Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1026, David Clifford, N.H.

SERVICE
N.A.
Clifford, David Mehitable
NUMBER
No. 1026
B. L. Wt. 24774-16.0-55-
CONTENTS

Oct 29. 69 Pensioner Bath Me refusing transfer to Portland
26.87
Maria Whitall Clifford widow of David Clifford who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Pirate N.H. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Augusta --- agency Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Oct 53 and sent to
Jno. H. Kimball Battle Me
Rev 8 m 55- 170266 cfv.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 3 Vol. A
18

Notes sent to Genl W King 10 June 1821. Marking the City etc
10.442 Maine
David Clifford of Bath - dist. Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel of the N. Hampshire line, for the term of 2 years - 1777 -
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 th of May 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of May 1819 and sent to Sarah Pillsbury Esq. Alma, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 9 24 / 31 70. 19 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819. - 40. 00 $: 126. 19
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Lincoln County

170.266
Act Mar 3/53-
Mehitable Clifford wid of David Clifford - Pvh
N.H. Const. Pine. NW
Revolutionary war 160 Ac, May 5/56 me Feb 53
John H. Kimball Bath Maine
Vol. 61-151. — 0

David Clifforde.
Private Col Scammels Regt M c Hardy's Line N o v r 1777 - 3 years
Rec d May 12 th 1818
a yes:
Roll
Admitted.
Cliff. Mar. 12.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Lincoln COUNTY, ss. }
To the Hon. Joseph Stebbins Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, (called the Second eastern circuit ) which is a Court of record in the State of Massachusetts.
The Declaration under Oath of David Clifford formerly a Private Soldier engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the town of Beth county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts, respectfully sheweth, THAT the said David Clifford enlisted into the First Company under the commands of Lieutenant Capt in the Third New Hampshire Regiment commanded by General Seammels in the month of June 1777 for three years and continued to serve in the same company and Regiment until the month of June 1780 when he was honorably discharged at West Point which Discharge is herewith annexed
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said David Clifford is now a Citizen of the United States, resides in the town of Beth county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts, and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
He is fifty five years of age , was at the beginning of Genl Burgoyne's Army , and with Genl Sullivan in the Genl Country against the Indians
Therefore the said David Clifford conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided.
David Clifford
Boston May 2 d 1818
affirm
I certify that May 2 d James Norris late of Manchester deceased, was May 2 d of the 3 d New Hampshire Regiment of Continental Troops, and in my absence was authorized to discharge the Soldiers of the Reg t when they had served the full term for which they had respectively engaged, and that the discharge of David Clifford by the said May 2 d is entitled to full credit.
Henry Dearborn Formerly Lieut. Col. of the 3 d New Hampshire Regiment

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided.
David Clifford
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Lincoln COUNTY, ss. Personally appeared David Clifford of the town of Beth county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Affirmed  Sworn and subscribed before me this 72 day of May 1818, Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d B.C.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } COUNTY, ss. } Personally appeared and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that personally acquainted with
Sworn and subscribed before me this } day of 1818, }

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Lincoln COUNTY, ss. }
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Twelfth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, called the second Eastern circuit of Massachusetts, which is a Court of record, personally appeared the aforesaid
David Clifford
who being by me duly affirmed to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and having duly subscribed the same, hath testified and declared before me as their friend, and on examination and inquiry it appears to me that by reason of his advanced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his bounty for support WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said David Clifford did serve in the Service of the United States as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, at  Wiscasset this Twelfth day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d E.C.
Lincoln ss I Nathl Coffin Clerk of the above court within and for the county of Lincoln hereby certify that Josiah Stebbins is a Judge of the circuit court at Wiscasset for the second eastern circuit comprising the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec & Somerset and that the foregoing are severally his signatures In testimony whereof I have seal  set my hand and seal of said Court this 12th day of May 1818 Nathl Coffin

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David Clifford
Con. L. L. E.
Mr. & Mrs. [unclear]
Dear Sir, Yours sincerely, John D. Rockefeller
Sylvester
Hill

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 twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
are exhibited, produced & filed the declaration & schedule following viz
ON this nineteenth day of June in the year 1820, personally appeared before Josiah Stebbins one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second 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, David Clifford aged Fifty eight years, resident in Bath in said Circuit,
who being first duly affirmed according to law, doth on his affirmation declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt.
St Boss in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Scammell in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more
particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the tenth day of May A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension,
numbered 10.442 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.
David Clifford
affirmed Sworn to and declared, on the 19th day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Josiah Stebbins
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Three cows, one horse, one pair of oxen, three young cattle, sixteen sheep & four hogs. of ordinary farming tools & household furniture
  3 Cows. 45. Two Doz. Waldron $ 135.   Horse 25. Joseph Clifford 119.68   Oxen 35 Isaac Mue Mearns 90   Cattle 22 344.68   Sheep 20   Hogs 14   Tools, Furniture 30.   196. 
David Clifford
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me
who, by occupation am a labourer which I am unable to pursue by reason of the loss of one of my fingers on the left hand & the partial loss of the use of my left hand.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mehitabel 44 my wife who is a weakly woman   Dolly 17. is in health   Charles 14 is in health   Margaret 11 is in health   Mary Ann 9 is in health   Mehitabel 10 months is in health   John 10. is in health   Attest Nat. Coffin cler David Clifford  
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 information 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 sixteen one hundred and ninety one dollars and 68 cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Lincoln ss } At a court court of common pleas for the second year term circuit, began and held at Harrison the and for the county of Lincoln on the 10 th day Second Tuesday January 1821. before the Hon. Justices the obens & Stoneham Thatcher Esq. were fully of their oaths. — Personally appeared David Clufford in open court and made affirmation  affidavit to the truths and facts within. Stated and dated on the 10 th day Jan 1820 — affirmed before me Jonas Stebbins. a Justice of said Court.
Attest Nathl. Coffin Clerk

State of Maine } Lincoln County } ss.
On this first day of August A.D. 1853, personally appeared before the Probate Court of the said County of Lincoln, Mehitable Clifford, a resident of Lewiston in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged Seventy Eight years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of David Clifford, who was a private in Lieut. Cass' Company, Col. Scamnell's Regiment, for the evidence of whose service, reference can be had to Pension Certificate No. 10.442, issued to the said David Clifford, who was a pensioner and was paid at the Pension Agency at Portland, State of Maine.
She further declares that she was married to the said David Clifford in the month of March, Eighteen hundred and sixteen, that she cannot recollect the precise day of the month, and has no means of ascertaining it, that her said husband died on the fourth day of April, A.D. 1837, that she was not married to him prior to the second of January Eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated.
She further declares that she is now a widow - Witness Mehitable Clifford
Ebenezer Root affirmed
Subscribed and sworn to in Open Court, on the day and year first above written.
before me,
Arnold Maney Judge

Lincoln County } ss
State of Maine
I. Arnold Maye Judge of the Court of Probate within & for said County the same being a court of record do hereby certify that Mehitable Clifford within named personally appears in open court and made affirmation to the truth of the within declaration by her subscribed.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said court this first day of August A.D. 1853
Arnold Maye Judge
State of Maine. County of Lincoln. to wit:-
I hereby certify that the Hon Arnold Maye before whom the annexed declarations were made & who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing Judge of the Probate Court of the State of Maine in & for said County, duly Commissioned & sworn & that the signature is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this first day of August in the year 1853 -
Matthew Foote Jr Register

I, Mehitable Clifford, do hereby constitute and appoint John H. Kimball of Bath, Maine my true and lawful attorney, for the purpose of presenting this my application for a pension, to attend to the same while pending, to receive the Certificate when issued, and to do all things necessary and proper as fully as I could do even I personally present.
The Commissioner of Pensions will please forward my Pension Certificate when issued, and the draft or order for arrears of Pension, which may be due me, to Mr. John H. Kimball, of Bath, Maine, who as my agent will receive the same and transmit to me - Witness my hand and seal this sixth day of August, A.D. 1853 - Witness, Fred D. Sewall Mehitable Clifford
State of Maine } County of Lincoln } ss. On this 6 th day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace within said County of Lincoln Mehitable Clifford, to me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by her signed, to be her free act and
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 Frederick D Sewall 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 Sixth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty Three
Edmund B Bowman CLERK.

I, Mehitable Clifford, do hereby constitute and appoint John N. Kimball of Bath, Maine my true and lawful attorney, for the purpose of presenting this my application for a pension, to attend to the same while pending, to receive the Certificate when issued, and to do all things necessary and proper as fully as I could do even I personally present.
The Commissioner of Pensions will please forward my Pension Certificate when issued, and the draft or order for arrears of Pension, which may be due me, to Mr. John N. Kimball, of Bath, Maine, who as my agent will receive the same and transmit to me - Witness my hand and seal this sixth day of August, A.D. 1853 - Witness, Fraz D. Sewall Mehitable Clifford
State of Maine } County of Lincoln } ss. On this 6 th day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace within said County of Lincoln Mehitable Clifford, to me well known, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument by her signed, to be her free act and deed.
Fraz D. Sewall
Justice of the Peace
day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
Edmund B. Bowden CLERK.

170. B 66

APPLICATION FOR BOUNTY LAND.
(By the Widow of a deceased person who has not had a Land Warrant.)
STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF Sagadahoc } ss.
On this Ninth day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Mehitable Clifford aged eighty years, a resident of Bath in the State of Maine who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the Widow of David Clifford deceased, who was a private in the war of in the Company commanded by Captain the Revolution and that he served for the term of fourteen days - that deponent as the widow of the said David Clifford applied for and received a pension under the act of Feb. 3. 1853. in the  Regiment of That she is now commanded by a pensioner of the in the war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, 1812. United States upon the roll of the Portland, Maine, Agency, at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum as will appear by reference to her certificate No. 2637 dated October that her said husband 24, 1853 at  on or about the day of A. D. for the term  of  and continued in actual service in said war for the term of and was honorably discharged at on the  day  And to her papers A. D. forming said claim, she hereby lean to refer for proof of her said husband's service, their  She further states that she was married to the said  Marias, and his death. in on the  day of A. D.  by one  and that her name before her said marriage  that her said husband died  was  on the  day of  A. D. and that she is now a Widow. And she prays that her certificate for Bounty Land may be sent for her to
John W. Kimball, Bath, Maine
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3d, 1855.
Mehetabel Clifford

STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF Sagadahoc } f-
We, Catharine Swanson and Samuel Haynes residents of Beth in the State of Maine upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mehitabel Clifford 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.
Catharine Swanson Samuel Haynes
The foregoing 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 W. Kimball Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF Maine COUNTY OF Sagadahoc }
I, Andrew C. Sewey , Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court certify that John W. Kimball 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 _____ day of _____ A. D. 185____ that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand and seal of said Court this twelfth day of June A. D. 185____
A. C. Sewey Clerk

I, William Torrey City Clerk of Bath on Oath depose & say that I have in possession all the Books of Record belonging to this City and Town. In one of those Books of Record purporting to contain a record of Marriages, I find the following entry vizt. "The following named persons were joined in marriage by David Shaw Justice of the Peace - viz David Clifford of Bath & Mehitable Hanson of Durham were married by me March one thousand eight hundred & sixteen" The above is a true extract from the Record, with the exception of the date which is written in plain & legible figures, thus, "March 1816"
William Torrey Clerk of the City of Bath
State of Maine, } County of Lincoln. } ss. Personally appeared, on this fourth day of August Eighteen hundred and fifty three, before the subscriber, a justice of the peace, within and for said County of Lincoln, William Torrey, to me well known, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed.
John H. Kimball Jus. Pacis

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section ILL
July 7, 1930.
Mrs. Clara Louise Whiddet 401 Crescent Avenue Charlotte, North Carolina.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1036, it appears that David Clifford enlisted in June 1777, served as a private under Lieutenant Cass in the First Company in Colonel Scamell's Third New Hampshire Regiment, was in an expedition to the Genesee country under General Sullivan, at the surrender of Burgoyne, and was discharged June 30, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 12, 1818, while a resident of Bath, Lincoln County, Maine District, aged fifty-five years.
He died April 4, or 6, 1837.
Soldier married in March 1816, in Lincoln County, Maine District, Mehetabel Hanson of Durham.
She was allowed pension on her application executed August 1, 1853, while a resident of Lewiston, Lincoln County, Maine, aged seventy-eight years. She was pensioned as Mehitable. In 1869, she was a resident of Bath, Maine.
In June 1820, the following children of the soldier were referred to: Dolly, Charles, Abigail, and Mary Ann, aged respectively at that time, seventeen, fourteen, four and two years, and Mehitable, aged ten months and John, aged ten (it is not stated whether it was months or years but since, in order, his name follows Mehitable, it would seem that it was meant for months). The name of soldier's former wife is not shown.
Very truly yours,
E.W.MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.
Date of death of soldier was corrected on A.B. by Mrs. Finch.

Plan of the Barnes

David Clifford Regiment, form County of Nottingham Hampshire, Having fully Served as a Soldier United States the term of three years being the term of his enlistment, is Discharged the same and hath Liberty to Return to said State Garrison West Point June 30 1780
See Hampshire habitant Kingston in And State of New Honourably and faith- in the Service of the James Vorrie Major
CLIFFORD DAVID (N.H.) W 1026

1853 1820 44 33 77

In reply to your request of _____, received for a statement of the military history of David Clifford a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
N. file 1026
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 77 to June 80 Pri. Lt. Carr 1 st Co. Scamnell 3 rd N.H.   dis. at West Pt. N.Y.          
Ex. to Genesee country under Gen. Sullivan.
Battles engaged in, sur. of Burgoyne.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lewiston, Me.
Date of application for pension, May 12. 1818.  Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Bath Me.
Age at date of application, 55 yrs.
Remarks: He mar. Bath, Maine, Mch. - 1816 Mehitable Hanson
he died Apl. 4. 1837
+ she was all d pens. on her appln. exec. Aug. 1. 1853 while 78 yrs. of age and a res. of Lewiston, Me. of Bath in 1869. In 1820 he referred to his family info Mehitable's Dolly 17, Charles 14, Elizail 4, Mary Ann 2, Mehitable 10 mo., Phoebe 10.
Very respectfully,

Col. James M. Smith Q.M. 1st
Dear Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th inst. in the matter of the pension of the late Col. James M. Smith, Q.M. 1st. In this connection, you are requested to submit the necessary papers to the Pension Office, Washington, D.C. In the event of any further information being required, you will be kindly requested to communicate the same to this office.
Yours faithfully, J. P. [unintelligible]

Bath, Maine.
Apr. 27-1910.
Dear Sir:
I am in search of information about one David Clifford - a Revolutionary soldier of Maine. His name appears among those who entered the army from Bath, Me. It is understood that he drew a pension. Does his name appear among the names of Revolutionary pensioners.
Sincerely Yours -
Alice K. Robbins.
Bath, Me.
* 876 High St.

401 Crescent Ave. Charlotte D.C.
Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs. Will you kindly send me a copy of David Clifford's pension record who enlisted in 1777 as a private under Lt. Cass, 1st Co. Col. Seaman's 3rd New Hampshire regiment. I should like this information for my records. He was my g.g. grand father!
Thanking you.
Sincerely Yours Mrs. Clara Louise Whidett
May 10 1930

✓ 24.774
3 Nov Aug.

No 2898 Melitabile Clifton. W.H. of David
Maine
S. to pno: H. Kimball. 4" Oct. /53.
Act. 3 d Feby. 1853.

Meritable Clifford Esq. Barnes
FREE
L. P. Waldo esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington. D. C.

FREE
L. P. Waldo Esq. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D. C.

Aug. 13, 1853.
Appel of Mehita- ble bluff, in town of Waver. Clinton co., Lincoln Me.
10442
Ad 3 d Feb. 1853. $96. 00  Per An Com-Frby, 3 d 1853 Rev.
John H. Kimball Bath, Me.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

Pension Office, 20 th Oct. /50
Sir,
Please certify the time to which the Witham Transferred was paid, or the date of his death, Very Respectfully,
J. Dale For Commission.
David Clifford, Act 1818, $8. p. month. — Died 6 th April 1837. Paid to death,
F. Burr Auditor,
Francis Burr Esq. Third Auditor, Treasury,

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RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by M.T.L.
Claim No. 5/3/1910
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier David Clifford
Service Mass. Rev.
Additional Service _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
No claim as above, Try SWNF 1,026. (N.H.)

Your Olt: Servant.
Commissioner.
Mr. Warren Winslow.
Ho: of Rep:

Phil 153, Inc.
Boyle

Rec. Ex. 4 th Apl. 37.
"Boynston"

1842 1842 1842
Rev. July 13, 1872. Rev Dec 4, 1871. WIDOW, &c.
74 Jan'y 29, Second Con Vouch for one Bills # 2437 Dunt Sproge
File No. 1026
1910 May 9, Hist. to Alice K. Robbins
Mehitabel Clifford Widow
1930 - July 7 - Hist. to Mrs. C.L. Whidett - L.L.L.
David Clifford Pri. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 23, 1853
Index: Vol. A , Page 134
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Wichita Falls
[Faint, mirrored cursive handwriting, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

Cert. No 2637 Ack July 3/53. 2 d Section
Department of the Interior PENSION OFFICE
Washington, D.C. Oct 29 th 1869
Madam:
Your application for a transfer from Augusta to Portland Me. cannot be granted for the reason that you are a resident of Sagadahoc Co. and properly belong to the Augusta agency.
Respectfully Almy Weeks Acting Chief Clerk for Commissioner
Mrs. N. S. Clifford Bath Sagadahoc Co Maine
ds 113

Oct 12/69
279
Syer J. M.
N. Round
Me
Oct 9/69
Application of Transfer
Sept. 25 th A.D. 1869.
Will the board of Pensions notify the Pensioner of the transfer of her name from the Agency at Augusta to the Portland Maine Agency.
Respectfully &c.
per order of Mr. Ayer.
North Round
Maine
Oct 12 1869

We the undersigned residents of Bath in county of Sagadahoe, and State of Maine, of lawful age on Oath Depose, and say, that we are personally acquainted with Mehitable Clifford a pensioner of the U.S. and also acquainted with the way by which she receives her pension, and that it would be much better, causing less delay, and less expense, to collect her pension at Portland than for it to be paid at Augusta, Maine.
George F. Nutter Catharine Hanson
State of Maine,
Sagadahoe county ss, September 25 th A.D. 1819, Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, And I certify that the affidavits are credible witnesses. And I certify that I am not personally interested, — N. Waterhouse, J. P.

2637.
Mehitable Clifford
act July 3. 1833
Augusta Me.
To
Portland "
m.g.
Pensioner resides in Sa- gadahoc Me. and prop- erty belongs to the Augusta agency will refuse trans. ss
Pensioner
Bath Me

Ignatius APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
No Pensioner will be transferred to a State without he or she is a permanent resident therein, or to an Agency without their residence is within the district. The official character and signature of the acting Magistrate must be certified to. If personally known to the Pension Agent, or the certificate is on file at the Agency, his certificate of official character is sufficient.
STATE OF Maine , COUNTY OF Sagadahoc , ss:
On this 25 th day of September , 1869, before me, a justice of the Peace , personally appeared Mehitable Clifford  her name , a resident of Bath , who, being duly sworn, declareth that she is the same person whose name was placed, on the 24 th day of October , 1853, upon the list of * Army pensions, at the rate of $ 8 Dollars 83 Cents per month, from the 3 rd day of February , 1858.
That said Mehitable Clifford was last paid at the Pension Agency of Augusta  State of Maine to the 4 th day of September , 1869, but now desires and applies for the payment of said pension at, and the transfer of her name to the roll of, the Pension Agency at Portland State of Maine , viz, she states that she can get her pension with less expense from Portland and much sooner than she can at Augusta. Her friends can collect the same for her at Portland immediately after it is due, and there is always a delay at Augusta by inconvenience. — Mehitable Clifford
Sworn and subscribed to before me, } the day and year aforesaid. }
Si Waterhouse J.P.
*Insert "Army" or "Navy."
†Insert the reasons for requesting the transfer.
EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY.
STATE OF Maine , COUNTY OF Sagadahoc , ss:
I, Si Waterhouse justice of the Peace for the County above named, do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence,* viz: From the affidavit of credible witnesses George F. Nutter & Catharine Hanson neighbors of Mehitable Clifford that she would be much better convenient with respect to getting her pension at Portland agency than at Augusta. No that Mehitable Clifford , who has this day appeared before me to take the oath of identity, is the identical person named in the pension certificate, which she has exhibited before me numbered 2637 , and bearing date at the Department of the Interior at Washington D.C. the 24 th day of October , 1853, and signed by P. McClelland Secretary of the Interior & L. P. Waldo Comr of Pensions .
GIVEN under my hand at Bath, Maine this 25 th day of September , 1869.
Si Waterhouse Just. Peace
N. B.—When the pensioner is personally known to the Agent, and he will certify to his identity, the annexed form may be dispensed with. The number of pension certificate is sometimes on the back of it.
*Here state what the evidence is—whether personal knowledge, or the affidavits of respectable persons, giving their names.

STATE OF Maine , COUNTY OF Androscoggin , ss:
I, Daniel P. Atwood , Clerk of the Sup. Jud. Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Al Bathorn is Justice of the Peace , duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the 25 th day of January , 1865; and will expire on the 28 th day of January , 1872; and that his signature above written is genuine.
GIVEN under my hand and the seal of said County, this 8 th day of October  8 th , 1869.
Daniel P. Atwood , 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. Kimball 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 thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three
Edmund B. Bowman CLERK.

State of Maine } Lincoln County } S.S.
I the subscriber a justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid, hereby certify that William Torrey, David Shaw Israel Putnam and Ammi R. Mitchell whose affidavits are filed in the Pension Office at Washington in support of the claim of Mehitable Clifford for a pension under the act of Feb. 3 rd 1853 - are to me well known. I also certify that they are credible persons and that their testimony is entitled to the fullest belief in every respect.
Given under my hand this twelfth day of October, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty three -
John N. Kimball, justice of the Peace

State of Maine } ss. County of Lincoln }
On this Eleventh day of October in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a justice of the peace within and for the said County. Annie R. Mitchell, Israel Putnam and John Hanson all of Bath in said County and State, who being duly sworn according to law, do on their several oaths, each for himself, declare and say that Meitable Clifford of Lewiston in said County and State, is to them well known; that they have known and been personally acquainted with her for the past twenty years; that they know her to be the widow of David Clifford, a Revolutionary pensioner, formerly of said Bath, deceased, and that she still remains the widow of said David Clifford.
Annie R Mitchell
Israel Putnam
John Hanson
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year first above written. And I hereby certify that the above named Annie R. Mitchell, Israel Putnam and John Hanson, to me well known, are credible persons and their statements are entitled to the fullest belief.
John H. Kimball. Justice of the Peace.

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. Kimball
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 paper is true to be his and genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this tenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three
Edmund B. Bowman Clerk.

2 I, David Shaw of Bath, county of Lincoln State of Maine, do on oath depose and say, that in the month of March, Eighteen hundred and sixteen, I joined in marriage David Clifford of Bath, and Mehitable Hanson of Durham - that at that time I was Clerk of the town of Bath and a Justice of the Peace duly authorized to solemnize marriages in said County of Lincoln - that in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty eight, while I was still Clerk of said town of Bath, the records of marriages, together with many other records were destroyed by fire - In consequence of said fire the marriages solemnized by me were again recorded, mostly by memory, and I am unable to state the exact day of the month when said marriage was solemnized. David Shaw
State of Maine } County of Lincoln } ss. On this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the peace within and for said county of Lincoln, to me well known, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed. John N. Kimball. Jst. Peace.

I, Ammi R. Mitchell of Bath, in the County of Lincoln, State of Maine, do on oath depore and say, that for a long time previous to the death of David Clifford of said Bath, I acted as his Agent and Attorney in the procuring of his pension from the Pension Agency at Portland. That after his decease, I forwarded the necessary proofs of his death, with his original pension Certificate No. 10.442, to the pension office at Wash- Portland, and that the balance due said David Clifford at the time of his decease, was paid to his widow Mehitable Clifford.
Ammi R. Mitchell
State of Maine } County of Lincoln } ss.
On this fifth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and fifty three personally appeared before the the subscriber a justice of the peace within & for said County of Lincoln, Ammi R. Mitchell, to me well known, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed.
John H. Kimball, Jus. Pacis,

I, Israel Putnam of Bath, County of Lincoln and State of Maine, Physician, on oath depose and say, That I was the regular attending physician of the late David Clifford of said Bath, deceased, that I attended him during his last sickness, and that he died on the fourth day of April, Eighteen hundred and thirty seven.
Israel Putnam
State of Maine } County of Lincoln } ss.
On this ninth day of August in the year of our Lord, Eighteen hundred and fifty three, personally appeared, before the subscriber, a justice of the peace within and for the county of Lincoln aforesaid, Israel Putnam, to me well known, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed
John N. Winball, Jus. Peace.

Clifford

Brief in the case of
Mrs. Abigail Clifford, Widow of David Lincoln County and State of Maine, act 3 rd Febry, 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
It appears to be a pension under the act of 18 th March, 1818. Heant.
Record evidence of marriage.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Jno. H. Kimball Esq., Bath.
Name and residence of Agent
Me: [Signature] Examining Clerk.

Bath, Maine, Aug. 11, 1853.
L. P. Waldo esq. Comm r Pensions, Washington -
Dear Sir;
In closed herewith, I send you the application of Mehitable Clifford for a pension, under the act of Feb. 3, 1853. with the proofs of her marriage with and the death of her husband, David Clifford, a Revolutionary pensioner.
I do not suppose the proofs of the marriage & death are absolutely necessary, as proofs to that effect are now on file in the Department, with pension certificate No. 10.442. however, I send them. Awaiting an early reply to this application, I am
Very respectfully,
Your obt. Servt.
John H. Kimball

Bath, Maine, Oct. 14, 1853.
L. P. Waldo - Comm r Pensions Washington.
Dear Sir,
Your favor of the 4 th inst. relating to the case of Mehitable Clifford, a claimant for a pension under the act of Feb. 3, 1853 was duly rec d -
Herewith I send you the affidavit of Annie R. Mitchell Israel Putnam & John Hanson, citizens of this City of the highest respectability, certifying that Mrs. is and remains the widow of David Clifford a Rev. pensioner - I certify to the credibility of these affiants, or witnesses and also to the affidavits of the witnesses already on file -
Hoping that these papers will complete all the proof wanting in the case and that the pension will now be granted without further delay.
I am, Sir, respectfully
Your obt. Servt.
John W. Kimball