Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12,516, Asa Cowles, Mass. New York
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(3 - 1776)  
SERVICE Mass New York. 
Cowles, Asa 
NUMBER S. 12.516 |
CONTENTS
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New York 14981 4981. | 
Asa Cowles  H. 
of Lebanon - in the State of N. York 
who was Sergeant in the Comp. commanded 
by Captain Cole Col. of the Reg. commanded 
by Col. Warner on the Mass. *
line for 8 mo serv.
2 mo 4 dy Pri} |
* Mass. and N.Y.     Sept. 19, 05
(Records completed g.  |
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York 
the rate of 49 Dollars 36 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 |
Late of Pension issued the 27 day of July 33
and sent to W.H Toby, New Lebanon |

 to the 4th of Mar. 31.   $98.72
anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 31.   24.68
     $123.40  |
{Revolutionary Claim, June 7, 1832.}
recorded by C. Stiles Clerk, 
Book E, Vol. 9, Page 51 

Rep. June 1838
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State of New York 
Columbia County ⎬ ss On this Eighth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before me Walter Patterson a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Columbia & State of New York Asa Cowles a resident of the town of New Lebanon in the County and State aforesaid aged Eighty five 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated viz 
In the winter of the year 1775 he volunteered and enrolled himself as a minute man in the command of Captain John Cole, whose Lieutenant was-- Wooster & his ensign Warner & the colonel of the Regiment was   Woodbridge - immediately after the battle at Lexington within the two or three days after the information was read in the latter part of April - his company and regiment marched for Cambridge near Boston when he enlisted  in the Massachusetts troops under the aforenamed officers for the term of Eight months and was the third sergeant of the company and did duty as such-- he enlisted immediately on his arrival at Cambridge & in
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the month of April - He served with his Regiment in the vicinity of Boston during the full term of Eight months & was discharged with the rest of the regiment in the latter part of December 1775 but did not receive a written discharge. During the battle of Bunker Hill he had charge of the Labaratory & military stores part of the time. After he was relieved was directed by the Captain to cook & carry provisions to his company who were stationed at the foot of Prospect Hill - His company was in the  battle & Lieutenant Warner was wounded through the lower part of the body & sent home - Recollects that General Putnam Colonel or General Pomeroy & Colonel Prescott were there General Washington joined the army in July - at the expiration of his term of his service he returned to Belchertown in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts where he resided at the time he entered the service-- The Regiment to which he was attached was raised by the State of Massachusetts He has no documentary evidence of his service except a certificate signed by his captain John Cowls of which the following
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is a copy viz " Belchertown June 22 1779 " "This may certify that Asa Cowles was a  Sergeant with me in the yr 1775 in Coln. Woodbridge Regiment- "John Cowls" Capt"
The original of which is hereto annexed 
That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service unless it may be Amos King who says he knew the said applicant or rather saw him during the period of his service at Cambridge
That in the forepart of September 1777 he volunteered as a private in a Regiment raised in Belchertown aforesaid where he then resided. commanded by Colonel Porter. the captain of the company to which he was attached was on Jonathan Bardwell whose Lieutenant was     
The regiment was raised to cooperate with the Northern army in front of & below Burgoine on the Hudson The regiment marched to Deerfield where they met Col Wells Regiment which marched with them-- across Hoosick mountain & through Pownal & Bennington and from thence to a place called Tolls mills about nine or ten miles from & on the East side of the Hudson river when they remained until they received orders from
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General Gates that the two Regiments should hold themselves in readiness as a sort of flying camp ready to enter upon any duty which might from time to time be required from them-- they did not join the army - was ordered to go to Bodikins mills where they encamped - they crossed the Hudson at Schuylers Mills recrossed it after two days by fording it & encamped about a mile from the river - were ordered to Fort Edward which they found in ashes-- stayed there until ordered to cross the Hudson & close upon the army of Burgoine then at Saratoga- They accordingly  marched down the river some distance and crossed North of the enemy-- Gen Stark took command of the two Regiments before mentioned & which lay north of the enemy when the last battle was fought and Burgoine capitulated. On the next day after the surrender which was about the middle of October or a little after it he went home - he received no discharge - was during said, he was engaged in the service during the last mentioned term six weeks
That in the fall of the year 1780 and about  the tenth day of October he volunteered as a private.
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under the command of Captain Elisha Gilbert whose lieutenants were Samuel Jones and Raseford - Captain Gilbert having the command of a part of two companies which were consolidated - Colonel Whiting commanded the Regiment to which the company was attached-- they proceeded to Albany where they were joined by Colonel Van Alstynes Regiment of Kinderhook, and a regiment from Albany and marched from thence for Schenectady & up the South side of the river Mohawk - encamped at Warrensbush while then or about that time-- some buildings at Stone Arabia were burnt-- the garrison in the fort at that place were allured from it by a party of British & Indians & drawn into an ambush. Major or Colonel Brown from Pittsfield Massachusetts who commanded the fort was killed-- they proceeded up the river as far as Fort Herkimer - from thence they proceeded-- after parting at the Fort in a South Westerly direction into the wilderness in pursuit of the enemy who had situated in that direction-- were gone two or three days & returned to the fort where they remained a short time and returned home in the latter part of November. he
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was engaged in this last expedition six weeks or thereabout-- When he entered the service for the last mentioned expedition he resided in New Lebanon in the County of Columbia and State of New York- He never received a discharge- Has no documentary evidence of his service except the certificate above mentioned- He has named such of the officers and mentioned such circumstances as he can recollect - which might tend to throw light upon the investigation of his claim -  He knows of no person except Adonijah Cowles, whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services above mentioned unless it may be Samuel Jones who saw him in the expedition last mentioned & was a lieutenant in his company- 
He further states that has born in Belchertown County of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts in the year 1747 He has no record of his age except one copied into his bible from a record made by his father the original was burnt.
 He has resided in the town of New Lebanon since the revolutionary war - and still resides there as above mentioned- 
He is known to the Reverend Silas Churchill, Elam Tilden & John King who can
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testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution. 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 
Asa Cowles 
Sworn to and subscribed this day & year aforesaid 
W Patterson
Mr Silas Churchill a clergyman residing in the town of New Lebanon in the County of Columbia and State of New York & Elam Tilden & John King of the same place hereby certify that we are well as acquainted with Asa Cowles who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be Eighty five years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood  where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion
Silas Churchill 
John King 
Elam Tilden
Sworn & subscribed this day & year aforesaid 
W Patterson
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And I the said Walter Patterson Judge of the said Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named Applicant (Asa Cowles) was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And I the said Judge do further certify that it appears to me that Silas Churchill who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of New Lebanon in the County of Columbia & State of New York And and that Elam Tilden who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town of New Lebanon & is a Postmaster therein and is a credible person, And that John King who has also signed the same is also a resident of the same town of New Lebanon - is a credible person and is the member of Congress for the district in which he lives, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And I do further certify that the above named applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court and also that the two persons whose certificate is required pursuant to the instructions from the War Department cannot be produced in Court without too much inconvenience, expense to the said applicant 
W. Patterson one of the Judges &
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At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the City of Hudson in & for the County of Columbia in the State of New York before the Judges of the same Court of the term of September one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
The said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant Asa Cowles was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - 
And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Silas Churchill who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of New Lebanon in the County of Columbia & State of New York & that John King who has also Signed the same is a resident of the same town of New Lebanon and is a credible person: and that Elam Tilden who has also signed the same is a resident of the said town of New Lebanon & is likewise a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit - And the said Court do further certify that in their opinion the two persons whose certificate is required pursuant to the instructions from the war department cannot be produced in Court without too much inconvenience & expense to the said applicant- 
Joseph Monell Clk
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Columbia County ss.   I Joseph D Monell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County of Columbia do certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Asa Cowles for a pension: I further certify that Walter Patterson Esquire before whom the within affidavits purport to have been made and who has executed the within certificate was at the time a Judge of said court, that I am acquainted with his hand writing and that his name subscribed to said affidavits & certificate is his proper hand writing & signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 12th day of October 1832 
Joseph Monell
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In reply to your request of ___, received ___, for a statement of the military history of Asa Cowles a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's)[crossed-out] application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. File 12.516

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT | LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED, CAPTAIN, COLONEL | STATE

Oct. 1774, __, Minuteman, Cpt. Caleb Clark, Mass.
Apr. 1774, 8 mos., 3rd Sergeant, Cpt. John Cole, Col. Ruggles Woodbridge, Mass.
Sept. 1777, 6 wks., Private, Cpt. Jonathan Bardwell, Col. Porter, Mass.
Oct. 10, 1780, 6 wks., Private, Cpt. Elisha Gilbert, Col. Whiting, N.Y.
also called out against Indians and Tories.

Battles engaged in, Had charge of guarding of mil. stores during battle of Bunker Hill. Battles and surrender of Stillwater.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 8, 1832. His claim was allowed. 
Residence at date of application, New Lebanon, Columbia Co., New York  
Age at date of application, 85, born 1747 Belchertown, Mass. 
Remarks: In Mch. 1779 he removed to Kings Dist. Albany Co. N.Y. which was afterwards New Lebanon. Respectfully, Commissioner.
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Belchertown June 27. of 1779 
This may certify that a Asa Cowles was a Sargent with me in the year 1775 in Coln. Woodbridge Regiment 
John Cowls Capt.

[stamp THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES]
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Mass.
Asa Cowles
S.9 12516


Asa Cowles Sergant
warrant from Col. Cowles
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State of New York 
Onondaga. ss        Adonijah Cowles of the town of Pompey in the County aforesaid aged seventy six years being duly sworn says, that he is the brother of Asa Cowles of New Lebanon in the County of Columbia and State aforesaid - that on the 14th day of April 1775 and while deponent and said Asa resided in Belchertown in the State of Massachusetts the said Asa Cowles was a sergeant in Capt John Coles company of minute men in Colonel Woodbridge's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia and marched with his said company and regiment for Cambridge near Boston where he served or was reputed & believed to have served as a sergeant Eight months. he returned home soon after the expiration of Eight months in company with others of the militia with whom he went away 
That about the first of September 1777 the said Asa Cowles volunteered as a private in Captain Bardwells company in Colonel Porters Regiment of Hadley & marched with his regiment to Tolls mills over against Bemus' Heights 
That he was in the small engagements with Burgoine preceding his sender and remained with his Regiment until the surrender of the British army at Saratoga on the 17th October-- that he served during this period & in the manner aforesaid as much as six weeks This deponent was a private in said company with the said Asa Cowles during the whole of the said tour & went from & returned home in his company-- In the year 1779 the said Asa & deponent removed to New Lebanon above mentioned - that while this the said Asa was attached to Capt Elisha Gilberts company of New York Militia in Col. Whiting's Regiment. That during the war of the revolution & while the said Asa Cowles belonged to said company & after he had removed to New Lebanon the said Asa Cowles was ordered out on a tour of duty up the Mohawk River & marched with the rest of his said company under the said Captain Gilbert in that direction
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 but he was absent some weeks
Adonijah Cowles 
Then this deponent says not 
Subsribed to & sworn before me this 17th day of April 1833}
Benjamin D Lewis Justice of the Peace 

State of New York 
Onondaga County }ss.   On this seventeenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared Adonijah Cowles the signer of the foregoing deposition who subscribed to the same in my person and after being sworn according to law made oath to the truth of the facts contained & set forth therein before me - and I certify that said Adonijah Cowles is well known to me that he is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit Benjamin D Lewis Justice of the Peace 

State of New York 
County of Onondaga }ss.   I, Reuben S. Hess Clerk of the said County do certify that Benjamin D. Lewis Esquire before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the part of said affidavit and the acknowledgment above certificate to be his proper hand writing and signatures 
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 23d day of May 1833 
R. L. Hess Clerk
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[seal OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
Washington, Oct 3rd 1905

The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir: In reply to your letter of 30th Sept in case of Asa Cowles Certificate Rev War Act 1832 New York Agency, --- Roll, you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, the records of this office show last payment to have been made at $24.68 per 6 months to 4 March 1837 in Mch 1837 Records do not show date of death 

[stamp PENSION OFFICE OCT 4 1905]
Letter herewith returned. 
Respectfully, 
ROBERT S. PERSON Auditor. 
By Dunker Deputy Auditor.
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     In desk
3-397. (Old No. 3-399.) |

O.W. and N. Div Division.    M.B.H., Ex'r.
Rev.War F No. 12.516
Asa Cowles.
V

Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS, 
Washington, D. C. September 30, 1905. 
Sir:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of Asa Cowles pensioned under the Act June 7, 1832. by certificate No. 14981, Issued July 27. 1833 New York Agency, showing date of last payment and date of death 
Very respectfully, 
V. Warner, Commissioner.
THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. Treasury Department.
 [stamp OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEP'T. OCT 2 1905 Pension Division]
 [stamp PENSION OFFICE OCT 4 1905]
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1914 Mch. 16. Hist. to W. L. Hand 
letter in R. 4626 Alexander Harper  c

Rev.War.
12.516
INVALID.
File No. 12.516 
Asa Cowles 
Sergent Rev. War |
Act: June 7 1832 
Index:--Vol. A, Page 11
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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     New Lebanon June 1st 1833
Hon Lewis Cass Sec. of War 
Sir
I return the enclosed Pension papers after having remedied the defects complained of 
As the papers were originally defective in but two particulars & as the alteration required may be perceived at a single glance permit me to hope that the subject well receive your attention & a certificate of Pension executed as soon as may be consistent with the other duties of the Department 
Respectfully you most Obt.
W.H. Tobey
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New Lebanon 1 June 1833
Free 
Hon: Lewiss Cass
Pension Department 
Secretary of War 
Washington
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Please return this
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Asa Cowles which require proof or explanation.
1. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? 
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? 
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled? 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? 

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? One of the witnesses not certified credible 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No File Quen 16
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? | 
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; Formonths , and --- days, I served as a- For -- -- months and days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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Credible [hand written]
3
It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served. and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too in definite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration plan or places where the service was performed; that the of each term of engagement; the particular by competent authority; that he was either applicant served with an embodied corps called in in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service. In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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State of New York 
Columbia County } ss.    On this seventeenth day of September --- one thousand eight hundred & thirty two before me Ira Hand a justice of the peace of the County aforesaid personally appeared Samuel Jones a resident of the town of New Lebanon in the County of Columbia & State of New York aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say- that in the year 1780 he was acquainted with Ada Cowles now of New Lebanon in the County & State aforesaid and an applicant for a pension under the act of June 7th 1832 - that he has known him ever since and resided within four or five miles of him during the whole of said time - And this deponent further says that on or about the fourth day of October 1780 he was a lieutenant in a company of volunteers raised in the town of Canaan now New Lebanon in the County aforesaid commanded by Captain Elisha Gilbert-- that said company marched to Albany where they were joined by a regiment from that place and another from Kinderhook under the command of Colonel Van Alstyne, they proceeded from thence to Schenectady up the Mohank river to Stone arabia when they arrived about the time it was burnt and the commander of the Fort Killed in an attack made upon the garrison who were ambushed after having marched from
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small distance from the Fort - from there they proceeded up the river under the command of Govenor George Clinton, who caused the commander of the expedition Van Rensselaer to be assisted -  to fort Herkimer - from there they went South Westerly unto the wood - but saw no enemy & returned to the Fort & thence after halting some time they marched down the river I was dismissed-- this deponent and his company aforesaid was engaged in said expedition about six weeks & returned home in the latter part of November in the said year 1780 
And this deponent further says that Asa Cowles aforesaid was a volunteer in the aforesaid company -  was with them under the command of this deponent as aforesaid from the time the same was first organized until it was discharged in November aforesaid that the said Asa was engaged in the said service during the whole of said campaign as a private in said company and marched and did duty with them until November aforesaid  - that the whole term of his said service amounted to about six weeks 
This deponent further says that the said expedition was fitted out to meet & repel an attack from the many upon the
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settlement along the Mohawk - and further this deponent says not 
Sworn to & subsribed before me this 17th  day of September 1832- Ira Hand Justice}
Samuel Jones

State of New York  
Columbia County} ss.    On this 17 day of September 1832 personally appeared Samuel Jones the signer of the foregoing deposition to me known as a person of truth & veracity & subscribed to & made oath before me of the truth of the facts contained in said deposition 
Ira Hand Justice 

State of New York 
Columbia County }     I, Joseph D Monell Clerk of the said County do certify that Ira Hand Esq before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justice of Peace in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and Signature Witness my hand and seal of Office this 12th day of October 1832- 
J.D. Monell
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In the matter of the application of Asa Cowles for a pension as a Revolutionary soldier }
--- 
State of New York 
Onondaga County ss: On this 28th day of Septem ber A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me George Pettit a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for in the County of Onondaga Adonijah Cowles a resident of the town of Pompey in the County of Onondaga & State of New York aged 76 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he is the  brother of the above named Asa Cowles, now a resident of New Lebanon, Columbia, N.Y. State, that in the year 1. 1774 this deponent & the said Asa resided in the town of Belchertown, County of Hampshire, State of Massachusetts-- that in the month of October A.D. 1774 as near as this deponent can recollect the said Asa enlisted as a minute man under the command of Capt. Caleb Clark who was afterwards Lieutenant Colonel-- that the said Asa continued as a minute man under the command of Capt. Clark until he was appointed Lieut. Colonel. that some time in the month of February 1775 the said Asa again enlisted under the command of Capt. John Coles as a minute man - that about the 14th of April 1775 the said Asa marched with the company to which he was attached to Cambridge where he served 8 months as a sergeant in Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's Regiment, in which Richard Montague was Major after the expiration of 8 months the said Asa returned home - that about the 1st of September A.D. 1777 he the said Asa turned out as a volunteer & was enrolled in the company under the command of Capt. Jonathan Bardwell belonging to the Regiment under the command of Col. Porter of Hadley - that the said Asa marched with the said company to Tulls Mills over against Bemis Heights-- that the
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said Asa was present as a volunteer in the company, aforesaid at the time of the taking of Burgoyne on the 17th October A.D. 1777 - that the said Asa was engaged in the battles during that month - that on the 17th of October 1777 this deponent & the said Asa started from Saratoga for home - that in March A.D. 1779 this deponent & the said Asa removed to New Lebanon in the County of Columbia & State of New York then called the King's District in the County of Albany - that in April A.D. 1779 the said Asa was enrolled in the Company under the command of Capt. Elisha Gilbert in Col.- Whiting's Regiment & remained in that company until the close of the war - that during the time of his continuing in the above mentioned company he the said Asa was called upon 2 or 3 times in the course of each year to go up the Schohaire & Mohawk Rivers & the North river to drive off the Indians & Tories & that the said Asa went on that service whenever called upon. that at each time the said Asa was called out he was gone from 2 to 3 weeks-- & further this deponent saith not 
Subscribed & Sworn September 29th 1832  before me George Pettit Judge of Onondaga Common Pleas }
Adonijah Cowles

State of New York 
County of Onondaga ⎬ss      I, Reuben S. Hess Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that George Pettit before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the said Court which is a Court of record, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name above subscribed to the Jurat of the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and seal of Office this 1st day of October 1832- 
R. S. Hess Clerk 
By A. Edwards Jr. Dep. Clk
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State of New York 
County of Columbia 
Townof New Lebanon } ss.    On this eighth day of August one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared before Ira Hand a Justice of the peace of the County aforesaid Amos King who being first duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he is seventy five years of age that he resides in the town of New Lebanon in the County aforesaid - that he was a soldier during the war of the revolution. that in the year 1775 from the twentieth of June to the latter part of December he was a private in Captain John Kings Company in Colonel Woodbridges Regiment that during the period of six months his regiment was stationed at Cambridge near Boston, and this deponent was with the said regiment during the whole of that time. This deponent well recollects that Asa Cowles now of New Lebanon aforesaid was a soldier the Captain John Cowles Company in the same regiment with deponent & that he did duty as a Sergeant and as sergeant of the quarter guard from which circumstance deponent recollects the said Asa the more particularly although the said Asa says he has no distinct recollection of this deponent At the time above mentioned deponent was about eightteen years of age; the said Asa was eight or ten years older than deponent. Deponent saw the said Asa almost daily at roll call during the said period of six months except a short time when deponent understood the said Asa was sick-- the said Asa Cowles was at Cambridge when deponent arrived there and remained with the regiment
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until it was discharged in the latter part of December. This deponent has lived in New Lebanon and in the neighborhood of the said Asa Cowles for the last forty five or forty six years And further this deponent says not 
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day & year first above mentioned 
Ira Hand Justice 
Amos King 

State of New York 
Columbia County} ss.     On this Eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared Amos King the signer of the foregoing deposition to me known as a person of truth & veracity and subscribed to made solemn oath before me of the truth of the facts set forth in said deposition 
Ira Hand Justice 

State of New York 
Columbia County} ss.     I Joseph D Monell Clerk of the said County do certify that Ira Hand Esq before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that  I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature. Witness my hand and seal of Office this twelfth day of October 1832 
J.D. Monell
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In the matter of application 
of Asa Cowles for a pension |

Wm H Tobey New Lebanon Columbia County, New York Agent  -

Adm- 
8 Mo Sgt. 
2 Mo 2 days Private