Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43044, for Zebulon Moffett, Massachusetts
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Mass            Moffett, Zebulon
NH
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4,686
New York
Zebulon Moffett, private
Col Read
New Hampshire line
In the army of the United States during  the Revolutionary War
1776.     1 year

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence the 8th. of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st. of Sept.,1818 and sent to Joshua Forman, Esq.
Onondaga, N.Y.

Arrears to 4th. of Sept. 1818. 4th [illegible] 27/30.
 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819
39.20
4800
$87.20

               {Revolutionary claim,
                 Act 18th March, 1818}
1 year
Marcellus, Onondaga bl
Continued
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State of New York,
Onondaga County.  }ss:-
I, Joshua Forman, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Onondaga, in the State of New-York, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that Zebulon Moffett of the town of Marcellus in said county, did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, as stated by him in his declaration on oath hereunto annexed, made before me in order to obtain the provision by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the Revolutionary War:"  And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress. 
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Court to be affixed, this Eighth day of April in the year 1818.   Joshua Forman
To J.C. Calhoun, Esq.
Secretary for the Department
of War of the United States}

I, Joshua Forman First Judge as aforesaid do further certify that appears to my satisfaction that the above named Zebulon Moffett is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his county for support- Onondaga
November 14th. 1818.
Joshua Forman
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State of New York
Onondaga County - Zebulon Moffett being duly sworn saith that in the month of May in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five he enlisted as a private soldier for the term of Eight months in the Company of Captain Lemmuel Stewart in the Regiment  commanded by Col. Easton in the line of the State of Massachusetts in the Continental Army & proceeded under their command  to Ticonderoga & from
thence St Johns & was there during the siege
of St Johns under General Montgomery
& served out the time of his enlistment in said
Company & Regiment & then enlisted for
a year in the Company of Captain Jacob
Hinds in the Regiment of Colonel James Read
in the line of the State of New Hampshire
for the term of one year & proceeded in
said Company & Regiment from St Johns
to Montreal & from there retreated
back with the army to Fort George &
actually served out the said time of his enlistment for one year in the said
Company & Regiment & was discharged
at the expiration thereof in the month
of January in the year seventeen hundred
Seventy seven at Princeton in the State of
New Jersey. [illegible] the regiment was there
discharged on parade & no written discharges
given to any of them to his knowledge
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That he is now aged seventy years the
fourth day of this present month of April
now resides in the Town of Marcellus in
the County of Onondaga and from
his reduced circumstances in life he
needs the assistance of his Country for
Support & further saith not.
Zebulon Moffett
Sworn to & declared
before me this Eighth
day of April in the year 1818.
Joshua Forman
First Judge of Onon'a
Com. Pleas
Admitted
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Zebulon Moffit
4686
March 1819
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State of New-York
Onondaga County SS:
On the first day of September 1820, personally appeared in open
court in the court of common pleas in and for the county of Onondaga, being a court of record proceeding
according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping
a record of their proceedings, Zebulon Moffett aged Seventy two
years, resident in the town of Marcellus in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law,
doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: In
the company commanded by Capt Jacob Head, in Col James Reeds Regt New Hampshire line for the term of
one year until discharged and that he holds a pension certificate No 4686. That he made his original declaration for a pension on the 8th of April 1818
and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of
March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property,
or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act
of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the
United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not,
nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I
any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, to wit
Schedule
Two beds $10
Three chairs $1.50
One Lea Chest $1
One pot $1.50
One hoe $.50
4 spoons $.25
6 cups & saucers $.25
2 plates $.13
1 ax $1
[total]$16.13
Debt, owing by the pensioner
Harvey Rhoades for new [illegible] $2.50
McWilliams for a Coffin $4.50
John West for grain $12.
Mr Frothingham for grain & provisions $15.
McCrone for house rent & Garden $12
Josiah Forman for horse rent last year $10
[total]$55.50

Zebulon Moffett
And the said Moffett on his oath aforesaid saith that his wife Irene Moffett aged sixty seven years resides with him that
are both infirm and unable to labor & to provide for themselves. 
Zebulon Moffett

Sworn in open court this 1 September 1820
J O Wattly Judge of
Onon Comm pleas
I, Truman Adams, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the county of Onondaga, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath
and the schedule
thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is
the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is sixteen dollars and thirteen cents. Loans fifty five dollars & fifty cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty first day of September 1820.
Truman Adams
Clerk of the court for the County of Onondaga.
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In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Zebulon Moffett
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his [crossed out] (or his widow's) [end cross out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. File 43,044
[table ]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.
May 1775 | 8 mos. | PRI. | Captain Lemuel Stewart | Colonel Eaton | Mass.
[checkmark] | 1 year | Pri. | Captain Jacob Hinds | Colonel James Reed | N. H.
dischgd Jany. 1777 at Princeton, NJ
Battles engaged in, Siege of St Johns
Residence of soldier at enlistment [check mark]
Date of application for pension, Apl 8, 1818,
Allowed
Residence at date of application, Marcellus, Onondaga Co. NY.
Age at date of application, b. Apr. 4, 1748.
Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his wife Irene who was 67 yrs of age
and for last payment.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
27225b3ml - 07
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State of New York,
Herkimer County SS.
On the 24th day of September, 1818, before me
David Holt, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for said County, came Reuben Hildreth, who being
duly sworn saith. That he is 63 years of age - that he knows Zebulon Moffatt, now of the County of Onondaga
in the state aforesaid - that in the years 1775 and 1776, he the said Reuben was a private soldier in the company commanded
by Capt. Jacob Hines, in Col. James Reeds Regiment of infantry
in the New Hampshire line on the continental establishment.
that the said Reuben enlisted for one year, on or about the 14th day of
December 1775- that on or about the 14th day of January, 1776, he was
mustered and inlisted before the said Col. Reed. that within
three or four weeks from the said 14th of January, the said Zebulon
Moffatt joined the said Capt. Hines' company, at Winter Hill, near Boston-- and that the said Reuben and the
said Zebulon continued in the service of the United States
in the said company and regiment, until on or about
the 20th day of November following, when the said Reuben left the army at which time the said Zebulon
remained in the service aforesaid, as an attendant upon
the sick in the hospital at Fort George in the State of New York.
Reuben Hildreth
Subscribed & sworn
the day and year first
above written, before me
David Holt
State of New York
Herkimer County SS.
I Certify, that I am well acquainted with
Reubin Hildreth of the town and County of Herkimer, who
has subscribed the foregoing affidavit-- and that the said
Reuben is a credible witness-- Dated Sept. 24th 1818
David Holt
Judge of Herkimer Com. Pleas
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State of New York
Clerks office
Herkimer County SS.

I Walter Fish Clerk of the
County of Herkimer do certify
that David Holt Esqr whose signature
is affixed to the foregoing affadavit & certificate is a judge of the Court of Common
pleas in and for the County aforesaid and
that the said court is a Court of record in the State aforesaid, and that the signatures to the foregoing affidavit and certificate are in his own proper handwriting

Given under my hand and the seal of
our said court at Herkimer the 24th day
of September 1818
Walter Fish Clerk
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State of New York
Herkimer County 
On the 13th day of October 1818, before me
David Holt, came Jonathan Wright, who being duly
sworn, saith; that he is now 68 years old-- that on the first of
January, 1776, he was an inhabitant of the town of Hinsdale in
New Hampshire, and a neighbor to Zebulon Moffett, who now resides in the town of Marcellus in Onondaga
county-- that in the month of January aforesaid this deponent
enlisted as a private soldier in Col. Bradles regiment
of New Hampshire troops, and went on the expedition a [illegible]
Quebec -- that on the return of the troops from Quebec
the said regiment held at St. John's in June of the same year --
that at St John's aforesaid, the regiment of Col.
Reed, in Gen Sullivans brigade in the New Hampshire line in
the service of the United States, encamped with the said
retreating forces-- that the said Zebulon Moffett was
then in the service aforesaid, on duty in the company of Capt J Hines, in this Col. Reeds regiment, and continued
on duty in said company and regiment, in the service aforesaid
until the latter part of the month of November
following, when the said Regiments were separated from each other. 
Jonathan Wright
Subscribed & sworn
October 18th, 1818, before me
David Holt
Judge of Herkimer Corn Pleas-
Herkimer SS I certify. That I am acquainted with the
above deponent Jonathan Wright and that he
is a credible witness - Dated 18th October, 1818
David Holt
Judge of Herkimer Com. Pleas
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State of New York
Clerks Office
Herkimer County

I hereby certify that
David Holt Esquire
whose signature is affixed to the
foregoing Instrument was at the
time and now is a Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for
said County duly commissioned and
qualified to act as such his hand writing I am well acquainted with and
verily believe his signature to said instrument
to be in his own hand writing. Given under
my hand and seal of Office the 13th
October 1818 at Herkimer
Walter Fish Clerk

Zebulon Moffett
Additional Testimony of the services of Zebulon Moffett of Onondaga N. York
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43044
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 43,044
Zebulon Moffet
Pri Rev War
Act : 18 March 18
Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 346
[Arrangement of 1870.}
1912 Jan. 4. History to
J. Moffitt, letter in
R. File 7292 Enoch Moffatt