Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,259, for Thomas Powers, New Hampshire

SERVICE
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Powers, Thomas _____ or Powers _____
S. 44,259 _____ _____
CONTENTS
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4,081
New York Roll
Thomas Paves
Capt Farewell Private 4
New Hampshire line 1780. 39/5
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York — at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d of Novem r 1818 and forwarded to Stephen Phelps Canandaigua, Ontario, N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 38.93 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 48.00
$ 86.93
4 mo 24/31
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
Ontario, Ontario Co
Notification sent to Stephen Phelps 29 Sep 1820.
Canandaigua New York
Died Apr. 2. 1835 See A.B.

6000
6000
Thomas Povey
3
4081
2 Nov. 1818
Mar. 29

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this Twenty first day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) Thomas Powers in said county, who, being aged Fifty Six years, resident in the town of Ontario in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
For three years & two months as a Private that he entered the service about the middle of April in the year of 1780 as a substitute for Capt Isaac Frederick's Company in the first New Hampshire Regiment and served there as a substitute until the month of January 1781 when he enlisted in said Company & Regiment for during the War, and continued to serve there until discharged at the close of the War in June 1783
and that he made application for a Pension on the Ninth day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 4081 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, 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 18th day of March, 1818, 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, viz.
  One Horse $26.00 One lot 26.00 One cow $15.00 $17 00   One cow $13.00 One two year old Heifer $8.00 21 00   Two calves $3.00 13 Sheep & Hens about $13.00 16 00   Two Shocks $2.00 One red Plough 0.88 3 38   Nine drags $2.00 Two Hoes 0.50 2 50   Two old Sleighs $1.25 One spade 0.20 3 old axes 0.88 2 33   One old Ax 0.35 Two old axes 0.88 1 23   One auger 0.70 One do 0.24 One do 0.24 1 18   One adze 0.24 3 old axes 0.75 1 99   Three old chairs 0.50 Two draw shaves 0.45 95   One old wooden block 2 00   One Brothers net $0.45 One do 0.45 90   One Press chair 0.20 20   Two Brothers pots 0.45 One old Wash tub 0.45 90   One Tea pot 0.25 18 Plates $1.00 1 25   Stove kettles & Saucepans 0.40 Seven Bowls 0.10 80   Two old Brown Pitchers 0.20 One Plate 0.20 40   Five Milk Pans $1.00 Three old Whels $2.75 3 75   Two fire dogs $1.38 One Wash tub 0.40 1 78   One churn 0.50 Two Sails 0.68 1 18   One half Bush 0.23 One quarter do 0.16 39   One old loom & harness $3.50 Two squares 0.75 4 25   Two old Raps 0.19 Part of old harness 2.75 2 94   Eight Hams & Hogs 0.38 Two old chairs $1.50 1 88   One small looking glass 0.38 5 Spoons 0.25 63 
Thomas Powers $141.59

And I do further swear and declare that I am by occupation a cooper and that in consequence of old age and bodily infirmities I am not able to labour more than one half of my time and that my family consists of my wife who is aged Eighty Six and is bedridden that she is unable to labour more than one half of her time and that I have family aged Fourteen years, twelve years aged Eighteen years
Thomas Powers
Sworn and declared this Twenty first day of August 1820 before me Wm Rogers a Judge of Ontario Common Pleas
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Epsen Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther 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 One Hundred and Sixty five dollars and 50 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22 nd day of August 1820
J. Van Epsen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

Claims of Thomas Pown
April 9 th 1818
New Hampshire line.
To the Honorable Secy. of War.
Correct
S. Phelps
Canandaigua
N.Y.

State of New York } Ontario County } ss
Thomas Powers of the town of Ontario in the County of Ontario and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a native citizen of the United States and that he entered the Continental Service in the revolutionary war against the common enemy April 12 th 1780 in the first New Hampshire regiment commanded by Colonel Reed in Captain Isaac Farnwell company and that he received an honorable discharge in June 1783 and that he has since further saith that his discharge was destroyed together with his house by fire and that he is in indigent circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support and that he is fifty four years old and unable to perform but little bodily labor by means of corporeal infirmities and therefore prays his name may be placed on the pension list pursuant to an act of Congress passed the 18 th day of March 1818 entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service in the United States in the Revolutionary war and further the deponent saith that
Thomas Powers
Sworn and subscribed this the ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me Stephen Phelps one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario

State of New York } Ontario County } ss
On the ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and State of New York do hereby certify that it hath Satisfactorily appeared to me that Thomas Paine of the town of Ontario in said County to me personally known whom I have Examined on Oath touching the facts as Set forth in the Declaration herunto attached served this Country in the war of the revolution against the common Enemy and that he is in reduced circumstances in indigent circumstances and is in need of support from Government and in my Judgment and belief is entitled to the benefits and provisions of the said act referred to in the said deposition or declaration
Given under my hand at Canandaigua the day and year first above written Stephen Phelps
The Honorable Secretary of war will in cause my claims are allowed please forward the Certificate thereof to Stephen Phelps Esqr of Canandaigua who acts as my agent for me Canandaigua April 8 th 1818 Thomas Paine

State of New York Ontario County
ss, In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing 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 acting under the Authority of said State and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the County Seal at Canandaigua this 13 th day of April A.D. 1818
Wm M c Nairn C lerk

January 29, 1937
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BA-J/MCS Thomas Powars, S.44259
Pearl Stevens 294 Meigs Street Rochester New York
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.44259, based upon the military service of Thomas Powars (personal signature Powars, pensioned as Powers).
The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given.
He enlisted April 12, 1780, place not given, and served as private in Captain Isaac Farwell's company in Colonel Reid's New Hampshire regiment and was discharged in June, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he was fifty-four years of age and was living in Ontario, Ontario County, New York.
In 1820 he was living in Ontario and stated that his family (then residing with him) consisted of his wife, Cloe, aged sixty-six years, Mary Nichols aged twenty-four years, Amy Kinney aged fourteen years, and Horace Frower aged thirteen years. There are no further data relative to soldier's family.
Thomas Powars died April 2, 1835.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1937, Jan. 29. hist. to Pearl Stevens
44 259
Rev INVALID.
File No. 44 259
Thomas Powers
Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 March 18
and Vol. 3, Page 399
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Jan 15, 1937 294 Hugo St Rochester, N.Y.
Veterans Administration Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
Would you be so kind as to send me all the information on Isaac Wiburn Wyborn who was born in Preston Conn Oct. 9, 1739, and fought in the Revolutionary Army as a privet in Capt. John

II Hello's company. I would like most to know who and when he married and his children's names. The year he died.
also
Lieutenant Benjamin Nichols of Connecticut
also
no Power only Power
Thomas Power  NY of Charlestown who had 14- or 15 children by two wives and lived in (Ontario?) Co. N.Y. in the 19 th Century. Some of the children's names are Hannah who married Henry Nichols and Minerva

who married John Nichols who had Mary Nichols who married. Francis G. Warren.
Is it possible for you to give me any information on a Stevens who had descendants living in New York by the name of Walter Stevens who married Angelina Bishop about 1875 or later and had in 1880 Nelson Stevens & Bert Stevens in 1882
Thanking you for an early reply I'm yours truly
Pearl Stevens 294 M'Guire St
Rochester N.Y.

January 29, 1937
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BA-J/MCS
Thomas Powars, S. 44259
Pearl Stevens 294 Meigs Street Rochester New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War soldiers, Benjamin Nichols, Thomas Power, Isaac Wyborn, and --- Stevens.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land and based upon the military service of soldiers in this war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the service of a Benjamin Nichols of Connecticut or of any Isaac Wyborn.
In order to make a search of the Revolutionary War records of this office for a particular soldier surnamed Stevens, it is essential that you give the full name and furnish as much as possible of the following data: approximate date of birth and death, place of residence at enlistment and after service and first name of widow.
You are furnished herewith, a record of the only Thomas Powars (searched under Power and Powers) that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator