Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5345, for Adonijah Maxam, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. New York
Maxam, Adonijah Catharine
W 5345 Rej. B.L.
CONTENTS

642
Connecticut
Catharine Maxam
widow of Adonijah
Conn
Maxam
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
30 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of June 1853 and sent to
M m M. Rurrall South Canaan Count.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 22, 1848 , Page 62 Vol. A
1832
Date of widow's death not on AB

Let to Mrs. E. B. Whittelsey 17 Apr 1837
4644-
Connecticut
Adonijah Maxam of Sharon in the State of Conn who was a Pri: in the Connysa commanded by Captain Hiram of the Regt commanded by Col Van Cortlandt in the Connys line for State Troops
Inscribed on the Roll of Connys at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23-day of Jan'y 1833 and sent to claimant
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $ 120 Pension allowance ending Dec 1832 40 $160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book 5 Vol. 3 Page 55

Court State of Connecticut County of Litchfield p. Probate district of Sharon.
At a court of Probate held at Salisbury within and for the district of Sharon on the 30 th day of July A D 1832. Present.
Samuel Church Esq. Judge.
On this 30 th day of July A D 1832 Personally appeared in Open Court before the court of Probate of for the district of Sharon the same being a court of Record now sitting. Adonai Adams was a resident of the town of Sharon in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut & Probate district of Sharon aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832, that he was born in the said town of Sharon in the year 1754, I have no record giving an exact date of birth in my bible & what may be on the Records of the said

town of Sharon; I resided in the said town of Sharon when called into the Service of the United States and have ever since the close of the Revolution- ary war resided in the said town of Sharon. I entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein after stated. On the 8 th day of May as I think, and in the year 1778 I enlisted in the 3 rd Company of the 4 th Regiment, raised by order of the General Assembly of Connecticut, under Major Samuel Edson of said Sharon, there were two Lieutenants belonging to the Company, viz, Amos Chaplin of said Sharon, and Parmachue of Bethlehem, the Captain was Shepherd. The Colonel of the Regiment to which I was attached was Colonel Sherman of Woodbury in said County we marched in the said month of May, to Lake George, from thence to Ticonderoga and from thence to Crown Point in the State of New York, a part of our Regiment lay at Ticonderoga but our Company was stationed at Crown Point, we remained at Crown Point keeping guard to their duties about three months, from thence I was marched with the greater part of our Regiment to Isle Au Noix in

Sake Champlain, General Montgomery was there and General Mc Dougall & Capt. Mc Cracken & Major Brown were with us at Isle Aux Noix. we staid at this place untill but few days, when we went with General or Colonel Mc Dougall, Major Edmuns and other officers in order to go around St Johns, but we failed & returned to Isle Aux Noix. a few days afterward, Capt Watson of Canadian Capt Mc Cracken of the New York troops and Major Brown went with a large party of men of which I was one, for the purpose of penetrating thro' the wood to Chambly in Canada, we lay at Chambly a few days & then I went to keep guard below Chambly. Col Ethan Allen came to us there, we crossed the St Lawrence River in the night with Col Allen a little below Montreal, and while at  the preparing breakfast the British force came upon us, we retreated & finally I was with Col Ethan and others Allen taken prisoner by the enemy; we were put on board a Schoon in the River St Lawrence & put into irons two by two we were sent to Quebec & kept in prison there till the end of

November 1775, from them we were carried to Falmouth in England staid there fifteen days from there we were sent to Cork in Ireland, staid there about two weeks, here Col Allen was put aboard of a different ship from me. We next made land in Lisbon in Portugal, during this voyage the prisoners were relieved from iron and performed duty on their board, from there we made land next on the coast of North Carolina, from there we were sent to Halifax in Nova Scotia, where we were held during the summer of 1776, in the fall we were sent to the city of New York, we lay in the harbor of New York when Fort Washington was taken, we heard the firing distinctly, we were afterwards confined in the French Church in New York City, from there we were sent two of us that is my self & Roger Moore of Salisbury made our es- cape to Long Island & from there made our way to Long Brook in Connecticut & from there home to Shrewsbury in the month of Decem- ber 1776. having been absent absent from home 18 months. After this I was at at various alarms, but I enlisted in the New York troops for Nine months in the month

of May 1778 I was then residing in Said Sharon. Our Lieutenant Colonels name was Wisonfeldt a Dutchman, his son was Lieutenant of the company to which I belonged, the Majors name was Fish The Colonels name was Van Courtlandt and in the Brigade of General Poop, I enlisted in Rhinebeck in the State of New York & soon after I joined the army at Valley Forge, we staid at Valley Forge until the British forces evacuated Phila delphia, we pursued them, Generals Washington, Fayette Steuhen, Lee & others were with the army I was engaged soon after engaged in the battle at Monmouth, from thence the army & I with them marched to White Plains in the State of New York, our Regiment then marched up & crossed the North River at Poughkeepsie & went thro New Paltz to a place called there, marched across & there we were stationed thro the winter, until the expiration of my term of enlistment I was then discharged, but had no written

discharge, nor have I any written document by which I can prove that service, nor do I or I know of any person now living whose testimony I can prove who can testify to that service as a soldier of the War for the
I am well known in the town of Sharon attached to Hon John Cotton Smith Hon Abel Sterling, Hon. Chas. H. Scagewick, Cyrus Swan Esq and many others who can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolu- tion. and I hereby disavow every claim whatever to a pension or annuity of any kind the present I declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Benjamin Mason

At the same court herein as aforesaid Pennington appeared before this Court in other Court like Circuit of Sharon in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut known to this Court to be a credible witness & being first duly sworn according to law on his oath doth testify and say that he is well acquainted with the said Asaiah Maxam who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing decla- rations & knows that he enlisted under Major Samuel Elmore in the 3 d Company of the 4 th Regiment raised by order of the General Assembly of Connecticut on the 8 th day of May 1775, I was a member of the same Company and enlisted at the same time, the said Maxam marched under the officers stated by him to Green Point & remained there as he states in service until he with the main body of the Regiment was ordered to Canada, after which I saw him no more, I have no doubt that Mr Maxam served as he states & was taken prisoner as he states, it has long been a subject of interesting

Conversations in our community, I have a copy of the key role of the controversy to which Mr Maxam belonged in which his name is inserted word in my petition, certified by Oliver Ellsworth Clerk of the key Table committed at Hartford, that is an ancient document and came to my possession from my wife who was the daughter of Maxam afterwards Colonel Elmore. And I have no doubt that the said Maxam performed the Second tour of discovery as he states as this has long been the reputation and com- mon report in Sharon and its vicinity.
Given to the subscribers in open court the year & day aforesaid
Ebenezer
At the same time, Personally appeared in open court Thomas Heath of said Sharon known personally to this court to be a witness of credibility, who having been duly sworn in open court on his oath testifies and says, that he is well acquainted with Adoni- jah Maxam who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration Mr Maxam enters

was in the Company under Major Elmore on the 8 th of May 1775 as he states, I was with the Company and under the Officers mentioned by him marked to Crown Point as he states, I was a member of the same Company, enlisted at the same time, and was stationed at the same place, as was the said Maxam Mr Maxam parted from me when he started on the expedition under Col. Ethan Allen for Montreal as he states; we soon heard he was with Allen and others taken prisoners by the enemy. I saw no more of Mr Maxam for a long time, understood he was carried to England with Col. Allen and have no doubt of the fact, as it was an interesting occu- rence & created much conversation at the time as it has since. I did not know personally that Mr Maxam performed the several tours of duty as stated by him, but always so understood it, and that there was and ever since been the unusual reputation in said town of Sharon, I know he was gone into the Army at the time he mentions and have no doubt he performed the services as stated by him. Mr Maxam is a man of strict and

exemplary character for integrity and veracity I also state that I have seen the copy of the pay Roll of the company raised by Major Samuel Elmore as stated by Mr Ebe Everts in his affidavit, on which is the name of Mr Maxam I have no doubt it is a true and genuine copy of the Roll of the company.
Sworn to & subscribed the year & day of record.
Thomas Heath
And the Court doth certify that that the above named Ebe Everts and Thomas Heath whose testimonials and affidavits are above annexed were duly sworn according to law in open court & subscribed in a affidavit in open court. And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that Adonai Maxam the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further testifies that neither the aforesaid Ebe Everts nor Thomas Heath are close men, but are both residents of the said town of Sharon are known to this Court as credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit.
By the Court Abijah C. Peck Clerk

I Abijah Peet Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Sharon do cer- tify that the foregoing contains the ori- ginal proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mr. Adonaijah Maxam for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at the Probate Office in Salisbury on the 30 th day of July A D 1832. Abijah C. Peet Clerk.
I Samuel Church Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Sharon do certify that Abijah C. Peet Esquire whose certificate is above examined is the Clerk of said Court duly ap- pointed & sworn, that said Certificate is subscribed by him in his own proper hand writing since the Seal by him affixed is the Seal of said Court Probate Office in Salisbury July 30 th A D 1832. Samuel Church.

Declaration of Catherine Magoon widow of Adonijah Magoon late of Sharon deceased. In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 3 d February 1853,
State of Connecticut } County of Litchfield } Probate District of Canaan } Vasant Walter Scholes, Judge.
On this 24 th day of March A.D. 1853, personally appeared before the court of Probate for the District of Canaan the Affiant Cath- arine Magoon late of Sharon in the County aforesaid but now a resident of Canaan in said Probate District the widow of Adonijah Maa- -gon late of said Sharon deceased said Catherine being now eighty two years of age. Who being duly sworn according to her oath on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed February 3 d 1853, to wit:
That she the said Catherine is the widow of Adonijah Magoon late of said Sharon deceased. That the said Adonijah served as a private in the Army of the Revolution and for his services as such was granted a pen- sion on or about the 28 th day of February 1833. at the rate of eighty dollars per annum which he continued to receive until his decease. And for the proof of said service, the said Catherine now refers to the application of the said Adonijah Magoon for said pension on file in the Office of the Commissioner of Pensions in the City of Washington. And the said Catherine further declares that she was lawfully married to

The said Adonijah Mopam on the 3 rd day of September A D 1816, at Cornwall in said County of Litchfield by Rev. Henry Church a local Methodist Minister the wedding in said Cornwall, and that at the said Cornwall has been since lived with the said Adonijah Mopam as his wife until his decease at said Sharon and that her husband the said Adonijah Mopam died at Sharon and on the 2 nd day of November A D 1850, and that since the death of her said husband the said Adonijah she the said Catherine has resided with her relatives in said Canaan That she was not married to the said Adonijah prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place at the time above stated. She further avers, that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension, but that she application has received from the Pension Office the balance due to her the said Adonijah at his decease which has accrued from the last payment made to the said Adonijah prior to his decease and would refer to her application for the same which said application is now on file in the Pension Office in the City of Washington and which is referred to as further proof that she is the widow of the said Adonijah
Catherine Mopam
Subscribed to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Walter S. Cowles Judge of Probate for the District of Canaan in open court and there thereupon ordered the seal of this court to be hereunto affixed Walter S. Cowles Judge

5467 Widows & Orphans Penny Fund
Act of 2 nd March 1855
Mrs Catherine Wray Widow of Samuel Wray
War of Revolution
M c Grath, Atty. Canaan Conn

Waverly Land Office
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss. Canaan
On this 11 th day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive personally appeared before me Miles S. Gage Judge of the Court of Probate within and over the District of Canaan in said Litchfield County and holding said Court. Katharine Maram aged about eighty four years late of Shurton in said Litchfield County now a resident of said Canaan in said District of Canaan Who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the Widow of Solomon Maram late of said Shurton deceased who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War and served in that capacity for a long time to wit for more than one year and who at the time of his death was a pensioner of the United States as will appear by his application for a pension and which was granted and which together with the evidence regarding said service is now on file in the Pension Office in the City of Washington and which pension the said Solomon Maram received until the time of his decease. And she further states that she was married to said Solomon Maram on or about the 3 rd day of September A.D. 1816 by one Christy a minister of the Methodist Church and that her name before said marriage was Katharine Hosford and that she

Continued to reside with the said Monijah Moxam as his wife until his decease as aforesaid, and that her said husband died at said place on or about the 22 d day of November AD 1850 and that she is still a Widow And for the proof and evidence of her said marriage and Widowhood she refers to her own application and the evidence regarding the same for a pension on file in the Pension Office in the City of Washington and which application was granted and which pension she has ever since received. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the act passed March 3 rd 1855, never having received or knowing that she is entitled under any former act of Congress.
In presence of W m M Burrall
Catharine Moxam
Miles T. Granger
Known to me and subscribed before me this day and year above written. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court.
Miles T. Granger Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield Probate Court for the District of Canaan
On this 24 th day of March A.D. 1853. Personally ap- peared before the Court of Probate in the District of Canaan, Eunice Hosford of Canaan in said Probate District. Who having been duly sworn according to law, Voted on her oath, Depose and say That on or about the Third day of September 1811, She resided with her father Jeremiah Hos- ford in said Canaan. That on or about said Third day of September Mr. Adonijah Magoon of Sharon in said Litchfield County and Catherine Hosford a sister of her said father came together to her father's house in said Canaan and at the request of the said Adonijah Magoon & the said Catherine Hosford her father and Mother went with them the said Adonijah & Catherine to the Rev. Henry Christy's residence in said Litch- field County to attend and witness the inter- marriage of the said Adonijah & Catherine. The deponent further says that in the afternoon of said Third day of September she went to the house of her Grandfather Jeremiah Hosford in said Canaan the said Jeremiah Hosford being the father of the said Catherine and the deponent then assisted to prepare the Wedding Supper, and the said Adonijah & Catherine together with the father and Mother of the deponent came back in the evening to the house of the said Jeremiah Hosford and partook of the Wedding Supper and all reported that the said Adonijah and Catherine were married by the aforesaid Rev. Henry Christy. The deponent says

Further that the said Adonijah & Catherine remained one night at the house of her Grandfather the said Benjamin and the following day they the said Adonijah & Catherine went to her the said Adonijah's place of residence in Sharon and that the said Catherine continued to live with the said Adonijah as his wife until the day of his death. And the deponent further says that she has often visited the said Adonijah & Catherine at their house in said Sharon and has often remained with them at their house in said Sharon for several weeks at a time and has always known them the said Adonijah & Catherine as husband and wife and has never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or doubted. And the deponent has now before her the Bible which was kept and used by the said Adonijah as his "family Bible" during his life and that in said Bible is the following record under the head of Marriages
"Adonijah Mearns To Zilpah Whitten November 15 th 1780."
Adonijah Mearns To Catherine Hosford September 3 rd 1816."
And under the head of deaths
"Zilpah wife of Adonijah Mearns May the 3 rd 1813.,,"
Adonijah Mearns November 22 nd 1850."
The deponent further says that she does not know the hand writing of the person who made said record but has often seen the

Said Record During the life time of the said Adonijah and was told that it was written by Sylvester Mason the eldest son of the said Adonijah at the request and under the direction of the said Adonijah.
And the deponent further says that the said Catherine is a widow and is now living with her relatives in said Canaan.
And the deponent further says that her father the said Jeremiah Hosford Jr. died at said Canaan on the 14 th day of February 1832. And that her mother Hannah Hosford wife of the said Jeremiah Hosford Jr. died at said Canaan in the month of June 1834.
Emmie Hosford
Sworn to and subscribed before me
Walter S. Cowles Judge of Probate in and for the District of Canaan on the day and year as above written. And I certify that I am acquainted with Emmie Hosford the above named deponent and that she is a good and credible witness and that she has since subscribed & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition in Open Court. And I have thereupon ordered the seal of this court to hereunto annexed.
Walter S. Cowles
Judge

admit
2 years private
$80.—
Claimant

BRIEF in the case of Adonijah Baram of Sharon in the State of Connecticut (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 3. How old is he? Seventy eight 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.     8 May May In 1775 " 18. " private Col. Herman   1778 " 9. " " Major S. Stevens Capt. Amos Chappell Col. Misenfelt  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Taken prisoner near Montreal 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sharon, Conn. 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Francis J. Franchini Examining Clerk.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section ms
June 30, 1926
Mrs. E. B. Flowers 1403 Ocell St. Cleveland, Tenn.
Madam:
I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 5345, that MAXAM ADONIJAH was born in 1754 in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
While a resident of said place he enlisted May 8, 1775, as private in Colonel Hincan's Connecticut Regiment; he went to Canada and was taken prisoner with Colonel Ethan Allen near Montreal, was sent to Quebec and late in November, 1775, he was sent to Falmouth, England, from there to Cork, Ireland, from there to Lisbon, Portugal, from there to North Carolina, from there to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in the fall of 1776 he was sent to New York, from there he made his escape to Long Island and reached home in December, 1776. He enlisted in May, 1778, and served nine months as private in Colonel Van Cortlandt's New York Regiment; he was in the battle of Monmouth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Sharon, Connecticut.
He died at Sharon, Connecticut, November 22, 1850.
He married November 15, 1780, Zilpah Whitten, who died May 3, 1813.

He married September 3, 1816, at Cornwall, Connecticut, Catherine Hosford, who was the daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah Hosford. Said Jeremiah Hosford died at Canaan, Connecticut, February 14, 1832, and Hannah Hosford died in June, 1834.
Catherine Hosford, the widow of Adonijah Hosford, was allowed pension on her application executed March 24, 1853, at which time she was eighty-two years of age and was living in Canaan, Connecticut.
Sylvester Maxam was referred to as Adonijah's eldest son.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

12884 App. of Catharine Maxam widow of Adonijah Maxam Litchfield Co. Conn.
Ab 44 Act 3 d Feby: 1853
Recd: Itm ited $80 per annum Commencing 3 d Feb. 1853
Comm. M. Burrall
South Canaan Litchfield Co. Conn.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commission

1926 June 30 list to Mrs E B Flowers MS.A.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5345
Catharine Maxwell Wid.
Adonai Maxwell Put Rev. Wm
Act: 1832
Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 3
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Hon Loren P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

July 53 - 642 S. Atto Wm. Burrall, May, 19/55.
5467 - Act March 3 - 1855
March 19/55 -
Catharine Maxam, widow of Adonijah Maxam piss -
Capt. } Col. }
Ensd } Revolution Dis - } War -
Pensioner
Atto Wm. Burrall, May, 19/55
B.R. 1/2
1873 rejected No
Wm M. Burrall, Falls Village Litchfield Co. Conn. -

State of Connecticut
Town Clerks Office Cornwall March 21 st 1853
This may certify that I have examined the record of marriages in this office and do not find the marriage of Adonijah Mearns to Catharine Woodford recorded
Attest Silas C Beers Town Clerk

Anson Rogers of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say, that I was acquainted with Henry Christy, who resided in the town of Cornwall, at least fifteen years previous to the year 1817, and said Henry Christy, was a brother in law of mine, and was a local Methodist minister, and officiated as a Methodist minister many years in the town of Cornwall - said Christy removed from the town of Cornwall about the year 1817, to the State of Ohio, and as I have been credibly informed he died in the State of Ohio more than ten years since, and further the deponent saith not.
Anson Rogers
Dated at Cornwall this 21 st day of March 1853.
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss Cornwall March 21 st 1853. Personally appeared Anson Rogers the above named Deponent who is personally known to me, and is a credible person, and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me
Frederick Kellogg. Notary Public -

Brief in the case of Catharine Mayam, widow of Senijah Mayam Litchfield County, and State of Connecticut. act 3 d February 1853.
Claim, ("original," XXXXXX )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband of claimant was a pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832.
Marriage proved by certified copy of private record, and parol testimony certified as credible.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
William M. Burrall Esq. South Canaan
Name and residence of Agent Litchfield Co
Connecticut
R. Budd
Examining Clerk.

Cleveland, Tenn.,
June 18, 1926
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.P.
Gentlemen:
If possible, would you give me the record of Adonijah Maxam a revolutionary war pensioner. Am also very anxious to get the name of his wife (maiden name) and date of his marriage and childrens names, if his record gives them.
He lived at Sharon Conn. He enlisted first I think on 8 th of May 1775 in 3 rd Co. of 4 th Reg. under Major Samuel Elmore and Col. Heman of Woodbury, Litchfield Co. Conn. All of his Co. were killed except a few, including him and and others and with Col. Ethan Allen were taken prisoners and carried to England after several months

were brought back to N. Y. where they escaped. He afterward enlisted with New York troops May 1778. Their Lieut. Col. name was Wilsonfield and Major Fish The Col was Van Cortlandt. and in brigade of General Poor. He enlisted in Rhinebeck and soon joined army at Valley Forge, after this he pursued the British with Washington Fayette, Steuben, Lee and others.
The Sharon Conn. History gives a record of him in this war. also Litchfield Co. History give it.
I am very anxious to get maiden name of his wife, and date of marriage.
If you could assist me would certainly appreciate it.
Thanking you, I am
Yours very truly.
Mrs E. R. Flowers 1403 Ocean St.
P.S. Am willing to pay any charges for this.

Cleveland Tenn
April 13, 1926
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
Would you please give me the pension record of Adonijah Mayam of the Revolutionary War and a pensioner in 1832. residing in Sharon, Litchfield Co. Conn. He was my great, great grandfather.
Thanking you, I am
Yours very truly
Mrs E. B. Flowers
1403 Ocoee St
Cleveland. Tenn

Pension Office,
June 3 / 1853
Sir,
Please inform this office to what time Adonijah Mason, a private in the Connecticut State Troops - war of the revolution - was paid his pension. He is inscribed on the Connecticut roll, under act June 7. 1832, at $80 per annum - payable at the Hartford agency.
Very respectfully Yours Ob't Servt.,
(S. D. Allen) For the Commissioner
Since 22 d Nov r 1850
Paid to his death
F. Burt Auditor
Francis Burt Esq. Third Auditor, Treasury Department

Treasury Department Comptroller's Office
April 16 th 1851.
James E. Heath Esqr. Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir
I send to You a letter from C. F. Sedgwick Esqr of Sharon Connecticut. a Gentleman of the first respecta- = bility. He wants a copy of the declaration made by Adonijah Maxam, of said Sharon in 1831 for a pension. Mr. Maxam died lately, and this copy is wanted to supply a page in his history and in his biography. This being the object and the sole object, I hope the request may be granted. I will send a Clerk to make the copy, if the force in Your Office is so engaged, that a copy cannot be made by one of Your Clerks without inconve- = nience, and I will give my assurance that no use shall be made of it, than the one indicated.
Most Sincerely Yours Eliza Mitchell.

To Canaan Ct April 1 st 1853
Hon. Loren P. Waldo
Sir
At the request of a Mr Hosford a neighbour of mine, and who is a nephew of the applicant, I enclose you the application of Catharine Mayam the widow of Adorijah Mayam for a pension, and I felt more inclined to comply with the request, because it would once more bring to your recollection an old friend and acquaintance who still feels a strong interest in your welfare. When I first heard of your new appointment I very much regretted your leaving this state, but became reconciled to it when I found - as the remark is sometimes made regarding ministers - that you had a louder call for your services elsewhere than in Connecticut. But to return to the subject of this letter, to wit, the pension, the applicant is a very old lady and is much in want of aid for her support and her nephew with whom she resides being one of our best and firmest democrats. For these and other good reasons, among which are, that her application is as I apprehend a very simple one and perfectly proved, you will much oblige her and her connections and me in particular if you will have it attended to as soon as may be, and if any other proof is necessary please

write me, and if her pension is granted she wishes it sent to me directed to me as Post Master at South Canaan Connecticut
I am yours respectfully Wm. M. Burrall
A stylized signature of Wm. M. Burrall, featuring a large, ornate flourish that extends horizontally across the end of the name.

5767

Falls Village March 16 th 1855-
Hon L. P. Waldo
Sir I enclose the application of Mrs. Catherine Moore for Bounty Land. If her application is granted please enclose the Warrant directed to me as Post Master South Canaan Conn
Respectfully &c
Wm H Burrall

I, Charles F. Sedgwick Clerk of the County of Norfolk for the District of Sharon do certify that the following facts have been proved to the satisfaction of said Court -
1. That Donijah Mason, late of Sharon in said District, departed this life at said Sharon on the 22 nd day of November 1880. 2. That he was a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of sixty Dollars per annum - 3. That he left a widow, still surviving, by the name of Catherine Mason and that she now resides in Barnstable Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this 27 th day of March A.D. 1883.
Chas. F. Sedgwick Clerk

Solanaan Conn. April 12 th 1853
Official business Free
Wm Loren D. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City U.S.
1853