Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14535, for Abraham Snell, Pennsylvania
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Penn.      Snell,Abraham       S.14535

                                              carded
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No. 8265

Abraham Snell

25 Sep. 32

24 Nov --



case of 
James Robinson
Elvira
Flying Co(mpan)y
New (Yorke)

Page 86
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No 8215
[this is a typewritten form, with questions, names and dates filled in by had]

Brief in the case of Abraham Snell of Chemanz, COunty of Tioga in the State of New York
{Act 7th June, 1832}
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?    Before a Court[handwritten response]
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Seventy two years - 72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
[all of below is placed into a table]
[table headers are] Period |  Duration of Service | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

In 1776, In the first part of July enlisted  \ 3 months  |  As a private  | Gen. Col Jacob Strantz; regt Cater Schaunovers, company

Then volunteered for another term of   | 3 months  | "  | Same regt Capt Samual Gruber's company

Early in the spring of 1777 volunteered  |  1 month 15 days  |   "  |  Capt Schoonover's company

and then his compy divided into 3 company & he served 1/3 Policy,  a family of to young 1/3 1/3 this year 1780  | 4 months  | "  | Capt Schoonover, Henry Shoemaker, Capt Patterson and Col John Chambers
[end of table]

5. In what battles was he engaged? 
of Trenton, N.J., of Princeton, N.J.

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  At Lower Smithfield, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  His tradition is supported by the belief on oath of a Clergyman & another respectable Citizen when credibility is verified by the Court.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
no evidence

I Certify that the foregoing statement and answers agree with the evidence in the case of above mentioned.
[signature] Chas. G. Wilcox,  Examining Clerk
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8408
S.261            New York

Abraham Snell

 of (??) in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Schomer, of the Regt commanded by Col. (??) in the Penna Line for 13 1/2 months.
 Inscribed on the rolls of New York at the rate of 13 dollars -- cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of April 1833 and sent to J Robinson (Elmira)

Arrears to the 4th of Mar                    $9o.--
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 April       22.50
                                                         $112.50

          {Revolutionary Claim Act June 7,1832.}

Recorded by G.C. Stiles Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 75
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Abraham Snell
Declaration
8265
Service is terminated by consent of J. W. Maxwell 13 1/2 months pri


Adm'd 13 1/2 mo. pri

direct to the case of James Robinson Agent, Elmira Liola County N. York
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at a court of common plea holden at the court house in the village of Elmira in and for the county of Tioga and state of New York commencing on the fourth day of September 1832. Present Hon. Grant B. Baldwin first judge John R. Drake Joseph L Darling Darius Bentley and Elijah Shoemaker Esquire Judges

State of New York
Tioga County            On this 6th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the judges aforesaid being a court of word because made  to by the law nad constitution of the state havina by law a cloak and seal, [illegible] sitting Abraham Snell a resident of the town of [illegible] in the said county of Tioga and State of New York aged seventy two years the second day of February last who being first duly sworn according to [illegible] on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of of congress [illegible] june 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officer and served as herein stated in the forepart of the month of July in the year 1776 he volunteered and entered the service for the term of three months under Captain Benjamin Schoonhover in the Regiment of Col Jacob Stroud in the county of Northampton in the state of Pennsylvania- that immediately after he enlisted the company was marched to [illegible] in the state of New Jersey there he was stationed during the said term
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he was then dismissed and he returned home in lower Smithfield in the County of Northhampton aforesaid he then volunteered for another term of three months under Captain Samuel Drake of the same Regiment and was march'd into the State of New Jersey with the intention as was said to watch the movements of the Enemy - we were halted a short time for a few days in Sussex County and then proceeded to Trenton and he was in that engagement on the 26th of December (as near as he can remember as to time) were then marched to Princeton where we had a hard fought battle which lasted all day the next day we were marched to Plaquirmmin[?] Village at which place we were dismissed with have to return home - Early in the Spring of the year 1777 Captain Schoonhover's Company were called upon to turn out against the Indians up in the Minisenks Country upon the borders of the Delaware River. This deponent with about forty others volunteered for that purpose and went on; we were stationed a short time at Fort James which was named after Capt James who had the general command of the Fort while we were there. We reconnoitered up the country and returned haing been gone about six weeks. We then had leave or permission from Col. Stroud to divide
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our company into three classes and one class to be on duty constantly by tours of two months.  We did to divide and class drew lots for the first, second, and third tours and this deponent continued in the service in that way being in active service one third of the time for upwards of four years and while at home during that period was subject to frequent alarms and turnouts in the almost constant Indian aggressions.  The nature of the service was maning the fortified places, scouting parties and spies.  While the British were in possession of the City of Philadelphia he was stationed two months upon the Lines under Capt Schoonhover.  He was at times during this service under Captain Henry Shoemaker and Capt Patterson and towards the year or in the year of 1780 was under the general orders of Col. John Chambers.  He has no documentary widow of his said services and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to them-----
And in answer to the several interrogatories put to him by the court he said that he was born at a place called Paulin Kill in the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey on the second day of February in the year 1760; he has no record of his age but has retained it in his memory as handed down to him by his Parents; that when he first entered the service as before stated he lived in Lower Smithfield in the County of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania
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after the Revolutionary War lived at the same place about 18 years then at Tioga Point, Bradford County PA, About 32 years and has lived in the Town of Chemung 4 years his present residence being but a short distance from that of 32 years at Tioga Point. In all his services as before related he never as a volunteer - that the regular officers who were with the Troops where he served were Col. Potter, Gen. Mifflin, Col Stroud, Col John Chambers and Major VanCampen that he never received any oth discharge than a verbal dismission from the service that he would refer to Jacob Kress John G McDowell Joh Kent and Jacob Lowman all of Chemung aforesaid and his neighbors were acquainted with his reputation for truth and veracity and who can testify to their belief in the truth of the foregoing Declaration.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension list of the agency of any state.   Abraham X [his mark] Snell
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid Greene McLithill, Clk
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We Simeon R. Jones of Southport, Tioga County, New York and Jacob Kress of Chemung County & State aforesaid__________
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham Snell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age and upwards; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion-
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid} 
Green M Tuthill Clk
Simeon R. Jones-
Jacob Kress

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented 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 Simeon R. Jones who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said Town of Southport and that Jacob Kress who has also signed the same is a Resident in the Town of Chemung, Tioga County, as an good and a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
GB Baldwin
First Judge
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I Green M. Tuthill Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abraham Snell for a pension-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 8th day of Sept 1832-
Green M. Tuthill
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Revolutionary  14535

Invalid.

File No. 14.535
Abraham Snell
Priv: Rev War

Act June 7th 1832

Index:-Vol. 1, Page 857

{Arrangement of 1870}
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 (??) of objections
Abraham Snell
N. Rihhand
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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 Abraham Snell 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 app
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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?      Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining?

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?

XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

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

XVI. +Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?         No
                         No [illegible]

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

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 [be] belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must cerfify 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 papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated 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 end 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.