Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24052, James Deshon, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Deshon, James Catharine
NUMBER
W 241152
B.L.Dt. 7070-160-55
CONTENTS

Cir A. M c Arthur Sept 13/55
48.103
act March 3/55
April 7/55
Catharine Desharn, widow of James Desharn Prin
Private } Mass J. D. } Mil Dap } Line
War of Revolution
Rec Pension Act July 1. 1848 certificate no 2285
the 8th July 48 - no 2285
Adm 160 acc Sept 27/55
Reder
Dodge
Arthur M c Arthur Limington Maine
Vol. D. 53. -

Maine Roll
20912
James Dushon,
of Waterboro' in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hudang of the reg t commanded by Colonel Sproat in the Massachusetts line, for the term of 20 months from March 1782 to June 1783.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 th day of September and 1829.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of October 1829 and sent to J. Murray, Portland, Maine.
the Roll on _____ day of 182 _____ and notification sent to at _____ Pension commencing on the of _____ 182 _____
Amount due on 4th of March 1830 }
$ 48 : 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }
Joseph Dushon Land Agent B.B. 113

2285 M rs Anne Catharine Deshon widow of James Deshon who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Paid from $60 Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1848.
1 st of July 1848 Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Dec r 1838 and sent to
J. G. Russell Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 9. Vol. 1.
Reg d m ss 48103

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the Tuesday, being the twelfth — day of December and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight , before the Honorable LEON K. PIERCE,
Asher Ware Judge of said Court.
ON this twelfth — day of December in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having “the power of fine and imprisonment,” and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, James Deshon — aged sixty four — years, resident in Waterborough in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revo-
make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and 1 st of May 1820 — that he the said James Deshon, enlisted for the term of three years on or about the first day of March 1702, in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain Hudson in the Regi- ment commanded by Colonel Sprout in the line of the State of Massachusetts in the continental establishment. That he con- tinued to serve in the said corps until the end of the war, when he was discharged at Westpoint having served about twenty months as near as he can recollect; — that he was in some skirmishes at Fishkill, but not in any regular battle; — that he has mislaid or lost the discharge which he received. — and in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 Sdo solemnly swear that

in the line of the State of  on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the day of  A. D. 181  ,  and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pen- sion, numbered  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. .
James DeShon
Sworn to and declared, on the 12 th day of December A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
John Ware, U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — I have none
Personal estate — I have nothing except my wearing apparel and a few ordinary articles of household stuff
James Beshon
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me James Beshon — who, by occupation am a laborer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of a rupture of the body — and a wound in my knee from a musket ball at Fishkill —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Catharine 65 in comfortable health, but can do but little   Daughter Nancy — 36 very weak constitution and not able to do much   Mary — 24 able to do family work  
James Beshon

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Esq. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Seven — dollars and no more — cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth — day of December A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight —
John Mussey } Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

I James Deshon, who made a declaration on the 12 th December 1828 before the Hon. Ashur Ware Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine to obtain the provision of the Acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and 1 st May 1820 as required by the War Department, do further declare as amendment to my said declaration as follows viz
That seven or eight years ago I did employ Geo. W. Wallingford Esquire of Kennebec to draw a declaration for me, to which I was sworn before the Hon. Judge Thatcher, since dead, and supposed that Mr Wallingford sent on my declaration and application for my pension — He soon after died, and I have never been able to find what became of it — I have applied without success to the Administration of the Judge and also of Wallingford — The proof of my service which I then produced, I have never been able to find, and it was not till lately that I could obtain other proof.
I was indebted to Mr Wallingford several hundred dollars for money he had occasionally let me have and not being able to pay him otherwise I and my son sold him the land mentioned in the deed, a copy of which is forwarded herewith, he paying the further sum of two hundred & fifty dollars, which we received when the deed was delivered — my part of which consideration I have long since expended in my support — Except as above, I have made no conveyance of any estate since 18 th March 1818
James Deshon
Copy James Deshon No. 836
March 5. 1829
Sworn to before
Ashur Ware
A true copy from the original additional declaration made by James Deshon
Attest John Mussey Clerk S. Court Maine District

State of Maine, York County } ss.
On this first day of January A.D. 1844 personally appeared before me Hon. William A. Hayes Judge of the Court of Probate for the county of York in said State being a court of Record in open Court Catharine Doshon a resident of Sanford in the county of York aforesaid aged seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" that she is the widow of James Doshon late of Waterborough in the county of York aforesaid who was a private in the army of the Revolution, and who served as set forth in his original declaration made to obtain the benefit of the law of the United States of 18 th of March A.D. 1818 by which he obtained a pension his certificate bearing date October 2 1829 for ninety six dollars per annum and that he served a part or the whole of his time under Captain Huddang in Col. Spratt Reg- iment which I think was in Massa- chusetts line; reference to be had to aforesaid declaration & accompanying documents & other papers & rolls in office of Commissioner of Pensions & War Department.
She further declares that she was married to the said James Doshon,

in the month of June in the year seventeen hundred & eighty, ninety four then called Pepperellborough in the State of Maine & in the county of York by Reverend Mr. Fairfield; that her husband the aforesaid James Deshon died on the fifteenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred & forty; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of Janu- ary seventeen hundred & ninety four at the time aforesaid, & she further declares on oath that she has continued a widow ever since the decease of her aforesaid husband.
Witness Wm. A. Hayes Catherine her X Deshon Arthur M'Arthur and Mark of estate of eighty & ty added to will to make himty legal signing
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid
Before me, Wm. A. Hayes, Judge of Probate York County Maine
State of Maine } County of York } ss
I William Hammond Reg- ister of the court of the court of Probate within and for the County of York and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that William A. Hayes Esquire is the acting Judge of Probate within and for said County of York duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature above written is genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of said court this first day of January A D 1844-
William Hammond Register of the court of Probate York County

• Marriage •
One thousand seven hundred and ninety, June, second. James Deshon of Waterboro' to Katharine Patterson of Topsho'-
State of Maine Luco, County of York
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record (with the excep- -tion of the date), which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures, as follows:
1790 June 2. James Deshon of 'Waterboro' co Katharine Patterson of Pepp.
20.- Garrison Ward, Clerk of the First Congregational Church in Dae
I, Garrison Ward, above named, depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk of the First Congregational Church in the town of Jacob formerly Pepperellborough County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
tion above named, as certified by me. Witnesses Arthur M c Arthur Langdon C. Ward
State of Maine York ss: January 16 A.D. 1844 I have the honor to certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and that the same was acknowledged before me this day personally by James W. Dyer to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and whose name is subscribed to the same to the truth of the above deposition.

(Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace)
State of Maine, } ss. York County, }
I, William Trafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within (and for the said county of York, do hereby certify that Arthur M c Arthur is an acting Justice of the Peace for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the third day of February 1842, and will expire on the third day of February 1849, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State the 24 th day January A. D. 1844.
William Trafton, Clerk.

I Aaron Deshon of Sanford in the county of York of the age of forty three years do hereby testify & say that James Deshon my father who was a revolutionary pensioner of Waterville in the county of York State of Maine & the late husband of Catharine Deshon an affidavit per- son a previous deed at said Waterville on the fifteenth day of March in the year eighteen hundred & forty, & that Catharine Deshon his widow my mother here continued a widow ever since. Aaron Deshon witness Arthur M c Arthur Joseph Griffin
State of Maine, York county ss: On this second day of January AD 1844 the above named Aaron Deshon who is to me personally known & who sustains a good character for truth & veracity personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition as him subscribed before me Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace

(Arthur McArthur Justice of the Peace)
State of Maine, } ss. York County, } ss.
I, William Duxton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for said county of York, do hereby certify, that Arthur McArthur is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the third day of February, 1842, and will expire on the third day of February, 1849, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Courts for said State this twenty fourth day of January 1844.
William Duxton, Clerk.

Catherine Dishon
48.103

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court,
Alfred,
A. D. 18 55 }
I, James O. McIntire,
CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
In and for said COUNTY OF YORK, certify that
Wm M c Intire in one
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for
the County of
York
as appears by
the paper hereto annexed, that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his Commis-
sion is dated
Feb 11
A. D. 18 62
A. D. 18 55 and will expire
and that the following SIGNATURE purporting to be
his is
GENUINE.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
James O. McIntire
Clerk.

State of Maine
York County ss: On this twenty seventh day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace written for the county & state aforesaid Catharine Disher aged ninety one years a resident of Waterborough in the State of Maine who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of James Disher deceased who was a private in the Massachusetts line in the Revolutionary War & was a pensioner of the United States for Revolutionary services under Act March 18 1818 & was paid at Portland Maine every year & that she is a revolutionary pensioner of the United States under Act July 1848 for the Revolutionary services of her said husband & her Certificate numbered 2285. for the proof of which facts she refers to her own & the original pension of her late husband on file in Pension Office.
She further states that she was married to the said James in Saco Maine on the eighteenth day of June A.D. 1766 by Rev. Fairfield a Minister - and that her name before her said marriage was Catharine Patterson that her said husband died at said Waterborough on the fifteenth day of March A.D. 1840 and that she is now a widow.
She makes this declaration before me

of obtaining the County bond to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3 1855," and appoints Arthur M. Arthur Esq. of Leavittsburg , Maine her attorney in the premises. Catharine L. Deshon her mark
We Jason S. Deshon & Mary Hill - residents of Waterborough in the State of Maine upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declara- tion was signed and acknowledged by Catharine Deshon 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 & that she is now a widow.
Jason S. Deshon Mary Hill
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.
Wm M. McArthur

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of James Teshon a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
    DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT, LENGTH OF SERVICE, RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb 1. 1782 20 mos. Pvt. Hudon Sprout Ma             
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, indicated in blue ink
Date of application for pension, Dec. 12, 1828 , This ch. al
Residence at date of application, Waterville, Maine Dist.
Age at date of application, 64 years. He died March 15, 1840 at Waterboro, Me. Remarks: He was, June 2, 1790, at Saco, then called Pepperellborough, Me., Katharine Patterson. She was
at present on an app. ex. Jan'y 1 1844 while a resident of Sanford York Co. Me. aged 79 years. In 1828 he referred to his daughter Fanny 36 y. o. & Mary 24 y. o. relationship not stated. Vows James and Aaron. The last named was 43 yrs old in 1844.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1916 June 5 - Hist. L. Jennie L. Wood
Ready
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 24052
Catherine Deshon Wid of James Deshon Brn Rev War
Act Feb 2nd 1848
Index: Vol. A , Page 178
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2285.
18
Name
Catharine Deshon widow of James Deshon who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Dec. 1848 and sent to
Chas. W. Arthur Livingston Me.
Entered per March 1782
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page
9 , Vol. 1
Let. to Hon. H. Wanamaker Dec 16. '48 Same March 2 d 49,
Reporter 8 Dec 2/48

W. C. D. 1844 Maine - 6315 -
Katharine Deshon widow of James Deshon who was a private in the Massachusett Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 60 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of October, 1844 and sent to S. McArthur Esq Limington Maine.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 24

Ref?
Maine 8260
Catharine Deshon
widow of James Deshon
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 15. March 1840 of York Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Stetson of the regt commanded by Col. Spratt the Mass. line for 18 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of April 1844 and sent to A. McArthur Linneington, Maine
Total amount, $ 300 —
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D Brown Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1. Page 3.

No. 48103
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 7, 1855.
James Dehon Rev War
Warrant 7070-160-55
Arthur McArthur Limington Maine

7070
S
New Am

Memoranda, Second Class Act 3 March 1853
Hon. Josiah Minot Commr. of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sept 22 - 53
Josiah Minot
April 2 Spencer
22 Sept 22 - 53 Spencer

Stamp ret'd One 24 stamp recd 417 Nepperhan Ave Rev Sec Yonkers, N.Y. To the Secy of Pension Office Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I have been directed by your post master - to ask for information which I am anxious to secure upon the following:
The Work and final death of James De Shon - I am gathering statistics of my family pedigree. You will greatly assist me by giving me information - (authentic) I believe James De Shon was in Revolutionary War at Lake Champlain. but have no accurate date of his life or position in war - or date of death. Thanking you in

advances for your help -
I am. Very Truly Yours -
Jennie L. Wood 417 Nepperhan Ave. Yonkers, N. Y. c Rev. Ernest G. Wood -

No 48.103 Additional evidence Catherine Dishon wid James Norman Lander Act 3 March 1855

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Sept. 18 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify , That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of James Deshon is borne on the following Certificate, viz. "Bradford Nov. 27. 1781."
"Agreeable to a resolve of the great and general Court of this Commonwealth passed Dec. 2, 1780 we have taken a true account of all the bounties or bounties which have been paid by the inhabitants of the Town of Bradford, to the soldiers which were enlisted for the Town of Bradford to serve in the Continental Army for three years, or during the war, which sums are affixed to each mans name."
"James Deshon £ 73. 10."
Signed by the Selectmen of Bradford and Survin to, Jan'y. 18. 1782.
Several other names with their bounty are appended to the said Certificate.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. M. Wing Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application of Catharine Deshon widow of James De- -shon for a Certificate of the Revolutionary Service of said James
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mass- achusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office of the service of my deceased husband James Deshon in the war of the Revolution
I am now too old to recollect the particulars of his service and can only say that it was in the Massachusetts line of State troops & Militia. He was a prisoner under the law of March 18, 1818. And I appoint Arthur M c Arthur of Linnings- ton Maine, my attorney in the prem- ises. Dated at Waterville Maine this fifteenth day of September 1835.
Signed in my presence
Olson M c Arthur Just. Pacis
Catharine her Deshon Mark

Leicester Sept 22 1855-
Sir,
I herewith forward you Additional evidence in the case of Catharine Deshon a Rev d Person & applicant for Bounty Land under Act 3 March 1855 & No. 48.103.
Hon. Josiah Minot, Comm r . of Pensions Washington D.C.
I am very respectfully Your obed t Serv t Arthur M. Atten

Payment to be made at Portland
by
Wm Woodbury Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Maine
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 1 , Vol. 1 ,
Geo. H. King Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Catharine Deshon, widow of James Deshon who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Sixty dollars and cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, 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 War Office of the United States this 7th day of December one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
W. L. Marcy.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

No. 5581.
Oct 28 44
Catto Dehon
me 43
Dehon School in Maine
141 Hiltontown
— papers Oct 1838
act 3 March 1843
$60 per annum.
— 8260 - Oct 38
Send cert: to A. M c Arthur, Lewington, Maine

Ginnington Oct. 24 1844
Sir,
The application of Catharine Deshon applicant for a pension under Act of March 3 1843 (Having obtained a pension certificate under act of July 7 1838) was forwarded to the Pension office about March 4 1844 & no return has as yet been received upon same. I have been desired by her to make enquiry if any objection exists why she may not have her certificate accordingly.
I am respectfully Your Obedient
Hon James S. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
A. Martin

Ind to $90 per annum, comm'g 1 July 1848. Edd y former pay at $60 per annum.
J. G. Berret Present

Washington 23. Sept. 1850
Hon:
H. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Sir
I enclose
the application of Catherine Beeson widow of James, claiming an increase of her Pension.
I am, very Respectfully yrs Obedt Servt James G. Beall

Washington Sep. 28. 1857.
Gen. L. Edward W. Com d of Pension In
I enclose herewith a declaration made by Catharine Seshon of Maine , a pensioner under act 2 Feb. 1848. at the rate of $60 per ann. claiming under the joint resolution of July 1. 1848. the same amount of pension her husband James Seshon rec d under act 15 March 1848.
and I also enclose the application filed by me in the case of Rebecca Richer of Maine claiming also, the benefit of the resolution of July 1. 1848.
and remain
Most respectfully Yours on the Rev. N. May

Sir, Limington Jan y 24 1844
Inclosed are documents in the Application of Catharine Deshon for Pension.
I forwarded to your office in the case of Alice Tebbets on Dec 4 last two depositions of Simeon Tebbets one to prove six months service of Wm Tebbets & the other to prove facts from which I expected the inevitable inference would be drawn that he served a year more or thereabouts. A letter from Secretary of State Mr. H. that no records or rolls of Capt Titus Hallens Company of Artillery earlier than Feb 1776 are found in that office. Also a letter from Saml Guelphman Esq who is a house-keeper residing at Sausalito (Portsmouth) of Capt Titus Hallens before & since his decease & who has access to his papers that no documents can be found of his service. Here might be the end of my proof. I have exhausted every resource to in-vestigation upon this & find all who served with Capt Hallen so far as I can ascertain except Simeon Tebbets are dead. I shall I believe the liberty of calling your attention to this case & making the inquiry if our evidence is sufficient to support a claim for a pension -
Hon James S. Edwards I am very respectfully Commissioner of Pensions. Your Obedt Servt.
A. McArthur

copy. Deed - James Deshon & son to George W. Wallingford.

Know all Men by these Presents, That We
James Deshon & James Deshon, junr. both of Waterborough in the county of York and state of Maine, yeomen, in consideration of the sum of two hundred fifty-nine dollars & thirty three cents paid by George W. Wallingford of Kennebec in the county of York aforesaid, esquire,
the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said
George W. Wallingford, and his
heirs and assigns forever, a certain tract or parcel of land in said Waterborough, containing forty acres, more or less, bounded as follows, to wit; beginning at the southwest corner of Moses Deshon's field, thence southwest to a horn beam tree, marked four sides, thence northwest fifty rods to an oak tree marked four sides, at Andrew Gray's corner, thence northeast to the Limerick road, so called, thence by said road to said Moses Deshon's field, thence by said field forty eight rods, thence southeast to the bounds first mentioned.
Also, one other tract of land in said Waterborough, containing one hundred & thirty acres, more or less, being all the farm on which we the grantors now live, lying on the eastern side of said Limerick road, with all the buildings thereon standing, bounded and described as follows, namely; beginning on said road on the line of land of John Hill, junr. thence northerly by said road twenty rods to land lately belonging to And o Gray, now owned by W m Hessick, thence by said land N.E. thirty four rods to a pine spotted on four sides, thence northerly about 60 rods more or less to a certain pitch pine stump on the line of James Stevens' land, thence N.E. 138 rods to Little Ossipee river, thence down the river to the outlet of Little Ossipee pond to Butts line, thence southwest two hundred and forty rods to the road and place of beginning.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the aforegranted and bargained premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereof, to the said George W. Wallingford, his heirs and assigns, to their use and behoof forever. And we do covenant with the said George W. Wallingford, his heirs and assigns, that we are lawfully seized in fee of the premises; that they are free of all incumbrances; that we have good right to sell and convey the same to the said George W. Wallingford, and his heirs and assigns, to hold as aforesaid. And that we and his heirs and assigns will warrant and defend the same to the said George, and his heirs and assigns, forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we the said James Deshon and James Deshon, junr. have hereunto set our hands and seals, this sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one.
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED IN PRESENCE OF
Jeremiah Goodwin, Joseph Sayward.
James Deshon James Deshon, Jr.
Yorks, ss. Alfred, March 6, 1821. Personally appeared James Deshon & James Deshon, Jr. above named, and acknowledged the above instrument to be their free act and deed.
Before me,
Jeremiah Goodwin, Justice of the Peace.
Recorded according to the original, received March 6, 1821. Attest: Jeremiah Goodwin, Register.
Copy of Record, book 106, page 208. Attest: Jeremiah Goodwin, Register of Deeds.

State of Maine.
York ss
I Jeremiah Bratbury Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County of York do hereby certify, that Jeremiah Goodwin who has certified the within Copy is Register of Deeds for said County of York and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine -
In witness whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said State this sixth day of July A.D. 1829
Jer. Bratbury Clerk

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
I, L. M c Intire Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, do hereby certify that Arthur M c Intire of Limington in said county of York is a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county, as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly commissioned and qualified to act as such; that his commission is dated November 24. 1849 and will expire November 24. 1856
that the following signature purporting to be his is genuine,
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this twenty eighth day of August . Anno Domini 18 50
L. M c Intire Clerk.

State of Maine York County } ss: On this twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1850 before the a justice of the Peace subscriber in and for said county personally appeared Catharine Deshon a resident of Waterborough in the said county of York aged eighty four years and made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of James Deshon late of said Waterborough deceased, who was a revolutionary pensioner; that she has drawn a pension since his death at the rate of sixty dollars per annum and is now a pensioner under the Act of 2 d February 1848, that she now asks for all arrears or increase of pension to which she may be found entitled, under any of the Acts or Resolutions of Congress, applicable to her her case, viz: 7 July 1838, 3 March 1843, 17 Jan 1844, 2 d February 1848 & Joint Resolutions of 23 d January 1845 & 1 st July 1848; that she now resides in said county & State
Witness Stanley Miller
her Catharine J. Deshon mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written
Arthur M c Arthur

State of Maine County of York ss: On this seventh day of Au- gust A.D. 1848 personally appeared before me Arthur M c Arthur Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid Catharine Deshon a resident of Waterborough in the county of York and State of Maine aged eighty three years who being first duly sworn according to law stateth that she is the widow of James Deshon late of said Waterbo- rough, who during his life was a revolu- tionary pensioner under Act of Congress of 18 th March, 1818 at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum on account of his revolutionary services, and that she was allowed and received a pension under act of July 9 th A.D. 1838 at the rate of sixty dollars per annum for the services of her said husband and under the Acts of March 3 1843 & of June 17 1844.
Now the object of this statement being made is to assert a claim at the same rate of pension my husband enjoyed to wit ninety six dollars per annum on the widow now on file in his case. The claim is made under the resolution of the 1 st of July, 1848. Witness Nancy Willis Catharine mark Deshon Sworn to and Subscribed before me on the day & year first above written Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace and I do hereby certify that the affiant is person- ally known to me as the widow of the late James Deshon and the identical widow she represents herself to be. Arthur M c Arthur Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine } ss. York County, }
I, William Trafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, within and for the county of York, do hereby certify that Arthur McArthur is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified, that his commission is dated the third day of February A.D. 1842, and will expire on third day of February A.D. 1849; and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said state this eighth day of August, A.D. 1848.
William Trafton, Clerk.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, August 29 , A. D. 184 8
I
Charles C. Harmon,
CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Arthur M c Arthur is an
Acting Justice of the Peace,
within and for the County of York, as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that the
COMMISSION of the said M c Arthur is dated February 3rd A. D. 184 2 , and will expire February 3rd A. D. 184 9 .
and that the his is following Genuine.
SIGNATURE, purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
Chas. C. Harmon, CLERK.

State of Maine York County ss: On this twenty fifth day of August A. D. 1848 personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace in & for the county of York afore said Catharine Deshon a resident of Waterborough in the county of York aforesaid aged eighty three 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 on the 2 d day of February 1848 granting pensions to widows to widows of persons, who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of James Deshon who was a private in the army and served as a private in his original service filed in pension office in his application for pension under act of March 15 1818. That she has received a pension under the act of July 7 1838, March 3 1843 & June 17 1844 at rate of sixty dollars per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow. Witness Nancy Melles Catharine her Deshon mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written
Before me Arthur M'Arthur Justice of the Peace.

Pension Office
28th Sept. 1829.
Admitted by order of the Command
Dear Hon. John H. Eaton Secretary of War Washington
Pension Office

Portland Sept. 22 d 1829
Sir
Enclosed I again transmit the papers in the case of James Seshon applicant for pension - together with the further explanatory evidence required as detailed in the affidavit of Simon Chadbourne Junr. Aaron B. Seshon and Andrew Gray sworn to before Justices Prinsias Bicker and Orlando Bagley and attached to the depositions heretofore taken by said Justices in this case - whose official character has already been certified - From the statement it would seem that the land purchased by Seshon from Mr John Lons deceased was purchased with the money hired from Mr Wallingford also deceased and that the deed to Wallingford of the land was given in order to discharge that debt & another to Mr Chadbourne for goods &c from Chadbourne's store - I should think the case of want of property fully made out and trust that it will so appear to the Pension Department and that at his name will be entered on the Roll on the date of his application viz Dec 12 th 1828 at which time the proof of service on the Continental Establishment was exhibited
Respectfully your obedt servt
[Signature: J. W. Foster]
Hon John H. Eaton Secretary of War Washington

I Aaron P. Deshon of Waterborough in the county of York and State of Maine, do testify and say that one hundred and fifty Dollars of the money that James Deshon hired of George W. Wallingford which I have testified to in a former deposition was paid to John Low for a piece of land that being a part of the land that the said James Deshon sold to said Wallingford, and the fifty dollars paid Simeon Chadbourne as stated in my former deposition was paid to said Chadbourne for a debt due him and cost of a suit thereon. I also testify and say that the remainder due said Wallingford was amounting to between fifty and sixty dollars as before stated was due him for his services as an Attorney for attending Law suits &c for the said James Deshon. Aaron P. Deshon
York ss. Waterborough September 5, 1829 Then the above named Aaron P. Deshon made oath that the above deposition by him signed was true, before me
Orlando Bagley, Justice of the Peace

I Andrew Gray of Waterborough in the county of York and State of Maine, do testify and say that I was knowing that James Dethun bought a lot of land of John Low Esqr. and I assisted said Low in surveying said land. I also testify as that I live near James Dethun and am well acquainted with him and know him to be poor and in indigent circumstances he is a man advanced in years, and has been and now is an industrious prudent man but very unfortunate. John Low has been dead several years.
Andrew Gray
York ss. Waterborough September 5. 1829. Then the above named Andrew Gray made oath that the above deposition by him signed was true, before me.
Orlando Bagley, Justice of the Peace
Sept 5. 1829 I hereby certify that the above named Andrew Gray is to the best of my knowledge a person of truth and veracity.
Orlando Bagley, Just. Peace

I Aaron P. Deshon of Waterborough in the county of York and State of Maine, do testify and say that in March the ninth A.D. 1820 I was knowing that James Deshon of said Waterborough hired two hundred dollars of George W. Wallingford of Thornebunk and the said James Deshon paid one hundred and fifty dollars of the money to John Low and fifty dollars to Simeon Chadbourne for the same week, and in March the 6 th 1821 said Wallingford called on the said James for his money and he told him he could not pay him the money and sold him his farm and he owed him the said Wallingford between fifty and sixty dollars exclusive of the two hundred he hired
Aaron P. Deshon
York ss. Waterborough July 16. 1829. Then the above named Aaron P. Deshon made oath that the the above deposition by him signed was true before me
Orlando Bagley Jus. of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Aaron P.

State of Maine.
Yorke, ss.
I Juvenal Bradbury, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the county of York, hereby certify that Orlando Bagley, who has signed the within writing, is a justice of the Peace within and for said county of York, and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said State, this seventeenth day of July, A.D. 1829.
Jese. Bradbury Clerk de

I Simeon Chadbourne of Watertown in the County of York and State of Maine do testify and say that the fifty dollars Paid me by James Vesper in March 1821 was for a Debt for goods out of my store due me and Cost of Sute Jesseon Chadbourne
York ss Watertown September the 3 1829 Then the above named Simeon Chadbourne Made oath that the above deposition by him Signed was true before me Phinehas Picken Justice of the Peace

We hereby certify that in our opinion James Dushon of Waterborough in the county of York and State of Maine is in very poor and indigent circumstances and possesses no property that we know of and has not payed any taxes for six years past except a poll tax, we have been acquainted with the said Dushon for twenty years past and know him to be an industrious man and a man of steady habits but very unfortunate as to property -
Waterborough November 1 st 1828
Orlando Bagley } Selectmen Andrew Roberts } of John Hill } Waterborough
Agreeable

I Moody Brown of Hiram in the county of Oxford and State of Maine do testify and say under oath that in the year of Seventeen hundred and eighty two I was present and knowing to James Dishon, in listing in the three years service of the revolution War; and was in company with him untill we got to Westpoint and was there with him untill the War was over he was under the command of Capt. Hurdang and belonging to Spotts Regiment and Patersons Brigade, I am well acquainted with James Dishon he now resides in Waterborough in the county of York and State of Maine, and know him to be the same James Dishon heretofore named Phil Witnes John Damer March 17 th 1828
Oxford March 17 th 1828 Personally appeared the above named Moody Brown and made oath to the above instrument by him subscribed before me. —
John Damer Justice of the Peace

Oxford ss.
Hirame November 3 rd 1828
This may certify that Moody Brown the within named has never been impeached to my knowledge and that I consider his reputation for truth and veracity upon a par with people in general — John Warren
Oxford ss.
State of Maine
I Rufus Goodnow, Clerk of all the Judicial courts in & for said County of Oxford, hereby certify that John Warren Esq before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was a Justice of the Peace for said County & duly authorized to administer oaths, at that time — & that the signatures, within & above purporting to be his, are in his own proper hand & writing as I truly believe In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of one of said courts — Done at Paris in said County this twenty sixth day of November A.D. 1828.
Rufus Goodnow, Clerk
Seal of Waterville in

I William Leaver of Waterborough in the County of York and State of Maine under oath do testify and say -
That while I was in the regular service under the command of Col. Read at West Point in General Poors Brigade I saw James Dershon who is now a resident in the town of Waterborough in the County of York and State of Maine at West Point acting as a continental soldier in the regular service of this Country a part of the years Seventeen hundred eighty two and seven hundred eighty three I was conversant with him at times while there and know him to be the same James Dershon have been acquainted with him ever since that time till now I cannot tell what term of time Dershon was at West Point but according to the best of my recollection it was nineteen or twenty months
Witness Phinehas Riches
William X Leaver Mark
York ss February 21st 1828 Then the above named William Leaver personally appeared and made oath before relating the above affidavit by him signed to be the truth before me
E Justice of the Peace Phinehas Riches

State of Maine
York ss.
I Jeremiah Braddy Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County of York hereby certify, that Phineas Ricker who has certified the foregoing deposition of William Leaver, was at the time a Justice of the Peace for said County duly appointed and qualified & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine —
In witness whereof I hereunto set my name and affix the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said State this eighteenth day of October A.D. 1828
Jere. Braddy Clerk etc.
York ss.
Waterville Me. Oct. 18 th 1828
This may certify that William Leaver the within named has near been impeached to my knowledge, and that I consider his reputation for truth and veracity upon a par with people in general —
Phineas Ricker
M M M

4 33 80 Catharine Dishon

STATE OF MAINE.
York County.
On this second day of March 1844 Personally appeared before me the subscriber
Justices of the Peace in & for the county of York in the state of Maine Catharine Deshon a resident of Sanford in the County of York & State of Maine aged _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War—That she is the Widow of
James Deshon who was a private in the army of the Revolution and who served as set forth in his original discharging under Captain Hudgins Colonel Probst for which services, the said James was put on the pension roll as by his pension certificate dated Oct. 2 d 1829 and as set forth in my declaration made before Hon. Wm A Hays Judge of Court of Probate January Term 1844 to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of July 7 1838 wherein my pension by law if allowed me will be eighty dollars per annum
she further declares that she is still a widow
Witness Arthur McArthur a Notary Public
Catharine Deshon mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Before
Arthur McArthur Justice of the Peace State of Maine York ss: I certify that the declaration as well known to me & that she con tinues unmarried
Arthur McArthur Justice of the Peace
NOTE—After "who was a" insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy or militia, as the case may be, and the regiment, corps or vessel in which he served, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838.

(Arthur McArthur Justice of the Peace)
State of Maine, } ss. York County, }
I, William Grafton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in for said county of York, do hereby certify, that Arthur McArthur is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the third day of February, 1842, and will expire on the third day of February 1849, and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said state, this second day of March, 1844.
William Grafton, Clerk.