Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19683, Samuel Hosmer, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hosmer, Samuel Sarah
W 19683
P.L. Wt. 30776-160-55
CONTENTS

15.814 Massachusetts Samuel Hosmer
of Middlesex Co in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Butrick of the Regt commanded by Col J. Reid in the Mass s line for 13 mos.
M ch
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of July 1833 and sent to J. W. P. Abbot - Westford
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $ 80. 66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 21. 66
$108.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 34
Let to Francis Little Esq May 21. 49
72 M ch

173250 et al June 20 1855
Sarah Hosmer via Samuel Hosmer Pair. Hosmer,
6/20/55
Lib. ?
Rev. Ware
Pensioner Map 1848-5019
At 160 acres per 13 3/4 B.D. [initials]
[Large handwritten initials, possibly "A.H." or "A.H."]
H. Woodman Boston, Mass.
Vol H-2-63

APPLICATION OF
Sarah - Wid. of Samuel Hooper Rev. War
for a 160 acre warrant.
Act of March 2d, 1853.
173280
WARRANT TO BE SENT TO HORATIO WOODMAN, Boston, Mass. AS WITHIN REQUESTED.

State of Massachusetts County of Middlesex Town of Acton
(a) Samuel Hosmer & Sarah Hosmer both of Acton were married October sixteenth Seventeen hundred and eighty-eight
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: — (b)
“ Oct 16 th 1788 ”
I, William D. Tullis above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town, county, and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said city, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
William D. Tullis } Town Clerk of Acton
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, this fifteenth day of June A. D. 185 5 I have no interest in this case.
John M. Miles Justice of the Peace.
(a) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written out in full.
(b) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record

5567.
Samuel Hosmer
Middlesex Co Mass.
Parol - 13 Months
1606
Dec 21 1832
11 April 1833
P. 338
Abt P Abbot Westford
P. 73. Middlesex Co Mass

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Hosmer -  of Middlesex City in the State of Mass -  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1777 Sept r — 1 — priv t Gen. Capt n John Butrick. Col d J. Reid   " 78 June — 6 — " " Nathan Smith " Robinson   " 79 Sept r — 3 — " " Walker -   " 80 Sept r — 3 — " " Andrews - " Howe  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Middlesex City  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence, living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct - 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J H McBlain Examining Clerk.

No 691
Sarah Hasmer, widow of Samuel Mass.
Act 17 th June 1844,
Marryed 1788 Husband died 25 th Jan 1848
Adm o 13. Months per, $43.33 per annum for 25 th Jan 1848.
Adm o Act 2 nd Feb 1848.
G. S. Bulfinch, Boston, Mass.

Must be sworn to before a Court of Record Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex County ss.
On this tenth day of July AD 1849, personally appeared before the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, for said County of Middlesex Sarah Hosmer a resident of Acton in the county of Middlesex aged about eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838, entitled an Act granting half pay and Pension to certain widows, and the Acts of 3 March 1843 and 17 June 1844, and 2 d February 1848 that she is the widow of Samuel Hosmer who was a private in the War of the Revolution and served as set forth in his Declaration to obtain a Pension under the Act of 7 June 1832 now on file in the Depart- ment of the Interior, and drew a Pension of forty three dollars thirty three cents per annum under said Act of 7 June 1832.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Hosmer on the sixteenth day of October in the year seventeen hundred & eighty eight, that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Hosmer died on the twenty fifth day of January eighteen hundred and forty eight, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to first January 1794 viz at the time above stated.
Sarah her X Hosmer Sworn to and mark

Subscribed on the day and year first herein before written, before me,
Silas Hosmer Witness his hand and signature in the first page.
Marshall Preston Clerk of said Court In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty nine.
Marshall Preston, Clerk

State of Massachusetts County of Middlesex
On this fourth day of April A.D. 1855 personally appeared before me before the peace in and for the County of Middlesex Sarah Hosmer aged eighty five years a resident of Acton in said County who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the widow of Samuel Hosmer late of Acton deceased who was a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner in the war of 1775- She further states that she was married to the said Samuel Hosmer in Acton about sixty six years ago and that her name before her marriage was Sarah Hosmer and that her husband died at Acton on the twenty fifth day of Jan 1848 proof of which will be found on record and that she remains the widow of the said Hosmer and that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she is entitled under the act of Congress Passed March 3 d 1855 and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her to Horatio Woodman Boston Mass
Attest
John Fletcher
her Sarah X Hosmer mark
Middlesex ss. Subscribed and duly sworn to the day and year first above written I certify that she is the identical person above described I have no interest in the case
Moses Taylor } Justice of the Peace

Sam l Horner
N o 5567

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, Samuel Hosmer a resident of Acton in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That in the year 1777, as he thinks in September he voluntarily enlisted for thirty days to commence of the  the  time  time  he  he should arrive at the camp and was at the taking of Burgoyne The Col's name was John Reed of Littleton in said County as he thinks The Lieut Col was Francis Falkner of said Acton; the Capt John Buttrick of Concord; the other officers he does not now remember, he returned to Charles town, being in the regiment that guarded the British troops, which were taken with Burgoyne and was dismissed on Winter Hill at the expiration of the time as he thinks. In the year 1778 he again voluntarily enlisted for six months about the last of June as he thinks, and was stationed a part of the time at Little Compton and Swanton in Rhode Island. The General's name was Sullivan who was commander in chief The Col was Robinson and the Lt Col Jacobs ; the Captain's name he does not remember. The Capt was Nathan Smith of Shirley in said County of Middlesex; the 1 st Lieut Eli Comstock of Concord of said. He returned as he thinks about the first of January 1779. In 1779 in September as he thinks, he again voluntarily enlisted for three months which was to commence upon his arrival at Albany N.Y. The company in which he was, was never embodied in any regiment until he arrived at Troy in 1779 as he thinks The company was dismissed in November. Walker of Woburn in said County of Middlesex. That about the first of August 1780 he was voluntarily enlisted for three months by Daniel Davis of said Acton a committee man chosen for that purpose and went to Newport in Rhode Island where he remained until said service was performed. The Col was How of Marlborough. The Capt was Andrews of said Concord That the above service was in the Militia in the U.S. service.
Samuel Hosmer
And the said Samuel Hosmer says that he was born in the year 1762 That there is as he supposes a record of his age in the town books in said Acton. That he was living at Acton at the time he was called into the service and that he has always lived in said Acton. That he volunteered to serve - That Sullivan was commander in chief while he was at Rhode Island during the six months tour and during the three months service Jacobs was commandant. He does not recollect any officers other than those already named - That Capt Daniel White  Joseph Chaffin and John Faulkner can testify that he has had the reputation of being a revolutionary soldier.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state,
Samuel Hosmer
We, David White and Joseph Chaffin  there being no clergyman in said Acton  of said Acton  a clergyman , residing in the town of Acton and said Joseph Chaffin residing in said Acton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Hosmer who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; — that we believe him to be seventy years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
David White Joseph Chaffin
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the Court further certify, that it appears to them that David White and  Joseph Chaffin who has ve signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Acton of said  and that  who has also signed the same, is a residents in the Acton and are  is a credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. May Prob
I Isaac Fiske Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Hosmer for a pension. I also certify that Francis Tuttle whom own proper signature is unto the certificate annexed is a justice of the peace in said County of Middlesex
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Isaac Fiske
Middlesex ss Acton Decr 28 1832 I James T. Woodbury a clergyman settled since the seventeenth day of August in said Acton certify that I believe the said Samuel Hosmer to be seventy years of age and that he is reputed as a soldier in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been in the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion James T. Woodbury
Middlesex ss Decr 28 1832 Then personally appeared the above named James T. Woodbury and made oath that the foregoing certificate by him subscribed is true before me
Francis Tuttle Just of Peace

May 21. 1905 - Hasty to Katharine Humphrey Lowell Mass
1922, Feb. 8. Photos marked to A. S. Sanders New Rochelle, N.Y. (see receipt for payment in Wm. Hunt. Mass. S. 10878).
19.683
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19.683
Sarah Hosmer ★
Wid. of
Samuel Hosmer ★
Rev. War.
Act: Feb 2 nd 1/48
Index:—Vol. 14, Page 313
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Hosmer ★ Records corrected May 24/05. f.

Copies made of his decla Aug. 17. 1832 her " Oct. 2, 1832

(147 12)
Date Feb. 8, 1922.
Name Samuel Horner No. W19683 War of Rev.
Photographic copies wanted of 2 pieces, consisting of 3 pages.
Remarks:
W.W. Wilson Ext. J.A.W. Chief Record Div.
Serial No. 6031
Law Clerk.

5019 Will you please read me the Revolutionary record of Samuel Hosmer of (Acton Mass I think) his wife's maiden name was Sarah Hosmer I would like to know where and when he died.
Respectfully
Katharine Humphrey 59 Bellevue St Lowell. Mass.

No 691 Sarah Moore Map W. G. B. Salford June 26 99
act 17 June 44

30.776
25 Nov Ans

Sarah Hasmer widow of Samuel who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844.
25 th January, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of August, 1849, and sent to
G. S. Binelfinch Boston Mass.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 31.

Mass. Roll. Act 7 th June 1832 Samuel Hoasner, Treasr. $43.33 per annum, To what time last paid? Died 25 th Jan. 1848. P d to his death T. L. B.

May 22/44 W.W. Allis D. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington Francis Tutt

James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Tis on the eighth day of December last past the Declara- tion and other papers of Mrs Sarah Holmes of Acton in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts for a Pension were sent to your department, she being the widow of Samuel Holmes who died January 25 1845 & who drew a Pension under the act of June 7 1832 & nothing having been heard from about her case, have taken the Liberty to ask why her papers have not been, if any part or all of the papers are incorrect please return them stating wherein they want correcting to Francis Suttle Acton and much Oblige your Humble Servant,
Acton May 15 1849,
Francis Suttle

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, June 18 th 1855.
I Hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed, Moses Taylor and Jno M. Miles were Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Edw. W. Sleeper Secretary of the Commonwealth.

No 691 Sarah Hearn mo of Samuel Map act 17 June 44 Miami 1788

I James T. Knowlton of lawful age desire to say, that I am a minister of the gospel in the town of Alton in the County of Middlesex, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, & have been settled and resident there for more than fifteen years last past, & that Samuel Flosmer, who died in said Alton in the early part of the year eighteen hundred forty eight, has been well known to me all this time, as a Revolutionary Soldier, drawing a pension from the United States, & I further testify to say, that Mrs Sarah Flosmer, now applying for the pension of said Samuel Flosmer, is the widow of said Samuel deceased, they residing all these fifteen years within three miles of me. & I visiting them often, & attending the funeral of said Samuel, as the officiating clergyman. On examining the record of marriages kept by Rev. Moses Adams formerly minister of the gospel settled & residing in said Alton, solemnized by said Adams, I find, that said Samuel Flosmer, & said Sarah Flosmer were married by said Adams, the sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty eight. Said record of said marriage is expressed in fair legible figures, as follows, viz. "Samuel Flosmer & Sarah Flosmer both of Alton were married Oct. 16, 1788." The foregoing included in double commas, is a true extract from said Record. & said Record is now in my possession. Said "Adams", in the tenth line from the top was interlined by me before signing.
James T. Knowlton
Alton Mass. Dec. 6th 1840. Middlesex ss.
The above affidavit was sworn to before me this day, and I hereby certify, & declare, that the above named deponent is a disinterested, respectable & credible witness.
Francis Pillsbury { Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
On this second — day of October personally appeared before the subscriber Francis Tuttle a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Sarah — Hosmer, a resident of Acton in the county of Middlesex 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 benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 29. 1848 entitled "an Act for the Relief of certain surviving widows of officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army" that she is the widow of Samuel Hosmer who was a private in the war of the Revolution, and who was formerly a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832 at the rate of forty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum. She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Hosmer on the sixteenth — day of October — in the year AD 1788.
that her husband the said Samuel Hosmer died on the twenty fifth day of January in this year eighteen hundred and forty eight, that she was not married prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January one thousand eight hundred, inclusive, viz, at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written; before me Francis Tuttle Justice of Peace Her mark. Sarah X Hosmer Attest Lucinda Hosmer Francis Tuttle

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office Boston December 8 th 1848
I hereby Certify, That at the date, of the annexed attestation, Francis Tuttle was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. H. Calhoun
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

5567
Samuel Hosmer
J. W. P. Abbot Esq Newfara Mass

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

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

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Jas. L. Edwards Esq re

Sir,
Merchants Bank Boston 8 Dec n 1848
Enclosed is the Declaration of Mrs Sarah Hosmer, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension under the Act of 29 July 1848. She wishes her Pension Certificate to be sent to me. Very Respectfully
Your obed t serv t G. S. Bulfinch
Jas. L. Edwards Esq re Commissioner of Pensions.

Jas. L. Edwards Esq.

Boston
24 July 1849
Sir,
Your favor of 26 June in relation to the claim of Mrs Sarah Hosmer was received, and in conformity with its suggestions, I enclose her Declaration under Act 1844 made before a Court of Record.
Very Respectfully
Your obed servt
G. S. Bulfinch.
Jas. L. Edwards Esq Court of Pensions.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County, ss.
On this thirtieth day of May one Thousand Eight hundred & forty nine personally appeared before me Francis Tuttle a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Middlesex Sarah Holmes of Acton in the County of Middlesex afore- said aged eighty years, being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of a late Act of Congress granting pensions to the widows of of Persons, who served in the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Samuel Holmes who was a private in the Army of the Revolution in the Massachusetts line, he having received a pension under the Act of June the seventh Eighteen hundred Thirty two for services rendered the United States in the Revolutionary war, of forty three dollars & thirty three cents per annum. Until the time of his death which was on the twenty fifth day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty eight.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Holmes on the sixteenth day of October in the year seventeen hundred & Eighty Eight by the Rev. Moses Atkinson of said Acton, that she is still the widow of said Samuel Holmes
Witt. J Silas Holmes
Sarah her Holmes
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day & year above written,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Before me Francis Tuttle Justice of Middlesex County ss. May 30, 1849 I Francis Tuttle a Justice of the Peace for said County and residing in Acton do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory evidence viz my own personal knowledge that Sarah Holmes is the widow of Samuel Holmes late a pensioner of the United States
Francis Tuttle, Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts County of Middlesex
We John Fletcher and Joel H Whitcomb having been duly sworn, depose and say, that we well knew Samuel Hosmer who was a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner whose widow now applies for bounty land,—that we knew him for more than ten years before his death, which occurred at Acton Massachusetts about seven years ago,—that we know that he died about that time because* We were in the neighborhood at that time that we are residents of Acton Massachusetts that we have known his said widow from his death to this time, that she has remained unmarried,—that her declaration was signed and acknowledged by her in our presence,—that she is the identical person she represents herself to be,—and that we are disinterested.
John Fletcher Joel H. Whitcomb Middlesex, ss Subscribed, and duly sworn to before me, this fourth day of April A.D. 1855
Moses Taylor Justice of the Peace.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory proof has been exhibited before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, by the affidavits of John Fletcher and Joel H Whitcomb of the said county and state, who are personally known to me, who are entitled to credit, and who swear that they have no pecuniary interest in the result of the above application; that Sarah Hosmer is the widow, remaining unmarried of the late Samuel Hosmer who was Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner and that the said Samuel Hosmer died at Acton on or about the twenty fifth day of January A.D. 1848
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of April 1855 I have no interest in this case.
Moses Taylor Justice of the Peace.
* "We attended his funeral," or "were in the neighborhood at the time," or some equally good reason.

I Solomon Smith of Acton in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of seventy eight do testify and say that I am acquainted with Samuel Hosmer of Acton in said County Commonwealth aforesaid, that in the year A.D. 1780 I was knowing to said Hosmer being at Newport Rhode Island for the purpose of  he was enlisted for the term of three months under the command of Col. How of Marlborough & Capt Andrews of Concord and I was knowing to his being discharged at the end of said term.
Acton August 17 1832
Solomon Smith
Middlesex ss August 17 1832 Then the above named Solomon Smith personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was just & true
Before me Francis Tuttle Justice of the Peace
I certify that I am acquainted with the above named Solomon Smith and believe him to be a man of truth & credibility
Francis Tuttle Justice of the Peace

I John Faulkner of Acton in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age seventy, do testify and say that I am acquainted with Samuel Holmes of Acton in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid in the year AD 1778 said Holmes enlisted in to the state service for the term of six months he was stationed at Swansey a short time and from thence to Rhode Island the remainder of the term under Col, Robertson & Capt Nathan Smith of Shirley in said County 1st Lt Eli Conant of Concord. Also in the year AD 1779 said Holmes enlisted for the term of three months marched to Albany from thence up the Mohawk river about fifteen or twenty miles from thence to Troy and thence discharged: officers I do not recollect, John Faulkner
Acton August 17 1832
Middlesex ss August 17 1832 Then the above named John Faulkner personally appeared and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was just & true
Before me Francis Tuttle Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named John Faulkner is a man of truth according to the best of my belief & also a man of credibility Francis Tuttle Justice of the Peace

I Joseph Chaffin of Acton in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of seventy eight do testify and say that I am acquainted with Samuel Horner of Acton in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid. That in the year A.D. 1777 said Horner I recollect was at the Taking of Burgoyne and was in said Service for the term of one month under the Command of Col. Jonathan Reed of Littleton & Capt John Buttrick of Concord 1 st Lt Samuel Mann of Concord
Acton August 17 1832
Joseph Chaffin
Middlesex ss August 17 1832 Then the above named Joseph Chaffin personally appeared and made oaths that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was Just & True Before me Francis Tuttle (Justice of the Peace)
I certify that the above named Joseph Chaffin is a man of truth & respectability Francis Tuttle (Justice of the Peace)
No 1

June 14/49 Recd n Sarah Warner
5019, M ch 48 600, 44 c ts p
Miss
L. Edwards, Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Free

Athol Middlesex County Mass. Mar. 1849.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is the application of Mrs Sarah Hosmer, widow of Mr Samuel Hosmer, late of said Athol a Revolutionary pensioner, under the acts of 1832, for the pension of said Samuel, deceased, to be continued to her, according to the Statute of the United States in such case, made & provided, with the evidence of her marriage with said Samuel, & the evidence of his decease.
The papers may not be in form, but we think you will find them containing all the essential facts in the case.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this, & point out what more, if anything thing, is needed. One set of similar papers was forwarded some months since, but by your letter to F. Tuttle Esquire of the 28th instant
It seems no such papers ever reached your Department. We have not the law at hand, or the forms - though we are sure we have the facts. Mr French formerly Clerk of the U. S. House of Representatives, & Mr Burt late of the Patent Office used to know me, in N. H.
I am brother to Judge L. Woodbury of the U. S. Dist. Court - I mention these names for reference if you wish any. Yours Respectfully
J. T. Woodbury
J. L. Edmonds,
Direct to Francis Tuttle Esq.
Athol, Mass.

I James J. Woodbury, of lawful age, depose & say, that I am minister of the gospel in the town of Acton, in the county of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, & have been settled & resident there for more than fifteen years last past. That Mr Samuel Hosmer, who died in said Acton in the early part of the year of our Lord eighteen hundred forty eight, has been well known to me for several years last past, as a Revolutionary Soldier, drawing a pension from the United States. & I am sure that Mrs Sarah Hosmer, now applying for the pension of her late husband, still surviving him & residing this day in Acton, is the widow of said Samuel, deceased. They residing at said fifteen years within three miles of me. & I visiting them often, & attending the funeral of said Samuel, as the officiating Clergyman.
On examining the Record, now in my possession, kept by Rev. Moses Adams formerly minister of the gospel in said Acton, deceased, of marriages solemnized by said Adams, I find that said Samuel Hosmer was married to said Sarah Hosmer by said Adams at Acton aforesaid the sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty eight. & the the end of said marriage is expressed by said Adams in fair legible figures, as follows, viz. "Samuel Hosmer & Sarah Hosmer both of Acton were married Oct. 16. 1788." The foregoing, included in double columns, is a true extract or copy from the said Records of marriages kept by said Adams, which is now in my possession.
J. J. Woodbury
Acton May 28 th . 1849.
State of Massachusetts } The above affidavit was sworn to this day Middlesex ss. May 28 th A.D. 1849. } before me, & I hereby certify that the above named deponent, J. J. Woodbury, is a minister of the gospel, respectable & credible witness.
Francis Tuttle } Justice of the Peace.