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STATE OF MAINE [header] Hancock[handwritten] At a Circuit Court for the Common Pleas for the Third[handwritten] Eastern Circuit begun and holden in Castine[handwritten] within and for the county of Hancock[handwritten] on this second Tuesday in July[handwritten] being the seventh[handwritten] day of July [several lines stricken] in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty.

On this seventh[handwritten] day of July[handwritten] personally appeared in open court[handwritten] the same proceeding according to common law, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, and being a Court of record for said Circuit, Courtney Babbidge[handwritten] aged fifty nine[handwritten] years, resident in Vinalhaven[handwritten] in said Circuit, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. as a Private[handwritten] in the company commanded by Capt. Lord[handwritten] in the Regiment commanded by Col. Sprout[handwritten] in the line of the State of Massachusetts[handwritten] in the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the Sixth[handwritten] day of May[handwritten] A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension numbered 13419[handwritten] was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by any gift, sale, or any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with the intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within an Act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor that I have any income other than is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the numbers and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly subscribed on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.

Courtney Babbidge [signature]

Sworn to and declared on the 11th[handwritten] day of July[handwritten] A.D. 1820} Before the Court[handwritten] one of the Judges of Said Court [stricken] Attest Mason Shaw Clerk

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate (necessary bedding and clothing excepted) belonging to the subscriber, viz.: [handwritten follows] yoke of oxen 40$ 2 cows c. 14$ 10 sheep 12$ $62.00 1 yearling 4$ 1 swine 4$ 1 plough 6/ chains 6/ 10.00 Shovel 3/ Hoe /6 Scythe 3 Rake 1/6 Axe 3 Saw 3 2.50 Pot 6/ Kettle 3/ Tea Kettle 3/ Spider 1/6 Keg 1/6 2.50 6 Milk Pans 6/ Churn 3/ Other Dairy Furniture 6 2.50 Tongs 3/ Chest 6/ Table 3/ Coffee Pot Tin Pail Funnel tab 3.00 Sett Cups Bowls + Other Crockeryware 12 2.00 6 knives + forks 6/ [?] 3 / 8 Chairs Bench + Stool 9 3.00 Bible + lot pamphlets 6/ Broom Corn 4/6 20[?]12 8.75 1 Churn 6/ Blanket Tub bbl + sundry small articles 12 3.00 _____ 94.25

Claims by women Babbidge Estate worth probably 15 to 20 dollars see other side} Annual income by labor $20.00 Debts from my wife's property (see other side) $3.00 ____ $23.00

Courtney Babbidge[signature]

[printed with handwritten] SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Courtney Babbidge[handwritten]