Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45176, Peter Adams, Continental (Mass)
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Continental (Mass)   Adams, Peter   S 45176
in 1830 aged 75 yrs. (unclear letter) res. Ontario Co. N.Y.
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20.257
New York
Peter Adams
of Ontario Co in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain King of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Mard in the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year from January 1 1776 to January 1777
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 22d day of October 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 23d of October 1830 and sent to Peter A Mower, Canandaigua, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1831 $35.61
Semi-anu'l all'ce ending (blank)
$35.61
Revolutionary Claim,
Acts March 18, 1818,
and May 1, 1320 (misprint for 1820?)
Rec: Book D
Vol: 5, fol:59

see letter 20 May 1831 to Pen agt Albany

31
21
10 = 2.58
         8
         8
         8
         8
         1.03
       35.61
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Peter Adams
21492
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State of New York
Ontario County ss

On this seventeenth day of August 1830
personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common pleas being a Court of record in & for the County of Ontario Peter Adams resident in said County aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to
Law doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and of the 1st May 1820 that he the said Peter Adams enlisted for the Term of one year on the first day of January 1776 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Captain William King
in the Regiment commanded by Col Ward in
the Massachusetts line on the Continental
Establishment, that he continued to serve in
said Corps for the full term of one year, when
he was discharged on Manhattan Island
the City of New York, that [inserted: he] hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except the present, and that he never before exhibited a schedule of his property because he was informed by a member of
Congress to whom he sent his papers, that proof of his service would be required, that until recently he has not been able to
procure such proof as was represented to
him to be necessary, but now transmits it
with this his declaration

And in pursuance of the act of Congress
of the 1st May 1820. I do solemnly
swear that I was a resident citizen of the
United States on the 18th March 1818, and
that I have not by gift sale or in any manner
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disposed of my property or any part thereof for the with intent thereby to 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 18th March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities Contracts or due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contain in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed 
1 Old Mare & Colt $30.00 
a Chest 1,00 
my musket used in the Revolution of 4.00 
my clothing 

I have no family and never had, and no change in my property since the 18th March 1818 (except the common wear and tear of my clothing and the purchase of the mare above) mentioned has taken place, - I am afflicted worth the loss of sight- 
Peter his X mark Adams

Sworn to 17 August 1830 Before me Samuel Rawson a Judge of the Ontario County Court

I Ralph Lester Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Ontario do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the
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said Peter Adams did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy for the term of nine months under One Engagement on the continental establishment.

I also certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 thirty five Dollars - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this twenty third day of August 1830- Ralph Lester Clerk
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the papers were taken from the claim S.45176 - Peter Adams who are also aged 70ys - stated that he never had any family

they do not appear to belong to any other Peter Adams claim - no connection with any
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James E Heath Esq --- 

Sir
 Mr Holden begs to be informed if there are any papers filed in your office, from M G. W. Stevenson respecting a balance of pension due her, she has paid him thirty eight dollars, to obtain it for her, but he will neither give her papers, or money, his excuse is that they are at Washington. 

She is the only heir at law, of Peter Adams his wife, whose name was Doretha Till

 said papers contain the marriage certificate of her Grand Father, and Mother, with various other documents, her object in writing is to ascertain the fact whether file or not they are on file or not
Feby 28th 1851 
Your most Obedient Servant 
Jane A. Borum
19 Jacob Street N. York
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Power of Attorney Printed and Sold by Bell & Gould, 158 Nassau S. N. Y.

Know all by these Presents, THAT I Mary Holden, Widow, the heir at law of Doretha Adams and Peter Adams, deceased, late a soldier in the Revolutionary Army of the United States of America have made, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make constitute, and appoint Jane A Boerum 19, Jacob Street New York my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, place, and stead - to ask from the departments of the United States Government for the Papers, or the Copies of Papers committed to George W. Stevenson a Lawyer at the City of New York, to forward to the City of Washington, in order to obtain the Pension said to be due and owing to the heirs of the said Peter Adams - 

giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney or her substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 26 day of Feb in the year one thousand eight [the rest of this is overlaid by another paper]

State of New-York, City and County of New-York, } ss. I, GEORGE W. RIBLET, CLERK of the City and County of New-York, and also Clerk of the Supreme Court for said City and County of New-York, being a Court of Record, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Jeremiah Lothrop before whom the annexed deposition are taken, was at the time of taking the same, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said City and County, duly elected and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine, as I verily believe. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, the 26th day of February 1851. 
Geo. Riblet Clerk.
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Power of Attorney Printed and Sold by Bell & Gould, 158 Nassau S. N. Y.  
Know all by these Presents, THAT I Mary Holden, Widow, the heir at law of Doretha Adams and Peter Adams, deceased, late a soldier in the Revolutionary Army of the United States of America have made, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make constitute, and appoint Jane A Boerum 19, Jacob Street New York my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, place, and stead - to ask from the departments of the United States Government for the Papers, or the Copies of Papers committed to George W. Stevenson a Lawyer at the City of New York, to forward to the City of Washington, in order to obtain the Pension said to be due and owing to the heirs of the said Peter Adams -   

giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney or her substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 26 day of Feb in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one. 
Mary Holden
Sealed and delivered in the presence of J. Lathrop

State of New-York County of New York SS
Be it known, That on the twenty sixth day of Feb one thousand eight hundred and fifty one before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the State of New-York, duly commissioned and sworn, dwelling personally came Mary Holden and acknowledged the above Letter of Attorney to be of her own act and deed IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of the day and year last above written 
J. Latham Deputy & Justice of the Peace
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March 12 or 1857
Dorothy Adams 
Eng in behalf of Mrs. Hold NY
Capt 
Jane A. Boerum
New York Rev case 

answered Sept 29, 1851 to Jane a Boerum
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March 12-1851
B
Dorothy Adams
Eng in behalf of Mrs
Holden  NY a
Mr Dilsaw[crossed out]
Capt Mifilett 
Jane A Boerum
New York.
Rev Can
FREE NEW YORK 23 FEB[stamp]
Answered Sept 29, 1851
to Jane A Boerum
[start of overlapping section]
Service
James E. Heath Esf -
Commissioner[?] of pensions
Washington
D.C.
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45176
Revy INVALID.

File No. 45176
Peter Adams
Pri Rev War

Act: 18 March 1818 
Index: -- Vol. 3 Page 5 
(Arrangement of 1870.}
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JL. Edwards Esqr 
Washington City
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Canandaigua, Ontario Co N.Y. Oct. 1830 

Sir, 
I enclose to you the papers of Peter Adams who now applies for a pension, with full proof of his service as required by the rules of your department- You will please address your answer to me 
Your obt. Servt
Peter A. Mower

J.L. Edwards Esq
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State of New York
Ontario County ss Samuel Albright
of the town of Canadice in the said County
of Ontario being duly sworn according
to Law doth depose and say that
he was a soldier in the Army of the 
Revolution - that early in the winter
of the year 1770 and according to his
best memory as early as the first day
of January in said year he became
acquainted with Peter Adams a
private soldier in Captain King's 
company in Colonel Ward's Regiment
in the Massachusetts line of Continental 
soldiers - that his first acquaintance
 with the said Peter Adams was at the 
time above stated, and that he the
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said Adams was then under arms on in the said Company - that he frequently
during the said year 1776 saw the said
Peter Adams until as late at least
as the month of November in the same year - that he distinctly remembers one
occasion, in the month of August
in the year aforesaid when a detachment
from said Captain Kings Company and
the Company to which this deponent
belonged, acted in concert as a scouting
party, - that this deponent distinctly
remembers to have seen said Peter
Adams on that scouting and is sure
the said Adams was with his Regment
for several months after the
occasion above referred to-
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And this deponent further says that he has this day perused the declaration of said Adams made in the Court of Common Pleas of this County in August term last; that so far as the same relates to the revolutionary services of the said Peter Adams he fully believes it to be the from his own recollections of the events of that period - And further that until about ten  years ago he lived a neighbor to said Adams ever since the close of the revolutionary War - that he is positive as to the identity of the man 
Samuel Albright On this 2 day of September 1832 personally appeared before me a Justice
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of the Peace in and for County the above named Samuel Albright and made oath according to Law of the son the the foregoing affidavit. And I do hereby as such Justice certify that the said Samuel Albright is a responsible man of good property and that his oath is entitled to the fullest credit
Henry Chapin

State of New York A Ontario County SS ⎬ Fisher Ellis of the town of Farmington in the said County being duly sworn deposes and Laws that he has been acquainted
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with Peter Adams who is now applying for a pension from the United States from his youth upward-- that in the month of February 1776 he entered into acontract  with Colonel Ward mentioned in the declaration of said Adams to supply a portion of the Regiment under said Colonel Command that at the time of entering into said contract the said Peter Adams was to the knowledge of this deponent a private in  Captain Knights Company which formed a part of said Colonel Howes Command -- that for about four five months immediately succeeding the said month of February he saw the said Adams very frequently; that
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he was under arms and in the regular Service of his Country to the knowledge of this deponent - that afterwards and as this deponents firmly believes as late as the middle of December 1776 he saw him less frequently but often enough to feel assured that he was a regular Soldier in the said Company until the latest period above mentioned -  and further  this deponent saith not- 
Fisher his X mark Ellis

On this 2 day of September 1832 personally Fisher Ellis appeared before me a Justice in and for the said County the above named Fisher Ellis and made oath according to Law of the truth of the foregoing affidavit. And I do hereby certify that said Ellis is an intelligent man and that his moral character is without reproach 
Henry Chap State of New York
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Ontario County SS I hereby certify that Henry Chapin before whom the two foregoing affidavits were taken, was on the day of the date of the Jurats thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected and sworn. In testimony whereof I have affixed thereto my seal of office this 18th day of October 1830 
Ralph Lester 
Clerk of Ontario Co.