Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,213, for Ebenezer Storer, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Storer, Ebenezer
18213 B.S.W. 1906-200-Subt. Issued June 17, 1794. No papers.
Carded.
CONTENTS

Maine 32002
Ebenezer Storer of Cumberland in the State of Maine.
who was Lieut Paym t in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regiment commanded by Col. Sprout — in the Massachusetts line for two years.
increased from $480. to 560. per annum
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine ,
at the rate of 560. Dollars — Cents per annum,
to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of December
1843
and sent to W. Ray Esq.
Present.
Arrears to the 1 st of September 1843 $ 7000.00
Pension allowance on line 4 th March
1844
280.00
$ 7280.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by F. L. Swann Clerk
Book E. Vol. 1. Page 56.
W. B. Albee 5 th Ray. Nov 14 '44
Sept 26 th Dec 1843

State of New-York,
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS , Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That RICHARD RIKER , Esquire, before whom the annexed Affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Ninth day of September 1818
Benj. Ferris Clerk

Blanche Storer Liet.
being duly are ip all r. J.W. Osm. of Aug.

To the Honorable Richard Piker
Recorder of the City of New-York, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York;
The Declaration of Ebenezer Storer formerly a Lieutenant engaged in the Service of the United States, during the Revolutionary War, and now a Citizen of the United States, and resident of the City of New-York
Respectfully Showeth, that the said Ebenezer Storer received a Commission as an Ensign in the Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment about the first of January 1777 and on the 29 th of September 1779 was promoted to a Lieutenant in the aforesaid Regiment, and actually continued in the service of my country until the army was disbanded in 1783 and was discharged at New Windsor State of New-York after seven years service and at the time I was discharged then belonged to the Second Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Eben. Sprout as commissary their of I was in the Monmouth Action I am now about 60 years of age
And this Declaration further representeth that the said Ebenezer Storer is now a Citizen of the United States, and residing in New-York aforesaid,

and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support;
Therefore he conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," approved, March 18, 1818, and requests that your Honor will examine into the truths of the matters aforesaid, certify and transmit the testimony in this case, and the proceedings had thereon to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, he refers to the Commission enclosed of himself and of hereafter set forth.
Dated, the 19 th day of August 1818
City and County of New-York, ss. Eleazer Hooer
being duly sworn, says, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn the Nineteenth day of Aug t - - 1818 before me,
Eleazer Hooer
J. P. Riker
Recorder of the City of New York
City & County } ss. Samuel Cooper being duly
sworn say the matters in the foregoing set forth by Mr Hooer he believes are true in all respects. The deponent recollects him sworn before me the whole in the army perfectly well Sam l Cooper
20 th day of Aug t 1818 -
J. P. Riker

Twentieth City and County of New-York, ss. Be it Remembered, That on the Nineteenth Twentieth day of August — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me, Richard Riker Recorder of the City of New-York, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York, personally appeared the aforesaid Ebenezer Storer Applicant, and also Samuel Foot  to me known to entitled to the fullest credit, who being by me duly Sworn the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing declaration
Whereupon I being satisfied that the said Applicant did serve in the of the United States, on the Continental Establishment, in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit, for the term and in the manner stated in the declaration of the said Applicant; and that he is fairly and justly entitled to the fit of the said.
Therefore, I do hereby Certify and transmit the testimony in the orgd then proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Lieut Commanding Department of War.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of his of at the City of New-York, the day and about 60 years written.
N. 1.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles Cobb — Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, certify that,
Josiah Pierce is a Magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission is dated March 31 st A. D. 1836 and will expire
March 31 st A. D. 1843.
and that the this is
following genuine.
signature purporting to be
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this ninth day of November Anno Domini 1842.
Charles Cobb Clerk.

No. 35,420
Ebenezer Storer M c Alpine
act 7. June '32
adm?
2 yrs L t Paymaster 480  £
Deduct what has been paid under act 15 May 1828.
A. Ray Present

State of Maine.
Cumberland ss.
On this eighth day of November A.D. 1842. Personally appeared before me Josiah Pierce Esquire, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Ebenezer Storer, a resident of Gorham in said County, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath state, that he is now a pensioner of the United States under act of fifteenth of May A.D. 1828, at the rate of three hundred and twenty dollars per annum, as a Lieutenant in the Massachusetts Continental Line. And now asserts a claim to an increased pension made by act of June seventh A.D. 1832, as Lieut. Paymaster and Clothier in the Second Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Lieut. Col. E. Spratt, Patterson's Brigade. The extra pay in the Staff as Paymaster was twenty dollars per month, and as Clothier ten dollars per month, making thirty dollars per month pay in the Staff, for said service as Lieut. in the Line, and thirty dollars per month in the Staff a claim is now made, at the rate of an Artillery Captain's pension, under act of seventh of June A.D. 1832.
The object of this declaration is to require of the Department, the permission to relinquish the pension made by act of May fifteenth A.D. 1828, at three hundred and twenty dollars per annum as Lieutenant, for the benefit of an increased pension under act of A.D. 1832, at the rate of an Artillery Captain's pension, for the services as Lieut. Paymaster and Clothier, and the payment of the arrears from March 4 th A.D. 1831. The pension certificate is sent to my Agent Mr. Alexander Ray, for the purpose of relinquishing the act of A.D. 1828, for the benefit of the act of 1832.
Ebenezer Storer
Sworn to & subscribed, the day & year above written before me.
Josiah Pierce Justice of the Peace

July 7, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/MCS Ebenezer Storer, S. 18213
Mrs. James O. Woodsmall Memphis Missouri
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War records of William Fore and Ebenezer Storer.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful search of the records fails to show such claim on file on account of the service of a William Fore.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 18213, based upon the military service of Ebenezer Storer, the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
About the first of January, 1777, Ebenezer Storer was commissioned ensign in Colonel Brewer's 12th Massachusetts Regiment. On September 29, 1779, he was commissioned lieutenant in said regiment, which was then commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Sprout, to rank as such from July 8, 1779. He was in the battle of Monmouth and served until the army was disbanded in 1783 at which time he belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's 2nd Massachusetts Regiment. During his service he was regimental paymaster and clothier and after the declaration of peace he was detained until January, 1784, to settle all accounts of pay due his regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 18, 1818, at which time he was aged about sixty years and was living in New York City.

In 1828 he was living at 66 Broadway, New York City. In 1838 he was living at Gorham, Maine, and he was living there in 1843.
In 1819 United States Senator, Clement Storer, wrote to the Pension Office relative to obtaining pension for Ebenezer Storer, relationship not shown. The papers in the claim for pension contain no further data relative to the family of Ebenezer Storer.
On account of the service of Ebenezer Storer as lieutenant in Revolutionary War, Warrant 1906 for 200 acres of bounty land was issued June 17, 1794, by the United States. For information in regard to the location of this land, it is suggested that you address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, Washington, D.C.
For information relative to land that may have been granted Ebenezer Storer by the State of Massachusetts, it is suggested that you address the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Soldier's death not on A.B.

see letter March 1. 1838 to Pension - (He is now a Pensioner under the act of May 15: 1828.) — copies of papers sent to Hon. W.P. Dufour H.R. Feb 2. 1842.
Copied for Sam D. Dufour
6931
New York
Ebenezer Storer
City of New York in the state of New York who was a Lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sprout of the Massachusetts for the term of six years
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of August 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of Feb 1819 and sent to the Hon. Mr Storer of the Senate, U.S.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. \frac{2}{31} + \frac{4}{30} 11.04 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 March 1819. 120. —
$ 131.04
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }

Maine 32002
Ebenezer Storer, of Cumberland in the State of Maine who was a 1 st Paym t in the Compy commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col. Grafton in the Mass. line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 1180 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Nov 1842 and sent to A Ray Esqr. Present.
  Arrears to the 4th of Sep 42  5520.00    Semi-annual allowance ending St. 11. 43  2100.00    deducting pay t under act of     15 May 1825 c 1320  3    allowing for non-attendance,     1800  5760.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Thos. D. Wood. Clerk, Book E. Vol. 1 Page 56.
Reported Church A. Newhall Dec. 8: 1842 Do " " Do. Dec. 13, 1842 Do " A Ray Mar 15 th 1843 " " " " May 27 " " " " " Sep r 27 " " " E Stone Oct 9: 1843

32.002
Maine,
Ebenezer Storer,
of Cumbell , in the State of Maine who was a Lt. Haysn. in the Company commanded by Captain of the Reg t commanded by Col Sprout in the Massa: line for Riparian !
refer. to capt. see letter to Rev. W.
Increased from $500. p r ann.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine , at the rate of 600 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of Dec. 1844 and sent to Alex n Brig. Genl. Present.
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Recorded by F. L. Mann , Cler Book E Vol. 1 Page 56
Revolutionary Claim, Apr. June 7, 1832.
Deduct what has been paid

Consolidated with U.W. Inv. File 18, 213.
42 379
INVALID.
Rev
No.
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Ebenezer Stone
Lint the 1st
Act:
18 th March 18 th
Vol.
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Page
888

Oct. 1/3 1933 Mil. Hist. to Ebon Storer 60 Murray St. New York N.Y.
1936 July 7 hist. to Mrs. James O. Wood. Ames. N.C.
File
Ind

Paymaster there, Appointment from Genl Major Genl McDougle from the 23 rd October 1778

Octob r 7 th 1778 Ensign Storer was Unanimously Chosen By the Officers of the Regiment and y e 13 th Commenc g Doing the Duty of Pay Master to the Regiment, I have Done the Duty to the Acceptance and Satisfaction of Both Officers & Soldiers —
Sam l Cartham d Sam l Cartham d
Ebenezer Storer S.F. 42379 Mass

In consequence of the election on the other side, I do hereby appoint Indign Storner  Storner Paymaster to the late Col Brenner regiment. Done at Head Quarters Dec 15-1861
Feb 11 th 1879, Alex. McDougal He will draw pay from the day he began to collect (March 10 th 1879)

No 35,420 Ebenezer Storer
Maine
Let to A Ray Nov 18. '42
Act. 7. June '32

Revolutionary Claims.
1° 50
Under the Act, entitled, "An Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution;" approved 15 May, 1838.
Certificate of Ebenezer Storer
I Certify that Ebenezer Storer — of New York in the County of — in the State of New York — is entitled to receive pay under the above mentioned Act, as a surviving Lieut. of Infantry — in the Massachusetts Line of the Army of the Revolution, at the rate of Twenty six dollars and sixty six 2/3 cents a month, payable during his life on the third day of March, and third day of September, in each year.
It is provided by law that the said pay, shall not in any way be transferable, or liable to attachment, levy, or seizure, by any legal process whatever.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Treasury of the United States, this third day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine, and of Independence, the fifty fourth.
D. D. N. Graham Secretary of the Treasury
Eng. by Thos. W. Wood

P 18213 INVALID.
File No. 18213
Ebenezer Storer
Lieut & Paymaster Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 363
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ebenezer Storer Lieut. Paymaster & Clothier in the Mass. Line - What pay does his a/c show he received in those grades?
W. Wagner 3rd Auditor
G. M. C.
The a/c of Ebenezer Storer does not show what he received as Pay Master & Clothier - His Commutation which of course did not include Staff pay was at the rate of 1600 Dollars for five years & other benefits appear to have been issued in his favor but the particulars are not ascertained by the Books
P. H.

Sept 18 '49
address Ebenezer me 2d for income
L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pension War Department
A. Root Presk

Washington Sep. 18. 1846.
Sir
I would respectfully ask your attention to the case of Ebenezer Storer et al. an. a pensioner under act of 1837. at the rate of $66. 2 / 3 per month. &c.
This amount was computed for his services as a Lieut. at the rate of $26. 2 / 3 pr mo. and as a Regimental Paymaster taken from the line at the rate of $20 a month; amounting to $66. 2 / 3 the sum he is now in receipt of.
It is shown by a certificate from the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts that Ebenezer Storer was paid $17 pr. mo. for his services; which is, in dollars 56. 2 / 3 . But you say in your letter of the 27 Sep. 1843. "The certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts credits him with $17 pr month as pay, but the Department cannot allow more than the pay of a Lieut and paymaster, as established by Congress, which was $14 pr month."
By a certificate from the same Secretary, presented previous to the one above named; It appears, Ebenezer Storer was "accredited in the regular army books as Regimental Cloths in the 12 Massachusetts Regiment for the years 1779. 1780. 1781. & 1782; and for this united service he was credited with, by the State of Massachusetts agreeably to the resolve of the old Congress of Jan y 12. 1781. which directs - "That the additional pay of a regimental paymaster and cloths, in addition to his pay as an officer in the line, be 30 dollars per month, in lieu of the new emption,"

and that the several States, in making up the depreciation of such officers from the time of their respective appointment calculate upon the additional pay as being 30 dollars per month in lieu."
The pay, Ebenezer Stone no. 2 as a Lieut of the Mass. 14th Regt. and as a Staff Officer. Pay (wages and clothes) 10 making $6.44 or $17 a month as expressed in the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts certificate, filed with the paper. (a copy of which is herewith enclosed.) does this not show that as a Lieut , as regimental pay master , and as a regimental clothier he was entitled under the resolve before referred to, and under the certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts, to be paid with, or $17 or $56 per month entitled the applicant to a pension at the rate of $50 per month as a Lieut. Regimental pay master and clothier - In lieu of the amount of pension he now recd. as pensioner and pay master of $46.44 per month.
I hope this explanation based upon facts, will present the case in a favorable light to your consideration.
I remain Sir
With great respect.
Yours in Sir
Wm. D. D. D.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm' of Pensions

Payment to be made at Portland Maine, by W m Woodbury Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of Maine,
Issue new certificate 2 yrs A. & H. Paymaster
for deduct what has been paid
A. Ray Esq r Present
Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book Vol.
Page by
J. L. Giram Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Ebenezer Storer, of the State of Maine, who was a Lieutenant and Paymaster in the Revolutionary War,
is entitled to receive Five hundred and Sixty dollars and _____ 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. This pension is increased from four hundred and Eighty Dollars per annum.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23 rd day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty forty three.
J. R. [Signature] Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. [Signature]
Commissioner of Pensions.

Oct 17 1843
Marie
Dr. Slaves HE
Inwiceat
Certificate enclosed
L. Edmonds
L. Edmonds Esq
A. Ray
Commission of Pensions

Washington Oct 14. 1833.
Sir
In compliance with your letter of the 27 th Ult. here with enclosed. I now return you the pension certificate of Ebenezer Storer of Maine under act 1832. That a new one may issue at an increased rate.
I have received a long letter from Mr Storer pressing with great earnestness the further increase of his pension as clothes at the rate of $50 pr month instead of $40 00 .
  For alleged his pay as a Lieut in the line . . . . .  $26.66 pr mo    as Paymaster . . . . .  20.    as Clothin. . . . .  10  
Making the amount of $50 00 . This sum in Massachusetts currency is just £17. The payments made to him as per the certificate of the Secretary of State of Mass. Mr Storer refers me to the resolution of Congress of the 12 Jan y 1781. for the payment of a regimental pay master and clothes: and I find in the Journal of Congress of that date the following "That the pay of a regimental pay master and clothes, in addition to his pay in the line to be $30 per month." and the "calculation upon the additional pay as being $30 per month in specie."
The affidavits are now on file in support of Mr Storer's claim as clothes. One from Genl. Small of Maine under act 1831 as an aid-de-camp.

It seems to me, Mr. Stern has just grounds to the claim he now makes for an increased pension to 500 per m. being an increase of $3. 88 to the present allowance; I must add one more remark made by Mr. Stern. He informs me that Lieut. Paymaster, and clerk, Nathan Rees of Connecticut, has been pensioned under act 1832 at $600 per annum.
I submit with great deference the question to you, and,
Remain with great respect, Your Hon. Sir, Alex. Ray
J. A. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions

Pension Office September 27. 1843.
Sir,
In the Case of Ebenezer Storer, the Certificate should be returned for the increased pension to which he is entitled under the act of 7 June 1832.
The Certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts credits him with £17. per month as pay, but the Department cannot allow more than the pay of Lieutenant and Paymaster as established by being up which was £14. per month.
I am my respectful, Your obedt Servant, J. L. Edwards
Alscander May Esq Present,

Apr 27 1843
Maime
Ebenezer D. Stone
L. Edm. ands Esq.
Com te of Pensions
Am. Dept.
A. Ray, prnt.

Washington Ap. 27. 1843.
Sir
The enclosed certificate from the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I have just received from Ebenezer Dyer Esq; a pensioner under act 1837. on the Maine agency as paymaster at the rate of $480 per annum. He claims an additional allowance at the rate of $600. as a "Regimental Clerk" the evidence of his service in that capacity will be shown by the certificate to have been from the year 1779. to 1782.
I am Sir
respectfully
Alex. Ray

July 22. 1843
E. H. H.
blame for inuendo
(Mrs. L. S. Edwards)
L. S. Edwards
Esq.
Rev.
comprised of
Pensions

Washington July 22. 183.
Sir
Several letters have passed between us upon the subject of an increased rate of Eben. Storer's pension under act 1832. Maine agency.
In the last In reply to the last application I made in behalf of Lieut & paymaster Storer for an increase pension at the rate of $600 per annum. You state in your letter of the 27 decr. last. "If the army books at Boston shall show he actually received more than Forty dollars per month in specie, or its equivalent the pension may be increased:
To establish this fact, I now enclose you a letter from Hon. A. Bolles Esq. Secretary of State of Massachusetts. by which it will be shown: Storer received additional pay as Staff Officer from 13 Oct. 1778 to Sept 21. 1779. is 14 mo. 17 days at $9. and for his services from the 1 st day of January to the 21 st Oct. 1780. at 12 months for 17 \frac{1}{2} per month. as Lieut & paymaster. As to the additional pay as a Staff Officer from Oct 1778. to 31 Oct 1780 being in specie or its equivalent I presume a doubt cannot arise, as this question has already been considered and settled. I give a decision of a late date: It is the case of Andrew Bradford deceased late of Massachusetts. He was originally pensioned under act 1832. at the rate of $320 a year as Paymaster

upon an exhibit application, and an exhibit from the Sec y of State of Massachusetts showing Andrew Bradford served 36 months as paymaster at $12 pr. mo. to Dec r 1779. and as Lieut a & paymaster from the 1 st Land t to the 31 st Dec r 1780 12 mo s at $17 per month. The claim was examined and allowed as follows. 12 mo s . Paymaster at $12 pr. mo. $144. 12 months Service as a Lieut a & pay t . at $17 pr. mo. 204 $348.
You will perceive that Bradford and Storer performed the same service in different regiments for the year ending Dec r 31. 1779. and both received the same pay per mo s . Storer, however, it will be seen in his served 14 mo s . 1780. at $9. Extra pay in the Staff before. Bradford was appointed a Lieut a in addition to his staff app t ointment.
I have shown precisely the actual payment made to Ensign Lieut a & paymaster Storer, at a rate which entitles the applicants for the year service to a pension at the rate of $600 per annum. and the claim is rejected under act 7 Jan 1832. at this rate.
I remain Sir,
Yours. Respectfully
Alb. Ray
J. L. Edwards Esq. Court of Pensions
Massachusetts Oct 23 rd 1832

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, April 19. th 1843.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that by an original Receipt book, that Ebenezer Horer enlisted for three years, or during the War of the Revolution, and that his name is subscribed to said book as Ensign and pay master in Colonel Brewer's Regiment October 7 th 1779 as having received the bounty of Shoes, Shirts and Stockings, which were ordered to be given to all "Captains, Subalterns and Staff officers" who should engage for three years, or during the war, by a Resolve of the General Court of Mass ts dated March 13 th 1778. He is also accredited in the regular Army books as "Regimental Clothier in the 12 th Mass. Regiment for the years 1779. 1780. 1781. & 1782." In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno A. Bolles Secretary of the Commonwealth.

✓ 50
Alfred Ray Esq. Washington. D.C.
double only
spec.

Secretary's Office Boston
Feb. 23' 40
Sir
Yours of the 21 st ult o & 15 th inst. have been rec d & the inquiry instituted as desired. Below I send you Memoranda of the results of the search, & will send Certificates if you wish.
Resp t yours
Alex r Ray. Esq
M c A r Bolles
In the case of L t Eben r Storer — the following minutes taken from the Army books, show all which appears relative to his service.
He is credited by his service from 1 st Jan y 1777 to 31 Dec r 1779 — 36 mo s — viz. 30.5 Ensign at L t Col y — And further — as "L t paymaster" — 5.25 Lieut. P 8 }
"By depreciation on additional pay as Staff Officer from 13 th October 1778 to Dec r 31. 1779 is 14 mo s 17 days at L t 9 — deduct value."
"By his service from the 1 st day of Jan y to the 31 st day of Dec r 1780 is 12 months at L t 17 per month." Nothing appears of his service as clothier . The Army books in this Department bear no date later than Dec r 1780. there are a few scattered rolls of partial services in the regular

line in 1781, 1782 of some of the regiments only,
A certificate of the service of Luther Fairbank of Lancaster is made out as requested. Mr Ray asks for a further certificate, "if there is reason to suppose that it was the same Luther Fairbank who served 8 months as corporal in Capt: Kelloggs Comp: Col. Ward's regt. in 1775." The latter is borne on the 6 mo. rolls as from Northfield ; and there are no means of forming any conjecture whether they refer to the same individual or not.
The constant and extreme pressure of business in the office has prevented an earlier examination.
In answer to his letter of Feb: 15 th , as noted in the preceding respecting the Army books, that the latest dates are Dec: 1780, nothing can be ascertained respecting the appointment of Capt: Sewall as aid de camp in 1781, and his name does not appear on any of the few rolls above referred to — but the following minutes are furnished as taken from his accounts in the books. He is credited in them, made up to 31 Dec: 1780, "By depreciation on additional pay as Staff Officer from Feb: 9. 1778 to Dec: 31. 1779 is 22 months 21 days at £5.10/ & £1.10" and on the account is noted the following — "The above additional pay is by a certificate dated Highlands April 1. 1782 signed R d Perick D.C.G. Masters" "cert d 20. Novem: 1782."
(Fees for examination and certificate $1.)

Feb-16 1843
Marie,
Ebenezer Stone.
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions

Washington
July 18. 1843
Sir/
In presenting the two affidavits enclosed, I have to remark they were obtained with a view to augment the pension of Paymaster Ebenezer Storer in addition to the amount he now receives under act 1832. of $480 on the main agency. By reference to his declaration you will find he asserts his pay to have been $100 per month as clothes. in addition to the amount he rec d as paymaster, and these affidavits are presented in support of the increase.
Capt. Henry Sewall is now a pensioner under act 15 May 1828. and from 1781. was an aid. de. Camp. to M. General Heath. in the absence of record evidence the affidavit from so highly respected a person as aid-de. Camp Sewall in connection with Eight Smith Bacon's it is hoped will be deemed sufficient to entitle Mr Storer to an increased rate of pension of $100 per month. as clothes.
I am very respectfully Gum. On Ser Alex. Ray
J. L. Edwards Esq Com r of Pensions.

I Henry Sewall of Augusta in the State of Maine, aged ninety, hereby certify, that I was Captain of a Company in the 2. Massachusetts Regiment of the army of the revolution, commanded by Lt. Colo. Comd. Ebenezer Droot, & Gen. Paterson's Brigade; that I well knew Mr. Ebenezer Storer who was, during & at the close of the revolutionary war, Lieutenant , Paymaster , & Clothier to the said company & regiment; & was paid for each of those divisions of service; the last mentioned however, according to my best recollection, was a regimental appointment with regimental compensation.
H. Sewall
State of Maine } January 20. 1843
Kennebec ss }
Personally appeared before me the above named Henry Sewall and made oath that the foregoing certificate by him made is just and true.
Joseph J. Eveleth Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
County of Kennebec ss.
I the undersigned Clerk of the Judicial Courts held within & for said County of Kennebec do certify that Joseph J. Eveleth is a Justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned & qualified and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this twentieth day of January Anno Domini 1843. J. B. Nichols.

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles Bell
Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, certify that, Josiah Pierce of Gorham is a Magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that his Commission is dated March 31. A. D. 1836. and will expire March 31. A. D. 1843.
and that the following his are genuine.
signature purporting to be
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this First day of February Anno Domino 1843.
Charles Cobb
Clerk.

State of Maine County of Cumberland Town of Gorham
I Timothy Bacon of said Gorham hereby certify & swear that I was in the Army of the Revolution in the Massachusetts line - and well knew Ebenezer Storer, who was a Lieutenant, Paymaster, & Clothier in the Second Massachusetts Regiment, & that he acted and received pay, for each division of said duties
Dated at Gorham this 28 th day of January.
Witness my hand this 28 th twentieth day of January A.D. eighteen hundred and forty three
Witness Josiah Pierce.
Timothy Bacon
State of Maine, Cumberland County ss.
Town of Gorham January 28. A.D. 1843
Then personally appeared the above named Timothy Bacon & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him signed before me
Josiah Pierce Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify that I have for many years been personally acquainted with Lieutenant Timothy Bacon above named, & that he is a man of good moral character, & of the strictest veracity.
Josiah Pierce, Justice of the Peace.

Gorham - Maine - Jan. 18. 1843
Statement of Ebenezer Storer, of the Army of the Revolution.
I, Ebenezer Storer, of the Town of Gorham, State of Maine, do hereby testify that I served in the army of the Revolution in the three last capacity, of Lieut. Paymaster & clothier; & that I received pay for each division of those duties, a given sum as Lieut.; another & separate allowance for Paymaster; & another & separate allowance for Clothier.
Witness my hand & seal this Eighteenth day of January A.D. Eighteen hundred & forty three.
Witness Josiah Pierce
Ebenezer Storer

State of Maine Cumberland ss January 20. 1843.
Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace of the town of Gorham, County of Cumberland, Ebenezer Storer of said town, County, & made oath to the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God that the within statement is true.
Josiah Pierce Justice of the Peace.

Answered Dec 13, '42

Maine Bank
Portland December 9 th 1842
Sir
Your letter of the 5 th Inst. came to hand this day. We now enclose you the Pension Certificate of Ebenezer Hovey as requested.
Very Respectfully
Your Obedient Servt.
A. Marshall Priest
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

FREE
D. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Maine Bank Portland Nov. 29 th 1842
Sir,
We have rec d . your letter of the 24 th inst. and do not know that we understand it, is Ebenezer Storer the Pensioner mentioned is to to receive an additional pension of $146.66 under the act of 7 th June 1832, in which case there would be due him $1686.59. or is his pension reduced from $320 from 4 th March 1831 under act of 15 th May 1828. to $146.66. in which case he would be a debtor to the U. States in the sum of $1993.41. on the 4 th Sept. 1842.
Very Respectfully your Ob st . Serv t ,
A. Marshall Post
B. G. Edwards Esq r , Commissioner of Pensions Washington

16. Nov 1842
No 6.
Ebenezer Stone
Marin
and the
to
J. L.
Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of
Pensions—

Washington Nov. 16 th 1842.
Sir
I enclose you an application from Lieut Ebenezer Storer of Durham Main, a pensioner under act 15 May 1828. at the rate of $320 pr. annum. The object of the declaration being made, is to relinquish the act 1828. for the benefit act 7 June 1832. The claim is asserted upon the fact, that he served, as a Lieut. paymaster and doctor in the 2 nd Massachusetts Regt. In a former letter he says, his name will be found on the 2 nd Regt. Mass. vol. as Lieut. paymaster. - I hope you will find the evidence sufficient to allow a pension under 1832. at the rate of $600 pr. annum.
I am never respectfully Sir H. S. Ray
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions

Payment to be made at Portland, Me., by W. Newhall Esqr Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book 6. Vol. 1 Page 56 by Thos Moody Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Ebenezer Storer, of Maine
who was a Lieutenant & Paymaster in the Revolution,
is entitled to receive Four hundred & Eighty dollars and 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. Payments under Act 15 May 1828 to be deducted, at rate of $320 per annum.
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this 23 d day of
November one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.
John C. Spencer Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

New notification Sent Dec. 13. 42

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
November, 24, 1832
Sir:
Be pleased to inscribe on your roll the name of Olney Storer a Revolutionary Pensioner, at the rate of 111.6 dollars and 66 cents per annum; commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, under the act of June 7, 1832, and pay his pension up to the time of the last semi-annual payment, if he should be still living; and, if not, you will pay the money due up to the day of his death.
Pensions under the above act are to be paid immediately on the production of the proper vouchers. The amount accruing from 4th March 1831 under Act 15 th May 1828 at rate of $320 to be deducted; am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant
To the Agent for paying Pensioners at Portland Maine

House of Reps -
Jan. 19. 1842.
Sir -
I enclose a copy of a letter from You to Elbert Hovey. He is a pensioner, but has petitioned for certain arrears. What I want to send is that he is regularly borne on the Pension list, and that for a certain period he has received no pension & why -
Will you please return the enclosed copy with the other papers, & oblige Your obedt. Servt.
W. P. Faperd
Hon. S. L. Edwards

Gosham, State Maine Feb y 21 st 1830
Sir As an old revolutionary Officer, with to be informed if I may obtain my back Pension due me under the resolve of Congress of the 10 th March 1818 as a Lieutenant in the Army of the revolution, is inscribed on the list, roll of the New York Agency at the rate of $20 per month, to commence on the 19 th Aug t 1818 as by Mr Calhoun's certificate who was then Secretary War, dated 13 th of Feb y 1819, under this resolve I rec d in March 1819 $130 in Sept r 1820 & again in April 1820 $120 whole amount as of certificate from the Pension Office New York signed Wm Livingston Clerk. in $370 as you will find recorded and no more under said resolve, nearly 9 years & 9 months, is due me until a further resolve of Congress 15 th May 1820 which gave the Officers full pay for life, under this resolve I have & continue to receive my pension as per my pay certificate N o 30 signed by Ingham Sec y of War at 26 2 / 3 per month — as I am in my 80 th year of my age you'd excuse me for troubling you, as I know of no other way whereby I can obtain true information of my claim, please be advise me when convenient, and shall consider myself under great obligations for of attention, with great respect Yrs. Affec t . Serv t Eben r Dyer

I am informed that many have used them by a lots residue, under the like circumstances as myself (with Dr. D.)
E. S.
As I wish to James H. Causton Esq. to make this enquiry for me, but several weeks has passed away w th o ut answer, suppose him to be absent.

Washington Feb. 9 1819
Sir, Eben t Storer of New York, a Revolutionary Officer who served during the whole war applied last June or July for his pension, he informs me he has no information from the department on the subject, as I know him to be a proper subject for a pension I wish you to inform me if any further evidence will be required in his case.
Clement Storer U.S.S.
M c Edwards

Mrs. James O. Woodsmall
- Memphis -
Missouri
Apr. 29 / 36
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Gentlemen: I wish to establish Revolutionary record of William Fore who was Born 5/2/1749 and died in Henry Co. Kentucky 1810 or 11 It is a family tradition that in 1783 he had a land grant of 20 acres in Prince Edward Co. Va.
Do you have record of this land grant or any other bounty which might prove his service? (He married Madaline Loe in 1775)
Thanking you for a prompt reply I am yours truly
Mrs. J. O. Woodsmall (over)

P.S. Also Wish to establish Rev. Service Record of only Ebenezer Storer who received a land grant in Maine following the War.
Do you find record of such as a bounty for his services in Revolution?
Thanks -
Mrs J. O. Woodsmall

1610 EBEN STORER, STATIONER, PRINTER, LITHOGRAPHER AND Blank Book Manufacturer,
60 & 62 MURRAY STREET,
New York.
Sept 2 189 3
Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir
Being anxious to obtain record of service of Ebenezer Storer in Revolutionary War. information of same. will be appreciated
Yours Resp t
Eben Storer

EBEN STORER
1000 N. 10th Street
Blank Post Manufacturing
New York
60 & 62 Murray Street

MAR 26 1891
SEAL
S. Victor Comstock NY March 23 1891 Ebenezer Storer Me wrote July 6 for more data —

Thornall Squires & Constant,
Attorneys & Counselors. 120 Broadway.
EDWARD V. THORNALL. JAS. DUANE SQUIRES. S. VICTOR CONSTANT.
New York, March 23rd, 1891.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir;
Will you have the kindness to furnish me with a copy of whatever memoranda you have on file in your office relating to the services of one, Ebenezer Storer of Wells, Maine. He was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War. The above information is desired by his son, who is now living in this City, to enable him to complete family records and also to prepare the necessary papers for membership in the Society of the Sons of the Revolution, a duly incorporated Society under the Laws of the State of New York.
Yours respectfully,
S. Victor Constant
18213 Storer Mfg

On Service [Signature]
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commision Pensions
Washington - [Signature]
Anneus Oct 1843
Oct 1843 Berg. Mus.
Berg. Mus. Bureau Museum

On Service [Signature]
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commision Pensions
Washington [Signature]
Anne Oct 8 1843
Oct 11 1843 Eben. Dins
Ebenezer Dins Bathurst Mass

Gosham Nov 3, 1863
Sir I recd a letter from Alwanda Bray says saying that you have allowed arrears to my present rate of Pension an increase of $100 for my clothing making $560 only. Mr. Ray says he presented an order 25 th July last that, recd 56 th month - recd Oct. 26 th as Paymaster $20 and in clothing $10 per month and would further refer you to a resolve of Congress in the State Library Boston kept in the office of the Land Agent and in the seventh volume Page Fourteenth paragraph Para 19 th 1900 from which the following is an extract that the pay of a regimental Paymaster also clothing in addition to the pay as an officer in the line be thirty dollars per mo, if you have not any knowledge of such a resolve & write me to furnish a copy duly attested I will readily give you and you but I hope you will consider it unnecessary and that you have documentary & other evidence sufficient to allow the full amount of my claim as clothing which is $120 a year to be added to my present certificate I feel fully assured you will think my claim just after mature consideration. For as my claim as clothing is allowed by the above resolve of Congress I don't see any reason why it should be cut short. I am very respectfully your very humble Servt J. L. Edwards Esq.      Ebenezer Storer Commissioner Pensions Washington D.C.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
For Colonel Oliver Gear Greeting. We, Reposing especial trust confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to Lieutenant in the First Pennsylvania Regiment in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the fifth day July 1779 . You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And we do hereby charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Lieutenant and you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the States.
42379
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board
Attest
Ben Mear
Secretary of the Board of War
Witness His Excellency John Hancock President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia the 29 day of September 1779, and in the year of our Independence.
John Hancock President

Nov. 23. 1849
By Ben. Antrobus
Henry James
Com o of Penna. & Md.
J. L. Edwards Esq.

Washington Mr. 23 rd 1844
Sir,
In compliance with your letter of the 14 th inst. I now return herewith the pension certificate of Ebenezer Storer under act 1831. That a new one may issue at the rate of Six hundred dollars per annum.
I am Sir
Very respectfully
Ab. N. Vay
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Dec 22 nd 73
Ebenezer Dane Will 32
increased to $560 per share
L Edwards & Co A. Ray Present Coin of Punnas
Eb: Stone enter.

Washington Sept 22 nd 1843.
Sir
On the 14 th of October (Saturday) I addressed a letter to you, enclosing a pension certificate in the case of Ebenezer Storer of Maine under act 1832. for a new one at an increased rate. The letter was presented within two, or three days after your return from Philadelphia. and very much regret to learn it has been placed out of its regular order and cannot now be found. Mr Storer is very solicitous about his certificate, which induces me to annex a copy of my letter to you of the 14 th Oct. With the hope, as the old certificate is now in your office and cannot be found, under the circumstances, you may be induced to issue a new one. without further delay.
Your most obedt Servt
Alec. Ray.
Mr L Edward G Cons of Pension }
copy.
Washington Oct 14. 1843
Sir
In compliance with your letter of the 27 th ult. herewith enclosed; I now return you the pension certificate of Ebenezer Storer of Maine under act 1832. That a new one may issue at an increased rate. I have received a long letter from Mr Storer pressing with great earnestness the further increase of his pension as clothing at the rate of $50 pr m. instead of $46.66
None alleged

his pay as a Lieut in the line $ 26.66. per m th . as paymaster . . . . . 20.- as clothier . . . . . 10
Making the amount of $56. 66 this sum in Massachusetts currency is just $17. the payment made to him as per the certificate of the Secretary of State of Mass. Mr Storer refers me to the resolution of Congress of the 12 Jan y 1787. for the payment of a regimental pay master and clothier: And I find in the Journals of Congress of that date the following. "That the pay of a regimental pay master and clothier in addition to his pay in the line to be $30 per month" and the "calculation upon the additional pay as being $30 per month in specie"
The two affidavits are now filed in support of Mr Storer's Service as clothier. One from Gen l Greville of Maine under ad. 1832; as an aid-de-camp. It seems to me Mr Storer has just grounds to the claim he now makes for an increased pension to $50 p. m th . It being an increase of $3. 33 1/3 to the present allowance, I must add one more remark made by Mr Storer. He informs me that, Lieut. paymaster & clothier, Nath o Beers of Connecticut, has been pensioned under act 1832. at $600 per annum.
I submit with great deference the question to you and
remain with great
respect Your Br. Ser.
Alex. Day
J. L. G. D. W. Esq. Com d of Pensions

No of org. Pamt 15.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
9 th June 1828
Ebenezer Storer of the City in the County of and in the State of New York has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the Second regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary N. Skinner
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
June 10 th 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Lieut. Ebenezer Storer in the Massachusetts line, amounting to fifteen hundred dollars.
It further appears that he is now on the pension list of any agency, and has been since the 3 rd March 1826.
John Hagan Auditor

State of New-York, } ss. CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK,
I, NICHOLAS DEAN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County, Do hereby Certify,
THAT  Richard H. Ware Esq. before whom the Annexed deposition were made, was on the day when the same were so made a Commissioner duly appointed and sworn, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths, and take affidavits to be read in all Courts of Record within the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this fifth day of June 182 8
N. Dean

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an Act, entitled, "AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF CERTAIN SURVIVING OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY OF THE REVOLUTION," approved on the 15th day of May, 1828, I, Ebenezer Storer of the City and in the County of New York in the State of New York do hereby declare, that I was an Officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the War at which period I was a Lieutenant in the Second Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Lt Colo Cummington Ebenezer Storer and that I was also Paymaster and Quarters in said Regiment
And I also declare, that I afterwards received Certificates (commonly called Commutation Certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March, 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st of October, 1780.
And I further declare that my Commission is now in the War Department and was sent to that Department when Mr. Calhoun was Secretary of War. Witness my hand this fourth day of June 1828 before me
Ebenezer Storer
R.R. Ward
Commissioner & Residence N o 66 Broadway
BEFORE ME. Richard R. Ward a Commissioner duly authorized to administer oaths in the City and County of New York in the State of New York personally appeared, this day, Samuel Cooper and William Popham of the said County, who did, severally, make oath, that Ebenezer Storer by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an Officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this fifth day of June in the year
1828
R.R. Ward Commissioner
James M c Pherson Notary Public

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Sir
New York June 6 th 1820
Agreeable to your public notice in the Intelligencer, I have executed & tendered a declaration after the form prescribed by you, of my rank in the line of the Army of the revolution, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of Congress approved the 15 th May last for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the revolution. My rank in line agreeable to my Commission was a Lieutenant, but was Paymaster to the Reg t for which I was allowed $20 pr m & a Quarters of the same at $10 pr m all in addition to my pay according to my Commission from the year 1778 until in the whole to $56 00 67, for these extra Officers, I hope there is a liberal allowance made, which may entitle me to receive the full pay of a Captain the line - I was desirous for to remain & settle all accounts of pay & arrears, due to the 2 d & 12 th M th Reg t after the peace, which detained me several months until Jan y . 1784 - my Commission was sent to Washington, while Mr. Calhoun was Sec y War and as you say all commissions after being registered will be returned, hope you will order mine to be enclosed, as also the amt s of money I may be entitled to receive to me at my residence in this City N o 66 Meadway & with the greatest respect y r Ob t Serv t Ebenezer Storer