Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24375, for Michael Osbourne, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Mass
Navy
CONTENTS
Osbourne, Michael
Osborne,
Judith
W. 24375

11.461 Q
District of Maine
Michael Osbourne
of Alma in the state of Me. Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brane of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three Years
Capt J. L. L. age
Notification sent to Mrs. Martha Osb. Oct 23 Oct 23
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of June 1819 and sent to Jere Bailey Esq. Wiscasset District Maine
Wiscasset Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819 . 87.43 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep. 1819 . 48.00 10 Mo. 24 4.  $135.43 30 31
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Maine - 1136
Josiah Osbourne widow of Michael Osbourne who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 th Mar ch '18 and who died on the 4 th Oct er 1824 of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a P er in the Comp ny commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by Br ig   in the  line for 2 y rs
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum. to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of Nov r '38, and sent Genl B. M. Newton August 2 nd , 1838
Arrears to the 4 th of Sep r - $ 200 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 40 00 $ 240 00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 - Page 18

171
Mihail Osborne
11601 Olona C.M. June 19
Mebrato

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty fifth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this twenty fifth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in Open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Michael Osborn aged fifty nine years, resident in Alna in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Vose in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Crane in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the seventh day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 11.461 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Michael Osborne
Sworn to and declared, on the 25 day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Josiah Stebbins { One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real Estate none
  personal property  1 Cow  $ 15     1 small swine  4.50     4 old chairs  1.00     1 pine table  .75     2 pots  .75     1 kettle - 1 loom  3.00      25.00  
I am indebted two hundred dollars & have no means to pay
Michael Osborne
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Michael Osborne who, by occupation am a Caulker which I am not able to pursue by reason of ill health .
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Judith Osborne, wife 57 middling health   Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk Michael Osborne  
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is twenty five dollars and making no deduction for some debts
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fifth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Michael Osbourne
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

I Michael Osbourne, of Alba, in the County of Lincoln and District of Maine, a citizen of the United States, on oath declare and say: That in May, in the year 1780. I enlisted for six months, and served the full time as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment, in the Massachusetts line, in the Company of Capt. Moore in the fourth regiment called Sheppard's regiment, and received an honorable discharge, which is lost.
In January, in the year 1782, I shipped on board the continental Frigate, Deane, in Boston, on the continental establishment in the war of the revolution, for five months. She was commanded by Capt. Samuel Nickerson, under whom, I served as a marine on board the same the full term of said five months, she being employed in cruising against the enemy, off the West Indies. I received an honorable discharge, which is lost.
In June, in the year 1782. I enlisted into the Company of Capt. Thomas Vose  Coane , of the Massachusetts artillery regiment, commanded by Col. Coane, in the war, on the establishment, and in the line aforesaid, on a three years' enlistment, as a substitute for a private soldier, who enlisted

about two years before I thus enlisted and became his substitute. In this regiment and service I continued, till the twenty second  third day of December in the year 1783, the end of the war of the Revolution, when I received an honorable discharge, under the hand of Major General Knox, which I still have in my possession, and exhibit at the making of this declaration.
Michael Osbourne
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Lincoln ss. On the seventh day of April A.D. 1818, before me Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit, personally appeared Michael Osbourne afore named, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed.
Josiah Stebbins.

I Michael Osbourn further declare and say that from my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support. Michael Osbourn
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Line the ft. On the second day of April, 1819, Michael Offoum, afore named, personally appeared, and made oath to the truth of the the foregoing affidavit. before me - Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.S.C.P. 2 d E. Circuit.

April 7 th 1818
Michael Osborne of Alma, Maine =
June 1782 Published in the Mass Militia Col d Crume & Served For 34 years.
Josiah Robbins S r ?
Admitted

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL K N O X,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
the Michael Osburn in the Massachusetts Artillery Regiment, being enlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York, the Twentysecond Day of December 1783 -
By the General's Command, Henry M c Lean
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment, Sam l Grosvenor adj t .
of the Common- ing the Honor, United He said on the 1818, and to United naval other sider- hs, as or his ixed, dred the urt nd of is

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Michael Osbourn , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Alma , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the seventh day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  nineteen .
Josiah Stebbins.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this 3 d day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
Nath l Coffin

The interlineations, on the opposite page, were made by me at the time of taking the Declaration, having been in haste written by mistake of the declarant.
Josiah Stebbins.

William Woart Esq
Augusta
Me

"Michel Geburn and Judith M c Farland both of Pembroke were Married Nov r y e thirtieth A D , seventeen hundred eighty six."
By J n Turner Just Peace
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair, legible figures as follows "Nov r y e 30 A D , 1786."
Attest Seth Whitman Town clerk Pembroke
I Seth Whitman above named depose and say that I hold the Office of clerk of the Town of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts; and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Seth Whitman Clerk of the Town Pembroke
Plymouth ss. Swoon to this thirteenth day of August 1838. Before me Anthony Collamore, Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H d Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Anthony Collamore Esq r . is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this thirteenth day of August 1838
Jacob H d Lord
I doubt not the official character of the Justice above named. Nathan Weston

Application of 1849 Judith Osborne, for benefit of act July 7, 1838, claims as widow of Michael Osborne who was a Pensioner on Maine Roll under act of March 18, 1818.
Marryed in '86 Died in '34
admd 7 years pri 80 $
No deduction
George W. Morton, Augusta, Me.,

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec
County, ss.
On this twenty fifth day of August A. D., 1838, personally appeared before the Hon: Nathan Weston Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State ,
Judith Osborne a resident of Augusta in the County of Kennebec and State of the State of Maine, aged sixty nine years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, 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 7th, 1838, enti- tled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Michael Osborne late of Wiscasset , deceased, who at the time of his decease, was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, for evidence of his services in the war of the Revolution she refers to the proof her furnished the War Department in order to obtain his pension,
She further declares, that she was married to the said Michael Osborne on the thirtieth day of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six ; that her husband, the aforesaid Michael Osborne died on the fourth day of December  eighteen hundred thirty four , at Wiscasset ; 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 and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. That her maiden name was Judith McFarland , she was married by John Turner, Esq. at Pembroke, Massachusetts ,
her Judith X Osborne mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, (the applicant from age and infirmity not being able, with convenience, to appear in open court) Nathan Weston C.J. S.P.C.

State of Maine
On the twenty fifth day of August, 1830, Judith Osborne, the applicant within named, was examined and sworn, as within stated. I am satisfied, that she was married to Michael Osborne, late a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, on the the thirtieth day of November, 1796, that the said Michael Osborne deceased, on the fourth day of December, 1834, and that the applicant has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston C.J. S.J.C.
STATE OF MAINE.
Memoranda
ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Court in and County hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon: Nathan Weston before whom the proceedings were had, is Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, I also CERTIFY, That the within contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Judith Osborne for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 18th day of September, A. D., 1838.
The Swan

I Thomas Pines of Augusta, Kennebec County, in oath state, that Michael Osborne a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, died at Wiscasset, on the fourth day of December eighteen hundred thirty four, that the within named Judith Osborne his widow, has remained unmarried ever since that period.
Thomas Pines
State of Maine,
Kennebec, ss. I own subscribed this 8th,
day of September, 1838, the deponent being
a credible witness.
Before me Wm Westin Esq
William Westin Esq is a justice of the peace for the county of Kennebec. Nathan Weston

24,375 WIDOW, &c.
Nov. 15-1902 Cyrus Osborn Richmond Me.
File No. 24,375
Judith Osbourne wid of Michael Osbourne Sci Mass Line
Act July 7 th 88
Index: Vol. 0 , Page 104
[Arrangement of 1870.]

NY 375
Michael Ashourn
Apr 7-1818-57
Alma Mater ————— mss ms 80
Capt. H. H. H. Col. Stephen Oct 6 m
July 82 -
Capt. Dickinson "Dean" Mumme 5 m
June 82 Capt. Thos. Vase Col. Crane ms Dec 22, 83
Miss Judith M c Farland Nov. 30, 1786. P. K. K. Mass D. Dec 4, 1834 Miss. mss
No B. A.

O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Searched by _____
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier _____
Service _____
Additional service _____
Remarks _____
_____ Chief Pension.

Osborn
Richmond, Maine, Oct. 10, 1902.
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
Please send me a copy of the Revolutionary War record of MICHAEL OSBORN . He enlisted at Pembroke, Massachusetts; died at Wiscasset, Maine, December 4, 1834; was a pensioner. His widow was Judith, who was a resident of Augusta, Maine, in 1835, or later.
I would also like the place and date of his birth, if given.
He was my grandfather.
Yours respectfully,
Cyrus Osborn