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STATE OF MAINE. COUNTY OF PENOBSCOT, ss at a[handwritten] Circuit Court of Common Pleas. began and holden at Bangor within + for said County on the fourth Tuesday of June AD 1820[handwritten] ON this 27th[handwritten] day of June[handwritten] in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record within and for said County and State of Maine, established by a law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, made and passed on the twenty first[handwritten] day of June, A.D. 1811, and recognized by the Constitution of the State of Maine, having power of fine + imprisonment[handwritten] Samuel Holden[handwritten] aged fifty eight[handwritten] years, resident in New Charlestown[handwritten] in said County of Penobscot, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: [handwritten paragraph follows] In the Spring of 1776 I enlisted and served five months in the company commanded by Capt James Foster in the Regiment commanded by Col. - - - - Was in the battle at Harlem heights + several skirmishes on White plains and was honorably discharged - In the spring of 1777 I enlisted again for three years of said under Capt Thomas Barns in the sixth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Nixon on the continental establishment and was at The expiration of the said three years honorably discharged - I served in one battle - in the Spring of 1780 & again enlisted for three years + served in the company commanded by Capt. Japheth Daniels in the sixth Massachusetts Regiment and engaged for during the war 0 Was in one more engagement + received a slight wound + was honorably discharged . All which is more particularly set forth in my original application made on the tenth day of April 1818 on which application my certificate of pension NO 9165 was granted. Schedule of the family residing with me Samuel Holden who by occupation am an husbandman which I am unable to pursue by reason of infirm health. Names Ages Capacity of each to contribute to their supporting My Wife Sarah Holden 58 years Infirm Son Amasa " 16 - Daughter Cynthia " 14 Unhealthy Dau Lucy " 11

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AND I Samuel Holden[handwritten] so solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, not 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. Sam Holden[signature]

[handwritten paragraph follows] Schedule of the all the estate belonging to me the subscriber necessary bedding & clothing excepted_ Viz Real estate - None - Personal estate - 1 Yearling heifer 10 Sheep & two swine 1 old desk. old chests 2 old tables old chains, knives & forks - pot & kettle Have about thirty dollars due to me in small notes and amounts, but own $150 on [?] for which I am now in goal and have notified some of my [?] [?] to appear and hear me take the "poor debtors oath" - Beside which I owe small sums of money for which I have not here said Samuel Holden[signature]

Sworn to and declared on the twenty seventh day of June A.D. 1820 before the Court Attt. Thos Cobb Cler.

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Penobscot Ss. C. C. C. Pleas at Bangor, June Term, AD. 1820. And now, after mature consideration, the Courts are of opinion that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is forty eight dollars $48 Att. Thos Cobb Cler.