Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7870, for Moses Page, New Hampshire
Page 1

( 8 - 1776 )
SERVICE

Page, Moses
-
NUMBER
D. 1870.

CONTENTS
Page 2

Asa Page deposes that his Father Moses Page did in
the year of 1816 or 17 sent to the proper department at
Washington an affidavit drawn and certified by Isaac
Willson one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
for the purpose of obtaining such Bounty money as the then
late act of Congress entitled him [illegible]
That he was a private Soldier in a Regiment of Continental troops often called the Congress Reg commanded
by Col Timoth Beadle - That he served for the Term of
he thinks three years
That the said Judge Willson subsequently informed his
Father that he had received returns from Washington
and that his application was allowed if he Moses Page
would obtain the affidavit of two witnesses that he served
as sworn to-
That his Father obtained and sent one
affidavit (that of Ephraim Root) and was unable during
his life time to obtain any further witness
That his Father died at Alexander County of Genesee
and State of New York about the year 1834 or 35
Asa Page does not know what his father set forth in his
affidavit but has often heard him say that he was mostly
employed with some seven or eight others as scouts in the
Coos (now County of Coos) valley about the head of the Connecticut and St Frances River about the Connecticut
and other Lakes situated on the North West borders of
the now State of Maine, That his name would not be
as often found on the rolls as those who remained with
the army he having joined the Reg but once and then in
the North part of Vermont and near Sorel lower Canada
but the time of the Battle (or flight) of the Cedars that
he was commanded by Lieut Marian & Sanders
[signature] Asa Page
Subscribed and sworn
before me this 19th day of July
1851 [signature] F. Durand
Justice of the Peace
Page 3

State of Wisconsin
County of Marquette
On this 19th day of July
1851, personally appeared before me, the subscriber
, a Justice of the Peace, in & for the said
County State James W Page
to me well
known, who, being duly sworn according to law, deposes
, that Asa Page, the person who subscribed
took the preceding oath, is, to his knowledge the
identical person described in the same, and
whose deposition is worthy
of full credit.

Sworn & subscribed before me this 19 day of July A.D. 1851 
[Signature] J W Page
[signature] F. Durand

Know all men by these Presents,
That I, Asa Page
of the State of Wisconsin, have constituted appointed
Clement W. Bennett of Washington D.C. my true & lawful attorney irrevocably for me & in my name to receive from the [illegible], all such sum or sums of money due me, on account
of arrears of pay, or any money or moneys which may be due
me by the United States, on any account whatsoever,
and generally to do all lawful acts & things whatsoever,
touching the premises, on Attorney or Attorney under
him for the purposes aforesaid, 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 name & seal this 19th day of July A.D. 1857
and subscribed
day of July A.D.
[signature] F. Durand
[signature] Asa Page
Page 4

Asa Page

State of Wisconsin
Marquette County SS
Be it Known that on the 19th day of July 1851 before the Subscriber
Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly autherized
by Law to administer Oaths personally appeared Asa Page above
named and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be his
act and Deed
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and
year mentioned
F. Durand
Justice of the Peace
W. Johnson
Clerk
Page 5

State of Wisconsin
County of Marquette
I hereby certify that F. Durand
before whom the foregoing affidavits & Power of
were made and who has thereunto subscribed
his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the
Peace and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned
and sworn, and that his signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand,
fixed the seal of my office, as Clerk of the
circuit court of said County this 26th day of
July A.D. 1857

[signature] W Johnson
Clerk
Page 6

December 16, 1935.

X
dy
Fairchild, 25568
Moses Page, .7870

Mrs. L. P. Verdon
2318 Glenwood Drive
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letters relative to soldiers
of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are
obtained from claims made to the United States for pension
and bounty land based on military service of soldiers in
the
of the records fails to show such a
claim on file on account of the services of John are as
described by you, all spellings of the names searched.
The records of Nathan Fairchild and loses there are
furnished you herein as found in the claims for pension
based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
Carmen Birchild, 25568
Nathan Fairchild, son of John Fairchild, was born
December 4, 1762, in Stratford, that part which was later
Huntington, Fairfield County, Connecticut. The name of his
mother is not stated.
in the spring of 1777 said John Fairchild, enlisted
for two months in Captain Edmund Leavenworth's Company,
Colonel Samuel Whiting's Connecticut Regiment, fter serving
one month, his son Nathan Fairchild served one month as a
substitute for him as private in said company and regiment.
in the spring of 1778 Curtis Fairchild, a brother of Nathan,
enlisted for two months in Captain Joseph Birdsey's Company,
Colonel Jonathan Dixon's Connecticut Regiment, after serving
one month, said Nathan served one month as his substitute in
said company and regiment. Nathan Fairchild enlisted early
in the summer of 1779, served five weeks as private in
thin Elnathan Nichols' Company of Light Horse, Colonel
Noadiah Hooker's Connecticut Regiment and was in an engagement
near the Saw Pits. Nathan Fairchild enlisted September
Page 7

[note] Date of widow's death not on A.B.

12, 1780, served as private in Lieutenant Samuel Deforest's
Company, Colonel Philip B. Bradley's Fifth Connecticut Regiment
, was present at the execution of Major Andre and discharged
December 9, 1780 by Colonel Heman Swift. He enlisted
as private in Captain Spalding's Company, Colonel
Grosvenor's First Connecticut Regiment; in December 1781 he
was detached from said company and served on General William
Heath's Life Guard and was discharged December 21, 1781, by
Major Clift, having served three months and twenty-two
days.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
September 28, 1833 while a resident of Huntington, Fairfield
County, Connecticut, where he had always lived.
He died January 2, 1843 in Huntington, Connecticut.
Soldier married March 4, 1792, Sarah, the name is also
Thomas Sally, Bennett. Their marriage was recorded on the
record of the first colesiastical Society of Huntington.
Soldier's widow, Sarah Fairchild, was allowed pension
on her application executed March 28, 1843, at which time
she was aged seventy-nine years and a resident of Huntington,
Connecticut.
In 1848 one Mary Bennet witnessed the signature, by mark
, of soldier's widow, Sarah Fairchild, in Huntington,
Connecticut, her age or relationship to the family not stated.
There are no further family data.

Moses Page, .7870
The date and place of birth and the names of the
rents of Moses Page are not stated.
In 1816 or 1817 he was a resident of Genesee County,
New York. He died about 1834 or 1835 in Alexander, Genesee
County, New York.
His son, Asa Page, his age not given, applied for
pension on account of the service in the Revolutionary War
of his father, July 19, 1851, in Marquette County, Wisconsin,
and stated that Moses Page joined the army in the northern
part of Vermont, near Sorel, Lower Canada, about the time
of the battle of the Cedars, served in Lieutenants Marion's
and Sanders' Companies, Colonel Timothy Bedel's Regiment,
that he served as a scout in the Coos Valley, later called
Coos County, and that he served three years.
Page 8

His claim was not allowed as he failed to furnish
proof of the service of his father, Moses Page, as
required by the pension laws.
In 1851, one James W. Page made affidavit in
Marquette County, Wisconsin, his age or relationship not
stated. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Page 9

1916 Hist to Mrs.
L.R. Verdon. See her letter
in can of Nathan Marchild
W. 2550. A. D. Y.

[stamp] REJECTED

Act
1
Moses Page
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
be
Recognized.
Cert. of Dis. Searched for
---
-
18
18
18
-
Contract
18
Page 10

No 38402
Moses Page dec
NY
7870
Act June 7 1832
Page 11

June 29/52
Pow: atty & addl ev
case of Moses Page decd
C W Bennett
Present
Kirby
no papers ptd
Sers Reg or Indep of re please

Hon J.E. Heath
Comr of Pensions
Pension Office

Answered Sep 8 1852
Page 12

41
CW Bennett
Sept 26/52
Page 13

Pension Office
Sept 1832
Sir
I have examined the papers sent
in the case of Moses Page of NY
and file them under the act of June 7
1832. There are no papers on file in
this Office in relation to any claim of
it by Moses Page. If his son can
establish his service he should make a
Declaration in proper form under the
act of June 7 1832
Bennett E
Present
Page 14

Washington, June 28. 1852

Hon. J.E. Heath.
Son of Pensions. Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith and
affidavit power of Attorney & forwarded to me some time since by
Mr. Asa Page, who represents himself to be the son of Moses Page did
an applicant for a pension on account of services in the Revolution.
His father was at the time of his making application a resident
of Genesee County in the State of New York. He states that the
plication was made in 1816 or 1817, I am requested to ask for such
application was ever filed and if so what action has been had
upon it by your office.

Respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
[signature] C. W. Bennett.