Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 12, Gabrial Abrams, Penn.
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Service: Penn
Abrams, Gabrial
Number: R. 12
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Application of 
Gabriel Abrams for Pension-

Applicants name does not appear on the Rolls- 

He must state the time he enlisted - the period for which he enlisted - and time of discharge - and prove his service by two credible and disinterested Witnesses, certified to be such, by the Magistrate who administers the oath. The official character & Signature of the Magistrate must be certified by the County Clerk 

If the applicant ever has 
made a previous declaration, 
it has not reached this office. 
Pen. office July 3. 1821
John Wells Esq & agent 
Stoyestown, Pa
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Pennsylvania}
Somerset County ss} 
On this 27th day of February 1820 - Personally appeared Gabrial Abrams in open Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Somerset aged seventy one on the 11th of October next Resident in said County, who first being Sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: I served in the Eighth Pennsylvania Rigment, in Captains Kilgores Company Colonel McCoy Pennsylvania line - the date of the original Declaration is not recollected - That he is disabled in both arms and I do solemnly Sware 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 intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress Entitled and 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 & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or Debts due me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed 
[Signed] Gabrial Abrams

Sworn to the same day}
& year before mentioned Before} 
John Wells  Proty [?]
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A schedule of the Real & Personal property of Gabrial Abrams 
of Addison Township Somerset County Pa 

1 Mare -- $20.00
1 Cow -- 8.00
other personal property}
including beds &c } -- $20.00  
1 Axe & Iron Wedges -- 2.00
[=] $50.00

Debts due (uncertain) doubtful whether 
ever they can be collected amounting to $1000.00 

Debts due from this applicant amounting to $ 730.00 my occupation a cooper, (but cannot now work) I have a wife to support who is blind, & one hand burnt off  I have to hire a woman to take care of her, she is subject to fits- her eyes were burnt out by falling into the fire in a fit.
[Signed] Gabrial Abrams
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I John Wells Esquire Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Somerset do Certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truely copied from the Records of the Court, and I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is of no more value than stated in said Schedule. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 27th day of February 1820 
[Signed] John Wells Pro'ty
[SEAL]
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Not Entitled to a pension- Enlisted for 3 years but only served 3 months & then supply'd a Substitute - See Letter Oct [?] 1821

Gabrial Abrams
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Left side:
May 2 '96 sold claim
Rej to Cornelia C Green,
Olean N.Y.
L.W.

Right side:
REJECTED
Gabrial Abrams
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Somerset County ss 
In the Commonwealth of Penna 
Be it remembered that on the 25th day of July Eighteen Hundred & Twenty one Before me John Mitchell Esqr Personally appeared Amos Roberts Esqr a disinterested & Credible witness & whom I certify to be Such & he being Sworn according to Law doth depose & Say that Gabriel Abrams late a Solder in the revolutionary war was Enlisted on or about the latter End of the month of August in the year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred & Seventy six to Serve in Capt Gilgores Company in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Establishment Commanded by Col McCoy to Serve the time of Three years & Served untill the month of Decr following at which time the said Abrams Considering himself unable to do military duties furnished a Substitute who was a Servant of the said Abrams to Serve the residue of his time, who did Serve untill he the Said Servant or Substitute was taken prisoner at a place called Bound Brook in New Jersy. The deponent further States that the Servant was purchased for the Express purpose of filling & Serving out the time of the Said Abrams & in the opinion of the deponent the said Abrams paid Twenty five pounds for said Servant (Called Joseph Walters or Waters) & in consequence the Sd Gabriel Abrams was discharged By Col McCoy above mentioned at Bedford Penna, & further the deponent sayeth not 
[Signed] Amos Robbants
Sworn & Subscribed before me 
[Signed] John Mitchell a Justice of the Peace as aforesaid- 
[handdrawn seal]
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Somerset County ss. 
In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
I John Wells Prothonotary of the County of Somerset do Certify that John Mitchel Esquire the signed & sealer of the within deposition of Amos Robbarts then was and now is one the Justices of the Peace for the County of Somerset duly Commissioned and authorized to act as such, and that to his act aforesaid and all other his legal acts due faith & Credit is and of right ought to be given as well in Courts of record as all Other Courts. In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my Hand & affixed the Seal of said County this 6th day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty one
[SEAL]
[Signed] John Wells Prothy

Crosswise:
Deposition of Amos Robarts Esquire
in favour of Gabriel Abrams
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Deposition of Amos Robarts Esquire
in favour of Gabriel Abrams
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Somerset County ss 
In the Commonwealth of Penna 
Be it remembered that on this 25th day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred & Twenty one Before Me John Mitchell Esquire one of the Said Commonwealth justices of the peace in & for County personally appeared Gabrial Abram late a Soldier in the revolutionary war and being Sworn according to Law deposeth & Saith on his Solemn oath that in the month of September in the year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred & Seventy six that he did Enlist under Capt David Gilgore of the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Establishment Commanded by Col McCoy to Serve the time of Three years & Served untill the month of Dec following When in consequence of a lameness in in his arms, purchased a Servant man from James Boyle (of the name of Walters or Waters) for the Express purpose of filling & Serving the time of the Said deponent which the said Substitute did do untill report Said he was taken prisoner at Bound Brook New Jersey. The deponent further States that the said Servant had Three years & a half to Serve & that the agreement between them was that he (Waters or Walters) was to Serve the time of the said Deponent, for & in consideration of his time - in addition thereto the said deponent (gratuitously) gave the said Servant, One Blanket, One New Shirt - One New pair Shoes, One new pair Stockings. The deponent further States that he paid Twenty five pounds for said Servant & further sayeth not 
[Signed] Gabrial Abrams
Sworn & Subscribed before me 
John Mitchell a Justices of the Peace as aforesaid-
[handdrawn seal]
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Somerset County ss In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
I John Wells Prothonotary of the County of Somerset in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do Certify that John Mitchell Esquire the Signer and Sealer of the within Deposition of Gabrial Abrams, then was and now is one of the Justices of the peace in & for the County of Somerset duly Commissioned & qualified to act as such & that to his act aforesaid and all other his legal acts, due faith and credit is and of right ought to be given as well in Courts of Record as all other Courts. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & the Seal of said County this sixth day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one - 1821
[SEAL]
[Signed] John Wells Prothy

Crosswise:
Deposition of Gabrial Abrams
applicant for Pension
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Deposition of Gabrial Abrams
applicant for Pension
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Deposition of
Benjamin Jennings
in favor of
Gabriel Abrams
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Somerset County ss.
In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania- 
Be it Remembered that on the 11th Day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty one, Before me John Mitchell Esqr. Personally appeared Benjamin Jenning: a Disinterested & Creditable Witness & home [whom?] I certify to be as Such & he being Sworn according to Law Doth Depose & Say that Gabriel Abrams Lat[e] a Soldier in the Revolutionary War was Enlisted = on the 8th Day of September in the year 1776 to Serve in Captain Gilgors Company in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Establishment Commanded by Colonel McCoy to Serve the time of three years, & Served until the month of December following at which time the said Abrams Considering himself unable to undergo the harships [sic] of war furnished a Substitue [sic] who was a Servent of Some Person unknown to the deponent & Purchased by the Said Abrams = for the Purpose aforesaid: to Serve the Residue of his time: who did Serve until he the said Servent or Substitute as it was Supposed was Either Killed or taken Prisoner at the Battle of Bound Brook in the State of New Jersey = & the Deponent at further states: that he the Servent was purchassed for the Express Purpose = as he believes of filling & Serving out the time of Said Abrams it was considered that he paid twenty pounds or upwards for said Servent and his Name was Called Joseph Waters = & in consequence thereof the Said Abrams was Discharged at Bedford in the State of Pennsylvania - & further the Deponent Saith not 
[Signed] Benjamin Jinnings
Sworn & Subscribed before me
[Signed] John Mitchell a Justices of the Peace as aforesaid 

Somerset County ss. In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 
I John Wells Prothonotary of the of the County of Somerset in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do Certify that John Mitchel Esquire the signer of the foregoing deposition of Benjamin Jennings then was and still is one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Somerset duly Commissioned and authorized to act as such and that to his act aforesaid and all other his legal Acts, due faith & Credit is and of right ought to be given as well in Courts of record as in all other Courts  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & the Seal of Said County at Somerset this 6th Day of  September in the Year of our Lord eighteen hundred & twenty one 
[Signed] John Wells Prothy
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12
Gabrial Abrams
John Wells,
Somerset Pa
Recd 12 Sept. 1821

Crosswise:
Somerset Pa
& Safee [?]
On public Service
Free [postage]
The Honourable John Calhoun
Secretary of War
City of Washington
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Somerset Pa
& Safee [?]
On public Service
Free [postage]
The Honourable John Calhoun
Secretary of War
City of Washington

Crosswise:
12
Gabrial Abrams
John Wells,
Somerset Pa
Recd 12 Sept. 1821
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12
Gabrial Abrams
John Wells,
Somerset Pa
Recd 12 Sept. 1821

Crosswise:
On public Service
Free [postage]
The Honourable John Calhoun
Secretary of War
City of Washington
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Somerset town Pennsylvania
September 6, 1821

The Honble John Calhoun }
Secretary of the War department }

Sir 
Inclosed you have the application of Gabriel Abrams returned to your Office with the Proofs you directed to be furnished, "see the back of his application." Please direct to me, at Somerset, the Certificate of his being placed on the List of Pensioners, & any directions that is referal [?] to be given in such cases that he may get something to relieve him & permit me to add my recommendation of his case for relief. I am personally acquainted with the [illegible] Abrams & his wife & the aflected [?] situation of the family, none can be more needy & I would expect his proofs are Satisfactory 
With much respect I remain your
Obedient Servant
[Signed] John Wells
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War Dept.,
Pension Office
Oct. 16, 1821

J. Wells, Esq.,
Somerset, Pa.

Sir:
The claim of Gabrial Abrams to a pension has been ex'd and found to be inadmissible. Mr. Abrams enlisted for 3 years, but served only 3 months, consequently his case is not embraced by the law of the 18th March, 1818.
His papers are retained & filed in this Office
I am &c.
J.L E.
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Gabriel Abrams, McClellantown, Fayette County. Pa.
Revolutionary War Pensioner, from 1830 to 1842. Died there.

Please ascertain for me what regt &c.
April 21 /96  WM Alnuer Jr
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A
Stamp
Olean Apr. 27" 1896

Mr Haywood.

Dear Sir:
Would you please be so kind as to find for me, what Regiment, and what Co.
Gabriel Abrams, an old Revolutionary pensioner
belonged to and very
much oblige
Respectfully Yrs
Cornelia C Green.
#132 Fourth St.