Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10969, Edmund Farnsworth, Mass.
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(8-1776)
Service                                                 Number 
Mass.           Farmsworth Edmund  (unlegible). 10969                               Edmand B.b Wt. 36762-160-55 Hannah
Contents
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12.711
New York
Edmund Farnsworth
of Crownpoint in the State of N. York
who was a private in the regiment commanded
Colonel Sarjent of the Massachusetts line,
for the term of the war. 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month to commence on the 13th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d of July 1819
and sent to G Stow, Esq.
Eliz. Town, N York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819
18/30 4/31 85.83
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819 48.00
$133.83
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818
Essex County.
[strip along right side:]
Certification sent January 5th 1821
Hon. E. C. Gross Justice of Peace
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1777 - for the [war?]
Edmund Farnsworth
Massachusetts line, 
Revolutionary Claim,
13th April 1818
[Text below has been crossed out:]
The name of this applicant is not to be found on the rolls of Col. Bigelow's 15th Masstts. regiment. See endorsement for the case of Azariah Holladay.
[Text below has not been crossed out:]
See the within deposition
of Major Smith - 
Admitted
Elisha Rhoades, Esq.
Judge
Essex County, N: York.
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State of New York
County of Essex 
Edmund Farnsworth of the town of Crownpoint in the County of Essex & State of New York being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he served as a private & non commissioned officer in the War of the Revolution for about seven years on the continental establishment against the common enemy -- that in the month of January in the year 1777 according to the list of his recollection he inlisted in a company of infantry commanded by Captain Sylvanus Smith - in a regiment commanded by Colonel Timothy Biglow -- being the 15th Massachusetts Regiment, in Genl. Glovers Brigade -- that he inlisted for & during the War -- that before he joined the army he was inoculated for & had a course of the small pox & joined his regiment in September or August, as well as he can recalled in the said year 1777 -- that he served in the said company as a private soldier until after the surrender of Burguoyne when he was appointed a Corporal in the said company but at what time or year he cannot recollect as he has lost his Warrant -- that in the year 1779 as he [illegible] he was transferred or drafted into a Company of Light Infantry commanded by a Captain whose name was pronounced Wheedang, a french officer in a regiment commanded by a Colonel whose name he does not recollect -- under Genl. Waynes command -- that he [text crossed out] was afterwards ordered into his original company from whence he was honorably discharged at Newburyport in June 1783 [illegible] a discharge -- which he has [illegible] he has no further testimony of the aforesaid facts & further that by [illegible] of his [illegible] he stands in need of assistance from his country for support. 
Edmund Farnsworth
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I Certify that on this thirteenth day of April 1818 personally appeared before me Edmund Farnsworth an in habitant of the town of Crownpoint in the County of Essex & State of New York, a person well known to me & made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true ; & it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Edmund served in the Revolutionary War for more than nine months on the continental establishment against the common enemy ; & being fully satisfied of the facts stated in this said affidavit, I do humbly certify & transmit the same being the testimony in this case & the proceedings had [illegible] to the honorable the Secretary of the Department of War. 
Elisha Rhoades one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex.
State of New York
County of Essex Ss: I Thomas Stower clerk of the County of Essex certify that Elisha Rhoades Esquire before whom the forgoing affidavit was taken at the time of taking the same was one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Essex in the said State, & that his name subscribed to the foregoing certificate is his own proper signature. In Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & the seal of the Said County this first day of May 1818.
Thos. Stower Clerk
By Ashley Pond Dept.
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State of Massachusetts
County of_______} Ss
[Text below has had Xs crossing it out:]
In the County of ---------------- in the State of Massachusetts being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is acquainted with Edmund Farnsworth whose name is submitted to the foregoing affidavit or declaration -- that
[end of crossed out text]

State of New York County of Essex ss. Amos Thompson & David Drake of Crownpoint in the County of Essex being [crossed out: dully sworn] severally sworn [crossed out: doth] depose & say & each of them for himself saith that he has for many years been personally acquainted with Edmund Farnsworth, who signed the foregoing Declaration or affidavit, that he is in poor & indigent circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support.
Amos Thompson
David Drake
Sworn the 29th of September 1818 
before me.
Dan. Ross first Judge
of Essex Common Pleas

I Daniel Ross Esq. first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas held in & for the County of Essex in the State of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction from the foregoing affidavits or depositions of Amos Thompson & David Drake, two disinterested & credible witnesses, that the before mentioned Edmund Farnsworth is in poor & indigent circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Dan. Ross
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State of New York - County of Essex ss
I Thomas Stower Clerk of the County of Essex aforesaid & of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that Daniel Ross Esq. who signed the last preceding certificate & affidavits then was known as the first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid - & that his name subscribed to the aforesaid affidavits & certificate is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I have caused this seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this 18th day of December 1818.
Thos. Stower Clerk
By Ashley Pond Dep.
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Edmund Farnsworth
375   12711
Crownpoint    July 19
Essex Co.
[text below has been crossed out with a X:]
The declarant must state the county in which he lives & appear before a Court of Record in said County
[end of cross out]
Can
N. Nicholson Esq.
Elisabethtown
Essex County
NYork
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State of New York
Essex County Ss
Be it remembered that at a Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex before the judges of the same Court Edmund Farnsworth personally appeared and the said Court being a Court of record for the said County and made solemn oath as follows to wit I Edmund Farnsworth do solemnly swear that I am aged sixty years & that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred & eighteen & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any matter whatever disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish [illegible] 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 service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred & eighteen & that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or suretie contract, or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed and I the said Edmund do hereby further swear that I did serve in the revolution army in the Massachusetts line if the regement of Col. Timothy Bigelow Company of Sylvanas Smith afterward in the fifth regiment under the same Captain & Col. Rufus Putnam and that the date of his original Application is the thirteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen & that I have a pension certificate the number of which is twelve thousand seven hundred & eleven And that the said Edmund further says that the following is a true list of the estate of him the said Edmund real and personal to wit
Real Estate none
Personal property one broken pot one dish kettle one broken spider one pair of old andirons 6 plates 2 Bowls 6 Teacups & saucers one Teapot one tumbler one earthenware mug one Bowl 6 Teaspoons 1 cream pitcher one tunnil one pail two quart basins one salt morter three milk pans one
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broken shovel one table one chest five chairs one great wheel one little wheel one tub one old side saddle one candlestick one flatiron one churn and I the said Edmand further say that I am a farmer and that I am afflicted with the rhumatism  to such a degree that I am unable to even put my wood at the door that my family consists of myself & my wife old and inform and unable to do any thing of importance for the maintainance of my family.              Edmand Farnsworth

Sworn and delivered in open 
Court this 26th day of September
1820.  
Thomas Stower Clerk

State of New York}   
County of Essex ss.}    I Ashley Pond Deputy Clerk of the County of Essex & of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the same do hereby certify that the foregoing oath of Edmand Farnsworth and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court that the total mount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifteen dollars and I do also further certify that the aforesaid Court is a Court of record having the power of (illegible) and (illegible) & keeping a watch of these proceedings
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Elizabethtown this 7.th day of October 1820
(in the absence of Thomas Stower Clerk)
Ashby Pond. Dep. Clerk
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I Thomas Stower Clerk of the County of Essex do certify that Edmand Farnsworth of town of Crown Point was a resident of the County of Essex on 26th day of September [and aforesaid] (that is crossed out). and that he is now a resident of said County 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas (it being a court of record) of said County this 12th day of December 1820.
Thos. Stower Clerk
By Ashley Pond Dep.
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5.206 - 
New York-A 
Hannah Farnsworth widow of Edmund Farnsworth who served in the Revolutionary war as a private Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853. Certificate of Pension issued 24th day of May 1855. and sent to Claimant Whallonsburg Essex County New York
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Page 15. Volume 26
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[two sides. LEFT side:]
November 30 [18]59
W
Issued duplicate and sent to
Kirkland and company
Number 24 Pine street
New York
Warrant Lost
August 1st [18]59 notice of [illegible] [illegible]  [illegible]  [illegible] [illegible] 16540 160 Act 55
October 6, [18]53 Letter to Kirkland and Company Number 24 Pine Street New York
November 30 [18]59 Letter to Commissioner General Land Office

[right page:]
229.267 [illegible] of March 3
December 24, 1855
Hannah Farnsworth
widow of Edmund Farnsworth deceased
Sergeant
Revolutionary war
Issed august 15 [18]56
Duplicate issued December 2nd [18]59
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Hannah Farnsworth 
widow
of
Edmand Farnsworth
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Claim for
Rev Pension
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Post Office address
Whallonsburgh
Essex Co
NY
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State of New York
Essex County ⎬ SS
On this 30th
day of March AD
one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared
before me John E McVine Judge of said County of Essex
Hannah Farnsworth a resident of the town of Essex
in the County of Essex and State of New York aged
seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to
law doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by
the Law of the United States passed on the 29th day
of July 1848, and the provision of the act of Congress approved February 3, 1853. That she is the widow of
Edmund Farnsworth who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
of the United States under the act of 18th March, 1818 at the
rate Ninety six dollars per annum. The proof of
whose services are on file in the Pension Office of the
United States, to which proof this applicant applies
or refers respectfully for proof to substantiate her
claim. she further declares that she was married
to the said Edmund Farnsworth on the 16th day
of November AD 1838, that her husband the
aforesaid Edmund Farnsworth died on the
30th day of December AD 1848 that she has not
been married since, but still continues a widow
as will more fully appear by reference to the proof
hereunto annexed and that she has never
before made any application for a pension
Hannah Farnsworth X her mark
Witness E McVine


Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above
written before me. And I hereby certify that the said
Hannah Farnsworth the above applicant by reason
of bodily infirmity, cannot attend the County Court of said County
that figure “3” [illegible] written in [illegible] before executed by witness.
JE McVine
County of Essex New York
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State of New York
Essex County ⎬ SS On this sixth day of April AD one
thousand eight hundred and fifty five before me a Justice
of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid
duly authorised by law to administer oaths therein
personally appeared George H Blinn and Sophronia
Blinn residents of the town of Essex in the State of
New York, who being duly sworn according to Law
depose and say that they are well acquainted with
Hannah Farnsworth, who was formerly Hannah Whitford
that the within declaration was signed by her in our presence
by making her mark thereto, and that we believe from her
appearance and statements that she is the identical person
she represents herself to be we also depose and say that the
said Hannah Farnsworth by reason of bodily infirmity
is unable to write her name
George H. Blinn
Sophonia S. Blenn
The foregoing affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before
me on the day and year first above written and I certify that the
affiants are known to me to credible and respectable citizens
that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be
and that I have no interest in this claim
C.W. Rogers Justice of the Peace
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On this sixteenth day of November A D one thousand
Eight hundred and thirty eight at Crown Point in the County
of Essex Edmund Farnsworth aged seventy eight years
Farmer and Hannah Whitford aged sixty two years of
Crown Point were married by me and Thomas Farnsworth
and his wife were present as witnesses both residents of
Crown Point aforesaid
Gerge Brown Justice
I certify that the forgoing is a true copy of the
record in my office with the exception of the date and age
of the parties married, which is expressed on the record
in fair legible figures as follows
“On this 16" day of November 1838 at Crown Point
in the County of Essex Edmund Farnsworth aged 78 years, Farmer and Hannah Whitford aged 62 years of Crown
Point were married by me and Thomas Farnsworth and
his wife were present as witnesses both residents of Crown
Paint aforesaid”
George Brown Justice
Attest Welcome W. Capron Town Clerk
State of New York Essex County SS
I Welcome Capron above named depose and
say that I hold the office of town Clerk of the town of Crown
Point in the County and State aforesaid and that the above is a
true extract from the records of said town with the
Exception above named as certified by m.
W. L. Capron
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 30th day of March 1855

Henry H. Havens
Justice Peace
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State of New York
Essex County Ss.
On this 30th day of March AD one
thousand eight hundred and fifty five before me a Justice
of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid
duly authorised by law to administer oaths therein personally
appeared Thomas Farnsworth and Emily Farnsworth
his wife who being duly sworn according to Law depose and
say that they are well acquainted with Hannah Farnsworth
of Essex in the County and State aforesaid that her name
before her marriage to Edmund Farnsworth Hannah
Whifford, that these deponents were present and saw the
said Hannah Whitford and Edmund Farnsworth Married
by George Brown Esquire a Justice of the Peace on the sixteenth
day of November AD 1838 at Crown Point aforesaid-
These deponents further depose and say that the said
Hannah Farnsworth above named is the identical
Hannah Whitford who was married to the said Edmund
Farnsworth as above stated and that she is now the
widow of the said Edmund Farnsworth and further
that the said Edmund Famsworth died at said
Crown Point on the 30 day of December AD 1848
Thomas Farnsworth
Emily Farnsworth

Subscribed and sworn before me this 30th day of March AD 1855. and I certify that the words " 30th day of December
the written on erasure before the signing and execution
of this instrument.
Henry H Havens
Justice of the Peace
I certify that the words “30th day and December were
Written on erasure before the above affidavit was signed and executed
Henry H Havens
Justice of the Peace
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State of New York, }
ESSEX COUNTY, SS. }

I, E.A. ADAMS, Clerk of said County, Do Certify that
John E McVine Esquire, whose name is
subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgement of the annexed affadavits
was, on the day of the date of the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement, a ["Justice of" crossed out] County
["the Peace" crossed out] Judge in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the Proof and
Acknowledgement of Deeds &c., and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said John
E McVine and verily believe the signature to said Certificate of proof
or acknowledgement to be genuine, and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws
of the State of New York.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and affixed
the seal of said County, this tenth
day of April in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty five
EA Adams, Clerk. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and affixed 
the seal of said County, this tenth
day of April in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty five
EA Adams Clerk,
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State of New York,}
Essex County, SS.}
I, E. A. Adams, Clerk of said County, Do Certify that  -- John E. McVine Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Affidavits was, on the day of the date of the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment, a County Judge in and for said County, swelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the Proof and Acknowledgment of Deeds, &c., and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said John E. McVine and verily believe the signature to said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment to be genuine, and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this tenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five [signature cut off]

State of New York}
Essex County, SS.}
I, E. A. Adams, Clerk of said County, Do Certify that -- Eli W. Rogers & Hendry H. Havens Esquires, whose names are subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed affadavits were on the days of the date of the said certificates of proof or acknowledgment, two Justices of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the Proof and Acknowledgment of Deeds, &c., and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Eli W. Rogers & Henry H. Havens and verily believe the signature to said Certificate of Proof or acknowledgment to be genuine, and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged acording to the Laws of the State of New York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have ubscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this tenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five.
E. A. Adams Clerk.
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Declaration for surviving Officer, Soldier, Seaman, Marine, Naval Clerk, Landsman, Teamster, or Chaplain, under the Act of March 3, 1855, (and can be used for Widows who have once applied, or who now draw pensions.)
State of New York}
County of Essex} ss.
On this 19th day of December A. D. 1855, personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Hannah Farnsworth, aged 85 years, a resident of Essex in the State of New York, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Hannah Farnsworth widow of Edmund Farnsworth deceased who served in the Revolutionary War
wo was a ____________ in the Company commanded by Captain ________ in the ________ Regiment of ___________commanded by Col. _________ in the ward with ____________________ that he _______________ at _________ in the State of __________ on or about the ______ day of ________ A. D. 18______ for the term of _________ and continued in actual service in said war for a period of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at __________ about the ________ day of ___________ A. D. 18______ And claimant further declares that she has never received any bounty land under any Act of Congress, or made any application therefor, except  the present application -- -- that claimant has never -- received a warrant for any number of acres, of Bounty Land for the above service, under the Act of Sept. 28, 1850, or any other act. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the 160 acres -- bounty land to which she is entitled under the Act approved March third, 1866, and hereby revoking all former powers of attorney, constitutes Benj. H. Baldwin, of Washington, D. C. attorney in the premises, with full authority to obtain from public offices or private individuals at Washington City or elsewhere, certified or sworn copies of all muster rolls, company books, army or navy records, or any other description of record evidence necessary to establish said service as fully as she could do if personally present. And for Evidence of he Marriage and the particulars of her said husbands service she refers to her papers on file upon which she obtained a Pension under the act of Feb 3d 1853.
(Signature of the claimant) Hannah her X mark Farnsworth L.S.
We Geo H Blinn and W. H. Blinn, residents of Essex in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledge by Hanna Farnsworth in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
{Signatures of witnesses}
Geo. H. Blinn
W. H. Blinn
The foregoing declaration and affidavit was sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year first above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
E. W. Rogers, Justice Peace.
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State of New York}
County of Essex} to wit:
I hereby certify that Eli W. Rogers Esq., before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit was made, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the seal of the Court -- for the County aforesaid, this 19 day of December, A. D. 1855.
M. F. Nicholson Dpt. Clerk

Instructions.
If the claimant is a widow, and has received Bounty Land or a Pension, then insert at Fig.
(1.) (Widow's name) "who is the widow" of --, deceased, who died at  --, in the State of --, in the year --, and".
(2.) "was drafted," or "enlisted," or "volunteered," or "shipped."
(3.) If first application, insert "this, and" ; if claim has been rejected, insert "an application under act of 1850, (or 1847,) which was rejected."
(4.) "has" or "never has".
(5.) If no Warrant has been received insert "any number of".
(6.) If the number of the Warrant is not known, I can obtain it here: if no Warrant has been received, insert "of land,"
(7.) If a Warrant has been received, insert "which he has sold;" if not, say "or any other act."
(8.) "additional" if one Warrant has been received, or add the number of acres claimed.
(9.) "that she is now the widow of ---, deceased, and has never married since his death, and for proof of his death, and her marriage, she refers to her papers now on file."
(10.) "that they know she has never married since the death of the said ---, her deceased husband, but is now his widow."

[The text below is sideways:]
229 267 [handwritten]
Bounty Land Claim.
Act of March 3, 1855.
Claim for           Acres.
Service in the State of 
War of 
A 
Benj. H. Baldwin,
Attorney for Claimant
Washington, D. C.
[end of sideways text]

Under the Act of March 3, 1855, each of the surviving commissioned and non-commissioned Officers, Chaplains, Musician and Privates, whether of regulars, volunteers, rangers, militia or teamsters, who were regularly mustered into the service of the United States, and every Officer, Seaman, Ordinary Seaman, Marine, Clerk and Landsman of the Navy in any of the wars in which this country has been engaged since 1790, and each of the survivors of the Militia, Volunteers or State Troops of any State of Territory, called into military service and regularly mustered therein, and whose services has been paid by the United States, are entitled to one hundred and sixty acres of land, provided the period of service amounted to fourteen days or more, or they shall have actually been engaged in battle. Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, those who served at the invasion of Plattsburgh, in September, 1814, at the attack on Lewistown, Delaware, in the war of 1812, or in the battle of Nickojack against the confederated Indians of the South, are entitled to the benefits of the Act ; and Indians are entitled in the same matter and to the same extent as white men.
If the person having been in service is dead, Bounty Land is due his widow or minor children. The second marriage of a widow is no bar to her claim, if she is a widow at the time of her application. Those are considered minors who were so at the date of the Act.
No Land Warrant can be issued under this Act, unless the service of the soldier can be prove by record evidence.
All Officers or Soldiers who have received a Land Warrant, or Land Warrants, for less than one hundred and sixty acres, under any Act of Congress, are entitled, under the Act of March 3d, 1855, to additional Bounty Land, sufficient to make the aggregate of 160 acres, provided their service can be proved by record evidence.
Widows and minor children who have received less than 160 acres of Land, are entitled to additional Bounty Land, provided the widow is a widow at the time of her application, and the children are minors at the date of the Act, and provided the service of the soldier can be proved by record evidence. This evidence I will undertake to obtain.
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Revolution.
Massachusetts Line
Widow, etc.
File Number 10969
Hannah Farnsworth
Widow of 
Edmond
Private Revolutionary War
Act: February 3rd/[18]53
Index: Volume A, Page 226
{Arrangement of 1870.}
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36762
Issue duplicate
Oct [18]55
Revolutionary War
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Honorable L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

[stamp] Crown Point New York May 11
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Honorable L.P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington DC
New York 719
Hannah Farnsworth
widow
Edmund
Boynton
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5671
Hannah Farnsworth
Wid. of
Edmund

Letter to Claimant April 19th/[18]55

Act/[18]53
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April 18, 1855
Hannah Farnsworth
widow of
Edmund
Essex County New York
Act /[18]53
$96 per annum
Commence July 3/ [18]53
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Pension Office
May 17, 1855
Sir:
Please certify the time to which the within named pensioner was paid or the date of his death.
Very respectfully,
30 December [18]48
LP Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
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I Nathaniel Gibson of Stoddard in the County of Cheshire ss
and State of Newhampshire of Lawfull age depose and say that
I enlisted in the same Company in the Revolutionary war with
Mr Edmond Farnsworth of Crown Point in the State of New York and County Essex in the month of January in the year Seventeen
Hundred and Seventy seven for three years but was returned
for during the war. we enlisted under Captain Silvanus Smith and was attached to Colonel Timothy Biglows Regiment which was the fifteenth Regiment and served with him untill the End of the war and was discharged at
Newburgh in New York I further say I 
have no interest in the pension whether Mr Farnsworth [illegible] any thing or not
Nathaniel Gilfon
State of Newhampshire
Cheshire Ss.
August 29 1818 personally appeared
Nathaniel Gilson Signer of the forgoing
affidavit and made solemn oath that it contains the truth
and Nothing but the truth relative to the cause for
which it is taken at the request of Mr Edmond Farnsworth
Elisha Huntley
One of the Justices
of the Court of
Common pleas for said County
Cheshire Ss.
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Court in
the County of Cheshire hereby certify that Elisha
Huntley is one of the Justices of the Court of Common
Pleas which is a Court of Record in said County and
that the foregoing is his signature
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand
and affix such seal as is and by the Court
S Hale Clerk
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Affidavit of Mr. John Davis
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I John Davis of Shirley in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, do depose and say that I was a Soldier
in the Revolutionary
army-I entered the Army in March
One thousand seven hundred and seventy seven in the Company of Captain Sylvanus Smith for three years, in the Regiment
commanded by Colonel Bigelow in the Massachusetts line
and served my three years and received an honorable discharge from my Colonel as will appear by my application in the War Office-
during all this period I
well know and remember one Edmund Farnsworth who
has applied to me for this deposition in his own person he
formerly belonged to Groton, I found him in Captain Smith
Company when I joined it. I recollect him at the Capture of Burgoyne Army, at the battle of Monmouth
and at providence in Rhode island, and am sure I left
him in the company when I was discharged
John Davis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss
September 1818 Personally appeared before me the Subscriber Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common pleas for the middle 
Circuit and a justice of the Peace throughout said Commonwealth, John Davis who subscribed the above Deposition, and
who is well known to me to be a credible and disinterested witness, and
made solemn Oath that the above deposition by him subscribed
as aforesaid is just and true.—
Samuel Dana
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I, Sylvanus Smith late a Major in the Army of the
Revolution - do depose and say that I commanded a company in the Continental army in the Spring of Seventeen hundred and seventy seven, I was in Colonel Biglows 15th Massachusetts Regiment. in this Regiment I continued untill it was reduced
when I was annexed to the 5th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam, untill he was promoted to a Brig General when the command of that Regiment was given to David Cobb Esquire the
aid to the Commander in chief, I was then transferred to the
first Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose.-
I have examined my muster rolls and find, that on the tenth
day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Seventeen
and and seventy seven one Edward Farnsworth was
enlisted as a private Soldier in my Company to serve during the
War, I well remember this man, who then belonged to Groton Massachusetts.
I find his name upon my master rolls untill the
month of January in the year of our Lord One thousand seven
hundred and eighty three, when by reason of ill health I
had permission from the Commander in chest to retire from
the Army to repair my health, my papers were delivered
over to my first Subaltern Lieutenant Everett, and beyond January aforesaid I have no papers by which I can ascertain any
thing farther respecting said Farnsworth, who now states
to me, that he resides at Crown Point in the State of New York
-- I did not join the Army untill the troops were
disbanded.
Silvanus Smith
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss September 1st 1818. Personally appeared before and the Subscriber a Justice of the Circuit Court of Common
pleas for the middle Circuit, and a justice of the Peace through
our said Commonwealth - Major Sylvanus Smith well known
to me as a highly
respectable citizen entitled to full
faith and entire credit and disinterested as a witness in the
application to which his testimony applies and made solemn
Oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed as aforesaid
Is just and true
Samuel Dana
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Crown Point New York
May 11th 1855.
Dear Sir 
Yours of May 7th has been this
day received by me with affidavits inclosed and
contents duly noted. I hasten to reply-Hannah Farnsworth of
Whallenburgh Essex  County New York has made application to the Pension Department of the
United States for a pension- Hannah
Farnsworth soon after sending her application received a communication from
you in the words and figures following-

Pension office
April 19th 1855
Madam
upon proof being filed that
Thomas Farnsworth and Emily Farnsworth
are credible persons your claim for a
pension will be favorably considered-
I am Respectfully
Your Obedient Servant
L.P. Waldo
Commissionser
Hannah Farnsworth sent the communication
to me as Thomas Farnsworth and
Emily Farnsworth lives in my town Crown
Point New York, to have me take some affidavits
of their credibility as suggested by your communication-- I did so and as the
two men Hammel and Dike were well
acquainted with Honorable G A Simmons
had him gave his certificate etc.
and forwarded the same to you- in
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in accordance with your letter to her.
In your letters of 7th instant you say that
no application of Hannah Farnsworth is
found on the files of pension office etc.
which seems to be a mistake per your
letter to her April 19th 1855-
Her application was filed last of March
or first April 1855. The inclosed
Affidavits are intended to supply the deficiency
mentioned in your letter to her April 19th
and also herewith enclosed to you which
will explain the whole matter no doubt
satisfactorily. Mrs. Farnsworth
is no doubt entitled to
a pension
and when every rule of law and testimony
is complied with she will be happy to
receive her certificate
Yours most Obediently
H.H. Havens
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In the matter of the Application of Hannah Farnseveth to  Revolutionary Pension- - --- 
additional affidavits
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State of New York
Essex County ss.
On this 24th day of April AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty five Before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared John C. Hammond and
Charles F. Baker resident of Crown Point in the County
and State aforesaid, who being severally sworn in due
form of Law do severally depose and say that they
have been well acquainted with Thomas Farnsworth
and Emily Farnsworth his wife of said Crown Point
for the last Twenty years and these deponents further
severally depose and say that the said Thomas Farnsworth
and Emily Farnsworth are highly respectable citizens and
highly credible as witnesses, and have uniformly maintained
that character
John C Hammond
Charles F. Dike

Subscribed and sworn to before me
the day and year first above written-
Henry H. Havens
Justice of the Peace
I, George A Simmons of Keeseville in the
County of Essex and State of New York, Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives hereby certify that Henry H
Havens is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine-
I further certify that I am well acquainted with
John C. Hammond and Charles F. Dike of Crown Point
in said County and State and know them to be highly respectable
citizens and entitled to the fullest confidence as witnesses
Dated at Keeseville New York this 26th day of April 1853-
George A Simmons
Member of Congress 16th Congressional District
New York
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Brief in the case of Hannah Farnsworth of
Essex County and State of New York
3d Februry 1855,
Claim, original," 
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
husband was pensioner under the Act 18 March 1818 Certified at 
the rate of $96. per annum. Marriage proven by the town
record thereof.
Pensioner died December 30 1848, as per the affidavit
of two witnesses and report of the then auditor
two witnesses testify
to the widowhood of the applicant
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Claimant
Whallonsburgh,
Name and residence of Agent
Essex County New York
JC Boynton
Examining Clerk.
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Town Records 2 [illegible]
30" December [18]48, 
2 witnesses living
Boynton
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Pension Office April 19, 1833. 
Madam, 
upon proof being filed that, Thomas Farnsworth and Emily Farnsworth, are credible persons, your claim for a pension will be favorably considered any respectfully  your obedient servant
LP Waldo
Commissioner
Mrs. Hannah Farnworth Whallonsburgh,
Essex County
New York
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GENERAL LAND OFFICE, July 27 1859 
Sir: 
 I have to state that there is on file in this Office A CAVEAT against the issue of a Patent on Bounty Land Warrant No. 36, 762 for 160 acres, act March 3, 1855, in the name of Hannah Farnsworth, filed by Messrs Kirtland and Company New York 
Very respectfully, 
Your obedient servant
Joseph S. Wilson Esquire 
Deputy Commissioner 
To George C. whiting Esquire
Commissioner of pensions
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Service: Massachusetts
Farnsworth Edmund 
Number W. 10969
Edmond
Hannah
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12.711
New York
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Edmund Farnsworth
of Crownpoint in the state of N. York
who was a private in the regiment commanded
Colonel Sarjent of the Massachusetts
line, for the term of the war 1777
================
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 13th of April 1818-
================
Certificate of Pension issued the 22d of July 1819
and sent to G. Stow, Esqr.
Eliz: Town, N. York.
================
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 15/30: 4/31 85.83
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept: 1819 - 48.00
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$133.83
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{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Essex County

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Authentication sent January 5th 1821 to
Hon E C Gross Jt of Repc U.S.
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1777 for Rev War
Edmund Farnsworth
Massachusetts line,
Revolutionary claim,
13t April 1818
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[This paragraph crossed through]
The name of this applicant
is not to be found
on the rolls of Col:
Bigelow's (15th Masstts.
regiment) See endorsement
in the case of Azariah Holladay.
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See the within deposition
of Major Smith - 

Admitted

Elisha Rhoades, Esq;
Judge
Essex county, N: York.
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State of New York
County of Essex Ss: Edmund Farnsworth of the town
of Crownpoint in the County of Essex and State of New York 
bring duly sworn as a private
Sworn commissioned officer in the War of the Revolution
for about seven years on the continental establishment
against the Common enemy - that in the month of
January in the year 1777 according to the best of his recollection he inlisted
in a company of infantry commanded by Captain Sylvanus 
Smith - in a regiment commanded by Colonel 
Timothy Biglow, being the 15th Massachusetts
Regiment, in Genl. Glovers Brigade - that he inlisted
for and during the War - that before he joined the 
army he was inoculated for third a course of the small
pox and joined his regiment in September or August
as best well as he can recollect in the said year 1777
- that he served in the said company as a private
soldier until after the surrender of Burgoyne
when he was appointed a Corporal in the said company
but at what time of year he cannot recollect as he
has lost his Warrant - that in the year 1779 as he
believes he was transferred or drafted into a company
of Light Infantry commanded by a Captain whose
name was pronounced Wheedang, a french officer
in a regiment commanded by a Colonel whose name 
he does note recollect - under Genl. Waynes command
- that he was afterwards ordered into
his original company from whence he was honorably
discharged at Newburgh in June 1783 and received a discharge which
he has since lost -that he hath no further testimony of the aforesaid facts
and further that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need
of assistance from his country for support Edmund Farnsworth
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I Certify that on this thirteenth day of April 1818 personally appeared before me Edmund Farmsworth an inhabitant of the town of Crown Point in the County of Essex and State of New York, a person well known to me and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed is true; and it appearing to my satisfaction that he said Edmund served in the Revolutionary War for more than nine months on the continental establishment against the common enemy; and being fully satisfied of the facts states in this said affidavit, I so hereby certify and transcribe the same living the testimony in this case and the proceedings had therein to the honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
Elisha Rhoades as one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Essex.

State of New York 
County of Essex SS:
I Thomas Stower clerk of the County of Essex certify that Elisha Rhoades Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken at the time of taking he since was one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex in the said state, and that his name Subscribed to the foregoing certificate is his own proper Signature. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said County this first day of May 1818.
Thomas Stower Clerk
By Ashley Pond Deputy
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PARAGRAPH CROSSED OUT
State of Massachusetts
County of [blank] } SS:
in the County of [blank] in the State of Massachusetts being duly sworn deposeth of saith that he is acquainted with Edmund Farnsworth whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit or declaration, that 

 State of New York, County of Essex SS: Amos Thompson & David Drake of Crown Point in the County of Essex being formally sworn depose & say & each of them for himself saith, that he has for many years been personally acquainted with Edmund Farnsworth, who signed the foregoing declaration or affidavit, that he is in poor & indigent circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support.
Amos Thompson
David Drake

Sworn the 29th day of September 1818 before me.
Daniel Ross first judge of Essex Common pleas {
I Daniel Ross Esq. first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas held in the county of Essex in the state of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction from the foregoing affidavits or declarations of Amos Thompson & David Drake, two disinterested & credible witnesses, that the before mentioned Edmund Farnsworth is in poor & indigent circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support.
Daniels Ross
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State of New York, County of Essex SS: I Thomas Stower Clerk of the County of Essex aforesaid & of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that Daniel Ross Esq. who signed the last preceding certificate & affidavits then was & now is the first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid & that his name subscribed to the aforesaid affidavits & certificate is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed this 18th day of December 1818
Thos. Stower Clerk
By Ashley Pond Dep.