Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,650, Charles Cole, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
bole Charles Esther
NUMBER
W.15.650
CONTENTS
2

10'222.
Massachusetts
Charles Cole
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the reg t commanded by Col Jacobs in the Mass line for 7 May 5 Days
Mila & Sta
75 Plymouth
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 23 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of March 1833 and sent to Saml Plymouth Mass
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 1833 $47.76 Semi-ant. allowance ending 21 Sept. 11.94 $59.70
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S H B Blair Clerk, Book 60. Vol. 2 nd Page 10.

1352
Massachusetts
Esther Cole
widow of Charles Cole
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Mass
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 88
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of August 1848. and sent to
Ebenezer T. Hogg South Scituate Mass
Reported
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 26 Vol 2.

Charles Coles Declaration
13.305

Plymouth County ss.
State of Massachusetts.
On this twenty second day of August A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the Hon. Wilkes Wood Judge of Probate for the County of Plymouth, now sitting at Hanover in said County, Charles Cole a resident of the Town of Scituate in County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy three 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 act of Congress passed June 7-1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In February A.D. 1778 I enlisted in Capt. Francis Cushing's Company and marched through Hingham to Nantasket. I served there as a private soldier five weeks, the officers not recollected, there was no other Company stationed there at that time, have no knowledge whose Regiment we were attached to, was discharged by Capt. Cushing and returned home to Scituate.
In 1778 I again enlisted for two months and passed through Hingham on to Castle William, duty standing guard, & laboring of the fort. I was young, and among all strangers, and have no distinct recollection of the officer's names, but think the Capt. name was Tufts, and the chief engineer Burbeck, having served the term for which I engaged was discharged, and returned to Scituate.
Again in July I think, A.D. 1780 I enlisted in a Company commanded by Capt. Amos Turner Lt. Benjamin Dutton, Ensign Nathl. Brooks to go to Gloverick in New York but received counter orders, and marched through Bridgewater, Taunton & to Rhode Island, Camped at Middletown in the Quaker Meetinghouse, I served four months in Col. John Gards Regiment, who soon took the command of the Brigade, & Lt. Col. John Clapp the command of the Regiment.
There is no documentary evidence to my knowledge of my service except what is herein enclosed, and the following persons whose certificates are hereto annexed are the only ones living to my knowledge who can testify to the service above described, viz Elisha Briggs, Simon Paine & Francis Southwick.
I was born in Scituate Sept. 1 st A.D. 1759 The Town Clerk's Certificate is hereto annexed as proof, I have always resided in Scituate except when absent for short periods upon business, I never received a written discharge, was a volunteer, and never a substitute for any one.

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Attest Jacob H. Lord Register Charles Cole
We Samuel Deane a clergyman residing in the Town of Scituate and Ebenezer Fogg residing in Scituate also hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Charles Cole who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three years of age; that he is respected and beloved, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Attest Jacob H. Lord Register Samuel Deane Ebenezer Fogg
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states, and the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Samuel Deane who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Scituate, and that Ebenezer F. Fogg who has signed the same, is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that this statement is entitled to credit. By the Court Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
I Jacob H. Lord Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that the foregoing contain the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Charles for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty second day of August A.D. 1832. Jacob H. Lord

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Esther Cole
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County } Sfs.
A declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the seventh of July 1838. entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows.
On this seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared Esther Cole before the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth, a resident of Scituate in said County aged seventy eight 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 provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838. entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows. That she is the Widow of Charles Cole late of said Scituate, deceased, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and a pensioner under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. and for a particular statement of the amount of his service and for the proof thereof, reference to be had to his statement and the evidence of the same now on file in the Department at Washington. She further declares that she was married to the said Charles Cole on the thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty six that her husband the aforesaid Charles Cole died on the twenty second day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty — that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January 1794. Viz. at the time above stated.
Esther Cole
Sir
Sworn to and subscribed on this seventh day of June A. D. 1843. before me —
Wilkes Wood J. Probz
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Wilkes Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this tenth day of July 1843.
Jacob H. Lord

I Thomas Vinal, town clerk of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, depose and say that the following is a true extract from the records of said town of Scituate, viz.
"Charles Cole married to Esther Clapp, the thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty six, by the Rev. David Barnes."
And I do certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows. July 30 th 1786.
Attest Thomas Vinal Town Clerk
I Thomas Vinal above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Scituate in the State of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named as certified by me
Thomas Vinal Clerk of the Town of Scituate
State of Massachusetts
Plymouth County } ss. May 27. 1843. Subscribed and sworn to by the said Thomas Vinal, (whom I certify to be a credible person)
Before me Ebenezer T. Fogg - Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Ebenezer T. Fogg Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the within is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate this first day of July 1843
Jacob H. Lord
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss.
I John B. Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Ebenezer T. Fogg Esquire before whom the within deposition was sworn, was on the day of the trial of the same a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth, duly commissioned & qualified under the authority of said Common- wealth to administer oaths & take depositions - And that his signature to the final of the same deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this twenty fifth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
John B. Thomas Clerk

This may certify, that it doth appear on the publick Records of the Town of Scituate (Book 4. folio 153.) that "Charles Cole, Son of James Cole and Sarah his wife, was born September 1 st A. D. 1759."--
Ebenezer Bailey, Town Clerk Scituate, (Mass.) Aug. 17 th 1832 - of Scituate

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BRIEF in the case of  Charles Cole 60. of Plymouth  in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73.  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.     Feb. In 1798 entered 1 5 Private Capt Cushing others not recollected   1798 " " 2 " Capt Tufts   July 1798 " " 4 " Capt Turner Col Daws   7 5  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sutton Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional and three living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

O. W. and N. Division.
3-525.
J.R.W. 15,650 - wid. Rev. War.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
January 22 1901
Sir.
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Charles Gale , 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.     Feby. 1778 1 1/4 mos Pvt Francis Cushing Not stated Mass.   - 1778 2 " " --- Inf'ts " " "   July- 1780 4 " " Amos Turner John Jacobs "  
Not sent not the man wanted
Battles engaged in, None mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Scituate Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 2, 1837.
Residence at date of application, Scituate Mass.
Age at date of application, Born Sept 1, 1759 at Scituate Mass.
Remarks: His claim was allowed. He married Esther Napp Aug 30, 1786 and died July 22, 1840 and she was pensioned as his widow
Wm Chester S. Long H.R.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

I Eleazar Peake of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, aged eighty seven years, on oath testify and say that I have always known Esther Cole of said Scituate the widow of Charles Cole late of said Scituate deceased, and know that she is the same person whose maiden name was Esther Clapp and who married the said Charles Cole, the thirtieth day of July in the year seventeen hundred & eighty six and further saith not. Eleazar Peake
State of Massachusetts } County of Plymouth } ss
September 20. 1843. Then the said Eleazar Peake made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me. Ebenezer T. Fogg Justiciam
And I further certify that the said Eleazar Peake is a credible person. Ebenezer T. Fogg. Justiciam

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss
I Josiah B. Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the said County of Plymouth, do hereby certify that Ebenezer D. Hagg Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit was sworn, was on the day of the Jurat of the same, & now is, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth, duly commissioned & qualified under the authority of said Commonwealth to administer oaths & take depositions - And that his signature to the Jurat of the above affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Courts this twenty sixth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty three.
M c Intosh Clerk

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Charles Cole which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? /// XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? /// If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? /// Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? /// XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? /// XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? /// XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? ///
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

9,216 July 13. 1848
Letter bold
July 1, 1858
Mrs
James J. Estabrooks Commissaire of Police Washington D.C.
FREE

Probate Office Plymouth Mass.
July 10. 1843
Sir
Some days since I certified & forwarded to you an Affidavit after Marriage of Charles Cole & his Wife. It escaped my recollection that the declaration of Mrs. Cole had not been forwar- ed. Judge Wood had it among his papers. I now enclose it & hope that the Certificate of Marriage & the enclosed declaration may get together. If it so happens that the Certificate of marriage should not be found please advise me & it shall be supplied
Yours &c
J. H. Lord
J. L. Edwards Esq Comr of Pensions Washington
Please forward to me her pension certificate when issued.

July 6
Mass.
James L. Sedgwick Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
FREE

Probate Office Plymouth Mass July 1, 1843
Sir
I forward the enclosed at the request of Ebenezer T. Fogg Esq of South Scituate in this County, to your address
Yours &c
J. H. Lord Reg
J. L. Edwards Esq Corn of Pensins Washington D. C.

Probate Office,
Plymouth Sept 25. 1843
Sir
The enclosed papers in relation to the claim of Esther Cole for a Pension meet the objections of yours of the 11 th instant
Respectfully Yours J. H. Lord
J. L. Edwards Esq Washington D.C.

V N o 9216
Esther Cole
Mass s
Suspended
Set to S th S nd Sep. 11. 1843 ✓
Act July 7 th 38

4077
June 21 1844
Mass
Mar 3 rd 1843
South Scituate Mass June 19
Esther Cole
$23:88 per an
Ebenezer L. Fogg South Scituate, Mass.
Edwards Esq r Miner of Persons Washington D.C.
Free

Jamess L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
I herewith send you the application of Esther Cole for the pension under the law of March 1843, which I believe to be in due form, and will thank you to attend to it as soon as your engagements will permit,
I have not yet heard from the application of Bethiah Hatch. I suppose she is cut off by the appropriation bill of the present Congress. She will however be intitled to the year's pension under the law of 1843. Please inform me in relation to this,
Very Respectfully
Your obdt Servt
Eleazer T. Dagg
South Street No 106 - 108. 1844.
106 South Street No 108 1844

Clerks Office Plymouth
Aug 3 1848
Dear Sir
The within are transmitted by request of Venerable T. Fogg Esq of South Scituate Mass to whom a certificate or other communication may be addressed
Respectfully
J. M. Sleeper
Clerk

Maps
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15650
Esther Cole
Widow of Charles Cole
Pri Rev War
Act: Feb 2 d 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 148
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Reported
8214
Massachusetts
Esther Cole
widow of Charles Cole
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 22nd July 1840 of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Jacob in the Mass. line for 7 mos & 5 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 23 Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of March, 1844 and sent to Hon. Mr. William Wood of Rep.
Total amount, $ 119.40
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Thos Cummins , Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 . Page 55 .

Rep?
Massachusetts 5756
Esther Cole
widow of Charles Cole
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23. Dollars 88 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24. day of June 1844 and sent to Ebenezer J. Fogg South Scituate, Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A.
Vol. 1, Page 265.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug. t 7 th 1832.
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 Charles Bok is borne on a Roll of "Capt Amos Turner's Company in Col. o John Jacob's 6 th Regiment", raised in 1780 to recruit the Continental Army; & is therein stated to have served for three months & eight days from July 26. 1780.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

I Lemuel Cole of Plympton in the county of Plymouth, aged seventy one years in date depose and say that I was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution in the Company commanded by Capt Partridge in Colonel Jones Regiment and that I served three months in said Company at Roxbury & Dorchester near Boston, that I knew Elisha Waterman of Halifax in said County who is now living & an applicant for Pension, that he was with me in said Company, served the said term of three months at said places, which was in the year 1777.
Lemuel Cole
Plymouth Y. August 20. 1832.
Sworn to and subscribed in open Probate Court the day & year aforesaid
Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

Elisha Briggs Deputation for Charles Cole

I Elisha Briggs of Falmouth in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy one years on oath do testify and say that Charles Cole of Falmouth in said County of Plymouth served with me one campaign of four months as a private in the State Militia, in the war of the American Revolution, at Rhode Island in the seventeen hundred and eighty in the company commanded by Moses Turner In Col. John Jacobs Regiment.
E. Elisha Briggs
Plymouth 8 th August 8-1832 Then the above named Elisha Briggs made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true, and that the said Elisha Briggs has been personally known to me for several years, and that he is a credible person, before me Samuel A. Turner Just. Peace. And I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Elisha Briggs for thirty years, and that he is a credible person. Attest Samuel A. Turner Just of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Samuel A. Turner Esq is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that his name subscribed above & to the annexed papers are true & genuine signatures. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this second day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord

Elijah Clapp Dymotion for Charles Leole.
1822

I Elijah Clapp of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy five years, do testify and say that Charles Cook of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts served with me one campaign of forty days, at Nantasket, in the war of the American Revolution, in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven, in a company commanded by Capt. Francis Lushing and I think in Col. Southrop's Regiment. —
Elijah Clapp
Plymouth of August 24-1852 Then the above named Elijah Clapp made oath that the above declaration by him submitted is true before me. — Samuel H. Turner Just. of the Peace And I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Elijah Clapp for many years, and that he is a credible person. — A West Sam. H. Turner Just. of the Peace

Simon Stearns Syren's for Charles Lott

I Simeon Dineen of Scituate in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy nine years do - testify and say, that in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight - I well recollect that Charles Dole of Scituate in said county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, served one short campaign on Castle William as a soldier in the war of the American Revolution, but with whom he served, and the precise time I know not, this I do know from the circumstance of having always lived a near neighbor to him, and further saith not, as Simeon Dineen
Plymouth ss August 10 - 1832 Then the above named Simeon Dineen made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true, and I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Simeon Dineen for many years, and that he is a credible person. as
Attest Samuel H. Turner Just of the Peace

aa 8756
Admitted
Oliver T. Hogg Smith Institute Mass

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Plymouth COUNTY, }
On this first day of August 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Esther Cole a resident of Scituate in the county of Plymouth aged eighty four 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 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Charles Cole who was a resident of Scituate aforesaid and who was a Private in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of Twenty three dollars and eighty eight cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Esther Cole
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } Before me, and year above written, }
In presence of Alfred Littlefield  Ebenezer T. Fogg Justice of the Peace. Ebenezer T. Fogg
I certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Ebenezer T. Fogg Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Plymouth COUNTY, }
John B. Thomas Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court Roberts Ebenezer T. Fogg
Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Ebenezer T. Fogg is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified ; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this third day of August 1848.
John B. Thomas CLERK.

1077

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of an Act of Congress of the 3 d March 1843. granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7. 1838.
State of Massachusetts
Plymouth County } So. On this thirtieth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four. personally appeared before me Ebenezer T. Fogg, a justice of the peace in and for the said County of Plymouth, Esther Cole, a resident of Scituate in said County of Plymouth, 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 3 d March 1843. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Charles Cole, who was a soldier in the army of the Revolution, and who afterwards received a pension from the United States, and for the particulars of his service and the amount of pension, reference to be had to his original application now on file in the Pension Department at Washington. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Esther Cole
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Before me Ebenezer T. Fogg Just Peace
And I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Esther Cole and that she is a credible person
Ebenezer T. Fogg Just Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston June 17. 1844
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Ebenezer S. Fogg was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; 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 hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Palfrey;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.