Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13968, for Abner Morley, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Morley, Abner
S. 13968
carded
CONTENTS

To New-10. 03 8 York
Massachusetts from
Abner Porter
of Berkshire in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Parker of the Regt commanded by Colonel in the Mass line for 8 (Mens) & 30 days
W.H.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 28 - Dollars - 89 - Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of May 1833 and sent to Mr. Bishop Sarah Massachussets
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $57.78 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. " 14.45 $72.23
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. D. Addison Clerk Book 8 Vol. 2a Page 5

See let to agt 6 th Feby & to know up to what time last paid -
March 18. 1834 transfd to New York, from March 1831 - notice sent Hon S c Hathaway. H. R. —

I John Garside of Springfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do hereby say that sometime in the month of June or first of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & twenty eight, I enlisted as a soldier in the service of the United States that I had orders to join the Company at Springfield in said Massachusetts that I joined the Company at that place commanded by Captain Elias S. Parker which was stationed at said place that John Morley now of Sheffield was a soldier with me in said Company for the term of six months And further the deponent saith not. Dated at Springfield the first day of September A.D. 1832. John Garside
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Berkshire ss. Be it known that on the first day of September A.D. 1832 Before the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Egbert B Garside Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the Signature annexed to said deposition is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifth day of September A. D. 1832. Henry W. Bishop Register Probate

I John Garfield of Springfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do hereby say that sometime in the month of June or first of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & twenty eight, I enlisted as a Soldier in the Service of the United States that I had orders to join the Company at Springfield in said Massachusetts that I joined the Company at that place Commanded by Captain Enos Parker which was stationed at said place that Ebenezer Morley now of Sheffield was a Soldier with me in said Company for the term of six months And further the deponent saith not. Dated at Springfield the first day of September A.D. 1832. John Garfield
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Berkshire
County ss. Be it known that on the first day of September A.D. 1832 Before the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for said County John Garfield above named made affirmation that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed was true. Ebenezer B. Garfield Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with John Garfield who has subscribed the above & is known to me to be a man of truth & veracity. Ebenezer B. Garfield

10557 Abner Morley Application for pension Sheffield Mass. Aug 15 1832

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ss
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this Fifteenth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting,
Abner Mosley a resident of the town of Whitfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy 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 act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
He enlisted at Sandisfield in 1777 in the early part of the summer in a Company commanded by Capt. Parker, & Lieut. Spaulding marched from Sandisfield to Springfield in the County of Hampden and was then stationed at the Barracks to guard the Continental stores. He enlisted at this time for six months and served that time with the exception of about ten days when I was hurt on my arm by a fall and was discharged about ten days before the six months expired & received a written discharge. He entered the service early in June & was discharged the last of November or first of December.
That he enlisted & served three months in the year 1779 - on the twenty third day of July & was discharged on the twenty third day of October of the same year - under Capt. Warren, Lieut. Norton Ensign Bradwick, neither of them now living. He enlisted at Sandisfield at this time & marched to the Mohawk River.

in the state of New York — He was in an engagement with the enemy on the evening after Col. John Brown of Pittsfield was killed in an engagement with the British, The British met our men at a place called Stone Roby or Stone Robie and we followed them to Fort Herkimer, where the British dispersed & fled Doctor Oliver Brewster was our surgeon.
He was born in 1761 in West Springfield — Mass. He has a record of his age in his Family Bible. He was living in Sandisfield at the time he entered the service.
He enlisted as a volunteer.
He does not recollect the names of the Field officers with whom he served —
He received a discharge at Springfield which he has destroyed.
He is acquainted with the Rev. Sylvester Burt of Great Barrington and Mr. John Sexton of Sheffield, who can testify as to his character for truth and his in belief of his services in the Revolution —
He has no documentary evidence of his services nor does he know of any person living, by whom he can prove the services.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Abner Morley
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
William P. Walker J. Probate
We Sylvester Burt a Clergyman, residing in the town of Great Barrington and John Saxon hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Abner Morley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion, and that his character for truth is good. — Sylvester Burt John Saxon
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
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 Sylvester Burt who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that John Saxon who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Abner Morley for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Henry W. Bishop - Register of Probate

10.557.
Abner Norley
Plan 8 Mus 20 days
H. W. Bishop
Lenox Mass

BRIEF in the case of Abner Morley County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts - (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? Seventy 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.     In 1777 June 5 20 As a Private Gen. Cap t Parker   1779 July 3 Cap t Warner   8 20 Lieut. Morton   
5. In what battles was he engaged? An engagement near Stone River 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berkshire Massachusetts 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditional evidence 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Improperly attached
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John L. Watson
Examining Clerk
26 Feb 9 -
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County of Cattaraugus ss.
On this twentieth day of January 1834
before me, the Subscriber, a Justice of the peace for the said County of Cattaraugus personally appeared Alner Morley who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company Commanded by Captain Packer in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel John Brown in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Massachusetts from whence he has lately removed, that he now resides in the state of New York where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Massachusetts to New York, he says his son told him if he would go to the state of New York he would buy him a small place and pay for it and his son did buy a small place and has paid for it and he now lives on it. And the said Alner Morley further declares on his oath that he has never drawn any money on his pension for removal from the state of Massachusetts before he got the pension.
Sworn and subscribed to before me } Alner Morley the day and year aforesaid
John A Ferguson (Justice of the peace)
Cattaraugus County ss. on this 13 th day of January 1834 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared Little Ferguson who on his oath declares that Alner Morley who has taken the above oath is the identical Alner Morley described in the above affidavit.
Sworn and subscribed to before me } L Ferguson the day and year aforesaid
John A Ferguson (Justice of the peace) I certify that I am well acquainted with Little Ferguson above named & that he is a man of truth & veracity. John A Ferguson (Justice of the peace)

State of New York
Cortland County Ker. vs. Fitch S.S.
I Samuel Hotchkiss the Clerk of said County do hereby certify that John H. Ferguson Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the peace in the said County, duly Commissioned and sworn. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and Verily believe his name subscribed to the within affidavit to be his Genuine Signature Witness my hand and Seal of Office at Cortlandville the 15 th day of Jan y A.D. 1834 Sam d Hotchkiss the Clerk

Rev. War
13968 INVALID.
File No. 13,968
Abner Morley Briv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 255
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Muscogee Mar 28
Free
Hon. Samuel G. Harkness M.C. Washington City
SL
Abner Mossley for transfer
U.S. Marsh
Hon. S. G. Harkness

January 20. 1834
Dear Sir. Enclosed I send you the affidavit of Ebenezer Morley who wishes to have his pension payable at New York instead of Massachusetts. Please have the goodness to forward the same to the War Office for that purpose and if the papers are not right let me know in what respects and if they transfer his pension let me know it or it may be that the Department will. If you will see to it you will much oblige me. In your letter to me you requested our Superior's name. his name is Timothy Hubbert
I perceive that the opposition to the administration are at their dirty work of trying to slander the old Hero & his Cabinet. and that they are aiming their shafts at the Vice President. but their efforts are vain for he stands upon an eminence where their envious opposition must fall harmless at his feet. For in my humble opinion Martin Van Buren will be our next President if he lives, all we shall have to do is to meet the enemy and they will be ours
Yours very Respectfully
J. G. Hathaway Esq.
John H. Ferguson

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Morley, Daniel GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6199 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 1, 1790 to Theodorus Fowler, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.