Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7831, Francis Hubbard, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass,
Hubbard, Francis Ruth
N. 7831 B.L.W. 28659-160-55-
CONTENTS

677 V Alaine Ruth Hubbard widow of Francis Hubbard Mass who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1846. 30 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of June 1853 and sent to
J.W. Morton Augusta Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1846, Page 4 Vol. W
1832
Reg 3 mrs-151888

J. Maine 11.563
Francis Hubbard - of Seneca Co in the State of Maine - who was a Pvt in the Company commanded by Captain Brown - of the Regt commanded by Col Eastman - in the Nashua Troops -
6 Mo 18 - Private - 20.10
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine - at the rate of 20 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of May 1833 and sent to R. C. Dorr, Augusta Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 40.20 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 10.05
$ 50.25
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. D. Sprague Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 20

151888 { Act Mar 3/55 May 28/55
Chas W. Morton, Ind: 25/56,
Ruth Hubbard Mason Francis Hubbard Pitt Pension
No 28659 of Jan 18/56
Resolution Mar
The Feb 53-677 AD: 160 ag May 24/56 BD
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George W. Morton Augusta, Maine
Vol. No. 133.

Francis Hubbard
Private - New Hampshire troops,
Quincy's Co: Gale's regt. 6 weeks
Brown's Co: 6 weeks
Eastman's Co: Bartlett's regt. 3 months,
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6 months at least as a private,
notarized R. C. Rose, Augusta Me.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this 27 th day of March A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Judge , a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Francis Hubbard a resident of Fayette in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1778 with Captain Quimby, and served in Col. Gale's regiment of the New Hampshire line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Quimby capt. & Gale Col. That he enlisted in that company & regiment in July 1778, but for no particular time, that he served at Rhode Island, & was in the retreat under Genl. Sullivan when having served the full term of six weeks he was verbally discharged. That in the fall of 1779 he again enlisted for three months in a company of the same troops commanded by capt. Brown; that he served at Fort Washington in Portsmouth harbour under said enlistment six weeks & then, their services not being needed there being more troops than was necessary, he (with many others) was verbally discharged. That in August 1780 he again enlisted for three months in capt. Eastman's company in Col. Bartlett's regiment of the same troops; that this period he fully served out at West point, was there when Arnold deserted, & in November 1780, was verbally discharged. That under the three enlistments above recited he served the full period of
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he ans-

I John Hubbard of Readfield, Maine, aged seventy three years, upon oath testify & satisfy, that I lived in Kingston, at the times mentioned by my brother Francis Hubbard within mentioned. And well recollect his going into the United States service & always understood & believed & do now fully believe that he served at the times & in the manner he has within stated.
John Hubbard
Subscribed and sworn to, March 27 1833. the deponent being a credible witness,
Before me Nathan Weston Just S. J. C.
State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Francis Hubbard for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this
19th day of April A. D. 1833
J. A. Chandler

State of Maine.
We Oliver Pillsbury, J. Houghton a Clergyman, residing in the town of Fayette in the County of Kennebec and James Underwood  Jotham Crane residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Francis Hubbard who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Josiah Houghton James Underwood
State of Maine.
Kennebec ss.—Sworn and subscribed this twenty seventh day of March A. D. 1833
Before me,
Jotham Crane Justice of the Peace.
Jotham Crane Esq. is a Justice of the Peace. The Rev. Josiah Houghton is a Clergyman residing in Fayette , & James Underwood residing in the same town, is a credible person & their statement is entitled to be believed. —
Nathan Weston Not S. J. C.

State of Maine. Kennebec County ss-
I hereby certify that Andrew Sturtevant and Obadiah Whittier, Esquires, before whom the annexed declaration, affidavit and certificate were sworn to, and who have thereto affixed their genuine signatures, were at the times of so doing respectively Justices of the Peace for said County, duly authorized to administer oaths &c.
I further certify that Nathaniel Whittier Esq. was, on the 24th day of June 1829, a justice of the Peace for said County of Kennebec, and authorized as such by the laws of Maine to solemnize marriages.
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of our Supreme Judicial Court for said County this second day of April A.D. 1853.
W. M. Stratton, Clerk of said Court.

I hereby certify that Francis Hubbard Esq of Fayette and Mrs Ruth Cochran of Vienna were joined in Matrimony by me June 24 1829 Vienna March 28 th 1853
Nath l Whittier Justice of the Peace
Then personally appeared the above named Nathaniel Whittier and made Oath to the foregoing certificate by him subscribed
Before Me Obadiah Whittier Justice of the Peace
Vienna March 28 th 1853

Ruth Hubbard widow of [REDACTED] Francis Hubbard for Pension 2 nd Sec. Act Feb 3. 1953.
Ger W. Morton Atty August Maine.

Declaration - In order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved Feby. 3. 1853 entitled, "An Act to continue half-pay Pension to certain widows and orphans."
State of Maine
Kennebec County, ss.
On this twentyfirst day of March. A. D. 1853, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the county, aforesaid, personally appeared Ruth Hubbard a resident of Fayette in said county aged seventy nine years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress approved Feby 3 d . 1853, entitled "An Act to continue half-pay pension to certain widows and orphans" - That she is the widow of Francis Hubbard, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7. 1832, at the rate of $20.10 per annum - that his pension was paid up to March 4. 1838 - at the United States Agency for paying pensions in the State of Maine - that she was married to the said Francis Hubbard in the town of Vienna - in the State of Maine January twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and twenty nine - that her name before her said marriage was Ruth Cochran - that she is still a widow - having

having remained unmarried ever since the death of the said Francis Hubbard, who died in Fayette County March 22, 1838, and that she never before made application for a pension Witness - G. A. Chase her Ruth Hubbard Andrew Stewart marks
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first- within written, viz, March 25, 1853. the same having been first read to her -
Andrew Stewart Justice of the Peace
I certify that for many years I have been acquainted with the family of Francis Hubbard, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the the United States, that his widow who subscribed and made oath to the foregoing declaration, is totally blind and unable from infirmity to appear in open Court and residing twenty miles and upwards from the residence of any Judge of a Court of record -
Andrew Stewart Justice of the Peace

We J. A. Chase and David T. French of Fayette in the county of Kennebec and State of Maine depose and say that we have resided in the same neighbourhood with Ruth Hubbard the widow of Francis Hubbard, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, and know that she is now a widow having remaining unmarried ever since his death - she is a reputable person and entitled to full belief -
J. A. Chase David T. French
State of Maine, Kennebec County Ss.
On the 25 th day of March 1853. personally appeared J. A. Chase and David T. French and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them subscribed - I also certify that they are reputable witnesses -
Andrew Stockwell Justice of the Peace -

BOUNTY LAND CLAIM.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Kennebec }
On this nineteenth day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me, Andrew Sturtevant a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Ruth Hubbard aged Eighty three years, a resident of Fayette in the State of Maine, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical widow of Francis Hubbard who was a private in the Army of the Revolution and that she is now a pensioner of the United States under the 2 d section of the Act of February 3, 1853 on account of his said service, and is the identical Ruth Hubbard who is named in a pension certificate of which the following is a true copy. (No 677.) Department of the Interior. 'Widow's Pension'.
I certify that in conformity with the 2 d section of the Act of February 3, 1853. Ruth Hubbard widow of Francis Hubbard who was a private in the Revolutionary War, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of twenty dollars and ten cents per annum, commencing on the 3 d 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 eleventh day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty three .
Seal Ebenezer D. Dorr L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions
R. McClelland Secretary of the Interior.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the BOUNTY LAND to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855." She also declares that she has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. and that she is still a widow having remained unmarried ever since the death of her late husband Francis Hubbard
Ruth X Hubbard
We, Levi Cochran and J. B. Cochran  My wife , residents of Fayette in the State of Maine, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Ruth Hubbard in our presence; and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that we are intimately acquainted with her and that she is the identical person who is pensioned as stated by her above, and that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her late husband Francis Hubbard
Levi Cochran J. B. Cochran
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year 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.
Andrew Sturtevant Justice of the Peace.

POWER OF ATTORNEY.
I know all men by these presents. That I, Ruth Hubbard of Fayette in the County of Franklin and State of Maine, have constituted and appointed GEO. W. MORTON, of the City of Augusta, in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, irrevocably, for me and in my name, to prosecute and receive from the United States the Bounty Land Certificate, or Warrant, due me under existing Laws granting Bounty Lands for services rendered in the United States in the different wars, and generally to do all lawful acts and things whatsoever touching the premises, and an attorney or attorneys under him, for the purpose aforesaid to make, and at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all and whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do, or cause to be done, in the premises.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this nineteenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
Witness: Levi Gochran  Ruth Hubbard 
STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF Franklin ss:—On the nineteenth day of May 185 5 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for said County Ruth Hubbard and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her free act and deed.
Andrew Sturtevant Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. COUNTY OF Franklin I HEREBY CERTIFY, that Andrew Sturtevant before whom the within declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, were made and executed, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County aforesaid, this 25 th day of May 185 5  Wm Stratton CLERK.
151888
Ruth Hubbard widow of Francis Hubbard
Claim of _____
TO BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855. Has not rec d bounty land. She is a Pensioner under the 20 th Sec Act Feb 3. 1853. Francis Hubbard was a private in the Army of the Revolution.
PRESENTED BY
GEO. W. MORTON,
ATTORNEY, AUGUSTA, MAINE.

24645
Francis Hubbard Maine
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6 mos 1 day
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R. G. Rose Augusta M. e

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Francis Hubbard Maine
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     N. H. Troop July 1778. mustered 1 14 Private Quimby Col Sullivan 71 - born in Kingston N.H. entered there now Lives in Maine   Feb. 79 - " 1 14 " Cpl Brown   Aug. 80 - " 3 7 " Cpl Eastman Detached   under these enlistments he served at least six months -   Certificate of Clergyman and Citizen  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; 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 of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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, deponeth 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 each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Francis Hubbard a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. W. F. 7831.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July, 1778 6 wks Pri. Quimby Gale N.H.   Fall, 1779 6 " Brown   Aug. 1780 3 mos. Eastman Bartlett  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Kingston, N.H.
Date of application for pension, Mch. 27, 1833. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Fayette, Kennebec Co., Me.
Age at date of application, B. 1761, at Kingston, N.H.
Remarks: Soldier mar. at Vienna, Maine, Jan. 28, 1829, Mrs. Ruth Cochran; he died at Fayette, Me. Mch. 22, 1838 and she was allowed pension on her application executed Mch. 25, 1853, while 79 years old and a resident of Fayette, Me.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Augusta, Maine.
May 25. 1855.
Sir,
I herewith enclose three applications for bounty land under Act of March 3. 1855 in name of claimants - Polly Brane - Ruth Hubbard & Mary Brane . I would respectfully request to have Land warrants sent to me for them.
Very respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
Geo W. Morton
Hon L. P. Waldo.
Govt Pensions
Washington.

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109 7/8 App. of Ruth
Hubbard widow of Francis - Kennebec County Maine
11563
Act 3rd Febrg: 1853
Rev.
Admitted $20. 10/100 per annum Commencing 3rd Feb. 1853.
Geo. C. Morton Augusta Maine
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commissioner.

Francis Hubbard
11.5.63.
20. 12
Payments to be made
at Portland, Me by Great U.S.B. BR Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Fluini
bid in Fluini March 22. 1838
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 1 —
Page 20 by John D. Sprague Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Francis Hubbard of the State of Maine who was a Private in the Revolutionary War
is entitled to receive Seventy dollars and Ten cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Eighteenth day of May  1833 one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
John B. M c Leod
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Augusta. Maine
April 2. 1853.
Sir,
I herewith transmit papers in order to have Ruth Hubbard pensioned under the 2 d Sect of the Act of Feb 3. 1853, her late husband Francis Hubbard was a pensioner under Act of June 7. 1832 at $20.10 per ann. and paid at the U. S. Agency in State of Maine to March 4. 1838, he died on the 22 d of March 1838. The small balance of pension due at his death, was not applied for by her as the expense would have been more than the balance of pension due it being only eighteen days. She is totally blind and residing so far from the residence of any judge of a Court of record, has presented her claim before a Justice of the Peace, which in this particular case it is hoped will be received. Should the papers in the case be satisfactory I would respectfully request to have a Pension Certificate issued for her, and sent to me as her atty.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt.
Geo W. Morton
Hon L. P. Waldo Current Pension Washington.
There will be noticed a discrepancy between her statement and that of the Magistrate who solemnized her marriage as to the time it took place, probably by reason of her having been made from memory and his from records kept by him, she being so aged it can be readily accounted for.

Brief in the case of Ruth Hubbard, widow of Francis Hubbard Kennebec County and State of Maine. act 3 rd February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or for increase ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of Claimant was a pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832
Marriage proved by Certificate and Affidavit of the Justice of the Peace who married the parties - duly certified to have been such at the time.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
George W Morton Esq Augusta, Maine Name and residence of Agent
R Hadd Examining Clerk.

1913, Feb. 3. History to C. W. Whittier. Fr.
Rey WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
7831
Ruth Hubbard
Wid.
Francis Hubbard
Past Rev. Wash
Act: _____
July 29 th /48
Index:—Vol. _____
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Page _____
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

In this case the rule requiring the Declaration to be made before a Judge Court of Record has been waived, for the reasons apparent in the Certificate of Justia before whom the Declaration was made appended thereto. June 11. 1853 Richard  by Clerk.

Boston, Mass., Jan. 27, 1913.
Pension Department, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen-
Will you please send me a copy of the Pension record of William Gaitskill, who was placed on the Pension List, Jan. 28, 1819, and who died about 1821, aged some 73 years; also that of Francis Hubbard, who received a pension in 1833, aged 73 years. Both men were in the Revolutionary War, and it is supposed that they resided at the time the pensions were granted in Maine.
Yours truly.
C. W. Whittier 11 Castlegate Road.

1888
For bounty land Act March 3. 1855.
Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commr Pensions Washington D. C.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hubbard, George GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5956 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 5, 1796
to Oliver Ashley
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.