Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31295, for Alexander Patterson, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Patterson, Alexander
CONTENTS

27. 153
Elaine
Alexander Patterson of Perry in the State of Me who was a private in the Com commanded by Captain Fulking of the Regt commanded by Col Hark in the Massa line for N.H.
8 mo 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Me at the rate of 28. Dollars 21 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Feb 1834 and Ser. No on L. Jarvis No. of R
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $70.52 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 4 34. 14.10 $84.62
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by ED Bullock Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 43
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 8 th April 1838 from 4 Sept 1836 to 7 Jan 1837, the day of his death. Age notifica 20 March 1839

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
February 5 th , 1839-
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The children of Alexander Patterson, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine - Agency, at the rate of Twenty eight Dollars and Twenty one Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept., 1836, to the 7 th January, 1837, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
William H. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

13.509
Alexander Patterson
April 8 th 1833
by 12.12.13
13.309.
P. 322
Sol Thayer
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Suba
me

BRIEF in the case of Alexander Patterson of Perry in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 79 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     1775 In 1775 8 14 Private Genl Washington Coll Stark  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Boston N Hampshire  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? His own declaration  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nicholas Gouty Examining Clerk.

Alexander Patterson
application for a Pension
Sept. 27 th 1882
No. 38. —
13.500

State of Maine } County of Washington } ss:
On this seventh  twenty seventh day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Judge  Probate of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Alexander Patterson, a resident of Perry in the County of Washington, and State of Maine aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he was born in Londonderry in the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire in January 1753. When about fifteen years of age he removed to New Boston in the County of Hillsboro in said State, that on the receipt of the news of the battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 he with others volunteered to march to Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts, where he remained a few days doing duty as a soldier. That on or about the first day of May 1775 he voluntarily enlisted for eight months as a private soldier at Cambridge under Ensign Daniel Livermore in Captain Gordon Hutchings Company. Joseph Loper was Lieutenant in Colonel John Stark's Regiment of New Hampshire militia - that he continued to serve till the expiration of the term of his enlistment, when he was honorably discharged at Winter Hill, near Boston, on or about the last day of December 1775, and returned home to New Boston. That he was in the Battle on Bunker Hill June 17, 1775, & in which action he was severely wounded in the left hip by a musket ball, which confined him about six weeks before he was cured. That he was stationed at Winter Hill during the whole time. Colonels Reed and Poor's Regiments were also stationed there. That either by time or accident he has no discharge. That he does not know that any of his officers are still living. He removed to Perry in 1785 where he has resided ever since, and that no one in the neighborhood knows of his actual service. He received pay for the term of eight months & fourteen days.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Alexander Patterson
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
John Dinsmore Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
John Dinsmore Judge

State of Maine
County of Washington.
I Aaron S. Raymond Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Washington, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Alexander Patterson for a pension. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty ninth day of September A.D. 1832
Aaron S. Raymond Register. "

Alexander Patterson
8 m o 14 days private
Con Rolls of Haldim, to @
2660 155 $ 28, 21
Hon L. Davis Sol. Thayer Suba me

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

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no  These objections 11 & 12 have not been answered XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? no If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

31295 Rev INVALID.
File No 31295
Alexander Patterson
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 315
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Bennet Roberts of Perry do testify and declare That I am well acquainted with Alexander Patterson of Perry That I believe him to be Seventy Nine years of age That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion - I further testify & declare That I am now the regular settled Minister in the Town of Perry. Bennet Roberts
Washington Nov 21 st 1833 Then the above named Bennet Roberts made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him Subscribed Before me Robinson Palmer Justice of the Peace of the Quorum
I William Bugbee of Perry do testify and declare That I am well acquainted with Alexander Patterson of Perry & have been well acquainted with him for thirty nine years past That I believe him to be seventy nine years of age That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood in which he resides to have been a Soldier in the Revolution & that I concur in that opinion. William Bugbee
Washington J. Nov. 25 th 1833 Then the above named W m Bugbee made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him Subscribed Before me
Robinson Palmer Justice of the Peace of the Quorum
Washington 14 th Dec r 1833. I Leonard Jarvis a member of congress from the State of Maine do hereby certify that the above signature is that of Robinson Palmer & that he is a Justice of the Peace of the Quorum. Leonard Jarvis

I hereby certify that Bennet Roberts who has signed the  within mentioned is a Clergyman resident in Perry & that his statement is entitled to Credit. State of Maine. Robinson Palmer Justice of Washington J. Perry Dec 28, 1833. the Peace & of the Quorum.
I hereby certify that William Bugbee who has signed the within certificate is a resident in Perry & is a credible Person & that his statement is entitled to Credit. State of Maine. Washington J. Perry Dec 28, 1833 Robinson Palmer Justice of the Peace. & of the Quorum
A. Leonard Jarvis a representative in Congress from the State of Maine do hereby certify that the signature to the above certificates is that of Robinson Palmer and that he is a justice of the peace & of the quorum. A. L. Jarvis