Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8518, for Ebenezer Pierce, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Pierce, Ebenezer or Pierce
N 3518
B.Y. Wt 14966-160-55
Pamela
CONTENTS

17.237 R  Dumont New York
Ebenezer Pierce.
of Seneca Co. in the state of Vermont who was a private, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hose of the mass. — line, for the term of Cooper — 1 year war.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont  New York — at the rate of 6. Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of May, 1820 and sent to S. Phelps Esquire Canandaigua, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820. — 174-96 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept " 48.
21 months & 27/31 $222.96
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continue
Let to Mrs. E. B. Morgan 23 March 1820
Certification made per Mr. 1820 to J. H. Hovey Waterloo N.Y.

Proceedings in the Case of Ebenezer Pierce May 9 th 1818
1 MS.A.18.7
Pierce ctt. vol 2 o no 2905 p 41
#19.12
The Honorable Secretary of War
Errors in the County Clk. Certificate sent in kind of Phelps

9 ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas Ebenezer Pierce aged fifty four years a Resident of Talen in the County of Seneca 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 Ebenezer Pierce sometime in the month of July one 1782 enlisted into the Company of Light Infantry Commanded by Capt Miller whose Christian name he does not recollect in the first Regiment in the Massachusetts line of Troops Commanded by Col Joseph Wood or Vose in Patterson's Brigade that he enlisted at Boston in said State and continued in said Regiment in the Regular Service of the United States till about the last of December 1783 after the close of the war

having served about the last of December 1783 which discharge he has since lost as had it destroyed in his house which has been burned he further states that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence of his said service than that now offered in his name Ebenezer Pierce known to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid Ezra Sewell Judge as aforesaid
I Ezra Sewell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Litchfield do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ebenezer Pierce did serve in the Revolutionary War against the Common enemy agreeable to the foregoing declaration by him made and I now do certify the proceedings and evidence taken and had before me to the testimony of the War department agreeable to the before mentioned act of Congress Ezra Sewell

State of New York
Ontario County ss. I further certify that I am personally acquainted with Ebenezer Pierce named in the foregoing affidavit and know him to be in every respect a true and and that he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support Lyons Oct- County May 14 1819
Ebenezer Sewell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County

State of New York Ontario County Clerks office
In Testimony that Ezra Jewell - 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 Canandaigua this 5 th day of June A D 1818
Thos M c Naughton

Ebenezer Pierce {Galen private — May 9 th 1818 Vose's reg t Massachusetts July 82 to Dec r 83 — Wanted the judge's certificate of the re- duced circumstances of the applicant. Also further proof of service maintaining
Communications to be forwarded to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua
Proceedings in the Case of Ebenezer Pierce May 9 th 1818
1 Med. reg t Pierce cett. vol 2 o no 2905 p 41 $19.14
The Honorable Secretary of War
Erroneous in the bounty Elk. Certificate sent in lieu of Phelps

To the Honorable the Congress of the United States in Senate and House of representatives convened:
The Petition of Ebenezer Pierce of the town of Butler in the County of Wayne and State of New York, respectfully represents.
That your Petitioner is a revolutionary Soldier of the United States that he enlisted into the service of the United States as a private, at the City of Boston, State of Massachusetts, in the month of December in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty - that in the Spring following, he marched to West Point in the State of New York, and was put into Capt. Remick's Company of Infantry in the first Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col. Vose of Boston in General Patterson's Brigade, and that one Eg- gleston was paymaster of said Vose's Regiment - that several months after he went into said Company Capt. Remick left the same and Capt. John Mills succeeded him in the command of the Company as Captain and continued to command the same until the close of the War; that your petitioner continued to serve in the said Compa- ny until he was discharged from service in the month of December in the year 1783, that during the said period of service he served at West Point, Stony Point, White Plains, New Jersey and other places, and was taken to the City of New York in November 1783 and was discharged in December following, as before stated, and had a written discharge, signed, as he believes, by Capt. John Mills - that the said discharge was destroy- ed by fire with his house and all his papers and effects in the year 1787 - that while he was in the said service; he was wounded severely twice, once in his neck by a musket ball from the enemy,

and once in his left thigh by the Bayonet of the enemy when on a scouting party, and was taken prisoner by the enemy - that at the time of his discharge from the service, he had not recovered from the wounds which he had received, and was returned upon the Invalid list, and that his said discharge stated him to be on the invalid or wounded list. And your petitioner further represents unto your honorable body that he believes himself entitled to the half pay of a Soldier, from the government, by reason of his having been so wounded, from the time of his discharge in the month of December 1783, until the ninth day of May 1818, from which last mentioned day to the present time, he has drawn a pension granted to him under the act of Congress of 18th. March 1818, by virtue of a certificate dated 29th. May 1820, signed by J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War, numbered 17,237; And your petitioner begs leave to refer, in support of his present claim , to the papers on file in the War Office, on his application on which the said pension Certificate was granted and to such other documents and records as said Office may furnish.
Your petitioner further represents that he was born in October 1762, and that he was Seventy four years of age last October - that he has become quite infirm from old age, and that the wound in his thigh now pains and troubles him much, and the more so as he advances in age, and at times nearly disables him from labour; and that he is mostly dependent for his support and maintenance upon the bounty of the government, Your petitioner therefore prays your honorable

body to pass a law giving, or authorising to be paid to him, by the government, a sum of money equal to the half pay of a soldier, from December 1783, to the 9th May 1818, or to grant to him such other relief in the premises as your honorable body may deem meet. And your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray &c. Dated January 19. 1837 Ebenezer Pierce
State of New York
Wayne County ss; Ebenezer Pierce the petitioner above named being duly sworn deposes and says that the facts stated in the foregoing petition by him subscribed are substantially true and correct. Ebenezer Pierce
Subscribed to me this 19th day of January 1837 before me }
Wm. Sisson Justice of the Peace of Wayne County
Wayne County ss: We, practicing physicians and surgeons of Lynden in said County, do certify that we have severally examined the case of Ebenezer Pierce, the petitioner above named; that we find on his left thigh two scars, which have the appearance of having been occasioned by wounds a long time since, and which in our opinion, are probably the result of a bayonet thrust, as represented by the said petitioner; and that we also find a scar on the right side of his neck, which also appears to have been occasioned by a wound of long standing, and which was probably occasioned by a musket ball, as represented by said petitioner; that we have

been personally acquainted with said petitioner for and during a series of years, and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity, and are disposed to place full reliance upon his representations in this matter.
Subscribed & sworn this 19 th day } D. Chapman of January 1837. before me } John Adams Jr.
Wm Sisson First Judge of Wayne County
State of New York
Wayne County ss: Ezekiel Price and Reuben H. Foster of Lyons in said County being duly sworn severally depose and say that they have been acquainted with Ebenezer Pierce the petitioner above named for twelve or fifteen years last past, and that we believe him to be a man of integrity and that his statements are entitled to credit -
Subscribed & sworn this 19 th day of January 1837. before me, and I certify that the deponents are re- spectable men & credible witnesses
E. Price R.H. Foster
Wm Sisson First Judge of Wayne County
State of New York County of Wayne
I Gellen Foster Clerk of said County, hereby certify that William Sisson before whom the above affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the date of the jurats thereof First Judge of the said County duly appointed and sworn and that his signatures thereto are genuine.
Given under my hand and seal of office this 19 th February A.D. 1837.
Gellen Foster Clerk

In the matter of Elmer Price
17,237
Sept 1870
Con
J. H. Kelley
Waterloo
Nov. 15, 1870

Northern District of New-York, COUNTY OF SENECA SS.
ON this fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open court, (being a court of Common Pleas, holden in and for the county of Seneca, in the district aforesaid, and a Court of Record, proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings and having a common seal,) Ebenezer Pierce aged fifty seven years a resident in said district, in the town of Galen in the county aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: That he enlisted in the month of August 1782 at Boston in the Company commanded by Capt. Mills in the Massachusetts line 1 st Regiment and that he served one year and three months when he was discharged at West Point in the state of New York and that he has since a pension that the date of his original application is on the ninth day of May 1818 and that the number of his certificate is 17287 and he further states that his occupation is farming and that he is not able to labor more than half of the time that his family consists of himself and wife that his wife is 66 years of age who is very infirm and not able to take care of herself.
Ebenezer Pierce
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
I have nothing of any value due to me
S C H E D U L E
  11 Small swine - $10.00 1 Pot $1.00 $11.00   1 Dish Kettle 2/- 1 Small Kettle 50   1 tea Kettle 8/- 1 Drying pan 1.25   1 old shovel & tongs 50   1 Barrel 1 H g 1.50   1 Wash Tub 1 pail 75   1 axe 1 hor 1.25   1 sickle 1 Plough 9.00   6 plates of Copper & wares 7.5   3 knives & forks 2.5   1 old set Harrow Teeth 3.00   1 Hymn Book 1 old Bible 7.5   1 Table 1 Stand 2.50 
But I am in Debt to divers persons to the amt of $1300. dollars and now actually imprisoned
Ebenezer Pierce
It is the opinion of the court that the total amount in value of the above schedule is sworn and delivered this 4th day of Oct. 1820 Before
J. H. Halsey Clk.
I, JEHIEL H. HALSEY, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Seneca, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said court, and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty three dollars and twenty five -cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this fourth day of October, 1820.
J. H. Halsey Clk.

No. 140 New York Albany Dagmar Pierce widow of Ebenezer Pierce who served in the Revolution-
ary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 31st February 1853 1st March 1854 Certificate of Pension issued 13th day of May 1854 and sent to
Hon E. D. Morgan House of Reps
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 86, Vol. A.
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✓ 4601 Pamela Pierce widow of Ebenezer Nij
Acct 3 Feb 1833
The p st for annum coming 4 March 1834
Mary
Wm E B Morgan Mogk

State of New York } ss. Wayne County Court. }
On this fifth day of April A.D. 1854, personally appeared before the Wayne County Court of the State of New York Pamelia Pierce a resident of Butler in the County of Wayne and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declara- tion in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the third day of February 1853 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war: that she is the widow of Ebenezer Pierce who was a private in the army of the Revolution. & drew a pension under the laws of the United States of the 18 th March 1818 by a pension warrant in his pension which warrant is hereto annexed. That for the evidence of his services in the army of the revolution she refers to the declaration & proofs of such service made by him when he obtain his said pension & now on file in the proper department at Washington. She further de- clares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Pierce on the fifth day of March 1833: that her said husband died on the 16 th day of

March A.D. 1854. that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January eighteen hundred but at the time above stated. She further declares that she is now a widow that her said husband drew his pension at Albany.
sworn & subscribed on 4 th  of Pamela Pierce the day & year above written before me Deacon S. Ketchum County Judge
State of New York
County of Wayne
ss. I Lyman Lyon deputy Clerk of the County Court held at Lyons in and for the said County of Wayne do hereby certify that satisfactory Ev- idence has been exhibited to said Court that Ebenezer Pierce was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Eight dol- -lars per month, that he was a resident of the County of Wayne in the State of New -York and died in said County & State on the Eleventh day of March A.D. 1854; that he left a widow whose name is Pamela Pierce. that he had in his possession an original Pension Certificate or warrant which is hereto annexed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal, the seal of said County Court, at Lyons this 15 th day of April A.D. 1854.
Lyman Lyon Dep Clerk Wayne Co.

106.341 act March April 30 } 55
Parmelia Pierce widow of Ebenezer Pierce } an a  prunates
Parmelia Pierce widow of Ebenezer Map: Port line, Pris Redison
Rev: War, Revolutionary 1160 Ac. Jan. 23/56 ms Feb 53-10/11/56
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Porter Wethy Port Byron Co. N.Y.
Vol P. page 89

State of New York } ss. County of Wayne }
On this 30 day of March A. D., 1855, personally appeared before me George Loolittle a Justice of the Peace in and for the County, and State, aforesaid Emilia Pierce aged 76 years, a Resident of Battle in the County of Wayne and State of New York Who being duly sworn, according to law, de- clares that she is the widow of Ebenezer Pierce deceased, who was a Private in the War of the Revolution, and was Pensioned under the act of _____ at the rate of $ 96 per annum, and that she has been pensioned under the act of February 3 rd 1843 at the rate of $ 96 per annum as the widow of the said Ebenezer Pierce deceased. and for Proof She would refer you to the records in the Pension Office by which she was pensioned
She further declares that she was married to the said Ebenezer Pierce in Battle in the County of Wayne and State of New York on the 19 day of February  1833 She further declares that her husband the aforesaid Ebenezer Pierce died in Glyde in the County of Wayne and State of New York on the 11 day of March  1844 and that she is still a widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of March 3 rd 1855.
Emilia Pierce
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written, before me.
George Loolittle Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Wayne
I certify that I have no interest in the result of the case and are not concerned in its prosecution:
Geo Loolittle Justice of the Pace in said County of Wayne

State of New York } County of Wayne }
I hereby certify that
George Doolittle Esq. Before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit were taken is and was at the time of taking the same an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that his signature above is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office this 20 th day of April 1895.
Edward B. Smith Clerk Wayne County

106.341
Pamela Reed
Porter Betty Honey for Claimant Port Byron (Cajuga) Co. NY

State of New York
} 1
County of Wayne
Personally appeared Richard T. Garvan
a resident of Cayuga County
and
John H. Kellogg
a resident of Wayne County
person whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who being by me duly sworn, say that
the joint foregoing declaration signed and acknowledged by
Pamelia Pierce
and me
further swear that we
have every reason to believe from
the appearance of the applicant and statements and
acquaintance with him
that the
is the identical person the
represents
myself
to be, and that these
deponent do reside in the
aforesaid
Place aforesaid
Richard T. Garvan John H. Kellogg
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
Twelfth
day of March
1855, and I certify that I have no interest in the result of the case, and am not concerned in its prosecution.
George L. Little, Justice of the Peace in said County

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
1485-18
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Cheney Pierce a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec 1780 Simothy Remick Joseph Dyer Mass.   John Mills   While on a scouting party he was wounded in the neck and left thigh (and taken prisoner)   and died in Dec 1781.  
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Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Boston Mass Date of application for pension, May 9 1818. Fee paid Residence at date of application, Salina Seneca Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, born in Oct 1762. died Mar 11 1854 in same age 92
Remarks: He was mch. 5/19/1833 at Butler N.Y. Rural. He was at Pines on an apple orchard. Apr 4 1854. While a Res. of Butler, Wayne Co. N.Y. In 1820 Soldier delivered to his wife then 56 yrs old. A son Jeremiah B. was a resident of Wayne Co. N.Y. in 1854.
The above noted is the only evidence of that name.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
X avoid imprisonment because no account of release from it.

No. 4601. Pamela Pierce, wid. of Ebenezer.
Set. to Hon: E. B. Morgan, Apr. 24 th /52.
Acc d /53.

✓ 14.966
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Miss Amy

En 1803, m. M. D.

Mr S. Cole will please examine the paper, enclos d & do what is necessary - if right, enclose the. If to me. & if any thing more is required please inform me -
I am confined by the illness of my daughter, & send this by my son -
truly
Er B Morgan
Apr 27 54

Pamela Pierce. wid: of Ebenezer. Wayne Co.
M. J.
Oct 15 1833
1833
Oct 15 1833
Oct 15 1833
Oct 15 1833
E. B. Morgan
W. R. Phelps

Patrick Mass Nov. 5., 1902.
To Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
The enclosed slip is an obituary notice of the death of my great grandfather. I have found the slip in an old scrap book. I have visited the state house in Boston to look up enlistment my P's there I find two men who might have been the man I am looking for. I then wrote to Clyde N.Y. and

find that Mr. Pierce died Mar. 11, 1864. other than that he was a soldier in the Revolution is all the information I am able to gather from that source.
My interest is to find where Mr. Pierce was born, date of birth, if possible and how much truth there may be in the notice I enclose.
My relatives on the Pierce side who would know anything about great grandfather are dead.
But it has occurred to me that he may have had a pension.
If it is possible will

I you help me to locate the facts or data which I should like so much to know of Mr. Pierce's birth & military life. Thanking you in advance
I am
Respectfully Lucy P. Roberts
I enclose stamped envelope for return of obituary slip

106 341
Official Business
FREE
Hon J. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

106 341
Official Business
FREE
Hon. S. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

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(..... Div.)
(3—091.)
Department of the Interior,
PENSION OFFICE,
....., 188 .
Sir:
Mr. ....
whose application for an .....
Invalid Pension.

(3-223.)
AP V
No. 23878
, Ex'r.
OLD WAR INVALID.
Ebenezer Pierce
P. O. Butter
Wayne Co. N.Y.
Service: Revolutionary War
RECEIVED
Enlisted: Dec - , 1883.
Discharged: May 1818
Application filed: , 18
Alleges: Papers from H.R. file room June 12 th 1889.
Re-enlisted:

Nov. 19-1902 Lucy P. Roberts Natick Mass 1915 Nov. 23 Hist. to Caro- line Duncan. V.L.M.
Revolution. Massachusetts State.
WIDOW, & C.
File No. 8578
Pamela Pierce
Wid
Ebenezer Pierce
Print Rev. War
Act: Febry 3d  1853
Index:—Vol. 86 Page 128
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Elmer Linn
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by the Pres t of the B d B ks W s in the City of New York. No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a Certificate.
"Payable to the 4 th of March 1826 but, thereafter, no payment can be made before exhibiting a Schedule of Beneficiary."
Registered, by W. H. H. H. Clerk, in book B, volume page 103

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Wm. S. Pierce late a Private
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York , Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen , — " — " —
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty —
H. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

BRIEF IN THE CASE OF
Pamela Pierce Wayne County and State of New York act 3 February 1853
CLAIM, ("original," or " for increase. ")
PROOF EXHIBITED, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a prisoner at Sing Sing for murder. Proof of marriage — Living witnesses
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Wm E. B. Morgan Name and residence of Agent W of R
C. S. [unintelligible] Examining Clerk.

One 2 3/4 stamped envelope rec d at Std R
H
Rev Sec Nampa, Idaho Box 214 Nov. 13 - 1915
Secretary of the Pension Dept. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Can you tell me when and where Ebenezer Pierce enlisted in the Revolutionary War?
He was born in 1759 in the town of Berkeley, Mass. but I do not know where he enlisted as an Ensign in Resolution and thought you might be able to give me the information.
Very truly yours,
Caroline Duncan

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss: I Joseph Woodbridge Clerk of the Judicial Courts within & for the County of Berkshire do Certify & attest that Joseph Tucker Esq. is a Justice of the peace within & for the same County duly Com- missioned & acting under the authority of this Commonwealth & that the above is his Signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this Fourth day of January A.D. 1820.
J. Woodbridge Clk

Ebenezer Pierce Petition of Ebenezer Pierce a soldier in the American Army during the revolutionary war asking half pay as such soldier from December 1783 to May 1818
Jan y 30 1837
Ref d to the Committee on Invalid Pensions
Feb. 22. 1837 Com d with b li
Dec 16. 1840 referred to Committee on Inv Pensions
Report of Bell
Jan y 4 1841
Report re - to li & Hunt
Chaplin - Strong & Co. Inc.
Chaplin to Inv Pensions

I, Azariah Eggleston of lawful age testify & say, that I was Paymaster of the first Massachusetts Regiment on the Continental establishment in the revolutionary war during the years 1781, 1782 & 1783, which Regiment was commanded by Col. Joseph Vose, & that it appears by the Books kept by me at that time, that Ebenezer Pierce was a Soldier, & that he served three months & ten days in the Company commanded by Capt. Timothy Remick, in the year 1782, & that he he served in a light Infantry Company during the whole year one thousand eight seven hundred & eighty three, & that the said Ebenezer Pierce's services appears from my said Books to have been a continued service in said Regiment, from September twenty first 1782, to the end of the year 1783. — And further say not. —
Azariah Eggleston
Berkshire ss. Jan. 4 th 1820. Personally appeared Azariah Eggleston Esq. & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed — And I Certify that he is a credible witness. —
Jos. Tucker Just. Peace

State of New York ss: County of Wayne
In the matter of the application of Pamela Pierce, for a Pension, Wayne County ss.
Ethan B. Kellogg being duly sworn says that he is the person who was recently examined in the Wayne County Court as a witness in the above matter, that he was present at the marriage of said Pamela with her deceased husband Ebenezer Pierce as stated in his former testimony, that they were married by Justin Hoc Orgine a justice of the peace & that no record was made of their said marriage: That he knows the said Pamela to be the identical person who was the wife & is now the widow of said Ebenezer Pierce, and that said Ebenezer died at the home of this deponent on the 11 th day of March 1854 as stated in his former testimony. { Ethan B Kellogg
Sworne this 2 nd day of May 1854 before me.
Hugh J. Amerson a Justice
State of New York ss:
County of Wayne Jeremiah B. Pierce being duly sworn says that

he is a son of Ebenezer Pierce named in the foregoing affidavit of Ethan B. Kellogg & was well acquainted with him as well as acquainted with the said Pamela Pierce, that he knows her to have been the wife & now to be the widow of said Ebenezer Pierce. That he knows that the said Ebenezer Pierce died at the time & place stated in the foregoing affidavit of said Kellogg & that he this deponent was present at his funeral.
Sworn this 2 nd day of May } H. B. Pierce 1854 before me.
Hugh Garrison a Justice of the Peace at Wayne
Wayne County ss. I, Hugh Garrison a Justice of the Peace at the Peace at, said county do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Ethan B. Kellogg & Jeremiah B. Pierce and that they are creditable persons and that their affidavits are entitled to full faith & credit.
Hugh Garrison a Justice of the Peace.
and State above mentioned, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that Ebenezer Pierce whose genuine signature appears to the annexed jurat & certificate was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, duly elected and sworn; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction, a Clerk and seal.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, (the seal of said Court and County) at Lyons, this 2 nd day of May 1854
Syman Lyon Clerk.

he is a son of Ebenezer Pierce named in the foregoing affidavit of Ethan B. Kellogg & was well acquainted with him as well as acquainted with the said Pamela Pierce, that he knows her to have been the wife & now to be the widow of said Ebenezer Pierce. That he knows that the said Ebenezer Pierce died at the time & place stated in the foregoing affidavit of said Kellogg & that he this deponent was present at his funeral.
Sworn this 2 nd day of May 1854 before me. } H. B. Pierce
Hugh Garrison a Justice of the Peace of Wayne
Wayne County ss. I, Hugh Garrison a Justice of the Peace of said county do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Ethan B. Kellogg & Jeremiah B. Pierce and that they are credible persons and that their affits are entitled to full faith & credit.
Hugh Garrison
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Wayne County Clerk's Office,
I, SAXON B. GAVITT, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that Hugh Garrison whose genuine signature appears to the annexed jurat & certificate was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, duly elected and sworn; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction, a Clerk and seal.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, (the seal of said Court and County) at Lyons, this 2 nd day of May 1854
Symon Lyons Dep. CLERK.

Wayne County Court.
In the matter of the application of Pamela Pierce for a pension.
Ethan B. Kellogg, Sworn, testifies, that he knows Pamela Pierce now present in Court. & knew her husband Ebenezer Pierce: That he knows they were duly & lawfully married to each other. That he was present at their marriage. That the marriage took place at the house of this witness in the town of Butler.
in the County of Wayne State of New York. on the fifth day of March 1833. That they lived together as man & wife from the time of their said marriage until the death of said Ebenezer Pierce. That he was a pensioner & drew his pension by or upon the original warrant now produced in Court: That the said Ebenezer Pierce died on the eleventh day of March 1854 at the residence of this witness in said County of Wayne and that he knows the said Pamela Pierce now present in Court to be his widow.
Seaman S. Retson County Judge

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Wayne County Clerk's Office, }
I, SAXON B. GAVITT, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, Do HEREBY CERTIFY that Seaver S. Ketchum  Esquire  Justice of the Peace whose genuine signature appears to the annexed just  certificate was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and state aforesaid, duly elected and sworn; that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction, a Clerk and seal.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, (the seal of said Court and County) at Lyons, this 15th day of April 185 4
Sylvan Lyman Dik CLERK.