Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 16,138-160-55, Daniel Demeritt, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
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Demeritt, Daniel
B.L. Wt. 16.135-160-55
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Sarah L. G. Smith Daniel L. G. Smith
Capt. Spedden
Col. Evans
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L. Green
East Montvale
Mar. 19. Photo mailed to Carrie E. Merritt Finlist. atf. att.
Vol. 2 55.00

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130975
Application of Sarah Smith for Bounty Land under Act of Congress passed Mar. 3. 1855
A. L. Keen East Montville Co. Waldo State Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Waldo
On this twenty eighth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, Reuben L. Keen a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the County aforesaid, Sarah Dummerett aged ninety one years, a resident of Liberty in the County of Waldo and State of Maine , who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical widow of Daniel Dummerett who was a soldier in the Company commanded by Captain George Tuttle in the Regiment of Maine commanded by Colonel Stephen Evans in the State of New Hampshire , joined the Continental Army under Gen. Gates at Saratoga  Vermont  where forty seven .
That he Enlisted a volunteer at Brattleboro County of Waldo and State of New Hampshire on or about the Eighth day of September A. D. 1777 to serve for one month & thirteen days and continued in actual service in said war for the term of one month & thirteen days and was honably discharged at on the twentieth day of October same year . The discharge is lost; reference may be had to a copy of the Rolls of said Company thereunto annexed .
She further states that she was married to said Daniel Dummerett on the eleventh day of January A.D. 1781 by one William Hooper at Macclure  Waltham New Hampshire , that her name before she was married was Sarah Dyer . That her husband died at Liberty in the County of Waldo aforesaid on the third day of April A.D. 1822 , and that she is still a widow . There is no record of said Marriage to be found except a copy of the record is herunto annexed .
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers their widows & minor children who were engaged in the Military Service of the United States, passed March 3rd A.D. 1855 . She further declares that she has never received any Bounty Land Warrant or Pension for said services of her late husband, or made any application for any prior to this, nor knew that she was entitled to any except as above.
She requests that any warrant or communication issued to her may be sent to Reuben L. Keen of Ellsworthville Waldo Co. Maine Sarah Dummerett
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year last above-mentioned; and I certify that I believe the said Sarah Dummerett to be the widow of Daniel Dummerett and that said Daniel Dummerett to be the person who performed the Military Service aforesaid, and his widow to be of the age above stated; and that I have no interest in the result of the above case, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Reuben L. Keen Justice of the Peace.

State of Maine.
County of Waldo
ss.
ON THIS 20 th
day of March
A. D. 1855
before me Nubon L. Keen
a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer
oaths for public purposes within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Sydia G. Clark and Abigail Walker both residents of Searsburg
in the County and State aforesaid, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being duly sworn according to law, declare and say that they were present and saw
Sarah D. Merrill Sign her name
to the foregoing declar-
tion; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe that she is the identical person
she represents herself to be. that they were personally acquainted with Daniel Merrill and his wife during the lifetime of the said Daniel and knew that they lived together as man and wife and to the best of their knowledge and belief that the said Daniel Merrill was the identical person who performed the military services mentioned in the above application, that the said Daniel Merrill is now dead and that the said Sarah is now a widow and further swear that they are as interested
Sydia G. Clark
Abigail Walker
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written.
Nubon L. Keen
Justice of the Peace.
(the gospel)
State of Maine,
County of Wenon
ss.
Nubon L. Keen
Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of
Wenon within and for the County of Wenon
Nubon L. Keen
do hereby certify that
whose signatures appear to the foregoing Certificates of
Attestation was at the time of the dates of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, commissioned and qualified; and that the signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court this Wenon day of Wenon A. D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty. Wenon
Clerk.

See Bureau of Pensions Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
March 6, 1931
541
Rev. War claim for bounty land, Daniel
Demeritt, Widow, Sarah, B.L.Wt.16138-160-'55 Actual
2 of each page
1 negative and
1 positive
Remitter Carrie E. Demeritt 2025 - 9 St., N.W. Wash., D.C.
$1.20
4 pages
xxxx
Kindly leave margin of 1½ inches at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number. The word "omit" is written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.
Chief of Rev. & 1812 Wars Sect.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section Bureau of Pensions
March 6 1931
March 6, 1931
Cash - $ 1.45 FINANCE DIVISION MAR 9 1931 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me positive and negative copies of four pages from the Rev. War claim for bounty land, Daniel Demeritt, widow, Sarah, B. L. Wt. 16138-160-'55, and certify the positive copies.
Very truly yours,
Remitter
Sarah E. Demeritt 2025 I St. NW Washington, D.C.
Received payment $1.45 March 5, 1931
M. Christine Stokes
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
in re wid The an copy

Please certify Rev. 1812 War Sect.
Photostatic copies of four pages from Revolutionary War Claims for bounty land of Sarah Demeritt, widow of Daniel Demeritt, B.L. Wt. 16138-160-55.

State of New Hampshire Secretary of State's Office.
I do 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 office, it appears that the name of Daniel Desserit is borne upon a "Pay Roll of Captain George Futtis company in Col. Stephen Evans's Regiment of New Hampshire Militia joined the continental army under Gen. Gates at Saratoga 1777" as a private - Entry Sept. 8; Discharge Oct. 20; Time in service, 1 month 13 days.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State this 30th. day of March 1855.
John L. Hadley Secretary of State.

State of Maine
I Samuel Edwards of the town of Liberty in the County of Waldo and State of Maine of the age of Seventy four years on oath testify before say that I was well acquainted with Daniel Dinnitt & his wife Sarah Dinnitt. that I know said Daniel Dinnitt twenty years before his decease, and that he said Sarah lived together as husband and wife & were always reputed to be such, and it never was disputed to my knowledge, that they brought up a family of children, and that said Daniel Dinnitt is now dead, and that said Sarah Dinnitt is now a widow.
Samuel Edwards
State of Maine.
County of Waldo ss. April 25 th 1855
Then personally appeared Samuel Edwards well known to me subscribed & made oath to the foregoing Affidavit, and I certify that he is a credible witness. Before me R. L. Keen Justice of the Peace
State of Maine.
Waldo ss. Apr. 25 th A.D. 1855 I hereby certify that I was shown an ancient Record for the family of the above named Sarah Dinnitt - upon that record is the marriage of Daniel Dinnitt to Sarah Dinnitt Hays Jan. 11 th A.D. 1781. Said Record appears to be the family record containing a large number of marriages and also deaths of the family & connections. And I have no doubt that it is a true record of the Marriage of Dan. Dinnitt to Sarah Hays (widow of said Dinnitt)
N. B. Clark
Subscribed & sworn to before me Reuben L. Keen Justice of the Peace