Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15009, for Asael Landers, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
99 Mass
Landers, Asael Mercy
W. 15.009
CONTENTS

1819 March 19 G. Sanders - history On or
Reported
2173, Massachusetts Mercy Sanders widow of Asael Sanders who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Mass.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 53 Dollars 67 . Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Sept. 1848 . and sent to Geo. J. Tucker Henry Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 83 , Vol. 2 ,

15.137 Massachusetts
Israel Saunders of Berkshire in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Reason on entering the Regt commanded by Col. Spewell in the Mass line for 10 months & 3 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 53 - Dollars - 67 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18th day of May 1833 and sent Charles Sedgwick Senoy Mass
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $107.54 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept " 26.85 $134.17
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. H. Garrison Clerk. Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 11
In. c. un to Accts & Pay Jan 1843 Feb. 21, 1843
The 31 May 1835 to Charles Sedgwick Esq.

FAMILY RECORD
MARRIAGES.
MARRIAGES.
Keep in mind the memory of your Ancestors James Sanders was married to Lucretia Butler May 29 th A.D. 1844 By the Rev. Samuel Shepard.
Memory of your Ancestors William Landers was married to Martha Hoyt May 14 th 1812 By John Horn, D.D.

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FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
James Sanders was Born August 7 th 1789
James Sanders
Marcellus Sanders was Born June 20 th 1791
Born July 8 th 1789
Caleb Sanders was Born October 16 th 1794
Harriet Sanders was Born May 9 th 1797
Virginia Sanders was Born April 21 st 1799
Franklin Sanders was Born Feb y 9 th 1801
Lucy Maria Sanders was Born July 22 nd 1805 —

No 19145
Dear Landlord.
Paid 16 Mos & 3 days
7. 333 34
5867
Chas. Sedgwick Seneca Mop

BRIEF in the case of Israel Saunders of Berkshire County in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court Justice of the Peace.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? No  3. How old is he? 68 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. Gen. Col.     In 1782 — Enlisted for three years Served during the War was discharged 30th June 1784. — Refer to his application for a pension in 1848 & the papers accompanying it — Private 5th Regt. Commanded of the Infantry, Massachusetts, — Col. Russell, a Col. Colonel  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Leicester, Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence — Refer to papers on file in the War Office —  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
B. H. Pleasant Examining Clerk.

I Major S. Wilson of Bridgewater in the County of Bristol Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, do hereby say, that I hold the office of Clerk of the Town of Bridgewater in the County of Bristol aforesaid, & that I have examined the Records of all Marriages within said Town from the commencement of said Records in the year 1741, to the present time and do not find any Record of the Marriage of Asahel Sanders and Ann, dated that his Marriage is not recorded on the Records of said Town. — And I further certify that I have examined the Records of Births in said Town as now, and the following is a true Copy of the Records, viz. James Sanders Son to Asahel Sanders and Mercy, his Wife was born August 17 th 1789 a — And I also testify that there are no Marriages recorded on the Records of said Town prior to year 1800. — Major Wilson
Bridgewater Dec. 28 th 1843. Then the above named Major S. Wilson Clerk of the Town of Bridgewater, made oath to the truth of the above deposition which was read before me, and I certify that I am personally acquainted with S c Wilson & know him to be a person of strict veracity in all respects a credible Witness. Geo. A. Folsom Justice of the Peace.
The above is the signature of Rev. J. Tucker I know he is a person of strict veracity 11 July 1843 G. H. Briggs

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Berkshire ss. On this
Ninth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty two, per- sonally appeared before the Judges of the Court of Probate in & for said County, Mercy Sanders of Benoy in said County aged seventy six years, at her dwelling house in said Benoy, she being unable by reason of bodily infirmary to appear in Court, and being first duly sworn according to law, on her oath makes the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows". — That she is the Widow of Asahel Sanders, deceased who was a private in the Army of the Revo- lution, as will appear by the accompanying Service Certificate bearing date May 18, 1833, & which was in his possession at the time of his death, he being the identical Asahel Sanders therein mentioned. — She further declares that she was married to the said Asahel Sanders by the Rev Mr. Munson then pastor of the Congregational Society in said Benoy at the home of the said Munson in the month of July or August in the year one thousand seven hundred & eighty eight, but by reason of old age & infirmity & the con- sequent loss of memory, she is unable to state with more precision than as above the time of said Marriage, & there is not & has never been to her knowledge a family record thereof, and it will appear by the accompanying proof that no record thereof can be found in the Church or Town, which had same to its place where she & said Asahel thereafter resided

until his death, and she knows of no person now living, who was present at said Marriage, except Dolly Scudder residing in the State of New York - The Quideyol, Supper Marital Act, is a copy taken from the Bible of the said Israel, now in her possession & is a true Record of the Births of the Children of the said Israel & Mary, and is in the handwriting of one of her sons -
That her husband the aforesaid Israel Simons died at Said Union on the twenty fourth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred & forty two; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January Second hundred & thirty four, in the year aforesaid. She also states, that she has not intermarried since the death of said Israel, but remains his Widow. —
Mercy her L. Landon Mark
S. Aug 1/42
Werkshire ss. subscribed and sworn to by the said Mercy Landon the day and year aforesaid.
Before me, W. P. Walker Judge of Probate
The words "except Dolly Scudder residing in the State of New York" were interlined before being signed W. P. W.

Berkshire Mass
Isaac Sanders application for a Pension
12.145

Ad Sanders of Lenox in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the act of Congress passed June 1832 does on oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows that he enlisted at Lenox a few weeks in the month of April 1782 for three years that after his enlistment he went to Springfield in Massachusetts where he was mustered & that afterwards in the month of May or June of the same year he joined the army at West Point where he entered the fifth Regiment of Infantry of the Massachusetts line commanded by Col: Kimball, that he served during the war & was discharged by order of Brigat. Genl. Sackson on the 30 th day of June 1784. That he served in the Regiment aforesaid & the Company commanded by Capt. Benson or Capt. Follen & which he cannot recollect his memory being imperfect until the close of the war & that at that period having enlisted for 3 years he was transferred to the first Massachusetts Regiment & served in the company commanded by Capt. Col Mills & a part of the time & a part of the time the company he belonged to was commanded by Capt. Bolles - That he was with Genl. Washington in New York after the City was evacuated by the British & then he was in the company of Capt. Bolles, or Bowles that he is not sure he has been on the pension Roll - That he applied for a pension under the law of May 1828 & that his claim was rejected

for the reason, set forth in the letter of Mr Secretary Rankin L. Hunt to annexed - & the applicant annexes hereto his original discharge & begs leave to refer to his original application papers in the War Office at Washington Lenox Aug. 1. 1832. - } the said Sanders is in the sixty ninth year of his age. —————
Isaac Sanders
Berkshire ss. Aug. 1. 1832.
Then personally appeared Isaac Sanders & subscribed the foregoing declaration made oath to the truth of the same Before me J. D. Cook Not. Just. Peace
We Joseph Tucker Register of Deeds & County Treasurer for the County of Berkshire & Daniel Williams Esq. of Lenox do testify that we are residents of the town of Lenox that we have been personally acquainted with Isaac Sanders who signed the foregoing declaration for upwards of thirty years that he has always reputed to be a soldier in the Revolutionary war & to have served to the end of the war - that said Sanders is a highly respectable man in believing to be a man of strict truth & veracity -
Danl. Williams
J. Tucker
Berkshire ss. August 9. 1832. Then personally appeared Daniel Williams Esq. & Joseph Tucker Esq. to me personally known & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by them respectively subscribed before me Cha d Sedgwick Just of the Peace

Afa Landers soldier in the American Regiment, being enlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the 30 th Day of June
1784
By the General's Command, H. W. M. B. Lewis
Chas Selden Capt & Adj t
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
C Selden Adjutant

Isaac Sanders of Union Bethel AME Church being only man both depose say that he is the same person described as the Sanders in the foregoing discharge that the same mentioned in the foregoing declaration that said discharge was delivered to him at its date & in due time remained in his possession.
Isaac Sanders
Sworn to before me this 27th day of December A.D. 1828 G. S. G. Smith Just a Peace.
Capt. G. S. G. Landers

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 29 Dec 1828.
Sir:
Your claim under the abovementioned act has been examined. The act provides for no other non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, than those who enlisted in the Continental line for the war, and served until its termination.
It appears by your discharge that you enlisted for three years. Your claim has therefore not been admitted.
Your discharge is now returned.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
Richard Rush
M c Aspel Sanders.

War Department, Pension Office.
Sir,
In reply to the enclosed letter from Colonel Dwight, I have to inform you that I find the name of Asa Landers on the Roll, but it does not appear that he received $80 bounty. He may perhaps be able to establish a claim under the act of March 18, 1818.
I am, respectfully,
Your Obedt. Servt.,
J. L. Edwards
Asbury Dickins Esq. Chief Clerk. Treasury Department.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss:
I Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Berkshire do certify that Joseph Fletcher Esq r & the said Charles Sedgwick are Justices of the Peace for said County of Berkshire duly commissioned & qualified as such & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this ninth day of August A D 1832. Chas Sedgwick Clerk.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. W. 15009.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
July 26, 1899.
Madam:-
In response to your recent communication you are advised that Asael Landers made an application for pension on September 27, 1828, at which time he was 65 years of age and residing at Lenox, Mass., and his pension was allowed for sixteen months and three days' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted at Lenox, Mass., and served under Capt. Benson and Col. Newell.
His widow, Mercy, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Your attention is invited to the attached circular letter.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. A. B. Mack,
Grinnell, Iowa.

July 20 '99 Mrs A B Mack Grinnell Ia
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15009
Mercy Sanders
Widow of
Abiel Sanders
Rev Rev War
Act: Feb 2 d 1848
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 419
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Lenox MP 3 Sept. - 29
7
Hon. Mr. Rush
Secy of the Treasury
Washington
Revolutionary Claims

Hon. Mr. Marsh Esq: If Mr. Lan does succeed in his application for a pension will you be kind enough to forward to him at Leroy Mass ts a draft for the amt. on some the H. B. Bank at Hartford - This is his request.
There is a deficiency in the gap which can be supplied from the facts it will be a great favor to him - if you will have the goodness to transmit the information he is a worthy old man with a large family dependant upon him & but a small property. —
Ever Sir respectfully,
Yr. obedt. Servt.
Chas. L. Dorrick
July 27. 1862.

Discharge from Col H Jackson to Asa Landers dated 30 June 1784 being enlisted for 3 years.

No 8596 Mercy Landers widow of Thomas Landers - Map
Albany Reg Feb. 21 o 1843 -
Act 7 July, 1835

Grinnell, Iowa
Apr 23. 1899
Genl.:
Will you please inform me if Asahel Landers. Lenox, Mass was in the war of the Revolution and if his Widow got a pension I am quite sure he was. Captain of a Company and in the battle of Stony Point, also inform me of any Littles that had pensions, and Macks
Yours
Mrs A B Mack
Grinnell
Iowa

{W.P.W.}
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Isaac Sanders of the State of Massachusetts who was a Sergeant in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Sixty Three dollars and Sixty Six 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 Eighteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Three
John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

to be to be filed with A. A. M. B. 16, 1897

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Ex d one old Book, + Ref.
in. Vol. I.
"Asa", wid, file no 15,009.
"A. - [illegible] Oct 1828"

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
11 Oct 1828
Asahel Landers of Lenox in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts 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 Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Mills or Benson 's company, in the first regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary F. L. Dickinson
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
15 October 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Asahel Landers in the Massachusetts
It further appears that Asahel Landers (or Landers) is now on the pension list of the one agency, and has been so since the 3d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month.
The name of Asahel Landers (or Landers) cannot be found among those of the Massachusetts line to whom certificates for the gratuity of eighty dollars were issued -
Richard H. H. H.

House of Representatives August 4, 1848
J. L. Edward, Esq. Chairman of Committee, Sir
I beg to enclose two pecuniary applications, of two widows - Sedgwick & Sander, together with the letter of my friend George J. Tucker Esq of London very respectfully your obedient servant Julius Rotherham

Bro. Rockwell Dr Sir
I enclose the declarations of Messrs Sedgwick & Banding, under act of Feb y last for Pension Certificates. — please hand them to deliver Com ee of Pensions and be kind to forward Certificates to me Briefly M y aff ct Aught 1. Yours & C ee S. Fitch 1848. —
The result of the Compromise Bill in the House seems to give universal Satisfaction here —

I James Thompson of Acushnet in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age, do testify & say, that I am the Son in Law of Israel Wadsworth late of said Acushnet deceased, who was a Revolutionary soldier of the United States, and I was present at his death, which took place at said Acushnet on the twenty seventh day of March last past, and further I say not. James Thompson
Bristol ss. Dec. 9. 1842. Then the above named James Thompson, whom I know to be in all respects a credible Witness, made oath to the truth of the above description, as herein described.
Before me Geo. S. Nichols Justice of the peace.
The above is the signature of Geo. S. Nichols. I know he is a justice of the peace.
11 Dec. 1843
G. H. Briggs

Washington. Jan y 13 1863
Sir
I enclose an application from Mary Sanders. Widow Asahel who was a pensioner under act 7 June 1832. Massachusetts agency at the rate of $53 per annum.
The widow now applies for the act 7 July 1838. there is no record evidence of her marriage produced, but a leaf from a family bible giving the births of several children. The first child appears to have been born on the 7 Augt. 1789. and the Certificate of the County Court at Lenox Mass. upon the examination of the records of Births in the Town on Lenox. gives an extract showing the Birth of "James Sanders to have been on the 7 August 1789" This in connection with family record, it is hoped will be sufficient, without the marriage License. Be pleased to return me the pen- =Non Certificate { enclosed.
I am Sir
Yours En-Ser.
Heas. Ray
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions.

Brnoy Mass July 1. 1843.
J. B. Edwards Esq. Comm. Perus.
Sir. I enclose you Mrs Mary Landers Application for a pension under the act of 1843. — Please inform me of the result when ascertained. —
Very respect ly Yours &c Geo. S. Tucker

This may certify that I have carefully examined the records of the Church of Christ in Lenox (Mass.) as kept by my predecessor, the Rev. Samuel Munson; and, that I find no mention made, of any marriage solemnized by J. Munson, in the records of the Church.
Attest. Samuel Shepard, Pastor of the Congregational Church of Christ in Lenox, since the year 1795.
Berkshire ss. Dec. 10. 1842. Then the Rev. Dr. Sam l Shepard, to me well known to be a person of undoubted veracity & a credible witness, made oath to the truth of the above description, by him subscribed before me Geo. S. Puelan, Justice of the Peace.

Washington
March 29 1843
Sir
In your letter of 21 st ulto, case of Mary Lam- eders. widow of Asael. you require her declaration made 20 th July 1838, to be made before in open Court.
I now enclose a Certificate from the Judge before whom her declaration was made. stating her infirmity to appear in open Court - which I hope will be acceptable.
I am Sir
Yours respectfully
Geo. C. Day

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss.
I William P. Walker Judge of Probate within & for the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts before whom the Application of Mrs. Mercy Sanders of & about in said County, Widow of Israel Sanders late of said & about, de- ceased, for a pension under the Act of Congress of 4 th July 1838, was subscribed and sworn to do hereby certify, that the said Mercy Sanders by reason of infirmity of body was unable to appear in open Court, and that therefore her said declaration was subscribed and sworn to before me at her dwelling house in said & about. Given under my hand and the Seal of the said Court of Probate the twelfth day of March A.D. 1843. —
William P. Walker
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. I Henry M. Bishop Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Berkshire do certify that the above named

William P. Walker is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned & qualified That the foregoing signature purporting to be his is his genuine signature and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court this twentieth day of March in the year Eighteen hundred & forty three. Henry W. Bishop

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire County ss.
On this twenty sixth day of May
in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three. Personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace within & for the said County of Berkshire, Mercy Sanders, a resident of Brimfield in the County & Commonwealth aforesaid aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision of the Act of Congress passed March 3, 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Asahel Sanders late of said Brimfield deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War and died on the 24th day of March 1842, & at the time of his death was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, at the rate of Fifty three dollars & sixty seven cents, and that she the said Mercy has received from the War Department, a Certificate dated the 5th of May, 1843, granting to her, on account of the Revolutionary Services of the said Asahel, a pension from the fourth of March 1836, to the 4th March 1841, in conformity to the Act of July 7, 1838, at the rate aforesaid viz. fifty three dollars & sixty seven cents per annum. — She further declares that she is still a Widow.
Sworn & subscribed this twenty
Mercy Sanders mark
sixth day of May, 1843, and I
Certify that the said Mercy Sanders is well
known to me to be the Widow of the said
Sanders, holding said Certificate in all respects a credible person
Before me, Geo. H. Nichols, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss.
I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that George A. Sleeper Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Sleeper and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this fifteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three .
Charles Sedgwick Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Bristol County
ss.
On the twenty eighth day of July 1848, personally appeared before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Mary Landers, a resident of Bristol in the County of Bristol aforesaid, aged Eighty - years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 2 d February 1848, granting pensions to Widows who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the Widow of Asahel Landers who was a resident of Bristol aforesaid, and who was a private in the War of the Revolution, and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of June 17 th 1844, on account of the Revolutionary Service of her late Husband aforesaid at the rate of Fifty Three Dollars & sixty two cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow. (Known to be a resident of Bristol aforesaid) Mary his Landers mark
Sworn to and subscribed on this
day and year above written
Before me
In presence of Geo. S. Tucker Lucy M. Thompson
Geo. S. Tucker Justice of the peace

I certify that the Warrant in, in which appears to me, a Writ of Summons and a Writ of Attachment as she declares
Geo. S. Tucker. Justice of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Peace
Bristol County ss. I Charles Severyn. Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Geo. S. Tucker is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned & qualified; and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this Twentyfirst day of July 1848. Charles Severyn Clerk

Abel Lander
Lenox Mass ts
Declaration for a Pension. —

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act entitled an Act for the Relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved May 15. 1828. I Asahel Sanders of Lincoln County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the Army of the Revolution for the term of three years or during the war & continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a Private in the American Regiment of the Massachusetts line. That I enlisted according to the best of my recollection in the month of April 1782 into the fifth Regiment of the Massachusetts line into the company commanded by Capt. Pierce that I was transferred to the light company commanded by Capt John Hilds in the first Regiment of the Massachusetts line to which said first Regiment belonged in 1783. That I was as I verily believe entitled to the sum of eighty dollars under a resolve of Congress passed May 15. 1778. That I have no recollection of receiving a certificate for a reward but that the 200 Acres of Land has been awarded to me in the State of Maine to which I am now entitled. I further declare that I was not on the 15 th of May 1828 on the Pension list of the United States. Witness my hand this 27 th day of September 1828. —
Asahel Sanders
Before me Charles Cogswell a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts personally appeared Asahel Sanders a person of respectable character to me well known who solemnly made oath that Asahel Sanders by whom the above declaration is subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution as therein stated & declared. Witness my hand this twenty seventh day of September 1828. Charles Cogswell Just. of Peace.

Berkshire ss. Sept 24 1820.
Then before me Charles Sedgwick a Justice of the Peace within for said County was came Elijah Northrop Esq. & Joseph Tucker Esq. of Dorset to me personally known who usually made oath that Israel Sanders, by whom the foregoing declaration & affidavit are subscribed is a respectable man & a person of truth & veracity that said Northrop & Tucker have known him for more than thirty years. — I further certify that the said Elijah Northrop & Joseph Tucker are both persons of the greatest respectability & are credible witnesses.
Charles Sedgwick Justice of the Peace Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire ss. & Charles Sedgwick Clerk of the Judicial Courts of said Commonwealth within for the County of Berkshire do certify that Charles Sedgwick before whom the foregoing affidavits & declaration were made is a Justice of the Peace within for said County duly empowered to administer oaths That the signatures herunto purporting to be his are genuine. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 24. day of September A.D. 1820. Chas. Sedgwick Clerk —

Asael Sanders
In Sept 1 1828 of Lenox Berkshire Co Mass & also Aug of 1832 apply for pension Died March 27 1842 in Lenox
Mar d at Home of Rev Mr Mearns in Land July or Aug 1788 to Mercy Applied Dec 1842 of Lenox aged 76 years
alive July 1848 aged 78 years
James Thompson in 1842 of Lenox was a Son in law
or Trott Col. Cornwall
Enlisted April 1782 for 3 years under Capt Benson in 5 th Mass Regt & transferred to the Common Pleas Capt John Rollins Mill in 1 st Regt in 1783 Land granted 200 acres in Maine by the State of Mass deeds by Gov H Jackson June 30 1784
Mustered at Springfield Mass & joined the Army at Walpole Family record
No record of Marriage
 James      b Aug 7 1789      m d May 29 1811 Lucretia Butts  Marcellus      " June 20 1791      "      " 14 1812 Marcella Hoyt  Caleb      " Oct 16 1794  Harriet      " May 9 1797  Almira      " April 14 21 1799  Franklin      " Feb 9 1801  Lucy Maria      " July 22 1805 

2285.
Massachusetts
Mercy Sanders widow of Israel Sanders who was a Private in the Mass. line
for the m. s. 3823
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 53 Dollars & 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Oct. 1843 and sent to
Geo. J. Tucker Esquire Mass.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1. Page 47.

Massachusetts-7231-
Mercy Sanders
widow of Isaac Sanders
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June '32. and who died on the 27 th : March '42 of Berkshire Co in the State of Mass ts . — who was a private in the company: — commanded by Captain Benson — of the Regt: — commanded by Col: Newell in the Massachusetts — line for 10 mos. & 3 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 53 — Dollars 67 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th : — day of May 1843 and sent to A. Ray Present —
Arrears to the 4 th of _____ Pension annual allowance ending
$268.35
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Whittier — Clerk. Book A — Vol. 1 — Page 104 —