Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33380, for Jeremiah Lott, Pennsylvania
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Continental (Penn.)
CONTENTS
Lott, Jeremiah
 or Lot
NUMBER
S33380
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3573.
New Jersey Roll
Jeremiah Lot, Capt [Captain] Dorsey
Private- Pennsylvania line - 1776.  7 years in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 31st of March 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th of October 1818 and sent to Adam Ramsay Casten Pennsylvania

Arrears to 4th of September 1818 - 41:32: - 
Semi-anl. all'ce [annual allowance] ending 4 March 1819. 48: -
$89: 32
5 mos [months] 40
31-- 25:8
4/30 - 1.6.6

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
Township of Greenwich Cy of Sussex

Notification sent to [illegible] Esqr [Esquire] 28 [illegible] 1820 Newton N J
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Informed: [illegible] he is therefore admitted

The Honorable J. C. Colhoon Esqr. [Esquire]
Secretary at war
Washington

Free

[illegible]
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State of New Jersey Sussex County ss Personally came before me Thomas Stewart one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas &c in and for Sussex County aforesaid. Jeremiah Lot. now residing in the township of Greenwich & in the County of Sussex aforesaid who being duly Sworn upon the Holy evangelist of Almighty God deposeth [deposes] and saith, that according to the best of his knowledge and belief he is now in the sixty first year of his age, that he is in needy  circumstances, that his wife is also old and very infirm, that they are destitute in a great measure of the means of Support within themselves, that he this deponent inlisted [enlisted] into the army of the United States on the eighteenth day of March in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and Seventy six in the first troop of Light dragoons under captain Ford in the fourth Regiment commanded by Col Stephen Miland and continued in same troop as the trumpeter therein untill [until] end of the war and received his discharge therefrom on the twelth [twelfeth] day of July in the year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred and eighty three, and further saith not
his 
Jeremiah  X  Lot
mark
Sworn and Subscribed the thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and eighteen before me
Tho [Thomas] Stewart

The Honorable J.C. Colhoon Esqr [esquire]
Sir the above applicant served his country the most of our revolutionary war, was esteemed by his officers as a good Soldier is now infirm & in most indigent circumstances, burden with a helpless family & very fine wife. Your communicating to the Subscriber at Easton Pennsva [Pennsylvania] or Thos [Thomas] Stewart Esqr [esquire] the result of his application & the time & manner of receiving the pension will confer a singular favour [favor] on a helpless [illegible] & I am convinced on one who morits [merits] the provision for the instruments of their Country liberation from foreign despotism
with sentiment of Esteem [illegible] 
Adam [illegible]
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Jeremiah Lott,
Pensioner  {Copy of Affidavit,
3.573 J. C

[illegible] March 1819.
on
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State of New Jersey,
Sussex County,ss
On this fifteenth day of August, in the year of our LORD, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the inferior Court of Common Pleas, holden at Newton, in & for the said County of Susses, (which said Court is declared by the Constitution and Laws of the State, to be a court of record, with full powers of fine and imprisonment, and unlimited jurisdiction in civil causes) Jeremiah Lott, aged sixty two years and upwards, a 
resident in the township of Greenwich in said County who being duly sworn according to Law, saith, that in the year 1776 he was enlisted by Captain John Dorsey, in the first Company of light Dragoons, attached to the fourth regiment of the Pennsylvania line, commanded by Colonel Stephen Moylan, that he served during the war in said Company as a trumpeter, and was discharged in the year 1783. at Lancaster in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania-- as in my original application is more fully set out, and upon which my Certificate was granted, dated the 12th day of October 1818. numbered (3573.) and he further saith that he was a resident, citizen of the United States on the 18th of March 1818. and that he has not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of his property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring himself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war. passed on the 18th day of March 1818. and that he has not, nor has any person in trust for him, any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to him; nor have I any income other than what is
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contained in a Schedule hereto annexed, and by me Subscribed: And this deponent further saith that by reason of two wounds received from a sword, on his right shoulder and right thigh, and one received from a musket ball on the top of his head, and from the verry [very] 
frequent attacks of the Rheumatism, that he is entirely unable to support himself and family, without the aid of government, or public or private charity, that his family consists of himself, his wife named Elizabeth Lott, aged Sixty one years and upwards, verry [very] infirm & unable to do any thing towards her livelihood, but is a continual charge to the deponent, - one daughter named Lavinia Myers, late Lott, who has lately returned to this deponent, with her three children, one an infant, another about two years, and another about four years of age, that they are also a continual charge to the deponent; And this deponent further saith that he
is by occupation a sadler, [saddler] but that he does not, nor has he followed the same, since he left the army, that he occasionally does a little at mending Shoes, but that he does not understand the trade.-
his
Jeremiah X Lott.
mark
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court this 15th day of August A.D. 1820.}
Gab, F. Ford
Schedule of the Property of the said Jeremiah Lott, his necessary bedding and clothing excepted.-
Real estate none.-
Personal Property-
1 tin plate Stove & pipe three plates broken} $1.00
1 Cow --- 8"00
old frying pan "12
3 knives & forks "10
old axe "25
$14.47
part of setts of Shoemaker tools " 75 cts [cents]
old bake Iron " 50
few dishes  " 10
broad hoe " 12 1/2
Cabbage barrel " 12 ½
$1"60
14"47
$16"07
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I am indebted to one man twenty four dollars, to another eleven dollars or thereabouts; eight dollars & an half to another my landlord - and several other small debts. -
his
Jeremiah X Lott
mark
Sworn & subscribed in open Court, this 15th day of august Ad. D, 1820.}
Gab. A. Ford

the Court are of opinion that the total amount of the property exhibited in the foregoing Schedule, is eighteen dollar and seven cents - john Ogden

I, Ephraim Green Junr [Junior] Clerk of the Court of common Pleas aforsd [aforesaid] do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court. - and I do do further Certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforsd [aforesaid] schedule, is eighteen dollars, and seven cents. - 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 Junr. [Junior] Clerk of the Court for the County of Sussex afrsd [aforesaid]
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September 29, 1939.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Miss Katharine Stryker
R. D. 2
Phillipsburg, New Jersey


BA-Jady
Jeremiah Lott
S. 33380

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you
cite a Jeremiah Lott, born about 1765, in Pennsylvania, served in the Revolutionary War from that state, and died in 1822, in New Jersey, also a Jeremiah Lott, who served as corporal in 1794, in Captain Amos Smith's Company, New Jersey Militia, having moved from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, in
which state he died and desire to know whether or not they were identical.
There is no claim for pension on file based
on service of a Jeremiah Lott in 1794. The
Revolutionary War record has been found of one pensioner, only, with that name. His record follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S.33380, based upon his military service in that war. He made no reference to service subsequent to the Revolutionary War and this office has no means by which to determine whether he were the same Jeremiah
Lott who served in 1794.
The date and place of birth and the names of
the parents of Jeremiah Lott are not shown.
Jeremiah Lott, the name is also shown as Lot,
enlisted in Pennsylvaia, place not given, March 18, 1776, served as trumpeter in Captain John Heard's Company, Colonel Stephen Moylan's Fourth Continental Light Dragoons; was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Chestnut Hill, Monmouth, Stony Point and Eutaw Springs, and was discharged
July 12, 1783. He sustained sword wounds in
his right shoulder and right thigh and was wounded by a musket ball on the top of his head, no furtherdetails given.

received
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He was allowed pension on his application executed March 31, 1818, at which time he was aged sixty years, and a resident of Greenwich Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
In 1820 Jeremiah Lott's wife, Elizabeth, her
maiden name not stated, was aged sixty-one years and upwards"" and his daughter Lavinia Lott, then Lavinia Myers, her age not shown, had three children, aged about four years, about two years, and an infant, no names given. There are no further family data.
Jeremiah Lott died August 31, 1832, place not stated.
[hand written note- On A.B.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[copy folded back, unable to read]
to your request of
received
[ment] of the military history of Jeremiah Lott
of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
[tion] as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
file in this Bureau.
S. File 33380

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.

LENGTH
OF
SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
STATE.
Battles engaged in , Brander, Chester King
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension,
Residence at date of application,
Age at date of application,
Remarks:
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February 11, 1904.

Mr. John L. Lott,
Department of Justice,
Washington, D. C.

Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 10" and received the 11" instant, relative to the pension claim of Jeremiah Lott, Sur. File No. 33,380,
you are advised that the same was allowed at the rate of eight dollars per month from May 2, 1818, on account of seven years service as a private in the Pennsylvania Line, and not for any disability sustained therein.
For the date of soldier's death, and name of the person to whom the arrears of his pension were paid, apply to The Auditor for the Interior
Department, Treasury Department, citing the following data: "Jeremiah Lott, Certificate No. 3835, issued October 22, 1818 under Act of March 18, 1818, at the Pennsylvania Agency."

Very respectfully,

circular letter with addition " His claim was allowed" mailed herewith

Commissioner.
Enclosure.
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[round stamp illegible]
SUS. 
Penn.
Free
The Honorable J. C. Colhoon
Secretary at War
Washington 
[illegible] Pa.
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Pa Roll
Jeremiah Lott
Pr.
2d May 1818
admitted
On Penna. Roll
To Adam Ramsey
Easton Pa
[round stamp illegible]
SUS. Penn.
The Honorable J. C. Colh[illegible]
Secretary at [illegible]
Wash [illegible]
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Phillipsburgh near Easton Pennsylva [Pennsylvania] May 23. 1818
Sir the applicant Jeremiah Lott lives in this neighborhood is in very low circumstances becomes every day more infirm & helpless, & I believe I am convinced, was a useful Revolutionary Soldier during a great part of the Revolutionary war. I was then very young, but have observed that the officers who knew him under whom he served during the war treated him with uncommon respect for a man of his grade & uniformly spoke of him as a
worthy man, & good Soldier. As he is infirm & almost unable to go [illegible] he requested me to beg the favour [favor] of your Honor to inform him how the Pension is to be paid at what period in half yearly payments or yearly whither any document will be forwarded to from the office of your department, certifying her on the list of Pensioners. And at what place he will receive it. He is very illiterate as well as poor, the confer a singular favour, [favor] & do a very human action, by informing him of the above particulars Please direct any Communication you may make on this Subject to him, thro [through] me I am with sentiments of the highest respect your Sert [Servant]
Adam Ramsay
Easton Penna. 
the Honable [Honorable] J. C. Calhoon
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DISTRICT OF New Jersey, ss
On this second day of May A.D. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in & for Sussex county, personally appears Jeremiah Lott. aged Sixty one years, resident in Greenwich Sussex County in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he the said Jeremiah Lott enlisted in March 18th 1776 in the state of Pennsylvania in the company commanded by Captain John Herd of the 4th Regt of Light Dragoons; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the twelth [twelfth] day of July AD 1783, when he was discharged from service in the
state of Pennsylvania, that he was in the battles of Stony Point, Brandywine, 
Germantown, Chesnuthill, [Chestnut hill] Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth, Eutaw Springs &c &c and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
his
Jeremiah D Lott
mark
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Tho [Thomas] Stewart

Sussex ss
I, Thomas Stewart Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Jeremiah Lott did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Witness my Hand and Seal of 2d May 1818
Tho [Thomas] Stewart
[ in a square box SEAL OF THE COURT]
[white paper attached to left margin]
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State of New Jersey}
Sussex County, ss.}
I Ephraim Grace Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify
that Thomas Stewart Esquire before whom the foregoing deposition appears to have been made 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 & for said County
of Sussex duly commised [commissioned] and sworn and to all his acts as such full faith & credit is & aught to be given In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of Sussex County Court this 13th of May 1818
E Green Junr [Junior]
[white paper attached to left margin]
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Still Valley N. J.
Decr 28 1818
Free
[round stamp illegible]
Hon. [illegible] J L Calhon
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Hon [illegible] J S Calhon
[illegible]
Jeremiah Lott residing in the State of New Jersey within a short distance of my dwelling call a on me to write to Jonathan Smith Esq Cashier of the United States Bank respecting the time he might receive his pention, [pension] when he presented two pention [pension] Roles Sighce [signed] by your name and recorded, one granted him [illegible] of N. Jersey and the other as a Citizen of Penna  State one payable in Trenton and the other and as above Stated, thinking it a duty [illegible]
on me I have taken the liberty to write you not from any motive of ill will towards
the man. but knowing a number of Old Soldier for want of that proof the Law requires are deprived of any while he is entitled to Draw One hundred and Ninty [ninety] Two Dollars, if you should want any other proof I will send you a copy of the pention [pension] Roles he has in his possesion [possession] for my part I do not pretend to deside [decide] wheath [whether] he is entitled to one pention [pension] or two having reson [reason] to beleive [believe] the application was so crowded on your Office that the error if any has taken place from his applying from the State of Penna as well as the State of N Jersey I remain Sir your Most Obt [obedient] Humle [humble] Servant
John J Simpson
Still Salley Decr [December]
Post Office N. J. 19th 1818-
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(3,835)
Pennsylvania Roll
Jeremiah Lott
Private
Pennsylvania line 7 years. In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of May 1818-

Certificate of Pension issued the 22d of October 1818 and sent to Adown Ramsay
Easton Penn

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818- 4 mo. 3/30  32.80
Semi-anl. all'ce [annual allowance] ending 4th March 1819 -48
$80.00

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Phillipsburg near Easton 
[illegible]

Annulled. see New Jersey Roll.
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33380
Revy INVALID.
 
File No. 33380

Jeremiah Lot Pri [Private] Rev War

Act: 18" March 18
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 247

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1908 Oct. 10. Hist to Mrs. John L. Lott
1909 Feb. 11 " " Mr. John L. Lott
1911 Jan. 9. " " Edward W. Henry
1912 Jan 22. Ralph C. Denike 
1920 Apl. [April] 24 Hist to Mattie E. Gillen Honesdale Pa. Letter in W.2929
Ephraim Fairchild-- E
1924 Feb 21. Copies mailed to Sherman W. Lott, aw
1939 Sept. 29. Hist. to Katharine Stryker. A. D. Y.
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National Society United States Daughters of 1812
State of New Jersey
Miss Katharine N. Stryker, President

Phillipsburg, N. J., Aug. 29, 1939

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

Dear Sirs:-
Will you please give me any information you may have about Jeremiah Lott, born about 1765 in Bucks Co., Pa., died 1822 in Bloomsbury
Hunterdon Co., N.J. married Elizabeth Laycock. Enlisted in Solebury, Bucks Co., Pa. Aug. 21, 1775 and again, March 18, 1779.
I want proof that he is the same Jeremiah Lott who served as Corporal, Sept. 15, 1794, Capt. Amos Smiths Co. Third Regiment - Infantry,
Hunterdon Co., N. J. I know he moved to N. J.. from Pa. and died in N. J.
Any information will be appreciated.
Yours very truly,
Katharine N. Stryker

Miss Katharine Stryker
R. D. # 2
Phillipsburg, N. J.
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Mr Sherman W. Lott
1009 7 St. N.E.
Washington D.C.

paid for
five sets of five pages each and
five certifications
from the
Rev. War pension claim of
Jeremiah Lott, S. 33380
Continental Troops
Received payment
$5.00
A E Wilson
Chief Section

[Stamp- U.S. PENSION OFFICE L FEB. 16 1924]
[Stamp- illegible DIVISION FEB 16 1924
BUREAU OF PENSIONS]
[Stamp- REVOLUTIONARY WAR SECTION FEB 15 1924]
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M233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Feb. 16, 1924.
Chief Rev. Sect.
Sir: I have this day received from Sherman W. Lott cash No. ________
for $5.00, requesting copy as per letter herewith.
Respectfully,
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.

Copies mailed
Finance Div.
Feb. 21, 24
A.W.

Request for Photostating
(To be prepared in duplicate)
M 6
Ex. A. W
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 578
Date Feb. 18, 24

Subject Jeremiah Lott Rev. S33380
(No.) 5 copies of (No.) 3 pieces consisting of
(No.) 5 pages to be forwarded when completed to the Division.
Remarks: Please make 5 negatives of each page
Approved:
AE Wilson
Chief Div.
Chief Clerk.
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Request for Photostating
(To be prepared in duplicate)
M 6
Ex. A. W
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Job No. 578
Date Feb. 18, 24

Subject Jeremiah Lott Rev. S33380
(No.) 5 copies of (No.) 3 pieces consisting of
(No.) 5 pages to be forwarded when completed to the Division.
Remarks: Please make 5 negatives of each page
Approved:
AE Wilson
Chief Div.
Chief Clerk.

M233
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Finance Division
Feb. 16, 1924.
Chief Rev. Sect.
Sir: I have this day received from Sherman W. Lott cash No. ________
for $5.00, requesting copy as per letter herewith.
Respectfully,
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.

Copies mailed
Finance Div.
Feb. 21, 24
A.W.
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ACK Jan. 12, 1912 AM

(Date stamp)

PENSION
       D
      JAN
  U.  10  S.
      1912
   PENSION
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Hasting's on Hudson
January 8/12
Record Division
Bureau of Pensions
The Davenport Commissioner

Dear Sir
Will you kindly furnish me with all the
information possible relating to Jeremiah Lott
who served in the Revolutionary war as a trumpeter.
Also a list of the men with whom he served
and all information concerning his place of burial and orbge.

Yours very truly
Ralph Emery Denike

Washington Avenue
Hastings in Hudson
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Jany. 3, 1911

Ack. Jany. &, 1911 SSLE
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THE HASTINGS PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO.,
HASTINGS ON HUDSON,
N. Y.

PUBLISHERS
THE HASTINGS NEWS
TELEPHONE 70 HASTINGS.

JOB PRINTING
A SPECIALTY.

Dec 30 1910
C.J. Depont
Commissioner Record Division
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:
Can you give me information
concerning Jeremiah Lot, either of Pennsylvania or New York connected with
Washington's Staff during the Revolutionary
War, or served in some other capacity.
All records relating to him were destroyed
years ago.
Hoping to hear from you. I am
Very truly yours
Edward Wilkes Henry
Editor News
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JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE REVISION OF THE
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D. C.,

Tiffin, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1908.
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear sir:
Kindly advise me whether either of the following
named persons, who were soldiers of the Revolutionary war, were ever pensioned by the Government.

1. Jeremiah Lott, who was a private in the Associated Company for the township of Solebury, Bucks county, Penna, from August 21, 1775 to --
Second enlistment, March 18, 1779, as a private
in Heard's Troop, 4th Regiment, Light Dragoons
Continental Troops, commanded by Col. Stephen Moylan, and served till September 1780.
2. Ensign Jonathan Abbott, of North Brookfield, Mass., who was a member of Capt. Asa Danforth's Company of Volunteers, that marched from Brookfield, Mass. Sept. 23, 1777, to join Gen. Gates' army and was in the battle at Saratoga, October 7, 1777.

In case your records give any further information respecting the service of either of these soldiers, kindly give it, and greatly oblige,
Very truly yours,
Mrs. John L. Lott
[Stamp- U.S. Pensions Office Sep 29 1908]
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JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE REVISION OF THE
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D. C.,

February 10, 1909.

Dear Mr. Cuddy:
In response to a letter written the Bureau by Mrs. Lott, asking for the record in the Bureau of the military services of Jeremiah Lott, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and as to whether he had ever been pensioned, the Bureau under date of October 10th made reply ( a copy of which is attached) giving certain information on file in the Bureau; and while stating that he had made application for pesion, filed to state whether in fact he had ever received
or been granted a pension.
Will you kindly have the Bureau give me any information respecting whether he did receive a pension, for what disabilities, etc. The only purpose in making this inquiry is because that patriotic society of the Daughters of the
American Scrappers, call for it, whenever a person desires to become a member of that bunch of trouble.
Yours sincerely,
Department of Justice
John L. Lott

Kindly return attached copy of letter.
Lott

[Stamp- First Deputy Commissioner
Feb 11, 1909]





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