Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24,006, for John Mory, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mary John or Morey Martha J.
W. 24.006
Mass
War of 1812
CONTENTS

5176 to Massachusetts Vermont
John Mary Wesson's Private Regt Massetts line 1777-8 Yrs the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 nd of April 1818
ertificate of Pension issued the 4 of Jan'y 1819 and sent to John Roberts - Indg Halifax Windsor N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 per statement below 20.43 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48.00
5 3/4 mo. { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }  Arrears to 4 th of Septm as a Rev's Pension 40.85 Pay upon final dis' Pension to the above date 20.48 due and due therefrom 20.42
Continued
Noty in June 23 1821 to James Still in Reg Ch of Ex of Min Shan P. New-Fran
per

4603
Maine
Martha T. Morey widow of John Morey Mass who was a private in the Massachusetts Line
Rep. Jan.
23. 1844
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 23 day of January 1844 and sent to J. S. Keith Oxford, Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 33

Let the seal of the Court be affixed
Rev John C Calhoun secretary of war Washington D C
War Dept Pens n off ce Solay 1816
Admitted

John Mory of Wilmington in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, a citizen of the United States Testifies and says that in the month of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven he enlisted into the army of the United States for three years and served in the war of the revolution in the Continental establishment in a company commanded by Captain Samuel Carr in the regiment commanded by Colonel & Colonel Messon Allen, in General Farnes Brigade in the Massa- -chusetts line and served in said company for a term of about eleven months and being sick with the yellow fever he was regularly discharged in April one thousand seven hundred and seventy eighty and in the month of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty he enlisted again into the Army of the United States for nine months and served in the same Company Regiment and Brigade in the Massachusetts line for a term of about ten months and was regularly discharged in the month of March one thousand seven hundred and eighty one and during the time he served in the company aforesaid he never deserted nor deserved any punish- ment nor reprimand for any unsoldierlike conduct and he further testifies that he believes that the two discharges above stated were left with the papers of his Mother at Charlestown Massachusetts a distance of about eighty miles and that his Mother is since dead he further Testifies that his age is fifty four years last November and has a wife and six children under age and under his care and has not to the value of fifty dollars.

worth of any property except household furniture and only sufficient of that for upholding life and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support
John M c Ally
State of Vermont
Windham County ss 3 d Halifax April 2 d 1818 Then
Personally appeared John M c Ally
the signer of the foregoing declaration or deposition and made solemn oath that the same contained the truth and nothing but the truth before
me John Roberts { assistant Judge of Windham County Court in the State of Vermont
I do hereby certify that from the above declaration of the above named John M c Ally under oath together with such other testimony as has been offered (which is herewith transmitted and which he said was all the evidence now in his power to produce) it appears to my satisfaction that the said John M c Ally served as a soldier in the revolutionary war against the the common enemy as he has stated in his said declaration, and also from my personal knowledge that he is a very poor man and stands in need of assistance from his country which is hereby certified by me John Roberts assistant Judge of Windham County Court in the State of Vermont

State of Vermont } on this 2 d day of April 1818 before me Windham County ss } the subscriber one of the Judges of the County Court within and for the County of Windham in the State of Vermont Personally appeared the above named John Allen who being sworn, first duly sworn hath on his oath made the foregoing declaration in order to obtain the provision of the late 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" I have therefor taken and certified the same
John Roberts Esq. Judge of Windham Co. Court
State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, New Haven, June 10 th 1818.
I certify that the Honourable John Roberts Esq. is one of the Assistant Judges of the County Court aforesaid, duly commissioned and acting as such, and that the signatures of the foregoing cer- tificates are in the hand writing of the said Judge.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, the day and year above written.
Attest. James Elliott, Clerk.

John May - App d for Pension.
Windham County, Vermont
5176
Dec r 1820.
Con L. L. B. ms

STATE OF VERMONT.
COUNTY OF WINDHAM ss.
At the County Court, begun and held at New-Fane, within and for the County of Windham, on the second Monday of June December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty....
Present Hon. John Roberts, Chief Judge Hon. Jairus Hall Hon. Ebenezer Huntington, Assistant Judges.
PRESENT Hon. PHINEHAS WHITE, Esq. Chief Judge. Hon. JOHN ROBERTS, Hon. GILBERT DEMING, } Assistant Judges.
ON this December nineteenth day of June , A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a civil jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having, in certain cases, the power of fine and imprisonment, John Mory aged fifty seven years, resident in Wilmington in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: I enlisted at Chariton in Worcester County (Massachusetts) sometime in the summer of the Year seventeen hundred and seventy six, in Capt. Samuel Cook's Company in Col. Henson's Bayley Regiment in General Lawrence's Brigade; and served in said Company three years then following, excepting six or seven months that I was absent on account of sickness - from Massachusetts I went with the Company to New York, from New York to New Haven in Connecticut, where I was taken sick, and left the Company for a time as after joined the company after Germantown, and followed the company from place to place - & in the year 1781 was honorably discharged at West Point - I was in the Germantown fight or battle, Trenton battle, & several other skirmishes.
That he has received a pension under the act of the Congress of the United States of the 18th March, 1818, that the number of his pension certificate is 5176 and the date of his original declaration is April second A. D. 1818.
AND I DO 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.
SCHEDULE of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted.
  130 Lb Suet 75 one old small looking glass 80 75 One Chest $1.50   Scythe & Snath 1.34 4 Milk pails old 50 One Iron Pot 1.25 $16.76   2 Old Axes 1.75 One block tin tea pot 75 Dish kettle 67 7.09   2 old hoes 92 One wooden wheel 1.00 Tea kettle 1.00 5.07   Old Shovel & Tongs 2 Crockery old & broken 2.50 One Spider 50 28.92   7 Common old chairs 3.50 Old knives & forks 67 3 Small glasses 25 3.07   2 Meal barrels 1.00 Several old iron spoons 42   2 old Pails 1.25 Tea spoons 25   one old chest 25   7.09 
John Mory
John Mory
AND I do also swear that my occupation is that of a Farmer or common labourer, that I am and have been for some time past unable to labour, that I am infirm, that my lower wrist and hand wounded in the late war gives me much pain at times, that I have a wife of about my age as healthy as other women, that my children are poor and unable to help me and maintain themselves, I have five boys & eight girls, the oldest boy is thirtytwo years old, two of the boys are under age, the youngest boy, Solomon, is fifteen years old, is unable to do any labour & has been for a long time a very weakly boy, the next oldest is eighteen years old, the others are of varying ages, my youngest daughter is thirteen years old, Emily, the next is nineteen years old, Amanda, the next, Rhoda, is twenty years old, both were of age at 18 years, the other five names of the girls are Phillis, Lydia, Lydia, Hannah & Almina - Caleb has left me - I have only the sick boy & youngest girl who live with me.
SWORN to and DECLARED in open court on the nineteenth day of Dec r  day of June , A. D. 1820, John Mory.
Before
John Roberts, JUDGE.
James Elliot
Clerk of the County Court for
the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the files and records of the said 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 is twenty dollars, and nineteen cents.
IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, in open Court, on this twelfth day of June January, 1821.
James Elliot,
CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF WINDHAM

State of Maine
Oxford County, ss. On this second day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty eight, personally appeared before the Court of Probate now sitting specially, at Paris within & for said County of Oxford, Martha J. Morrey, a resident of Poland, in the County of Cumberland, & State of Maine, 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 th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" - that she is the widow of John Morrey, late of Chorlton, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, deceased, who was a soldier of the United States in the Revolutionary war - she is unable to state particularly his said service - but believes, that the said John Morrey served in all three years & seven months - & she thinks one of his Captains names was Barr - & that he served in the Massachusetts line - For his said services he, the said John Morrey received a pension from the United States under the Act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 - that at the time he was placed on the pension list, he resided in Wilmington in the State of Vermont - that he afterwards removed to the State of Massachusetts, & his pension was paid him, after his removal, in Massachusetts, his name being transferred to the Massachusetts Agency. And for a particular statement of his services as aforesaid and the evidence in proof of the same she begs leave respectfully to refer to her the said John Morrey's application & the evidence therein, on file in the Department of War, at Washington.
She further declares, that she was married to the said John Morrey on the twenty eighth day of December, in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & eighty five; that her maiden name was Martha J. Owen; that her

said marriage was solemnized, at Halifax in the State of Vermont, by the Rev. Mr. Goodale — That her said husband, the aforesaid John Morrey died the eighteenth day of June A.D. eighteen hundred & thirty two — That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place before the first of January, seventeen hundred & ninety four, to wit, at the time above stated — That she has remained a widow & unmarried, ever since the death of the said John Morrey, her husband, as aforesaid. Witness S. Emery.
Martha T. Morrey
Sworn to & subscribed by the said Martha T. Morrey the day & year first within written
Before Stephen Emery, Judge
State of Maine
Oxford ss. I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County hereby certify that Stephen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was, at the time of taking the same, Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid. I further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Martha T. Morrey for a Pension.
In Testimony where I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this sixteenth day of November in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & forty.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24006
Martha F. Morey
wid of
John Morey Pri Mass Line
Act March 3 rd 48
Index: Vol M , Page 65
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mar 18/82 19.399 INVALID.
No. 19.399
John May
18. 10. 89
Act: _____
x:—Vol. 2 , Page 231
[Arrangement of 1870.]
consolidated with { O.W. Wid. File 24006 Maudine, Peo. Nat.

John Mowry must make an affidavit agree- ably to the within form, and transmit it, properly authenticated, to the War Department, before his name can be trans- ferred.
7 March 1823.
John Mowry trans- ferred from Vermont to Mass. 4 th Apr 1823 John A. Marsh 1823
Mar 19

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Massachusetts County of Franklin ss.
On this 22 nd day of March 1823, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Franklin personally appeared John Morry who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Samuel Carr in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wilson in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Vermont from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state (district, or territory) of Massachusetts where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. That he at present receives eight dollars per month. John Morry
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Jonathan Leavitt Justice of the Peace
NOTE. The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
Franklin ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden at Greenfield within and for the County of Franklin do hereby certify that the above named Jonathan Leavitt Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace for the said County duly qualified and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that his signature to the caption of the foregoing affidavit is in his own proper hand writing. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said County the twenty second day of March, A.D. 1823 E. Alvord, Clerk

John Mory's Letter of his Pension April 1 - DIXIE

Halifax April 8 th 1868
I have all men by these presents that I John Moy of Wilmington, in the County of Windsor & State of Vermont, in like as private soldier in the army of the United States in the late war, that I rec d a wound in my right hand and arm in the said service, that I was placed on the pension list at some dollars per month, on the 19 th day of March 1868, that my disability still continues; I do hereby relinquish my said pension from this day, hoping to praying that may receive a pension of eight dollars per mo, for my former services in the revolution of war witness my hand John Moy Wm Frederick North John Roberts

Ebenezer Whitney of Holiston in the County of Windham & State of Vermont testifies & says that he has been acquainted with John Mory of Wilmington in said County for about thirty years, & that ever since he has been acquainted with him, always understood & believes that the said John Mory was a Soldier in the revolutionary War, but how long he served does not know; but testifies that the said Mory is, & ever since he knew him has been, a very poor man, and stands in need of assistance & further more the deponent saith not — Ebenezer Whitney
State of Vermont
Windham County ss Holiston April 2 d - A.D. 1818
Personally appeared Ebenezer Whitney the signed to the above deposition, & made solemn oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth before me John Roberts assistant judge of Windham County Court in the State of Vermont

Reported,
6131.
Maine
Martha T. Morrey
widow of John Morrey.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1828. and who died on the 18 th June 1832. of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine. who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Nelson in the Mass s line 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, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of April 1841, and sent to Levi Morrell, Paris, Maine.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1840 $ 360:00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar: 41. 40:00
$ 400:00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Wm. C. Linsley Clerk, Book A, Vol. 1, Page 15.

V 7468 Me
let to Levi Stowell - Nov: 27, 1840
ad 9. July '38

State of Vermont See Vermont 4
John Moory 83.
Private
Capt. Chadwick's Co. 34 th Reg. N. S. Infantry. 4
Ratio of Dis. not computed - total loss of right hand. - 3
Date of discharge 18 Mar. 1814.
Inscribed on the Massachusetts Roll at $2.50 per month to commence on the 19 th March 1814
Certificate of Pension dated the 31 st of November 1875 & delivered to the Rev. Mr. Parris. -
This man was placed on roll at Vern Vermont's in order to receive of the... March 1, 1818. at $8. per mo commence 2 nd April, 1818 discontinued Invalid & Rev. J. per- due to 11 th Sept. 1818 - $20. 42 Mar. 31 st 1875. 4
1814 1777 37
1834 1777 57
46 Years old in 1814 37 9

Fayetteville 2 d . Mar 15
18 37
Mr Caleb Morey Oxford Maine

West Halifax March 8 th 1841
Mr. Mosey Sir
I have taken all the necessary steps to comply with your mother's desire to obtain a pension of which I am capable. I went to the Rev. Mr. Woods in this town as the inclosed Certificate will show and no records of the marriage of your father and mother was to be found on the Records nor in the town Clerk's office in Halifax. I searched all the old law books in town which I could find in relation to the law of Marriage, and could find none previous to the year 1797 and then I went to Pictou a distance of 17 Miles and found all the laws in existence since the first organization of our state government. In the year 1787 the law did not require the minister or magistrate who solemnized the marriage to keep any record of his doings whatever. But the law was revised in the year 1791 requiring the persons authorized to join people in marriage to keep a record of their doings in their own private records and that was the law until the year 1797 which required them to have the marriages recorded in the town Clerk's office in the town where the marriage was solemnized. Consequently there is no record of any marriage.

previous to the year 1797 and none to be found in the Church Records because the laws only required the persons to keep a private record until 1797
Now if there is any records to be found of the marriage of your father and mother it will be found among the papers of the Rev. Mr. Goodall who I believe removed from this town - Littleton New Hampshire where he lived ever after and when he died
Yours, with respect
Samford Plummer
Mr. M. Miller
Sir Please to make a Certificate of my being a Justice of the Peace on the enclosed paper and put it into the this letter and seal it and postmark it in the mail to go to Oxford main and I will settle with you when I see you yours truly Samford Plummer

I Thomas H Wood of Halifax in the County of Windham and State of Vermont aged sixty eight years do testify before and say that I am and have been Clerk and pastor of the Congregational Society and Church in said town for thirty four years, the same Church and Society over which the Rev David Goodale was formerly an ordained Minister and so continued I believe until the year 1795 and that during all the time I have been Clerk as aforesaid I have been unable to find any record of the names of those persons which the said David Goodale United by marriage while minister of the parish as aforesaid Tho. H. Wood
State of Vermont Windham County ss { Halifax January th 30th AD 1841 Then personally appeared the Rev Thos H Wood above named and was sworn to the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed in due form of law before me Samuel P. Merrill Justice of the peace

Halifax Jan'y 30 th 1841 I hereby certify that I have examined the records of the Town of Halifax & find no record of the Marriage of John May to any person
Rufus Hemenway Town Clerk
State of Vermont ss Halifax Jan. 30 th 1841 Windham County I hereby Certify that the foregoing Certificate was written by Rufus Hemenway who is the town Clerk of Halifax in said County and sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of said office according to law and that the above Certificate was made under his oath of office as aforesaid Sanford Plumb Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont Windham County Esquire's Clerk's Office New Fane March 13 th A.D. 1841 I - Marshall Miller, Clerk of said Court certify, that Sanford Plumb is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and that his signatures, as such, hereunto written are genuine
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court the day and year above written. Attest Marshall Miller, Clerk

Martha F. Mary M d of John me Ad July 1838 Married 1785 died 1832 Allan $80 per am pm March 4. 1836
Len Stowell Esq. Paris me

Paris Me 3 March 25.
Mar 31. 1871
Maine
Adolf
Martha J. Morry
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commr. of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
fr

Paris March 26. 1841
Hon. J. L. Edwards, Com r . Pensions
Dear Sir, Enclosed I send some more evidence in relation to the application of Martha J. Morey, widow of John Morey, for a Pension. The Question, if I recollect is as to the marriage, which has been proved by a living Witness, & not by the record— The accompanying testimony will shew diligent search for the record & that it cannot be found— enough it would seem to admit the oral testimony in a Common Law Court. The accompanying Letter of Esq. Plumb, who was employed to procure the requisite testimony, shews an important fact, viz, that at the time of solemnizing of this marriage the Laws of Vermont required not of Ministers to make any such record either for private or public purposes; and as need & comparatively unenlightened as that Section of the country then was, it is not, perhaps, presuming even too much, to suppose that the minister in this case did not do more than the law required of him, and of course that we cannot procure a copy of a record, which never existed.
Considering the extreme poverty of the Applicant in this case, as well also as that of her children on whom she is dependent I could hope there could not now remain any reasonable doubt on the matter and that hope so long deferred, will

soon be realized in rich fruition.
Your early and favorable consideration of this case will occasion much of gratitude to all concerned.
Respectfully your obed. Servt
Levi Stowell

3911
Aug 17 43
Maria H. Mar 3 rd 1843 Mar T. Morey
free
Asford Me Aug 14
Hon James L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office Washington City D. C.

Oxford, Oxford Co., Me., Aug 12. 1843 Sir:
Enclosed is the Affidavit of Mid- dow Martha J. Morey now resident of- this town forwarded to secure her a new Certificate which shall entitle her to a pension under the Act of March 3 d 1843. Please forward such new Certificate to her, or to myself & Oblige Yours very respectf ly James I. Keith

Oct 1843 25 Dec 1843 25 Dec 1843
Free
Mr
Rev
Marcha & Mary
March 1843
L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

Hon J. L. Edwards
I enclose the application of Mrs Mary corrected for the certificate for a pension - Please forward it & oblige Yours very respectfully
Oxford Maine Dec 25 1843 J. S. Root

7468
Martha J. Morcy-
Me
cut 7. July 38.
no 7468

Boston September 12 th 1838,
Friend Marble
Yours of the 5 th Inst came to hand yesterday, requesting me to call at the Pension Office and get information regarding the pension of John Morsey, Mr. Freeman Call d and got the Clerk to refer to the records, and this morning he furnished the following which is a correct copy of his statement viz
Pension Office, Boston Sept 11 th 1838
On examining the Rolls I find that John Morsey was a Pensioner under the act of 18 th March 1818. at $96.-pr annum & died 18 th June 1832 — It is not necessary for the Agent to give any sworn Certificate, as all the original papers are on file at Washington and it would be of no use as evidence — Let the Widow swear to this fact, in her declaration before a Court of Records —
N.B.
My Brother left last evig for the east and will without doubt give you a call in the course of a few days and as he has got a Hat on your account at Bloods Corner Court & Washington Streets you will have the goodness to call and pay them for the same when you next visit Boston.
Yours truly Samuel East

3911
Certificate for a Pen- sion Martha P. Morey
$ 80.
3911
J. S. Keith Oxford Me

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford
County.
On this twenty first day of July 1843 Personally appeared before the subscribers
Martha T Moore
1843
of the
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 John Moore
formerly of Wilmington, Vermont who was a Soldier in the Revolu- tionary War , and that she received under the act of July 7th 1838 Eighty dollars a year.
she further declares that she is still a widow
Attest J P Keith Hareem Baker
Martha T her X Mooreg mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written. Before
Levi S Keith Justice of the Peace
And the said Justice hereby Certify that the aforementioned Martha T Moore is personally known to me & and credibly informed that she has drawn a pension un- der the act of July 7 1838.
Levi S 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 Fairus G. Keith whose genuine signature is annexed to the within application of Martha Melcher for a Pension is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Oxford, duly commissioned and qualified as such. Commission dated 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 7 th day of December 1843.
Joseph G. Locke Clerk as aforesaid

Hyattsville Md. Oct 12
25
Mr Caleb Morey Oxford, Eriege Mills Oxford County Maine

I Sally Leonard of Halifax in the County of Windham and state of Vermont aged Seventy four years last February do hereby testify before and say that I have known Martha F Queen then of said Halifax even since we were young children as our fathers were near neighbours in town and so continued to live for several years after we were both married - Are that in the month of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty six John Morey then of said Halifax and said Martha F Queen were united in mar- riage by the Rev. David Goodale the Congregati- onal minister of the Gospel of said town of Halifax They were married in Mr Goodale's house and I was present and saw them mar- ried and now well recollect it - I recollect the month and year they were married from the fact that I was married in Nov- ember A.D. 1785 and that they the said John Morey and Martha F Queen were married as before stated the February next following And further the deponent saith not
Sally Leonard

State of Vermont Windham County } Halifax October 7 th D 1840 Then personally appeared Sally Learnard the subscribed to the within affidavit and made oath to the truth of the same before me Sanford Plumb Justice of the peace
State of Vermont Windham County } Halifax October 7 th 1840 I hereby certify that the within and above named Sally Learnard has, and does sustain, the character of a good reputation for truth and veracity Sanford Plumb Justice of the peace
State of Vermont Windham County Court Clerk's Office New Fane October 12 th D. 1840. I Marshall Miller, Clerk of said Court, Certify, that Sanford Plumb is a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signatures, as such, above written are genuine
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written. Attest Marshall Miller, Clerk

I Caleb Mowry testify to say that I went in September last (1840) to Halifax in Vermont on purpose to procure Testimony in relation to the marriage of my late Father John Hovey with Mar- tha J Owen — I ascertained that they were married by a minister by the name of — Goodale who formerly lived in said Halifax — I enquired for the records of Marriage of said Goodale, and was abundantly assured and by the best authority that they could not be found — and the reason why I was especially satisfied of that fact was this, that some ten or dozen years ago it became necessary to prove a marriage of said Goodale in  which between two persons, solemnised by him while he resided in Halifax in the course of a legal or Judicial process & no record whatever could be found, & said marriage by him then in question had to be proved by living witness present. and being thus satisfied I deemed it utterly useless to make further enquiry or search in relation to the matter.
Caleb Mowry
Exford ss. Personally appeared Caleb Mowry above named of whose character for truth & veracity I have good reason to believe there can be no doubt and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true in every particular
Before me Levi Stowell Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Oxford County ss.
I Joseph G. Coble Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify that Siri Storwell whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of Caleb Morey is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this fourteenth day of November A. D. 1840
Joseph G. Coble Clerk of Oxford County Courts

60 75 m 85 a 32
no 7468 Mrs July 7 1838 Martha J. Edwards
Nov 23 1838
Jonathan Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions 1820 32 1788
Washington D.C.
Eldership Com in 1788. See Schedule

Paris Novem: 16. 1870
Hon. Jon a . Edwards.
Enclosed I forward to you the application of Martha Y. Mosey for a Pension — as to the evidence of the service of her deceased husband as it is on file in the Department I suppose there will be no trouble — as to the marriage there seems to be a discrepancy in her declaration & the Deposition proving the marriage but after so long a lapse of time it would not perhaps be, at all, singular that the Department should mistake a month or two —
Search was made for the record evidence, but it could not be found; and as the applicant & her family are very poor and it is expensive to procure evidence from so great a distance as that part of Vermont is from this, it is hoped the evidence as to the marriage may be deemed satisfactory. Your early attention will much oblige
Yours At t Serv t &c
Levi Storrs

I certify that John Movey a private in Capt. Peter Chadwicks Company of the 34 th Reg t Infantry is unfit for military duty by the entire loss of the Use of his right hand from a blow rec d . at Fort Sumner in Aug t last - he is incapable of performing any manual labour, and I think him a subject for pension -
1874 March 14 th -
J. S. [unintelligible] Surgeon 33 rd Inf t

Mr. Edwards
For transfer
Recd. April 1823
Hon John C. Calhoun — Secretary of War Washington

Hon. J. C. Calhoun Sir
Monday March 24 th 1823
In behalf of John Morry Sinclair transfer as paper for the purpose of transferring his pension from Vermont to Massachusetts Made out as is supposed according to law — he wishes you to cause the transfer to be made as soon as possible as he is in great want of the money not having received any for some time and being very poor — he also wishes you to direct the paying office in Vermont to State to the Pension office in Boston the Amount due him on the fourth of March 1823
Respectfully Your Humble Servant for John Morry — by E. Billings