31 st 1849
Sworn to before me
Levi P. Pierce Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Cressy of Houlton in the county of Aroostook and State of Maine aged sixty eight years, do hereby testify and say, that I was acquainted with Samuel Morrison late of New Limerick deceased, I knew him from 1830 until the time of his death, I have conversed him about the Revolution and have frequently heard him say that he served as a soldier in that war, and it was generally understood by his neighbors that he had been a Revolutionary soldier, I was once present at a Fourth of July dinner in said Houlton, and a place was especially assigned to Mr Morrison (who was present) at the table as a Revolutionary soldier
Witnesses
J. P. Farnsworth
V. F. Fishie
Joseph Cressy
State of Maine
Aroostook ss. October 31 st 1849. Sworn to before me Levi P. Pierce Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Joseph Cressy of that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity
Levi P. Pierce Justice of the Peace

I Eleazar Packard of Houlton in the county of Aroostook and State of Maine aged sixty five years, depose testify and say, that I was acquainted with Samuel Morrison late of New Limerick deceased from the time he moved into this section until his death. And during that period I frequently heard him speak of his services as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and I have heard him relating to others many scenes which he witnessed while in the service, and it was generally understood by his neighbors, that he had served in the war of the Revolution. I also recollect of being present with Mr Morrison at a public dinner on the fourth of July in said Houlton and a place was assigned him at the table as a soldier of the Revolution.
Witnesses,
Eleazar Packard
James Godfrey Eld Blake
State of Maine Aroostook ss October 31 st 1849 I sworn to before me Lev d Pierce Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Eleazar Packard, and that he sustains a good character for truth and veracity
Lev d Pierce Justice of the Peace

I Shepard Lany late a Member of Congress Certify that there has been no deal furnished for the Probate Court of Aroostook County, State of Maine and the only deal to my knowledge which has been used by said Court corresponds with the deal an- nexed to the Certificate of J. H. Bradford. Register Pro tem which is attached to the accompanying papers.
Dated at Houlton this 31 st day of October 1849
Shepard Lany

Wadsworth
State of Maine
I Benjamin L. Staples Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, Certify that Leonard Pierce Esquire is an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County, as appears by the papers hereto annexed, that he is duly qualified to act as such, that his commission is dated the second day of July A.D. 1846, and will expire on the first day of July A.D. 1858,
And that the signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of our Courts This thirty first day of October A.D. 1849
Benj m L. Staples Clerk

257] See of Mers, cont'd July 10 to 14 th July 14 '49

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
10 July 1849
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 on pay roll of Capt James Littlefield in the late Col. Storer's Reg t . of Militia for the northern army - including service and fifteen days to go home and mileage a 2 d p r mile, is the name of Samuel Morrison - private, from Aug t 14 to 30 Nov - 123 days = (Roll paid Dec. 1777)
On a roll of Capt John Stevens' Co in Col. Arnold's Regiment in the Massachusetts service for the reduction of Ticonderoga, Crown Point &c May 1775, is the name of Samuel Morrison , private, 2 M s 2 day, a 40/ p r Mo.
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
N. W. L. Swift (Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.)

application of Isaiah Morrison of Limner in the county of Aroostic & State of Maine to obtain pendency of the services of Samuel Morrison his late father in the War of the Revolution -
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the services of Samuel Morrison late of Scituate  New-Limerick  Maine deceased in the war of the Revolution.
My late father Samuel Morrison was a native of Wells, in the County of York, and State of Maine. (Late Massachusetts). He served and I believe as a private in the Revolutionary army and in the Massachusetts line. I have heard him say he was at the taking of Burgoyne - I have heard him say he went from home in the Spring & returned late in the fall - I think he served more than one tour of duty - I have heard him say that in one tour of service he served under Joseph Storer and that he served under James Littlefield. Witness my hand at Limner this twenty first day of May A.D. 1849.
Signed by the said Isaiah Morrison Morrison in my presence.
Parker P. Burley , Justice of the Peace

Pittsfield Jan. 3 1880
James G. Berret Esqr.
Dear Sir,
I presented the power of Merison Children for payment at Reunion Agency. Offin this day & the Agent says the Commr. have made no return of the case & order for payment - Will you have the goodness to call on Commr. & have the report of the case forwarded without delay?
I am very respectfully Your Hble Servt.
A M c William

Sir,
Pension Office. January 7. 1857.
Having been informed through the agent in the case of Samuel Morrison dec d a pensioner under act 7 June 1832, that you had not been notified of his admission as such, I herewith enclose a copy of the letter addressed to you, respecting it.
I am respectfully Your obed Serv
W m Woodbury Esq. Pension Agent. Portland. Maine.

Washington 15 Nov 1849
Sir,
Therewith enclose additional proof in support of Saul Morris' claim heirs, under the act of "7 June 1832,"
I am very respectfully Yr obed Servt. J. G. Purdie
Hon J. L. Crawford Comm ee &c &c

Payment to be made at Portland by W m Woodbury Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of
Maine
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book Volume Page by
J. P. Chase Clerk.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Claim for Military Service.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th June 1832, Samuel Morrison deceased, late of Maine, who was a private in the revolution and died 13 th September 1844, is inscribed on the roll of pensions at the rate of Twenty \frac{44}{100} Dollars per annum, commencing 4 th March 1831 and ending 13 th September 1844.
The amount is due and payable to his only surviving children, to wit Isaiah Morrison Edmund Morrison Samuel Morrison, Stephen Morrison Margaret Spence, Dorothy Goodenough and Mehitable Colborth.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 20 th day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Secretary of the Interior.
Commissioner of Pensions.