Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,404, Moses Head, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Head, Moses
S. 35,404
CONTENTS

19.668
Maine
Moses Head.
of Kennebec Co in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Green of the regiment commanded by Colonel Beadle in the N. Hampshire line, for the term of one year from 1 Jany 1776 to Dec 31, 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 day of Sept 1826.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th of Sept 1826 and sent to R. C. Vose Esq. Augusta, Me.
Arrears to 4th of March 1827 $ 43.96 Semi-ann. all ce ending
$ 43.96
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. + 1 March 1823 }

Moses Head, private Capt Green Company Col. Beedle V.H. Regt Jan'y 1776 to Dec. 1776 one year 5 th March 1824 —
Proof L t . Davis Israel Glines —
R. C. Vose, Augusta (Maine)

I Moses Head, a citizen of the United States, aged sixty two years, born in Canterbury, in the State of New Hampshire, but now resident in Williamburgh in the county of Penobscot, and State of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that on the first of January 1776 I enlisted as a private soldier for the term of one year, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment in the company commanded by Capt Greene and regiment commanded by Colonel Buel of the New Hampshire troops or line. I served at Mount Independence and returned to Saratoga, and was there discharged the last of November or first of December 1776, before the army went into winter quarters. From my reduced circumstances in life, I need the assistance of my country for support, and I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the State of Maine. Being ignorant of the laws and living in a remote situation, is the reason why I have not applied before.
moses head
State of Maine
Kennebec ss On this fifth day of March A.D. 1824. Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the said state of Maine, Moses Head made oath and to the said state of Maine, and he  subscribed above declaration by him Signed and declared — Nathan Weston Jun
Just. S.J.C.

Kennebec Co
State of Maine
On this fifth day of March A.D. 1824, appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Kennebec Samuel Davis, aged upwards of seventy five years, a pensioner on the Maine Roll and a Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution in Col. Beille, New Hampshire Regiment and made Oath that he has examined the within named Moses Head, and is well satisfied he served in Capt. Green's Company in the said Col. Beille Regiment from January 1776 to November or December of the same year as he has within stated - and further the said Davis, believes that the said Head was discharged in the manner he has stated, as he the said Davis was at Saratoga at the same time, and well remembers the circumstances this day related to him by said Head which took place at that time - and Israel Glines, a private soldier of the same Capt. Green's Company doth on his Oath declare that he well knew the said Moses Head, and to his knowledge the said Head served in said Captain Green's Company and Col. Beille Regiment from January 1776 to December of the same year as he the said Israel Glines served with him the said Head and was discharged at the same time at Saratoga in the State of New York - the said deponents being in my opinion credible witnesses sworn to before me Robert C. Vose, Justice of the Peace
Kennebec Co
I the subscriber clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Kennebec, do certify that the Hon. Nathan Weston Junior, before whom the within oath and declaration was made is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State, and that Robert C. Vose is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Kennebec and both duly qualified as such - In Testimony
whereof I subscribe my name and affix the County Seal of said County this fifth day of March Anno Domini 1824 -
R. C. Vose, Clerk

Schedule 19.555 Moses Head, priv Green C o Col. Beadle, N. Hampshire Rep n Val. Prof 31.00

Original DECLARATION,
In order to be placed on  restored to the Pension List, under the act of the 1st March, 1823.
State of Maine.
COUNTY OF Penobscot ss.
ON this fourteenth day of August 1824 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in open court being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment Moses Head, resident in said County, aged seventythree years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of the eighteenth of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, the first of May, eighteen hundred and twenty, and the first of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three—that he the said Moses Head enlisted for the term of one year on the first day of January in the year 1776 in the State of New Hampshire in the Company commanded by Captain Green in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Biddle in the line of troops the State of New Hampshire on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until Nov. or Dec. 1776 when he was discharged from the said service at Saratoga in the State of New York, that he is now  has been  an official to be placed on the pension list, and drop thereon an account of his property
AND, in pursuance of the Act of the first May, eighteen hundred and twenty, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby, so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Moses Head
SWORN to and declared, on the 14 th day of August 1824 before
Ezekiel Whittemore Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
Value of Property, $31.

SCHEDULE of the Real and Personal Estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: No Real Estate. No personal property
Except one cow of the value of fifteen dollars
2 Swine " five dollars
3 Sheep " three dollars
(and a few articles of House hold stuff (besides bedding) viz) 5 chairs, one old table, one Chest of drawers, 1 broken iron pot, 1 tin kettle, 6 cups & saucers, 5 or 6 plates, a few old knives, forks, (and four spoons all not exceeding eight dollars in value)
Moses Head
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Moses Head who, by occupation am a Laborer which I am unable to pursue by reason of old age
(am lame in my left leg)
   Names. Ages. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Rebecca my wife 62 years Subject to Rheumatism   Rebecca my Daughter 25 years Deprived of her reason on account of fits - & unable to take of herself  
Moses Head
That since the exhibition of my first Schedule, the following changes have been made in my property.
   Names of the persons to whom sold. Time of Sale. Amount of Money, or description of property received in return.      
I, Robert C. Vose Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the said County of Vernon do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Moses Head did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Thirty one dollars and cents .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourteenth day of August 1824
Robert C. Vose Clerk of the Court of the County of Vernon

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Aug 12 , 19 20
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Moses Hazard a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S 35404-
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1, 1776 Nov. or Dec. 1776 Pvt. Green Bedel N.H.                                                   
Battles engaged in, None stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated Date of application for pension, Mar. 5, 1824  Hindal Residence at date of application, Williamsburg, Penobscot Co. Me. Age at date of application, 62  Cart. 1824 N.H.
Remarks: In 1824 he referred to his wife Rebecca aged 62 years
his daughter Rebecca aged 25 years as father family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Settlement Certificate in case of Moses Head . 1824-

This Certifies that Moses Flead, aged sixty two years & ten months, born in Canterbury in the State of New Hampshire, & residing in Danworth N.H. from the year 1771 to about the year 1783, is now an inhabitant of the town of Williamsburg in the State of Maine, is in indigent circumstances owns no real estate, nor any personal estate except one cow & one swine, to the best of our knowledge & belief.
Williamsburg, Maine 16 th February 1824.
Moses Greenleaf Mark D. Libman } Selectmen Stephen D. Dyer } of Williamsburg.

35.404
INVALID.
Rev
1920, Aug. 12 Hist Co Mabel L. True - EW.
File No. 35.404
Moses Head
Ph Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 181
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Moses Head, addt proof. — applicant for Pension — Maine. Roll
R. C. Vose, Augusta Me.

I Moses Head, aged Sixty Six Years, a resident of Williamburgh Maine do further upon Oath declare that I have not owned any Real Estate whatever for upwards of twenty five years last past.
I removed from New Hampshire to Maine in the year 1803. I was at that time a poor man, had but little pecuniary property and no Real Estate. I first settled in Bowdoinham where I lived as a tenant and acquired a few acres of land about seven years then removed to Williamburgh where I have remained ever since. — at the time I removed to Williamburgh it was a wilderness, only three settlers in the township — being feeble in health and unable to do but little I have never been able to purchase any land, but have always lived as a tenant. I have never enjoyed my health since I was in the Revolutionary War, where it was much impaired — living as I have before stated in an uncultivated part of Maine, remote from any one who could render me assistance; and being also poor and lame I have been unable to obtain evidence to support my pension claim. In 1824 I first applied to W. Town. to assist me and having made my schedule in open court in August of that year I was in hopes the proof would have been satisfactory.
I can only repeat what is evident to all who know me, that I am a poor, lame, feeble old man, destitute of property and as to my services in the revolutionary war they have been proved as I am informed to the satisfaction of the Pension Office — I now request that my case may be again examined —
Moses Head
Kennebec Co
Sept 20. 1826
Subscribed, sworn to and declared before me,
Nathan Weston Jun
Just. S. J. C.
State of Maine.
Kennebec, ss. I the subscriber Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within for said County of Kennebec, do certify that the Hon. Nathan Weston, Jr. before whom the above proceedings were had is a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State duly qualified as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the County seal of said County of Kennebec this twentieth day of September A.D. 1826. — R. C. Vose, Clerk.

I Solomon Parsons, of lawful age do depose and say that I well know Moses Head of Williamsburg Penobscot County, Maine, an applicant for a Pension - The said Head is a near neighbor to me, and he is a very poor infirm old man - He owns no Real Estate and has no personal property except a cow and a few sheep, and I further depose and say that the said Head has not owned any Real Estate for many years - not since the year 1818 and has lived on land belonging to a proprietor living in Boston, the said Head being now wholly unable to purchase the land and having no one of his family to assist him in getting a living - and if he does not obtain his pension must be supported as a pauper. —
Solomon Parsons
State of Maine
Kennebec Co. July 2 d 1825
Subscribed and sworn to and I certify that the deponent is in my opinion a credible witness & disinterested.
Before me
Robert C. Vose, Just. Peace
State of Maine.
Kennebec, ss:
I the subscriber Clerk of all the judicial courts held within & for the said County of Kennebec, do hereby certify that Robert C. Vose, Esq., before whom the above proceedings were had is a Justice of the Peace within & for the said County of Kennebec & duly qualified as such.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the County seal of the said County of Kennebec this Second day of July Anno Domini 1825. —
R. C. Vose Clerk

Personally appeared before me Thomas Dabree, of lawful age and he made oath, that he was well acquainted with Moses Head of Williamsburg & an applicant for a Pension that the said Head has been for many years a very poor man and still continues so, that he has no Real Estate and but a mere trifle of personal effects of any description not exceeding twenty dollars in value - The aforesaid deponent being to me well known as a credible Witness & disinterested July 2 1825. Robert C. Dose. Just. Pac.
Moses Head Additional
witness

Ebenezer Greenleaf depo. in the case of Moses Head
Moses Head 66
Moses He
Wm. Dacres Esq. Part

I Ebenezer Greenleaf of Williamburgh in the county of Penobscot & State of Maine Esquire do testify and say, that I have been personally acquainted with Moses Head for the space of eleven years now last past. He always has been an invalid during that time and living as a tenant at will on the farm which he now occupies - He has not, nor has he ever had, during the above time any real estate, and generally is said to be a poor, honest and up- right man, and deserving the pension that may be allowed to Revolutionary soldiers --
Eben: Greenleaf
Sworn to this twenty third day of September in the year of our Lord 1825. C. S. D. me
William D. Doolittle Justice of the Peace

Selection Certificate in case of Moses Head 1876.

Williamsburg, Penobscot County, Maine 11 th Sept 1826 -
This certifies that Moses Head, an old revolution- ary soldier & now an inhabitant of this town, has lived in this town more than sixteen years, is infirm of body, & indigent circumstances so that he really needs support from his country —
Moses Greenleaf Mark G Pitman } Selectmen of Williamsburg.
Ebenezer Greenleaf Town Clerk

Rev file 1/20 Dover, Maine, July 19, 1920.
Commissioner of Pensions, Record Division, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
I am a direct descendant of MOSES HEAD who was a Revolutionary pensioner and would very much like to have a copy of the record of his service as it appears on the records of your department.
MOSES HEAD served in the New Hampshire line; was a native of Canterbury N.H., born on or about April 20, 1761; settled in the town of Williamsburg, Maine in 1810 and died there or in the town of Barnard, Maine, in 1850. His wife's name was Rebecca.
I understand your department furnishes to descendants a brief record of service; I would thank you very much for a transcript,
Respectfully,
Mabel L. True Mabel L. True,
Dover, Maine.