Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19249, Jacob Clark, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Nr. 16
Clark, Jacob
S. 19249
CONTENTS
carded

32775
Maine.
Jacob Clark dec
of in the State of Maine who was a Lieut in the Compny commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by in the Maine line for 20 months N.H.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 266 Dollars 66 Cents per m. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Lent July 1833. when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Sept 1837 and sent to Delectus Hoxie, Pres't.
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending
Payable to only surviving Children - see back of this file.
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. P. Chase Clerk
Reported
Wm Clark Sam Clark Zacharias Clark Margaret Clark Abigail Clark Mary Clark Solomon Bracke & Sarah Bracke

United States
On This first day of July 1844 personally appeared William Clark a resident of Limerick in the State of Maine before Ashur Ware Judge of the U. S. for the District of Maine who for himself and others who have authorized him in their behalf makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th. 1832.
That his father Jacob Clark was a soldier in the revolutionary war and served as he believes as a private in Capt A. Kinsman's Company in Col. Starks Regiment eight months in 1775. He believes that his father again entered the service as a Lieut and served in Capt Salton's Company of Malheur & in Capt. Marshall's Company. He is unable to state the particulars of his service as Lieut. He has not his father's commission read and has no doubt that said commission has been in existence within the last twelve years. Said commission is now lost or mislaid.
And this declarant states that the children and only surviving children of Jacob Clark are this applicant and Samuel Clark Zacheus Clark Margaret Jackson Abigail Hall & Mary Staples together with Saloma Brackett & Sarah Brackett The last two mentioned belong to the Society of Friends and refuse to make or join in this

application. This declarant therefore in his own behalf and in behalf of the other children claim such pension as they would be entitled to receive had their father in his life time received a pension certificate and had died before drawing a pension.
He further declares that his mother the wife of said Jacob Clark died sometime in the autumn of 1870 on the day of — 1831 and his father the said Jacob Clark died on the 4th of July 1833. leaving no widow.
William Clark
Sworn to this first day of July 1866. before me
Asbur Wain
Judge of the United States for the District of Maine.

N o 35.979
Jacob Clark deed
Me
Act 7. June '32
July 14
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F. Bradford Portland. Maine
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NY
I Zebediah F. Jackson of Gorham in the County of Cumberland on oath depose & say that I am seventy nine years of age. I have been acquainted with the family of Jacob Clark for more than thirty years past. Jacob Clark died in July 1833 and his wife Mary died about two years before Jacob Clark. The children and only children who survived Jacob Clark are. William Clark Samuel Clark Zacheus Clark. Margaret Jackson Abigail Hall Mary Staples Saloma Brackett & Sarah Brackett. I have heard Jacob Clark say that he was a Lieut in the Revolutionary war and I have heard him speak of a Capt Saller who was stationed in Portsmouth & I believe he served in his company.
Zebediah F. Jackson Cumberland ss. July 5 th 1844. Then personally appeared The above named Zebediah F. Jackson known to me as a man of truth & made oath to the above affidavit by him subscribed. Before me H. Bradford J.P.

ms I Freeman S. Clark of Portland in the County of Cumberland aged thirty four years on oath depose and say that I am a grandson of Jacob Clark late of Berwick in the County of York. Said Jacob my grandfather died on the fourth day of July 1833 and left no widow. The only surviving children of Jacob aforesaid are William Clark Samuel Clark Zachary Clark Margaret Jackson Abigail Hall Saloma Brackett & Sarah Brackett. The above are all the children of said Jacob Clark now living.
Freeman S. Clark Cumberland Js. January 2 d 1845 Then personally appeared the abovenamed Freeman S. Clark known to me as a man of truth & veracity and made - oath to the foregoing affidavit by him signed. Before me Freeman Bradford justice of the P.

United States
Maine District
Circuit Court Clerk's Office
I hereby certify that the Honorable Ashur Ware before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the United States within and for Maine District and that the signature thereto purporting to be his, is his genuine signature
I further certify that Freeman Bradford Esq. is a Magistrate duly appointed & qualified; that the signatures to the annexed definitions purporting to be his are genuine and that full faith and credit are due his official attestations
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Circuit Court this second day of January A.D. 1825
John Mufsey Clerk U.S. Circuit Court

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., December 5, 1895.
Sir:
Referring to your request for the military history of Jacob Clark, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that in the year 1844 his then surviving children, William Clark, Samuel Clark, Zachaeus Clark, Margaret Jackson, Abigail Hall, Mary Staples, Salome Brackett and Sarah Brackett, applied for and were granted a pension for his services as a Lieutenant in the New Hampshire troops. Some difficulty was experienced in obtaining satisfactory proof of his services but the claim was finally allowed upon parol testimony by which it was shown that during the years 1775-76-77 he rendered at least twenty months actual service as a Lieutenant in the company commanded by Capt. Silphael Daniels and Capt. Titus Satter, and was stationed a part of the time on Great Island, near Portsmouth, N. H. At the time of entering the service he resided at Rochester, N. H., but during the later years of his life was a resident of Berwick, Maine. Upon the town records of Berwick the following appears concerning his death:
"1833, July 4, Jacob Clark found dead in the woods above C. Falls."
Very respectfully,
Mr. Chas. F. Banks, 2021 O. St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
Commissioner.

REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.
O. W. & N. DIV.
MEMORANDA.
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:
Jacob Clark
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
New Hampshire (?)
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Limington York Co Me
Date of death (as near as possible):
Christian name of widow:
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Unknown - think so
Remarks:
O. W. & N. DIV. NOV 20 1895 CHIEF'S DESK.
Your name and address:
Chas E. Banks
2021 - O St N.W.

Sep '45
To be filed in the case of Jacob Clark agreeably to the requirement contain- ed in your letter of March 29 th 1845.
H. Bradford Portland Maine
C.
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I Reuben Packer of Dover in the county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire aged eighty seven years on oath depose testify and say that I was a soldier of the Revolution and am a Pensioner of the United States. In the month of August 1776 I enlisted into the company of Capt Brewster Colonel Long for one year - and was stationed until about the first of November that year at New Castle near the mouth of Piscataqua River after that our company marched on to the northward. While I was at New Castle under Colonel Long Captain Salter commanded a company which was stationed on Washington or Great Island as it was called. The Companies of Captains Brewster and Salter then stationed were about one mile distant from each other and there was frequent communication between the said Companies. Jacob Clark a brother-in-law of mine was Lieutenant in Captain Salter's company in that year and afterwards I knew said Clark from a boy - and knew that he was a Lieutenant in the service as aforesaid. at the time I first went with Captain Brewster's company to New Castle in August 1776 and said Jacob Clark was in the same company as Lieutenant in the latter part of August 1777. when I returned from my year's service - According to my best recollection and belief

Jacob Clark was in the Service as a Lieutenant in Captain Tabor's company not less than one year I should think it was more. Jacob Clark reside- -ed in Berwick Maine the latter part of his life and died there about twelve years ago ad near as I can recollect Reuben his Ricker mark
Attest - Sally F Ricker
Stratford Me Dover N.H. Sept 6 th 1845 Then appeared the above named Reuben Ricker known to me as a man of truth and veracity and made oath to the above affidavit by him; Subscribed
Before me Geo. F. Wentworth Justice of the Peace
State of New Hampshire
County of Stratford ss. I John H. Smith, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said county hereby certify that George F. Wentworth is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission is dated December 23, 1844 and will expire December 22, 1849 and that the above signature purporting to be his, is true and genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 26 th day of September A.D. 1845. John H. Smith Clerk

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss....
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that
James Chapman Esq is a Magistrate as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission bears date March 14. A.D. 1842, and will expire March 14. A.D. 1849
and that the following signature purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed
the Seal of the
Court for said State, this
Anno Domini 1846
Supreme Judicial twenty ninth day of April
Charles Cobb CLERK.

I John Rogers of Rome in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, on Oath desire and say, that I am eighty nine years of age and upwards: — I was a resident of Rochester in the State of New Hampshire in the time of the war of the Revolution, and served in the war, three years and more, and am now a pensioner of the U. States, under the act of 1878, at the rate of 6 dollars per annum; in the year 1775, I served in Capt John Brewster's Company, and was stationed for the time I was in the service that year at "The Great Island" near Portsmouth N. H. My service was a nine months service and it commenced on or about the last of May or June, and ended the first of January 1776. — In the year 1775, I was personally and intimately acquainted with Lieut Jacob Clark who that year served in Capt. Daniels' Company, and was stationed on Great Island, as it was called, near Portsmouth N. H. Jacob Clark was a Lieut. in said Company that year, and I recollect the following men who served with him to wit: Archibald Ferguson and Nathaniel Woodman. I left Jacob Clark in the service, on the last of December 1775 or the first of January 1776; I knew that a Company of Artillery was kept at the same place afterwards, and I always understood and believed, that Jacob Clark served there as an Officer. I did not serve in the same Company with him, but am positive that said Clark was an Officer in the other Company. Jacob Clark was a Resident of Rochester N. H. in the time of the war; this same Jacob Clark lived to a great age, and died suddenly as I have been informed in the western part of the State: He belonged to the Religious society called "Friends," in the latter part of his life. Jacob Clark served as aforesaid in 1775 at least eight months, and I have not the shadow of

doubt that he is the same identical Jacob Clark who died in Berwick in July 1833.
In presence of
Jonathan Prescott Jacob Clark
John Rogers
State of Maine.
Kennebec ss. March 25. 1846. Then personally appeared John Rogers, believed by me to be a man of truth, and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed. Before me James Chapman Justice of the Peace.
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A Return of the Officers & Men in Fort Sill- ivan, Nov. 5th 1875.
Eliphalet Daniels Capt. Wendell Garrison Company Andrew Marshall 1 st Lieut Jacob Clark 2 d Lieut. John Paine 3 d Lieut. Richard Wilson, Gunner Thomas Palmer Gunners Mate Robert Stockell Drummer, Nath l Clough, Piper — Privates — John Cammell Thomas Priest Archibald Ferguson James M c Intyre Alex r Kirkwood Patrick Lillie William Blase Nath l Woodman Joseph Redman William Gower Benja a Beverly

State of New Hampshire, Secretary of State's Office,
I, Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct transcript of the original now in this Office. I further certify, that upon an examination of the Revolutionary Documents in this Office, I have been unable to find any Pay Rolls of Capt. Eliphalet Daniels' company.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said State, this 8 th day of Decr. 1845.
Thomas P. Treadwell Secretary of State

District of Maine fr - Sept 2 - 1846
I certify that it has been satisfactorily proved to me by the testimony of credible witnesses that Jacob Clarke late of Berwick of the County of York & State of Maine died July 4. 1833 & left no widow, & that he left surviving children viz William Clarke, Samuel Clarke, Zachariah Clarke, Margaret Jackson Solomon Brackett, Abigail Keen, Sarah Brackett & Mary Stokes & no other children
Aspen Wood
District Judge of the U.S. for the Dist: of Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss...
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that
Mark E. Marshall is a
Justice of the Peace.
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his commission is dated February 1st 1848. and will expire February 1st 1851.
and that the following signature purporting to be his , is genuine .
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this Seventh day of September Anno Domini 184 6 .
Charles Cobb CLERK.

I. Oliver Worcester Town Clerk of Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine on oath depose and say that I have in my possession the town records of Berwick and in one of the Books in which is recorded the deaths in said Town I find the following to wit
"One thousand eight hundred and thirty three July the fourth. Jacob Clark found dead in the woods above G. Falls."
The above is a true transcript from the record with the exception of the date which is written in more legible figures thus. "1833. July 4 th ." Oliver Worcester, Town Clerk
York Co. September 5 th 1846 Then appeared the above said Oliver Worcester Town Clerk of Berwick & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed
Before me M. E. Marshall
Justice of the Peace

Portland Jan'y 4 th 1845
Sir
I herewith enclose the application of the heirs of Jacob Clark for a pension under the Act of 7 th June 1832. The roll of Capt Titus Salton's Company is supposed to be in your office as will appear by the letter of the Secretary of State of New Hampshire annexed to the declaration. - But the applicants have not called for a copy of the roll of Capt Kinsman's Company also, with the expectation that you may have that roll among the number taken by Mr Haskell.
I am very respectfully Your Obed Servt F. Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Portland 30th September 1846
Sir
On receipt of your letter of March 29th 1845 in the case of Jacob Clark I called upon the Secretary of New Hampshire for a certificate of Clark's service the evidence of which I herein enclose, as also a paper returned at the same time in relation to certain charges of Capt Ninsman against the State of New Hampshire, which affords all the evidence of a documentary character, showing the residence of said Ninsman while in the service. Upon the receipt of these documents I was satisfied that we could not identify the Jacob Clark of Capt Ninsman Roll with the claimant. In a subsequent application to New Hampshire in order to obtain proof of service in Capt Salter's Company and proof of identity, the Secretary furnished a certificate showing that Jacob Clark was 2 d Lieutenant in Capt Daniels Company in 1775. That service having been performed in the vicinity of said Clark's residence and in a company in which Andrew Marshall was 1 st Lieutenant I had no doubt of being service performed by claimant's father. It answered to the traditional account in the family that he served in Marshall's Company. Hence the reason of the present claim as this certificate afforded the only evidence of a documentary character connecting the service of Jacob Clark with that of Marshall.
The service in Capt Daniels Company probably expired

-ed on the 31st of December 1775. Capt Titus Salter was authorized by the New Hampshire Congress to enlist a company of ninety men officers included to serve as Mattrasses at Fort Washington for one year if not sooner discharged. (Am Ar: Vol 4 p 573) We have produced the testimony of two witnesses to show that Jacob Clark was a Lieutenant in that Company in 1776 & 77. I have applied to the Secretary of New Hampshire for the Documentary evidence of that Service. The answer of the Secretary transmitted to your Department shows that the rolls of Capt Salter were delivered to E. Haskell Esq in 1788. that they have never been returned to New Hampshire, and that they are probably in the War Office at Washington. If the rolls of Capt Salter's Company can be found it is presumed they will afford the Documentary evidence required to establish the Service of Jacob Clark as a Lieutenant in 1776 & 77.
I am very respectfully Your Obl d . Servant: F. Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

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Secretary's Office Concord, N. H. July 5. 1849
Sir,
In reply to yours of the 1 st inst. I would inform you that none of the Rolls of Capt. Titus Saltus are now in this Office - In the year 1788, a large number of the New Hampshire Rolls (and among them the Rolls of Capt. Saltus) were delivered to E d Haskell, Esq., at that time comm- issioner for the four Eastern States - These Rolls have never been returned to this Office, and I presume are now in the War Office, at Washington. By application to that office you will probably obtain the information you desire of the service of Capt. Saltus &c.
Very Respectfully yours &c
Thomas P. Sreadwell
To T. Bradford Esq.

Banks City.
2 19249
INVALID.
Dec. 5, 1895, Mil. disty to Chas E.
File No. 19249
Jacob Clark
First
Act: June 7 th 1895
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 72
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 33979 Jacob Clark decd Me
Set to J. Bradford Mar. 29 '45 do to same Sept 25 '46 do to same Oct. 16 '46
act 7 June 1832
Jacob Clark Me, Set to J. Bradford Mar. 29 '45
H
act June 7. 1832

Pg 2 Washington July 30, 50
Dickens Hodges
Appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Pension in the case of S. Jacob Clarke decd. under act June 7 th 1832 " " " "
✓ Comm: of Pensions for a Report -
Dept. of the Interior } July 31st 1850 }

Washington 30 July 1852.
Sir,
The Commissioner of Pensions having rejected the claim of Lt. Jacob Clark d.? under the act of 7 th June 1852. And we considering that the evidence establishes the case. beg leave to appeal from his decision and ask your action on the claim. - When the papers and report of the Commissioner come before you we will prepare an abstract of the evidence and submit our views.
Yours very respectfully Dickins & Coombs
The Hon Secretary of the Interior.

Portland Sept 8th 1846
Sir
I herewith furnish some additional testimony as to the service of Jacob (Clark) , also proof as to the time of his death and the names of his surviving children. The Secretary of State N.H. says that there are no rolls of Capt Peter Salton Company in his office and he informs me that those rolls together with those of Capt Eliphalet Daniels were delivered to a man by the name of Haskell in 1788 who signed a receipt for them as Commissioner of the four Eastern States and have never been returned. I think we have identified the father of the claimants as being the man who was a Lieut in Captain Daniels & Salton Company in 1775 1776 & 1777.
The case is again submitted for consideration,
I am Very Respectfully Your Ob't Serv't H. Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm'r of Pensions Washington D. C.

N 35979 Jacob Clark and Me
act 7 June 1832
adms 20 Monday Sept # 2111 3/4 p Am
On 4 March 1831 to 4 July 1833, the day of his death Payable to William Clark, Samuel Clark, Zacharias Clark, Margaret Jackson Abigail Hall, Mary Staples, Saloma Brackett and Sarah Brackett only surviving Children of Jacob Clark and
Dickins & Co. Vermont Present

Concord May 5 th 1781 My Account of the expences that the following persons were at in taking up and conveying to Exeter Goal of one John Lawrence a Deserter from the Army.
To Hubbardston
Dr.
1781 May 23 rd For two keepers 2 days each @ £ 21. — £ 42. —
To expence for two days
66.
The Prisoner was then delivered to Capt. Minisman £ 108
To Aaron Minisman Dr.
To 2 keepers one night £ 18. expences £ 36. — £ 54. —
May 4 To 3 horses from Concord to Exeter 90. —
To 2 men two days each to convey said Prisoner to goal. 48. —
To expences to & from Exeter while there 106. —
To ferrage 5.
£ 303. —
Errors excepted for Aaron Minisman Set at £ 411. —
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss Concord Nov 16 th 1781. personally appeared Capt. Aaron Minisman and made solemn oath that the within account by him subscribed is just & true
before Tim o Walker Jr. jus Pac.
Exeter 11 th January 1782. Received an order on the Treasurer for five pounds five shillings in specie in full of the within account in behalf of Capt. Aaron Minisman. Tim o Walker Jr.

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary of State's Office,
I. Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original the same having been examined & compared
by me. The original may be found in vol 2. book H. page 64. of the records returned to this Office from the War Office Jany. 1841.
Given under my hand & the Seal of the State, this 21 st . day of June A. D. 1845.
Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State

(copy)
Department of the Interior, September 12 th 1880,
Sir,
I herewith return the papers in the case of Jacob Clark, deceased, and I am of the opinion that a pension should be allowed for one year and eight months as a Lieutenant. The Pension certificate should be sent to Messrs Coombs & Dicken's of this city.
I am, very respectfully Your obed t Servant, D. C. Goddard, Acting Secretary.
J. L. Edwards, Esq., Comm r of Pensions,

State of Maine
NR
Know ye that we the undersigned children of the late Jacob Clark of Berwick in the County of York - and State of Maine do hereby constitute and appoint William Clark of Limerick in the County of York - our attorney to make declaration for himself and in our behalf before any Court of Record in the State of Maine of the services of our late father Jacob Clark aforesaid in order to obtain for ourselves the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
And we do believe that our father the said Jacob Clark was an Officer in the war of the Revolution duly Commissioned and authorized to act. That he served more than two years as such and that he died on the fourth day of July 1833 and that he never made application for a pension in his life time in consequence of his religious beliefs, he having belonged to the denomination of Christians called friends. That he left no widow
And for the purpose of procuring the testimony in the case of our father's services we do hereby constitute and appoint Freeman Bradford of Portland our agent and Atty for us and in our behalf to call on

The Secretary of War, Humphreys for such evidence of his service as may be in his possession in the rolls in his office, and to present all the evidence of our claim in this behalf to the Commission of Pensions, & the said Commission is requested to recognize him as such. Hereby ratifying and confirming whatever our Agent and atty may lawfully do in the premises.
In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands and seals this 17 th day of June in the year eighteen hundred & forty four.
Mary Staples Samuel Clegg Nahum Hall Peggy Jackson