Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1,735, James Dickey, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Dickey, James Lydia
N. 1735
B.L.W.L. 56504-160-58
CONTENTS

268. 068
Ret Mar. 3. '55 Janij. 31. '57
56 508 14/5
Sydia Dickey, mid. James Dickey, pri.
Ad 100 Acres Feb. 7. 1857.
[Signature]
Rowij. war.
Rowij. Peninsula.
29 July 48-597
Special, by chief clerk Feb. 13. '57
[Signature]
Geo. Mo. Priest.
[Signature]
17893
Vol. D. 92. 0

597 Massachusetts. Lydia Dickey, widow of James Dickey, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Stephens
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 8th day of March, 1849 —
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of June 1849, and sent to
Geo. M. Prentiss Worcester Mass:
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act March 3, 1848, Page 39 Vol. 1 July Book A.
268065

3189.
Massachusetts Roll
James Dickey, 4 Capt Morrill
N. Hampshire Line 1777 - War In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 15. of April 1815
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of Sep. 1818 and forwarded to Edward D. Bangs Esq. Worcester Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818 $ 37: 33 Semi-annual acct ending 4 Mar 1819 48 00
ans 4 mos 20/30 $ 85: 33
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Southbridge, Worcester for
The Secretary of War to No. 3. 1820 to. Miss. B. ... Worcester Mass.

James Dickey.
3189
Southbridge 30 Sep '18
CM
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Schedule of the Estate of James Dickey of Southbridge in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of May 1. 1820.
1 Pine table, 6 plates, 1 pot, 1 Tea kettle $2.00 1 dish kettle 1.00 1 set Tea cups, 1 tin pot 1 Enitham pot 1.00 1 Can drawers 4 old chairs 1.00 $5.00
My family consists of myself & wife and one daughter Betsy Dickey aged 10 years - myself and wife are infirm, and unable to labour
Attest Frederic W. Botton.
James Dickey mark
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.
Witness Wm Jenison.
James Dickey mark.
Sworn to and declared, on the eleventh day of July, 1820, before the said Court.
Attest,
Abijah Bigelow
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule 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 dollars and cents .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eleventh day of July, 1820.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this eleventh day of July 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, James Dickey aged sixty four years, resident in Southbridge in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: I enlisted in April A. D. 1777. in Manchester in the State of New Hampshire, into the Company commanded by Capt Merrill, belonging to the 1st Regt of the New Hampshire under Col. Riley. I served the United States in the War of the Revolution as a private 6 years and was discharged at Windsor in the State of New York. My pension certificate is No. 3189
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 man- ner, 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.
Witness Wm Jenison.
James Dickey mark.
Sworn to and declared, on the eleventh day of July, 1820, before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule 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 Three dollars and  cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eleventh day of July, 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

State of Massachusetts I James Dickey a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Southwick in the County of Everest in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on March seventeen hundred, seventy seven
I entered and was engaged in the Sand service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the close of the war in 1783
as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interrup- tion or absence: that I belonged to Capt. Morris's Company, in the first Regiment in the New Hampshire Line commanded by Col. Peabody.
and that I left the service on June 1783 ; and have lost my dis- charge and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty five years ; and that there is no person within 70 miles who is personally knowing to my service as aforesaid —
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Atte. Col. D. Bangs
James Dickey mark
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 15 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Edward Bangs
Judge J. C. C. Gann, Western Circuit
the abovenamed James Dickey and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination du- made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid.
Edward Bangs

I Gershon Plumptone of Southbridge in the County of Worcester, declare on oath, that I am well acquainted with James Decker, and believe he is a man of veracity, and have frequently (before the passing of the late Act of Congress) heard him relate the story of his long service in the Revolutionary War, and have no doubt of the truth of his statement.
Gershon Plumptone
Worcester ss. April. 15. 1818 — Personally ap- peared Gershon Plumptone Esquire and made solemn oath to the truth of the above de- claration by him subscribed.
Before me, Edw. D. Bangs Justice of the Peace
James Decker
15 April
ss
Edward Bangs Esq
Worcester
ss
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E. D. Bangs Esq
Worcester
Mass
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"August the fifth, Seventeen hundred eighty-eight, Married James Dickey of Alton and Lydia Glucose, Recorded March 8 th 1789.
Ebenezer Parker, Town Clerk,"
The above is a true copy of the record of the marriage of James Dickey and Lydia Glucose, as appears upon the Records of the Town of Alton, County of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in full legible figures, as follows; "August the 5 th 1788."
Alton, N.H. 3
Elkanah P. Parker Town Clerk.
January 7 th 1850. 3
I, Elkanah Parker above named, depose and say that I held the office of Town Clerk, in the County, town and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
State of New Hampshire } Hillsboro County ss. }
Elkanah P. Parker } Clerk of the Town of Alton N.H.
Subscribed and sworn to, before me, on this seventh day of January, A.D. 1850.
Leonard Walker } Justice of the Peace.

State of New Hampshire Hillsboro County, ss. }
Perley Dodge
Clerk of the Court in and for said County of Hillsboro do certify that Leonard Walcutt Esquire, was, on the seventh day of January 1850 a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Hillsboro duly commissioned and qualified, and that his resignation written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at Antrim this seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Perley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Hillsboro Co.

State of Massachusetts } County of Worcester }
On this twenty-second day of January, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Charles M. Parmenter, Guardian of Lydia Dickey, an insane person, a resident of Webster, in said County of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, who, being duly sworn, according to law, declares, that he was, on the sixth day of January current, duly appointed, by the Court of Probate for said County of Worcester, Guardian of the person and Estate of the said Lydia Dickey, and is now acting in that capacity; that she, the said Lydia, is the widow of James Dickey, deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and who was, at the time of his death, a Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month; and who died on the eighth day of March, A.D. 1849. And he, the said Parmenter further states, that the said Lydia Dickey, is now a widow, and a Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Twenty-Six Dollars per annum, on account of the services of her said husband, and he refers to the proofs made by said James Dickey, and the said Lydia Dickey.

upon their respective applications for pensions. He further states that the date of the Pension Certificate of said Lydia is 27 th day of June 1850. and the number "597."
He, the said Guardian makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the homestead to which said Lydia may be entitled under the act approved March 3. 1855."
Charles M. Parmenter
We, Lettia Dodge and William J. Hurnway, residents of Waliston, in the State of Massachusetts, respectively, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged in our presence, by Charles M. Parmenter; and that we are acquainted with Lydia Dickey mentioned in said declaration, and that we know her to be the widow of James Dickey, and a Pensioner, as therein stated.
Lettia Dodge William J. Hurnway
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Geo. M. Brewster, Just. Peace.

for a statement of the military history of James Dickey a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Wid. J. 1735.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1777 to June 1783 Priv. Merrill Cilley N.H.                                                                 
see Town records for marriage date
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Apr. 15-1818. His ch. was al.
Residence at date of application, Southbridge, Worcester Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, 65 yrs. Died at Sterling, Worcester Co. Mass. March 8, 1849
Remarks: She married at Merrimack, N.H. Aug. 5, 1778
Lydia Florence. She was allowed pension on an application executed Jan. 4, 1850, while 88 yrs. of age and a res. of Webster, Worcester Co. Mass. A dau. Betsey was 10 yrs. of age in 1820.
Very respectfully,

✓ H. J. H.
S Mr. Lang

State of New Hampshire Secretary of State's Office
I do hereby certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Office, it appears that the name of James Dickey is borne upon a book labeled "Gillies N.H. Regiment" Page 55.
   "Dr"     "James Dickey" - "2nd C. War"   "for Bounty paid by Merrimack" 22 8 6   "Balance of Leighi Acct. Clearing" 9 10 8   "Average of Rum Sugar" 17   1780 "paid by the Continent in 1777" 9 18   Nov. 13th "Ditto in 1778 £4... ditto in 1779 24/ 5 4" 15 19   "Gave Levy Chapman a certificate for" 19 17 10   £ 67 16   "1780 Paid by Bap 3/10 paid by the Continent 6/7 £ 0 10 5"   "1782 July 8th Gave William Wallace a certificate 23 9 7 £   "24"   "Paid by Blake £ 4 5 4"   "1783 Aug. 8 Gave Jeremiah Smith of Peterborough Certificate 19 14 8 } 24  

"Contra"
67
  "Engaged" "By 9 Months & 27 days service in 1777" £19. 16   "March 4. 1777" "By 12 Months ditto in 1778" 24   "By 12 Months ditto in 1779" "24" 67 16   "1781. 8. 7" "By 12 Months in 1780" 24   "By 12 Months in 1781" 24 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said State, this seventh day of March A.D. 1856 Lemuel N. Pattee Secretary of State

Yellissot Com y Pennies

Concord March 12
1856 — Penna
I herewith forward a certified copy from the Secretary of the State of N. Hampshire of the Service of James Dickey in the Revolutionary War Showing that he served in Same 1 Year 4 Years 9. 1710. — 27 Days with the N. Hampshire Troops & with the Evidence of his Service in Massachusetts of 3 mo. & 2 d. Shows a Service of 5 Years & twenty nine Days, will not this be satisfactory in the case of Mary M. Dickey his Widow in her application No 48,322 —
I would desire Information respecting the following application Mary Metcalf no 94833 Surplus and additional Pensions, sent me

Some time since -
John Horn no 94835 not heard from
Abatha Dillet no 94836 not heard from
John Hall no 94836 not heard from
William Grayton no 110707
As several Warrants have been sent me beyond the numbers above mentioning I presume they have been overlooked or misplaced & the applicants are finding fault with me for the nonappearance of their Warrants.
Respectfully Submitted J. D. Goodenough Agent for the above Applicants

Massachusetts Roll Act 18 March 1818. James Dickey, Pri To what time last paid $48 p d to 4 th March 1849. 1849.
To 5 th Auditor's Office
Revenue Office Cole
Respectfully Attention

No 636
Lydia Dickey, widow of James Mass.
Act 29 July 1848
Married before 1800 Was died 8 March 1849
Adm d p g th per annum owing 8 March 1849
Chas M. Brooks Worcester Mass

Probate Office, Worcester, Jan. 29, 1850.
James L. Edwards, Esq. Commissioner of Patents.
Dear Sir,
I enclose
Declaration and accompanying papers for purpose of obtaining Pension for Widow Lydia Stickney; and request that the certificate may be forwarded to my address.
And will you, Sir, oblige me, by forwarding to me, upon the receipt of this, such of the acts of Congress , with rules and regulation of the Department , as relate to bounty land , either to Revolutionary Soldiers , persons who served in the war of 1812 , or Mexican War , or others .
Respectfully, Your obedt. Servt.
Geo. A. Prentiss,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, Charles G. Wentworth , Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that James Dickey , was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eight Dollars per month ,
was a resident of the County of Worcester , in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and died in Sterling, in said County ,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine on the eighth day of March ;
that he left a widow, whose name is Lydia Dickey .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Worcester, this Twenty-ninth day of January , in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty .
Chas. G. Wentworth , Register.

Probate Office, Newton. Mass.
Jan. 28. 1887.
Genl. of Pensions, Washington, D.C. }
Dear Sir,
Enclosed herewith
Declaration of Lydia Dickey, a Pensioner, (widow of Guardian, she being insane), for Pensions, Land.
The Declaration I have drawn to conform to the form forwarded to me from the Pension Office, only changing, to correspond to the facts in this case. See also Certificate of app't of Guardian.
Please do me the favor to acknowledge reception.
I am, Sir,
Respectfully,
your obedt Servt.
Geo. M. Prentiss.

OPTICAL TOOLS AND DIES OF ALL KINDS.
PERFECTION IDEAL ALUMINUM LEG BAND
19 SPRING STREET
SOUTHERIDGE, MASS., Nov 20 1916 191
Rev. 255
1916.
Department of the Interior. Bureau of Pensions.
Gentlemen.
bird you pension .8, and its. lon, and reau, you,
The source of information in the case of James Dickey (not Hickey) a soldier of the Revolution comes through Adelaid Sutcliffe of Southbridge Mass. who is a great grand daughter of said James Dickey and the late Mrs Letitia Warner grand daughter of said James Dickey. she from Cleveland Ohio and Belchertown Mass. who copied the following record in Worcester Mass. a few years ago.
James Dickey Private Annual allowance $96. sum received $1.525 Placed on Pension roll New Hampshire Line Sept 30 1818. Commencement of pension age 78.
Whos death is inscribed on a monument in Charlton Mass as follows.
James Dickey Died Mar 8th 1849. Age 100 years a Soldier of the revolution. Letitia his Wife died Sept 11th 1860 Aged 97
Jeremiah Moffitt

Rev. 295 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
November 11, 1916.
J. Moffitt, 13 Spring Street, Southbridge, Mass.
Sir:-
In response to your letter dated the twenty-third ultimo, you are advised that from the data given by you this Bureau has been unable to identify the alleged pension claim of James Hickey , who applied September 30, 1818, and was allowed pension in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
If you will quote the source of your information, and forward any communication you may have from this Bureau, relative to said claim, the same will be returned to you, and a further search will be made in your behalf.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Taylor Commissioner.

Webster, Mass., August 18, '08.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
For assistance in filling out an application for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, I wish to ask for the war record of James Dickey who served in said war, enlisting, I think, in Portsmouth, N.H. or Amherst, N.H., and whose

widow, Lydia Florence Dickey, drew a pension in Webster, Mass., until her death in 1861. I should like also the dates of his birth and death, if possible
Marion B. Craig,
36 Elm Street,
Webster, Mass.

Not 5 D. C. S. Paddock, Manufacturing + Furrier,
SEAL GARMENTS A SPECIALTY.
114 EUCLID AVENUE.
Cleveland, O., Dec 5 th 1895
Chief Clerk
Old War + Navy Office Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Dear Sir, Will you kindly inform me as to the following: James Diesey was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and a prisoner from Worcester Co., Mass. When and where did James Diesey enlist, under what officer, and what battles was he in? If you will kindly inform me as to the above I will be greatly obliged - Very Truly C. S. Paddock

Mil. Hist. to M rs . J. Paddock Cleveland, O.
'08. Hist. to Marion B. Craig, Dorchester, Mass. F.M.
1916 Nov. 22. Hist. to Jeremiah Moffitt
Brown
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1735
Sydia Dickey
Widow
James Dickey Pro. Rev. W.
Act: July 29, 1848.
Index: — Vol. 2 Page 183
[Arrangement of 1870.]

34 757 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34,757
James Dickey Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 498
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, January 9 th 1850.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Thomas Kinnicutt was Judge of the Court of Probate; and George M. Brentiss was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their 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.
M. H. Calhoun
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

To the Hon. Court of Probate within and for the county of Worcester.
Respectfully represents Lydia Dickey, now residing in Melcher, in said county, that she is the widow of James Dickey, late of Sterling, in said county, deceased, whereas, at the time of his death, a Revolutionary Pension of the United States under the Act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month; and that she is entitled to receive a Pension at the same rate, and is desirous of making the necessary declaration, for the purpose of obtaining such Pension, but is unable, by reason of age, and bodily infirmity, to attend personally in Court for that purpose.
Wherefore Your Petitioner prays that some suitable person may be specially authorized to take her Declaration out of Court.
Melcher, Dec. 29, 1849.
Attest,
Peter Moore
her Lydia H Dickey mark.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester County ss.
To George M. Prouty, Esquire, One of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. Greetings.
Whereas Lydia Dickey, of Sterling in said County of Worcester, has made application to me, the undersigned, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County, alleging that she is the widow of James Dickey, late of Sterling in the County aforesaid, deceased, who was a Pensioner of the United States, and that she, as such widow, is entitled to receive a like Pension, and is desirous of making the necessary Declaration to obtain such Pension, but is unable, by reason of age and bodily infirmity to attend personally in Court for that purpose; and praying that some suitable Person may be duly authorized to take her Declaration out of Court.
Therefore, reposing confidence in your prudence, wisdom and fidelity, I do hereby request, authorize and empower you to take such Declaration of the said Lydia Dickey, under Oath; which, being reduced to writing in your presence, and subscribed by said Lydia Dickey, you are requested to return, together with this Commission, to the Court of Probate.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of said Court to be affixed, at Worcester, this twenty-ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. Thos. Sturtevant

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
11 Norfolk ss. Be it known, that on this fourth day of January, A.D. 1850, before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Norfolk, personally appeared Lettie Dodge, of Melchester, aged forty nine years, a respectable and disinterested person, and whose statements are entitled to credit, and being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say that she has been acquainted with James Dickey and Lydia Dickey, the persons named in the Declaration of said Lydia, heretofore annexed, and has known them well, ever since her, the said deponent's childhood, and that she knows that the said Lydia Dickey is the Widow of said James Dickey, as set forth in said Declaration, and that said Lydia is now living in P. Melchester. Subscribed and sworn to, by the said Lettie Dodge, on                      Lettie Dodge the day and year above first written.
Attest,
Deester Moore Before me.
Geo. M. Prentiss, Just. Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss. Probate Office.
I, CHARLES G. PRENTISS, Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Worcester aforesaid, hereby certify, that at a Court of Probate holden at Worcester. in and for said County, on the
sixth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-Seven,  Charles  ell. Parmachoff of Worcester, in said  County, was
duly appointed Guardian of the person and  Estate of Lydia Dickey, of the  same Worcester, an insane person,
and became bound, according to law, for the faithful discharge of said trust.
I also certify, that it appears by the records and files in said office, that said appointment remains in full force, in no wise revoked, reversed or annulled.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court, at Worcester, the twenty seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-Seven.
Chas. G. Prentiss, Register.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER COUNTY, ss.
I, Joseph Mason Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, which is a court of record for the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby certify that
Geo McHenry Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the Certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and authorized by the laws of this Commonwealth to take the acknowledgement of deeds and administer oaths, that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that his SIGNATURE to said CERTIFICATE is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, this twenty eighth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven .
J. Mason Clerk.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 29 th July, 1818.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Worcester, ss }
On this fourth day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, before the undersigned, a commission specially authorized by the Hon. Thomas Stearns, Judge of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Worcester, Lydia Dickey, a resident of Webster, in the County of Worcester aforesaid, aged Eighty-eight years, who being duly sworn, according to laws, 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 29, 1818.
That she is the Widow of James Dickey, late of Sterling, in said County of Worcester, deceased, who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and who was at the time of his death, a Pensioner of the United States, under the Act of Congress, of the 18 th of March 1818, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, the certificate for which Pension bears date the Twentieth day of September, A.D. 1818. and she refers to the evidence upon which said Pension was granted, for proof of her said husband's services. She further declares that she was married to the said James Dickey on the fifth day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, in the Town of Westminster, State of New Hampshire; - That her husband, the aforesaid James Dickey died in

Sterling, in the aforesaid County of Worcester, on the eighth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine: That she was not married to the said James Dickey before his leaving the service, but that she was married to him before the year eighteen hundred, to wit, at the time above mentioned.
She further avers that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
Marlin Moore Dexter Moore
her Lydia + Dickey mark.
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day of And year before written.
Before me.
Geo. M. Prentiss, Comr.
And I further certify, that the above named Lydia Dickey is unable, from age and bodily infirmity, to attend personally in court.
Geo. M. Prentiss, Comr.