Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28,622, Ephraim Annable, Mass
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(9-1776) 
SERVICE                                   NUMBER

Mass.    Annable, Ephraim   S. 28,622


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CONTENTS
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3606
New York

Ephraim Annable
of Saratoga in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Gifford [Giffon?] of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Turner in
the Massachusetts
line for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 20 Dollars [strike out: Cents] per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Dec. 1832
and sent to Th Maxwell Elmerce [sp?]
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832                          $30
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar. '33         10
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                                                                    $40
{Revolutionary Claim
{Act June 7, 1832
 
Recorded by Ino Cromwell [other signature crossed out] Clerk, 
Book D  Vol. 5  Page 60.


[written down left page horizontally:] 
See Letter to Ezra Ames, Esq.  April 24, 1835
  "       "      "   Pensioner            "       "     "
  "        "    "          "                   May 19     "
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of
the Act of Congress passed June 7 1832

State of New York
County of Saratoga ⎬ ss. On this sixth day of September
one thousand eight hundred thirty two personally appeared
in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
of the County of Saratoga now sitting Ephraim Annable a resident
of the town of Stillwater in the County & State aforesaid aged
sixty seven years the third day of March last who being first
duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 
    That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers and served as herein
stated
    That in the year 1781 the United States & French Troops
having been called from Rhode Island to the southern States
several companies of State troops were raised by the State of
Massachusetts where he then resided. That he enlisted as a
Volunteer for six months in the month of June 1781, for eight
Dollars per month. That he left the town of Dartmouth in the
County of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts marched to a
place called Smiths Mills joined [strike out: a company commanded by]
Captain Gifford who commanded his company Marched from there across Howlands Ferry to a Fort on Butts's hill on the north end of Rhode Island when he joined his company there were three companies there. The United States & French troops all left the fort a few days after he got there. The other companies were commanded one by Captain Discard & the other by Captain Elliot.  His Colonel was named Turner & the Majors name Claggon. The lieutenant to his company was named Bosworth the order
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-ly Sergeant's name was Dean. He does not recollect the name of any officer of the regular troops. He staid [sic] at the Fort during his term of service was engaged in guarding the fort & doing little services about it
He received a regular discharge from Colonel Turner returned home some time in the month
of December 1781. While he was at the Fort news of Cornwallis' defeat was received & the regiment had a celebration on that account.  He has no documentary evidence of his service 
 & he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify
his service.  

To the interrogatories propounded by the Court the applicant made the following answers. 
1. He was born at Nova Scotia on the third day of March 1765
2. He has a record of his age in his family Bible at home which he took from his fathers family Bible
3. When he entered the service he resided in the town of Dartmouth (that part now called Fairhaven) in the county of Bristol in the State of Massachusetts, resided in that  neighborhood & went several voyages to sea till 1789.  He then removed to the town of Sullivan in the County of Saratoga
& State of New York where he has continued to reside ever since & where he now resides.
4. He entered the service as a volunteer. 
5. He recollects the names of no other officers
Except those above stated neither can he state the general circumstances of his service any more fully than above set forth.
6 .He received a regular discharge from Colonel Turner.  He took it home with him & it was put with his fathers
papers since which time he has never seen it.  
7.  Thomas Hunt David Benedict Judge Geo. Palmer Rev. Elnathan Finch John Neilson Charles Neilson
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.

Ephraim Annable

Subscribed & sworn in open Court this 6th day of September 1832

Thomas Palmer, Clerk

We Elnathan Finch a Clergyman residing in the town of Wilton in the County of Saratoga & State of
New York and George Palmer residing in the town of Stillwater in the same county, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Annable who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age; 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

Elnathan Finch
George Palmer

Subscribed & Sworn in open Court this 6th day of September 1832

Thomas Palmer, Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Elnathan Finch who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Wilton
in the County of Saratoga and that George Palmer who has also signed the same is a resident of Stillwater in said County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
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I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Annable for a Pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this sixth day of September 1832

Thomas Palmer Clerk

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10.191
Ephraim Annable
Pension Papers
admitted
6 mo
$20
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No 10191

Ephraim Annable

admitted

Brown & Thompson
Ballston
Saratoga Bay
NY
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No. 10191

BRIEF in the case of Ephraim Annable of Stillwater, County of Saratoga, in the State of New York

(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Seventy seven years  - 77

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period:  Enlisted as a Volunter in June 1781
Duration:  6 months
Rank:  as a private
Officer Names: Capt Gifford's company; Mufor Chapett's State Troops, Col Turner, Major Cluggon

5. In what battles was he engaged?  not any

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dartmouth Bristol Co. Massachussetts

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By traditionary evidence

8. Arethe papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.

Chas G Wilcox Examining Clerk
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Revolution

28622

INVALID

File No: 28,622  
Ephraim Annable
Priv - Rev War

Act:  June 7, '32
Index:  Vol 2, Page 9 

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Mr J L Edwards
Commissioner of pensions
War office
Washington City

Kitchan Cov, NY
May 11
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Stillwater May 6, 1835

Dear Sir:

I received your letter yesterday, which I read with some degree of pain and surprise.  You stated that it had been discovered that the troops raised for the defence of Rhode Island in 1781, and in which I claim to have rendered six months service, were raised to Serve five months only.  If I continued to serve longer than that time, it might be shown by the records, in the office of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts E.D. Bangs Esq. In the mean time, the payment of my pension is suspended.  This, Sir, rather puts me to my trumps. I have lost my discharge, which I received from the commanding officer of the troops that I served among. And I know of no person living, by which I can prove that I did serve at all in the revolutionary war, no doubt, there are some yet living, who were in the same company with me and have a paper for their pension.  I can't say but what there were some in the Rigement, that inlisted for five months, and it may be that there were such in the company that I served in.  I remember that some went home, sometime before the rest, but I never heard it said to my rememberence, that they enlisted for 5 months, and their times ware out. But this I do know, that I myself, and all they that went from the town of Dartmouth inlisted for six months, and served their time out.  Their names are, Prince Hathaway, John Dillingham, Elisha Blossom, David Handy, Ephraim Annable. We 5 met together, at Col. Kempton's, in New Bedford, to pass muster, and our names stood on the roll, as I have set them down above, William Simmons, from the same town, was Major Claggons waiter. I went into open court, and took a solemn oath that I served six months, as a Soldier &
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In my declaration, I told the name of the officers, that I served under, together with some other circumstances which took place at that time, that the officers of the war department might search into the records, and be satisfied that there was such troops raised, and served six months. And I had no doubt, but that they had done so. But now I am given to understand, that if I served more than five months, I must prove it by the records of Massachusetts. 

This, Sir, I look upon to be rather a hard case, and is more than I can do, I think however that it is likely that the records will show that Captain Giffords company served six months, but the names of the privet Soldiers, are not on record, I do not See, how I can prove by the records, that I Served at all. What can I do in this case? If I did not serve six months, I am guilty of the sin of fals swearing, by which means I have robed (robbed) the publick, which is too Shocking to think of.  Now, Sir, if you yourself will Seartch into the matter (which I wish you would do) and can prove that the above named men in the town of Dartmouth in Captain Giffords company, did enlist for any time of Servis (service), Short of Six months, I hearby promise to pay back, all the pension money which I have received, otherwise,
I think that I have an undoubted right to expect, that my pension will be continued

May the Lord bless you, and yours is the sincer wish of your Obedient Servant,

Ephraim Annable

J. L. Edwards Esq.
War Department
Pension office
Washington