Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 18734, Joseph Bracket, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bracket, Joseph Brackett.
8 18734
Carded
CONTENTS

32.963
Marshall Joseph Bracker deceased
Sumner Co in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Col of the Regt commanded by Col in the Continental Line for 14 months  Mass
Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsfield at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 27 July 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Decr 1837 and sent to Dickens & Coombs
Arrears to the 4th of Present Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. P. Wright Clerk Book E Vol. 9 Page 6

State of Maine
At a court of Probate held at Portland within & for the County of Cumberland on the first Tuesday of October (being the seventh day of said Month) A.D. 1851
Personally appeared in open court being a court of Record, before the Hon. Josiah Pierce Judge, Zebulon H. Harmon Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Brackett late of Poland in the County of Cumberland deceased, who in open court makes the following declaration in order to obtain the amount of Pension that was due said deceased under the Act of June 7th. 1832.
And this declarant states that Joseph Brackett was a resident of Falmouth (now Portland Westbrook and Falmouth) in the time of the Revolution and that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and served as he believes as set forth in the certificate of the Secretary of State Mass. hereunto annexed, that the said Joseph Brackett embraced the religious belief of the Society of Shakers and was a member of said Society at the time of his death which took place on the 27th of July 1838 aged 80 years, and that he left no widow. This declarant further states that the said Joseph Brackett would not assert his claim to a pension in his

life time for the reason that the Society of Sha- kers disapproved of claiming and receiving Pensions. He further states that Barnabas Brackett Joseph Brackett and Benjamin Brackett are the only surviving children of the said Joseph Brackett deceased. He therefore claims the Pension that was due the said Joseph Brackett under the Act aforesaid as Administrator.
Zebulon W. Harmon
Signed and sworn to before me on the day and year first above written
Josiah Pierce Judge of Probate

STATE OF MAINE.
PROBATE COURT, Cumberland County, ss.
Be it Known, That on this Seventh day of October 184 8 it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a Court of Record, That Joseph Brackett late of Poland was a Shaker Pensioner of the United States , and that he died at said Poland on the twenty Seventh day of July 184 8 . And that Samuel Brackett, Benjamin Brackett and Joseph Brackett, are
the children and the only surviving children of the said Joseph Brackett deceased, and that he left no widow.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court, and subscribed my name, this Seventh day of October in the year 184 8 .
Lesiah Pierce } Judge of Probate for Cumberland County.

State of Maine County of Cumberland ss. Probate Office Octo. 7. A.D. 1851
I Freeman Bradford, Register of Probate, hereby certify that Hon. Josiah Pierce, before whom the foregoing declaration was made, is Judge of Probate in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified agreeably to the Constitution and Laws of the State. That the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine, and that full faith and credit should be given to his official acts and attestations. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court the day and year first above written. Freeman Bradford Regr

I 18/34 INVALID.
File No. _____ Joseph Blackett St. Peter's
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 446
[Arrangement of 1870.]

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, SS. } PROBATE OFFICE.
I Freeman Bradford REGISTER OF PROBATE for said County, hereby certify, That at a Court of Probate held at Portland, in and for said County, on the first Tuesday of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty  fifty one Zechariah H. Haines of Portland in said County, was duly appointed and commissioned Administrator of the estate of Joseph Brackett late of Portland in said County, deceased. that he has accepted the trust and given bond pursuant to the Laws of the State; that he re- mains at the present time Administrator as aforesaid, and that full faith is due to his legal acts in that capacity.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Name and affixed the Seal Official of said Court, this Seventh day of October in the year of our Lord one thou- and eight hundred and forty  fifty one .
Freeman Bradford Regr
STATE OF MAINE.
County of Cumberland, ss.
Probate Office.
I Josiah Pierce JUDGE OF PROBATE for said County, hereby certify, that Freeman Bradford whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is the Register of Probate for said County, duly appointed, commission- ed and sworn : and that his said certificate is in due form.
Given under my hand this of October
Seventh A. D. 18 51
day
Josiah Pierce

✓ No 38,269
Joseph Bracket d o Maine
Act 7 June 1832.
14 Mo pri - $46.66. to 27 July 1838 when he died. payable to Zebulon K Harmon adm r for the benefit of Barnabas Bracket, Benjamin Bracket & Joseph Bracket only surviving children
Dickens & Coombes

6 2. 18. 6. 24  $14. 12      42

Brief in the case of Joseph Brackett dec d County and State of Maine act 7 June 1832.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Evidence of service; Record.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
Dickens Hoombs
F. F. Kirby Examining Clerk.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Probate Office,
PORTLAND, October 10, A. D. 1851
I, Freeman Bradford
Register of Probate,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that Jobson K. Harmon and Henry C. Babb are
Acting Justices of the Peace,
within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed, that they are DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the COMMISSION of the said Harmon is dated November 23 d A. D. 1850 and will expire November 23 d A. D. 1857, and that said Babb's Commission bears date November 19, 1850 , and will expire Nov. 19, A. D. 1857
and that the following SIGNATURES purporting to be their are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal official of said Court, the day and year first above written.
Freeman Bradford
Register.

I Oles Sawyer of New Gloucester in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine aged 36 years hereby certify that I am one of the Trustees and one of the Overseers of the Society of Shakers in the town of New Gloucester in said Coun- ty of Cumberland and have known Joseph Brackett ever since I belonged to the Society, which has been 29 years. Joseph Brackett embraced the religious belief of the Society prior to 1800 as I have been informed and as appears by our Rec- ords Joseph Brackett died July 27th 1838 aged 80 years, and left no widow the only children of said Joseph Brackett are Barnabas Brackett Joseph Brackett and Benjamin Brackett. The general practice among all Societies of Shakers has been not to make applications for pensions and that was the reason why Joseph Brackett did not assert his claim to a pension in his life time. Joseph Brackett was reputed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and believed to have been such by those who knew him.
Oles Sawyer

Cumberland ss: October 1 st A.D. 1851, Then personally appeared the above named Olis Sawyer who is known to me as a man of truth and veracity and made solemn affirmation that the statements contained in the foregoing affidavit by him signed are true.
Before me
J. W. Harmon Justice of the Peace

4884
Dickins & Coombs Present.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
September 23 rd 1857.
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 Joseph Bracket is on an abstract of Capt. John Wentworth's Co. Col. Williams Regt. from Ft. Edward, where as a private of Falmouth 12th miles: this roll is dated Jan'y 15. 1777 & an endorsement on the back of the roll states the Co. marched to Ft. Edward in July 1776.
On a pay roll of Lieut. Alexander McNeill's Co. Col. Mitchell's Regt. in expedition to Penobscot as a private, from July 7. 1779. 2 mo. 18 days.
On a pay roll of Lieut. Jonathan Andrews Co. Col. Joseph Prentiss Regt. as private from May 13. 1780. (emo. 24 days). This Co. as well as that of Capt. Joseph Price was under the command of Col. Wentworth, & appears to have been stationed at Falmouth.

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.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Secretary of State Massachusetts Application for the evidence of the Revolu- tionary Service of Joseph Brackett.
The Secretary is requested to furnish from the records and Military rolls and other Doc- uments in his office the evidence of the ser- vice of Joseph Brackett.
And your applicant states that Joseph Brackett was a resident of Falmouth in the District of Maine in the time of the Revolutionary War. The said Joseph Brackett was reported to have been a soldier of the Revolution and also a seaman in the service of the Colonies. The tradition is that he was in the service for the most of the war, that he was in the Penobscot expedition and also a soldier under Capt Joseph Preble Col Prime in the 8 months service in 1780 and also in the Gards that were stationed in Falmouth near the end of the war. He is unable to state his service in armed vessels. He requests evidence of all the service that can be found. And the undersigned Agent and Attorney for the heir of the said Joseph Brackett hereby ap- points Freeman Bradford of Portland my Attorney to whom the certificate in this case may be sent.
Z. H. Warman Agent
Cumberland ss. August 28. 1851 Signed in my presence H. L. Babb Justice of the Peace