Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23792, Benjamin Chamberlain, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Chamberlain, Benjamin
W 23792
Chamberlin Mary
B.L.Wt. 11411-160-55
CONTENTS

Reported Philip Chamberlain Apr 29 1856 Hon Justin Morrill Dec 28 1856 Same Feb 27/57
Mary Chamberlain widow of Capt. Chamberlain who served in the Revolutionary war, as a pensioner
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 50 Dollars per
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of December 1847 and sent to
Joshua Chamberlain Dept. of War
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 6 Vol 1

1936.
Maine
Pension 2
Mary Chamberlain widow of By. Chamberlain who was a Private in the Mass. line.
For 17 Mos & 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 57 Dollars 27 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Sept. 1843. and sent to
Hon. A. H. Parris Present
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 3.

96476 At Mar 3
Apr 26 } 55-
Mary Chamberlin wid. Benjamin Chamberlin Pais.
Private
Conf. Prov. Troops Sept.
Rev. Isaac Rev. 9 pensioner Me July 48 - 1490
Ad. 160 acc Dec 30/55
Rodge
Ames
Joshua Parsons West Minot. Maine
Vd. 1-99.

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF Oxford
ss.
On this Sixth day of October A.D. 1838 personally appeared before Stephen Emery Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Oxford at a Probate Court specially held at Paris in said County.
Mary Chamberlain
a resident of Paris in the County of Oxford
and State or District of Maine, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Benjamin Chamberlain who was a soldier
of the Revolution. That although she has no personal knowledge that he served as a soldier in the American Army, during the Revolutionary War, she has the best reasons for believing & does believe that he did so service, for as many as eighteen months. She believes this from often repeated conversations with him, in which he has told her of much service, and from conversations between him & other old soldiers of the revolution, concerning the events of the war. He told her that he entered the army, when about sixteen years old - that he served in New York and Pennsylvania - that at one time he was in a company commanded by Capt. John Kelly Smith and another time, in one commanded by Capt. Benjamin Robinson - that he was drafted by order of Genl. Lafayette and of his Company, into the Light Infantry - that Lafayette gave him a Captain's commission, the latter of which, was a long time in her possession - that at the time of Arnold's treason, he marched with the troops, in the night, in anticipation of certain coming, consequent upon that affair, and in the morning, they received counter orders. Her said husband had ten written discharge, which she has repeatedly seen. After the Pension act of 1820, he applied for a pension & one of them dis- charged was then in her possession & was delivered to Judge Parley, as evidence in, to prove his claim & was sent on to Washington & has not to her knowledge been returned. She has made diligent but unsuccessful search to find it. This discharge was signed by Capt. J. K. Smith. This application was unsuccessful because the conclusion, the applicant had not good sufficient evidence of her engagement. She has always understood that her husband served four months - six months & eight months. The applicant has no documentary evidence of his service other than what may be in the records of the Dept.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Benjamin Chamberlain on the Seventeenth day of May in the year seventeen hundred and ninety four and that her husband, the aforesaid Benjamin Chamberlain died on the day of December 1822, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated.
Witness S. Emery
Mary Chamberlain
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written:
Before
Stephen Emery, Judge

State of Maine
Oxford ss. I Levi Stowells Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Oxford aforesaid do hereby certify that Stephen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had was on the sixth day of October last Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid, I also certify that the foregoing contains the originals proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Mary Chamberlain for a Revision.
I also certify that Samuel F. Brown, Job Prindle, Ichabod Bonney and Joseph G. Cole before whom the annexed Depositions were taken and whose genuine signatures are affixed thereto are Justices of the Peace in & for said County of Oxford & duly authorized to administer oaths. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto annexed the seal of said Court & set my hand this twelfth day of June A. D. 1839.
Levi Stowells

96-476

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
FORM OF DECLARATION FOR WIDOW OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR SOLDIER.
State of Maine. County of Oxford } ss.
On this twentieth day of March 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,
Mary Chamberlin aged ninety years, a resident of Hebron in the State of Maine , who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Benjamin Chamberlin deceased, who was a soldier in the company commanded by Captain the Revolutionary War in the Regiment of commanded by Colonel in the
That her said husband on or about the day of A. D., 18 for the term of and continued in actual service in said war for the term of  and was honorably discharged at on or about day of  A. D., 18 as will appear by the rolls of said Company.
She further states that she was married to the said Benjamin Chamberlin in Turner on the seventeenth day of May A. D., 1892 by one Dehabet Bourne a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Mary Bradford that her said husband died at Turner on the seventeenth day of December A. D., 18 22 and that she is a widow at the date of executing this her declaration; and having obtained a Bounty Land warrant under act of she is a pensioner, for Recorded acres, No. in the , which she has legally transferred and disposed of  pension office on the roll of pensioners under act of February 2 nd 1840 page 6- vol 1 and not within her power to return , she refers to said declaration for evidence of her husband's service, and her marriage, &c.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3d, 1855. She also declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, except as above stated.
Mary Chamberlin mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim. and that the above seven tenements were made before signed Henry R. Parsons Justice of the Peace
AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES.
STATE OF MAINE. COUNTY OF Oxford } ss.
On this twentieth day of March 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 Zibion L. Packard and George W. Packard residents of the State of Maine and County of Oxford who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Mary Chamberlin who saw her sign her name (or made her mark) to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented and that she is now a widow; and they swear they are disinterested witnesses.
Zibion L. Packard Geo. W. Packard
I have been subscribed to before me this twentieth day of March A. D., 1855 and I certify that the said Zibion L. Packard and George W. Packard are credible & respectable citizens Henry R. Parsons Justice of the Peace

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Know all men by these presents, That I, Mary Chamberlain of the County of Oxford and State of Maine, and the widow of Benjamin Chamberlain deceased, who was a soldier in the service of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint Joshua Parsons my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land certificate, or warrant, due me by virtue of my deceased husband's service in the United States, under existing laws granting Bounty Lands to the officers and soldiers, or their widows and minor heirs, for services rendered in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, an attorney, or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid, to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in and about the premises, as much so as if present myself.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twentieth
1855
Witness
Henry R. Parsons
day of March
Mary Chamberlain
Oxford ss
Acknowledged and subscribed before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Oxford and State of Maine, this twentieth day of March
1855
Henry R. Parsons Justice of the Peace
} ss.
Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State whose genuine signature appears that, and power of attorney, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are en that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at this day of
A. D., 185
CLERK.
92796

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF OXFORD, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court.
I, ELISHA WINTER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify that
Henry R. Parsons Esquire, whose genuine signature appears to the Certificates hereunto annexed, was at the respective dates thereof, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly authorized to administer OATHS, and take acknowledgment of DEEDS and other Instruments; and that the Court aforesaid is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our said Court this Twentieth day of April 1855.
Elisha Winter Clerk.
96

Mary Chamberlain
5660
Mary Chamberlain
Me
act 7 July 38.

I Philip Chamberlain of Grafton in the County of Grafton of State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that I am the son of Mary Chamberlain who has made her application on the opposite page of this record and of Benjamin Chamberlain whom married and I will know that said Mary is the widow of said Benjamin & that she has never married since the decease of said Benjamin, which fact then is stated in said application. I have often conversed with my Father about his being a soldier in the Revolutionary War and heard him tell how long he served. My impression is that he served, a year and he served, eighteen months. It is also my impression that he stated to me that he served one Campaign in Rhode Island & another in New York and New Jersey. I remember of my Father telling of marching with his company one night to attack a certain fort where every soldier had a piece of white paper pinned on to the front of their hat or cap as a signal to know their own men in the expected battle, which however did not take place. He also told me of his being drafted out of his company into the Light Infantry by order of Lafayette & that Lafayette favored him with a feather for his cap. My said Father applied for a pen- sion under the act of 1818 but failed for not having served long enough as an enlisted and discharged. He often complained that he could not have a pension when others obtained pensions, who had not served more than half the time that he did.  Philip Chamberlain
State of Illinois County of Cook October 6. 1880. Then the above named Philip Chamberlain to me well known as a person of known responsibility and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition as same submitted before me.  Stephen Emery, Judge

I Mary White of Hanover, in the County of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts, wife of Benjamin White, in the eighty sixth year of my age, depose and say, that I was the daughter of Nathaniel Chamberlain of Bridgewater in said County, and that I resided at my father's, during a part of the time of the Revolutionary War, and I recollect perfectly that my brother Benjamin Chamberlain, then I should think about sixteen years of age, went to Rhode Island and served as a soldier, but under what officers I am unable to say, I was there at my father's when my brother went away and when he came back , and I should say he was gone three months and more in that service. I was about seven years older than my brother, which would make the time of his first service in 1777. I also recollect that afterward he enlisted in the service and went to New York, where I am very sure I have heard Benjamin say that he served eight months. I believe that Levi's Chamberlain and Roland Crocker went with him to New York; But I do not know under what officers he served.
Mary White
State of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss Subscribed and sworn to This second day of March A.D. 1839. The depon-

ment being a person of credibility.
Before me Anthony Collamore, Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H Loue Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Anthony Collamore Esq is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that the above is his true & genuine Signature.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this Sixteenth Day of March 1839 Jacob H. Loue

I hereby certify that I am eighty-seven years of age and the late Benjamin Chamberlin who died in Turner in 1822 was my brother. I was married to Benj' White at 2. 1780 in December about which time the said Benjamin returned from the army in New-York. I distinctly remember that he went away into the army again after that time & after his return he visited me at the house where I now reside, but I do not remember where he went or how long he was gone.
I have once given my affidavit as to the service of the above said Benjamin Chamberlin & will testify to the above statement under oath if necessary.
Mary W. White
Hanover Mass.
Jan 22 d 1841.

I Hira Bradford Town Clerk of the Town of Turner in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, hereby certify that the Record of the Marriage of Benjamin Chamber- lain and Mary Bradford by Ichabod Bonney Esq. appears on the Book of Records of Marriages of said Town of Turner as follows. Viz, "The following are couples joined in Marriages by Ichabod Bonney Esq from April 1792, to April 1793, Viz - "Benjamin Chamber- lain and Mary Bradford both of Turner May the seven- teenth, seventeen hundred ninety two,"
I 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 - "May the 17th 1792,"
I Hira Bradford, above named, depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town of Turner aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named, as certified by me,
Hira Bradford Town Clerk of Turner
State of Maine
Oxford ss October 5th 1835. Personally appeared Hira Bradford above named, who is Town Clerk of the Town of Turner aforesaid, and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscri- bed - & I certify that he is a credible, & respectable witness
Before me
Job Prindle Justice of the Peace

From P Chamberlin to the Com- missioner of revolutionary Pensions
Washington
D. G.
7
11

Norwich (Vt) Feb 16. 1857
Hon & Dear Sir — Your communication of the 20 th of Dec last in regard to an increase of pension in the case of Mary Chamberlin of Hebron, Maine was duly received. In regard to our claim for the services of Benjamin Chamberlin (my deceased & honored father) 8 months & 8 days in N. Y. in 1778 in the company of Capt. James Harlow, you say that "this office does not assume that her husband could not have rendered this service but it must require very conclusive proof of the fact that he did, before any allowance can be made."
The loss of my father's application at your office for pension & his own declaration of services as well as the loss of his various discharges we would offer as our apology for not being more correct in our communications with your department.
It has always been a matter of history in our family that Ephraim Lindsley 2 d Lieut. in Capt. Harlow's company performed a part of an important service with my father in the revolutionary war & that by reason of sickness (as I understood it) he returned home before his time was out. The accompanying affidavits of my mother & John Bonney who were both neighbors to the said Ephraim Lindsley in Pembroke Mass carry the idea that the said Lindsley died in the army.
A thought occurred to me a few days since that I might gather the evidence of my father's service in the above named campaign to your full satisfaction, & therefore I went to the Secs of Mass. to get him to say how long said Lindsley

servcd with my father in that company and his answer which accompanies this says 4 months & 1 day.
I also sent to a justice in Maine requesting him to take my mothers deposition as well as that of John Bonney & Deborah Bonney who were well acquainted with my father. Their affidavits accompany this of the same date with the certificate from the Sec. of Mass.
Another circumstance I will mention which will corroborate the above named evidence.
My father served one & but one campaign under Gen De La Fayette & received of him a feather & perhaps a cap as a present from him after having been selected by him as a suitable individual to compose an Infantry company.
My father often spoke of being near or at Peekskill & Fishkill & La Fayette it appears from history was in those places organizing & encouraging the army in 1778.
My father claimed one or more services in the Revolutionary war every year between 1775 & 1782, excepting 1782 and from tradition & the Mass rolls I gather the following
In Rhod Island in 1776 two short services amounting to mo d In N York in 1778 1-26 In Rhode Island in 1779 one service of 8-08 In N. York in 1780 6-00 In Rhode Island in 1781 two short services 6-17 2-02 20-23
I therefore declare that my father must have served at least two full years in the revolutionary war. I would therefore respectfully request you to grant my aged mother a whole pension for the future & back pay according to the tenure

of the pension acts of 1838 and as in duly bound we will ever be grateful.
I send this to the care of Hon. Justin D. Morrill & if you can now grant our claim (as I trust you will) please to let him take your answer if you can properly attend to our claim be- fore Congress rises & if not please to direct to Rev. S. Chamberlin Norwich Vermont. Should you grant our request I would suggest that my mother receives her pension from Portland, Maine, and that Doshua Parsons Esq of West-Minot, Maine does her business for her. Please to write to him if it will expedite business, Yours with respect Philip Chamberlin
To the Hon. Secretary of the Interior Revolutionary Pension Department Washington District of Columbia,
State of Vermont Windsor County ss on this 16 th day of February 1857 Personally appeared before me Revd Philip Chamberlin a resident of Norwich, County of Windsor and State of Vermont and testified that the foregoing statement by him made are true according to his best knowledge and belief, and I would hereby state that the said Philip Chamberlin has resided in Norwich, County of Windsor aforesaid for over ten years last past, and sustain a good moral, and ministerial character.
Eliza Newton, Justice of the Peace

From P Chamberlain to the Com- missioner of revolutionary Pensions
Washington
D. B.

I Barnabas Pery, resident in Buckfield, in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, aged seventy three years, depose and say that I was a native of the town of Pembroke, in the County of Plymouth, State of Massachusetts, and resided there at the commencement of the Revolutionary War, and I well remember that Benjamin Cham- berlain, late of Turner, in said County of Oxford was about that time, in my neighborhood & that he enlisted into the American Army as a soldier & went away to serve as such, but for how long I cannot say. I well remem- ber of his going away and of his returning after having served for a certain term of time, and I also remember that his sister Polly, who then boarded in the house where I lived, was in the habit of writing letters to her said brother, when she could get opportunity. I have since been acquainted with said Chamberlain, while he lived in Turner. He is now dead. said Polly Chamberlain afterward married Benjamin White of Haverden Mass.
Witness Philip Chamberlain
Barnabas Pery Mark
State of Maine County of Oxford ss. October 5. 1830. Then the above named Barnabas Pery to me well known as a person of known respectability personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me David H. Brown Justice of the Peace

U.C. ad 1936
admitted
Joshua Parsons Westminster U.C.
Nov 10 1936

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
CLERK'S OFFICE, JUDICIAL COURTS,
Portland,
July 31st A. D. 1848
II,
Charles C. Harmon
CLERK of all the
JUDICIAL COURTS in and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
Joshua Parsons is an
acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is
Duly qualified to act as such; that the Commission of the said Parsons is dated March 16th is dated A. D. 1843, and will expire March 16th A. D. 1851,
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
Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 2 d . February 1848, entitled "an act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
County of Cumberland ss.
On this twenty six day of July, A.D. 1848, personally appeared Mary Chamberland, a resident of Hebron, in the County of Oxford, and State aforesaid aged eighty four years, who first being duly sworn according to law, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit and provision of the act Feby. 2 d .
That she is the Widow of Benjamin Chamberlain who enlisted in the Revolutionary War, at Bridgewater and Pembroke, in Plymouth county Mass. and served in 4 different campaigns; 1 st . under Capt. Increase Robinson, 2 d . under Capt. Benj. Edghill, 3 rd . under Capt. John H. Smith and 4 th . under Capt. A. Washburn.
She further states she was formally a pensioner of the U. S. under the act of 1838, 1843, and 1844, and had it increased two several times, the last being fifty seven Dollars 78 Cts. — For further particulars, reference to be had to papers on file in the Pension Office at Washington.
She further states, that she remains unmarried. Witness Ephraim B. Blake Mary her Chamberland mark N. R. Parsons
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written, Before me, Joshua Parsons { Justice of the Peace
I certify that Mary Chamberland is personally known to me, to be the identical person she describes herself to be in the foregoing declaration.
Joshua Parsons, J. P.

See let to Mrs. Mary Chamberlain. March 22 nd 1845.
Maine 4567.
Mary Chamberlain widow of Benjamin Chamberlain, dec d who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the Decr 1822 - of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine who was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain Read of the regt commanded by Col Tyler in the Mass. line for 14 mos 10 d, 3 a additional.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 47 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Mr From $26.89.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Oct 1840, to Hon. J. H. Par ry, Present.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1841 $238.80 Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. M. Cundy Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1. Page 5.

Let. to Rev. Philip Chamberlain, Sept 23, 1840. Same Oct 19 1840
No 67
Maine Mary Chamberlain widow of Benjamin Chamberlain decd
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the November 1822 of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Comp y . commanded by Captain H. A. D. of the Regt, commanded by Col. Tyler in the M t . line for 8 mos 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars 87 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Nov: 1839 and sent Hon. A. Present Arrears to the 4th of Oct 1839 $ 94.11 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Nov. 1840. 13.44 $107.55
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by M. Addison Clerk, book 9 Vol. 15 o Page 5

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Mary Chamberlain widow of Benjamin
See letter to S. F. Brown, Aug. 8 th 1839.
Ack July 7 th 1838

Ho. of Reps. Washington Feb. 23. 1857
Dear Sir:
I have the honor to enclose to you some papers forwarded to me for that purpose by the Rev. Philip Chamberlin, and would respectfully call your attention to the same.
Very truly Yours
Justin S. Morrill
Hon. Geo. C. Whiting
Camp of Patriots Washington D.C.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23792
Mary Chamberlain wid of Benj m Chamberlain Pri Rev War
Act Feb 2 d 49
Index: Vol A , Page 133
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Deborah Bonney of Turner in the county of Oxford & State of Maine aged seventy five years testify and say that I was well acquainted with Benjamin Chamberlin, late of Turner aforesaid deceased, from the year 1792 to the time of his death and know that he was reputed to have been a Revolutionary soldier, & I have heard him say that he was in the army at the time of Arnold's treason & that he belonged to the Infantry & was stationed somewhere between the garrison at West Point and New York City, if I mistake not) & that when the news of Arnold's treason reached them his company marched in the night to meet the enemy if they should come, but they did not come, and he further said that before marching his captain proposed to him to remain in the camp as he was at that time out of health, but he informed his captain that his health was improved and he preferred to go and so marched with the com- pany expecting to meet the enemy. I further testify that I was well acquainted with the widow of the sd Chamberlin both before and after their marriage. She resides in Hebron in Hebron in this State and her name was Mary Bradford before their marriage. I further testify that said Chamberlin was always con- sidered to be a man of truth and veracity.
State of Maine I Deborah Bonney
On this day personally appeared Deborah Bonney well known to me as a credible witness & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me. Before me: Deborah Bonney

To the Commissioner of the Interior Revolutionary Pension Department
Washington District of Columbia
Care of Hon Justin Morrill Member of Congress.

Norwich (Vermont) Dec. 15. 1856
Dear Sir - you will doubtless recollect that I wrote you a few days since upon the subject of an increase of pension for my mother, (Widow Mary Chamberlin of Hebron Maine). When I wrote it was with quite a prospect in my own mind that you would find my fathers declaration of services in the Rev: War safely deposited in your office and still hope it may prove to be so when the search is made. Since writing to you I have thought I ought to have mentioned a circumstance connected with the effort to properly lay before you a history of my fathers services already allowed at your office as I have gathered them from you from time to time. The circumstance is this, viz, When I received my late certificate from the Secretary of the Com. of Mass. describing an eight months & 8 days service as guard on the North River in 1778 under Capt James Darlow, 1 st Lieut King Latham & 2 d Lieut Ephraim Lindsay, I was lead at once to claim it as my fathers service without a doubt. In this service my father was at or near Pickokill & in this service he was selected by Lafayette himself as a suitable person for an infantry company as set forth in my mothers declaration in 1838 or 39. I then of course concluded that my mistake was made at your office some years since whilst the Mass. rolls were with you, in saying to me "your father served in Capt. Benj. Edgills company in Rhode Island in 1778 6 mo & 8 days." I then wrote to the Sec. of Mass. & requested him to correct the mistake & have received his certificate which accompanies this. He has not as

yet been able to find the service put in for on the rolls, but you will see by his certificate that my father was not the Benj Chamberlin on that roll of service that man was from Winchendon Worcester Co. Mass . I will request a thorough research of the Mass records & rolls if you desire it, but I presume from the following facts you will not require it. I have been informed from the office of the Sec. of Mass that the rolls of service are imperfect and I know that the roll from which my father's service was proved was still amongst his deceased captain's papers & had never been deposited in the secretary's office.
I still claim a 6 months service of my father in Rhode Island in a company with Nathan Warren under the following proof viz Affidavit of Nathan Warren of Minot (Maine) that he served a six months campaign in Rhode Island during the rev. war with my father & that they might have served under a Capt. Agel or Capt. Cole. The affidavit of Warren is with my mother's declaration at your office.
The following circumstances prove the service in my own mind without a doubt, viz, Warren & my father were both from Bridgewater & both emigrated to Maine, the former to Minot & the latter to Turner & lived about five miles apart. We knew they were familiar & often spoke of the war & their services in it, and also of being together. When my mother was looking up evidence Job Prince Esq was sent to take Warren's deposition which he did, but Warren could not certainly say as to the year or who the Captain's name was.
Some time after I visited Warren myself to see if he could not be more definite as to officers & time. I introduced myself as the son of Benj Chamberlin of Turner & he then

answered me in the following manner "I well knew your father and served with him one campaign in R. I. in Rev. war." He remarked that he served in R. I. several times & had no means of recollecting which time my father was with him. In answer to my inquiry how he could be so confident the service was for six months & and he answered that all of his services were for that length of time without exception. Mr Warren was considered a man of truth and veracity and if you requests it I can get a certificate to that effect from the vicinity in which he resided.
It has been suggested to me that by disclosing the above facts my mother might lose the service with Warren & then perhaps fail of securing a pension for the services lately presented, but having determined to be open & honest myself & relying upon the fidelity of your Department to all the proper subjects of the bounty of Government I submit the case to your disposal.
With respect D. Chamberlin
To the Commissioner of the Interior, Revolutionary Pensionary Department Washington (D. C.)

Affidavits of Mary Chamberlin John Bonney & Ichabod Bonney in regard to the services of Benjamin Chamberlin in the Revolutionary War,

State of Maine County of Oxford
On this tenth day of February 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 Mary Chamberlin aged sixty two years, widow of the late Benjamin Chamberlin of Turner, Maine who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she has always understood that her deceased husband performed various services in the Revolutionary war both in the Massachusetts State service and in the Continental service. She further testifies that herself & Ephraim Lindsey an officer in the army were near neighbors in Pembroke, Maine, and she distinctly recollects that the said Lindsey went into the army and returned before his time was out in consequence of sickness. She further states that it is her impression that the said Lindsey died at Albany New York before the Company went to Plattsburg, she also recollects that it was always understood that the said Lindsey and her husband served one campaign together in the Revolutionary war.
Attest Ephraim B. Blake
Eliza H. Blake
Mary -
her X Chamberlin mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
before me
Joseph Barron, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine County of Oxford
On this tenth day of February, A.D. one Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty seven personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County & State afore said, John Bonney aged eighty eight years, a resident of Hebron Maine who being duly sworn according to law declares that he was for many years personally acquainted with the late Benjamin Chamberlin of Turner who was a soldier of the Revolution whose widow Mary Chamberlin of this Town of Hebron now claims an increase of Pension he further states that he has frequently understood the said Benjamin Chamberlin to say that he performed various campaigns in the above named war both in the Massachusetts State service and in the Continental army he further states that he well recollects of hearing the friends of Ephraim Lindsey say that he died in the army before the term of the enlistment for which he enlisted run out
John Bonney
State of Maine County of Oxford
On this tenth day of February A.D. 1857 personally came before me Nehabod Bonney aged sixty five years a resident of Turner Maine and testifies that he was well acquainted with Benjamin Chamberlin late of Turner that he recollects of hearing the said Chamberlin say that he performed various campaigns in the Revolutionary war both in the Massachusetts state service and in the Continental army.
Nehabod Bonney
both of the above certificates were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written
Joseph Bassett Justice of the Peace

Certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, February 10 th 1857.
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 Benjamin Chamberlain is borne on pay roll of Capt. David Kingsman's Comp. Col. Edward Mitchell's Regt. on the alarm at R. Island Dec. 8. 1776. 11 days. Also on pay roll of Capt. James Harkins's Comp. Col. Ezra Woods Regt. from June 5. 1778. 8 mos. 8 days, as private. (Ephraim Lindsey served at same time in same Company 4 mos. 1 day, as 2 d Lieutenant.) Also on muster roll of Capt. Abner Washburn's Comp. Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regt. from March 10. 1781. 22 days, hand included, as corporal. Also on pay roll of six mos. men raised from the Town of Bridgewater to reinforce the Continental Army from July 4. 1780. 6 mos. 17 days, and sworn to by the Selectmen of the Town of Bridgewater July 20. 1782.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis D. Mitchell
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Norwich Vt. Feb. 3. 1857
Dear Sir I am in want of evidence to identify a service in the revolutionary war, performed by my deceased father Benjamin Chamberlin formally from Bridge water in your State. The service was performed under Cob. Ezra Woods Reg. Capt. James Harlow & Lieut. King Lathara & Ephraim Lindsley in 1778 as guard on the North River New-York. Ephraim Lindsley & my aged mother who now claims an increase of Pension both resided in Pembroke in your State during that war. My mother says that she distinctly remembers that the said Ephraim Lindsley went into the Army and returned before his time was out by reason of sickness. Whether he was discharged or only came home on a furlough she does not recollect. She says it was understood by her that the said Lindsley & my father served in the same company. Now I wish you to examine the pay roll of that company & see if the said Lindsley was or was not paid for the whole of that earnings, which was 8 months & 8 days or whether any mention was made of absence on furlough & if you find any thing which I need, please to give me a regular certificate with this attached in order to forward to the Commissioner of Pensions. Please to attend to

the search as soon as practicable as I am desirous of ascertaining what can be done during the present month.
Yours with respect.
Philip Chamberlin
To the Hon Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Please to direct to Rev. P. Chamberlin Norwich, Vermont.
Postscript. Should you readily find that my father Benjamin Chamberlin of Bridgewater served in the revy war in either Capt. Shepherds Packards company Col. Sylers Reg. or Capt. Nathan Packards company in 1779 please to give it a place in your certificate & greatly oblige yours &c.
P Chamberlin
Again I would add another request viz. Please whilst looking for the above named service under Capt. Packard or some other officer just state also how long my father served in Capt. Increase Robinsons company in Rhode Island in 1776.

To the Secretary of the Interior Revolutionary Pension Department
Washington
District of Columbia
By the politeness of Hon. Justin Morrill M.P.

Norwich (Vermont) Dec. 8, 1856
Dear Sir — By Hon. Justin Morrill member of Congress from our State & a personal acquaintance of mine, I would respectfully beg leave to address your department again upon the subject of an increase of pension to my mother who resides in Hebron Maine aged 92 years. My father Benj n Chamberlin was a revolutionary Soldier from Bridgewater Mass. and died in Turner Maine in 1822 aged 61 years. I will repeat, that he applied for a pension under the act of 1818 and failed of obtaining one because he had not been out nine months at one time. I need not however repeat the disadvantages we labored under in making out my mother's declaration of services under the act of 1838 granting a pension to widows, for they are mostly set forth in a communication of ours to your department about the 17 th or 18 th of Sept. last. Having the care of my aged mother (Mary Chamberlin) I procured her a home with a more distant relative in the vicinity of her old acquaintance, as she did not incline to remove from place to place as has seemed to be my lot in my occupation. From an increase of expenses in maintaining my aged parent & from a full conviction that my father did perform more service in the revolutionary war than she had been allowed for, we concluded to make the attempt to obtain a further allowance. Accordingly I sent on to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mass. and described several services performed by my father and which had not as yet been allowed at your department, particularly one of eight months which we declared for at the outset if I am not greatly mistaken. Our request of September last was replied to by Judge Minot, your predecessor, the original of which I herewith transmit to you in order that you may be informed of the state of the case when he left your office.

He says that "the case of Mary Chamberlin of Maine cannot be increased upon the evidence on file." He also says that "the original claim was for 18 months service", and of course I was mistaken in thinking it was for two years. Probably we fixed the time at 18 months from the circumstance that we could pretty clearly describe so much service. From what I can recollect of my father's history of his service I have myself never doubted that he served two years, & therefore supposed it was so in my mother's declaration. We however depended & still do depend, that the actual service performed if it can be identified properly, is all that is needed at your department to secure a pension. He also says that my mother's allowance was for 17 months & 10 days and not for 15 months and 21 days as I gathered by plain returns from your department. Since the receipt of his letter I have been led to conclude that the difference between 15 months & 21 days & 17 months & 10 days viz 1 month & 19 days was an allowance on the eight months service declared for & which has not till lately been found on the Mass. rolls.
I never have doubted your liberality and I commend you for your fidelity to the interests of the government as well as to the care of such as are the chosen subjects of the bounty of government. Again Judge Minot appears to understand that ours is a new claim set up, but for the knowledge of which the parties are indebted to recently discovered records? This is however a mistake, for we have ever had in view the eight months service with some shorter term

and we have had also an imperfect traditional evidence of the other short terms of service set forth in our recent request. Be assured that no undue means have been used by us to procure an increase of pension.
Since I received Judge Minot's letter I have written to Ex Governor Albion H. Parris of Portland, Maine by whom my father's application for a pension in 1818 was sent to your office in hopes to gain the desired evidence in the case. I received an answer from him a few days since in which he says "I have a distinct recollection of your venerable father." He gives it as his opinion that my father's declaration of services is possibly now on file at your office and subject to my order. Will you oblige me by looking over your files of revolutionary pension applications in 1818 & see if the application of Benjamin Chamberlin of Turner Maine is to be found with you & if so will you receive it as evidence of service? If you find it you will doubtless get a full & correct history of the actual service of my father which cannot now be found from any other source. Perhaps my father's discharges & various affidavits may be found too with his declaration, as our suspicion that they were returned & burnt at Brown's office may not be correct.
Please to communicate with the bearer of this & he will communicate with me upon the subject.
Yours with respect A. Chamberlin
To the secretary of the interior, Revolutionary Pension department.

STATE OF MAINE. } ss. COUNTY OF OXFORD, }
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court.
I, ALVAH BLACK, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, the same being a Court of Record, hereby certify, that Joseph Barron
was at the dates of the certificates hereunto annexed, ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly authorized to administer Oaths, and take the acknowledgement of Deeds and other Instruments; and that I believe that the signature to the Instrument hereunto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of our said Court, at Paris, in said County, this Twenty Second day of September 1856
Alvah Black Clerk.

Hebron (Maine) Sept. 16. 1856.
To the Commissioner of Revolutionary Pensions Washington District of Columbia
Dear Sir
I would respectfully state to you that I am the son of the late Benjamin Chamberlin of Turner in this State and also of Mary Chamberlin his widow who now resides in this place aged 92 years. She now draws a yearly pension of $57.76 in consequence of my father's services in the Revolutionary war she being of that class of widows who were married previous to 1794. Her first certificate of pension was dated 12 th day of Nov. 1839 for $26.89 recorded in the Pension office in Book A. Vol 1 st by Addison & it has since been increased to the sum first named. In my mother's first application we declared for two years of service and that it was made up of one 8 months campaign and two 8 months campaigns and the remainder in a number of shorter services on various alarms. The services which have been considered proved at your office are as follows viz    1 st In Rhode Island under Capt Increase Robinson  mos days 1 - 16.    2 nd In Rhode Island under Capt Benj. Edgell  6 - 8.    3 rd In New-York under Capt John K. Smith & others (1780)  6 - 17.    4 th In Rhode Island under Capt Abram Washburn  1 - 10    Making in the whole  14 - 51    Note. The 6 mos & 17 days in New York is the same service which is repeated in the certificate of the Secretary of the Com.

monsealth of Mass. which I now send you. a circumstance has recently induced me to apply again to the Secretary of Mass. for corroborating evidence of our declaration of the service of my father and I have conclusive evidence in my own mind that my father was the identical Benjamin Chamberlin who performed the services specified in the ac- companying certificate of the Secretary dated August 22. 1856.
1 st At Rhode Island under Capt David Kingman Mo. days 11 2 nd At New York as guard under Capt James Harlow 8 8
(Note.) I will here say that I distinctly recollect of hearing my father say that whilst on this service he stood on guard at various times in sight of a great chain extended across the North River to keep the enemy from passing up.
3 rd At Rhode Island under Capt Abram War- burn as a Corporal 22
(Note.) I also distinctly recollect of hearing a conversation between my father & Isaac War- burn nephew of Abram Warburn as follows or nearly so. Warburn said to my father that he should call him Corporal Chamber- lin because he served in that capacity under his uncle Abram. My father admitted the fact but declined the "honor."
  Total of service not as yet accepted 9 11   Total of service heretofore proved 15 21   Service performed in the whole by B.C. 25 2 

I would therefore respectfully request you in the behalf of my aged mother to grant her a certificate of a whole pension and also to grant her the back pay due to her according to the provisions of the pension law.
In addition by way of explanation I would state that the services upon which my mother now draws a pension were considered proved by various affidavits & the corroborating evidence of the Massachusetts rolls. None of the services for which we now claim a whole pension were reconcept into the 15 mo & 21 days service already allowed. The 6 months & 17 days service in New York in 1780 has already been allowed, but the other services mentioned in the certificate of the secretary of Mass. have not as yet been allowed.
Mist E. R. Blake
Philip Chamberlin
State of Maine County of Oxford ss
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I am well acquainted with Rev. Philip Chamberlain of Cornish Vermont and know that he is the identical person he represents himself to be and that I have no interest in this claim.
Joseph Barrows, Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont County of Lamoille ss
On this nineteenth day of September A.D. 1834 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State of said Mary Chamberlain aged eighty two years a resident of St. Albans State of Vermont who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the widow of Benjamin Chamberlain late of St. Albans in the state of Vermont and that she has requested her only son Philip Chamberlain of Norwich Vermont to make a declaration for the purpose of increasing her Pension for her and in her behalf she further states that she believes the foregoing declaration is true according to her best recollection
her Mary X Chamberlain mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiant to be a credible person and that she is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in the claim.
Joseph Barnes, justice of the Peace
To the Commissioner of Revolutionary Pensions Washington District of Columbia.
Please to direct your communication as follows viz Rev. P Chamberlin, Norwich, Vermont.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20

To the Commissioner of Revolutionary Pensions Washington District of Columbia
(No 1)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Aug. 22 nd 1856.
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 Benjamin Chamberlin is borne on pay roll of Capt. David Kingsman (Comp. Col Edward Mitchell's Regt. An alarm at R. Island) Dec. 8 1776 11 days, as private. Also on pay roll of Capt. James Harlow's Comp. Col. Ezra Wood Regt. raised to guard the passage of the North River from June 5 th 1778. 8 mos. 8 days, as private. Also on pay roll for service of six mos men raised from Bridgewater from July 4. 1780. to June 9. 1781. 6 mos. 17 days travel included. Also on pay roll of Capt. Abram Washburn's Comp. Col. Theophilus (Cotton) Regt. from March 10. 1781. 22 days, as Corporal, from Bridgewater.

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.
Francis De Witt Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Norwich (Vermont) Aug. 20. 1856.
Dear Sir— I am the son and only surviving child of Benjamin Chamberlin formerly of Bridge-water in your State and who died in Turner Maine in 1822 aged 61 years. My father performed a number of services in the revolutionary war and his widow (my mother) now draws a pension for a part of his services but as yet she has been unable to gather all the evidence necessary to secure an allowance for all of the time declared for, & which we fully believe was spent in the service. We declared for full two years service in the whole, & that his longest term of service was eight months and probably some days over. I distinctly recollect of hearing the following conversation (in substance) take place between my father and other individuals after his application for a pension under the act of 1818 had been rejected because he had not been out nine months at any one time. Said my father "I served eight months and several days at one time & was out full two years in the whole and I think congress has used partiality." A fellow soldier remarked that "those eight months men were better paid than many others." My father rejoined by saying "True, but near the close of the war I paid 20 dollars for a

bowl of punch & the last of the war which returning home I could not dispose of my money for necessary food, for it was no better than old rags"
I well recollect of seeing my fathers honorable discharges from his several terms of service. He had carefully preserved them, but at the time he made an ineffectual effort to obtain a pension he delivered them to an agent who thinks he burnt them with other old old papers after my father died.
I have heretofore requested you or your predecessor to search your rolls for cor- roborating evidence & I would respect- fully request you to search them again. If you should find that Benjamin Chamberlin of Bridgewater served an eight months term I claim it as my fathers service. He often spoke of going to New-York New Jersey & I think he went over the line of Pennsylvania at one time. He served as a private most of the time, but it was un- derstood that he served as a corporal a short time. Also if you should find a short term of service in which Benjamin Chamberlin of Bridgewater served as a corporal I shall also claim it as my fathers service. My Mother is now 92 years of age & needs

a whole pension if she can lawfully obtain it. I send you the arranged fee (one dollar) for a second search of the records. Please to write as soon as practicable direct to Rev. P. Chamberlin, Norwich, Vermont
Yours with respect
Philip Chamberlin
To the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts.
Post. Script. I have already proved 15 mo. and 20 days of service & think that the service of 8 months and another service of a few days as corporal is all that I expect or need to prove. This will make up about two years. Please to look for the few days service as corporal probably in Capt. Abrams Warhurns company & for the eight months service probably in Col. Ezra Woods regiment & be sure it was Benjamin Chamberlin of Bridgewater in your state as there were others of that name in the service.

Ms. B. 1. 6 v. 10 p. 28
Dear Thornton W.H. Oct 9
for us
Rev. J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington (D.C.)
Rev. J. L. Edwards Esq.
Oct 9

Campton (N Hampshire) Oct. 10 th 1840.
Dear Sir — When I wrote you last upon the subject of my mother's pension I expressed myself rather strongly that if the campaign of my father's service under Capt. Edghill was allowed, we should make no more effort. As I had not consulted my mother upon that subject, my conclusion was hasty & I trust you will excuse it if you receive another request from her for a still further allowance of pension. Duty to my aged parent requires me to do what I can to establish her claim consistent with truth & righteousness. An impression has prevailed in this vicinity that in consequence of many spurious claims upon the generosity of government, that even a just claim does not receive due attention at your department as at the first & I confess that until your last communication

I was led to think the impression might be correct. I am happy however to say that it is my decided opinion at present that you intend to carry out the spirit and letter of the pension acts and of course I shall not complain at the course you may adopt in granting or not granting a further allowance of pension to my mother.
A strong opinion prevails in my own mind that my father served one campaign under a Capt. Packard. Mr Nathan Warren informed me that there was such a man as Capt. Nathan Packard in Col. Pops Regiment and thought that he himself served under him, but I have since been informed that he thinks he was mistaken. Please to see if the above is corroborated by the rolls.
Yours with respect
Philip Chamberlin, Son of the late Benj Chamberlin & Mary Chamberlin now residing in Hebron Maine J. L. Edwards Esq.

Campton N.H. March 5 th 1841.
To the Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.
The subscriber would respectfully represent that he is son of the late Benjamin Chamberlin of Turner, Maine, and of his widow Mary Chamberlin of Sebago, Maine, who is a pensioner under the late act for 5 years pension to certain widows. Being of late on a visit to my friends in Massachusetts I made some enquiry for evidence of my fathers service in the revolutionary war, and understanding that certain papers were to be found in the office of the Secretary of State of Mass. relative to the services of revolutionary soldiers, I applied to him to see if any thing could be found to support my mothers claim to a further allowance of pension.
He has informed me by letter that Benjamin Chamberlin of Bridgewater served a campaign in 1781 under Capt. Abram Washburn as a corporal. Said Washburn he says was in Col. Cotts or Coltons regiment. He thinks the service was short, but does not know by his papers how long. He writes that he will give me a certificate of service in usual form if I request it, that

thinks as the cannot specify the length of the service it will not benefit the case. He thinks also that you will consider the service identified by the old rolls when you may search them. As collateral evidence of the abovenamed service I enclose a certificate from Mrs. White a sister of my deceased father. She enjoys her faculties remarkably well for a person of her advanced age. I did not get her affidavit as she could not recollect either the Captain under which my father served or the length of time he was out. I distinctly read the within certificate to my aged Aunt and she heartily signed it with her own hands.
In a former communication you informed me that the old rolls did not give any account of the service of Capt. Increase Robinson, but from some cause you fixed upon about six weeks as the term of the service. This service you considered as proved by an old pay roll found in care of a son of the above named Robinson which however did not specify the time of the service.
I think you will obtain abundant evidence that my father served three months in R.I. in 1776 under Capt Robinson by recurring to the declaration of David Mann of Pembroke (Mass) and his other evidence of service, as he served in the same company with my father at that time & I have been informed

That his name is to be found on the aforesaid Old Pay Roll found with Robinsons Son. The following is an account of my fathers service which is already allowed.
1 st Campaign In Rhode Island in 1776 Mo 1 1 - 16 - 1 Proved by an old Pay roll found with a Son of Capt J Robinson
2 d Campaign In Rhode Island from June 27 th 1778 to Jan. 1 st 1779 6 - 8 Proved by the evidence of Nathan Warren and was under Capt Edghill in Col Jacobs Regiment
3 d Campaign in N York in 1780 6 - 17 proved by the old rolls corrobor- ating declaration.
14 - 10
Should you think the evidence sufficient to allow three months service of my father in 1776 & also his Service in 1781 under Capt Warbun Please send directly to Widow Mary Chamberlin of Hebron Maine, & if not sufficient, please send directly to me at Hillsborough N.H. as I expect to remove to that place next week. Philip Chamberlin

I would beg your patience whilst I would just add the following requests viz: As we have a strong impression that my father served one campaign under a Capt Packard - Please if it was not under Capt. Shepard Packard - Col. Tyler in A.D. in 1779 or under Capt. Lebulun Packard in 1781, or 1782. Whether you send your communication to myself in Hillsborough N.H. or my mother in Hebron (Maine) Please to give a certificate of the services of my father with his captains and Colonels in the revolutionary war I oblige yours &c Philip Chamberlin
Mar 11 1841
My Dear Sir M c Kinley Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
P.S. I have no distinct recollection whether my father said he served any part of the war as a corporal or not.
Yours with respect P. Chamberlin To Hon J. L. Edwards.

Chapman N.H. p 16 Sept 22 1844
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To the Commissioner of Pensions Pension Department Washington City U.S.A.
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Campton (New-Hampshire) Sept. 15 th 1840.
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
The subscriber (son of the late Benjamin Chamberlin of Turner, deceased, and also of his widow Mary Chamberlin who is still living in Hebron (Maine)) would respectfully lay before the pension department the following facts, and also in behalf of my mother would request an increase of Pension provided the circumstantial evidence herein named is corroborated by the old rolls.
The abovesaid Mary Chamberlin applied for a pension under the act of 1838 and in her declaration set forth (as you will see by the instrument on file in your office) that according to the best of her recollection she had heard my father say that he served three campaigns in the revolutionary war of the length of 8 months, 6 months and 4 months.
She believed the 8 months service was in New-York and one of the other services in Rhode-Island, but she could not recollect where the other service was performed.
Her service of 6 months & 17 days in N.Y. was proved by the old rolls and also a short service under Capt Robinson in R.I. for which a pension of $26.89 per year for five years

was granted signed Nov. 12 th 1882 and recorded in the Pension office in Book A. Vol 1 st page 5 th .
In the evidence on file you will find that Mr Nathan Warren of Minot testified that he served two campaigns in R.I. of six months each and that my father served with him one of those times but did not recollect which. One of these services he testified was under Capt. Atgel & the other under Capt. Cole both years in a Col. Jacobs Regiment.
I visited the abovesaid Warren a short time since and after introducing myself as the son of the late Benj Chamberlin of Turner he proceeded voluntarily to say "I was well acquainted with your father and served with him six months in R.I. in the Revolutionary war". I then asked him what captain he served with my father under but he could not recollect which of the following three it was viz. Capt. Joseph Cole or Capt. Benj Atgel in regiments commanded by Col. Jacobs or under Capt. Nathan Packard in Col. Pope's Regiment. By reason of age and infirmity Mr Warrens memory is confused, but if I have not been misinformed of your regulations you will grant an increase of pension provided the service of my father in Capt. Nathan Packards company and Col. Pope's

Regiment is corroborated by the old rolls. I believe from various circumstances that my father performed still another service in that eventful war, but if the above is granted we shall make no more effort & probably shall not even if it is not granted. Should you see fit to grant an increase of pension please to direct it to "Widow Mary Chamberlin Nelson (Maine)" or to myself Campton (N.H.)
Yours with respect Philip Chamberlin
(Post Script) The above named Nathan for Warren is a revolutionary pensioner & I have no reason to doubt intends to speak the truth as far as his memory serves him. If consistent with your regulations I would request you to recur to his declaration on file, and if you find the name of my father on the same rolls you will doubtless grant our request, but if not we shall be content and give it up entirely.
Grafton ss State of New Hampshire Sept 16 th 1840 Personally appeared the above named Philip Chamberlin who is a minister of the Gospel and a man of unimpeachable character and made oath that the statements in the above communication are correct according to the best of his knowledge & recollections.
Before me
John Kimiston Justice Peace

West Hebron Me Oct 21
Jan Jan
Oct 26 '40 In-ah
Edward Ely Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C

Hebron (Me) Oct 16 1840
To, J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Sir A few days since I received a communication from my Son Philip Chamberlin of Campton N.H. in which he informs me that upon a research of the Old Role, agreeable to his request in my behalf you have found that my deceas d husband Benj Cham- berlin served in Capt Edghills Company 6 months & 8 days which entitles me to an increase of pension as soon as I shall send on my certificate agreeable to your proposition, and request you to direct your communications to myself at Hebron (Maine) where I still reside. Yours with respect
Post Script
Marg Chamberlin
Dear Sir. I would further state that I still believe there was another service performed in the Revolutionary war by my deceas d husband of 4 months which will make the 18 months which I decl- ared for, and was corroborated by my Sons testimony on the same sheet. The reasons are briefly these viz 1 st because we are confident he would not have applied under the first Pension act unless he had been out nine months or more in the continental service , but if I mistake not that of the 14 months corroborated by the Rolls, only 6 months & 17 days was in

Continental army
2 nd We are confident - that it was understood that he failed of success only because he had not been out nine months at one time in the continental Service
3 rd because he frequently remarked that he was out a first and second time in the continental Army and had served in the whole at least 18 months in the service of his country.
Please to grant a Still further allowance of pension for the above named 4 months, if you should think I am entitled to it. It has been our impression that my deceased husband served this Campaign under a Capt. Packard but we cannot positive say this was the name. Please look at the Roll of Capt. Nathan Packard in Col. Laps Regiment. My principle hope of success however is an encouragement to claimants that family tradition & other circumstantial evidence should be entertained at your department. Please recur to my declaration & my son's testimony on the same sheet -
Respectfully Yours
Mary Knowlton

I Daniel Kinsley, of Merit, in the county of Cumberland, & State of Maine, aged seventy nine years, testify, & say, that in the year 1780, Benjamin Chamberlain late of Turner, in the county of Oxford, deceased, who then resided in Bridgewater State of Massachusetts, enlisted to serve as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War, for the term of six or nine months, & I am not positive which. I was well acquainted with said Chamberlain at the time of his enlistment, who then resided within one & a half mile of my place of residence, & I was well acquainted with the circumstances of his enlistment which was in the spring, or in the early part of the summer of that year; I well recollect that he was absent during the summer & fall of said year - & returned but a very short time, before I enlisted into the three years service which was on the first of January 1781. I do not recollect the names of the officers, under whom he enlisted, but have no doubt that he served six or nine months, I have frequently heard his account many of the incidents of his life while in that campaign - among others he related the manner of posting the Artillery, when the British Troops landed on the Jersey shore - & also related some of the circumstances that took place at the time of Arnold's treason, & the execution of Maj. Andre - I think it was, but six months - but it might be nine.
Daniel Kinsley State of Maine Oxford ss. - December 6th 1838. Then personally appeared Daniel Kinsley - a credible witness, and under oath to the truth of the above. Affidavit before subscribed Before me John Pinner Justice of the Peace

I, Nathan Warren of Minot, in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine, aged seventy six years, testify & say, that I served as a private soldier two campaigns during the Revolutionary War - of six months, each - at Rhode Island. One campaign, I served under Capt Joseph Cob, the other under Capt Benjamin Abel, in Col. Jacobs Regiment - but from the great lapse of time, I do not recollect the year in which said service was performed. Benjamin Chamberlain, late of Turner in the County of Oxford, deceased, - who then resided in Bridgewater, State of Massachusetts, & within three or four miles of my place of residence, served as a private soldier, in the same company with me, during one of the aforesaid campaigns but I cannot distinctly recollect which.
I have ever been acquainted with said Chamberlain, to the time of his death, and have frequently conversed with him, upon incidents that transpired while we were together in the Army.
Nathan Warren
State of Maine
Oxford ss December 11th 1838 Then personally appeared Nathan Warren, a credible witness & made oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed - Before me Job Prince Justice of the Peace

I Simon Reed of Brookfield in the County of Oxford State of Maine, being a Pensioner of the United States under the act of 1832 testify and say that I was well acquainted, with Jeremiah Robinson, late of Sumner, in said County, deceased, having been born & bred up a neighbor to him, in Pembroke, Massachusetts and continued a neighbor to him till the commencement of the Revolutionary War, when he and I both went into the army. I served eight months at Roxbury, in the Company of Capt. Hamlin, when said Robinson was a member of the same Company & acting a part of the time as ordery Sergeant & part of the time as Ensign. After this, I served no more in company with said Robinson, but while I was in the service, at Foxland Ferry, in Rhode Island, under Capt. Hovey, I heard, from various sources, that said Robinson was then in the Army, at Bristol, Rhode Island acting as Captain, Joshua Keen being his Lieutenant. I have frequently conversed with said Keen about his service there and about said Robinson being his Captain, but how long they served I cannot tell. I visited said Robinson, since he lived in Sumner, to make a set of Millstones, when I well remember of conversing with him about his said service as Captain at Bristol, as above stated.
State of Maine. County of Oxford.
Simon Reed
November 5. 1832. Then the above named Simon Reed, to me well known to be a person of truth, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me.
Saml D. Brown Justice of the Peace

I Philip Chamberlin of Campton N. H. Son of Benjamin Chamberlin late of Turner in the state of Maine testify and say in addition as I think to a former testimony of mine now filed in the Pension office at Washington, that I distinctly recollect of hearing my father say that he spent a part or the whole of one campaign in Springfield Mass. and I have often heard him say that whilst a soldier there he had been into the armory kept there and had seen a great number of "stands of arms" (to use his own expression) there, as well as bushels of flints. I also distinctly recollect that he frequently said that whilst in New York in 1780 that he served eight months. He served a part of that time in the company in which he enlisted and then was selected with others to form a company of Light Infantry by order of Lafayette who presented each one of them with a feather for their caps or perhaps both the cap and feather. One of his captains I have heard him say was John Hilby Smith but I do not recollect he said what the name of his other captain was in that campaign.
Philip Chamberlin
State of Maine Oxford November 5. 1839. Then the above named Philip Chamberlin to me well known to be a person of known respectability, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed, before me Sam l D. Pennant of the Pen

I Josiah Paris of Rockfield, in the County of Oxford. State of Maine, a Pensioner of the United States, under the law of Congress of June 7. 1832, do hereby say that I was well acquainted with Merrow Robinson, late of Rumford in the said County of Oxford, deceased, both in my youth & while he lived in said Rumford. I lived a neighbor to him while he & I lived in Pembroke & Halifax, in Massachusetts at the commencement of the Revolutionary war. Said Robinson went off into the army, as was then said by all the neighbors and acting in the office of Lieutenant or Ensign, at Roxbury. It was also said and generally talked about, that said Robinson served as an officer at Bristol in Rhode Island, but I never was actually in his company, as a member of the army. I have no doubt from all I know of said Robinson's history, that he acted as an officer and sometime as a Captain in the army during the revolutionary war.
State of Maine
Josiah Paris
County of Oxford ss. November 5. 1839. Then the abovenamed Josiah Paris, to me well known as a person of known respectability, made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me.
Samuel S. Brown Justice of the Peace

I Samuel F. Brown of Buckfield, Oxford County State of Maine, Counsellor At Law, testify & say sometime soon after the passage of the Act of March 18. th 1818 Benjamin Chamberlain late of Turner in said County deceased employed me to assist him in the endeavor to procure a Pension under the Provision of said Act. I was sometime in trying to procure the evidence to make out the case & did not finish it, till such a construction was given to said act that we concluded that the amount of property he then possessed would exclude him from its benefits; and for that reason we then abandoned the undertaking. Among the Papers of said case I will recollect that there was an authentic document of which which said Chamberlain was quite proud, and which according to my best recollection was a Discharge of his from some one period of service by him in the Army of The Revolution. The Papers in that case passed out of my hands, and I have been altogether unable to find them, altho I have made considerable enquiry & search therefor.
Sam d F. Brown
Sworn to in open Court Oxford ss. June 12. 1839. Then Sam d F. Brown made oath to the truth of the above deposition, the said Brown being a credible witness. Before me attorn J. G. Dole clerk Justice. Peace.

I Oakes Whitman of Turner in the County of Oxford & State of Maine aged sixty eight years, testify & say, that I was well acquainted with Benjamin Chamberlain, late of Turner aforesaid deceased, from the year 1784 - to the time of his death, & know that he was reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier, & more than thirty years ago, I often heard him recount many of the incidents of his life while in the service, I well recollect of his marring circumstances that occurred while at Rhode Island and in the Jerseys. I also recollect of his marring the circumstance of paying eighty dollars, (Continental money), for a Bowl of Pease, while he was on his return from the Campaign at the Jerseys. I further testify, that he, the said Chamberlain was ever considered a person of truth & veracity & his statements in regard to any circumstances were always to be relied upon, & that he died at Turner aforesaid, (according to my best recollection), in the month of December 1822 leaving a widow by the name of Mary, who has remained a widow & unmarried ever since, & that she now resides in Hebron in the County of Oxford aforesaid.
Oakes Whitman
State of Maine
Oxford ss. October 5 th 1838 Personally appeared Oakes Whitman, well known to me as a credible witness, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Job Prince Justice of the Peace

5660
Mary Chamberlain Wid of Benjamin Maine
Ad July 7 1838
Marricd 1792
died 1822
Allev. 8 mo 2 days pm. Mass Militia Kepe Road Col. Tyler Ch roll. Vol. 4. p. 50 (Bridgewater) vol 19. p. 18. on Eagle Hill. b. 8 p.m.
for A. H. Parr Present

2668
Mary Chamberlain
$57:76 per ann
Hon. A. K. Parris Present

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that,
Joshua Parsons is a Magistrate as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission is dated March 16 th A. D. 1843. and will expire March 16 th A. D. 1850 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 eighteenth day of July Anno Domino 1843.
Charles Cobb
Clerk.

State of Maine } ss. Cumberland County }
On this fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, personally appeared before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said county, Mary Chamberlain, a resident of Hebron, county of Oxford and state aforesaid, aged seventy-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 provisions 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 Benjamin Chamberlain who was a Private & Corporal in the Army of the Revolution, and served in several different campaigns, one in Col. Jacob's Regiment, and one, she believes, in Col. Colton or Cotten's Regiment; and she received annually, or had made up to her by a new certificate, fifty-seven Dollars and seventy-six Cents, under the act of July 7; 1838.
She further declares that she is still a widow,
Mary Chamberlain
The above named Mary Chamberlain I am personally acquainted with, and know her to be the widow as above declared; — Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. Before me, Joshua Parsons justice of the Peace.

(No. 2)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
Sept. 2 nd 1856.
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 Benjamin Chamberlin in Capt. Benj n Edgell's Comp. Col. John Jacob's Regt. from June 26. 1778 for 6 mos. 11 days was from Winchendon, Worcester County. Capt. Edgell was from Woburn. Nathan Warren, in same Company, was from Bridgewater.
The name of Benjamin Chamberlin is borne on pay roll of Capt. James Harlow's Comp. Col. Ezra Wood's Regt. raised for the term of 8 mos. to guard the passage upon the North River, from June 5. 1778. 8 mos. 18 days, as private. Capt. Harlow appears to be from Marshfield. King Saphum 1 st Lieut. was from Marshfield - and Ephraim Lindsley 2 nd Lieut. was from Pembroke.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis D. Wells Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Hon J. S. Edward
Cour. of Pensions
Washington

Buckfield Me June 14. 1889
Hon. J. L. Edwards Comt. of Pensions
Sir
Herewith I send to your consideration the application of the Widow Mary Chamberlain for a pension, relative to which, you will please to communicate to
your Subt.
Sam. H. Wilson

Mary Chandler Me
Incurred $47.76 per annum
Glaciated Hebron Me

( Perj a Chamberlain. ) Nram Washburn. 1781
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March 1782 a na 103 240 f 14
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Vol 31 f 64 paid $1 0 8 3 / 4
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Payment to be made at Portland Me. by A. Marshall Esq.
Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 1 st . Page 5 by K. H. Addison
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Mary Chamberlain of Maine widow of Benjamin Chamberlain dec d who was a Private in the Revolution and died on the _____ day of December 1822 is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of Twenty Six dollars and Eighty Nine cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 12 th day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine
J. P. Poinsett Secretary of War
G. M. Cummins Acting Commissioner of Pensions.
Examined and Countersigned. }

Payment to be made at Portland by A. Newhall Agent for paying pen- sions, in the Agency of Maine.
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September in each year. First payment to be made on the 4th day of _____ next.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 5, by
J. M c Curdy.
Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, (Mary Chamberlain of Maine), widow of Benjamin Chamberlain, deceased, who was a private in the Revolution, and died on the _____ day of December 1822, is entitled to receive five years' pension at the rate of Forty seven dollars and Seventy six cents per annum, commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death. In lieu of one for $26.89. Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty sixth day of October _____ one thousand eight hundred and forty.
J. P. Kirtland
Secretary of War.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
Examined and Countersigned. S

Ho. of Reps.
Washington Dec 18, 1856
Dear Sir:
In addition to the communication I sent to you on the 12 th inst from Rev. Philip Chamberlin dated Oreg, 1856, I send you another upon the same subject enclosed herein from the same party.
Very respectfully yours
Justin I. Merrill
Comm. of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington.

Stockfield Me Nov. 5. 1829
J. L. Edwards Esq Bureau of Pensions
Sir
In your communication of Augt 8, 1829, you say (as I read) "I can find no roll of Captain Robinson, or J. Kelly Smith, nor any evidence that they were in the service". There must have been a misreading on your part or a miswriting on mine, of the given name of Smith. It was intended to be John Kilby Smith, a present resident in Portland & was known to be a Pensioner of the Revolution, and not J. Kelly Smith, as you write. I think on a revision of Mr Chamberlain's declaration you will find it to read so, and will find evidence on your files of the service of J. Kilby Smith which I hope may lead to evidence further of Capt. Robinson's service & in the end assist in support of the application of Mr Chamberlain.
Some further testimony is herewith offered to prove the service of Capt. Robinson and I believe we have done all we can to substantiate this claim.
Any communication you may make in relation to it, you will please to address to
your respectful Servt Samuel P. Brown

160      481 3/4 5-1/2  24.05
57.76 24.06 1.60  83.42
Mary Chamberlain Mia of Pery's Me At July 7 1838
Increased from $47.76 to $57.76 many.
3 mo. add. since in 178. in Capt. Washburn Co
17 mo 10 d $57.76
Mrs Mary Chamberlain Hebron Me

Judge S. Minots letter.

Pension Office September 29, 1856.
Sir,
The case of Mary Chamberlain of Maine, cannot be increased, upon the evidence on file. The original claim was for 18 months service, and it appears was finally allowed for 17 months and 10 days, which was a very liberal allowance indeed upon the proof in the papers. —
When a claim is set up for service which not included in a declaration made many years ago, but for the knowledge of which the parties are indebted to recently discovered records, the clearest proof of identity must be exhibited.
Very Resp Yours Emmet Commissioner
Philip Chamberlain Esq Hobson Maine

Ho. of Reps
Washington Dec 12. 1836
Dear Sir:
I have the honor to transmit a communication addressed to your Department from the Rev. Philip Chamberlin. I will thank you to furnish me with a reply.
Yours very truly
Justin S. Morrill
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Rev. Philip Chamberlin Washington
Yours and I am truly yours in faith.

I Jacob H. Lord of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth, of lawful age to give evidence on oath do testify & say that I have before me a Book containing Records of enlistments in the Revolutionary War kept the late General Nathaniel Goodwin deceased who was a Muster Master in this Division the entries therein being in the said Goodwin's handwriting. In said Book is contained
"A descriptive list of men raised for 6 months for the Continental Army & marched to Springfield per Virtue of Resolves of Gen. Assembly of State of Massachusetts Bay of 5 th & 23 d of June 1780"
   No Names Complexion Age Stature Place of Abode Company procured from   ft in.  
Under this Caption is contained the names of the men raised in several Regiments in Plymouth County. From Major Casey's 3 d Regiment is the name of Benjamin Chamberlin with the following entries corresponding to the above table viz:
   Benjamin Chamberlin Light 19 5 7 Bridgewater Kingman  

and the said entry is in the hand writing of the late General Goodwin
Jacob H. Lord
Plymouth ss. Subscribed and sworn to this twen- ty ninth day of March 1839. The deponent being a credible witness.
Before me Anthony Collamore, Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth
I M c H. Morris Clerk of the Judicial Court for the said County of Plymouth in said Commonwealth hereby certify that Anthony Collamore before whom the foregoing deposition was sworn is a justice of the Peace for the said County of Plymouth duly commissioned & qualified and that his signature before written is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Superior Judicial Court on the twenty ninth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty nine
M c H. Morris

I, Philip Chamberlin testify & say in addition to what I have before stated in my deposition before Isaac T. Brown Esq on the sixth day of October instant, in relation to the services of my late father, Benjamin Chamberlin in the Army of the Revolution. That I always understood from him that he enlisted at a town, at the commencement of each term of service and that he served in the companies commanded by Capt. John V. Smith & Captain Increase Robinson. I also say that I distinctly recollect of my father saying he was in each three campaigns — Philip Chamberlin
State of Maine County of Oxford ss. October 8. 1830.
Sworn to before me this day
Isaac T. Brown Justice of the Peace

6155
Maine
Mary Chamberlain widow of Benjamin Chamberlain
who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the _____ December 1822 of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Read of the Regt. commanded by Col. Tyler in the Mass. line for 17 Month and 10 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 57 Dollars 76 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of April 1841 and sent to Pensioner Nebon Maine.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1841. $288.80 Semi-annual allowance ending
$288.80
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by Book A
M.W. Tyler
Vol. 1
Page 5.
Clerk,
Increased from $ 47:76. Let to Past off. 28 1841.