Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 4478, for Abel Kimball, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Kimball, Abel
S 4478.
CONTENTS
Carded

Abel Abel Kimballs Declaration of Independence
Papers
1779 v Served in the New Hampshire Militia

The State of Ohio Franklin County } ss
On this tenth day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in for the County of Franklin State of Ohio now sitting Able Richard a resident of the Town of Madison in said County of Franklin County of Ohio aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed Jan Seventh AD 1832
He he sustains the service of the United States under the following named officers therein, as here in stated. That he lived in the Town of Rindge in the County of Cheshire State of New Hampshire and that he was drafted as a Militiaman in the Month of July AD 1779 for a term of duty of six months therein in a Company commanded by Captain Emerson which belonged to a Regiment commanded by Col Mooney Major the Major's name was Reynolds. That soon after, he was marched with the Company to Providence in Rhode Island and from there was ordered with a Company as a Pioneer to Ticonderoga & its neighborhood where I remained about three months we then joined our Regiment & was ordered to New York where we found a part of the Continental Army under the command I think of General Gates & from there we returned to Providence where in January 1780 I was discharged after having served a full term of six months. At the time I was discharged I had no written discharge given me but was dismissed as my time was out and I then by relinquish every claim whatever to any pension or annuity except to the present and declare that my name is not on any pension Roll of the Agency of any State. - Subscribed & sworn to me open Court before me D. Aiken, Clerk
Abel Kimball
1 st Question by Court, When & in what place was you born Answer I suppose that I was born in the year 1762 in the Town of Roxbury in Massachusetts
2 Have you any Record of your age & if so when is it Answer I have none, but have seen a Record of the ages of my father's family in the family Bible which is now in my Brother's family
3 Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live

Answer I lived in the Town of Rindge County of Cheshire, and State of New Hampshire, and since the war I continued to live in the same place & in the Town of Jeffrey in the same County State till in November 1811. I then came to Ohio and have lived in the Town of Madison Franklin County where I now live since 1813
4 How were you called in to service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or was you a substitute? and if so for whom
Answer I was drafted
5 State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, when you were. Such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect & the several circumstances of your service
Answer I have no recollection of the names of any other Regular officers than as I have stated. There was while at Newport other Regiments of Militia, I think one from Massachusetts the names of the officers I do not recollect & I think Genl Gates was the Commanding officer
6 Did you ever receive a discharge from the service & if so by whom was it signed & what has become of it
Answer I have no recollection of having a written discharge when my term was out but I might have gone home
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & good behavior your service as a soldier of the Revolution
Answer David Brooks, Joseph Emerson & Rev. Jonathan Winchester
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid J. D. Aiken, Clerk
We Jonathan Winchester a clergyman residing in the Township of Madison and David Brooks residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abel Kimball who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Jonathan Winchester David Brooks.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, in open Court, before me J. D. Aiken, Clerk

And the R. board do certify hereby declare their 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. And the board further certifies, that it appears them that Jonathan Winchester who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the township of Madison, and that David Brooks, who has also signed the same, is a resident of Madison in Geauga County and is a credible person, and their statement is entitled to credit —
The State of Ohio Geauga County p
I, D. D. Aiken, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Abel Kimball, for a pension. In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this eleventh day of September A.D. 1832. D. D. Aiken, Clerk.

7768. Ohio Pittsburgh.
Abel Kimball.
of Attleboro in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Emerson of the Reg't commanded by Col. Mooney in the N. Hamp. line for six months.
3 Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio P'ty. at the rate of 20. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of April 1833. and sent to R. Harper. Haverfield Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 33. 40.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4: Sept. 1833. 10.00
50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm. P. Dabney Clerk, Book C. Vol. 8, Page 117.

17129 - 7.768.
Abel Kimball Ashtabula county Ohio
Ames for 6 months
from 1779 -
1.20 -
R. Harper Harperfield Ohio

BRIEF in the case of Able Kimball of Greanga county in the State of Ohio (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  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. As a Gen.     No. 114 In 1779 6 — Private Capt Col. Moore Ebenezer Dyer  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Cheshire county N.H.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. Bradford. Examining Clerk.

Revman
4478
INVALID.
File No. 4478
Abel Kimball
Prin. A. H. Linc
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 217
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev Secretary of War
Washington City

Harperfield Oct 2 - 1832
Hon. L. C. Chap Secy of War }
In enclosed transmits the applications of Allen Farkis, Abie Kimball, Ezra Linton, James Morrison, Sarah Leaks, & Noah Bewles for Pensions, under the Law of June last, after the examination & determinat- ion at the Department. I should be glad to be informed of the decision as the applicants have entrusted their papers to me & will expect their answer through me.
I am Sir with Great Respect yours
R. Harper
N.B. Sent to me at Harperfield Astabula Co. Ohio

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Able Reinball of Geauga county, Ohio , which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? no
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.