Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29009, Benjamin Bickford, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
NUMBER
Bickford, Benjamin S. 29009
CONTENTS

1800 $ Maine
Benjamin Pickford Residing in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded Captain Shaw of the Regt. commanded Col Campbell in the Mass. and for Pens.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of July 1833 and sent to R. C. Nore Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 88.00 Emigrant allowance ending Sept.  20.00
$100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Clerk, k E Vol. 1 Page 4

Benjamin Pickford 25982 Private - Mass'tts troops. Shaw's C. Campbell's regt. } 12 months,
12 months as a private,
adm d 12 mo. pri 40$
R. C. Rose, - Augusta, Me.,

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this tenth day of April A. D. 1833 personally appeared before before the Hon. Nathan Weston, Just. a Justice of the Peace for said County of Kennebec in State, Benjamin Bickford a resident of Dearborn in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following dec- laration, 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 1775 with Captain Francis Shaw and served in Col. Campbell's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Shaw Capt. Campbell Col. That he enlisted in that company & regiment in June 1775 as a private for twelve months: That he enlisted at Narraguagus , Maine & served & did garrison duty, in the sea coast defence on the Easter frontier of Massachusetts . After serving out the full term of his enlistment was verbally discharged at Narraguagus in June 1776.
That he was born at Dover, N. H., in the year 1743, where he presumes his age is recorded. That When he entered the service he lived at Narraguagus . That he has lived in Dearborn for the last thirty nine years. That he enlisted & was discharged as he has stated. That in May 1818, That he was placed on the Maine roll under the Act of Congress of March 18, 1818, and that property. That that time he resided in in the County of and State of Maine, and now resides in he made a declaration of his services before the Hon. Judge Weston which is to be annexed to hereto. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services.
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, except as aforesaid.
Attest Jacob Hain
His Benjamin Bickford mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. the applicant being well known to me as a man of veracity & entitled to credit & being too infim to go from home to make his declaration before a Judge or Court Record.
Jacob Hain Justice Peace
And the said Justice Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Jacob Hain Justice Peace

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r,  Jacob Maine Esq. be- fore whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said  Peace for said County in said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge,  Justice in the matter of the application of Benjamin Bickford for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 25 th , day of May
A. D. 1833.
J. A. Chandler

I Joseph Bickford, aged fifty six years, upon oath testify and declare that I know that my father Benjamin Bickford enlisted as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, for one year in 1775 in Col. Campbell's, regiment, Massachusetts line of troops, and that he served that period.
Joseph his Bickford mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Know all men by these presents.
On the thirteenth day of October A.D. Joseph Bickford above named, being a credible and disinterested witness, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him signed, the same been first distinctly read to him. Before me,
Nathan Weston then C. Just C.C.C. Peace & Civilized

29,009 Pay INVALID.
File No. 29,009
Benjamin Bickford Rev Rev Rev
Act: June 1 st 1884
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 87
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N o 3349
(3349)
Benjamin Pickford
Dearborn, Kennebec Co
pr. Col. Campbell's
Mass s Reg — 1775 June
& 1776 June — 1 year
May 12. 1818
Rejected — Campbell's Reg t not on Continen- tal Establishment
2 o application
July 24. 1832

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Benjamin Bickford, aged seventy five years, a citizen of the United States, born in Dover New Hampshire, now a resident in Dearborn in the District of Maine. upon Oath testify and declare that I enlisted in the month of June 1775. at Kennebec, Maine for the period of twelve months into the United States Army, during the revolutionary War, upon the continental establishment, into the company commanded by Cap. Francis Shaw, and regiment commanded by Col. Campbell, of the Massachusetts troops or line. I served and did garrison duty, in the sea coast defence on the eastern frontier of Massachusetts. I served fully out & was verbally discharged at Kennebec June 1776. From my reduced circumstances I am in need of assistance from my country for support. I hereby relinquish all claim to any pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever. — I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine. Benjamin X Bickford mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Kennebec ss.
On the Twelfth day of May A. D. 1810 Benjamin Bickford above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him signed, the same having been first distinctly read to him.
Before me Nathan Weston Hon. C. Dist. Ct. Court C. Plead Eastern Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Abijah  Joseph Bickford, aged fifty nine years, resident of Dearborn Maine - upon Oath testify and declare that I am knowing to my father Benjamin Bickford, being in the revolutionary war, and from circumstances which I have always been acquainted with - I fully believe he lived as he has within stated, he is in reduced cir- -cumstances in life and needs the assistance of his country for support
abijah his Bickford mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Kennebec ss.
On the twelfth day of May A.D. 1818 Abijah Bickford above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him signed, the same having been first distinctly read to him.
Before me Nathan Weston Hon. C. Just C. Court C. Plead 2 Eastern Circuit.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and

Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Benjamin Bickford , a citizen of the United States resident in Dearborn in said county of Kennebec in the District of Maine, on the twelfth day of May A.D. 1810 made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, with such other evidence as was in his power to produce, and to transmit the same, with the proceedings had thereon to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, in  in accordance to the provisions of an act, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 10, A.D. 1810, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant is herunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a careful examination of the said applicant, and a full consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, if the within service is to be so considered, for more than nine months in continuation, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances in life, he merits the assistance of his country for support.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Court in which I preside to be hereunto affixed, this twenty sixth day of October, A.D. 1810.
Nathan Weston Jun C. Just C.C.C. Pres 2 d C. Circuit.

100-33-100-100-100 Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he resides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand :
Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this twenly second day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. M. D. Lord
I Henry Bickford, aged Sixty years, upon oath testify and declare that my father, Benjamin Bickford of Deaneborn Maine, the applicant within named is now alive, aged Eighty nine years, and that by reason of age and infirmity, he could not, without great inconvenience, and perhaps danger, be removed from home to make a new declaration. Henry Bickford Subscribed and sworn to, July 23 1832 the deponent being a credible witness. Before Nathan Weston Hon. Chief J.P.C.

New Applications State of Maine
Kennebec ss I the subscribe Clerk of the Courts Kennebec County hereby certify that the Hon Nathan Weston Jew is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State. That the certificate by him signed on this paper & annexed to the original application of Benja. Bickford for a pension are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State this 24 th July 1832.
J. A. Chandler
New Applications
To the Hon the Sec y of the war department of the U. S.
Benjamin Bickford, the applicant within named, in 1818 made the declaration herewith transmitted before me, then holding the office of Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas. He furnished also proof, which I then deemed, and now deem, satisfactory. I am satisfied that he is alive, and that from his great age and infirmities, he cannot go from home to make a new declaration, without great inconvenience, and perhaps danger. The case, as before verified, is forwarded, under the impression that under the circumstances, it may be more satisfactory to the department under the law of June 7. 1832.
State of Maine } July 24 1832 }
Nathan Weston Jew Just S. J. Court

I Solomon Tracy of Home in the County of Kennebec and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawfull age do testify and say that I well knew Benjamin Bickford formerly of Gouldborough and he enlisted into and did duty with me in a company commanded by Lances Shaw in Cambell Regiment and I well knew of his serving the full Period of Nine months, and was honorable Discharged. It was the same year that the British Burnt Portland I think in the year one thousand Seven hundred Seventy Six.
November 33 October 12 th 1914 Then the above named Solomon Tracy personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me Parker Morrill Justice of Peace
Parker Morrill Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Kennebec, and I am satisfied that the above deponent is credible and disinterested.
Nathan Weston Esq.
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