Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 25660, for John Rankins, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass
Rankins, John Grant, Patience
N 25660
B.L.Wt. 80H-100
(Former widow) B.L.Wt. 180-60-55
CONTENTS

6288.
Maine — ✓
John Rankins. Serg t
Massachusetts line War. — In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Columbia at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April 1818. —
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of January 1819 and del d
R. L. Vose, Augusta Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818. 4 mo 28/30. — 39.46 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819. — 48.00
$ 87.46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Dearborn. —

Weymouth sent July 12 th 1820
R. C. Vose Esq r
Augusta Maine

1 Maine 3616
Patience Grant widow of John Rankins who served in the Revolutiona-
ry war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 94. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 8 th day of Feb y 1854. and sent to
G. M. Morton Augusta Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 4. Vol. a

105-778
Act. No. 3/83
pay 16/83
Patient Grant formerly widow of
John Rankins, P.M.
Revolutionary War
Map. 1st Genl See Reason
See 180 ip
Abt 60 acres, Mch. 7/56,
KL 1/1/56 me 1/1/53-180 ip
Exec W. Morton Augusta Me.
May 13/62 Letter to G. McClellan of Topaka Kan sent him official evidence

Daniel Greene

I Robert Charles Vose of Augusta in the county of Kennebec & District of Maine Assignee of John Rankins, late a Soldier in the war of the revolution do hereby nominate and appoint Thos B. Addison of the City of Washington and District of Columbia, my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name as assignee of the said Rankins to ask and receive of the regular offices of Government the Land Warrant or Certificate to which I am entitled as assignee as aforesaid, and upon receipt thereof to sign the necessary receipt or receipts for the same in as full & ample manner as I could were I present myself. Hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my said Attorney may do for me in the premises. Given under my hand and seal at Augusta aforesaid this twenty fifth day of May AD 1819.
Signed and sealed in presence of Joel R Ellis
Robert C. Vose 3
A. Nichols } Commonwealth of Massachusetts Kennebec County May 25. 1819 Personally appeared Robert C. Vose above named and he acknowledged the above instrument by him subscribed to be his free act and deed —
Before me
Joel R Ellis Justice of the Peace.

Greene
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
COUNTY OF Kennebec
IN TESTIMONY, that the above named Isaac R. Ellis, Esq
was, on the day when the above acknowledgment was made, a Justice of the Peace for the above mentioned county, I subscribe my name and affix the county Seal, this twentyfifth day of May 1819.
Wm D. Weeks Clerk of all the Judicial courts held within the county of Kennebec

N o 8074
John Rankin
priv:
A st Neaps: Regiment
Re. L. Voss assignee
Warrant issued - June 17th
1819
Thos. B. Addison attorney

Convers & ss State of Maine January 29 1854
I Wm H Ellis of Smithfield aged Forty Seven years a Carpenter by Trade, on oath do Vtestify and say that the Summer Fall and the most of the Winter I Boarded at Jacob Mearns Esq of Dearborn now Bethel and that Mearns was the Town Clerk of Dearborn and have been for ten years as appears by the Records of the Town in his possession and that the widow Patience Perkins lived in the same house and that Jacob Mearns Published Joshua Grant To Mrs Patience Perkins Both of Dearborn and the Publication was put in his House in our Dining Room in the last part I think of November 1830 and in the last part of December Mearns in My presence Married Joshua Grant to Patience Perkins they was Married something like a week Before he Mearns left home for for Portland as a Member of the Legislature AD 1831 he left home on Sunday previous to the Legislature sitting on The first Wednesday January 1831 I carried him a part of the way with a Horse and waggon To take the Stage for Portland and that Winter of AD 1831 I acted as Town Clerk in his stead Till April and I have seen the Publication

a copy of the certificate and the Marriage banns by Jacob Morris as a Justice of the Peace and Record by Jacob Morris as Town Clerk. Morris continued to be Town Clerk Till AD 1833. Then Barzillai G. Morris was chosen as Town Clerk in March 1833 and he served one year in February in 1834. Barzillai G. Morris House was Burnt together with all of the Town Records of the Town of Deerfield except a small Book not carried from Morris that Book contained the Births and Deaths I was the first Town Clerk of Deerfield after Morris chosen in 1834 in March I bought new Books for the Records and the State. I have a good Town library such as the Town here I was one of the Selectmen of 1833 and know all about The Books being Burnt Jacob Morris says Did a last April I see him in the Coffin. I have Been on a diligent search for Morris Docket his Records of Marriages and cannot find any previous to May 29 1832. It appears to be a new one where some Mrs. Patience Grant To Day she is the same woman that was Morris to Joshua Grant as Patience Roankins I have known her or been remembered her some Forty years she is or was a sister to my Father her name before she was Morris To John Roankins was Patience Ellis I believe

Within three Miles of Where she lives now and When she lived in Joshua Grant & lived within one Mile she lived in the same house, that the Date when she was married to Joshua Grant in 1830 I do not think that there is any Records of Patience Perkins Marriage to Joshua Grant in existence. Maine's Records knows of none I have a distinct recollection of the Marriage of Joshua Grant to Patience Perkins. It was the last writing Maine seen or in the Books before he went away they was Marriage in the evening I believe the next writing in the South
William H. Ellis
Witness J. H. V.
State of Maine
Summers 1854
January 29 1854. Personally appeared Mrs. H. Ellis Whom I have long known to be a credible and a constitutional witness and whose oath to the truth  truth of the facts of this deposition is hereby given.
Before me, Committed Justice of the Peace State of Maine - Kennebec County ss
I hereby certify that Isaac W. Varney Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace for the said County, duly authorized to administer oaths &c. and that his signatures thereto are genuine. Witness my hand and the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court for said County, this first day of February A D 1854. — J. M. Stratton Clerk of said Court

John Rankin, Dearborn Serg t Col. Vose's Mass. Reg. 1777 to 1783.
April 7 th 1818
Admitted

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that John Rankins , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Deerborn , in the said County of Humboldt , in the District of Maine, on the seventh day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier  until the said John R. , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty third day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston h. C. Just C. C. C. Pleas 2 d E. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John D. Davis

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I John Rankins, aged sixty nine, years, born in Dover New Hampshire, a citizen of the U. States, now resident in Dearborn, in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare, that after having served as a private soldier, in the war of the revolution, in the first eight months service, that in December 1775 I enlisted as a private soldier in the service of the United States, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for the term of one year, in the company commanded by Capt Ebenezer Sullivan and regiment commanded by Col. John Patterson of the Massachusetts Troops. This term I fully served out, and at Trenton engaged and served for six weeks longer by request of Genl Washington, and before that six weeks expired, I again enlisted as a private soldier for during the war of the revolution, upon the continental es- tablishment, into the company commanded by Capt Moses Ashly, and regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Vose, of the Massachusetts line. Under this enlistment I served until June 1783 when at New Windsor huts near West Point, I received, as a right, my final and honorable discharge from the army. My discharge was worn out, or I have since lost it. I was in the battle of Bunker Hill , in both the general en- gagements at the taking of Burgoyne and in the battle of Monmouth. I wintered one winter at Valley Forge. By reason of my reduced circumstances, I am in need of assistance from my country. And I hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension, heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge, borne on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be put upon the pension list for the District of Maine.
his John + Rankins mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
7 Kennebec Jt
On the seventh day of April A D 1818, John Rankins above named after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him signed, the same having been first distinctly read to him
Before me, Nathan Weston Esq
Chief Justice C. Court Common Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. I John Penny of Dearborn, in the District of Maine of lawful age upon oath testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with John Rankins within named. By reason of his reduced circumstances, he is in need of assistance from his country. He sustains the character of a man of truth.
John Penny
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hinnebec Gt
On the seventh day of April A D 1818, John Penny above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of foregoing deposition by him subscribed. Before me,
Nathan Weston Esq Chief Justice C. Court C. Pleas, second Eastern Circuit.

Patience Grant. formerly widow of John Perkins.
For Pension under 2 d Sec. Act Feb 3. 1853. (death alleged May 1828)
Three decorative flourishes or loops.
Rev W. Morton Atty Augusta Maine.

Declaration. In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress approved February 3, 1853 State of Maine } Kennebec County } ss. On this 24 th day of September 1853 personally appearing before the undersigned a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, Patience Grant, a resident of Belgrade, in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged eighty six years, who, having been 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 Feby. 3. 1853. entitled "An Act to continue half pay pensions to certain widows and orphans" That she was formerly the widow of John Rankins who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of March 18. 1818 at the rate of Ninety six dollars per annum - that she was married to the said John Rankins in the town of Berwick in District, now State of Maine, on the sixteenth day of April A.D. 1806 - that her name before her said marriage was Patience Ellis - That his pension was paid at the United States Agency for Paying Pensions in the State of Maine, up to the 4 th day of March 1828, during his life time - That after his death she intermarried with Joshua Grant - more than twenty years ago the present time not recollected the  deceased  who who died on the first day of August 1841  or thirteen years ago - That her first husband the late said John Rankins

Rankins, died in the town of Deering, State of Maine, the first day of May A.D. 1828. That she is still a widow, having remaining un-married ever since the death of her second husband Joshua Grant - and that she has never before made application for a pension -
Witness John S. Tenney      Patience her Grant made -
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year above written - Before me
John S. Tenney, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine - at a Special Term of said Court, held by me, at Belgrade in the County of Kennebec, and State of Maine, the said Patience Grant be- ing so aged and infirm as to be unable to go out of the town in which she resides

State of Maine Wernedee Court
It hereby certifies that the Rev. Mr. A. G. Gannett before whom the annexed declaration of solemn & unsworn statements was, on the date therein, read by the author of our Supreme Judicial Court, duly commissioned & qualified, and acting as such. (And hereby being witnessed by hand) That the signatures thereto affixed respecting to us his is genuine.
I further certify that Samuel H. Fox and George W. Morton, Esquires, before whom the annexed certificate and affidavits were made, were, at the time thereof, respectively justices of the Peace (the said Fox for our County of York and said Morton for the said County of Kennebec) duly authorized to administer oaths &c. and that their signatures thereto are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court, for the County of Kennebec, this first day of October A. D. 1853
J. W. Stratton Clerk of said Court for Kenne- bec County

I Charity Knop of Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine age a Eighty one on oath do testify and say that forty Eight years ago last April I went with my Sister Patience Ellis and John Rankins to the Rev. Mr. Hillards of Berwick where I saw Mr. Hillars Esquire John Rankins and Patience Ellis Husband and wife Mr. Hillars was the bottlee Minister he Preached at The Bleekley Hill Meeting House in Berwick at that time when I used to attend Meetings
Witness
Charity K Knop Mark
Samuel M. Fox
State of Maine
York ss on this First day of July AD 1853
Personally appeared Mrs Charity Knop to me Well Known to be a credible and a Disinterested Witness and made oath to the Truth of the above affidavit by her signature
Before me
Samuel M. Fox Justice of the Peace

Berwick July 2 d - 1853
I Oliver Worster Clerk of the Town of Berwick in the County of York and State Maine hereby certify that I have carefully examined the Records of Said Town and cant find any record of the Marriage of John Rankins with Patience Elliz
Oliver Worster Town Clerk
State of Maine York ss.
on this Second day of July A. D. 1853 personally appeared Oliver Worster Oliver Worster to me well known to be a credible and a disinterested witness and made affidavit oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him Signed
Samuel M. Fox Justice of the Peace

I Jacob Moise of Belgrade in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Sixty years, do depose and say, that I was well well acquainted with the late John Rankin from my earliest recollection until his death. I know well that he was a revolutionary personage of the United States under the Act of March 18-1818, and died in the town of Belgrade in May 1828, leaving a widow who now resides in the said town of Belgrade who intermarried with Joshua Grant in the month of December 1830 with whom she lived till his death which occurred about the month of August 1841. The said Rankin and his wife were married in Berwick in the then District now State of Maine in the year 1805. They had two children named John Rankin and Mary who married a David Dinsmore both of whom are now supposed to be living. The name of the widow of John Rankin was Patience Ellis, and is now upwards of eighty years of age, and has remained unmarried ever since the death of her second husband the above named Joshua Grant.
Jacob Moise
State of Maine.
Kennebec County S.S. March 16. 1853. Sworn to and Subscribed, the deponent being a respectable
Witness. Before me
Geo. W. Morton, Justice of the Peace

I William H. Ellis of Smithfield in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, do affirm and say that I am well acquainted with Patience Grant of Belgrade and adjoining town of Old Smithfield. She was the wife of John Rankin who was a revolutionary person of the United States who died in the year 1828. They were living together as husband and wife from my earliest recollections of them which is more than forty years ago. They had two children named John and Mary. They always the said John & Patience lived together as husband & wife from my first acquaintance with them till his death. The said Patience remained unmarried after the death of the said John about two years when she intermarried with one the Joshua Grant with whom she lived several years until his death, which took place some years since, and the said Patience has remained unmarried ever since his death. The said Patience is a person of good character and entitled to full belief.
Wm H Ellis
State of Maine
Wenatchee County S.S. Sworn to and subscribed,
the deponent being a respectable witness. Sept 29th
A.D. 1853 Before me.
Rev W. Morton Justice of the Peace

John Rankins
62881
28 Jan 1819
Nov 1819
Rf. Rose. Augusta, name -

State of Maine.
I, John Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Ken- nebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and that the original was exhibited in open Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is nothing  dollars and  cents , and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is nothing  dollars and  Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.
John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of of Kennebec

(copy)
State of Maine.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this twenty second day of May , 1820, personally appeared before Nathan Weston Sumner Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, John Rankins aged seventy two years, resident in Dearborn in the County of Kennebec within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Moses Whitney and Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of During the War
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the seventh day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 6288 . And I, the said John Rankins do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Witness J. Nichols
John X Rankins mark
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz: I have no estate or income whatever, necessary clothing and bedding excepted. My occupation is that of a laborer, but from infirmity, am wholly unable to labor, my family residing with me consists of my wife Patience, aged fifty four years, she does not enjoy health, and is able to labor very little; my son John aged fourteen years, and my daughter Mary aged eleven years; they are able to labor as much as any children of their ages.
John X Rankins mark
Witness J. Nichols
Subscribed, sworn to and dictated, both the oath and schedule on the twenty second day of May 1820. Before me
Nathan Weston Sumner C.S. C.C.C. Pleas
A true copy
Attest John Davis Clerk

135.778
Palmina Grant formerly widow of John Rankins
Claim of _____
TO BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Has not rec d bounty land.
She is a Revolutionary Pensioner under 2 d Sec Act Feb. 3, 1855.
John Rankins, late husband was a Private in the Army of the Revolution.
PRESENTED BY
GEO. W. MORTON,
ATTORNEY, AUGUSTA, MAINE.

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Somerset }
On this Twenty Eight day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, Isaac W. Varney a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Palmina Grant aged sixty years, a resident of Bethel in the State of Maine, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical
person who was formerly known as Palmina Grant, daughter of John Perkins who died in Boston May 1828 (1828) She intermarried with one Luther Grant who died some years since. She refers to the affidavit filed with the government in which she was described as the widow of the late John Perkins who died on the 3rd day of May 1828. She is now the widow of the late Luther Grant who died on the 3rd day of May 1828. She is now the widow of the late Luther Grant who died on the 3rd day of May 1828.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the BOUNTY LAND to which he 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.
Palmina X Grant We, M c R. Ellis and Luther G. Morrill residents of Smithfield and Bethel in the State of Maine, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Palmina Grant in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person she represents her self to be. We further state that we are personally acquainted with the said Palmina Grant and know her to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing declaration, and that she is the person entitled to the bounty land described in said declaration. M c R. Ellis Luther G. Morrill
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 she represents her self to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. Isaac W. Varney Justice of the Peace

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents. That I, Patience Grant of Belgrade in the County of Meigs 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 Twenty Eight day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
Witness: Wm H Ellis
Patience Grant
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Penobscot ss:—On the Twenty Eight day of March 185 5 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County Penobscot and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed.
Isaac W. Varney Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Penobscot }
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Isaac W. Varney Esq 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 County Penobscot aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Jud. Court for the County aforesaid, this twelfth day of May 185 5
Wm Marshall CLERK.

Proceedings in the District Court of the United States, within and for the Second Judicial District of Kansas Territory at the March adjourned May Term, on the 6 th day of June A D 1860, as follows to wit:
And now comes Thomas H. Kennedy, by his Attorney, David S. McIntosh, and moves the court for an order declaring him the owner of Land Warrant No. 180, issued to Patience Grant, under the act of Congress of March 3 rd A D 1855 for Sixty acres of Land, and satisfactory proof having been made to this court, that said Warrant did issue to the said Patience Grant, and that she the said Patience Grant did for a valuable consideration, assign said Warrant in the manner and form, prescribed the general land office, and that the said Kennedy became the legal owner thereof, and has never sold assigned or voluntarily parted with his interest in, or right to said Warrant, the same having been stolen from him.
It is therefore ordered adjudged and decreed by this court that the said Thomas H. Kennedy, is now the sole and only legal owner of the said Land Warrant, No. 180, the same having been legally assigned by the said Patience Grant.
I John T. Morton Clerk of the District Court of the United States, within and for the District of Kansas, do hereby certify that the above is true copy of the record as the same now remains in my office at Topeka, this 24 th day of April A D 1862. - In Witness.

Whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court. at my office in Leipsia this 24 th day of April A.D. 1863.
John J. Morton Clerk

by WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25660
Patience Brown formerly wid of John Rankins Pr. Geo. War.
Act: Feb 3 d 58
Index:—Vol. A , Page 293
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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No. 3 275
Massachusetts Maine
Palmer Grant
wid. Jno. Rankin private
1853 Oct 19
Set to G. W. Morton
Admitted $96 - per ann. from 3 February 1853.
G. W. Morton Augusta Me
Act 3 Feb. 53

if the Records of Dresden. Aforesaid, contain Evidence of his Service, a copy of Such Evidence, should be produced. If Evidence of his reputed place of abode during the war can be furnished, it is highly necessary, that Such Evidence be filed. MRS. Nancy Groot

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
(December 7 th 1853.)
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 that the name of John Rankins is borne on Return of Company in Capt. Ebenezer Sullivan's Col. James Hammon's Regt. enlisted May 5. 1775 from Lebanon.
Also on Army book, 1 st Regt. Capt. Ashley's Comp. Col. Vose's Regt. from Feby. 11. 1777. to Dec. 31. 1779 34 mos. 20 days. as private,
Also in same Regt. 2 d Infantry Comp. Col. Vose. Regt. from the first day of Jan'y. to the 31 st of Dec. 1780. 12 mos. as private, from Lebanon.
Also on "List of Final Settlement" Col. Vose's Regt. No. 28. 121 Jan'y. 1. 1782 $ 68. 56 " 29. 134 Nov. 3. 1783 " 80. 00 " 28. 579 Jan'y. 1. 1783 " 88. 00 " 29. 907 Jan'y. 1. 1784 " 17. 67 " 30. 843 " " " " 61. 00
There is very little service in this office for the year 1776.

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.
T. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, July 5 181 8
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that John Rankin served as a Soldier in Capt. Ashley's Company, and Col. Vose's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from July 11. 1777 to Decr. 31. 1780, being three years and 10 months. 20 days - during war
Helen Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Maine Act 3 Feb 33

Brief in the case of Salience Grant wdw J. Rankin Kennebec County and State of Maine act February 1883.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband's pension at $96 - act 1818 etc.
Marriage & Identity of parties proved by parole testimony
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
G. C. Morton, Esq., McP Augusta, Me. Examining Clerk.

Augusta, Maine.
July 1, 1854.
Sir,
In the claim for pension under act of Dec 3, 1853 of Mrs Patience Grant widow of John Rankins, I rec d your letter dated Oct 19, 1853, in which I am informed she is entitled to $96 per ann for the service of her husband as a private you also inform me her late husband claimed in his application of 1818 to have been discharged a Sergeant in 1783 and as her rate of pension would be augmented by proof of sufficient service in the higher grade, you leave me the option either to accept the rate which is now allowable ($96 per ann) or to seek additional evidence from the records of muster of the service as Sergeant.
I herewith enclose the 6 th article of the duty of muster, but it does not appear to throw much light upon the service as Sergeant if any, nor do I expect it will be satisfactory to you in allowing a pension for any larger amount than she would be entitled to as the widow of a private. I also send an affidavit of Wm H Ellis as to her name before her second marriage which I believe will be deemed sufficient to prove her name before her second marriage, all second evidence of her second marriage is undoubtedly destroyed. Very respectfully Yours etc Servt Geo W Morton Hon. C. P. Waldo Commr Pension

Augusta, Maine
Oct 3. 1853.
Sir,
John Rankins a pensioner under Act of March 18. 1818 at $96. per Ann. pay d at the Maine Agency, died May 1. 1828. Leaving Patience Grant his widow. After his death she intermarried with one Joshua Grant who died several years since. She remains unmarried since his death. The papers herewith enclosed are transmitted in order to have her allowed a pension by virtue of the 2 d Section of the Act of Feb 3. 1853 on account of the Revolutionary Services of her first husband John Rankins. If her papers are satisfactory I would respectfully request you to have her pensioned, and a Pension Certificate sent to me for her.
Very Respectfully
Yours Off Secy
G. W. Norton
Hon L. P. Waldo
Current Pension
Washington D.C.

Lepeba Kansas. April 24 th 1862.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir Enclosed you will find the Decree of the U. S. Dist Court, 3 d Dist. Kansas Territory, on the application of Thos. H. Kennedy, the effect of which is to procure a duplicate Duplicato for lost Land Warrant No. 180. Issued to Pierce Grant for 60 acres, and assigned by said Grant, & owned by said Kennedy.
Application for said Duplicato has heretofore been made by David S. McIntosh of LeCompton, Kansas, for said Kennedy. A caveat and all other proceedings necessary, has been forwarded to your office. By Mr McIntosh as I understand, about the fall of AD 1860, from which he says he never has had any information. I desire to call your attention to the matter, hoping to hear from you at your earliest convenience.
Yours most Respectfully, J. M. Arthur.

RECEIVED JUN 18 1962 OFFICE

John Rankin

I John Rankins, aged fifty nine years born in Dover New Hampshire, now a resident of Dearborn in the County of Kennebec and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do upon oath testify and declare that I enlisted in February 1777 in the War of the revolution against the common enemy for the period of during the War, in the Company commanded by Col Mores Ashley and regiment by Col Joseph Vose. I had previously served in Col Patterson regiment from 1775 to the period first mentioned - I served in Col Vose's regiment being the first regiment in the Massachusetts line until the close of the War and took my final and honorable discharge from the Army at New Windsor huts, West Point June 1783 my discharge I have not preserved - I was in both of the general battles at the taking of Burgoyne, and at the Battle of Monmouth - Witness Jacob Nairn John X Rankins mark Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss February 22 d 1879. Personally appeared the above named John Rankins, and he made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed in my presence - before me Presley Morrill Jr Justice of the Peace
Know all men by these presents that I John Rankins, above named, do in consid- -eration of one hundred dollars, to me in hand paid by Robert C. Vose, of Augusta in said County of Kennebec Trader, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge do hereby sell convey transfer and assign, all my right title in and to one hundred acres of Military bounty land

granted me by the laws of the United States for my services as a soldier in the war of the revolution, in the regiment commanded by Col Joseph Vose, first Regiment Massachusetts Line, as I have more particularly described, I mean my services, in the within battle and declaration, by me prescribed & promised to - To have and to hold to him the said Robert C Vose, the said one hundred acres of Military bounty to his heirs and assigns forever. and I do covenant with the said Vose, his heirs and assigns that I have good right to sell convey transfer and assign to him my said one hundred acres of Military bounty land - and that I do covenant with the said that the said bounty land has never been assigned by me to any other person whatever, and that I will and do now hereby authorize the said Robert C Vose, to receive from the department of war, in his own name and for his own proper use and benefit any certificate which may be granted in consequence of my military services during the revolutionary war, as I have above described - authorizing and empowering said Vose to sign and receipt, which I might sign had I not have assigned my bounty land unto him said Vose, given under my hand and seal this 22 nd day of February 1819.
Sealed & delivered in the presence of us Peter Morrill Jacob Maine
John Rankins mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss February 22 nd 1819. Personally appeared the above named John Rankins, to me well known to be the

the same person named in the preceding oath & declaration & the same person named in the annexed DEED, and he acknowledged the said instrument which was subscribed in my presence to be his free act and DEED. — and the said John Rankins being proposed to me by Jacob Main & Peasley  the  said  John  Rankins  the  said  John  Rankins — subscribing witness to the aforesaid deed, (who are also well known to me) to be the identical John Rankins named in the preceding oath & declaration and DEED. the foregoing witnesses are in my opinion entitled to full credit done before me
Peasley Morrill Jr. Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Kennebec County ss.
In Testimony that Peasley Morrill Junior — was on the day the above proceedings were had, was a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Kennebec — I the subscriber clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the said County of Kennebec; do hereunto set my name and affix the County Seal this 22 d day of Feb y 1819 and I further that the said Peasley Morrill Junior was on the tenth day of April A.D. 1819. a Justice of the Peace within the said County of Kennebec —
John Davis

Know all men by these presents that I. Robert C Vose of Augusta Kennebec County - do hereby nominate and appoint Amos Nichols, of the city of Washington, my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name and for my use and benefit to ask and receive of the Government of the United States, the land bounty to which I am entitled for the services of the within named John Rankin, as his assignee, as will appear by the within declaration and deed, and upon receipt of such land bounty certificate, to ask for me and in my name the receipt or receipts for the same in as full and ample manner as I would have I procured myself.
Hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said Attorney may do or cause to be done for me in the premises - Given under my hand this 12 th April 1819.
Signed & sealed in the presence of
Jerry Davis Percy Morrill
Robert C. Vose
Kennebec ss. April 12. 1819 Personally appeared
Robert C. Vose, above named and acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and deed. Before me Perci Morrill Jr Justice of the Peace