Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,876, Joseph Blanchard, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Blanchard, Joseph butler, Hannah
W. 22,876 B2 Mt. 8459-160-55
CONTENTS
nathan
Former widow

Reported
1081, Name Sannah Cutter widow of Joseph Blanchard who served in the Revolutionary war, as a sister
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of August 1848 and sent to G. W. Morton Augusta Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 6 Vol. 1.

69.482 { Acq Mar 3/55 Pnc age 16/55
Hannah Butler Former wife of Joseph Blanchard, Pjer.
Mass. Cont. line.
ad: 16 Dec, Oct: 17/1855 Wid of the 2nd resolution
July 48-1081 Pensioner under act Feb 1848
Buxton
By
Geo. W. Morton Augusta Me
Vol. B. 159. - 6

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
 TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I, Jacob Smith, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts
within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby CERTIFY that
Daniel Goodenough Esquire
whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as
a Justice of the District Court
is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the name, so
affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
SEAL of the District Court, In the Middle District
Court this twenty second day of August
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three
Jacob Smith CLERK.

10936 Hannah Cutter
No 647 Act 1843
m 86.98
Geo. W. Morton Augusta Maine,

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838, entitled an act granting "half pay and pensions to certain widows", and the act of August 23 rd 1842
State of Maine.
Lincoln County S.S. on the twenty second day of August A.D. 1843 personally appeared before the middle district Court Maine, in open court the same being a court of record Hannah Cutt a resident of Siston in the County of Lincoln 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 July the seventh 1838, entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows and an act to amend the same approved August 23 rd 1842, that she was formerly the widow of Joseph Blanchard who she has reason to believe and doth believe enlisted about the year 1781

into the Revolutionary army for the period of three years in Captain John Williams' Company, in Colonel Basse's Regiment of the Massachusetts line and served as a fifer, till his discharge which she believes was in the year 1783 at the time of his enlistment he was a resident of the town of Andover Massachusetts that her maiden name was Hannah Moore that her marriage with the said Joseph Blanchard was solemnized in Andover Massachusetts on the twenty seventh day February seventeen hundred and eighty six. that after their marriage they moved to Lewiston in the then then District Now State of Maine, where they continued to live having a family of five children till about forty five years ago when he went to Baltimore State of Maryland for the purpose of getting employment, and make arrangements for moving his family there. that soon after she understood he fell while employed in a mill which occasioned his death as she believes about the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight from which time she remained unmarried till the first day of January 1818

when she intermarried with Nathan Cutter in Lewiston Maine, that the said Cutter died in the said town of Lewiston December 1827 since which time she has remained unmarried
Attest Jacob Smith
Hannah the Cutter Mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day & year above written.
Before Daniel Goodwin Jus. Dist. Comm.

In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty six February twenty seventh Joseph Bleinhard and Hannah Moore of Andover were married by Nathl Lovejoy Just ice of Peace.
I Samuel Johnson certify that the above extract is a true copy of the Records of said town of Andover with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows, viz "Feb y . 27. 1786."
And I further certify that the Intention of Marriage is entered on the Book of Records of said Andover as follows, viz. "1786. Feby 7. Joseph Bleinhard & Hannah Moore both of Andover"
I Samuel Johnson above named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Andover in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts and have the custody of the Records of said town, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town of Andover, with the exception above named as certified by me
Samuel Johnson Jr., Clerk of the town of Andover,
Essex ss. May 6 th 1844. Sworn before me
A. Newman, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston May 7. 1824.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Mark Newman was a justice of the Peace for the County of Essex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts & attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Wm. Siftons - D. P. 33 Secretary of the Commonwealth.

69482
Hannah Butler Formerly widow of Joseph Blanchard.
Claim of _____
TO BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Has not rec d bounty land, Revolutionary Pension Act Dec. 2, 1848.
Joseph Blanchard, husband was a musician in the Army of the Revolution.
PRESENTED BY
GEO. W. MORTON,
ATTORNEY, AUGUSTA, MAINE.

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss.
COUNTY OF Androscoggin }
On this twenty day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five personally appeared before me, William H. Lillan a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Hannah Butler aged eighty seven years, a resident of Lisbon in the State of Maine, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Hannah Butler who is a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of February 2, 1842...
That after the death of her first husband Joseph Blanchard on account of whom she is entitled to the Pension she was remarried to one Nathan Butler who died in the year 1827. Since which time she has remained a widow. She refers to the application furnished the government at the time she was allowed a Pension.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the BOUNTY LAND to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855." She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Hannah Butler
We, George W. Lillan and Joseph Lillan, residents of Lisbon in the State of Maine, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hannah Butler in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. We are well acquainted with her and further declare that she has remained ever since she was a widow and since the death of her second husband Nathan Butler and is the identical Hannah Butler named in the Pension Certificate of which the above is a copy.
Joseph Lillan
George W. Lillan
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
William H. Lillan
Justice of the Peace.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents. That I, Hannah Cullen of Litchfield in the County of Androscoggin and State of Maine, have constituted and appointed GEO. W. MORTON, of the City of Augusta, in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land Certificate, or Warrant, due me under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands for services rendered in the United States in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done, in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this eleventh day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
Witness: George B. Litchfield
Hannah Cullen
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Androscoggin ss:—On the eleventh day of April personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County Hannah Cullen and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed.
1855
William H. Litchfield
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Androscoggin } ss.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that William H. Litchfield before whom the within declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, were made and executed, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Androscoggin aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Androscoggin aforesaid, this 13th day of April 1855
Wm M. Shatten
CLERK.
65482
Hannah Cullen Formerly widow of Joseph Blackwell
Claim of _____
TO BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
She was not her bounty land.
Penobscot County
Act Feb. 2. 1848.
Joseph Blackwell husband
was a physician in
the army of the Potomac
PRESENTED BY
GEO. W. MORTON,
ATTORNEY, AUGUSTA, MAINE.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Oct 17 1861
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Joseph Blanchard is found in the returns of Col. John Williams, Col. Root & Gen. Moulton. I hope to send you a list of the names of those who are entitled to a pension in the War.
BLANCHARD, JOSEPH (MASS.) (W. 22876)

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 which tend to satisfy me of the identity of the party described in the application with the individual who rendered the service.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Geo H. Dole
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Hannah Cutter of Lisbon in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine do hereby authorize Mrs. Martha of Augusta in County of Penobscot and State of Maine to ask for and obtain from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a certificate from the rolls of the Revolutionary Army of the Service of my late husband Joseph Blanchard, who at the time of his enlistment was a resident of Anson. He first and the balance in the year 1780 or 1781 enlisted for three years into Mr. William C. Dorr's reg't and served as as a musician till his discharge about 1783.
Her Hannah X Cutter Mark
State of Maine, Lincoln County ss. Subscribed and sworn to under oath on the Twentieth day of July 1843 Before me James Booker Justice of the Peace
W. Weston Augusta Me
BLANCHARD, JOSEPH (MASS.) (W. 22876)

Rev 22,876 WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22,876
Hannah Butler
Widow of
Joseph Blanchard
lifer New Mar
Act Feb 2 d 48
Index: Vol A , Page 162
[Arrangement of 1870.]

8459
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160 Aug

Thurs 2 d Feb: 48. Wed
Boston,

8752 Maine
Hannah Cutter for widow of Joseph Blanchard who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the — 1798 of Lincoln in the State of Me who was a Sifer in the Co commanded by Captain Williams of the reg commanded by Col Vose in the Mass line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 88 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Septem. 1844 and sent to J. W. Morton Augusta. Maine
Total amount, $ 440 : 00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by S. L. Swann Clerk, Book Vol. 1 Page 3

2 Cents 1838 5 1843 3/4
6172 Maine
Hannah Cutter, for widow of Joseph Blanchard who was a Fifer in the Mass a Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 88 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Sept. 1841 and sent to
G. W. Morton Augusta Maine
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 2

No. 69482
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 16, 1855-
Joseph Blanchard Rev: War
Warrant-8459-160-55'
Geo W. Morton Augusta Maine

10956
Sannah Buller formerly Maw of Josiah Blanchard Maine
Act 7 July 1838
Adm d 2 years fifer $88.
Adm d 3 March 1843 $88.
Geo. N. Morton Augusta Maine

Hannah Butler
ad
6/72
Admitted
Geo W Morton Augusta Maine,

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2, 1848, entitled "An Act Making further provisions for the Surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Lincoln }
On this Twenty fifth day of July A. D. 1848 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, Hannah Butler a resident of Lisbon in the County of Lincoln aged Eighty years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the second of February, 1848, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Joseph Blanchard who was a Musician during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Joseph Blanchard at the rate of Eighty eight dollars and  cents per annum, under the Act of June 17, 1844, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland, in the State of Maine. She further declares that she is still a widow.
WITNESS:
Moses Libbeets Edward P. Briggs
Hannah X Butler Mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
BEFORE ME,
Edward P. Briggs Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Edward P. Briggs Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
I, William M. Stratton Clerk in the Courts of Kennebec County, certify that Edward P. Briggs is a Magistrate as above, and that the above signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, and subscribed my name this 26th day of July in the year 1848,
W. M. Stratton Clerk of the Courts of Kennebec County.

Augusta, Maine
May 13. 1844
Sir
I herewith enclose papers for the purpose of having the claim of Mrs Hannah Butler (formerly the widow of Joseph Blanchard who was a musician in the Army of the Revolution) allowed, which if satisfactory would respectfully request you to allow and transmit to me, for her a certificate
Very respectfully
Your Obed Servt
Geo. W. Morton
James L. Edwards Esq Censor of Pensions City of Washington D.C.

I William Atkinson of Lisbon formerly of Northgarmonth in the State of Maine aged seventy nine on oath depose and say that I was a soldier of the Revolution in the Company commanded by John Williams, Joseph Vose was the Colonel. I was three years a member of said Company. I knew Joseph Blanchard late of Lewiston Hall. he was formerly from Andover Massachusetts. during the whole three years in which I was a soldier he belonged to the same company that I did. he was a fifer and always performed the duty of a fifer to the company during the whole time I was out. he was discharged not far from the time that I was. a few days before me.
Verdun D. May 13. 1843. William Atkinson
Personally appeared William Atkinson and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him signed in my presence is true - I further certify that said Atkinson has the full possession of his memory, that his recollections are clear and distinct and no faculty seems impaired by age excepting his hearing, and that so far as I know or believe he is a man of truth - Saml Moody Justice of the Peace for the County of Lincoln State of Maine

State of Maine } County of Kennebec } 3
I the Subscribed Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within & for the county of Kennebec, do hereby certify that Samuel Moody is a Justice of the Peace as within stated - and the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine this second day of May A.D. 1844.
A. R. Nichols.

I John Merrill of Lewiston, in the County of Lincoln in the State of Maine, a Revolutionary Prisoner, do testify and say on oath that in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three, I was acquainted with Joseph Blanchard who was a Revolutionary soldier in the Army of the Revolution, that he served with me in the Army in the capacity of a fifer, while the Army was stationed at Philadelphia, but when he enlisted, or what Brigade or Regiment he was in I am not able to say, but I know him well in the service of his country in 1783, and I further testify that I was well acquainted with said Joseph Blanchard after he returned from the Army and knew him well, when he was living in said Town of Lewiston, with his wife Hannah, who is now the widow Hannah Cutter
John Merrill
Vincen St Lewiston April 10-1843.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
William Ganelon Justice of the Peace
I hereby testify and say that said John Merrill is a credible witness - William Ganelon Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Kennebec ss - I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of Kennebec hereby certify that William Ganelon is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lin- coln, & the above signature purporting to be his are genuine. Witness my hand & seal of the Sup. Jud. Court, this 13th day of May Anno Dom. 1844 H. R. Nichols