Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28656, Abner Briggs, Mass. R.I.

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SERVICE
Mass
R.I.
Briggs, Abner
S28656

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226 
Maine
Abner Briggs of Portland in the state of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Northrop of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Topman in the Rhode Island line, for the term of One Year from Apl 1779 to [blank]
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eighty Dollars per Annum ["month" is crossed out], to commence on the 4th day of Mar 1831 and [blank]
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of August 1832 and sent to John Mussey Portland Maine
[blank] the Roll on [blank] day of [blank] 182 [blank] and notification sent to [blank] at [blank] 
Pension commencing on the [blank] of [blank] 182 [blank]
Amount due on the 4th of Mar 1832 $80
Semi annual alle 4 Sept 1832 $40
= $120
Revolutionary Claim, Acts [s crossed out] March 18 1818, May 1, 1820 [both dates crossed out replaced with] 7 June 1832
Recorded Book 2 Vol 1st page 49

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Dead
Letter to Hon A. Smith of 3 Auditoo 3 Feb 1840
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 to the 4th Feb 1839 the day of his death. Agt notified 2 March 1840

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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Second Comptroller's Office
February 5, 1840
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Abner Briggs, a pensioner on the Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of eighty Dollars ['and cents' crossed out] per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838 to the 4th February 1839 the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K. Parris [signature]
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

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July [illegible] 1832
Abner Briggs
Application for a pension
July 1832
Private
Pension Office
$80 per ann
$80 per ann

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the nineteenth day of July A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two
before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this nineteenth day of July, aforesaid, Personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Abner B Briggs a resident of Portland in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged Sixty nine 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 was placed on the pension list roll of the District of Maine Agency, and a certificate of pension granted to him on his application made on the thirtieth day of April 1818. That he was paid in September 1819 the amount of pension due him but before March 1820 orders were sent to the Agent in Maine to suspend making any further pay and he has never been paid since.  My pension certificate which I forwarded to Washington by one of our Eastern Representatives whom name I do not recollect - That he served eight months in Col. Jacobs Regt in the Massachusetts line in the year 1778. That he then enlisted in April 1779 in the Rhode Island rgt. for twelve months and service the time out - That in July 1780 he enlisted in the [illegible]  regt commanded by Col. Brooks & served six months in said regt; he does not distinctly remember the names of the Company officers for they were often changed.  That he lived in said Portland when he first made his application and has lived ther ever since to the present time - 
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in
the State of Maine
Abner Briggs [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware
U. S. Judge for the
District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Mussey
Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty ninth day of July
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty - two
John Mussey [signature]
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine DistrictDistrict

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28656
[illegible] INVALID
File No. 28,656
Abner Briggs
Priv Rev war
Act: 7th June '39
Index: Vol 2, Page 58
(Arrangement of 1870.)

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Feby 13 1904 Hist to Alberta K. Johnson Minneapolis Minn
Sept 15 1904 Hist to
Harry L. Keiler, Crookston, Minn

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7.399
Maine
Abner Briggs
of Portland in the Dist ["state" crossed out] of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Toppan of the Rhode Island line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of March 1819 and sent to John Mussey Jr, Esq, Portland, Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 81.29
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 - 48.-
[total] $129.29
Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.

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Abner Briggs
Private
Col. Toppan, Rhode Island line
1779- 1 year
30th April
Admitted
See the Judges certificate on file
6 mo on roll

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I Abner Briggs of Portland in the District of Maine and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged fifty five years being duly sworn do depose and say that enlisted as a private for eight months about the middle of May 1778 in Captain Hoskins company Col. Jacob's Regiment General Cornal's Brigade which Brigade was in the Rhode Island line of the Continental Establishment honorably dismissed at Freetown about the first of January 1779 - I further declare that I again enlisted on the 4th April 1779 as a private in the company commanded by Lieut. Northrup called the Major's company in Colonel Toppan's Regt of the Rhode Isalnd Line Continental Establishment for the period of twelve months which I faithfully served and was honorably dismissed by the Col. himself at Newport. I further declare that I again enlisted as a private for six months commencing on the 9th July 1780 in the first company seventh Massachusetts Regiment. J. Brooks Lieut Colonel commandant and served until the ninth of January 1781 when I was honorably discharged by Col. Brooks which said discharge I long since lost - That I was in the engagement under General Sullivan at Quaker hill about seven miles from New Port Rhode Island in August 1778 - That I am in reduced circumstances in life and need the assistance of my country for support: that I do not receive or am I entitled to receive any pension from the United States except by virtue of the late Act of Congress making provision for certain persons engaged  in the land and naval service of the United States during the Revolutionary War passed the 18th March 1818 -
Abner Briggs [signature]
Subscribed and sworn to this thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Before me
Albion H. Parris [signature]
Judge [illegible]

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I Jasiel Smith of Portland in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts being duly sworn do testify and say that I well know Abner Briggs who subscribed the within declaration and that I belonged to the same company in which Briggs served and know that he performed the service as within stated and was honorably discharged and that his declaration contains the truth
Jasiel Smith
Subscribed and sworn to this thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Before me
Albion K. Parris [signature]
Judge [illegible]

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Mass                 

 Briggs, Abner

G. 28656

R.J.

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To the Honorable Albion K. Parris, Judge of the District Court of Maine

The (illegible) Selectman of the  (illegible)
of Portland in said District (illegible) represent that Abner Briggs 




May 6, 1818
Isaac Adams
Enoch  Preble
Remy Tilley
Joshua Richardson

Selectman of Portland

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U.S. [illegible] NAVY
SEP 12 1904
FILES
P. F.

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OW&Navy

The Commissioner of Pensions 
Dear Sir, 
Will you kindly send me a copy of my great grand father's revolutionary War record - His name was Abner Briggs. His pension was paid in Portland Maine - He applied for a pension April 30 1818, and died Feb- 4 - 1839

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Yours
Harry L Keiler
Crookston
Minn
#321 E. Robert Street

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U.S. [illegible] NAVY
FEB 31904
FILES

Minneapolis Minn
Jan – 29 – 1904
To the pension agent:
Dear Sir,
My great- great- grandfather was named Abner Briggs and served in the revolutionary was. When my grandmother was a little girl, she made her home with him in Portland Maine.  She

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distinctly remembers his receiving a pension which, of course was paid him at Portland Maine.
For I have been looking up the Brigg's family and in the revolutionary war records find a member of Abner Briggses and of course don’t know which one belongs to me as no one knows what was his birth place other than it was near Boston

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I thought, that possibly his pension record would tell what companies he served in and if I could learn that. It would make things much as of me. If you can help me in this, I will be so much obliged as I am completely blocked as it is. 
Hoping to hear from you soon I am 
Yours
Alberta K. Johnson 
#2416 Humbold- Ave. So 
Minneapolis 
Minn

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US PENSION OFFICE F FEB 1 1904