Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1348, Azel Abel, Vt.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Vt.
Abel, Azel
or Abell
Mary
NUMBER 
W 1348
B.L.M. 26581-160-55
CONTENTS

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Mr. Azel Abel
Pension

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1843
45
1798
In the matter of the application of Mary Able [crossed out] widow of Azel Abel deceased for a Pension.
He Ap. s/4.1843
Aged 64.
Married to Azel Abel since, 1798, Record in an Old [a] Book. Original ch at Washington wrote to James Abel, to send the proof
- - - - - - original

Pension Ch. if he has it also

45
[illegible]
23

1845
1795
50

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let 25 March 34.      20.574  order to pay to I. Fla
New York
Azel Abell
of Elizabeth in the State of New York
who was a private in the branch, commanded 
by Captain White of the Rep commanded
by Col. Fletecher in the command
line for 9 mrs

Transcribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March,1834.
Certificate of Pension ifsued the 23 day of Feb.
1833 and Sutto C.F. Welbcussed  Elizabeth Ann

Arrears to the 4th of Apr'33                       $75
Semi-anl. Allowance ending 4.  '24             15
                                                                      $90
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by  Go.      Clerk
Book e. Vol 4. Page 4

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[written over text]
W026.581 is May 1 19/56

25.368 Act March 3/[illegible] March 30/[illegible]
Mary Abell widow of Azel Abell Azel

Conn Mil

War of the Revolution
Bec Pension Act July 1848
Page 147. Vol 1 Book 6
July 48 - 120
[illegible] May, 15/56.
[illegible]
NY
Oliver Abell. Jr. 
Elizabeth town
New York

[illegible] July, 28 1855,
"Aug 11"
NY
July 48 - No. 120

Vol. A. H.

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Letter to, my [illegible] 16th June 1858

120 
New York Albany
Mary Abell widow of Azel Abell who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Connecticut line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1848. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of March 1849
Hon. O. Kellogg
[illegible]
Elizabethtown N.Y. 
Recorded on Roll of Pension [illegible], 1848, Page 147. Vol. 
July 29th Book D

Hon.

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State of New York
County of Essex ss } On this 28 day of September personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Essex now sitting Azel Abell a resident of the town of ElizabethTown County of Essex and State of New York aged Seventy Eight 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.
Was born in Norwich in the state of Connecticut in the year 1744. is 68. Years of age at the time he entered the service he lived in Lempster in Connecticut and went into the Service as a volunteer in the Company Commanded by Jothan White Lieutenant Nathan Fay and Abraham Hall and served in the same Company for ['about' crossed out] nine months. says Col. Samuel Fletcher commanded the Regiment major Gideon Ormsby was the major Eli Cogsell Commissary Thomas Tallman Paymaster ['about the' crossed out] in the Year 1781 he entered the Company last mentioned doesnt recollect the month or day, says it was in the Spring of the Year. went to Bennington to live after the troops was discharged at ['Lemps' crossed out] Pittsford having gone to that place previous from Lewiston, says they were [illegible] the Vermont Troops says that he never was in any Ingagement with the Enemy and never was in the army but at that particular time under Command of Jothan White, says he has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no one that he can a make proff  by excepting Zachariah Comstock of the Town of Jay County of Essex and State of New York and Levi Comstock and Wyman Avery of Shelburn County of Chittenden and State of Vermont and that he has obtained and are herewith attached -

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Says he lived in Lemster (Lempster) near Connecticut River at the times he Enlisted and went into the troop in Company Commanded by Jothan White and he removed from there to Bennington and from thence to Elizabethtown Essex County and State of New York - where he has resided ever since and now resides. Says that the snow was on the ground at the time they were dissmissed in the fall in fore part of the Winter and that he was out nine months and says the troops was some times stated the Green Mountain Boys
He hereby 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
/s/Azel Abel
Sworn to and subscribed the day and Year aforesaid.
/s/Leonard Stow clerk
1st Where and in what Year was your born Was born in Norwich State of Connecticut in the Year 1764 in the month of July the 9th day as ['he' crossed out] was is informed by his Parents and verily believes 
2nd Have you any record of your age and if so,  where is it
Has no record of his age

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3rd Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live
Living in Lemster near Connecticut river when he entered the service have lived in Bennington State of Vermont Orwell State of Vermont and Elizabethtown Essex County New York and lives there now
4th How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Entered the service as a volunteer in the Vermont State Troops as they were then called
5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops, were you served such Continental and such Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service Col. Saml Fletcher, General Enos. Gedeon Ormsby Major, Eli Cogsell Commissary, Thos Tallman Paymaster [illegible] Captain Daniel Comstocks Company being with them James Lewis + David Demmick were the Lieutenants in Daniel Comstocks Company and that he went from Lemster across the green mountains to Pittsford and was then discharged and returned home after being absent nine months and was in no Engagement
6th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
written
Never Received any discharge but was verbally dismissed but cannot be sure

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[illegible] was the Colonel Major or Captain who [illegible] then
7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your Character for veracity and their beliefs of your service as a soldier of the Revolution.
Alexander Morse Edward F. Williams + Leander J. Lockwood and John Sternes a minister of the Gospel of the said Town
We John Sternes a Clergyman residing in the Town of Elizabethtown County of Essex and State of New York and Edward F Williams residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Azel Abell who has subscribed and sworn to the above [affadavit - crossed out] declaration that we believe him to be sixty Eight Years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood so here he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day and Year aforesaid
[signed] John Stearns
E.F. Williams
Leonard Stow Clerk

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State of New York
County of Essex ss.
On this Twenty fourth day of March A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and Fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid Mary Abell aged seventy five years. a resident of the town of Elizabethtown in the County of Essex and State of New York. who being duly sworn according to law. declares that she is the widow of Azel Abell, deceased, who was a private of the Connecticut Militia, War of the Revolution; that the said Azel Abell was placed on the pension list at the rate of Thirty dollars per annum, on the 22 day of September 1833, to the proof of service is made on the granting of said pension, she refers. She further states that she was married to the said Azel Abell in Granville, Washington County in the State of New York, sometime in the year one thousand Eight hundred as she verily believes that she does not now recollect at what particular time in said year she was married; nor by whom the marriage was solemnized - that her name before her said marriage was Mary Phipps; that her said husband, died at Elizabethtown in the County of Essex and State of New York, on the 17th day of September 1833 - She further states that she now draws a pension as the widow of the said Azel Abell, and was inscribed on the pension list at the rate of thirty dollars

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per annum in conformity with the act of July 29th 1848. Commencing on the 4th of March 1848. . That said pension certificate is dated the 30th day of March 1849. and is signed. T. Ewing. Secretary of the Interior that said certificate was recorded in the Pension Office on the roll of Pensioners on page 147. Vol 1. Book 29. July' 1848. and said certificate of record signed by Leo Jenkins Clerk. as appears upon the back of said Pension Certificate, and that the same is now in her possession. She refers. for proof of marriage with the said Azel Abell, to the proof made by her in the granting of said Pension - the record of which is now on file in the Pension Office - that she has not again married. but is now a widow and the widow of the said Azel Abell. deceased - She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act approved in March 3, 1855. She also declares that she now her said husband has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress. now made any other application therefor - That her said pension certificate. above mentioned, is numbered 120. She requests that her warrant may be sent to Oliver Abel Jr. her agent at Elizabethtown, New York.
[signed] X Mary Abell her mark
We Adolphus R. Pattridge and Leander Abel residents of the town of Elizabethtown in the County of Essex and State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Mary Abell. by making her mark where signature thereto. 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. And we further upon our oaths declare that we know the said Mary Abell. to be the widow of Azel Abell. mentioned in the [illegible]

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our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by the said Mary Abell, by making her mark to her signature thereto. 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. and we further upon our oaths declare that we know the said Mary Abell to be the widow of Azell Abell mentioned in the foregoing declaration and that she is a widow now. and that she is the identical person who as the widow of Azel Abell, draws a pension of thirty dollars per annum commencing 4th of March 1848. that the Pension Certificate is in her possession and is dated the 30th day of March 1849, and is signed. "T. Ewing Secretary of the Interior," - and that we have no interest in this claim and that her said Pension Certificate is number 120.
[signed] Adolphus R Pattridge
Leander Abell
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year 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: that she is the widow of the said Azel Abell and that I have no interest in this claim - I further certify that the foregoing affiant could not write her name to the foregoing

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declaration on account of not having learned to write as she alleged and which I believe true. but that she made her mark to her signature to the foregoing declaration in my presence and in the presence of the affiant. Adolphus R Patridge and Leander Abell
[signed] Robert W Livingston

STATE OF NEW YORK,
ESSEX COUNTY, SS.
I, E. A. Adams, Clerk of said County, Do Certify that Robert W Livingston Esquire whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgement of the annexed Declaration Affidavit + Certificate was, on the day of the date of the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace 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 Justice and verily believe the signature of 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 twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
[signed] E A Adams Clerk.

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STATE OF NEW YORK,
ESSEX COUNTY, SS.
I, E. A. Adams, Clerk of said County, Do Certify that Robert W Livingston Esquire whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgement of the annexed Declaration Affidavit + Certificate was, on the day of the date of the said certificate of proof or acknowledgement, a Justice of the Peace 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 Justice and verily believe the signature of 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 twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five
[signed] E A Adams Clerk.

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22231
Azell Abell
aomed
i
Edmond T. Williams
Elizabethtown Essex Cy
N York

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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office 183

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with  the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, Shewing the Service of Azell Abell, Elizabethtown Essex County N York
Period when the service was rendered. Vol 1781
Duration of the claimant's service. Years ." Months. 9 Days. "
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Capts White Lt Fay
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Cols Fletcher
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. none
Country through which he marched. Pittsford
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Leinster near Connecticut river
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. Living witnesses
aged sixty Eight years
I am respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 
The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line,' State troops," " militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits et the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. 
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops. 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION, 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of} County of} ss. 
On this [blank] day of [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers : 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service ; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers ;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ⇒This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [blank] A. B. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c. 
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank] , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a RevoIutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal [blank] of office, this [blank] day of [blank]&c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be
attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute: And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6.{To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer.{Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are  requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the, declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties. which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he most assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making au affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith. that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below. and in the following grades:- For ____ year ____months, and ____days, I served as a ____ . For ____ months and ____days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held; as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers, the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or place where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f]The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion or the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if he has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
⇒The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

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State of New York
Essex County ss
On this 22nd day of November AD 1848 Personally appeared before the undersigned One of the Justice of the Supreme Court of Judication of the State of New York Mary Abel a Resident of the Town of Elizabethtown in the County of Essex and State afoursaid Aged Seventy Years who being by me first duly sworn according to Law [illegible] oath doth make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Provisions of the Act of Congress passed on the 29th day of July 1848 Entitled An Act for the Relief of Certain surviving Widowows of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army. That she is the widow of Azel Abel decd who was a Private in the army of the Revolution and who Drew a Pension under the Act of Congress of 1832. That she has no Evidence of his service or the Regiment or Corps in which he served be it for Proof of his said service Reference may be had to the proof made by him and his Original Pension Certificate Issued at the war office of the United States. And which was surrendered by me on or drawing the amount of his Pension. 15 the agent for paying Pensions in the City of Albany - She further declares that she was Married to the said Azel Abels decd in Granville in the County of Washington and State of New York on the 21st day of June in the year of our Lord (1798) Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Eight by Daniel Curtiss Esquire a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County. That she has no documentary Evidence of her Marriage Except the Record thereof in an account Book Kept by the

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said Azel Abels deceased in his life time. The said annual Book is herewith sent to the war office in which will appear a Record of the Marriage as before stated. That she is informed and truly believes that the said Daniel Curtiss, Esquire the Justice who Married this Deponent and this said Azel Abel is dead and that she has had diligent search made in the Town Clerks office of the said Town of Granville in the said County of Washington and has not been able to find any Record of her Marriage then and that she deponent does not know of any Person Living by whose testimony She can prove said Marriage but for proof of the Same Reference may be had & the said Record in the said annual Book herewith sent - and to the Evidence of Oliver Abel and Others herein to Annexed - . She further declares that she is still a widow and the widow of the Said Azel Abel dead and that she has not intermarried that her late husband - Azel Ables died at Elizabethtown in the County and State aforesaid. On the 17th day of September in the year 1833. - as will appear by the proof now on file in the war office on Drawing the amount of his Pension by new Referral being had then same will main fully appeal That she now resides in the Town of Elizabethtown  in the County of Essex and State of New York and has Resided there for the Space of Fifty Years last past and that previous states she resided in Orwell in Rutland County and State of Vermont
Subscribed and Sworn to this 22 day of Nov 1848 before me
[X] Mary Abel her mark
[signed] A.C. Hand Justice of the Sup Court
Witness [signed] Almond Stevens

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Mrs. George W. Donaldson
270 Monroe Ave.
River Forest, Ill.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 1348, it appears that Azel Abell or Abel was born July 9, 1764 in Norwich, Connecticut.
While residing in Lempster, near the Connecticut River, he enlisted in the spring of 1781 and served nine months as a private in Captain Jotham White's Company, Colonel Samuel Fletcher's Vermont Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1832, while a resident of Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York.
Soldier's first wife (her name not stated) died in the spring of 1797 at Orwell, Rutland County, Vermont, and he married June, 21, 1798 at Granville, Washington County, New York Mary or Polly Phipps or Fipps.
He died September 17, 1833 at Elizabethtown, New

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York, and she was allowed pension on her application executed November 22, 1848, while a resident of said Elisabethtown, aged seventy years.
Soldier had children by both wives, only names stated being - Oliver, first wife's child, was fifty-seven years old in 1848; and James, second wife's child, who was forty-none years old in 1848.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

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Rev.
Widow, &c.
File No. 1348
Mary Abell
Widow
Azel Abell
Pri. Rev. War
Act: July 24, 1848
Index: - Vol. A, Page 1
[Arrangement of 1870]
1914. Sept 25: history to Mrs H. L. Cook M.B.R.
1927 - Nov. 12 - Hist to Mrs. Geo. W. Donaldson Aux.

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26,581
Mer Assy

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I Levi Comstock of Lawful age being duly sworn do depose testify and say that Azel Abels now of Elizabethtown in the County of Essex and State of New York did serve as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war under Capt Jotham White Stationed at Pittsford in the State of Vermont with myself and my first impression was that he served 9 Months or as long as I did but he might come in to camp after I did or be dismissed soon as
And further say not
[signed] Levi Comstock

State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss
Burlington Aug +_ 17 A 1832
Then Personally appeared Levi Comstock of Shelburn in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth [signed] J.D. Farnsworth Justice Peace
I hereby certify the above deponent is a credible witness
[signed] J.D Farnsworth - Justice Peace

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County
I Nathan Maxwell Clerk of Chittenden County do hereby certify that J D Farnsworth Esqr: before where the within affidavit is taken is a Justice of the Peace, duly qualified acting under the authority of this State, and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 17th day of August AD 1832 [signed] Nathan B Maxwell

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County
I Nathan B Maxwell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Levi Comstock Esqr. before where the written affidavit was taken was at the time then of a Justice of the Peace duly qualified acting under the authority of this State, and that his name thereto subscribed, is his own proper signature. In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand on affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 17th day of August AD 1832 [signed] Nathan Maxwell

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County
I Nathan B Maxwell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Levi Comstock Esqr. before where the written affidavit was taken was at the time thereof a Justice of the Peace duly qualified acting under the authority of this State, and that his name thereto subscribed, is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 17th day of August AD 1832 [signed] Nathan B Maxwell

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I Wyman Averell of lawful age being duly sworn do depose testify and say that Azel Abell now of Elizabethtown in the County of Essex and State of New York did serve as a soldier in the Revolutionary War under Captain Jotham White Stationed at Pittsford in the State of Vermont with myself and I think he served nine months - as long as I was there - but he might possibly have entered the camp after I did. I left it before - and further say not.
[signed] Wyman Averill

State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss
Burlington August 17 1832
Then personally appeared Wyman Averell of Shelburn in the County of Chittenden and the State of Vermont, and after being carefully examined and duly cautioned, made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth
Before me [signed] Levi Comstock Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above deponent is a credible witness -
[signed] Levi Comstock Justice Peace

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State of Vermont
Chittenden County
I Nathan B Maxwell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Levi Comstock Esqr. before where the written affidavit was taken was at the time then of a Justice of the Peace duly qualified acting under the authority of this State, and that his name thereto subscribed, is his own proper signature. In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand on affixed the seal of said Court at Burlington this 17th day of August AD 1832 [signed] Nathan Maxwell

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Azell Abell
22231
Aomd
gmo.pri
30$

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State of New York
County of Essex ss
I Zachariah Comstock of the Town of Jay County of Essex and State of New York do Swear that I am well acquainted with Azel Abell of the Town of Elizabethtown, County of Essex and State of New York and that I was well acquainted with him during the War of the Revolution, that he is a man of about Sixty Eight Years of ago at the present time and that he was stationed with this deponent in the Town of Pittsford in the State of Vermont that he belonged to Captain Jotham Whites Company of Infantry in Colnel Fletchers Regiment that he served as a private in the said Company in the year 1781 as this of deponent verrily beleived further that the said Azel Abell served forth a place of nine months and further this deponent saith not 
[signed] Zachariah Comstock
Sworn and Subscribed in Open Court this 28th day of September 1832
[signed] Leonard Stow Clerk

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Azel Abell

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and this said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after filtering the interrogatories described by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that its appears to them that John Sternes who has signed the following certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Elizabethtown, County of Essex and state of New York and that Edward F. Williams who has also signed the same is a resident of the Town, County, and State aforesaid and is a credible [illegible] and that their statements is established to credit.
I Leonard Stow, Clerk of the Court of [illegible]and of the County of Essex of hereby certify that the fore going contains the original testimonials of the said Court in the matter of the application of Azel Abott for a pension.
[illegible] where of I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28th day of September 1832 Leonard Stow, Clerk.

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I do hereby certify that I have examined the Record of Marriages for the Town of Granville with a view of finding on record the Marriage of one Mary Fips + Azel Abel by Danl Curtis Esq and can find no such record.
Dated Granville Apl 20th 1847 [signed] Alfred Bulkley Town Clerk
Washington County
Town of Granville ss
I Oscar F. Thompson a Justice of the Peace in aforesaid town + County do hereby certify that Alfred Bulkley above named is the Town Clerk of the town of Granville aforesaid duly elected + qualified to act, + that the signature above to the above certificate is his + the genuine signature of said Alfred Bulkley, Given under my hand at Granville aforesaid this 20th day of April A.D. 1847.
[signed] Oscar F. Thompson Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Washington County Clerks Office ss
I Philander C. Hitchcock Deputy Clerk of said county do certify that Oscar F. Thompson was on the 20th of April AD 1847 an acting Justice of the Peace of said county duly qualified as such and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and very believe his signature to the above certificate to be his genuine signature.
Witness my hand + official Seal this 26th day of February 1853 [signed] P.C. Hitchcock Dep Clerk

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In the Matter of Appln of Mary Abels - for a Pension

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State of New York
Washington County ss
Asa Reynolds of Granville in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that the deponent was well acquainted with Azel Abel. Who resided in the Town of Orwell in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont that his acquaintance with said Azel Abels began as Early as the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Seven and continued untill the said Azel Abels Removed from Orwell to the State of New York in the year Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Eight as I believe was the time if his removing that said Azel Abel had a wife and Children when I first became acquainted with him residing in Orwell aforesaid. That his wife died I believe in the Spring of the year Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Two - and was Buried at Orwell aforesaid. That I was also acquainted with Mary Phipps who also resided in the said Town of Orwell for as much as four years previous to the death of the wife of the said Azel Abel which said Mary Phipps was then a girl Seventeen or Eighteen years old. That Deponent removed to and resided in the Town of Granville in the County of Washington and State of New York in the year Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Three in the latter part of the winter and resided in what is now called Middle Granville. that in the month of June in the year Seventeen Hundred and Ninety three and Deponent believes in the forepart of the month - (which circumstance Deponent recollects more particularly from his being hoeing corn for the first time). The said Azel Abel and the said Mary Phipps. Called at his house and after some conversation Enquired for a Magistrate, That Deponent Enquired of them for what propose they wanted one, when said Abel informed him they wanted one to tie a knot for them, That Deponent went with them at their Invitation to the House of one Daniel Curtiss who resided but a

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Short distance from Deponents - in Granville aforesaid and who was at the time an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the said Town of Granville and that after making known to the said Justice Curtiss the object of then Visit+ introducing said Azel Abel + said Mary Phipps to him. they all went into the House and the said Justice Then and there in the Presence of the Deponent and in the Presence of said Justices wife and one of his children married the said Azel Abel to the said Mary Phipps. That they staid at the House of Deponent that night - and started for home on the next morning soon after Breakfast. That he Deponent saw said Azel Abel and his said wife but once afterward which was about six months after this said marriage where Deponent called on them at Orwell aforesaid and Deponent has siince learned that said Azel Abels after removing to the State of New York obtained a Pension and also that he is now Dead. Deponent further says that the said Daniel Curtiss the said Justice of the Peace is Dead and has been for some years. and that he does not know that any member of his family are living at this town his wife is also Dead. and Deponent does not know any thing about whether he kept any record of said Marriage or not or what has become of his old Justice Dockets + Records and Further Deponent saith not [signed] Asa Reynolds
Subscribed and Sworn to before me this 20 day of April AD 1847.
[signed] Silas Hall Justice Peace

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State of New York
Washington County ss
I Philander C. Hitchcock Deputy Clerk of said County do certify that Silas Hall was during the month of April AD 1847 an acting Justice of the Peace of said county duly qualified as such and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and very believe his Signature to the annexed Jurat to be his genuine Signature.
Witness my hand and official Seal this 26 day of February 1853
[signed] P.C. Hitchcock Dep Clk

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State of New York
Essex County ss
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named declarant and have been for, about sixteen years and that I was acquainted with the late Husband Azel Abels decd - who was a Pensioner of the United States - at the time of his Death and further that the Statements made by the said Mary Abel are Entitled to Credit.
Given Under My hand - this 22d day of November AD 1848

State of New York
Essex County ss
George Vaughan being duly sworn before the undersigned and of the Justice of the Supreme Court of Judication of the State of New York Deposeth and says that he Resided in the Town of Granville in the County of Washington and State of New York in the year 1798 - That he was well acquainted with Daniel Curtiss, who was then an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the Said County of Washington - that he Deposed Truly believes that the Said Daniel Curtiss is dead - that in 1812 the deponent was in the said Town of Granville and was informed that said Daniel Curtiss was dead that he passed by the house where said Daniel Curtiss formerly Resided and it was then called the Widow Curtiss place.That Deponent first became acquainted with Azel Abels + Mary Abells his then wife and who is now a widow and the above applicant for a Pension in the year 1805. That they then Resided at Elizabethtown

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in the County of Essex and State of New York and before a Publick house that they have children but defendant does not know the ages of said children at that time. What the said Azel Abel and the said Mary Abel did at that time live together as husband and wife and defendant has known them to so live together a while. The decease of the said Azel Abel, and defendant  further says that since Azel Abel resided in Elizabethtown aforesaid wife at the time of his death .  and defendant has resided in said town and county since 1814 and has always been familiar and well acquainted with said Abel and wife and that he knows the true fact [illegible] declarant to be the widow of the said Azel Abel deceased.
Subscribed and sworn before me Nov 23rd 1848, George Vaughn
note "county" [illegible]
A.C.Hand, Justice of Sup Court
State of New York
Essex County on the 27th day of November AD 1848 before the under agreed a Justice of this Supreme court of the State of New York. Personally appeared Oliver Abel, a Resident of the Town of Elizabethtown in this County of Essex and State of New York who being by and duly sworn according to law measure with fact the following statement to whit: that he is the son of Azel Abel who is now deceased, that he is aged 57 years, that he resided and lived with his said father in the Town of Orwell in the County of

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records and State of Vermont in the years 1797 and 1798 That deponent's mother died at Orwell aforementioned in the spring of 1797. As [illegible] cause of [illegible] only by this. Record of her death kept by and in the hand writing of his father the late Azel Abel That deponent was about six years old when his mother died. That Mary Abel then foregoing descendants was his living in his said father's house and that some time in the spring or summer of the next year after this death of deponent's mother his father and the said Mary Abel who was then Kesawerns and called Parry Fipps moved away from home and said they were going  to Graniteville That on their return home they both informed deponent & his sisters that they were married at Graniteville the county of Washington. While they have been gone by Hon Daniel Curtiss a Justice of the Peach the deponent from that time to this date has always recognized that the said Mary Abel as his step other. Deponent resided in his father's family. After they returned from the said town of [illegible] to Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York and has always lived near them to the day of the deaths of his said father and [illegible] mother.  a short distance of the said Mary Abel. That one Azel Abel & Mary Abel always lived together as man & wife to the date of this death which took place at Elizabethtown aforesaid on the seventeenth  day of September AD 1833. That he was at the time of his death a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of 1832.

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And that said Mary Abel due this arrears of this pension as his widow after his death and surrendered his Certificate to this agent. That James Abel was the first and oldest child born of the said Mary Abel after her marriage to descendant's father and descendant and the said James  were brought [illegible] together. That the said James Abel is now forty-nine years of age and over. And further that descendant has examined this account [inserted: marked A Oliver Abel] book. [inserted: O Kellogg Herewith signed in his absence] And were records as to the ancestral account book report by his said father and defendant has amended the record of marriages and deaths on the last page after the said account book and know that they are in the hand writing of the said Azel Abel described and forever his descendants but [illegible] and comparisons of the ages of his brothers and sisters and his own and the deaths of his dependent's mothers and his father's second marriage he believes the record in all respects to be last and correct. Descendant further says he has received deeds of conveyance from the said Azel Abel and that the said Mary Abel signed the said deeds of release domain in the performance as is correct as the wife of said Azel Abel and descendant further says the that is record in the said account book contains the names of all his brothers and sisters and half brothers and sisters truly as law believes as is their births and deaths.
Subscribed and sworn to this 27th day of November 1848. Oliver Abel
A.C. Hand Justice of the Sup. {Supreme] Court

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Mary Abel,
Pension papers

N.155
Mary Abell, widow of Azel, N.Y
Act 29, July 1848

Married 1798
Husband died 1833
Active @ 9 months June
$30 per annum
for [illegible 1848

Hon O. Kellogg
M.C.
Elizabethtown, NY

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I certify that I am well acquainted with the before named Oliver Abel, Mary Abel & George Vaugh, that they are each of three persons of good moral character and entitled to full credit. That I am also acquainted with the within named A.C. Hand and know him to be an acting Justice of the supreme court.
That I saw Oliver Abel sign his name and also signed my own at the same time & marked in A A across the record of Marriages, Birth & Deaths at the inside of the cover after the last page of Azel Abel's account book which was closed on the day of the date of the appt of Oliver Abel herewith & with said account book presented that I always [illegible] from my infancy til his death the said Azel Abel & said Mary Abel & their children & that they were always respected & lived together as husband and wife.
Washington March 3rd 1849
O. Kellogg W.C. N.York

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Mar

presented by O. Kellogg
W.C
Ames

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Elizabethtown, New York
August 6,1855
D[ear] Sir.
I received your Communication of July 28th informing me that the claim of Mary Abell for bounty land No 25.368 as the widow of Azel Abell, a Revolutionary soldier, had been suspended for the reason that the service of Azel Abell does not appear of record in your office.
I beg the privilege of submitting a statement of facts which may explain the matter, and which I trust will receive your favorable consideration. Azel Abell, the husband of the applicant was a 9 months

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man. I believe in the Connecticut Militia, War of the Revolution, and drew a pension for such service. Mary Abell now draws a pension as his widow of $30 per annum, her pension is under the Act of 1848- Perhaps what occasioned the difficulty is finding record service of Azel Abell was that in the Widow's application for bounty land his name is spelled Abell, whereas on the records it is Abel which is the correct and usual way in which he spelled his name and is so usually spelt by the family, but is sometimes spelled Abell.
The widow signed her name in her application Abell, but the reason of so doing was that in her pension certificate it was so written, which was a mistake.

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at the department as in her application for a pension her name was signed Mary Abel at leas so I am informed the Hon Orlando Kellogg. EX M.C who obtained her pension.
Azel Abel & Azel Abell was one and the same individual and was the husband of Mary Abell to whom was granted the pension above mentioned and who made the application for bounty land.
I know not whether the addition of dropping off of the letter "L" would make any difference but thinking perhaps that that might be a solution of the matter. I have ventured to make the foregoing statement, as I cannot understand how Azel Abel could procure a pension without his service being

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Established & of course if it was established is even on records in the proper department-
You say further "that info on the production of "record evidence" of forteen day service of Azel Abell, Mrs Abell's claim will be favorably considered. I am at a loss how to furnish this evidence if it is not already in the department. Not knowing what the term "Record Evidence" is meant to embrace or limited to.
Hoping that you will find it convenient to return an answer to this communication. I remain truly yours, 
Oliver Abel, Jr.

Hon J. Minot
Court of Pensions

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25.368

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Elizabethtown, New York
March 26, 1855

L.P.Waldo, Esq
Court of Pensions 
Sir- Enclosed I send applications for Bounty land of Oliver Abel, Mary Abell, Abigail Rice & Mehitabel Woodruff. When the warrants are issued, please forward them to me.
Yours Respectfully
Oliver Abel, Jr.

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Elizabethtown, N.Y
May 14,1856
Sir-
I wish to ascertain whether under the law amending the Bounty land law of March 3, 1853 passed at this session of Congress- Allowing period proof of service papers made into under this amendment can be filed as additional evidence with applications made under the law of 1853. And that those applications will take their place in the list of the former applications.
Mary Abell, widow of Azel Abell, who was a Rev. soldier made application

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under the law of 1853 for Bounty land for the service of her husband, her application was number 25.368. It was rejected on the ground that there was no recorded evidence of her husband's service tho he drew a pension this widow was [illegible] one. I suppose under the amendment to that law she can obtain a warrant [illegible] further proof on a new application. As at the time his pension was granted sufficient service is entitled him to land under this act was established by affidavits.
An early answer to this communication will much oblige.
Your obedient servant, O. Abel, Jr

Hon J.Minot
Court of Pensions

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Hon J.E.Heath, Commiss et al
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you the affidavit of Asa Reynolds together with the proof in relation to the claim of Mary Abel, widow of Azel Abel deceased, for a pension.
I believe the papers enclosed contain all the facts that were considered wanting to entitle Mrs. Abel to the Pension. 
Any Communication on the subject will be properly addressed to me.
Respectfully Yours-
Henry Knox, Atty for Mary Abel
Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y.
March 1, 1853

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[same note as on previous page]
Left margin: John rev pls

Stamped:
US Pensions Office
Sept 21, 1914

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503 Marshall St.
Milwaukee Wisconsin
September 18-1914

Dept of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions-
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen-Will you kindly send me any record you have of service, pension etc of Azel Abel or Abell who served in the Revolutionary War-said to have been an officer-and enlisted in Massachusetts.
Respectfully,
(Mrs. H.L.) Minne G. Cook

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Insignia upper left corner: Chicago Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Stamped U.S. Pension Office June 6 1927
Printed Address:
Mrs. George W. Donaldson
Chairman of Program Committee
270 Monroe Avenue
River Forest, Illinois

Hand written:
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, DC
Can you send me any information regarding our Aziel (or Azel) Abel of Vermont Militia-dated Springfield 1782 and 81?

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Abel being in Jotham white's Co - Fletchers Regiment -
Thanking you -
Ruby Donaldson

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Typed form with handwritten information:
Revolutionary War Records Section.  3-525
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.  (form undated)

In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank]  for a statement of the military history of Azel Abell or Abel, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or [scratched out] & his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W.1348
Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: Spring 1781
Length of Service: 9 Months
Officers under whom service was rendered:
   Jotham White, Captain
   Samuel Fletcher, Colonel
State: Vt
Battles engaged in, none
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lempster (near Connecticut River)
Date of application for pension, Sept 28, 1832, His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Elizabethtown, Essex Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born in Norwich Conn July 9, 1764.
Remarks: Soldier first wive (name not stated) who [scratched out] died in spring 1797 at Orwell, Rutland Co, VT. He married at Granville, Washington Co. N.Y June 2nd, 1833 Mary or Polly Phipps or Fipps, he died at Elizabethtown, N.Y. Sept 17, 1833 and Mary was allowed pension on an ap. ex Nov. 22 1848 While a resident of Elizabethtown aged 70 yrs. Solider had children by both wives: Oliver 57 years wife's child in 1848; James 49 in 1848 only names
Respectfully,
[unsigned]
Commissioner