Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16864, Ephraim Hathaway, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hathaway, Ephraim S. 16864
CONTENTS
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No 513 Maine
Ephraim Hathaway of Oxford Co in the State of Maine who was a private in the 6th Inf'ty commanded by Captain Loper of the Reg't commanded by Col Reed in the Massachusetts line for three months and a ser- geant of artificers in the Compy com'd by Capt Ford in the Reg't com'd by Col Brener 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of $80 Dollars 50 Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of September 1832 and sent to Thomas Clarke Esq Paris Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832. 120.75 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar, 33 40.25 $161.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Clerk D
Vol. 1
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63
Clerk.

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 17 th day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in  before  the Thomas Clarke, Esquire now sitting Ephraim Hathaway a resident of Buckfield - in the county of Oxford -
and State of Maine, aged 75 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted the service of the United States, as a private,
under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In the fall of the year 1775, his my residence was at Taunton, in the county of Bristol, in the State of Massachusetts, he went to Roxbury, near Boston, where he enlisted for the term of one year , in the company commanded by Capt. Oliver Soper, in the regiment commanded by Col. Reed, from Roxbury he marched to New York city - where he was transferred into the company of Artificers commanded by Capt. Phinehas Ford, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Brewer, where he was stationed until the city of N. Y. was evacuated - when he marched to White Plains thence to Peekskill where he was verbally discharged at the expiration of said term - at the time he was transferred to the company of Capt. Ford, he was appointed an Orderly Sargeant, and so continued until his discharge -
That on the 23 d . day of May 1818, he made application before the United States Court for the District of Maine, under the act of Congress of March 18. 1818, and was duly enrolled on the Pension list, which will fully appear by his certificate No. 7.987, dated March 17 th . 1819, which is hereunto annexed - That on the 1 st . day of April, 1829, under the acts of 18 March 1818, and 1 st . May, 1820, his name was stricken from the Pension list - When his first application was made as aforesaid he resided at Buckfield aforesaid - where he still continues to reside -

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Ephraim Hattaway
State of Maine.
Oxford ss. August 17th. 1832. To Ephraim Hattaway to me full well.
whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing declaration, personally appeared, and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him made. Before me.
Thomas Clarke, Jus. 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 Thomas Clarke
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition Declaration of Ephraim Hattaway is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county of Oxford, and that full faith and credit is due to all his official attestations.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this seventeenth day of August in the year A. D. 1832.
R. K. Goodenow Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

Ephraim Hathaway.
I Clerk of the 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 A. D. 183
Thomas Clark, agent.

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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Thomas Clarke agent
Ephraim Hathaway
I Clerk of the 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 A. D. 183
CLERK
Record ss. of the

Ephraim Heathway
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portland Me at the Cumberland Bank
Recorded S

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
April 1 st 1829.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore, directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Ephraim Hathaway. Care of Hon. J. Anderson. Portland, Maine.

John Anderson U.S.A.
Recd. April 1. 1879
J. L. Edwards Esq. War Department Washington D.C.
not att'd
not in hand

Schedule of the present property of Ephraim Hatheway of Buckfield in the County of Oxford and State of Maine as taken by Us the Subscribers this 24 th day of March 1829 To Wit. fifty Acres of Land in the Whole as in the following Estimate twenty Acres of improved land with half of an Old house and one half of an Old barn at two hundred and Seventy five dollars ————— $275.00 and the remaining thirty acres at one hundred and fifty dollars ————— 150
Personal 425 Real one half of a Yoke of Oxen priced at fifty dollars . 25 two Cows at fifteen dollars each ————— 30 two 2 year old at eight dollars each ————— 16 one year old at five dollars ————— 5 half one horse at thirty ————— 15 Six Sheep at one dollar & fifty cents each ————— 9 Which we assert hath been of about the same value for the four years last past according to our best judgment with very trifling variation, as we have been Select men and assessors of Buckfield and have been for four years last past and also for the present year
Berry Spalding
Daniel Chase
Oxford S. March 25. 1829 Then the above named Berry Spalding & Daniel Chase and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them subscribed before me
Samuel F. Basson Justice of the Peace
I John Anderson member of Congress for Cumberland District in Maine do certify that Samuel F. Basson Esq. whose name is here subscribed is a justice of the Peace duly qualified & authorized to administer oaths —

William Ephraim Hathaway of Buckfield in the County of Oxford & State of Maine man aged Twenty one years on oath declares that the annexed schedule contains a true & correct account & description of all the property both real & personal of which I am the owner or possessor & that to the best of my knowledge & belief it is appraised at all it is worth. I further swear that I was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution & was placed on the Pension list under the act of March 18 th 1818 as will appear by the enclosed Certificate from the War Department. & was afterwards stricken from the list on account of my property as it was stated. For evidence of my services I refer to my declaration & evidence on file in the War Department. Ephraim Hathaway
Seamen's Fund ss. March 27 th 1829 Personally appeared the above named Ephraim Hathaway & made solemn oath to the truth of the other statement by him signed before me John Anderson Justice of the Peace

I Alpheus Shaw of Providence in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine Oath in oath declare that I have known Ephraim Hathaway of Buckfield, whom I have just now signed the declaration on this sheet by him made, for more than thirty years & that he is now in full life, nor have I ever heard or known of any other Ephraim Hathaway of Buckfield. & I am well acquainted with the inhabitants of Buckfield having resided nine years in an adjoining town to Buckfield.
A Shaw
Cornland Feb. March 27 th 1829
Personally appeared the above named A. Shaw & made oath to the truth of the statement above by him signed as before me Peter Anderson Justice of the Peace

Portland March 27 th 1829
Dear Sir. I send you another application of an Elder & hope it may be enough in form to come under the Regulations of your Department. Your answer will be a favor in Mr. Hattaway's business.
With great respect your obedient Servt. Wm. Anderson

Examination of Papers Ephraim Hathaway
acts. 1818
1832
Revolutionary
Maine Rolls
Cole
filed 21. Feby 1852
D. C. Hassler Attorney
W. C. Cole

Know all men by these presents. That I Hiram Hathaway of Buckfield in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, son of Ephraim Hathaway, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States & died February 15 th A.D. 1830 & whose wife died a long time before he died, & in whose estate I am directly interested, have constituted & appointed & by these presents do constitute & appoint, P. S. Rootes my true & lawful attorney irrevocably for me & in my name to receive from the United States a pension certificate & all such sum or sums of money due me on account of arrears of pay, three months extra pay, forage allowance for horses & other property lost or de- stroyed in the Military service, expenses incurred or money expended for organizing volunteer com- panies before being mustered into the service of the United States, or any monies which may be due me by the United States on any account what- soever. I generally to do all lawful acts & things whatsoever touching the premises, & attorney or attorneys under him for the purpose of same to make at his pleasure to revoke, hereby confirming all & whatsoever my said attorney shall in my name legally do or cause to be done in & about the premises. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the fourteenth day of February A.D. 1842 Hiram Hathaway

acknowledged & subscribed before me a Notary Public within & for the county of ... day & year last above written
Miriam Hathaway
Moses B. Bortlett Buckfield February 14 th 1882 here the undersigned hereby certify that Miriam Hathaway above subscribed is the son of Ephraim Hathaway deceased by Lemina G. Hathaway, that we well knew Ephraim in his life time & are well acquainted with Miriam Hathaway & he is a man of great respectability a resident of Buckfield.
To all whom this may concern, this may certify, that I have been acquainted with Mr. Ephraim Hathaway, for more than thirty years, & knew that he was a Abolitionary Pensioner, and acquainted also, with all the Family, (Mr. Miriam Hathaway) is one of them - Rev. E. Harlow
1882 Buckfield Feb 14 th This is to certify that I well recollect the time when Ephraim Hathaway and Lemina Godfrey were married in Farmington the parents of Miriam Hathaway lived in the same neighborhood and likewise that after he moved to Buckfield Mr. Hathaway drafted a Pension Frezia G. Warren
Buckfield Feb 23 1882 I hereby certify that I was well acquainted with Ephraim Hathaway & knew him to be a revolutionary Pensioner, and Miriam Hathaway with whom I am well acquainted, is his son - Nathaniel Harlow
Organ pt. Auburn Feb 14 th 1882 E. Harlow Rev. J. Wortman & ... Moses B. Bortlett This day ye 1 st day of March 1884 this day was married with Lemina Godfrey at her father's house at Farmington by ... Williams Esq. The above is a true copy from an old book now in the possession of Miriam Hathaway entitled Ephraim Hathaway's book 1780 after Moses B. Bortlett ...

F. B. F.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Inn File 16864
Bureau of Pensions,
Rev War
Washington, D. C., Mar. 8, 1906
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Ephraim Hathaway , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1 1776 3 mos Pvt Oliver Roper Joseph Durd Mass   Transferred 9 mos Adv. Sgt. Oliver Ford Oliver Mass                
Battles engaged in, None
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Taunton, Bristol Co. Mass
Date of application for pension, May 23, 1818 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Pittsfield, Oxford Co. Mass
Age at date of application, 61 years Died Feb. 15, 1836
Remarks: He married Jemima Godfrey at Taunton, Mar. 4, 1784. He survived his wife. He was pensioned as Ephraim Hathaway . Their son, Hiram , was living in 1852.
Very respectfully,
Mr. George E. Hathaway
40 Lincoln Ave
Gardiner
Maine.
Commissioner.

7,987
Maine 4
Ephraim Hathaway,
of Bucksfield in the Dist  State of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer of the Mass ts line, for the term of one year .
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 d of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of Mar 1819 and sent to M rs Mary  Parsons , Paris Maine .
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 9 m 13 d $ 75.35 Semi-ann. all ce ending 1 st Apr 1819 $ 48.00
$123.35
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued

Notification sent to Rev John Anderson Portland, Maine.

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Ephraim Heathaway 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 commence on the twentieth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this seventeenth day of March , one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Isaac Washburn of Taunton in the County of Bristol of lawful age to give evidence, do testify and say - That in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy six I enlisted as a Soldier under Capt Oliver Soper of Taunton and marched from Dorchester near Boston and arrived in New York in the month of April the same year and then was detached and served as an Artificer till January seventy seven and that Ephraim Heathaway worked in the same company of Artificers commanded by Capt Phineas Ford which company of Artificers were attached to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer in the Continental establishment we worked at a place called King's Stores in New York & from there to White Plains & also to Peekskill. Isaac Washburn
Bristol ss. On the seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen the aforesaid deponent was examined, and cautioned, and sworn agreeable to law, to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed, taken pursuant to a Dedimus Potestatem issued from the Hon. Abner H. Parris Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine - dated May 23 rd 1818. is the cause of taking this Deposition
Before me
Nathaniel Jones Jus. Pacis

To the Hon. Albion K. Parris Judge of the United States in & for the District of Maine — Enclosed is the deposition of Isaac Washburn

Taunton June 17 th 1818
These certify that Isaac Washburn the within Deponent is a very near neighbour to me, that I have been intimately acquainted with him for many years & from my own experience & the repute of the public I pronounce him to be very industrious citizen & much respected by all classes of Society
J. H. D. [Signature]
To the Hon. Albron S. Parris Esq. of the United States in re for the District of Maine - Enclosed is the deposition of Isaac Washburn

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I, Samuel Dean of Taunton — in the County of Bristol of lawful age to give evidence, do testify and say, that, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and I was at  in the County of  in the state of  and
That in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy- six some time about the begining of the first month of said year Ephraim Heathaway now of Buckfield then of Taunton was an enlisted Soldier in the company commanded by Captain Oliver Solomon of Taunton and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Need of Uxbridge which Regiment was attached to Brig. Genl. Heath's Brigade in the Continental Establishment The Division I do not recollect, but am impressed that the Division Com- manding Officer was named Artemas Ward, and that I belonged to the same Choir: and that we were stationed at Roxbury and near Boston about three months, then we were ordered to New York, where we arrived some time in the month of April of the same year, and in six weeks or two months after said arrival, Eph m Heathaway said applicant was detached as an Artificer in the Continental Service and I saw him performing the duty of an orderly Serjeant Sundry times in the Artillery Service in the latter part of Sep r of said year; and saw him repeatedly afterwards I have not the least doubt but he belonged to said Service. (The campaign continued one year & I have no reason to doubt but the Applicant served through the whole year as I before observed I repeatedly saw him - on account of sickness I left said Reg t about the last of Nov r therefore I can trace him no further —
Samuel Dean

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In the County of Bristol ss. On this day personally appeared Samuel Dean, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Barnstable June 17 th 1818.
I do hereby certify that Samuel Dean the within Deponent has for the many years I have been acquainted with him held a high standing in the town of Barnstable and is generally reputed to be a person of more than common prudence & correctness.
W. L. G. aka Marcus Morton

Hon. Lewis Cass.
Secretary of War.
Washington.

Paris, Me. August 20. 1832.
Sir,
I herewith forward to the War Department the applications of Levi Hubbard, Enoch Hall, Ephraim Hathaway and John Keen, for pensions under the act of Congress of June 7th. 1832. Please to direct the the certificates to be forwarded to me as their agent - Respectfully.
Your Obb. Servt.
Thomas Clark
+ Levi Hubbard's papers taken out, original claim, + John Keen's papers taken out, original claim -
Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War. Washington.
3 2 2

BRISTOL ss.
ON the Seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen - the aforesaid deponent was examined, and cautioned, and sworn agreeable to law, to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed, taken at the request of pursuant to a  Subpoena duces tecum issued from the Hon d  now pending between and to be used in an action of Albion H. Parris Judge of the United States in so far the District and of Maine Dated May 23 rd 1818 before
is the cause of taking this deposition and the adverse party
the said deponent
Before me  W. H. D. Wells
is the cause of taking this deposition.
Justice of the Peace.
  Justice's fee,  miles travel,  } g    writing deposition, caption, &c.     Deponent's fee, 1 day, and   } g    miles travel,   

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
To the Honourable Justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, next to be held at Albion H. Parris and Justice of the United States in and for the District of the same Lord eighteen hundred and
Enclosed is the deposition of Samuel Dean to be used in an action at said Court, in the plea of against
taken at the request of and sealed up by me,
Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I, Oliver Soper — of Taunton — in the County of Bristol — of lawful age to give evidence, do testify and say, that, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and I was at _____ in the County of _____ in the state of _____ and _____
That in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five some time about the last of December, or January following by my pay roll I find Ephraim Hathaway's wages commenced as an enlisted soldier under my command as capt of a company in the Continental Establishment — I was soon after attached to a Reg commanded by Col. Jos Reed of Uxbridge said Reg. was attached to Brig. Genl. Heath's Brig. d — The Division commanding Officer I forget — We were stationed at Roxbury & Dorchester near Boston about three months, from thence we was ordered to the New York where I remained in said Service about twelve months in a few months after my arrival at NYork said Hathaway was detached as an Artificer in the Continental Service — I often saw him in said Service & feel assured he served as long as I did for he was a Townsman & near neighbour to me and was absent from his fam- ily the time I was — I well recollect he returned home about the time I did — Oliver Soper

Fauntler June 17 th 1818
I do certify that Capt. Oliver Soper the within Deponent has to my knowledge sustained a good character for many years & has ever since my remembrance belonged to Parson Phipps Church in the Town of Fauntler & is separate from the good opinion I have of him he produced sufficient documents from his pay roll to me this day in further confirmation
J. H. B. B.

Ephraim Hathaway.
(artificer)
Recd's Reg. d & Brewer's Maf't Line.
1 st Jan y : 1776 for 1 year.
23 rd May 1810.
Admiral
Ephraim Hathaway

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Ephraim Hathaway 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 depositions of Oliver Poper the captain under whom he served and of Lemuel Dean & Isaac Washburn, fellow soldiers with said applicant, in the revolutionary war, taken before Nathl. Fales a respectable magistrate appointed by D. Adams for this purpose, all which are herewith 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 Ephraim Hathaway the applicant, served as a private & 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.
Albion K. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

See Re
Waycross, Ga
Jan 2, 1922
Commissions of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Have you any record of a pension to James S. Dozier of Lynchburg Co. Va and later

of Warren County, Ga., where he died? Also of Capt. Ephraim Hathaway and his son Pierce Ephraim Hathaway of Dighton or Taunton Mass?
Yours truly, Mrs. Dan Flett 31 Riverview Way Cross, Ga.

United States Post Office,
Gardiner
Kennebec County,
State of Maine
Feby 14, 1906
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
I very much desire to obtain the Revolutionary War record of Ephriam Hathaway (my great-great grandfather), who served in the Massachusetts Continentals and whose name was placed on the Pension roll on March 17, 1819.
If you can help me in this matter I will consider it a great favor and will gladly pay you for your kindness. Thanking you in advance.
I am most respectfully Yrs. Geo. E. Hathaway 40 Lincoln Ave Gardiner Maine

SOUTHERN STATES PASSENGER ASSOCIATION
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE.
W. W. FINLEY, COMMISSIONER.
ATLANTA, GA. October 19, 1895.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
If consistent I shall be greatly obliged for information as to what your records show regarding a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner by the name of Ephraim Hatheway, of Massachusetts.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. E. Rockwell -
Sec'y, So. States Passenger Assn. Atlanta, Ga.

Rockwell, Atlanta, Ga. M.E.C. Chawley - 7. B. 7.
16,864 INVALID.
Rev. Wm H. H. to J. E. for State Passenger Ass'n, Mar. 8 1906. Heir. to George E. H. 1923 Jan. 16 - Heir to Mrs. Duan Lett. awd.
File No. 16,864
Ephraim Hathaway Dr Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: - Vol. 1 , Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I, Ephraim Hathaway a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Durdfield Roxbury in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do hereby declare, that on the first of Jan- uary A.D. 1776, according to my best recollection, at Roxbury in said State, I enlisted into the army of said United States on the continental establishment for the term of one year as a private soldier sergeant, in Capt. Oliver Tapp's company, Col. Reed's regiment in the Massachusetts line, in which company I served as sergeant about three months, when I was transferred into a company of artificers under the command of Capt. Phineas Ford in Col. Brewer's regiment, in the line of said army as sergeant, in which last mentioned company I continued to serve as sergeant of artificers to the expiration of my said term of one year, when I was ver- bally discharged at Peekskill and left the service. The first part of my service was performed in & near said Roxbury and the latter part in the city of New-York, in some kind work, until the evacuation of New-York, & the rest of my time was spent chiefly in drilling. I further testify, that I am sixty one years of age; cannot borne on my pen- sion list of the United States; and by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support. Wherefore I pray that this declaration may be transmitted to the Secretary of War, to the end, that I may be placed on the pension list of the United States 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."
John Brown L

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
noted.
BRISTOL ss.
ON the seventeenth ~ day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen the aforesaid deponent was examined, and cautioned, and sworn agreeable to law, to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed, taken at the request of Pursuant to a Dedimus Potestatem issued from the and to be used in an action of Hon. Albion H. Parris  now pending between Judge of the United States  and and for the District of Maine dated May 23 rd 1818. before
and the adverse party
the said deponent
is the cause of taking this deposition.
Before me William L. Dinsmore
Justice of the Peace.
  Justice's fee,  miles travel,  } s    writing deposition, caption, &c.     Deponent's fee, 1 day, and   } s    miles travel,   

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
To the Honourable William Lloyd Justice of the United States in and for the District of Maine of in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and
Enclosed is the deposition of Capt Oliver Soper to be used in an action at said Court, in the plea of
against
taken at the request of and sealed up by me,
Justice of the Peace.
about three of certificate Col. Brew which last expiration fully dis part of an and the mark, in him in M. I. D.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Nathaniel Jones or Benjamin Williams of Taunton, Hayman Pierce or Christopher Cushing of Pittsfield in the District of Massachusetts.
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Paris in said District, on the twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Ephraim Stearnes of Pownal in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a sergeant in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by 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 order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town of Taunton & Pittsfield aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Albion L. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.