Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23781, Alexander Campbell, Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Campbell, Alexander
W. 23781
Mary
Mass. residence in 1819.
CONTENTS

13. 200 R
District of Maine
Alexander Campbell
of Minot in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Crane of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of July 1819 and sent to Judge Albion H. Harris Paris D of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar. 1819.  87 40    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Sep 1819.  48 00    10 Mo \frac{24}{30}  \frac{4}{31}   $135 43  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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paper copy for Land Office Maine Dec 13. 1836
Notification sent to John Murphy Esq. Portland Maine

Maine. 500
Mary Campbell, the widow of Alexander Campbell, deceased who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 Mar 1818, and who died on the 15 February 1827, of Oxford in the State of Maine who was a pri. of Arty in the Comp y commanded by Captain Jackson of the regim t commanded by Col Crane in the Massachus tts line for 2 years
Widow died Nov 8, 1838 (AB)
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine, at the rate of 100 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Sept r 1838, & sent to G. W. Morton, Esq. Augusta, Maine
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r '38 $250.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '39 50.00
$300.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. M. Curran, Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 5.

1193 - Alexander Campbell
Copy
(13.200)
Sept 1819
JUDICIAL DISTRICT
total amount in value of the property... I have the honor to certify that the foregoing copy... I John Murray, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia
the said Court on this day personally appeared... I have the honor to certify that the foregoing copy... I have the honor to certify that the foregoing copy
Court for the District of Columbia
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixteenth day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this sixteenth day of June - - in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Alexander Campbell aged sixty five - - years, resident in Minot: - - in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private - - in the company commanded by Capt. Jackson - - in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brane - - in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 7th day of April - - A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13200 - - was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18th day of March, 1818: 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Alexander Campbell
Sworn to and declared, on the sixteenth day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Albion K. Parris
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — none — one cow — no income, no money due me Alexander Campbell
Sworn to June 16 1828 Before Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Alexander Campbell who, by occupation am a Laborer, which I am not able to pursue by reason of old age and infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mary, my wife 50. unable to work for twenty five years past   Elizabeth, a daughter 25 unable to work    Sworn to Before Albion H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge  Alexander Campbell

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, JUNR. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record 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 fifteen dollars and no more  cents .
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Nussey Junr
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$15-

Ms. A. 9. 2. 7
I Alexander Campbell a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Milford in the county of Cumberland & State of Massachusetts, do testify & say that on the twentieth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty one I am listed into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment for the term of three years as a private soldier in Captain Thomas Jackson's company in Colonel John Crane's Regiment of Artillery, in which company I continued to serve as aforesaid until the peace and until the month of November 1783 when I received an honorable discharge since lost by fire. I further testify that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support & that I am not on any pension list of the United States.
Alex d Campbell
I Nathan Dudley of Hebron in the county of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that I was in the continental service in the revolutionary war at the same period that the above named Alexander Campbell served and was in the same regiment, and to my certain knowledge said Campbell served in the company above said on the continental establishment the term of three years or thereabouts, as he has above declared.
Nathan Dudley
We, Nathan Dudley above said, and Thomas Crocker of Paris in the county last above said, do testify and say, that the above named Alexander Campbell is in reduced circumstances in life and stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Nathan Dudley Thomas Crocker

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Alexander Campbell the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the affidavit of Nathan Dudley a fellow soldier with him in the revolutionary war, made and signed in my presence, which is hereunto annexed, together with the certificates or affidavits of the late Nathan Dudley and Thomas Booker, respective citizens, relative to the applicant's circumstances in life.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Alexander Campbell the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
And I do further certify that it has been proved to my satisfaction, that the above named Alexander Campbell , in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Alcion H. Parris U.S. Dist. Judge

Alexander Campbell Private
Cranes Reg t Artillery
2yrs 8 mo's
7 th April 1818
81 to 83
Admitted
on Roll A.P
Further proof of Service required
Alexander Campbell
This applicant has furnished as additional proof the descriptions of his book and General Hickley - and it is hereby made known that the written names of Matthew Hickley, his book and General Hickley are credible witnesses - Albion H. Davis U.S. Dist. Judge

This applicant has furnished as additional proof the depositions of Eli Cook and Samuel Ackley - and it is hereby made known that the within named Nathan Dooly, Eli Cook and Samuel Ackley are credible witnesses -
Albion H. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge

404 Mary Campbell widow of Alexander Campbell.
paper 209-1881
admitted Pa. Arts 2 yrs $100.
died 15 Feb 1827 See Preston resolution.
Georgetown Augusta Maine.

45 DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford Cumberland
County, ss.
On this Second day of August A. D., 1838, personally appeared before the Court of Probate, now specially sitting, at Paris in & for said County of Oxford .
Mary Campbell a resident of Abing in the County of Cumberland and 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 7th, 1838, enti- tled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Alexander Campbell late a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, under the Act of March 18. 1818 who enlisted & served three years in the Massachusetts Line as a Clerk of a Company in the Revolutionary War ; that he was pensioned for the above service; she refers to the papers relating to it, furnished by him upon his application for a pension, supposed to be in the possession of the War Department.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Alexander Campbell on the Sixth day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six — ; that her husband, the aforesaid Alexander Campbell died on the fifteenth day of February , Eighteen hundred & twenty seven ; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Witness Stephen Emery . Mary  her  Campbell mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
Stephen Emery Judge of said Court.

And I, the said Judge, do consider & adjudge that the said Alexander Campbell was a Revolutionary Soldier, & served as is above stated - that the said Mary was lawfully married to said Alexander & that the said Alexander died at the several times above stated respectively - and that said Mary has remained a widow & unmarried ever since the death of said Alexander, as aforesaid. I further certify, that the residence of the said Mary is within fifteen miles of the town of Paris, in which said County is now held; and that the distance from her said residence to Portland, where the County are held in Cumberland County, is thirty five miles; and that her advanced age & the feeble state of her health are the causes of her applying in Oxford County, it being so much nearer to her place of residence. I further certify, that I am personally acquainted with the applicant, & was also acquainted with her said husband - and cheerfully express entire confidence in the above statement. Stephen Emery STATE OF MAINE.  Judge as aforesaid.
Oxford
ss.
I the subscriber hereby CERTIFY, That Stephen Emery before whom the proceedings were had, is Judge of the Court of Probate for said County I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Mary Campbell for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this Second day of August A. D., 1838. —
Levi Stowell Register.

William Campbell's depositum
[Faint, mirrored cursive handwriting, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

I William Campbell of Albion in the County of Cumberland, Maine, aged forty one years, Son of Alexander & Mary Campbell, do upon Oath declare, that I have understood, & do believe, that My Mother, Mary Campbell was married to the 5 th Alexander in March 1786, - they always lived together as man & wife until the time of his decease, on the fifteenth day of February, Eighteen Hundred & twenty seven, after since which time she has remained unmarried. I further state that I am the sixth child of the said Alexander & Mary Campbell. —
State of Maine Kennebec County ss.
William Campbell
August 1 st 1838
Subscribed & sworn to this day, - I certify that the deponent is a credible person,
Before Me,
Ebenezer D. Dilliett, Justice of State of Maine, } the Peace Kennebec, ss.
I the subscribed clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within & for the County of Kennebec do certify that Ebenezer Dilliett Esq. before whom the above affidavit was sworn, is a Justice of the Peace. Witness my hand & the seal of the supreme Judicial Court of said State, this fourteenth day of August 1838. Tho Swan Clerk

I Ebenezer Burnham of Ipswich in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that Alexander Campbell and Mary Dunnen both then of said Ipswich were joined in Marriage March the sixth Seventeen hundred eighty six by the Reverend John Cleaveland then Minister of the Gospel in said Ipswich as appears by the records of Marriages in the town of Ipswich. - The following is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures "Seventeen hundred eighty six March six th Alexander Campbell to Mary Dunnen both of Ipswich" The following is a true copy of the record in words and figures as it stands upon the said record in fair legible words and figures "1786 March 6 th Alexander Campbell to Mary Dunnen both of Ipswich. -
Ebenezer Burnham Town Clerk of Ipswich. -
I Ebenezer Burnham 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 Marriages of said town, the exception above named as certified by me.
Ebenezer Burnham Town Clerk of Ipswich. -
Ipswich August 11, 1838.
Essex, ss. August 11, 1838. Sworn to before Charles Kimball, justice of the peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Essex. Probate office.
I Nathaniel Lord junior, register of probate for said county, hereby certify, that Charles Kimball, whose name is above subscribed, is a justice of the peace for said county, and that the above is his genuine signature.
Given under my hand and seal of office this eleventh day of August, A.D. 1838.
Nath. Lord Jr.
Fees & expenses $2.00.

January 29, 1938
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Mr. Charles Thornton Libby 485 Congress Street Portland, Maine
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL W. 23781 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of January 20, in which you request the record of Alexander Campbell, a Revolutionary War pensioner, also, the number of his pension certificate issued July 17, 1819, and the number of the claim.
You are furnished herein the record of Alexander Campbell as found in pension claim, W. 23781, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Alexander Campbell were not given.
Alexander Campbell enlisted February 20, 1781, place not shown, served as private in Captain Thomas Jackson's company, Colonel John Grane's regiment of artillery, and was discharged in November, 1783.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, at which time he was residing in Minot, then in Cumberland County, Massachusetts. The number of his certificate issued July 17, 1819, is 13200, and the number of the claim under which filed is W. 23781, as stated above. In 1820, his place of residence was given as Minot, District of Maine, and his age sixty-five years. He died February 15, 1827, place not stated.
Alexander Campbell married Mary Dennen or Dunnen, March 6, 1786, in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Mary are not shown. At the time of their marriage they were both residents of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and their marriage was recorded in the Town Clerk's Office of that place.
Mary Campbell, soldier's widow, was allowed pension on her application executed August 2, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-five years and

residing in Cumberland County, Maine, about thirty-five miles from Portland; her place of residence was within fifteen miles of the Town of Paris, Oxford County, Maine, in which county her claim for pension was executed. She died November 8, 1838.
The only children of Alexander Campbell and his wife, Mary, whose names were designated in the claim, were: Elizabeth, a daughter whose age was given in 1820 as twenty-five years, and a son, William, their sixth child who, in 1838, was aged forty-one years and residing in Minot, Cumberland County, Maine.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

torq Kels m.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
June 4. 1897 - His to Mr. Frank C. Wick Minneapolis Minn (See Mid 2695)
File No. 23781
Mary Campbell Widow of Alexander Campbell Per Mass Line
1936 Apr. 14 Heir to Father L. Johnson - MPB 1938 Jan 27 Heir to Mr. Campbell Shurton Sibby - MPB
Act: July 1 st 38
Index: - Vol. A , Page 121
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9. Samuel Akley of Rumford in the county of Oxford and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and say that I was in the Continental service in the revolutionary war with Alexander Campbell, now resident in Maine in the county of Cumberland, and served with him in the same company, under the command of Capt. Jackson, in Col. Brown's Regiment of Artillery in the Massachusetts line; I think I became acquainted with him in July A.D. 1781 from which time to the peace, I served with said Campbell in the company aforesaid. It is my present impression that he was discharged before me, but how long before, I cannot recollect. But he certainly served with me in said company between two and three years. The service was chiefly performed in the State of New-York. Said Campbell was one of the three years men.
Samuel Akley
Sworn To Feb 17. 1819 J. C.
Oxford ss. Feb. 17. A.D. 1819 Personally appeared the above named Samuel Akley, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him, subscribed
Before me
Thomas Clarke, Jus. Pacis.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Oxford ss.
Be it known that the within named Jotham Stone & Thomas Clark are of time for a long time been Justices of the peace acting under the authority of said Commonwealth, and that full faith & credit are due to their official acts. Witness my hand & the seal of said County this nineteenth day of June A.D. 1819.
Thomas Clark
Clerk of the Judicial courts in the County of Oxford.

El Cook of Branswick in the county of Cumberland do testify as say that I was on west point under the command of Capt. Thos. Suren D. and that Mr Alexander Campbell now present was then and did duty with me in the Army of the united States. Command by General Knox. Col. Crosses Regt. I further say that said Campbell swerd to my knowledge. Eighteen months. & further says not. El Cook
Cumberland J. June 5. 1819 That the above El Cook personally appeared and made solemn oath to the above by him subscribed. As for me
Jonathan Stone Jurat

Augusta. Main. Aug 14. 1838
Sir
I transmit with this the following applications, to be pensioned under Act of Congress of July 7. 1838. Viz
Mary Campbell widow of Alexander Campbell Elizabeth P. Lowell " " Paul Lowell Abiah McFarland " " Henry McFarland
Please, should their claims be deemed sufficiently proved to entitle them to the benefits of the Act, to send me certificates for them
Respectfully
Your obed Servt
Geo. W. Morton
J. G. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

ESTHER L. JOHNSON 183 AUSTIN ST. PORTSMOUTH, N. H.
Mar. 28, 1936.
Director of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
I would like to in- quire if you have on file the pension claim of 3  only one 3 Maine Alexander Campbell of the Mass. Line. He was from Cumberland County, Maine.
I would like all the information you have concerning this.
Thank you kindly, Esther L. Johnson

CORRESPONDING MEMBER COLONIAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS EX-SECRETARY AND SENIOR MEMBER MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORIGINAL MEMBER, 1891, MAINE BAR ASSOCIATION EX-PRES. AND HONORARY MEMBER PISCATAQUA PIONEERS MEMBER N. H. HISTORICAL AND NEW ENG. HIST.-GEN. SOCIETIES HONORARY A. M., BOWDOIN, 1932
CHARLES THORNTON LIBBY LAWYER AND ANTIQUARY 485 CONGRESS STREET PORTLAND, MAINE (HOME: YARMOUTH)
MAINE PROVINCE AND COURT RECORDS TWO VOLS. OUT $10 EACH MAINE HIST. SOC., PORTLAND, ME. GENEAL. DICT. MAINE AND NEW HAMP. THREE PARTS OUT $3 EACH WALTER G. DAVIS, 192 MIDDLE ST., PORTLAND LIBBY GENEALOGY, 628 PP., 1882 $10 SEVERAL SUPPLEMENTS, ETC. $1 TO $3 MARY CHILTON'S TITLE TO CELEBRITY, 1926 $3 KNOWLES FAMILY OF EASTHAM N. E. H. G. REGISTER, 1925-1926 $10
Jan. 20, 1938.
TO ISSUE: FORT LOYAL AND PORTLAND'S WATERFRONT: THE SPARKING-POINT OF THE FRANCO-ENGLISH CONTEST FOR AMERICAN POSSESSIONS SOUTHWORTH-ANTHOENGEN PRESS, PORTLAND $3.50 GENEALOGY IN THE NUDE: AN UTTERLY FRANK UNSPARING EXPOSURE (OWN MISTAKES INCLUDED) AFTER 60 YEARS OF CLOSE-UP EXPERIENCE
Veterans' Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Please send me copy of application of Alexander Campbell , Revolutionary pensioner, with Number, issued July 17, 1819, died Feb. 15, 1827, aged 72, with Number of the claim and Number of the Certificate,
& oblige.
Respectfully,
no signature ?
Maine Historical Society 435 Congress Street Portland, Maine.

Mailed written pension 7
April 14, 1936
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Esther L. Johnson 183 Austin Street Portsmouth, New Hampshire
ALEXANDER CAMPBELL W. 23781 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Alexander Campbell of the Massachusetts Line, who resided in Cumberland County, Maine.
You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named Alexander Campbell found in the Revolutionary War records of this office, of Maine; the data were obtained from the papers on file in claim for pension, W. 23781, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Alexander Campbell and names of his parents are not stated.
Alexander Campbell enlisted February 20, 1781, place not shown, served as private in Captain Thomas Jackson's company, Colonel John Crane's regiment of artillery, and was discharged in November, 1783.
Alexander Campbell was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, at which time he was residing in Minot, then in Cumberland County, Massachusetts. 27 Nov 1781 In 1820, his residence was given as Minot, District of Maine, and his age sixty-five years. He died February 15, 1827, place not stated.
Alexander Campbell married Mary Dennen or Dunnan March 6, 1786, in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. The date and place of her birth and names of parents are not shown. At the time of their marriage they were both residents of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and their marriage was recorded in the Town Clerk's Office of that place.
Soldier's widow, Mary Campbell, was allowed pension on her application executed August 2, 1838, at which time she was aged
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seventy-five years and residing in Cumberland County, Maine, about thirty-five miles from Portland; her place of residence was within fifteen miles of the Town of Paris, Oxford County, Maine, in which county her claim for pension was executed. She died November 8, 1838.
The only children of Alexander Campbell and his wife, Mary, whose names were designated in the claim, were: Elizabeth, a daughter, whose age was given in 1820 as twenty-five years, and a son, William, their sixth child, who in 1838 was aged forty-one years and a resident of Minot, Cumberland County, Maine.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator