Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41571, Asa Geer, Conn.
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Conn.
Geer, Asa
S41571
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See letter to R.R. Moore
30 Nov. 1831
Died June 26 1835
A. Book

No beneficiary deed November 13 18[illegible] to John Galbraith [illegible]
16,306
Pennsylvania

Asa Geer of Warren Co. in the state of Pennsylvania who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Huntington of the Connecticut line, for a term of 3 years.
Inscribed in the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 2nd of December 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of January 182? and sent to Honorable H. Baldwin
H. Ra[illegible] U. P.? 
Portion of semi-annual alliance ending 4 Mar:1820
3 mos:3/31
24.77
$24.77
{Revolutionary claim, 
Act 18th March, 1818}
Warren County
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Asa Geer.
Col. Huntington's
Connecticut Regiment
1780-3 years
21 December 1819
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Warren County - In the State of Pennsylvania
In the Sixth Judicial District
Per the  day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, Before me, the subscriber, one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas for the county of Warren in the district, formally appears Asa Geer of the age of fifty eight years, a resident in the said county of Warren in the said sixth Judicial District, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following
declaration in order to obtain the provisions of the late Ord
Congress, entitled An act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War. that he saw Asa Geer enlist under Captain Richards for three years, in April 1780 attached to Colonel Huntington's Regiment, Connecticut line, and on or before the expiration of the term for which he enlisted he was formally discharged on the thirty-first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty three, as will appear by the discharge accompanying this, which is in some measure, that Quincy saw person of enlistment he was stationed part of his term at Long Island, West Point and other places - That he said Asa Geer is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence of his services than what is herewith sent, and he hereby removes his claim to all other pensions. Sworn and submitted before me on the day and year aforementioned.
Asa Geer his mark
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Warren County ss
Given
the
I
Joseph Hackney,
the
Judges of
the Court of Common
Pleas in the County of Warren in the
sixth Judicial District in the State of 
Pennsylvania Do hereby certify,
that it appears to my satisfaction that the
said Asa Geer did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding
declaration, against the common enemy
And also that the said Asa Geer is in
reduced circumstances, and stands in need
of the assistance of his country for
support, agreeably to the act of Congress
above mentioned. And I
now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the
Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of
the aforesaid act of Congress
Given under my hand and seal at Warren the
day of in the year of our Lourd one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
Joseph Hackney
8
sually
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Warren County ss
I, Lansing Whetmore,
Prothonotary of
the Court of Common Pleas for the
County of Warren, in the State of Pennsylvania Do Certify that Joseph
Hackney
who gave the foregoing
certificate is one of the Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas for the County of Warren
in the sixth Judicial District of
the State of Pennsylvania, and that
full faith and confidence are due to all his Judical proceedings as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Warren
the Second day of December in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
L. Whetmore
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Asa Geer
16506
Warren
(illegible)
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Warren County in the State of Pennsylvania
Sixth Judicial District
On this eighth day of September 1820 personally appeared in open court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record for said County Asa Geer, aged sixty
years, resident in Conway township in said
County in said sixth Judicial District, who being
first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath
declares that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows
in Colonel Huntingtons Regiment, Captain Riechs and company and discharged by General Knox, having served six years in said (illegible) during which he
was in the Battles of Kingsbridge and that of Horseneck and several others which this declarant
is not now able to recollect- That he made his
declaration dated the 2 day of December 1819
and received a certificate of pension, dated the 13th
day of January 1820, numbered 16306. And 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
or in any manner disposed of my property, or a
my part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish
it as to bring myself within the provisions of the
act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for
certain persons engaged in the land and naval
services of the United States, in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of March 1815
and that have not, nor has any person in
trust for me, any property or securities, contracts
or debts, due to me, nor (illegible)
come other those what is contained in the same
due here to annexed and by me subscribed
Sworn and subscribed in open Court
this 8th day of September A.D. 1820. Asa Geer his mark
Lansing Whetmore Prothy
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Schedule of all the property real and personal, owned by Asa Geer, the eighth day of September A. D. 1820 and [illegible] to said day in open court, viz;
Three cows, one hiefer
One horse
I have settled on a tract of land, but have not yet paid anything towards it and have obtained no tithe for it- there are about two hundred acres of land chiefly mountain and hemlock land not yet for activation, when the tithe is obtained may be valued at fifty dollars. I owe about [illegible] dollars

Sworn and [illegible] in open court this 8th day of September 1820

Asa Geer his mark

Lansing Herman [illegible]

The judges of this said court do certify that it appears to our satisfaction that the above declaration are true and the the said Asa Geer is in [illegible] circumstances and in need of the assistance of his country for support that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the said [illegible] is
Given with as our honor and [illegible] this day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

[illegible] County p

J. Lansing [illegible], [illegible] of the court of Common Pleas in and you said county, Do Certify that
who gave the above certificate are Judges of the court of Common Pleas for said county, duly commissioned, that [illegible] faith and confidence may be given to all his judicial acts as such [illegible] any where of I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court at Warren this day of September A. D. 1820
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The court is of opinion that the value of the [?] & personal property returned in the sch[?] of [?] Eur[?] is one thousand & eleven dollars, that the amount of debts owed by him is ten dollars & that of course the value of the [?] & personal.

I Lansing Wetmon [?] of the court of commons please is & for the County of Warren as hereby certify that the foregoing oath of the sch[?]  thereafter annexed our treaty copied from the word of the said court & I as further certify that it is the opinion of the said courts that the total amounts in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid se[?] in lieu "one thousand eleven dollars that the amount of debts owed by him in Ten Dollars & that of [?] the value of the use & personal property owned by him beyond his debts is one hundred & one Dollars -

In testimony whereof I have [?] bet my hand & affixed the use of the said [?] at Warren on this [?] nineth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and twenty.

                            Lansing Wetmon
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Rev. War Section

September 27, 1915.

Pay Director J. G. Carpenter, U.S.N.
Rooms 42-45 Mason Building,
Boston, Mass.

Sir:

In response to your letter dated the seventeenth instant, you are advised that there is only one Asa Gear found on the Revolutionary War records is this Bureau, and the papers filed in his claim, Sur. File No. 41,571, show that he enlisted in April 1780, served as a Private in Captain Richard’s company, Colonel Huntington’s regiment, was in the battles of Kingsbridge and Horseneck, and was discharged December 31, 1782.

The place of his enlistment is not stated. and although he claimed to have served six years, he gave no other particulars of service.

In 1820, he was sixty years of age and a resident of Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania. There is no family data whatever on file.

For the date of his death and name of the person to whom the arrears of his pension were paid, you

[handwritten] 3rd Aud. report attached
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should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data:

Asa Geer, Certificate No. 16,306, issued January 13, 1820, for $8. per month from December 2, 1819, under the Act of March 18, 1818, at the Pennsylvania Agency.

There is no claim on file for any Rebecca Geer on account of the services of her husband in the Revolutionary War.

Very respectfully,
[illegible signature]
Commissioner

[handwritten]  see subsequent Aud. report

Geer - 2 -
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(S- 1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Conn. Geer, Asa S. 41571
CONTENTS
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By The Honourable 
Major-General KNOX, 
Commanding the American Forces on Hudfon's River.
Asa Geer, Soldier in the Connecticut Regiment, being inlifted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.

Given in the State of New-York,
the 31st Day off December, 1783

By the General's Command,

H. Knox MGen

Registered in the Books of the Regiment,
[unreadable]
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September the 26th 1786

Here Asa Geer agreed with of John Duncon eighteen[?] Esq. for his land[?] in C[?] bush.
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(8-1776)
SERVICE  NUMBER
Conn. Geer, Asa  #41571
Contents
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Rev. War Section 
8. File No. 41.571
Asa Geer 
Rev. War.

Department of the interior,
Bureau of pensions,
Washington, D.C., Sept. 28th, 1905,

SIR: 

For use of the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of Asa Geer allowed $8 per month from December 2, 1819, pensioned under the Act of March 18, 1818 by certificate No. 16.306 issued January 13, 1820 at the Pennsylvania Agency, showing date of last payment of pension and to whom paid. 


Very respectfully, 

GM Saltzgaber 

THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT, 

Treasury Department.
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(8-1776) SERVICE NUMBER

Conn. [Cursive writing in black ink]
Geer, Asa [Cursive writing in black ink]
S. 41571 [Cursive writing in black ink]
CONTENTS
[15 empty dotted lines in two columns
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OFFICE OF
AUDITOR FOR INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
IN REPLYING QUOTE INITIALS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
--
WASHINGTON
--
October 7, 1915

The Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir:
October 7, 1915
In reply to your letter of the twenty - eighth ultimo,
you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered
by the U. S. Pension Agent, at Philadelphia, Pa.
the records of this office show last payment to have been made
in the case of
Asa Geer, Private, Army of the Rev., certificate No. 16306
at $8.00 per month, to June 26, 1835, the date of his death, to
Robinson R. Moore, Attorney for Mary Geer, widow.
Said pensioner died in Conemago Township, Warren County, Pa.
where he had resided.

Letter herewith returned.

Respectfully,
By -
Jinnay
Acting Auditor.
MKE
Deputy Auditor.

FORM 3577
Ed. Jan. 24-11--2,000.
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[Stamp on back of document]

U.S. 
PENSION 
OFFICE 
SEP
8 1915
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UNITED STATES NAVY PAY OFFICE
ROOMS 42-45 MASON BUILDING
BOSTON, Sept. 2 1915

Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me with a transcript of the military record of Asa Geer, a Private in the Connecticut Continentals.
He was from Windham County, and was granted a pension on July 11, 1833, to date from Mar. 4, 1831. I particularly desire to know the dates and places of his birth and death, and the name of his wife or heirs to whom any part of his pension unpaid at the time of his death was paid, if such information is of record in your office.

Respectfully,
J. S. Carpenter
Pay Director, U. S. N.

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
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Rev.
War Section.
8 - 1885
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON
A Warder
Amen
September 14, 1915.
Pay Director J. G. Carpenter, U.S.N.
Rooms 42-45, Mason Building,
Sir:
Boston, Mass.
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In response to your letter dated the 2"" instant,
relative to Asa Greer, you are advised that the date
quoted by you from the 1835 printed list of pensioners
of Windham County, Connecticut, under the Act of June
7, 1832, refers to Amos Geer, and if you desire the
record of any particular Amos or Asa Geer who may have
been pensioned on account of service in the War of
the Revolution, in addition to his name, some of the
following data is essential: the names of some officers
under whom he served, his places of residence at enlistment
and after service, approximate dates of his
birth and death, given name of his widow.
Very respectfully,
Metzgaber
of
Commissioner.
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United States Navy Pay Office
Rooms 42-45 Mason Building
Boston, Sept. 17, 1915.
Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Sir:

Replying to your favor of the 14th inst., relative to Revolutionary service of Asa Geer, I have to state that the one of that name whose record I desire was born, I believe, in Canterbury, Windham Co., Conn., about 1733.

The Connecticut Revolutionary Records show that a person of this name served as a private in Captain Witter's company, in Captain Richard's company from October '81 to December '81, sergeant in Captain Cady's company (year not stated) and private in Captain Wales' company. I have also found a family memorandum to the effect that Asa Geer served as a lieutenant in Captain Session's company at the battle of White Plains. If there were two Asa Geers in the Revolutionary Army, one was probably the son of the other, as there is a family tradition that the elder had a son in the army.

The Asa Geer whose record I desire married Rebecca Martin. This is all the information I am able to furnish. Asa Geer's great-grandson thought that his great-grandfather died on a British prison ship in New York. If such was the case, he was probably not granted a pension but his wife, Rebecca Geer, may have had a pension.

Respectfully, 
JS Carpenter
Pay Director, U.S.N.