Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26853, for Obadiah Pettingill, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
or Pettigill, Obadiah Pettigal
W. 26853
B.L.Wt. 11188-160-55
Eleanor
CONTENTS

Maine 11.383
Obadiah Pettengal
of Kennebec Co in the State of Maine who was a Pr in the Company commanded by Captain Cole of the Regt commanded by Col Jacobs in the Massachusetts Troops
P. No Private $20
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of April 1833 and sent to R. C. Dose Augusta Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 40 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 10
$50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 42
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sep 1840. Agent Notified 25 Oct 1841.

2722 Maine
Report
Eleanor Pettengal widow of Obadiah Pettengal who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of Decr. 48 and sent to Hon. Wiram Belcher Secy of War
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 30 Vol. 1

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No 33 Eleanor Pettengill M rs of Obadiah Mr act 17 June 44
Maria 1792 Must decd 29 March 1844 Adm s $20. per m 29 March 1846 Adm s act 2 July 48 $20 50 pr an per 4 March 1848
Hon. Horam Belcher No 121 Geo W. Morgan Augusta Maine

Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of June 17. 1844.
State of Maine, Wennebec County, P.S. On this twenty second day of March 1847, before me a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County of Wennebec, personally appeared Eleanor Pettingill a resident of Leeds in the County of Wennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy seven 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 June 17. 1844, entitled "An Act to continue the pensions of certain widows", That she is the widow of Obadiah Pettingill who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, under the Act of Congress of June 7. 1832, that he was allowed a pension under said Act of twenty dollars per annum, which was last paid to him to the 4th day of March 1846 at the Maine Agency. She refers to a declaration made by him of his services in the War of the Revolution in support of her claim. She further declares that she was mar- ried to said Obadiah Pettingill on the eighth day of March in the year Seventeen hundred and ninety two, that her husband the said Obadiah Pet- tingill died on the twenty ninth day of March 1846 in said town of Leeds, since which time she has re-
ained a widow, Witness Henry Pratt
Eleanor Pettingill

The within declaration sworn to and subscribed on the day and year within written. March 22 d 1847.
Before me
Hervey Bates Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that for many years previous to the death of Obadiah Pettengill I was well acquainted with him, that he lived with Eliza Pettengill, now his reputed widow, as her husband they brought up a family of children and were respectable persons, he was to my person- al knowledge a pensioner of the United States
Hervey Bates Justice of the Peace

I. I am P. the of Leeds in the County
Copy of the family record of Obadiah Pettengill as recorded on page 83. Vol. 1 of Town records in the town of Leeds.
"Obadiah and Eleanor Pettengill Children of" Arcadius Pettengill was born Jan. 19. 1793 Obadiah Pettengill was born Sept. 26. 1795 John Pettengill was born October 29. 1798 Phebe Pettengill was born August 20. 1801 Phillips Pettengill was born June 21. 1804 Irene Pettengill was born Feb. 9. 1806 Jason Pettengill was born Feb. 23. 1808 Sarah Cobb Pettengill was born July. 22. 1812 Obadiah Pettengill father of the above children died March 29 1846 True copy of record
Attest
Town Clerk's Office Leeds March 12. 1847
Barnabas Dowe Town Clerk
State of Maine, Winnecun County, S.S. On the 22 nd day of March 1847, personally ap- peared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Barnabas Dowe, known to me to be the Clerk of the town of Leeds in said County and made oath that the above is a true extract from the records of said town.
John Gilmore Justice of the Peace

I, Jason Pettengill of Leeds in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, do depose and say that my late father Obadiah Pettengill was a resident of said town of Leeds at where he died the 29th day of March 1846 that he was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, that his reputed widow my mother Eleanor Pettengill is now living in said Leeds. Jason Pettengill March 19. 1847
State of Maine,
Kennebec County, S. S. Subscribed and sworn to on the nineteenth day of March 1847. Before me
Geo W. Weston. Justice Peace
I certify the above named Jason Pettengill is a person of good moral character and entitled to full credit & belief
Geo W. Weston. Justice Peace

State of Maine } Penobscot County } ss.
I William M. Stratton, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within said State and County, hereby certify that Harvey Bates, John Gilmore and George W. Morton are Justices of the Peace as stated in the annexed papers, and that they are duly appointed and qualified, and that their signatures thereto affixed are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State the Thirteenth day of September 1847.
W. M. Stratton

STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.
AT the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and holden at Augusta, within and for the County of Kennebec, on the first Tuesday of October, A. D. 1832, and thence by adjournment on the 26 th day of March A. D. 1833.
PERSONALLY appears in open Court Obadiah Pettengill by whom the annexed declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of June 7th, 1832, was made before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jr. on the 10 th day of July A. D. 1832, and makes oath, in due form of law, that the annexed declaration, by him made and signed, is true.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Just S. J. C.
I, JOHN ALPHONSO CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Obadiah Pettengill for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, and subscribe my name this 26 th day of March A. D. 1833.
J. A. Chandler

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this tenth day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Obadiah Pettigill a resident of Leeds in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832 That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1770 with Captain Cole and served in Col. Jacobs regiment of
the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: Cole Captain Jacobs Col. that he enlisted as a private for six months in June 1770 and served out this period at Rhode Island and was orally discharged at Providence the last of December 1770 - And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department he answers that he was born at Bridgewater, Massachusetts in 1762 where his age is recorded, That his home was in Bridgewater, during his revolutionary service, and since until within about thirty five years last, since which time he has lived in Leeds Maine. That he enlisted was not drafted, or received as a substitute. That Ebenezer Snow was his first lieutenant, and Isaiah Fuller his second, and that he was employed in guarding the Narragansett shore. That he was placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and that his pension certificate is numbered  and dropped therefrom on account of his  property. That at that time he resided in  the County of  and State of Maine, and now resides in
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State, except as aforesaid.
Obadiah Pettigill
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Before
Nathan Weston Jun'r not J. P. Court
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston Jun'r

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Obadiah Pettengill for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 20 th day of July
A. D. 1832,
J. A. Chandler
State of Maine
Kennebec ss. I William Pettengall aged seventy two years, upon oath testify and declare that being a private at the time in the same company, I know that Obadiah Pettengall served as a private in the war of the rebellion six months from June to December 1775 in Capt Cole's company and Col. Jacob's regiment and was honorably discharged.
William Pettengall
Subscribed and sworn to July 10. 1832, the deponent being a credible witness before
Nathan Weston Jun Just S. J. Court
State of Maine.
Kennebec, ss. I Caleb Fogg a Clergyman residing in Monmouth in the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify that I well know Obadiah Pettengill above named an applicant for a pension that I well know him to be a man of truth & veracity & that I believe him to be a man of the seventy years of age.
Caleb Fogg
Subscribed & sworn to July 10. 1832, the deponent being a credible witness.
before Nathan Weston Jun Just S. J. C.

92,421
Eleanor Pettigill widow of Obadiah Pettigill
Claim of _____
TO BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Has not recd bounty land Revolutionary Pension under Act Feb. 2, 1848.
Obadiah Pettigill husband was a Private in the Revolutionary War.
PRESENTED BY
GEO. W. MORTON,
ATTORNEY, AUGUSTA, MAINE.

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Muscongus }
On this Eighteenth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me, Deacon D. Gurnee a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Eleanor Pittingill aged Eighty four years, a resident of Seeds in the State of Maine, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Widow of Obadiah Pittingill who was a Revolutionary soldier, and that she is the identical Eleanor Pittingill who is now a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of Feb. 2, 1848, at the rate of sixty dollars per annum, on account of the Revolutionary services of her late husband Obadiah Pittingill in the Revolutionary Army, and is the identical Eleanor Pittingill named in her original Pension certificate of which the following is a true copy, viz: "War Department. Widow's pension. No 27,222. I certify that in conformity with the Act of February 2, 1848, Eleanor Pittingill , widow of Obadiah Pittingill , who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is included on the pension list at the rate of twenty dollars per annum, commencing on the 4th of March 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage."
Seal. Given at the War Office of the United States this 29th day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty eight . E. Gurnee Justice of the Peace. J. L. Edwards , Commissioner of Pension. W. L. Marcy , Secretary of War.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the BOUNTY LAND to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855." She also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor, and that she still remains a widow.
Eleanor Pittingill
We, Jason Pittingill and Obadiah Pittingill residents of Seeds in the State of Maine, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Eleanor Pittingill in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person she represents herself to be, and we further declare that we are personally acquainted with the said Eleanor Pittingill , and know that she is still a widow, having remained unmarried since the death of her said husband Obadiah Pittingill .
Jason Pittingill Obadiah Pittingill
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Deacon D. Gurnee Justice of the Peace.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
I know all men by these presents. That I, Eleanor Pelling of Leeds in the County of Androscoggin and State of Maine, have constituted and appointed GEO. W. MORTON, of the City of Augusta, in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land Certificate, or Warrant, due me under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands for services rendered in the United States in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done, in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- four
Witness: Jason Pittingill
Eleanor Pelling
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Androscoggin ss:—On the Eighteenth day of April 185 4 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County Eleanor Pelling and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed.
George D. Durner Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE,  Kennebec } ss. COUNTY OF Androscoggin }
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Oscar D. Durner before whom the within declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, were made and executed, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the Androscoggin County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the Kennebec County aforesaid, this 20th day of April 185 5
W. M. Stratton CLERK.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
August 2, 1928
Honorable Charles S. Deneen United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of the thirtieth ultimo, in which you request the pension soldier record of the Revolutionary War pensioner , Obadiah Pettingill, for Mr. Andrew H. Burgess of Cicero, Illinois, I have the honor to advise you that you are herewith furnished the history of the only soldier named Obadiah Pettingill found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
From the papers in the pension claim, W. 26853, it appears that Obadiah Pettingill (name also appears Pettingal) was born in 1762 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
While residing at said Bridgewater, he enlisted in June 1778 and served six months as a private in Captain Cole's Company, Colonel Jacob's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 10, 1832, at which time he was living at Leeds, Kennebec County, Maine. He died there March 29, 1846.
The soldier married March 8, 1792 at Bridgewater, Massa-
I did not use state report for service, as it did coincide with soldier's statement - he had been
Allowed pen. on his statement - acc'd

chusets, Eleanor Cobb.
She was allowed pension on her application executed March 22, 1847, at which time she was residing at Leeds, Maine, aged seventy-seven years.
Their children were-
Arcadius born January 19, 1793. Obadiah " September 26, 1795. John " October 29, 1796. Phebe " August 20, 1801. Phillips " June 21, 1804. Irene " February 29, 1806. Jason " February 23, 1808. Sarah Cobb " July 22, 1814.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Pay
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 26853
Eleanor Settingal Wid of Obadiah Settingal Priv. Rev. War.
Act Feb. 2 d 1848
Index : Vol P , Page 124
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1928- Aug. 2 - H. H. K. to Sec. C. S. Duncan for Andrew H. Burges and 1928- Aug. 2 - Hon. C. S. Duncan advised that had been forwarded - MMNT

553 Maine
Report
Eleanor Pettengill widow of Obadiah Pettengill who was a Private in the Revolution Husband died 29 th March 1846
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st 29 th day of March, 1846.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Dec r 48. and sent to Wm Hiram Belcher Mess r of Reps
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 13

No. 92421
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 22 nd 1855.
Obadiah Pettengill Sec. Pri. Col. Robinson
Mass. Troops
Rev. War
11188-160-55-
G. W. Morton
Augusta
Me.

✓ 11.188
S 1600 Aug

No 533
Eleanor Pettigill
Mr
Let George W. Morton Nov 27, 1841,
John H. Belcher
Oct 17 June 1844

Obadiah Pettibone Mr - act 7 June 1832 $20 per a
To what time was he last paid?
Pension Office Decm 20 th 44
G. L. A. Paid to 4 th March 1846. V. S. S.

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, SS.
Be it known, That on this Sixth day of September 1847 it has been satisfactorily proved in open COURT OF PROBATE, for said County of Kennebec, being a Court of Record, that Obadiah Pettengill late of Leeds in said County was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and that he died at Leeds on the twenty ninth day of March 1846, And that Eleanor Pettengill is the widow of the said Obadiah Pettengill deceased
are the only deceased, and that he left no widow.
of the said
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court, and subscribed my name this Sixth day of September in the year 1847.
Francis Davis
Register of the Court of Probate, Kennebec County, State of Maine.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
October 9 th , 1841.
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," Obadiah Pettengall, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March, to the 1 st Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Morris L. Kirtland
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Augusta, Maine Dec. 6. 1848
Hon Hiram Belcher Sir
I enclose some papers relating to the claim of Eleanor Pettengill for a pension. I have received a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions respecting her claim dated Nov 27. 1847, and I believe the enclosed furnish what was wanted in her case with the exception of evidence of her marriage, which I understand has been done by the Clerk of the town of Leeds in reply to a letter written him by the Commissioner of Pensions - The Certificate of Service mentioned in the Secretary of War's certificate shows that her husband served 5 mo. & 25 days. I suppose that Col Edwards will give her the benefit of the "Joint Resolution" relative to evidence in application for pensions approved July 1. 1848. Will you have the goodness to present the enclosed to him.
Very respectfully Yrs
Geo W. Morton

Dec 17/67 Lucas Gilles Mrs. Case of Pills Mr. Pettunp
HHS
Edward Eddy Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Swan a

Verdes December 6. 1847 J. V. Edwards Esq. Dear Sir
Yours of the 7 th October last. is received. A press of business has prevented me from attending to it sooner than this. The book of records from which the copy transmitted to you was taken was commenced on April 6 1801 in the hand writing of Abial Dailey the first Clerk of the town. The pages of the book were apportioned to the families of the town each page being almost invariably devoted to the records of two families, or those of two families put upon one page. At the top of page 83 in said Clerk Dailey's hand writing, commences the record of Obadiah Pettengill apparently as correctly as that of any other in the book.
Mr. Dailey continued Clerk five years. and the names of the first four children are entered in his hand writing which I am well acquainted with. The record of the next child is entered in the hand writing of Eldon Thomas Dancy's Baptist Ministry in this town for more than thirty years and died more than ten years since, who became Clerk of this town in April 7. 1806. and the date of the birth assigned to the 5 th child by a record in his hand writing is June 21 1804 and all

The remaining three entries are also in his hand writing which also I am well acquainted The Book contains more than 190 pages, and is the only family record of this town up to 1837. while the record of Obadiah Pettengill as certified in a former communication seems to have been as correct and bona fide as any one in it -
The previous date at which any entry in the book was made of a family so ancient as that referred to would be exceedingly diffi- culty to ascertain if not impossible
Prior to the death of Obadiah Pettengill I was well acquainted with him; he sustained a good character - his widow is now living in this town a respectable person entitled to credit and belief. I will only add that immedia- tely after the death of the said Obadiah Pettengill, I made the record thereof of which my former transmission is a copy.
Yours very respectfully Barnabas Dorr
Dear Clerk of Records

Augusta, Maine
Sept 16. 1847.
Sir,
The enclosed papers are transmitted in order to have a claim Eleanor Pettengill has, under Act of June 17. 1844, for pension allowed. Her late husband Abadiah Pettengill was a pensioner by virtue of Act of June 7. 1832, under which act he was allowed a pension of twenty dollars per Ann. which was paid to him at the Maine Agency to March 4. 1846, he died on the 29th of said month leaving so small a balance due that his widow did not call for it. If her papers are deemed sufficient to prove her claim.
I would respectfully request you to send me for her a certificate.
Very Respectfully
Your obed Servt
Geo M. Morton
James L Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston: September 29 th 1848.
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 Obediah Pettengill is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt Joseph Coles Company in Col Robinson's Regt for Service in the State of Rhode Island, as a private from July 6 1777 to January 1 1778, 5 months and 25 days - Said Roll was sworn to at "Plymouth S.S. June 8 th 1778."
The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one of the name, shown by the military records in this Office.

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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.
W. B. Calthorn
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Applications for Certificate of Revolutionary Service made by the widow of the person who rendered the service.
The Secy of War th is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the service of my husband Obadiah Pettengill . He was a resident of Bridgewater, Mass s and served as she has reason to believe for the period of six months in 1778 under Capt Cole in Col o Jacob's Regiment.
Witness my hand this second day of September 1848
Eleanor Pettengill
Signed by Eleanor Pettengill at Leeds in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine this second day of September A.D. 1848 in my presence.
Hervey Bates Witness of the Presence

Eleanor Pettigill Leeds
Geo W. Morton Augusta, Maine.

Declaration, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 17. 1844 entitled "An Act to continue the pension of Certain Widows" and an Act entitled "An Act making further provision for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution" Approved Feb 2. 1848.
State of Maine,
Wennebec County, S. S.
On this twenty fifth day of October 1848 personally appeared, before the subscriber, Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Wennebec, - Eleanor Pottingill a resident of Leeds in the County of Wennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy eight 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress passed June 17. 1844 entitled "An Act to continue the pensions of certain widows" And an act entitled "An Act making further provisions for surviving widows of the soldiers of the Revolution". That she is the widow of the late Obadiah Pottingill who, was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, under the Act of June 7. 1832 at the rate of Twenty dollars per annum, which was paid to him to March 4. 1846 at the Maine Agency, that she refers to a declaration made by him of his services in the Army of the Revolution supposed to be in possession of the War department in support of her claim. She further declares that her maiden name was Eleanor Cobb, that she was married to the said Obadiah Pottingill on the eighth day of March in the year

Seventeen hundred and ninety two, in the town of Bridgewater Massachusetts, that her husband the forenamed  Abariah Pattingill died in the town of Leeds forenamed , on the twenty ninth day of March A. D. 1846 , since which time she has remained unmarried.)
Eleanor Pattingill
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written Wig October 25. 1848, before me
Dan t Williams } Judge of Prob. Court } Rev. Co. Maine.
I certify that Eleanor Pattingill in consequence of age and infirmity is unable to appear in Open Court, and that she made oath to the truth of the foregoing de- claration at her residence, to the truth of statements made in it, I am fully satisfied.)
Dan t Williams Judge of Probate

State of Maine,
Wennebec County, S. S.
The subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Wennebec, do hereby certify that the Hon. Daniel Williams is Judge of the said Court, and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the Application of Eleanor Patten -gill for a pension.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the said Court the twenty sixth day of October A. D. 1848.
Francis Davis

Obadiah Pettingill P o 6414. Private - Mass s troops. Cole's Co: Jacob's regt 6 months,
Declaration in open court, March 26, 1833. }
Cond 6 mos $20-
Robt. Vose, Augusta, Me.

812 Wars Section.
COPIED BY ADY
August 3, 1928.
Honorable Charles S. Deneen, United States Senate, Washington, D. C.
My dear Senator:
I have your letter of July 30, 1928, relative to Obadiah Pettingill, Revolutionary War pensioner, which has been referred to this bureau from the War Department, for consideration.
I have the honor to advise you that on the 2 nd instant, the history of Obadiah Pettingill, W. 26853, was forwarded to you and will doubtless reach you in due time.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

(COPY)
WAR DEPARTMENT
LW
Rev. 81
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE WASHINGTON
A. G. 201 Pettingill, Obadiah (7/30/28) ORD
August 1, 1928.
Honorable Charles S. Deneen,
United States Senate.
My dear Senator Deneen:
I have your letter of July 30, 1928, in which you request to be furnished the record of Obadiah Pettingill, who is said to have served in the Revolutionary War.
The name Obadiah Pettingill has not been found on the rolls on file of soldiers in service during the period of the Revolutionary War.
As it is stated that he drew a pension on account of services rendered in that war, your letter has this day been transmitted to The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C., from whom you will doubtless receive an early reply.
Very respectfully,
Major General, The Adjutant General.

Rottingrill, Obadiah (7/30/28) ORD
1st Ind.
LLB/ORD
War Department, A. G. O., August 1, 1928- To The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
1. Attention is invited to the basic communication. 2. Honorable Charles S. Deneen, United States Senator, has been informed of this transmittal in a letter of this date, a copy of which is herewith inclosed.
Lutz Wahl Major General, The Adjutant General. By Ac
1 Incl.

GEORGE W. NORRIS, NEBR., CHAIRMAN WILLIAM E. BORAH, IDAHO RICHARD P. ERNST, KY. RICE W. MEANS, COLO. J. W. HARREL, OKLA. CHARLES B. DENEEN, ILL. FREDERICK H. GILLETT, MASS. GUY D. GOFF, W. VA. ARTHUR R. ROBINSON, IND. LEE E. DRAPER, N. C. JAMES A. REED, W.D. HENRY F. ASHURST, ARIZ. THOMAS J. WALSH, MONT. THADDEUS H. CAGLE, ARIZ. WILLIAM H. KING, UTAH W. N. NEELY, W. VA.
JOHN F. ROBERTSON, CLERK
United States Senate
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
July 30, 1928.
Honorable Winfield Scott, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Scott:
I have received a letter from Andrew H. Burgess of Cicero, Illinois, requesting the pension record of Obadiah Pettingill, who, according to the Census of Pensioners of June 1, 1840, lived in Leeds, Maine, and was then seventy-eight years old. He died March 29, 1846.
Will you kindly send me whatever information you may have regarding his pension claim, based upon service during the Revolutionary War, and oblige,
Very truly yours,
C. S. Duncun
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