Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt.34,959-160-55, Daniel Booker, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Booker, Daniel
B.L. Mt. 34,959-160-55
CONTENTS

188690 Cum. Act. Mar. 3 d { 55 245.123 July 14 th
Daniel Booker
Private
Capt. Nehemiah Curtis ( Col. John Mitchell) Me. Mil.
Ent. July 3 rd 1779.
Discharge Malvern
Revolutionary War
Ad. 160 aces July 28/56
Deed
Vol. B2-12.-0
Daniel D. Reed
Bath

STATE OF MAINE,
COUNTY OF Sagadahoc }
On this tenth day of July A. D. 1855, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State, aforesaid Daniel Boake aged 65 years, a resident of the Town of Bowdoin in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Daniel Boake who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Robert H. Colbass in the Penobscot Regiment of Infantry commanded by Colonel Mitchell in the War with Great Britain declared by the United States, June 18th, 1812, that he was ordered out at Haywards on or about the seventh day of July A. D. 1812 and continued in actual service in said War for the term of fourteen days; that he was honorable discharged verbally, no written discharges were granted the Company.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the Act approved March 3d, 1855. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for Bounty Land under this or any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. and that he desires that his Bounty Land Warrant may be sent to General D. Reed Esq. Bath Maine
his Daniel Boake mark
Personally came Alfred Cox and Eli Merriman residents of the Town of Bowdoin in the State of Maine, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Daniel Boake in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statement of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be. and is personally known to us
Alfred Cox Eli Merriman
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, this tenth day of July A. D. 1855; and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person he represents himself to be, that the witnesses are credible persons, and that I have no interest in this claim.
James L. Rogers Justice of the Peace.

245.123.
Daniel Booker
Rev. War.
Claim for B. Land
act March 1855.
Power of Atty.
filed in March as Hooker by mistake.
Papers supposed to have been sent nearly a year ago & not heard from.
Francis A. Dickinson.
Atty Washington.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, March 27. 1856.
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 Daniel Booker is borne on pay roll of Capt. Nehemiah Curtis (comp. Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regt. on expedition to Penobscot from July 7. to Sept. 25. 1779 2 mos. 18 days, as private.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
J. D. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To The Secretary of Mass. Boston, — Application of Daniel Booker, for evidence of his Revolutionary service, — This applicant, States, That he was a resident of Harpswell in The County of Cumberland, Mass. in The time of said war, — He states That he enlisted under Capt. Melanchton Burtis, to serve at The Expedition at Penobscot, or Major Bagaduce, in 1779, and served therein about two months & 20, days, — And That he again re-enlisted after said service, and served on the sea coast of County of Cumberland, aforesaid, — The States That he never know any other person in The time of The war by name of Daniel Booker, — He now revokes all, and any other power of Attorney given by him in this case to any other person, & hereby irrevocably appoints at Waterville as his attorney to do all legal acts for him, in full in any claim, I may have against The U. S. for Bounty Land, or for pension now, or hereafter, & That, I request all departments consulted, or con- cerned in granting evidence of his service, & claim for Bounty Land, or pension to recognise A. Waterhouse in The premises at North Berwick Maine, as my true & lawful attorney irrevocably, & to substitute one, or more under him for my benefit in my said claim, Witness, Crakman A. Booker his Daniel J. Booker Mark A. B. A. Merri State of Maine County of Androscoggin ss. Feb 25, th. 1856. subscribed before me J. W. H. Harnwell Justice of The Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
May 8 th 1854.
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 (Daniel Booker) is borne on pay roll of Capt. Jeremiah Curtis Company, Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regt. on Penobscot Expedition from July 7. to Sept. 25. 1779 2 months. 18 days as Private. (Paid Hapsburg Sec. 20. 1779.
BOOKER, DANIEL

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
T. M. Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The undersigned would respectfully request the Secretary of State of Massachusetts to furnish copy evidence of the services of Daniel Webster in the war of the Revolution The services at several stations during the war against the Secretary, and as to prove from which if any, Boston as being a general his name. The undersigned also states that she is grand daughter of the said Daniel Webster
Jane B. Storer
Signed before me Feb 27, 1854. J. M. Reed
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20

STATE OF MAINE
State of Maine.
ANDROSCOGGIN, ss.
CLERK'S OFFICE, SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
AUBURN, March 1 1856. }
I, JOSIAH D. PULSIFER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County of Androscoggin , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
George W. Cunnell
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereunto annexed, was an ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of Androscoggin, as appears by the paper hereunto annexed — that he is duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid, and that the following signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
J. D. Pulsifer CLERK.

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Aroostook ss.
On this twenty sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid,
Daniel Booker aged, 96 years years, a resident of Bowdoin in the County and State
aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that he is the identical Daniel Booker a Revolutionary soldier who was a private
in the Company commanded by Captain Nathaniel Curtis in the Regiment of Mass. Militia or Infantry. commanded by Colonel Mitchell
Revolutionary in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812.
He states that he believes, that he has as near as he can now remember, signed some papers for the investigation of his Land claim under act of March 1855 & he now revokes all former powers of Attorney in his claim. That he enlisted at Harspwell in Co. of Cumberland
on or about the summer day of 1779 for the term of about two months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of two months & 18. or 20 days and was honorably discharged at Harspwell by Capt. Curtis on the day of _____ A. D. _____ as will appear by The Muster
Rolls, or The Books, or other documents relating to the same, in Sec'y's Office Mass. Boston & Washington D.C. in The Pension Office.
And your applicant states that at the time he entered the service aforesaid, he was residing in Harspwell in the County of Cumberland and State of
Mass. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for but one before, which was rejected, Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.

He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which he may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855.
He states that he don't know, whether any claim for his bounty land, was ever presented, & now presents one.
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said Daniel Booker a soldier of Revolution do hereby constitute and appoint Si Waterhouse in the premises at North Pownal in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid: and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
Witness
Oakman A. Booker Alfred A. Mann
Daniel Booker mark
We Oakman A. Booker and Alfred A. Mann residents of Bowdoin in the County of Sagadahoc and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by Daniel Booker in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of him for many years past, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be in his declaration.
Oakman A. Booker Alfred A. Mann
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by Daniel Booker the declarant above named, and by Oakman A. Booker and Alfred A. Mann witnesses above named, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Geo M. Hurnewell Justice of the Peace.

Add l Evidence
Denise Booker
Hood

Re. 7 June 1856
10.655.
PENSION OFFICE,
May 17, 1856.
SIR:
The claim of Daniel Root No. 245,123 for Bounty Land under the act of March 3, 1855, has been received, and will be attended to in its turn. It is therefore respectfully requested that every applicant will wait a reasonable time before making application to know what has been done in relation to his or her claim. All applications will be disposed of as fast as the nature of the business will admit, and immediate notice given to the parties, or their agents, who are requested to furnish the No. of the application, and the act of Congress under which the claim arises, in all their communications.
Respectfully,
J. MINOT,
Commissioner.
F. R. Dickins Present

Papers returned to Pension Officer. 13 May 1856
Original filed 20 March '56

Re. 10 May 1856
10.601
185
PENSION OFFICE, May 7 January 15, 1856.
The frequent applications made to this office for information about particular claims for bounty land pending before it, render it proper to call particular attention to some suggestions, a careful observance of which, by those thus applying, is necessary to enable this office to give the information required.
The system of the registration of such claims in this office, requires that both the name of the applicant for land and the number of his application be stated, in order that the office may readily turn to the papers in the files. In all acknowledgments of the receipt of applications at this office the number of each application is given, and by reference to those the numbers can always be ascertained. If, however, from not having received any such acknowledgment, or from having subsequently lost it, the number cannot be stated, the particular time—the month and the day of the month—when the application was forwarded to this office should be stated as nearly as may be.
Without these particular statements this office cannot undertake, with the force now at its command, to make those examinations for particular claims which are necessary in order to give information about them. The amount of time and labor which would be required in a general examination for a particular application among the over two hundred and thirty thousand now received, will readily be seen.
J. MINOT, Commissioner.
Before the enclosed Power of Attorney can be placed with the application of David Booker, the information desired above should be furnished.
F. A. Dickinson Esq Present.

We Oahman A. Booker, & Hannah Booker of Bowdoin in The State of Maine of Lawful age here with Depose and Say, That we are well acquainted with Mr. Daniel Booker of said town & State, That he is a very old gen- tleman, and believe from what we can gather That he is about one hundred years old, That he has failed for one month passed every day, That he is feeble, & liable to wear out in a few days, That he has his senses very well, but is very feeble & grows weak every day, & prob- ably will wear out in a short time, We also testify That he was reputed to have been a Revolutionary soldier, & served at The Bragadine expedition & on The sea coast of Cumberland county in 1779, & we believe The facts according to his own statements & The statements of others, & That we are not per- sonally interested in The result of This testimo- ny.
Oahman A. Booker Hannah Booker
Witness, William H. Warland, A. Waterhouse

Daniel Hooker
Bounty land act 5 March 1855.
Revolutionary war.
238.924
Francis Atkinson. Atty.
Washington.

State of Maine.
ANDROSCOGGIN, SS.
CLERK'S OFFICE, SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
AUBURN, March 1 1856. }
I, JOSIAH D. PULSIFER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County of Androscoggin , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
George W. Hamewall
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereunto annexed, was an ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of Androscoggin, as appears by the paper hereunto annexed — that he is duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid, and that the following signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
J. D. Pulsifer CLERK.

Know all men by these presents, That I Daniel Booker of Bowdoin in the county of Sagadahoe, & State of Maine aged ninety six years, and of sound mind & disposing me- mory, hereby revoke all, and any other power of attorney given by me, in my claim for the investigation of my claim for Bounty Land by virtue of the act of 3 d of March, 1855. And That I, hereby irrevocably appoint as my legal, Attorney for me, and for all  as  far as may use the Si Waterhouse in the premises with power of substitution under this my power of Atto- rney, and Address him at North Pownal, Main- e, - for to ask, or demand for me, what has been done in relation to any Bounty Land claim which I may have made, under act of March 3 d , 1855, & to receive for me, the Bounty Land warrant which may be due me, which I have not yet received, & Also, That I never have made but one application for said land before, under this or any other act of Congress, except this application made this day in which My said Attorney Si Waterhouse is mentioned as my legal attorney for the purp- ose of obtaining, my Bounty Land, which I have not received, & That I, have never made any application except under act of March 3 d , 1855, & I request, The Pension department to not recognize any other person in my said claim except Si Waterhouse, & to report the situation of my claim now presented, as I suppose, who reported to me that the same cannot be obtained, - Witness, Captain D. Booker his Daniel Booker Feb. 25 th , 1856. mark Will of Varnum

State of Maine
Aroostook in S.S. Feb. 25 th , 1856.
Subscribed, and duly acknowledged by the beforementioned Daniel Booker, before me Geo. W. Munawill Justice of the Peace
I herewith empower Prof. A. Dickinson Esq of Washington D.C. as my agent or Attorney. S r Waterhouse March 1 st , 1856.

188690
Commission of Pensions Washington City
FREE
D. E.
me Mr Lauck. Daniel Booker Power of atty.
Boynton
Department of the Interior, Pension Office, Official Business

245.123 gft Mar 3/56 End. m. May 12/56 188.690
Daniel Booker Priv.
Capt. N. Kurtis Col. Mitchell Mass. Ent. 1799.
Duffield France.
Private Council with Miles
Adm. Nelson's July 30/56 Dodge
Francis V. Dickens Present.
34.959.
160 acres.

STATE OF MAINE.
SAGADAHOC, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court, }
BATH, July 12 th A. D. 1855. }
I, ANDREW C. HEWEY,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
for said COUNTY OF SAGADAHOC , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
James L. Rogers
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereto annexed, was an
ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
within and for _____ the County of SAGADAHOC ; that he is DULY COMMISSIONED and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgements of deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid—and that the SIGNA- TURE, purporting to be his _____ is GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
A. C. Hewey
Clerk.