Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,576, Moses Trussell, N.H.
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CONTENTS
of
Trussell, Moses
and
NUMBER
S.11.576
O. W. Inv. File $ 20211
carded
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21.606
New Hampshire
Moses Trussell
of Merrimack in the State of N.H.
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Baldwin of the NH commanded
by Stark in the N.H. line for 8 months

Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hampshire
at the rate of 26 Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the  2 day of Oct 1830
and sent to JC West Concord N. Hampshire

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833                     $ 66.67
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 34              13.34
                                                                        ________
                                                                         $80,00
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.


Recorded by D D Addison, Clerk,
Book E Vol. 1  Page 123



Date of death not on AB
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Moses Trussell
26982


Private 8 months
Capt Baldwin   Col Stark's Regt
N H

Return to J. C. West
Concord, NH
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DECLARATION.
State of New Hampshire
County of Merrimack       SS
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
At a Probate Court holden at Concord
in said County on the 25th of June 1833
On this 25th day of June 1833 personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County, Moses Trussell
a resident of New London in the County of
Merrimack  and State of New-Hampshire, aged 76 years, 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 he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 with Capt Baldwin and served in the Col. John Stark regiment of the New Hampshire line, under the following named officers:
Capt Baldwin and Col John Stark 
That he enlisted at Hopkinton in the County of Merrimack  and State of New Hampshire, a few weeks after the Lexington Battle in the year 1775, for 8 months under Captain Isaac Baldwin and marched to Medford Mass, when he was stationed untill the day of the Bunker hill battle, when he went into the Battle in Col. John Starks Regt of New Hampshire Militia when he was wounded and lost his left arm. After he was wounded he was carried to the Hospital in Medford where he remained about three weeks, when he was sent  to Lunesburg Mass was under the case of Doc Kitridge for about four weeks, then to Hampstead in Hampshire that he received one months pay at this Hospital of Capt John Hale, who took the place of Capt Baldwin who was killed in the Battle & the remaining  seven months pay be received of the same officer the following
winter. That his name is now on the Pension Roll of the State of New Hampshire as an Invalid Pensioner & that this declaration
is made in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832 with an amendment
the same approved 19 February 1833-
He hereby relinquishes every claim, that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
                                    Moses Trussell


And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
                                  Horace Chas             H.B. Chase, Register of the Court of Probate
do hereby certify the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Moses Trussell
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court, this twenty fifth
day of June A.D. 1833.
                                       H.B. Chase,
                    Register of the Court of Probate
                        for the County of Merrimack
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November 4, 1938
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MOSES TRUSSELL
S. 11576
BA-J/MMHF:MLB


Mr. Brandon Trussell, Jr.,
92 Clarence Avenue, S.E.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dear Sir:
The data which follow in regard to Moses Trussell were obtained from the claims for pension on file under S. 11576, based upon his
service in the Revolutionary War and upon disability incurred during his service.
The date and place of birth of Moses Trussell and names of his parents are not shown.
Moses Trussell enlisted at Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire , in 1775, a few weeks after the battle of Lexington, served in Captain Isaac Baldwin's company, Colonel John Stark's New Hampshire regiment, was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill by a cannon shot from
a British vessel, lost his left arm, and was in the hospital about two months.
The soldier was allowed pension from July 31, 1796, on account of disability resulting from the loss of his arm. He was then a resident of Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
On account of his service in the Revolutionary War, he was allowed pension on his application executed June 25, 1833, at which time he was aged seventy-six years and a resident of New London, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
There are no family data on file.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Moses
Trussell, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
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Moses Trussell
Certificate #21606
Issued October 2, 1833
Rate, $26.67 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1852
New Hampshire Agency.

                            Very truly yours
                                       A. D. HILLER
                                       Executive Assistant
                                       to the Administrator
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Revolutionary War

INVALID.
File No. 26.211 
Moses Trussell
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Act: --
Index: -- Vol.  2 Page 422
(Arrangement of 1870.)
Daniel
Consolidated with
Inv. File 11576
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Rev War
11576
INVALID
File No. 11578
Moses Trussell ┃
Pri Rev War
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Act June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol. A,   Page -378
Arrangement of 1870.}




Hist to Mrs. Davis Hurd 1925 Nov 30
1935 Nov 3 Hist to Brandon Trussell, Jr. NH
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MosesTrussell
Private $8. per mo.
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Act 2 Augt 1813
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Com. of pension
25 Sept 1812

Reported to the Agent as permanently
disabled in the Semiannual Statement of
March 1826
_______________________________
Feby 18. 1826
Hon. J. Harvey
House of Representativesp
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November 4, 1938
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Mr. Brandon Trussell, Jr.,
92 Clarence Avenue, S. E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dear Sir:
Further reference is made to your letter in which you requested the Revolutionary War record of Moses Trussell, of New Hampshire, and the records of other soldiers with that surname who served in the Mexican War and the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
The pension record has been found of only one Moses Trussell who served in the Revolutionary War. His record is furnished you herewith.
It is assumed that you have received the reply of November 3, in regard to the others named in your communication.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Rev. and 1812 War Section.
                                         November 30, 1925.

Mrs. Davis Hurd
Escondido
Calif
Madam:


I have to advise you from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11576, it appears that Moses Trussell, whose date and place of birth are not on file, enlisted at Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, in 1775, a few days after the battle of Lexington, and served in Captain Isaac Baldwin's Company, Colonel John Stark's New Hampshire Regiment, he was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill, by a cannon shot from a British vessel, and lost his left arm, and was in the hospital about 2 months.
He was allowed pension from July 31, 1796, on
account of disability resulting from above mentioned wound and was then a resident of . Merrimack Co. N.H.
In 1833, he was living in New London, New Hampshire, aged seventy-six years. There is no data on file as to his family.

Respectfully,

Winfield Scott
Commissioner
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The Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C
                           92 Clarence Ave. S.E
                           Minneapolis, Minn
                           October 24, 1938

Dear Si

Receiving the military records of some of my relatives, I wrote to the Adjutant General's Office, by which I was referred to you. From that office, received some information, but I am writing you in the hope that I may secure more.
The records which I want are those of Moses Trussell, who served in the Revolutionary War, Andrew J. Trussell, who served in the Mexican War; James Alexander Castles; Moses Franklin Trussell; and Alton Lafayette Ward, all of whom served in the Confederate army during the Civil War.
hs records, as I know them, are as follows:
Moses Trussell served in the War as a private in Captain Baldwin's Company (known also as
in Hale's Company,) Stark's New Hampshire Regiment. He enlisted on
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April 23, 1775, and served until at least
to August 1, 115, which is the date of the latest record of his service. At the Battle of
Bunker Hill his right hand was blown off by a shell from a ship, as was also that of a friend with whom he was talking, I would also appreciate it very much if you would send me the records of other men whose surnames were Trussell who served in that war as I am not sure that Moses Trussell is the ancestor who I know took part in the
Revolution, Moses Trussell died at New
London, New Hampshire, in 1843 at the
age of eighty-three
No Rec Pen. and 1 /29/38

Andrew J. Trussell was enrolled December 10,1846 in Lauderdale County, for the duration of the war. He was mustered into service at Vicksburg, Miss., on January 5, 1847, as a private, Captain Daniel's Company, 2d Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Mexican War Company F. 20 Rat, Miss. Inf.. He was promoted Lieutenant April 10, 1847, and was honorably discharged on July 1, 1848.
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Confederate

Moses Trussell, according to the War Department records, enlisted July 25, 1841 at Alexander, Alabama, as a private in Co. B. 7th Rgt, Ala. Inf. The latest record, the roll for July and August, 1866 shows him present. A man of the same name
enlisted September 1, 1862, at  Jacksonville, Alabama, in Troop A. 2d Rat, Ala. Cow. C.S.A. The latest record of him on file - August 31 to October 30, 1863 - shows him present. It may be that he
enlisted in a Mississippi regiment. That he was either of the men above was he is questionable, for his name was Moses Franklin Trussell,
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and so far as I know he was in the
Artillery. Also, I believe him to have been a
commissioned officer. James Alexander Castles, a corporal of  Company H. 24th Rat., Miss Ine., C.S.A., enlisted September 15, 1861, at Buena Vista, Miss., age
23 years, I had always understood that he was in the cavalry. The rolls of his  company for June 30 to October 31, 1862, shows him "Absent wounded". At this time he was wounded and taken prisoner
but he escaped. He was also home on furlough on the roll for January and February, 1864. Furloughed under Genl. Order 221, 20 days.
Milton Lafayette Ward is believed to have
been a member of either an Alabama or a Texas
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Cavalry Regiment. However, the War Department has no record of him, and the only available information is that one of the members of his company was named "Doc" Wilson. The purpose for which I request this information is merely to substantiate such family records as I have, and not for any ulterior or commercial reason.
Thanking you very much and that you will be able to shed some on the situation, I am,
Very sincerely yours
Brandon Trussell, Jr
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November 3, 1938.
                                           BARB 801
                              TRUSSELL, Andrew J.


Mr. Brandon Trussell, Jr.,
2 Clarence Avenue, S. E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Dear Sir:

Receipt is acknowledged of your communication of October 24, 1938, requesting information concerning the military records of some of your relatives.
A careful search in the files of the Veterans Administration fails to disclose any pension claim based on the Mexican War service of Andrew J. Trussell.
The Federal Government has not provided pensions based on service in the Confederate States Army. Therefore, this office does not have records for Moses Trussell and James Alexander Castles.
Your inquiry concerning Moses Trussell, Revolutionary War Veteran, will be answered under separate cover.
By direction,
W. C. BLACK,
Chief Clerk.
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Escondido, Calif
Oct. 22. 1925

United States department of the Interior
Bureau of Pension

I would be very grateful for Revolutionary record of Samuel Elliott of Morgan Vermont, but enlisted in New Hampshire. I want date of and to whom married, as he was a pensioner and date of death of each, if possible.
I would also like to have record & date
if possible of Moses Trussel of Merrimack
Co. New Hampshire. He was a pensioner,
but have no records of his mar. or death . He fought at Bunker Hill, and he lost an arm.

Cordially yours
Mrs Davis Hurd
Escondido
San Diego Co.
Calif
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Moses Trussell
Permanent record 


the Agent-
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Moses Trussell of New London County of Merrimack
and State of New Hampshire Depose and say that on the Seventeenth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and seventy five, I lost my left arm by a cannon that
from a Brittish vessel, in the battle of Bunker Hill that my name was placed on the United States Pension Roll in consequence of the loss of said arm

                                     Moses Trussell
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack Feb.6, 1826
Personally appeared the above named Moses Trussell and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed
is Just and true, before me 
Joseph Colby Justice of the Peace

Feb. 1826
Joseph Colby whose signature
is above ________ is a Justice of Peace
Joe Harvey y M. C.