Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,151, James Goud, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Moss.
Good, James or Good, Nancy
R. 4,151 B.L. Mt 31,789-160-55
CONTENTS

123. 829 May 7/50 act Mar. 55
S. H. R. Prince, Jan'y 31/50 " Hon. J. Perry Feb. 1/56
Nancy Goodwin James Good, priv.
Capt. Blunt, Col. Mr. Cobb,
Ent. bis.
Rev: Mar.
Private J. M. Cobb the Malt Mill.
Ad. 160 ac's June 26/55 Dodge
Hon. John J. Perry H. of Reps. Refuse (Perry) Turner Me
Vol 9. Page 99.

State of Maine.
ANDROSCOGGIN, SS.
CLERK'S OFFICE, SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
AUBURN, May 3 1855. }
I, JOSIAH D. PULSIFER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County of Androscoggin , being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Job. Pierce
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereunto annexed, was an ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of Androscoggin, as appears by the paper hereunto annexed — that he is duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid, and that the following signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
J. D. Pulsifer CLERK.

Job Ossun
Sumner
W. Lewis Dickey Leicester
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State of Maine County of Sagadahoc } ss
On this twenty fifth day of April A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Nancy Goad aged eighty three years a resident of Topsham in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of James Goad, deceased, who was a private in the Company commanded by Capt Blunt in Col Mc Cobbs Regt in the Revolutionary war in what was called the Bagaduce expedition that her said husband was a resident of Pownalborough, then District of Maine at the time of service, that she is not able to state the time or length of service but that it was more than fourteen days, that she has heretofore made an attempt to procure a pension for the service of her late husband but failed to prove six months service, she refers the Depart- ment to the proof hereto annexed

She further States that she was married to the said James Good in Hallowell in the Summer of the year seventeen hundred ninety four by Joseph North a justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Nancy Gane (sometimes called Nee) that her said husband died at Plantation Letter B, in the County of Oxford on the tenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred forty six and that she is now a widow -
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act Approved March 3 d 1855
Nancy her X Good Mark

We Alfred J Stone of Brunswick & Martha Dunlap of Hesperian in the State of Maine upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Nancy Goud in our presence and that we believe from the appearance and statement of the Applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be and that we are disinterested, and I the said Martha Dunlap further say that the said applicant has resided in the same family with me for the last three years
Alfred J. Stone
Martha S. Dunlap
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written; 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
Job Prime Justice of the Peace

"Register of Marriages since the incorporation of the Town." "Solemnized by Joseph North Esq. between April Seventeen hundred ninety four and April seventeen hundred ninety five, Viz James Goud and Nancy Gane both of Readfield."
I certify that the above is a true extract from the Book of Records of Marriages in the town of Hallowell, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows, April 1794 & April 1795
Thomas Hovey City Town Clerk
I Thomas Hovey above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the city town of Hallowell County of Kennebec and State of Maine, and that the above is a true extract from the Book of Records of Marriages in said town now in my possession with the exception of the date as above certified by me
Thomas Hovey
Kennebec ss March 27th 18 55 .
Subscribed and sworn to Before me H. H. Baker, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine - Kennebec County ss
I hereby certify that Henry K. Baker Esq. before whom the within written affidavit was made, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace for the said County duly authorized to administer oaths &c. and that his signature thereto is genuine.
seal
Witness my hand and the seal of our Supreme Jud. Court for said County this 29th day of March A. D. 1855.
J. B. M. Stratton { Clerk of said Court.
25 cts
Mr. Lewis Buckley Director
J. B. D. D. D.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
February 3 d 1819.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of James Good is borne upon a Pay Roll of Capt John Blunt's Company in Col Samuel M c Cobb's Regt. in the Expedition against Penobscot, as a private from June 28 1779, 2 months and 16 days.
The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one of the name, shown by the military records in this Office.

3629 And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
B. B. Calhoun,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Military Rolls in his Office of the Service of my late husband James Goad in the Revolutionary War - The said James Goad resided in the town of Dresden, formerly Pownalborough in this State during said war, that he served in a Company of Militia commanded by Capt Andrew Blunt in Col McCobb's Regt - as a private soldier in 1779 in the Bangobene Expedition, that he returned and served some time near the mouth of the Kennebec River, making more than six months that season, from her advanced age and the great lapse of time she is not able to state more particularly the service but thinks he served in other Campaign, and the Secretary is desired to give all the information in his possession of his the said Goad service - he probably enlisted as James Goad from Oxford, ss.
January 25th 1849 Signed by Said Nancy Goad in my presence
Nancy her X Goad Mark
Job Prince, Justice of the Peace

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Joseph E Goud of Bethel in County of Oxford and State of Maine aged Thirty Three years on oath depose and say that I am the son of James and Nancy Goud that my father James Goud was reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier that I have often heard him say that he was in the Bragdon Expedition, that he died in Plantation Letter B in said County of Oxford on the tenth day of July in the year AD 1846 that he was then living in the family with me and I was present at his funeral that he left my mother the said Nancy Goud a widow and that she is now a widow and resides in Topsham in this State
Joseph E Goud
State of Maine County of Oxford 3 rd April 30 th 1855
Then personally appeared Joseph E Goud a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed
Before Me
O'Neil W Rodbinson Jr justice of the Peace

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF OXFORD, ss.
Clerk's Office, Supreme Judicial Court.
I, ELISHA WINTER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, within and for the COUNTY OF OXFORD, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify that
O'Neil W Robinson Jr. , Esquire, whose genuine signature appears to the Certificates hereunto annexed, was at the respective dates thereof, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly authorized to administer OATHS, and take acknowledgment of DEEDS and other Instruments; and that the Court aforesaid is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of our said Court this First day of May 1855.
Elisha Winter Clerk.
and now she is now a widow and residing in Houlton in this State
Joseph E Goud
State of Maine County of Oxford ss April 30th 1855
Then personally appeared Joseph E Goud a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed
Before Me O'Neil W Robinson Jr. justice of the Peace

no 38,061
James Gond de
Name.
June 7, 1832,
Commemorates with John J. Perry M.C. Washington D.C.

Joshua G. Rich
State of Maine.
ANDROSCOGGIN, SS.
CLERK'S OFFICE, SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
AUBURN, April 14 1856.
I, JOSIAH D. PULSIFER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County of Androscoggin, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that
Joshua G. Rich and Samuel D. Gibson is  are and at the date of his  their certificate to the papers hereunto annexed, was an  were ACTING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of Androscoggin  Oxford , as appears by the paper hereunto annexed — that he is duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County Oxford aforesaid, and that the following signatures purporting to be his  their are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
J. D. Pulsifer CLERK.

2 I Enoch Abbott, of Friendship Letter P.O. in the County of Oxford, and State of Maine on oath depose, and say, that my age is seventy three years. That I was well acquainted with James Bond, late of this place, that he lived a neighbor to me at the time of, and many years before his decease, that he died according to my best recollection in the Summer of 1846. That he was reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier, of which I have no doubt, as I have heard him relate incidents of his life while in the service, that he left a widow by the name of Nancy Bond, who still remains a widow, and unmarried and now resides with her son Joseph E. Bond, in the town of Bethel, and that I am disinterested -
Enoch C. Abbott
State of Maine County of Oxford ss March April 9 th 1856
Then personally appeared Enoch Abbott a reliable witness, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed
Before me J. G. Rich,
Justice of the Peace

Know all men by their fruits
John 3

3 I Joseph E. Goud of Bethel, in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged thirty six years. On oath testify and say that I am the son of James and Nancy Goud. that I lived with my father until the time of his death, which was July 1846. that he died in Township Letter B. in said County aged eighty six years. that I have often heard him say that he served in the Revolutionary War. and that he thought he was entitled to a Pension. that his widow, Nancy Goud, has resided in my family ever since his death, with the exception of a few months last Spring, when she resided in Popskham with her other children. that she is now with me and still a widow, and unmarried.
Joseph E. Goud
State of Maine County of Oxford ss. March 26. 1856
Then personally appeared Joseph E. Goud a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Samuel F. Gibson Justice of the Peace

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Send all commu- nications to me at Washington
John S. Perry Member H. of R. from Maine

I, David Clancy of the town of Dresden County of Lincoln and State of Maine formerly the town of Pownalborough do testify and say, that I enlisted in the Revolutionary war, in the company of Militia which was commanded by Captain Andrew Blunt of Winthrop Maine which company belonged to Colonel Mc Cobb's Regiment: - that I think I enlisted in the month of May A. D. 1779 that James Gourd junr. of Pownalborough aforesaid enlisted the same day that I did into the same Company; that in the month of June of the year of our enlistment we marched to Bagaduce; - that in the month of December following we were discharged.
David C. Clancy
Witnesses James Johnson
Thomas Johnson
Lincoln ss Dresden May 30 th 1840
Then personally appeared before me the subscriber the above named David Clancy and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true
James Johnson Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named David Clancy and that he is a man of truth and veracity
James Johnson Justice of the Peace
State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss—I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that James Johnson Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the District Court of Common Pleas this Second day of July A. D. 1840.
Jacob Smith CLERK.

I Job Prince of Turner in the County of Androscoggin and State of Maine aged Sixty years on oath depose & say that personally I was but little acquainted with James Good late of the County of Oxford although I knew him well by reputation & his family, personally I know that he was reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier that I was consulted by his sons as to the course to be pursued to obtain a pension under Act of June 1832 & that I gave them the desired information - That he the said James Good died according to my best recollection in the Summer of 1846, said to be eighty Six years old That some year or two after his death I was at the house of his son when he died & with whom his widow Nancy Good then resided & the son handed me the foregoing Affidavit of David Corney & desired me to obtain a Pension for his mother the said Nancy. That I then made particular enquiries not only of the family but of his neighbors, as to his reputation as a Soldier. Th. I then went to Hallowell where he, the said James and Nancy were married and obtained a Certificate of their Marriage and made further enquiries as to his services and identity & found that he was reputed to have been a Revolutionary Soldier. From all the information I could obtain I have no doubt that he served in the Subot on Penobscot expedition. I also made application to the Secretary of Mass for a certificate of service but finding the Record showed less service than Six months I abandoned the idea of making application. Although from my knowledge I have not the least doubt of his being the identical person who performed the service described to by the Secy. of Mass. After the passage of the Act of March 3 d 1835 I was requested and did take the declaration of his widow, the said Nancy Good for bounty land as I was, & have been acquainted with her for many years - and that I am disinterested.
Job Prince State of Maine County of Androscoggin February 15 th 1856 Then personally appeared Job Prince a credible witness and made oath to the truth of foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed Before the Hon. Nathaniel Wentworth Justice of the Peace

State of Maine.
ANDROSCOGGIN, SS.
CLERK'S OFFICE, SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, AUBURN, February 18 1856.
I, JOSIAH D. PULSIFER, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County of Androscoggin, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Ezekiel Martin
is, and at the date of his certificate to the paper hereunto annexed, was an ACTING JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, within and for the County of Androscoggin, as appears by the paper hereunto annexed — that he is duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths and take acknowledgments of Deeds and other instruments in writing, in the County aforesaid, and that the following signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court, for said State, the day and year first above written.
J. D. Pulsifer CLERK.
I have not the least doubt of his being the identical person who perjured the depositions... to be the Sheriff of Maine... After the passage of the Act of March 3 1835 I was requested and did take the declaration of his widow, the Miss Nancy Gou... on bounty land as I was & have been acquainted with her for many years - and that I am disinterested. J. Prince
State of Maine County of Androscoggin February 15th 1856 Then personally appeared J. Prince a credible witness and made oath to the truth of foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed Before me Ezekiel Martin Justice of the Peace

Home of Rep June 23 - 1856
Sir
Please communicate with me in regard to the within addition evidence - and Obey (Yours Respectfully)
John J. Perry

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Nancy Good widow of
James Good Private
Capt Blynt Col McCobb.
Ent 1894 Disch 1894 No 34
Rev War
Original Brief Enclosed
Hon John J. Perry
House of Reps

No 32061.
Jam, Good.
Maine
Lot No 1.1. Pkg. No. 1/56.
H151
June 1, 1892.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
P. O.
Service:
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18
REJECTED

Ms. in Nancy Goud Mr - Original
Cole

April 17 1856
Brother
Will you put this along your friend John S. Perry

I Lucy Goud of Dresden in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged eighty seven years on Oath depose and say, that I was well acquainted with James Goud late of the County of Oxford deceased. I remember well when said James Goud left Pownalborough for the army in company with my Brother Francis Rittal (at that time called Ridall) who also served in the Revolution and in what was called the Brandywine expedition, said Goud came to my father, and left there in company with my Brother the said Francis Rittal for the army, I married a Brother of the said James Goud and have been well acquainted with the family ever since I was a child as my father and Goud father lived within one mile of each other.
Lucy Goud
State of Maine
County of Lincoln S.S. May twenty ninth 1856
Then Then personally appeared Lucy Goud to me well known as a credible witness, and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed Before me Alfred G. Lithgow Justice of the Peace

I Lucy Good of Dresden in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged eighty seven years on Oath depose and say, that I was well acquainted with James Good late of the County of Oxford deceased, I remember well when said James Good left Pownalborough in company with my Brother Francis Rittal
in the Revolution period, said James Good Son of James & - company with Rachael Good born July 29 th 1760 - army, I married
have been well child as my father of each other I hereby certify that the above is a true copy from the records of the Town of Pownalborough now Wiscasset.
Wiscasset June 11. 1856. Mary Good James T. Dana Town Clerk of Wiscasset July ninth 1856
State of Maine Lincoln County ss. June 11 th 1856 Personally appeared James T. Dana and made Oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed
Before me Alfred G. Littleton Justice of the Peace

I James Goud of Dresden in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged sixty five years on Oath do depose and say that I am the son of James Goud that was formerly of Pownalborough in said County, that I have often heard my father tell of his services at Bagaduce under Captain Blount, that I was at one time at Captain Blount's in company with my father and heard them talk over the subject of being in the army together during the Revolutionary war, that my father the said James Goud died in the County of Oxford about ten years ago, and left my step mother Nancy Goud a widow, and she still resides in the County of Oxford and is unmarried.
James Goud.
State of Maine
County of Lincoln S.S. May thirty first 1856
Then personally appeared James Goud to me well known as a credible witness, and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before me Alfred G. Litchgow Justice of the Peace

I James Gourd of Dresden in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged sixty five years on Oath do depose and say that I am the son of James Gourd that was formerly of Pownalborough in said County, that I have often heard my father tell of his services at Baggaduce under Captain Blount, that I was at one time at Captain Blount in company with my father and heard them talk over the subject of being in the army together during the Revolutionary war, that my father the said James Gourd died in the County of Oxford about ten years ago, and left my step mother Nancy Gourd a widow, and she still resides in the County of Oxford and
State of Maine.
Lincoln, ss.
I, EDMUND B. BOWMAN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Alfred G. Litchgow whose name is affixed to the annexed papers as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, was on the day of the date thereof, legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the Signature to the annexed papers purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, this eleventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty Six
E. B. Bowman
CLERK.