Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11139, Comfort Wares, Vt.
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Vt. Wares, Comfort R11139
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REJECTED
11 log
P.O.
Comfort Wares
Service:
Enlisted: ,18
Discharged: ,18
Application filed: ,18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
Recognized. Contr
Cert. of Dis. Searched for ,18
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No.33191  New York  Comfort Wares   suspended  
? to C. B. Hatch? 10 Sept 1835
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Ny  20 July 1835  Pension Office  Brooks Hudson  Affidavit in favor of Comfort Ware
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West Point, NY July 13th 1835
To the Secretary of War  Washington City
Sir Enclosed is and affidavit to prove the enlistment and services of Comfort Ware in the Revolutionary War - he is desirous of getting a Pension - on recpt of this please inform me what more is necessary - this you will (illegible) was made last fall (and) has lain neglected since  I am Respectfully yours Obt Servat C. B. Hatch
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State of New York  St. Lawrence County (88?)
Brook Hudson of the town of Lawrence in said county being duly Sworn deposith and saith that he is well acquainted with Comfort Wares now a resident of West Port Essex County NY who resided at Eilsum(?) New Hampshire during the Revolutionary War and this ? ? further saith that in the summer of 1781 he and the said Comfort Ware went to ? New Hampshire and enlisted together for the term of three months in the same Company Commanded by Cape. Page of Charlestown N. H.  Lieut Jonathan Smith of  S? and Ensign? Abijah Parker of Walpole. That they both went together to Skenesborough (Now White Hall) N. Y. on Lake Champlain and served out their full term of three months together at that place being engaged in building a Fort there and guarding the place. The Regt in which they served was commanded by Col. Walbridge as their deforment? believer?  This deferment and said Ware lived in said
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town of E? together and went to Suny together and enlisted together and served out the period of their enlistment being three months together and were discharged at the same time and returned home together- I further Dep? saith not.  Sworn this 1st day of November 1884 before Mr. Stephen Clark Justice of the Peace
Brooks Hudson  I certify that Brooks Hudson the above deformant is well known by me to be a person of fair character for truth and veracity. Stephen Clark Just. Peace
State of New York St. Lawrence County
I Alvin Low Clerk of Said County of St Lawrence do hereby verify that Stephen Clark before whom the foregoing affidavit of Brooks Hudson purports to have been taken was a Justice of the Peace for said County at the date of the S? and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Stephen Clark and believe his signature to the said affidavit is genuine. In testimony whereof I have ? set my hand and s? this eighth day of November 1834  A C Low Clerk?
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Bounty Land Warrant Record Card name Wares (Ware), Elias grade Private Line Connecticut Warrant number 6615  Acreage 100 Jan. 28,1792 to Isaac Bronson, assigner

The information concerning the issuance of warrants cards on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16,1776 and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.