Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23860, John Cole, Mass. War Of 1812

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. War of 1812
Cole, John Lucretia
N. 23860
CONTENTS
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Reg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23860
Lucretia Cole Wid of John Cole Brw Mass line
Act July 2 nd 1838
Index : Vol _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Abner Woodrum of Clinton in the County of Kennebec, & State of Maine, aged sixty eight years, March next do upon oath testify & say, that I formerly lived in Buxton, Maine, & well knew John Cole Jr. of that town. Said Cole enlisted into the service of the United States in the early part of the Revolutionary War, I think in 1777, for three years in length, Lane's company in Col. Brooks' Massachusetts regiment. I faithfully served out that period, as I always understood. The said John Cole Jr. afterwards, in Seventeen hundred eighty two, married my sister Lucretia Woodrum, lived with her as man & wife, until during the late War the said John Cole died in the service. The said John Cole & my said sister were married at Buxton, first by Elder Coffin. The said Lucretia is now living in Clinton, & has remained unmarried ever since the death of her said late husband. John Cole of Buxton, father of the said John Cole Jr. also served in the Revolutionary Army.
Abner Woodrum
State of Maine, Kennebec, p: Subscribed & sworn to this twenty second day of January 1839, the deponent being a credible witness.
Alfred Hunter Justice Peace.

Maine 3168
Susanna Cole in a a a widow of John Cole, decd. in a a who was a pensioner under the Act of in a a and who died on the in a a year 1815 of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a private in the Co. commanded by Captain Lane of the regt commanded by Col. Jackson in the Mass. line line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of June 1839 and sent to Geo. W. Morton Augusta, Maine
Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 $240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 39 40.00 $280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. M. Cundy, Clerk Book A Vol. 1 Page 5

4734 Lucretia Cole widow of Mr Cole Act July 7 1838 Mand 1781 Auo 1835
Allan 2 nd pm $80. pm ass, Mass. line Capt Lane, L. Jackson
Applicant for gene in a consumption in need of immediate relief: being very poor.
On rolls
Geo W Morton Augusta Me

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec , County, ss.
On this Twentyfirst day of January , A. D., 1839, personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State,
Lucretia Bole , a resident of Clinton , in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy seven years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of John Bole who died while a soldier during the late war with Great Britain. That she has reason to believe that her said late husband, then called John Bole Jr. who belonged to Bangor, Maine , enlisted into Capt. Lane's company in Col. Brooks, Massachusetts regiment for three years, and faithfully served out that period. That she believes that he re-enlisted in the year 1777 and was discharged in 1780. That during the late war with Great Britain, her said late husband enlisted into the Army, served while in the service, that her late husband's father, whose name was John Bole , also served in the Revolutionary Army.
She further declares, that she was married to the said John Bole on the not recollected day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two ; that her husband, the aforesaid John Bole died on the _____ day of _____ in the year 1815.
she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has remained a widow ever since that period  his death , as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. That she was married to the said John Bole , at said Bangor , by Elder Roffin , then minister name was Lucretia Morrisum .
her Lucretia X Bole mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, Nathan Weston C. J. S. J. C.

State of Maine
On the twenty first day of January 1839, by request, I received the declaration and administered the oath to Lucretia Cole, the applicant within named, as with in stated at her residence. She was confined to her bed and unable to leave it, suffering under a severe and apparently consumption cough. She was utterly unable to leave her residence, or to appear in open court. I am satisfied, that she was married to John Cole, late a revolutionary soldier of the United States on the eighteenth of October 1791, that the said John Cole deceased in 1815, and that the applicant has ever since remained his widow.
Nathan Weston C.J. S.J.C.
STATE OF MAINE.
Mennebec, ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon. Nathan Weston before whom the proceedings were had, is Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, I also CERTIFY, That the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Chief Justice in the matter of the application of Lucretia Cole for a pension.
I further certify that Daniel Wentworth Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the County of York, & that Alfred H. Tuttle Esq. before whom the annexed affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Maine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal
of the said Court, this 9th day of February A. D., 1839.
L. A. Chandler

I Hannah Cole of Blaine, Kennebec County, do hereby testify and say, that I always understood she claimed, & is fully believing that the within named John Cole died in the service of the United States during the late war with Great Britain. I well knew the within named Lucretia Cole, who is now the widow of said John, & who has not intermarried since his decease. I am now upwards of fifty years of age, her Hannah X Cole mark
State of Maine,
Kennebec, ss:
Subscribed & sworn to this twenty first day of January A.D. 1859, the deponent being in
credible witness,
Before me,
Nathan Weston C.J.
S. J. C.

"Seventeen hundred and eighty one October eighteenth John Cole junior and Lucretia Woodson both of Buxton"
W Benjamin Rice Pastor of the Congregational Church in Buxton in the County of York and State of Maine do on oath declare that as Pastor of said Church I have in my keeping the Book of Records of said Church which Book contains the Records of the marriages solemnized by the Pastors of said Church; and I testify that the above extract is a true copy of the said record with the exception of the date which on the Records is expressed in fair legible figures as follows viz. 1781. Oct. 18. And I on oath do declare that the above is a true copy of the records of marriages solemnized by the Pastors of said Church with the exception aforesaid
Benjamin Rice
State of Maine
York ss. February 4 th 1839 Personally appeared before me the subscriber the above named Benjamin Rice, well known to me as a man of truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence
Daniel Wentworth Justice of the Peace