Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9,910, for Richard Mack, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                                                                                      NUMBER
Conn.                     Mack, Richard                                          W. 9.910
                                        Betty                                      B.L. Wt 1447-100
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CONTENTS
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                   FAMILY
           BIRTHS

Betty harvey was Born
October 1 1773
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Erastus Mack was born
December 6th 1788
Lavina Mack was Born
Mar 6th 1791
Betty P. Mack was Born
May 5th 1793 -
Dudley Mack was Born
August 11th 1795
Asa H Mack Was Born
May 26th 1797
Asa H Mack 2nd was Born
May 1st 1799
Wareham Mack was Born
Oct 8th 1801
Huldah Mack was Born
Jan 16th 1803
Samuel Mack Wors Born
Jan 7th 1805
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RECORD.
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MARRIAGES.
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Reported
Dead let to 3d Aud. Aug
22. 1849

176
Indiana Madison
Betty Mack
widow of Richard Mack
Conn.
who was a Fifer
in the Revolution
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
88 Dollars ----------
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of (March, 1844). July,
1845 when he died
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Certificate of Pension issued the
23rd day of April 1846
and sent to
Hon C. W. McGaughey
Hos of Rept
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Act of JUNE 17, 1844.
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2   Page 219
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                                          B
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act for the relief of
certain surviving officers & soldiers of the revolution approved on the 15th May
1828 I Richard Mack of Helt Township in the County of
Vermillion in the State of Indiana do hereby declare that I
enlisted in the continental line of the army of the Revolution
for and during the war and continued in its service until its term-
ination at which period I was a Musician a fifer in Captain
Kimberleys Company in the second Regiment of the Connecticut line
and I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the
reward of Eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve
of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778. and I further declare
that I was not on the 15th day of March 1828 on the Pension list
of the United States-
                                                           Richard Mack
State of Indiana
Vigo County
Be it remembered that on this 29th August 1828 before me
Amory Kinney a Justice of the peace in and for said County Personally came
the above named Richard who being duly sworn says that the facts con-
tained in the foregoing declaration are true And this deponent further says
upon his oath aforesaid that at the termination of the war he received
his discharge as that he has now lost the same probably by leaving it
as stated in the deposition of Sam Com
Given under my hand & seal this 29 August 1828
                                                A Kinney  J. P.     ℗
State of Indiana Vigo County Ss
I Curtis Gilbert Clerk of the cir-
cuit Court of said County, do hereby certify that the above named
Amory Kinney and within named Charles Bellodiset before whom
the foregoing affidavit and within affidavits were sworn were at the
time Justices of Peace in and for said County and duly empowered
to minister oaths
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the said Court at Terre Haute
the first day of September Eighteen hundred and twenty
eight
C. Gilbert
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State of Indiana
Vigo County Ss
Before me Charles B. Madisell a Justice of the peace in said County
of Vigo in the State of Indiana personally appeared this first day
of September Amory Kenning the Attorney named in the forgoing
power of attorney and made oath that the same was not
Given to him by reason of any transfer, or of any attach-
ment Levy, or Signer, by any legal process whatever of
the pay therein authorized to be received but that the said pay is
intended to cover wholly to the personal benefit of the said Rich-
and Mack the person by whom the said power was Executed
Witness my hand and Seal first day of September in the year of our Lord eigh-
teen hundred and twenty eight
             Chas. B. Madisell  J. P.                           ℗
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No 1447
Rich'd Mack
Soldier
Conn ?
Md to Jr. Watson
D.C.
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                                    BOUNTY LANDS
FOR REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES -- INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION.
STATE of Indiana
County of Vigo
I, Richard Mack aged  sixty four   years, do,
upon oath, testify and declare, that about or in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty
I enlisted or entered the service as a fifer for the term of "during the war," in the 2nd
regiment, commanded by Col. Swift and afterwards served in the same
regiment under the command of Colonel Swift      and
that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from
the aforesaid regiment, commanded by Colonel Swift      of the
Connecticut line, and wi???

I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the
part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever:
THEREFORE, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That I, Richard
Mack aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Col. JOSEPH WATSON,
of Washington City to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive
from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as afore
-said; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or
more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my (2) hand and
seal, this seventeenth day of November A.D. 1828
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I,                                            aged                                         years, do, upon oath, declare
at I have been long acquainted with Richard Mack who has subscribed
the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents
himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated (3)
Attest,

STATE OF Indiana
County of Vermilion ⎬
Before me, Joseph Schooling a Justice of the Peace in and for the
County aforesaid, personally appeared the above named Richard Mack subscriber
to the aforegoing declaration and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined,
to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared
who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability
and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this
seventeenth day of  November   1828
STATE of Indiana
County of Vermition
In testimony that the above written Joseph Schooling was a magistrate
authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Indiana, at
the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto
affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name, at Newport this Twentieth
day of November 1828 in my capacity as Clerk of the County aforesaid.
                                                                                           Stephen B. Gardner Clerk
V.C.C.                       INSTRUCTIONS
As to the manner of filling out and executing the foregoing documents.
(1. In the large blank towards the close of the declaration; if the commission in the case of an officer,
discharge in the case of a non-commissioned officer or soldier, does not accompany the chin,
at the reason; and in case of loss state the manner and time). 2. Here insert mark on hand, as the
case may require. 3. This declaration should be made by a person older, or about the same age of the
claimant, if practicable.
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State of Indiana
Vermillion County                On this thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and ffty six, personally appeared before Isham Harris one of the asso-
ciate Judges of the County Court of the County of Vermillion and State of Indiana, Betty Mack a resident
of Helt Township in the County of Vermillion and State of Indiana aged Seventy two years
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in or-
der to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838, entitled
"An act granting half pay and Pensions to certain widows"  That she is the widow of Richard
Mack who was a fifer in the Army of the Revolution, and the evidence of which service, as she
is informed is filed in the Pension office, and upon which a pension certificate was issued to the
said Richard Mack, which is in these words to wit: Revolutionary Claims No 706
Under the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldier of the Army of the Rev-
olution" approved 15th May 1828  - I certify that Richard Mack of Helt Township in the County
of Vermillion in the State of Indiana is entitled to receive pay under the above mentioned Act as a
surviving fifer of Infantry, in the Connecticut line of the Army of the Revolution, at the rate of seven dollars
and thirty three 1/3 cents a month, payable during his life on the third day of March and
third day of September in each year. It is provided by law that the said pay shall not in
any way be transferable or liable to attachment levy or seizure by any legal process whatever.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Treasury of the United States this third day of
August one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, and of Independence the fifty
fourth                     S. D. Ingham Secretary of the Treasury

The said Belly Mack relies for the establishment of her claim to a pension so far as that de-
pends upon the services of her husband the said Richard Stack to the proof above referred to and
to which the commissioner of Pension has access, and to which he is respectfully referred,
She further declares that she was married to the said Richard Mack on the six-
teenth day of August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven
that her husband the aforesaid Richard Mack died on the fourth day
of July A.D. 1845. That she was not married to him prior to his
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leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the
first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz, at the time
before stated, and that she has remained a widow ever since the death
of her said husband, as above set forth
                                                                Betty Mack
I certify that the above was sworn to and subscribed on the day and year
first above written, before me the undersigned, one of the associate Judges
of the Circuit Court of Vermillion County Indiana the said Court being
a Court of Record: I also certify that the said Betty Mack is unable
from bodily infirmity to appear in open Court .  Ashley Harris  A. J.

State of Indiana,
Vermillion County ⎬Ss   Asa H. Mack of said County being
first duly sworn deposes and says that Richard Mack, the husband
of the above named Betty Mack, departed this life on the fourth
day of July 1845. That the list of births attached to this affidavit
is the original family Record of the said Richard Mack, that the said
Record is in the hand writing of the said Richard Mack, that the names
of the persons set forth in said list with the dates of their respective births
are the children of the said Richard and Betty Mack, (except the
one first named, who is the said Betty Mack, late Betty Harvey )
                                       Asa H. Mack

The above was sworn to and subscribed by Asa H. Mack
who I certify is a person of credibility, before me the undersigned
associate Judge of the Vermillion Circuit Court, on the 31st day of March
A.D. 1846
                                                    Ashley Harris A. J.
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State of Ohio
Butler County ⎬ Ss  Twenty sixth day of February
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty six personally appeared
before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in
and for said County Charles Cone a resident of
the County of Hamilton who being first
duly sworn acording to law doth on his oath
make the following statement to be used as evidence upon the
application of Betty Mack widow of Richard Mack
for a pension - that he was intimately acquainted with
Richard Mack and Betty Harvey (now Betty
Mack) before they were married - that he was residing
in the neighborhood at the time of their marriage
was not at the wedding but has every reason to
believe that the marriage did actually take place -
that any person could have who was not himself
present to hear the marriage ceremony. That the marri-
age took place in the year 1787. That this deponents mother
had been joined in marriage with the Father of the
said Betty while this deponent and the said Betty
were yet children that they grew up under the same roof after
the marriage of the said Betty as stated above that this
deponent still continued to reside in the same neigh-
borhood with the said Richard & Betty Mark in the 
same county of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut
where they were married until the year 1783 when the
said Richard Mack removed with his family to the
State of Massachusetts in the mean time to wit
about in the year A.D. 1792  this deponent was joined in
marriage with a sister of the said Betty Mack and owing
to relationship existing between this deponent and
the said Richard Mack he was in almost daily
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intercourse with the said Richard & family for
several years immediately subsequent to the marri-
age above stated. This deponent further states that
from his relationship and personal acquaintance
with the family of the said Richard Mack
he can state with certainty that the birth of
the three eldest children of the said Richard and
Betty Mack took place severally prior to the year
first of January 1794 the eldest of whom (Erasmus
Mack) now a resident of the said County (
Butler & State of Ohio), and with whom this deponent
has been personally acquainted since the time
of his birth (which took place under the roof under
which this deponent then resided on the sixth day
of December 1788) except the few years during which
the said Richard Mack and family resided in
the state of Massachusetts.  That on or about the year
1800 the said Richard Mack and family removed
from the state of Massachusetts to the said County
of Hamilton in the State of Ohio from which 
place he removed, with his family to the
County of Butler & then into the County of Vermillion in the State of Indiana
on or about the year 1822 at which last
place of residence as this deponent is informed
the said Richard Mack departed this life on
the fourth day of July 1845
This deponent states in conclusion that from
his personal acquaintance with the said Richard
and Betty Mack prior to their marriage at the
time and ever since that event and from all
the knowlege he has had at any time with regard to the
said marriage he has never at any time
entertained nor does now entertain any doubt
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concerning the fact or the legality of the said Marriage but
on the contrary (here) this deponent firmly believes
that the said Richard Mack and Beitty Harvey (now
Betty Mack) were lawfully joined in matrimony
at the time before stated
                                Charles Cone

The State of Ohio
Butler County ⎬ SS      Before me J Kilborn
Justice of the peace in and
for said County personally appeared the above
named Charles Cone (the above named) who made
solemn oath, that the matter contained in
the above affidavit is true all of which was
Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty
sixth day of February 1846
                                   Jonathan Kilborn J.P.
                                 Ross, Town, But Co. Ohio

I hereby certify that the undersigned is personally
acquainted with the said Charles Cone and that he is 
a person of credibility Feb 26th 1816
                                    Jonathan Kilborn J.P.
                      Ross Tow But Co. Ohio
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JRW                      
9910 -- Wid. -- Rev. War.                                June 17, 1904.

Sir:
In reply to your recent inquiry you are advised that Richard
Mack, residing at Holt, Indiana, age not stated, applied for
pension August 29, 1828. He enlisted some time in 1781 at East
Haddam, Connecticut, and served as a fifer under Captain Stephen
Billings and Colonel Heman Swift until some time in 1783. No
battles mentioned. His claim was allowed.
He married Betty Harvey, August 16, 1787, at East Haddam,
Connecticut. He died July 4, 1843, and she was pensioned as his
widow.
Very respectfully,

                                   Commissioner.
Mr. O. K. Butler,
Indianola, Iowa.
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State of Ohio       On the twenty sixth day of February 
Butler Co. ss ⎬     In the year of our Lord Eighteen
hundred and forty six personally appeared
before the undersigned a justice of the in and for said
County Judah Willy a resident of the County of Hamilton
who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his
oath make the following statement to be used as evidence
upon the application of Betty Mack, widow of Richard Mack
for a pension- That he was intimately acquainted with
Richard Mack and Betty Harvey (now Betty Mack)
Before they were married; that he was residing in the
neighborhood at the time of the marriage, was not at the
wedding, but has every reason to believe that the
marriage did actually take place, that any person
could have, who was not himself present to
hear the marriage ceremony that the marriage took
place in the year 1787. The said affiant states that
he was known to the said Richard Mack removing to the
State of Massachusetts in about the year 1793. From
that he was personally acquainted with the said Richard
Mack until the said Richard Mack together with
the said affiant removed to the State of Ohio Ham-
ilton. The said affiant was then known to the said
Richard Mack removing to Butler Co. Ohio & then to Verm-
illion Co. Indiana. And this deponent further states
in conclusion that from his personal acquaintenance
with the said Richard and Betty Mack, prior to their
marriage, at the time and ever since that event
and from all the knowledge, which he has had
at any time entertained, nor does he now entertain
doubt concerning the fact, or the legality of the said
marriage, but on the contrary this deponent firm-
ly believes that the said Richard Mack, and Betty Harvey
(now Betty Mack) were lawfully Joined in Matrimony
Judah Willey
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I do hereby certify that the within within was sworn
to and subscribed before me on the date before written,
by the said Judah Willey with whom the undersigned 
is personally acquainted, and whom I hereby certify
to be a person of credibility
                                  Jonathan Kilborn J.P. of
                                  Ross Tow. But Co. Ohio

The State of Ohio Butler County Ss
I Taylor Webster Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County of Butler aforesaid do
hereby certify that Jonathan Kilburn Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits of Judah
Willey and Charles Cone were taken, was at the time of the taking of said affidavits on
the sixth day of February one thousand eight hundred and forty six, a Justice of the Peace
duly commissioned and qualified and authorized to take such affidavits in the County aforesaid
and that the signatures of said Jonathan Kilbourn thereto attached is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at
Hamilton this twenty sixth day of February one thousand eight hundred
and forty six
                                                 Taylor Webster  Clk
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1030
No. of Original Judgement 681

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Sept 16. 1828

Richard Mack of Helt Township, in the County of
Vermillion in the State of Indiana has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he
enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and
continued until its termination, at which period he was a fifer, in captain 
Kimberly's company, in the second regiment of the Connecticut
line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve
of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of
March, 1826, nothing

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by
the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
A. Dickins
41240

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Sep 23d 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been issued to Richard Mack in the Connecticut Line
It further appears that Richard Mack is not now on the pension
list of in any-         agency, and has not been so since the 3 March
1826                                (at the rate of)
Peter Hagner Aud
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                                      Rep Hall
                                              11 April 1846
Comr of Pensions
Sir
I enclose you an application for a pension,
which I hope you will have time to examine & pass upon at an
early day.  If any defects are found to exist in the appli-
cation you will please advise me of them.
Your Obt. Servt.
E. W. McGaughey
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12667
Husband Pensioned

No 12467
Betty Mack
widow of Richard  Act '44 242
Ind
act 7 July 1838
Rejected husband died
4 July 1845

Admd act 17 June
1844 2 years fifer
$88.00 pr an
from 4 July 1845

Husband pensioned under
act 15 May 1828  No 681

Hon E.W. McGaughey
House of Reps
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State of Indiana
Vermillion County ⎬ Set      I Alexander B. Florer Clerk
of the Circuit Court in and for said County do hereby certi-
fy that Ashley Harris, Esq. before whom the foregoing De-
claration and affidavit were severally sworn to by Betty Mack
and Asa K. Mack, is one of the associate Judges of the cir-
cuit Court of said County, duly commissioned and qualified
and that full faith and credit are due to all his official
acts as such, and that the several foregoing Signa-
tures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Seal
of said Court at Newport this first day
of April A.D. 1846
Alexander R Florer Clerk
C.C.C.
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Record Division.

                                               March 25, 1911.

Mrs. Mariana H. Adams,
1107 South 7th Street,
Terre Haute, Indiana.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 19th, and received the 21" in-
stant, you are herewith furnished the history of Richard Mack, Wid. File
No. 9, 910, and advised that that the Revolutionary War pension records
fail to afford any information in regard to Elisha Mack and Asa Harvey
described by you.
Very respectfully,

Commissioner.
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This Bureau can furnish the military                                  L. W. 
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers                       W. 9910.  
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services
Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of the 1812 as are now in the possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Depart-
ment. Original rolls and other records
pertainin to service in the Revolution-
ary War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.

                                 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
                                         BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
                                               WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.                                              June 1st, 1898,


Madam: --
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Richard
Mack made an application for pension 10 August, 1828, at which time
he was residing at Holt, Indiana, (age not stated), and his pension
was allowed for his actual service as a fifer in the Conn. troops,
Revolutionary war, (length of service not stated); a part of the time
he served under Capt. Billings and Col. Swift. He enlisted at East
Haddam, Conn. His widow, Betty, (maiden name, Betty Harvey,) to whom
he was married August 16, 1787, made application and received a pension
for the service of her husband as above set forth.    In 1793 he removed to
Mass; in 1800 to Hamilton Co., Ohio; afterwards to Butler
Co., Ohio, and in 1822, settled in Vermillion Co., Indiana.
A very careful search has been made and the name of Asa Harvey
has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension or bounty land
records on file in this Bureau. A publication by the State of Con-
necticutt , entitled "Connecticut Military Record", shows Asa Harvey to
have been a corporal and sergeant in Capt. Holmes' Company of Minute
men raised at East Haddam in May 1776.
Very respectfully,       
                                                                     Commissioner
Mrs. Mary A. Martin,                          
417 West Main St., Crawfordsville, Ind.
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SNJ
O. W. and N. Division.
                                                 Department of the Interior,
                                                BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
                                                                                       Washington, D. C., Novr  1893
Madam,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of
Richard Mack a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will
please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT	LENGTH OF	RANK	OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVISE WAS RENDERED				STATE
 OR APPOINTMENT	SERVICE		                                     CAPT		                    COL		
							
May 1781	                 War         	Fifer	                   Stephen Billings	             Heman Swift		                     Conn
                                      When discharged in 1783 he was in	Capt. Kimberley's
Company, 2nd regiment		 Col. Heman Swift-
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Battles engaged in, non Stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment ,                        East Haddam, Middlesex County Conn
Date of application for pension,                                August 1828
Residence at date of application,                Holt (now not a PO) Vermillion County Ind
Age at date of application, not Stated. He died July 4 1845
Remarks: Married August 16, 1787 to Betty Harvey of East Haddam, Con - He
removed 1793 to Massachusetts, then in 1800 to Hamilton Co & to Butler to both in Ohio
& finally settled in 1822 in Vermillion Co. Ind
Very respectfully,
                                                                    Commissioner.
Mrs Nettie V. Mack
45 Park Ave
Chicago Ills

79415 -- 3m
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Asa Harvey
His name is not on record as a pensioner for Connecticut Service, but
in the recently published list of the "Connecticut Men" in the
war of the Revolution, he is reported as a Corporal in Capt Holmes
Company and regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Selden, the
said Captain Holmes being a resident of East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn. These troops were authorized by the Legislature in
June 1776 to be raised to reinforce Gen Washington's army for
the defense of New York City and was with the army on Long Island
and in the retrate to N. Y. City, White Plains and Trenton N.J.
He was at the time, or became soon after the expiration of his Six
months tour of service, a member of the organization of "Minute Men
who were subject to "turn out" in alarms & other emergencies
(said note on the ganization of the regiment and the Lot
note to the company of Capt Thms contain some items of interest)
During the war, his residence was probably in East Haddam, and
from the marriage of Betty Harvey to Richard Mack, both of whom also
resided in East Haddam, may indicate a relationship between Betty and
Asa Harvey
(A copy of the "Conneticut Men" was filed in every own fees
of life and public Citrary in the State and no doubt may be found in other
public Ibrarias & Historical Societies-)
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.
D. N. & S. DIV.              DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
R. B.                               BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
                                             WASHINGTON, D. C.,      March 18, 1883.

Sir:-
In reply to your communication of the 11th instant, referred to this
bureau by Col. Willies R. Boler, in which you request that a statement of the
military history of certain soldiers of the revolutionary war is furnished you,
I have to state as follows:
                                 John Buston
                 No record of service found
Asa Harvey

No record of application for pension.  The case is found on page
one of "Connecticut is in the Revolutionary war," as a sergeant in Captain
Richard Bettes Co.. Col. Selden's Regt. Period of service not stated.
On Page 611 of the said book the name is again found a corporal in Capt.
Richard Bettes Company of Minute Men, East Haddham raised in May 1773 

                             Richard Mack.

This soldier states in his declaration for pension on file in this
office that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the revolution,
for and during the war, and continued until its termination, and that he was a
a Fifer in Capt. Kimberley's Co. of the Second Connecticut Regt. No mention is
made of any battles in which he was in. He applied for pension from Holt
Township, Vermillion County, Ind. September 18, 1828. Both he and his widow,
Betty, were pensioners.
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157 Enter St.                                                              Revo
Pomona Calif Apr 17/?7                                            Sec                             

Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
Will you please send me the
record of Richard Mack
who was a Revolutionary soldier
Born in 1765
Died July 4, 1845 in Vermillion Co. Ind.
He was a fifer, was wounded
in the Knee by a bullet
which he carried to his death
He received a pension
Very Respectfully
Mrs Mary H Vickray
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                                   Terre Haute Ind
                                               March 19 1911.
Dept Interior Bureau of Pensions
Should be pleased to have
the Military History of Elisha Mack who is said to
have been captain of a Vermont regiment and was the
second man to seale the wall at Bennington &c
Aug 16. 1777.
                  W9910
his son Richard Mack served thro the war from 1781 to
1783, in Capt. Kimberly Company. 2nd  connecticut reyg,
Asa Harvey who was Captain under Washington
& rose to the rank of Major afterward 1777
Very Resp
Mariana Huston Adams
1107 87th St Terre Haute Ind,
I have no other data to give but hope you can send
me the History from this or can you suggest any
way that I can get it
M. H. A
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JUN 1 1904                                              Commisioner of Pensions
    FILES                                                               Washington D. C

Dear Sir
I desire to know something
of the records in regard to my grandfather
Richard Mack who as I suppose, served seven
year in the war of the revolution as fifer in
Washingtons body guard was wounded in battle
afterwards honorably discharged. died at his home
near San Haute Indiana, either in 1844 or 46
I haven't the date. l am told that he drew
a pension and his surviving widow afterwards drew
the same for a while, kindly send me such
information as you have. I wish to join a
Patriotic society (sons of the revolution)
and you will greatly oblige
yours &C
O. R. Butler

PENSION
A
MAY
U.  28  S.
1904
OFFICE
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                                                       H M
                        Crawfordsville Ind
                          May 16th 1898
Hon Commissioner of 
Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
My great grand
Father Richard Mack
and my great great grand
father Asa Harvey
I am reliable informed
were soldiers in the
war of the Revolution
from the State of
Connecticut
I desire to become a
member of the Daughters
of the American Revolution
and if you will kindly
send me an official
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                          2
letter giving me the
information concerning
their rank, time of
service etc.. I will be
even more proud
of the fact that my
husband voted for
McKinly than I am
now, if such a thing is possible.
If I receive a prompt
answer I will be
greatly obliged to the
Pension Dept and the
entire Administration
Very truly
Mrs Mary A. Martin
417 West Main St
Crawfordsville
Indiana
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                       H
rec'd Oct 27 1893
Chicago Ill Oct 25th '93
Hon Commissioner of
Pensions
                     Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly
send me the military
record of Asa Harvey
and Richard Mack
   9910
who were soldiers
in the Revolutionary
War.
I think both soldiers
were enlisted as Con-
necticut men.
Very truly
Nettie V. Mack
45 Park Ave Chicago Il.
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DONHAM & HUSTON,
LAWYERS-                                                                      A. H. DONHAM.
Rooms 7 and 8 Linton Building                                       S. M. HUSTON.

                                      Terre Haute, Ind  3/4        1892                    

Adjutant General
U. S. Army
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir :-
John Huston who was
born in Ireland and served in the
Revolutionary Army (I think he
held the rank of Captain) and I
believe enlisted from the State of
Penn. was my great grandfather.
Asa Harvey, another great Grand-
father served in the Revolutionary
Army. At the close of the war.
he held the rank of Major. I
think he enlisted, either from Conn.
or Mass - Conn. I believe
Richard Mack my Mother's
paternal grandfather also Served
in the Revolutionary Army I
think he was a Fife Major. He
also was a Conn. or Mass man -
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DONHAM & HUSTON,
LAWYERS-                                                                      A. H. DONHAM.
Rooms 7 and 8 Linton Building                                       S. M. HUSTON.

                                      Terre Haute, Ind         189
I wonder if it would have been
any more trouble for him to have
sent the communication to you
than it was to return it to me.
my friend Col. W. E. McLean Ex-Deputy
Commissioner of Pensions informs
me that your department will
take great pleasure in giving me
the information I desire. If you
can send me the information, I will be
under many obligations to you
for the same
Very Truly Yours
Samuel M. Huston
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DONHAM & HUSTON,
LAWYERS-                                                                                                                      A. H. DONHAM.
Rooms 7 and 8 Linton Building                                                                                      S. M. HUSTON.

                                                                    Terre Haute, Ind               189
I think Conn.   Richard Mack emi-
grated after the Revolution to
Ohio, and from there to Indiana
He lived long enough to enjoy the
benefit of the law giving the
Revolutionary soldiers a pension
For family reasons I very much
desire to secure all the inform-
ation possessed by the Government
concerning these three men, and 
if the records of your office con-
tain the information I would be
under very many obligations for
the facts you possess. If yours
is not the proper department please
turn this letter over to that
branch of the Government from
whom I can secure the facts
If there is any fee required inform
me, and I will remit at once
An early reply, will great -
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DONHAM & HUSTON,
LAWYERS-                                                                                                                             A. H. DONHAM.
Rooms 7 and 8 Linton Building                                                                                           S. M. HUSTON.

                                                                  Terre Haute, Ind                                   189
ly oblige, me. I have no doubt
that the Government has in its
possession a record of the names
of all those who served in
the Revolutionary War, and was
informed that your department
could give me the desired in-
formation.
                             Very Truly Yours
                               Samuel M. Huston
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DONHAM & HUSTON,
LAWYERS-                                                                                                                           A. H. DONHAM.
Rooms 7 and 8 Linton Building                                                                                            S. M. HUSTON.

                                                                         Terre Haute, Ind., March 11                                        1892
Cheif of the Old war and Navy Div.
Pension Office Washington D.C
My Dear Sir:
                On the 4th ult.. I
wrote the enclosed letter to the
Adjutant General of the U.S. Army.
in which I asked if his was not
the proper department to turn over
my communication to the Department
that did have the information, but
he puts his little printed endorsement
on the back of my letter and returns
it to me. As an original Harrison
Man and a staunch Republican,
I must confess that I am not
especially proud of his assistant Adjutant General
who signs his name by certain
scratches and marks which I am
unable to decipher, or I would
write him a personal letter
thanking him for his courtesy.
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
9910
Betty Mack
Widow of
Richard Mack
Fifer Rev War
Act: June 17th /44
Index: --Vol. M  Page 6
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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1892 Mar 16
Hist to Sail M
Huston
Terre Haute Ind.
--------------------------------------------
Mil. Hist to
Mrs Nettie V. Mack, 40 Park Ave
Chicago Ill.
-------------------------------------------
June 1st 98
Mrs. Mary A Martin
Crawfordsville Ind.
----------------------------------------------
June 17 -1904. - His to
O. K. Butler Indianapolis
1911 Mch 25. Mrs. Mariana H. Adams Iowa
1917 Apl 28 Hist. to Mrs. Mary H.
Vickray. &c.
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In reply to your request of
for a statement of the military history of Richard Mack.
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau.      N 9970
--------------------------------------------------------------------
DATE OF ENLISTMENT	LENGTH OF	RANK	OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVISE WAS RENDERED		STATE
 OR APPOINTMENT	SERVICE		                                  CAPT		           COL		
							
        1781	             Served until         Fifer              Kimberley                           Swift                               2nd  Conn.
                         the end of the War

Battles engaged in,   √
Residence of soldier at enlistment,   East Haddam, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apl 29, 1828 His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Helt Township Vermillion Co. Indiana.
Age at date of application, not stated.  He died July 4, 1845
Remarks: Soldier married at East Haddam Conn., Aug 16, 1787 Betty Harvey born Oct
1 1775 she was allowed pension on her application executed Mch 31. 1846 while a
resident of Helt Tshp aforesaid Children Erasus born Dec 6, 1788; Louisa b Mch 6 1791
Betsy P. b Mch 5 1793;  Dudley b. Aug 11, 1795, Asa H. b. May 26, 1797 Asa H. 2nd b. May 1
1799. Marchand b. Oct. 8. 1801. Huldah b. Jany 16, 1803 & Samuel b. Jany 7, 1805.
                                                               Respectfully,
                            Richard Mack
                                W.9910                                                           Commissioner.
6-2856
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State of Indiana
Vermillion County

REMAINDER IS TOO FAINT FOR TRANSCRIPTION

named that on this
18 personly appear
before the war of the Justices
&
the
Sarah Gilpin charge
5
enemy eventy
the forces his
to the under the hand
day of them for the
of of ungrass
the 128 Watson
fathers house in the law of it
R
apart from the
list
that she
ever set in the family and
the first of
and that in that period had enlis
rendering the war she further
States that he he came home unfurlong
close of the war he return and
the
ditions line
that Elias for with blee
one
Sarah Gulfer-
Witness my hand and seal
the
Joseph Schooling ℗
Justice Peace
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I 
Stephen B Gardner Clerk of the Court of the County of Vermillion
in the State of Indiana do hereby certify that Joseph Schooling before
whom the within affidavit was taken was at the time an acting
Justice of the peace for said County. In testimony whereof I have
N. C. C.                   hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
                           said Court this 30th day of July AD. 1828
                                             Stephen B. Gardner Clerk
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The State of Ohio Hamilton County Ss
Before me Stewart McGill a Justice of the peace in
and for the County afforesaid personally appeared
Judah Willey Esqr who being duly sworn according 
to law deposeth and saith that he positively knew
that Richard Mack Enlisted in the army of the Revo-
lution and this deponent believes it was in the year
1781 in Col Swifts Regt of Connecticut forces and
is positive that said Richard Mack continued in
the service till the close of the war and this
deponent is under the impression that he has saw
his discharge and that he is the same identical
Richard Mack who now is about to apply for a
pension
                                             Judah Willey
Sworn to and subscribed
this 30th day of July 1828
before me
                  Stewart McGill Jus Peace
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The State Ohio Hamilton County ss
Before me Stewart McGill a justice of the peace
in and for said County Personally came
Jane Cone who being duly sworn according to 
Law deposeth and saith that Richard Mack
was bound to her father and heard him
give his consent that said Richard Mack
Might Enlist in the revolutionary army and
that she saw him at home twice on furlough
which she heard him read and that he was 
a musician and that he continued in the army
till the close of the war and that he is the same
identical Richard Mack that is now about to
apply for a pension
and further that he the said Richard Mark
started to go to New London from her fathers
same time after the war to sell his land certifi-
cate and this deponent always understood that
he left his discharge with the person that bought
his certificate
                                          Jane Cone
Sworn to and subscribed
this 30th day of July 1828
before me
                               Stewart McGill Justice Peace

The State of Ohio Hamilton County ss
Before me Stewart McGill a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County personally appeared Charles Cone
who being duly sworn according to law deposeth
and saith that he has known Richard Mack forty
years and have always understood that said
Mack was an Enlisted Soldier in the Revolutionary
army and continued in the army till the close of
the war and from this information he verily -
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believes that said Richard Mack was in the army
as an enlisted Soldier
                                                                     Charles Cone
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this first day
of August 1828
                                  Stewart McGill Justice of the Peace

The State of Ohio
Hamilton County Ss
I Daniel Grano Clerk of the Court of Common
pleas within and for the County of Hamilton
do hereby certify that Stewart McGill
Esquire before whom the within depositions
were made is and was at the time of the taking of said
depositions an acting Justice of the peace duly elected
Commissioned and sworn into office and to all his acts
as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be
given. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of our said Court at Cin-
cinnati this 1st of August A.D. 1828
                                     Danl Grano Clk
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The Hon Richard Rank Secy. of the Treasury of the U.S.A.

The Enclosed papers of Mr Mack have been
obtained at different places and are not as uniform as could have
been desired. It is hoped however, that they will be satisfactory
In which case you will accommodate him by directing the money
to me at this place or a draft according to the practice of your
department. - I have not been able to ascertain what vouchers
you require to show that the money is paid to the claimant
or his attorney. But if the Enclosed power of Aty and this letter as
not sufficient. I will forward such a receipt as shall be
prescribed
                       Very Respectfully
                               Obdt Servt
                                       A. Kinney
Terre Haute Vigo County Indiana
Sept 1st 1828
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Act 1828
Settled at
Treasury
Cons'd with
Ad????????
Jal # 9910
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Know all men by these presents that I Richard Mack
of Holt Township County of Vermillion and State of
Indiana do hereby constitute and appoint Amory ????
my true and lawfull attorney with power of Substitu-
tion for me and in the same to receive from the
United States the amount of pay now due me
under the act for the Relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution aproved the
15th day of May AD1828 as a Pensioner in the second
Regiment of the Connecticut line of the army of the revolution
Witness my name and seal the 29th day of July
in the year of our Lord 1828
                                                     Richard Mack ℗
Sealed and Delivered in presence
of
James Andrew
Elijah H. Mack
Before me Joseph Schooling a Justice of the
peace for the County of Vermillion and State 
of Indiana personally appeared the day Richard
Mack whose name is subscribed to the foregoing
power of attorney and acknowledged the same to be
his act and deed
Witness my hand the 29 day of July
in the year of our Lord 1828
                                                       Joseph Schooling J P CC
I Stephen B. Gardner Clerk of the Court of the County of Vermillion in the
State of Indiana do hereby certify that Joseph Schooling before whom
the foregoing power of Attorney was acknowledged is a Justice of the
peace-          In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
N. C. C.            and affixed the seal of the said Court this
                        30th day of July in the year of our Lord 1828
                                    Stephen B. Gardner, Clerk

●
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State of Indiana Vermilion County Set
Before Joseph Schooling a Justice of the Peace in and
for the County aforesaid duly commissioned and quali-
fied personally appeared this day James Andrews and
Asa A Mack of the said County who did severally make
oath that Richard Mack by whom the foregoing decla-
ration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed
to have been a Musician in the Army of the Revolution
in manner as therein stated. Witness my hand this
29th day of July in the year of our Son 1828
Joseph Schooling J Peace

State of Indiana
Vermillion County     I Stephen B. Gardner Clerk of the Circuit Court
                 of the county aforesaid in the State aforesaid do
do certify that Joseph Schooling before whom the
foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time an acting Justice of
of the peace and duly empowered to administer oaths.
                                In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
V.C.C.                       and affixed the seal of the said Court this
                                thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and twenty Eight
                                                Stephen B. Gardener Clerk