Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,465, for Abraham Parkhurst, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Parkhurst, Abraham.
S 34465
CONTENTS

see letter 7 th January 1829 to Secretary of War.
Dead. See letter to P. Agt. & Hon. L. Conduct.
Examined with Orig. Rolls Sept. 1883 M.S.
sent to John Wm Green Esq ag Nov 18 th Newton. R. Hovey
15.831 Died.
New York to New Jersey Wraham Parkhurst
Orange Co in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Willis of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years to 89
Disbursed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of March 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of November 1819 and sent to Booch Stark Goshen New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 $44.15 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1820 48. $92.15
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
continued

Abraham Parkhurst, Pensioner. { Copy of Affidavit, 15,031. } &c
[Large decorative initial letter, possibly 'C' or 'E']
This man is not on the pension roll. It is necessary that his pay be transferred to that he may receive the sum of $100 per month for his services with the

District of New Jersey, Sussex County, ss
On this fifteenth day of August, eighteen hundred & twenty, in the term of August, of the inferior Court of Common Pleas, of said County, — Present, the Honorable Gabriel H. Ford, presiding Judge of said Court and other Judges &c
Sussex County, ss — Be it remembered, that on the fifteenth day of August, in the year of our L ORD , one thousand eight hundred & twenty, personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas, constituted and established by the Laws of this State, in open Court, the said Court, being a Court of record, for the County of Sussex, in the State of New Jersey. Abraham Parkhurst, aged sixty six years, resident in the town of Montague, county of Sussex, State of New Jersey, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: — that about the month of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, he enlisted in a Company, commanded by Captain Fudd, in the third Regiment of the Connecticut line, of the Continental army, commanded by Colonel Samuel Willis, for the term of three years, that he served in the said Company under his said enlistment, as a private soldier, the full term of three years, and until he was discharged in about the month of January 1780. — This deponent can not recollect the name of the place at which he was discharged — and he further says that he was engaged in the Battles of Trenton and Monmouth. — and that his original declaration is dated, according to the recollection & belief of the deponent, the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred & nineteen, and that his pension certificate, is N o 15,831. — And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18 th day of March 1818. and

that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18 th 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, to wit: — Real Estate, I have none — Debts, I have none due to me. —
Personal Estate, wearing apparel & bedding excepted, as follows: —
Three old chairs, — one washing tub, one old loom, — one meat pirkim, one kettle, — one water pail one tea kettle — three earthen bowls — one pewter platter, — three spoons — two do — plates, — one axe, one hoe, three tea cups & saucers, — one chest, one heifer calf, 18 months old, — three knives & forks. —
And this deponent further saith, that his family consists of himself and his wife, aged about fifty seven years. — this deponent says that he is a weaver by trade, but that from infirmity, from age, and over fatigue at the battle of Monmouths, he is unable to work steadily at his trade, and the deponent further saith, that his said wife, is a weakly and unhealthy woman, and unable to do much work, and that this deponent, and his said wife, are unable by their own labour and exertions to make for themselves a comfortable living and really stand in need of charitable assistance! — Sworn and subscribed in open Court, this 15 th of August 1820. } Abraham Parkhurst.
Jab. H. Ford

It is the opinion of the Court, that the value of the foregoing property, as contained in the above schedule, is twenty one dollars. — Lab. H. Ford.
I, Ephraim Green Jun r — Clerk of the Court of common Pleas, afores d — do hereby certify, that the foregoing oaths, 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 afores d schedule, is twenty one dollars. — In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this thirtieth day of August, A.D., 1820. E. Green Jun r Clerk of the Court for the County of Superi d

Abraham Parkhurst
Connect line
Col. Willis Am
Clift's Comp'y
Feby 10-1777
18-780 32 yrs
The judge's certificate as to the claimant's circumstances wanted. That also is done
Adm.
Correct by all

State of New York County of Orange ss On this twentieth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid per- sonally appeared Abraham Parkhurst aged sixty five, resident in the town of Minisink County 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 the said Abraham Parkhurst enlisted in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, into a Company commanded by Captain Budd in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Sayer well Wyllys, said Regiment being (as said Abraham thinks and believes) the Third Regiment of the Connecticut Line - That he the said Abraham enlisted in January or February in the year one thou- sand seven hundred and seventy seven that he enlisted to serve three years - That he the said Abraham continued in said service till the expiration of said term of three years - and that he was then discharged from said service near West Point in the State of New York - that

he received an Honorable Discharge from Major Thomas Griesmer which he has since lost - That he was in the Battles of Monmouth and of Trenton - And fur- -ther that he is in reduced circumstan- -ces and stands in need of the assist- -ance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service - In witness and declared before me the day and year aforesaid - Abraham Parkhurst
Stephen Jackson on the Judge of Orange County

State of New York County of Orange ss Thomas Van Etten and Wathaw Van Auken both of the town of Minisink - county aforesaid being duly sworn according to Law, do and each of them doth upon his oath depose and say that he is well acquainted with the a- -bove named Abraham Parkhurst and well knows him to be in indigent circumstances and to stand in need of the assistance of his country for support
Thomas Van Etten Wathaw Van Auken
Subscribed and sworn to this 23 rd day of June 1819 before me John Busternard Justice,

ate of New York } I do hereby certify that Thomas county of Orange } Junior Van Etten and William Van Aken nam- ed in the preceding affidavit, taken by them before John Durland Justice are credible witnesses: And further that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Abraham Parkhurst in the preceding affidavit and declaration mentioned did serve in the War of the Revolution according to said declaration. Dated 20 th July 1819 - Stephen Jackson
Orange County Clerk's Office
State of New York } In testimony to the official character of county of Orange } John Durland, and that he now is and was at the date of the preceding affidavit of Thomas Van Etten and William Van Aken junior, an acting jus- tice of the peace in and for the county of Orange, and that the name of the said John Durland subscribed to the said affidavit is the proper hand writing of the said John Durland: And further that Stephen Jackson is now and was at the date of the preceding affidavit, declaration and certificate a Judge of the court of Common Pleas in and for the county afore- said, and that the name of the said Stephen Jackson subscribed to the preceding certificate and also to the preceding declaration of Abraham Parkhurst, and the above certificate is the proper handwriting of the said Stephen Jackson.
I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix my seal of office this Twenty fourth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen -
Jason Wilkin Clerk of the county - of Orange

I Stephen Jackson judge as aforesaid do hereby Certify that from my knowledge of Thomas Van Etten & Nathan Van Antwerp named in the annexed affidavit the facts sworn to by them I am satisfied that the written name Abraham Parkhurst is in indeed circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support. Dated 26 Oct. 1819 Stephen Jackson
State of New York } Orange County } ss I James W. Lockhart Clerk of the County of Orange and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do hereby Certify that Stephen Jackson on the Twenty sixth day of October 1819 was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County duly commissioned and sworn and duly authorized by the laws of said State to administer oath &c. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said judge and do truly believe believe that the signature "Stephen Jackson" subscribed to the above Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said judge.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the seal of said Court and County this 28 th day of October 1819.
James W. Lockhart Clerk

July 30, 1937.
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Mrs. Lulu M. Boone Sterling Colorado
BA-J/ady Abraham Parkhurst S.34465
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Abram Parkhurst, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.34465, based upon the military service of Abraham Parkhurst in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Abraham Parkhurst are not shown.
Abraham Parkhurst was in the battle of Bunker Hill under Joseph Warren and in the battle of Trenton, no further details of these services given. He enlisted in Hartford County, Connecticut, served as private in Captains Judd's and Clift's Companies, Colonel Samuel Wylllys' Third Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth and was discharged February 18, 1780, having served three years. He stated that he later was commissioned Major and served under Colonel Hazen in the "Congress Regiment" to the close of the war.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 20, 1819, at which time he was aged sixty-five years and a resident of Minisink, Orange County, New York.
In 1820 he was living in Montague, Sussex County, New Jersey, and in 1828 he was residing in Saddle River Township, Bergen County, New Jersey.
Soldier stated in 1820 that his family consisted of himself and his wife, aged about fifty-seven years, her name not stated. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator
Date of death not on AB

Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
17 Dec 1828
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Abraham Parkhurst under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a commission, and, if so, what commission, was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension.
Richard Rush.
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.

For the purpose of claiming the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th day of May 1828, I Abraham Parkhurst of the township of Saddle river, in the county of Bergen, in the State of New Jersey, do hereby declare that I was an Officer in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such, to the end of the war, at which period I was a Major in the Congreg's regiment of the continental line. And I also declare, that I afterwards received a certificate (commonly called a commutation certificate) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22 d of March 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21 st of October, 1780. And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3 d of March, 1826 Three Hundred and forty dollars, paid to me by the agent for paying pensions in the State of New Jersey. That I have not received any money as a pensioner of the United States since the 3 d of March 1828.
Abraham Parkhurst
Before me Abraham Peterson one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County of Bergen, and State of New Jersey, personally appeared this day Henry Doremus Jun r and Peter J. Doremus, of the said County, who did severally make oath, that Abraham Parkhurst 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. Witness my hand this 13 th day of October in the year of our Lord 1828
Abraham Peterson
Henry Doremus Jun r Peter J. Doremus

I Abraham Winton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bergen in the State of New Jersey Do hereby certify that Abraham Ryerson before whom the within 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 28 th day of October A.D. 1828.
Mr. Winton Clerk

Sterling, Colo. July 12, 1937.
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Do you have Revolutionary War records for Abram Parkhurst ? He was from New England. I believe from Conn.
Very truly
Mrs. Lulu M. Boone,
Sterling, Colorado.

Sterling, Colorado.
Sept. 5, 1937.
Veteran's Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: Will you please tell me if Ruth Parkhurst, widow of Abraham Parkhurst , received a pension? Abraham Parkhurst was a soldier in American Revolution and received a pension granted Mar. 20, 1819.
Thank you.
Very truly
Mrs. Lulu M. Boone Sterling, Colorado.

Sterling, Colorado, August 2, 1937
A. D. Hiller, Executive Assist. to the Administrator, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: Thank you very much for the enclosed record- I have copied it but am returning it to you for I have another question to ask and thought it might be possible you would not have to look up so much if you had this. My other question is this- Can you tell me when and to whom the last pension check for Abraham Parkhurst was paid?
Very truly
Mrs. Lulu M. Boone
1 Enc L

Sterling, Colorado, Mar. 8, 38
Veteran's Administration
Washington, D. C.
she has had this
Dear Sirs: We have found a only one record in the family that Abraham Parkhurst served as a private in the Revolution in Captain Abijah Child's Co., Regt. of Colonel Gaudner. He enlisted Apr. 29, 1775 and was regularly discharged Oct. 6, 1775. We do not have a record of place enlisting but do have that at the close of the war he married Ruth Spencer, Hartford, Ct. In 1811 he moved to Granville Twp., Bradford Co., Penna. He died Mar. 16, 1815.
Can you tell me if this is a correct record, or where I may write for more information?
Another record of another branch says he enlisted Feb. 18, 1777 in Clevts Co. for 3 yrs & discharged Feb. 18, 1780.
Perhaps more than one Abraham Parkhurst, can you help? Thank you.
Very truly
Mrs. Leila M. Boone Sterling Colorado.

August 10, 1937.
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Mrs. Lulu M. Boone Sterling Colorado
BA-J/ady Abraham Parkhurst S. 34465
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of August 2, 1937, with which you enclosed the official report from this office dated July 30, 1937, in regard to Abraham Parkhurst, S. 34465, Revolutionary War soldier, and state that you desire the name of the person to whom his last pension check was paid.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Abraham Parkhurst, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of his death you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., and cite the following data:
"Abraham Parkhurst, Certificate No. 15831, issued November 13, 1819, rate $8.00 per month, commenced March 20, 1819, Act of March 18, 1818, New York Agency transferred to New Jersey Agency".
The report furnished you by this office July 30, is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
GEORGE H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator

September 15, 1937.
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Mrs. Lulu M. Boone Sterling Colorado
BA-J/ady Abraham Parkhurst S.34465
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request to know whether or not Ruth Parkhurst, widow of Abraham Parkhurst, a pensioner on March 20, 1819, received a pension also.
There is no claim for pension on file which was made by any one as the widow of Abraham Parkhurst, S.34465, whose record was furnished you July 30, 1937.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

March 26, 1938.
Mrs. Lulu M. Boone Sterling Colorado.
MMHF/ BA-J/ILL Abraham Parkhurst S. 34465
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of an Abraham Parkhurst, other than S. 34465, which was furnished you July 30, 1937.
The record of the above noted soldier is that of the only Abraham Parkhurst found on the Revolutionary War pension records.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

A Parkhurst 1328
No 23 May 1829
ack 3144
Price

April the 15 1829 Bergen county Saddle river township
Sir
I have reserved an answer from your honor concerning my Application for a majors pay and By the answer it appears that there is no such a man on washintons records as Abraham parkhurst in haseans vigeiment I expect that I was never on the records of Wishingtons records By some means or other it was neglected
Dear Sir I have two substantial witnesses is John vicker of Bergen County his age is seventy nine years old that know me to be a major in the continental army in the revolution his age 69 years old and Goline Ackerman of Bergen County now me to be a major in the Congress vigeiment of the revolution which they have both made oath to it before Abraham vicker there are others I have in closed in this letter Dear Sir this witness is not to your honors satisfaction pray sir Be pleased to see what more evidence I must produce to obtaine A capl Pay = Dear sir I expect my claim is the pension office
know that Docter Lewis Cundiet had the charge of these witnesses I could have a sent on Be fair know if I had known that they wood Been wanted I was very sick at the time that Docter Lewis Cundiet came to the city of Washington so I had But very little time to procure any witness in my favor = Dear sir if you understand with the hole business is left to your honor to grant A pension to home you please if you are satisfied that they are honest for their claim Dear sir I know that I have done all that was in my power to save my country from the hands of Great Britain and as I am old and help myself I think it very hard if my country wont do nothing for me my wife is sick and I have been sick 2 years all the time so I cant do any thing to help myself only live on 8 Dollars per month I hope Sir you will grant me my pension with what witness I have sent now and so I must conclude myself your sincere friend and well wisher Abraham parkhurst until I doth to our richard rush at setty washington secretary of the treasury sir I has to direct to me your letter to Patterson Post office in the country of Essex
new jersey so that I may no what to Due

Dear Sir Please to write to me whether John Garkburst is in roll as a privet soldier on whichingtons records under cap 2th from manning of woodstock in the state of connecticut in Colonel Durgays regiment in the years services in the year 1776 and whether he is intitled to a Pension or not

War Department, Pension Office, January 7. 1829
Sir,
In reply to the enquiry contained in the enclosed papers from the Secretary of the Treasury, I have to inform you that no commission of Abraham Parkhurst has ever been in this Department to my knowledge. He served as a private soldier in Captain Clift's company in the regiment commanded by Colonel Myllis from February 18. 1777 to February 18. 1780, and on account of said service was placed on the pension list, and still receives a pension.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your Obedt. Servt.
James L. Edwards
Hon. P. B. Porter, Secretary of War.

( Revolutionary Claims. )
The Secretary of the Treasury;

A. R. Oct. 24 th 1828
Dear Sir,
The Declaration of Thomas Thompson of Morris Co. N. J. together with such testimony as he could procure, to substantiate his claim for Revol. Service, was forwarded some months since for examination. Perhaps some supplemental evidence, & reference to the Army rolls, was afterwards forwarded. — He has lately written to me, desiring to know what decision, if any has been made. — He is extremely poor, & illiterate — & with the infirmities of memory from old age & habits of intemperance his story may not precisely agree with the record — yet, I presume as to the main fact, of his service through the whole war, there is no doubt. — His application for a pension under the act of 1818, was either rejected, or after suspension was not restored, because he had then, a few acres of poor rocky mountain land, not worth to him, the annual taxes thereon. —
I promised Mr. Dickinson the other morning, the perusal of a letter from old Abraham Parkhurst, relative to his claim. — It may fall short of testimony — but shews some knowledge of the passing events, & by mentioning names of associates may possibly lead to a discovery  knowledge of the Regiment in which he served, & when his name may be enrolled. — He deserves a patent for peculiar spelling.
Very respectfully &c: L. Condit.

Wraham Parkhurst.
Application for transfer
15.881-
Transf d from New York to New Jersey 29 Nov 1820
Mar 20

Application for a transfer
State of New Jersey County of Sussex ss
On this second day of
November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty before me Thomas Mc Intire one of the Justices of the peace for the said County of Sussex, personally appeared Abraham Parkhurst who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Rudd in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Willis in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New York Agency at the rate of Eight Dollars per month. Commencing on the twentieth day of March A D 1819. from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in town of Montague in the County of Sussex and State of New Jersey. (where he intends to remain and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future)
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid. —
Abraham Parkhurst
Tho: Mc Intire

State of New Jersey Superior Court of the of the County of common Pleas in and for said County of Sussex do certify that Thomas McIntire Esquire who has taken the within deposition of Abraham Paskhurst and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of taking and signing the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be Given his testimony whereof I have hereunto subscri- bed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court this 20 th day of Nov r A.D. 1820
E. D. Green Jr.

Abraham Parkhurst
Affidavit

Bergen County ss 3 Personally appeared before me Abraham Ryerson, one of the justices of the peace in and for said County. Abraham Parkhurst, who being duly sworn, saith that his Commission of Major in the Congress regiment of the revolution, hath lately been accidentally destroyed by fire.
Sworn and subscribed James Abraham Parkhurst before me this 28th day of November A.D. 1828
Abm Ryerson

Free
Lewis Conditt Esqr in Congress
City of Washington
Abraham Parkhurst.

In the year 1776 I in listed in to capt Judges Company in Cornol Willises ridge ment in the third connecticut ridge ment for the term of three years and served my time out and got my discharge and went home and then I was as free from the continental army as if I never had been in it and in the year 1818 when the Congress had ordered a pension for the soldiers I applied for an officers pay and I could not make any proof that I ever had been an officer in the army and then I applied for a private pay eight dollars per month for my three years service - I applied after my first three years I had an offer of a major commission in the Congress regiment during the war which I accepted and served my time till the war was at an end as Congress has made an act for the benefit of officers of the old revolution soldiers and I am know where I can get a plenty of proof to satisfy that I was an officer in the continental army I have such proof as I have sent on to Congress I have been sick this four years one half of my time and my wife 13 months out of the time and under the doctors hands for the most part of the this last summer my self have been under the care of 2 doctors and at the present time I am feeling a little better of my sickness - But without I can get some support from my country I must suffer I live among Dutch people and they are not very friendly to poor old people without they are sure that they will get the money for every thing that they let them have I do most sincerely beg of all the good and most worthy gentlemen of Congress to consider my situation and help me to a capt pay it out long I shall want it for I am now in my 73 year of my age - In the year 1779 early in the year I in vold myself as a major in the Congress under General Hassan I think that was his name and I in gaged during the war and I served my time out - In the year 1775 I was in the Battle at Bunker hill with Doctor Joseph Warren he was our commander I was in the fort when he was shot our church veger told us or the British would have took the fort An old Tory in Boston at that time got onto the roof of his house to see the British take the hill and fell and broke his neck his name was Boling - Dear Sir I cant find any part of my Commission and it is out of my power to send it I can prove by Capt Eds that I had a Commission and that is all I can do about it and so I must conclude my self your friend and well wisher Abraham Parkhurst in the country of Bergen Saddle river township in the state of New Jersey November the 26 day 1828 To Doctor Lewis Candiet in Congress this with care

State of New York Bergen County ss Personally appeared before me Abraham Ryerson one of the justices of the peace in and for said county David Surte, Thomas P. Doremus Cornelius Westervelt, John Westervelt, Henry Doremus his and Peter A. Ryerson all of said county, who being duly sworn, do severally declare that Abraham Parkhurst of the said county of Bergen is generally reputed and believed to be an officer of the Revolution. —
Sworn and subscribed before me this 7th of August AD 1828 Abraham Ryerson justice of the peace Witness Present Isaac H. Mead
David Surte Thomas P. Doremus Cornelius Westervelt John Westervelt Peter A. Ryerson Henry Doremus
N. Wilson Jur
(Handwritten signature)

The Secretary of the Treasury.

H. R. Dec. 9th 1828.
Dear Sir,
I enclose you a declaration of Abraham Parkhurst, who claims the benefit of the act for relief of the surviving off rs of the Army of the Revolution. — His Commission he states has been destroyed by mice, but as he states that he belonged to what was called "the Congregational Regiment" (Hazen) probably his name may be found. — He is old, & illiterate & probably his memory fallacious, — but I have no doubt of the truth of the leading facts stated by him. — I have his letter, which covers his pension but such is its orthography &c. that I deem it scarcely worth while to trouble you with it, unless you desire to see it. — He was pensioned as a private under the Law of 1818, having served as such during the first year of the war, & could not then give satisfactory proof of having held a commission. Will you please notify me the decision on his case? — He rec d . a further 6 mos. pension, after his declaration was made & subscribed.
Yours with esteem & respect,
Lewis Bondict.
Hon. R. Rush Secy. of the Treasury.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
10 Dec 1828.
Abraham Parkhurst of _____ in the County of Bergen _____ in the State of New Jersey - 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 army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the War,
at which period he was a Major in Col Hazens regiment of the line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Three hundred and forty - dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of New Jersey. -
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary. F. Dickins.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 12 th December 1828
does not It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Abraham Parkhurst. Major in the Hazens Reg t line, amounting to dollars.
It further appears that _____ is now on the pension list of the _____ agency, and has been since the _____ at the rate of _____ per month.
The Revolutionary records in this office furnish no information whatever in relation to the services of Major Abraham Parkhurst of Col. Hazen's Regiment - There is now on the New Jersey pension Roll, a private soldier by the name of Abraham Parkhurst, at the rate of $8 per month who has been paid at that rate, to the 3 rd March 1828 P. Hagner Aud

General Pension J. J. Edwards Esq.
J. J. Edwards Esq. Commr. re: of Pension Pension Office
June 18th 1888

Morris town, N. J. March 8 th 37.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed are the papers which relate to the case of Abm. Parkhurst, now dec d . late a pensioner under the act of 1818. The circumstances are detailed at length, & by the rules of your Office, it becomes necessary that you should yourself examine them, & give to the N. Jersey Agent at Trenton, such instructions as to paying the annuity, as you shall deem to be proper.
I expect to go to Trenton early next week, & shall be pleased to receive your decision at that place .
The evidence of the official character of Abm. Ryerson Esq r . & of Elijah Ward Esq r . will be furnished at Trenton, from the office of the Secretary of State of N. Jersey.
Very respectfully - your friend & ob t serv t .
Levi Condict
J. L. Edwards Esq r . Comm ee of Pensions.

34465 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34465
Abraham Parkhurst
Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 316
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1937 July 30. Hist. to Mrs. Lulu M. Boone A.D.Y.
1937 Aug. 10. Mrs. Lulu M. Boone ref. to the Gen. Acct. Office 2/7
1937 Sept. 15. Mrs. Lulu M. Boone adv. no widow's claim. A.D.Y.
1938 Mar. 26. Mrs. Lulu M. Boone advised only one in file - J.S.S.

Rejected Ex'r. OLD WAR.
No. 20.179
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
Abraham Parkhurst Major Col. Hazens Regt Rev'y War
REJECTED
Died at _____
1 - 0 " - 0 except other claim.
_____, 187____
Clerk.
Application filed: _____, 18____
Attorney: _____
_____. _____
Not allowed Act 1872.

State of New York Rutgen County
Personally appeared before Abraham Rymon one of the justices of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, John Riker and Caroline Ack- erman, who being duly sworn, do severally depose and say that they were in the service of the army of the Revolution and that they were at that time acquainted with Abraham Park- hurst, and that they knew him to be a Major in the Congress Regiment of the Revolution
John his Riker mark
Sworn and subscribed before me this 16th March 1829
Caroline his Ackerman mark
Abraham Rymon

Abraham Parkhurst - Major Col. Hazens Regt -
Abraham parkhurst
not satisfactory
New Jersey -
Deer File No 34,465 / dont like Notice card Not allowed act-1828 L.S.