Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28,848, for Abner Price, New Jersey
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE  
New Jersey 

Price, Abner

NUMBER. 
S 28848

CONTENTS
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State of New York Steuben County ss

On this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two - personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of Common Pleas of the said County of Steuben now sitting Abner Price a resident of the town of Reading in said county aged seventy - four years and upwards 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 7th 1832.

That at the commencement of the Revolutionary War he resided at Elizabeth town and continued to reside there except when on duty until after its close.

That at about the time the British troops left Boston for New York - an order came for the raising of a body of nine months men which was promptly obeyed. And a regiment raised and commanded by one Col. Courtland whose Christian name he does not remember, and in the company attached to this regiment, commanded by one Thomas Morrel he the said Price enlisted, as a private, at Elizabeth - Town - And that immediately after the Regiment was organized
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he marched with it to Powels Hook, where it lay about two days before marching into the city of New York. That during this time an order came from our general Hurd or Heard under whose command the Regiment then was for a couple of twelve pounders from the fort at Powlis Hook to be brought down to a place about eight miles below in order to beat off a tender to the English fleet (already arrived) that lay in a narrow passage (called "the kills") between Staten Island and the Jersey shore.

That in obedience to this order he marched with his Regiment in the night and before day break the cannon was planted upon the shore in the edge of the forrest directly opposite of the vessel lying in the stream distant a half a mile. - The troops with exception of the artillerists were directed to lay concealed and all were waiting the approach of day light. When light enough to aim the guns such a fire was opened upon the unsuspecting vessel, that she cut her cable and under a favoring breeze made a landing at Staten Island, but the loss in killed and wounded, is he afterwards understood of twelve or fourteen of his men, and the vessel in such a crippled condition as to cause her to fill soon after making the harbour.