Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12901, Amos Abbot, N. H.
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE
N.H. Abbot, Amos or Abbott
NUMBER S.12901

carded
CONTENTS
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES Division of Veterans' Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Abbot, Benjamin GRADE Drum Major
LINE Massachusetts

WARRANT NUMBER 36.38 ACREAGE 100
ISSUED Mar. 25, 1790
to- not shown-
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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Amos Abbot
N. H. S12901
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Camp on Winter Hill Oct 27th 1775
Amos Abbot of Capt. Abbot's Compy [COMPANY] being reduced by Sickness is discharged from his engagement in the Continental Service by his own desire.

John Stark Colo [COLONEL]

S. File 12.901
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5830
New Hampshire
Amos Abbott
of [illegible] in the State of NH who was a Corpl [CORPORAL] in the company commanded by Captain--- of the Regt commanded by Col Stark in the NH line for 12 Mos. 7 Days -

29 Corpl [CORPORAL]

Amos Abbot Records o.k. Jany [JANUARY] 704 a

Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 44 Dollars 31 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the[illegible] 18th day of Feby 1833 and sent JP [illegible] H [HOUSE] of Reps.

Arrears to 4th of Sep 1832 $66.46
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 [1833] 22.15 $88.61

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J H P Blair Clerk
Book D. Vol. [illegible] Vol. Page 137.
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Amos Abbott
[illegible]
13.808

J. M. Harper
HR [HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES]
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832.

State of New-Hampshire,
County of Merrimack ss.}

On this 28th day of August personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County Amos Abbot, a resident of Concord in the County of
Merrimack and State of New-Hampshire, aged Seventy-two 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 in April with Capt. Joshua Abbot and served in ["the" crossed out] Colo. John Stark's
regiment of the New Hampshire line, under the following named officers:
That he enlisted in Cambridge Massachusetts in April 1775 for eight months and served at Cambridge Six months and was discharged on account of sickness as will appear by the discharge annexed - the above service was in Capt. Joshua Abbott Company, Col. John Starks Regt. In December 1775 he enlisted at Concord New Hampshire under Capt. Benjamin Emery of Concord for six weeks and marched to Winter Hill and served there eight weeks the two last weeks he served by request of the Officers. the new troops now leaving got in. This service was in the Militia ____ dismissed
That he enlisted in Concord aforesaid in Dec. 1776 for three months under Capt. Benjamin Sias Colo. Gilman. Maj. Coffin and marched to Peekskill on Hudson River and served the time out there - and dismissed had no written discharge - he thinks this was in N Hampshire militia -

In Sept 1777 volunteered at Concord aforesaid & went to Saratoga under
Capt Joshua Abbot of Concord aforesaid served one month and dismissed was in Colo Gerent Regt - In August 1778 he volunteered at Concord aforesaid & Went
to Rhode Island under Capt Eben Webster served one month in Gen Whipples Brigade, Colo Nichols Regt. & dismissed -
That he actually served thirteen months in the above mentioned engagements -

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Amos Abbot

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Boswell Stevens Judge of Probate

I, H.B. Chase, Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Merrimack do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of the said Amos Abbot for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this twenty-eighth day of August, Anno Domini 183[illegible]
H.B. Chase, Register of Probate.
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13,808
Amos Abbott

Private 17 mos. & 7 days
Corporal 29 days
March 13 -6
adm [ADMITTED]

$44.31-

J. M. Harper
HR [HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES]
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BRIEF in the case of Amos Abbott
of Merrimack Co. in the State of NH
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 72
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

| Period | Duration of service. | Rank. | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served |

Apl 1775| 6 months, | As a private | Capt. Abbott Col Stark |
Dec 1775 | ++1 month 26 days | as a private | Capt. Emery |
Dec 1776 | 0 3 months 11 days | private | Capt. Sias, Col. Gilman |
Sept 1777 | +++29 days | Corporal | Capt. Abbott - Col. Gerrish |
Aug 1778 | 1 month | Private | Capt. Webster Col.  Nichols General Whipple |

+ per role of pension
o. D0 D0 D0

5. In what battles was he engaged?
Movement.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dont say

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Discharge - 2 living Witnesses

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Right

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W C Eastern
Examining Clerk.
12 Feby 1833

+8 weeks
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RECORD DIVISION 3-525
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
MMH S12901

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 9, 1922

In reply to your request of ____ received ___
for a statement of the military history of Amos Abbot a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his application 
["( or his widow's)" crossed out] for
pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. |
LENGTH OF SERVICE | RANK | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED |STATE. |
Apr. 1775 | 6 mos. | Private | Capt. Joshua Abbot | Col. John Stark | N.H.
Dec. 1775 | 8 wks. |  | Capt. Benj. Emery | Col John Stark | N.H. |
Dec. 1776 | 3 mos. |  | Capt. Benja. Sias | Col. Gilman | N.H. |
Sept. 1777 | 1 mo. |  | Capt. Joshua Abbott | Col. Gerrish | N.H. 
Aug. 1778 | 1 mo. |  | Capt. Ebenezer Webster | Col. Nichol | N.H. 

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Concord, N. H.
Date of application for pension, Aug 28, 1832. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Concord, N. H.
Age at date of application, 72 years

Remarks: There is no family data on file.

Respectfully,
Commissioner. 

(See Vol. 2 p. 405 for 4" Enlistment) mmh.
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1922 Sept. 9 Hist. [HISTORY] to
Mrs. Sarah Emeline Fox
MMH

Rev [REVOLUTIONARY] War
12.901
INVALID.
File No. 12.901
Amos Abbott
Corporal Rev [REVOLUTIONARY] War

Act: June 7th 1832
Index: -- Vol.____, Page ___
Arrangement of 1870.]
Amos Abbot, Records corrected Jan 7' ok
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13,808
Amos Abbott

J. M. Harper
HR [HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES]
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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
Amos Abbott which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
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? Yes
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 amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
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? Yes
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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? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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? Yes
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? Yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official
character and signature of the magistrate as regulations direct? Yes
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? Yes
XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? No to 1,2,3

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; For__ year __ months, and ___days, I served as a __ For__ and __ days, I served as a __; and for such service I claim a pension
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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 indefinite, 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 objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either 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.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not 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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I Enoch Coffin of Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire aged seventy seven years do testify and say that I
Volunteered at Concord aforesaid the last of Sept. AD. 1777 for one month under Capt. Joshua Abbot in New Hampshire line and marched directly to Saratoga from thence to Fort Edward for the purpose of cutting off Burgoynes [sic] retreat and after his surrender returned to Saratoga and served out the full term of one month that - during this service was under the command of Colo. John Stark, and Colo. Bayley and dismissed had no written discharge and further that Amos Abbot of Concord aforesaid with whom I was and have
even since been well acquainted, did enlist for the same term of time at the same place and served the one month under same officers with me and was dismissed with me -

Enoch Coffin

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack Ss.

Be it known that on this thirtieth day of
August AD. 1832, before me Joseph Low Notary Public within and for said State, personally appeared Enoch Coffin and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and thereupon made solemn oath that the same
is just and true -

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal at Concord in the State & County aforesaid the day and year above mentioned

Joseph Low, Notary Public

I certify that the above deponent is a credible witness and that full credit is due to his Testimony -
Joseph Low, Notary Public
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Coffin for Amos Abbot
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State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office October 6. 1832. The within named Charles H. Peaslee is a Justice of the Peace for our County of Merrimack, duly constituted & sworn and his signature as such genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto set the seal of the State
Ralph Metcalf Secretary.
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I Philbrick Bradley of Concord in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire aged Seventy Seven years - certify that I have been well acquainted with Amos Abbot of said Concord for sixty years last past and do know
that the said Abbot enlisted at Concord aforesaid in Decr - AD. 1775 under Capt. Benja [BENJAMIN] Emery ["for" crossed out] of said Concord for six weeks & marched to Winter Hill & served eight weeks. that he served the two last weeks by request of the Officers -

Also that he enlisted at Concord aforesaid in Decr. A D. 1776 for three months under Capt. Benjamin Sias Colo. Gilman and Major Coffin and marched to Peekskill on Hudson River & served out the three months & dismissed -
Also that he volunteered at Concord aforesaid in August AD 1778 & marched to Rhode Island under Capt. Eben Webster & served there one month in Gen. Whipples [sic] Brigade - Colo Nichols Regt. and dismissed - and further that I enlisted & volunteered at same time with the said Abbot in the three engagements above mentioned for the same time, under the same officers, marched & served with him & dismissed with him -

That all the above mentioned services were in the New Hampshire Militia -
Philbrick Bradley

Merrimack Ss Concord N. Hampshire
Sworn to & subscribed this sixth day of October AD 1832 before me
Charles H. Peaslee, Jus [JUSTICE] of the Peace

I certify that the above named Philbrick Bradley is a credible witness -
Charles H. Peaslee Jus [JUSTICE] of the Peace
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[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE AUG 18 1922
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stamped envelope 
Rev [REVOLUTIONARY]
Blaine, Wash Aug 15/22 [1922]

Pension Office,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: -

Kindly send me Pension number of Amos
Abbott. He drew a pension several years previous to his death of $48.00, being half
pensioned, he having served less than one year 
at any one time. Soon after the fight at Lexington, he enlisted in Capt. Joshua
Abbotts Co. in Col. John Stark's Reg. at Bunker Hill for six months in 1775.

As I have applied for application in D.A.R.
of Bellingham, Chief Whatcom chapter, and this is the only thing that is holding me back. So please send
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[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE AUG 18 1922
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me the number as soon as possible as a new ruling calls for it.
And Oblige
Sarah Emeline Fox.