Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 22256, Asa Gale, N.H.
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Service
N.H.

Gale, Asa

Number
S.22256

Contents
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Vermont 9465
Asa Gale of Windham Co in the state of  Vermont who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Whitcomb of the Regt commanded by Col Read in the N. Hampshire line for 8 Months.

Inscribed on the roll of Vermont at the rate of 26 dollars 66 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of May 1833 and sent to P. White Putney, VT

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $53.32
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 34 $13.33
$66.65

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by F. F. Franciosi clerk,
Book E Vol 3 Page 66

Died June 11, 1838
Agency book.
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Windham County Vt
Levi [crossed out] Asa Gale - Decl'
for pension - Aug 6th 1832

No 5206

Admitted. Private
8 months
N. Hampshire Line

Please to make return to P. White
Putney Vt
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STATE OF VERMONT

County Windham ss.
District of Westminster

[illegible] in Probate Court holden at Townshend in said District on the sixth day of August AD 1832 being a Court of Record hearing by law a judge and Clerk

Presiding
Peter R. Page [signature] Judge

On this sixth day of August A.D.  1832 --  Personally appeared in open Court, at Townshend in said district

Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District now sitting- Asa Gale -- a resident of Windham in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, aged Eighty one years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to
obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832--That he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
He declares and says that in the spring of 1775 at Chesterfield in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire he inlisted for the term of Eight months in the Company commanded by Captain Jonathan Whitcomb. in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Read -  of the New Hampshire Militia - and immediately joined the army at a place called Prospect Hill near Boston Massachusetts and faithfully served out said term of Eight months and was dismissed without any written discharge ---

And he further says that he has no proof of his service except the testimony of [illegible] Cobleigh who was a fellow soldier in said service--
He further says that he was in Bunker Hill Battle --

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.
To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath, as follows:
1. He was born in the town of Oxford in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts in the year 1751
2. He has no record of his age -- supposes that there is a record of his age in the town of Oxford --
3. He was living in Chesterfield New Hampshire as heretofore stated.  He lived in Chesterfield and vicinity till the last 20 years -- which he has resided in Windham aforesaid.
4. He inlisted voluntarily
5. He recollects Colonel Stark of the New Hampshire troops.
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5. Recollects Colonel Stark of the New Hampshire troops.
6. He received no written discharge-
7. He names Benjamin Pierce Esquire and Mrs. [illegible] Pierce  both his neighbors and respectable witnesses.
Witness A. Keyes
Asa Gale [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Before Peter R Taft Judge

We Benjamin Pierce residing in the town of Windham in said County and Ezra Pierce of Windham in said County hereby that we are well acquainted with Asa Gale who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty one years of age; that he is reputed and believed the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Benjamin Pierce
Ezra Pierce
Before Peter R Taft Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, 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 Benjamin Pierce who has signed the preceding certificate is a  resident in the said town of Windham  and that Ezra Pierce who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Windham in said county, and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and that the Clergyman is recognized as legitimate 
Peter R Taft Judge
I Asa Keyes 2nd  Clerk and Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District
of [illegible] aforesaid, do hereby  certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said 
Court in the matter of the application of Asa Gale for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Sixth day of August A.D. 1832.
Asa Keyes
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I Eleazer Cobleigh of Acton in the county of Windhaven and State of Vermont a revolutionary pensioner do depose and say that I am personally acquainted with Asa Gale of Windhaven in said county of Windham and I was personally knowing to his entering into the service of the United States in the New Hampshire line in the spring of 1775 for the term of eight months that he then resided in Chesterfield New Hampshire that I went into the service from Chesterfield the same term that same time in May 1775. We both marched to Massachusetts under Capt. Whitcomb of Swansey and in Colonel Read's Regiment, that said Gale served the eight months in the same company with me under Capt. Whitcomb, I saw said Gale at Bunker Hill battle and was with him through the whole time. Acton August 6th 1832
Eleazer Cobleigh

State of Vermont}
Windhaven County}

Acton August 6th 1832

Then personally appeared Eleaner Cobleigh and made oath to the truth of the above statement by him made & subscribed before me Timothy Burton Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Eleazer Cobleigh and that he is generally in the vicinity where he lives considered as a man of truth and veracity.

Timothy Burton [signed] Justice of the Peace
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No 5206
Vermont
Asa Gale

Admitted
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BRIEF in the case of Asa Gale
of Windham County in the state of Vermont
(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? NA
3. How old is he? 81
4. State his Service as directed in the form annexed.
Period - In 1775 Spring
Duration of Service - 8 months
Rank - Private New Hampshire Militia
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served - 
Colonel Read
Captain Jonathan Whitcomb

5. In what battles was he engaged - Battle of Bunker Hill
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? - Chesterfield New Hampshire
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls? - Traditionary and Witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect? - See the brief of Objections

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

H Dumas [signature]
Examining Clerk
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In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] for a statement of the military history of Asa Gale a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S. File 22.256

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment
Spring 1775
Length of Service
8 months
Rank [blank]
Officers under whom service was rendered
Captain - Jonathan Whitcomb
Colonel - Reed
State
New Hampshire

Battles engaged in - Bunker Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment - Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Date of application for pension - Aug 6, 1832
Residence at date of application - Windhaven Vermont
Age at date of application - Born 1751 at Oxford Worcester County Massachusetts

Remarks - His claim was allowed. NO family data on file, he died June 11, 1838 (Agency book) place not stated.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner
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Rev Sec [illegible]

Plainfield Ill. Nov 16
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sirs: 

Please send pension certificate of Asa Gale born March 16, 1751, who died in 1840, I think at Chesterfield N.H. Thanking you in advance for this favor.

Very truly
Mrs. Frances Gale Stewart
Plainfield, Ill

RD No 5 Box 47
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[Typed on LETTERHEAD]
Pollard Bros
Proctorville, Vt.

Apr 22, 1912

U.S. Pension Bureau
Gentlemen:

[hand written] B 22256

Will you kindly inform me if the name of Asa Gale of Chesterfield N.H. is on the revolutionary pension roll? He served in Capt. Whitcomb's Co which was the 7th company of the 3rd regiment commanded by Col Reid of Fitzwilliam, N.H.

Thanking you in advance for your kindness which I assure you will be appreciated very much, I am, 

Yours truly,

(Mrs.) Lois B Pollard 

[stamped] Pension U.S. Office
Apr 23 1912
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22256
INVALID
Revolution

File No 22,256
Asa Gale
Pri Rev War

Act June 7th, '32

Index: Vol 2, Page 148
{Arrangement of 1870}
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1912 Apl. 27 - History to Mrs. Lois B Pollard &
1916 Dec. 9 - History to Mrs. Frances G Stewart