Pensioners in the Legislative Index, Executive Council Reports, & Book of Pensions

Source: Pensioners in the Legislative Index, Executive Council Reports, and Book of Pensions, Maine State Archives.

Description from Digital Maine: "Alphabetical list (compiled by MSA staff) of persons who applied for State Aid in return for military service from 1825-1881. List includes veterans and widows of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Maine Militia (including the Aroostook War) and Civil War. It also includes people involved in law enforcement. Aid was received in the form of money and land. Pensions, remunerations, and back pay are all monetary reimbursement. Revolutionary War veterans often received land in payment for service."

Records are generally found in the Legislative Graveyard (GY) or the Resolves (RS). An asterisk (*) or number sign (#) under "Form of Aid" indicates that the individual has a listing in an Executive Council index. Page numbers refer to the Book of Pensions. "NF" indicates that the paper files are missing. Original records are located at the Maine State Archives.

Name	Form of Aid	Nature of Service	Year	Location	Page #
Abigail Andrews	Land Grant	Rev. War (Widow)	1840	GY 133-8
George W. Andrews	Back Pay	Militia	1844	GY 165-16
E. Atkins	Pension	Militia	1842	RS 76-97
Christopher Atkinson	Pension	Militia	1841	GY 142-38
Elizabeth Baker	Land Grant	Rev. War (Widow)	1839	RS 63-73
Samuel Baker	Pension	Militia	1841	GY 142-9
Ebenezer Bartlett	Pension	Militia	1842	GY 149-11
Samuel Bassick	Pension	Militia	1841	GY 139-8
Josiah P. Bean	Pension	Laborer State Road	1860	RS 141-68	86
Elizabeth Beckler	Land Grant	Rev. War (Widow)	1837	GY 132-32
Henry Bickford	Pension	Militia	1852	GY 223-32
Willing Blake	Land Grant	Rev. War	1836	GY 101-40
Susannah Bogs	Land Grant	Rev. War (Widow)	1836	GY 102-5
John G. Bowen (heir)	Land Grant	Rev. War	1850	GY 213-23
Spencer G. Bowes	Pension	Militia	1844	RS 81-2	22, 64, 92
Hugh M. Boynton	Pension#	?	?	?
Thomas Briggs	Pension	War of 1812	1849	RS 97-28	43
Thomas Briggs	Pension	War of 1812	1853	RS 113-35	82
Daniel W. Brooks	Pension	Civil War	1874	RS 194-85	143
Benjamin F. Brown	Pension	Militia	1852	RS 108-9	45
Beriah Brown	Pension	War of 1812	1870	RS 174-39	123
Daniel Brown	Pension	Mititia	1841	RS 70-4
Daniel Brown	Pension	Militia	1842	RS 75-52
Daniel Brown	Pension	Militia	1843	RS 80-102
Daniel Brown	Pension	Militia	1845	RS 84-4	29
Ephraim Brown	Remuneration	Militia	1853	GY 231-14
Aunnie O. Burnham	Pension	Civil War (Mother)	1873	RS 187-44	142
Thurston Card	Pension*#	Militia	1827	RS 19-1	16, 47, 99
John Carleton II	Pension*#	War of 1812	1857	GY 251-19	3, 54
Levi Chadbourn	Pension	Rev. War	1838	RS 57-16
Benjamin Chadburn	Pension	Militia	1856	GY 245-40	75
Tobias Churchill Jr.	Back Pay	Militia	1842	RS 77-4
William Churchill	Land Grant	Rev. War	1845	RS 86-67
Cyrus Clark	Pension	Militia	1841	RS 70-5
Solomon Clark	Pension	Militia	1841	GY 142-30
John A. Cleaveland	Remuneration	Militia	1858	RS 132-37
Elmira E. Cobb	Pension	Aiding Police (daughter)	1874	RS 192-34	121, 144, 154
Nicholas Coffin	Land Grant	Rev. War	1845	RS 84-7
Valentine Cook	Pension*#	?	?	?
Elizabeth Coolidge	Land Grant	Rev. War (Widow)	1860	RS 139-17
Elizabeth Coolidge	Land Grant	Rev. War (Widow)	1842	GY 148-42
Joseph Cram	Remuneration	Aided Militia	1841	GY 142-32
Smith Cram	Pension	Militia	1857	GY 251-11
Ephraim S. Crocket	Pension	Militia	1841	RS 70-8
Columbus Crockett	Remuneration	Militia	1845	GY 175-14
Hiram Cushman	Pension	Militia	1842	RS 74-21	14, 63, 105, 137
Nathaniel Cushman	Pension*#	Militia	1825	RS 15-53	1, 53, 102
Thomas Dana	Pension#	Militia	?	?
Name	Form of Aid	Nature of Service	Year	Location	Page #
Walker Darling	Pension	Militia	1858	RS 136-46	83, 116, 141
Joseph Davenport (heir)	Land Grant	Rev. War	1845	RS 85-45
Eliza Davis	Land Grant	Rev. War (Widow)	1842	GY 149-20
James Davis	Land Grant	Rev. War	1856	GY 247-14
W. Dean Jr.	Pension	?	?	?	117, 127, 145
Amos Doane	Land Grant	Rev. War	1839	RS 61-11
Simon Dodge (Widow)	Pension	War of 1812	1843	GY 156-22
Harriet Doe	Pension	Bailiff (Widow)	1857	RS 129-69	78
Charles Doughty	Pension	Militia	1843	RS 80-83
Elisha Douglass	Pension*	?	?	?
Huldah Doyle	Allowance	Rev. War (Widow)	1837	GY 108-35
William A. Drew	Land Grant	War of 1812	1860	GY 441-8
Ira G. Dunbar	Pension	?	?	?	145
Ebenezer Dunlap	Pension*	Militia	1833	RS 39-23	9
Ebenezer Dunlap	Pension	Militia	1859	RS 135-25	60
Mary Dunlap	Pension	Militia (Widow)	1860	RS 141-52	85
Benjamin Edmunds	Pension	Militia	1841	GY 142-16
Caroline Edwards	Pension	Sheriff (Widow)	1866	RS 158-5	111
Mary Edwards	Land Grant	Rev. War	1839	RS 61-25
David Ellsworth	Pension	Militia	1852	GY 222-9
Joseph Emery II	Pension	?	?	?	131
Jane Fish	Pension	Rev. War (Widow)	1840	RS 66-26
Charles Fogg	Pension	Rev. War	1838	RS 58-29
Hannah Fogg	Pension	Rev. War	1839	RS 61-13
Peter S. Folsom	Pension	War of 1812	1858	GY 255-28
Peter S. Folsom	Pension	War of 1812	1857	GY 251-27
Peter S. Folsom	Pension	War of 1812	1856	RS 123-10	71
Peter S. Folsom	Pension	War of 1812	1857	RS 130-107	71
Samuel Foss	Pension*	Militia	?	?
Elizabeth Foster	Pension	Civil War (Mother)	1867	RS 163-79	112
Eli French	Pension	War of 1812	1845	GY 175-4
Eli French	Pension	War of 1812	1850	GY 213-21
Eliot Frost	LG to Pension	Rev. War	1846	GY 180-19
David Fuller	Back Pay	Militia	1843	RS 78-30
Timothy Goldthwait	Land Grant	Rev. War	1836	GY 101-32
Eli Goss	Pension	Militia	1853	RS 113-34	51, 101, 120, 151
Arthur L. Grant	Pension	Militia	1843	RS 79-53
Arthur L. Grant	Pension	Militia	1842	RS 74-31
Arthur L. Grant	Pension (NF)	Militia	1853	RS 113-32
Arthur L. Grant	Pension	Militia	1859	RS 137-67	40, 90
Arthur L. Grant	Pension	Militia	1857	GY 251-18
Arthur L. Grant	Pension	Militia	1852	GY 217-9
Boynton Graves	Pension	Militia	1842	GY 150-4
Eleanor Gray	Pension	Militia (Widow)	1839	RS 63-83
Hezekiah Griffeth	Pension	Militia	1852	GY 222-14
Daniel Hall	Back Pay	Militia	1841	GY 144-36
Timothy Hall Jr.	Pension*	Militia	1834	RS 44-5	10
William J. Halliburton	Pension	Militia	1843	RS 78-39
Name	Form of Aid	Nature of Service	Year	Location	Page #
Nathaniel Hanscom	Pension	Militia	1858	RS 132-30	110
Nathaniel Hanscom	Pension	Militia	1857	RS 129-66	79
Albert Hanson	Pension	Militia	1842	RS 78-31
Benjamin Hartford	Remuneration	Militia	1841	GY 144-34
Lydia Hayden	Pension	Sheriff (Daughter)	1874	RS 194-89	146, 148
Nathaniel Head	Remuneration	Militia	1841	GY 144-8
William Hern	Pension	Militia	1842	RS 76-92
Daniel C. Herrick	Remuneration	Militia	1841	GY 144-38
William A. Herrick	Pension	Militia	1856	GY 245-49	39
John Hobbs	Pension*	Militia	1834	RS 46-73	2
Francis Holden	Remuneration	Militia	1845	GY 174-19
John H. Hovey	Remuneration	Militia	1844	GY 164-30
Israel Hutchinson	Land Grant	Rev. War	1846	RS 88-38
Nathaniel L. Ingersoll	Pension*	?	?	?
Elizabeth A. Jenkins	Pension	Aiding Police (Widow)	1865	RS 156-14	108, 140
George Johnson	Pension	War of 1812	1870	RS 176-82	125
James Johnston	Pension	Civil War	1876	RS 200-15	147
Priscilla Jordan	Pension	Militia (Widow)	1872	RS 183-58	135
William M. Jordan	Pension	Militia	1859	RS 136-39	18, 109
Eunice Kellog	Land Grant	Rev. War	1848	RS 93-8
Franklin Kimball	Back Pay	Militia	1844	GY 163-14
James Lawrence	Pension	Militia	1854	RS 116-23	69
Syrus Levensaler	Back Pay	Militia	1843	RS 80-86
Abigail Libby	Land Grant	Rev. War (Widow)	1838	GY 117-7
Arthusa Littlefield	Pension	Civil War (Widow)	1872	RS 183-51	129
Robertson Lorin	Pension	Militia	1842	GY 150-21
Elias L. Lothrop	Pension	Militia	1846	RS 87-13	37, 74
Silas S. Low	Pension	Militia	1857	RS 127-12
Silas S. Low	Pension	Militia	1857	RS 127-12
Benjamin Lowell (heirs)	Land Grant	Rev. War	1858	RS 133-70
William A. Luce	Remuneration	Militia	1841	GY 144-6
Joseph P. Martin	Land Grant	Rev. War	1836	GY 102-28
Lucy Mason	Pension	Rev. War (Widow)	1836	GY 103-35
George W. Maxim	Pension	Militia	1843	RS 80-103	24, 65
George W. Maxim	Pension	Militia	1841	RS 70-16
George W. Maxim	Pension	Militia	1842	RS 74-20
Robert Maxwell	Pension	Militia	1843	RS 79-73	21
Robert Maxwell	Pension	Militia	1842	GY 150-26
Robert Maxwell	Pension	Militia	1841	GY 144-22
Seth May	Back Pay	Militia	1843	RS 80-84
James Mayhew	Land Grant	Rev. War	1841	GY 143-1
Mariam McKenny	Land Grant	Rev. War (Widow)	1838	GY 114-29
Constant McLaughlin	Pension	?	?	?	155
Hannah Meservey	Land Grant	Rev. War (Widow)	1854	RS 116-22
Romain Michaud	Pension	Laborer State Road	1870	RS 174-38	122
Joseph S. Monroe	Back Pay	Militia	1845	GY 172-14
Josiah Morril	Pension*	?	?	?
Reuben Murch	Pension#	?	?	?
Name	Form of Aid	Nature of Service	Year	Location	Page #
Hannah Murphy	Pension	Rev. War	1846	GY 181-25
Hannah Murphy	Land Grant	Rev. War (Widow)	1857	RS 129-73
Hannah Murphy	Pension	Rev. War (Widow)	1853	GY 230-28
Hannah Murphy	Pension	Rev. War (Widow)	1848	GY 199-5
Caleb Nodding	Pension	Militia	1845	RS 84-9	30
Alden W. Norris	Pension	Militia	1840	RS 67-49	19
Benjamin Nutter	Pension	Civil War	1881	RS 216-17	155
Heman Nye	Pension*	?	?	?
Abagail O'Brion	Land Grant	Rev. War	1856	RS 124-31
Joshua Oaks	Land Grant	Rev. War	1836	GY 102-25
Owen Family	Pension	Civil War (heirs)	1863	RS 151-38	91
Charles Owen	Pension	Civil War (Son)	1872	RS 184-78	133
Ernest F. Owen	Pension	Civil War (Son)	1868	RS 166-58	114
Marcus Paul	Pension	Militia	1844	GY 165-41
Martin K. Paul	Pension	Militia	1841	GY 143-16
Joel Pelton	Land Grant	Rev. War	1846	RS 90-74
Joel Pelton	Land Grant	Rev. War	1846	GY 178-22
Oliver Perkins	Pension	Militia	1852	GY 225-8
Oliver Perkins	Pension*#	Militia	1842	GY 148-1	5, 56
Lucy Philbrook	Land Grant	Rev. War (Widow)	1836	GY 102-32
Nicholas Pierce	Pension*#	Militia	1845	RS 84-19	15, 46
Nicholas Pierce	Pension	Militia	1854	RS 116-32	100
James Pomroy	Pension*#	Militia?	1856	RS 124-44	6, 57, 94
Joseph Pomroy	Pension	War of 1812	1850	GY 212-19
Joseph Pomroy	Pension	War of 1812	1848	RS 94-28
Joseph Pomroy	Pension	War of 1812	1853	GY 230-35
Joseph Pomroy	Pension	War of 1812	1841	GY 139-18
Joseph Pomroy	Pension	War of 1812	1844	RS 81-33	27, 67
Joseph Pomroy	Pension	War of 1812	1849	GY 205-2
Mary Pomroy	Pension	Militia (Widow)	1867	RS 163-73	94, 118
William Poor Jr.	Pension	Militia	1856	RS 126-79
William Poor Jr.	Pension	Militia	1854	RS 117-53	41, 77
William Poor Jr.	Pension	Militia	1855	RS 119-19
Charles S. Preble	Pension#	?	?	?
William W. Quimby	Pension#	Militia	1842	RS 76-84
William W. Quimby	Pension	Militia	1844	RS 81-19	25
William W. Quimby	Pension (NF)	Militia	1854	RS 112-20	66, 93, 132
Elizabeth Reynolds	Land Grant	Rev. War (Widow)	1849	GY 201-27	124, 153
Calvin Rider	Remuneration	Militia	1841	GY 143-29
Charles Roberts	Pension	Militia	1844	GY 166-6
Harvey E. Robinson	Pension	Militia	1841	GY 143-10
James Robinson	Pension	Militia	1854	RS 116-28	23, 49, 97, 128
Loren Robinson	Pension	Militia	1841	RS 71-39
Rufus Sanborn et al	Pension	Militia	1841	RS 70-30
Rufus N. Sanborn	Pension	Militia	1842	RS 74-23
Rufus N. Sanborn	Pension	Militia	1856	RS 123-27
Rufus N. Sanborn	Pension	Militia	1845	RS 86-79	35
Robert Sargent	Back Pay	Militia	1852	GY 225-24
Name	Form of Aid	Nature of Service	Year	Location	Page #
Herbert Savage	Pension*	Militia	1833	RS 40-27	17, 48, 98
George Sawtelle	Pension#	Militia	1841	RS 70-6
George Sawtelle	Pension	Militia	1843	RS 80-101
George Sawtelle	Pension	Militia	1845	RS 85-40	28, 68
David Sevey	Pension*#	Militia - War of 1812	1854	RS 115-12	8, 59, 103
William Shed	Pension	Militia	1842	GY 151-17
Ephraim Sheldon	Pension	War of 1812	1848	RS 95-44	42
Ebenezer B. Simonton	Pension	Militia	1843	RS 80-88
John and Benj. Small	Land Grant	Rev. War	1856	GY 246-30
Benjamin Smith	Pension (NF)	Militia	1856	RS 123-20
George H. Smith	Pension	Militia	1855	RS 120-35	72, 106, 138
Charlies Spear	Pension	Militia	1845	RS 85-43	32
Eli T. Sprague	Pension	Militia	1845	RS 84-10	31, 73, 107, 139
Nathaniel Stanley	Land Grant	Rev. War	1836	GY 103-31
Miles Staples	Back Pay	Militia	1842	RS 77-6
Miles Staples	Back Pay	Militia	1843	RS 80-87
Randal Steward	Remuneration	Militia	1841	GY 143-25
David Strout	Pension	Militia	1842	RS 76-94
David Strout	Pension	Militia	1843	RS 80-96	26, 87, 130
Enoch Strout	Pension	Militia	1841	GY 139-34
Thomas Taylor	Pension (NF)	Militia	1853	RS 113-31	50
William Thomes	Pension	Rev. War	1838	RS 58-36
A. B. Thompson	Back Pay	Militia	1854	RS 117-60
A. B. Thompson	Pension	Militia	1852	GY 221-1
William Thoms	Land Grant	Rev. War	1836	GY 103-14
Lewy Tomer	Pension	Surveyor for State	1860	RS 139-16	89
William Tozier	Pension*	Militia-1812	1829	GY 55-30
Leonard Trask	Pension (NF)	Militia	1852	RS 108-21	44
Leonard Trask	Pension	Militia	1856	GY 245-41
Leonard Trask	Pension	Militia	1854	RS 115-15	88
Alexander G. Turner	Pension	Militia	1853	RS 112-19
Alexander G. Turner	Pension	Militia	1842	RS 74-29
Alexander G. Turner	Pension	Militia	1854	RS 116-18
Henry Upton	Pension	Militia	1856	RS 123-14	80, 113, 149
Isaiah Waterhouse	Back Pay	Militia	1844	GY 163-27
Benjamin Watton	Land Grant	Rev. War	1836	GY 97-29
Robert Waugh	Pension	Militia (pre-1812)	1838	RS 58-28	13, 62
James Webb	Land Grant	Rev. War	1852	GY 220-13
Thomas Webb	Pension	Militia	1857	GY 250-31
Thomas Webb	Pension	Militia	1859	RS 136-48	84
Peace Wentworth	Pension	Militia (Widow)	1839	RS 62-39
Jane White	Land Grant	Rev. War (Widow)	1841	GY 144-28
George Williston	Pension	Militia	1845	RS 86-60	33
George Williston	Pension	Militia	1841	RS 72-65
Pamela Wood	Pension	Militia (Widow)	1845	GY 173-12	36
Pamela Wood	Pension	Militia (Widow)	1845	RS 86-80	36
Albert Wyer	Pension	Militia	1841	GY 144-32