Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,660, Reuben Dickinson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Dickinson, Reuben or Dickenson, Ruth
N. 26,660
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 2632
Ruth Dickinson widow of Eben Dickinson who was a Private in the Mass line for one year
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Nov. 1843 and sent to
Plumer Conway, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 40
Page No 4

Died 6 July 1832
70 Franklin
21248 Massachusetts Reuben Dickinson of Essex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Comp commanded by Captain Wilkinson of the Reg. commanded by Col. Reed in the Mass line for 1 Year Cont.
Claimant died 6 July 1832 Benefit to Ruth Dickinson widow
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 10 Dollars Cents per annum. to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Aug. 1832 and due to E. above Greenfield
Arrears to the 14th of Mar: 32 $ 40 Semi-annual allowance ending 6 July 32 13.50 $ 53.50
Recorded by G. O. Stiles } Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. } Book E Vol. 2. Page 18 Clerk,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin Co.
On this first day of January A.D. 1833, personally appeared in open court before Hon. Richard E. Newcomb Judge of Probate in said Commonwealth, now sitting at Canby within and for county of Franklin - Martha Dickinson a resident of Canby in the county and Commonwealth aforesaid aged seventyone years the Widow and wife of Newton Dickinson late of said Canby deceased, who being first duly sworn, according to law, does on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That the said Newton Dickinson her late husband, died at his residence in said Canby on the sixth day of July 1832 aged seventy six years. She has no perfect recollection her said late husband was a soldier in the revolutionary war, Entered the Massachusetts Militia He left Canby, as his then his place of residence about the year 1778 in the Spring of the year in company with Silas Belding & Ebenezer Britton and Isaac Atkinson all then residents in said Canby to join the American Troops in the State of New York, he was absent from Canby until the Spring following one year or more; when he returned to Canby in company with those persons he went out with. After their return I now recollect some of them were much pitted with the small pox which they had in their absence - I have repeatedly heard my said husband in his life time relate the facts of his enlisting into the Army and that he took the small pox which he survived in Canby he has stated in my hearing he was in the company commanded by Capt. Wilkinson in the Regiment of Col. James Mude - Those persons from said Canby who related with my husband they resided in parts unknown to me of living - Martha Dickinson
the same Newton Dickinson from the best information I have was born in Hatfield in said Commonwealth and frequently his

him say he was born in Hatfield have also heard him say he removed from Hatfield to Shelburne in said County of Franklin and that he removed from Shelburne to Conway previous to the Revolution where he has resided since his death I have no knowledge of any residence of Dr. Dickinson in the I was married to said Rachel Dickinson at Conway on the month of March 1782 by Rev. John Emerson then Minister in Conway I was born at Suffield in the State of Connecticut on the 11th of November in 1768 I am now of the age of 80 years I moved into the town of Conway when I was about eight years old and have from that period to the present resided in Conway I have no knowledge of any testimony other than the testimony of Rachel Dickinson having been in the family she highly distinguished every religion what ever Mr. George Rogers Elisha Billings and Calvin Keyes Mrs. Abigail Billings and Calvin Keyes - a Deacon residing in Conway in the County of Franklin and born near the town of Massachusetts hereby certify that we were well acquainted with Rachel Dickinson when living mentioned in this application and that he died at the time testified of by Rachel Dickinson his widow that he was respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resided in his life time I have been a Soldier in the Revolution
and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 13 June 18. S. M. ... Judge of Probate
George Rogers Phineas Bartlett Elisha Billings Calvin Keyes
Abigail Billings John Williams Elisha Billings Phineas Bartlett who are residing in the neighborhood and can testify as to his character for veracity Phineas Bartlett Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Robt. Mearns Judge of Probate
John Williams Elisha Billings Calvin Keyes

Ruth Dickinson wife of Ruben Dickinson
23083

so has deposed in this cause to substantiate the fact of the death of Reuben Dickinson to the pension or annuity except the pensions and declares that Reuben Dickinson her husband's name is not one the pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and subscribed } Ruth Dickinson the day and year aforesaid } R. E. Hemenway Judge of Probate.
And that the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above-named Reuben Dickinson was a revolutionary soldier and served as mentioned in the preceding application, that the said Reuben died at the time and place therein stated and that the said Ruth Dickinson is his widow. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Calvin Keyes who has signed the two preceding certificates is a clergyman resident in the said town of Conway, and that Phineas Bartlett who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled and that the other persons whose names are subscribed to the said certificates are among the principal inhabitants of said town, three of them being Justices of the Peace one a Post-Master and one a physician.
R. E. Hemenway Judge of Probate
Joseph Henry McWilliams Dickinson
I Elijah Alvord Register of the court of Probate for said county of Franklin do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ruth Dickinson widow of Reuben Dickinson lately deceased for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this first day of January A.D. 1833 E. Alvord, Reg. Prob

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of late years of the 7th of July A.D. 1832 entitled an act for extending the right of suffrage to all male citizens born on or after the 1st of May 1832.
Franklin, On this nineteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred thirty nine, personally appeared before me Richard S. Hemenway Esquire Judge of Probate with in Open Court County of Franklin, Ruth Dickinson (whose maiden name was Brownson) a resident of Conway in said County aged seventy seven years, who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that the like the foregoing declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay a pension to certain widows" that she is the widow of Richard Dickinson who, late of said Conway deceased was once a private soldier in the army of the United States & was a pensioner under the act on out of Congress, & received from the Department at Washington a pension until death; her age & in- firmities are such that she is unable to earn to

State the length of time or place of the services by her said husband, for the particulars of which she refers to the evidence on file in the defect- ment at Abingdon. She further states, that after the death of her said husband, she remained as the widow of her said husband at the Prussian office in Boston. The balance which was then his due as expenses, which was about fifty dollars as near as she can remember.
She further declares that she was married to the said Dickinson in the fore part of March in the year one thousand eight hun- dred & forty three, by the Rev. John Emerson Master of the Church in said Cambridge, never declared, that she does not know of any record or documentary evidence of her marriage agreement & she does not know any person now living who was present at said marriage. That her husband the aforesaid Richard Dickinson died at Cambridge on the sixth day of July eighteen hundred & thirty five, that she was not married to the said Dickinson prior to his leaving the services; but the marriage took place prior to the first of January seventeen hundred & thirty five, to wit, at the house where she lived, & that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her said husband. Beate Dickinson From April March 19th 1839 before R. E. Newcomb Judge of Probate Subscribed & sworn to - B.H.

Matilda Dickinson of Conway aged fifty years make oath & say that Richard Dickinson named in the annexed declaration was my father. That he died at Conway on the sixth day of July one thousand eight hundred & thirty two. That I lived in the family with my said father & the aforesaid Ruth Dickinson, who is my mother & that I have never lived with her since since the death of my father aforesaid & that my said mother has remained as heretofore since his death to this time
From him, March 19 th 1839. Matilda Dickinson
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year above written - B. for R. E. Newcomb Jdg of the Peace
I then lay on oath that the above named Matilda Dickinson is a credible witness & intitled to full credit as such.
R. E. Newcomb Jdg of the Peace

2250 Ruth Dickinson Pensioner
And the said Judge of Probate doth hereby declare his opinion after an investigation of the matter, that the said Reuben Dickinson named in the declaration herunto annexed was a soldier in the army of the revolution and as such in his life time received of the United States a pension by virtue of a certificate granted to him by the war department; that the said now deceased  Ruth Abigail Dickinson the applicant was married to the said Reuben in March 1783 and that the said Reuben died on the sixth day of July 1832 1832 and that she the said Ruth Abigail has ever since remained a widow. And the said Judge further certifies that the said Ruth Abigail by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to appear in open court and that he I went to her residence in Conway where she under oath taken before him the said Judge made the declaration aforesaid.
R. E. Newcomb Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, Register of Probate for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Richard E. Newcomb is the Judge of Probate in and for the said county; and his attestations to the several certificates subjoined to the said declaration, are genuine I also certify that the said Richard E. Newcomb is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that his signatures to the several affidavits herunto annexed, are genuine.
For testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of the Probate Court for said county at Greenfield on the twentieth day of March A. D. 1839
E. Alvord Clerk

This third M. G. White copy affidavit
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a formal statement or affidavit.]

The 11 th of February 1783 the Intention of marriage between Reuben Dickinson and Ruth Brewson both of Conway hath been entered with me & published as the law directs.
Isaac Oliver Wethorne Town Clerk
This may certify that the above is a true and exact extract from the original records of the town of Conway - and further that I have carefully examined the said records and find no record of marriage previous to the year 1834 & I do further certify that I have lived in the immediate neighborhood of the s d Reuben & Ruth the widows of the s d Reuben - and that for more than forty years and that they have lived together during that time as husband and wife - have brought up a family of five children and that the said parties have uniformly sustained a fair and unexceptionable character
Otis Childs Town Clerk of Conway March 19 th 1839. Franklin ss -
Subscribed & sworn to before R. E. Newcomb Justice of the Peace

   Parents Children When born     Reuben & Ruth Infant — Oct 10 th 1784   Dickinson Infant — Dec 22 nd 1785   Henry — April 10 th 1786   Mehitabel — Sept 26 th 1788   Joel — Nov 18 th 1793   Louisa — Nov 5 th 1796   (Omitted by mistake) Betsy — June 22 nd 1791  
This may certify that the above is a true and perfect copy of the records of births in the town-book of records kept for that purpose & now in my possession
Otis Childs Town Clerk
March 19 th 1839 Franklin ss.
Subscribed & sworn to before me —
R.E. Newcomb Justice of the Peace —
I hereby certify that Otis Childs who has subscribed & sworn to the above & within office days, is a person of good character and unimpeachable credibility as a witness —
R.E. Newcomb Justice of the Peace

I Melancthon G Wheeler Pastor of the Congregational church in the town of Conway (the same of which the Rev John Emmons was formerly pastor) do hereby depose and say that I have in my possession a book of records which purports to be a record of the doings & proceedings of the above named church which book is prepared with the following title viz: "A book of records for the Church of Conway containing baptisms, Votes & numbers of the church with marriages and deaths in the town." And I find on the page of contents reference to marriages page 59. between which and page 63 two leaves are entirely gone either by misfortune or accident & further that there are no records of marriages in said book of records, or to my knowledge in any other form book or papers which have come into my possession from the Rev Mr Emmons or any other and further the deponent saith not. M. G. Wheeler.
Franklin's March 29 th 1839
Subscribed & sworn to before
R. E. Mearns Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify that M. G. Wheeler subscriber of the above affidavit is a person of truth & veracity & entitled to full credit.
R. E. Mearns Justice of the Peace.

23083
Ruth Dickinson widow of Reuben Dickinson died 6 July 1872
That 1 year
1872
3/4000 13.33 13.33 22 13.65
E. Blood Greenfield Massachusetts

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Perth Dickerson widow of Nathan Dickerson
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1796 1 - - Private William Reed Col Br Mass N York 70 years Franklin County Mass One living witness & traditional evidence  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (f) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev  WIDOW, &c.  Rev
File No. 26660
Ruth Dickinson wid of Stembem Dickinson Pr. Mass Lin
Act: March 30 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 185
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts 3652
Ruth Dickinson widow of Reuben Dickinson, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 — and who died on the 6 th July — 1832 — at Franklin in the State of Mass who was a private in the Co commanded by Captain Wilkinson of the Regt commanded by Col Reese in the Wars . time for 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Pensions at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of July 1839 Edgerton and Horace Edgerton a Massachusetts
Arrears to the 14 th of Mar 1839 $ 120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sep 39 20.00 $140.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by J. M. Curdy , Clerk, Book A . Vol. 1, Page 83.

5250
Ruth Dickinson
wid of Ruben
Mass.
Ad July 7 1838
Mama 1783
dad 1832
Allen $40 per ann
Hannah Graham
Gilboa
Mass

Gilboa April 13. 1839
D. Sir
Please to remit this Declaration of the Dickinsons for examination and action - should you be pleased to grant a certificate (as I think you will) please direct to Horace Graham. Gilboa as heretofore and much oblige a poor Widow and Your Friend and Respectfully Horace Graham
J. L. Edwards Esq.
per Task }

I Matthew Butler of Senot in the County of DeKalb and Commonwealth of Massachu- setts hereby certify and declare that in the year of our Lord 1876 I enlisted as a soldier in the Army of the United States was mustered in a company commanded by Captain William Thomas Brown Lieutenants & in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Reed  of the I further certify that in the same company I knew a soldier by the name of Reuben Dickson & that said Dickson enlisted soon after I did under the same Territory Officer a corporal named And that according to my best knowledge and belief the said Reuben Dickson served the whole term of his enlistment which was one year beyond in the heavens  Matthew Butler his X Mark.  { Witness Truly { Zachariah Lewis
DeKalb Co. Senot August 8 th 1882
Personally appeared Matthew Butler sign of the above certificate & acknowledged that the above was just & true.
Before me Solomon Calhoun Clerk of Court
I hereby certify that the above named Matthew Butler is a man of a good Moral character &c. Solomon Calhoun

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss. I Charles Sedgwick a Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, being a Clerk of Record for said County of Berkshire do hereby certify that Solomon Cole Esq r before whom the within deposition of Nathan Bushman, taken & s w orn, at the date thereof a true copy of the same with the for said County of Berkshire that I believe the signature purporting to be his, is the true & proper hand writing of the said Solomon Cole.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this eight day of January A D 1833.
Chas Sedgwick Clerk

Ruth Dickinson Matthew Bullen Off

Conway Ms. July 7 th
Free Conway Mass.
To the Hon. John C. Spencer Secretary of War. Washington.
$40 per day
Andrew Dickson
Mass 5 1/2
D. 138 July 10 43 W. S. P.
July 10 43
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State of Massachusetts } S.S. Franklin County
On this First day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared, before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Franklin aforesaid, Ruth Dickinson, a resident of Canaan, in the County of Franklin aforesaid, aged Eighty one 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843, granting pensions, to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Reuben Dickinson who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and served in Colonel John Grayson's Regiment.
That she was a pensioner under the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, at the rate of Forty dollars per Annum. She further declares, that she is still a Widow.
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written - Before me Phineas Bartlett Justice of the Peace Attest Ph. Bartlett Geo. Rogers
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin County ss July 1 st 1843
I Phineas Bartlett, a Magistrate in the County of Franklin aforesaid, do hereby certify, that Ruth Dickinson, subscriber of the foregoing declaration, is personally known to me, and that she is the same Ruth Dickinson, who was pensioned under the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838.
Phineas Bartlett Justice of the Peace
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Franklin ss.
I, Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Phinehas Bartlett Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Phinehas Bartlett and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this Fifth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
H. Chapman Clerk.