Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,947, John Adams, Conn.
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Adams, John

NUMBER
S.11.947
B.L. Reg_191722-55

CONTENTS
b. 1760 at Hartford Conn. & res there at eul
in 1832 res. Burlington, Chittenden Co. Vt & there
d. Feb. 14, 1843.
widow Catharine_
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Mr Adams has hereto for (provided?) a (illegible) 
Certificate, and I know him to be a member 
of the Congregational Church in this town, and 
in good standing   Nathan B Hasell
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BRIEF in the case of John Adams
of Burlington in the State of Vermont
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  open court

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he?  78 years

[Stamped in the middle of the page, a seal that states, 'THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES']

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period.
(illegible) In 1776

Duration of Service.
Years
Months 9
Days

Rank.
As a Private

Names of General and Field Office 
under whom he served.
Gen.
Cpl Seymour, Col C

Period.
(illegible)  In 1777

Duration of Service.
Years 2
Months 4
Days -

Rank.
As a " (Private)

Names of General and Field Office
under whom he served.
Gen.
Cpt Mattock Col Ch

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  White Plains - Germantown

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Hartford Conn

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  By a living witness

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Correct

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.

Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.
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I Allen Adams of Ferrisburgh Addison County
Vermont depose testify & say I was eighty nine
years of age on the first day of Nov. 1837, a native
of Hartford Connecticut, where I resided until
after the Revolutionary War.  I had a brother
named John Adams who also was a native of
Hartford, who enlisted into the Revolutionary
War at an early period of it.  I belive in 1776
in Capt Israel Seymour Company for nine
months, and served his time according to enlistment
I saw him in S Company at Voluntine Hill, (illegible)
employed to drive a team in removing som baggage
for som Massachusetts troops to Fort Washington
& during this time I stayed with him overnight
& lodged with him in his tent, I further say the
Team I drove belonged to Ashbel Steel, also of 
Hartford,
 
I further depose & say that my said brother
John Adams, after this service in Capt. Seymours
Company again enlisted into the service under
one Capt. Mattocks as I believe, for the term
during the war, that he continued in said
service until 1779 during this last enlistment
my sd brother was at home once or twice on furlough
I have often heard my sd brother say as well as others
that he was at the battle at Germantown and
was there taken a prisoner, & taken to Philadelphia
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By his Excellency George Washinton, Esq
General and Commander-in-Chief of the 
Armies of the United States of America
A Proclamation.
Whereas there is good reason to believe, that there are many deserters from the Continental army, who from a conviction of their errors, and from finding themselves deluded by false promises, would willingly return to their Colonies, were they not apprehensive of that punishment which is justly due to their crimes: Therefore, from motives of humanity, and in order to give all such an opportunity of "returnip" to the service of their country, I have thought fit to issue this, my Proclamation, offering free pardon to all deserters; as well those who may have joined the enemy as others, who shall deliver themselves up to any Continental officer, on, or before the first day of June, next. 
But I think it necessary at the same time to declare, that all who neglect to embrace the terms now offered, and are here after apprehended, may expect the most exemplary punishment. 
Given at Head Quarters, in Philadelphia, 
this eighth day of February, 1782. 
George Washington.
By his Excellency's Command
Tench Telghman, A.D.C