Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23284, Richard Hine, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hine, Richard Abiah
No. 23284.
CONTENTS

Maine 746
Abiah Haine widow of Richard Haine deceased
who died on the 26 th July 1834 of Oxford Co in the State of Maine who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Duncane of the 21 st Regt commanded by Col l Brewer in the Mass s line for 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 120 Dollars - 10 - Cents per annum. to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831 N o M t . to 26 th July 1834 when deducted
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of April 1837 and sent W m Hunt Esq. Augusta Maine
Arrears to the 4 th of March 1837 $120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sept r 60.00
$180.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836 } { Section the 3 rd }
Recorded by N. H. G. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. Page 9

Maine 1215
Richard Maine
of Sanford in the State of Maine who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Burcutt of the Regt commanded by Col. Dyer in the Massachusetts line for 3 years.
(Draft from Rev Roll)
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of October 1832 — and sent to Pensioner Sanford Me
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 — $ 180 Semiannual allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 — 60
$ 240
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by E. S. Bullock Clerk, Book G, Vol. 14 Page 63
Copied from Agf

Richard & Hire.
N o 13520-
17 July 1819
Continued
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2/00.73.

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the second Tuesday of June A. D. 1820 and by adjournment from before the Honorable Benjamin Green & Judah Dana Judges of said Court.
On this 13th day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford Richard Hine aged seventy three years, resident in Turner in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Silas Burbank & New in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Brewer & Genl. Sproat in the line of the State of Massachusetts - on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 1st day of April A. D. 1810 - , and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13520 - was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; 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 18th day of March, 1818: 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particu- larly described below, also subscribed by me.
Richard Hine
Sworn to and declared, on the 13th day of June A. D. 1820.
Benjamin Green Judah Dana
BEFORE
Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: -
one cow - one pig - 6 Hens - one old dwelling House - about 20 articles of furniture of very little value -
Richard Hine

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Richard Hine — who by occupation am a labourer — which I am not able to pursue by reason of  the loss of the use of my left arm
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Abiah my wife 66 years not able to contribute to but a part of her support - by reason of the infirmities of age  
Richard Hine
I Thomas Clarke  ss. Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford — do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is sixty four dollars and seventy five — cents. $ 44.75
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24th day of June — A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thomas Clarke Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford

I Richard Rine, now resident in the town of Turner in the County of Oxford do testify and say, that, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five in the month of May, I enlisted into the Army of the United States of America for the term of eight months during which time I served as a sergeant and at the expiration thereof received my discharge and returned to my home in Gorham In the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven and in the month of April I think, I again enlisted into the Army of the United States for the term of three years, as a sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Silas Barbante of the Regiment whereof Samuel Brewer was Colonel; the number of the Reg- iment I do not recollect: in which Company I served a little more than two years, when by request of Jeremiah Wadsworth, Commissary General, made to General George Washington, I was transferred into the Staff Department un- der the command of the Commissary General aforesaid, where I served to the end of the three years for which I enlisted, when I recei- ved my discharge from said Commissary Gen- eral and again returned home.
In the year seventeen hundred and eighty- in the month of September one, I again enlisted into the Army of the United States, as a sergeant for three years and served awhile in the Company common- ded by Captain Adon Bailey of the second Massachusetts Regiment, whereof Ebenezer Sproul was Colonel, by whom I was trans- ferred into the Company of Grenadiers.

commanded by Captain Silas Drew, in which company I served to the close of the war, when I received my discharge from Colonel Ebenezer Droot and returned home.
And I further testify and say that I am seventy one years of age, wanting sixteen days, and that, by reason of various misfortunes, I am reduced to indigence and stand in need of assistance from my Country for support.
Richard Hine
Sworn Apr. 1.
I Thomas Frank of Gray in the County of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Richard Hine named in the foregoing deposition, having been a soldier in the same Regiment with him in the revolutionary war. That he served, as a sergeant in Captain Silas Droot's company, for a considerable period, the precise length of time I do not recollect, but I do recollect that he served as aforesaid for more than one year, and that he received an honorable discharge from said service. his Thomas Frank marks
Witness. A. K. Parrie. —
I Samuel Jenkins of Buckfield in the County of Oxford & State of Massachusetts do testify & say, that I was in the continental service during the revolutionary war at part of the same period that the above named Richard Hine served & was in the same regiment with him and that, to my certain knowledge he served as above said from March 1777 to June 1778. when he was transferred into the Commissary's Department.
Sam d Jenkins

Richard Kine (Sergeant)
Brewer's Mass't. Reg. Ap: 1777 for 3 years &
2 nd Provis' Mass't. Reg. Sept: 1781 to close of War
1 st April 1812
On Roll, North- standing Mr. Hunt says - NO
By L. Brace
Vice Mumps Regt Capt Benlarks Co
Also on Final Settlement
Certificate B. Brace
Richard Kine

Richard Hine (Sergeant)
Brewer's Mass't. Reg. Apr: 1777 for 3 years &
2 nd Provis' Mass't. Reg. Sept: 1781 to close of War
1 st April 1818-
On Roll. Notwith- standing Mr. Howland says - NO -
Pay L. Brule
Ind. Muni. Regt Capt. Benlarks Co.
Also on Final settlement
Cash paid B. Brule
Richard Hine

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the first day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Richard Haine the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the affidavits of Thomas Fiske, Samuel Jenkins & Ginevor Sonborn, fellow soldiers with said applicant in the revolutionary war, taken in my presence; and the testimony of Jonas Brown, also a fellow soldier, taken before Samuel F. Brown a respectable magistrate appointed for this purpose: all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Richard Haine the applicant, served as a non-commissioned officer in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcison H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
And I do further certify that it has been proved to my satisfaction that the said Richard Haine , in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Alcison H. Parris
U.S. Dist. Judge.

The additional proof contained in the four- first depositions I think establishes this case beyond a doubt - The applicants name not appearing on the Rolls is, perhaps, accounted for by Capt. Means & Capt. Jenkins, who state that in 1770 the applicant was transferred to the Commissary Genl Department.
The applicants name is Heine and not Kine
A. R. Parvis
U. S. Dist. Judge

Evidence of the Marriage of Abiah Hine an applicant for a pension under 3 d Section of Act of Congress of July 4, 1836,
Declaration now on file in Pension Office,
Copy of one here.
W m Woart Jr Augusta, Me.

I William B. Harding of Gorham in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine do upon oath state that I am Town Clerk of said Gorham and have the custody of the records of said Town and that I find upon examination thereof that Richard Hine of Gorham entered his name and purpose of marriage with Abiah Jenkins of Gorham Feby - 11. 1775 - William Gorham Town Clerk. Also I find the following records on said Town Book - The births of the children of Richard Hine and Abiah his wife Josiah Hine was Born in Gorham April 29 th 1776 Prudence Hine was born in Gorham Oct. 19. 1778 Prudence by Austin Hulden Town Clerk - Also the following records on said Town Book - Holingsworth Hine son of Richard Hine & Abiah his wife was born in Gorham August - 12 th 1781 Abby Hine Daughter of Richard Hine and Abiah his wife was Born in Gorham April 27 1784. Mary Hine Daughter of Richard Hine and Abiah his wife was born in Hints Town (so called) April 15 - 1787 Christopher Hine son of Richard Hine & Abiah his wife was born in Gorham Feby. 20. 1791 -
Austin Hulden Town Clerk
I do further certify that the above is all the records that I can find on said Town Records in relation to Richard & Abiah Hine so I have made diligent search of said records and can find no records of their marriage - Feby 16 1837
William B Harding Cumberland ss. Feby 16. 1837. This may certify that William B Harding who subscribes the above personally appeared before me and made oath to the foregoing statement - Also I further certify that said Harding is the Town Clerk of Gorham in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine Elijah Hays as justice of Peace

State of Maine
Wernchee ss I the subscriber clerk of the court in said county, hereby certify that Elijah Wayes, Esq., who has subscribed the within certificate, was at that time & now is a Justice of the Peace
Witness my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State this 28 th day of February 1837.
J. A. Chandler
Wernchee

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the 3 d section of the act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836.
State of Maine:
Oxford county, ss: }
On this twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1836. personally appeared before me, Judge of the Court of Probate, in & for the County of Oxford, aforesaid,
Abiah Wene of Hartford in the County of Oxford, aged eighty two 21 st January A.D. 1836 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836. That she is the widow of Richard Wene, who as she believes, was a sergeant Burbank's Company 1 st Col. Brewer's regiment of the Massachusetts troops, for three three years, from sometime in 1777. to sometime in 1780. & also served as a sergeant in Capt. Drew's Co; in Col. Sprout's regt. of the same troops, from sometime in 1781. to sometime in 1783; as will fully appear by papers now on file in the Pension Office, War Department; the said Abiah referring to the papers upon which her husband, the said Richard, was pensioned; first under the act of Congress of March 18. 1818. & lastly, under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832.

for evidence of the length of service, & rank held by him during the same.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Richard Hine at Gorham, Maine, on the twenty ninth day of March, in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five; that her husband the aforesaid Richard Hine, died at Turner, in said county of Oxford, on the twenty sixth day of July A.D. 1834; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Witnys Stephen Emery
Abiah
Hine mark
Subscribed & sworn to, by the above named Abiah Hine, the twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1836 before me, Judge of Probate as aforesaid. And I further certify, that from the declaration aforesaid, and the depositions of Thaddeus Hine, Edward Blake & Charles Wood, three credible witnesses, hereto annexed, I am fully satisfied that said Richard Hine served as set forth in the foregoing declaration, that said Abiah was married to the said Richard at the time therein stated, & that she, the said Abiah is the widow of said Richard, & that she has never been married since the decease of said Richard, & that he the said Richard died at the time stated in the foregoing de- claration. I further certify that said Abiah, by reason of advanced age & bodily infirmity is unable to attend

personally in open Court, in any Court of record, and that in consequence thereof, has she made her declaration of perjury before me.
In testimony whereof, I the said Stephen Emery, Judge of Probate as aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed my seal official, this twenty sixth day of September A.D. 1836.
Stephen Emery

I hereby certify that Richard Hine now resident in Yarmouth in the county of Oxford District of Maine, enlisted as a soldier in Capt Silas Burbank, company in the twelfth Massa- chusetts Regiment commanded by Samuel Brewer for three years, and served as a non- commissioned officer in the said company and regiment from the first day of January seventeen hundred and seventy seven until some time in the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight, the said Hine was transferred to the Commissary Department James Mearns
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Cumberland ss. April 29 1819 Then the above named James Mearns personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for said county of Cumberland and being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, and I do further certify that said Mearns is a man of truth and worthy of credit - Moses Linsley
This deponent was an officer in the Revolutionary army - His commission as captain is on file in the Pension office His pension certificate is, N o 11,602 -
A. R. Parris
W. S. Wolffe

I Moses Poland of Hartford in the County of Oxford a State of Massachusetts of Lawfull age do testify and say that I was a Soldier in the Army of the United States of America in the Revolution in the first three years Service and that I well knew one Richard Hine (now living in Oxford) and that he enlisted in to the 3 d three years Service and belonged to Col. Burnham's Company of Col. Brewer's Regiment, Brigadier Gen. Patterson's Brigade and that he served in the 3 d Burnham's Company about one year and one half and until he was appointed in to the Service of the Commonwealth's department and your deponent further says that he is well knowing that the said Richard Hine again enlisted into the second three years Service in the fall of the year 1781 and joined the Army at West Point under the command of Col. Priest 2 d in the Brigade of General Patterson and that he continued in the Service until the Peace was with Great Britain was declared and did the duty of a Sergeant all the time he served in the last term of Service and that he was discharged at Newburgh with  the  at Newburgh He  in the State of New York. and  and further your deponent Moses Poland

Colford Is on the thirteenth day April A 1819 the within depen- -ant was Examined and Cautioned and Sworn agreeable to law, to the deposition within written by him subscribed taken at the request of Michael Hine and to be tried at the trial hear deposition for the purpose of establishing the claims of Michael Hine to a portion
Edward B. Blake Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the within named named Moses Robinson the deponent is a man of truth and integrity and full credit ought to be given to his testimony
Edward B. Blake Justice of the Peace

I Abiel Turner of Livermore in the County of Oxford & State of Massachusetts of Lawfull age do testify and say that I was well acquainted with one Richard Hine (who now lives in the town of Turner) and that he joined the army of the United States in the fall of the year A D 1781 at West Point in the Regiment commanded by Col. Sproat in Gen. Pattersons Brigade and he was enlisted for three years and he con- tinued in the service until June A D 1783 at which time I obtained my discharge and left for Richland. Hine in the service of the United States
question by Hine
do you remember where company I belonged to
answer I think to Col. Dniss company but it is a long time since and I may be mistaken
and further your deponent saith not
Abiel Turner
Before me on the fifteenth day of April in the year of our Lord A D 1819 the aforesaid dep- deponent was examined and cautioned & sworn agreeable to law to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the request of Richard Hine and to be used at the time was deponent for the purpose of establishing the claim of the said Richard Hine as to a pension
before - Edward Blake Justice of the peace I certify that Abiel Turner the above deponent is a man of unquestionable truth & veracity & that full credit ought to be given to his declaration
Edward Blake Justice of the peace

Forham April 28 1819
I hereby certify that Richard Hine now resident in Turner County of Oxford District of Maine, entered the service of the United States, in the revolutionary War as a serjeant in the first eight months service, 1775, and served his time out, and again enlisted in the three years service in March 1777, and continued to serve in Capt. Burbanks Company Col. Browns Regt Genl. Pattersons Brigade, to which I belonged, the whole term, till some time in latter part of the summer of 1778 he was discharged from said Regt. and went into the Commissarys department, said Hine was a serjeant in the last mentioned service as well as the former,
W th me
Josiah Jenkins
Capt. in Col. Browns Regt. Genl. Pattersons Brigade
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Simsbury and ss. April 28. 1819 Then the above named Josiah Jenkins personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within said County of Simsbury and being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed. & I do further certify that said Jenkins is a person of truth & worthy of credit.
Joseph Adams

I Charles Wood of Hartford aged Sincerely one years Testify and say that in the years A 1774 and 1775 I lived in Goshorn, with my Father and that Richard Hine then a single man lived at my Father's and that in the Month of February or March in the year A 1775 said Richard Hine was Published Married to one Abiah Jenkins who lived with him Father on the Farm adjoining my Father's, and that in the latter part of March S d Hine was to be Married and my Sisters were invited to the wedding by S d Hine on my hearing and the next day after they were Married S d Hine with Abiah his wife and some others of the wedding Party were invited to my Father's to Dine and they all came and dined there. and your deponent further says that he has been acquainted the S d Hine a wife  there ever since until two years last July the S d Richard Hine Died at Turner, and his widow remains unmarried and now lives in Hartford Charles Wood
Oxford So
Sept 3 d A 1836
The above named Charles Wood after being duly Cautioned & sworn said oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed
Before me Edward Blake Justice of the Peace
I also certify that the above named Charles Wood is a credible witness
Edward Blake Justice of the Peace

Abiah Hine widow of Richard Hine Declaration under act of July 4, 1836, No. 383
Allow say $120 per ann. com'g
M m Ward Augusta, Me.

I, Thaddeus Hine of Livermore in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, aged forty two years being first duly sworn, do depose & say, that Richard Hine late of Turner in said County of Oxford deceased was my father; and that Abiah Hine now of Hartford in said County, is my mother. That the said Richard & Abiah, lived together ever since my earliest recollection, as husband & wife, up to the time of his, the said Richard, death. I further depose & say, that said Richard died on the twenty sixth day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty four; and was a United States Pensioner about sixteen years, the last of his life - and that said Abiah has lived his widow, unmarried ever since.
Thaddeus Hine
Subscribed & sworn to this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty six
Before me. Stephen Emery, Judge of Probate in & for the County of Oxford, & also a Justice of the Peace in & for said County.
I, Edward Blake of Hartford in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, Esquire, being first duly sworn, depose & say, that I was well acquainted with Richard Hine late of Turner in said County, deceased, and Abiah his wife. That they for many years resided near my house - The said Richard was for a number of years, during the latter part of his life, a United States Revolutionary Pensioner, & died such. He died in the Summer of 1834, and the said Abiah is still living, his widow & unmarried.
Subscribed & sworn to by the above named Edward Blake, this twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1836. Before me Stephen Emery, Judge of Probate in & for the County of Oxford, & also a Justice of the Peace in & for said County.

Richard Bliss Application
advised
Long 120 hr per
sent Purgatory

To the Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War of the U. States
Sir,
The undersigned, Richard Hine, of the town of Hartford, in the County of Oxford, State of Maine, respectfully represents, that he is now in receipt of a pension from the Government of the United States, as a private in the army of the Revolution, and is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, as appears by the Certificate of the Secretary of War, numbered 13,520 and dated July 17, 1819. & which is hereto annexed, and the additional certificate of 13,520 dated July 11, 1820 also annexed that, although he is recorded as acting in the capacity of a Private in the service, in which his said pension was granted, he did in fact serve as Sergeant and for more than two years, and he feels confident that the depositions & testimony on file in your office, presented heretofore in support of his first application for a pension, if examined will prove such to be the fact, as also will the regular rolls of the army - He states that he served in a Company commanded by Capt. Silas Burbank, belonging to Col. Mearns Regiment, for one year & seven or eight months (which he is not certain) as Sergeant; which service was performed in New York & Pennsylvania - that he also served in a company commanded by Captain Drew, belonging to Col. Spratt's Regiment, as Sergeant for nearly two years, having enlisted for three years & having been discharged in consequence of the peace. Conceiving himself to be entitled to the benefits of the late act of Congress, relating to pensions, passed on the 7th day of June, 1832, by which he would be entitled to receive a pension of ten dollars, instead of eight dollars per month, as he now receives, he makes his application to you for that purpose, and prays that you will examine the documents on file

in the War Office, before referred to, and also the additional testimony which he may herewith present, in support of this, his new application, which evidence, he confidently believes will fully justify & support his claim. He further states that the cause of his being entered on the Pension List as a Private instead of, as a Sergeant , arose from a mistake of the person, who drafted his first application; and as it was of no material consequence at that time, it was not corrected.
The said Hine, in consideration of receiving a pension as a noncommissioned officer, pursuant to the pension act of June 7, 1832, hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the same, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency, in any state, except that of the agency of the State of Maine as above stated.
Attest Sarah Brown
Richard his F Hine Mark
Samuel Grosvenor

13,520 R
District of Maine
Richard Hine
of Turner in the state of D of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brown of the Mapachyette line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of July 1818 and sent to Isaac Albon Perkins Paris D of Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. 89. 03
Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep. 1819. 48
11 Mo. 4/31
$137. 03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued on the roll under the law 1 May 1820, Notification sent to Geo Clark Esq. 11 July 1820. Paris, Maine

To which tomo was Richard Bone of Massi paid under the act of March 18. 1818 Nov 7. 1818
(a sergeant)
A. B.
Since 26 July 1831 paid to that period 1/4

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23284
Maria Haine
Wid of
Richard Haine
Sergt New War
Act: July 4 th 86
Index: — Vol. 4 , Page 337
[Arrangement of 1870.]

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that
Stephen Emory Egle
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of Charles Wood, Thaddeus Hine & Edward Blake, before whom was made the annexed declaration of Abiah Hine, all of which is hereto annexed, is Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford, also Judge of the Court of Probate, being a court of record, in & for said County of Oxford
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this Thirtieth day of September in the year A. D. 1836.
R. K. Goodenow
Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

Richard Hine

N o 13,520
War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
July 11 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined ; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Richard Hume
Farm
Oxford Co

Augusta, Me. Oct. 15, 1836,
Sir,
With this you have the declaration of Abiah Hine, who claims the benefit of the 3 d . section of the act of Congress of July 4, 1836.
Very respectfully Your obedt Servt M c Naught
Col J L Edwards Comm d of Pensions Washington D c

Richard Hisey
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of Sept next, in Portland D. M. at the Cumberland Bank
Record

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Richard Hine late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the First day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Seventeenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Augusta, Me. Nov. 3 d . 1836.
Sir,
I have rec d . your letter of the 27 th . ultimo, respecting the claim of the widow of Richard Hine, deceased, to a pension under the Act of July, 4 th . 1836. (3 d Sec.) She declared that the said Richard was a pensioner under the act of 1818, & under the act of 1832. You answer, that "after diligent search, no record of a pensioner under either of the above mentioned laws, answering the description given by the claimant, can be found." &c. The facts are these. This Mr Hine was known to me, & his widow applied to me, as representing the Land agent, for Land under a Resolve of this State. Upon the procurement of the enclosed copies from your Department, I allowed her claim. After the passage of the act of July last, Edw d Hale Esq. Post master to Hartford Me., called upon me to prepare Mrs Hine's claim to a pension. I did so from his statement & not from the enclosed papers. He afterwards brought me papers rec d in your Department & said Mrs Hine could furnish no further evidence. I should not have prepared or transmitted Mrs Hine's claim had I not had full reason to

To believe it just, I would respectfully request that the enclosed papers may be returned to me.
I am Sir very respectfully
Yr obed Servt M c Wart
Col. J. L. Edwards, Comm d of Pensions, Washington, D.C.

I, Simeon Sanborn, of Greenwood in the County of Oxford aforesaid, on oath declare, that I was in the continental service in the revolutionary war with the above named Richard Thine, and served with him in Capt. Silas Burbank's company, in the twelfth Massachusetts regiment about two years, and to my certain knowledge said Thine served during said term as a sergeant in said company as he has stated in the above declaration by him subscribed.
Simeon Sanborn

I Abial Turner of Livermore in the County of Oxford and State of Maine — I hereby am Say that I was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution in the Regiment commanded by Col. Sprent and that I served in that Regiment two years or more. That while I was there I was well acquainted with Richard Hine who now lives in Hallowell in the County of Oxford, and State of Maine. That said Richard Hine served as a Sergeant in said Regiment as much as two years or over I cannot now recollect the Company in which said Hine served but am positive as to his serving in that Regiment for I well knew him as a Sergeant
Witness Edward Blake
Abial his X Turner mark
State of Maine
County of Oxford ss September 17
Then the above named Abial Turner to me well
known as a man of undoubted sincerity personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me Edward Blake Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW , Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that
Edward Blake Esq
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of
Abial Turner is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this first day of October in the year A. D. 1832
R. K. Goodenow
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

I Amos Brown of Buckfield in the County is the of Oxford and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, yemaa testify and say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary war in the Army of the United States and that while serving in that capacity at Patterson Island on North River I became acquainted personally with the fact of Richard Hine living in the same service - that he was then sergeant in the Company of Captain Silas Burbank in Col Providence Samuel Regiment and that I knew him to continue in said service in the capacity aforesaid till he went home on furlow and some time afterwards - the whole time of which I knew him to be in said service was more than a year, but I do not precisely remember the time of his my first knowing him there, or the last of it — Amos Brown
Oxford Me. April 6. 1818
Then the above mentioned Amos Brown made oath the the truth of the above deposition by him signed before me Sam l H Brown Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
38.
I the subscriber, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the county of Oxford, hereby certify that Moses Quincy, Edward Blake, and Joseph Adams, named in the annexed depositions, are, and for a long time have been, Justices of the peace, acting under the authority of said Commonwealth. In that full faith and credit are due to their official acts. Witness my hand and the seal of said County this nineteenth day of June A.D. 1819.
Thomas Clark

I Samuel Jenkins of the town of Brookfield State of Maine aged 76 years testify say that I was a soldier in the American army during the revolutionary war for three years & more & that I served in a company commanded by Captain Isaac Jenkins of Col. Mower Regiment of Massachusetts troops during which service I was at Bunkerhill & after Burgoyne's surrender, went to Pennsylvania then back to New York State & was discharged at Fish Kill at the end of said term of three years - And I further say that I well knew that Richard Hines who now lives in the town of Houlton, & county of Oxford was in the same service being a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Hilar Burbank of the same Regiment with myself. I know not exactly how long said Hine served but I feel confident it was more than eighteen months. I was well acquainted with said Hine & saw him often & knew full well that he served as aforesaid as Sergeant in said Burbank's Company I recollect that when he left the company it was to go into the commissary department to collect cattle. I also know that after my service had expired & when I was at home in Goshen, then District, now State of Maine, said Hine again enlisted into the army and went off as a soldier and I have always understood and as a Sergeant but I do not know in what company or how long he then served.
Sam Jenkins
State of Maine County of Oxford ss. September 8. 1832. Then the above named Samuel Jenkins, to me well known as a man of strict integrity & truth, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me James P. Brown Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that
Samuel G. Brown
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of
Samuel Jenkins is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this fifth day of October in the year A. D. 1832
Rufus King Goodenow
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts.