Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2886, for Asahel Murdock, Vermont
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(8-1776)
SERVICE Green Mt. Boys Vt.
Murdock, Asahel
NUMBER S.2886

CONTENTS
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&746
Ohio
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Asahel Murdock of Butler Co. in the State of Ohio, who was a Private in the Regt commanded by Captain Seely of the Regt commanded by Col. Warren in the Green Mt. Boys & Vt. line for one year 
$40.0/100

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 40. Dollars 00. Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Mar 1833 and sent to J. Woods, Hamilton Butler Co. Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $80.__
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833 20.__
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$100.

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by Wm R Palmer Clerk
Book E. Vol. 5 Page 16
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18632
Asahel Murdock
Ohio

Admitted for one year from 1776

Jno Woods 
Hamilton, Butler Co. Ohio
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BRIEF in the case of Asahel Murdock
County of Butler in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 77
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
enlisted In 1776
enlisted in 1777

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
6 months
6 months-

Rank.
As a
Private
"   "

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen Wright
Capt Seeley, Col Warner
Capt Burton, Col Herrick

5. In what battles was he engaged? siege of Quebeck
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Vermont
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No clergyman

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chs W. Forrest
Examining Clerk
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18632
Asahel Murdock
Revolutionary Soldier
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The State of Ohio Butler County Court of Common Pleas of the Term of October 1832

On this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Butler in the State of Ohio Asahel Murdock aged seventy seven years a resident of the County of Butler in the State aforesaid 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 seventh eighteen hundred and thirty two.

That in January seventeen hundred and seventy six he enlisted for six months at Norridge in the State of Vermont in Captain Seeley's Company of Colonel Warner
Regiment he was first marched to Montreal thence to Quebeck he was at the second siege of Quebeck and was in the retreat from that place while at Quebeck deponent was wounded in his left arm while mounting a cannon on the carriage he has never had the use of that arm since he received
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the wound: on the retreat deponent was marched to Montreal thence to Skeensborough where deponent was discharged having served out the time of his enlistment he received no written discharge. About the fifteenth of July seventeen hundred and seventy seven deponent again enlisted at Norridge for six months under Captain Burton of Colonel Herrick's Regiment of Green Mountain Boys"Gen. Wrights commanded the the Brigade. he was marched to Pawlet on Bodinkill river where he mounted guard and was engaged in scouts against the enemy - he assisted to take
the French Lines from the British on the expiration of this tour deponent was discharged by Colonel Herrick at Pawlet. He received a written discharge which he
has since lost after the above service deponent enlisted for three years at Hanover in New Hampshire under Major Hassington. he was however discharged in about one year having performed no actual service except to muster and be reviewed. Deponent has a written record of his age from which it appears that he was born in New London County Connecticut
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in april seventeen hundred and fifty five he has lived in the State of Ohio about thirty years in Butler County twenty three years. He knows of no witnesses living by whom he can prove his services. He is well known to John Walker and Pierson Sayre by whom he believes he can prove that he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Asahel Murdock [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
John Reilly Clerk

We John Walker and Pierson Sayre residents of the County of Butler in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asahel Murdock who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration. that we believe him to be seventy five years of age that he is reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the revolution in the County of Butler and that we believe he served as he has above declared

sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
John X Walker his mark
Pierson Sayre [signatures]
John Reilly Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that John Walker and Pierson Sayre who have signed the Certificate are residents in the County of Butler and are credible
persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I John Reilly Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Butler aforesaid do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asahel Murdock for a pension

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Hamilton this
twentieth day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
John Reilly

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18632
Asahel Murdock
a Revolutionary soldier
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.   3 -- 525
S.2886
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. _____ 19 __

In reply to your request of _____, received _____, for a statement of the military history of Asahel Murdock soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
Jan 1776.
July 15, 1777

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
6 mos.
6 mos.

RANK,
Pvt

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Seeley
Burton
COLONEL.
Warner
Herrick

STATE.
Vt

Battles engaged in, at 2nd siege of Quebec where wounded in left arm while mounting a cannon on its carriage,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Oct. 8 1832 His claim was al
Residence at date of application, Butler Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, born in New London Co. Comin Apr 1755
Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family
There was no actual military service under Major Hoisington

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Asahel Murdock which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes

XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered  satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a ______ For ______ months and _____ days, I served as a _____ ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.

QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a Case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

+QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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2886
RevWar

INVALID.
File No. 2886
Asahel Murdock

Pri Continental. Line

Act: June 7, 1832

Index: --Vol. A, Page 268

{Arrangement of 1870.}

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1919 Nov. 22. History to Edw H Beeks AW
1921 Aug 9 Hist to Mary E. Beeks AW
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Oxford Caroline Scott Chapter
Oxford, Ohio

Oxford, Ohio,
July 21, 1921.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.

My dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary War Record of Asahel Murdock. Thanking you very much, I am,
Yours truly,
Mary E. Beeks
Registrar.

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US PENSION OFFICE
D JUL 25 1921
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Oxford, Ohio,
November 10, 1919.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir: --
For the purpose of completing records for admission into the Daughters of the American
Revolution, will you kindly inform me whether the names of Asabel Murdock and John Keely, (spelled in early days Kiele, the German way ), appear in the Revolutionary records.

Both are understood to have fought in the Battle of Brandywine, and Murdock is said to
have drawn a pension from the Government for several years after the war.

Any expense attached to the looking up of this matter will cheerfully be paid.
Very truly yours,
Edward K. Beeks

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US PENSION OFFICE
D NOV 19 1919