Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 7319, for John Montgomery, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Montgomery, John Julia Ann
R 7319 B.L.W. 7311-160-55
CONTENTS

61911 3 Act March 3/55 2 Apr 12 1/55
Julia Ann Montgomery, widow of John Montgomery, private.
Lieut. Col. William Genl. Redsworth Major Mil; Enth. 3 U.S. dis. 3 Army.
Revolutionary War.
Rec d pension. Ad. 100 acs, Oct. 4 th 1855
Buyers
Ad
Vol M 2. page 88.
Geo B. Moody, Bangor Me.

Power of attorney case John Montgomery
Aug 1852 EL
J. E. Hassler Present

State Of Maine
I John Montgomery of Warren in the county of Lincoln in said State do depose and say on oath that I enlisted in the United States service in May in the year 1879- and was discharged in April in the year 1880 - immediately after General Armstrong  Wadsworth was taken prisoner - that I never received any pay from Government in any way whatever
Witnesses
William V. Litus George Montgomery
his John X Montgomery Mark
Lincoln ss. July 29 th 1882. Personally appeared the above named John Montgomery and John Montgomery and made oath to the truth of the above statement - by him subscribed Before me - William V. Litus } justice of the Peace

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pension are due the Widow or heirs of Revolutionary Pensioners, &c.*
State of Maine County of Lincoln William V. Litus John Montgomery
} a Justice of the Peace
Be it known that before me
personally appeared John Montgomery aged 89 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that he is the identical  of  John Montgomery who was a Revolutionary Soldier, or Pensioner of the State of Maine and that he died on the day of  18 and that mother named  died on the  day of  he is a  and that they were  married on the  day of  in the year 17  he has and that they were residents of Warren in the State of Maine and that they resided there 89 years, and that he resides in Warren now and that furthermore he BY THESE PRESENTS, constitutes, appoints and fully empowers and authorises irrevocably and with powers of substitution—F. E. Hassler of Washington City, D. C., as his true and lawful Attorney for him and in his name and stead, to examine into, to prosecute, to demand, and to receive from the U. S. Government Officers his rights in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land, that may be due him as of  who died leaving the  same undrawn , as in right of law, custom, or equity he is or may be entitled.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF he has on this 29th day of July 1852, hereunto signed his name and affixed his seal.
his John Montgomery Mark
Witness: William V. Litus Witness: George Montgomery
Signed, Sealed, acknowledged and Sworn to before me, on this 29th day of July 1852.
William V. Litus J. P.
At the same time personally appeared before me
two credible and disinterested witnesses named
and
residents of the aforesaid County and
State, who having been by me cautioned and then duly sworn according to law, do depose and say each for himself, that
has always heard it said and it is generally believed by the community that
was a Revolutionary soldier and that
was by him always treated as and is by the witnesses believed to be the
of the said Revolutionary Soldier.
Sworn to before me the day and year first above written.
J. P.
of
} to wit:
County of
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Esq.,
before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of County Court , this day of one thousand eight hundred and
Clerk.
* If a Widow applies state "the date of marriage, and date of death of her husband."

Rev. War.
April 22, 1912.
Mrs. Frank Nelson, West Pawlet, Rutland Co. Vt.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 15" and received the 16" instant, you are advised that in the papers in claim, R. File No. 7,319, Rev. War, it is stated that John Montgomery of Warren, Lincoln County, Maine, being young at the time of enlistment, May, 1779, was engaged as waiter to General Wadsworth (of Massachusetts) and served as such until the General was surprised and captured in his own quarters at Thomaston, February 18, 1781.
1852 1854 Soldier married at Waldsboro, August 21, 1797, Julia Ann Howard. In 1852, he was eighty-nine years of age and a resident of Warren, Maine, where he died June 16, 1854. His widow Julia was allowed bounty land for his services, on her application executed April 2, 1855, at which time she was eighty years of age and a resident of Warren aforesaid.
The Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to Aaron Rising or Samuel Deming, described by you.
Very respectfully,
J. L. Sisson Commissioner.

61-911 Julia Ann Montgomery! Claim to Frontland. Act March 3 1835. 1835 War. of the Revolution.
Geo. B. Moody Agent Bangor
Aug 21 1897 Julia Ann Montgomery Claim to Frontland
Dec 18 1834
80 1/2 55 1/2

DECLARATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF
AN Act granting Bounty Lands to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States, passed. STATE OF MAINE, County of Lincoln March 18 th 1855
On this Second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- six personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Julia Ann Montgomery a resident of Warren in the County of Lincoln aged Eighty years, who being duly sworn according to law, makes the following DECLARATION, in order to obtain BOUNTY LAND in virtue of the provisions of the Acts aforesaid.
That her husband the said Montgomery performed several terms of service all of which were fully paid on his application for a pension but only a portion of the two months service estate interest by the Record has been recognized by the Pension Office. Widow of the said John Montgomery who refused him unjustly.
That she is the identical John Montgomery who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Reuben Colburn in the U.S. States Regiment of Army in the War with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th of June, 1812.
That he was Guard at Thomaston on or about the 10th day of June A. D. 1814 for the term of Three Months and continued in actual service in said War for the term of Three Months and was honorably discharged at Thomaston on the 10th day of June .
She further states that she was married to the said John Montgomery in Waldoboro on the 21st day of August A.D. 1797. by one Jacob Liddon Esq. and that her name before her marriage was Julia Ann Howard . That her said husband died at Warren on the 16th day of June 1854 and that she is still a widow. She further states that she has no knowledge of any public or private record of her marriage and that none such can be procured.
That he did not receive any printed or written discharge, but was discharged verbally; that his service will appear by the Muster Rolls of said Company, and that he has not received Bounty Land under the Act of Congress passed on the Third day of March 1855 and has made no application therefor. And I hereby constitute and appoint George H. Moody of Bangor Esquire, my Attorney for me, and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior a Warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid, and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed.
WITNESS, the undersigned her Husband's application for said pension now on file. George H. Moody Attorney Julia Ann Montgomery John E. Montgomery Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and in presence acknowledged the Power of Attorney thereto subjoined, for the purposes above mentioned. And I certify that I hereby believe the said Julia Ann Montgomery to be the person who performed the Military Service aforesaid, and to be of the age above stated. Also, that I have no interest in the result of the aforesaid claim and no concern in prosecution of it.
Samuel Root Sheriff JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

We George Andrews resident of Warren and John E. Montgomery D r resident of Said Warren Julia A Montgomery on oath depose and say that we are well acquainted with the person who represents herself, and who signed the foregoing Declaration, and that she is well known to us as the widow of John Montgomery and that we well know her and the said John Montgomery during the life time of the latter, and know that they lived together many years in the relation of husband and wife, were so substantially respected and no one ever disputed their marriage to our knowledge. We also know from personal recollection and from many facts and circumstances, that the said John Montgomery died at Warren on the 16th Day of June A.D. 1854. George Andrews
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Lincoln ss. John E Montgomery ad April 2 d , 1855 SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, and I certify that the said
George Andrews and John E Montgomery D r
are well known to me and entitled to credit. Also, that I have no interest in the result of the claim aforesaid, and no concern in the prosecution of it.
Samuel Thatcher JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
STATE OF MAINE, County of Penobscot ss. Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that I Nathan Weston Jr Esquire , is and was, at the date of his certificate hereunto annexed, an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, that he is and was then duly qualified to act as such; and that the signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for the State aforesaid, this 7th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five Nathan Weston Jr CLERK.

23-7 June 1832
7319
10
H. Godwin Esq. Washington D. C.
Mr. Montgomery

Warren, Me. Feb. 26. 1851.
S. Godwin Esq.
Sir
A copy of your letter to E. B. Bow- man of Wiscasset has been put into my hands and I am highly gratified to find one so willing to advocate the cause of the old soldier of the Revolution. On the terms stated I hereby authorize you forthwith to renew & prosecute my claim to a pension for services rendered in the Revolutionary War according to the application as and evidence as filed, as I suppose, in the War Office when the claim was rejected in 1847. If that evidence is carefully collated with the events and circumstances of the times and the services rendered, it cannot, I think, fail to convince any reasonable person of the justice of my claim. It was re- jected, it seems, first because I was paid by the State but £4, the wages of only two months, and secondly because the witnesses, who testify to the service rendered, were not them- selves in the service. Now the facts were, I was young at the time of enlisting, my parents made application for my release on that account, and the matter was compromised by Gen. Wadsworth taking me as his servant, or waiter, without my going into the ranks. I had therefore little acquaintance with the small number of soldiers retained by Wadsworth at his head quarters in Thomaston, the greater number being ten miles in advance at Camden. Those that remained at Thomaston were strangers to me, belonged in Scituate, or its neigh- borhood, Mass. 200 miles distant, have never since been seen.

By me, & I am not certain that I could give the name of any one of them. Even if I could do this, & any of them could now be found alive, they could only testify to my services whilst they themselves remained which was only till autumn, when the regular force was discharged & temporary calls made upon the militia as exigencies required. Whereas I remained in service till the General was surprized & made prisoner at his quarters on the 18th Feb. following, 1781; & even then was no otherwise discharged than by finding nobody left to claim my services. When the S.4 said to have been paid me was allowed, or to whom paid, I am wholly unable to say, but think it must have been made up with that of the other soldiers when they were discharged in the autumn, & that the rest of my services were either never paid or included in some later allowance to Gen. Wadsworth on his return from captivity. The currency was then so depreciated that a few months wages were scarcely worth looking after. Under the circumstances, considering the payment of S.4 as proof that I was once actually in the service, what better proof do the circumstances of the case admit of for a continuance of that service than that of my sister, Mrs Gordon, who, in my father's family within four miles of the General's quarters, frequently saw me passing on errands or carrying requisitions from the General, & especially that of Paul Thornlike who lived within three miles & came weekly to market in at or near the very station where I was, & could hardly mistake my employment. If these circumstances are taken into consideration, it seems hardly possible that my claim should be doubted.
Yours Respectfully,
Attest John E. Montgomery John his H. Montgomery Emmott H. Montgomery mark

P.S. Mr Bowman being thirty miles distant, I have not waited to consult him, being anxious as I am old & poor that the claim should be attended to immediately. I have no objection to Mr Bowman's acting as agent if agreeable to him. There was an early application made in my behalf, but whether it can be found in the War Office, and if so, made available for an earlier commencement of the pension, you can judge better than I. I need all I can get, & that speedily. If anything farther should be wanted you can address a line to Cyrus Eaton Esq. Warren, Maine, & it will be attended to.
Warren Feb. 26. 1851.
I hereby certify that John Montgomery, whose mark is appended to the within, is the same person now 86 years old whose application for a pension was rejected in 1847, & of whose services those best acquainted with the facts entertain no doubt. My knowledge of this is derived from the assistance I gave him on his former application. Cyrus Eaton.

John McCallum, M. H. O. B. S.
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Dear Sir:
Washington D. C.
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April 10 1912
Dear Sir:

West Pawlet Vt.
April 15 1912
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir;
I am a descendant of the following Revolutionary Soldiers, Kindly inform me if their names appear on the Pension Rolls and oblige,
Very Truly Yours, (Mrs.) Frank Nelson
West-Pawlet, But. Co. Vermont
Samuel Deming, Conn. Col. Chas. Webb 1775
Aaron Rising ° Vermont
John Montgomery N. H. or Mass.
R. 7319 early one

O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Aug. 7, 1906
Searched by
Gill
Original No.
Certificate No.
Claimant,
Soldier,
John Montgomery
Service,
New England Service Rev. War.
Remarks:
No V. W. knw. or wid. as above No V. W. Rej. except 7319.
Chief of Division.

House of Reps Washington July 13 th 1852
Sir I rec d a note from your Department in reply to a request for copies of papers on file in your office in support of the claim of John Montgomery of Maine, for pension, informing me that it is contrary to the rules of the Department to comply with the request, unless the copies are required for proceedings at law, I wished the copies to accompany a petition about to be presented to Congress in behalf of Mr Montgomery
Hon J. E. Heath Very respectfully Com te of Pensions Elmer Root

House of Reps Washington July 7 th 1852
Sir Will you please furnish me with copies of the papers on file in the Pension Office in relation to the claim of John Montgomery of Merrimack, Lincoln County Maine, for a Revolutionary Pension -
Very respectfully Isaac Root, Me
Hon Jas E. Heath Com te of Pensions

..... Division.
..... Examiner.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington.
..... Hon. ....

It appears from Apr 19, 1847 the records of Nassau that John Montgomery was paid for his service £4.00 which would cover a period of 2 months only. This is not sufficient to entitle him a pension. None of the witnesses were in service then. Their testimony therefore affords no evidence of his service.

Hammonton inter N.J. Aug 6 th 1906
Pension Office Revolutionary Dept. Washington D.C.
Gentlemen.
Robert Montgomery went from Middlesex Mass. to Warren Maine John Montgomery his son was born and lived in Warren Maine. Can you inform me if one or both of these men received or applied for a pension. I read in the "Annals of Warren" that John Montgomery a Revolutionary soldier applied for a pension in 1847 if there is such a record will you kindly send me a certified copy of same and oblige
Yours Respectfully
Josephine Montgomery Small
Hammonton New Jersey P.O. Box 481

Bangor July 30. 1844.
James L. Colvards Esq Sir
I am sorry to feel myself under the necessity from a sense of duty & known at the risk of being considered importunate to renew my enquiries about the cases of John Montgomery & John Lidenberger - The papers in one of them were sent about the 1 st of Feb. & in the other the 1 st March last and I cannot conceive it probable that cases can fail to come up in due course for examination in 5 months & six months after being sent to the Department - Certainly if such is the fact the attention of the Government ought to be called to the urgency & necessity of the Department being furnished with a greater number of Clerks - For if papers were regular & the proofs sufficient it would seem to be a simple dictate of justice that the old soldier should not be obliged to consume quite the little remnant of his life in a state of suspense whether or not he is to have any benefit from the bounty of his country & if they need correction or addition that he should have an opportunity of making it before death surprises him -
I trust if these cases have not been examined that you will order them to be taken up as early as possible & that I may know the result of the application without a much longer delay -
You will also oblige me by saying whether any thing in the

Recent acts renders it unnecessary in order to entitle a widow to a Pension that she should have been married prior to July 1794 as required by the act July 1738.
I am with great respect
Your Obedient
Geo. B. Moody

John Montgomery act 7 June 1832 Maine
See letter to G. B. Moody, 6 August 1844—
Id. to same Apr 19. '47 Same May 22 '47
Hon R. H. Goodenow Aug 24 1850
Hon Isaac Reed. July 9/52
same " 16/52
" E. W. Harley Dec 10 1853

Hon. E. W. Sadler April 27. 1854

H E. W. Farley
April 17
No Papers
Under act 1818 of John Montgomery
CoH
Now E. W. Farley
H. R.

John Montgomery Main's act of 1832
also canon " 1818
Look for papers and see if they can be found and report to E. W. Harley - H. R.
L. J. M.

5 7311
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Nov 1947

Palmer Institute Sta. N.Y. Oct. 13, 1891
Dear Sir,
Oct. 13, 1891
Dr. Wm. Brewster
Cole says Ad in the country off. has, admitted 2 more species.

Account 2 mrs. Pennock Col. Dep. At the J. P. has P. Pennock
Print Office. October 11 th 1855.
Sir:
Paper, supposed to be in Clerk's Off: H. v. Rep:

Mr F. H. C. Triplett, will examine papers of John Montgomery - living 1832 suspended name, F. C. Hassler also John Sidenberger, the same F. C. Hassler

No. 61911
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 12, 1855.
John Montgomery Rev. War
Warrant No. 7311-161-160-58
Geo. B. Moody Bangor Me.

1906 Aug. 16. History to Mrs. Josephine M. Small 1912 Apl. 22. Mrs. Frank Nelson. c
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1875.
7,319
P. O. John Montgomery Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Always lived in Warren County Lincoln Co. Enlisted 1879 May 24. Discharged April 1780
Attorney: _____
P. O. allotted to him from his home in _____
Confirmed by being added to the War Department _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Care of Mrs. Montgomery of Maine.

E. W. Farley April 15. 27 1874

No. of Reps. Apr 15 th 1854
Hon. L. P. Waldo Com te of Pensions
Sir: I desire your personal examination of the case of John Montgomery of Nauen, Maine, on which there has once been an adverse decision by your department, in 1847, I think, mainly, I understand, upon the grounds that the proof of service was not by persons who were themselves in the service, with him, and that the amount which it appears was paid him by Massachusetts, was for two months service, only. The applicant, feels that his case has not recd that examination which it deserves. He is a constituent of mine, and now nearly 94 years of age. Disappointed at the rejection of his claim by the Pension Office, he has through his friends, requested me to endeavor to get a special act passed for his relief. You know that it would be almost impossible to do that, and from an examination of his papers, I have felt it to be by my duty, to ask a reexamination of this case by yourself.
I enclose with his papers the Memorial sent me to be presented to Congress as it contains a history of the case to the present time.
I am personally acquainted with some of the deponents and know them to be entitled to the fullest

confidence. The gentleman residing in the same town, with Mr. Montgomery, Cyrus Eaton Esq., who has had the management of his case, is one of the purest minded men in Maine, and has been entirely disinterested in his efforts.
The facts stated in the papers, that Gen. Wadsworth was stationed at Thomaston in command of troops; that he was captured there; and his subsequent escape from Bagaduce, (now Castine) are all matter, not only of tradition, but to be found in all the histories of Maine and the section of country embracing Thomaston.
I ask your attention to the papers of Mr. Montgomery, who applies for a pension, under the act of June 7 th 1832, to commence from March 4 th 1831. It appears by his declaration, fully sustained by four witnesses cotemporary with himself, that he served some eleven months from May 1780, to April 1781. The claim appears to have been disallowed heretofore, because, the Massachusetts for records show but two months service, of this period of 11 months, and the proof of service, not being sustained by persons in the service with him. These objections are

it seems to me removed by the evidence contained in depositions. The best evidence is presented which the nature of the case allows.
I beg leave to call your attention to the fact that the deponents, four in number, are aged persons, knew the applicant at the time of his alleged service, and testify, clearly and distinctly as to having seen him engaged in the service at Thomaston and its vicinity . I have underscored, in pencil, such parts of their depositions as relate to this point. This testimony, is almost equal to the best, which can in any case be produced, of proof of service, and taken in connection with the character of the deponents, for unquestioned probity and veracity, ought to be rec'd as conclusive. The equities are all on the side of the applicant, and I cannot forbear from urging this claim upon the strongest considerations of justice. I have not, nor do I believe, that any one else, has any interest in this matter, beyond the applicant, and a decision in his favor, will accrue to the sole benefit of himself and family. In the contingency, of an unfavorable decision, which I can hardly anticipate, I should like to have all the enclosed papers returned to myself.
Very Resp'y Yr ob't serv't
E. W. Farley.
E. W. Farley

P. File 7319, Rev. War.
August 17, 1906.
Mrs. Josephine Montgomery Small, P. O. Box 481, Hammonton, New Jersey.
Madam:
In reply to your letter dated the 6th instant, received the 7th, relative to the above-cited claim, you are advised that John Montgomery of Warren, Lincoln county, Maine, aged eighty-nine years in 1852, alleged that he enlisted in May, 1779 and served as a waiter to General Wadsworth of Massachusetts until the General was taken prisoner February 18, 1781.
His claim was rejected on the ground that he failed to furnish satisfactory proof of six months' actual service as required by law.
A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show any claim for pension filed on account of the services of Robert Montgomery in the New England service, Revolutionary War.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.