Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,010, for Jonathan Moors, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Gen.)
Moors, Jonathan Relief
W. 24.010
CONTENTS

Reported
July 27/49
Let D. D. Addison Ap. 7. 52
same 11 June 52
S. P. Anderson 7 th June 1853.
" same Nov 29/53
" same Feb 2/54
Secy Interim Octo 2/1854
Decision affirmed
Let to S. P. Anderson
Octo 7 1854
S. P. Anderson 10 th Nov. 1854.
" same May 9/55.
Same June 18/55
Same July 10 1855
Secs Dist. Jls 10 1855
3467.
Maine
Relief Moore widow of Jonathan
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 4 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of July 1849 and sent to
Wm David Hammond Hoff R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 22 Vol. 1

13.602 Q
District of Maine
Jonathan Moors
of Hisfield in the state of D of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Prescott of the Massa t line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of D of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of July 1818 and sent to  Mrs. H. Garrison
Paris D of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819  77.93    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  1 Sep 1819.  48.05    9 Mo. 23   $125.98    01    
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
62/10

Jonathan Moore.
Jonathan Moore of Griffith in the County of Cumberland

I Jonathan Moors of Grisfield in the County of Cumberland & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a resident citizen of the United States of America, aged sixty two years, on oath declare, that at Brattle Line in said Commonwealth on the fourth day of December A.D. 1775 I enlisted into the army of the said United States on the continental establishment into the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Moors, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel William Prescott, in Brigadier General William Heath's Brigade, in the Massachusetts Line, & served in the same in the war of the revolution as a private soldier one year from that time which was the term of my enlistment, at the expiration of which I was discharged by a verbal order in the way usual at that time.
I further testify that I am not borne on any pension list & that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support wherefore I pray that this application may be transmitted to the Secretary at War to the end that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States agreeably to an Act of Congress, passed March 18 th 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
Jonathan Moors —

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Luther Lawrence or James Lewis, esq s of Groton
in the District of Massachusetts
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Paris in said District, on the thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Jonathan Moors of Otisfield in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private soldier, - in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town of Groton in the District of Massachusetts aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Albin L. Parrish
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
Joseph Moors } Esq. Depositions are wanted Luther Lawrence }

I Joseph Moors of Grafton in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esq r . Depose and say that in the year Seven of one thousand seven hundred and seventy six I Commanded a Company belonging to Col. William Prescott Regiment in the Continental army, that Jonathan Moors who I understand now lives in Hifiel, District of Maine was a private Soldier in my Company in said Prescott Regt. Massachusetts line. According to the best of my recollection he enlist- ed in the month of January 1776 and that he served in said Regt until the first day of January 1777 when he was discharged as others were. The term of his enlistment having ex- pired and I do not know of any individual discharges being given at that time Fees & Trouble $3 00 Joseph Moors
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss Sept 7 th 1818 Personally appeared Joseph Moors Esq r and made oath that the above written deposition by him subscribed was true in all its parts Before me James Lewis Justice of Peace
Middlesex ss Sept 7 th 1818 I certify that Joseph Moors above named is a credible witness James Lewis Justice of Peace
Justice fees $1.00

A
Jonathan Davis
Maso Line
Col. Prescott's Regt
4 Decem 1775 - 1776
Admitted upon the evidence of his last moments Design Language
Admitted
13 May Oldfield

This may certify that I Sam l Lawrance of Groton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do say that I was an Ensign in Capt a Joseph Moon Company whereof W m Prescott Esq r was Commander of said Reg t in the Continental Army in the year 1776 - and that Jon a Moon who I understand now lives in Oxford - and that said Moon enlisted in our Company I believe in Jan y 1776 - and that he continued in said Service till the last day of the year - and was discharged as other good soldiers were by serving his time out Sam l Lawrance
fees 1-00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss Sept y 4 th 1818 Personally appeared Samuel Lawrance Esq r and made oath that the above Certificate by him subscribed was true in all its parts according to his best recollection and belief
Before me James Lewis Justice of the Peace
Middlesex ss Sept y 4 th 1818 I certify that the above named Samuel Lawrance is a credible witness Justices fees $1.00 James Lewis Justice of the Peace
need of assistance from his country for support
Albion H. Garrison U.S. Dist Judge etc

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Jonathan Morris the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the deposition of Joseph Morris the Captain of the Sloop Lawrence an 'Outfit', with said Applicant served hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Jonathan Morris  private the applicant, served as a for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Official
Alcion H. Purdie,
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
And I do further certify that it has been proved to my satisfaction that the said Jonathan Morris, in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his country for support.
Alcion H. Purdie U.S. Dist Judge etc

I Peter Nutting of Otisfield in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine being Eighty nine years old next September Depose and say that I was born in Groton Massachusetts in the year of our Lord 1766 in September & that I was well acquainted with all the families by the name of Moors who lived at the time of the War of the Revolution in Groton Pepperell and Shirley, the two latter towns were taken from the town of Groton; and I know from my own knowledge that there was but one man by the name of Jonathan Moors in said Towns at the time above specified
And I further certify that in November 1779 or 1780 Jonathan Moors aforesaid returned home from the Army having served three months in the Army of the Revolution
Question Was there any particular circumstance that imprinted the above described service on your memory; if so relate it Answer In the month of October between his enlistment and his return home in November there was a severe Storm and two men come to my Father's dwelling and wished to be entertained untill after the storm was over and they were accommodated

during the afore said time one of these Young men made a proposition to my Sister Relief Nutting to keep company with her with a view to marriage; She told him that she was engaged to Jonathan Moors who was out in the Army for a three months tour and that if he did not come back by such a time she would accept his proposition.
At the day that was agreed upon by my Sister and the Young man he came to my Father's and sat up, but about eight O'clock the same evening said Jonathan Moors came to my Father's with his Pack and Gun
The Young man staid untill morning and then took his leave and I have not seen him since
And I further certify that a short time after this three months service in the Army he was married to my Sister Relief
Nutting State of Maine
Peter Nutting
Cumberland County } ss On this twenty first day of May AD 1855 Personally appeared the above named Peter Nutting and made Oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true. And I certify that the said Peter Nutting is well known to me having been acquainted with him for the last Fortyfive years and that

his character for truth and veracity is good and also that he is a Member of the Con- gregational Church in said Otisfield
Samuel P c Anderson Justice of the Peace

EXPLANATION. —The following Form can be used by Prothonotaries, Surrogates, Registers of Probate, and other Officers, for certificates in the cases of deceased Applicants for Revolutionary Pension; and for Deceased Pensioners , where Arrears or Increase may be claimed. In either case, the precise date of death must be plainly stated, with the names of all the children who were alive when the party died ; and if any have since died , it must be stated, with the names of the children they left. Where there are but few children, and they all live near each other, there need not be an Administrator.
If for a deceased Pensioner, the Grade, Rate, and Law under which pensioned should be stated; and in Widows' cases the name and Grade of the Husband should also be stated.
Certificate of Death and Heirship.
STATE OF Commonwealth State of  Massachusetts COUNTY OF Suffolk
} ss:
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, John H. H. U.S. for the District of Columbia in and for the County aforesaid, that Relief Morris late of advised in the county of Cumberland in said County, who was heir at law of the United States for the service of her husband in the war of the revolution died in said County, on the 24th  19th day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty nine leaving surviving the following named children only, viz: for all the Morris. Sally Turner Elizabeth Morris, Relief Sawyer, Maria Lombard Jemima Haskell Rhoda Hunt
and that the above named
are the only children of the said Relief Morris who are now living.
I further certify, that the said Relief Morris no of estate, no administrator has been appointed  has been duly appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of the said deceased.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my Seal of Office, this fifteen day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Asahel Moore

Mrs. Helen Clough Act 1838 adm. Maine adm.
Add. proof-
With a view to get her transferred from the act of 1838 to that of 1826
D. D. Atkinson
August 7 1852

I, Caleb Butler, of Groton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy five years, do depose & say, that having been heretofore, clerk of said town of Groton for the term of about twelve years, I am well acquainted with the records of said town, made from the first settlement thereof to within twenty years last past; that during the years 1846 & 1848 I compiled a history of said Groton together with Pepperell & Shirley, towns formerly included in said Groton, & had occasion to examine and use the records of the two latter towns; that I inserted in my history all the records of births, deaths, & marriages to be found in the records of said several towns made previously to the year 1775. That it appears by the records of said Shirley, that Jonathan Moots , son of Jonathan Moots & Sybil his wife was there born April 21 st 1756 , and that Jonathan the father died July 18, 1765 .
I further depose and say, that no other person having the name of Jonathan Moots, appears on the records of either of said towns, nor did I ever know or hear of one of that name, who could have possibly served in the war of the revolution other than the son above named.
And I further depose & say, that acting

as a Magistrate of said County of Middlesex I took the Depositions of Jonathan Nitting Susanna his wife, & Elizabeth Blood to be used to prove the marriage of Jonathan Moors above named to Relief Nitting in a claim of the said Relief for a pen- sion for the services of her husband the said Jon- athan Moors, in the war of the Revolution, which depositions are probably on file in the Pension department; and all of said Deponents are now dead.
Caleb Butler
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Did alledge G: On the second day of August A D 1852. Personally appeared the above named Caleb Butler, and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true. - And I certify that the said Caleb Butler is well known to me, and that his reputation for truth and veracity is good. I also certify that he is the author of the History of Groton, Sherburne and Pepperell, a work which is received by the public as authentic and reliable.
Benja. P. Dyer
Deputy Justice of the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, August 10 th 1882.
I Hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Benjamin B. Dix was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth the date above written.
W. L. D. Crafts Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

3659 Application of Ralph Moore
for a Pension wid of Jonathan
me July 38
Mar c 1777 died 1829
Allan 12 m pa 46
he app d
Virgil D. Morris
Heun of Rep.

State of Maine ss.
On this eleventh day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty eight, Person being appeared before the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, Rachel Moore, a resident of Acadia in the County of Cumberland in said State, aged eighty one years , who being first duly sworn, according to form , doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July seventh 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain Widows": That she is the widow of Jonathan Moore, who was a private in the Army of the United States, whose name is on the Pension Roll at the City of Washington, & his services in the Revolutionary War specified in vouchers thereon filed.
She further declares that she was married to the said Moore on the fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven; that her husband, the aforesaid Jonathan Moore, died on the tenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty nine; 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 & ninety four; viz at the time above stated.
Subscribed and sworn to, in open court, before me, Nathan Weston C.J. S.J.C.
Ref Rachel Moore
Peace

County of Oxford ss.
State of Maine.
I Thomas Clark, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for the County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Nathan Weston, Esquire, is Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the said State. I also certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge, in the matter of the application of Relief Moore, for a pension. I further certify, that the said Relief Moore resides much nearer to the Court holden in the County of Oxford, than she does to the place of holding said Court in said County of Cumberland, and, that from her advanced age, she could not conveniently attend said Court in said County of Cumberland.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this eleventh day of October A. D. 1830.
Thomas Clark, Clerk of the Jud. Courts. Oxford County.

I Nathan Nutting of Otisfield in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, aged Seventy Six years do testify & say that I am a Brother of Re- lief Moors Widow of Jonathan Moors de- ceased; that the said Relief Moors & myself in the time of the Revolutionary War lived in the town of Groton in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; that sometime in the course course of the said War, & according to the best of my recollection it was in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven My Sister, then Relief Nutting was married to Jonathan Moors. I perfectly well recal- lect being present at their marriage. They were married in the town of Shirley, Massachusetts, by the Rev Mr Whitney, whose Christian name, I do not recollect I remem- ber that some others, beside Jonathan Moors Relief Nutting & myself went from Groton to Shirley on horseback to attend the wedding. I never saw nor knew of any family record of their marriage, altho I have lived in the town of Otisfield with him & near him from the year seventeen hundred & ninety five till the time of his decease. Nathan Nutting
Oxford ss Dec 14th 1838
Then appeared Nathan Nutting & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is wholly true, Before me
Jamies S Keith Justice of the Peace

Oxford 21 Dec 1888 I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Nathan Nutting & that his character for truth & verac- ity is good. Jairus L. Keith

I Rhoda N Huntress of Oxford in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine aged forty one years as testify- I say that I am the daughter of Wid- ow Relief Moore I lived in the family of my Mother till I was nearly twenty two years old: I am well acquainted with the family Bible of my father Jonathan Moore now deceased & it is now in my possession: There is no record in that Bible, of her (my mother) marriage with my father Jon- athan Moore: I never saw any record of their marriage, and believe there is not, & never was, any family Record Of their marriage.
Rhoda N Huntress Oxford Me Dec 14. 1838
Then appeared Rhoda N Hunt- ress & made oath that the foregoing Affidavit by her subscribed is wholly true Before me
James Smith Justice of the Peace
Oxford Me Dec 14 1838
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Rhoda N Huntress whose character for truth & veracity is good.
James S Smith

State of Maine.
Oxford County, ss. I Thomas Clark, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said county of Oxford, hereby certify that James S. Heath Esquire, whose gen- uine signatures are annexed to the within De- positions of Nathan Dunning & Rhoda V. Huntchop is a justice of the peace in and for said county of Oxford, duly commissioned and qualified.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 15th day of December A.D. 1830.
Thomas Clark, Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
mmv
March 21, 1928.
Effie Towne, Oxford, Maine.
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 24010, it appears that Jonathan Moors was born April 21, 1756, at Shirley, Massachusetts. He was the son of Jonathan Moors, who died July 18, 1765, and his wife Sybil.
He enlisted December 4, 1775, and served one year, as a private in Captain Joseph Moors' Company, Colonel William Prescott's Massachusetts Regiment. He was then a resident of Groton, Massachusetts.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1818, while living in Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine. He died March 26, 1829 in said county.
He married at Shirley, Massachusetts December 4, 1777, Relief Nutting of Groton, Massachusetts. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 11, 1838, while living in said Otisfield. She died November 5, 1849 in Cumberland County, Maine.

The following children were alive in 1852:
Sally Turner, Relief Sawyer, Thirza Lombard, Jerusha Haskell and Rhoda N. Huntress who was then forty-one years old, and Ephraim, who was born in June 1785, and Jonathan.
Respectfully,
Former list, not reviewed, but just copied by typist
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

B

I, Thomas Whitney, of Shirley in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk of said Shirley, and have the custody of the records of said Town; and have examined the same to find the record of the marriage of Jonathan Wood & Relief Whiting of Groton, but am not able to find it. I further depose & say, that the records of said Town are in a very imperfect state from the year 1762 to about the year 1790, especially as to the marriages, very few being to be found between those dates.
Thomas Whitney
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss. Be it known, That on this twelfth day of October A.D. 1838 before me Caleb Muller, a Notary Public, duly appointed and sworn, and dwelling in said Town, personally came Thomas Whitney, and made oath, that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed, is true. And I certify that said Whiting is a credible person worthy of full credit and belief in the matter by him deposed.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal this day and year above written.
Caleb Muller, Not. Pub.

Affidavit of Releif Moore for Pension Certificate
$40.
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3565
J. S. Keith Asford Me

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County.
On this twenty ninth day of August 1843
Personally appeared before the Subscriber one of the Justices of the peace within & for the County of Oxford
Relief Moors a resident of Atsfield in the County of Cumberland aged Eighty six 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 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War—That she is the Widow of Jonathan
Moors who was a private in the army of the Revolutionary War, and the annual amount of the pension which I received under the act of July Seventh eighteen hundred thirty eight was forty dollars.
she further declares that she is still a widow
Relief Moors
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Before
Jairus P. Root } Justice of the Peace
And I the said Justice hereby certify that the aforementioned Relief Moors is personally known to me, and that she has drawn a pension under the act of July 7. 1838
Jairus P. Root
Justice of the Peace
NOTE—After "who was a" insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy or militia, as the case may be, and the regiment, corps or vessel in which he served, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838.

State of Maine
County of Oxford I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Court within and for the County of Oxford hereby certify that Jairus P. Keith whose genuine signature is annexed to the within application of Relief means for a Pension is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Oxford of Oxford duly commissioned and qualified as such - That his Commission be as date June 27. 1837 and will expire June 27. 1844
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court and subscribed my name this twentieth day of December 1843
Joseph G. Loomis Clerk as aforesaid

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts }
Groton Dec. 6. 1838
I John Boynton, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Groton, County of Middlesex and Commonwealth aforesaid, that I have the custody of the records of said town, that I have searched said records for the marriage of Jonathan Moors to Relief Nutting, and do not find said marriage therein recorded, and I further depose and say, that this town was destitute of a settled minister from March 16. 1835. to Jan. 1838. and that there was but one parish in said town at that time, and that the records of the town were the only records kept at that time, and that very few marriages were recorded during that time as most of the marriages were solemnized by ministers in the neighboring towns.
John Boynton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss. Be it known, that on this sixth day of December A.D. 1838. before me Caleb Butler, a Notary Public, duly appointed and sworn, and dwelling in Groton in said county, personally came John Boynton above named, and made oath, that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. And I certify that said Boynton is a credible person worthy of full credit & belief in the matter by him deposed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial seal the day & year above written.
Caleb Butler. Not. Pub.

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STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND. October Ind A. D. 1848
I
Charles C. Harmon
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
William E. A. Sinnell is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of Cumberland , as appears by the paper hereto annexed: that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such: that the Commission of the said Sinnell is dated February 6th A. D. 184 5 , and will expire February 6th A. D. 18 52
and that the herein following Genuine.
SIGNATURE purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas. C. Harmon CLERK.

State of Maine Cumberland County ss.
On this twenty eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred forty eight personally appeared before me William E. Linnell a justice of the Peace within & for the County aforesaid Relief Moors a resident of Otisfield in said County aged ninety one years who being first duly sworn according to law on her oath makes the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the second day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred forty eight, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: That she is the wid- ow of Jonathan Moors late of said Otisfield deceased who was a private in the Revolutiona- ry War: That she drew a pension under the act of Congress passed the third of March A.D. 1843 on account of the Revolutionary Service of her husband & also under the act of Congress passed the 17th of June A.D. 1844 on account also of the Revolutionary Service of her husband the late Jonathan Moors & that she drew under those acts at the rate of forty dollars per annum.
attest J. G. Keith
Henry H. Standish
Relief her X Moors mark

Cumberland Co. The within declaration was was sworn to & subscribed on the day & year wherein written
Before me
Wm. E. G. Linnell
{ Justice of the Peace
I Certify that the aforementioned affiant is personally known to me & that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Wm. E. G. Linnell
{ Justice of the Peace

Certificate of Susanna Nutting
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I Susannah Nutting, wife of Jonathan Nutting of Groton in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven years, do depose and say, that in my younger days I was well acquainted with Relief Nutting, a sister of my said husband, that we lived within a mile and a half of each other till we were both married, I to my present husband and she to one Jonathan Moore. She was married to said Moore in the month of December in the year 1777. I distinctly remember these dates, be- cause, it happened the month previous to the ordination of the Reverend Daniel Chaplin in Groton, which took place January 1. 1778. and there being no ordination quite so near at hand so they went to Shirley and were married, it was said, by the Rev. Phinehas Whitney, the minister of that town. Said Moore and his wife lived in Groton a few years after their marriage, had one child, which they buried, and afterwards they removed to Otisfield in the present State of Maine. I was not present at the marriage of said Moore and Relief - but I have not any the least doubt of their legal marriage at the time and place above mentioned.
Susannah Nutting

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss. Be it remem- bered, that on this eighteenth day of October, in the year 1838, before me Caleb Butler, a Notary Public, duly ap- pointed and sworn, and dwelling in Groton, in said County, personally came Susan- na Nutting, and made oath, that the foregoing deposition by her submitted in my presence, is true. And I do certify that said Susanna Nutting is a credible person worthy of full credit and belief in the matter by her deposed —
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my notarial Seal the day & year above written.
Caleb Butler Not. Pub.
Oct 18 1838

Robert Moore Oct 30 80 Maine H
D.D. Addison Present.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
June 7 1851.
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 Jonathan Hoar is borne on a pay roll of Capt. Jona. Rice Co. Col. Samuel Bullard's Regt from Middlesex Co. as a private from Aug 17. 1777. 3 mo. 22 days.
On a pay roll of 6 mo. men raised by town of How, service from Oct 5. 1780. 6 mo. 9 days. 27 (or 21) years of age 5 ft. 9 in. light complexion.

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.
Andrew Paton Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls and other Documents in his Office of the service of my late Father in the War of the Revolution He enlisted from the Town of Enston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the year not known) as a Private. The Capt and Col not remembered and served as follows to the best of my recollection
That my Father Jonathan Moore was out in the War of the Revolution a number of times one year at one time Six months at another time and about three months at another time making about 21 Months in all
I am now SixtySix years old last June and I am not able to give any more account of the service of my Father than above stated
Witness my hand this 21 st day of May 1857 Signed by said } Ephraim Moore Ephraim Moore in my presence
Samuel Pitunderson Justice of the Peace

Samuel P. Anderson Otisfield - Maine September 3 1853
Statement in regard to his appeal from the decision of the Com ee of Pensions in the case of Relief Moore widow of Jonathan Moore with Affidavit annexed in support of the character of the testimony in the case
Col.
Respectfully referred to the Comm ee of Pensions
Sept 24 th Apr 20 th 55
Chas. S. Shurley Clerk
Mr. Portolatti 28 Sep 1853

Olisfield September 3 d 1855
Hon. R. Mc Lelland Secretary of the Interior Washington D. C.
Sir I appealed from the decision of the Commissioner in the case of Relief Moors of Maine the E.S.D. of June last to You for examination.
On the 10 th of July I received a letter from the Pension Department censuring Peter Nutting the principal witness in said Relief Moors's case. He was censured by the Department for leaking out that "Relief was his sister and that Jonathan Moors married her, and, he (said Nutting) felt particularly interested in his welfare" Mr. Nutting testified that in 1777 or 1778 Jonathan Moors re- turned from a three months tour in the Rev- olutionary War, and why he remembered this tour he felt interested in his (Moors's) welfare I would ask if this interest is sufficient to induce a man who has a character of high standing for truth and veracity to perjure himself and thus bring a stain upon his character, without the least ben- -fit to himself?
In June last I took the same Deposition of Mr. Nutting over again and added the reason why he remembered

that particular service and sent it to the Department. The Commissioner says, "I admit that the reason he assigns for being able to fix this service in his mind is singular enough to have impressed the fact upon his memory; but why it should now rise up to fix the date of this service , when it failed to be present in his recollection when he was endeavouring years ago to fix the date of her marriage , the very event which now brings it prominently before him is most remarkable"
Mr Nutting told me in a recent conversation on this subject, that he had no reason to state any thing about the number of tours of service in his Deponion on the marriage of his sister; he was called upon for the facts relating to the marriage, which he stated to the best of his recollection.
The Commissioner says “ Another feature worthy of note is, that if her husband rendered this three months service in 1937 she was married to him while he was in service which would entitle her to the benefit of the Act of 1936 instead of the Act of 1930 But no claim was ever asserted for this, but upon the contrary she expressly declares that she was not married to him until his services terminated”
The three months & 22 days from the 17th of August extends to the 9th of December
Mrs Moore testifies that she was not married to J Moore until after his services terminated and this

would be after the 31 st day of December I suppose the object to be arrived at in the case of Mrs Moores was the fact that she was married after the services of Jonathan Moores had terminated and before the first day of January 1799 It is worthy of remark that she did not claim any service after they were married but simply stated the service as it was in relation to the marriage. The Declaration of Mrs Moores cuts off the service as certified by the Secretary of Mass as done in 1700 therefore we shall lay no further claim to the six months service done commencing October 5 th 1700 The Commissioner after arguing that the service was as likely to have been done in 1700 as in 1799 goes on " I can not but express my surprise at the pertinacity with which you press this claim upon the Department, for it is so utterly unsupported by even tolerably plausible testimony that I can account for your conduct upon the supposition that you have only seen the Record and the affidavits of Nutting without ever having compared them with the proofs heretofore filed by Samuel  Rollins In answer to the above enquiry. In 1843 or 1844 Mrs Moores enquired of me if she could obtain an addi- tional increase to her Pension. I said to her, you receive a Pension for a years service of your husband, if he performed more service than one year, you are entitled to more pension. She said her husband was out

three times and she received her pension on the years service. It passed along until 1856 or 1857 and Mr Addison of your City wrote to Mrs Moors and also to me stating that it appeared there was more Pension due the Widow Moors. The Widow Moors died the 5th day of November, 1859 and up to her death there was nothing done about her pension; soon after she died the heirs put the case into my hands. I soon after called upon Mr Peter Nutting and he stated the service of Jonathan Moors to be the same, as he did when I took his Deposition. This induced me to apply to the Secretary of Mass The Secretary in his Certificate says that Jonathan Moors served 3 months and 22 days beginning August 15th 1777 After this I took Peter Nuttings deposition stating that Jonathan Moors returned from a three months tour in the Army of the Revolution in the year 1777, or, 1778 (with- out his knowing any thing of the contents of the certificate of the Secretary). Mr Nutting swears positively that the above service was done in 77 or 78 and tells the reason why he remembered the service, which is stated in his Deposition of last June, and soon after this service they were married he says.
I have depended upon Mr Nutting to state the fact of the service done and upon the Secretary for the time of the service. "I have taken the Deposition of the Hon. Isaac D. Smith before the Hon. John J. Perry member of the next Congress, stating that he drew Mrs Moors Declaration for a Pension, and at that time, she stated that her husband was out in the service three times; and I also have taken the Deposition of Joseph Haskell stating that he frequent- ly heard Mr Jonathan Moors say that he was out in the three times amounting to twenty months. I have taken eight other Depositions showing the char- acter of Mr Peter Nutting for truth and veracity. One of the number is the Rev. D. S. P. Richardson Minister of the Congregational Church in this town; his standing in society is such that I did not deem it expedient to admin- ister an oath to him, and two others were Deacons.

The principal objections to allowing the case were, as I understand, that Jonathan and Relief Moores in their Declarations, said nothing about any more service being done than the one year service.
I understand that Mr. Waldo has left the Commissioners post, and Mr. Minot is appointed in his stead.
I write this letter to you because I appealed to you for an examination of the case, as I supposed that the Clerks in the Pension Department, got a wrong impression about Mr. Nuttings character. An expression in his Deposition probably led to the criticising of Mr. Nuttings motives, the expression stands thus: "Why I distinctly recollect the above circumstance is, that said Jonathan Moores married my Sister Relief Nutting and I was particularly interested in his welfare" I have no doubt that he felt an interest in his friends welfare, and won't it not be the fact at this day, in similar circumstances. Another objection is made by the Commissioners that neither Jonathan or Relief Moores said any thing about any more service in their Declarations than one years service done in '76. The Act of 1818 provided that if a man performed 9 months service at one time he should be placed on the pension list at 8 dollars per month. This, Mr. Moores proved

in 76 and he was accordingly placed on the list of pensioners. I would respectfully ask why it was necessary to make a statement of more service than nine months when the object was accomplished. Mr Keith feels certain that Mrs Moors stated that her husband was out three times in the service. Mr Haskell swears positively that he heard Mr Moors frequently say that he was out three times in the war of the Revolution amounting to twenty months. I reluctantly said to Mr Keith, if you can say a word for me, to the Hon. Secretary, as he is unacquainted with my character; Please say it in your Deposition. And he added also a note in favor of Mr Nutting. I send eight other Depositions of the first men in this Town, to show Mr Nutting's standing in Society for truth and veracity.
I have been informed that in case the Commission takes an adverse view of the case; that the Claimant has a right of appeal to you for examination; we have claimed this right, and now again present the case, requesting that you would take the trouble to examine the case with the proof herewith attached and if it appears that to you that the claimants are not entitled, withhold the pension.
Very Respectfully your Obedient Servant Samuel Patterson

This certifies that I have been acquainted with Mr. Peter Nutting of Otis- field, for more than twenty years, during which time I have been Pastor of the Con- gregational church in this town, & have ever found him a man of truth & upright & he has ever sus- tained that character in this community.
(J. A. Richardson.)
Otisfield, Aug 10th. 1855

(Deposition of Lewis H. Sawyer)
I Lewis H. Sawyer of Oxfjord County of Cumberland & State of Maine being thirty four years old last July depose & say that I was chosen Town Clerk of Oxfjord last March & have held that office in the said Town for three years & have known Mr. Peter Nutting from my earliest recollection & have always considered him a man of good character, & a man in whose word I should put the utmost confidence Lewis H. Sawyer
Cumberland County S S August 6 th 1855 Personally appeared the above named Lewis H. Sawyer and made Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me And I further certify that said Sawyer is personally known to me and that his statements are to be believed
Samuel P. Anderson Justice of the Peace

Deposition of John Hancock
I John Hancock of Oldfield County of Cumberland and State of Maine, being fifty eight years of age depose and say, that I have been generally acquainted with Mr Peter Walling ever since I have any distinct recollection, (he living in the same part of the Town for years) and I have never known him word at any time, or by any one questioned, and do consider him to be a man of truth and veracity.
Oldfield August 8 th 1855
John Hancock
Cumberland County S.S. August 6 th 1855
Personally appeared the above named John Hancock and made Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me
And I further certify that I am well acquainted with said John Hancock and know that about thirty years since he was chosen Deacon in the Congregational Church in this Town and that his character for truth and veracity is untarnished.
Samuel Peterson Justice of the Peace

Deposition of Simeon Lovell
I Simeon Lovell of Otisfield County of Cumberland and State of Maine being Seventy two last November depose and say that Forty years ago I became acquainted with Peter Nutting who is about 90 years old and have always considered him a man of strict regard for truth and I do not think that I could have him to swerve from what he considered to be strictly true in his testimony or statement Simeon Lovell
Cumberland County SS August 7th 1855 Personally appeared the above named Simeon Lovell and made Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him Subscribed before me And I further certify that about thirty three years since Said Simeon Lovell was chosen Deacon of the Congregational Church in said Otisfield and his character for truth and veracity is unimpeached Samuel P. Anderson Justice of the Peace

Deposition of Nathan Knight
I Nathan Knight of Oxford County of Cumberland and State of Maine being Sixtyfive years old last September depose and say that Fiftysix or Fiftyseven years ago I have been acquainted with Mr Peter Nutting who is about 90 years old and I have no knowledge that Mr Nuttings word was ever disputed and I have always regarded his word strictly correct
Nathan Knight.
Cumberland County S S August 6 th 1855 Personally appeared the above named Nathan Knight and made Oath to the truth of the the above Deposition by him subscribed before me And I further certify that said Knight is personally known to me and his character for truth and veracity is good
Samuel P d Anderson Justice of the Peace

Deposition of Daniel Weston
I Daniel Weston of Otisfield County of Cumberland and State of Maine being Fifty years old last March depose and say that last March I was chosen one of the Selectmen of said Otisfield for the year ensuing and in relation to the character of Peter Nutting I am free to state that said Nutting's character is for truth and veracity is as good as any mans in this Town without exception.
Daniel Weston
Cumberland County S.S. August 6th 1855 Personally appeared the above named Daniel Weston and made Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me. And I further certify that said Weston is personally known to me and that his statements are to be believed.
Samuel Pitnderson Justice of the Peace

Deposition of Oliver Hancock
I Oliver Hancock of Otisfield County of Cumberland and State of Maine being Seventyseven years old last month depose and say that I have been acquainted with Peter Nutting of said Otisfield over Fiftyseven years and that I have always considered him a man of Truth and veracity and the reason why I think so is, I have had dealings with him occasionally and I have never found him to vary from his word in one particular Oliver Hancock
Cumberland County S S August 6 th 1855 Personally appeared the above named Oliver Hancock and made Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him Subscribed before me And I further certify that I have been well acquainted with said Hancock for about forty years and I consider his character for truth and veracity to be as good as any mans in our vicinity
Samuel P. Anderson Justice of the Peace

I, James S Keith, of Oxford in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, sixty two years old, certify & say, that many years since, I drafted the application of Abigail Moore of Otisfield in the County of Cumberland & State aforesaid, for a pension on account of the ser- vices of her husband Jonathan Moore in the war of the Revolution. I feel very certain when she first stated the facts in relation to the services of her husband in the war afore- said, she assured me that he (her husband) enlisted for, & served three terms of service during the war; One term I think for about twelve months, and two others, shorter the length of which I do not recollect. Why I did not make an effort to obtain proof of the other terms I cannot remem- ber; I might have been deceived. I should not be likely to suc- in receiving a pension for the Widow for a longer term than her husband proved for himself. If I rightly rec- ollect, I relied mostly on his papers in the pension of- fice for her claim.
For twenty or twenty five years I have been acquainted with Messrs David P. Anderson & Peter Nutting of Otisfield aforesaid. Both of them are worthy men — respectable Citizens. Their Characters for truth & veracity are above suspicion. They are now, & long have been mem- bers of an evangelical Church in Otisfield.

and their lives adorn their profession.
Jairus S. Keith
Orford Is. Aug t 9 th 1855
Then personally appeared Jairus S. Keith and gave oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit.
Before me
John S. Perry
{ Justice of the Peace & Represen- tative elect to Con- gress.

Deposition of Joseph Haskell
I Joseph Haskell of Otisfield County of Cumberland and State of Maine being sixty five years old next November on Oath depose and say that I bought the farm of Major Jonathan Mears in said Otisfield in the year 1822 and he was, in the contract to live with me which he did for about two years, and during that time I frequently heard Mr Mears speak of his services in the War of the Revolution and speak particularly that at one time he served one year; and two other services amounting to twenty months in the whole
Joseph Haskell
Cumberland County SS August 17th 1855
Personally appeared the above named Joseph Haskell who made Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me
And I certify that said Haskell is personally known to me, having his acquaintance since 1815, and I believe him to be a man of strict regard for truth and veracity
Samuel Pitnderson Justice of the Peace

Deposition of Levi Patch Esqr
I Levi Patch of Otisfield County of Cumberland and State of Maine aged Seventy two years last October depose and say that I have held the Office of Postmaster in said Otisfield for the Space of Twentyfive years, and also that I have been personally acquainted with Peter Knitting who is now about eighty nine years old for the last Fifty years and I am free to state that to my knowledge he is considered a man of undoubted character for truth and veracity
Levi Patch
Cumberland County SS August 17th 1855
Personally appeared the above named Levi Patch and made Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me and I further certify that I have known said Patch from my earliest recollections, more than forty years, and have never known his word questioned in a single instance and his character stands unimpeached
Samuel P. Studerson Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the original now on file before me being signed Samuel P. Studerson

J

Deposition of Peter Nutting
I Peter Nutting of Oldfield in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine being Eighty six years old next September Depose and say that I was born in Grafton Massachusetts in the year 1766 in September and that I was well acquainted with all the families by the name of Moores who lived at the time of the War of the Revolution in said Grafton and know from my own knowledge that there was but one Jonathan Moores in said town at the time above specified And I further certify that in November of 1777 or 1778 he returned from a three Months tour in the Army of the Revolution Why I distinctly recollect the above circumstance is that said Jonathan Moores married my Sister Relief Nutting and I particular-ly was interested in his welfare
Peter Nutting
State of Maine
Cumberland County }
ss July 15 th 1852
Personally appeared the above named Peter Nutting who subscribed and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me and I further certify that the said Nutting is considered a man of truth and veracity
Samuel P. Tuckerson Justice of the Peace

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Otisfield Feb 7th /53
J. C. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir last August I sent additional proof in the case of Relief Moors a Revolutionary Pensioner in order to establish three months additional service of Jonathan Moors the husband of Relief and committed the case of the case to Mr D. D. Aldiron of your City. Since which time I have not heard from it
Please inform me if there has been a decision in the case
I find in some cases that letters coming from your Office are directed wrong and I have to wait until they have laid at the Postoffice 3 months and then passed to the dead letter office and so round I recently two weeks since received four Land Warrants in one wrapper that was mailed the 12th of July the claimants are Thomas Jackson Samuel Wardwell Amos Anthony and Charles Turner
Very respectfully yours Obedient Servant Samuel Patterson

East Otisfield July 21 st 1857
Geo. C Whiting Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir in 1852 Ephraim Moors of Otisfield Son of Jonathan & Relief Moors made a Declaration setting forth that Jonathan Moors his Father served in the War of the Revolu- tion nine months and about a half in two tours of service, more than his Mother Relief Moors drew a Pension for: both Tours of Service was certified to by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and one of the tours was proved by Peter Nutting a Brother of said Relief Moors, which Deposition was disallowed at the Department for the following clause viz "And I further certify that in November 1777 or 1778 he returned from a three months tour in the Army of the Revolution, why I distinctly recollect the above circumstance is, that said Jonathan Moors married my Sister Relief Nutting, and I was particularly interested in his welfare" The above expression of his feelings, at the age of about Eighty six years was not an uncommon expression. The facts in the case were, that soon after the service in 1770 Mr Moors married Relief Nutting and in 1770 or 1771 Mr Moors with his Wife removed from Groton in Massachusetts and came to this place after over

wards called Otisfield, then a dense wilderness with the exception that one family had arrived before them. This Journey of about 175 miles was performed on horseback in March when the Roads were almost impassable by being blocked up with Snow; and the next May their first living child was born. The situation of his brother-in-law Moore, in removing into this new country connected as he was by marriage, surely the above was not an improper expression, and did not convey the idea that he was swayed from the path of rectitude, so that he did not state the truth in saying that Jonathan Moore did perform three months service in 1747 or 1770 not being able to fix upon the year.
The Secretary of Mass. made the year certain by looking on the Record of the Service; and Mr. Nutting was severely handled in the Department for the foregoing expression; I took an additional Deposition of Mr. Nutting. Stating why he particularly remembered that particular Service. The Department acknowledged that the case was so singular, that it would be likely to fix the facts indelibly in the mind, but the Department felt so strongly the importance of guarding against improper testimony that they did not grant the increase of Pension prayed for. I as Attorney for the heirs of Relief Moore, would receive it as a special favor, for you to take up the case and examine it carefully and see if the

service as reported by the Secretary of Mass., does not comport with the evidence that has been adduced viz The Deposition of Caleb Butler who wrote a History of Grafton Pepperell and Shirley in the years 1046 & 1047 stating that there could not be no other person in the above Towns by the name of Jonathan Moores who could bear arms in the War of the Revolution, than the one who married Relief Nutting, and who was Son of Jonathan Moores who died July 10 th 1765. After Mr Nutting was censured by the Department I took eight or nine Depositions of the first men in Otisfield setting forth his character for truth and veracity; and the Deposition of the Hon. & Fairus S Heath, who drew the Declaration of Relief Moores, when she obtained her Pension; stating that he told her if she could obtain more evidence, she could have her pension increased at any future time; but she had better make her Declaration and base it upon the testimony upon which her husband drew his Pension under the law of 1810.
At the urgent request of the heirs, I take the liberty to request you to reconsider the Decision of Mr Heath, and examine the case critically, for the purpose of giving to the heirs the right which they suppose the law bestows on them.
Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant Samuel D. Anderson

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Atfield Salem 19 1853
Lt T Wabbe Esqr Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir I received your letter of June 7th 1853 in the case of Relief Moors widow of Jonathan Moors "You say The whole claim has been examined carefully and you are satis- fied they are not entitled to any increase There seems to be great doubt whether the sum allowed 50 $ per annum is not more than the evidence in the case justi- fied this Office is granting if now for the first time examined as an original claim "
You express doubt whether the widow Moors was entitled to 50 $ per annum or one years service of the husband When Mr Moors was alive I was well acquainted with him and also with his wife and I am willing to say that they were people of respectability and their word for truth and veracity were considered good
Please inform me if you consider your letter of June 7th 1853 a rejection of the

claim.
Very respectfully your obedient servant Samuel D. Anderson

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Atisfield January 25 th 1854
L d Waldo Esqr Commissioner of Pensions
Sir in February /53 I forwarded additional evidence in the case of Relief Moors for an increase of Pension. In June 153 I received Your answer saying that the case had been carefully examined and You came to the conclusion that $40 per annum was all that was due Mrs Moors
When Jonathan the husband made his Declaration in 1813 nine months service at one time was enough to give the Pension and the years service was deemed enough to state in his Declaration which there is no doubt he did. The Magistrate who wrote the Declaration usually where there was nine months service at one time, put the time nine months or twelve as the case might be
I have known a number of such cases. One of these is Joseph Gladgdon who could prove only 6 months service and accordingly to in his declaration he put but 6 months service and drew $20 per year during his life; his widow expected only the $20 per year and was willing to draw the same as her husband but in looking up the evidence of the service of the husband I found that Joseph Gladgdon performed 4 years and over of service in the Revolution but notwithstanding the Certificate of the

Secretary of Massachusetts certifying that Joseph Hadgdon performed 4 years and 6 months service Mr Edwards would not grant the Pension until after it had cost the Widow over $100 in looking up evidence which I advanced in order to obtain the Pension and she drew $886, 06 cents You say she is not entitled because the husband put only one year of service in his Declaration and there is great doubt whether she was entitled even to $40 If it was suitable I would here state that I have been acquainted with Jonathan the husband and Relief the wife for the last fifty years up to their deaths At the time when Pensions were first agitated in 1810 the Soldiers of the Revolution would often meet and talk over their claims for pensions; and among those who used to call at my Father's (as he was a Soldier) was Mr Moors and I heard him talk about his service which amounted to about 20 months In 1852 I sent a claim of additional service in behalf of the heirs of Mrs Relief Moors of two tours of service done by the husband Jonathan Moors in the Revolution One was done in 1770 for 3 months for the County of Middlesex and the other was done for the Town of Stowe. Please look at the Certificate of the Secretary of Mass certifying the term of service; also at the Deposition of Peter Nutting corresponding with the Secretary's Certificate of Moors tour of service He told me of a circumstance that imprinted this 3 months tour on his mind which

he preferred not to insert in his Depositions, and I wrote the Depositions without it; but I will here give it entire "While Mr Moores was out on this three months tour two young men come to my Fathers on Friday night in a very severe storm and the storm continued through Saturday and they staid over the Sabbath and one of them made proposals of marriage to my Sister Relief; but she told him that she was engaged to Mr Moores and his time would be out in the Army at such a time but if he did not come by the time that she named she would give him the preference; and accordingly the day that my Sister set for Mr Moores to return, the stranger rode up and put his horse up; but about dark Moores come into the door yard and that put the bargain by"
Please look at Mr Caleb Butlers Deposition; he states that there was no other person by the name of Jonathan Moores who could do the aforesaid service but this same Jonathan Moores husband of Relief With all the facts that I am acquainted with in this case I have come to the conclusion that Mr J Moores performed the service as above stated and Relief the wife was entitled to the increase prayed for Please reexamine the case Yourself and see if you do not come to the same conclusion that I do
Very respectfully Yours Obedient Servant Samuel F. Anderson

Department of the Interior, October 6th 1854.
Sir;
I have examined the claim of Relief Morse widow of Jonathan of Maine, submitted with your letter of the 2 d inst, and am satisfied that your requirement of proof of identity is not only reasonable but necessary.
The papers are herewith returned.
I am Sir,
Very respectfully
Yr obedient
Wm H. Leland
Secretary
Dear
L. P. Waldo
Army Pensions

✓ Samuel P. Anderson Atkinsfield
23 d June 1855;
Respecting the claim of the Heirs of Relief  Moore's & requires a re-examination of the appeal.
Col.
Respectfully referred to the Comm. of Pensions for answer through this Department Dept. 1855 June 30 th Chas. S. Fowler
Clerk
W. Southwick
27 June 55

Otisfield June 23 d 1855
Hon. R. M. Dilland Secretary of the Interior
Sir I presented the claim of the Heirs of Relief Moors about two years since and the Commissioner thought the evidence not sufficient to grant the Pension. Last fall I took an appeal from his Decision to you, and you affirmed the Commissioner's opinion.
I wrote to you in October requesting the grounds of your Decision against the claim.
The 10 th of November last the Com r wrote to me that "Jonathan Moors was not identified as the soldier whose services in 1777 and 1780 are certified by the Secretary of State of Massachusetts."
Last May I requested the Com r to give me the time of Jonathan Moors service; in answer he says, "The only service claimed by Jonathan Moors was one year in the Massachusetts Line Commanded by Col Prescott from January 1776 to January 1777 making one year of service. He did not state that he did no more service, but simply stated one year, because that was sufficient under the Act of 1818, to give him his Pension."
I called upon Peter Nutting the second time (as I took his Deposition in August or September 1852 in that Dep- osition Mr Nutting stated that J Moors enlisted in the

Fall of 1777 or 1778 for 3 months and was gone the three months) and was very particular whether he distinctly recollected the service of J Moores in the year of 1777 or 1778; he said he did distinctly recollect the time, that he, (Moores) was out in the Army and told the reason why he so clearly recollected the facts, and I took his Deposition the second time, with this reason which is in his Deposition.
The only lack of Identification as I understand the Com n is Mr Nutting fixes the time of service in 1777 or 1778, but admits the service is certified by the Secretary of Mass.
My reasons for appeal from the Com n are simply these Mr Butler the Historian of Grafton Shirley and D r D r Ferriss certifies, that there could be no other person by the name of Jonathan Moores, than the one above named; whose deposition is in the Pension Department
Peter Nutting, whose character stands equal to any man for truth and veracity, declares upon oath, that Jonathan Moores did perform three months service in the War of the Revolution in the fall of 1777 or 1778 and his reason for remembering the service:
The Secretary of Mass. certifies, that the fall of 1777 was the time when J Moores performed the three months service, one other fact in Mr Nuttings testimony hand that will assist in the identification; he says that shortly after Jonathan Moores returned from the Army, he married his sister Relief Nutting in November.
If you will take the trouble to compare Mr Nuttings

testimony with the certificate of Marriage you can perhaps feel that the Pension is due as above was claimed
Believing that Jonathan Moors performed 3 months service in 1777 for which the Widow Relief Moors did not receive a Pension any Pension I am constrained to appeal to you the second time and request you to examine the case yourself
Very respectfully Your Obedt Servant Samuel Peterson

Otisfield May 24 th 1855
W. L. P. Waldo Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir I received your letter of May 9 th 1855 stating that Jonathan Moores in his Declaration for a Pension claimed but one years service viz from January 1776 to Jan y 1777 I have been acquainted with a few cases of Pension where the Claimant did not in his declaration state the whole term of his service
I will mention one case
Joseph Gladgdon of Portsmouth N.H. made declaration before H. C. Stephen Meserve that he served six months in the Revolutionary War and this was by the advice of Mr Meserve for the reason that Mr Gladgdon could not obtain evidence of service for any more than six months; when in fact he served four years and six months
I obtained the Widow Gladgdon's Pension and in proving her claim I found that her husband Joseph Gladgdon served 4 years and 6 months; and she was allowed the back arrearage of her husband and also her pension of 80 dollars per ann m If I understand your reasons for rejecting the claim of the heirs of Relief Moores is that Jonathan Moores in his declaration stated that he served

one year in the Army of the Revolution Believing that Jonathan Moors performed the service of three months additional to the service of 1776, I have taken the Deposition of Peter Nut- ting with his reasons for particularly remembering the service done in 1777 by Jon. Moors over again. Please pardon me for requesting you to re- examine the case of Relief Moors
I will mention some of the points of agreement in the proof that has been exhibited
First Mr Butler of Grafton testifies that he prepared a History of Grafton Shirley & Pepperell towns formerly included in said Grafton and he compiled and inserted in his history all the births deaths and marriages in these several towns, made previously to the year 1775 That it appears by the Records of said Shirley Jona- than Moors the Soldier was son of Jonathan and Sibyl Moors, and that Jonathan the Soldier was born April 21st 1756 and also that Jonathan the Father died July 10th 1765
Mr Butler further testifies that there could not be any person by the name of Jonathan Moors that could do service in the War of the Revolution other than the above named Jonathan Moors
Secondly Peter Nutting testifies that he was born in Grafton Mass., Sep. 1786 and that he was

Well acquainted with all the families by the name of Moores in Grafton Pepperell and Shirley and that there was no one by the name of Jonathan Moores but the one that married his Sister Relief Nutting; And he further testifies that said Jonathan returned home from the Army in 1757 or 1758 and was shortly afterwards married to Relief Nutting
Thirdly The Secretary of Mass. certifies that Jonathan Moores served three months in 1757
The above facts taken together appears sufficiently plain, and is the reason why I have called up the subject again to your mind
Please compare the above facts and see if you do not come to the same conclusion that I have
Very Respectfully Yours
Obedient Servant
Samuel Peterson

Department of the Interior Washington Octbr. 10 th 1855
Sir
On a review of your decision of the 2nd. of October 1854, in the case of Relief Moore, widow of Jonathan Moore, for increase of Pension, submitted to this Department at the request of her Attorney J. P. Anderson Esq., in your report of the 3rd. Instant, - the same, has been re-affirmed.
I am, very respectfully, Your Obedient Servant R. M. McLane Secretary
Acting Commissioner of Pensions

Orisfield May 1 st 1855
L. P. Waldo Esqr
Sir Your letter dated October 7 th 1854 rejecting the claim of the Heirs of Relief Moors Widow of Jonathan Moors was received in due time; but I have been absent, and, in the northern part of New Hampshire the past winter and have not therefore attended to the case. Please send me the amount of of proof of service and date done by said Jonathan Moors in the War of the Revolution and filed in your Office by Relief Moors Widow of said Jonathan upon which she obtained a Pension of 40 dollars per year
In this vicinity are a number of similar cases to the one I will now describe
A man was drafted to perform 14 days service in the War of 1812 but could not consistently with other duties perform said service and hired a substitute who performed said service
A second Draft is made for 40 days; a man is drafted, and he hires the same man who performed the 14 days service; is the last man cut off from drawing his Bounty land by the Sub

stitute who cannot draw bountyland only on one tour of service
If you can find a leisure moment to answer the above enquiry; you will confer a favor upon those claimants who are interested
Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant Samuel P. Anderson

Samuel P. Anderson ✓ His field. Oct. 20/34, Maine
Wishes to be informed of the reasons of the Secretary for disallowing the claim of Relief Moore, of Maine
Relief Moores - Me ✓ at 2? Feb 48
Respectfully referred to the Comm. of Pensions Sept 1848
Nov 1848 Mrs. A. Whitney Exh. A
Providence 6 Nov 1834.

Atisfield October 20-1853
Hon. R. McLellan Secretary of the Interior } Sir, I received a line from the Commissioner dated October 7th 1853 "he says the Secretary of the Interior has affirmed the decision of this Office refusing to allow the claim of Relief Moors of Maine for which you are the Agent" Please give me the reasons why you disallowed the claim.
Very respectfully yours Obedient Servant Samuel P. Anderson

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33563 Oxford Me Aug 30 Sept 2/43 R. Moore Mar 28/43 me
Hon James L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
Free Postage Paid 10 5/8 1 3/4

Oxford, Oxford Co. Me Aug 30 1848 To Hon James L Edwards Dr Sir
Enclosed I forward you the affidavit of Relief Moore for a certificate which shall entitle him to a pension under the act of 3 March 1843. Please forward the certificate to me & oblige Darius S Keith

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Pension Office Washington City

To J. L. Edwards, Esq. Pension Office
Washington City.
Mrs Relief Moors, has for many years drawn, a pension on account of the services of her husband deceased in the Revolutionary War. Her husband's name was Jonathan Moors. & re- sided when he died. & for many years before, in the town of Otisfield, County of Cumberland. & State of Maine, where his widow, Relief Moors now resides. She has not made application for the amount of her pension for since March 1845; so that arrearages are now due for one & a half year, at the rate of $40 per annum. I make this ap- plication in her behalf that you empower the Paymaster of Pensions in Portland for this district to pay order the amount now due her. There is no doubt that amount is due her; and that she has not drawn since the 4th of March 1845. She has always obtained her money from Portland by Power of Atty, which I have always drawn for her to that time. Since

then I have drafted none for her, & I pre- sume, I am credibly informed by her family & friends, that she has since then made no applica- tion for her pension.
Very respectfully Yours J. J. Keith.
Before (see) Sep r - 24. 1846

Otisfield Sep 20 - 1855
Hon. Secretary of the Interior
Sir in March or April 1852 The heirs of Relief Moors Relic of Jonathan Moors made a Declaration to obtain arrears of back pay that was due their mother and this claim was based upon the service done by their Father in the War of the Revolution
He first enlisted into the Revolutionary War in 1776 and performed one years service and obtained a Pension under the Act of 1818 but was subsequently cut off on account of possessing too much property
his second enlistment was made in the fall of 1778 for three months the second and third enlistments we find on the records of Massachusetts (but the one years service is not in the Archives of Mass.)
The above enlistments were made while he was a resident of Grafton Mass.
The Commissioner has decided against the Claimants on the ground that Jonathan Moors did not when he was placed on the Pension list declare that he served more than one term of service in the War of the Revolution
I will now state the reasons why we take an carried over

appeal from the Decision of the Hon. Commissioner
first There was a common practice under the Act of 1818 when the Claimant had performed a number of tours of duty among which there was one tour of nine months to say that on such a day he enlisted for nine months or one year as the case might be simply to obtain the Pension as that law required only nine months service to obtain a pension. I will give one sample. Joseph Hadgdon made a Declaration that he performed 6 months commencing in June 1785 and obtained 20 dollars per year when in fact he actually served 4 years and six months. The man who wrote the Declaration was to blame; for he advised Mr Hadgdon to put no more service in his Declaration than he could prove and this was the reason why he did not put the whole of the service which he performed in the Declaration.
Secondly He find accredited to Jonathan Moors in 1770-3 months service and in 1780-6 months service, in the Records of Mass.
I procured the Depositions of Caleb Butler Esq. stating that in 1846 and 7 he published a history of Groton Mass the native place of Jonathan Moors and also of Pepperell and Shirley, Towns that formerly belonged to Groton and in that history he inserted the Births and Deaths and Marriages of all the Inhabitants that could be

found in the said Towns previously to the year 1775 that it appears by the Records of said Shirley that Jonathan Moores son of Jonathan Moores & Sybil Nutting was there born April 1756 and that Jonathan the Father died July 10th 1765 Mr Butler further says that no other person having the name of Jonathan Moores appears on the Records of either of said Towns nor did I ever know or hear of one of that name who could have possibly served in the War of the Revolution other than the son above named.
Benjamin Ditt Esq. says in his Certificate of Oath administered to Mr Butler that his history of Grotton Pepperell and Shirley is received by the public as authentic and reliable.
Peter Nutting also testified that he was a native of Grotton and knew that there was no other man by the name of Jonathan Moores who lived in Grotton or vicinity at the time of the War of the Revolution; and there is one point that ought to be particularly noticed. The Secretary of Mass. certifies that Jonathan Moores served three months in the Army in 1778 and Mr Nutting says in his Deposition that in November 1777 or 1778 Mr Moores returned from a three months tour in the Army. The above are the reasons why we appeal from the Hon. Commissioner to your Decision believing that the claimants are entitled to

an increase of Pension according to the evidence that has been furnished in the case Very Respectfully Yours Obedient Servant Samuel P. Anderson
✓ Sam d P. Anderson. Otisfield. Maine. - 26 th Sept. '54
In relation to the claim of the Heirs of Relief Moore, for back pay due their Mother, for the services of their father in the War of the Revolution.
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Acknowledged and Sworn up to the Amount of Pension for report.
Uncontested Line of Int: 23 Sept 28/54

3467 Maine
Relief Hoars widow of Jonathan Moss who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 10 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Jan'y 1847 and sent to
Hon David H. King N. of R.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 22 Vol. 1
Reported
Jan'y 27/49
Let S. P. Anderson Apr 9/52
Same 11 June '52
S. P. Anderson 7th June 1853
Same Nov 29/53
Same Feby 2/54
Sec'y Interior
Oct 2 1854
Decision affirmed
Let to S.P. Anderson
Oct 7 1854
S. P. Anderson 10th Nov 1854
" Same May 9/55
" Same June 18/55
Same July 10/55
Sec'y Int July 10/55
Same Oct 8/55
S.P. Anderson Oct 12/55
Jan 2 1856

Oct 3 rd 76
Relief Moon 2
me 100
James L. Edwards, Esq.
Com te of Pensions,
Washington.
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Washington, Oct. 2, 1846.
Sir,
I have received the enclosed letter from Jairus S. Keith, Esq., of Oxford, Maine, with the request that it be passed over to you. By giving it your early attention, and communicating directly with him , you will oblige
Yours, very respectfully, Horatio King, P.O. Dept.
James L. Edwards, Esq., Com te of Pensions.

McVickie Oxford Me Oct 9th
Free
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Pension Dept. Washington City D.C.
7 A.M. 4588

Oxford, Maine,
Octo. 9th 1848
To the Commissioner of Pensions;
Dr. Sir;
I herewith forward you the declaration of Relief Moore, that she may again be enrolled on the Pension List. Be so good as to trans- mit her Certificate to me, who have for many years drafted her Pension Powers. I oblige Yours very respect ly I acurs G. Keith

Oxford Me.
Free
Decem 1843 27 th
Mr Rev. D. Sarah Robbins, Relief Nurse
3 March 1843
H. Edwards Commissioner of Pension Pension Office Washington City D. G.

Hon L. D. Edwards
I forward the enclosed affidavits, for  for early correction, as I believe, for certificates. Please forward them J. S. Keith
Oxford Dec 21 1843

Letters 9 c (from 1 to 13 incl) Mm material
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Relief Moors Jonathan
me at 2, Oct 28
Cole
FREE
{ Commissioner of Pensions
J. P. Waldo Esqr Washington
D.C.

E. P. H. 1848 July 22
Relief Morris Jonathan
Me - 10 2 1/2 48
Commissioner of Pensions
Geo. C. Whiting Esqr Washington D.C.
[Handwritten flourish]

Feb. 17. 1853
Rec. to case of Relief Mours of Jonathan
Filed Otisfield Me Feb'y 14th 53
see { Commissioner of Pensions
Sam. P. Anderson
Filed Clerk and Clerk named
show
J. C. Heath Esqr Washington
D.G.
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Secretary of the Interior Fossil
Hon. E. R. McLellan Washington D. C.

Nov. 25, 1853.
Resulting to be informed if the claim of Relief Moore, widow of Jonathan, may be allowed as rejected.
Official file 8860 21 Jan { Commissioner of Pensions
J. S. Waldo Esq.
Washington D.C.
Official file 8860 21
Jan { Commissioner of Pensions
Relief Moore Mar 48
J. S. Waldo Esq. Washington
D.C.
13

Relief Moore Jonathan Me. Oct 24/48
Cole
{ Commissioner of Pensions
FREE
J. P. Waldo Esqr Washington
D. C.

att to J. S. Keith Oct 3 d 1846.
✓ 4588 Maine
Rebecca Moors widow of Jonathan Moors who was a private in the Mass s Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the twenty second day of Jan y 1842 and sent to
J. S. Keith Oxford Me
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 7

1608
Maine
Releif Moores widow of Jonathan Moores who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 26 th March 1829 of Cambridge in the State of Me. who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by C. Prescott in the Me. line for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Jan y 1839 and sent Hon. V. M. Parris Sec y of Reps Arrears to the 4 th of Sept r 38, $100.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th March 39, 20.00 $120.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H. M. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 st Page 15
Decl n (March) rec d to J. H. Kellogg

Apr 18 1902 Mrs Geneva L. Minn Barnesville, Me
Mar. 15, 1910 Mrs. F. N. Barker, 1917 Apr. 23 Hist. Soc. # C. 1100. 1926. Aug 30. List to Miss C. Noyes and 1928. Mch. 21. Heirship 1933. June 21. " " " S. 15822 see corresp. in files
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24010
Relief  Rebecca widow of Jonathan Pine River
Act: Feb 2 d 1848
Index:--Vol. 11 , Page 65

F. N. BARKER, M. D., OFFICE & RESIDENCE, 85 MAIN STREET,
Norway, Me.,.....189
Jonathan Moors: Private in Capt. Joseph Moors's co. Col. William Prescott's regt. Length of service 1 year. Enlisted Dec. 4, 1775. Residence Groton Mass, Born in Shirley Mass Apr. 26, 1756. Died Mar. 26, 1829. Widow's name Relief Nutting Moors. She was granted a pension.
FEB 23 1910

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F. N. BARKER, M. D., OFFICE & RESIDENCE, 85 MAIN STREET.
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Norway, Me., Feb 10 — 1910 184
[Handwritten signature]
Pension Dept.:
Sir:
Please send me information contained in Jonathan Moors application for pension, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Mrs. F. N. Barker. Norway, Me.

out. V
Berwick, Me., Mar. 5, 1902.
To the Pension Commissioner,
Dear Sir: - Will you please send to me the Revolutionary War service of Jonathan Moore of Otisfield Me for which either he, or his wife, Relief Nutting, received a pension, with such information as accompanied application for pension?
Respectfully
Mrs. Geneva L. Ninn,
Berwick, Me.

Mail

Rev Sec 1818
Seattle Wash. Apr 10 - 1917.
Pension Office
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen! Will you please mail me a copy of pension paper, in which Jonathan Moors was granted a pension in 1818 or a copy of pension granted his wife, Relief
Mulling Moors in 1838.
Jonathan Moors served in the Revolution, was born in Shirley Mass. 1756 and died in Otisfield, Maine 1829; enlisting from Massachusetts.
Yours truly
L. Pearl Moors (Mrs. W.C.).
924 - 19 th Ave Seattle Wash

170A Brackett Street Portland Maine
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Moore on list Jonathan Moore of Cumberland County, Maine, was placed on the pension roll in July 1819 1819 - dropped in 1820.
Moore on list Reuben Moore of Otisfield, Maine, shows as a pensioner in June 1840.
May I be favored please with a copy of each pension application, and oblige
(Miss) L. Boyes.
July 18. 1926

Oxford Maine
Mar. 5, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: —
Will you please send me the war record of a Revolutionary soldier named Jonathan Moors, who applied for a pension in or about the year 1820. At that time he was a resident of Otisfield, Cumberland Co., Maine.
Thanking you in advance for the favor, I am
Very respectfully,
Effie Towne.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
aw
August 30, 1906.
Miss L. Noyes, 170A Brackett St. Portland, Me.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 34010, it appears that Jonathan Moors was born April 21, 1756, at Shirley, Mass. He was the son of (Sybil and) Jonathan Moors, who died July 18, 1785, and his wife Sybil.
He enlisted December 4, 1775, and served one year, as a private, in Captain Joseph Moors' Company, Colonel William Prescott's Mass. Regiment. He was then a resident of Groton, Mass.
He married at Shirley, Mass. December 4, 1777, Relief Nutting of Groton, Mass. He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1818, while living in Otisfield, Cumberland County, Maine. He died in March 26-1829 said County, March 26, 1829. His widow Relief She was allowed pension on her application executed October 11, 1838, while living in said Otisfield, and She died in Nov. 5, 1849, that county November 5, 1849. Cluett Road B, Me.
In and with any other that there have been several other persons accepted

The following children were alive in 1852.
Sally Turner, Relief Sawyer, Thirza Lombard, Jerusha Haskell and Rhoda N. Huntress who was then forty-one years old, and Jonathan  and Ephraim, who was born in June 1785, and Jonathan -
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

sion on file in this Bureau.
Joseph Moore - P.F. 24 010 ✓
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec 4 1775 (Jan 1776) 1 yr. Pvt. ✓ Joseph Moore William Parnell Mass.  
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Horton, Mass. ✓  Date of application for pension, May 13, 1818 ✓ His claim also  Residence at date of application, Shirley, Mass. ✓  Age at date of application, Shirley, Mass. Apr. 21, 1756. Son of Jonathan (d. July 18, 1765)  Remarks: and Abigail Moore. Soldier died March 1829. near Shirley, Mass.  ppk  1841  60 June 1785  1838  1852  1839  Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Jonathan Moors-W.24010
Jonathan Moors, the son of Jonathan Moors and his wife Sybil, was born April 21, 1756 at Shirley, Massachusetts. The father, Jonathan Moors, died July 18, 1765; there are no further data as to his mother.
Jonathan Moors enlisted, while a resident of Groton, Massachusetts, December 4, 1775 and served one year as private in Captain Joseph Moors' company (no relationship to soldier shown), Colonel William Prescott's Massachusetts regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 13, 1818, then a resident of Otisfield, District of Maine.
Jonathan Moors married December 4, 1777 at Shirley, Massachusetts, Relief Nutting of Groton, Massachusetts. He died March 26, 1828 in Cumberland County, Maine.
His widow, Relief Moors, was allowed pension on her application executed October 11, 1838, then aged eighty-one years and living in Otisfield, Maine. She died November 5, 1849 in Cumberland County, Maine.
The following children were alive in 1852-- Sally Turner; Relief Sawyer; Thirza Lombard; Jerusha Haskell; Jonathan Moors; Ephraim Moors, who was born in June, 1785; and Rhoda N. Huntress, who in 1838 was forty-one years of age and living in Otisfield, Maine.
The following data are also given in regard to the brothers of the widow, Relief Moors--
Peter Nutting born in September, 1766 in Groton, Massachusetts, a resident in 1855 of Otisfield, Maine; Nathan Nutting aged seventy-six years in 1838 and living in Otisfield; and Jonathan Nutting, whose wife, Susannah Nutting was seventy-seven years old in 1838 and living in Groton, Massachusetts.
This letter sent to P. M. General Washington D.C. - See concept in Glason Ed. 5/5-822
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