Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5131, Noah Holcomb, Conn.
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE Conn [Connecticut]
CONTENTS Holcomb, Noah 
NUMBER R 5131
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1832 Lains [Lanes] Holcomb Pristol [Bristol] Sept 28 Revolutionary Suspended 30th be
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Bristol Sept [September] 26, 1852 Mr J. E. Hassler you sent a power of Attorney to Noah Holwouch [Holcomb] or his heirs the old gentleman is dead my father took care of the old gentleman and never received no recompence [recompense] for he was in duty bound to take care of his father my father was to have the pension if he could recover one he made a trial but there was a failure in the writings to the pension was lost my father is now dead and I with two brothers are the only heirs to the pension as grand children thyself and they Brothers took care of the old gentleman for years if there is any thing it does belong to us now if you can do any 1 [one] thing for us we should be glad I think I could make out the power of Attorney if our claim is good I wait your answer make no delay yours with respect dies [descendent] Halcomb [Holcomb] F E Hasson
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State of New York County of Monroe SS On this day of in the year 1857 before me personally appeared Olive Elton aged 74 years a resident of the City of Rochester in said County who being duly sworn deposeth and saith  that she is the only surviving child and heir at law of the identical Noah Holcomb, deceased. who was a Soldier in Capt [Captain] Samuel of Joseph Beckley's Company in Col [Colonel] Crofits [Crawford]  or Crofoots [Crawford's] Regiment of Connecticut Militia in the Revolutionary War; that he was drafted and Stred [Stayed] for several months but the precise time of his service she is unable now to give a curately [accurately] that the said Noah Holcomb died about the year 1839 and that there is no widow him surviving She makes this Declaration as preliminary to a more formal application for the pension under Act of 1832 I hereby authorize Alfred G. Mudge of Rock ester [Rochester] N.Y. to act for me in this application Olive Elton Subscribed mounts [sworn] before me the day and year first above written and I certify that I am not interested in this case nor concerned in its proceed tion [proceeding] P.M. Crandall Commissioner of Deedster [Deeds]
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STATE OF NEW YORK, }
MONROE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
ROCHESTER, }
I, William N. Sage, Clerk of the County of Monroe, of the County Court of said County, and of the Supreme Court, both being Courts of Record having a common Seal, do certify that P M Crandall Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit in writing was taken, was, at the time of taking such affidavit, a Commissioner of Deeds in and for said county, duly authorized to take the same; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that the signature to the Jurat to such affidavit is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Rochester, this 13th day of March A. D. 1857.
William N. Sage Clerk.
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I, Abigail Hooford of Monkton in the county of Addison and State of Vermont being seventy seven years old & being duly sworn do Testify and say that I am sister to Noah Holcomb of Bristol in the county of Addison and State of Vermont and that I lived & resided in Caanan in the county of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut all the time & during the Revolutionary War and I know my Brother Noah Holcomb lived in & resided in said Caanan during the said Revolutionary War - excepting what time he was in the actual service in said War. I knew of said Noah Holcomb doing service in the said Revolutionary war and I believe in what was called the Connecticut line, how long I could not exactly say, it was not for from one year I am [sure] it was more than nine months. He was drafted three times which he served personally and he was drafted once and lived a substitute to since said once in his State. He was in the [illegible] at the taking of Gen. Burgain & he told me he went to the south to guard the prisoners & [illegible] there to the east to Boston. With the previous as a guard. I was acquainted with Col. Burrill, Major Stoddard, Capt. Timothy Moses, Lieut. Andrews, Capt. John Ensign, Lieut. Daniel Bube, Capt. William Burrill, all which officers I understood at the time by said Noah Holcomb & by others that said Holcomb did service under said officers in said Revolutionary War and I have no doubts
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from what I knew in relation to the circumstances at the time that the said Noah Holcomb did serve as a soldier in the Revolutionary war in said Connecticut Line for more than Nine Months, and further this deponent saith not.
Monkton Nov. 10th AD 1834
Abigail Hooford

State of Vermont }
Addison County SS } Monkton November 10th AD 1834
There personally appeared the above named Abigail Hooford signer of the above affidavit once after being carefully examined & duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by her subscribed contains t he truth & nothing but the truth.
Before Me Horatio Needham

Monkton Nov. 10 AD 1834 I certify that I am acquainted with the above subscriber Abigail Hooford & she is a woman of good character & no one in this vicinity doubts her [veracity].
Horatio Needham Justice Peace
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We Abraham Gaige & Henry Soper residing in the Town of Bristol in the County of Addison & State of Vermont hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Noah Holcomb who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration & that we believe him to be about eighty years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Sworn & subscribed this 16th day of Dec. 1834
Henry Soper
Abraham Gaige
Before me Sam H. Holley, Justice Peace
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Noah Holcomb
32.953
Vermont
S. Haight

[illegible] let S. Haight
30 March 1835
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State of Vermont Addison County ss. on the 28th day of November AD 1834 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of Addison County Court in said State, Noah Holcomb a resident of Bristol in said County of Addison & [and] State of Vermont aged Eighty five 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 7th 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated that on the 7 of April 1776 I was drafted into the Service of the United States in what was called the Connecticut line under Col [Colonel] Charles Burrell May Stockard. Capt [Captain] Timothy Moses Live Andrus & [and] Ensign William Huz, Marched from Canaan in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut to West Point in the State of New York & there worked on the Fortifications untill [until] July of the same year & was then ordered to Hudson State of New York & there remained at work on the Barracks untill [until] the 30th of September of the same year when I was discharged & [and] actived [activated] to my residence in Canaan as aforesaid. on the 4 of July of 1777 I was again drafted into the United States service in the Connecticut line as it was called under Capt [Captain] John Ensign & Luce, Daniel Beebe & ordered to Rinebeck [Rhinebeck] state of New York where we remained a short time & were ordered to Redhook [Red Hook] in the same state & there remained a short time & were ordered to Livingston Manor to guard the Mills situate [situated] at that place & remained there untill [until] the 30th of November 1777 & was again discharged & returned to my residence in Canaan ass [as] On the 20th of December 1777 I was again drafted into the service of the United States in what was called the Connecticut line under Capt [Captain] William Burrell & Lee Joseph Fellows was ordered to go with & Guard the prisoners taken from Burguine [Burgoyne] to New York Served one Month on this hour [tour] & was discharged & returned to my home in Canaan and I further declare that I was eighty five years old last July that I was born in Canaan in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut that I resided in said Canaan untill [until] after the war of the Revolution & from said Canaan removed to Bristol where I now reside & have resided for the last 30 or 40 years that I have no documentary evidence of services, or discharges & that I know of no person whose testimony I can
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procure who can testify to my services except that of my sister Abigal Hosford of Mankton [Monkton] in said Addison County whose affidavit is herewith sent & [and] I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & [and] I hereby declare that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State Sworn to & subscribed the day & [and] year aforesaid Witness Let Brown Noah Holcomb Before me, Sam Holley Judge Samuel H. Holley, Judge of the County Court for the County of Addison, do hereby certify, that it is my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interogatories [interrogatories] prescribed by the War Department, the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that Henry Soper and Abraham Gaige, who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the Town of Bristol in the County of Addison and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit And that there is no clergyman permanently residing in said and I further certify, that the said Noah Holcom by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to appear before a Court of record. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of December A.D. 1834 Sam H. Holley Judge
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to State of Vermont Edison County SS, Samuel Swift, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison, do hereby certify that Samuel H. Holley, who has certified the preceding paper is a Judge of said Court, and his name subscribed thereto is his own Signature And I further certify that Horatio Needham before whom the foregoing affidavit of Abigail Hosford was made was at the time a Justice of the peace for said County, and his name thereto, is his own signature In testimony whereof I do hereby set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, this 16th day of December 1834 Saml [Samuel] Swift Clerk
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1832 Act of July 14 1862 and March 9 1073 [1873] 32 RESECTED Noah Holcomb Seer [Hessian] Soldier file No 5131 harged [charged] plication [application] filed enlisted: orney [Attorney] Recognized 18 18 18
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John Sadtell that no 1893 pension was allowed prior Oct [October] 20 1900 M. Axtell, Robert N. Age of applicant & [and] where born stated  name of wife Act of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873 R 1 E Noah Holcomb harged [charged] lication [application] filed enlisted Attorney Recognized 18 18 - Contract
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No 397 Noah Holcomb. dec. [deceased] New York A.G. Mudge March 27 18 133 [1813] Act June 7, 1832
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Conn [Connecticut] admd [administered] Noah Holcomb application for increase filed Dec 21 53 from his daughter Olive Elton Susp. No Noah Holcomb a Con [Connecticut] Noah Holcomb fo  [of] Sus
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In 21, 1893 Rochester March 23 Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington Mr. Sectory [Secretary] has there was been a pension, Collected, entifted [entitled] Noah  Holcomb for Servis [Service] in the Revolutionary War If there has let me know and by Whome [Whom] Noah Holcomb Canner Vermont Directs to John S. Axtell  60 Copper St Rochester NH
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Rochester New York March 
13. 1857
sir the enclosed application is made to dtermine the length of the service of Noah Holcomb in Revalutionary as shown by the record. I am advised that the record shows service but am not aware of the length of time shown. 
to respectfully commisioner of pensions Alfred G. Mudge attorney
Washington D.C
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Revolutionary
Power of Attorney
from heirs of
Noah Holcomb
Pension Connecticut
Filed Dec 21, 1833

F.E. Hassler 
Washington

Col. Anderson
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Power of Attorney,
For ascertaining whether any increase or arrears of Pensions are due the Widow of heirs of
Revolutionary Pensioners, Mc

State of New York
County of Monroe
ss
Be it known, that before me, Alonzo Frost a Justice of the Peace personally appeared Olive Elton aged 71 years, who being duly cautioned and then sworn in due form of law, states that she is the daughter of Noah Holcomb who was a revolutionary Soldier in the State of Connecticut and that he died on the 22 day of September 1841 and that mother, named Bristoll in the State of Vermont and that they resided there forty one years and that she resides in Rochester and that furthermore By these present constitutes, appoints, and fully empowers and authorizes, irrevocably and with powers of substitutions F.E. Hassler of Washington D.C as her true and lawful Attorney for her and in her name and stead to examine into , to and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pension or Land that may be due her as daughter of Noah Holcomb who died leaving the same undrawn, as in right of law she may be entitled.

In witness whereof, she has on this 9th day of December 1853 hereunto signed her name, and affixed her seal

Witness: Charles Buckner
Olive Elton
Witness M.B. Axtell

Signed, sealed, acknowledged, and sworn to before me, and I further certify, that she has always by the community been known as the daughter of Noah Holcomb.

Dated on the 9th day of December 1853

Alonzo Frost J.P.

State of New York
County of Monroe to witness

I hereby Certify, that Alonzo Frost Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits and acknowledgment were made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature above written is genuine.

In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of Monroe County Court, the 10th day of December on thousand eight hundred and 53.

W.B. Williams Clerk