Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11691, Zenas Warren, Mass.
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Warren, Zenas

Service Mass.
Number S. 11691

carded

Contents
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20242
New York
Zenas Warren of St. Lawrence in the State of N. York who was a private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Hall of the Regt. commanded by Col. Willard in the Mass. line for 18 mos.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate
of 60 Dollars ----Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Aug. 1833 and sent to. A. C. Low

Arrears to the Mar '33  $120.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. '33  30.
$150.

{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832}

Recorded by. P. G. Stiles Clerk
Book E. Vol. 3, Page 39
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No. 14580
Zenas Warren St. Lawrence County
New York

5. 14.23  16

"George" an armed transport
disallowed

P. 383

May 9 

A C Low Clerk St. Lawrence County N. Y.
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BRIEF in the case of Zenas Warren County of 
St. Lawrence in the State of New York
(Act June 7th, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  Court

2. If before a Judge, does is appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?  74

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

Entered as a Vol. in 1776 July/4 months/Private/Capt. Hall, Col. Willard

Enlisted 1778 March/8 mos./blank/Capt. Eddy, Col. Bradford, Gen. Heath

1779 Dec.

Enlisted on board "George" 1780/abt. 5 mos./Mariner/Capt. Haman

entered as Vol. 1780 June/6 mos./blank/Capt. Green, Col. Vose

5. In what battles was he engaged? Monmouth

6. Where did her reside when he entered the service? Bristol Co., Mass.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Living witnesses

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Not connected as the regulations require.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Dyer Astor, Examining clerk
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In the matter of Zenas Warren
application for a pension
14580

On Rolls Masstts.
Bradfords 8 mo.
Vose 6 mo.

Militia 4
18 mo.

privateering disallowed

admd. 18 mo. pri.
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State of New York
St. Lawrence County SS.

On this twenty fifth day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County now sitting, Zenas Warren a resident of Potsdam in the said County of St. Lawrence and State of New York aged seventy four 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 Act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. In the summer of 1776 while he was at work at Dartmouth in Bristol County, Massachusetts (his place of residence during the Revolutionary war being at Middleborough, Plymouth county in said State) he enlisted as a volunteer, about the middle of July for four months to go to Ticonderoga in a Company commanded by Capt. Noah Hall of Rainham, Lieutenants West and Barrows. His orderly sergeants name was Tabor. The company collected a Capt. Halls in Rainham and started from there for Ticonderoga about the 1st of August 1776 and
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marched directly to Bennington, Vt. to Skeinesborough (illegible) to White hall and there took boats down the Lake Champlain to Mounty Independence and then crossed to Ticonderoga where the company was attached to Col. Aaron Willard's Regiment, Major Howard of the Massachusetts State Troops. Said Regiment built a small redoubt at Mt. Hope where they were stationed a little back from the main Fort at Ticonderoga and during the full period of four months he was engaged part of the time in doing duty at said redoubt and part of the time in scouting between there and Crown Point where the British then were. There were some Continental Regiments, he thinks, at Ticonderoga, at same time, but does not recollect the names of the officers. Capt. Avery of the Continental establishment came there on his return from Quebec. He was dismissed there about the 1st of December (sentence crossed out)
In March 1778 he enlisted again as a volunteer at Middleborough aforesaid for eight months and went immediately to Boston and was put under the care of Genl. Heath a continental officer and remained at Boston till about the 1st of May after when so many recruits were collected that the Colonel ordered them to march under Corporal Curtis to Fishkill where he jointed a large body of other recruits^ and was himself one of the Body Guard of Genl. W. Dugal^ He staid about there a
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short time when the recruits all started to join Washington's army then at Valey Forge. Most of the recruits joined the army there, but he waited on the East side of the Delaware till the army crossed when he jointed Capt. Joshua Eddy's company (and not at Valley Forge as testified by the said Eddy in his affidavit hereto annexed) in Col. Bradford's Regiment in Genl. Patterson's Brigade on the Continental establishment. the Major's name was Hascall and Sergeant Major Eddy, Genl. Larned's Brigade was upon the right of the Brigade to which he belonged. He was with the army in almost constant motion till the 28th of June, when there was an engagement with the enemy at Monmouth which was very severe from morning till night. Genl. Lee made the first attack with the Left Wing of the army and was driven from his position by the best troops of the British. Said Warren was in the main body of the army that marched under Washington to retrieve the ground lost by Genl. Lee.  After the battle of Monmouth he marched to White Plains ^his division was there inspected by Adjutant Gen. Campbell, and was there taken out in a detachment under Genl. Scott to reconnoitre the lines of the enemy. He was afterwards detached again under the same 
Genl. & Capt. Soper. Went to Bedford where he was when his term of service expired and
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he was dismissed there by Genl. Scott some time in December he is quite sure.
In December 1779 there was a vessel of 14 guns in Boston waiting for hands to go to the West Indies after Military Stores. She was the British ship "Blenheim" taken by the American Navy and fitted up at Boston and called "George" commanded by Capt. Haman of Philadelphia, Sailing Master Fisher, 1st Lieut. Thomas and Englishman, 2nd was Roanne a Scotchman. The first Boatswain was Mr. Clarry. He enlisted on board of  said vessel as a mariner, but was put among the sailors. They started in January 1780 and sailed directly to the Dutch Island Eastatia, took a ballast of salt, a cargo of powder & ball, a set of Standing & running rigging for a new ship and (illegible). The 1st of march they started for Philadelphia-got off Bermuda and there fell in with the British Man of War, The Gallatee and were taken, ship & crew together with a Brigg in company with them. He was put into a prison ship with the other prisoners at New York and kept there till the last of May when he was exchanged and brought into Boston and returned home after having been gone about five months. Soon after he arrived home about the last of May of 1st of June 1780 he enlisted there again as a volunteer, he things for six months.
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under recruiting officers on the Continental Establishment and went directly to the main army in New Jersey below Trenton and was put into Capt. Green's company in the Regiment od Col. Vose & Lieut. Col. Vose adjutant Boles who commanded the company principally in Genl. Glover's Brigade. The British were then in New York and our army was constantly moving about at Trenton, Princeton, East Chester & at other places in New Jersey. He was at Orange Town on the 2nd of October when Andre was hung and went from there  to West Point. Was at the  Fort at West Point when his term of enlistment expired and he was dismissed in December 1780 at that place.
He does not remember of ever having received a written discharge, if he ever did, he has lost it. He has no documentary evidence of his said services. The only proof which he has is contained in the affidavit of Joshua Eddy, his Captain in 1778, which is hereto annexed. He further saith that he wrote for said affidavit himself, while he resided in Essex County in the State sometime ago and did not know as it was necessary that the affidavit should be authenticated by a Clerk's certificate and non was annexed thereto. The affidavit remained in Essex County
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till quite recently, when  he sent and procured it. Except said Eddy, he knows of no person living who was with him in any of the above mentioned services, He has lately written to Hartland, Vermont, supposing one Amasa Bryant was living there who was in the service with him, cut he learned that said Briant died last March. He never was in any engagement except the battle at Monmouth. 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Said Zenas Warren further saith that he has resided in the Town of Potsdam aforesaid only about three years, that for a long time previous to his coming to Potsdam he resided in the town of Essex in Essex County N. Y. and there became acquainted with Julian C. Abel and Daniel L. Shaw now of Canton in said Couty of St. Lawrence who can testify as to the reputation in his neighborhood in said County of Essex of his said services.
Zena Warren (signature)
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
A. C. Low, Clerk
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I Joshua Eddy of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth do testify & say that having received a letter from Zenas Warren of Essex in the State of New York requesting testimony of me of his revolutionary services. I now think I recollect of his being my company during the campaign of 1778 at the Battle of Munmouth. I am myself eight three years of age & served in the Revolutionary war two campaigns as Captain of a Company in Col. Bradford's Regiment & was in those day well acquainted with said Warren; he formerly lived in this Town. I think that he with seven or eight others joined the army at Valley Forge, but the length of his continuing in the service I do not know as I received a furlough in November of that year & did not again return to the army.
Joshua Eddy (signature)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. November 15th 1831
Personally appeared the above named Joshua Eddy & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed in my presence.
Zechariah Eddy
Justice of the Peace
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We, Daniel L. Shaw and Julius C. Abel of Canton in said County of St. Lawrence certify that we are well acquainted with Zenas Warren who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy four years of age; that he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided in Essex in Essec County for some time previous to his moving to Potsdam aforesaid to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Daniel L. Shaw
J. C. Abel
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
A. C. Low, Clk.

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 served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Daniel L. Shaw and Julius C. Abel who testified as above to the reputation of the said Zenas Warrens services are credible persons, the said Shaw being a Physician and the said Abel an Attorney at Law in said county of St. Lawrence.
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I, Alvin C. Low, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Zenas Warren for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office this twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
A. C. Low,Clk
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Abstract of said Warren's services

From July 1776-- 4 months
March 1778 -- 8  do
1st Janny 1780 --5 do
May or June 1780 -- 6 do
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23 months
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In the matter of the application for a pension by
Zenas Warren

14580
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Rev War
11691
INVALID

File No. 11691
Zenas Warren
Pri. Rev. War

Act: June 7th '32
Index: Vol. A, Pag 394

[Arrangement of 1870]
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Brief objections to the admission of pension claim, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of  Zenas Warren  which require further proof or explanation. 

I.	Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II.	Did the declarant made the declaration in the county where he resides?

III.	If the applicant did not made 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?

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?  No

VI.	Has he given the names of officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII.	Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?

VIII.	Has the Court given their opinion?

IX.	Has the Clerk given his certificate?

X.	Is the Clerk’s seal affixed? And if so, does it have a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

There is no evidence that the "George" was a part of the public Naval force, but on the contrary is seems to have been an armed transport. In that event service on board her is not provided for by the Act.
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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 services? 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?
Living witnesses

XIV. (t) 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?
If he has produced direct proof as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? No

XV. Does is 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?

XVI. (tt) Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
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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 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……..…months 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 that 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 shown 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 eighter in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which 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 round 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.

Mode of authenticating papers
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers 
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.