Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 618, Phinehas Bates, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Bates, Phinehas
Keziah

NUMBER
R. 618
BLWt. 84,508-160-55
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[illegible] letter to R. Peter Sep??
Do. to same & P. Agt W??
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Paid at the Treasur??
Act of the 6th April ??
4th March 1838. to 4 on??
Agt notified 17 June 1834.??
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Paid as above  from 4 March ??
4th Sep 1840 Age notified 22??
??ly 1841
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?? Michigan from 4th Sep 1842
???May 1843. Notification to 
Pension Agent Detroit, Mich

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??chigan N. 18514          18.514
Pennsylvania [crossed out]
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Phinehas Bates
of Venango Co. in the State of Pena.
who was a Private in the company commanded??
by Captain Buttes of the Regt comman???
by Col. Ledyard in the Cont Troops
line for 1 year
F46722
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 40 Dollars  [blank] Cents per an.
to commence on the 4th day of March,1834.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 0 day of Sept
1833 and sent to John Galbreath Franklin
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833   100.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1834 20.00
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$120.00
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{Revolutionary Claim,
{Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by D. Brown     Cle???
Book E.   Vol. 5  Page 4
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Phiney Bates
23524
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State of Pennsylvania Sixth Judicial District
Venango County ss.

On this eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand wight hundred and thirty three formally appeared in open Court, before John Irwin and Thomas McKee Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county now sitting Phineus Bates a resident of [illegible] township in Venango county state of Pennsylvania , aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his solemn oath make the following [illegible] 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 officers and served as he is often stated___In the spring of the year, I think in the year 1779 my father John Bates, then living in Canterbury Windham county in the state of Connecticut was drafted 
in the militia of that state for a six month tour.  I sent and entered as his substitute under Captain Jeremiah Butts.  I do not recollect the names of the Colonel or any of my officers .  I entered at New London in Connicut.  I remained at New London during the whole tour of six months.  During the time we worked at the fort there called fort Trumbull.  He had us battle or skirmishing during this tour, but we kept strong guards and [illegible] in the British vigils frequently passing to and fro in night of the fort.  At the end of the time I received a written discharge from Captain Butts, but not believing it  would ever be of any particular service to me did not [illegible] or take care of it. The spring following, which according to the best of
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in Ontario county New York in the year 1794 and became well acquainted with him then and belonged to the same company of militia.  That it was understood and believed by the company and frequently spoken of that he the said Phineas Bates was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and was referred to by all the officers of the company and recognized as such and generally referred and believed in the neighborhood to have been a soldier of the Revolution___That he next became acquainted with him in Alleghany county New York in the year 1811 and lived in his immediate neighborhood and was well acquainted with him there for about seven years where he was recognized and reputed and believed generally to have been a soldier of the Revolution___That he has often heard Phineas Bates and Thomas Austin of Alleghany county who is now dead frequently speak together of their services in the Revolution as having been together.  That Thomaws Austin (who was the father in law of this deponent) frequently spoke of Phineas Bates being a soldier with him in the Revolutionary war.  That this deponent once became acquainted with the mother of Phineas Bates about nineteen years and heard her frequently speak of her son Phineas having served over two tours in the Revolutionary War and of his having then been a soldier in the war for a considerable length