Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2661, for Justin Parsons, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Parsons Justin
N 2661
Vt.
Prudence L.
B.L.Wt. 34902-160-55
CONTENTS

212705
30/56 Act 3 rd March Sept 19/55
Prudence E. Parsons Widow Justin Parsons Pin.
Null
1034782 1/2
Revolutionary War
Feb 53-238
W: 160 Acres pty. 25/56 Bought
Wm P. Harris Oberlin Ohio
Vol P-18

Ohio Pensions 26.0217 Payment
Martin Parsons of Milton in the State of Vt who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain S. Lyman of the Regt commanded by Colonel Bragg in the Vermont  Infy time for Emancipation & 17 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 21 Dollars 90 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Decr. 1833 and sent 16 in 16 . Newark  House  on  Route
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $ 54.75 Semest. allowance ending 4 March  11.95 $66.70
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 84
Let to Pen. Agent. Apr. 7, 1837.
do to same Apr. 28, 1837
30. August 1841. tr: cir: to agt.
at Burlington Vt: -
To Ohio Pittsburgh, from H c Sept 1840. 27. Sept 1841. Notification -lead to A. A. Bliss. Elyria Ohio
Letter to Pittsburgh Agency May 4 th 1842
Paid at the Treasury under the Acts of April 6 th 1838 and Aug 23 d 1842 from Sept 4 th 1841 to March 4 th 1841. ag nt notified Oct 19 th 1842.

2,380 Missouri Hills Prudence J. Parsons, widow of Justin, Parsons
1861 June 11 th transferred to St. Louis from 4 th Sept 1860
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private V th reg Mass Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 21 Dollars 90 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of October 1853 and sent to B. B. Chapman Elyria Lorain Co Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 167 Vol. W
212675
(1832)

Prudence S. Parsons Claim for Bounty Land
Presented by M.P. Harris Agent for Claimant Oberlin Lorain County Ohio

Form of Declaration to be made by the Widow of a Deceased Person who has had a Land Warrant, and desires not  another .
State of Ohio, County of Lorain ss:
On this Eleventh day of September A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Notary Public within and for the county and State aforesaid, Prudence A. Parsons aged Seventy three years, a resident of Pittsfield Lorain Co in the State of Ohio who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Justin Parsons deceased, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ in the _____ regiment of _____ commanded by _____ in the war with  Revolutionary War declared by the United States on the _____ day of _____ that her said husband _____ at _____ on or about the _____ day of _____ A. D. _____ for the term of _____ and was honorably discharged at _____ on the _____ day of _____ A. D. _____
She further states that she was married to the said Justin Parsons in Both Ohio on the or about  Seventh day of February A. D. 1840 by one Babcock J. Pease and that her name before her said marriage was Prudence A. Ross that her said husband died at Widgeville Ohio on the 26 th day of April A. D. 1845 and that she is now a widow.
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." That she is the identical Prudence A. Parsons mentioned in Pension certificate of which the annexed is a true copy. That she has never applied for nor obtained a  Prudence A. Parsons  bounty land warrant
We, George Uri and U. Ripford residents of Lorain County in the State of Ohio upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Prudence A. Parsons 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.
George Uri U. Ripford
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.
R. M. Allen Notary Public

Department of the Interior, Widows Pension I certify that in conformity with the second section of the act of February 3 d 1853 Prudence L. Parsons, widow of Justin Parsons who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of Seventy one dollars and ninety cents per annum, Commencing on the 3 d of February 1853 and continuing for life unless she should again marry, in which case the pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Seal
Given at the Department of the interior this tenth day of October One thousand eight hundred & fifty three
R. M c Clelland
Secretary of the Interior
Examined & countersigned
J. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
The State of Ohio
Lorain County ss 3 on this 11 th day of September A.D. 1855
Before me personally appeared Horace Grobby and Selina M c Grobby citizens of Lorain County Ohio who being first duly sworn upon their oaths declared that they are acquainted with Prudence L. Parsons Widow of Justin Parsons deceased, and that the Prudence L. Parsons who signed & acknowledged the application for Bounty land, hereto annexed, is the same identical Prudence L. Parsons who holds a Pension Certificate, of which the above is a true copy, and that said Prudence L. Parsons is still the widow of Justin Parsons, deceased.
Horace Grobby Selina M c Grobby
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons
R. H. Allen
Notary Public
THE STATE OF OHIO, LORAIN COUNTY, ss.
I, LANDON ROOD, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County,
do hereby Certify, that R H Allen Esq r before whom the foregoing Declaration & affidavits was taken, and who has thereunto subscribed his name officially, in his own hand writing, was at the date of the said Declaration & affidavits and now is an acting Notary Public within and for said Lorain County, authorized by the laws of the State of Ohio, to take acknowledgments as aforesaid, and duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whose official acts, full faith and credit are due, and ought to be given throughout the United States and elsewhere, and that said Declaration & affidavits is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of Ohio.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said Court, at Elyria, this 14 day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
L Rood Clerk. By Deputy Clerk.

Be it remembered that on the Twenty eighth day of January in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and forty two Justin Parsons and Prudence Ross of the County of Summit were legally joined in Marriage by Competent Authority in conformity to the provisions of the Statutes of the State of Ohio in such cases made and provi- ded; and a certificate of such Marriage signed by Alpheus Babcock justice of the Peace who solemnized the same has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Summit this seventh day of February Anno Domini One Thousand Eight hundred and forty two
Attest - Merian Swift Clerk
State of Ohio
County of Summit
In the Probate Court
J. C. Bryan judge of Probate within and for the County aforesaid do certify that the foregoing is truly taken and copied from the records of Marriages in the Office of Probate for said County of Summit
I further certify that I am Clerk of said Court
In witness whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Akron this fourth day of August A.D. 1853 -
Constant Bryan Probate judge

State of Ohio } On this second day of August A.D. One thousand Lorain County } Eight hundred and sixty three personally appeared before the Probate Court of the County of Lorain and state of Ohio Prudence L. Parsons a resident of the town of Oberlin in the county of Lorain and state of Ohio aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd February 1833, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Justin Parsons who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 and resided in Ridgeville Lorain County & state of Ohio. She further declares that she was married to the said Justin Parsons on the 7 th day of February Eighteen hundred and forty two in the township of Copley County of Summit and state of Ohio; that her said husband died on the twenty sixth day of April in the year Eighteen hundred and forty seven; that she was not married to him prior to the second of January Eighteen hun- dred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow Prudence L. Parsons
In presence of Mrs. Henrietta Arnold, } Mrs. Emily Bates, }
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the foregoing declarant and know her to be the identical person who was formerly the wife & is now the widow of Justin Parsons as by her above claimed & that the two persons who have subscribed themselves as witnesses are residents of Lorain County Ohio & are persons entitled to credit by me as witness my hand and seal of office
P. Bliss Judge & Clerk of said Probate Court

Justin Parson
6-17

Rev. Justin Parsons's Declaration.
State of Vermont, } On this seventh day of August District of Windsor. } in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Probate Court of said district, now sitting, said court being a court of record by the laws of this State, Justin Parsons, a resident of Weston in said district, in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged Seventy Three years, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the year 1776, in July or August, & he cannot certainly recollect which, he volunteered (he then living in Goshen  Goshen , Mass.) to serve, as a private in a company of militia com- manded by Capt. Oliver Lyman of Northampton Lieutenant Kellogg, & Ensign Woodbridge, in attached to a regiment commanded by Col. or Lieut. Col.  Woodbridge (he thinks) & Major Goodman.
The company assembled at Northampton, & marched to Dorchester, Mass. - where they were stationed. While there, they repaired the forts on Dorchester heights, and on Castle- Island, served there the said term of four months & returned home. He does not recollect any officers of the regular army there, and believes the Continental troops had principally come from Boston to New York or farther South.
In May 1777, he was drafted to go to Ticon- deroga, N.Y. for two months , and attached to a company of militia commanded by Capt. Christopher Banister - The Lieut. & Ensign he does not recollect. Marched to Ticonderoga & stationed on Mount Independence, in

a Regiment commanded by Col. Wells, Lieut.-Col. Ezra May & Major Montague. Doct. Long of Shelburne, Mass. was Surgeon. That he the said Parsons, soon after being drafted was taken to service, and did serve as waiter to General May during the said term - recollects that Genl. St. Clair was there. Towards the latter part of the time they were there, the British came and landed at a place called Three mile point, and a battle at the French lines so called, ensued, (which lines were the outer walls of the fort at Tienderoga - afterwards, the British got possession of Mount Defiance, & planted their cannon there, as soon as that was discovered, orders came to evacuate the fort, which was done. The said Parsons, serving as waiter to the Colonel was ordered to take charge of the baggage of the Field officers, which he put on board a boat and proceeded to Skene'sboro. While landing there, the British squadron, in pursuit fired upon them, and obliged them to leave the baggage and make the best of his way off, - he retired to Pawlet, Vt. and having served his term of two months , returned home, to Goshen Mass. where he lived at Skene'sboro when drafted - when he retreated from the fort to Skene'sboro, he remembers taking in charge with him a man by the name of Lieutenant Dyson who was wounded in the battle at the French lines, whom he was obliged to leave, with the baggage, when fired upon, at Skene'sboro - The troops retreated from the fort by land into Vermont, and there was a battle at Hubbardston.
About a month after the above service, he says, that his brother Silas Parsons, who was in the service, at Pawlet, Vt., came home sick, and he the P. Justin Parsons went as substitute for his brother to Pawlet, and served a time, but how long, he does not recollect.

He further says, that at the time of the Battle at Bennington, Vt. alarm on call came for the militia to turn out. That he volunteered, with many others, and joined the troops under Col. Storrow, who had been wounded in the battle and marched directly for Bennington. When they arrived, near Bennington the battle was over, and they took in charge the British prisoners taken in the battle - but how long he was out there he cannot recollect probably not more than a week or two.
That he has no documentary evidence - and knows of no person living by whom he can prove his service. All the officers and soldiers that he knew, as as he has been informed, and verily believes, are now dead.
In answer to the interrogatories propounded by the court, he says, he was born in Northampton, Mass. July 19. 1759 - that his age is recorded in his own family record, which he took from his father's family record - was living in Goshen, Mass. when called into service - since the Revolutionary war, lived in Goshen about 20 years - then moved to Whiting in Vermont, lived there 3 years, then moved to Pittsfield in Vermont, where he lived till last Sept - when he moved to Weston Vt where he now resides - his occupation being, and having been for nearly thirty years, a minister of the Gospel, and having lived in Weston where he now resides but a short time, and there having been in said Weston no other minister resident there since the declarant's residence there, he refers to the Rev. Robinson Smiley, and the Rev. Daniel O. Morton of Springfield in said county of Windrow, who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. He has no remembrance of having received any discharge in writing.

He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
(Sworn to, and subscribed, the day, and year aforesaid.
Justin Parsons
Jabez Proctor Judge
We Robinson Smiley and Daniel O. Morton, clergymen, residing in the Town of Springfield in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Justin Parsons, who has subscribed, and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Robinson Smiley
(Sworn to, and subscribed, the day, and year aforesaid.
Daniel O. Morton
Jabez Proctor Judge
And the Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Robinson Smiley and Daniel O. Morton, who have signed the preceding Certificate, are clergymen, resident in Springfield in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, and that their Statement is entitled to full credit.
Jabez Proctor Judge
I, Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Windsor, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Justin Parsons for a Pension.

In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Heuben Washburn. —

Rev. Austin Parsons Western Windsor Co State of Vermont -

State of New York /s: Kingston County /s: Personally appeared before me Joseph Bentz a justice of the peace in and for said county Silas Parsons of the village of Lackport in said county; and who being duly sworn deposes and says - That he now resides in the said village of Lackport where he has resided for six years past and that he was seventy one years old, last September the twenty sixth according to a copy of the record taken from his father's record of the ages of his children - and that he is acquainted with Justin Parsons and that he is an elder brother of this deponent - That said Justin resides in the town of Western in the State of Vermont That while deponent was residing with his father in the town of Goshen State of Massachusetts his said brother Justin Parsons entered the service of the united States as a volunteer in the militia of said State and marched to Dorchester where he said Justin served in the capacity of a private in the militia as such volunteer for the period of four months as deponent understood and believes deponent did not see said Justin in said service in Dorchester but he will remember him when he started for that place as such volunteer and when he returned and deponent while his said brother was at Dorchester received letters from his said brother giving an account of himself and said expedition - and which said letters are now lost - and deponent further says that his said brother was a member of the militia company commanded by Captain May and the father of deponent Benjamin was

Benjamin Carpenter was Lieutenant, But the Regiment and the name of the Colonel de- ponent has forgotten. And deponent further says that he does not recollect the name of the Captain under whom his brother served - and de- ponent further says that said Justin resided in the town of Goshen alone said with his father when he volunteered from said company commanded by said Captain May - Witness believes that it was early in the summer or latter part of the Spring in the year 1776 - when said Justin so volunteered And deponent further says that the next Spring and in the year 1777. The said Justin while living in the town of Goshen aforesaid volunteered and enter- ed the service of the United States in the revolu- tionary war and marched to Mount Independ- ence opposite Litchfield and served in said war two months in the capacity of reader for Major Ezra May, Wells was the Colonel under whom said Justin served - Witness did not see said Justin in service, but deponent remembers that letters were received by some of the family while in said service at Mount Independence - and wit- ness remembers when said Justin returned having been absent two months, and deponent has no doubt but that said Justin served in said war two months - and during the service of his brother the Garrison or forces at Mount Independence were driven from the fort by the enemy who had unsparingly placed cannon on both

was an Mount Defiance as well as up there under Stood, and after the fort was so taken said Justin is the sett of the Militia forces of Goshen returned home - and deponent for the says that said Justin returned, as deponent under Stood in the Militia to check the invasion of the Army of Gen Burgoyne, but had long as under that officers said Justin served depo- nent cannot state - deponent under Stood that said Justin served a term - but the length deponent cannot state - in said expedition against said Burgoyne's army - and further deponent says not -
Silas Parsons
Subscribed and sworn to before me August the 21 st A. D. 1833.
Joseph Center Justin Pease
State of New York Niagara County ss: I, Joseph Center a justice of the peace in and for said county do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the Rev. Silas Parsons who has signed & sworn to the above affidavit - and that he has been in during my said acquaintance a Clergyman of the Presbyterian denomination - and I further certify that he is a man of truth and integrity and his statement entitled to the fullest confidence. Dated August 21 1833. Joseph Center Justin Pease

State of Wisconsin ) I, Denny Gattis Clerk of said County Do Winona County ) hereby certify that Joseph Center Engen before whom the preceding affidavit was taken to him been sworn was in the state of the same one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and hereby believe the name subscribed to the said affidavit is his proper handwriting and signature Witness my hand & seal of office this 21 st day of August 1833 Henry C. Gattis Clerk
Rev. Austin Parsons Western Mission Co State of Vermont

Perkins
WIDOW, &c.
Age 75-1907 Mrs Augusta B. Thompson Gloucester Mass
File No. 2661
Jemima L Parsons
Widow
Justin Parsons
Pr. Rev War
Act: Feb 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. M. , Page 108.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Elyria Lorain Co. Ohio August 8 th 1853
Hon. L. P. Waldo Court of Pensions Sir
I herewith enclose the application of Prudence L. Parsons widow of Martin for a Revolutionary Pension under Act of Feb'y 3 rd 1853 You will please address the result of your examination to me at this place
Very Respectfully Yours B. B. Chapman

O.W. & N.
Gloucester, Apr. 12. th 1901.
Com d Evans,
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions; Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly forward to me a statement of the military history of Jeffery Parsons? A soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Very respectfully, Mrs. Augusta B. Thompson P.O. Lock Box 14. Gloucester, Mass., Essex County.

✓ 34.902
} Sto. Aug

1 Claim for Bounty Land presented by W.P. Harris Christian
FREE
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

No 3025
Aug. 11, 1853.
Appl. of Pm and L. Parsons, widow of Justin Parsons,
Lorain co., Ohio.
26021
Ad 3 d Feb. 1853.
Rev.
Adm 2 $21.90 for per annum
Com 2 3 d February 1853
B. B. Chapman,
Elyria,
Lorain Co.,
Ohio.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Pandence L Parsons 74 - Lorain Co
Married 7 Feb '42 - Copley, Co of Summit
Husband died 6 April 1897
The Judge certifies her as the widow of D.C.
Marriage proved by cert. copy of Record in the office of Probate Court.

The State of Ohio, Lorain County, } On this sixteenth day of August AD 1841 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Lorain personally appeared Justus Pearsos who on his oath now declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Oliver Lyman in the Regiment commanded as he thinks by Colonel Woodbridge and that he is the same person who in another Company belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Christopher Gerritsen & in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wells in the service of the United States thus his name was placed on the Pension Role of the State of Vermont from which he was lately removed that he now resides in the State of Ohio where he intends to remain & wishes his pension to be thus payable in future The following are his reasons for removing from Vermont to Ohio That he had & now has a Son residing in the State of Ohio & as he is now eighty two years of age he desired to spend the remainder of his days with his son
Justus Pearsos
Sworn to and subscribed this sixteenth day of August AD 1841
Hermon Briggs Justice Peace

The State of Ohio } Lorain County } 37
The Subscriber Luther M Parsons being duly sworn on his oath saith that the said Luther Parsons who has taken the oath within written is the person described in the Affidavit to whom his name is attached
Luther M. Parsons
Sworn to and subscribed before me the sixteenth day of August A.D. 1841 & I hereby certify that the above named Luther M. Parsons is a person of good character & a man of strict veracity
Heman Birch Justice of the Peace
THE STATE OF OHIO, LORAIN COUNTY, SS.
I George H Benham Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, do hereby certify that Heman Birch Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were now made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name officially, in his own proper hand writing, was at the date of the said Affidavits and now is a
Justice of the Peace
duly commissioned and qualified, and to all whose official acts full faith and credit are due & ought to be given throughout the United States & elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of said Court at Elyria, this 16 th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one
G H Benham Clerk.

Return this Justin P. Ladd.
Mason Vermont
Private Comms & yds Admiral
Genl. W. H. Ladd House Rep.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Justin Parsons which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? As, see Quere 5. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
I would advise him to apply to E.D. Bangs Esq. Secretary of the State of Massachusetts for evidence of service

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, March 11 th 1833.
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 Jestam Parsons is borne on the roll of Capt. Christopher Bannister's Company, in service on an expedition to Ticonderoga, from May 8, 1777, to July 8, 1777, - where, for service and travel, he is allowed two months and seven days.
Justin Parsons (the name supposed to be intended by the above) claims also for services as a volunteer under Capt. Oliver Lyman, in 1776 - and also as waiter to Lieut. Col. May. - The rolls for these services are not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs Secy

26. Aug 1841 Application for transfer of Justin Parsons from A. A. Bliss St. Marks.
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
FREE

Elyria O - Aug 19 - 1848
Dear
Enclosed is the application of Justin Parsons for a transfer of his Pension from Vermont to Ohio - I believe the Papers are made out in accordance with the Directives
Yours &c
A A Bliss

cur.
ston Ms. Mage
12 1/2
Justin Parsons
Western Vt

Distant Friend I recd your Letter stating you wanting my testimony (one among your service in the Revolutionary war) at Dorchester 4 months and as I thought Colonel Clap the command there was a Colonel Clap there but whether he commanded the Reg- ment or not I don't certainly know but it is not arrived about it I had but little trouble in getting my Pension I made out my Declaration Declaration according to the best of my Remembrance and the Mr. Hobs and Mr. Packard testified to to their belief of the truth of my Declaration I got from Seven months
The Stage is now open
Brewster
Cambridge Feb 24 1839

I Beriah Shaw of Limington in the County of Hampshire in the State of Massachusetts having arrived at the age of seventy three years fully and being that in the Month of July 1776 I was personally known to Luther Parsons of Goshen in the County of Hampshire entering the service of the State of New Hampshire and serving at Dorchester near Boston for the term of four months I belonged to the same Company and served with said Parsons the Company was commanded by Capt Lyman and if I am not mistaken in Col Clapp's Regiment Beriah Shaw Limington Sept 16 1833
Hampshire ss Sept 16 1833 Personally appeared Beriah Shaw and made oath to the truths of the above affidavit before me and I further certify the said deponent is a person of creditable
Elephat Parkard Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Court of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do hereby certify that the above certificate was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth - and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Elephat Parkard, and believe his signature above to be genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
S. Stoddard Clerk

Sir
Pension Agency
Burlington Sep 4 1841
I have the honor to inform you that Amos Gray and Justin Parsons under Act of 7 th June 1832 have been paid the former to the 4 th Mar 1841. the latter to 4 th Sept 1840
I am Very Respectful Yours S r Geo Pock Rm Adt By Chs. F. Warren
J. L. Edwards Esq Commsr of Pension, Washington

Brief in the case of Prudence L. Parsons, widow of Justin Parsons Sorain County and State of Ohio act 3 d February 1853
Claim, ("original," or "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 June 7, 1832 at $21.90 per annum
Marriage (7 th February 1842) proved by duly certified copy of records in Probate Court
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
B. B. Chapman Esqr Elyria, Lorain Co Ohio. Name and residence of Agent
R. Under Examining Clerk.

Pension Office Pittsburgh April 30 1842 J. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir With this You will receive the Pension voucher of Justin Parsons, a Pensioner under act of 7 June 1832, for his pension from the 4th of Sept r 1841 to 4 March 1842
This voucher was returned to the pensioner, as he stands on the roll of this agency with his pension due from 4th Sept r 1840, in answer he states to the Attorney Mr. Dekey that he is confident that his pension was paid up to either 4th March or 4th Sept r 1841.
By your letter of 27th September 1841 directed to Mr. Furnam Esq r , he is informed that Justin Parsons, a Revolutionary pensioner, late of the state of Vermont at the rate of 21. 75 / 100 per annum has been transferred to this agency, with directions to pay him from & after the 4th of September 1840.
This letter was handed over to the present agent, with others, to be entered on the Roll, not having been paid at that Office
Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt Wm Robinson Jr Pen s Agent By R. S. Friend

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
October 3 d , 1842.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the 3d section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Justin Parsons , ————— a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, Pa. ————— Agency, at the rate of Twenty one Dollars and 90 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June  1832 , has been paid at this Department, from the  4 th of Sept. 1840, to the 4 th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

State of Ohio } Be it known that On this second day of August Lorain County } A.D. 1853 before the Probate Court of the County of Lorain and state of Ohio personally appeared Edward P. and Edward A. Munson both of lawful age and residents of the town of Oberlin in the County & state aforesaid and being persons entitled to credit, who being first duly sworn according to law on their oaths say that they are personally acquainted with Prudence L. Parsons who has subscribed the foregoing declaration and they know her to be the identical individual who was formerly the wife and is now the widow of Justin Parsons who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States and resided in the township of Ridgeville Lorain County and state of Ohio where he died on or about the twenty sixth day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty seven Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year } E. P. Munson above written & I further certify that the above } E. A. Munson deponents are persons entitled to credit }
W. Bliss Judge Clerk of said Probate Court

Pension Office October 6/53
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid; and, if in your power, the date of his death
Very respectfully I am Sir, &c.
J. Cole For Commissioner,
J. Burt Esq. } 3 d Auditor } Present }
Justin Parsons, Act 1832 $21.90-p. an. - Paid to 4 th March 1847, no date of death on our Books.
J. Burt Auditor.

Pension Agency Cleveland Jan: 22 d 1861
Sir
In reply to Your inquiries of the 9 th inst I have to inform You that Prudence L Parsons widow of Justin, a Pensioner on the roll of this Agency under the Act of February 3. 1853 - 2 d Section was last paid at this Agency to September 4 th 1860 vis. $10 25 being pension due her from March 4. 1860 to Sep: 4. 1860 at the rate of $21 90 per annum.
I am, very Respectfully
Your obedient Servant,
John Friend
Pension Agt
Hon: Geo: C. H. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

State of Missouri
County of Shelby } on this 28 th day of May 1861 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace for said county of Shelby personally appeared Prudence L Parsons Who on her oath declares that she is the same person Who formerly belonged to the Revolutionary War is inscribed on the pension list - at the rate of twenty one dollars 87 1/2 cents per annum commencing on the 3 rd day of February 1853 and continuing for life (unless she should again Marry) in the service of the United States That her Name was placed on the State of Ohio from whence she has lately removed That she now resides in the State of Missouri Where she intends to remain and wishes her pension to be there payable in future The following are her reasons for removing it is in order to live with Mr Rop a Relation of hers Who has removed to Shelby County Missouri
Prudence L Parsons
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28 th day of May A D 1861
Leonard Dobbins J.P.
State of Missouri County of Shelby }
J Thos O Eskridge clerk of

The county court of the county aforesaid, hereby certify that Leonard Dobbins Esquire whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing certificate is and was at the time of signing the same, an acting justice of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal at office in Shelbyville This 30 th day of May A D 1861
Thos. O. Eskridge Clk By R. J. Eskridge De

State of Missouri County of Shelby
Personally appeared before the undersigned justice of the Peace within and for the county aforesaid James H. Rop who upon his oath says I am personally acquainted with Mrs Providence L Parsons and know her to be the person referred to as wishing to change her pension from Ohio to Missouri and that she is the person who here represents herself to be
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28 th day of May 1861
J. Dobbin J.P.
Please send the blank forms for application for payment of Pension when transferred so that I may be able to fix her papers so that she can draw it at St Louis, as I called on the agent there and he had none please attend to this and let us hear from you as early as possible
Respectfully yours
abt Servant J. Dobbin
Shelbyville Mo. May 28 th 1861