Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,667, Artemas Cox, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Boy, Artemas Sally
90 17.667
CONTENTS

Sally boy aa 11/29
Geo. W. Morton Argyle Maine

DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of February 2, 1848, entitled "An Act Making further provisions for the Surviving Widows of the Soldiers of the Revolution."
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Wenatchee }
On this 4 day of September A.D. 1848 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in the County of Wenatchee and State of Maine, Sally Gay a resident of Litchfield in the County of Wenatchee aged Eighty nine 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 second of February, 1848, granting Pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Artemas Gay who was a Private during the Revolutionary War; that she was pensioned as the widow of the said Artemas Gay at the rate of Thirty eight dollars and ten cents per annum, under the Act of June 17, 1844, which was paid to her at the Agency in Portland, in the State of Maine. She further declares that she is still a widow.
WITNESSES:
Anthony Allen John D. Dyer
Sally Gay mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written,
BEFORE ME,
Robert Patten
Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing declaration.
Robert Patten
Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
I, William M. Stratton Clerk in the Courts of Kennebec County, certify that Robert Patten is a Magistrate as above, and that the above signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, and subscribed my name this 18th day of October in the year 1848
W. M. Stratton
Clerk of the Courts of Kennebec County

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11667
Sally Cox
Richard
Williams Took
Rev. Norman
Act: Feb 28 48
Index: Vol. 91 Page 152
[Arrangement of 1879.]

10.230
Maine.
Sally (1009)
Widow of Artemas Levy who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 15 th March 1875 of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a Prisoner in the Camp commanded by Captain Harrington of the Reg. commanded by Col. Reed in the 1 st B ty . here for 11 mo. 13 d.
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland at the rate of 35 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 16 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of March 1837 and sent to E.W. Newton, Augusta, Me.
Total amount, $190.50
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by N. A. Wood Clerk, Book B V.1. Page 3.
Rep.

[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible due to the orientation and fading.]

Maine 8129.
Sally Cook widow of Artemas Cook who was a Private in the Mass. Line
Husb. d died March 15. 1845.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 38 Dollars 10
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of March '43 and sent to
Geo. M. Morton Esq. Augusta, Maine
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book a. Vol. 2. Page 2.
2 cert. 1838, 1843, Rep.

Weston Rd Feb. 11 th 5
Geo. W. Morton Esq.
Augusta (Maine)

Weston Feb. 10. 1846
Dear Sir
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Weston held on the 8 th day of June 1778.
Voted to accept the report of the committee chosen to examine the accounts of Mr. Elisha Warren as now read off - viz.
The town of Weston to Elisha Warren as Treasurer Paid to the following persons the sums set against eachmans name for guarding the british troops at Cambridge
  * * * * *    To those that are now doing duty         March 27 th to Artemas loop in part  ————  £ 6. 0. 0  "      April 21 st to Artemas loop d o  ————  £ 3. 0. 0  "    
At a meeting of the town held May 24. 1779.
Voted to accept the war treasurer's account as now read off.
The town of Weston to Isaac Hobbs as Treasurer Paid the following persons for guarding the british troops at Cambridge for 3 months
  Paid Artemas loop in full  ————  £ 24. 0. 0       For 3 months and 10 days at Boston         Paid Artemas loop in full  ————  £ 60. 0. 0  "    
The account of Isaac Hobbs as Treasurer from May 22 nd 1779 to March 2 nd 1781 is as follows viz.
  Paid Artemas loop in full  ————  £ 1260. 0. 0  "    
The above is all I can find in the records of Weston, which is in any way connected with Artemas loop. If any of the above facts can be of service to you in making out your case, you will please to inform me and I will furnish you with properly authenticated copies of the same.
Respectfully yours, W. D. James

Memphis
Cap Harrington
Cal Rios

Augusta, Maine Oct 24, 1845.
Sir
The enclosed papers are transmitted to you for the purpose of bearing Mrs. Sally Cox's (widow of Antone Cox) claim for pension allowed. The service of her late husband in the Army of the Revolution as appears by the certificate of the Scty of War was as follows. Viz.    1778  3-2  in  Capt Harrington's Co  Col Reed's regt    1778  - 3 -  "  Forster's "  " Coogysuck "    1779  - 2 - 4  "  Heald's "  " Sack's "    1780  - 3 - 7  "  Andrews - "  " How's "     11-13 -     
That he was a musician under an enlistment in the year 1781 - for three years. His widow asserts in her declaration, but the records in the Scty office at Boston do not afford any evidence. Will you have the goodness to ascertain whether there are any proof of this service to be found in your office, perhaps the final settlement certificates may show satisfactorily as to the service. I would respectfully request you to examine the case, and if satisfactory, to allow her claim and send her a certificate for her.
Very respectfully
James L. Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions City of Washington D.C.
Dear Mr. Smith Yrs W. Morton

I Elizabeth Allan of Littlefield in the County of Huntingdon of the age of fifty eight years do upon oath depose and say that I was well acquainted with a certain John Allan of Littlefield aforesaid that I knew him which was a son of the said John Allan and that my father and the said John Allan by birth were within three miles of each other for fifteen to twenty years and the families were quite in- timate with each other. I have very frequently seen the said John Allan and speak of his being in the service during the war of the Revolution. I have no recollection of any incident to mention. That I did not know of the death of the said John Allan and in consequence of that death was deputed by the widow & family, there being no son, to settle up the Estate. I perfectly recollect seeing among the papers left by the said John Allan at his death, his discharge from the service and read the same several times, but it being before any pension had been granted to any of the soldiers of the Revolution, the said John Allan having died in 1815 I thought the same could be of no value or benefit whatever, at any future time & took no care of it, & subsequently saw the same in the hands of the children, who I have no doubt destroyed it. I have not seen it

for very many years. Mrs. Sally Long the wife of the said Artemas Long, has lived with me, in my family every year since the death of the said Artemas Long her husband, except those and during all the interval between the death of the said Artemas Long and the day of giving this deposition; she has been and now is the widow of the said Artemas Long. From my knowledge of the family of the said Artemas as above stated, I am able to declare of my own know- ledge that from my first acquaintance with the family of the said Artemas Long to the time of his death, the said Artemas lived with the said Sally, as his wife and still living in my family, as husband & wife as husband & wife. — Eliphalet Allen
room
State of Maine
I hereby do this twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five, the aforesaid Eliphalet Allen, after being duly cautioned & sworn, gave the foregoing deposition by him subscribed and by me reduced to writing & made oath that the same contains the truth to the best of my knowledge and belief in relation to the subject matter thereof, and that the said Eliphalet Allen is a credible witness.
William Emerson } Judge of Probate Court in & for the County of Kennebec

I William Robinson of Ditchfield in the County of Hereford fifty eight years of age, do depose upon oath that I have been for more than twenty years one of the Selectmen of said Ditchfield and now Overseer of said Ditchfield That I have been acquainted with the Rev. Eliphale Allen of said Ditchfield the deponent on the preceding page, since I was a boy, that the said Allen has always, so far as I know, sustained a fair character, and full credit is to be given to his statements under oath, as much as to that of any man. I know the Widow Lye and that she always has sustained a good character.  (Signed) Wm. Robinson
State of Maine
Received on this twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five, the aforesaid Wm Robinson, after being duly cautioned thereon, gave the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence & by me reduced to writing & made oath that the same contained the truth to the best of my knowledge in relation to the matter therein, and that the said William Robinson is a credible witness.
William Emmons Judge of Probate } His. Peace & of the } Co. of Hereford

State of Maine
Penobscot ss.
I, William M. Stratton, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Penobscot, hereby certify, that Hon. William Monument is a Justice of the Peace as stated in the within instruments, and that his signature thereto, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have set my hand and affix the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine this twenty fourth day of October, A. D. 1845.
W. M. Stratton

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston Octbr 22 1825
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Nathaniel Maynard was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; 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 D. Sleeper,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Waltham October 17 th 1845. I hereby certify that The following is a correct copy from the Town Records in Waltham Massachusetts.
1786
May 11 th Solomon Cook and Sally Flagg both of Weston were joined in Marriage by Leonard Williams Justice of the Peace
A True Copy: attest, Phinehas Upham Town Clerk of the town of Waltham Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex S.S. Waltham October 17 th A.D. 1845. personally appeared the above named Phinehas Upham Town Clerk, and made oath that the above certificate and copy of record by him made and subscribed, is true.
Before me Nathl Maynard Justice of the Peace

Sally Coax
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Sally Coax
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Mother of Artemus
Mr
act 7 July 1838
Maria 1786
husband died 15 Nov 1875
born
11 mo 13 days p i 27 38 1/2
Also acts 43 44
p 38 10 / 100
Geo W Morton
Augusta
Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
Sep r 7 th 1845.
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 Artemas Cox is borne as a private upon an abstract of pay due to Capt Daniel Harrington's Company, Col Jonathan Reed's reg t of guards at Cambridge, from April 2 nd to July 3 rd 1778. 3 months & 2 days. — Upon a pay roll of Capt David Goodwin's Company, Col Coggeswell's reg t , for service in guarding and fortifying the posts in and near Boston as a private from October 2 nd to December 31 st 1778 — 3 months, including allowance of 20 miles travel — As a private upon a Pay roll of Capt Samuel Heald's Comp y , Col John Jacob's reg t for service at Rhode Island, from Sep r 30 to Nov r 30, 1779. — 2 months, 14 days, including allowance of 70 miles travel. — Upon a pay roll of Capt. Abraham Andrew's Comp y , Col Cyprian Howe's reg t from the County of Middlesex as a private from July 27 to October 30 1780. 3 months 7 days including allowance of 3 days to return home. — The above is all the evidence of service of any one of the name as shown by the records in this office.
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And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the Commissioner's letter of the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter, 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. Pugh, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Maine
County of Kennebec ss. Town of Denmark
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office of my husband's service in the war of the Revolution. He was a resident of the town of Weston Mass ts in the year 1778 he belonged to a militia company in said town of Weston and was drafted to guard the British troops at Cambridge, where he served upwards of three months. In the same year he served also upwards of three months at Boston, and in 1778, he was drafted and served in Rhode Island about three months. He also about the year 1781 went from said Weston to an adjoining town Waltham and enlisted for the period of three years as a musician and received a written discharge which I have seen but which is now lost or destroyed. I am now eighty five years old yet I well recollect the above circumstances having a residence in said town of Weston at the time, and was married in the town of Waltham a short time after the close of the war. My memory does not enable me to state my husband's services more fully than above stated. Witness my hand this 29 th day of June A. D. 1904. -
her
Sally Cox mark
Signed by said Sally Cox in my presence and sworn to before me -
William Robinson Justice of the Peace

was within stating that her mother's name was Sally Blagg and that she was married to the said Artemas Love at Waltham, Massachusetts.
Signed & sworn to, by them said Sally Love before me, this day & year above written.
Sally Love
State of Maine
Kennebec ss. May 27. 1845. I hereby certify that on the day I repaired to the house at which then said Sally Love resides, in which said Love was at the time, to her known oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by her signed in my presence, in consequence of the said Sally Love being unable by reason of bodily indisposition & debility to attend in open Court & take the oaths & subscribe the above declaration and that she is an credible person.
William Emmons Judge of the Court of Probate Kennebec County
Seal of office.
County of Kennebec S.S. I the undersigned Register of the Court of Probate for the said County do hereby certify that the Hon. William Emmons, before whom the foregoing pro- ceedings were had, is the Judge of said Court of Probate, and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Sally Love. In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, the twenty third day of October 1845.
Francis Davis

1845
Declaration, In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and the Act of March 3. 1843.
State of Maine, Kennebec County S.S.
On this twenty seventh day of May A.D. 1845 personally appeared before me William Emmons Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Kennebec, about Albany Bay a resident of Litchfield in the County of Kennebec, and State of Maine age a eighty five 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 Acts of Congress, passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows" and the Act of March 3. 1843. That she is the widow of Artemas Loomis who she has reason to believe and does believe served as a private and musician in the war of the Revolution. That the said Artemas Loomis being at the time a resident of Weston, Massachusetts was drafted to guard British troops at Cambridge in the year 1778 for three months & upwards and in the same year he served at Boston three months and in the year 1779 he served as a soldier in Rhode Island about the same period for three months and that in the year 1780 he enlisted into the Continental service in the Massachusetts line for the term of three years and served as a musician and was honorably discharged. That since her marriage with him she has seen his discharge from the last mentioned service, which was destroyed many years since. That she cannot recollect his officers names. By all she does know that she fully believes he served in the war of the Revolution as above stated.
She further declares that she was married to the said Artemas Loomis on the eighteenth day of May seventeen hundred and eighty six, that her husband the aforesaid Artemas Loomis died on the fifteenth day of March A.D. 1815. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and eighty six. We at the

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Hon Luther Severance
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Washington City D.C.

Augusta Feb 12 1847
Dr Sir,
Papers of Mrs Sally Gay, widow of Artemas Gay, transmitted to the Commr of Pension in order to have her claim for pension allowed, are on file in his office. I recd a letter from the Commr relative to her claim, in which he states "The records of the town of Weston may furnish some evidence of Artemas Gay's service in the three years war, or it may possibly be shown by the Department of the State with the Town, which may be found in the Secretary's Office" I enclose a letter sent me by Hon Jas G. Pillsbury Secy of Mass'ts informing me that the evidence wished could not be furnished from any record in his office, I also enclose a letter from Borge Stearns James Gay containing extracts from the records of the town of Weston, which I suppose may be of some use in her case, throwing throwing some light upon the service declared in her declaration. I wish you would request Mr Edwards to have her case again examined and if the evidence already furnished together with the enclosed will be sufficient to be have any of the services of her late husband allowed that he will have her pensioned for such a sum as he finds the service satisfactory proved,
Your Father Servant
Very respectfully Yr affec Servt Geo W Morton

Secretary's Office Boston Jan'y 28. 1845.
Sir,
In reply to the letter of Mr. Merle, dated November 29. 1845. relative to the services of Artemas Cox in the War of the Revolution. I have to inform you, that a certificate, issued from your office, dated September 1. 1845. contains all the evidence of service of any one of the name of said Cox, in said war, shown by the Military Records in your office. I know of no document which shows the settlement of this State with the town of Waltham.
I have the honor to be, Very Respectfully, Yr. obedt Servant W. F. Clarke Clerk
Rev John G. Palfrey Secretary of State.

Mar. 1897
Recd copy Daly
James L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Augusta Maine,
Feb 26. 1847.
Sir,
Your letter addressed to Hon Luther Severance relative to the claim of Sally Cox (widow of Artemas Cox) has been sent me by him, in which you inform him that the services of her late husband for 11 M o & 3 d ys will be allowed to her and that a certificate may be issued in her case for $38 62 / 100 per annum. That his alleged service in the last three years from Waltham should be verified by the records of that town. As the records of Waltham furnish no evidence of Revolutionary Service for last three years service , she will be unable to obtain any evidence from them, but she may hereafter be able to furnish such evidence as will be satisfactory to you as relating to that service. Although my efforts has been heretofore unavailing, but she is aged & infirm and I would respectfully request you to send me a certificate for her for above mentioned service of 11 M o & 3 d ys as it will be of great pecuniary benefit to her, she being quite destitute.
Very respectfully
M m Ott Smith
Geo W. Morton
James L. Edmands Esq. Commr of Pension Washington City D.C.

Augusta, Maine
Oct. 18. 1848
Sir,
I herewith enclose a declaration of Mrs. Bally sent you for the purpose of having her claim for pension under the act of Feb 2. 1848 allowed, and respectfully request you, if satisfactory, to send me a certificate for her.
Very respectfully
Your obt Servt
Geo W. Norton
James L Edmuns Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

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James L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions Washington City D.C. Washington City D.C.