Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28,845, for Abner Pierce, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Pierce Alner
NUMBER _____
D. 28845
CONTENTS

33.018
Erving Tainter Octo 11 1852
Mr. J. R. Albany Herewith enclosed of Albany in the State of N. Y. who was a Serjeant in the Company commanded by Captain Buck of the Mass. commanded by in the Revolution time for 6 mo 16 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of Dollars 77 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Engrg R. J. Tracy 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of May 1852 and sent to Hon. J. Z. Goodrich Arrears to the 4th of Aug R. Pension allowance ending
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by. William H. H. Miller Clerk. Book C. 2 Vol. 4 Page 57

State of New York County of Otsego 3 ss
On this thirty first day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared in open court before Hiram Kinne Esq Surrogate of the county of Otsego in the State of New York Levi Pierce of Burlington in said county aged forty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension due to his Father Abner Pierce late of Burlington aforesaid under the provision of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. to which he is entitled as the Administrator of the estate of the said Abner Pierce deceased - that the said Abner Pierce was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and served as a Teamster in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Buck Conductor. For proof of his services he refers to the commission of the said Samuel Buck Conductor, now on file in the Pension Office at Washington in the case of the said Samuel Buck Conductor who was placed upon the roll of the New York Agency, and also to the roll of the said company of Teamsters also on file in the Pension Office, in the case of Elizabeth Axtell who was the former widow of Ephraim Meiner of Massachusetts, and to the proofs and documents herewith presented. And he further declares that the reason why his father the said Abner Pierce did not apply for a pension in his lifetime was because he was informed that he was not entitled as pensions were not granted for team service.
Levi Pierce
Sworn and subscribed in open court before me on the day first above written and I certify that the said Levi Pierce is a credible person to whose statements full credit is due
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 31st day of October 1851
Hiram Kinne Surrogate

State of New York Otsego County
I Hiram Keene Surrogate of said County do hereby certify that at a Surrogate's Court held at the Surrogate's Office in and for the said County of Otsego on the thirty first day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one it was proved by the adduction of testimony satisfactory to the said Court that Abner Pierce late of the town of Burlington in the said County of Otsego died on the twenty ninth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one that he left no widow but left the following named children him surviving viz Abel Pierce Samuel Pierce Abner Pierce Eli Pierce Anna Thompson Lois Russell Levi Pierce and Joseph Pierce that they are his only line surviving and that each of them is over the age of twenty one years and I further certify that Levi Pierce has been duly appointed administrator of the estate of the Abner Pierce deceased and is duly authorized and qualified to act as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 31st day of October 1851
Hiram Keene Surrogate

State of New York County of Otsego } ss
On this thirty first day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one personally appeared in open court before Hiram Kirtland Esq. Surrogate of the county of Otsego in the State of New York Levi Pierce of Burlington in said county aged forty eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension due to his Father Abner Pierce late of Burlington aforesaid under the provision of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, to which he is entitled as the Administrator of the estate of the said Abner Pierce deceased - that the said Abner Pierce was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and served as a Teamster in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Buck Conductor. For proof of his services he refers to the commission of the said Samuel Buck Conductor, now on file in the Pension Office at Washington in the case of the said Samuel Buck Conductor who was placed upon the roll of the New York Agency, and also to the roll of the said company of Teamsters also on file in the Pension Office, in the case of Elizabeth Axtell who was the former widow of Ephraim Meiner of Massachusetts, and to the proofs and documents herewith presented. And he further declares that the reason why his father the said Abner Pierce did not apply for a pension in his lifetime was because he was informed that he was not entitled as pensions were not granted for team service.
Levi Pierce
Sworn and subscribed in open court before me on the day first above written and I certify that the said Levi Pierce is a credible person to whose statements full credit is due
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office this 31st day of October 1851
Hiram Kirtland Surrogate

State of New York, Otsego County
I Hiram Kinne Surrogate of said County do hereby certify that at a Surrogate's Court held at the Surrogate's Office in and for the said County of Otsego on the thirty first day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one it was proved by the adduction of testimony satisfactory to the said Court that Abner Pierce late of the town of Burlington in the said County of Otsego died on the twenty ninth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty one that he left no widow but left the following named children him surviving viz Abel Pierce Samuel Pierce Abner Pierce Eli Pierce Anna Thompson Lois Russell Levi Pierce and Joseph Pierce That they are his only line surviving and that each of them is over the age of twenty one years and I further certify that Levi Pierce has been duly appointed administrator of the estate of the Abner Pierce deceased and is duly authorized and qualified to act as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 31 st day of October 1851
Hiram Kinne Surrogate

No 381327
Albion Pierce do
New York
June 7, 1832.
To the Commission of Samuel Buck.
See his papers set
June 7, 1832. At
Willis No. 32637
— New York Post
In a Bill of Buck's Leamington see copy of Elizabeth Atwell, Mass Sec. Not July 4, 1836
— Atwell
May 4, 1852.
Hon. J. Z. Goodrich, H. Rep.

I George Pierce of Goshen in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, Depose and say that I am eighty three years old last August - that I moved into the town of Peru in the county of Berkshire and State aforesaid with my Father in the year 1779 in the month of May and have resided in said Peru ever since the abovementioned time until the month of May in the year 1850 when I removed to this place. I was well acquainted with Abner Pierce who was my brother and lived with my Father in the time of the Revolution and afterwards removed from Peru aforesaid and resided in the town of Burlington in the county of Otsego and State of New York when he died in January 1851 - that the said Abner Pierce entered the service of the United States in the spring of 1781 as a Teamster or driver of baggage wagons, in the company commanded by Capt Samuel Buck Conductor, and that Ephraim Miner, Mason Haskins, Moses Gleason, Elijah Morse, Deas Chaffee, entered the service at the same time in the same company of Teamsters - that they left Peru aforesaid in the spring of the year 1781. and that they were gone till some time in the last of the month of December following. I well recollect that the snow was so deep that they had to leave their teams at Norwich about twenty miles from home. George Pierce
State of Massachusetts }
County of Hampshire } ss. Goshen December 13 th 1851 Then personally appeared before me the above named George Pierce and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true, and I hereby certify that so far as I am acquainted with the said George Pierce he is a person of a sound mind a retainable memory, and of undoubtable truth and veracity. Luther Stone Justice of the Peace

1. 90 327 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
HAMPSHIRE ss.
I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Court of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Sather Stone Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, to his acts and attestations, done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Sather Stone and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, for said Commonwealth, this Twenty third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty one .
Samuel Wells Clerk.

I Abigail Pierce of Goshen in the county of Hamp- shire and State of Massachusetts, Depose and say that I am eighty two years old since last February - that I have resided in the town of Peru in the county of Berkshire and State aforesaid from the year 1778 untill within the last two years, when I removed to this place - that while I resided with my parents in the said town of Peru I married George Pierce a brother of Abner Pierce late of Burlington in the county of Otsego and State of New York deceased, - that I was well acquainted with the said Abner Pierce, and well remember the fact of the said Abner Pierce, Ephraim Meiner and some others en- listing into the service of the United States under Capt Samuel Buck as Teamsters in the year 1781. - that I will recollect of knitting two pairs of stockings for the said Abner Pierce to carry with him into the service, after he enlisted and before he went away, I was then about twelve years old and it must have taken me about two or three weeks to have knit the stockings - that the said Abner did not return from the said service until the following winter I should think in December or January. That the said Abner Pierce resided in the said town of Peru untill about the year 1789 when he removed to Burlington aforesaid where he resided untill the time of his death as I have been informed and believe.
Abigail Pierce
State of Massachusetts County of Hampshire } ss. Goshen December 13 th 1851 Then personally appeared before me the above named Abigail Pierce and made oath that the above affidavit by her subscribed is true, and I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said Abigail that she is a person of remarkable sound and retainable memory and of undoubtable truth and veracity. Luther Stone Justice of the Peace

No 88.327
Abner Pierce do
New York
June 7, 1832,

Abner Peir N. Y. admitted Oct 1832
Pamph -
33078
Paper 2 M.

New York (Albany) offg.
Alma Pierce, died who was a Seaman under Capt. Burch
She died June 7, 1832
6 mo 16 days
$21.75 per mo
(on March 4, 1831. —end
Jan 28, 1831, when he died
Payable to Alma Pierce, daughter of Alma Pierce
Samuel Pierce,
Alma Pierce,
Ed. Pierce,
Sara Thompson
Lois Russell,
Sam Pierce and
Joseph Pierce,
and children, &c,
Rev. J. Z. Goodrich H. B.

28845 INVALID. Rev
Ex by Mrs Johnston
File No. 28,845
Abner Pierce
Scamander Rev. Year
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 328
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Brief in the case of Abner Pierce, decd Otsego _____ County and State of New York, act June 7, 1832
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record evidence of service as a Trustee under Capt. Buck.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Hon J. Z. Goodrich H. R.
Examining Clerk.
G. S. Miles

Harford Cortland Co. N.Y. Oct. 4, 1854.
Sir
In your letter to me of the 11 th Sept. last in relation to the claim of Louisa G. Latimer widow of George Latimer of Conn. for an increase of pension I am informed that "It is altogether immaterial at what rate seamen were paid at certain periods, the rate of pension has been fixed with a full knowledge of all the facts." As you mention only one "rate of pension" for service as a Seaman in the letter above referred to, I conclude that under the above rule, all Seamen are entitled to a pension at the same rate for an equal amount of service.
I therefore send herewith a power of Attorney in the case of Abner Pierce of New York who was a Seaman and ask an increase of the pension to the above mentioned fixed rate .
Respectfully Yours & Erving Taintor for Eli Taintor
G. P. Waldo Comm. Pension of Pensions

Lee Mass. Jan y 20 th 1851
Hon d J. E. Heath
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir, I enclose to the Pension Office the papers of Levi Pierce son and Administrator on the Estate of Abner Pierce Dec d . Claiming a pension for the Services of Abner Pierce dec d for Services rendered in the War of the Revolution as a teamster in a Company of teams Commanded by Capt Samuel Back Conductor You will find the Commission of Samuel Back on file in the Pension Office at Washington in the Case of Samuel Back in the New York Agency. You will also find the Muster roll of said Company in the Case of Elizabeth Arlett, the former widow of Ephraim Miner, on the back of said Muster roll is endorsed the following words and figures, Viz, Marched 3 June 1781 discharged 19 Dec r 1781, which will make more than Six Months and as the Commission is dated the first of April 1781, he must have been enlisted before he marched. Please direct to me at Lee, Berkshire Co., Mass. Yours Respectfully
E. Taintor
Please forward the result by the Hon d J. Z. Goodrich M.C.

CLAIM OF Abner Pierce ACT OF 1832
STATE OF New York COUNTY of Otsego } ss.
Be it known, That on this thirty first day of October A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty one , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Levi Pierce a resident of Burlington in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the son of the children of Abner Pierce late of Burlington aforesaid deceased, and Administrator of the estate of the said Abner Pierce deceased,
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner  Seamster in the Revolutionary war , and a claimant for a pension for his services, and
at the rate of allowed Dollars per annum ; that he has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased ; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. Hiram Babcock J. Peace.
Levi Pierce
I, Hiram Babcock Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, do hereby certify that Levi Pierce who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Hiram Babcock J. Peace.
I, Samuel North Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Hiram D. Babcock before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this 31 st day of October A. D. 185 one
Samuel North Clerk.

POWER OF ATTORNEY — Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Levi Pierce of Burlington in the county of Otsego and State of New York do hereby constitute and appoint Eli Taintor of L. in the State of Massachusetts my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Abner Pierce for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself as Administrator of the estate of the said Abner Pierce deceased to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 31 day October A. D. 1851.
Signed and Sealed in the presence of Erving Taintor Hiram Babcock
Levi Pierce
STATE OF New York } ss. COUNTY OF Otsego }
On this thirty-first day of October A. D. 1851 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Levi Pierce and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid. Hiram Babcock
Justice Peace.

Love Pierce

POWER OF ATTORNEY — Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Levi Pierce administrator of the estate of Abner Pierce deceased
hereby constitute and appoint Eli Painter of Lee Mass my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Abner Pierce for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to Levi Pierce administrator
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 13 th day July Hiram Babcock
A. D. 185 2
Levi Pierce
Signed and Sealed in the presence of Hiram Babcock Laura Jane Sill
STATE OF New York COUNTY OF Otsego } ss.
On this fifteenth day of July _____ A. D. 185 2 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Levi Pierce _____ and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid. Hiram Babcock
Justice Peace.

CLAIM OF Abner Pierce ACT OF 1832
STATE OF New York COUNTY of Otsego } ss.
Be it known, That on this fifteenth _____ day of July _____ A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty two _____ before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Levi Pierce a resident of Burlington in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the  one of the children of Abner Pierce deceased
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner  Teammaster in the war of the Revolution and has been pensioned
at the rate of Twenty one 77/100 _____ Dollars per annum; that he has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. Hiram Babcock J. Peace. }
Levi Pierce
I, Hiram Babcock Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, do hereby certify that Levi Pierce _____ who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Hiram Babcock
J. Peace.
I, Samuel North Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Hiram S Babcock _____ before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is _____ signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this 16 th _____ day of July A. D. 185 2
Samuel North Clerk.

STATE OF COUNTY OF
} ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me
that
States at the rate of $
day of
was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United per annum and that died on the eighteen hundred and
leaving surviving
and that
the only surviving child
of the aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this day of one thousand eight hundred and fifty