Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,076, Asa Adams, Mass.

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Service
Mass.
Adams, Asa
Number
S. 22,076

Contents
res. at enl. Townsend, Mass.
res. un 1832 Susquehanna Co, Penn. aged 82 yrs.
d. Jan 14, 1833

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18 855
Pennsylvania
Asa Adams decd
of Susquehanna in the State of Pennsylvania who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain brown of the Regt. commanded by Co Read in the [illegible] line for 9 mo.

died 14 January 1833 at Great Bend

Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 30 Dollars 0-0 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Oct 1833 and sent to E. Kingsbury [illegible]

Arrears to the 4th of ----
Semi-anl. allowance ending ---- 
Amt due for 4 March 1831 $55.83
to 14 Jany 1833

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by W. L William Clerk 
Book E Vol 5 Page 1

Certificate [illegible] to Olive Adams widow.

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12.663.

Asa Adams 
Pension application

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State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County } ss.

On this tenth day of September in the year one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Honorable William Thomson and Davis Dimoch Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania now sitting Asa Adams a resident of Great Bend in the County of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated-
In the year 1775 he resided at Townsend in the State of Massachusetts. that on the twentieth day of April of that year he went to Roxbury and enlisted for nine months in a Company of which Ezra Towns was Captain, Josiah Brown Lieutenant and John Harkness Ensign. That he marched to Charlestown & was attached to a regiment officered by Col. James Read, Lt. Col. Gilman, and Maj. Idale[?], that he remained at Charlestown till the battle of Bunker Hill. That he was in the battle of Bunker Hill. That after the battle

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he marched to Winter Hill and remained there till he was discharged in January following A.D. 1776. That while in the service he was acquainted with Genl. Putnam, Genl. Sullivan, and Genl. Lee. That since the war he has resided principally in Susquehanna County in the State of Pennsylvania. And the said Asa Adams on his oath aforesaid doth further declare that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service aforesaid.
He humbly relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State.
Asa Adams
Sworn & subscribed in Open Court Sept 10th 1832
Asa Dimock Pro.}

Mr. Ichabod Buck residing in Larksville in the County of Susquehanna & State of Pennsylvania and Sylvanus Hatch residing in Great Bend in that County & State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asa Adams who had subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty two years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution and are concur in that opinion
Ichabod Buck
Silvanus Hatch

Sworn & subscribed in Open Court the tenth Sept. 1832
Asa Dimock Pro.

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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion in after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the foregoing named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he States - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Ichabod Buck who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of Lawsville in the County & State aforesaid and that Sylvanus Hatch who has also signed the same is a resident of Great Bend in said County and State, are credible persons and that the statement is entitled to credit 

By the Court Asa Dunock by Prot

State of Pennsylvania, Susquehanna County SS ⎬ 
I Asa Dimock a Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of said County do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the  Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Asa Adams for a pension, 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, at Montrose the tenth day of September AD 1832 
Asa Dimock by Prot

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Olive Adams Widow of Asa Adams Dec'd 
Sept 5th 1833 Petition and affidavit read and the Court consider the satisfactory & order the necessary certificate made 
By the Court 
A Dimock 

Forward to Certificate Asa Dimock 
Montrose Susquc'a County Penna

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To The Honorable Edward Herrick, and his associates, Judges of the Court of Common pleas of Susquehanna County September Term 1833 

The petition of Olive Adams widow select of Asa Adams late of said County Deceased humbly sheweth. 
That the said Asa Adams, at the time of his death was entitled to a certain sum of money due him from the United States for services rendered as a soldier of the Revolution, which sum your petitioner is informed will be paid to her on her identity as the widow of the said deceased 

Your petitioner therefore prays your honors that she may be permitted to come into Court and identify herself as the widow of the said Asa Adams deceased
Olive Adams

State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County SS⎬ 
Personally appeared in open Court of Common pleas this fifth day of September 1833 before Edward Herrick President and his associates, Judges of the same Court Asa Adams of Great Bend township in said County aged forty nine years and being duly sworn according to Law, doth depose and say- That he is the son of Asa Adams late of the township aforesaid deceased who died on the fourteenth day of January last leaving a widow who is the above named petitioner and that the said Asa Adams, at the time of his death was an applicant for a pension from the United States for services rendered as a soldier of the Revolution
Asa Adams

Sworn & subscribed in open Court Sept 5. 1833, and the Court consider the deponent to be a credible person By the Court. 
Asa Dimock Jr Prot

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State of Pennsylvania Susquehanna County SS

I Asa Dimock Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of said County Certify that at a term said court held at the and for said County, this fifth day of September 1833 before the Judges of the same County on a wife fully satisfied of the facts therein set forth and that the the Petitioner, (Olive Adams) is the widow relict of Asa Adams late of Great Bend township deceased, who at the time of his death was the identical Asa Adams, whose pension application is hereunto annexed. 

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, at Montrose the day and year aforesaid 
Asa Dimock 

[sideways at bottom]
Olive Adams Widow of  Asa Adams Dec'd
Sept 5th 1883 Petitioner and affidavit read and the Court consider the same satisfactory & order the necessary Certificate made. 
By the court 
Asa Dimock

Forward certificate to Asa Dimock Jr
Montrose 
Susqua County 
Penna

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Revolution 22.076
INVALID

File No: 22077
Asa Adams
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7: 32"
Index:- Vol 2, Page 3

[Arrangement of 1870]
Genl by A D Adams Dec 1883

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War Department Pension Office 7 August 1833 

Sir, The papers in the case of Asa Adams, deceased have been again examined, and are herewith enclosed to you.

The widow, or in case there be no widow, his children, or in default of issue, his next legal representation must prove relationship to him, and the time of his death before the Court, when a certificate will be issued for the amount due up to the time of his death 
I am Respectfully, Your obt Servant 
J.L. Edwards Comm of Pensions 

E. Kingsbury Esq Montrose Pa

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Asa Adams
Pension Application

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We John Holmes a Clergyman residing in the township of Great Bend, and Nathaniel Ives residing in the same township, in the County of Susquehanna and State of Pennsylvania, Asa Adams hereby certify we were well acquainted with Asa Adams (who died on the fourteenth day of January last past, and) who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration , That we believe he was about Eighty two years of age at his death that he was reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resided, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion-
Nathaniel Ives
John Holmes 
Sworn to and subscribed before the undersigned, June 10th 1833, by the said John Holmes and Nathaniel Ives whoI certify to be candid persons and to whose testimony full credit should be given
Abraham Du Bois J. Peace 

State of Pennsylvania, --- Susquehanna County SS
I Asa Dimock Prothonotary of the Court of Common pleas of Susquehanna County, do hereby certify that Abraham Du Bois Esqr. whose signature in his own proper hand writing appears subscribed to the attestation of the above affidavit, is and was on the tenth day of June instant a justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned & qualified of record, 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Montrose the twenty ninth day of June AD 1833.
Asa Dimock Prot