Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,776, Seth Warren, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Warren, Seth Deliverance
NUMBER
W.16.776
CONTENTS
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Let to Hiram Hubble June 6. 1837
Albany 652
Deliverance Warren
widow of Seth Warren
who died on the 10. March 1835 of Oswego Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Hancock of the Regt. commanded by Col. Sprout in the Mass. line for 22 months Mass
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1835
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of March 1837 and sent to Hiram Hubble, Milford, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '37 440.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1. Sept. 36.66
$476.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 — }
Attest D. Brown
Clerk,
Vol. 1
Page 141

3298
New York
Seth Warren —
of Oswego in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp'y commanded by Captain Hancock of the Reg't commanded by Col. Sprout — in the Massachusetts line for 22 Months — — — — —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York — — — at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Dec; 1832 — — — and sent to Bro Reynolds Roxland
Arrears to 14th of Sep. 32 $109 99 Semi-ann. allowance ending Apr. '33 36 67 $146 66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Hile Clerk, Book D, Vol. 5 Page 205

General Warren Room of attorney
Deliverance Warren Pias o - act 36 or 38 N. 91
June 1853 E. & M. G. Wade atty

State of New York County of Onondaga
Be it Known, that on this 28 th day of April A. D. 1853 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared,
Samuel Warren , resident of Adolf in Onondaga said County, and made oath according to law that he is grandson the identical Deliverance Warren whose name, under Act of 1836. or 1838 has been placed on the Pension (Albany)  Pension Roll at the rate of Seventy Three 66 2/3 Dollars per annum.
That he is credibly informed that the said Pension may and ought to be increased from its commencement and during its continuance; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said increase, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint William G. Wade  SAMUEL K. KNIGHT , of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of Deliverance Warren for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or INCREASE OF PENSION, that may be due; and for the purpose of establishing additional service by the soldier for whose military duty in the Revolution the aforesaid Pension was granted, I hereby authorize my said Attorney to apply for and obtain from State archives or other sources, certified proofs of such service. To examine all papers or documents in relation to said service on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my benefit the Certificate for INCREASE which may be issued in satisfaction of said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Pension Agency of this State; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Agent and Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
Samuel Warren Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Samuel Warren to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged, in whose claim I am in no wise interested. name of W. G. Wade in title hereon signed
State of New York County of Onondaga
Jay W. Wetmore Jas. Pease

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the third section of the act of Congress of the 4 th July 1836.
State of New York } County of Oswego } ss.
On this third day of November 1836, personally appeared before the subscriber a Judge of the County Courts in and for said County Deliverance Warren, aged ninety nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836: That she is the widow of Seth Warren late of Redfield in said County, who was a Pensioner under the act of the Congress of the United States of the 7 th of June 1832.
She further declares that she was married to the said Seth Warren on the — day of November in the year One thousand seven hundred and fifty eight, that her husband, the aforesaid Seth Warren, died on the tenth day of March 1835 (eighteen hundred thirty five); and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Sworn to and subscribed, by Deliverance Warren her mark making her mark thereto (she being too aged and feeble to write her name) on the day and year first above written before me Hiram Hubbell, Judge
Oswego County ss.
Elizabeth Warren of Redfield being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she has been acquainted with Deliverance Warren above named for about sixty years last past and has ever since resided in the immediate neighborhood of the said Deliverance and of her husband Seth Warren and for more than thirty years has resided in the same house with them and most of the time in the same family. That she spent several days at the house and in the family of the said Seth & Deliverance

Warren during the Revolutionary war and while the said Seth Warren was a soldier in the said war of the Revolution and absent from his family for that purpose - that she knew of the said Seth Warren returning to his family after the expiration of his term of service in the Army as aforesaid and from that time continuing to cohabit with his said wife Deliverance as husband & wife from that time up to the time of his death in March 1835. And further that the said Seth & Deliverance Warren had several children previous to her first acquaintance with the family at the time the said Seth was in the Army as above mentioned to one of whom she was afterwards married and that such children were always understood to be, and she verily believes were, the children of the said Seth & Deliverance Warren. And further that she has never seen or heard of any certificate of the marriage of the said Seth and Deliverance, or of any record or other documentary evidence of the same, and does not believe any has been in their possession within forty years last past, and that from all my acquaintance with said Seth and Deliverance I have never heard or understood that they or either of them were ever married to any other person. And that I am now in my eighty third year of age. Subscribed and sworn this 3 d day of November 1836. before me Elizabeth her Warren mark Hiram Hubbell, Judge
Onondaga County N.Y.
Deliverance Warren before mentioned being by me again duly sworn testifies that she was married as stated in her preceding declaration on the evening of Thanksgiving day by the Rev. Mr. Woodward a Presbyterian Clergyman. Nov. 3 d . 1836. C. Hiram Habbell , Judge

Oswego County, ss.
Friend Lewis of Redfield in said County being duly sworn testifieth that he is a resident of said town and is well acquainted with Deliverance Warren named in the preceding declaration and has been acquainted with her and her late husband Seth Warren deceased for about eighteen years last past during which time he frequently heard each of them speak of the length of time they had lived together as man and wife and that they were married previous to the Revolutionary war, and that during the life time of said Seth he had often heard him speak of leaving his said wife & children during his said service in the Army of the Revolution and has often heard the said Deliverance when separate from her husband and many years previous to his death speak of their being married to each other and having children previous to said war, of which statements this deponent never doubted their truth and now verily believes that the said Seth and Deliverance were married to each other previous to said war, and that they continued to live together as man and wife until the said Seth died in March 1835 - And further that he is well acquainted with Elizabeth Warren, named in & who made the foregoing Affidavit (as appears by the Jurat) and that he has been acquainted with her as well as said Deliverance for about eighteen years last past and has always considered each of them persons of truth and veracity and that they are now each of them in their right minds retaining their mental faculties in a remarkable degree for their age; they being, according to the best of my knowledge & belief of the age stated by them in their several Affidavits above. And further saith not
Subscribed and affirmed before me this 4 th day of Nov r 1836.
Hiram Hubbell, Judge
Friend Lewis

Oswege County ss
I Hiram Hubbell, Judge of the County Courts in and for said County, do hereby Certify that I have been for several years last past acquainted with Deliverance Warren who executed the preceding Declaration and made oath to the truth of the same before me on the 3 d . inst. and that by reason of bodily infirmity, occasioned by her great age, she is unable to appear in Court (there being at no time any court of record held within sixteen miles of her residence). And further that the said Deliverance is a credible person, and that from all her conversation and from my previous acquaintance with her I have no doubt of the truth of the statements made in her said declaration.
And further that I am acquainted with Elizabeth Warren & Friend Lewis the Affiants named in the preceding Affidavits and that they are each persons of credibility.
Witness my hand Nov. 4, 1836. Hiram Hubbell Judge
State of New York
Oswege County, Clerk's Office ss I Maximus W Matthews Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Hiram Hubbell Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition and affidavits were taken was on the days of the dates thereof a Judge of the Courts of said County, and further that his signatures to the said deposition and affidavits, and the above certificate are his genuine signatures.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, the fourth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty six M c . W. Matthews Clerk
No. 551 B. Sec.

No 356
Deliverence Warren Widow of Seth Warren
Admitted Private 22 mo-
Subject to Commence from 4 th March 1835
Hiram Hubble Esq Richland New York
14442

State of New York Oswego County, fs. 3
On this tenth day of October 1836, personally appeared before me, Deliverance Warren of the town of Redfield who maketh the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836 being duly sworn testifieth that she was born in the town of Westtown in the state of Massachusetts on the 17 th day of April O. S. in the year 1737, being now in the One hundredth year of her age - that she is the widow of Seth Warren a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the "Act passed the 7 th day of June 1832," late of said town, deceased, that she was married to the said Seth Warren in November seventeen hundred and fifty nine, the day of the month she does not now know but recollects that it was on thanks giving day night - that she has never been married to any other person, and that she continued to live with said Seth Warren from the time of their marriage as aforesaid until the time of his death which occurred on the tenth day of March 1835. and further that she knows of no person living that was present at the ceremony of her marriage, and that she knows of no record or documentary evidence thereof. And also that she was the wife of the said Seth Warren during the time of his services in the Revolutionary Army for which a Pension Certificate was issued to him bearing date the 14 th day of December 1832. and further saith not.
Subscribed & sworn this tenth day Deliverance her Warren of October 1836, before me, the 3. line being mark interlined - Hiram Hubbell, Judge of Oswego Co. Courts. Oswego County, fs.
Elizabeth Warren of Redfield in said County being duly sworn deposeth & saith that she is about eighty two years of age, that she has been acquainted with the above named Deliverance Warren since the commencement of the Revolutionary War, that at that time and during all of the said War she was the wife of Seth Warren as stated by her in the above affidavit and living with him as such excepting the time he was absent from his family as a soldier in the Revolutionary army,

Army - And that during such service the said Seth Warren returned to his family and his oldest son Samuel took his place in said Army for a short time, and that soon after she the said deponent was married to the said Samuel. And further that she has been acquainted with said Seth Warren from the time of his service in said Army up to the tenth day of March 1835 on which day he died, and that during all of said time the said Seth and said Deliverance continued to live together as husband & wife and further that said Deliverance has not since been married to any other person, but remains a widow.
In presence of Samuel Warren Junr
Elizabeth her Warren mark
Sworn & subscribed by the above named Elizabeth Warren this 10 th day of October 1836, before me Hiram Hubbell, Judge of Oswego Co. Courts
Oswego County ss.
Samuel Warren Junior of the town of Redfield in said County, being duly sworn saith that he is a Grand son of Seth & Deliverance Warren above named, that he was acquainted with them nearly forty years ago, and from that time up to the time of the death of said Seth Warren which happened on the tenth day of March 1835, and that he has always understood that the said Seth and Deliverance were married to each other previous to the Revolutionary war - and further that the facts set forth in the two preceding affidavits as far as he is acquainted with them are in all respects true. And further that the aforesaid Deliverance and the above named Elizabeth are in their right minds and have a recollection of the facts they have severally testified to - And further saith not
Samuel Warren Junr Subscribed and sworn

this tenth day of October 1836, before me Hiram Hubbell, Judge, of Oswego Co. Courts
Oswego County, ss.
I, Hiram Hubbell, the Magistrate before whom the preceding Affidavits were taken, do hereby certify that I have for several years last past been personally acquainted with Deliverence Warren who has made the preceding Declaration and Affidavit in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 4 th of July 1836. That she does now and did during all that time reside in the town of Redfield in said County of Oswego at the distance of seventeen miles from any Court of Record, that her friends informed me that she could not endure the fatigue of being transported that distance to appear in open court to make her "declaration," which information I am well satisfied is true both from my previous knowledge of her situation and from present examination, on account of her relaxed & enfeebled state occasioned by the great age to which she has attained - and also that from information I rec d from various persons previous to the death of Seth Warren, husband of the said Deliverence, I believe that the said Deliverence is now in the One hundredth year of her age and that she was married at the time she has stated in her declaration above; and further that the said Deliverence is sane in mind, retaining to an astonishing degree her mental faculties, particularly in recollecting events that transpired in her youthful days.
I also further certify that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Warren Jr. who made the preceding affidavit and that he is a man of truth and veracity
Witness my hand this tenth day of October 1836.
Hiram Hubbell, Judge of Oswego County Courts

State of New York Oswego County, ss.
I, Marinus W. Mathews, Clerk of said County Do hereby Certify that Hiram Hubblell before whom the foregoing Affidavits appear to have been taken and who has made the preceding Certificate was on the said tenth day of October inst. a Judge of Oswego County Courts and authorized by law to take affidavits &c. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signa- tures "Hiram Hubblell" subscribed to said Certificates are in his own hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereto affix- ed the seal of said County and subscribed my name this 12 th day of October 1836.
M. W. Mathews Clerk

11,091
Seth Warren
73.77 36.66
22 40 12 40 110 0.37 10 33.30
Am. Hist.
Ino Reynolds Rutland

11,091  BRIEF in the case of  Seth Warren, — Readfield,  W of Oswego  in the State of  New York.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? It does 3. How old is he? 92 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1780 — about 5 — private Gen. 120 July, Home Col. Sproul, Cap. Hancock   Aug. 1781 — 1 4 — " Col. H. Jackson, Cap. C. Hastings  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Bemington 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lanesborough, Berkshire Massachusetts. 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? witness for the whole & Brady
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. H. Lawell Examining Clerk.

11.091 Seth Warrens
Declaration for a pension
admitted 22 mo
$73.33
6 mo. on Policy
16 mo. final settle
22 mo.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of New York County of Oswego
On this fourteenth day of September 1882 personally appeared before me John Reynolds one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Oswego and State of New York Seth Warren a resident of the town of Redfield in said County aged 92 years who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the follo- wing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he enlisted as a private in the army of the United States in the year 1780 with David Ensign and served in the 12 th Regiment of the Massachusetts line under the following named officers viz under Colonel Sprout does not recollect the Colonel's given name nor the Major's name his Captain's name was Hancock does not recollect the Captain's given name. Thinks he joined the Army at Patten in the service that he was stationed at Patten at the time of Arnold's treason and escape recollects well of that circumstance. That his recollection is so impaired that he cannot tell what month he enlisted in but recollects well that he enlisted for six months and that his term of service expired late in the fall that he had a regular dis- charge but has lost it thinks he was discharged about one month before the term for which he enlisted expired Then he enlisted again in the month of August 1781 in the 9 th Regiment in the Massachusetts line Commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson in the Company Commanded by Captain Elisha Hastings That he enlisted for three years unless sooner discharged

That he enlisted in the town of Lansborough in the state of Massachusetts and marched immediately to old Springfield in the same state that he marched from Springfield to a place there called Gallow's hill not far from West Point on the Hudson River where they built huts and stayed all winter that he was at Gallow's hill when he heard of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and recollects well of holding a day of moping on that occasion that he remained at Gallow's hill until about the first of July 1782 when he was detached from the 9th Regiment and was ordered on board the Sloop Hudson where he remained until late in the fall that during the time he was on board the Hudson he went twice up to Albany after timber for the government which they carried to Fishkill that he went a number of times down to Plank's Point after wood which they carried to West Point that they loaded once with powder at Fishkill and carried it to West Point that he was discharged at Fishkill in the month of December 1782 making sixteen months that he served under that enlistment
That he resided in Lansborough in Berkshire County and State of Massachusetts at the time of both of his enlistments that his memory is so impaired that he cannot recollect whether he enlisted in the United States troops or the state troops of Massachusetts but thinks the former
That he has no documentary evidence having lost both of his discharges that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service except one of his sons who took his place as a Substitute for the last month of his first enlistment
That he has no record of his age but that according to his Father's record he was born in the town of Upton

in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts on the 29 th day of September (old style) 1740 that he removed to Lanesborough when he was twenty two years of age where he resided until the fall of 1819 when he removed with his grand son (with whom he now resides) to the town of Redfield in the County of Oswego and State of New York where he now resides That there is no Clergyman residing in the town of Redfield nor nearer than ten miles of him than That he never was engaged in but one battle and that was the Bennington battle and previous to his enlistment
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 sworn and subscribed
Seth Warren his mark the day and year aforesaid before me John Reynolds a judge of Oswego Common Pleas We Phineas Cady and Daniel Dinnick both residing in the town of Redfield in the County of Oswego and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Seth Warren who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 92 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 day Phineas Cady and year aforesaid before me John Reynolds a judge Daniel Dinnick of Oswego Common Pleas
I John Reynolds a judge of Oswego Common Pleas hereby certify that Seth Warren the above named applicant resides twenty miles from the village of Pulaski the place where the Court of record sits in said

County and that the said Seth Warren is unable from bodily infirmity to attend the Court of record and I further certify that from bodily infirmity the said Seth Warren is wholly unable to write that he therefore subscribed the above declaration in my presence by making his mark and I further certify that I am well acquainted with Phineas Cady and Daniel Dinnick Esqrs who has sworn to and subscribed the above Certificate that they are men of truth and veracity and that their statements are entitled to credit
And I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states except that I think he may be mistaken as to what troops he enlisted and served in, I am of the opinion that he may have belonged to the Massachusetts state troops instead of the Continental troops as he states and that his recollection appears to be very indistinct as it respects that
John Reynolds a judge of Brewer County Court Please
State of New York Brewer County
Subscribed to the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Brewer and State of New York do hereby certify that John Reynolds before whom the above declaration of Seth Warren appears to have been taken and who signed the above Certificate is a judge of a Court of record in said County and I further certify that the signature then unto annexed is his genuine signature
Julius September 1832

State of New York Oneida County ss
Personally appeared before me John Reynolds one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Samuel Warren a resident of the town of Redfield in said County who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith That he is the son of Seth Warren The above named applicant for a pension that he this deponent is 33 years of age that he well recollects of his Father the above named Seth Warren enlisting, in the United States service in the year 1830 for the term of of six months that he this deponent went to the army in the spring in the fall and took his Fathers place as a substitute and staid until discharged that he received a discharge in his Fathers name and carried it home to him that he this deponent knows that the above named Seth Warren enlisted again in the year 1831 for the term of three years that he imme- diately went into the service and remained in the service until late in the fall of 1832 or the first of the winter of 1833 and further this deponent saith not sworn and subscribed by making his mark before me this 14 th day of September 1832 John Reynolds judge of Oneida Common Pleas Samuel F Warren his mark

State of New York } County of Oswego } ss:
I Erie Poor Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that John Reynolds Esq. before whom the preceding Declaration of Seth Warren purports to have been taken And also before whom the preceding affidavits purports to have been sworn, And also who has made And subscribed the preceding Certificate of the inability &c of the said Warren was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County which is a Court of Record And that his name subscribed to the said Declaration, affidavits, and Certificate is his genuine Signature — Witness my hand and seal of office this 18 th day of September A.D. 1832
Erie Poor Clerk of said By D. McPherson Dep. Clerk

Pulaski Nov. 24, 1835
J. Turrill Esquire
Dear Sir,
I am sorry to feel obliged to trouble you again and so soon after your arrival at Washington with my business but really I do not know how to get along with the over particular requirements of the Hon. Com. te of Pensions, J. L. Edwards.
About six weeks since I was called into Redfield to make out a Declaration for Widow Deliverance Warren, that she might obtain the benefit of the Act of last Sep. Her husband was a pensioner under the Act of 1832, and died in March 1835. The widow was 99 years old last spring and was married to the said Pensioner some 15 years before the Revolutionary war and continued to live with him from that time up to the time of his death, and was never married to any other person &c. all which she states in her Aff. Her Grand son also in his Aff. states that he was acquainted with said Deliverance & her husband Seth Warren, the Pensioner, for nearly forty years, & that he had frequently heard each of them relate the particulars of their being married long before the Rev. War &c. &c. and that for the last 15 Yrs. or more they had resided with & been supported by him, the said Grandson, & that he knew of no record of the marriage of said Deliverance & Seth & had never seen or heard of any, & also certified that he considered the said Deliverance to be in her right mind & had no doubt from his knowledge of her &c. that she had stated the truth &c. The said Deliverance also stated in an Aff. of hers that she knew of no record or documentary evidence of her marriage. Also her daughter in law stated in an Aff. that she first became acquainted with the family of said Seth & Deliverance Warren during the Rev. War, and while Seth was absent from home in the service as she understood, and that

soon after the close of the war she was married to the oldest son of said Seth & Deliverance & has been acquainted with them from that time to the time of his death & for 30 or 40 yrs. last past has lived in the same family with them or very near them &c. I also certified to the credibility of all the deponents from my former acquaintance with them &c.
The first papers were filed by the Com te and I was informed that the rules of the Office required documentary proof of the time of the marriage, & if that could not be obtained the next best testimony &c. I thereupon went again to Redfield & got two more Aff s containing some of the facts I have above stated. One of the Aff s was made by Friend Lewis, with whom I am well acquainted & who has resided in Redfield more than 30 yrs. He states that he had been well acquainted with said Seth & Deliverance for about 18 years and that he had often heard each of them tell of being married before the war & the age of their children while the Pensioner performed his service &c. &c.
I have now rec d . a Communication from Hon. J. L. Edw d of the 18 th inst stating "That it does not appear that any attempt has been made to ascertain whether there is any record of the claimants marriage" - &c. "That if no record is produced it should appear that an effort was made to procure it &c." the claimant having stated that she was married in Mass. -
Now, Sir, what effort can be made? She has proved satisfactorily, that she was married before the Rev. war - & about 75 years since, and knows of no person living except her son who is partially insane & his wife 80 yrs. old, who could know that fact all three of whom are supported by a Grand son who is poor
I know of no use at all to go again to Redfield, or even to Massachusetts to inquire among the living or dead for such Anti Rev. matters. The Claimant is old, and to wait for such unnecessary searches may deprive her of the benefit of the Act. She needs assistance now . If the Comm te could converse with her ten minutes he would

be satisfied of the truth of her statements. She is a very interesting and venerable Lady . her as readily as common persons, and converses with ease, and walks about the old log cottage with no help but her two staves. She says she ought to have her husbands pension while she lives, because he was entitled to it under the Act of 1818, but could not obtain it for the want of the required proof.
Does the Comrs. 2 suppose that the Clergyman that married a person 75 years ago, is still living, or that the Aff. 3 of the Parents can now be procured? - Some families keep such records in a family bible, but that is not often preserved thro' wars and migrations, and poverty for \frac{3}{4} of a century. And in this case three of the witnesses, who are the most likely to know, testify that they have never seen or known of any record of the marriage upon which this Pension is to depend.
You might as well never have passed this Act as to require impossible testimony for its benefit. To be sure it is possible to make an effort to procure record testimony in this case, but there is no probability that if we were to go to the town where this ancient ceremony was performed, and make diligent search at every house, that any record of it could be found besides who will go? The widow I suppose it needs no proof to show cannot go, for she is actually in the one hundredth year of her age. The Overseers of the poor of Bedford will not - they had rather help her a little occasionally, and the Grand son has a number of small children to take care of besides the three old ones I have mentioned, and he is poor. What then is to be done? - Will you Sir be so kind as to call on Mr. Edwards, and mention this case and tell him you are personally acquainted with me and with the situation of Bedford &c. As it is an unnecessary hardship to be riding back & forth 17 miles, to wait for a deserving old woman to die. The whole family have been & are decided Republicans, and I should regret to have this application fail from too

nice rules of evidence adopted for such cases.
Please excuse the length of this Communication - I really feel an interest in the old lady's fate, she seems so sensitive, and says "it is pretty well if they cannot believe her oath, as she never knew any body dispute her word before."
If you can render any assistance in this matter you will not only much oblige me but also some of your friends in Redfield.
We have nothing new in this County that has come to my knowledge. The Election in this Co. district and State, has been a noble victory; but it seems that Harrison is likely to get a greater number of states than we had anticipated, but I suppose there is no doubt but that Van Buren will have a majority and that may be better than that he should have little or no opposition.
Please let me hear from you soon and much oblige
Your friend
Hiram Hubbell
Hon. J. Turrill H.R.
26 Feb 41 Redfield

PAID
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com te of Pensions Washington City

Richland Oswego Co. N.Y.
October 11, 1836
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir, Accompanying this I send the declaration of Deliverence Warren, widow of Seth Warren late a pensioner of the U.S. decd. I think you will have no doubt that she is entitled to a pension under the act of the 4 th of July last, and hope therefore that if she has not in all things complied strictly with the letter of the instructions that you have caused to be published, that you will consider the proof of her marriage &c. sufficient and grant her request at once. She is indeed in needy circumstances. She is entirely supported by a Grand son, who has but very little property to enable him to provide for his own numerous family, and who, besides his aged Grand mother, has his own father & Mother to support, both of whom from the infirmities common to persons 80 years of age are unable to do any thing for their support. The said Father, who is the own son of the declarant (Deliverence) is so far insane that it was judged that he was not capable of making an affidavit. All of this family, including the aged Declarant, reside in a miserable old log cottage; and the old lady says "she ought to have the Pension because her husband left her in the Revolutionary war and enlisted for three years, and although he was sooner discharged on account of peace, yet he was entitled to a pension under the law of 1818, but could not get it for want of the required proof." She is actually in want of the necessaries of life, and I sincerely hope that the liberality of our Government will soon furnish them for her. She converses with ease and correctness and few persons hear more readily than she does

Please, Sir, excuse the length of my communication. I know that brevity is very desirable - but the peculiar situation of the person for whom I am applying has led me astray.
Very respectfully
Your Obedt. Servt; Hiram Hubbell
P.S. The Pension Certificate of Seth Warren which I send herewith is, I suppose, sufficient proof of his service in the Army of the Revolution.
H. Hubbell

Delwin Hill
My
Delwinna Warner

Richland Oswego Co. N.Y.
Nov. 5, 1836
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Sir,
Enclosed I send the Declaration of Widow Deliverance Warren with further Affidavits & Certificates relative to her application which I hope you will consider sufficient in connexion with the papers before sent to you. You will perceive that she testified in her former Aff. that she knew of no record or documentary evidence of her marriage.
I know of no further testimony that she can obtain unless it is affidavits of respectable neighbors similar to the one made by F. Lewis, but I suppose that will be sufficient.
Resp y Your Obd t Servt
Hiram Hubbell

Nov 10
N.Y.
3 rd Sec.
4 July 1836
Hon. J. L. Edwards Com. t of Pensions Washington City
sent to you

New York
To What time was Seth Warren a prisoner under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of $73.33 paid?
24 March 1835 JH John Hany Esq 3 d Auditor's Office Yours & Place

John Harry Esq

Payments to be made at New York by the Prod. W. Br. Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
New York
Recorded by Geo. H. H. Clerk, in Book D Vol. 5 page 205

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Seth Warren — of the State — of New York — who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army — — — — — is entitled to receive Seventy-three — dollars and Thirty-three cents per annum; during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 14 th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
John C. Calhoun Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16,776 Deliverance Warren Widow of Seth Warren Pr. Rev War
Act July 4 th 36 Index: Vol. M , Page 310
[Arrangement of 1870.]