Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21941, for Samuel Perkins, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Perkins, Samuel N. 21941. Nehitable B.L.W. 3622-160-55
NUMBER _____
Mass.
CONTENTS

27.068
act March 3/55 March 31/55
Mehitable Perkins, widow of Samuel Perkins.
Div: in Capt: Varnum's Comp; Col: Michael Jackson, Mass: Contl line.
War of Revolution
Rec Pension act Feby 2. 1848 page 28. vol 1.
Ad: 160 acres Aug: 9" 1855. Boylston.
3622 ip Aug 11/55
William Deering South Paris Maine
Vol R page 46.

277.
Name
Mehitable Perkins, widow of Samuel Perkins Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of June 1848, and sent to
Levi Whitman Norway Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 28 Vol. 1,
Reported,

State of Maine County of Oxford ss
On this twenty second day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five Personally appeared before me James Deering a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of State aforesaid duly authorized to admin- ister oaths. Mehitable Perkins aged eighty five years a Resident of Paris in the County of Oxford and State of Maine who after being by me duly sworn according to Law Declares that she is the widow of Samuel Perkins who was a private in the Revolutionary War and that he died on or about A.D. 1810 and that she is the Pentioner Mehitable Perkins who was inscribed on the Pention list at eighty dollars per annum commencing on the fourth of March A.D. 1848 as will appear by Reference to her Certificate now in her hand, and which has been by me examined and is Recorded in the Pention Office on the Roll of Pentioners under act February 2 d A.D. 1848 Page 28 Vol. 1 Reference thereunto being had
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And she declares that she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the above named Samuel Perkins
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 A.D. 1855 and Prays that the certificate or warrant may be sent for her to William Deering of South Paris Maine and she declares that she has never applied nor served under any other act of Congress a warrant for Bounty land except the one now pending
Mehitable her Perkins mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above- written and I certify that I have been acquainted with the claimant thirty years and that I have no doubt she is the Pentioner person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in said claim
James Deering Justice of the Peace

State of Maine County of Oxford } ss
On this twenty-second day of March A.D. one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for County and State aforesaid Simeon Perkins and William T Perkins residents of Paris in the County of Oxford and State of Maine who being by me duly sworn according to law declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs Mahatilah Perkins and that we saw her make her mark to the foregoing declaration - that they know her to be the identical person therein represented and that she is now a widow and they swear they are disinterested witnesses
Simeon Perkins
William T Perkins
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day and year before written and certify that the said Simeon Perkins and William T Perkins are credible and respectable persons
STATE OF MAINE } ss. OXFORD COUNTY.
CLERK'S OFFICE, SUP. JUD. COURT.
Elisha Merrill Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify that
James Pierpont Esquire, was on the Twenty  second day of March 1855, ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly authorized to administer OATHS , and take the acknowledgement of DEEDS and other Instruments; and that I believe that the signature to the instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine, official signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of our said Court, this Twenty Seventh day of March 1855
Elisha Merrill Clerk
M rs M r

State of Maine County of Oxford } ss
On this twenty-second day of March A.D. one Thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for County and State aforesaid Simson Perkins and William T Perkins residents of Paris in the County of Oxford and State of Maine who being by me duly sworn according to law declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs Nehatible Perkins and that we saw her make her mark to the foregoing declaration - that they know her to be the identical person therein represented and that she is now a widow and they swear they are disinterested witnesses
Simson Perkins
William T Perkins
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year before written and certify that the said Simson Perkins and William T Perkins are credible and respectable persons
James Deering Justice of the Peace
COUNTY OF OXFORD, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify that
James Deering Esquire, was on the Second Tuesday, day of March 1855, ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly authorized to administer OATHS , and take the acknowledgement of DEEDS and other Instruments; and that I believe that the signature to the instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine, official signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of our said Court, this Twenty Seventh day of March 1855
Charles Wentworth
Clerk
Ms Ms

1488 V 1601.
Mehitabel Perkins widow of Saml.
Me
act 7. July '38-
admd 2 years
80 $
no deduction
A. K. Paris Esq. 2 Compt.
Mehitabel Perkins, 1601,
Application for a Pension
Joseph G. G. de. Paris
Agf for a Co. Main
Agent

State of Maine
Oxford to auntie J.
On this twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County Mehitable Perkins a resident of Paris in said County of Oxford aged sixty 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Samuel Perkins late of said Paris, who was a private in the Army of the revolution in the Massachusetts line - that he commenced as a waiter to Colonel Michael Dr Michael Jackson, and after he was old enough to pass muster he enlisted during the war and stayed until six months before peace was declared - that he brought home an honorable discharge, which cannot now be found - she thinks that he served during almost the whole war
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Perkins on the _____ day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Perkins died on the eighth day of January in the year eighteen hundred and eighty _____ 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
time above stated Witness S. Emery                      Mehitable                      Perkins mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before Stephen Emery, Judge

State of Maine
Oxford ss. I the subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, hereby certify, that Stephen Emery, before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid. I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Mehitable Perkins for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this tenth day of September. A 1838.
Levi Stowell. Register
In proof of the service of the within named Samuel Perkins reference is made to the Massachusetts Rolls of Revolutionary service on file as I am informed in the War Department - He served forty three months and fifteen days in Captain Varnums Company in the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment as by said Rolls will appear

I Seth Morse of Paris in the County of Oxford aged 74 years on oath depose & say that I have been personally acquainted with Samuel Perkins late of said Paris deceased & Mehitable his wife for about fifty years having lived in the same neighbourhood with them - that they were both persons of re- spectable character - that they lived together as man & wife until the period of his death - that I never heard a doubt suggested but that they were legally married and I my- self have no doubt, that they were so. I further state that the said Samuel Perkins died at said Paris on the eighth day of January eighteen hundred and eight and that the said Mehitable has ever since remained as a widow, his widow. I further declare that the said Samuel & Mehitable, then Mehitable Shirliff, were married according to my best recollection and belief, some time in the fall of the year 1787.
Seth Morse
State of Maine.
Oxford County ss.
I Thomas Clark, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, and a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county of Oxford, hereby certify, that Seth Morse, whose genuine signature is annexed to the above affidavit, is well known to me as a man of truth; personally appeared and made solemn oath that the same is true. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office, as Clerk as aforesaid, this 5th day of September A. D. 1830.
Thomas Clark, Clerk of Oxford County Courts & Justice of the Peace in for said County -

Widow File No. 21,941, Rev. War.
Oct. 30, 1905.
Madam:
In response to your undated letter, received in this office October 26, 1905, you are advised that Mehitable, widow of Samuel Perkins, was pensioned for his service of two years in the Revolutionary War as private in Colonel Jackson's regiment Massachusetts line.
The soldier died at Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, January 8, 1808.
He married Mehitable Shirtliff, October 1787. She was living at Paris, Maine, in 1848, aged seventy-eight years.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. George W. Perkins, 110 South 10 Ave., Mount Vernon, N. Y.

No. 27068
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Mar 31 st , 1855
Mehitabel Perkins wid of Sam Perkins Capt Garrison Col Mitchell Jackson Har Bar Mass Court Lins
Warrant No 3632-160-3-3.
William Seering South Park Me

Support
3775
Maine
Attributable Perkins widow of Samuel Perkins who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Dec 1843. and sent to Levi Howells Paris Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1 Page 8.

Letter J. Dennett Sept. 43 Maine — 1488.
Mehitable Perkins widow of Samuel Perkins, S.D.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 8 th of January, 1808, of Oxford co. in the State of Maine — who was a private in the ————— commanded by Captain ————— of the Regt commanded by Col. Jackson in the Massetts. time for 2 years private.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine — at the rate of 80 Dollars ————— Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1830.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of De- cember 1838 and sent to Hon. A. K. Parris, Present.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 = $200:00 Semi-annual allowance ending Oct. 39 = 40:00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by S. A. Elliott Clerk, Book A, Vol. 1, Page 19.

Ad: 2 nd Feb. 48. Me:
Boyleston,

✓ 3622
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Stothers

V 1601.
A. K. Paris 8. Oct. '38
act 7. July 1838

Hm. A. K. Parry 2 o Comf

I Rachel Shilliff of Paris in the County of Oxford State of Maine aged seventy two years depose & say that Mehitable Perkins the widow of Samuel Perkins who was a soldier in the army of the Rev- olution, was the sister of my late husband - that I was present at the marriage of the said Samuel Perkins & Mehitable Shilliff I believe they were married forty eight years ago last January but I do not recollect the day of the month - they were married by the Rev. Mr. Stickel and a Congregationalist minister in the town of Paris aforesaid - the clergyman did not belong to the town of Paris, but resided then in the Town of Sylvester now I be- lieve called Tunna in said County, and was sent for on this occasion there then being no minister in the town of Paris
Rachel Shilliff
Oxford ss. Paris December 1. 1838 Then personally appeared Rachel Shilliff above named, known to me as a person of truth & veracity and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by her sub- scribed before me
Joseph G. Cole Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Oxford ss. I Levi Stowell, Register of the Court of Probate Probate within & for the County of Oxford hereby certify that Joseph G. Cole Esq. before whom the above & within Depositions was taken and whose genuine signature is thereto affixed is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this Eighth day of December A.D. 1838
Levi Stowell

I, Isaac Harlow, of Paris, in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, of lawful age, do testify and say that I have the Records of the Town of Paris in my possession that I have examined said Records for the purpose of finding a Record of the Marriage of Samuel Perkins & Mehitable Shurtleff and that I find no such Record. The Town of Paris was incorporated Anno Domini 1793. but I find no Record of Marriage whatever until 1795.
Isaac Harlow Clerk of the Town of Paris for the year 1838.
Oxford p. Paris December 8. 1838
Personally appeared Isaac Harlow above named being personally known to me as a person of truth & veracity and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me
Joseph G. Cole Justice of the Peace

Shed Parkind

Washington Dec. 15. 1830
J. L. Edwards, Esq.:
Sir,
Herewith I transmits depositions of Joseph Wardwell and Seth Morse in support of the application of the widow Shep transmitted to you some time since by Joseph G. Cole of Paris, Maine — I have been intimately acquainted with Seth Morse, one of the witnesses, for many years and know him to be a gentleman of unquestionable veracity — I also send you further proof in the case of Mehitabel Perkins transmitted to you by Mr. Cole — This proof establishes the facts that record evidence of the marriage is not to be found — Mr. Cole wishes

me to inquire concerning the case of Hannah Leombard, de , transmitted by him in Oct. of Betty How transmitted in November, and of Sarah Twitchell sent a few days since to your office
I am, Sir, very respectfully, your obedt Servt. Nelson H. Parrish

1065 Sept. 11. 1843.
Mr. Perkins, March 3 rd 1843,
Me
$80 per an
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Levi Stowell Paris Maine
Paris (Me) Sept. 8
Hon. J. G. Howard

Paris September 7. 1843
Hon. J. L. Edwards. Commissioner of Pensions
Enclosed
I send you the Declaration of the Widow Mehitable Perkins for the renewal of her Pension under the act of the 3 rd March 1843. The number of her former certificate is left blank, it being now as is supposed in your Office connected with an application drawn by John Davis which was informal —
I hope the present set of papers may prove substantially correct and available, as the Widow is very infirm, poor and in need of the bounty soon as it possibly can be realized —
My Official character is certified by the Register of Probate, who is the only Officer here we can get to perform such service, short of the Secretary of State, who resides at a great distance, and whose certificate could be got only at great trouble & expense.
The Register of Probate has heretofore, for a considerable time, been the certifying Officer in like cases and I hope his Certificate will still be deemed sufficient as a different practice will subject us to very great inconvenience.
Your early attention will be a great favor —
Respectfully Your Ob. Servt.
Levi Stowell

Payment to be made at Portland, by S. Newhall, Esq. Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine.
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year. First payment to be made 31st December 1838.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book 1, Vol. 1, Page 19, by
S. A. Elliott Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Nehitable Perkins, of Maine, widow of Samuel Perkins, deceased, — who was a private in the Revolution — and died on the eighth — day of January, 1808, is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of Eighty — dollars and — cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty-ninth day of December, — one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
J. P. Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

1442
June 3 1843
South Paris, Me. May 31.
Me
June 3 1843
Respectable Person
Hon J. L. Edwards.
Sir.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Sir -
So Paris May 30 th 1843
I enclose you the declaration of Abigail Perkins of Maine, widow of Samuel Perkins deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier, &c. also the certificate that was granted her in conformity with the act of July 7, 1830. That she may avail herself of the benefit of the act of Congress passed on the 3 d of March, 1843, when it shall be your pleasure to forward her the necessary title for obtaining her pension, will you be so kind as to direct it to me at South Paris, Oxford County, Maine (being Post Master at said South Paris).
Yours very respectfully
John D. Sleeper Hon. J. L. Edwards

Adm o
Adm o
Lord Whitman Norway me

State of Maine
County of Oxford ss—
On this fifth day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty eight, personally appeared before Levi Whitman of Norway in said County of Oxford, Esquire, & a justice of the Peace for said County Mehitable Perkins a resident of Paris in said County of Oxford, aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, cloth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed the second day of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War — that she is the widow of Samuel Perkins who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution, the character of whose services she is unable to state but refers to papers on file in the pension Office in her application under former laws; that the amount of her pension under the act of June 17 th 1844 is eighty dollars per annum — she further declares that she is still a widow —
Witness
Levi Whitman
Simeon Perkins
her
Mehitable X Perkins
mark
Sworn to & subscribed, on the day & year above written, by the said Mehitable Perkins, who is personally known to me — before me — Levi Whitman, Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County, ss :
I, the subscriber, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify that Levi Whitman whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing Declaration of Mehitable Perkins is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Oxford, duly appointed and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and set the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this fifth day of May A. D., 184 8
Charles Andrews CLERK.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the third day of March 1843 granting Pensions to certain widows for one year who have received Pensions under the Act of July 7 th 1838.
State of Maine } County of Oxford } ss. On this seventh day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before Levi Stowell a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid Mehitable Perkins a resident of Paris in said County aged twenty three 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 third day of March 1843 granting Pensions to the widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Samuel Perkins who was a Private Soldier in the Revolution
That under the act of July 7 th 1838 aforesaid she received a Pension of Eighty dollars per annum, commencing on the fourth of March 1836. That her Pension Certificate was numbered — to the record of which and the evidence connected therewith on file in the Pension Office she would refer for the particulars of proof of service of her said husband — of her intermarriage with him &c — She further declares that ever since the decease of her said husband she has ever remained and still is the widow of Samuel Perkins aforesaid.
Subp. Levi Stowell
Mehitable her X Perkins mark
Simson Perkins
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written by Mehitable Perkins aforesaid, who is personally known to me as the identical person whose former Pension certificate was N o — and is still a widow as she represents.
Before Levi Stowell Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine
Oxford County ss: I the Subscriber Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County, hereby certify, that Levi Stowell, whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Declaration of Notability Perkins, is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly appointed and qualified, and full faith & credit are due to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this seventh day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & forty three.
Geo. F. Emery Register

W 2 110 South 10 Avenue Mount Vernon, N.Y. To Com. of Pensions -
My dear Sir: Will you
kindly send me record (full data) of Samuel Perkins . Bridgewater Mass. - one of seven brothers who served in Revolution.
Yours truly (Mrs Geo. H. Perkins) Sarah H. Perkins

REED SMOOT, CHAIRMAN.
United States Senate,
COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Washington, D. C.,
May 21, 1913.
Honorable J. L. Davenport, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I enclose herewith a letter from Mr. LeRoy Pickering, 378 "I" Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, asking for information concerning the Revolutionary war records of certain of his ancestors. I submitted Mr. Pickering's letter to the Adjutant-General, United States Army, and received the enclosed reply. If there is any additional information in the possession of the Pension Bureau concerning the Revolutionary war records of Mr. Pickering's ancestors, I would be pleased if you would furnish me with it.
Kindly return both letters with your answer.
Thanking you in advance for an early reply, I remain,
Yours very truly,
A handwritten signature in cursive script, reading "Reed Smoot". The signature is written in dark ink and features a large, stylized initial "R" and a long, sweeping tail on the "t".

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21941
Mehitable Perkins Wid. of Samuel Perkins Prior Rev. War
Act Feb 2 d 1848.
Index: Vol. 16 , Page 124
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1905 Oct. 28. Test. to Mrs Perkins. 1913 May 23. Hist. to Hon. Reed Smoot. P
Geo. W.
MBK

May 23. 1913.
Honorable Reed Smoot,
United States Senate.
My dear Senator:-
In response to your letter dated the twenty-first and received the twenty-second instant, requesting information for Mr. LeRoy Pickering of #378 I Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, I have the honor to furnish you the history of the only Samuel Perkins found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, and to advise you that this Bureau is unable to furnish the military history of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been filed on account of his services, and in order to identify such a claim, if filed, the full name of the soldier, and some of the following data is essential: names of some officers under whom he served, his places of residence at enlistment and after discharge, approximate dates of his birth and death, given name and residence of his widow.
Histories of Only four such claims may be furnished to one person,

From the papers in claim Widow's File 21.941. Rev. War, it appears that Mehitable Perkins, widow of Samuel Perkins, was allowed pension on her application executed August 28, 1838, at which time she was sixty-eight years of age and a resident of Paris, Oxford Co., Maine.
It is stated that Samuel Perkins served during almost the whole war, serving as a Waiter to Colonel Michael Jackson of the Massachusetts line, until he was old enough to pass muster as Private in Captain Varnum's company, same regiment, enlisted for "during the War" and stayed until six months before Peace was declared. The date of his enlistment is not shown.
Soldier married in October, 1787, Mehitable Shirtliff, at Paris, Maine, where he died January 8, 1808. His age is not stated and there is no further family data on file.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
2 enclosures.