Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10590, Moses Dustin, N.H.
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service n.H 

Dustin, Moses 

Number S10590

Contents
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[left side]
order to pay 13 Sept 1837
atten to Saml. Ruphaw 13 Sep 1837
Paid at the Treasury under
the Act of the 6th April 1838
law 4 Sept 1837 to 4 Sept 1838
law 4 Sept.1837. Agt Notified 30 Oct 1839
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Sent to Pen Agt. 17. March 1843.
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To Albany New York from 4th Sept.
1842. 24. March 1843. Notification
to W. S. Hinckley Westfield N.Y.
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Certified Feb 5, 1838
to Concord 4 March 1850
March 3/51 sent to Julian Shaw Stratford

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11,13'
New Hampshire
Moses Dustin
of Erie County in the State of Tennessee
who was a [illegible] in the Company
by Captain Sinclair of the Regt comm
by Col Bartlett in the New Hampshire
line for,
3 Mo. P.-----10
3 Mo Fifer ---11
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                       21
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Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania
at the rate of 21 Dollars no Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Mar
1833 and
sent to T.H. Sill Esq. [illegible]
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833- --------42
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833- 10.
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                                                                 $52.0

Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
ok [Book] [illegible] Vol. 5 Page 13
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Application for Transfer.
Moses Dustin
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I Joshua Marshall of Stratford in the County
of Coos & State of New Hampshire, do depose, testify
and say, that I was acquainted with the within
named Moses Dustin fifty years ago, about that
time he lived in a house owned by by [by twice] my father,
in and within a quarter of a mile from my father's
residence; that he removed from New Hampshire
more than thirty years ago and as I then understood
moved into the State of Pennsylvania with
his family, excepting his two oldest daughters, who
were married and remained in New Hampshire.
Some time in the month of August last past, he
returned to New Hampshire and has since lived
with his daughter in this town of Stratford; and
from my knowledge of the said Moses Dustin
and his family, the two above mentioned daughters having
lived in my family as hand maids, and from the
communications from them from time to time I
have no doubt that he is the Identical Moses Dustin
named in the Pension Certificate, now in his
possession- and is the same person who has made
and sworn to the within certificate before me.- The words
daughters is & affidavits interlined before sworn).  

Joshua Marshall Just. of Peace

State of New Hampshire Coos ss. January
28, 1851. Sworn to and subscribed before me,
I further certify that said Marshall is a man of truth
and veracity
James M. King Justice of Peace
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State of New Hampshire.
Coos County ss. On this twenty seventh day of
January A.D. 1851, before me the subscriber a Justice
of the Peace for the said County of Coos personally
appeared Moses Dustin, who on his oath declares
that he is the same person who belonged to the company
commanded by Captain Sinclair in the service of
the United States during the War of the revolution and
served as a Fifer at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
that he is also the same person who belonged to Capt.
Aikens Company in the Regiment commanded by Col.
Bartlett was in the service when Gen. Arnold went
over to the British & Major Andre was taken, he can
not say what year these terms of service were performed
nor can he recollect the Christian names of the Officers above
named, that he has a certificate of Pension at the rate of
twenty one dollars per annum, (No. 11137) and that his
name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of
Pennsylvania and afterwards was at his request transferred
to the State of New York, that in the month
of August last part he removed to the State of New
Hampshire and now resides in Stratford in the said
County of Coos. in said New Hampshire where he
intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there
payable in future.
The following are his reasons for removing from
New York to the State of New Hampshire, that he
formerly resided in the County of Coos N.H. and
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removed from New Hampshire to the State of
Pennsylvania that he left two daughters at the
time who were married and he has returned to
the State of New Hampshire to live with one of his
daughters during the remainder of his life, having
buried his wife, and his other children being located
in different nations of the United States.
(signed) Moses Dustin hisXmark
Attest.  Francis Curtis
             Emily Curtis

Sworn and subscribed to before me the day
and year find above mentioned.
Joshua Marshall, Justice of the Peace

I James M Rix, Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas, within and for the
County of Coos, State of New Hampshire
do hereby certify that James M Rix and
Joshua Marshall are Justices of the Peace
within and for said County, and
that the signatures purporting to be theirs
are genuine.
In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said Court,
this 28th day of January
A. D. 1851.
James M Rix Clerk
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22,106
Moses Dustin

Adm. @
3 mos. private  $10-
3 mos. fifer       $11
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                         $21

Thomas H Sill, Esq.
Erie, Pa
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 shew what is
necessary to be done. Those 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.
(Chart with columns--column headings are in all caps)
A statement, shewing the Service of Moses Dustin of Erie, County
Pennsylvania
PERIOD WHEN THE SERVICE WAS RENDERED
vol. 1779
oft.  1780
DURATION OF THE CLAIMANT'S SERVICE/RANK OF THE CLAIMANT
3 months  Fifer
3 month Private
NAMES AND RANK OF THE COMPANY OFFICERS UNDER WHOM HE SERVED
Capt Sinclair (as fifer)
Capt. Kins (as private)
NAMES AND RANK OF THE GENERAL AND FIELD OFFICERS.
Cols.
Bartlett
BATTLES IN WHICH THE APPLICANT WAS ENGAGED.
None
COUNTRY THROUGH WHICH HE MARCHED.
Through New Hampshire & New York to west point
PLACE OF ABODE WHEN HE ENTERED THE SERVICE, AND AGE AT THE PRESENT PERIOD.
Londonderry, New Hampshire;  age 67 years
EVIDENCE BY WHICH THE DECLARATION IS SUPPORTED.
Traditionary evidence
no clergyman in the neighborhood

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions
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2 REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This 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, musicians 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. And 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, County of, or District 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 duly 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 enered 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. I  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 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) 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 day and year 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 alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated 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
To an Officer.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
and what has become of it?
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 he 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 clergyman, 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 enquiry 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 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 effect 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.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow one rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 the 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 grade:  - 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." 
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 either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil
pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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

Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of Pennsylvania
Erie County ss: On this twenty seventh day
of December 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, and being a court of record and having a jurisdiction unlimited [illegible] of [illegible], Moses Dustin, a resident of the Township of Harborcreek in the said County of Erie and State of Pennsyvania
aged sixty seven years (will be sixty
Eight on the 26th of Jany next) 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 7 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. At the time he performed the services hereinafter stated he was a resident of the Town of Londonderry in the State of New Hampshire- Some
time in the month of June 1779 this applicant
volunteered in the militia, or State Troops, to serve as a Fifer for the term of three months, in the company commanded by Captain Sinclair of Portsmouth New Hampshire I went to Portsmouth, and served in the said Company we were employed as a guard at Portsmouth. There were several other companies there, I think two or three, but I do not recollect the names of any of the other officers who were there-- I remained there during [illegible] for
the period of about six weeks, when we were
permitted to go home, the with orders
to be ready to leave out of Erie
whenever we were called for;
I remained at home with the exception 
of the said term of three months, when I was
discharged, and received pay for three months
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service, in Continental money. I am not certain
whether this time was in the State troops or Militia but am of opinion it was in the State Troops Service-- There was no alarms, or appearance of the enemy while we were at Portsmouth, which was the reason of or being allowed to return
home-
The next year 1780 in the month of June or July, the militia in the town of Londonderry were classed for periods of service, and I was drafted for a term of service of three months, in the company commanded by Capt Akins of Londonderry, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bartlett
We were marched to the North River, to the foot of the chain across that river opposite to the fort at West-Point, then called Fort Arnold, and afterwards called Fort Clinton, and crossed the River at that place - General Arnold was then in command of the fort. I recollect Colonel Lamb was there, I stood sentry at his quarters. I was at West Point at the time of Arnolds desertion-- At the time he went off I was on often at the redoubt Fort No 2-- At the time Arnold went off we were alarmed in the night, and came down to the Grand Parade at West Point - General Washington came to the point very shortly after Arnold went off -
I remained at West Point, till my term
of three months had expired and then was
dismissed and went home. He has no documentary evidence in support of his application and knows of no person, whose testimony
he can prove, who can testify to his service -
He did not receive any discharge in writing -
He herby relinquishes any claim whatever
to a pension or annuity, except the forfeit
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and declares that his name is not as the
Pension roll of the agency of any State -
He states that there is no Clergyperson
now residing in his neighborhood of his acquaintance whose statement he can procure
To the 1 question he answers
he was born on Jan 7 1765 in
Merrimack river about forty miles Boston
he does not know the name of the County
To 2d he answers that he has no record
To 3 in Londonderry in new hampshire he resided for several years in the state of
new hampshire thence to vermont
thence to the state of new york from
thence in Erie County Pennsylvania
where he now resides
4th his first tour he volunteered his second
was a draft
5 he recollects no other officers than those
named in the body of his declaration
6 he received no Discharge-
7 Myron Backus Esq Darius Orton
Myron Backus and Darius Orton, both residing in the Township of Harbor Creek, in the said
County of Erie hereby certify that we are well
acquainted with Moses Dustin who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration -
The said Backus having known him fifteen years and the said Orton having known him Eighteen years that we believe him to be Sixty Seven 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 to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid

Myron Backus
Edwin J. Kelso
Darius Orton
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinions 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 notes-
And the Court further certifies that it appears
to them that Myron Backus Esq and Darius Orton
who have signed the preceding certificate are resident in the Township of Harbor Creek
in the said County of Erie, that they are credible
persons, and that the [illegible] is entitled to
credit
John Vincent
J Grubb
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Moses Dustin's
-
Pension application

-
22106
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who can prove my character
Moses Dustin
Sworn & Subscribed
in Open Court the
Day & year aforesaid
Edwin J Kelso Pro
State of Pennsylvania
County SS
℗
I, Edwin J Kelso Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas of Erie County
do hereby certify that the
foregoing (contained on two and a
half sheets of paper attached by a
red ribbon on which the seal is affixed
contains the original proceedings of
the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Dustin for a pension, In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty
Seventh day of December 1832
-
Edwin J Kelso Clerk
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July 27, 1934

Mr. Frank B. Lamb
Westfield 
New York 

BA-J/MCS
Moses Dustin, 
S.10590 

Dear Sir: 

Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Moses Dustin who served in the Revolutionary war. 

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, s. 10590, based upon the military service of Moses Dustin. 

He was born January 26, 1765, on Merrimack River about forty miles from Boston. The name of his parents were not given. 

While living in Londonberry, New Hampshire, he enlisted in June, 1779, and served three months as a fifer in captain Sinclair's New Hampshire company. He enlisted in June or July, 1780, and served three months as private in Captain James Aiken's company in Colonel Bartlett's New Hampshire regiment. 

Sometime after the Revolution he moved from New Hampshire to New York State and from there to Erie County, Pennsylvania. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 27, 1832, at which time he was living in Harbour Creek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania. 

It was stated that he moved to Pennsylvania with his family, excepting his two oldest daughters, who were married and remained in New Hampshire. In 1843 he was living in Ripley, Chautauqua County, New York, and states that on account of the ages of himself and wife he had lately moved from Pennsylvania to New York State to live nearer
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his children. In 1851 he stated that in August, 1850, he moved from New York to New Hampshire to live in Stratford with one of his daughters, his wife being dead. The names of his wife and children were not given nor was the exact residence of the other daughter who lived in New Hampshire given. 

A son-in-law, Lorenzo F. Phelps, was living in Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York, in 1843. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and the name and address of the person to whom it was paid, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C. , citing the following data:

Moses Dustin, certificate 11137, issues March 28, 1833, rate $21 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Pennsylvania Agency, transferred to Albany, New York Agency, and from there to New Hampshire Agency. 

Very truly yours, 
 
A.D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator
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10590
Rev War
INVALID.
File No. 10590
Moses Dustin
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. a  Page 104
[Arrangement of 1870.}
1911 Dec. 2. Hist. to Fred
A Hinman [illegible]
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1934, July 27. hist. to 
Mr. Frank B. Lamb
M.C.S.
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James E. Heath Esq
Court of Pensions

Home Dept
Washington D.C.
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Albany Pension Agency
Feby 8. 1851

JAMES E. Heath , Esquire.
Commissioner of Pensions,

Sir,
it
In reply to your letter of the 5th
I have to state, that Moses Dustin
a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832
at
21 Dollars per annum was last paid to the
4 day of March 1850
I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully
Your obt servt
Thos W. Olcott
PENSION AGENT for
L Jenkins
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M
[illegible]
John Marshall
for transfer
Pension Office
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Stratford January 28th 1857
Respected Sir
Enclosed are the papers of Moses Dustin
applying for a transfer of his name from the
Pension Roll of the State of New York to the Pension Roll of the State of New Hampshire.
You will see by his affidavit and the one signed
by me that he formerly resided in the County of Coos in the State of New Hampshire
He is now quite deaf & blind with one eye and
unable to see, so as to read with the other and I
should think nearly 90 years of Age.
You will please Answer this as soon as you conceivably can and direct to me at Stratford N.H. as the said Dustin has drawn no pension since March 1850 and income needs are depended on his pension to make him comfortable his relations being poor,
Very Respectfully your obt servt
[illegible] Marshall
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Treasury Department 
Second Comptroller's Office 

October 28th, 1839, 

Sir: 

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the treasury of the United States," Moses Dustin a pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of twenty one Dollars and zero cents per annum, under the law of the 7th of June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept 1837 to the 4th of Sept 1838. 

Respectfully yours, 

Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller 
To the Commissioner of Pensions 
present
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Sept 12
Mr.Evary
[illegible]
Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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Erie Pennsylvania September
5th 1837
Dear Sir
I enclose a power of Attorney of Moses Dustin for the collection of his pension which has been
a year without drawing according to instructions
Received last spring from the Department
Will you be good enough to forward
to Samuel Bispham No 261 Market Street Philadelphia
and you will confer a favor on us and particularly
on the pensioner as he is needy
Very Respectfully yours
E. H. Chase
Hon J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Philadelphia Bank
March 20. 1843
Jim
Moses Dustin a pensioner on the Roll of the 7 June 1832 was paid his pension to 1 September 1842 at the rate of 21 Dollars per annum -
On the 18" Febry 1843 I received instructions that
Elizabeth Alexander at the rate of 31 08/100 was paid
to 4 March 1841 from AK Parris Esq Comptroller -
Your instruction this day says 31 38, on my Roll
the former amount is inscribed which I presume is the Correct amount
Respectfully
[illegible] L Smith
Pension Ofc
Chas M Bacon
JL Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pension
Washington
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Mar 15 1843

Mr Evans
J.L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensioners
Washington
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Westfield, N.Y. 0th March  1843
J. L. Edwards Esq
10th March 1844

Comm of Pensions
Sir, enclosed I send petition of Moses Dustin [illegible] L. F. Phelps to obtain
a transfer of his name from the Pennsylvania pension
list to that of New York & allow him to draw his pension in this state. If the papers sufficient & the request granted you will please inform me as early as possible as the old man needs the [illegible] about this time & will not expect to travel to Pa. again for it -
A former letter of mine written to this deponent
dated 15 December last, was answered 21 Feby last by saying the name Moses Dustin was not on the N.H. lists this communication [illegible] will explain [illegible] & enable you to testify to that 
[illegible] should  [illegible] important.
[illegible] yours respectfully
your Obedient Servant
Watson S Hinkley
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Application for transfer of Pension from Pa. to NY
State of New York
County of Chautauqua
On this sixth day of March 1843 before me
the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County Chautauqua personally appeared Moses Dustin who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain [illegible] in the regiment commanded by Colonel [illegible] in the [illegible] of the United States that his name was listed
on the pension roll of the State of Pennsylvania  from whence he has lately [illegible] that he now resides in the State of New York where the intends to [illegible] & [illegible] in future - The  following are his [illegible] moving from Pennsylvania to New York. That his children live in this state & on account of his age of [illegible]
he desires to be nearer his children & could [illegible] obtain their assistance
{illegible] subscriber to the day and [illegible]
aforesaid before me
W.S. Hinkley
Moses Dustin
State of New York

Chautauqua County Clerks Office JP
 I John G. Hinckley Clerk
said County do hereby certify that Watson
S. Hinkley whose signature is set to the appli-
cation above verified by Moses Dustin was
on the day of the date of the said application
a Justice of the peace in & for said County
duly authorized to administer oaths. 
[illegible]
that he well acquainted with his hand writing & [illegible] the signature W.S. Hinkley
subscribed to said [illegible] the handwriting of the said Watson J. Hinckley and also that the
signature of Hinkley subscribed to the affidavit of L Phelps following is the hand writing of the said Watson
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Hinckley & that both are his [illegible] signatures on testimony, which I have [illegible 7? words]and the seal of said county this Seventh [illegible] day of March AD 1843
John S Hinckley [illegible] K.

State of New York
Chautauqua County[illegible, too light] Chautauqua County, New York [illegible] saith he is well acquainted with Moses Dustin & has been so acquainted for years that he knows him [illegible 9 words] also [illegible] him to bet he same person who took the [illegible] oath [illegible] the person who took the above oath [illegible 4 words] with applicant that said [illegible 3 words?]  in the state [illegible]tions I [illegible 10 words?] county of Chautauqua  [illegible 11 words?] this state that deponant [illegible 4 words? in [illegible] said Moses Dustin.

Lorenzo F. Phelps

Subsribed and sworn before me this
sixth day March 1843  I further certify that [illegible] acquainted with said [illegible words] whom [illegible words] 
W.S. Hinckley[illegible letter] P.
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Fred A. Hinman
Jay A. Sweatt

hinman & Sweatt
Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings,
Dry Goods and Groceries,
General Merchandise.
North Stratton, A.D. Nov. 25 1911
I am writing to find if Possible the name in full age &c [etcetera] of my great Grand Father Dustin 
 he was a soldier in the Rev. War and
was a Pensioner living in Stratford N.H. must have died between years 1845 & 1855
I do not know his first name but
I think he is a direct decendant of 
Hanah Dustin
I am willing to pay the cost in finding this and would be doubly glad and consider this a great  favor

Resp yours
Fred A. Hinman
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Westfield, N.Y.
July 12-1934
Revolutionary War
Pension Dept
accounting division
Washington D.C.

[STAMP]
RECEIVED
JUL 14 1934
MAIL SUB-DIV
[illegible]

Dear Sirs
Will you give date of
last
payment to Moses
Dustin, pension No. S-10590
also his
residence and any
data 
given in his
last
Claim
for a payment
He lived 1850 at Harbor Creek
Erie Co. Pa.
but removed that
year to Stratford N.H. to live
with a daughter, Sally (1790-1863)
wife
of
Thomas Curtis (born 1790)
but 
left
shortly to live
with
another daughter whose
name and residence
I am trying to learn
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any help on this, or on the names of his other children will be appreciated.
Very truly yours
Frank B. Lamb
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infor (blank space) contained in his (or his widow's application for pension (blank space) in this Bureau