Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,723, Josiah Herrick, Mass.

SERVICE
Herrick, Josiah Fanny
NUMBER _____
W 7.723 B.L.W. 17714-160-5-5
CONTENTS
2

Increase 24 48.
New Hampshire
Fanny Herrick
widow of
Josiah Herrick
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a
Private
Concord
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
96. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
July 27/68, Wed. payts. made since.
Certificate of Pension issued the
22nd day of March 69.
and sent to
Silas Hardy
Keene, Cheshire Co.
N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 160 Vol. 16,
3rd 538
July 27/68.
W. Seligson Clerk
Scott

5036
New Hampshire
Josiah Herrick
of Hillsboro in the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain ~~~~~ of the Regt commanded by Col Jackson in the Mass line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 80 Dollars ~ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of Feby 1833 and sent through his Pierce Hillsborough N H Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $120 ~ Semi-ant. allowance ending 21 March 20 ~
$160 ~
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H C / B Blair Clerk, Book D, Vol. 1 st Page 161.

Monday Nov 28/55
Nov 16/55 Fanny Herrick
Hanny Herrick Brid. Josiah Herrick Brid. Josiah Herrick Brid.
Col. Garrison
Miss: Antl. line,
Rev. Oran
Ad: 160 Ac, Feb: 26 th 56, N. H. Feb 53
W. H. W.
W. H. W.
Samuel P. Pattee Antrim N. H.
Vol. H. 135.

680 No. 2 116
Declaration
Josiah Henrick
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
advised to Franklin Pierce Esq. Hillsborough N.H.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
On this thirtieth day of August A.D. 1852 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Frances town - within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid, Josiah Herrick of Antrim in the County and State aforesaid
aged Sixty nine years Who being 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say,
In March 1781 he resided in Woburn in the County of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the first part of that Month he enlisted in the Army of the Revolution. Joined Muster at Salem before the Battle of Bunker Hill before the Battle of Bunker Hill. Muster Master, went to Boston the same day and remained there about a week. From Boston marched to Roxbury and drew provisions. drew provisions again at Springfield Massachusetts and at Litchfield Connecticut and from thence marched to West Point New York under command of Lieutenant Holden. On his arrival at West Point he became a member of Capt. William Storys Company in the Eighth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Colo. Michael Jackson. he remained there a short time and was then detached to go on an expedition to New Jersey he belonged to Captain Pikes Company in this detachment which was under the command of Colo. Scammon and one Huntington of Connecticut was Lieut. Colo. he was in the battle which was fought at a place called Kings Bridge. In the Autumn following he again joined Captain Storys Company. he was stationed at

Newburg Huts at Verplank's point and at West point during the remainder of the time. he was discharged at Newburg in the last part of March 1780. he received a written discharge but it has been lost many years and he knows not what became of it -
He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to Josiah Herrick John M. Whiton a Clergyman residing in the town of Antrim in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Thomas McMaster residing in Antrim aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Josiah Herrick who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be years of age , that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, John M. Whiton Thomas McMaster Jr Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 certifies that it appears to them, that John M. Whiton who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Antrim and that Thomas McMaster who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Antrim and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edmund Parker } Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.
CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Josiah Herrick for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
C. H. Atherton Register of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said Josiah Herrick and the following answers given, or out to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, In Nashua in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the year 1763
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, A record of my age on the town books of Nashua unlost
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer,
In Nashua in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts. lived there three or four years after the Revolutionary War then moved to New Boston N.H. lived there about five years then moved to Manchester N.H. resided there something like fifteen years. and then moved to Antrim where he now resides and has resided for twenty five years
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom? Answer,
I enlisted voluntarily
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I Brigade Massachusetts Line General Paton's. Michael Jackson my Colo. Colo. Putnam of the 3rd Mass Regt. Colo. Spratt of R 2nd Mass Regt Expedition to Newbury under Colo. Scammon
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer,
I did receive a written discharge but it has been long lost
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Hon Jacob Tuttle. Luke Woodbury Esquire Thomas M c Master Esquire H.C.
Certified by
C. H. Hetheron Register.

State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord,
May 14, 1853.
I hereby certify, That at the date of the annexed attestations Samuel A. Pattee and Hiram Goffin were Justices of the Peace for the county of Hillsborough — —
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in- and out of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State, the date above written
John L. Hadley
Secretary of State.

State of New Hampshire COUNTY OF Hillsborough
} ss.
On this Seventh day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hillsborough State aforesaid, Fanny Herrick aged Sixty Seven years, a resident of Concord County of Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire aforesaid who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Josiah Herrick , deceased, who was a private in the revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum , commencing on the 8th of April 1853 and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage
If.
Given at the Department of the Interior this fifteenth day of October One thousand eight hundred and fifty three R. McClelland Secretary of the Interior
Examined and countersigned L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
For an additional statement reference is had to the papers now on file in said department of the interior upon which the above described Certificate of Pension was issued
She further states that she was married to the said Josiah Herrick in Atkinson on the sixteenth day of March A. D. 1841, by one John M. Whittier a Clergyman and that her name before said marriage was Fanny Howard ; that her said husband died at Atkinson aforesaid on the eighth day of April A. D. 1853, and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who were engaged in the Military service of the United States," passed March 3 d 1855 and that she prays that the certificate thereof may be sent for her, to Leominster N. Patten New Hampshire.
Witness John Simonds Franklin B Simonds
her Fanny X Herrick Mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written, — and I hereby certify that I have no interest in the result of this application. except to procure a Land Warrant for applicant
Leominster N. Patten Justice of the Peace

STATE OF New Hampshire } Town of Antioch } County of Hillsborough }
Personally came John Simonds and Franklin B. Simonds residents of the town county & state aforesaid persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, say, that they were present and saw Fanny Herrick sign and declare her make Oath to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant, that she is the identical person she rep- resents herself to be; and that they deponents, do reside in the town of Antioch county & state aforesaid, and that they are disinterested.
John Simonds Franklin B Simonds
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this seventh day of May one thousand 185 eight hundred and fifty five and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim except to obtain a Land warrant for the applicant
Samuel N. Patten Justice of the Peace

6809
Josiah Herrick
Prob
2 years
in Final settlement Cashpect Vol 3 page 53 No 53,345. go page 6 No 540 27.
Allen
$80-
Return to
Franklin Pierce
Hillsborough N.H.

6807
BRIEF in the case of  Josiah Herrick of  in the State of (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69  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.     March In 1787 2 " " Private Gen.  Cap Story - Col Jackson  Cap Pike - Col Scamuel   
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Kingsbridge  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Win h am  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? One living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Right 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk.

State of New Hampshire county of Hillsborough Town of Antrim. "I hereby certify that I joined in marriage, Josiah Herrick and Fanny Howard, March sixteenth one thousand eight hundred and forty one. John M. Whiton (Minister of the Gospel. 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: "March 16 th 1841."
Almus Fairfield Town Clerk. I, Almus Fairfield 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 town with the exception above named as certified by me.
I also certify that I knew the said Josiah and Fanny Herrick to live together as husband and wife and to be so reputed until the time of the death of said Josiah which took

Place in said Antrim April 8 th 1853.
Said Fanny Herrick still resides in this town and still remains the widow of said Josiah Herrick.
Almon Fairfield } Town Clerk of said Town.
Subscribed and sworn to, before me, this twenty second day of August. A.D. 1853.
E. H. Blood (( ))
{ Justice of the Peace

The State of New Hampshire } ss.
On this twenty sixth, day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared, before The Police court of the City of Manchester, in the county of Hillsborough and State aforesaid, Fanny Herrick, aged, sixty six — years a resident of Antrim in said county and state, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of congress passed on the 3d February, 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war; that she is the widow of Josiah Herrick who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and received a pension of eighty dollars per annum, payable at the Pension Agency at Portsmouth at first and after at that at Concord New Hampshire, until the time of his death.

She further states that of the enlistment and service of her said husband she can state definitely but little. To the best of her knowledge and belief, she was living at Windham Massachusetts, at the time of his enlistment and that he enlisted there and was discharged at West Point. She cannot state the year when he enlisted or was discharged nor the names of the officers under whom he served. She however refers to the evidence filed in the Pension Office, and on which a certificate was granted to her said husband dated February 1 st 1833. for proof of his military service. She further declares that she was married to said Josiah Herrick on the sixteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty one, by John M. Whiton then a Minister of the Gospel in said Antrim, that before her said marriage her name was Fanny Howard; that her said husband died on the eighth day of April eighteen hundred and fifty three at, said Antrim; that she was not married to him prior to the second of January eighteen hundred,

but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now the widow of said Josiah Herrick. She further declares that she thinks her husband served in the company of one Captain Story.
Witness
her Fanny X Herrick Mark
F. A. Blood
O. A. Barber.
Wellesborough ss
Police Court of the City of Manchester, Aug. 26 1853.
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court. In testimony of which facts I have hereunto signed my name & affixed the seal of this Court
Attest O. E. Potter Clerk

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7723
Fanny Herrick Widow Josiah Herrick Pvt Rev. War
Act: Feb. 8, 53 & July 27/68
Index:—Vol. A , Page 324
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New Hampshire Cheshire Co. ss. ) On the 12 th day of February, A. D. (1857) one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine, personally, appeared before me Sumner Knight , a justice of the peace within and for the county and state aforesaid, Fanny Herrick, a- ged 81 years, a resident of Stoddard in the state of New Hamp- shire, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Fanny Herrick to whom was granted pension certificate unnumbered, dated Oct. 14. 1853, payable at Concord N.H. agency, at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, issued under 2 d Sec. of the act of February 3. 1853; that she makes this declaration in order to secure the increase of her pension to which she is entitled un- der the thirteenth Section of the act of July, 1858. She further says she has not intermarried since the date of her said pension certificate, but remains the widow of Josiah Herrick. She appoints Silas Handy of Nashua N.H. her attorney to prosecute this claim & receive her certificate when issued
Fanny her X Herrick mark
Also personally appeared Calvin Barrett and Nancy H. Barrett residents of Stoddard, in the county & state aforesaid, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they were present and saw Fanny Her- rick make her mark to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant and their acquaintance with her that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and they have no interest in the prosecu- tion of this claim, this applicant remains the widow of Josiah Herrick & has not intermarried since date of her pension certificate viz: Oct. 14.
Calvin Barrett
Nancy H. Barrett
Sworn to, subscribed & sworn of att. a knowledge, before me the 12 th day of February, A.D. 1857, and I hereby certify that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim the declaration was read & explained to applicant before signing
Sumner Knight, Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, } CHESHIRE, ss.
I, Allen Giffin Register of the Court of Probate for said County, hereby certify that Sumner Knight Esq., whose name is subscribed to the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly authorized to administer oaths, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal, this nineteenth day of February A. D. 1869.
Allen Giffin Register.

Pennow Office Oct 11/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to, or death of within named pensioner Respectfully &c.
H. Buel Esqr Bland Present J. Cole for Commr
Josiah Herrick, Act 32 — $80.00. p. an. Paid to 1 st March 1853, no date of death on our Books.
F. Brattle Auditor.

Amias 33, N.H.V. Ryland

24.4.8. New Hampshire 6. Fanny Herrick widow of Josiah
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
8th April 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of Octr. 1853. and sent to
F. A. Blood Hillsborough N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 16 Vol. A
(32)

STATE OF New Hampshire County of Chittenden Town of St. Albans
(a) I hereby certify that from first March Eighteen hundred and forty one to first March Eighteen hundred and forty two I joined in marriage the following couples at the dates affixed to their names: March Sixteenth Eighteen hundred and forty one Josiah Herrick & Fanny Howard both of St. Albans
attest John M. Whiten Minister of the Gospel
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) "March 16, 1841"
Almon Fairfield  Jason Clark
I, Almon Fairfield above named, depose and say, that I hold the office of Jason Clark in the town, county, and state aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Almon Fairfield }
Subscribed and duly sworn to, before me, this Ninth day, of May . A. D. 18 55.
Abiram Griffin 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.

I John G. Fuller of Hillsborough in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire depose and say I knew Josiah Herrick of Antrim in said county and state to be a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of eighty dollars per annum. I also knew Fanny Herrick to live with said Josiah Herrick as husband and wife, I heard some years ago of their intermarriage and know they lived together until the time of said Josiah Herrick's death, April 8 th 1853 — I am in no wise interested in this claim.
John G. Fuller
Hillsborough ps. August 24 th 1853.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.
Before Me:
H. N. Blood
Justice of the Peace

I G. N. Blood resident of Hillsborough in the county and State aforesaid hereby certify, I am a practising attorney and now have in my office the original Pension Certificate granted to said Josiah Herrick, endorsed as follows: "Recorded by A. H. M. Blair clerk in Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 161." and under the hand of Lew. Cass Secretary of War and dated the first day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. I knew said Josiah Herrick and procured his pension payments for him. He died a few weeks after the payment of his pension due 4 th of March 1853. I also know Fanny Herrick to have been the wife of said Josiah Herrick and wherever known to have been so reputed. Said Fanny is still a widow. I am in no wise pecuniarily interested in this claim.
G. N. Blood (S)

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE—COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH, ss.
I O. E. Potter Clerk of the Police Court of the City of Manchester in the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Francis N. Blood whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified: that his Commission is dated on the fourth day of August A. D. 1857, and will expire in five years from date; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Police Court is a Court of Record.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Manchester
this twenty seventh day of August A. D. 1853
O. E. Potter
CLERK.

Ream N.H. March 10/69
Hon. C.C. Cox
Comm. of pensions.
I enclose application for increase of pension by Fanny Herrick, widow of a revolutionary pensioner. Also, a letter addressed and your reply relating to her making oaths before a justice of the peace.
I also send her old certificate.
Respectfully
Silas Hardy

Sept. 1, 1853.
Appel of W o 3,133
Fanny Herrick
widow of
Josiah,
Hillsborough Co.,
N. H.
5036
Oct 1853.
Allowed $80 per annum Com. April 8. 1853.
F. A. Blood,
Hillsborough,
Hillsboro' Co.,
N. H.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business

I Benjamin Pierce of Hillsborough in the County of Hillsborough and State of North Carolina do hereby depose and testify. That in the Spring of 1781 I was an ensign in the 8th Regiment of the Mecklenburg Light Infantry commanded by Colo. Michael Jackson. I remember perfectly well that Josiah Herrick now of Antrim in the County & State aforesaid was a private in the same Regt in Capt William Storys company. It is impossible for me now to state how long we served in the same Regt. but he continued in Storys company after I received a commission of Lieutenant and joined the first Mecklenburg Regiment commanded by Colo. Joseph Vose. Within the last thirty years said Herrick and myself have frequently conversed together with regard to his services. He remembers more of the officers & of the particular incidents while he was there than any soldier with whom I have ever conversed. We have lived within a few miles of each other for more than thirty years. He states that he served more than two years from my recollection & knowledge of Herrick I have no doubt that statement is strictly true. He was a faithful and excellent soldier that always sustained an unimpeachable character.
Benjamin Pierce

State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough ss August 17. 1832
On the day and the year last aforesaid the within affidavit was sworn to & subscribed
Before me
Franklin Pierce Jus. Peace
State New Hampshire, Secretary, Office Aug. 17. 1832.
I hereby certify the above named Franklin Pierce to be a Justice of the Peace for our County of Hillsborough Hillsborough, duly qualified and sworn, and his signature as such justice, and that Benjamin Pierce the above deponent was late Governor of this State. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the Seal of said State. Nathaniel Stearns Secretary.

{ Hillsborough Hillsboro' County N. Hamp. Aug 29 th 1853.
Dear Sir
Herewith I send to you the declaration and evidence of Mrs Fanny Herrick widow of Josiah Herrick. for a Pension.
You will please direct the Certificate to her to my care and send by Mail to this Post Office.
Should you require more evidence you will please inform us
Very truly Yours H. N. Blood
Hon L.P. Waldo Comm r
Pension Office Washington D.C.

Payment to be made at Concord by Geo. Minot
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of New Hampshire
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 14. Vol. A
G. S. Getty Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 3, 1853,
Fanny Herrick Josiah Herrick
widow of _____ who was a private _____ in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of eighty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 8th April, 1853, 2d of February, 1853, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this fourteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
Charles M. Conrad
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. M. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions.

Brief in the case of Mrs Fanny Herrick widow of Josiah Hillsboro County and State of New Hampshire act of Feb 3 - 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance. Husband a pensioner under act of June 7. 1832 at $80 per annum. and paid to the 4th March 1853 did 8 April 1853 Reside in N Hampshire line 2 yrs.
Allowed $80 per annum to commence on the 8th of April 1853 (If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by public record Death " credible witnesses Identity & widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent H. N. Blood Esq. Hillsborough Hillsboro Co. N. Hampshire
Examining Clerk. H. C. Gray.

Increase 2448 Brief in the Case of Fanny Kenrick Widow of Josiah Rev Rev War Com d Sloddard Cheshire County and State of New Hampshire. Act 2 o Sec Feb 3. 1853
CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE,
Dec 13 th Dec Feb 3 1853 July 27. 1868.
PROOF EXHIBITED,
Pensioner at $80. per annum Certificate returned.
Personal identity & Continued Widowhood shown
Admitted March 17 1869 to a pension at $96. per annum to commence July 27 1869 deducting pay since -
Name and residence of Agent.
Silas Hardy Keene Cheshire Co N.H.
H. E. Frase Examining Clerk.

6809
Josiah Herrick
Return to Franklin Pierce Hillsborough N.H.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Josiah Herrick 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? _____ 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?  Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
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? No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  Yes
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.

Sep 15
Restoration claims
Hon. Lewis Sep they pay Washington City D.C.
AH
6807
David Strick

Keene N.H. Jan'y 29. 1869.
Hon. C. C. Cox,
Comr. of Pensions,
Sir. There is a widow, Fanny Herrick, living in a remote part of Stoddard N.H., who is a revolutionary pensioner, and entitled to an increase under Act of July 1868. I have been applied to for assistance in getting said increase. She lives more than 20 miles from any Court, and is very aged & feeble, - too feeble to travel that distance, & it would cost her considerable to have an officer of Court go that distance from $10 & $15 probably. She might execute the application before a justice in the vicinity without much trouble or expense. Will you therefore give me leave to have the ap- plication thus executed?
Respectfully, Hilas Hardy, P.O. Keene N.H.

In this case it taken before a Justice of the Peace the signature & official capacity should be attested by the Clerk of Court.
In all cases continued Masters should be shown.
Yours Resp