Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,429, for Abraham Norton, Connecticut

SERVICE
SERVICE Loans
Norton, Abraham
NUMBER _____
S. 46.429
CONTENTS

Re-Issuer.
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684797
Name: Abraham Norton. Rank: Priv. Comp'y: Stilwell. Reg't: 2nd  6th  Line
Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____ 2d Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____ 3d Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. { _____ Sent to _____ 2d Issue. { _____ Sent to _____ 3d Issue. { _____ Sent to _____
Allowed Act 1828
Act 14th July, 1862. Bk. G., Vol. _____, Page _____ Registering Clerk: _____
Disability. { _____ _____

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W. L. Original payrolls 600
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Sept. 13. 1828
Abraham Norton , of Rutland , in the County of Rutland , in the State of Vermont 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 Stilwell 's company, in the 2 d ( Swifts ) regiment of the Connecticut 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 3 d 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, H. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
19 th September 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Abraham Norton in the Connecticut line
It further appears that Abraham Norton is now on the pension list of the any - - - - - agency, and has been so since the 3 d March 1826 at the rate of  dollars per month .
Phoebe Hagner Aud
1826

(Copy)
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers & Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution, approved on the 15 th of May 1828, I, Abraham Norton of Rutland in the county of Rutland in the State of Vermont do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for - during the war, & continued in its service until its termination; at which period I was a Private in Captain Stilwell's Company, in the 2 d (Swift's) Regiment, of the Conn t Line. And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolution of Congress, passed the 15 th of May, 1778.
And I further declare that I was not, on the 15 th day of May, 1828, on the Pension list of the United States. I have lost my discharge. I have no evidence except the accompanying affidavits to corroborate my statements.
Witness my hand, this 4 th day of September in the year 1828
Witness
R. Temple
His Abraham X Norton
Mark

duly empowered to administer oaths Before me, Robert Temple a Justice of the Peace, in the county of Rutland , in the State of Vermont , personally appeared, this day, Luther Page and Richard Jones , of the said county, who did severally make oath that Abraham Norton , by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated. Page says he knew him in New York and knows he served as above stated Witness my hand, this 4 th day of September , in the year 1828.
(Signed) R. Temple
I, Robert Pierpoint , Clerk of the Court of the county of Rutland , in the State of Vermont , do hereby certify, that Robert Temple , before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this 4 th day of September in the year 1828. [L.S.] Draft on N. York sent to R. Temple Rutland Vt. (Signed) R. Pierpoint