Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9063, John Holmes, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass

Holmes, John
Esther

NUMBER
W. 9063
B. L. M. 17896-160-55.
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[No original document appeared to compare the AI representation to, to there are likely many inaccuracies below]
Holmes
of Chenango in the State of New the
who was a Private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Willcox of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Wayne in the Mass
line for 6 mos. ($5 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 20 Dollars 0 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
---
-
-
Certificate of Pension issued the
day of Nov
1833-
and sent to H. Mygah
Oxford
Arrears to the 4th of Sep.
$5125
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4.34 1625
-
$61.50
Book C.
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by G. Stites
Cler
Vol. 4
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356
New York. Albany

Esther Holmes
widow of John Holmes
Mass
who served in the Revolutionary 
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
20 Dollars 50
Cents per annum, to commence on
the [crossed out: 4th day of march, 1848.]
3d February 1853

Certificate of Pension issued the
12th day of May 1853
and sent to
H.R. Mygatt
Oxford 
N.Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
[Crossed out: July 29, 1848], Page 75 Vol. A

1832

Reg 127350
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May. 10/55

127350.
Act [illegible] '55

Esther Holmes wido.
John Holmes priv.

Rev. Pensioner
Private Col Brown
Mass. Mila

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Henry R. Mygatt
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Oxford
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Cer H.R. Mygatt Feby
Vol. He-55.-
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Cir H. R. Mygatt Feby 11/56

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A Bill of Sale
Know all men by these presents whom it may concern
that I Timothy bullet of Canterbury in the County of
Windham & C. for and in consideration of the sum of
thirty pounds [illegible] to me in hand paid by Daniel Dunn the
receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have bargained
sold and delivered and by these presents according to the due
farm of Law do bargain sell and deliver unto the said
Daniel Dunn one yoke of six year old working oxen [crossed out, illegible]
three Cows and one likely bay mare six years old to
have and to hold the sd bargained premises unto the sd
Daniel Dunn his executors Administrators and assigns forever
and I the sd Timothy Bullet for my self my Executors and
Administrators the Sd bargained premises unto the
Daniel Dunn his executors Administrators and assigns
against all persons shall and will warrant and forever
Defend by these [crossed out, illegible] presents Provided nevertheless that
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If I the sd Timothy Bullet executors administrators
Assigns or any of us do and shall will and truly pay or
cause to be paid unto the Sd Daniel Dunn his executor
administrators or assigns the sum of twenty pounds

The next five lines, crossed out:
Line
Exeter the March 20th 1793 this day
Began to work Remminton [Illegible] for
Leonard Ensworth Eight months for forty Eight
Dollars

North Providence November the 2th 1808
Samuel Blain Ensworth was Borne on Wendssday
after Noone

Elijah Holmes Born in Oxford July 22 1813
Howard Holms Born in Oxford August 14-1814
Asa Holms Born in Oxford June the 5 1816
Mary Holms Born in Oxford June the 21- 1821
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No 414
Esther Holmes, widow
of John Holmes

Application for pension.
Act 3 Feb 1833
$20.50 per annum
Cong 3 Feb 1833

Albany
John Holmes pensioned
Act June 7, 1832. $20.50
per annum.

H. R. Mygatt
Oxford
N. Y
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State of New York,
Chenango County,
On this nineteenth day
of February 1853, personally appeared
before the County Court of the said County
of Chenango, held at Oxford in and for
said County Esther Holmes, a resident
of Oxford, in the said County of Chenango
aged seventy six years, who being duly
sworn in open Court according to law,
doth on her oath, make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provisions made by the Second
Action of the Act of Congress passed 
February 3d 1853, entitled "An Act to continue
half pay to certain widows and orphans;"
that she is the widow of John Holmes,
who was a private in war of the
revolution, and served in the Massachusetts
militia, and was placed on the pension
roll on the 21st of November 1833, at
the annual allowance of twenty dollars
and fifty cents. For evidence of his service
she refers to the papers upon which he
was pensioned, under the Act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832. She further declares
that she was married to the
said John Holmes, on the not remembered day
of (mouth forgotten, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and twelve, that her
husband the aforesaid John Holmes
died on the Twelfth day of May in
the year one thousand eight hundred
and forty nine, at Oxford aforesaid. She
further swears that she is now a widow
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and has never before made any application
for a pension.
Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year above
written in open court, as well as
before me as County
Judge.
Esther Holmes
Roswell Judson
County Judge of said
County of Chenango

Sworn to in open court
H. S. Read
Clerk of said County Court

State of New York.
Chenango County. ⎬ Ss.
Elijah Holmes being duly sworn says that
he resides in Oxford, in said County of Chenango.
That he is the son of John Holmes and
Esther Holmes named in the above declaration
That there is no family, town or other record
of said marriage. That they were reputed to
have been married in the year 1812, by Isaac
Sherwood, who was a Justice of the peace of the
said town of Bedford. That annexed is a record
of the birth of the children of said John Holmes
and Esther Holmes, and that deponent is
the Elijah Holmes therein mentioned. That
deponent will be forty years of age on the
22nd instant, and he believes the time of
his birth is correctly entered on said record
That said record of deponents birth is in
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the hand writing of said John Holmes, and
that said record has been kept in the family
of said John Holmes and Esther Holmes from
deponents earliest recollection. That deponent
has always lived with said John Holmes
and Esther Holmes, from the time of his
nativity until the death of said John Holmes.
That said John Holmes died at Oxford aforesaid
on the Twelfth day of May in the year
1849. and that deponent was present at his
death; and that said Esther Holmes has
since his death resided with deponent, and
that she still remains his widow. That said
John Holmes drew a pension under the Act
of June 7, 1832, at the rate of Twenty dollars
and fifty cents a year, and that his pension
certificate was numbered 24.324. That said
record of birth is cut from an old book of
forms and accounts, the first entries in
which purport to have been made in 1789
Elijah Holmes
Sworn to before me
February 19, 1853,
and I certify that said Elijah Holmes is a credible
person
Roswell Judson
County Judge of Chenango
County.

State of New York
Chenango County. Ss.
Betsey Church being duly sworn says.
that she resided in Smithville, an adjoining
town to Oxford, in said County of Chenango and
that she is fifty six years of age. That she was
well acquainted with the above named John
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Holmes and is well acquainted with his
widow, the above named Esther Holmes, and
that she was present in the year 1812, but
the time of year forgotten, and witnessed
the marriage of said John Holmes to said
Esther, whose name before said marriage
was Esther Ensworth. That they were married
by Isaac Sherwood, then a Justice of the
peace of said town of Oxford, and that ever
since said marriage deponent has lived a
few miles from said John and Esther, and
that ever since said marriage said John
and other have lived together since the
said marriage as husband and wife until
the death of the said John Holmes in the
year 1849, and that said deponent was
present at the funeral of said John Holmes,
in 1849.
Betsey Church
Sworn to before me 
February 19. 1853
and I certify that the said Betsey Church is a
credible person
Roswell Judson
County Judge of said Chenango
County.
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I. Horace S. Read Clerk of the County
Court of the County of Chenango, do hereby
certify, that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Esther Holmes
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this 19th day of February
1853.
H. S. Read
Clerk of said County Court
And of said County
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28190
John Holmes
Oxford
NY.

from 1777 private
6 months & 5 days
$20.56/100

Address
Henry R. Mygatt
Oxford
Chenango Co
York
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State of New York
Chenango County Ss
On this 16th day of September 1833 personally
appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of the
Sixth Circuit of the State of New York held at Norwhich
in said County of Chenango Present Robert Monell
Circuit Judge now sitting, John Holmes a resident
of Oxford in the County of Chenango and State of
New York aged Seventy two 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 entered the service of the United States
under the following named officer and served as
herein stated,
1777. 1 month 3 weeks
That he living at Sheffield in the State of Massachusetts
in the month of February 1778 volunteered and joined
Captain Sylvanus Willcox Lieutenant & Ensign forget)
Orderly Sergeant Ezra Griffen Company of Massachusetts
State troops. that he enlisted at Stockbridge in said
State of Massachusetts and marched with the Company
North through Bennington to [Illegible] and from there
to Fort Ticonderoga and from thence crossed to
Mount Independance and there he continued in active
service one month when he was discharged and sent
home. Part of the Regiment was at Fort Independence
and part at Ticonderoga and Colonel Wayne
was commander in Chief of both [illegible]
That in June or July 1777 he living
at Eggremont in Massachusetts, he volunteered and
enlisted in Capt Willcox of Alford (Lieutual Ensign,
forgot Company of Massachusetts troops that [illegible] after
enlisting he with the Company marched to Fort Edwards
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in the State of New York, and he was discharged at
Fort Edwards having been in service three weeks. One
Fellow was the Colonel of the Regiment
1778.
one month and two weeks
That in June or July 1778 he living at Eggement
aforesaid, he volunteerd and joined Captain Fitch
Company of Massachusetts Militia (Lieutenant and
Ensign & Colonels name forgot) that he joined the
korps at Albany where he remained two weeks
and from there they marched to Cherry Valley
where he remained two weeks more. and he was
there discharged having been in active service
one month.
That before going to Cherry Valley
as above related he [crossed out: the] with the above named
Captain Fitch's Company as he thinks in May 1778
volunteered and marched on an alarm to Fishkill
in the State of New York from Eggremont aforesaid,
and having been in active service at Fishkill
two weeks, they were discharged and sent home,
1779. three months
That (as he believes) in the fall or summer of 1779 he
living in Eggremont aforsaid volunteer and joined
for a term of three months Captain John Spoor
(Lieutenant and Ensign forgot) Company of Massachusetts
Malitia. that the Company rendezvoused at Sheffield
in said State of Massachusetts where he joined the
company, and from Sheffield he marched with the
company to Albany and from thence west to Fort
Plain and Stone Arabia and he was in a battle at
Stone Arabia when Brown who was the Colonel
of his Regiment was killed, and he was discharged
the day after the battle the term for which he
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enlisted three months having expired, and he was in
active service during the whole of the said three
months and that he remained at Stone Arabia
about two days after the battle to help bury the
dead, when he returned home.
That he served as Private during the
terms above mentioned.
That by reason of old age and 
consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively
as to the days of the months when he enlisted
or when he left the Service. but that he was in
active service at last six months and one week
as above related.
That he could not procure the attendance
[crossed out: and of the] [inserted, two words:] of [illegible] persons in Court who
could certify as to their belief of his service, as
a soldier of the Revolution, without too much [illegible]
and inconvenience as he and the [crossed out: Certificate]
Clergyman and the respectable person named
in the certificate reside at least eight miles
distant from the Court.
That he has no documentary evidence
that he knows of no person, whose testimony he
can procure who can testify to his service except
Ebenezer Root and Roswell Holmes whose affidavits
are hereto annexed.
To the fist derogatory prescribed by the
Deponent, he answers that he was born at
Sheffield in Massachusetts. December 31st 1760
To the 2d. that he has a record of his age at
home in his writing book
To the 3d. answers, that he lived at Sheffield and
Eggremont in Massachusetts, when called into
service, that he lived at Eggremont a few
years after the Revolution, when he moved to
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Oxford where he has since lived and now
lives.
To the 4th answer. that he always volunteered his
services as a soldier of the Revolution
To the 5th answer. that he recollects no regular
officers who were with the troops where he served
except Colonel Wayne. that he recollects no
Continental or Malitia Regiments except
Colonel Browns, and that the general
cumstances of his service are above as fully
related, as he can recollect
To the 6 answer. that he never received a
written discharge from service
To the 7  answer. Mr Tracy. Farmer. John Tracy
Post Master and Henry Mygatt. Merchant.

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
John Holmes
P. B. Prindle
Deb Clerk
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Chenango County Ebenezer Root of Guifford in said County
being duly sworn says that he is 77 years of age
that he was well acquainted with John Holmes
and during the Revolutionary war, that he
this deponent and the said John Holmes volunteered
in the month of February 1777 and joined Captain
Sylvanus Willcox, (Lieutenant and Ensign forgot)
Orderly Sergeant Ezra Griffen Company of 
Massachusetts State troops, that they enlisted at Stockbridge
in the State of Massachusetts, and marched north
through Bennington to Skeensboro and from thence to
Fort Ticonderoga and from thence crossed to Moiunt
Independence and there this deponent and the
said John Holmes remained in active Service one
month. While they were discharged and returned
home Part of the Regiment at Fort Independence
and part at Ticonderoga and Colonel Wayne was
commander in chief of both garrisons, and that
the said John Holmes is now present
Ebenezer Root
Sworn and subscribed this
Smith day of April 1833

Before me. And I further certify that
am well acquainted with the above named
Will Port, that he is a credible and all that
faith may be given to his statement
testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my seal of the and
Subscribed my name the by
and year last
Henry R. Mogak
Notary Public
for the said County
of Chenango
State of New York
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State of New York
Chenango County} Ss
Roswell Holmes of Oxford in said County being duly sworn says that he is 65 years of age that he was well acquainted with John Holmes of Oxford and who is now present during the Revolutionary War. that the said John Holmes was absent in active service during the Revolutionary War as follows, that in the year 1777 he was absent one month at Mount Independence and he was absent three weeks at least at Fort Edwards. that in the year 1778 the said John Holmes was absent, And in active service at Albany and Cherry Valley one [crossed out: Stone Arabia three] month. And that he was at Fishkill its same year two weeks and in 1779 he was absent at Stone Arabia three months. that he then [illegible] during the times above lived at Sheffield & Eggemont in Massachusetts. and that he is the brother of the said John Holmes. And that the said John Holmes was absent from home and in active service during the times above set forth. as this deponent believe at least six [illegible] months and one week.
Sworn and Subscribed this fourth day of September 1833. Before me} Roswell his mark + Holmes
(the words "Albany and Cherry Valley one" [illegible] before execution)
And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Roswell Holmes that he is a credible [illegible] and that his statement is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office the day and year last aforesaid
Henry R. Myzak
Notary Publics for said County and State.
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State of New York    Ss
Chenango County⎬
We Nathaniel Kellogg a Clergyman residing
in the town of Greene in the County aforesaid and
Henry Mygatt residing in Oxford in said
County hereby certify that we are well acquainted 
with John Holmes of the said town of Oxford
that we believe him to be seventy two years age
that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood
where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution
and that we concur in that observance, and that we
never heard any doubts expressed as to his service
as a Soldier of the Revolution
Sworn and Subscribed this fourth            Nathaniel Kellogg
day of September 1833. Before me ---⎬  Henry Mygatt
And I further certify
that I am well acquainted with the
above named Nathaniel Kellogg and Henry Mygatt,
that they are credible persons and that their
Statement is entitled to credit
in testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal of office. the
day and year last foresaid
Henry R. Mygatt
Notary Public for
the said County
and State.
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And the said court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the [illegible][illegible] described by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he States. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Nathaniel Kellogg who here signed the preceding certificate is a [illegible] resident in the town of Greene, in the County of [illegible] and State of New York and that Henry Mygatt, who here also signed the same is a resident in the town of Oxford in the County informed and is a credible person and that their statement is credible to credit and the [illegible] is to certify that the [illegible] of the said Nathaniel Kellogg and Henry Mygatt could not be [illegible] in full without too much in [illegible][illegible] and [illegible] to the applicant in they write at least  [illegible][illegible][illegible]from this court. 
I. Javier H. Tito, Clerk of the circuit court [illegible] do hereby certify that the [illegible][illegible] the [illegible] preceedings of the said Court in the [illegible] of the application of John Holmes for [illegible].
In [illegible] whereof I [illegible] [illegible] set my hand and seal of the office his September [illegible]th 1833,
P,B Prindale
Deb Clerk
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State of New York--County of Chenango, ss.
On this fifth day of May, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid, Esther Holmes aged seventy eight years, a resident of Oxford in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of John Holmes, deceased, who was a soldier and a private in the war of  [illegible] [illegible] and served in the Massachusetts militia. For evidence of his service She refers to the proof of which he was pensioned under the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 at the rate of twenty dollars and fifty cents per year and placed on the pension roll November 21st 1833.
She further states, that she was married to the said John Holmes in Oxford on the [illegible] day of [illegible] A.D., 1812 by one Isaac Sherwood a justice of the peace, and that her name before her said marriage was Esther Ensworth, that her said husband died at Oxford on the twelfth day of May A.D. 1849 and that she is now a widow and that proof of said marriage and death will be found with the evidence on which she was pensioned under the act of February 3rd [illegible] by certificate dated May 12th 1853, 
SHE MAKES THIS DECLARATION for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act "approved March 3, 1855."
Esther Holmes
We, Harrington Wilcox and John Tracy residents of Oxford in the State of New York, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Esther Holmes in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be. 

Harrington Willcox
John Tracy

The foregoing declaration and affidavit, were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in the claim. 
[illegible] Tracy Justice of the Peace
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STATE OF NEW YORK
Chenango County Clerk´s Office, SS

I Thomas Milner, Clerk of said County, do Certify that [illegible] Tracy Esq, before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgement, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for the said County, duly authorized and qualified to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the
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V. and 1812
Wars Section
NCS/eel

January 28, 1929

Mrs. F. A. Raymond
107 East 4th Street
Coudersport, Pennsylvania

Madam:

I advise that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 9063, that John Holmes was born December 31, 1760, at Sheffield, Massachusetts.

While a resident of said place he enlisted in February, 1777, and served one month as a private in Captain Sylvanus Willcox's Massachusetts Company.  While a resident
of Egremont, Massachusetts, he enlisted in June or July, 1777, and served three weeks as a private in Captain Sylvanus Willcox's Company in Colonel Fellows' Massachusetts
Regiment. He enlisted in May, 1778, and served two weeks as a private in Captain Fitch's Massachusetts Company. He enlisted in June or July, 1778, and served one month as a private in Captain Fitch's Massachusetts
Company. He also served three months in Captain John Spoor's Company in Colonel Brown's Massachusetts Regiment;
he was in the battle of Stone Arabia and was discharged
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the following day.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 16, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Oxford, Chenango County, New York. He died there May 12, 1849.

He married in 1812, Esther Ensworth. She was allowed pension on her application executed February 19, 1853, at which time she was seventy-six years of age and was a resident
of Oxford, New York.

They had the following children:
Elijah       born    February 22, 1813.
Leonard     "        August 14, 1814.
Asa             "       June 5, 1816.
Mary          "        June 21, 1821. 

Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Roy Widow, &c.
File No. 9063
Esther Holmes
Wid
John Jolmes
Prvt Rev War
Act: February 3d 1853
Index:-Vol. A, Page 344
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1908 June 8 Hist. to Mme A Eardeley V.L. U.
1909 July 10 Mme A Eardeley
that statement of service was [illegible] June 8, 1908 & c. 
1927 Sept. 20 hist to Mrs [illegible] R. Leech NCS
1929 Jan 28 hist to Mrs. F.A. Raymond.  NCS
1935 Sept 10. hist to Mary r Barry NCS
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17.896

Nev Arms [?]
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Act 7 June 1832
2226 to 2250
Inclusive
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127.350
[stamp: OXFORD NY MAY 8]
[stamp: FREE]
Free
L.P. Waldo Esq
(Commissioner of Pensions)
Washington City
D.C.
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127.350
[stamp: OXFORD NY MAY 8]
[stamp: FREE]
Free
L.P. Waldo Esq
(Commissioner of Pensions)
Washington City
D.C.
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[stamp: illegible]
Henry R. Mygatt Esq
Councillor
Oxford (NY)
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127350
Esther Holmes and John
ad 53-356
[stamp: OXFORD NY FEB {illegible}]
Boynton
[stamp: FREE]
Free
J. Minot Esq
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City
D.C.
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127350
Esther Holmes and John
ad 53-356
[stamp: OXFORD NY FEB {illegible}]
Boynton
[stamp: FREE]
Free
J. Minot Esq
Commissioner of Pension
Washington City
D.C.
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[postage stamp: U.S. POSTAGE THREE CENTS]
[stamp: BOSTON MA FEB 20]
Henry R. Mygatt Esqr
Oxford
Chenango County
New York
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Oxford Chenango County
Feby. 22, 1856
Sir
In the matter of Esther Holmes, application no. 127,350 for bounty land I send herewith the record evidence required by your letter of the 11th [illegible]
You will please send me the land warrant for her
Respectfully yours,
Henry R. Mygatt
J. Minot Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Chenango County, N.Y.
Oxford, May 7, 1855.
Sir.
Herewith you have declaration of Esther Holmes for 160. acres bounty land.
Please send me warrant for her
Yours Respectfully
Henry R. Mygatt
pr. C. E. Vanderburgh
L.P. Waldo Esq
Commr of Pensions
Washington City
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston.
February 20th 1856.
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Holmes is [illegible] on pay roll of Capt. Silvanns Wilcox's Comp. Col John Brown's Regt. service at Mount Independence from April 8th 1777 45 days, as private.
Also on payroll of Capt. John Spoor's Comp. Col. John Brown's Regt. raised to reinforce the Continental Army for 3 mos. from Oct. 23. 1780 3 mos. 10 days, travel included, as private.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Francis De Witt
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Oxford Chenango County New York
Febuary, 15, 1856
Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Mass
Sir
John Holmes then of
Sheffield Mass was a revolutionary
Soldier and served in
1777 1 month in Mass Militia
1778 1 month in mass in June or July
in Captain Fitches Company
1779 3 months in Mass Militia
1777 enlisted in Egremont and served
3 weeks in Capt. Willcox Company
in Col. Fellows regiment
1778 enlisted at Egremont in Capt.
Fisher Company & served 2 weeks
His widow is an applicant for
County land, and fourteen days
record evidence is required by
the Commissioner of Pensions
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I trust the above memorandum
will enable you to find and send
me certificate of the required service
I send $1. your fees in like cases.
Your Obt Sev
Henry R Mygatt
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Brief in the case of Esther Holmes, widow of John
Chenango County and State of New York
act 3 Feb 1853
==
Claim, ("original," [crossed through "or "for increase.""]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the Act of
7 June 1832, at $20.50 per annum
Marriage proved by parole testimony.
witness certified to be credible

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
H.R. Mygatt.
Oxford
N.Y.

S. Cole
Examining Clerk.
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Oxford, Chenango Co. N.Y.
Feby. 22. 1853.

Sir,
within you have declaration of Esther
Holmes, the widow of John Holmes, for a pension under the Act of Feby. 3. 1853.
John Holmes was a pensioner under the
Act. June 7, 1832, at the rate of $20.50.
A record of the births of their children
is annexed, but as there is no record of their
marriage, proof thereof is made by a witness
who was at the wedding
Son will mail to me a certificate for
the widow at the place above dated.
I am, very respectfully,
Yours
Henry R. Mygath
I.E. Heath Esq.
Count of pensions.
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Oxford, Chenango Co. NY. Sept 16, 1833

Dear Sir,
I to day send the Declaration of John 
Holmes for a Pension.
He served as you will Receive
Six months and one week
He requested that I be addressed as
the Subject of his claim, and that a Certificate
if granted be forwarded to me at the place
above dated.
I am Sir
Your abt Leut
Henry R. Mygatt

J.L. Edwards Esq
Com. of Pensions
War Department
Washington
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466 State St., Brooklyn, N.Y.
May 29, 1908
Pension Bureau,
Department of the Interior
Wash., D.C.
I wish to get the Revolutionary War Record [& birth,
marriage & children's names, if your records have
these facts] of 1. John Holmes died 12 May 1849 ad
90 in Oxford, N.Y.: Rev. Soldier: wf. Esther
(nee_____) died there 21 Mch. 1863 ad 86

2. Nathaniel Holmes: of Harlem, N.Y.
his will was probated here in N.Y. City 8 May 1838
& he there in speaks of money due him from 
U.S.  Gov't. for services in the Revolutionary
War

PENSION
A 
JUN
1
1908
U.S. OFFICE

An early reply appreciated,
Yours truly,
Wm A. Eardeley
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5 Fountain St.
Haverhill, Mass.
July 18, 1935

Veteran's Administration
Washington D.C.
I would like the 
Revolutionary War service
and any family data
of the soldiers John
Holmes and Thomas
Hallock. These Revolutionary
soldiers received
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pensions in Chenango
County, New York.
Yours truly,
Mary R Barry
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Pension Office P.O. Box 91
Dept. of the Interior Brooklyn, N.Y. July 1,1909
Wash D.C.
Dear Sirs:
I wish to get a copy of the Pension papers of John Holmes, a revolutionary pensioner, who died about 1850 near Oxford, Chenango County, N.Y. leaving a widow Phebe & several children. I want to get any items there may be of genealogy.
I am told that a Selah Snow: also a Thomas Snow were pensioners of the revolution: & are supposed to have died somewhere near Pittsfield, Mass. Have you anything about these two in your records.
Yours truly,
Wm. A. Eardeley

Pension
Jul
2
1909
Office
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Coudersport, Pa.
Nov. 22, 1928
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentleman;-
Kindly send me the Pension record of
John Holmes, born Dec. 31, 1760, Sheffield, Mass.
who enlisted as private in 1777 and whose widow
was granted pension. 

Yours very truly,

Mrs. F.A. Raymond
107 East 4th St,
Coudersport, Pa.

PENSION
NOV. 24 1928
U.S. OFFICE
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The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
I want to know if a pension
was drawn by John Holmes a Rev.
soldier who was born Mar. 16, 1759,
died in Oxford, N.Y. May 12, 1849.
Residence was Middleborough, Mass.
when he inlisted. He married for 
second wife Esther Wilcox Ensworth,
f. at Exeter, R.I. Aug. 20, 1776, died at Oxford, N.Y. Mar. 21, 1863.
If either one drew a pension
please give me everything he or she made affidavit to when applying for
pension. I thank you- 
Most Sincerely
Mrs. George R. Leech.

From Mrs. George R. Leech
8 Monroe [illegible]
Cortland, N.Y.
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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. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. STATE.

Feby 1777. 1 mo. Pvt. Sylvanius Willcox. Mass. 
June or July 1777. 3 weeks.  ""Fellows.
May 1778. 2 weeks. Fitch.
June or July 1778. 1 mo. Fitch. 
- 3 mos.  John Spoor. Brown.
discharged day after battle of Stone Arabia.

Battles engaged in, see above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sheffield, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 16, 1833 (?)
Residence at date of appication, Oxford, Chenango County, N.Y.
Age at date of application, born at Sheffield, Mass, Dec. 31, 1760, died May 12, 1849 at Oxford, Mass. 
Remarks: Soldier married in 1812 Esther Ensworth. She was allowed pension on an application executed Feby 19, 1853 while a resident of Oxford, N.Y. aged 76 years children Elijah b. Feby 22, 1813, Leonard born Aug. 14, 1814, Asa b. June 5, 1816, Mary b. June 21, 1821

Very respectfully,
Brother (?) Roswell
31793b5m10-07
Commissioner.
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MCS

Re Rev. & 812 Wars Section

September 20, 1927

Mrs. George R. Leech
8 Monroe Heights
Cortland, N. Y.

Madam:


I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 9063, that John Holmes was born December 31, 1760, at Sheffield, Massachusetts.

While a resident of said place he enlisted in February, 1777, and served one month as a private in Captain Sylvanus Willcox's Massachusetts Company. While a resident of Egremont, Massachusetts, he enlisted in June
or July, 1777, and served three weeks as a private in Captain Sylvanus Willcox's Company in Colonel Fellows' Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted in May, 1778, and served two weeks as a private in Captain Fitch's Massachusetts Company. He enlisted in June or July, 1778, and served one month
as a private in Captain Fitch's Massachusetts Company. He also served three months in Captain John Spoor's Company in Colonel Brown's Massachusetts Regiment; he was in the battle of Stone Arabia and was discharged the following day.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 16, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Oxford, Chenango County, New York. He died there May 12, 1849.
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He married in 1812 Esther Ensworth. She was allowed pension on her application executed February 19, 1853, at which time she was seventy-six years of age and was a resident of Oxford, New York. 

They had the following children: 

Elijah        born  February  22, 1813.
Leonard    "        August     14, 1814.
Asa            "        June           5, 1816.
Mary          "        June         21, 1821. 


Respectfully, 

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Record Division.

July 10, 1909.

Mr. William A. Bardeley,
P. O. Box 91,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

Sir:

In reply to your letter dated the 1"" and received the 2"" instant, you are advised that a statement of the service of John Holmes who died May 12, 1849 at Oxford, New York, leaving a widow Esther, (Wid. File No. 9
,003), was furnished you under date of June 4, 1900.

The pension records of the Revolutionary War fail to afford any information in regard to John Holmes who died about 1850, near Oxford, New York, leaving a widow Phebe, or of Selah Snow described by you.

In order to identify a claim for pension which may have been filed on account of the services of Thomas Snow in the Revolution, some of the following data is essential: the name of some officer under whom he served,
places of residence at enlistment and after service, approximate dates of birth and death and given name of widow.

Very respectfully,

Acting Commissioner.
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September 10, 1935

BA-J/EEL

Mary R. Barry
#5 Fountain Street
Haverhill, Massachusetts

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of two soldiers of the Revolutionary War, John Holmes and Thomas Hallock, who, you state, received pensions while residing in Chenango County, New York.

A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of a soldier named Thomas Halleck or Hallock. Kindly
consult the list of pensioners upon which you found his name recorded. In the event an error has been made in your citation, another search of the records will be made in your behalf.

The record of John Holmes has been found and is furnished herewith.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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September 10, 1935

BA-J / McS
John Holmes, W. 9063

Mary R. Barry
5 Fountain Street
Haverhill, Massachusetts

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 9063, based upon the Revolutionary War service
of John Holmes.

He was born December 31, 1760, at Sheffield, Massachusetts. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Sheffield, he enlisted in February, 1777, and served one month as private in Captain Sylvanus Willcox's Massachusetts company. While living in Egremont, Massachusetts, he enlisted
in June or July, 1777, and served three weeks as private in Captain Sylvanus Willcox's company in Colonel Fellows' Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted in May, 1778, and served two weeks as private in Captain Fitch's Massachusetts company. He enlisted in June or July, 1778, and served one month as private in Captain Fitch's Massachusetts company. He also served three months in Captain John Spoor's company in Colonel Brown's Massachusetts regiment, was in the battle of Stone Arabia and was discharged the following day.

John Holmes was allowed pension on his application executed September 16, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Oxford, Chenango County, New York, having moved there from Egremont a few years after the
Revolution.

He died May 12, 1849, in Oxford, New York.
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This soldier married in 1812 Esther Ensworth.

She was allowed pension on her application executed February 19, 1853, at which time she was seventy-six years of age and was a
resident of Oxford, New York.

Reference was made to the following children of John and Esther Holmes;
Elijah         born  February 22, 1813, in Oxford.
Leonard      "       August   14, 1814, in Oxford. 
Asa              "       June         5, 1816, in Oxford.
Mary            "       June        21, 1821, in Oxford.
 
The following also appears:

North Providence, November 2, 1808, Samuel Eldin or Elain Ensworth was born.

In 1832 the soldier's brother, Roswell Holmes, was living in Oxford, New York, aged sixty-five years.

The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the soldier's family,

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator