Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33356, for Abraham Kittle, Maryland
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Continental 
Md. 
Sea Service
Kittle, Abraham

Number
S. 33356

CONTENTS

This Envelope Includes
Final Payment Voucher
N.J.
Received from GAO
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12.88
New Jersey

Abraham Kittle
of Montague townsp. in the state of N. Jersey who was a private in the regiment commanded by Col. Weltner of the German Regt.& in Maryland line for the term of 5 years

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the frate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13th of June 1819--

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd of July 1819 and sent to Simon Cortright, Esqr. Newton, Sussex Coy. N. J.

Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept. 1819, 2 18/20, 21.83
$21.83
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818,}
file Sept. 19 Continued
Sussex County.

See letter  to Agent
22d Dec. 1828.
Date of each not in Af (?)
(writing on side not legible)
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Sussex County State of New Jersey
On the fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen before me the Subscribers one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and State of said personally appeared Abraham Kittle Aged fifty seven years resident of the Township of Montague who being duly sworn According to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in Order to Obtain, the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for Certain persons as passed in the Navel and Land Services of the United States in the Revolutionary war that he the said Abraham Kittle did enlist as private Soldier in the Second commanded by Col Weltner in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight for During the war and that he wherein the Battle engagement with General Sullivan on the western expedition and was engaged Against the Common enemy in the Battle of Green Springs in Virginia and Also was at the Taking of Said Col Weltner at Little York town State of Virginia and Also the engagement  in payment Agnt the black Corp of Horse in South Carolinea and Rec'd.  his Discharged in the year one thousand Seven Hundred and eighty three at Annapolis in the State of Maryland under the hand of Major Engelton and that he is in reduced circumstances and Stands in Need of the Assistance of his Country for support and that he has Lost his Discharge
Sworn to and 
declared before me at Sandyton in said County the day and year Aforesaid } Abraham Kittle  X his mark 
Simon Cortright
I Simon Cortright one of the Judges of the Inferiour Court of Common Pliase for Said County Do Hereby certify that it Appears to My Satisfaction that the Said Abraham Kittle Did Served in the Revolutionary
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State of New Jersey Sussex County Ss.
Abraham Kittle German Indept. Corps Col Weltner April 1819 War
13th June 1819

I Ephraim Green for Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Sussex do Certify that Simon Cortright Esquire who had Taken the within mentioned deposition and who has thereunto Subscribed his name was at the Taking and Signing the Same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly Commissioned and Sworn and to all his acts as Such full faith and Credit is and aught to be given in the Testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Said Court this twenty ninth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and nineteen
E. Green pens

Correct by Roll
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Power of Attorney
The (illegible word) of
Abraham Kittle
Award of Pension

W. P. Hunt

Sep 14, 1842
Acct No 2
Nov 16

Final Payment Voucher
Received from (illegible word)
116 days
$ 30.70
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State of New Jersey
Sussex County Ss.--

Be it known that before me Robert H. M. Carter--a justice of the Peace in and for said County of Sussex appeared in proper person  Henry Mead of said County and made oath in due form of Law that he is the administrator of Abraham Kittle late of the County of Sussex deceased the identical person who not a pensioner & is now dead, and to whom a Certificate of pension was issued of which the following is a true Copy--War department--Revolutionary claim---I certify that inconformity with the Law of this United States of the 18th March 1818. Abraham Kittle late a private in the army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension list, Roll of the New Jersey agency--at the Rate of Eight Dollars per month--to commence on the thirtieth day of June one thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen. Given at the war office of the United States this Twenty eighth day of July one thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen.     J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War
That the belated Pensioner Abraham Kittle residing at Sandyston & Montague 
county of Sussex for the space of forty & more years until about Two years before his death  When he (illegible word) into Montegue in said County There he died on the 28; December 1842--Henry Mead X his mark
Sworn and subscribed this 24: day of August 1842.  before me Rob H McCarter Justice of the peace. Witness Present W. S. Johnson.
Know all  men by there presents that I Henry Mead of the County of Sussex New Jersey an administrator of Abraham Kittle deceased a Revolutionary pensioner the hereto stated late of the County of Sussex do constitute Westley P Hunt, Esquire of the County of Mercer, My true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions in Trenton State of New Jersey the balance of said Pension due to Law Abraham
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Kittle--from the Fourth day of September 1841 to the Twenty Eighth day of December 1841--being the Day of his death.
Witness my hand & seal this Twenty fourth day of August one thousand Eight Hundred and forty two.. } Henry Mead  X his mark
Rob H McCarter
W. S. Johnson
State of New Jersey ss.--Be it known that on the Twenty-fourth day of August one thousand Eight Hundred and forty two before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared the above named Henry Mead & acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney (illegible word) act and Deed  In testimony thereof I have hereunto set my hand this day & year last above mentioned
Rob H McCarter  Justice of the Peace 
State of New Jersey County of Mercer  Ss.  Be it known that on the 12th day of September on thousand Eight Hundred and forty two, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Westley P. Hunt the attorney named in the foregoing Power of Attorney, and made oath, that the same was not given to him by reason of any date transfer or mortgage in the Pension or arrears of Pension therein allowed & authorized he received for him--given and subscribed before me the day and year last above mentioned} W P Hunt
The foreman Chas. Burroughs

((written on side) Note the (illegible words) before the examination.  Chas Burroughs
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Abraham Kittle 
Pensioner} Copy of Affidavit, JC
12,889
Septr. 1819
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District of New Jersey Ss.
On this eighteenth day of August, in the year of our LORD, in eighteen hundred and twenty--personally appeared in open Court, being the inferior Court of Common Pleas of the County of Sussex, and a court of record, by reason of their proceeding according to the course of common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a Seal, and keeping a record of their proceeding.--Abraham Kittle aged fifty eight years, resident in the Township of Montague in the said County of Sussex in the said District of New Jersey, who being Sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare, that he Served in the Revolutionary War as follows, that is to say; He enlisted as a private Soldier in the year 1776, as he now believes--that he enlisted under Captain Michael Bayard, in Col. James Weltner's Regiment; in the Regiment he served about two years, when it was reduced to fifteen men in the Battle at Tarry town, at which time he was transferred to the second Regiment of the Maryland line under Col. John Stewart, in which Regiment he served two years and six months; he was afterwards detached from this Regiment to the Naval Service, and went two Voyages to the Tangier Islands, that he continued in the Service until the end of the war, when he received an honourable discharge at the City of Annapolis, in the State of Maryland, that  after he was in the naval service, he was at the battle of York-town in Virginia, where his left arm was wounded & broken , by a cannon ball received from the Enemy.--And this declarant further saith that he has a certificate of his claim, under his original application, obtained from the War department, which is dated the twenty seventh day of July 1819 by which it appears that his name is
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inscribed on the Pension List Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the thirteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and that he rec'd. his Pension up to the 4th day of March 1820, and that the number of his said Pension Certificate is 12,889. And I, the said Abraham Kittle do Solemnly swear that I was a resident, citizen of the United States on the 16th day of March 1818.--and that I have not since that time by gift, Sale, or in any other manner since that time disposed of my property, or any part thereof with an intent thereby so to diminish the same, 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 the eighteenth day of March 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or Securities, contracts or  debt due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me Subscribed.-- The deponant, on his Oath aforesaid, that he has no ocupation or trade, and that by reason of his age, infirmities, and of the wound aforesaid received by him in his left arm, at the said Battle of York-town, in Virginia, he is unable to Labour, or in any way obtain a livelihood--that he has on wife or children; that this Deponant thinks himself in such indigent circumstances, that he can not support himself without the aid of Government, except by private or public charity.--  Abraham Kittle X his mark
Sworn to & declared on this 18th day of August 1820, in open Court.  Gab H. Ford
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This Deponant further Saith, that he has no property of which to make a Schedule, save the Clothes he has on, and one spare shirt.  Sworn & Subscribed in open Court this 18th day of August 1820} Abraham Kittle  X his mark
Gab H. Ford

I, Ephraim Green (illegible word) Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas afor'd do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court.--In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this thirtieth day of August, A.D. 1820

E. Green Ssr Clerk of the Court for the County of Sussex (illegible abbreviation)
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FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received  from GAO
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No. 16  Loan Office, Trenton Bank, Sep 12  1842
Received of Philemon Dickenson, Agent for paying Invalid Pensions in New Jersey, Thirty 40/00 Dollars, being for Three Months 24 days Pension, due to Abraham Kittle from the fourth day of September 1841 to the twenty eighth day of Decr 1841 for which I have signed Duplicate Receipts.
$30.40/100
W. P. Hunt
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May 27, 1940

Abraham Kittle
S.33356
BA-J/M2

Mr. E. L. Douglas
1970 Richmond Drive
Louisville, Kentucky

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Abraham Kittle (or Kettle) who, in 1840, was a resident of Montague Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.

The record of Abraham Kittle follows as found in the papers of pension claim, S. 33356, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. His name is not shown as Kettle.

The date and place of birth of Abraham Kittle and names of his parents were not given.

Abraham Kittle enlisted in 1775 or 1776, served as private in Captain Michael Bayer's company, Colonel Weltner's German Regiment, until the battle of Tarrytown when his regiment was reduced to fifteen men and he was transferred to the 2nd Maryland Regiment under Colonel John Stewart, was in a battle on General Sullivan's Expedition on the western frontier, in the battle of Green Springs, Virginia, in an engagement against the "Black Corps of Horse" in South Carolina, was detached from his regiment, went on two voyages to the Tangier Islands, then returned to his regiment, was in the battle of Yorktown in which his left arm was wounded and broken by a cannon ball from the enemy, and was discharged at the close of the war at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1785.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed June 14, 1819, at which time he was aged fifty-seven years and a resident of Montague Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.

In 1820, the soldier was still a resident of Montague Township, New Jersey, and stated that he had no wife or children. It is not shown whether or not he ever married.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the date of death of Abraham Kittle, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the followin data:

Abraham Kittle
Certificate # 12889
Issued July 27, 1819
Rate $8 per month
Commensed June 13, 1819
Act of March 18, 1818
New Jersey Agency

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1940, May 27 -- Hist to Abraham Kittle
MLB

33356
Revy  INVALID
File No. 33,356  Md
Abraham Kittle
Pri Rev War

Act: 18th March 18"
Index:--Vol. 2...., Page 223

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Abraham Kittle  Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate be made on the 4th of September next, in Trenton, by the Pres't of  the Trenton Bankg. C.:

New Jersey 

(very light as to be illegible)
James Stull
Montague
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War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Abraham Kittle late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Jersey Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the thirteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this twenty seventh day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.

FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GOA
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4 Mar 1820
May 3, 1821
April 18, 1823
April 22, 1824
Jan. 6, 1830 paid to [Illegable] H. 1830 mark
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Continental      Kittle, Abraham.    S.33356
Md.
Sea Service


The Envelope Includes
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
Received from GAO
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Abrm. Kittle. Decd.
Award of Pension
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On Matter of Pension due Late Abraham Kittle} Application for arrearages of Pension due said Decedent--
New Jersey Sussex County--I David Thompson Surrogate of the County of Sussex New Jersey do hereby Certify that Administration of the Estate of Abraham Kittle late of the County of Sussex was by me granted to Henry Mead of said County on the Twelfth day of April one thousand Eight Hundred and forty two--and that the original Letters of Administration are hereto  annexed--Duly authenticated under my hand & the seal of said Court,. And further that it has been proven to my satisfaction by the oath of James Cole--a Credible witness (who had known said Abraham Kittle for many years.) that the said Abraham Kittle was a Pensioner of the United States at the Rate of Eight Dollars per month under the act of Congress of 1818--by Certificate date 27 July 1819--the original Certificate whereof is hereto annexed--that said Abraham Kittle died on the Twenty eight day of December one thousand Eight Hundred and forty two--at Montague County of Sussex, New Jersey, -- and that said Abraham left no widow nor any children. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office at Trenton in said County--this twenty forth day of August one thousand Eight Hundred and forty Two.--
David Thompson

(stamp)
Final Payment Voucher
Received From GAO
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I David Thompson Surrogate of the County of Sussex do certify that on the twelfth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and forty two Administration of the goods and Chattels rights and credits which were of Abraham Kittle late of the County of Sussex who died intestate was granted by me to Henry Mead of the County of Sussex who is duly authorized to administer the same agreeably to Law.  Witness my hand and seal of office this twelfth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and forty two.
David Thompson
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(stamp faded in parts)
Received April 18 1940 Vets Adm


1970 Richmond Drive, 
Louisville, Ky.
April 16, 1940

Pension Department,
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Please supply me with the war record of Abraham Kittle, (or Kettle) who is listed in the Census  of Pensioners, June 1, 1840, Montague Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, and whose age was 82 years at that time.

Thanking you for your kindness in the matter, I remain,

Yours very truly,
(signed)  E. L. Douglas
E. L. Douglas
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(This is Andrew Kittle of Massachusetts, not Abraham Kittle of New Jersey)

The National Archives
Form 
VAM-61
12-5-41

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card

Division of Veterans' Administration

Name  Kittle, Andrew  Grade  Private   Line  Massachusetts

Warrant Number   4512  Acreage 100 Issued Apr. 8, 1797
to Simeon Wyman

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.