Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 32657, Apollos Answert, Conn.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Conn. Answert, Apollos S. 32657
CONTENTS
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Notification sent July 29th 1820 to
John Ingersoll, Springfield Mass. US.
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3203
Massachusetts Roll 
Apollos Answert.   4
Colo Dungee
Private
Connecticut Line 1777-- War
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts ---
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on 
the 17th of April 1818 
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st of October 1818
and sent to John Hooker Esq - Judge
Springfield- Masscts
Arrears to 4th of September 1818 -36.80
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th March 1819 -48.00
ms 4 - 18/30  $84.80
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Connecticut
West Springfield, Hampshire Cty
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Appollos Answert now Receiving
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Applollos Answert
Adm
The above applicant is 
in reduced circumstance, 
w life altered in need 
of assistance from his 
County for support as 
before certified.
John Hooker
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampden 
SS BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the Seventeenth day of
April A. D. 1818, came before me, JOHN HOOKER,
Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said
State, and including the said county of Hampden- the above named
Apollos Answest, I applied for the benefit of the late law of Congress
entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval
service of the United States in the revolutionary war
made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, and hereto annexed
I do thereupon hereby declare, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said
Apollas Answert the applicant did serve in the
revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for more than nine months, on the
continental establishment, as set forth in his affidavit aforesaid, and that he is yet a resident
citizen of the United States, is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of
assistance from his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court for the said county of Hampden
to be affixed hereto, this 17th day of April 1818
I do therefore hereby certify the above & annexed as the testimony &
proceedings had before me on the application aforesaid & transmit
the same to the Secretary of the department of War of the United
States.
John Hooker
Attnt John Ingersoll
Clerk of Court
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I Appollos Answert citizen of the United States now
resident in West Springfield in the County of Hampton &
State of Massachusetts do depose & say that soon after
the battle of Bennington in Sept or Oct 1777 at Suffield in the State of Connecticut
he enlisted into the revolutionary army on the Continental 
establishment into the Company of Conn of
Capt John Harmon & in the regiment commanded
by Col John Durgee in the Connecticut line & that he
entered in said service to the end of the war & was
discharged at West Point after the conclusion of the
said revolutionary War - a discharge was given
to me & I gave it to Justin Granger of said West
Springfield, in order to obtain for me the County in
Land
and I do further says that I am in reduced circumstances 
in life & stand in need of assistance from my country
for support
April 17
I Justin Granger of West Springfield Masst. do depose & Say that soon
after the adoption of organization of the federal Government 
the above named Apollos Answert gave me a
power of Atty & I believe his discharge which he received
at the end of the revolutionary war, in order to obtain
a [illegible] of 100 acres of land for having served in the revolutionary 
war in the Continental army & I employed
same [illegible] to obtain the same & delivered to the
reason & power of Substitution & whatever papers
I had from & answered for that purpose that the
said land was obtained & a certificate of the allowance 
of such land was given & which I delivered
to said Answert & which could not have been
obtained as & understood until it had appeared
that he had served in said war & at the end of
Austin Geanger
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Apollos Answort
3203 v [illegible]
Oct 1818
Con

March 1819
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Hampden 88.
[stamp: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
On this fourth day of July 1820, personally appeared, in open court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas the same being a Court of Record and so established by a Statute of said Commonwealth, said Appollos Answort aged Sixty Nine years, resident in Westspringfield in said County who being duly sworn, according to law,
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32657
Rvy INVALID.
File No. 32.657
Apollos Answert
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 18
(Arrangement of 1870.}
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41 BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Answitz, Appolas  GRADE Private LINE  Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5367 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 5,1794
to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded 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.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Form VAM-51 12-5-41 Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Answorth, Benjamin GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts 
WARRANT
NUMBER 3617 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 15, 1795
to E. Answorth, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded 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.