Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8409, for Abner Powars, New Hampshire

SERVICE
N.H.
NUMBER
R. 8409
Powers, Abner or Powers
Papers in claim R. 8405 also in this jacket - same man.
CONTENTS

Hener Powers Declaration
No 5360.

State of Vermont } On this 20 th day of June 1832 personally Orleans County  District } appeared before the Hon. the Probate Court for the County  District of Orleans Present the Hon. John Kimball Judge Abner Powers a resident of Eaton in the County of Shrewsbury in the Province of Lower Canada aged seventy one 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he enlisted in the army of the United States about the first of the year 1778 in Capt. Isaac Parnell's Company in Col. Joseph Gilley's Regiment in Genl. Pears Brigade in the New Hampshire line went from Charleston to Exeter where I drew clothing & arms thence from Exeter to Boston from thence to Sewell's Point where we had the small pox went from Boston to Valley Forge and was one of the guards who guarded three loads of money (which was said to be had of the French) from Boston to Valley Forge where he joined the main Army, a short time before they left that place, from Valley Forge we went to Monmouth where we continued until after the battle, from Monmouth we went to Brun- swick where we celebrated the 4 th of July from Brun- swick we went to the White Plains from the White Plains to Hartford from Hartford we guarded a part of Brngayn's Army from Suffolk in Connecticut across the green woods to Norfolk went to Winter qua- rters at Danbury or Newtown (near Danbury) in the spring that he went home to Charleston on furlough was taken sick and not able to return with others who were at home on furlough with him - that in June having recovered his health joined Major Benjamin Whitecomb's party who said he had orders to have all soldiers he found belonging to the Army join him in the Ranging Service still

staid with Whitecomb a short time (when he broke up) that he then joined Gen. Howes Regiment went on to the high lands in the State of New York where we continued until the fall of the Year without money and without clothing, and that late in the fall joined Gen. Gilleys in which he had formerly belonged and went to Winter quarters in Danbury where they had previously wintered, in the spring of 1780 after the organisation of the Light Infantry was a non Commissioned Officer in the Light Infantry under the command of Gen. Lacy Fayette in Capt Josiah Munnas Company in Col. Bertholds Regiment through the season we lay upon the enemys lines, at the close of the campaign we joined our former Regiment for winter quarters until the 19 th of Feb. 1781 at which time the Infantry all assembled together and we marched for the southward and arrived in Virginia early in the spring kept the enemy in play until the French Fleet arrived and shut the enemy at Yorktown until we captured Cornwallis with his army after that went to Savannah and in April on account of ill health I had a permit to return home and never joined the army afterwards and never received any discharge —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid —
Hener Powers

and the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states —
I John H. Kimball Clerk (or Register) of the Court of Probate for the County of Orleans do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abner Powers for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal of Office this 20 day of July A.D. 1832
John H. Kimball Register of the Probate Court in the District of Orleans —

No 5760 Abner Power Lower Canada Sent from Vermont
rejected
Served 46 mo Served 46 months discharged 15 th March Sept 2 nd 1862 17-82
Timothy Haiman Derby. Orleans Co Vermont

BRIEF in the case of  Abner Powers of Eaton  of  Southern  in the State of  Canada  (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. 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.     In 1778 from 1780 till after the capture of Cornwallis as a non commissioned officer Served till 1780 As a Private Gen. Capt Farnell, Col. Kelley, Gen. Poor Genl Lafayette  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Yorktown 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? New Hampshire 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective Service not stated as required
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Jas M. [unclear] Examining Clerk.

Abner Jones of Canada
NY
Let to R. H. G. Dec. 14. '42
Let to Wm. J. Blackworth
March 14. '47
Let to same Feb. 21. '48
act, June 32

Vermont Rev.:
Honer Power Rejected.
See letter to Timothy Harmon 8 May 1833.
8H105
Act 7. June 1832.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
84 09.
P. O.
Miss Pears
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Two claims R. 8405 & 8409 placed together Jan. 21, 1929
8400
P. O.
Alma Power
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

Ebenezer Spafford's affidavit for Abner Powers

I Tyler Spofford of Cornwall in the County of Sheboygan and Province of Lower Canada formerly of Charleston in the state of New Hampshire of the age of eighty years do depose and say that during the years 1778 and 79 I served in the army of the United States in Col. Lilley's Regiment and that during that period Abner Powers of Eaton in said County of Sheboygan served in said Regiment as a private in Capt. Isaac Farewell's company and that the said Abner Powers Powers is the identical Abner Powers who has this day made his declaration in the probate court in Orleans County and further say not -
Tyler Spofford

At a Probate Court held at Brattle in the County and District of Caledon in the State of Vermont on the 21 st day of July 1832 personally appeared in said court the within named Tyler Spafford and made solemn oath that the facts set forth in the within affidavit by him subscribed are true and it further appeared to the satisfaction of said court that the said Spafford is a credible witness
In testimony whereof, I John H. Kimball Register of said court have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court on the day and year last aforesaid John H. Kimball Register

Timothy H. Newman 8. May 1833
O.C.
Indy
Re vol. 9 Pa. 34

War Department Pension Office May 8. 1833
Sir
The papers in the application of Abner Power for a pension have been examined - It appears by an entry on the rolls in the Department that he deserted 15 th May 1782 His claim is therefore rejected - His papers remain on file
Timothy Heman Esq Derby. County of Orleans Vermont

Gen. H
Dec. 14
42.
Sir
The claim of Abner Dowers of Canada has been examined and his papers filed under the act of 7 June '32-
The records of service show that he enlisted for the war but his service can not be traced after 1781 and he admits that in leaving the service he did not obtain a discharge. The foregoing facts afford a strong inference that he deserted. He does not state when he left the service but after the capture of Cornwallis in Oct 1781, the war's men had every motive to continue in the service till peace which after that event was constantly expected in order to secure the bounties attached to an enlistment for the war. That he did not continue is admitted on his part & shown by the silence of the records and his further admission

That he obtained no discharge is deemed fatal to his claim — a soldier enlisted for the war after being mustered, was  was at  all times under the immediate personal command of his officers except when ab- sent upon furlough and could not be discharged except upon the written dis- charge of the Commander of the Brigade or Division (As he obtained no discharge his absence from the army during 82 & 83 under an enlistment for the war can be regarded in no other light than a desertion which brought after it a forfei- ture of bounty land-gratuity & badge of merit ac- -corded to the meritorious war man then & of the pension allowed now to the faithful soldier.
R. B. Gilt Eyr Dec. 14. 42
R. H. Gilt Eyr Agderbury N.Y.

No. 35.429
Abner Powers.
of Canada
N.Y.
act 7. June 32
8 H 09

Cedarhurst Nov 24. 1842
Dear Sir,
I send you the pension application of Abner Pavez, & also proof of service from the office of the Secretary of State by the state of New Hampshire. The latter proves 3 years 10 months service.
I do not see why his claim is not all complete. Please send the certificate to me
Yours ob ly Secy R. H. Gillum
Col J. L. Edgewood Com ee of Pensions

50
R. H. Gillet Esq
Ogdensburg N.Y.

  Atner Power 3 years 7 th C o War Dr   To Richmond for Bounty 20. 17. -   Balance clothing Sold by Leigh 5. 4. 10   Average Round etc 17. -   Paid by the Continent in 1777. 10. 10. 8   ditto in 1778 £4. - ditto in 1779 24/. 5. 4. -   21. 16. 6 
1781 3/6 79 Gave a certificate to Michael Silk 26. 10. 10 £ 69. 1. 4
  1780 Paid by Bafe 2/10 Paid by Blake 2/. 0. 4. 10 } 1. 8. 7   1781 Paid by Blake 23/6 1. 8. 6   1781 Paid by Fawett 90/ New Emission 2. 8. -   3. 16. 4 

1777 vs Contrar
62
Feb. 13 th By 10 months & 16 days in 1777 21 1 4
By 12 ditto in 1778 & 12 ditto in 1779 48
69 1 4
Promoted to a corporal in Capt Munro's b co
July 16. 1780
Deserted
May 15: 1782 By 12 months in 1780
25 2 0
By 12 months in 1781
24
State of New Hampshire Secretary of State's Office
November 16. 1842
I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original & of the whole of said original, the same having been examined & compared by me. The original contains no marks or alterations of any kind which are not represented on this copy & may be found Page 177. Colley's N. H. Regiment of the Records returned to this Office from the War office Jan'y. A.D. 1841. In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said State.
John Town Deputy Secretary of State

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
State of New York } St Lawrence County } ss.
On this fifth day of July 1842 personally appeared before me Anthony B. Brown One of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of St Lawrence & counsellor at Law of the Supreme Court. Simon Powers a resident of the town of Clark in the Province of Ulster Canada, aged Eighty one years & upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law & oath on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7. 1832:
That he enlisted as a private soldier the latter part of the year 1777, or the first part of the year 1778, & that he enlisted into the army of the war of the Revolution. The exact day of enlistment he cannot state. That he enlisted Capt Isaac Farnwell at Charlestown, in the State of New Hampshire, in the New Hampshire line of the Continental Army. I cannot remember the names of the other officers under him. At that time, or at a subsequent period of my service one Hubbard leader, I think was an Ensign. Our Company belonged to Col. Keilly's Regiment in Genl. Poor's Brigade. I do not think Capt Farnwell's company were enlisted for the period of three years & had served about one when he enlisted At this time I declared enlisted for the period of two years, so that his time would

expire or about the same time with the others of the Company. DeClaremont served out the full period of this enlistment under Captain Hildreth. When I enlisted this time we soon went to Exeter in New Hamp- shire where we drew clothing & from there we went to Duvall's Point near Bos- ton, where I was inoculated for the small pox. We then went to Boston to become recovered in strength & then went to Valley Forge in Pennsylvania & joined the main army there. When we were in Boston, it was said that there was money received from France, but I do not know this was so. DeClaremont was at Monmouth at the time of the Battle there, but was not not in the principal Battle, the time of which he does not remember. The winter after this battle, we staid at Newtown in the state of Connecticut. That at the expiration, or about the time of the end of his first enlistment, he thinks a little before it ended, this DeClaremont re-enlisted in the same Company for during the war. This enlistment was certainly in the state of Connect- icut, but the town I cannot remember, though it was probably at Newtown though it may have been in Danbury. Under this last enlistment DeClaremont served two years. Soon after this last enlistment I had a furlough & went home. This furlough was for forty days. During the time of this furlough I was taken sick at home & was unable to join my regiment, which went as I understood under Genl. Sullivan to the west into the Indian Country. Before his return, one Col Hazen came along, & having recovered I went into what was called the Coos Coun- try on the Connecticut River & common- ed cutting a road to Coosada. I was with

him until the fall of that year. I did not enlist under him  though I served under him . My Brother came to me from Col. Kelly & I went that fall with him & joined my Regiment which was on the north River, but I cannot recollect the name of the place. The winter following I was quartered in Danbury in the state of Connecticut. From here we went to West Point in the state of New York. At this place there was a reorganization of the Regiments. the  The 11th Infantry Regiment was formed & two companies of it were taken from the New Hampshire line. We were placed in parade on the parade ground & Baron Steuben came & selected such of us as he chose for the  Light Infantry & I was one that was selected. After this I served in the Light Infantry while on duty until the end of my service. Our Captain Munroe was my Captain in the Light Infantry. Our Col. Northon, or Northorn, was our Colonel & Lafayette was our General. At this time I was appointed a Corporal & continued to serve as a corporal until the end of my service.
We lay on the lines that year most of the time, but I cannot remember the names of the places where we were. I think this was the year Arnold sold West Point to the British. The next winter we wintered at a place called Soldiers Fortune its present name I do not know. It was the east side of the Hudson River nearly opposite West Point. In February we started with Lafayette for the South & went as far as the state of Vir- ginia. When I got South Lafayette had a Major General's Command & I was under one Genl. Muhlenberg. That portion of our Regiment which

was composed of the New York Companies, did not go South with us. Their places were supplied by others from New Jersey. A new Regt. was formed. Our new Col. was called Bartram , I think. We had severe service in Virginia, being kept most of the time, in constant motion in small or large parties, & were much harassed until the French fleet under Leconte De Grasse arrived. Genl. Washington soon came on & was joined by the French. I was engaged in the siege of Yorktown. The British kept up a fire upon us I think some nine or ten days & we returned their fire often shot for shot the same period of time they surrendered. They were under the command of Lord Cornwallis. I recollect that they marched out, & laid down their arms. They marched out between the Americans & the French. Soon after we went aboard of shipping & came up the Chesapeake Bay to the head of Elk River, where we landed. From there we went across the country to Saratoga, where we lay that winter. In April I had a furlough to go home, & did so, & my Regiment was disbanded before my return. At Saratoga I joined my old Regiment which was commanded by one Maj. Scott. I did not receive a Regular discharge & have no written evidence of my service. no other testimony within my knowledge except that of my fellow soldiers Soon after the Battle of Saratoga, I went to New Paltz, New York, where I resided until about 1800, when I removed across the river to Leonardsville, to township of Eaton. There I resided until 1836, when I went with my son to the place where I now reside. I have never been married  on a pension. I am poor & dependent upon my relations for my living.
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I hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity, except the present & I declare my name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state. I shall be eighty two years of age on the 15th day of December next I was not subscribed the day of my deposition before me. A C B W L L N Judge St Lawrence Co NY
Abner Powers
I do hereby certify that from a personal reminiscence of the said Abner Powers, I am of opinion that he is too feeble to travell from here to the town of Leontion in this county where the records in this county are held to make his application in open court. The conveyance to that place is by land while that to the residence of the official is by water & much more easily performed by them.
A C B W L L N Judge St Lawrence Co NY
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed the war department, that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And I further cer- tify that Isaac Mitchell whose affidavit nowhere is a resident of the town of Lis- bon in said county of St Lawrence & is a credible person & his statement is entitled to credit.
I certify that the words " & no other testi- mony within my power except above Mitchell's facts or proof" were intended before signing the original before me.
A C B W L L N Judge St Lawrence Co NY

State of the Tuck St Lawrence County ss. I, Alvin D. Snow Clerk of the County of St. Lawrence do hereby certify that Anthony C. Brown before whom the foregoing deposition of Alvin Powers purports to have been made was at the time of taking the said deposition a Judge of the County Courts in and for the said County commissioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe that the signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 15 th July 1842
A. D. SNOW

State of New York } ss A Laurens County
Isaac Mitchell of the town of Lisbon being duly sworn deposes & saith that he is in the eighty third year of his age & that he was a soldier in the war of the Revolution now draws a pension as such. That he is personally well acquainted with Abner Dows, now present. This Deponent knew him during the Revolutionary war. That Deponent knows said Abner enlisted as a private soldier about the year 1779 or 1780, in Captain Isaac Forewell's company of the New Hampshire line, & that he enlisted for three years though the period for which he enlisted, I am not certain of. Left Forewell's Company was then attached to Col Joseph Vail's Regiment, & that after Col Vail retired from the service & went home one Maj Scott took the Command. Genl Poor formerly Commanded the Brigade but he was killed in a duel as it was said. I knew that said Abner Dows served in Captain Forewell's company from the time of his enlistment for at least two years, when there was a reorganization of Regiments. Deponent thinks that there were three Regiments reduced to two. Deponent served with in the same Company with said Abner until this reorganization of the Regiments. At this time this Deponent, who had enlisted for during the war was discharged. Deponent says he was discharged as soon as he can remember in June 1783 near Newburgh in the state of New York.

Deponent left the service at this time, but the said Abner remained. Deponent understood at the time, & believed & now believes that he remained & served out the full period for which he enlisted. Deponent is confident that the said Abner Parnarz served for the length of time at one state, but he is not certain as to the time of the enlistment.
Given Mitchell Mark Subscribed by making his mark before me this 5 th day of July 1842 A. Abbott J.P.
I certify that I am personally acquainted with Isaac Mitchell above named, & that I believe his character for truth & veracity well good, & his statements entitled to credit. A. Abbott J.P.
State of New York St. Lawrence County } ss. I, Abner Parnarz Clerk of of the County of St. Lawrence do hereby certify that Abijah Abbott before whom the foregoing deposition of Isaac Mitchell purports to have been made was at the time of taking the said deposition a justice of the Peace in for the said County duly elected & sworn. And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said
justice of the Peace & firmly believe that the signature to the said deposition purporting to be his is genuine. Given under my hand & seal of office this 15. July 1842 A. C. JOY CLK