Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,305, Abel Bottum, Conn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
Bottum, Abel or Bottom
NUMBER
S.45,305
CONTENTS
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19,582
New York.

Abel Bottum
of Cayuga Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded  by Captain Allen of the regiment commanded by Colonel Ward. in the Connect line, for the term of one year from May 1776 to May 77.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 day of February, 1826.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of Mar 1826 and sent to Hon; C. Kellogg
N. R
Arrears to 4th of May 1826            $ 4 74
Semi-anl. all'ce ending Sept. 1826    48.
                                               ========
                                                        $ 52.74
{Revolutionary claim, }  
{Acts March 18, 1818,}
{and May 1, 1820.}
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Abel Bottom
Not on Continental 
establishment Inadmis-
sable 

Inadmissable
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State of New York
Cayuga County} Ss. 
On this 27th day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga, & State aforesaid personally appears Abel Bottom, aged sixty two years resident in the Town of Scipio in the County & State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the Provision, made by the late Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the Land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war"
That he the said Abel Bottom, enlisted in the month of May, in the year 1776, in the State of Connecticut, in the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Allen, and in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Andrew Ward, in the line of the "Connecticut Troops" for one year, that he continued to serve in said Company in the service of the United States during said Term of one year, at the end of which he was discharged in the State of New Jersey; That he was in the Battles of the White Plains and Trenton, at taking of the Hessians, and that he is in reduced circumstance and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support; And that he has no other evidence now in his Power of his said services.
[signed] Abel Bottom
Sworn to & declared before me
the day and year aforesaid}
[signed] Barn Smith

State of New York
Cay. County SS
I Barnabas Smith, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Cayuga and State aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Abel Bottom did serve in the revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy: and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Dated April 27th 1818
[signed] Barn. Smith
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State of New York
County of Cayuga
I hereby certify that the Hon. Barnabas Smith before whom the within Affidavit appears to have been made is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County acting under the authority of this State and that his Signature thereto subscribed is Genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the Seal of said County this twenty ninth day of April 1818.
[signed] E.T. Throop Clk
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In the case of
Abel Bottom
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Personally came Jabez Bottom before me Garshom Morse one of the Justices of the peace in and for the county of Cayuga and says that he was knowing that his brother Abel Bottom enlisted in the year of one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in the month of May in the town of Plainfield in the state of Conectticut under Capt. Daniel Allen and served in the Regiment of Colonel Andrew Ward in the Connectticut Line where he served as a soldier one year and was discharge at the lines in the State of New Jersey in the month of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven as Deponant believes for Deponant was in the army the [illegible] but was discharged in the month of march before and went home and in May following his brother Abel Bottom came home
[signed] Jabez Bottum
Sined and sworn to at [illegible] this fifth day of february in the year 1819 before Me
[signed] Garshom Morse
I further certify that I have been acquainted with the above Deponant and am knowing that his carracter and standing in this town is good and believe the above to be true
[signed] Garshom Morse
State of New York
Cayuga County Ss
I certify that Gershom Morse Esqr before whom the preceeding declarations under oath were made and by whom the preceeding certificate was made was on the day of the date thereof and still is a Justice of the peace in & for the County of Cayuga duly commissioned and sworn as such Justice I further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe the foregoing signature to be his In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas and my name subscribed this 6the day of Feb 1819
[signed] E.T. Throop Clk.
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Abel Bottom's 
Declaration
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State of New York
Cayuga County Ss
On this eighteenth day of January 1826 personally appeared in open court being the Court of common pleas of said County of Cayuga and a court of record Abel Bottom resident in said County aged seventy years and upwards, who being duly sworn, according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the Act of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820. that he the said Abel Bottom enlisted for the term of one year in the month of May 1776 in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Daniel Allen in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Andrew Ward in the line of the State of Connecticut and was immediately transferred to the continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said corps until the month of May 1777 when he was discharged from the service in the State of New Jersey having served out the period of his enlistment. that he was at the battle of the white plain and at the battle of Trenton. at the taking of the Hessians, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present. that his name is not on the roll of any state for that year except the Connecticut line of troops. And that he made application for a pension on the 27th day of April 1818
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear 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
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or in any manner, disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby 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 the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
[signed] Abel Bottom

I the subscriber have no property real or personal except necessary clothing for myself 
Since the 18th day of March 1818 there has been no change in my property
[signed] Abel Bottum

Sworn to and declared on the 18th day of January 1826 before the aforesaid Court of Common pleas for the County of Cayuga
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I Abraham Gridley Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cayuga do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Abel Bottom, 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 schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court. And I do further certify that is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in the value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is nothing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 18th day of January 1826
[signed] A Gridley Clerk
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45305
Revy INVALID.
File No. 45305
Abel Bottom
Priv Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 54
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Returned the Second time with the objection as a Wards' was not a continental regiment
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Returned the Second time with the objection as a Wards' was not a continental regiment
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State of New York
Seneca County Ss
Be it remembered that on the second day of February one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, Before me Adonijah Church one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Seneca, came Elisha Downer, who being duly sworn deposeth and say, that he the Deponant was well acquainted with Abell Bottum, and was personally knowing to the said Abell Bottum, enlisting in Capt. Allens Company, in the Regement of Collonel Andrew Wards, of the Connecticut Lines, in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six, and the Deponant fursaith, that he the said Abel Bottum enlisted for one year, who served faithfully during the term of his inlistment, at wich time he received an honerable discharge, the Deponant further says, that he has ben acquainted with the applicant for more than forty years & that he the said Abell Bottum, in in low & reduced circumstances of life, & that the deponant dos not expect to be benefited by the applicants success, in obtaining his County
[signed] Elisha Downer

State of New York
Seneca County Ss
Appeared before me Elisha Donner, the subscriber a credible witness and was sworn as above
[signed] Adonijah Church one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County
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State of New York
County of Seneca
I hereby certify that the Hon. Adonijah Church before whom the annexed affidavit appears to have been made was at the time of the same was made a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County acting under the authority of this State and that his signature thereto subscribed is Genuine - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County this twenty fourth day of January 1826
[signed] E. Whitehead Dep: Clk
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This is to certify that I am personally aquainted with Abel Bottom whose application for a pension I have transmitted to the pension office and know that he has no famaly - and further that he has for three or four years past been dependant on his friends for support
[signed] Charles Kellogg
Member of the House of Rep
Washington 16 Feb 1826
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April 28/69
Apl. 19. 1849
Frederick W. Botton
Son of Abel Bottom,
Is he entitled to a pension

Col. 
[illegible] Rec April 24/49
Dept of the Interior.
Army Pensions
Dept of the Interior
April 25/49
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Southbridge Mass April 19 1849
Dear Sir Allow me the favor to occupy a few minutes to examine and report your opinion in writing addressed to me in Southbridge Mass for perusing the Boston Post of March 27 1849. I read a brief Abstract of the Pension laws now in force - published in the Intelligent, in pursuance of an Act of the last Congress; which Abstract I herewith enclose for your examination and opinion thereon. The paragraph marked with an [illegible] me as it reads as entitling me to five years half pay of the Government; for services rendered by my Father Abel Bottom, in the War of the Revolution your opinion upon the construction of said paragraph above alluded to as enforced by the War Department and also whether I am entitled to said five years half pay upon satisfactory proof of the truth of the following statement I was born March 1st 1780 at Plainfield CT. My Father Abel Bottom, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution a sargent as I have often while a boy heard him relate - He obtained a Pension under the First Pension Act of 1818. He died in the State of New York in 1826 I think my mother Wealthy Bottom died in the same state, my only sister Francis Bottom died in 1820, leaving a son since dead. I never had Brother and have no Nephew or Niece alive - consequently come within the letter and spirit of the paragraph alluded to. The fact that my Father was a soldier and had a Pension under the Act of 1818 and the he is dead and when he died is proved by the Records of the War Department. My Father
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obtained the Pension in 1821 I obtained the proof of his service from Records of Department. The Enrollment of the Connecticut soldiers, being sent to the Department by the Secretary of the State of Connecticut. The fact of my being the only child alive of my Parents, can be proved by old persons now alive in my Native town - I now take you as an Act of kindness to me, that you write me as soon as convenient; whether I am entitled to the five years half pay according to the construction of the paragraph as enforced by the War Department together with what proof will be required to obtain it. The Hon John Davis will inform you if necessary that my statement may be relied upon -
yours respectfully
[signed] Frederick W. Bottom
Hon Geo W Crawford
Secretary of War}
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Rev Com 16 Feb 1826
N.Y. Roll 

Hon. C. Kellogg, H.R.
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Washington 6 Feb 1826
J.L Edwards Esquire
Dear Sir
Enclosed I forward you Mr. Abel Bottoms application to be placed on the pension list after examining them please sir inform me whatever the decision may be
I am Respectfully your 
obedient servant
[signed] Charles Kellogg