Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23662, Nehemiah Grover, New York
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New York

Grover, Nehemiah

NUMBER
S. 23662

CONTENTS
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24.320
New York

Nehemiah Grover
Warren Co. in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Adams of the Regt. commanded by Col. Burr in the New York line for 7 months __

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Nov. 1833 __ and set to W.E. Dodge Warrensburgh

Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $58.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 M. '34  11.66
[Total sum line] $69.99

{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk
Book E. Vol. 4. Page 102.
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28.187
In the matter of}
Nehemiah Grover}
applicant for a pension}[underlined]

Declaration &c
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State of New York}
Warren County} Ss. On the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared in the Court before the Judges thereof to wit: Seth C Baldwin full Judge, Thomas Pattison, Hiram Barber, Holly Mesh and Thurman B Hicks Esquires and [caret] associate [illegible word crossed out] Judges of the courts of Common Pleas of the County of Warren in the State of New York [caret] now [illegible word crossed out] sitting in the court. Here in the town of Caldwell in Said County, Nehemiah Grover of resident of the town of Warrensburgh in the county of Warren of the state aforesaid aged seventy eight thirteenth day of last March who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. He first enlisted as a private in the Militia of the Massachusetts line on the last of May or the first of June 1775 for seven Months in the town of Adams in the county of Berkshire in the state of Massachusetts under Captain Abiathar Angle Lieutenants Warren, Ensign Simon Linn & he joined his company in Adams aforesaid marched to Roxbury Hill near Boston and then joined the regiment commanded by Colonel Bruer He remained there a few days and then marched under the same officers to Dorchester Point and there remained during duty till the fourth of December 1775 when he was discharged and received one month pay of forty shillings lawful money. That toward the battles part of his time of service Captain Angle under whom he enlisted was [illegible] removed from his command for some [illegible[ which he does not now recollect and one [illegible] was put in his place as Captain of the company
1st I [illegible] I was born in Killingly, Windham County. State of Connecticut thirteenth of March 1755.
2. I have no record of my age.
3. When first called into service I lived in the town of Adams after [crossed out] in the county of Berkshire aforesaid. I remained in Adams after the conclusion of peace [caret] till 1785 then moved to the town of Moreau in the county of Saratoga, State of New York where I stayed [caret] four three [crossed out] years I then removed to the town of Johnsburgh in the county of Washington (Now Warren) where I resided thirty years I then removed to the town of Warrensburgh in said county where
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I have since resided and now reside

4 & 5. Answered in the foregoing declaration & I never received any written discharge
I hereby [illegible] with any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state

I have no documentary [caret] evidence of my service during the war of the revolution, & I have no person living who has a personal knowledge of my personal services therein, and in consequence of poverty I am unable to go and search after my associates to get this certificate.

7th Benjamin A Potter of Warrensborough aforesaid John RIchards Esquire of the Town of Caldwell in said County & Norman Fox a clergyman residing at Glens Falls in said county are persons to whom I am personally known & who can testify as to my character for veracity & their belief of My service of [crossed out] as a Soldier of the Revolution, but that the said Norman Fox or any other Clergyman with whom I am acquainted, can without great inconvenience be procured to certify for me - Nehemiah Grover
his x mark

Sworn & subscribed this}
10th day of September 1833)
in open Court
Thomas Archibald Clerk

We Benjamin A. Potter of the Town of Warrensburgh in said County & Benjamin L. Thompson of the same Town and Isaiah Willcox of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Nehemiah Grover who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age, that his is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion

Benj A Potter
Isaiah Willcox
B L Thomson

Subscribed & Sworn before me in open Court this tenth day of September 1833
Thomas Archibald Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinions after the investigation of the matter & after & after [sic] putting the interrogations prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin A Potter who has signed the preceding certificate & Benjamin L Thompson who also signed the same are residents of the Town of Warrensburgh & that their statement is entitled to credit

I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the County to Warren do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Nehemiah Grover for a pension

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office this Tenth day of September AD 1833.
Thomas Archibald Clerk

[seal affixed]
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.

3-525

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., ___, 19__

S.F.23.662

In reply to your request of ___, received ___ for a statement of the military history of Nehemiah Grover a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
May or June 1775

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
Dec. 1775

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Abiathar Angell 
_____ Kight

COLONEL.
___ Brewer

STATE.
Mass.

Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Adams, Berkshire Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 10 1833 His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Warrensburgh Warren Co. N.Y.
1833-78=1755 [written in margin]
Age at date of application, born March 13, 1755 at Killingly, Windham Co. Conn

Remarks: There is no data on file as to his family. Soldier remained in Adams until 1785, after that he lived at Moreau N.Y. 4 yrs. Johnsburgh N.Y. 30 yrs and then moved to Warrensburgh N.Y.

Respectfully,

Commissioner.

d-285C
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Rev sect 1
JC

904 Lane St. Topeka Kansas.
Oct. 25, 1917.

Pension Dept.,
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen:

Will you please send me the pension record of Nehemiah Grover, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War who lived in Johnsburg, Warren Co. New York at the age of 86 and died there.

Yours truly
Miss Emily J. Raymond
904 Lane St.
Topeka Kans.

[date stamp]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
OCT 29 1917
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Revolution 
23662
INVALID.

File No. 23,662
Nehemiah Grover
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 161

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1917 Oct. 30 Hist. to Emily J. Raymond
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Warrensburgh
23 Sep 1833

Pension Office
Depart. of War
Washington D.C. 

50 [struck through][postage]

[Next phrases written sideways on left side of page]
NY Sept 28.
New York
from 1775 private
private
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The enclosed papers have been drawn at my Office & according to the best information, in conformity with what is required by the War depart't in relation to such applications - If the papers should be in any respect defective they may be returned to me to be rectified according to the instructions of the Pension Depart't

Res'y &c.
W.E. Dodge
Warrensburgh
Warren County N.Y.

Sept. 23 1833
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State of New York}
Warren County} Ss. On the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared in the Court before the Judges thereof to wit: Seth C Baldwin full Judge, Thomas Pattison, Hiram Barber, Holly Mesh and Thurman B Hicks Esquires and [caret] associate [illegible word crossed out] Judges of the courts of Common Pleas of the County of Warren in the State of New York [caret] now [illegible word crossed out] sitting in the court. Here in the town of Caldwell in Said County, Nehemiah Grover of resident of the town of Warrensburgh in the county of Warren of the state aforesaid aged seventy eight thirteenth day of last March who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. He first enlisted as a private in the Militia of the Massachusetts line on the last of May or the first of June 1775 for seven Months in the town of Adams in the county of Berkshire in the state of Massachusetts under Captain Abiathar Angle Lieutenants Warren, Ensign Simon Linn & he joined his company in Adams aforesaid marched to Roxbury Hill near Boston and then joined the regiment commanded by Colonel Bruer He remained there a few days and then marched under the same officers to Dorchester Point and there remained during duty till the fourth of December 1775 when he was discharged and received one month pay of forty shillings lawful money. That toward the battles part of his time of service Captain Angle under whom he enlisted was [illegible] removed from his command for some [illegible[ which he does not now recollect and one [illegible] was put in his place as Captain of the company
1st I [illegible] I was born in Killingly, Windham County. State of Connecticut thirteenth of March 1755.
2. I have no record of my age.
3. When first called into service I lived in the town of Adams after [crossed out] in the county of Berkshire aforesaid. I remained in Adams after the conclusion of peace [caret] till 1785 then moved to the town of Moreau in the county of Saratoga, State of New York where I stayed [caret] four three [crossed out] years I then removed to the town of Johnsburgh in the county of Washington (Now Warren) where I resided thirty years I then removed to the town of Warrensburgh in said county where