Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,192, Manoah Crowell, Mass.
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Mass.  Crowell, Manoah  S. 32,192
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32, 192
Revy INVALID
File No. 32,192
Manoah Crowell
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 32
Index: Vol. 2, Page 87
{Arrangement of 1870}
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Declaration.
In order to obtain the beneft of the Act of Congress of the th of June, 1832.

STATE OF MAINE.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, SS.

Of this nineteenth day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Manoah Crowell
in the County of Kennebec a resident of Waterville and State of Maine, age sixty nine
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 enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1779 with Lt. Taylor and served in Col. Webb
regiment of the Connecticut line or troops under the following named officers: viz Taylor Lt. & Webb Col.  -- that enlisted in June or July 1779 for six months in the company.
commanded by Lt commandant Taylor in Col. Webb's regiment, & served out the full term of his enlistment at White plains in NY. & New Jersey, that he enlisted at Tolland Connecticut & was discharged at Gallowshill the last of
December 1779

That in June or July 1781 he again enlisted in the same company & regiment
at said Tolland and see for six months & served as before in New York &
New Jersey & after serving out the full term of his enlistment was discharged
Gallow's hill near West point the last of December of the same year
or first of January 1782.were

That he was born at Yarmouth has a record of his age in his Family Bible of in the year 1762 &
That during his revolutionary services his home was at Tolland Connecticut, that the afterwards
moved to Monmouth & thence to said Waterville about forty years ago where he has ever since died. That he enlisted into the service was not drafted or received as a substitute

That during his service General Washington, Green & Wayne were occasionally
with the troops where he served. That Robinson was the Adjutant of Col. Webb's regiment. That he received written discharge from the service which he long since lost. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his Revolutionary
services & he names the Rev. Dr. Chaplin I Asa Redington, Esq

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present,
and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Manoah Crowell

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Before
Nathan Weston for but of. C.

 And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was
Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Nathan Weston
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I Manah Crowell by whom the within declaration was made do further upon oath declare, that I have obtained the testimony of the Rev Asa Wilbur, who has lived within five or six miles of me for more than forty years  & of my character for veracity & the reputation I sustain in the neighborhood who I render and also of Elisha Hallet Esq. who has lived within two miles of me for more then forty years & who before that, lived with me in Massachusetts, to my character for veracity this belief of my services, which testimony is on this same sheet. I further declare that I do not know of any person living who served with me whose evidence can procure & have no documentary evidence of my services
Mariah Cornell

State of following
Kennebec ss. 
Susbscribed & sworn to this 27th day of June 1833 witness my hand & the seal of the Supreme Court of said State
Before me 
I A (Cherell?) Just Peace & Clerk of the Sup 

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Manoah Crowell
PRivate - Connecticut troops
Lt. Taylor   Col. Webb
6 months
[illegible]

Lee Additional 
See additional declaration June 17th 1833
Proof Asa Wilbur Clergyman & Elisha Hallet Esq -- credible witnesses
RC Vose
Augusta
Me

I Manah Crowell within named do further on oath declare that my service as within particularly stated was in St Taylor's company in the 2d Brigade & 2d Regt of the Connecticut militia, Commandant Taylors Company being the 3d Company in that reg.  That I have made diligent enquiry for further evidence in
support of my within declaration, but cannot find any. That during my whole services although said regiment was called Col. Webbs
regiment Col. Webb was not with the regiment which was commanded have we cannot recollect.
Manoah Crowell

State of Maine.
Kennebec Ss,
Subscribed & sworn to this 21st day of August 1833 the said Crowell being well known 
me as a man of veracity & entitled to credit. Before me 
Wm. Woart J. Justice Peace
who is a Justice of the peace (?) Weston
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Kennebec County & declare that I believe the within named Manoah Crowell to be 
sixty nine years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the
revolution + I concur in that opinion, I well know the said Crowell to be a very worthy, honest citizen & undoubted veracity, I should
consider his statements entitled to the fullest credit
Asa Wilber

Subscribed and sworn to, August 14 1832,
the deponent being a credible witness
I Elisha Hallet
Before
Nathan Weston in Must S.C.

I Elisha Hallet of Waterville, a soldier of the Revolution, aged seventy four years, or upon
oath testify & declare that I well know the within named Mary Crowell, that we formerly lives in the town of Yarmouth, that I knew of his going to Connecticut & heard that he went into the Army & in conversations with many years ago have heard him state in substance what he has declared as within appears, said Crowell is also generally reputed in the neighborhood where he resides & have been
soldier of the revolution + I concur in that opinion.
Elisha Hallet

State of Maine 
Kennebec, ss. 
I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within vand for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, beforev whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the
matter of the application of Manah Crowell for a pension, & that William Ward is a Magistrate as above

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 16th
day of August A.D. 1832

J.A. Chandler
CROWELL, MANOAH
(Mass.) S-32192
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Crowell, Manoah
(Mass.) 3-32192
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STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec County, ss.

AT the Supreme Court, begun and holden at August within and for the County of the Kennebec, on the first Tuesday of October, A. D. 1832, and thence by adjournment the 26th
day of March A.D. 1833

PERSONALLY appears in open Court Manoah Crowell by whom the annexed declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress of June 7th, 1832, was made before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON ,on the 19th day of July A.D. 1838 and makes oath, in due form of law, that the annexed declaration, by him made and signed, is true.

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.
Nathan Weston
Just S.J.C.

I, JOHN ALPHONSO CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of  Manoah Crowell for a pension 

Testimony whereof, I hereunto affix the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court, and subscribe my name this 24th day of March A. D. 1833.
A. Chandler

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Crowell, Manoah
(Mass.)
S-32192
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Maine - N. 27. 238
Manoah Crowell
of Waterville in the State of Maine who was a private in the Compy command
by Captain Taylor of the Regt command by Col. Webb in the Mass line for 8 Mr 22 dys

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 29 Dollars 10 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of May
1834 and R. C. Von-Present

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834.
Semiannl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1874
$87.30
 14.53
$101.83

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 9
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Elisha Phelps Comp
March 4, 1834
Manoah Crowell
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Comptrollers Office
March 4th 1834-

I Elisha Phelps Comptroller of Public
Amount of the State of Connecticut do
certify that it appear a pay roll of the
short levies in the 1st No. 2nd Connecticut
commanded by Colo. Zebulon Butler in 1780, that Manoah Crowell of Tolland served therein
from the first day of August to the 9th day of
December 1780 as a private, being four months & nine days

And that it appears by the accounts
of the Pay Table under date April 2nd 1882
that Manoah Crowell received payment
for service in the continental army in the
3d Regt from August 26th to Decr 17th 1781 being four months one day of June 8, 11,
for 12 days allow, to go return
8.1.4
0.16.0
8 17 4
But no roll of this regiment has been found, or
other evidence of his service
E Phelps