Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 42865, for Otis Lincoln, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lincoln, Otis
S 42865
CONTENTS

0162
New-York
Otis Lincoln
of Canandaigua in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tappan of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three Years
inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of April 1815
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 of March 1819 and sent Stephen Phelps Esquire Canandaigua New York
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819  $ 83.69    semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819  48.     $ 131.69  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

State of New York (Ontario County ss)
On this 21 st day of April 1815 before me the Subscri- ber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and State personally appears Otis
Lincoln aged 58 years resident in the town of Cananda- igua in the County and State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" That he the said Otis Lincoln enlisted the 13 th of April 1782 in Bernists in County of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts in the Company com- manded by Capt. Sawyer in the 10 th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Luffin which was afterwards consolidated into the 6 th and that the 6 th was afterwards consolidated into the 2 d commanded by Col. Mott that he continued to serve in the last mentioned Regiment until December 23 rd 1783 when he was honorably discharged from service at West- point in the State of New York. That he is in return- circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his County for support and that except his discharge which is herewith transmitted he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services —
Subscribed and Declared the day and year aforesaid before me
Stephen Phelps
Otis Lincoln

Ontario County ss
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Otis Lincoln are true in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress. Stephen Phelps Canandaigua April 21 st 1818
Ontario County ss
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify from personal knowledge and satisfactory proof that Otis Lincoln the aforementioned applicant is in reduced circumstances and in need of assistance from his country for support Canandaigua July 6 th 1818 — Stephen Phelps

The Honorable The Secretary for the Department of War if my claims are allowed will please to forward a certificate of the same to Stephen Phelps Esq. of Connecticut who is my agent - April 21 st 1818 -
Otho Lincoln
BY THE HONOURABLE
MAJOR-GENERAL K N O X,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
Otho Lincoln Colonel _____ in the Second Massachusetts _____ Regiment, being in _____ three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the 29 _____ Day of
December 1783
By the General's Command,
H. K. Miller
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
H. S. Tupper Adjutant

Witness of Otis Lincoln April 21 st 1818
Cornell
The Honorable Just of War
Canandaigua
State of New York } Ontario County } ss Clerks office }
In testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the fore- going certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the county seal at Canandaui- qua this 21 st day of April A D 1818
Th. M c Naughton

42865 Rev INVALID.
File No. 42.865 Otis Lincoln Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 295
[Arrangement of 1870.]