Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2060-100, Zachariah Warner, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Warner, Zachariah
B.L. Mt 2060-100
CONTENTS

Daniel Lombard. Deposition
Zachariah Warner N o . 2060

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss
Hampden County } ss
I Daniel Lombard of Springfield, in said County; aged Seventy years being duly sworn, depose and say that I was well acquainted with Zachariah Warner, late of this Town of Springfield, decd. That the said Zachariah Enlisted as a Soldier in The Army of the Revolutionary War, and as I always understood served to the close of The same. That at the termination thereof, he the said Zachariah returned to this Town of Springfield, where he continued to reside until some time during the continuance of the last War with Great Britain, or as near as I can recollect about the year 1813. he the said Zachariah departed this life: That the said Zachariah was a married man, and at his decease left several children, him surviving, but I cannot now recollect the names of each of each, and every one of the children of said Zachariah, but am well acquainted with Levi & Peter Warner, who are the reputed sons, and heirs of said Zachariah, and both reside in this Town of Springfield, but of the rest I have no present knowledge.
Daniel Lombard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden County ss. Aug. 19. 1834 Then personally appeared Daniel Lombard and made solemn oath to the truth of the deposition above by him subscribed before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Daniel Lombard and his character for truth & veracity is good.
William Bliss Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire ss.
I Justin Willard Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for said County, the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has this day been addressed to said Court, that Zachariah Warner late of Springfield in said County deceased was a Revolutionary Soldier - that he served about six years & a half of the period of the Revolutionary war, in the Massachusetts line - that he died about twenty one years ago at said Springfield - that his children & all the children he ever had, were, James, John, Peter, Jacob, Zachariah, Moses & Levi C. - And that said Peter, John, Moses, & Levi C. are still living - that said James is deceased having left three children viz: James Henry & Rebecca who are all living - 3 James is also deceased having left no issue - 3 Zachariah is also deceased having left no issue, and that the abovenamed are the only heirs at law of the said Zachariah Warner first abovenamed deceased.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Springfield this eighteenth day of August A D 1834
Justin Willard Clerk

Bounty Land Office 3 d Sept. 1834
Hon. Lewis Cass Esqr Secretary of War
Bounty Land Office Washington
Bounty Land Office

Rec d Sep. 3 rd 1839

Boston. Massachusetts
August 28 th 1834
Sir
Your favour of the 25 th Instant is received, enclosing Land Warrant no 2060. for 100 acres in the right of the heirs of Zachariah Warner Deed who was a Soldier in the Mass ts line, in the revolutionary Army, The receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. On my way hitherto, when at Belcher town, in Hampshire County Mass ts , I was importuned by the heirs of John Freeman Deed, late a pensioner of the United States under the act of 1818; who said at that place several years since; To ascertain whether a Warrant has ever issued in satisfaction of the claim of said John Freeman , or his heirs, said John, is represented as having served in the Connecticut line, in the Revolutionary War from the commencement until its close; and was a colonel man.
The heirs of said John, says that about two years since, M c Lewis Wakeley of Greene County N.Y. made out the papers of application, in said claim and since that time, said heirs have not heard as to the result of the application.
Please to inform me whether a Warrant has issued in satisfaction of said claim, and forward the same to me at this place.
Very Respectfully Sir I am Your Obedient Servant
Reuben Baldwin
Hon. Secretary of War Washington

Heirs of Zachariah Warner

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
State of Massachusetts } ss. Hampden County. }
I, Levi C. Warner a son and one of the heirs at law to Zachariah Warner deceased, do upon oath testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, Zachariah Warner aforesaid, about, or in the year 1777 entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War:" and that he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the same, when he received an honorable discharge at the termination thereof, from the Third Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Colonel Mellon and when he was a Private.
I further testify that my father, the aforesaid Zachariah Warner departed this life in this Town of Springfield in said County in the year 1813 and did not to my knowledge ever draw a pension from the United States.
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to Zachariah Warner aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever:
All Men By these Presents, that I Levi C. Warner aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin of Freehold in the State of New York my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Bounty Land due me and the other heirs at law of Zachariah Warner aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 18 th day of August in the year 1834.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered, in presence of
William Bliss
Levi C. Warner
Hampden County, ss.
Be it known that on this 18 th day of August in the year 1834 Before the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Levi C. Warner subscriber to the above declaration, who made solemn oath to the truth of the same: and likewise acknowledged the power of attorney thereunto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; dated at Springfield in said County the day and year above mentioned.
William Bliss
Justice of the Peace.
State of Massachusetts } ss. Hampden County. }
I, John Ingersoll Clerk of the Court of Hampden County, do hereby certify, that William Bliss before whom the foregoing declaration was sworn, and the subjoined power of attorney purports to have been acknowledged, is and was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, in and for the County of Hampden duly commissioned sworn and qualified by law to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice, and verily believe the signature purporting to be his is genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court and subscribed my name at Springfield this 10 th day of August - in the year 1834.
John Ingersoll

Rev. C. Warner July 7. 1843
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20. 60 Rev
Rev.
As this vagrant report often appears in a land warrant perhaps a military one, I have thought it would be well to send it to you.
July 6. 1843
W. Gordon
[Large, stylized signature or initials, possibly "W. Gordon"]
W. Gordon P.O. Box 10 New York July 6. 1843
Rev. C. Warner July 7. 1843

Westfield June 26 1843
Mr Smith Sir it appears by Mr E. D. is no more therefore I have wrote to your honor concerning the land war ant of a Quichuan woman on a soldier of the revolution employed woman Deborah Calken has got the warrant sent it to you, I promised to me and I would of fifteen dollars which which George of Springfield to him and took the warrant and returned it to Washburn for the due now how is Calken come thing to do with with this warrant I have paid him his due demands what more can he do for as the warrant is out of his hands and he has got his pay if he has got his pay what more the warrant was sent by George Calken if Springfield to receive the due but it appears that the vict im widow is going to be added to the sum among been sick. and I don't know and the more as far as I know can gain more from your honor Calken has nothing to do and he if present will so he put it out of of his hands
No. 2060. for 100 acres of 25 th Aug st 1836 to Peter Warner & John, heirs of Zach ry Warner, James, Mary & John sent to Peter Warner

I wish Sir one more return from you Sir please to tell me where I can find the place of Mr. Fairchild and his residence and how to gain my land from him has the the Deed and can or is there some chance for me
Westfield P
Mass C Hainder
Sir yours humbly Sir B. Warner