Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18864, John Campbell, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
NUMBER
Campbell, John Hannah
N. 18864
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1139 Massachusetts
Hannah Campbell
widow of John Campbell who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of July 1843 and sent to Isaac Fiske
East Cambridge, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1, Page 39.
Reported

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of July, 1838. entitled an Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows
State of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss 3 On this Seventh day of May eighteen Hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before Samuel P. P. Fay Judge of Probate for the County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts, the same being a Court of Record - Hannah Campbell - widow - a resident of Concord in the County of Middlesex aged 78 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 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows - That she is the widow of John Campbell who was a Private in the Revolutionary War - His Term of Service was eight months, commencing April 1 st Seventeen Hundred and Seventy five, and ending December the 31 st Seventeen Hundred and Seventy five, during the whole of which time he served as a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Reuben Dow, and in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Prescott, at Cambridge Massachusetts - I think he was in the Service about two months in the Company commanded by Capt James Hasley at the taking of Burgoyne and his Army - besides the Term of eight months above specified - She further declares that she was married to the said John Campbell on the tenth day of May in the year seventeen Hundred and eighty one, that her husband the aforesaid John Campbell died on the twenty eighth day of February eighteen Hundred and twelve - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, Seventeen Hundred and ninety four nisi at the time above stated - She further declares that there is no person now living to her knowledge that was present at her marriage with said John Campbell and that she knows of no documentary evidence of her marriage except what is hereto annexed. She further declares that her maiden name was

Hannah Colburn and that she lived in Hollis in the State of New Hampshire previous to her marriage with said John Campbell
Hannah her X Campbell mark
Subscribed & sworn to open court by said Hannah Campbell the day & year first above written before me
J. P. Fay judge of Prob for said county.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middletown
I Isaac Rishel of the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Samuel P. Fay Esq. is the judge of said Court & that his signature above written is his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & thirty nine
Isaac Rishel

I hereby certify that I have carefully examined the records of publications in the town of Townsend in the county of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts the following extract is a true copy, as found on the books in my possession; with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows viz.
Received the names of John Campbell of Townsend and Hannah Colburn of Hollis with their intention of Marriage
James Hosley Town Clerk. April seventh Seventeen hundred and
April 7. 1781
April 23 1781 certificate made given
Townsend May 7 th 1839 Samuel Adams } Town Clerk at Townsend
I Samuel Adams above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the county town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exceptions above named as certified by me
Samuel Adams Clerk of the town of Townsend
Sworn Before me May 7 th 1839
Paul Gerrish Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. I Isaac Rich Minister of the Gospel of the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Paul Gerrish Esq. is a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex, duly appointed & qualified in that his signature above written is a true genuine signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court - this seventh day of May A.D. 1839 Isaac Rich

I Samuel Brooks of Townsend in the County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts depose and say that I was well acquainted with John Campbell who formerly lived in Townsend and who is now dead and has been dead about 25 or 26 years. I well remember that my Brother Benjamin Brooks and said John Campbell enlisted in the eighth months Service in the war of the Revolution and went as they said to Cambridge Mass. I well remember the time they came home and as near as I can recollect they were absent as long as eight months. I understood that said John Campbell enlisted in a company commanded by a Capt Dow of Hollis N.H. I further testify and say that I have always known said John Campbell ever since my childhood his father and my father were near neighbours said John Campbell was about eight years older than I am I am seventy four years of age said John Campbell always lived in Townsend since my remembrance until his death except about a year and an half he lived in Hollis and the time he was in the service. I think said John Campbell went in Capt James Hosley's com- -pany at the taking of Burgoyne, army and was gone about two months But am not positive. I recollect the time said John Campbell was married I frequently heard it talked about his being married to Hannah Colburn of Hollis. I know when he went to be married and when recollect the time he moved his wife home they lived on the same place where his father lived until he died and his widow has lived there ever since. They had five children and always lived together as man & wife. and I never heard it questioned by any person that they were not lawfully married and I have no doubt myself but they were lawfully married. one of his sons now lives on

same place with his mother. said John Campbell's Estate was settled upon his wife & children or other estates are usually settled. I further testify that I now hold the office of Justice of the Peace in said County of Middlesex Samuel Brooks
State of Massachusetts } ss May 1st 1839 Middlesex County }
Then personally appeared the above named Samuel Brooks who is a credible person and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Paul Garrison Justice of the Peace
I Daniel Campbell of Townsend in the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Depose and say that I am now 47 years of age that I am the youngest son of John & Hannah Campbell who lived in said Townsend as man & wife until the death of my father which took place the 28th day of February A.D. 1812. my father had five children two sons & three daughters. My mother who is now living and has lived with me ever since the death of my said father on the same place where my father died and has never since been married. my father was a member of the General Court from said Townsend three or four years since my removal here and I never heard it questioned by any person

that my father and Mother were not lawfully married
Daniel Campbell
State of Massachusetts } ss May 7th 1839 Middlesex County }
Then personally appeared the above named Daniel Campbell who is a credible person and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me
Paul Gerrish Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
I Isaac Dutton Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Paul Gerrish Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly sworn and & qualified & that the signature above written is his his genuine signature.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this Seventh day of May in the year Eighteen hundred and Thirty nine. Isaac Dutton

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N.Y. 18. P 64
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Campbell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1. 1775 Dec. 31. 1775 Pvt. Reuben Dow William Prescott Mass   1777 Emos. James Hosley "          
Battles engaged in, Capture of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Townsend Mass.
Date of application for pension, May 7. 1839  Her el. was al
Residence at date of application, Townsend Middlesex Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, She was 78 years of age
Remarks: Valeria married May 10, 1781 Hannah Colburn of Hollis N.H. He died Feb. 28, 1812. There were two sons and 3 daughters, Daniel the youngest son was 47 years old in 1839 and the only child whose name is stated
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1921 Oct. 31 Hist. to Mrs. Clark J. Biskee
REY WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18864
Hannah Campbell
Widow of
John Campbell
Brig Genl War
Act: March 3 rd 1/48
Index:—Vol. 81 , Page 128
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts - 3732
Hannah Campbell, widow of John Campbell,
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 28 th Feby 1812 of Middlesex in the State of Mass ts who was a P er in the County commanded by Captain Dow of the Reg t commanded by Colonel in the Mass ts line for 8 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass ts at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Aug t 39, and sent to Paul Gerrish Townsand Harbor, Me.
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar - $79.98 Semi-annual allowance ending 13.33 $93.31
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R Burdick Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 80.

898 Dedication
Hannah Campbell
$26: 66 per an
Isaac Fiske East Cambridge Mass

State of Massachusetts } Middlesex County - } ss
Be it known that on this Seventh day of April 1843 personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Hannah Campbell a resident of Lowell in said County and State aged eighty two 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 on the 3 d day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War that she is the widow of John Campbell who was a _____ Private _____ in the Revolutionary War and served as she verily believes as stated by her in her original Declaration, and the papers accompanying the same now on file in the War Department. She would refer for a more particular statement of his services, for the proof of her marriage identity and the time of her husband's death. She further declares that she was pensioned under said Act at the rate of twenty six Dollars and Sixty six cents per annum as near as she can recollect, but the precise sum will fully appear by her original Certificate which amount she received from the fourth day of March 1836 to the 24 th day of March 1841. at the Agency in Boston Massachusetts and at the time of her receiving her last payment surrendered the pension Certificate granted to her under said Act to the pension Agent at the said City of Boston. agreeably to the rules of the Department.
And this Declarant further alleges that she has not intermarried since the decease of her said husband but is now and ever has been the widow of said John Campbell deceased as will more fully appear by the proof hereto annexed and further she saith not
Subscribed in presence of of _____ his Hannah H Campbell mark
Paul Garrison
Daniel Campbell
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written -
Before me
Paul Garrison Justice of the Peace

I Daniel Campbell of Concord of lawful age on oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Hannah Campbell elsewhere the foregoing applicant and know that she was the wife of John Campbell who was reported to have been a soldier in the War of the Revo- lution since Hannah Campbell was a pensioner under the Law of 1838 at twenty six Dollars and sixty six cents per annum as near as I can recollect and she has not inter- married since the expiration of said act but is now and ever has been the widow of the said John Campbell deceased -
Daniel Campbell
State of Massachusetts } ss Middlesex County }
Townsend April 7th 1823
Personally came Daniel Campbell - a credible witness and made oath that the above affidavit is by him subscribed is true
Before me
Paul Gerrish Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Madison County ss Isaac Butts the Deputy of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex aforesaid hereby certify that Paul Gerrish Esq is a justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature written on this paper are his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Middlesex this third day of May in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty- three
Isaac Butts Esq

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Hannah Campbell
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Paul Gerrish Townsend Harbor Mass.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ESSEX, ss.
I, JOHN PRINCE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Essex, do certify, that
Benjamin Merrill Esq. is a Justice of the Peace
within and for said County, and that his signature hereon is genuine.
WITNESS MY HAND, and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas,
December 8. A. D. 1838.
John Prince Clerk.

I, Uriah Wright, of Beverly in Massachusetts, aged 83 years, on oath testify That I know that John Campbell served Eight months from April 1775 to the end of December 1775 as a private in Capt Reuben Dow's Company in Col. Wm Prescott's Regiment at Cambridge: I served all that time with him in the same company. He afterwards lived in Townsend in Massachusetts and was married to Hannah Colburn of Hollis. I formerly lived at Hollis.
Uriah
his Wright mark
State of Massachusetts Essex ss: Dec. 8. 1838 The above named Uriah Wright, who is a credible witness, made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me Pres. Merrill Inst: Pease

I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Benjamin M. Farley is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough as before mentioned and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name at Anhurst in said County, this fourth day of December Anno Domini 1838.
A. Wallace Clerk

I hereby certify that I have carefully examined the Records of Marriages for the town of Hollis in the county of Hillsborough and State of New- Hampshire, and I cannot find any record of the marriage of John Campbell to Hannah Colburn on said Record
Dec 1 st 1838 Edward Emerson } Town Clerk said Hollis
Hillsborough ss Hollis Dec 1 st 1838
I Edward Emerson do hereby certify that I am Town Clerk said Hollis above named and that the above certificate by me subscribed is true Edward Emerson
State of New-Hampshire Hillsborough County ss. December 3 rd 1838. Then the above named Edward Emerson, who is a credible witness, personally appeared and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true Before me Benjamin Hall, Farley Justice

Halls NH. Ward 14
1 B. 1866 Leichlingen
Paul Gerish Esquire Townsend Mass.

I Auburn Hagg of Hall's in the County of Hillsborough and State of New-Hampshire, being seventy years old, testify & say that I have been well acquainted with Hannah Campbell widow of John Campbell late of Farnsworth in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts, deceased, ever since my child had. Her maiden name was Colburn and lived in said Hall's until she was married to said John Campbell. She lived near to my father's; is cousin of mine, & I was intimate in the family before & since her marriage. Said John Campbell before his marriage lived with my father about a year, and during this time became acquainted with said Hannah, paid his addresses to her, and a short time after he left my father's service, he was married to the said Hannah, as I then understood & rightly believe. I well recollect of hearing of the time appointed for the wedding, & saw the Rev d Daniel Emerson of said Hall's pass my father's house on his way to the place, where it was said, they were to be married, but I was not present at the marriage. Immediately after she remained to said Farnsworth with the said John Campbell and ever after lived with him as his wife until his death - her often visited at said John Campbell's and he & his wife very frequently visited at my house, while he lived - And since his decease she has frequently visited at my house until within four or five years past. She, while thus living with said John Campbell had four or five children - They were very respectable people - The said Hannah has never

been married since the decease of her said husband. She is several years older than myself. I never knew any other man by the name of John Campbell except the individual above named, but his son John Campbell, who is still living - Reuben Flagg
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County } March 8 th 1839. Then personally appeared the above named Reuben Flagg, who is a credible witness, and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true -
Before me
Benjamin M. Farley Jas. Darr
I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Justice for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Benjamin M. Farley is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County as above and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name at Anhurst in said County this ninth day of March Anno Domini 1839.
A. Wallace Clerk

A. Wadsworth Esq. Sir. I wish you to make a certificate of my being a magistrate of the peace in the following affidavit & return it to me by post mark - I will see you paid - you can state and your super- scription in this letter - & have an mind of - yes truly Benj. M. Early
Paul Gerish Esq.
Sir -
I was requested to forward to you the following affidavit &c - You will perceive it is duly authenticated -
Yours respectfully Benjamin M. Early

5396 May 15 Mass: July 1838 Thomas Horton May 11 th 1839
free
J. S. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Townsend Harbor Mass May 11 th 1839
Dear Sir in close is the Declaration of Hannah Campbell of Townsend you will please make return to
me directed to Townsend Harbor Mass
J. L. Edwards Esq. } your old servant commissioner of } Paul Garrison Pensions

U Rev. M.H. CLARK J. BISBEE GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN
Oct 2, 1921
Bureau of Pensions.
Gentlemen.
Will you please give record of John Campbell born in Windham, N. H., 1758. He was in Capt. George Reick Co Col Stark's Regt at the battle of Lexington and in Capt Reuben Loring Co, Col William Percy's Regt, at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Please to give Volume & Page as I

CLARK J. BISBEE GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN
Wish to take out papers to join the D. C. R.
Sincerely,
Mr Clark J. Bisbee Greenville
Washington St. Mich.