Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1152, Joseph Colcord, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. 26
Colcord, Joseph Margaret
W 1152 B.L. Mt. 36505-160-55
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10.874. New Hampshire
Joseph Colcord
as Rocking in the State of N.H. who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the reg t commanded by Col Gilman in the N.H. time for 9 M th 8 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of N.H. at the rate of 30 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of May 1833 and sent to Adwick  Roester N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $61.76 Semest. allowance ending 4 Sep. 15.44
$77.20
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McMain Clerk, Book R, Vol. 1, Page 76.

Increase 1.174
New Hampshire Margaret Colcord widow of Joseph Colcord
who served in the Revolutionary N H war, as a Private
Concord Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853,  Dec. paymt 27 July 1868  made since
Certificate of Pension issued 30 day of Nov. 1868 and sent to John M Brackett Haliborough Concord, N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 158 Vol. II 1 July 27/68 J. N. Smith

213756. Mich. 3. 53-
Sept. 24. 53-
Margaret Colcord wid. of Joseph
Private
Capt, Col,
Early sign
Revolutionary War
H.R. July 53-1174
W:1600ac, p. 3, 24/56 JB 1/1/56
Augustus C. Walker N. Market - N. H.
Vol. 62-30.

Joseph Colcord Application for a Pension
2227
22123
Notice to Peter Chadwick Executor CH

State of New Hampshire & County of Rockingham ss
On this ninth day of January AD 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon- -orable Wm. Harvey Judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Rockingham now sitting at Exeter in said County Joseph Col- -cord a resident of Strumsmith in said County of Rockingham aged Seventy eight 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 Act of Congress passed June 7 1832: That the last of August 1775 he enlisted in a company of Militia of the State of New Hampshire commanded by Capt James Hill of Colonel David Gilman's Regiment for the term of one month - and marched with said company to Portsmouth and there served the full term of one month - That at the conclusion of said term he again enlisted in Captain Joseph Parsons company of Col. - Dunham's Regiment of New Hampshire Militia for the term of two months and was ordered to Great Island at the mouth of Portsmouth Harbour where he served the full term of two months and was employed building Forts. That at the expiration of said term of two months he again enlisted under said

Capt Joseph Parsons in said Col. Rumbams Regiment for the term of three months and marched through Newbury Port, Ipswich and Salem to Cambridge near Boston and joined the Army commanded by General Washington. That he contin- ued to serve in said Company and Regiment until the first part of March 1776 when he was discharged. That he was in the Service constantly from the said last of August 1775 to the first part of March 1776. That Nathaniel Gilman was Lieutenant of Capt Hills Company and also of Capt Parsons Company. That the first of September 1777 he again enlisted into a company command- ed by Capt Titulus Gilman in Colonel Evans Regiment of New Hampshire Militia for the term of three months and marched through Londonderry & Ken in New Hampshire and Binning- ton in Vermont to Fort Edward on the Hudson River where he remained in service until Genl Burgoyne surrendered. That he then marched through Albany to Pechs-kill on the Hudson river and was stationed on the opposite side of said River until the first of December 1777 when he was honorably dis- charged. That he never received any written discharge. And has no documentary evidence excepting the affidavits of Walter Neal, Isaiah

Colcord and Ebenezer Swasey and Andrew Gilman
We hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except, the present and declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Joseph Colcord
Sworn to and Subscribed to the day and year aforesaid -
John Kelly Reg d Probate
And the said Court hereby declares its opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and that he served as he states -
John Harvey Judge of Probate
I John Kelly Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Rockingham aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Colcord for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this ninth day of January A D 1833
John Kelly Reg d Probate

Declaration - to form
on mother a side Happiness the money I believe

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss. On this 11 th day of May 1853, personally appeared before the Court of Probate, in being a Court of record within and for the County aforesaid, Margarette Colcord, a resident of South Newmarket, in said County aged eighty two years, and upwards, who, being sworn according to law, doth, or her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed February 3. 1853. That she is the widow of Joseph Colcord, late of Newmarket, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of June, 1832, at the rate of $30.88 per annum paid him at the Portsmouth N. Hampshire Agency, he residing in said Newmarket. She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Colcord on the 15 th day of November 1829 by the Rev. Mr. Twining, Rector of Westminster of Somersworth; that her husband, the aforesaid Joseph Colcord, died at said Newmarket on the thirtieth day of October, eighteen hundred and thirty nine and that she was married to him at the time above stated. She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act and is still a widow, and that she has never before made application for a Pension. Margarette Colcord
Witness David Murray
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written before Ira St. Clair Judge said Court

State of New Hampshire.?
Rockingham County. I certify that the Hon.
Isaac M c Clair, before whom the foregoing Declaration was made in open court, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was, at the time of so doing the judge of the Probate Court for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office as Register or Clerk of the Court of Probate for said County this 11 th day of May A.D. 1853.
William B. Morell Register

State of New Hampshire } ss County of Coos. } On this 20 th day of November 1855 Before me, the undersigned, a justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Margaret Colcord, aged Seventy Three, a resident of South Newmarket in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, who made oath in due form of Law, that she is identical Margaret Colcord to whom, under the provisions of the act of 3 rd of February 1853 a pension of thirty dollars and eighty eight cents per annum has been allowed for the services of Joseph Colcord, her late husband, a private of the Revolutionary War, and late of Rockingham County, State of New Hampshire. She further states that her pension certificate under the foresaid act of 3 rd February 1853 is number 11744, bears date the 3 rd day of August 1853 and made payable at the Portsmouth N.H. Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act of 3 rd March 1855, never having received or known herself entitled, or made application under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of services of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced, now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her annuity as a pension was granted.
That, since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the said Joseph Colcord. She appoints Augustus C. Walker of Newmarket N.H. her attorney to present her claim to David Gurney.
Attest
Joseph Colcord Elizabeth Rider
Margaret her Colcord mark
I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Margaret Colcord to be the identical person who alleges herself to be a Pensioner of the United States and of the date of the declaration hereto annexed, and that I am not interested in her claim to Bounty Land.
David Gurney Justice of the Peace

State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham ss
On this day of 185
before me, the undersigned, a justice of the Peace authorized by Law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Joseph Colcord and Elizabeth Rider, residents South Newmarket, County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire  New Hampshire known to me to be credible persons who made oath in due form of law, that Margaret Colcord who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing Declaration, is to their personal knowledge, the identical person to whom under the provisions of the act of February 3 d 1853 a pension of thirty dollars and eighty cents per annum has been granted for the services of her late husband Joseph Colcord deceased, a Private of the Revolutionary War.
That since being placed on the roll of pensioners she, the said Margaret Colcord, has not intermarried, but remains and now is a widow, that they have known her for thirty years, and derive their knowledge of the facts named from the following circumstances, to wit. That they were well acquainted with Joseph Colcord the husband of the deceased and knew him as a pensioner many years, and that they knew of the fact that the said Margaret made application for a pension under the act aforesaid of having her pension, and that no other person of their name ever had a pension in this region.
The further State that they are disinterested witnesses,
Joseph Colcord Elizabeth Rider
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written
David Burney Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
County of Rockingham ss. }
I, William B Morrill Register of the Courts of Probate for said County do certify that David Hemenway whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission is dated on the 27th day of June A. D. 1851 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 said Court is a Court of Record
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 20th day of September A. D. 1853.
William B Morrill Register
under 1853

Extract from the Will of Joseph Colcord of New Market, dated the first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, and proved approved and allowed by the Hon Judge of Probate for the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire at a Court of Probate, holden at Exeter in and for said County, on the 11 th day of December Anno Domini, 1839, and Recorded in the Probate Office for said County on the same day,
"Firstly, I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Margaret Colcord the sum of Five hundred dollars to be paid by my Executor out of my personal estate, in manner following, namely One hundred dollars to be paid her in thirty days after my decease, and two hundred dollars more in one year after my decease, and the remaining two hundred dollars within three years after my decease. Also I give my said Wife One Cow which is to be kept for her use winter & Summer by my Executor during her natural life, I also give my said Wife the use and occupancy during her natural life of one third part of my dwelling house and a privilege in my Shop for her to keep two hogs in, also I give her a privilege to my two Wells for to get Water, also a privilege in my barn for my said wife to keep another cow if she wishes to keep another cow at her expense. Also I give my said Wife all the house hold furniture which

She added to my estate at our marriage all of the above is in lieu and bar of all dower in my estate and in conformity with our marriage respecting the above real estate herein given to my said Wife I have reserved in a deed I have this day given to my son Thomas B. Colcord."
State of New Hampshire ~ Rockingham ss I William B. Morrill Register of the court of Probate for said county. Hereby certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the Will of Joseph Colcord late of New Market in said county deceased now on file and of record in the Probate Office in said county.
Given under my hand and the seal of said court at Exeter in said county this 19 th day of April A.D. 1853
William B. Morrill Register

Joseph Colcord N Hampshire
Thurs 9 Mo 8 day
$30.88
22.123
P. Chadwick Exeter NH

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Colcord 60 of Rockingham in the State of N.H. (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.   Years, Months, Days.     Militia N.H. Aug 17 1814 1 Private Capt Hill Col Gilman   " " 2 " Capt Parson, Col Burnham,   1st Reg. 1817 X 3 8 " Capt Gilman Col Evans   9  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? N Hampshire Militia  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 4 living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.
X per Rule of Court

36,505 00
[Large stylized signature] Mac Anns

Comm n of Pensions Washington

Affidavits of Marriage Mental etc

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, } County of Rockingham } ss.
I, George W. Kittredge Member of Congress from the first Congressional District in New Hampshire certify that David Murray, whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace and Quorum throughout the State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission is dated on the 27th day of June A. D. 1857 and will expire in five years from that date; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit. The affidavits on file of Charles G. Bartle, Shubael Colby, Russell J. James and Joseph Coffeord.
Given under my hand at Newmarket this 16th day of May
A. D. 1853.
G. W. Kittredge

I Joseph Colcord of North New Market, formerly part of New Market, in the County of Rockingham, and State of New Hampshire, aged sixty eight years and upwards do now and say, that I am a Son of Joseph Colcord late of said Newmarket, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, under the act of June 7. 1832, at the rate of about thirty dollars per annum; that after the decease of my mother, the first wife of the said Joseph Colcord, he married one Mrs. Margaret Fogg of Somersworth NHampshire, in November 1829, removed her immediately to his home in said Newmarket, lived with her on his homestead as husband and wife until the 30th day of October eighteen hundred and thirty nine when he died; that the said Margaret Colcord has never intermarried, but continues the widow of the said Joseph Colcord. I further depose and say, that I have no doubt that the said Joseph Colcord and Margaret Fogg were legally married, although I have never been any witness of the fact.
I further depose and say that I have no interest whatever in her claim to a pension. Joseph Colcord
State of New Hampshire Rockingham County ss. May 10 th 1853. Subscribed and sworn to before me and I hereby certify that the said Joseph Colcord is a respectable and intelligent witness
David Murray Justice of the Peace

I Charles P. Carter Scribe of the Congre- gationalist Church in Portsmouth New Hampshire of which the Rev. Mr. Training was formerly pastor do hereby Say that the Records of said Church con- tain no proof of any marriages by said Training or any other person, before or during his ministry here.
Chas. P. Carter
State of New Hampshire Strafford County ss April 9. 1853 Subscribed and Sworn to before me; David Murray Justice of the Peace Throughout the State.

I Sherbuel B Cole of Somersworth in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, depose and say that I held the office of Town Clerk of said Somersworth and held said office since 1829; that I have in my possession the Records of said Town; that said Records afford no proof of the marriage of Joseph Colcord to Margaret Fogg in November 1829 or at any other period prior to 1834 to which period I have thoroughly examined said Records I further depose and say that no marriages solemnized by Rev. Mr. Gowing are found in said Records
Sherbuel B. Cole
Notary Public
State of New Hampshire Strafford County ss April 9. 1853 Subscribed and sworn to, before me:
David Merrill Justice of the Peace Throughout the State

I Hall J. James of South Newmarket until recently a part of Newmarket, in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, aged Sixty four years and upwards, depose and say that I was well acquainted with Joseph Colcord late of said South Newmarket, deceased from 1800 to the time of his decease about fourteen years since that about twenty three or four years ago, and after the decease of his first wife he brought to his house in said South Newmarket a person called the widow Fogg, as his wife. lived with her, called her wife visited our family often together attended meetings together, and were universally known & considered as husband & wife, by the whole community, and I have no doubt that she was his wife.
I further depose and say that I attended the funeral of the said Joseph Colcord and saw the said wife follow her said husband to grave as first mourner, in the funeral procession. I further depose and say that said Colcord was a Revolutionary Pensioner so generally understood and that I often heard him speak of his Pension. Hall J. James.
State of New Hampshire Rockingham County, ss April 15. 1853. Subscribed and sworn to before me, and I hereby certify that the Deponent is a respectable and intelligent witness. David Murray, Justice of the Peace

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1152
Margaret Colcord,
Widow,
Joseph Colcord,
Priv. Rev. War.
Act Feb. 3. 1853.
Index:—Vol. A , Page 141
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1174
New Hampshire,
Portsmouth Margaret Colecord, widow of Joseph,
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 dollars 88 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued 5th, day of Aug., 53, and sent to
Timothy Murray New Market, N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 14 Vol. 1

May 18/53 No. 1720. Margaret Colcord widow of Joseph
Rockingham Co.
N. H.
all 3.
30.88
10874
3 rd Feb 1833
Rev. M c Clure
Adm! $31.88/yr per annum commencing 3 rd Feb. 1833
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Timothy Murray New Market
N. H.
Compt.

all from son & Hm Huntington, Mch 23 1857-
1. 174 New Hampshire Margaret Colcord widow of Joseph who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Dollars 88
Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1848. 12 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the day of Aug 18 th and sent to Timothy Merrill New Market N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 22, 1842, Page 14 Vol. 6
12 February 1853
213756

N.
DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION.
Under section 13, act of July 27, 1868,
FILED BY
John M. Brackett Wolfborough New Hampshire
Printed and sold by W. H. Moore, 484 11th st., Washington, D. C.

N. DECLARATION FOR INCREASE OF PENSION.
Under Section 13, Act of July 27, 1868.
State of New Hampshire } ss. COUNTY OF Lebanon }
ON THIS 12 th day of November , A. D. 186 8 , personally appeared before me, William Edward Clark Supt within and for the County and State aforesaid, Margaret Colcord , aged 89 years, a resident of Wolfborough in the State of New Hampshire , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Margaret Colcord to whom was granted Pension certificate No. Portsmouth N H 830 8 8/100 , payable at Portsmouth N H , at the rate of $30 8 8/100 dollars per month  Annual , issued under the act of February 3 rd , 185 3 ; that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled under the thirteenth section of the act of July 27, 1868.
My Post Office address is as follows: Wolfborough N H
And she hereby constitutes and appoints John M. Brackett of Wolfborough N H , Attorney, to present and prosecute this claim, and authorizes him to receive and receipt for any certificate that may be issued for the same, and to do any other act or thing necessary or that she might do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby countermanding all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.
Signature of Claimant: Margaret X Colcord Mark
Also personally appeared Ebenezer Dagg and Samuel Remick  and the latter Samuel Remick residents of Wolfborough , persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Margaret Colcord  sign name (make her mark) to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents her self to be; and they further state that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Signatures of Witnesses. { Ebenezer Dagg Samuel Remick
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12 th day of November , A. D. 186 8 ; and I
hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim.
* In name of William Edward Clark before signed and also the initials of Samuel Remick before the notation
Signature of Judge or other Officer: William Edward Clark Supt

Brief in the case of Margaret Colcord, widow of Joseph Colcord Rockingham County and State of New Hampshire act 3 rd February 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 1832
Marriage proved by parol testimony — witnesses certified to be credible
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Timothy Murray Esq. New Market
Name and residence of Agent N. H.
R. Bell Examining Clerk.

M. THOMPSON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, No. 21 (west side) Four-and-a-half Street, bet. Penn. Avenue and the City Hall, WASHINGTON CITY, D. C.
DIRECTIONS AS TO CLAIMS AGAINST INDIVIDUALS.
FIRST—If a claim for collection belong to a partnership, the names, in full, of all its members should be given. If it be against a partnership, the names, in full, of the members thereof, at the time the obligation was created, should also be given, if known.
SECOND—If the claim be upon an open account, a copy of the original account, or a specific statement of all the items should be sent. A simple balance should never be furnished.
THIRD—Where the testimony of witnesses is necessary, it will greatly speed a case to specify, at the time of forwarding a claim, their names in full; and, where they reside out of this city, their residences, particular places where their depositions can most conveniently be taken, and the name of a Commissioner appointed by a Circuit Court of the United States, or a Justice, or Judge of any of the Courts of the United States, Chancellor, Justice or Judge of a Supreme or Superior Court, Mayor or Chief Magistrate of a city, or Judge of a County Court, or Court of Common Pleas of any of the United States, for taking them.
FOURTH—When a record or judgment from another State is to be used as the foundation of a suit, or as evidence, it should be authenticated and certified according to the laws of the United States. See Acts of Congress, March 26, 1700: 1 U. S. Stat. at Large, p. 122, and March 27, 1804, 2 U. S. Stat. at Large, p. 208.
FIFTH—Actions of account upon simple contract, notes, and instruments not under seal, detinue and replevin, trespass, and trespass quare clausum fregit , must be commenced within three years after the accruing of such cause of action. Actions on the case for words, actions of trespass, for assault, wounding, and imprisonment, or coming to full age, sound memory, at large, release from coverture, or returned, or arrived within the limits of said District, may bring such action within three years after the removal of such impediment, or coming to full age, sound memory, at large, release from coverture, or returned, or arrived within the limits of said District.
SIXTH—Actions upon bonds, judgments, and other sealed instruments, must be commenced within twelve years; saving to persons under the impediments of infancy, coverture, insanity, imprisonment, or being beyond the limits of the District, the full benefit of such bonds, judgments, etc., &c., for the space of five years after the removal of such impediments.
A judgment may be kept in full force as long as the plaintiff, his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns may desire.
A judgment constitutes a lien upon the property of the defendant, and enables the plaintiff to attach the rights and credits of the defendant wherever found. Actions of ejectment for the recovery of real property, must be brought within twenty years after the cause of action accrued, unless the party is under some of the legal disabilities above mentioned; and then in ten years after such disability is removed.
Instructions from clients will be strictly followed; when none are furnished, such discretion will be used in the collection or securing of debts or claims, as the condition of parties and circumstances may demand.
DIRECTIONS AS TO CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.
FIRST—Set forth a full statement of the claim, and of the action thereon in Congress, or by any of the Departments, if such action has been had, specifying also what person or persons are owners thereof or interested therein, and when and upon what consideration such person or persons became so interested.
SECOND—If the claim is founded upon any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an executive Department, the act of Congress and the section thereof upon which the claimant relies, must be stated, and the particular regulation of the Department must be specified. If the claim is founded upon any express contract with the Government of the United States, such contract must be set forth in the words of the contract.
THIRD—If it be founded upon any implied contract, the facts and circumstances upon which the claimant relies as tending to prove a contract, must be specified.
FOURTH—State, also, specifically, what proofs can be made of each material fact and circumstance, and the full name and residence of every witness, and what can be proved by each, and also the name and residence of the Commissioner appointed, or to be appointed by the Court to take the testimony.
FIFTH—The Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine all claims founded upon any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States, or its officers, or agents, acting within the scope of their authority, express or implied, and also all claims which may be referred to said Court by either House of Congress.
Washington City, D. C.,
Mar. 17.
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Genl. E. Mattingly Esq Commr. of Pensions
Sir
Please execute & return me the accompa- nying certificates, at your earliest convenience

WILLIAM H. HARRISON ATTORNEY AT LAW WASHINGTON, D. C.
OFFICE IN THE CITY HALL BUILDING
as I am anxious to lay them before the court. Yours respectfully M. Thompson

Pension Office Aug 3 1853
Sir,
Please certify the time to which within named pensioner was paid; or (if in your power) the date of his death.
Very respectfully Yours &c. &c.
S. Cole For Commissioner H. Burdick Pensioner
(See other side)
Joseph Col 1"> Joseph Colcord, Oct 7 th June 1832 $30.88 p.a. Paid to 4 th Sept. 1839: No date of death on our Books
St. Bruns Auditor.

Increase Brief in the Case of 1174 Margaret Colcord. Widow of Joseph Private Res. Wolfborough Concord Canoll County and State of New Hampshire Act 2 o Sec Feb 3. 1853
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Pension roll of New Hampshire, at $30.88 per ann.
but returned - Claim under Act of July 27. 1868
Quantity & widowhood shown.
Admitted Nov. 25. 1868 to a pension at $96. per ann to commence July 27. 1868 deducting pay since
Name and residence of Agent. John M. Brackett Wolfborough Canoll Co N.H.
W. C. Trask Examining Clerk.

Margaret Coleburn
Payment to be made at
Portsmouth, N.H., by E. N. Fuller
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Portsmouth
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 14 Vol. 14
R. M. Hall Clerk.
M. Coleburn

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb- ruary 3, 1853,
Margaret Colcord
widow of Joseph Colcord who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty dollars and eighty eight cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this 5th day of August one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
J. M. Campbell
Acting Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
S. M. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions.

Newmarket N H May 16 1833
Sir
Enclosed are the application of Margaret Colcord widow of Joseph Colcord deceased for a pension under the Act of Febry 3 d 1833, and accompanying proof in support of her claim.
Please communicate the result of the examination to the subscriber.
I am very respectfully, your obed Servt Timothy Murray
James E Heath Esq Commr of Pensions Washington (D.C.)

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Goldard which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned 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? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

11 State of Maine
I Josiah Colcord of Parsonsfield in the County of York and State of Maine of lawfull age Depose and say that Joseph Colcord of Farmington in the County of Washington and State of Washington is about twenty nine years of age and that I have been acquainted with him from a child and that Joseph Colcord and I enlisted under Capt James Will of Farmington in the month of August in the year 1775 for one month and we both were ordered to Portsmouth as enlisted men after that we both enlisted immediately under Lieutenant Nathan Gilmore and ordered to again to the grat istand at Portsmouth and then we were joined to Captain Joseph Parsons Company and we both remained in the grat istand about three months and then we both enlisted under Capt Parsons to go to Cambridge and then Joseph Colcord and I served about three months longer while we were at Portsmouth our Regiment was commanded by Col David Gilmore of Farmington and while we were at Cambridge we were in the Regiment commanded by Col Burnham Josiah Colcord
York ss personally appeared the above Josiah Colcord and made othe of the above deposition before me
Dated at Parsonsfield November 21 1832
Samuel Lord } Justice of Peace
Parsonsfield November 21 1832
This may certify that I have been acquainted with Josiah Colcord upwards of thirty years past and that he has ever been a very singular and respectable citizen and as for truth and veracity ever good
Samuel Lord Justice of Peace

State of Maine
County of York ss.
I Jeremiah Bradbury, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County of York, certify that Samuel Lord is a Magistrate as above stated and that the foregoing signatures thereto be his are genuine —
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my name and affix my official seal this twenty second day of Oct November Anno Domini 1832.
Jer. Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts York County
Applicants of Walter Pease Frank Beardsley

Affidavits of Andrew Gilman & Ebenezer Linsley
Williamstown East Hocking County

I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that Peter Chadwick before whom the depositions of Andrew Gilman and Ebenezer Swasey were taken is a Justice of the Peace and that his signatures to the Certificates thereof are in his own hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 14 th day of November A.D. 1872
P. Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

I Ebenezer Sweeney of Exeter in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire do hereby certify Four years ago I did say that the last of August or first of September 1777 I entered into a company commanded by Capt. Debolon Gilman in Col. Evans' Regiment of the New Hampshire Militia. Thomas Moulton was Lieutenant Colonel of said Regiment, that I marched with said Regiment to Fort Edward on the Hudson River and remained there until the Army under General Burgoyne surrendered that I then marched with said Regiment through Albany to P'keepsie Hill in New York, was stopped at opposite the place and remained there until the first of December of the same year when the Regiment was dismissed. That Joseph Colcord of New Market who is now present was a private soldier in said company & Regiment during all the time I belonged to it and was discharged at the same time.
Ebenezer Sweeney
State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham ss November 14 1832
Sworn to and subscribed
Before me J. Chadwick Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify that Ebenezer Sweeney who subscribed and swore to the above affidavit is entitled to full credit for truth and veracity.
J. Chadwick Justice Peace

150155-00500 I Andrew Gilman of Newmarket in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged seventy seven years. depose and say that I am well acquainted with Joseph Blood of said Newmarket. and that I recollect that in the last of August or first of September 1777 he enlisted into a company commanded by Capt. Liburn Gilman of the New Hampshire in Colonel Evans Regiment of New Hampshire Militia and wanted to join the Army under the command of General Gates - That I do not recollect that I after he mustered saw him until his return with said company which was in December 1777 - and I have no doubt that what he was engaged full three months in said service at that time
And Gilman
State of New Hampshire County of Rockingham ss. November 14 th 1832
Sworn to and subscribed
Before me
Phadwick Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Andrew Gilman who has sworn to & subscribed the above affidavit is entitled to full credit for truth and veracity
Phadwick Clerk