Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 28969, Stephen Annis, Mass.
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Maine District Ss
Special District Court of the U. States
Kennebunk August 7. 1832

On this seventh day of August aforesaid personally appeared in open court before the District Judge
Stephen Annis a resident of Wells, in the county of York and State of Maine, aged seventy-seven 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 served as herein state
In April 1775 I enlisted into Capt. Samuel Sanyers company, for eight months, in Colonel James [Sammons] Regiment, we were stationed at Cambridge in the state of Massachusetts, and were principally engaged in erecting works of defense, round about Boston, our Regiment, now ordered to reinforce the troops, on Bunker Hill, engaged against the British on the 17th gun 1775 but we did not arrive in time to take part in the battle 
At the expiration of our term of service, we were discharged on the first day of January 1776--
In July 1779 I belonged to the same, Capt. Samuel Sanyers company, in Major Daniel Littlefields detachment from the western part of Main to Penobscot River, we embarked at Portland, in boats, and was in the expedition, and defeat at Bagaduce, which now [then] in the possession of the British, at Penobscot River, I was a volunteer in said company, and served as orderly sergeant of the same, I think I was absent about two months, in this expedition, Capt. Sanyers my captain, and Major Littlefield, the commandment of the [establishment] [none] both [killed]
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I returned home through the woods from the Penobscot 
"I was born in Wells, in the county of York and state of Main, in the year 1756 and have always resided there I went voluntarily into the service, and served as I have stated. Lemuel Hatch, and Stephen Hatch reside near me, and can state my general character for truth.

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I Samuel Miller of Kennebunkport..
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Said Stephen Annis was a soldier in Capt Samuel Sawyer company in Colonel Scammons Regiment in the eight months service stationed at Cambridge near Boston in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five. I was a non commissioned officer in Capt Dormons Company  of the same Regiment the whole eight months. I knew the said Stephen Arris of Capt Sawyers company the whole time said Annis always resided in the town adjoining the one in which I live but I have had very little acquaintance with him since the service [aluded to]