Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10676, Samuel Cole, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Coole, Samuel Anna
W 10676
CONTENTS

7.394 Maine
Samuel Cole
of Lewiston in the Dist  State of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years.
Enscribed on the Roll of Dist of Maine at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of March 1819 and sent to John Clapsyng Esq. Portland, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 — 81.83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 48 — $129.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
Notwithstanding that the 13 th July 1820, to J. H. H. Esq. for Maine.

Maine N o 12.
Anna Cole
widow of Samuel Cole
who was a private
in the Massachusetts line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March, 1844.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Nov: 1844 and sent to Joseph Hsley
Portland
Maine
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book D.
Vol. 1 — Page 3
22 Nov 4 Sent to Joseph Hsley May 3. 1845
Date of blank not on file

Samuel Cole - Pirate Col Phinney - map line 1776 - 1 year Prawn - map do 1777 - 3 years Apr 28 1818.
Correct
In the Judges certificate on file

1814 1749 69
I Samuel Cole a unclent citizen of the United States of America an inhabitant of Lewiston in the district of Maine do hereby declare, that some time in the Month of January 1776 in North Yarmouth in said district aforesaid, I enlisted as a private in Capt. Mading Company in Col. Phinney's Regt in Gen. Glover's Brigade for One Year in the Massachusetts Line, on the continental establishment in the Revolutionary War - In January 1777, I again enlisted into Capt. Mading Company in Col. Brown's Regiment in Gen. Patterson's Brigade for three Years when I continued to serve out the full period of my enlistment I was regularly discharged at Fishkill in the State of New York & received an honorable discharge in writing signed by Col. Sprout I think which I have since accidentally lost was in Hubbardston Battle, was also in the two great Battles with Burgvine. Also at the taking of Stony Point & at Monmouth fight. And I do further on oath declare that I am sixty-two Years of age, am not borne on any pension list of the United States by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance of my country for support. Wherefore I the said Samuel Cole pray that this declaration & the proceedings to be had thereon may be transmitted to the Secretary of War, in the end that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States agreeably to the provision of an act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818 entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War"
Samuel his X Cole mark
Witnesses. A. H. Parris.
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty eighth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Before me
Albion H. Parris Judge

I James Wagg of Pejepscot in the District of Maine being duly sworn do depose and say that I well know Samuel Cole of Lewiston in said District and that said Wagg  Cole was a private in Capt Howland's  Watkins's company Colonel Phinney's regiment of the Continental establishment and served one year and afterwards enlisted as a private in Capt Watkins company Col. Brewer's Regiment in the month of December 1776 for the term of three years which time he faithfully served & was honorably discharged the first of January 1780. I further say that Samuel Cole who subscribed the annexed declaration is the same person I knew in said service as above stated —
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred eighteen Before me James Wagg Albion H. Parris Judge de
I Joshua Jones of Durham in the county of Penobscot land & District of Maine being duly sworn do depose and say that Samuel Cole was a private in Col. Brewer's Reg t & enlisted in December 1776 for three years and faithfully served that time & was honorably dis- charged on or about the first of January 1780. I further say that Samuel Cole who subscribed the annexed declaration is the same person I knew in said service as above stated Witness J. Murrey (junr) Joshua his Jones Mark
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred eighteen Before me Albion H. Parris Judge de

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Samuel Cole — the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the declarations under oath of James Wagg and Joshua Jones that the said Cole served as a private for the period of nine months & upwards in continuation on the Continental Establishment during the Revolutionary War and also a certificate from his commanding Officer and the certificate of the Municipal authority of the place of said Cole's residence , that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of the assistance of his country for support
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Samuel Cole — the applicant, served as a private in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion L. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

Be it known It May concern
We the subscribers, Selectmen of Lewiston certify that Mr Samuel Pule an inhabitant of Lewiston is in circumstances, which in our opinion entitles him to the relief from government as provided in an act of March 10 th - 1810 for making provision for the Soldiers &c. of the revolutionary war
Deane Read } Selectmen
Calvin Goulet } Selectmen
CS

P141. Samuel Gole
Copy
7,394
(Sept. 10/19)
not entitled
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT I John Murray, Jr., Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia do hereby certify that the foregoing copy is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and that the original is now in the custody of the Clerk of the said Court. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this 10th day of September, 1919. John Murray, Jr. Clerk of the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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 first Tuesday, being the sixth . . . day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the thirteenth day of June . . . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this thirteenth day of June . . . 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, Samuel Bole . . . aged sixty four . . . years, resident in Sewiston . . . in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private . . . in the company commanded by Capt. Wadkins . . . in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer . . . in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 20 th day of April . . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7394 . . . 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.
Witness
J. Skane Jr
Samuel Bole his mark
Sworn to and declared, on the thirteenth day of June . . . A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
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 — Forty five acres land in Beariston — one old house and barn — — — Personal estate — one yoke small cattle — two cows — fourteen sheep — two hogs — — — no income — no money due me but I am justly owing three hundred and fifty dollars
Witness
J. Deane Jr
his mark Samuel X Cole
Sworn to Before
Albion H. Parris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Samuel Cole, who, by occupation am a farmer — — — which I am not able to pursue by reason of old age and infirmities
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Anna, my wife — — 50 able to work but very little   Sarah, my Mother — 93 unable to work   Isaac, a son — — 19 do — — — do. by reason of weakness   Martha, an Orphan 12    Witness J. Deane Jr  his mark Samuel X Cole
Sworn to Before
Albion H. Parris U.S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, JUNR. 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 five hundred eighty five dollars and no more . . .  cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirteenth . . day of June . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$585-

Anna b'le wad v. Samuel b'le
50/1.
Samuel Cole
See above Samuel's roll
COLE, SAMUEL (CONT. MASS.) W10676

State of Maine District of Maine S.S. On this trial
On this twenty ninth day of May A.D. 1844, personally appeared before Hon. John Ware Judge of the M.S. for the District of Maine Anna Coll Widow of Samuel Coll a resident of Lewiston in the County of Lincoln and State or District of Maine aged eighty 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 July 7. th 1838. entitled "An Act granting half pay, and pension to certain widows," That she is the widow of Samuel Coll who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and served in Captain Watkins Company in Coln' Brewers Regt. and was in the Mass-achusetts Line and did receive in his life time the benefits of the Act of 18. March 1818. and was placed on the pension Roll agency for the State of Maine in Lincoln County at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum.
She further declares that she was married to said  Said to said Samuel to on the twenty third day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two and that her hus- -band the said Samuel Leole died on the twenty ninth day of March 1844. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service but the marriage took place previous to his leaving the first of January Eighteen hundred and fifty four viz at the time above stated 16 Witness Stephen H. Read. Anna x  her  Leole Mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before
Ashe Ware

United States Maine District } } }
Circuit Court Clerk's Office
I hereby certify that the Honorable Ashur Ware before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is Judge of the United States in and for Maine District and that the signature thereto purporting to be his, is his genuine sig- nature.
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Circuit Court this thirtieth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four.
John Mussey Clerk U.S.
Circuit Court
A large, stylized signature in cursive ink, likely that of the clerk, John Mussey.

I Joseph E Foxcroft of New Gloucester in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine aged Seventy years, do hereby testify that my late Father Rev. Samuel Foxcroft was an ordained Minister of the Gospel in this town & was duly qualified to solemnize Marriages and that in his record of marriages by him solemnized I find the following record in his own handwriting "1782 June 23 joined in marriage Samuel Cole to Nanny Pettengall" which figures in writing would read one thousand seven hundred and eighty two June twenty third New Gloucester April 30. 1844
Joseph E. Foxcroft
State of Maine
Cumberland ss April 30 1844 Personally appeared Joseph E Foxcroft and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him signed
Before me Wm. Stevens Justice of Peace
If the Commission of Pensions requires any evidence of the genuineness of the above record of marriage and of the character of Joseph E. Foxcroft Esq. the will please call on the Hon. A. H. Davis to whom Mr. Foxcroft is personally known

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF PENSIONS WASHINGTON
July 17, 1931
Mrs. H.M. Quincy West Winfield New York
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEL
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.10676, that Samuel Cole was the son of Sarah. She was living in Lewiston, Maine, in 1823, and was then aged ninety-seven years. The name of his father is not given.
He enlisted in January, 1776, at North Yarmouth, Massachusetts (Maine), and served one year as private in Captain Watkins' Company, Colonel Phinney's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in January, 1777, served in Captains Watkins' and Williams' Companies, Colonels Brewer and Sprout's Massachusetts Regiment, was in the battle of Hubbardton, "in the two great battles with Burgoyne", at the battle of Monmouth and storming of Stony Point and was discharged December 3, 1779 by Captain Williams, Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 28, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty-two years and resided in Lewiston, Massachusetts (Maine).
He died March 29, 1844, at Lewiston, Maine.
The soldier married June 23, 1782, at New Gloucester, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (Maine), Anna or Nanny Pettingale or Pettingill.
She was allowed pension on her application executed May 29, 1844, while residing in Lewiston, Maine, and aged eighty years. In 1820, the soldier stated that she was then aged fifty-nine years.

In 1820 son Isaac was aged nineteen years. No other names of children appear. In 1820, Martha, an orphan, was aged twelve years and resided in the soldier's family. The names of her parents are not given.
The above is the history of the only soldier named Samuel Cole who was pensioned while living in Lewiston, Maine, found on the Revolutionary War records of this office, and said history was taken from the original papers on file in the claim and not from a printed volume.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Anna Cole, W.10676, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
Anna Cole, Certificate 12, issued November 21, 1844, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 29, 1844, Act of June 17, 1844, Maine Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
Date of widow's death not on A.B. widow's sister Martha Stevens was 80 yrs old in 1844 & living in Greene, Maine Co. Me.

Fishkills 31. Decem. 1779
This may certify that Samuel Cole a Soldier of my Company returned to me his Arms and Accon- trements when he was discharged from the Army Agreeable to Genl Washingtons Orders
Williams Capt. 12 th Mass tts Reg t
43
COLE, SAMUEL (CONT. MASS.) W 10676

I Martha Starnes of Greene, in the County of Kennebec wife of Jacob Starnes on oath, depose and say that I am Eighty four years of age, and am the Sister to Anna Cole widow of Samuel Cole late of Lewiston deceased, I further depose and say that my Sister Anna intermarried with said Samuel about Sixty two years ago. They were joined in marriage at New Gloucester by the Rev. Samuel Fox- croft, and I was present at the wedding and saw married The maiden name of my Sister Anna & myself was Pettengill. My Sister has continued to live with her hus- =band ever since their marriage till the time of his death Samuel Cole died at Lewiston on the twenty nd day of June 1844. He was a pensioner of the United States and was always reputed to have been a Soldier of the Revolution My Sister Anna is still living and continues the widow of said Samuel
his Martha x Starnes Marks
Witness Wentworth Jennings
Greene May 18. 1844
Kennebec State of Maine On this day County ss. Then personally appeared the above named Martha Starnes known to me as a person of truth & veracity and made oath to the above affidavit by her Subscribed bed Be fore me Elyah Barrell Justice of the Peace

First Baptist Church
West Winfield, N. Y.
HAROLD M. QUINCY, Pastor.
June 21, 1931.
War Department, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:-
I am writing to inquire if there are any records in your department of Samuel Cole , Jr. of either Auburn, Maine, or Lewiston, Maine. He was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War. Also if there are any records concerning his wife, Charlotte Litchfield Cole, who also was a pensioner of the same war. I am trying to find the date of their marriage, also of their death , in order to enter the D. A. R. Please give me the page, and volume if such records are on file.
I am inclosing a stamped envelope for reply.
Very truly yours,
(Mrs. H. M.) Maude E. Quincy

1931-July 17- Dist. to Mrs H. M. Quincy. EEB
Revolution. Massachusetts Joint WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10676
Dana Cole widow of Samuel Cole Pr. Mass. June
Act: June 19 th 44
Index: Vol. 9 , Page 146
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Maine
Samuel Cole - Private. 3 years
1 st Schedule, June 1820
45 acres of Land - old House and a Barn - Restore
1 yoke of small Cattle - two Cows - 14 Sheep - 2 Hogs
Total $ 585 -
He is indebted $ 350 - names not given -
2 nd Schedule 19. March 1823
Real Estate - none - personal - $ 30. 75
The Land mentioned in first schedule was conveyed to Burrell & Carey - Feb 5. 1821
Deed made & acknowledged same day - Recd & Recorded Feb 21. 1821 - Consideration, $ 500 - "The proceeds of said sale have been wholly
applied to the discharge of his just debts
His age 67 - Farmer - Broken shoulder and unable to use one hand
Wife 61 - Broken Arm His mother, age 97 - has a Hip out of joint -
64.41 48 92.41
Restored 2 nd Sep 1823
John Mussey Jr. Portland, Maine

11373
Anna Cole
Maaw of Samuel
Maine
act, July 1838
Rejected. must aid 44
Adms act 17 June 1844
for 2 years 80c private
from 29 March 1844
Joseph Duley
Portland
Mr

Pittsburgh April 16. 1845.
Sir
I herewith forward you the declarations of Anna Cole and Sarah Warry for the benefits of the resolution of Congress of 33 January 1845. which I will thank you to send me the certificate for.
Respectfully Yours
J. T. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Joseph H. Hely

Right side made 29 May 1844 -
Joseph Isley, Portland, Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
HUGH J. ANDERSON, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
To all who shall see these Presents,
GREETING.
Know ye, That Stephen H. Read, of Sebastopol, in the County of Lincoln, was on the fifth day of March, A.D. 1840. appointed, and on the twenty eighth day of April A.D. 1840. qualified as a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid, and that he still continues in said office.
H. J. Anderson
and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand at AUGUSTA, this sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- five and in the sixty- ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By the Governor.
Philip S. Johnson,
Secretary of State.

Portland 30 th Sept 1844
Sir
I forward herewith the declaration and other proof in support of the claim of Anna Cole widow of Samuel Cole. The first declaration to which the proof in this case is appended was made, before the applicant was apprised of the passage of the law of the 30 th of April last. The declaration under the Act of 1838 is the one under which she claims a pension, to be computed from the time of husband's death to wit the 29 th of March 1844.
Under the declaration of the 29 th of May 1844 reference is to be had to the declaration & proof made before Judge Ware.
Very Respectfully
Your O bt . Servt:
Joseph Istey
J. G. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

N o 328
Samuel Cole
Copy
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
March 1829
I, your Honors' Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine do hereby certify that the within copy is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at this time and place.
A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine.
Samuel H. Dole Clerk of the U.S. District Court

Copy"> Copy of Samuel Cales Recd to Burwell & Cary
State of Maine
Lincoln So —
I Nathl Coffin Clerk of all the
Judicial Courts in the said County of Lincoln do hereby certify that Warren Rice Esquire is the Register of Deeds for said County by duly elected & qualified to act in said Office, and that his name set to the within Certificate is his signature —
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of my Office. This Twenty second day of July Anno Domini 1823.
Nathl Coffin

Know all Men by these Presents,---That
I Samuel Cole of Lewiston in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine. Yeoman. In consideration of Two Hundred Dollars paid by Burill & Cary of Greene in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine their Receipts
(the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge) do hereby give, grant, sell and convey unto the said Burill & Cary & their heirs forever. A certain parcel of Land situated in said Lewiston & is bounded as follows Viz Easterly on the Port Road Leading from Green to Portland & Extending a cross said Road to Land improved by William Paul Southerly by a line Road Road Westerly by Lot numbered Three Westerly by said Improvement by Reaves Cole & Southerly by a line Road Road Westerly by Lot numbered Eighty except about an acre needed to Grinstead Cole is the Lot on which I now live containing fifty Acres more or less with all the privileges & appurtenances to the same belonging.
To HAVE and to HOLD the same to the said Burill & Cary their heirs and assigns, to their use and benefit forever. And I do covenant with the said Burill & Cary & their heirs and assigns, That I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises That they are free of all incumbrances That I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Burill & Cary And that I will warrant and defend the same to the said Burill & Cary their heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of any persons.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I the said Samuel Cole
have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifth day of February in the year of our LORD, one thousand eight hundred and twenty and
Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of John Pratt Samuel Cole Jr.
Samuel Cole his mark
Kennebec ss. February 5 th 1821 Then the above named Samuel Cole acknowledged this instrument, by him subscribed, to be his free act and deed, before me,
Joseph Severy JUSTICE OF PEACE. Recd February 21. 1821. Entered & examined by Warren Rice Reg.
True copy of the original as shown to me by Elisha...
Given by Burill & Cary 1821 & 1822 and entered with the Records of Kennebec County Feb 21 st 1821 Warren Rice Reg.
February 22. 1823 Copy from the Records for Deeds for said County Feb 110 Feb 204 Warren Rice Reg.

We the subscribers Elijah Burrell & Arislin Cary of Greene in the County of Kennebec of lawful age do testify and say that on the fifth day of February 1821 Samuel Cole of Lewiston in the County of Lincoln conveyed to us by deed of which the one accompanying this deposition is a copy only which deed he acknowledged to us the form on which he then lived which conveyance was made to us in payment for a demand we then had against said Cole which demand was for articles delivered said Cole & his family for their use & benefit during a number of years. - Elijah Burrell Arislin Cary
Kennebec ss On the twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred & twenty three the above said deposition was exam- ined & sanctioned & sworn agreeable to Law to the deposition of the said by them subscribed taken at the request of said Samuel Cole
testify a ston rent Cole for to ing

We the subscribers Elijah Burrell & Asylum Cary of Greene in the County of Kennebec of lawful age do testify and say that on the fifth day of February 1821 Samuel Cole of Lewiston in the County of Lincoln conveyed to us by deed of which the one accompanying this deposition is a copy by which deed he conveyed to us the Farm on which he then lived which conveyance was made to us in payment for a demand we then had against said Cole which demand was for articles delivered said Cole & his family for their use & benefit during a number of years. - Elijah Burrell Asylum Cary
Kennebec ss On the twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred & twenty three the above said deponents was exam- ined & contirmed & sworn agreeable to Law to the deposition expressed by them subscribed taken at the request of said Samuel Cole
Josiah L. Dewey Justice of Peace

I Isaac Cole of Saco in the county of Lincoln & State of Maine Yeoman of lawful age testify & say that in the spring of 1822 I received a sum of Samuel Cole of said Saco which sum was received in payment of a demand I had against him for work performed by me for said Cole during the fall of 1821 & the spring of the following year
Isaac Cole
Subscribed
On the twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Three the above said deponent was examined & sworn agreeable to said to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the request of Samuel Cole
Elijah Barrell Justice of Peace
Isaac Cole of Saco in the county of Lincoln & State of Maine Yeoman of lawful age testify & say that in the spring of 1822 I received a sum of Samuel Cole of said Saco which sum was received in payment of a demand I had against him for work performed by me for said Cole during the fall of 1821 & the spring of the following year
Isaac Cole

I James Lowell of lawful age testify and say that in June 1821 I received a yoke of oxen of Samuel Cole of Lewiston in the county of Lincoln, in part payment for a demand I held against him the said Cole for articles delivered said Cole and his family for their use and benefit. - James Lowell
State of Maine
Lincoln ss.
On the twenty eighth day of March A.D. 1823. the above named James Lowell made oath to the above affidavit by him signed, Before me. -
Dan Mead Justice of the Peace

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  day of and by adjournment from day to day, on the nineteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS,
Ashur Ware Judge of said Court.
ON this nineteenth day of March 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, Samuel Cole — aged sixty seven years, resident in Lewiston — in said District,
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revo- lutionary War as follows, viz. as a private — in the company commanded by Capt. Watkins in the Regiment commanded by Colonel
in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty eighth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pen- sion, numbered 7394 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. Since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property also stated on the back hereof
Attest J. Pope
Samuel X Cole mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 19 day of March A. D. 1828 }
Ashur Ware
U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.
BEFORE

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: Real estate I have none
The land mentioned in my first schedule in June 1820, is conveyed to Messrs Perrell and Carey of Green in the county of Hennepin by deed dated Feb. 5. 1821 in consideration of debts I was owing them for family supplies for a number of years. They pressed me for payment and I had nothing else with which to satisfy their claim.
The yoke of small cattle I stated in my said schedule is delivered or let go to a Mr. James Bowell of Lewiston in payment of a note of hand and an account for articles for family supplies received out of his store. The pigs and part of the sheep also mentioned in my said schedule have been killed and consumed as provisions in my family.
Personal estate one cow - calf, two pigs and seven sheep and a few ordinary but necessary articles of household stuff - I have no income and am assisted by the charity and kindness of friends.
Attest J. Bope
Samuel his X Cole mark
March 19. 1823 Signed and sworn to before Ashur Ware Judge of U.S. for Dist. of Maine
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Samuel Cole who, by occupation am a farmer which I am not able to pursue by reason of a broken shoulder and am unable to use one hand
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Anna my wife 61 feeble, has a broken arm   My mother Sarah — 95 has a hip out of joint   Attest Jos. Bope Samuel his X Cole mark    Signed and sworn to before Ashur Ware Judge of U.S. for the Dist. of Maine

On examination of Suther  itch field under oath, he is well acquainted with the circumstances of the above named S. Cole and that said Cole owns the following property
One cow worth $12— One heifer 1 year old 5— Seven Sheep 8.75 Two pigs 10 months old 3— furniture exclusive of necessary bedding and wearing apparel 10— and no other property 38.75
Asbur Ware
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. 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 thirty eight dollars and seventy five cents. and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this nineteenth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty. three
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Lewiston Me. County of Lincoln, - To the War Department.
We the subscribers Selectmen of the town of Lewiston, do hereby certify that Mr. Samuel Gale of this town, is in indigent circumstances, that he does not own any real estate, and his personal property is worth but very little, that he must soon be supported by the town, if he should not receive aid from government for his Revolutionary services of which we think he is deserving. - -
Oliver Herrick } Selectmen Nathan Reynolds } of Lewiston
Mr. Pope please to deliver R.C. Vose, my Pension Certificate & such other papers as you may have of mine in your possession I oblige you, May 3. 1821. Wm. Sturtevant Samuel + Gale attests
made declaration before Ind. Parvis & afterwards made additional proof of my needfulness before G.W. Pope -

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 rd of January 1845.
Whereas the Act of the 30 th April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner. I now make the following statement under oath to obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned. I am the Widow of Samuel Cole who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution. I have drawn a pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, from the 29 th day of March 1844, and now ask for the amount due me by virtue of the Acts of July 7, 1838, and 3 March 1843, from the 4 th March 1836 to the 29 th of March 1844, the day my former pension commenced.
I hereby constitute and appoint Joseph Ishley of Paterson Marine my Attorney in the premises and wish you to recognize him as such her
Anna K Cole mark
Sworn and Subscribed by the above named Anna Cole on this twenty ninth day of March 1845.
Stephen H. Read Justice of the Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
Stephen H. Read Justice of the Peace

571 Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Sept 26 1841.
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 Samuel Cole of Waltham, is borne upon the Continental Army books in the regiment commanded by Col Sprout and afterwar by Col Brewer, as a private from January 1. 1777 to Dec 31. 1779.

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.
John G. Palfrey; Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Ex- State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that,
William Stevens is a magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission bears date March 7. 1839 and will expire March 7. 1846
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, this thirtieth day of May Anno Domini 1846
Charles Cobb CLERK.

11573 Anna Cole Maw of Samuel Mason act 7 May 1838
Rejected husb. and 1844
Joseph Duley Pittston Me

STATE OF MAINE.
HUGH J. ANDERSON, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE.
To all who shall see these Presents,
GREETING.
Know ye, That Elijah Burrell of Greene , in the County of Kennebec Esquire, was, on the second day of February A. D. 1843 appointed and Commissioned, and on the thirteenth day of February A. D. 1843 qualified as a Justice of the Peace and Jurorum , within and for our said County of Kennebec that he still continues to hold said office:
H. J. Anderson
and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
For which the Seal of the State of Maine was hereunto affixed this 2nd day of July 1843 at Augusta
In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand at AUGUSTA, this second day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight and hundred and forty- four in the sixty-eighth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By the Governor.
Philip L. Johnson Secretary of State.

The apparent erasure of the word March was made by folding the paper upon the ink dried on the line of Erasure on the word Camberland.

No.
Mua. Cole
Maw of Samuel
Maple
act 3 March 1843
Rejected last and March 1844

State of Maine.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
Charles Cobb
Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, certify that,
Joseph Hsley is a magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission bears date February 9. 1843 and will expire February 9. 1850
and that the following his , is — 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, this thirtieth day of May Anno Domini 1844
Charles Cobb CLERK.

STATE OF MAINE.
Cumberland County.
ON this twenty ninth day of May 1844 Personally appeared before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in & for the county of Cumberland Anna Cole
a resident of Limerick in the County of Cumberland aged eighty 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 Samuel
Cole who was a Private in the Revolution in the Company of Capt. Mackin in Col. Drown's Regt. and a pension under the act 18th March 1818. and died on the twenty ninth day of March 1844. She also declares that she has not rec d a pension under the act 7th July 1838 but that she has made application for the benefits of said law
she further declares that she is still a widow Witness my hand & seal
Anna Cole (Mark)
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written.
Before me and I do hereby certify that the applicant is personally known to me to be the Identical person she declares herself to be
Joseph Tuley 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.