Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,228, for Asa Priest, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Priest, Asa
NUMBER
S. 14.228
carded
CONTENTS

Utica B031 New York
As a Must
of Oneida in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Warner of the Regt - commanded by Col. Marshall in the line for 3 Years — .. Mass — a
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Decbr. 1832 — .. and sent to J. Richardson New Hartford
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 120 Semizant. allowance ending 4th '33 40 $ 160
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 125
1891 July 16 Mrs A S Gabb Smith history Pres
Paid at Fremery, under acts 6 April, 1838, from 4 Sept. 1843 to 9 th Feb. 1844. Agent notf'd March 28, 1846.

2. Asa Frost 11422
Deduction 3 yrs
Posis Comma County
N.Y.
admitted
3 years private
$80
paid

State of New York
Onondaga County
On the Eleventh day of September in the year 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and Justices of the Sessions
now sitting Asa Priest a resident of the town of Paris County of Onondaga and State of New York of the age of seventy three years who first being duly sworn according to Law doth upon his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of congress passed June 7 th 1832 This deponent says that he enlisted as a soldier in the revolutionary war in February 1777 in Capt. Wanners Company Col. Marshalls Regiment of Massachusetts line for three years and faithfully served the time out and received an honorable discharge from Col. Marshall This deponent further says that he was born in the town Leicester Worcester County State of Massachusetts in the year 1759 has no record of his age has a discharge from Col. Marshall which this deponent offers as a proof of his service this deponent says that soon after the he went to Jefferys in Hampshire where he resided seven or eight years from there to Shelburne Massachusetts from there to Litchfield Hampshire County New York where he resided about thirty eight years in April last removed into the town of Paris
once further says not sworn as above in open court J.B. Read Dep. Clk
Asa Priest
We forsook Messrs. Tertius Southworth a clergyman residing in the town of Paris do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asa Priest who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolutionary and we concur in that opinion
Sworn in open court J.B. Read Dep. Clk
Tertius D. Southworth Joseph Mosher

The within named Asa Priest who subscribed and swore to the with declaration deposeth and says that he hereby relinquishes all every claim whatever to any pension or annuity excepting the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state
Sworn in open Court
Sept 11 1832
Asa Priest
J.B. Reza Dep Clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Justus D. Southworth who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in the town Paris and that Jeriah Mather who has also signed the same is a resident in the town Samertown and is a credible person and their statement is entitled to credit
By the Court
C. Bay clrk, first prap
I George Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Onida do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said in the matter of the application of Asa Priest for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 12 th day of September A.D. 1832
Geo. Brown Clerk

No 111/22.
Asa Priest.
admitted
Jonathan Richardson Agent, New Hartford Oneida County New York.

No. 11622  BRIEF in the case of Asa Priest of Saris, County of Oneida — in the State of New York. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
In Open Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
73 Years.
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. As a Gen.     Liby In 1777. 3. private Capt Warner. Col. Marshall  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
None stated.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Not stated.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
By Documentary proof. — his discharge
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ord
Examining Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
July 17 th 1845.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Isa Priest, dec d child n of , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and _____ Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept r 1843. to the 9 th Feby 1844.
Respectfully, yours,
W. D. [Signature]
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Whereas I was a Soldier in the Third Company in the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment having Served out his term of Engagement of Three Years is Hereby Discharged from the Army of the United States and has Leave to pass Home to Said State ~ And is also entitled to all Privileges that may arise to the Three Years Men from the Massachusetts or United States Given Under my hand at West Point February 17 th 1780 Whom Concerneth.
Thomas Nash Col. of South Mass t Regiment

The Burcor Mfa Priest is permitted to carry his fire arms with him to his home it being his own property
Thomas Parrall Col. 1 st South Massa. Regiment
Berlin Jan y 10 th 1794 Payment received by himself 7 \frac{56}{90}
Mfa Priest S. B. 14228 Mass.

P.L.M. Rev. War Section.
October 17, 1914.
The Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department.
Sir:-
In reply to your letter dated the 14 th instant, you are furnished the following information in regard to Asa Priest (S.F. No. 14,228 Rev. War).
Certificate No. 3,031,
Issued December 11, 1832,
At $80. per annum, commencing March 4, 1831,
Act June 7, 1832, Utica, N.Y. Agency.
As the name William Bacon appears more than once on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau, it is impossible to identify the subject of your inquiry.
Very respectfully,
E. C. Sieman Acting Commissioner.

National Military Home, Ohio. March 24th. 1891. Adjutant General, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. General.
Will you please to send me the military record of Asa Priest who was a soldier of the American Revolution, supposed to have served in a Massachusetts or Connecticut Regiment. After the war he lived

Oneida Co in the Town of Paris near Saugout New York. He was a pensioner. He died in 1844.
Asa Priest was my great grandfather and I would like to establish my right to membership in the Society of the "Daughters of the American Revolution".
Respectfully, Myra Galbraith.
Address.
Mrs. A. S. Galbraith, National Military Home, Montgomery County, Ohio.

Myra Galbraith Ohio
April 25 } 1891 March 24 }
As a Priest Mass. or Pa. Ex W-1 14228
Adjutant General's Office, Washington, March 30, 1891.
Respectfully returned to Mrs. A. S. Galbraith, National Military Home, Montgomery County, Ohio.
There is no record of the men of the Revolution on file in this office. If the man inquir- ed for was a pensioner as stated within, his military record may be procured from the Commissioner of Pensions.
J. B. Kilmer Assistant Adjutant General.
[Handwritten signature]
File no 14228
ccf # 3031
Our names my dear
Nat. Mil. Home, Ohio.
April 25 th 1891.
Respectfully referred to the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Will you have the kindness to send to me the information called for in the enclosed letter.
Respectfully, Myra Galbraith

Utica Sep 16./07. Kindly send copy of Pension papers of Asa Priest Revolution- ary soldier. My father now living (Albert N. Priest D.D.S.) remem- bers his being a pension- er - As it will aid in establishing right to a membership in D.A.R.
And greatly oblige Mrs Mary V. P. Wright. 12 Lorraine - Onwego St.

Rev. man
14 228 INVALID.
1907 Oct. 8. History to Mary V.P. Wight 1914 Oct. 17 Aud. Int. Dept. furnished necessary data (letter returned to wife).
File No. 14 228
Iowa Priest Priv Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 308
[Arrangement of 1870.]