Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,222, for Robert Livingston, New Hampshire
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
NH

Livingston, Robert

NUMBER
S.46222

CONTENTS
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46222
Rev'y War

Name:  Robt Livingston
Rank: Sergt Livermore
Compy: Scamels
Regt: NH Line

See Old War Widow File 24549
Allowed under Act 1828
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Penn Yan Feb. 9. 1829

Hon. Rich Rush

Sir:

Enclosed I transmit to your department vouchers to obtain a pension for Robert Livingston whose discharge is at the same enclosed & which I presume will avoid the necessity of any further extraneous proof. Mr Livingston is not on a long journey to visit his children in the Western Country and has therefore made me his atty to receive his pension.

If any thing further is required it is requested that it may be specified to the end that it may be
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supplied.  Have the goodness to address communications to me at Penn Yan, Yates Co, NY

Respectfully your ob'dt servant

Rod'k Morrison
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1510

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "an act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the fifteenth of May 1828, I Robert Livingston of the town of Bath in the County of Steuben in the State of New York do hereby declare That I enlisted in the continental line of the Army of the Revolution for & during the War & continued in its service until its termination, at which
period I was a sergeant in Captain Daniel Livermore's Company in Colonel Scammels Regiment which
this declarant believes was the first Regiment in the New Hampshire line but does not distinctly remember the number thereof and I do also declare that I afterwards
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received a certificate for the reward of Eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778 from the best recollection of this declarant and I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1828 on the pension list of the United States.

dated February 7. 1829-

Robert Livingston

Before me Abraham Wagoner, one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Yates in the State of New York personally appeared this day Roderick N Morrison and Levi Symon of the village of Penn Yan in said County of Yates and severally made oath that Robert Livingston by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed
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is generally reputed & believed to have
been a soldier in the Army of the
Revolution in manner as therein stated
witness my hand this 7th day of
February 1829. Abraham Wagener JP
of the Court of Common Pleas

I Abraham H. Bennett Clerk of the County of Yates in the State of New York
do certify that Abraham Wagener Esquire before whom the foregoing & following affidavits were sworn was at the time a justice of the peace of the county of Yates aforesaid & duly empowered to administer oaths. 
In testimony wherefore I have hereunto
set my hand & affixed the seal
of the Court of Common Pleas of said county this 7th day of February 1829
A.H. Bennett, Clerk
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know all men by these presents that
I Robert Livingston of the town of
Bath in the County of Steuben
in the State of New York do hereby
authorise Roderick N. Morrison
my true lawful attorney with a
power of substitution for me and in
my name to receive from the
United States the amount of my
pay now due under the act for
the relief of certain surviving officers &
soldiers of the revolution approved
11th day of May 1828 as a soldier
in Scammels Regiment of the New
Hampshire line of the army of
the Revolution - Witness my hand &
seal this 7th day of February 1829
sealed & [illegible] in
the presence of
Robert Livingston
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Before me Abraham Wagener Esquire 
a Justice of the Peace in & for the
County of Yates in the State of
New York personally appeared this day Robert
Livingston whose name is subscribed
to the foregoing Power of Attorney &
acknowledged the same to be his act & deed - Witness my hand this 7th
day of February 1829
Abm. Wagener JP

I Abraham H. Bennett clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Yates in the state of New York do certify that Abraham Wagener Esquire before whom the foregoing power of attorney was acknowledged is a justice of the peace. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court this 7th day of February 1829
A H Bennett Clerk
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Before me Abraham Wagner esquire a Justice of the peace of the County of Yates in the State of Newyork
personally appeared Roderick N. Morrison the Attorney named in the foregoing power of attorney & made oath that the same was not given by reason of any transfer or of any attachment seizure or levy by any legal process
whatever of the pay therein authorized  to be received but that the said pay is intended to [?] wholly to the personal 
benefit of the person by whom the said power was [illegible]
Witness my hand this 7th day of February 1829
[signed] Abraham Wagner


[along lower left side]
In the matter of Robert Livingston a pensioner [?]
declaration discharge
[?]  [?]
Rod. N. Morrison  Atty
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Discharge from Washington to Sergeant Robert Livingston of the New Hampshire line dated 7th June 1783.

not in Pension Bureau AW May 19 1911

claim adjudicated in Treasury Dept.
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This man is pensioned for the same service that the pension of Mary Gregg former wid. of Robt Livingston N.H. W. 24549 is allowed on, but that R. L. died in 1816.
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[upper right corner] 1510
No. of [illegible] Regiment 902
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
17 Feb 1829.
Robert Livingston of Bath
in the County of Steuben in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant in captain Livermore's company, in Col Scammel's regiment of the New Hampshire line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary; [signed] F A Dickens

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
21 February 1829
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Robert Livingston in the New Hampshire line
It further appears that a Robert Livingston is now on the pension list of the New York agency, and has been so since the 3 March 1826 at the rate of Eight dollars per month.
He has been paid to 4 March 1828
[signed] Peter Hagner Aud
See letter from War Dept 2 March 1829