Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13710, for Moses Lamon, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Lamon, Moses
S.13710
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CONTENTS

2639 New York
Moses Lamon
of Jefferson - in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp'y commanded by Captain Dyer - of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Walworth in the New York line for 1 Year
Inserted on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Nov. 1832 - and sent to J. O. Dickey Sackets Harbor, N.Y.
As per list of Apr. 1832 $ 60 Semizant. allowance ending 4 th Mo. '33 20 $ 80
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Issued June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Miles Clerk Book D. Vol. 5. Page 109

Reborn
13 4/10 INVALID.
File No. 13 710
Moses Lemon Dis. Rev. War.
Act: Jane 1782
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 217
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jamies Papers E. of Mr. H. Scammon P.O. Dept.
Ms. B. 1. 1 2. 1 3. 1 4. 1 5. 1

10,584
Abner Lamson
See Newsworth's Regt Vermont
Admitted
John V. Dickey Backett's Harbor Jefferson Co N. York

10,584  BRIEF in the case of Moses Samson - Hounsfield,  Co. of Jefferson in the State of New York  (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? 71 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.     June 1 In 1778 1 As a private Gen. Capt. Dyer, Col. Walcutt IV th hospital  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Little White Creek, N. York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & Tradit y  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.
H. Sawett Examining Clerk.

State of New York County of Jefferson 3 d ss
On the 11 day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Morris Samson a resident of the town of Sturtevant in the County of Jefferson and State of New York aged Seventy one years who being just 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated. That he enlisted into the Continental Service on the first day of June in the year 1778 at a place then called Little White Creek in the State of New York that he served in Captain Dyer's Company in Colonel Walworth's Regiment of Vermont Troops, That he enlisted for and faithfully served in the service of the United States during one whole year, That he went from the place where he enlisted to a place then called Schenectady, now called White Hall in the State of New York where he remained during the time for which he enlisted and that he was discharged on or about the first day of June in the year 1779. That he received an honorable discharge which discharge was signed by Captain Dyer does not recollect whether the discharge was signed or countersigned by Colonel Walworth. Says that he never received any pay for his services, that five or six months after he was discharged he went to the Pay Master General who resided at Manchester in the State of Vermont and requested him to pay him the dependent for his services the Pay Master Genl told him he had no money to pay him with told the dependent that as soon as he received funds he would him, Says that he sent his discharge to the said Pay Master Genl afterwards and requested payment but got for answer that

that he the said Pay M t . Genl. had no money, that after that something like a year after he was discharged a man by the name of Jonathan Birt proposed to take the discharges of the men that had not received their pay, and go and get them pay for them, and that this disponent with several others gave him their discharges for that purpose, and that was the last disponent ever saw of his discharge of the man he gave it to,
That he was about seventeen years of age when he enlisted, that he was born in the year 1761, in the town of Milford in the State of Massachusetts, from thence moved, into the town of Salem formerly called White Creek, in the State of New York, from thence moved into the town of Davis in the State of aforesaid, from thence, to the town of Hounsfield in the State aforesaid where he now resides, and has resided there for the last thirty four years. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of any agency in any State,
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid? P. Marshall Clerk
Abijah Foster
We Revd Allen a clergyman residing in the town of Hounsfield in the County of Jefferson and State of New York and John Q. Dickey — residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Moses Lamson, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; That we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Rev. Allen

P. Burroughs Clerk
John O'Brien
And the said Court do 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 died as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Fmo Allen, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a  is a clergyman, resident in the town of Housfield, and that John O'Brien, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same place, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. _____
I  Peter  Burroughs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of M rs Samson for a pension, _____
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand Seal of Office this 11 day of September 1832) _____
P. Burroughs Clerk

Jefferson County Pa
Margaret Lamson being duly sworn according to Law says she is 94 years of age, that M rs Lamson who has made the foregoing declaration is her son and that during the Revolutionary war he enlisted in to the United States Army and served his time out which was one year, but in what corps Regiment or Company she now cannot recollect - and further saith not.
Subscribed to & Subscribed this 18 th day of September 1833 before me
Margaret her X Lamson mark
Rev. Allen Judge of J ff erson Pa
10584.
admitted
12 mo
$40

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, Peleg Burchard, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify that Tyner Allen Esq? whose name is subscribed to the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Affidavit was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Judge of the Com. Pleas in and for said county, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And Further , That I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his signature to the said proof or acknowledgment subscribed, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said county, at Watertown, the 11 th day of Sept.
1832
P. Burchard Clerk. By M c Lewis Sherman Deputy