Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 726, George Deal, Continental (Mass)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass)
Deal, George Mary
W. 726
{ B. L. Wt. 5722-100-Pot. Issued May 24, 1797 to James Davenport. No papers.
and B. L. Wt. 211-60-55
CONTENTS

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Jno. H. Kennedy Waldoboro Maine

1302 Mrs. Mary Deal widow of George Deal who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Grayson Conn Line inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1848. 3 rd February 1853 Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of August 1853 and sent to Hon Isaac Reed Waldoboro Sussex Co, Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 15, 1848, Page 2 Vol. A 3 rd February 1853 1878

10,518 Maine R
George Deal
of Waldoboro in the District state of Maine who was a Dragoon in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon of the Connecticut line, for the term of 6 years continental
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of May 1819 and sent to Eben r Thatcher Esq r Waldoboro Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 \frac{22}{30} \frac{4}{37} 86.89 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Sep r 1819 6 mon 48.
$134.89
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent to Eben r Thatcher Esq r 3 Aug t 1820. Thomaston Maine

5722 G. D-pp to Nich's Road Sept 15 1790 Jas Davenport May 24/1797.

George Dealt
Claim for Pension
Private Col Shelden's Reg t of Dragoons
1777-6 years
On roll
Admitted

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that George Beal ———, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Waldoboro' ———, in the said County of Lincoln ———, in the District of Maine, on the ninth day of April ———, A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the Pension List of the United States, agreeably to the provision 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 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a Private of Light Dragoons in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this twenty ninth day of September — in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ebenezer Thatcher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINC
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this nineteenth day of October — in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred & eighteen —
Nathl. Coffin

I George Deal of Waldoboro: County of Lincoln, State of Massachusetts, late a private in Capt. Hoglin Comp y 2 d Reg t Light Dragoons, commanded by Col o . Sheldon on the Continental es- tablish t . in the Revolut y war against the common enemy, testify & say that I was enlisted by Capt o . Crafts at Boston sometime in the year 1777 for during the war between the U. States & great Britain. That I served in said said Hoglin Comp y in said Reg t from the date of my en- listment, until the 11 th day of June 1783 on which day I was honorably discharged by Gen l . Washington at New- bury in Connecticut & that my said discharge was lodged in the Office of the Treasurer of the State of Massachusetts for the purpose of obtaining my land from said State, that it is out of my power to obtain it, that I actually served the full term of six years as a soldier in the Continental establish t . in the Revolut y War, against the common enemy that I am not on any pension Role of the U. States, that I am now a resident citizen of the U. States, & that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life am in need of assistance from my country for support therefore respectfully request that my name may be placed on the pension Role of the U. States agreeably to an act of Congress passed on the 18 th Mar. 1818, - providing for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the U. States in the Revolut y War. — GEORGE DEAL
It appears that since the above declaration was made the aforesaid discharge has been obtained & forwarded to the War Office to obtain land Bounty — where it now is E. H. Hutton.

I Henry F. Helmshausen of Jefferson in the County of Lincoln State of Massachusetts, late a soldier in Capt. Hurlbut's Comp. of 2 d Reg t of Light Dragoons commanded by Col. Sheldon on the Continental establish t . in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy, testify & say that I am personally acquainted with Geo. Deal now of Waldoboro' in said County late a private in the 2 d Reg t Light Dragoons under the command of the said Col. Sheldon that the said Deal was enlisted for during the war & that he actually served to the close thereof the full period of six years on the continental establish t . in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy.
Henry F. Helmshausen
Subscribed and sworn to at Waldoboro' in the State of Massachusetts this tenth day of April 1815
Before me D. H. Webb Esq.

We the Selectmen of the town of Waldborough certify and make known that George Deal of Waldborough late a Soldier in the revolutionary Army is in reduced circumstances that he cannot by his own labour or by means within himself support himself - without the aid & assistance of his country Jacob Loring } Selectmen Charles Miller } of the Town Henry H. Llogg } of Waldborough
Subscribed and sworn at Waldborough in the State of Massachusetts this 28 th day of Sept r 1813
Before me D r Henry H. Llogg Selectman

George Deal 10. 510.
Capt. Miller
Sept. 1819.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Old house, 2 acres land Old cow, Old household furniture I owe J. Sheppard $ 25. G. Dennett $ 20. other persons 25 $ - George Deal
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me George Deal who, by occupation am a farmer which I am unable to pursue by reason of a rupture which entirely disables me from work
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife 54 Cripple   Daughter 15 Nurse to my wife    N. B. I am totally disabled by a rupture which was occasioned by hard service in the Rev. war. George Deal Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is thirtysix dollars and
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this Sixth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared before Eben r Thatcher a Judge of the C C C Pleas 2 d Eastern Circuit
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Geo. Deal aged
65 years, resident in Waldoboro in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Dragoon in the company commanded by Capt. Craft in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sheldon
in the line of the State of Maine on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 10 th day of Apr. A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 10518 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of
the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
George Deal
Sworn to and declared, on the Sixth day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Eben r Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3 rd of Feby. A.D. 1853. and of the act of July 29. A.D. 1848. entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army.
State of Maine, Lincoln ss. } On this Fourth day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the Hon. Arnold Blaney Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, at a Probate Court held at Wiscasset in said County the same being a court of record. Mary Seal a resident of Waldoboro in said County of Lincoln aged seventy eight 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed Feby 3 rd A.D. 1853. and of the act of July 29. A.D. 1848. Entitled "an act for the relief of surviving widows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army." That she is the widow of George Seal who was a private in the Army of the Revolutionary war. that the time of his entering the same and the name of the Captain of the Company and the Colonel of the Regiment in which he served performed service are unknown to your applicant. For the particular details and periods of his services she respectfully refers over.

to his original declarations on file in the War Office - on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension was granted, and on which Certificate he drew pension at the rate of Eight dollars per month to the time of his death - That she is unable to state the date of said declaration or under what act of Congress the Cert. of Pension was granted. She further on oath declares that she was married to George Seab aforesaid her husband on the fifteenth day of May A.D. Eighteen hundred and five at a place called North Stamford in the State of Connecticut by Rev. Amzi Lewis a Minister of the Gospel as is more particularly mentioned in the annexed Certificate of Marriage signed by said Amzi Lewis V.D.M. to which she refers to, with other evidence hereto attached in support of the legality of her marriage.
That she has made diligent search and inquiry, and up to the time of making this declaration, she has been unable to find any Town, family or other records of her marriage to said George Seab and she will annex the same to this declaration, should any be found, before the filing of the same - Nor is there any records proof of his death. That Amzi Lewis aforesaid is not now living & she knows of no other person now living who was present at her said marriage. She further declares that her maiden name was Mary Smith and that she never has intermarried with any other person but said George Seab and is now his widow.

That said George Deab died on the sixteenth day of November A.D. eighteen hundred and forty four at Waldoboro aforesaid
witness John H Kennedy D W Leland
Mary her X Deab mark
State of Maine
Lincoln County ss
He it known: That on this fourth day of April A.D. 1853 it has been satisfactorily proved in open court before the court of Probate for said County the same being a court of record that the facts set forth in the foregoing declaration are true - and to which the said Mary Deab has here in court subscribed & sworn. In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the seal of said Court & subscribed my name this day and year above written.
Arnold Haney Judge

State of Maine County of Lincoln ss.
I George Miller of Waldoboro, in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine of the age of fifty eight years of age, having been duly sworn depose and say, that I well knew George Seab late of said Waldoboro, and his wife Mary Seab, who now resides in said Waldoboro. That I have known said Geo. Seab & Mary Seab for more than thirty years. That I resided in his family six years, from the year 1838 to 1844, that they have lived together as husband and wife to my knowledge for more than thirty years. That I lived in the same house with said George Seab & his wife Mary Seab at the time the said George Seab died, which was on the sixteenth day of November A.D. Eighteen hundred and forty four. That I helped lay him out after he died and help bury him - I attended him for several weeks in his last sickness. That Mary Seab aforesaid is the widow of Geo. Seab, and has not married to any one since the decease of said George. I know that the said Geo. Seab while I resided with him drew a pension as a Revolutionary Pensioner at the rate of Eight dollars per month. I further state the Certificate of Marriage of George Seab to Mary Seab Smith of which the — over

following is a copy, was found by me among the papers of said George Seal after his death.
"South Stamford May 15. th 1805."
"To all whom it may concern - This may certify
"That this day George Seal and Mary Smith were lawfully
"married to each other and declared to be husband
"and wife by me." Amzi Lewis V. S. M.,
That the declarations and statements of George Mary Seal as per said are entitled to full credit. - George Milton
State of Maine Lincoln County 3 D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. This Eighteenth day of April A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty three, and I certify that the above named George Miller is entitled to full credit.
John H. Kennedy Justice of the Peace

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State of Maine
County of Lincoln ss.
On this thirtieth day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty five - personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, Mary Deal aged Eighty years, a resident of Waldoboro, in the County & State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that she is the widow of George Deal deceased, who was a Dragoon in a Company Commanded by Captain - in the Revolutionary war between the United States and Great Britain.
That she learned from said George Deal in his life time. That he was in Boston at the time of the destruction of the tea, in Boston Harbor. That he was then a prentice boy in Boston & that he immediately after enlisted & served three years & enlisted again & served during the war. she understood him as serving some Eight-years, in all That he was one of Genl. Washington's body-Guards, at one time. - That she is unable to name the Captain under whom he served for the second evidence of his service - which was some Eight-years, she refers to his original application for pension, on file at the Department, and to her own application for pension now on file, on which a certificate of pension issued to her & which she now holds dated Augt. 15, 1853. and "recorded in the Pension office on the Roll of Pensioners under act Feby 3 rd 1853. Page 2 Vol A, - That said George Deal drew pension until the time of his death. & that she has drawn it since Feby 3, 1853.

"of Pensioners under act Feby 3 d 1853. Page 2 Vol A o , - That said George Deal drew pension until the time of his death. & That she has drawn it since Feby 3. 1853.
She further States. That she was married to said George Deal in the State of Connecticut in the year 1805. she thinks. is positive it was since 1800. by one Amasa Lewis a Lutheran Clergyman - That she had made search for records evidence of her marriage & has not been able to find any - The original certificate of her marriage. signed by said Lewis was filed with her application at the Department - on which application her certificate of Pension aforesaid issued.
- To which application & the evidence thereto attached she refers, to prove her marriage to said Geo. Deal & his death.
That her name before her said marriage was Mary Smith - That her said husband died at Waldoboro on or about the sixteenth day of Nov.
A.D. 1844 That she now is a widow She also de- clares that she has not received a warrant for Bounty land under this or any other act of Congress. Nor made any other application therefor, and believes that her said husband never applied for or received Bounty land under any act of Congress in his life time. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled
under the act of Congress. Approved March 3 d 1855 She prays that her warrant may be sent to Isaac Reed of Waldoboro. me - Witness J. H. Kennedy
Mary her Deal (mark)
We George Harrington and C. C. Atwell residents of Waldoboro. in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine. on oath depone and say. that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Deal in our presence and that we believe. from the appearance and statements of the Applicant -

under the act of Congress, approved March 3 d 1855 She prays that the warrant may be sent to Isaac Reed of Waldoboro, me- Witness J. H. Kennedy
Mary his Deal (mom)
We George Harrington and C. C. Atwell residents of Waldoboro, in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, on oath depose and say, that the forgoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Deal 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 George Harrington C. C. Atwell
The forgoing 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
John H. Kennedy { Justice of the Peace

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Deal, George GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5722 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 24, 1797 and Wt. 211-60-55  Wt. 5722 to James Davenport
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

October 24, 1924
Ellen R. Jones 1852 Fair Park Ave., Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, Calif.,
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 726 it appears that George Deal , while serving as an apprentice in Boston, Massachusetts, enlisted and served as a private in Captains Craft and Hoogland's Companies, Colonel Elisha Sheldon's Second Regiment of Light Dragoons and was discharged June 12, 1783 having served six years and one month.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818 while a resident of Waldoborough, Lincoln County, Maine. He died in said town November 16, 1844.
Soldier married May 15, 1805 in North Stamford, Connecticut, Miss Mary Smith who was allowed pension on her application executed April 4, 1853 while living in Waldoborough, Maine aged seventy-eight years. A daughter is referred to, aged about fifteen years in 1820, her name not given.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

STATE OF MAINE.
Lincoln, ss.
I, EDMUND B. BOWMAN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that
John H. Kennedy whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, was on the day of the date thereof, legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the signature to the annexed papers purporting to be his are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
E. B. Bowman Clerk.

I George Miller of Waldoboro State of Maine on oath depore & say say. That I am sixty years of age. That I well knew George Seal late of said Waldoboro, deceased. - That I resided in the same house with said George Seal the last six years of his life - attended him in his last sickness. That he died Nov. 16. 1844. - I was with him when he died - helped lay him out. & am able to fix the date of his death, by the age of one of my children - That his wife Mary Seal resided with him at the time.
That said Geo. Seal was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death. That since his death his widow Mary Seal has drawn Pension since 1853.
That there are no family records or any other, of their marriage or of his death to my knowledge. - I have known said Geo. Seal & Mary Seal to live together as husband & wife for some thirty years. - That Mary Seal to whose application for Bounty land this deposition is attached is the identical Mary Seal who was the wife of said Geo Seal and that she is now his widow and resides in said town of Waldoboro.

That I am not interested directly or indirectly in the result of said Mary Seals Application aforesaid - dated at Waldoboro, May 21. 1855. George Miller
State of Maine
Lincoln County ss. May 21. 1855.
Then personally appeared the above named Geo. Miller & made oath to the above deposition & statement by him subscribed before me, and I certify that said Miller is personally known to me, & his statements are entitled to full credit.
John H Kennedy Justice of the Peace

I Justus R. Kennedy of Waldoboro, Lincoln County State of Maine, on oaths depose & say That I was well acquainted with Geo. Seab now deceased. That I resided within some twenty rods of his house to the time of his death. which was Nov. 16. - 1844. - I saw him after he was dead & attended his funeral. He was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death. That I am also acquainted with his widow Mary Seab - to whose application for Bounty land. dated
This deposition is attached. That she was the wife of said Geo. Seab, & lived with him as his wife for at least twenty five years to my personal knowledge. That the said Mary Seab is the identical Mary Seab, who was the wife of said Geo. Seab now deceased, & that she now draws pension at the rate of $46. per year, as widow of said George, and I am disinterested State of Maine Justus R. Kennedy Lincoln County. May 21. 1855.
Subscribed & sworn to before me & I certify that said deponent is personally known by me & his statements are entitled to full credit.
John H. Kennedy Just. of the Peace

Deal

Mary Deal of George
Husband, private rev ry war.
Maine } Lincoln Co }
Pensioner under act 1818 at
$96 per annum
Marriage proved by pub. record.
Death by Aud s report
Identity " cr. witnesses
Hon. Isaac Reed Waldoboro Lincoln Co Me.
J. H. Gray.

Malabar Me, April 30 th 1853
Sir
Herewith I enclose applications of Mary Deane and Mehitable Robinson for the benefit of the act of Feb. 3, 1853, an early examination of the papers will greatly oblige the applicants,
I have examined the application & declaration of Mary Deane of this town and the deposition of Thomas Kennebec & George Miller, thereto annexed, most of the facts therein stated are within my own knowledge, they are personally known to me & their several statements are entitled to full credit. I have no hesitation in saying that the said Mary Deane is justly entitled to the benefit of the act aforesaid -
I am also personally acquainted with Melzer Thomas and Sanford Delano Esquires of Friendship in this State, they are men of respectable standing and are entitled to full credit in all their declarations -
Hon E. P. Waldo, Com te of Pensions Washington D.C.
Very respectfully Yours etc C. Lord
Claire Lord

Millerton Mine, Aug 8 th 1853
Sir
Yours of July 28 th notifying me that proof of the identity of Mary Deal was required has been received. The deposition of Thomas Hanney and George Miller is herewith enclosed. Mary Deal is a near neighbour of mine and I have personal knowledge of the facts as stated by Messrs Hanney & Miller. Should further or additional proof be required, I will be much obliged for early notice.
Very respectfully your obt. serv t .
Alma Reed
Hon L. P. Fields Comm ee of Pensions Washington D.C.

State of Maine } ss. August 5 th 1853. County of Lincoln }
We Thomas Kennedy and George Miller of Waldoboro. in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine of lawful age, having been duly sworn, depose and say that we severally gave our depositions - which depositions were attached to the application of Mary Seab widow of George Seab deceased. made in May 1853. and certified by Arnold Bloney Judge of Probate - for a pension under the act of Feby 3 d 1853 -
We now further state under oath as aforesaid, that we well knew Mary Seab of Waldoboro aforesaid, who made the application aforesaid, and that we know the fact that said Mary Seab, who made the application aforesaid is the identical Mary Seab, who is now the widow of George aforesaid deceased. that said George Seab was a Revolutionary Soldier, drew his pension in his life time and died as by us severally stated in our depositions above alluded to, and that said Mary Seab his only widow now residing in Waldoboro aforesaid is the identical Mary Seab who made the application for pension as above stated - and that we are disinterested.
Sated August 5. 1853. -
Thomas Kennedy George Miller
State of Maine. } ss. August 5 th A.D. 1853. County of Lincoln } ss. Subscribed and sworn to before me. the day and year first above written. And I certify that the above named Thomas Kennedy and George Miller are personally known to me and that they are entitled to full credit. Before me. John H. Kennedy } Justice of The Peace

STATE OF MAINE
LINCOLN, SS.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
I, EDMUND B. BOWMAN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that John H. Kennedy whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such ; and that the signature to the annexed papers purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
Edmund B. Bowman CLERK.

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, SS.
I, EDMUND B. BOWMAN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that John H. Kennedy whose name is affixed to the annexed papers as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, was on the day of the date thereof, legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such ; and that the signature to the annexed papers purporting to be his are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this tenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- Three
Edmund B. Bowman CLERK.

State of Maine County of Lincoln ss.
I Thomas Kennedy of Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine of the age of Eighty three years, having been duly sworn, depose and say, that I well knew George Deab late of said Waldoboro deceased, and his wife Mary Deab - who is now a widow and resides in said Waldoboro. That the said George Deab & his wife Mary Deab moved from the State of Connecticut into this said Town of Waldoboro, about the year Eighteen hundred and five or 1806, onto a farm adjoining my farm and was my nearest neighbor, and resided there, and lived together as man & wife to the time of his death - The fact of their having been legally married to each other, never was questioned, and they lived together as husband and wife more than thirty Eight years. That the said George Deab drew a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier for several years prior to his death. That the said George Deab died at his place in Waldoboro aforesaid, in November in the year Eighteen hundred and forty four. That I know the fact of my own knowledge, and was present at his funeral - saw him after he was dead. That his widow Mary Deab still resides in said Waldoboro, and has never intermarried over

with any person since the death of her late husband Geo. Deabourne said
That the said Mary Deab sustains an un- impeachable character for truth. That her statements are entitled to full credit.
Dated at said Woodboro. April 18 th A.D. Eighteen
hundred and fifty three.
Thomas Kennedy
State of Maine Lincoln County ss.
Subscribed and sworn to before me. The day and year first above written. And I certify that the above named Thomas Kennedy is personally known to me and is entitled to full credit.
J. M. H. Kennedy } Justice of the Peace

To any church of Christ where God in his providence may call the bearer George Deal
This certifyeth that the said George Deal hath been admitted to communion in the congregational church at North Stamford and is now in regular standing in said church; and as such is recommended to any the occasional communion of any christian church on his request, as opportunity may offer.
Signed in behalf of the said church at North Stamford May 3 d 1805 — by. Amzi Lewis Pastor of the
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North Stamford May 15 th 1805
To all whom it may concern — This may certify that this day George Deal and Mary Smith were lawfully married to each other and declared to be husband and wife by me Amzi Lewis V.D.M.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq.; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof George Deal in the 2 d Reg t Pa t Vols  Infantry , having faithful- ly served the United States Six Years and One Month and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 12 th
June 1863.
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S Command,
J. Humboldt Smith
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Frederick J. Whiting Adjutant.
THE above George Deal has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Six Years faithful Service.
Eliza Sheldon Connel

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 12 th 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Massachusetts gratuity by resolution of March 1801 paid.
George Deal's discharge on 20 Aug 18. 1802 Waldo County Maine
George Deal 3 Troop
George Deal Continental (Mass.) No 26,
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES

1852 Fair Park Ave, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, Cal.
Oct. 1, 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I am getting information concerning my revolutionary ancestors, George H. Holt , George Deal, and Andrew Johnson, needed for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Have you any record of George (1) H. Hott , a revolutionary soldier who served in La Fayette's 1 st Va. Regiment.?

W. 726 (2) George Deal, private in Troops commanded by Captain John Webb, Crafts, 3 rd and 6 th Troop, 2 nd Regiment Light Dragoons, Continental Troops, commanded Colonel Elisha Sheldon. Have you a record of any other George Deal? more info. for any other Geo. Deal
not as described (3) Andrew Johnson - First Lieutenant Captain Philip Phillips Co. (from Maidenhead) Colonel Joseph Phillips 1 st Regiment Hunterdon Co. New Jersey Militia. Served at Mount Pleasant, New Jersey, under Colonel Asher Holmes March 1779. ?
Thanking you, I am Sincerely yours. Ellen R. Jones.

Book
WIDOW, &c.
No. 726
Mary Deal,
Widow.
George Deal.
Dragon Rev. War.
Act. Feb. 3, 1853.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 174
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1924-Oct. 24-Hist. to Ellen P. Jones
Proof
WIDOW, &c.
No. 726
Mary Deal,
Widow.
George Deal,
Dragoon Rev. War.
Act. Feb. 3, 1853.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 174
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Office Aug 11/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully &c
H Burt Esqr S. Cole J Aud J. Compt
Present George Deal, act 1818 $8. p. m. — Died 16 th Nov 1844, Paid to his death.
F. Burt Auditor.

No 1621 Mary Deal widow of George
Let to Helen I Reck for proof of identity July 29/53
Oct 1/53 Gray

Q11 ✓
Aware

May 13 1853
18474
App. of Mary N 1621
Deal widow of
George.
Let. July 29/53 J.L.S.
Maine
D. 19
Act 3 d Seiz. 1853
Rev.
admitted $96 per an Com. Feb. 3. 1853
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business
Hon: Isaac Reed
Waldoboro
Lincoln Co.
Maine