Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23760, Moses Carlton, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Careton, Moses
W. 23760
Mary
B.L.Wt. 24765-160
CONTENTS

Blue Hill Mass Sept 16
Revolutionary Glaring
Gen. Lewis Cass
Free
75 1/3
Waltham Mass Sept 24 Dec 24
Secretary of the Navy
Washington City
Mr. Calhoun

State of Maine, Hancock County }
ss. On this thirtieth day of August A.D. 1832
personally appeared before The Court of Probate for said County Moses Carlton a resident of Bluehill in the County of Hancock and State of Maine aged seventy two years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832, that he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1780 with Lieutenant Parker, and served in Col. Miller's Regiment of the Continental line, under Col. Miller, Maj. Pettengill, in Capt. Carr's Company, in which Ebenezer Dorr was Ensign. He marched with the recruits of Lieut. Parker from Andover Mass. direct to West Point & there first joined the army. From West Point he marched to Brantstown N.J. and then back to West Point. He was present and on guard at the execution of Maj. Andre. He was discharged at West Point, which discharge was consumed at the burning of his house in 1815.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year fore-mentioned.
J. Wilson
Judge of the Court of Probate
State of Maine, Hancock Co. }
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states
J. Wilson
Judge of the Court of Probate
I W. Williams Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Carlton for a pension & that J. Wilson is the Court of Judge of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid & that the signature annexed is his genuine signature -

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this thirtieth day of August A.D. 1832.
W. Williams Registrar of the Court of Probate

7503
Moses Carlton
9th April 1833
Obs 2 4. 11. 13 14
7503
P. 325
Nathan Ellis Esq
Gloucester
Blue Hill Hancock Co., Me,

BRIEF in the case of Moses Carlton of Blue Hill in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78 years  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. As a Gen.     In 1780 Duration of service not stated or rank-  Col o Williams. Col o Miller  Col o Pettengill   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Not stated  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By his own declaration -  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cutts Examining Clerk.

5.300
Waune
Mary Carlton widow of Moses who died on the of Mass in the I n who was a private in the Regt commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by _____ in the Revolution line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 24. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 st day of March , 1838 - for life. October
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of August 1834, and sent to
Arrears to the 4 th of J. C. Washburn Semi-annual allowance ending Present .
Special act 27 th July 1834 3 { Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by G. J. Govey, Clerk, Book 9 Vol. 2 Page _____
on roll act 4 July 1836
Reg 3 Mar 38-168406

State of Maine } ss County of Hancock }
On this 22nd  day of  July A.D. 1852, personally appeared before the undersigned, Parker Peck Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the county of Hancock , at a court held at Blue Hill in said county, aforesaid, being a court of Record, Mary Carlton , a resident of Bluehill in the County of Hancock and State of Maine Aged 83 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 9 th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows"; That she is the widow of Moses Carlton deceased who was a Soldier in the Revolu- -tion Army and served as follows He engaged for six mos. men to reinforce the Continental Army from the town of Bradford Essex Co. Massachusetts on or about the first day of June 1780 was called out to Andover Mass. to organize, and continued there until he marched for West-point Marched June 25 th 1780 for West-point New- York was at the execution of Maj Andrew was discharge at West point — New-York Dec 10 th 1780 and was allowed 12 days in addition for travel home 21 years old 5 ft 9 in Light Complexion
She further declares that she was married to the said Moses Carlton on the 21 st day of August A.D. 1783. in the town of Newbury Vermont by Rev Peter Powers of — Coos and that her name before her marriage was Mary Webster — and that her said husband died at Bluehill on the first day of Sept September A.D. 1838 and that she is still a widow and that she has

never before made any application for a pension,
Witness { Keuben LeGrand,
Mary Carlton
Jan 21 the  above  subscribed  on this day and year above written.
{ Amos Allen Judith Allen Mary Gray
John Stone  James Stone
I swear to and subscribed on the day and year above written, before me,
Parker Fick - Judge of Probate.

aug 20/52
14,764 Revolutionary Pension Mary Carlton act 1838
Maine
Act 7 th July 1838. Kirby
filed 19 th August 1852 P. E. Hassler.
1698

I Mary Carlton depose and say that the annexed paper purporting to be a family record is a record kept in the family bible belonging to me and has been in my possession since it was made until it was detached for the purpose of being attached to this affidavit. That so much as relates to the names of Moses Carlton and Polly Boor and the intermediate names was written by Rev. Jonathan Fisher, deceased, Bluehill July 7. 1852.
Mary Carlton
I Bushrod W. Hinckley Notary Public, duly commissioned for the state of Maine, do hereby certify that the above affidavit signed by Mary Carlton, was made and sworn to before me. That the annexed paper purporting to be a Family Record, was detached from an old quarto bible in the possession of Mary Carlton & attached hereto by me. That I am acquainted with the hand writing of the late Jonathan Fisher and believe the entry from Moses Carlton to Polly Boor & the intermediate names is in his hand writing & that he has been dead more than six years.
Done and passed under my official seal this seventeenth day of July A.D. 1852 at Bluehill state of Maine
Bushrod W. Hinckley
Notary Public

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Moses Carleton
Mary Webster Aug. 21. 1783.
Moses Carleton *
Nancy Boudon Nov. 24. 1808.
William Carleton
Pamela Osgood Jan. 22. 1809.
Leonard Carleton
Sally Heath Oct. 29. 1816.
Ebenezer Carleton
Polly Door Nov. 15. 1815.
Michael Carlton
Deborah Hunt
Suzan Carlton
Jonah Dodge May 3. 1826
Betsy Carlton
Josiah Loggins Apr 1 1827

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Moses Carleton, Feb. 17. 1760 Mary Webster, Apr. 2. 1768 * Moses Carleton, Jan. 10. 1785. William Carleton, Dec. 12. 1786. Leonard Carleton, Jan. 30. 1789.  Ebenezer Carleton, Mar. 27. 1791. Elisabeth Carleton, July 11. 1793 Michael Carleton, Oct. 26. 1795. Mary Carleton, Nov. 22. 1797. Parker Carleton, Apr. 17. 1800. Betsy Carleton, Sep. 21. 1802. Sukey Carleton, July 21. 1805. Samuel Carleton Jan. 11. 1808. Phebe Carleton, Dec. 16. 1810.
Moses Carleton Oct. 1. 1838
Vancy Carleton Feb 1 1894
Sept. 12. 1794.
Nov. 23. 1823
Oct 6 1839

168.406. Act Mch 3/55 June 13/
Mary Carlton Miss Moses Carlton Prin. Rev. War.
Capt. Mabel of Gentl. line Col.
Julius Maine Mil.
Ent.
dis
No 24763
War Rev
From a Pension of the U. States. 110:160 Ac. May. 5/56 me only 36-5300
St. John Or
Chas. C. Larker, an.
Vol. 61-13. — 2

168.406
Mrs Mary Carlton
widow of Moses
Bounty Land Claim.
Act of Mar 3. 1855
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Chas. B. Tucker.
Atty
Present

State of Maine } Hancock County } ss.
On this seventeenth day of March 1855 before me Bushrod W. Hinckley a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Carlton of Bluehill in said County aged eighty seven years, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is widow of Moses Carlton who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, among the troops raised by the State of Massachusetts.
and that she is the identical Mary Carlton to whom was granted a pension in consequence of the services of the said Moses Carlton in said war by a special law of the United States of the 27 th of July 1854, and who is named in an original certificate in her possession of which (I certify) the following is true copy
No 5.300 Department of the Interior, Revolutionary Claim I certify that, in conformity with the special law of the United States of the 27 th July 1854 Mary Carlton of Maine widow of Moses Carlton who was a private in the Revolution is entitled to receive twenty four dollars per annum, during her natural life, commencing on the first day of October 1838 and payable semi-annually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September Given at the Department of the

Interior this fourteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty four
R. McClelland Secretary of the Interior Examined and countersigned T. Cole Acting Commissioner of Pensions
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is intitled under the Act of March 3 rd 1855, never having received Bounty land; and she hereby constitutes and appoints Charles C. Tucker of Washington City , her Attorney to prosecute her claim and procure her warrant, Herby authorizing and empowering her said Attorney to obtain from the proper authorities at Washington City or elsewhere, certified copies of any army records or documents, in which his, the said Mary's service may be recorded, and procure any and all other evidence that may be necessary to establish her claim as fully as she might or could do if personally present, and revoking and countermanding all other authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.
Mary Carlton
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year first above written, and on the same day personally came before me Jonah Leek and Susan Leek residents in Bluehill aforesaid, to me known as credible witnesses, who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally acquainted Mary Carlton who has made and subscribed

The foregoing declaration, that they were present and saw her subscribe to said declaration, and that from their personal acquaintance with her they believe that she is the identical person named in the certificate aforesaid, and they further swear that they are disinterested in her claim
Jonah Dodge Susan Dodge
sworn to and subscribed before me, and I certify that I am not interested in the claim or concerned in its prosecution & I am believe that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be.
B. W. Hinckley J. P. Pease

STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK, ss.—Clerk's Office, Ellsworth.
I, Parker W. Perry Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, within and for the County of Hancock, hereby certify, that B. W. Hinckley Esq. whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is now, and was at the time of subscribing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said County of Hancock, duly commissioned and qualified; and, as such, full faith and credit are due his official acts, and that his signature subscribed to the annexed certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
P. W. Perry
Clerk of said Court for Hancock County.

Apr 22 1897 - History to Mr. J. A. Müller Owls Head M c
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No.
23760
Mary Carlton
wid of
Moses Carlton
Rev Rev was
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index: Vol.
11
Page
121
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Register
Wide Letter 26 Sept. 1833 Nathan Ellis

14764
Mary Carlton, widow of Moses Thame,
Let. T. C. Haplin Dec 7/52
July 1. 1838.

S. 22.3.
Mary Carlton.
Paper

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by M. Rice.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant Moses Carlton
Soldier _____
Service Mass
Additional Service _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 191 _____
No claim, combination records _____, 191 _____
REMARKS:
no rej'd except R. 1693 herewith and rej'd 1832 claim herewith.
MAY 15 1911

Notes of July 17, 1904, and March 2, 1905.
1698
P. O. Mary Carlson
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
Consolidated with Ad O. Mr. Wilson's file #23760 Ex d by Mr. Robinson May 1st/80

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Rev. A. H. 27 th July, 54 Spec. me;
B. D. [Signature]

Under the 8 th Section examines under the 8 th Section of the Act 3 rd March: 1855, Three hundred & Seven cases, of which 140 have been admitted & 166 suspended, & one rejected. I have also examining five cases under the 2 nd section of the Act of 3 rd Feb: 1855, of which

H C
Owls Head Me. March 2, 1897
To Bureau of Pension. Washington D.C.
Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me with a copy of the application for Pension of Moses Carlton Widow, and Richard Heath of the Revolutionary War, and oblige yours Very Truly
J. A. Miller
Owls Head
Knox co.
Maine
P.S.
any charges will be forwarded immediately on receipt of amt
S
J. A. M.

not identical with J. 29697, Moses Carlton or Barletow, Mass., who was an Ensign in the 5 th Mass. regt. in 1780.
M. Rice
MAY 13 1911

33 Cong. 3 1 Sess. 3
Petition of Mrs. Mary Carlton widow of Moses, Carlton a soldier in the war of the Revolution - praying to be placed on the pension list under the act of July 7 th 1838 -
[Moves that the petition and papers heretofore presented in this case be withdrawn from the files and referred to the Committee on Pensions - together with the present petition.]
1854 Feby. 7, Referred to the Comm: on Pensions. " " 20. Bill S. 223 & Rept.
Pension
Mr. Hawkins

Essex. Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
I, Lewis Carlton of Salem in the County of Essex in said Commonwealth, being duly sworn, do depose and say -
That I am the son of Moses Carlton of Sedgwick in the state of Maine, and the grandson of Moses Carlton, late of Bradford in the County of Essex in Massachusetts, who deceased Oct. 1st 1838, having been a soldier in the revolutionary war, and whose widow Mary Carlton, is now an applicant for a pension by reason of her said husband's service in said war.
And I further depose & say, that I have frequently heard my said grandfather say that he enlisted in the American forces at Bradford aforesaid for a fortnight before he actually marched, in June 1780; that he was, during said fortnight continually in readiness to march, or, as his phrase was, "stood in readiness", daily expecting to be called upon to march.
Lewis Carlton
Essex. Subscribed & sworn to by said Lewis Carlton this seventeenth day of January A.D. 1854
Joseph G. Waters Jas. Police Court for Dist. of Salem
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Essex. I, Stephen B. Ives Jr. Clerk of the Police Court for the District of Salem in said County of Essex, hereby certify that Joseph G. Waters Esq r before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to, is the Justice of said Court, duly commissioned & acting in said capacity, & that the above is his genuine signature. Witness my hand & the seal of said Court this 17th day of January A.D. 1854 - Stephen B. Ives Jr. Clerk -

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
APRIL 12, 1854.
Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.
JUNE 23, 1854.
Reported back by Mr. CHURCHWELL, without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
AN ACT
For the relief of Mary Carlton.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 3 the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized 4 and directed to place the name of Mary Carlton on the list of 5 revolutionary pensioners, at the rate of twenty-four dollars a 6 year, to commence on the first day of October, A. D. eigh- 7 teen hundred and thirty-eight, and to continue during her 8 natural life.
Approved July 27, 1854. Passed the Senate April 7, 1854.
Attest:
ASBURY DICKINS, Secretary.

Department of State, Washington, Aug. 14, 1854.
A true copy carefully collated with the original Roll.
W. H. Hunter, Chief Clerk.

State of Maine 3 County of Hancock's On this seventh day of August 1854 personally came before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State Mary Carlton widow of Moses who was a soldier during the Revolution & was well known to be the person she represents herself to be who being duly sworn according to law, does on her oath declare, that she through her attorney S. E. Hassler of Washington City D.C. made application to the Commissioner of Pensions for the benefit of certain laws granting pensions to the widows of those men who served in the War of the Revolution, that her application was rejected, and that then through the medium of her aforesaid attorney caused her papers & petition to be presented to Congress and that she has been informed that Congress has passed a law granting her a pension. That she is the very identical person upon whom the benefit of said law is intended to be conferred, and for the securing of the aforesaid benefits

She hereby constitutes and appoints the aforesaid B. E. Hassler of Washington City, Her legally constituted attorney, hereby ratifying all his legal acts in the premises - Witnesses
Brown Ingalls Mary Estlin N. H. Ingalls
Signed, sealed, acknowledged, & sworn to the day & year aforesaid - I further certify that I am disinterested in the result of said claim.
Putnam Ingalls Justice of Peace

State of Vermont
County of Orange ss. Be it remembered that at Newbury in the said County of Orange on this thirteenth day of October in the year 1852 Simeon Stevens of said Newbury a person to me well known personally, appeared and maketh oath as follows - Before the subscribing authority
That he said affiant is in the eighty sixth year of his age, that he was born in said Newbury and has therein resided ever since -
that he was formerly well acquainted with Moses Carleton and also with Mary Webster - that they both resided with Dudley Carleton Esquire in Newbury during their minority or a considerable part of it, and but a little distance from my father's where I was brought up - that we were young folks together, though they were a little older than myself - I was not present at the marriage of the said Moses and Mary but was knowing to and was well acquainted with all the facts and circumstances in relation thereto, from having well known them before and afterwards - They cohabited and sustained the relations of husband and wife for several years after their reputed intermarriage in the same vicinity and neighborhood with me, and I verily believe and have no manner of doubt but that they were lawfully married in this town, and from my best recollection should think it must have been as early as 1783 -
The Reverend Peter Powers was a settled minister of the Gospel in the town of Newbury for many years, but left here and went into the State of Maine to reside some time subsequent to the close of the Revolutionary War - During his residence here, he I should think nearly or quite always solemnized all the marriages that took place in this vicinity, for such was the general custom of the place in those days -

State of Vermont
County of Orange ss. Be it remembered that at Newbury in the said County of Orange on this thirteenth day of October in the year 1852 Simeon Stevens of said Newbury a person to me well known personally appeared and maketh oath as follows - Before the subscribing authority
That he said affiant is in the eighty sixth year of his age, that he was born in said Newbury and has therein resided ever since -
that he was formerly well acquainted with Moses Carleton and also with Mary Webster - that they both resided with Dudley Carleton Esquire in Newbury during their minority or a considerable part of it, and but a little distance from my father's where I was brought up - that we were young folks together, though they were a little older than myself - I was not present at the marriage of the said Moses and Mary but was knowing to and was well acquainted with all the facts and circumstances in relation thereto, from having well known them before and afterwards - They cohabited and sustained the relations of husband and wife for several years after their reputed intermarriage in the same vicinity and neighborhood with me, and I verily believe and have no manner of doubt but that they were lawfully married in this town, and from my best recollection should think it must have been as early as 1783 -
The Reverend Peter Powers was a settled minister of the Gospel in the town of Newbury for many years, but left here and went into the State of Maine to reside some time subsequent to the close of the Revolutionary War - During his residence here, he I should think nearly or quite always solemnized all the marriages that took place in this vicinity, for such was the general custom of the place in those days -

Said Moses and Mary left this town some time subsequent to their marriage, but how long after I do not recollect and went as it was said to Portland in Maine to reside, and I have passed by the house there where it was told me they lived - The word { Simon Stevens "married" 19th line first page was interlined before signing }
The foregoing affidavit subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first herein before written - And I certify that said Simon Stevens is a credible witness and that his statement is entitled to belief
Joseph Berry Justice of the Peace for Orange County
State of Vermont Orange County ss. }
I S. M. Flint Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Orange aforesaid do certify that Joseph Berry the magistrate above named is a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Orange aforesaid, duly Commissioned qualified & authorized to administer oaths, and take the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments, that his Commission is dated in November 1851 and will expire on the last day of November 1852 and that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of s d Court at Chelsea in s d County this fourteenth day of October A.D. 1852.
S. M. Flint. - Clerk
Please authenticate & oblige J. Berry

State of Vermont County of Orange ss- Be it remembered that at Newbury in the said County of Orange, on this thirteenth day of October in the year 1852 Lydia Abbott of said Newbury a person to me well known, personally appeared and maketh Oath before the subscribing authority as follows I am in the ninetieth year of my age and have lived in said Newbury since 1776, except an absence of about one year in 1777 and 1778 I was well acquainted with Moses Carlton and Mary Webster when they resided in Newbury- My father, resided nearly in sight and within a half mile of Esquire Dudley Carlton, where they both lived before they were married- I well remember the time and day when said Moses Carlton and Mary Webster were married although I cannot tell the year or month, but recollect that it was in the summer season- I did not see them married but have as much reason to believe they were, as that any of the neighbors were, that I did not see married for in addition to the common report, they cohab- ited and lived together as husband and wife, subsequently until they left the town- I further say that I think I can fix upon the year of their said marriage. My father sold his farm in Newbury and moved into a house considerably nearer to Esquire Carlton's- The rejoicing on account of the peace was in April or May of that year- A meeting of the people was had near by where we then lived This was in 1783 and Moses Carlton and Mary Webster were married while we lived in that house and the same summer after- Reverend Peter Powers was then our minister and usually officiated as such at the celebration of marriages, but I don't recollect,

if I ever knew who married them - They left Newbury a while after they were married and went to reside down East and was said
Witness James Abbott      Lydia her X Abbott mark
The foregoing Affidavit subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first herein before written And I certify that said Lydia Abbott is a credible witness and that her statement is entitled to belief
Joseph Berry Justice of the Peace for Orange County
State of Vermont } Orange County ss }
I S. M. Flint Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Orange aforesaid do hereby certify that Joseph Berry the magistrate above named is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Orange aforesaid, duly commissioned qualified & authorized to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of deeds & other instruments, that his Commission is dated in November 1851 and will expire on the last day of November 1852. and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Chelsea in said County this fourteenth day of
October A.D. 1852
Please authenticate and return with mark & oblige I. S. M. Flint Clerk

State of Maine } ss County of Hancock }
Be it known that before me Isaac N. Allen a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Hancock and State of Maine duly authorized personally appeared Jonathan Allen, and Amos Allen of Bluehill of Sedgwick. Age 83 Age 81
Known to me to be credible and disinterested persons depose and say each for himself that Moses Carlton deceased named in a former Certificate was by them considered to be the identical Revolution Soldier
and that Mary Carlton now living to be the identical widow spoken of as they have known them 64 years and to have a large family of children
They also depose and say that they are personally acquainted with them and have known them to live together as husband and wife and have known them to have Sons & Daughters The oldest is now 64 years old
Jonathan Allen Amos Allen
Sedgwick Sept 13. 1862 personally appeared the above named Jonathan Allen and Amos Allen and gave oath to the above Instrument Isaac N. Allen Justice of Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK, ss.—Clerk's Office, Ellsworth.
I, Parker W. Perry Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, within and for the County of Hancock, hereby certify, that Isaac M. Allen , whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is now, and was at the time of subscribing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said County of Hancock, duly commissioned and qualified; and as such, full faith and credit are due his official acts.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this twenty seventh day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- two ,
P. W. Perry
{ Clerk of said Court for Hancock County.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
January 28. 1852.
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 Moses Carlton is borne on a pay roll of the town of Bradford, for Six mo. men to re-inforce the Continental Army: — Marched June 25, 1780, & was discharged Dec. 10, 1780. and was allowed 12 days in addition for travel home. — 21 years old 5ft. 9 in. light Complexion.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Marcus Wilkins Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES, made by the Widow Carlton of the party who rendered the service.
State of Maine . County of Hancock Town of Bluehill
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of the service of Moses Carlton in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Bradford in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts
He enlisted from the Town of Bradford in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts in the year 1780 as a in the Company commanded by Captain Regiment and he served as follows, * viz:—
* Here describe as fully as may be, the length of service, the rank, &c. of the claimant, or the capacity in which he served, and all other particulars known.

I am now 83 years old, and my memory does not enable me to state the services more fully than above stated.
WITNESS my hand, this 2nd  12th day of Dec A. D. 1847. Mary X Carlton mark
Signed by said Mary Carlton in my presence, Ruthen H Gray Ed J Green JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Thomas J Gray
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK, ss.—Clerk's Office, Ellsworth.
I, Parker W. Perry Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, within and for the County of Hancock, hereby certify. that Thomas P. Gray whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is now, and was at the time of subscribing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said County of Hancock, duly commissioned and qualified; and as such, full faith and credit are due his official acts.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this Nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- two
P. W. Perry
Clerk of said Court for Hancock County.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, June 5 th 1833.
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 Moses Carlton is found on the Pay-roll of the Town of Bradford, in Essex County, for Six Months men, raised to serve in the Continental army, in the year 1780, — where it appears that the said Carlton marched June 25, 1780, and was discharged December 10, 1780, and is allowed, for service and travel, five months and twenty-seven days. — The date of his enlistment does not appear.
Exd.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

S. 223 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
FEBRUARY 20, 1854.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. FOOT made the following
REPORT.
[To accompany Bill S. 223.]
The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Carlton, praying to be placed on the list of revolutionary pensioners, report:
That Moses Carlton, the husband of the petitioner, was a soldier in the war of the revolution. The precise day of his enlistment is not shown; but it is shown that he marched on the 25th day of June, A. D. 1780, from the town of Bradford, Massachusetts, and was discharged from service on the 10th day of December following, twelve days being allowed him, in addition, to return home. This period falls three days short of six months' service; but the committee think the presumption is very strong that he enlisted at least three days before he marched with his detachment. They, therefore, report a bill in favor of his widow, the petitioner, allowing her a pension at the rate of $24 per annum.

State of Maine } ss. On this twenty eighth day of June County of Hancock } in the year of our Lord one hundred & thirty personally appeared Moses Carlton a resident of Bluehill in the County of Hancock and State of Maine, aged seventy two years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration in or- der to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted into the Continental army in the month of April 1780 for the term of six months, under Lieut. Parker, & served in Col. Millins Regiment of the Continental line. The Regimental officers were Col. Millin, Maj. Pettengill, Adj. Clapp. - The company officers were Capt. Carr. Lieut. Parker, Ensign Davis. - That he enlisted as a private - That in the month of June after he march- ed with Lieut. Parker's recruits from Andover in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts sent to West Point, & there first joined the army - At the time he enlisted he resided in the town of Brookfield & County & Commonwealth aforesaid. From West Point he marched to Orange Town N.J. & then back to West Point, He was present and on guard at the execution of Maj. Andre. He was discharged in the month of Dec- ember following his enlistment, and does not from his own memory recollect precisely the day - His dis- charge was consumed at the burning of his house in 1815. He can not fix the day of the month's name as above for his memory does not retain them, but he

well remembers that his mother spun, wove & made up the shirts he carried with him between the period of his enlistment and the time of leaving home to join the army.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year foresaid Moses Carlton
We Jonathan Fisher, a clergyman, residing in Bluehill foresaid, and Israel Robinson residing in Bluehill hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Moses Carlton who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed the day & year foresaid.
Jonathan Fisher
Israel Robinson
Hancock ss. June 28. 1833.
Then personally appeared the Rev. Jonathan Fisher and Israel Robinson and made oath that the above certificate by them signed is just & true.
Before me Bushnell W. Hinckley Jus. Pe.

I Anna Witham of Bluehill foresaid of the age of sixty eight years depose and say that that I knew the foresaid Moses Carlton of Bluehill in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty he then lived in Bradford in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, & though I do not recollect that he was one of the six months men at that time raised in that town, I know there was no other man of that name vis. Moses Carlton, in that town, & I have no doubt but that he is the one named in the certificate of Mr Bangs Anna Witham
I Andrew Witham of said Bluehill of the age of sixty four years depose & say, that I knew the said Moses Carlton when he lived in said Bradford and always understood that he served in the revolutionary army. Andrew Witham
Hancock ss. Jan 28. 1833
Then personally appeared the said Andrew & Ann Witham & made oath that the above depositions by them subscribed are just & true.
Before me Bushrod W. Hinchley Jus. Pe.
I hereby certify that the above named Andrew & Ann Witham are persons of unimpeached veracity & whose statements are worthy of full credit & belief.
Bushrod W. Hinchley Jus. Pe.

Maine old
Black Hill Mass Augt July 27th Hon. Lewis Cass Secy of War
Secretary of War Washington City.

Bluehill Me, July 23 rd 1833
Dear Sir
I herewith return the papers of Moses Carlton, with the addition of Edw d . D. Bangs - Certificate, which we are fully of opinion will confirm his claim for a Pension.
Very respectfully your
Obedient Servant
Nathan Ellis
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of Treasury.

32 Cong. 3 1 Sess. 3
36. v
Memorial
of Mary Carlton widow of Moses Carlton a soldier in the war of the revolution, praying a pension.
1852 Dec. 15, Referred to the Comm: on Pensions.
1853 Feby. 2, Com. dischd.
1854 Feby. 7, Referred to the Comm: on Pensions.
Mr. Harlin

32 Cong. 3 1 Sess. 3
36. v
Memorial
of Mary Carlton widow of Moses Carlton a soldier in the war of the revolution, praying a pension.
1852 Dec. 15, Referred to the Comm: on Pensions.
1853 Feby. 2, Com. disch d .
1854 Feby. 7, Referred to the Comm: on Pensions.
Mr. Harlin

To the Honorable. Senate & House of Representatives in Congress assembled
Your memorialist being compelled by age respectfully represents through her attorney, that she is the widow of Moses Carlton a soldier in the Revolution - she refers your honor- able bodies to the annexed letter of the Commissioner of Pensions, & her husbands papers & proofs on file in the Pension office - she further humbly prays that she may be allowed the benefits of the acts of the 7. June 1832, & 7 July 1838 as in duty bound ever pray. -
Mary Carlton
per attney F. E. Hassler
Washington City D.C. 13. Decr 1832

Pension Office, December 7 th 1852.
Sir:
The application of Mary Carlton, widow of Moses, for the benefit of the Act of July 7 th 1838, has been examined and rejected, for the reason that the entire amount of service rendered by said Moses was only 5 months and 27 days, as shown by the records in the Office of the Secretary of Massachusetts. Claimant's husband, during his lifetime, applied for a pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832, and for the reason above stated, his claim was rejected, on the 24 th of September, 1833.
Mrs. Carlton's application is also informal, having been made before a Judge of a Court of Probate, whose official character and signature are not certified by the proper officer.
I am, respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt
J. H. Hall Commissioner.
H. C. Hufeler Esqr. Present.

Revolutionary Claim of Mary Carlton Special act 1854
Filed Aug 14, 1854
J. D. Hassler Washington

State of Maine County of Hancock
On this seventh day
of August 1854. personally came before the undersigned a Justice the Peace in and for the said County & State =
Brown Ingalls of Bluehill and N. H. Ingalls of Bluehill who being known to me as credible & disinterested witness, after having been duly sworn according to law, do upon their oaths state that they are personally acquainted with Mary Carlton widow of Moses, who was always reputed to have been a soldier of the revolution & that she is the very identical person who signed the herunto annexed affidavit & the person for whose benefit the annexed law was passed by Congress. to the best of their knowledge & belief, they having no knowledge personally of the actions of Congress thereon. And further say nought.
Brown Ingalls
N. H. Ingalls
Sworn to before me the day & year above indicated Putnam Ingalls Justice of the Peace

All of which is above - is identical herewith
STATE OF MAINE.
HANCOCK, ss. — Clerk's Office, Ellsworth.
I, Parker D. Pease Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, within and for the County of Hancock, hereby certify, that Putnam Bragdon Osgood whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is now, and was at the time of subscribing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for said County of Hancock, duly commissioned and qualified; and as such, full faith and credit are due his official acts, and that his signature subscribed to the annexed certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this Seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- four
P. D. Pease
Clerk of said Court for Hancock County.

I, Mary Carlton, of Bluehill in the State of Maine, do on oath depose and say:—
That I am the widow of Moses Carlton, formerly of Bradford in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, who served in the war of the Revolution and who enlisted in the service of the United States in 1780, having marched from Bradford aforesaid on the 25th day of June in said year, as appears by the documents already on file in the United States Pension Office.
That I have frequently heard my said husband, during his lifetime, state that he enlisted for some two or three weeks before he marched as aforesaid, & was during said time constantly in readiness to march, and that he once, during said time, left his home & went to Andover, a distance of three to five miles, to be inspected — And from his said statements, that my said husband was in the service of the United States for the term of six months and more —
Mary Carlton
State of Maine, Hancock Co. Bluehill Jan'y 30 th 1854 The above named Mary Carlton Personally appeared, and made oath that the above statements are true and correct according to her best knowledge, before me Samuel Leach Justice of the Peace

To the Honorable the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled -
The petition of Mary Carlton of Bluehill, in the State of Maine, humbly and respectfully represents, That she is the widow of Moses Carlton, deceased, formerly of Bradford, in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution: that the said Moses Carlton, as appears by documents and affidavits already filed in the Pension Office, marched from the town of Bradford aforesaid on the 25 th day of June A.D. 1780, and was discharged from the service on the 10 th day of December following, twelve days additional being allowed him for travelling home; that application has been made to the Pension Office for a pension for your said petitioner, on account of the above-mentioned services of said Moses, which said application has been refused, solely because the requisite six months service can not be made out, without the allowance of some few days, previous to the actual marching of said Moses Carlton; that your petitioner has reason to believe and does believe that her said husband enlisted in the service at least two weeks previous to the 25 th of June A.D. 1780, the day upon which he marched with his detachment, and was during said two weeks, or more, constantly in readiness to march. This

belief is founded upon the fact that she has heard her said husband make a statement to that effect during his lifetime, and also that she has heard him say that during said two weeks, we went to Andover and there passed under inspection & returned home to Bradford previous to marching as aforesaid. Of which facts she has caused affidavits to be made, by herself and by her son, which are herewith transmitted.
Your petitioner therefore humbly prays that a pension may be granted to her, on account of the services of her said husband, according to the law & the statute in such case made and provided, believing, as she does, that her claim is strictly within the letter, as well as the spirit, of said statute -
And as in duty bound, will ever pray
Bluehill, Maine, } Jan. 30 1854 }
Mary Estlin
Attest Samuel Leach Brown Ingalls

Jan y 4, 1853.
Letter of F. E. Hasler to hon. Geo. W. Jones, ch m Com. pen.
to be filed with the papers of Mary Cantrell

Washington City D.C. Jan. 4 th 1853
Honorable Chairman of the Committee on Pensions U.S. Senate
Sir:
In the matter of Mr. Mary Carlton's application for a Revolutionary Pension I would desire simply that the Honorable members of the Committee, will in particular note this point viz. "That the Secretary of State certifies that Moses Carlton marched such a day; therefor I submit whether he must not have been called out; engaged in preparing for muster, & in being mustered the very reasonable space of time viz three days.
It is unnecessary to add that I cheerfully submit the matter to your honorable Committee with an ardent hope that it will have an agreeable issue
Yours most respectfully
J. C. Hassler
Atty

BRIEF IN THE CASE OF Mary Carlton, widow of Moses Hancock County and State of Maine act 27 July 1851,
CLAIM, ("original," or " for increase. ")
PROOF EXHIBITED, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Allowed by Special Act of Congress, approved 27 July 1851,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
J. E. Wasson Name and residence of Agent
Presque Isle
J. Cole Examining Clerk.

No 15
No 8,082
Mary Carlton, widow of Elias Me
Special Act
27 July 1834
$24; See annu County 1 Oct 1838, Place on roll 1834,
J. E. Wassler Preseas

H. E. Hafslar, Dec. 7/52

47 Pension Office, Dec 7, 1852.
In The application of Mary Carlton, widow of Moses, for the benefit of the Act of July 7, 1838, has been examined and rejected, for the reason that the same amount of service rendered by said Moses was only 5 months and 27 days, as shown by the Records in the office of the Secretary of Massachusetts. Claimant's husband, during his life, never applied for a pension under the Act of June 7, 1832, and for the reason also stated her claim was rejected, on the 24 th of Sept. 18 1833.
Mrs Carlton's application is also informal, having been made before a Judge of a Court of Probate, whose official character and signature cannot  was certified by the proper officer J. C. Hopley Present.

1835 Nathan Ellis
Sept 24, 1835
P.C
Re. vol 11
Pa 257

War Department
Pension Office
Sept. 26/1833
Sir,
The documents in support of the claim of Moses Carlton have been examined & placed on our files. It appears from the certificate of the Secy of the State of Mass. that the claimant was allowed pay for only five months & 27 days, whereas the act under which he claims provides for those only who served at least 6 months. His claim cannot be allowed.
J
Nathan Ellis
Bluehill
Hancock County
Maine