Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1337-100, Abel Wakely, Conn.

SERVICE
Wakely, Abel
NUMBER
Conn.
B.L.Wt. 1337-100
CONTENTS

n o 1337
Abel Wahely
priv
Coun l
Att Col Jos: Watson
D. b.

State of New York } County of Green }
I Abel Wakely aged sixty seven Years do upon oath testify and declare that in the Year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven I enlisted for the term of during the War and served in the Regiment No 8. under the command of Colonel Channely of the Connecticut line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the War when I was regularly discharged from the Second Regiment of the aforesaid line commanded by Colonel Smith.
I further declare that I never received a Warrant for the Bounty Land promised me on the part of the United States, nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever. Therefore-
I now all and each by these presents that I Abel Wakely aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph Watson to be my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive of the Secretary of War of the United States a Warrant for the quantity of Land due me as aforesaid; and my said Attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more Substitutes or Attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed.
Witness my hand this fifth day of July 1828-
Attest { Charles Barker Nathaniel Hanchett
Abel Wakely
I Levi Callender aged fifty one Years and I Eli Knowles aged sixty Years do upon oath declare that I have been long acquainted with Abel Wakely who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and I further know or believe that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest { Lewis Wakely Nathaniel Hanchett Charles Barker
Levi Callender Eli Knowles

Before me Truman Sanford a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Green. Personally appeared the above named Abel Wakely, subscribed to the foregoing declaration and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney therein subscribed to be his free act and deed; and likewise personally appeared Levi Callender and Eli Knowles who have subscribed the foregoing certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the dispositions by them respectively subscribed this fifth day of July 1828—
Truman Sanford Justice of the Peace—
In testimony that the above written Truman Sanford was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments &c. in the state of New York at the above date, and that his name there subscribed ap- pears to me to be his usual signature. I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality at Catskill this
1828, Abel Wakely of the County of Green—

25 COTTAGE PLACE WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK
May 27 th 1926
To the Commissioner of Pensions., - Dear Sir;
I would respectfully, request information from Revolutionary records in your office, as to what do the records say relative to service in the War of the Revolution of - first
Thaddeus Hurd
second,
Abel Wakeley,
If they did not receive pensions Will you please inform me where I can find the records required to admit a descendant to Society of the D. A. P. Truly Yours,
(Mrs A)
Maria M. C. Goodwin

Rev. and 1813 War Section.
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August 6, 1936
Mrs. A. Goodwin 35 Cottage Place White Plains, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the records of this Bureau, it appears that Abel Wakely served in the War of the Revolution from 1777 to its close in Colonels Chandler's and Swift's Connecticut Regiments.
He was allowed 100 acres of bounty land on Warrant Number 1337, on his application executed July 5, 1828, at which time he was in Green County, New York, and aged sixty-seven years.
It is not stated that soldier was married.
The above noted Abel Wakely (all spellings of that name searched) is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Wakely, Benjamin GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6695 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 9, 1791 to - 'not shown' -
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.