Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 14976-160-55, Josiah Coburn, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Coburn, Josiah Mary
B.L. VA. 14976-160-55
CONTENTS

119 594 act 30 March May 5/55
Mary Coburn Josiah Coburn widow
Capt. J. French Col. E. Putnam
Maps. Mil. augt. 1781 Nov. 25 "
Revolutionary War
Private Col. Putnam Maps. War Papers Maps. Troops
Ad. 160 acres Jan'y 24/56 Deed
MS.A.9.2.6
Mary Coburn care of Mr. Hobbs Hillsborough Massachusetts
Vol. 62-13.

Mary Coburn's Application 119.594

Application for Bounty Land.
State of New Hampshire } County of Hillsborough } ss.
On this twenty sixth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Coburn, aged ninety one years, a resident of Pelham, in the State of New Hampshire, who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow, of Josiah Coburn who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Joshua French in the Regiment of Mass. militia commanded by Lieut. Colonel Enoch Putnam in the Revolutionary War, that her husband, the said Josiah Coburn, enlisted at Newburyport, Massachusetts, on or about the tenth day of August, A.D. 1781, for the term of three months and continued in actual service in said war for the term of three months and twenty eight days when he was honorably discharged, as will appear by the muster rolls of said Company.
She further states that she was married to the said Josiah Coburn, in Salem, N.H. on the ninth day of December A.D. 1784, by one Abiel Bailey, a minister of the gospel, and her name before her marriage was Mary Mary Emerson, and that her husband died at Pelham.

in N.H., on the twentieth day of January A.D., 1885, and that she is now a widow, and the widow of said Josiah Coburn.
She further declares that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the "act of March 3 rd , 1855, granting bounty land to certain officers, and soldiers who had been engaged in the military service of the United States." She also declares that she, nor her late husband the said Josiah Coburn, have ever applied for, or received under this, or any other act of Congress any Bounty Land Warrant whatever.
Mary Coburn
We Frye Gage and Thomas Gage both residents of Pease, in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declara- tion was signed and acknowledged by Mary Coburn, in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the ap- plicant that she is the identical person she rep- resents herself to be.
Frye Gage Thomas Gage

The foregoing declaration and affidavits 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.
Woody Hobbs Justice of the Peace.
In absence of Record proof of marriage and death of soldier, see accompanying affidavits.

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How. L. P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
119.594

State of New-Hampshire.
County of Hillsborough ss.
I, Perley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Woody Nobbs , whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified: that his commission is dated on the third day of December A. D. 185 2 , and will expire in five years from that date; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Amherst, this 30th day of April A. D. 185 5 .
Perley Dodge CLERK.

Affidavit Faye Gage

I, Frye Gage, of Pelham, in the County of Hillsborough, and State of New Hampshire, of lawful age, do testify and say that I have been acquainted with the widow, Mary Coburn for over fifty years, and have lived a near neighbor to her for nearly that length of time; that her late husband, Josiah Coburn, was, reputed in the neighborhood as a Revolutionary Soldier, that I was well acquainted with him and that he and said Mary Coburn lived together as man and wife for a period of over fifty years to my certain knowledge, and that they had a large family of children and were always considered as married by all that knew them, so far as I know, and I never heard any doubts expressed of that fact. Mr Coburn died about the 20th of January, A. D., 1835. I was at his funeral and saw him dead,
Frye Gage
Hillsborough Jp. April 26, 1835 Sworn to and subscribed
Before me:
Moody Hobbs
Justice of the Peace

Affidavit Jona. Stwood.

Jonathan Atwood, of Pelham, in the County of Hillsborough and State of New- Hampshire, of lawful age, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Josiah Co- burn late of said Pelham, and have always been acquainted with his widow, Mary Coburn. I have always lived in the same neighborhood with them, and know that they lived and cohabited together as husband and wife and were reputed as such wherever they were known. They were persons of excellent character and reared a large family of children. Mr. Josiah Coburn died some- time in January, 1835, as I believe, I was at his funeral and saw him dead.
Jonathan Atwood
Hillsborough, N. H. April 26, 1835 Sworn to and Subscribed
Before me
Moody Hobbs Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
April 23. 1855.
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 Josiah Coburn appears on the Pay Roll of Capt Joshua French's Comp. in Lt. Col. Enoch Putnam's Regt. of 3 months men, as private from Newburyport from August 10 th 1781, to Nov. 25 th of the same year. Whole time of Service including 13 days allowed to return home 3 mos 28 days.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wightman
Secretary of the Commonwealth.