Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,812, Abel Dodd, Navy. Missouri Agency And Residence
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Service:                                                Number:
Navy                      Dodd, Abel             S. 15.812

Born in Del. + res. at enl.
Missouri Agency & residence
Carded
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Hon. A W Lamb & 3d auditor
Mch 1 1833

30.717
Missouri
Abel Dodd
of Callaway Co in the State of Missouri
who was a seaman in the Ship commanded
by Captian Hall of the Squadron commanded
by com Barron in the [marked out]
line for U. S. Navy, from 1781
Navy aw

Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri
at the rate of 24 Dollars ---Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of June
1836 --- and sent to Hon. W. H. Ashley, H. R.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1836  $120 --
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept: "  12. --
$132 --

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Wm. S. Allison Clerk,
Book E2 Vol. 9th  Page 53
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Abed Dodd
27.337


10_H Ashley
H Louis
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State of Missouri}
Callaway County} Ss

On this 19 day of August in the year one thousand and eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the justice of said ___ Court now sitting, Able Dodd a resident of the County aforesaid aged sixty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. that he entered the naval service of the United States and embarked on board the schooner Liberty, Then lying at the head of Elk, in the state of [marked out: Delaware] Maryland, in the month of July or August in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty one (1781) he believes from the circumstance of his having been some three or four days previous to his enrolment in Harvesting, that his service commenced in July.  The Liberty was then commanded by captain Hall and belonged to the Squadron on James River under the command of Comodore [sic] James Barron. Among the vessels comprising this squadron were Ships Tartar, Dragon, and Tempest.
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Brig Jefferson, and Schooners Patriot [marked out: & Liberty] Cap't Markram commanded the Jefferson, and Cap't Woods commanded either the Dragon or Tartan.  Of the crew of the Liberty, this declarant recollects the names of John Bulb, Pilot, William Burkley, Edward Read, William Jennings, and Gibson.  After remaining several weeks at the Head of Elk, the Liberty sailed for South Hampton and thence to East River where she underwent some repair at a place then called New Point Comfort.  The Liberty mounted ten swivels & two Howitzers; She was employed, generally, in watching the movements of the enemy, and communicating the the [sic] same to the Commodore of the American Squadron; she frequently recaptured small vessels that had been taken by the enemy on the Chesapeake and ordered to New York; She was ultimately, on the appearance of the British Squadron on Hampton Roads, to avoid being captured, sunk, by order of commodore Barron.  This declarant was then ordered on board the Brig Jefferson, then at anchor in Chickahominy River, in which vessel he continued to serve during the residue
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of the war, at the close of which he received a written discharge, which he believes was signed by Commodore Barron, but as to the fact he has no distinct recollections.  The discharge has been long since lost or mislaid.
Shortly after the termination of the war, the declarant shipped at Norfolk, on board a merchant vessel, in which service he continued several years, after which he returned to & resided in his native State, Delaware, until the year eighteen hundred eighteen, when he emigrated to the state of Kentucky &  resided there about eight years.  In the year eighteen hundred & twenty six he removed from Kentucky to his present residence in Callaway County in Missouri.
The declarant further states that he has no documentary evidence to support the foregoing facts; and that he knows no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service--He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension
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Roll of the agency of any state --
Sworn to and subscribed
the day & year aforesaid
Abel  his X mark  Dodd

Sworn to & subscribed before me Clerk 
of the County Court of Callaway County Missouri in 
Open Court his 19th day of 
August AD 1833
I. O. Hockaday

Thomas P Stevens [marked out: Wm. D[?]] a clergyman residing in the County of Callaway, state of Missouri and John James residing in the same County, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Able Dodd who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about sixty nine years of age; That he is reputed and believed to be, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been in the naval service of the U States during the revolutionary war, and that we concur in that opinion.

Given to & subscribed the
day and year aforesaid. 
Tho. B. Stephens
John James

Subscribed & sworn to before me clerk of the County Court of Callaway County, Missouri
in open Court this 19th day of August AD 1833
Irvine O. Hockaday clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after puting [sic] the
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interrogatories presented by the war department, That The within named applicant was in the naval service of the United States and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas E. Stevens [marked out: John James] who has signed the preceeding [sic] certificate, is a clergyman resident in the County of Callaway aforesaid and that John James  is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Sam'l S Moore
John Conger
James McKinney

State of Missouri }
County of Callaway} Sct.
Irvine O. Hockaday Clerk of the County Court within and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing containing the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application Able Dodd for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office This 19th day of August in the year of our lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty three and in the 14th year of the state.
Irvine O. Hockaday Clerk.
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27.377.
Abed Dodd
Missouri

( j )

[marked out: Redeem [?] ]

[marked out:  Hon W. H Ashley]
H.R  [marked out: St Louis
Missouri]
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War Department
Pension Office
30th October 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of Able Dodd
Period when the service was rendered.  |   Duration of the claimant's service Years. Months. Days.  |  Rank of the claimant  |  Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served  |  Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service 
 |  Proof by which the declaration is supported
1781  |  To the close of the War. |  Sailor  |  Cap. Hall Com Jas Bannon  |   69 years  Maryland and Delaware.  |  Traditionary

The testimony of at least one witness who had a personal knowledge of the applicant services should be produced.

I am respectfully, Your obedient servant, 
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Schooner Liberty
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
The law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c, Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service
4. Indian Spies
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. Any every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
[State, Territory, or District of County of]

On this __ day of __ personally appeared (a) before ____
A.B a resident (b) of ___ in the county of ___ and State, Territory or District of ___ aged (c) ___ years, who being first duty 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 (d) ___, with ___ and served in the ___ (e) regiment of the ___ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy &c.]
he hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of __
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
___ of the Court of ___ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of ___ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of ___ &c. __.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State of Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the ___ and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be ___ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and years aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court, further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the ___ and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the ___ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, ___ Clerk of the Court of ___ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of ___ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this __ day of __ &c.

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very ... of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The favorited will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. 
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. 
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergymen, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. 
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such a person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effort of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
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Record Division                   3-525
Revolutionary War Records Section

Department of the Interior
S.15812    Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of Abel Dodd a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: July or Aug. 1781
Length of Service: to close of War
Rank: Seaman
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered:
Hall, on Schooner "Liberty"
Markram, on Brig "Jefferson"

Battles engaged in, none slated
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Delaware
Date of application for pension: Aug 19, 1833 His claim he was allowed
Residence at date of application: Callaway County, Mo.
Age at date of application: 39 years, born in Del.
Remarks: There is no date on file as to family.

Respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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O U Ln - 24713
David
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Revolution
312 Colonial Pl.
Sikeston, Mo. November 9, 1922.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send me the Revolutionary records of Abel Dood [sic] buried in Callaway County, Mo. age 76.  he was living with Thomas Miller in 1840; also of D. Martin buried in Bonhomme twonship [sic], St. Louis county, Mo. He resided with Mrs. Mollie Martin.
These names are found in the Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military services, 1841.
Thanking you for your attention to this, I am,
Very cordially,
Frances Stallcuf
(Mrs. L.M. S.)

[postmark: U. S. PENSION OFFICE NOV 10 1922]
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Invalid

File No. 15812
Abel Dodd
Seaman
U. S. Navy
Rev War
Act June 7. 1832
Index: Vol. 9. , Page 53.
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1922 Dec. 6-History to
Mrs. L. M. S. Stalcuf aw
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215

Mr. Abel Dodd
Millersburgh
Missouri

[postmark:  PARIS [?]  DEC 9]

Jan. 28
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Commonwealth of Kentucky}
Bourbon County Sct }
Personally appeared before me Nimrod I Lindsay one of the acting Justices of the Peace in & for said County, John Fordon and made oath, that he is about seventy two years old, that he was raised in the state of Delaware, was well aquainted [sic] with Abel Dood [sic] now a resident of the State of Missouri, that Said Abel Dood [sic] enlisted in the Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war on board of the Schooner Liberty, in the year 1780, that this deponant took Dinner with said Dood [sic] on board of the aforesaid Schooner after they had made a cruising Voyage of some two or three months, while lying at Elkton wharf in the State of Maryland;
deponant [sic] further states upon the information of said Dood [sic] after his return that he was taken prisoner by the Enemy and taken to England, which Statement this deponant [sic] believes to be true, as upon the knowledge of this deponant [sic] he was absent fifteen years.
That Said Dood [sic] was about fifteen years old when he enlisted and that
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he is now about seventy years of age and further saith not
John Fordon

This will certify that the foregoing affidavit of John Fordon was taken, subscribed, & sworn to before the subscriber one of the acting Justices of the peace for Bourbon County & Commonwealth of Kentucky and I further state that said Fordon is a resident farmer of said county of respectable standing and that full confidence may be reposed in all his statements, Given under my hand this 8th day of December 1835
N. L. Lindsay J.P.B.C.

State of Kentucky & County of Bourbon ss
I Thomas P Smith clerk of the court of said county do certify that Nimrod L Lindsay is a magistrate as above, that his signature is genuine & his attestation in due form
In witness whereof I have hereto subscribed my name & affixed my seal of office this ninth day of December 1835.
Tho P. Smith D. Clk
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Millersburgh Mo
January 18th

Free

General W. H. Ashly
Washington
City
District of Collumbia [sic]
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the affidavit of John James of Lawful age taken before me a Justice of the peace for the County of Callaway and State of Missouri, this 15th day of January 1834 This deponant [sic] deposeth and saith that he was intimately acquainted with Abell [sic] Dodd from a boy and that they were school mates together and that said Abell [sic] Dodd was bound to one William Wharry, who lived with in five miles of this deponant [sic] and that on account of cruel treatment the said Dodd run off from his master and inlisted [sic] in the Virginia State service under Commodore Barrow in the revolutionary war as I frequently heard his master say and to my own knowledge the said dod [sic] was gone off and it was the general report and belief in the neighbourhood that the said Abell Dodd was in the navy, and this deponant [sic] never has heard any thing to the contrary and further this deponant [sic] saith that after the close of the revolutionary war the said abell [sic] Dodd come to se [sic] him and gave  him a history of the many transaction that has taken place during his being enguaged [sic] in the war, so that this deponant [sic] saith he firmly believes that the said Dodd did enter the servis [sic] and served during the war and further this deponant [sic] saith not.  John James
Sworn to and subscribed before
me William Miller a Justice of the peace within and for the County of Calieaway [sic] and State of Missouri this fifteenth Day of January 1834, as above.
William Miller, J. P.C. C Mo.
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State of Missouri County of Calloway sct

I Irvine O. Hockaday, Clerk of the County Court within and for the County aforesaid do certify that William Miller Esq. who has taken the written affidavit of Mr. Jno James and whose name is attached to the written certificate (which is on the other half of this sheet) is and was at the time of administering the oath to the said John James and of making and signing said certificate, an acting Justice of the peace within and for the County aforesaid duly [illegible] and qualified according to law and full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts.  I do further certify that the written signature of the said William Miller purporting to be his, is genuine and is his own proper handwriting.

In Testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at office this 28th day of April A.D. 1834 and in the 14th year of the State.

Irvine O. Hockaday Clerk
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State of Missouri }
County of Callaway } sct

On this 16th day of May in the Year one Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty six personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of said court now sitting Abel Dodd a resident of the County aforesaid aged seventy one Years who being first duly sworn according to Law makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832, That he entered the Naval service of the United States and embarked on board the Schooner Liberty then lying at the head of the elk in the State of Mary Land, in the month of July or August in the Year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty one (1781) he believes from the circumstance of his having been Some three or four days previous to his enrollment Harvesting, that his Service commenced in July, the Liberty was then Commanded by Captain Hall and belonged to the Squadron on James River under the command of Comodore [sic] James Barron. Among the vessels comprising this squadron were Ships Tartan, Draggon, and Tempest. Brig Jefferson, and Schooners Patriot and Liberty Cap't Markram commanded the Jefferson, and Cap't Woods commanded either the Draggon or Tartan . Of the crew of the Liberty, this Deponent recollects the names of John Bull, Pilott, William Burkley, Edward Read, William Jennings, and Gibson. After remaining several weeks at the Head of Elk, the Liberty sailed for South Hampton and thence to East River where she underwent some repairs at a place then called New Point Comfort. The Liberty mounted ten swivels & Two Howitzers; She was employed, generally, in watching the movements of the enemy, and communicating the same to the Comodore [sic] of the American Squadron; She frequently recaptured small vessels that had been taken by the enemy on the Chesapeake and ordered to New York; She was ultimately, on the appearance of the British Squadron on Hampton Roads, to avoid being captured, sunk, by order of Comodore [sic] Barron. This Declarant was then ordered on board the Brig Jefferson, then at anchor in Chickahominy River, in which vessel he continued to serve during the residue of the war.  At the close of the war, he received a written discharge, which he believes was signed by Comodore [s[ic] Barron, but as to this fact he has no distinct recollection, the discharge has long since been lost or mislaid, and as for the time this declarent [sic] left the service he is unable to make further Statement, than he has above made.
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Shortly after the termination of the war, the declarant shipped at Norfolk, on board a merchant vessel, in which service he continued several years, after which he returned to & resided in his native State, Delaware, until the year eighteen hundred eighteen, when he emigrated to the state of Kentucky & resided there about eight years. In the year eighteen hundred & twenty six he removed from Kentucky to his present residence in Callaway County in Missouri. This declarant further states that he has no documentary evidence to support the foregoing facts. 

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,
Sworn and Subscribed to before us Martin Baskett and James Baker members of the County Court of the County of Callaway and State of Missouri in open Court the same being a court of record this 16th day of May AD 1836
Martin Baskett  President of the court aforesaid
James Baker

Thomas P Stephens a Clergyman residing in the County of Callaway State of Missouri and William Miller Residing in the Same County & State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abel Dodd who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be about Seventy one Years of age that he is [?] and believed to be in the neighborhood where he resides to have been in the Naval Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War and that we concur in that opinion.
Tho. P Stephens
William Miller
Sworn to and subscribed before us the undersigned Judges or Justices of the County Court of the County or Callaway & State of Missouri in open Court the same being a Court of Record this 16 day of May [marked out: March] 1836.
Martin Baskett President of said Court
James Baker

And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after puting [sic] the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the within named
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named applicant was in the Naval Service of the United States and served as he states, and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas P. Stephens who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Calloway aforesaid and that William Miller is a credible person and that their statements is entitled to credit. 
Martin Baskett, President of sd Court
James Baker

State of Missouri
County of Callaway
I Israel B. Grant, Clerk of the County Court within and for the county aforesaid Do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Abel Dodd for a pension, and I do hereby  further certify that Martin Baskett and James Baker judges or justices of said county court of  the county aforesaid before whom the above and foregoing certificates or affidavits were made & subscribed and were at the time of making and signing said Certificates or affidavits acting judges or justices of the County Court of the County aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified according to Law and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine and full faith and credit is and ought to be given. 
In Testimony whereof I Israel B. Grant Clerk of Said Court have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at office this sixteenth day of May A.D. 1836 and in the sixteenth year of the state. 
Israel B. Grant Clerk