Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 26854, for Joseph Perkins, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Perkins, Joseph Sarah
N 26854
CONTENTS

N o 18185- Maine
Joseph Perkins of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Bradford of the Regt. commanded by Col. Bradford in the Mass. Troops time for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27. day of July 1833 and sent to Thos. Clark Paris M e
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160.00 Semest. allowance ending 4 Sep 1833 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1 Page 42

Sarah Perkins widow of Joseph Perkins who was a private in the Mass ts Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the twenty second day of Jan y 1844 and sent to
J. S. Heith Oxford ME
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book W Vol. 1 Page 8

Joseph Perkins Private Bradford's Reg t Massachusetts Line June '78 — 9 months.
22 April 1818.
Correct
In discharge stated to be in 1789

2 777 26 1777 I, Joseph Perkins, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Hebron in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that on the first of May A.D. 1775, I enlisted into the army of said United States on the continental establishment for the term of eight months as a private soldier in Capt. John Bradfords company, Col. Cottons regiment in the Massachusetts line, which term of eight months I fully served in said company, when I was verbally discharged. In May A.D. 1776 according to my best recollection I again enlisted into said army for the term of six months in Capt. Howlows company in the line aforesaid, stationed in the town of Plymouth, where I remained until the last of August following, when I marched to Tienderoga in Capt. Nelsons company in the line aforesaid in which last mentioned company I continued to serve as a private soldier four months, when I received an honorable discharge, since accidentally lost. In June A.D. 1778. I again enlisted into said army on the continental establishment for the term of nine months, as a private soldier, and joined Capt. Turners company, in Col. Gamaliel Bradfords regiment, in the line aforesaid and continued in said Turners company until the twenty second day of March A.D. 1779, when I received an honorable discharge, since accidentally lost. I further testify, that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support and that I am not borne on pension list of the United States. Joseph Perkins

We Meshach Heen and Isaiah Cushmon both of Sum- ner in the county aforesaid on oath declare, that we were in the continental service in the revolutionary war with the above named Joseph Perkins and were mess-mates with said Perkins during his term of service of nine months above stated, and to our certain knowledge said Perkins served said term of nine months as he has above declared.
Witness. -
A. H. Parry
his Meshach Heen mark Isaiah Cushmon
See the subscribers here signified with Mr. Joseph Perkins and think him to be in some circumstances and upon subject to receive help from our country
Hobson April 21 1818
Rev. Parsons
Selectmen
William Whitney
men of the town
Stephen Myrick
Hobson
Parson Myrick, Salem Clerk (of Hobson)
In discharge stated to be in 1789
Isaiah Cushmon

Hebron April 21 1818
We the Subscribers are acquainted with Mr. Joseph Perkins and think him to be in low circumstances and a proper subject to receive help from our country
W m Barron
Selectmen
William C. Whitney
men of
Stephen Myrick
the town
Barnabas Myrick, Town Clerk of Hebron
dated to be in 1789
Joseph Perkins.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty second day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Joseph Perkins the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence The affidavits of Meshach Hearn and Isaiah Lushman, fellow-soldiers with him in the revolutionary war, made & signed in my presence; all which are hereunto annexed, together with the certificate of William Burrows & others, municipal officers of the corporation to which said applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Joseph Perkins the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion L. Harris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

Paris Dec 19
✓
Hon Albin K. Parris 2 nd Comptroller Treasury Department Washington D. C.

Paris Dec. 18. 1838
Hon. Allison K. Parris,
The letter you forwarded me from the Commission of Pensions dated Nov. 8. 1838. commences as follows
"The declaration of Mrs. Sarah Perkins widow of Joseph Perkins decd., unaccompanied by any evidence of her marriage or of her identity as the widow of the lat. Pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 1832, has been filed in this office under the Act of July 4. 1836 to avoid her compliance with the regulations."
I have since seen her son Mr. Luther Luther Perkins with whom she lives and he assures me that his mother never made any application to his knowledge under the Act of July 4. 1836 - that such application could not have been made without his knowledge - that an enquiry was then made whether her case would come within the provisions of that act - and that the recollections of his mother & the evidence as to the date of her marriage satisfied them that she was not entitled to a pension under the Act of 1836. She applied to me in August or September last & I drew up her declaration under the Act of July last accompanied with the necessary proof of her marriage, being the certificate of the Clerk of the Courts of Plymouth County under his hand & seal, the record having been lodged in his office. This was duly forwarded to the Department Sept. 11. 1838
I am utterly at a loss to understand or explain the objections of the Commission of Pensions to the allowance of the Certificate in this case. Being normally acquainted with you, her son has requested me to solicit from you an enquiry into the circumstances of the case. I have not seen her since I read her application but her son Luther assures me that no previous application has been made. With her character & respectability you are better acquainted than I am, your attention to this matter will confer a great favor on the widow & increase the already great obligations of yours Respectfully
Joseph G. Cole

✓ Sarah Perkins 1602 1642 Application for a Pension
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act 7 July 38
m 80. d 38.
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7 yrs pri
80
No deduction
A. K. Harris
Dear John B. Gale, Paris Gale, Paris Orford Co. Mass Agent

State of Maine
Oxford County ss.
On this twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said County Sarah Perkins a resident of Oxford in said County of Oxford aged seventy five 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. 1835 entitled "An act granting half pay and pension to certain widows." That she is the widow of Joseph Perkins who was a private in the army of the revolution in the Massachusetts Continental troops - that he was a pensioner under the Act of June 7. 1832 and that his pension certificate was numbered 18185 but the date is not known, she refers to the evidence furnished by him on his application for a pension for proof of his service.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Perkins on the fifth day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Perkins died on the nineteenth day of December in the year eighteen hundred and thirty five that she was not married to him previous 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 aforesaid.
Witness S. Emery
Sarah her X Perkins mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & 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 Sarah 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

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth
Clerks. Office Sept r 1 st 1838
I John B. Thomas, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Plymouth aforesaid hereby certify, that it appears of record in this Office, that on the fifth day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty, Joseph Perkins and Sarah Cushman were married at Plympton in the County of Plymouth, by the Rev d John Howland.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the said County of Plymouth, on the day and year aforesaid.
John B. Thomas

11.39.8
Declaration of Joseph Perkins

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland  Minot , within and for said District, on the fourteenth  fourteenth day of August  August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two  two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this fourteenth  fourteenth day of August  August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Joseph Perkins a resident of Oxford in the county of Oxford in said Maine District, aged seventy seven 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 7th, 1832. That he
the said Perkins entered the service of the United States sometime in the spring A.D. 1775 at Plympton State of Mass. and served eight months in the company commanded by Capt. John Bradford of Plympton aforesaid in the regiment commanded by Col. Cotton and was stationed at Roxbury near Boston during said eight months
That he the said Perkins again enlisted in January A.D. 1776 and served nine months in the company commanded by Capt. Warlowe of Plymouth Mass. and served most of said time at Plymouth aforesaid and was employed in erecting fortifications on the Gurnet so called.
That he the said Perkins again enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served three months in the company commanded by Capt. Nicholas Nelson in the regiment commanded by Col. Carlton and was in the northern army during said term of service and discharged in the last of December at a Hospital on Lake George
That he the said Perkins again enlisted sometime in the summer of 1778 and served nine months in the company commanded by Capt. Turner in the regiment commanded by Col. Bradford and was stationed the most of the time at West Point in New York when he was discharged. That he served in the whole two years and five months, and the proof of his service is herunto annexed. That he was formerly on the pension roll under the act of 1818 and was dropped from the same on account of property
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine
Joseph Perkins
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware
{ U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.

And the said Perkins on oath further declares that he was born in Plympton Massachusetts in the year A.D. 1755 and has a record of the same in an old family Bible.
That he was living in Plympton aforesaid at the time he entered the service and has lived since the revolutionary war in Oxford for more than forty years last past.
Joseph Perkins
Signed & sworn to before
Aug. 24. 1892
Adams Warren
Scrymgeour St. John Smith Dist. Atty.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Nussey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Perkins for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Nussey { Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

I said in answer of your note in the State of Maine - and accordingly I have on oath testified & say that I was a soldier in the Company of Col. John Bradbury in 1876 at Portland near Boston & served there eight months. Joseph Perkins was a soldier in the same company & served the whole eight months. I served as a soldier in Col. Harlow's Company, & served at Plymouth six months. Joseph Perkins was in the same company & served as I did six months. We both then enlisted in Col. Nelson's Company & marched to Friendsville & served there three months & were discharged in December. In 1878 I enlisted again in the Col. Thomas Company & joined Perkins & served at the same time and joined the Regiment in the Battle of Col. Brewster's Regiment  to Perkins & we were both of the same company & served the whole time  time in the same company & served the whole time at Farnsworth & served nine months & Joseph Perkins served with me the whole time.
Joseph Cashman
Signed & sworn to before
Aug. 16. 1872 Adrien Wam
Judge of the U.S. Dist. Ct. Dist. of Maine

11.398
Joseph Perkins
Old papers wanted
22 d Jan. '19
Mar 19
not in file -
F. Bradford Esq Portland Maine

BRIEF in the case of  Joseph Perkins  County of Oxford  in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? ✓  3. How old is he? 77.  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.     — In 1775 Spring " 8 " Private Gen. Capt. Bradford, Col. Cotton   Enlisted 1776 Jan'y. " 9 " " Capt. Harlowe   do. 1776 Fall " 3 " " Capt. Nelson, Col. Carlton   do. 1778 Summer. " 9 " " Capt. Turner, Col. Bradford    He has heretofore been on the "Pension" Roll under the act of 1818, and stricken therefrom on account of property.
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Plympton, Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh Examining Clerk. March 12, 1833.

9972
Joseph Perkins
18. Ap. 1883
Obj. 16.
P 343
2 years $80.-
Thos. Clark Paris Maine
E.

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Perkins of Aspel in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 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. As a Gen.     Spring In 1775 3 Private Col Bradford Col Cotton   Spring 1776 - 6 " Col Howland   year not recollected 4 " Col Nelson Col Bend   June 1777 9 " Col Turner Col Bradford    Was born on the pension list & discharged on account of his property. his papers are in the war. office
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Wymontown Wolfson county  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? None on declaration  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached together as required 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cutts Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
W. F. 2685-4
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Perkins a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1 1775 8 mos. Pvt. John Bradford Scotten Mass.   Early 1776 9 mos. Jesse Harlowe   Fall 1776 3 mos. Nicholas Nelson Bond or Scorton   1777 or June 1778 9 mos. Turner Gamaliel Bradford  
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Plympton Mass. Date of application for pension, Apr. 22. 1818. The el. was ab. Residence at date of application, Hudson Oxford Co. Mass. Age at date of application, born in 1755 at Plympton, Mass. {died Dec. 19 1835
Remarks: He married Oct. 5. 1780 Sarah Cushman. She was allowed pension on an application of Aug. 28. 1838, while a resident of Oxford, Mass. aged 75 years, at which time she resided with her son Luther. There is no other data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Maine — 1642
Sarah Perkins, widow of Joseph Perkins, dead.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June, 1832 and who died on the 19 th of Decr. 1835, of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Bradford of the Regt commanded by Col. Bradford in the Massetts. troops 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, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Janu- ary 1839 and sent to Hon. A. H. Parris, B d Compt r .
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 = $200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th '39 = 40.00
$240.00
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk, Book 1, Vol. 1, Page 19.

5660. Maine
Joseph Perkins private
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist: of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Janu 1819 and sent to Judge Parris - Paris Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818. Am to  \frac{13}{30} 35.46 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48 $ 83.46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
17 April 1833 T. Clark Esq Obj: 16 & pension certificate

Oxford Me Aug 28
3567 Sept. 1. 1843. Genl. P. H. H March 5. 1843 from me
Hon James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Hon James L Edwaras
Sir
I forward you the affidavit of Mrs. Sarah Perkins of this town, & her original Certificate to entitle her under the act of the 3 of March 1843 to a pen- sion. Please forward a new Certificate & oblige Yours very respectfully
J. Amos Smith
Oxford Oxford Co. Me Aug 28. 1846

Joseph Perleiss
Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next.
at the Cumberland Bank of Portland
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Joseph Perkins late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 22 nd day of April — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty second day of January one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
I CERTIFY THAT in accordance with the Act of the United
States of the 10th of March, 1817,
the sum of five hundred and twenty dollars and 25/100
cents is due to the said
in the event of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pen-
sion List, Roll of the War Department, at the rate of
one thousand eight hundred and
forty dollars per annum, to commence on the
22nd day of
December,
THE LAW of the War Office of the United
States, this day of
and the said
5661

William Lloyd
William Lloyd
William Lloyd
Capt Turner Col: Bradford
Oxford

Payment to be made at Portland by A. 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 A, Vol. 1, Page 19, by
S. A. Elliot Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Sarah Perkins, of Maine, widow of Joseph Perkins, deceased, — who was a private in the Revolution — and died on the nineteenth — day of December, 1835, 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 sixteenth — day of January, — one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.
J. B. Poinsett
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Paris, Me. May 14th. 1833.
Sir,
I herewith transmit the application of Joseph Perkins, the facts in his case are these - A few days previous to his application to me to make his declaration, he had, without my knowledge, employed Freeman Bradford Esq. of Portland, to draw up his declaration, which was made before Judge Ware, and on seeing in the newspapers of Oxford County, a notice from me to pension applicants, and the instructions from the War department, that declarations must be made in the county in which they severally reside - he applied to me, & I made his declaration accordingly - and his original certificate was forwarded, as I am informed by Mr Bradford to your department - He is now desirous that his certificate may be forwarded to me, as he lives in an adjoining town.
Your Obt. servt.
Thomas Clarke.
James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington.

Mrs Sarah Perkins Affidavit for Certificate.
$80.
3567
J. S. Keith Oxford Me

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County. ss
On this twenty Seventh day of May 1843 Personally appeared before the Subscriber A Justice of the Peace
Sarah Perkins a resident of Oxford in the County of Oxford aged Eighty 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 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War—That she is the Widow of Joseph Perkins who was a private in the Revolution and that she received under the Act of July 7th 1838 Eighty dollars a Year
Subscribed by her mark before us James Keith Luther Perkins
she further declares that she is still a widow
Sarah X Perkins mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written. Before Me
Jairus I Keith
Justice of the Peace
And I the said Justice hereby certify that the aforementioned Sarah Perkins is personally known to me, and I am credibly informed and have reason to believe that she has drawn a pension under the Act of July 7. 1838
Jairus I Keith Justice of the Peace
NOTE—After "who was a" insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy or militia, as the case may be, and the regiment, corps or vessel in which he served, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838.

State of Maine
County of Oxford. I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Oxford hereby certify that Darius Smith whose genuine signature is annexed to the within application of Sarah Perkins for a Pension is a Justice of a Peace within and for said County of Oxford duly commissioned and qualified as such - that his commission be as date June 27. 1837 and will expire June 27. 1844
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court and subscribed my name this twentieth day of December 1843
Joseph G. Hale Clerk as aforesaid

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 18 th day of September A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court , before the  Thomas Clarke Esquire  now sitting , Joseph Perkins a resident of Oxford in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, aged 77 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 entered the service of the United States as a private under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In the spring of 1775, at Plym-
ton, in the county of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts, in the com- pany commanded by Capt. John Bradford, in the regiment com- manded by Col. Cotton, in the Massachusetts line, for the term of eight months . he marched to Roxbury near Boston where he was stationed & verbally discharged at the expiration of said term.
In the spring of 1776, at Plymouth, in said county, he again enlisted for the term of six months , in the company commanded by Capt. Jesse Harlow - where he was stationed (one company only was stationed there) which was employed to guard the gunnet in the harbor - and just before the expiration of said last mentioned term - he again enlisted into the compa- ny commanded by Capt. Nelson, he march directly to Seconde- roga where he was attached to the regiment commanded by Col. (whom he does not recollect distinctly) but thinks it was Bond - he there served about four months . he was taken sick  was carried to the hospital and there staid under the hands of the surgeons until he recovered & was verbally discharged - In the month of June 1777, at Plympton, he again enlisted for the term of nine months , in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Turner in the regiment commanded by Col. Gamaliel Bradford, as he thinks, he marched to Fishkill - thence to West Point and there joined the main army - at the expiration of said term he was discharged on West point, by written discharge from the proper officer - which discharge was taken by a Mr. Murdock - who received a number of discharges for the privates & the dis- charge never came to his hands - He has been on the pen- sion roll, under the act of March 10. 1810, and has been drop- ped therefrom on account of his death.

received a number of discharges - for the private & the discharge never came to his hands - He has been on the pension roll, under the act of March 10. 1810, and has been dropped therefrom on account of his property, the evidence of which is in the war department - His place of residence, when his first application was made, was Hebron in said county - and has been since divided and the part where he now resides is incorporated into a town by the name of Oxford - His original certificate is in the hands of Joseph Pope Esq. of Portland - or by him forwarded to the war department -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Joseph Perkins
State of Maine. County of Oxford ss.
Personally appeared the above named Joseph Perkins, whose genuine signature is annexed to the above declaration, and to me well known as a man of truth, and made oath to the truth of the same - Before me,
Thomas Clark, Justice of the Peace -
STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Thomas Clark
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition Declaration of Joseph Perkins, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Oxford, and that full faith and credit is due to all his official attestations.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this first day of September in the year A. D. 1832.
R. King Goodenow
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

Thomas Clark, agent
Joseph Perkins. 1992
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I Clerk of the do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this day of A. D. 183
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page.]

Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send to me a statement of my ancestor, Joseph Perkins, service in the American Revolution.
Joseph Perkins was born at Bridge water, Mass 1754 and died at Oxford Maine 1836.
Respectfully yours Mrs George F. Walker
#6 Grant St.,
Portland Maine
May 1920

FITCHBURG RAILROAD COMPANY.
HOOSAC TUNNEL ROUTE.
CITY TICKET OFFICE, 260  258 WASHINGTON STREET.
Boston, Oct. 15- 1897.
Asst. Agent.
To the Commr. of Pensions - Washington, D.C. Dear Sir, -
The information I desire is not to present any claim whatsoever against the government but solely for the purpose of enabling me to join one of the Revolutionary Societies.
I understand my great grandfather was a Revolutionary Pensioner - at his death his last address was -
Joseph Perkins Oxford - Maine
I think he enlisted in a Massachusetts regiment as the family list in the vicinity of Middleboro - Mass. I think he moved to Maine somewhere from 1796 to 1800 -
If you can give me any light on the subject it will be greatly appreciated -
Very Respectfully J. P. Burgess

Reg WIDOW, &c.
No. 26854
Sarah Perkins
wid of
Joseph Perkins
Dei Meass Line
Act March 3 rd 48
Index: Vol P Page 124
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct. 22/97 L.P. Burgess. Boston, Mass. 1920 June 21 Hist. to Mrs. George F. Walker.

Washington Jan. 7. 15. 1839
Sir,
I send herewith a letter from Joseph G. Cole, Esq. relative to the case of Sarah Perkins, widow of Joseph Perkins whose papers are on file in your office.
Knowing, as I do, the fair character of Mrs. Perkins and her son referred to in Mr. Cole's letter, I think there must have been some mistake in regard to her application.
Will you cause an examination to be made, and let me be advised of

the result —
Very respectfully &c
Albion B. Partridge
J. D. Edwards, Esq., Commr. of Pensions —

machine Joseph Perkins int
Jan 1819
Freeman Bradford - sent on last August
✓ Old paper under act of 1818 wanted
Wrote to J. Tewkesbury -
Thos Clark Purser Marine

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Perkins Oxford 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? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes 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? yes 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? 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 no No 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.
Must send his pension certificate under act of 1818 or account for its absence

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. W. 26854.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
October 22nd, 1897.
Sir: -
Replying to your request for information concerning Joseph Perkins, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 1st, 1832, at which time he was 77 years of age and residing at Oxford, Maine, and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Bradford and Col. Cotton. He enlisted at Plympton, Mass. His widow, Sarah, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. L. P. Burgess,
260 Washington St.,
Boston, Mass.