Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 12,344, Israel Bradford, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
mass.
Bradford, Israel
W. 12,344
Oliver
B.L.W. 12,583-160-55
CONTENTS

81257
Massachusetts
Israel Bradford
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the regt commanded by Col Pierce in the Mass line for 2 Years.
69 Plymouth
Inscribed on the Roll of Pensions at the rate of 100 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of March 1833 and sent (H. J. Rep)
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $ 2 00 — Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep — " 50 — $ 2 50 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. S. Blair Clerk, Book [blank] Vol. 2 nd Page 4.

5.132
Massachusetts Eliza Bradford widow of Israel Bradford Mass who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a serv. of Arty.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100. dollars 11 1/4 cents per annum, to commence on 5 th January 1855. the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 25 th day of April 1853 and sent to
Wm H Soule Plympton Mass.
Reg. S. m 55-83950
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 8. Vol. 16 (32)

89550/Act Mar 3/55 April 20/55
Set W. P. Doule Nov 13/55
Olive Bradford widg Israel Bradford
Private
Dept Lincoln Napa 300/55 Reg't Mus
Rev Pensioner
Asst Secy 53-5132
Ad. 160 acs Dec 6/55 Dodge
Sum
Wm H Doule Barnes Mass
Vol. B. 58.

I Lephaniah Willis. clergyman, and John Thomas Esq., of Kingston Massachusetts, set forth & declare that we are well acquainted with Israel Bradford of this town, who has subscribed the annexed declaration, that we believe him to be 76 years of age that he is reputed & believed in this his neighborhood to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Leph a Willis J s Thomas
Massachusetts. Plymouth p. Aug 13 th 1832 Then Lephaniah Willis, & John Tho- mas above named subscribed & made oath to the truth of this declaration
Joseph Sampson Justice of the peace

Cambridge, Mass. Dec 10 1880 Dear Sir, I have the honor to inform you that the Massachusetts of Massachusetts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been dissolved, and that the same is a part of the New England Union and the present was known - and that the other states perhaps to be the same.
What I have heard of my hand and office the use of seal letters in the market day of August 1880
Yours sincerely, John D. Sleeper
Cambridge, Mass. Dec 10 1880 Dear Sir, I have the honor to inform you that the Massachusetts of Massachusetts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been dissolved, and that the same is a part of the New England Union and the present was known - and that the other states perhaps to be the same.

...a clergyman, residing in the ...wn of ... and ... hereby certify, that we are well ac- residing in the ... who has subscribed and sworn to the above quainted with ... declaration; that we believe him to be ... years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Stephanah Willis who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Hengston and that John Brown who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Hengston and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By order of the Court Albert M c Pherson Clerk
I, M c Pherson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Bradford for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
M c Pherson

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this 14 th day of Augt 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Solomon Strong, Judge of the Court of Common pleas now sitting at Plymouth within and for said County of Plymouth, Israel Bradova a resident of Kingston in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged 67 . 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. He hereby relinquish- es 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
I enlisted & served the last three years of the war of the Revolution in a company commanded by Capt Aaron Lincoln, & was discharged in September 1783. But I have no discharge & know not whether the service was State or Continental. I was however paid by Mr Ives - State Treasurer at Boston, Massachusetts. I was a private and said services were rendered at Nantasket Cambridge & Boston in Massachusetts.
See Saml Whitcomb's deposition
I think my Colo's name was Paul Revere I was born in Kingston, Massachusetts in 1766. but have no record of my birth. For my character I refer to Colonel John Ives, & Thomas Prince Beal of Kingston. I belonged to said

Kingston when I entered the service & have always lived there & in Plymouth, an adjoining town.
Yours & B. L. G. Bond
Permit to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid in the Court of Common Pleas
W. H.
William Clarke

6677 Israel Bradford
Mr. CE

6677  BRIEF in the case of  Israel Bradford  of Plymouth Co in the State of Mass  (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? no  3. How old is he? 67  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 17 discharged in Sep r 3 1783 3 3 — As a Private Gen. Capt t Lincoln — think g Colonel Revere    he says he served the last three years of the war
 5. In what battles was he engaged? 
 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
Kingston Mass
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
one living witness
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Right
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk. 24 Jan 33

Oliver Bradford's Application, for Pension, under the act of Feb. 3. 1853.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts { ss. County of Plymouth
On this ninth day of April, 1855, personally appeared before the Probate Court holden at Plymouth, in the County and State aforesaid, Olive Bradford, a resident of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and State aforesaid aged Sixty one years, who, first being 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 3 d February, 1853, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Israel Bradford, who was a Private of Artillery in the Army of the Revolution, as may appear by a reference to the evidence filed in his application; also to a certificate granted under the law of 7 th June 1832, dated March 13, 1833, Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book C. Vol. 2 nd Page 11. By J. H. S. Blair Clerk. Payable at Boston, Mass. by the Press N. E. S. B. Bank, at the rate of One hundred dollars per annum. She further declares that she was married to the said Israel Bradford, on the fourth day of December, Eighteen hundred and forty; that her said husband died on the fifth day of January, Eighteen hundred and fifty five; that she was not married to him prior to the Second of January, Eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow. Olive J. Bradford
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before
Aaron Hobart Judge of Probate for said County.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss.
I Joseph S. Beal Register of Probate within and for said County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Aaron Hobart before whom the foregoing declaration purports to have been made is the Judge of Probate in and for said County of Plymouth and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of the Probate Court of said County of Plymouth, on this ninth day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty five.
Joseph S. Beal

Oliver Bradford's Application for Bounty land
83580

State of Massachusetts, County of Plymouth, ss. town of Plympton -
On this thirtyfirst day of March One thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Olive Bradford, aged Sixty one years, a resident of Plympton, in the County & State aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Israel Bradford, deceased, who was a Private of Artillery, in Capt. Amos Lincoln's Company and Col. Severy's Regiment of the War of the Revolution as may more fully appear by his application and the evidence therein; also to a certificate granted under the law of 7 th June 1832, dated March 13. 1833, Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol. 2 Page 4. by J. H. M c Blain Clerk. Payable at Boston, Ms. by the Pres. U. S. B. Bank at the rate of One hundred dollars per annum. She further states that she was married to the said Israel Bradford in Kingston in said County, on the fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and forty, and that her name before her said marriage, with said Israel Bradford, was Olive Jeffers; and that her said husband died at Plympton on the fifth day of January, Eighteen hundred and fifty five; and that she is still a widow. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County land to which she may be entitled under the eighth section of the act, passed March third, Eighteen hundred and fifty five. giving County land to "Soldiers of the Revolutionary war, or their widows or minor children." and that the certificate for me Olive Bradford may be sent to Wm. H. Soule of Plympton Ms.
Sworn to and subscribed, before me, the day and year above written. Wm. H. Soule Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss.
I Certify that Wm. H. Lorenzo Esquire, before whom the foregoing declaration & affidavit was made & sworn to, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned & qualified for said County and Commonwealth, to administer oaths & take acknowledgments, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County & Commonwealth this ninth day of April A.D. 1883:
Wm. H. Lorenzo { Clerk of said Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County, Town of Kingston
"Kingston December fourth, Eighteen hundred and forty. This day Mr. Israel Bradford & Mrs. Olive Jeffers, both of Kingston in the co. of Plymouth were joined in Marriage
by me - Eli Cook J. Peace."
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows: — "December 4 th 1840."
Nathan Brooks Town Clerk
I Nathan Brooks above named, depose and say that I held the office of Town Clerk in the town, county and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Nathan Brooks T. Clerk
Plymouth ss.
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this Nineteenth day of Feb. 1855.
I further certify said deponent Mr. H. Soule } Justice of to be a responsible witness } the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss.
I hereby certify that William H. Soule Esquire, before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was taken is and was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned & qualified to take acknowledgments & administer oaths in said Plymouth County, and that his signature is well known to me, and that the same is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County, this nineteenth day of March A.D. 1855.
Wm. V. Whitman Clerk of said Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Plymouth ss.
"Israel Bradford, (a Revolutionary Pensioner) died in Plympton, January fifth, Eighteen hundred and fifty five, aged Eighty eight years, two months and eight days."
I Wm. H. Saule, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Plympton, in the County and State aforesaid, and the records of said town are in my custody, and that the above, is a true copy from the records of said town, with the exception of the date and age, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows:—("Jan y 5. 1855, aged 88 years, 2 mos. & 8 days")
A true record
Attest, Wm. H. Saule } Town Clerk of Plympton
Plymouth ss.
Subscribed and duly sworn to, before me, this 24 th day of February A. D. 1855.
I further certify that said deponent is a responsible Witness —
Before me,
Isaac Wright } Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss. I certify that Isaac Wright-Edgier before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was made, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace for said County of Plymouth duly Commissioned & authorized to take acknowledgments and administer oaths, and that his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County this nineteenth day of March A.D. 1855. Wm. V. Whitman Clerk of said Court
Certificate of Marriage of Sarah Bradford & Oliver Jeffers, alias, Bradford

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MCS/HMM
May 14, 1930.
Mrs. Henry M. Olsen 218 Spring Street Mansfield Massachusetts.
Dear Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 12344 , it appears that Israel Bradford was born in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of that place, he enlisted May 23, 1781, served as a private in Captain Amos Lincoln's Massachusetts Company and was discharged in August or September 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 14, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Kingston, Massachusetts.
He died January 5, 1855 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, aged eighty-eight years, two months and eight days.
The soldier married December 4, 1840, in Kingston, Massachusetts, Mrs. Olive Jeffers of that place.
She was allowed pension on her application executed April 9, 1855, at which time she was sixty-one years of age and was living in Plympton, Massachusetts.
There are no further data relative to family.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

1930 May 14, hist. to the Henry W. Olsen, M.C.A.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 12344
Olive Bradford Widow of Israel Bradford Prv. Rev. War
Act: Feb 3 d 1858
Index:—Vol. a , Page 86
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Residuary Office. April. 21 st 1855.
Sir:
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid on the date of his death, Very Respectfully, H. S. 54 L. P. M. a. a. o.
Colin G.
Mr. Randall R. H. Atkinson Esq. M.P. Mire Auditor. Washngt.
Israel Bradford paid to H. Sefit. 1854 Rev. Jonathan
Auditor

Copy of Mun Rec: of Ma: Sent 5 January, 1855, 1 Unit: 1 Mun Rec: 1 Unit! 10 Unit! 10 Unit!
"Rep. Th."

Apl. 20 th 1855, N o 5654
Oliver Bradford, wid: of Israel .
Plymouth; Mass.
Feb 15 th $100. per An: Com: 5 th Jan; 1855, the day the said Israel died.
Resign;
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business,
Wm H. Soule, Plymouth, Pa. Commissioner.

83950
Olive Bradford wid. Israel
83950 Rev. G. J. ...
83949
Merer Right David Right D. G. ...
J. P. ... Washington City (D. G.)
83949

Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, City, (D. C.)
15 40

✓ 12583
S New Orleans

I Samuel Whitmarsh of Weymouth born - Wealth of Massachusetts, a soldier in the War of the Revolution in the last three years' service of the continental army, & regularly discharged in August, or September 1783, testify, that Israel Brad- ford, now of Kingston in said State, was a private in the same company, com- manded by Captain Amos. Lincoln, & that we were both discharged on or about the same day, he now being a petitioner for a pension.
Samuel Whitmarsh
Norfolk ss June 29 th 1832 Then personally appeared the above named Samuel Whitmarsh and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed, and I further certify that the said Samuel Whitmarsh is a credible witness. Fisher A Kingsbury Jus. pac County of Norfolk

Nov. 1.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I James Ware Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Norfolk hereby certify that Fisher Kingsbury Esquire is now and Justice of the peace in and for said County duly appointed Commissioned, and sworn, and that his signature to the Certificate within is genuine and true being well acquainted therewith.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth this thirtieth day July A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two at Boston in the County aforesaid.
James Ware.
Whitman and for Israel Bradford.

6677
Israel Bradford
Female of Whitney 2 years
$100
Wm J L Adams

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isnael Bradford 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? no 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? Yes
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? Yes
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? Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
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.

J. Wright's Affidavit of Olive Bradford's Identity wid Israel
Boylston April 20 th 1835
Wm H Soule Esq Plympton Plymouth Co Mass

I, Isaura Wright Esq. of Plympton, in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts on oath depose and say, that I have always resided in said town I well knew Israel Bradford, late of said Plympton deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States. I am also acquainted with his widow Olive Bradford, who is now living, and has not been married since the decease of her said husband, Israel Bradford. She was formerly from Duxbury in said County of Plymouth. I have known her for the last fifteen years during which time she lived in Plympton. Isaura Wright
Plymouth ss. April 4, - 1855, Then the above named Isaura Wright - well known to me to be a credible witness, appeared before me, and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed -
Wm. H. Sacke Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss.
I Joseph S. Beal Register of Probate in and for the County of Plymouth aforesaid do hereby certify that William A. Soule the person before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn to is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified according to the laws of said Commonwealth and that his signature to the certificate of said oath is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Probate Court of said County this ninth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and fifty five.
Joseph S. Beal

Brief in the case of Oliver Bradford, widow of Israel, Plymouth County and State of Mass: act 3 d Feby. 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was pensioned under the act of 7 th June, 1832, at the rate of $100. per An. Marriage proven by the record thereof. Pensioned the 5 th January, 1855, as per the affidavit of a credible witness, the town record thereof & the report of the Hm's Auditor. Widowhood & identity is established by the affidavit of a credible Affiant.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Wm H. Soule Esq re , Plymouth,
Name and residence of Agent Plymouth Co: Mass:
A. B. Alcott Examining Clerk.

★ Na the Han, commissioner of Persians Washington City (D.C.)

State of Massachusetts, Plymouth County Town of Plympton.
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City, D. C.
Sir,
I enclose herein an application of Olive Bradford, for a Pension . Also the application of Sd. Olive Bradford, Nancy Wright and Rebecca Briggs, three aged Ladies, for Warranty land and I do earnestly wish they may be decided on the earliest opportunity, that they may live to enjoy the benefits thereby, and not result as they are I rec'd under the law of 1850, for Jonas Sturtevant, No. 13121. who died before the issue of Sd. Warrant Warrant — I enclose also four other applications for Warranty land —
You will please direct the certificate and Warrants to the subscribers when issued
Respectfully yours &c.
Pensions claim taken out
Wm. H. Saule, Plympton, Co. of Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Plympton Plymouth Co. Mass.
Dec. 3 d 1855.
Hon. G. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
Dear Sir,
Agreeable to request I forward a new application and recent evidence to substantiate the claim of Mary Wright and Olive Bradford No's. 83.949 and 83.950. which I trust may prove satisfactory to the issuing of Land Warrants accordingly.
I wish to have it understood, that my letters, almost the whole of them rec'd from the Dep't, have been directed to Plymouth, which has caused some delay — They should be directed
Plympton
Plymouth, Co.
Mass.
With much respect
I am your Most
Obt serv't
Wm. H. Soule

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Dec. 1. 1855
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed.
W m H. Doulé was a
Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In testimony of Which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
R. McWhorter Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston. (December 1 st 1855.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Israel Bradford is borne on pay roll of Capt Amos Lincoln's Company of Militia enlisted May 23, 1781. Served to Nov. 1. 1782 17 mos. 9 days.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. M. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Olive Bradford
Olive Bradford 83.952

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth Town of Kingston
(a) "Kingston December fourth, Eighteen hundred and forty, This day Mr. Israel Bradford & Mrs. Olive Jeffers, both of Kingston, in the co. of Plymouth were joined in Marriage, by me - Eli Cook J. Peace."
I CERTIFY that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows:— (b)
"December 4 th 1840."
Nathan Brooks
I, Nathan Brooks above named, depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk — in the town, county, and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Nathan Brooks { Town Clerk of Kingston
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this twenty third day of Nov r , A.D. 1855.
Wm. H. Locke Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full.
(b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record.

Certification image of seal hand and ens—
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I certify that Joseph S. Bead Elquin, before whom the within deposition or affidavit was made & sworn to, was at the date thereof a justice of the Peace for said County, duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths & to take acknowledgments That his signature thereto is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County and Commonwealth this fourteenth day of April A.D. 1855. Wm. H. Whitman Clerk of said Court

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth Town of Kingston
[Date of Marriage wrote out in words]
"Kingston December fourth, Eighteen hundred and forty, This day Mr. Israel Bradford & Mrs. Olive Jeffers, both of Kingston, in the Co. of Plymouth were joined in marriage by me Eli Cook J. Pierce."
I CERTIFY that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date and figures which are expressed in the record in fair legible date and figures as follows:
[Date of Marriage in figures]
"December 4 th 1840."
Nathan Brooks Town Clerk of Kingston
I Nathan Brooks, above named depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named as certified by me.
Nathan Brooks Town Clerk of Kingston
Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this ninth day of April A. D. 1855; and I certify, that I have no interest whatever in the prosecution, or result of the annexed claim.
Joseph S. Beal Justice of the Peace.

Oliver Braden

No. 83,950 Duplicate
Declaration of a widow who has NEVER HAD a Land Warrant
State of Massachusetts COUNTY OF Plymouth
88
On this twenty Sixth day of November , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Olive Bradford aged Sixty two years, a resident of Plympton — in the State of Massachusetts who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Isaac Bradford deceased, who was a private of Artillery in the Revolutionary war in the Company commanded by Captain _____ Regiment of _____ commanded by _____ in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th of June, 1812.
that her said husband _____ at _____ on or about the _____ day of _____, A. D. 18____, for the term of _____ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of _____ and was honorably discharged at _____ on the _____ day of _____, A. D. 18____; but that, to the best of her knowledge and belief, her husband never received any written or printed discharge,
She further states that she was married to the said Israel Bradford in Kingston , on the fourth day of December A. D. 1840, by one Eli Cook , a Justice of the Peace , and that her name before her said marriage was Oliver Jeffers : that her said husband died at Plympton , on the fifth day of January A. D. 1855, and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855," and prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to James Gregory & Son, of Marblehead, Mass. ; and declares that she has not received a Bounty Land Warrant under this or any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. and prays that the certificate thereof may be sent to for her to Wm. H. Sable, of Plympton, Mass.
Dear Bradford

We Philander Cobb — and Martin Cobb — residents of Plympton  Kingston in the State of Massachusetts upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Olive Bradford in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Philander Cobb Martin Cobb
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 herself to be; and that I have no interest in this claim.
Wm. H. Soule
Justice of the Peace.
State of Massachusetts  Plymouth — County.
We, Philander Cobb — and Martin Cobb — having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Israel Bradford who was a Soldier — in the war of the Revolution whose widow now applies for bounty land; that we knew him for more than twenty five years before his death, which occurred at Plympton — about ten months years ago: that we know that he died about that time, because we attended his funeral at said Plympton .
that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she is now unmarried, and that we are disinterested.
Philander Cobb Martin Cobb
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this twenty sixth day of November A. D. 1855.
Wm. H. Soule
Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of Philander Cobb and Martin Cobb of the said County and State, whom I know to be credible persons, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the foregoing application; that Olive Bradford the applicant for bounty land in the foregoing declaration is now unmarried, and that she is the widow of the late Israel Bradford who was a private of Artillery in the war of the Revolution — and that the said Israel Bradford died at the time above stated, which I know from the fact that he died as appears from the records of the town of Plympton which are in my custody, being Town Clerk — IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, this twenty sixth day of November A. D. 1855.
Wm. H. Soule
Justice of the Peace.
P.S. Several erasures were made in the foregoing application and affidavit as will be seen, before signing; Wm. H. Soule Justice of the Peace.

218 Spring St., Mansfield, Mass. February 17, 1930
Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Pension, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please advise me if a pension was ever applied for, and if one was applied for if it was ever granted to
Israel Bradford, who served during the Revolutionary War as follows:
Enlisted May 23, 1781 as private in Capt. Amos Lincoln Co., Col., Crafts Artillery Regt, and was discharged therefrom as private on August 21, 1783 having served 27 months.
I thank you for the above information.
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Henry M. Olsen.
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