Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22828, Abijah Cole, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Cole, Abijah
VP 22828
Nancy
B.L. 8161-160-55
CONTENTS

Maine. 18. 281.
Abijah Cole, dec d .
Rep d ?
of Hancock in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain White of the reg t commanded by Col. Brooks in the Me. Vols. Ma. for 6 mo. 12 days.
Increased from $20. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland — at the rate of 21 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, and 17 th June 1845, when he died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Nov. 1840 and sent to Ft. Bragg for, Portland, Maine.
Arrears to the 4th of  Pensional allowance ending 
Payable to his Widow, Nancy Cole.
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. L. Mood Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1. Page 9.

1477 Name
Nancy Cole widow of Abijah Cole who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 21 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25, day of August 1848. and sent to
J. H. H. H. Portland Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page
6, Vol. 1,

504 Washington St Upper 19th Money brok. and g. St. Joseph's back p.
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Revolutionary War
Both Revolutionary Rev. C. Feb 48-1477
Oct 16 Burton Oct 11 1855 Rhythm
Rev. Br. Joe Moore Goldborough Me
Vol. 60-69

Abijah Cole
18.9.72

Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th of June 1832 -
State of Maine
Hancock ss. On this thirty first day of October, A.D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. Job Nelson Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Hancock aforesaid. Abijah Gole a resident of Gouldborough in the County of Hancock aforesaid aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 -
That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1780 at Harvard in the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts, where he then resided on twenty second day of July, that he was enlisted for the purpose of filling up the Continental Regiments That he passed muster at Leicester in Massachu- setts & joined the Army at West Point in the State of New York immediately after his  my enlist- ment. That he was attached to the Seventh Massachusetts Regiment of the line - Col. John Brooks - does not recollect that there was any Lieut. Col. belonging to the Regiment -

Major Billy Porter - in the company of Captain White - Lieut. Parker - - Design not recollect- ed - That soon after he joined the Army - he march with the army down the North River & cross the same at Kings Ferry Thence into New Jersey, was at Tappan where Major Andrè was executed - returned to West Point in December the same year where he remained till he was discharged on the Twenty second day of January 1781 having served six months -
That he received at West Point a written Discharge which is hereto annexed -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - He claims that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any State
Abijah Cole
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Before me J Nelson Judge of the Court of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states
J Nelson Judge of the Court of Probate
I Eliz Williams Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Hancock aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abijah Cole for a pension - & that Job Nelson is Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Hancock aforesaid

+ That the signatures hereto annexed purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal at Office this thirty first day of October A.D. 1832.
W. Williams Register of the Court of Probate
1832 Oct 31

State of Maine.
County of Penobscot ss. On this Thirtieth day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty six personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County who being first sworn, doth upon oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 her claim being an increase of pension due to her husband Abijah Cole deceased,
And this declarant states that her late husband Abijah Cole was a pensioner of the U. S. under the Act of 7 June 1832. and that he drew a pension under said Act during his life time at the rate of twenty dollars per annum, and that he died on the 17 June 1845. She further states that she made application for a pension since the death of her husband and upon application for the proof of said husband service to the Secretary of State Massachusetts it appeared that her husband was in the Service six months and 12 days and that she was allowed a pension under the Act of 17 June 1844. at the rate of $21.33 per annum. She therefore claims the same rate as due to her husband from the 14th March 1831. to the 17th June 1845. deducting therefrom all former payments made to her husband. And for all the necessary proof in this case she refers the Commission of Pensions to the declaration made by her before the Hon. Parker Fick Judge of Probate on the 15th July 1846 and to the other papers contained in said declaration
Witnesses Joel Moore
Nancy Cole
Lois R Moore Subscribed and sworn to by Nancy Cole above named the day & year first above written and I certify that the above said Nancy Cole is the widow of Abijah Cole late a pensioner of the U.S.
Before me Joel Moore Justice of the Peace

Hancock ss. State of Maine
On this fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty six personally appeared Nancy Cole a resident of Goldsboro, in said County aged seventy seven years and upwards before the Hon Parker Tuck Judge of Probate, who upon her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 17th 1844.
And this declarant states that she is the widow of Abijah Cole late of Goldsboro who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States under the act of 1832. And this applicant states that her husband was a resident of Harvard in the County of Worcester in the State of Mass: in the time of the war of the Revolution and she believes that he served as is set forth in the annexed Certificate of the Secretary from July 19th 1780 to the 22 d of January 1781 and that for said term of service she is entitled to a pension for 6 months and three days service, which she claims in this her declaration under the act aforesaid. She further states that her said

husband received the annual stipend of $20 per annum
She further declares that she was married to the said Abijah Cole on the second day of November A.D. 1789 that her husband the aforesaid Abijah Cole died on the 17th day of June A.D. 1845 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by testimony hereto annexed.
Nancy Cole
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written.
Before me Parker Tuck Judge of Probate

State of Maine
Hancock S.S.
At a special Probate Court, Ellsworth Maine I hereby certify that it has been satisfactorily proved in open court it being a Court of Record that Abijah Cole late of Goldsboro was a pen- sioner of the United States that said Cole died on the 17th June 1845 and that Nancy Cole is his widow and has not been married since the death of her husband afore- said.
In testimony whereof, and in tes- -timony that the Hon Parker Dick is judge of Probate within said County duly Commissioned and qualified according to the laws of the State & that the fore- ing signature purporting to be his is genuine I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this fifteenth day of July AD, 1846
John C. Richards } Register of } Probate

Claim Nancy Cole To Bounty Land Act of March 3 d 1855
No. 65803
Application for Land Warrant
her husband Served in the year 1779 in the Revolutionary War under Lieut Colonel John Brooks,
Joel Moore, Atty, Gouldsborough Maine

A copy of the widow's certificate War Department
Widows Pension
I certify that in conformity with the Act of February 2 nd 1842 Nancy Cole widow of Abijah Cole who was a private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty one dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 14 th March 1842 and continuing for life unless she shall 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 25 th day of August one thousand eight hundred
and forty eight Y rs S ecy Marcy
Secretary of War
Seal of the War Depart- ment
No. 1477 on the back
Examined and countersigned
J. S. Edwards, commissioner of pensions
By F. S. Evans

STATE OF MAINE. County of Hancock } ss.
On this fifth day of April A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Nancy Cole aged Eighty-Six years, a resident of Gouldsborough in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Abijah Cole deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by
Capt. and the Regiment of Infantry was under the command of Lieutenant John Brooks who was afterwards Governor of Massachusetts
that her husband enlisted in Massachusetts Militia at Harvard, Worcester (Co.) on or about See pay Roll, A. D. 1779 for the term of Six Months and continued in actual service in said War for the term of five months & 15 days and was honorably discharged on or about the doat Know , day of See Discharge, A. D. 1779 as will appear by By his discharge and other papers on file in the pension office in Washington, and that he drew a small pension from Government from 1831 to the time of his death & since that time she has drawn a small pension of 21.83 3/4 dollars per annum
She further states that she was married to the said Abijah Cole in Cherryfield on the Second day of November A. D. 1789 by one Esquire Campbell and that her name before her said marriage was Nancy Williams that her said husband died at Gouldsborough on the Seventeenth day of June A. D. 1845 and that she is still a widow and resides at Gouldsborough, Me.
She further declares that neither she, nor her said husband were ever entitled to, or have they received, Bounty Land under any other act of Congress. Whatever
She makes this declaration, for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled, under the Act of Congress passed March Third 1855, one Thousand Eight Hundred & fifty five granting 160, Acres Bounty Lands to certain officers and soldiers, and their heirs or widows, who have been engaged in the Military service of the United States.
witness Nancy E. Moore
Nancy Cole
Subscribed and sworn to, before me, the day and year first above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Nancy Cole to be the widow of the soldier above named, and that she appears to be of the age above written, and that I have no interest whatever, of any kind or description in the Warrant that may be issued upon the foregoing application.
Joel Moose
Justice of the Peace.

We Edwin A. Cole & N. Moore of Gouldborough Me in the STATE OF MAINE, on oath depose and say that we were personally acquainted with Abijah Cole the deceased, who was the husband of of the widow Nancy Cole who subscribed the foregoing declaration, in our presence, and that he died at Gouldborough in the State of Maine on the 17th day of June A. D. 1845
Edwin A. Cole Nancy Moore
STATE OF MAINE, County of Hancock ss.
A. D. 1855
Personally appeared the above named E. A. Cole & Nancy Moore and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them signed in my presence.
Before me,
Joel Moore Justice of the Peace.
We E. A. Cole & Nancy Moore of Gouldborough, Me , in the STATE OF MAINE, on oath depose and say, that we are personally acquainted with the widow Nancy Cole who subscribed the foregoing declaration in our presence and have known her twentyfive years, or more and that we personally knew the parties in the life of the husband, and knew them to live together as husband and wife, and to be so reputed, and that she still remains the widow of said deceased Abijah Cole who served as set forth.
Edwin A. Cole Nancy Moore
STATE OF MAINE, County of Hancock ss.
A. D. 1855
Personally appeared the above named E. A. Cole & Nancy Moore and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by them signed, in my presence.
Before me,
Joel Moore Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, County of Hancock ss.
I, Parker W. Perry I, NATHAN WESTON, JR. , Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, hereby certify, that Joel Moore Esquire, is an acting JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for said County, as appears by the foregoing certificates, that he is duly qualified to act as such; and that the signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for said State, this Seventh day of April the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five,
P. W. Perry Clerk.

327
H. Bradford Portland Maine

I William M. Soule Town Clerk of Gouldsborough on Oath testify and say that I have in my custody the Books of Record belonging to said town. In one of those Books purporting to contain a record of Marriages solemnised in said Town I find the following, to wit
Marriages
Abijah Cole to Anne Williams, Seventeen hundred and Eighty Nine
I further State on Oath that the above is a true extract from the record with the exception of the date which is in fair legible figures thus 1889.
Attest William M. Soule Town Clerk
Sworn before me Joel Moore Jus of the peace of Gouldsborough State of Maine
Glocester, ss. July eighteenth A.D. 1845 Then personally appeared William M. Soule known to me to be Town Clerk of Gouldsborough. And made Oath that the above affidavit by him signed is true
Before me Joel Moore, Jus of the peace

18972
Abijah bole Maine
15 May 33 Obj: 16 P: 397
6 más 18,972 20.
Applicant of Gouldborough Maine E.

BRIEF in the case of  Nijah Cole 60. of HANCOCK  in the State of Maine (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before the Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 1780 enlisted 6 ✓ private Capt White Col Brooks  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Harvard Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached agreeably to the regulations 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

The bearer hereof Abijah Cole a soldier in the Massachusetts Regt having faithfully served six months the time for which he engaged is hereby discharged the same
The following commissions on the road are united here with provision sufficient to carry him to Harvard in a State Billy Porter Mayr Com. D
Given under my hand at Westpoint the 22 d day of Jan. 7 1801

The within Abijah Cole is Virtually the twentyfourth In Part no longer
Issued Three Nations Wm Wm Wm 40 Three Days White oak D.
Issued One Nation
Waverly 1 July 1781
Wm Davis H.S.
1782
Abijah Cole. Wt. 22 8 28. Mass,

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ad
257-40
admitted
J. W. W. Portland Me

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
CLERK'S OFFICE, JUDICIAL COURTS, )
Portland,
July 17 th
A. D. 1848.
I, Charles C. Harmon CLERK of all the JUDICIAL COURTS in and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Amos G. Grafton is an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Hancock as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is Duly qualified to act as such; that the Commission of the said Grafton is dated February 6 th is dated A. D. 1845, and will expire February 6 th A. D. 1852,
and that the his are 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 County of Hancock ss.
On this twelfth day of July 1848. personally appeared before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Nancy Cole, a resident of Gouldsborough in the County of Hancock 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 provisions made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February 1848. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. that she is the widow of Abijah Cole who was a private in Col. Brooks Regiment and enlisted in the town of Harvard in the Continental Army.
She further declares that she is still a widow and has received a pension under the act of Congress passed 17 June 1844 at the rate of twenty one 33\frac{1}{3} dollars per annum.
Witness Eleanor G Small Nancy Cole
Sworn and subscribed to on the day and year above written Before me N. G. Gupett Justice of the Peace

State of Maine County of Hancock ss.
On this twelfth day of July 1848. personally appeared before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Nancy Cole, a resident of Gouldsborough in the County of Hancock 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February 1848. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Abijah Cole who was a private in Col. Brooks Regiment and enlisted in the town of Narrag in the Continental Army.
She further declares that she is still a widow and has received a pension under the act of Congress passed 17 June 1844 at the rate of twenty one 33\frac{1}{3} dollars per annum.
Witness Eleanor G Small Nancy Cole
Sworn and subscribed to on the day and year above written Before me H G Gupett Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me and that she is the individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration
H G Gupett Justice of the Peace

Abijah Cole -
Declaration for Pension -
No. 18.9.72

Castine Me. July 5 th 1833 -
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Will you forward to me the Certificate of Pension in the case enclosed, when allowed & much obliged -
Respectfully Your Off. St.
(K. Williams)

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 2 d , 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Abijah Cole, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 4 th March 1840.
Respectfully yours,
Wilson B. Larrig Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

327
Nancy Cole Maine
m. 1789 d. 17 June 1845
Admthd.
1780 6 mo. 12 ds
$ 21. 33
17 June 1844 " "
Freeman Bradford Portland Maine

Portland August 29th 1846
Sir
I forward to you the declaration of Nancy Cole widow of Abijah Cole for the benefit of the acts of Jan 17th 1844. As each of the papers in this case are complete of themselves I have not connected them with the seal of the Court.
I am Very Respectfully, Your ob t Servt. F. Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Tallahassee Augt. 2, 1838
Sir, I herewith Enclose you the application of Abigail Potter and Mary Gore for the benefits of the Act of July 2, 1848. which if correct please forward me the Certificate
Respectfully Yours Joseph Tully
J. S. Ramas Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Payment to be made at Portland by W. Woodbury Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of
Maine —
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Vol- ume 1. Page by D. H. Wood Clerk.
Duplicate.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claims.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7 th June 1832, the pension of Abijah Cole, deceased, Widow of late of Maine, who was a private and pensioned at the rate of $20. per annum, is now increased to $21. \frac{33}{100} per annum, commencing 4 th March 1831, and ending 17 th June 1845, when he died. The difference between the former and present pension is payable to his Widow, Nancy Cole, on demand.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 12 th day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty- Six.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. } S
Commissioner of Pensions.
Duplicate.

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sep 1839 to 4 March 1840. Agt notified 5 Jan 1840
18. 287
Maine
Abijah Cole
of Haverock in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain White of the Regt. commanded by Col. Brooks. in the Mass. militia line for 6 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of August 1833 and further applicant. Abijah Castine
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. $ 40.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept. - 10.00
$ 50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 8

Rey
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22,828
Nancy Cole Wid of Abijah Cole Priv Rec. Var
Act Feb 2 d 1848,
Index: Vol A , Page 451
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rep. —
Celf. Act 1832, inc. dated Nov. 12. '46. & sent to F. Bradford, Portland, Me.
Maine. 257.
Nancy Cole, — widow of Abijah Cole who was a Private — in the Revolution.
Husband died June 17. 1845.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 21 — Dollars 33 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 17 th June 1845. —
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Sept. 1846. and sent to
Freeman Bradford Portland, Maine.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 2. Page 2.
J. H. Wood, Clerk.

Mr. A. A. 2 nd Feb: 48, Me; Buxton.

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No. 65803
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 13, 1875.
Abijah Cole Rev. War
Warrant 8161-160-55.
Joel Moore Goldsborough Me

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
March 9, 1846.
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 Abijah Cole is found upon an Abstract of the pay due to the men who enlisted in the town of Harvard to serve in the Continental Army, as a private, from July 19 1780 to January 22, 1781, including allowance of 180 miles travel, 6 months and 13 days. Not upon Rolls of Col Brooks.
See Book 2 d p 51
A.C
Since Jan 17 1845- Since Jan 17 th 1845.
[Large decorative flourish or signature]

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. Parsons, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Secretary of State Massachusetts.
The undersigned Nancy Cole a resident of Goulds- borough in the County of Han- cock in the State of Maine aged
Seventy Seven years request the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mass. to furnish from the rolls and other Documents relating to Revolutionary service in the War of the Revolution, the evidence of the service of her late husband Abijah Cole. And this applicant states that her husband was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and has drawn a pension during his natural life of $20. per annum under the Act of June 1832. and at the time he entered the service was a resident of Harvard County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts; I think he entered the service under the command of Col Brooks who afterwards was Gov. or Lieut. Governor of said State; and was engaged in the service at West Point at the time of General Arnolds Treason and at the close of the war rec'd a discharge which has been filed in with other papers to the pension Department
Witness - Susan H. Dunbar Joel Moore
Nancy Cole
Hancock f.f. December 25 th 1845 Signed Before me
Joel Moore
Justice of the Peace }

State of Maine.
HANCOCK, ss....CLERK'S OFFICE, ELLSWORTH.
I George W. Brown _____ Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the County of Hancock, hereby certify, that _____ Joel Moore _____ whose name appears subscribed to the foregoing certificate, is now and was at the time of subscribing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Hancock, duly commissioned and qualified, and that as such, full faith and credit are due his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty seventh day of July _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty Six ,
Geo. W. Brown } Clerk of said Court for Hancock County.

Increase Elijah Cole ad Mr act 7 June 1832
Amount 6 mo 12 days $21.33 per ann
6 A Bradford Rutland Maine
From 4 March 1831 to 17 June 1845: the sum of his death payable to his widow Nancy Cole ac- counting what has been paid at the rate of $20 00 per ann
Freeman Bradford Rutland Me.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss....
I — Charles Cobb — Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that
Joel Moore Esq 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 5, A. D. 1840 and will expire March 5, 1847 —————
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 twenty ninth day of October Anno Domini 1846
Charles Cobb CLERK.