Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8295, for Moses Short, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)

SERVICE                             
Mass.

Short, Moses 
Abigail T.   

NUMBER
W. 8295
B.L.Wt. 13415-160-55

CONTENTS
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(left side)
Dead
Letter to Hon C. Cushing M
Jany 1843

Paid at the Treasurer under the Act
of the 6 April 1838 &c from 4 March
to 6. July 1841. Agt modified 4
March 1843

(right side)
21481
Massachusetts
Moses Short
(Co of) Essex in the state of Mass
he was a Private in the Compny commanded
by Captain Adams of the rgt commanded
by Col Titcomb in the Mass
time for 6 mos

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 20 Dollars _____ Center per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Sept 1833 and sent Wm Woart, Newburyport, Mass.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $50.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 10.00
$60.00

Revolutionary Claim}
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk
Book E Vol. 2 Page 80
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Date of death
not an AB

No. 4,164

Massachusetts
Abigail T. Short
widow of Moses Short Mass
who served in the Revolutionary War
as a Private

Boston agency.
Rate 96 Dollars 00
cents per annum.
Commencing July 27, 1868
Deduct payments made since

Certificate dated May 20th 1869
and sent to Gardner Tufts
Mass Stat gt
Present

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 16 Vol. H
July 31 18  Sent J N Smith
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Act March 3/55

104748   Apl 28/55

Abigail T Short widow
Moses Short Priv

Private Col. Titcomb
Mass Rev War

(illegible) dated May 19, 1854
Mass Feby 53 - 4164
Ad. 160 acs Decr 28/55
Dodge

Alexr Ray
Present

(Written vertically)
no 13415 of Jany 3/56

(right side)
Cir A. Ray Decr 21/55
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(3-1776)
Service
Mass.
Short, Mose 
Abigail T.
Number
W.8295
B.L.Wt.13415-160-55.
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State of Massachusetts,
County of Essex ss.
On this third day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me, Joshua Coffin, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid, Abigail T. Short aged sixty nine years, a resident of Newbury in the State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Moses Short deceased, who was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war, and served as a Private in manner particularly set forth in the papers on file in the pension Bureau, in the matter of her application for pension under the act of February Third Eighteen hundred and fifty three; that she is now a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Twenty Dollars per annum; that her pension certificate was issued to her under the date of Nineteenth day of May Eighteen hundred and fifty four and that she is now a widow.  She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855. She also declares that she has not received a Warrant for Bounty land under this or any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
Abigail T. Short
We, K. F. Short and Lydia S Knight, residents of in said County and State, upon our oaths declare, that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Abigail T. Short in our presence, and that we know her to be the identical widow of Moses Short who was reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary war; that she is a Revolutionary pensioner of the united States, and that she is now a widow.
K. F. Short
Lydia S Knight
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Joshua Coffin Justice of the Peace