Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44387, for Alexander Oliver, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental
Oliver, Alexander
S. 44387
Mass.
Reg. No. 1607-150 - Ensign Issued Sept. 14. 1792 to John Stephenson, assignee No papers.
CONTENTS

8143 4
New York.
Alexander Oliver of Saratoga the state of New York who was an Ensign in the regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam of the Mass. line, for the term of 8 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of Mar 19 and sent to Judge Brock Meathew New York
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 218:58 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 2 Sept 1819 520. 10 30 30 } 338 58
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Walter L. ... under the law of the ... March

Alexander Oliver
Oliver Oliver, Lieut. Pulham's Mts. Reg.
1745 to 1748
Officers Handwritten Signature
Signature Ensign Signature

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. SARATOGA COUNTY.
ON this Seventh day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Saratoga and state of New-York, personally appears Alexander Oliver — — — — — aged 66 — — — years, resident in the town of Broadalbin — — — — — in the County of Montgomery — — — — — in the said state, 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 Alexander Oliver — — — — — enlisted in the Town of Brookfield — — — — — in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain John Foster in a Regiment commanded by Col Prefus Putnam being the fifth of the Massachusetts Line that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the end of the war in the month of December  Seventeen hundred eighty three when he was discharged from service in the Garrison at West Point — — — — — and state of New York and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and further  and further Declares that he enlisted in the year Seventeen hundred Seventy five was at the Northeast and remained in service the greater part of the time until the month of June  Seventeen hundred Seventy nine when he enlisted as a Sergeant in the said fifth Regiment as above and did duty as such until the Nineteenth Day of October  Seventeen hundred eighty one at which time he took rank as Ensign and received a Commission Dated the Nineteenth Day of February  Seventeen hundred eighty two and further Declares that he served in the said office of Ensign until the above stated time when he was discharged at West Point by a Resolution of the Regiment the aforesaid Commission is furnished as evidence of the above Declaration Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Avery Sturtevant } Judge of Common Pleas Saratoga County
Alexander Oliver
I Avery Sturtevant Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Alexander Oliver did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the War Department, pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of congress. and I do further certify that from my own personal knowledge he is destitute of property and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and is entitled to the provisions of the aforesaid act
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss : In testimony that the above named Avery Sturtevant is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Saratoga and state of New-York, and that the above is his signature, I subscribe my name and affix the county seal, this 19th day of May in the year 1818
J. Stillwell
Clerk of the County of Saratoga.

to the Honorable Secretary of the Department of War Sir please Direct the pension certificate to the post office in Galway State of New York to
Avery Parkweather Esq
by Request of applicant
if Consistent Let the Commission be Returned

Alexander Oliver
Not Entitled
8143
25 March 1817
Not Entitled

State of New York Montgomery County } 8
Common Pleas -
On the sixteenth day of June 1820, personally in the said Court in session, being a Court of Record Alexander Oliver aged about Sixty Eight years resident in the Town of Broadalbin in the said County, who being duly sworn doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, served by several different enlist- ments from 1775 till 1779 that in June 1779 he enlisted during the War in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam Captain John Trotters Company as a Ser- jeant - was commissioned in 1781 as an ensign which Commission was forwarded to the Secy. at War's office in 1818 in 1783 the 5 th Massachusetts in which I served was transferred to the 15 th Massachusetts Regiment com- manded by Colonel Joseph Vose served to the end of 1803 - was in the Battles of Lexington, Trenton, at Ticon- deroga, Siege of Burgoyne &c. that he drew no pension till he drew it in 1818 under the Law of that year by Certificate N o 8143 - and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift, Sale or in any manner disposed of pro- perty to bring myself under the provisions of the Act entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States after the Revolutionary War, of 18 th March 1818. - I then having no real nor personal property, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or secu- rities Contracts or debts due to me nor have I any other income than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed, I have been bred

To the farming business which I followed till 1806 when I lost my health and ability to earn my bread by my labour - When I obtained the bounty of Government in 1818 I was sustained by a son in Law, Samuel Pettit a man not in moderate circumstances - I have since purchased the lease right of 25 Acres of land for which I contracted to pay $650. have by that bounty been enabled to pay towards that amount $250. leaving a balance due on it $400.00 - I owe other debts to sundry persons - To Samuel Pettit $134 to Edward Oliver for labour $130.00 to Do by note $105.00. Doctors Bills. Blacksmiths Shoemakers $36.00 for new harness - 50 cents. whole debts due from me $805.50. I have no family other than as I hire living with me but my wife Jeremiah aged about sixty five years and inform -
Alexander Oliver
Sworn to and declared the 16th day of June 1820 in Open Court. From County Clerk
  Schedule of the Real and personal property of the said Alexander Oliver Esq -   Real 25 Acres subject debt of $400. as above said - - - - - 650.00   Personal   1 yoke of young oxen - - - - - 45.00   2 Cows - - - - - 30.00   1 old plow & chain - - - - - 3.00   1 Hog and pigs - - - - - 4.50   5 young Hens fowls & 6 geese - - - - - 2.50   1 Calf - - - - - 2.50   meal chest, 2 Baskets, old carters wheel, 2 bundles, 2 tables, old chest. - - - - - 2.00   a loom - - - - - 5.00   Books old chairs. Tongs. rails. flat Iron. cards - - - - - 5.00   Earthen pots, wooden do Tin pan. Hammer, mortar - - - - - 11.49   knives & forks, Tea pot, plates, bowls, plates - - - - - 2.87   Spoons. Cups & Saucers, Tubs. Barrels. - - - - - 2.24   56 

Broom 8 Whole amount of real and personal - $766.74
Summons  to  the  defendant Alexander Oliver to  appear  and  answer  the  complaint
John McCarthy Clerk
State of New York } Montgomery County } ss Clerks Office - }
I John McCarthy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereunto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I further certify that it is proved to the satisfaction of the said Court by the oaths of Credible witnesses, and that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Seven hundred and Sixty Six dollars and Seventy four cents In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on the 28th day of June 1820 - J. M. McCarthy

October 23, 1939.
Mr. Edwin E. Ellis 239 Huntington Avenue Buffalo, New York.
BA-J/ILL Alexander Oliver S. 44387
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Alexander Oliver, who was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, and served from that state during the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 44387, based upon service of Alexander Oliver in the Revolutionary War.
Alexander Oliver enlisted in Brookfield, Massachusetts, in 1775, served eight months as corporal in Captain King's company, Colonel David Brewer's Massachusetts regiment, enlisted next in 1776 and served one year in Captain Peter Harwood's company, Colonel Shepard's Massachusetts regiment; from December 25, 1777, he served one year as Quartermaster in Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin's Artillery Regiment. He enlisted in June 1779, served as corporal and sergeant in Captain John Trotter's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's 5 th Massachusetts regiment, was commissioned October 19, 1781, ensign in that regiment, in which capacity he continued until said regiment was consolidated with the 1 st Massachusetts Regiment, then served as ensign of Captain Joseph Killam's company under Colonel Joseph Vose until December 1783, when he was discharged at West Point, New York. During his service, he was in the battles of Lexington and Trenton, after which he was engaged in the north, and was at Ticonderoga and at the taking of General Burgoyne.
Service OK. as in Heitman
On account of his service as ensign in the Revolutionary War, Alexander Oliver was allowed one hundred fifty acres of bounty land on warrant #1607, issued September 14, 1792.
Alexander Oliver was allowed pension on account of his service

in the Revolutionary War on his application executed April 7, 1818, at which time he resided in Broadalbin, Montgomery County, New York. Alexander Oliver gave his age then as sixty-six years, but did not state the date and place of his birth, nor the names of his parents. He was living in Broadalbin, New York, in 1823.
In 1820, this officer's wife, Zeruah, was aged sixty-five years; her maiden name, and the date and place of their marriage were not given. Reference was made to children of Alexander and Zeruah Oliver, but their names were not designated. A son-in-law, Samuel Pettit, resided in Broadalbin in 1821, but the name of his wife was not given; said Samuel Pettit was deceased in June 1823, at which time one Ethan Pettit resided in Broadalbin, New York. Ethan's relationship to the family was not stated.
Edward Oliver resided in Broadalbin, New York, in 1823, and was present when Alexander Oliver made affidavit in regard to a tract of land; no relationship between this Edward and the family of Alexander Oliver was stated.
If you desire information in regard to the location of the land which was granted on account of service of Alexander Oliver in the Revolutionary War, you should apply to the Commissioner, General Land Office, this city, and furnish the following data: warrant #1607-150 acres of bounty land, issued September 14, 1792.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, this city, and furnish the following data:
Alexander Oliver Certificate #8143 Issued March 25, 1819 Commenced April 7, 1818 Rate $20 per month Act of March 18, 1818 New York Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Mar. 9-1903 Mary E. Thornton Cedar Falls Iowa
Hist to Mrs
44387 INVALID.
Rev
1912 June 1 Hist. to Mrs. John F. Maxwell. V.P.M. 1922 Feb 1 Hist to Mrs. Chas. B. Bryan 1939 Oct. 23. Hist. to Mr. Edwin E. Ellis. S.D.
File No. 44387
Alexander Oliver
Ensign Rev. Div
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 373
[Arrangement of 1870.]

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
To Alexander Oliver Gentlemen
Greeting.
We Reposing special trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be an Ensign in the fifth Massachusetts Regiment
in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the Nineteenth day of October 1781.
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of an Ensign by doing and performing all manner of things thereto belonging. And we do
Strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Ensign. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress before mentioned, or a Committee of the States.
44387
Witness His Excellency John Hanson Esq. President of the Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia the Nineteenth day of February A.D. 1782 and in the Sixth Year of our Independence.
John Hanson Esq.
By Order of Congress Benjamin Lincoln Secretary at War.

Alexander Oliver, N. York, rews:
Served from 1776 to 1783, age 69 - wife 65 - Property, 2 acres of land - 1 yoke Oxen - 2 Cows - Plough & chain - 1 hog & p household furniture &c. - When he obtained his pension in 1818, he states that he was supported by his son in law Samuel Ottis Pettit, who is in moderate circumstances - he purchased a lease right to the above land, for which he agreed to pay $650 - he paid $250 towards it - Samuel Pettit, his son in law, swears that he was security for the claimant for upwards of $700, and that to prevent a prosecution & sacrifice by Sheriff's sale, of the pensioner's property, he took the said property at a fair valuation, ($685) - and the balance due from the Pensioner yet remains un- satisfied. The whole of the property amounted, according to the opinion of the Court, to $766 -
She name cannot be restored, See letter June 24. 1822 to Hon. A.
Gunkling -
See letter to Genl. J. M. Taylor
Esq.

Alexander Oliver, Esquire New York, Sept 43 Several descriptions which are in schedule dated 16 th Nov 19 lease rights 25 acres of land live stock and sundry ar- ticles of household and kitchen utensils
Given as follows viz. Balance for the 25 acres of land mentioned in schedule. $400.00 To Saml. Pettit 1,500.00 Edward Oliver 130.00 To 2 nd by note 140.00 Doctors bills Blacksmiths, Shoemakers 30.00 For news paper 5.00 $805.00
Schedule under date March 1823 dated 11 th June 1823. Most nothing real or personal. Assigns for lease of said land having signed his lease right to land on Oct 18 th 1820, (authenticated copy of assignment exhibited) to Saml. Pettit who was claimants se- curity for the payment for the said lease right, and for other debts. The said Pettit being dead his heirs are liable for the amount and it not been worth the amount for which they are liable the claimant has given his personal property to the Pettits
as an indemnity for the loss ob- tained by them by the disposi- tion of the above property. The above statement is corroborated by affidavits of sundry witnesses. The claimant aged 70 years. Not able to labor in consequence of infirmities in left shoulder. Wife aged 67 years, not able to do house work, no children in family;
Restored Applicant, Broadalbin, N.Y.
Sept. 1819.

Papers on which Pension was granted to Alexander Cline of New York. under act 1818.
Pension granted 25 Mar 1819
for C.O. room
for 1st & 2nd & 3rd & 4th & 5th & 6th & 7th & 8th & 9th & 10th & 11th & 12th & 13th & 14th & 15th & 16th & 17th & 18th & 19th & 20th

A few articles of household and kitchen furniture — $11.00
The difference between the amount of the 2 nd & first schedule arises from his creditors have taken all the property mentioned in the 2 nd schedule.
I am the same as in the first schedule. —
Regulations sent, April 16 th 1823.
2 nd schedule a copy of dec ee returned by the court at Broadalbin N.Y. on the 26 th June 1823. It has been recorded and entered.
W m M c Carthy, Johnstown, W.H.
Alexander Oliver — Ensign. New York.
Served during the whole war. 1 st schedule dated 16 June 1820. 25 acres of land — $650.00 1700 of oxen — 42.00 3 cows — 30.00 Hog & pigs — 4.50 Fowls — 2.50 1 calf — 2.50 House & articles of household & kitchen furniture — 32.24 $766.74
Debet as follows, viz: Balance for the 25 acres of land mentioned in schedule — $400.00 To Sam l Pettit — 134.00 To Edward Oliver — 130.00 To Do Do by note — 105.00 To Doctor's bill, Blacksmith's & Shoemaker's — 36.00 For newspapers — 00.50 $805.50
Claimant aged 68 — followed him until 1806 — when he lost his ability to labor — Wife aged 65 — infirm — no other in family — Application made to be allowed & rejected 24 June 1822 — 2 nd schedule dated 19 Oct. 1820 — contains no real estate —

Alexander Oliver Ensign.
New York.
Served during the whole war.
25 cents of band $650.00.
17

Know All men by these Presents that I Alexander Oliver of Broadalbin in the County of Montgomery and State of New York for the Consideration of Six hundred and fifty Dollars current money of the State above said for myself my heirs Executors and administrators Do bargain Sell Alien Release confirm Assign and set over unto Samuel Pettit of the same Place all the right Title and Interest that I have to the within mentioned Lease free and clear of all incumbrances. to have and to hold the same from me my heirs Executors or administrators forever ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twenty. Signed Sealed and Delivered in Presence of
Salathiel Cole
Alexander Oliver
Edward Oliver
State of New York Montgomery County
Edward Oliver being duly sworn says that he saw Alexander Oliver late a Pensioner of the United States execute a conveyance of which the above is a true copy and that he this deponent together with Salathiel Cole subscribed their names as witnesses thereto at the same time that it was executed at the time it bears date and for the purpose of securing Samuel Pettit for becoming responsible and security for the said Alexander on the purchase of the said lands
Edward Oliver
Sworn & subscribed in Open Court this 11th day of June 1823
Danny J. Yates Clerk.

State of New York
Montgomery County ss. I Henry H. Yates Clerk of the County courts of the said county, do certify that within assignment of lease is truly copied from the Original, and duly proven in open court by Edward Diven, to the satisfaction of the said court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Courts, the Eleventh day of June 1823.
Henry H. Yates Clerk.

of New York 1906-07 County of ... Personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid being a Court of record by the Constitution and laws of said State Benjamin Simmons and Edward Oliver of the Town of Broadalbin in the County aforesaid and after being duly sworn do depose and say that they and each of them are well acquainted with Alexander Oliver late a pensioner of the United States and that they are severally acquainted with his circumstances as follows. That in the Year 1819 he the said Alexander Oliver was poor and in very indigent circumstances that his being placed on the pension list of the United States gave him a credit and he purchased about twenty five acres of Land in the town of Broadalbin aforesaid for which he was to pay six hundred fifty Dollars but that he never paid any thing towards the land except what he got for his pension that he had no other property but his pension to pay for the land and that he obtained the land entirely on the credit of having a pension and that when his name was struck from the pension roll the same land was conveyed to Samuel Pettet who was bail for the purchase money in the purchase

Made by the said Alexander Oliver and the said Samuel Pittit having since deceased the heirs of the said Samuel Pittit have to pay the money for and in behalf of the said Alexander Oliver and that the said twenty five acres of land are not now worth the money which the heirs of the said Samuel Pittit have to pay for the same and that the said Alexander Oliver is very poor and in indigent circumstances is very infirm in body and health and with pleasure we state that he is a prudent man and a sober pious one
Benjamin Simmons Edward Oliver
Subscribed & sworn to in Open Court here 11 th 1823 —
Henry J. Yates Clerk

New York Montgomery County ss: on this 11 th Day of June 1823 personally appeared in Open Court being a court of Record for the County of Montgomery, Alexander Oliver resident in said County aged seventy Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820 and the 1 st of March 1823 - that he the said Alexander Oliver enlisted for the term of eight months in the Year 1775 in Battall at Lexington in 1776 for one Year in the Battall at Trenton in 1777 for one Year at Swordborough in the Year 1779 during the war in June in the state of Massachusetts in the Camp army Commanded by Captain John Trotter in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the continental establishment that I con- tinued to serve in the said Camp until the last of December 1780, when I was discharged from the said service at West Point in the state of New York for proof of my services to refer You to my commission now in Your office and that my name has been placed on the pension list and draft therefrom on account of my property and in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820, 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 provision 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 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, that since the institution of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property, at the time the pension act was passed I was on private charity and had been for a number of years before and continued so until the first of March 1818 and when I received my Certificate for a pension then I sent a debt for both real and personal property that I returned to the war office in my schedule made on the act of May 1 st 1820. Samuel Pettit was found with me to see the whole debts paid on the credit of my pension I contracted the said debts with William Tallman of Broadalbin and others. When I received of my pension I made a pay- ment and before I could make another payment the notes were out and put into At- ney's hand to collect my being struck from the pension list I could pay no more to prevent execution on the property my bondsman had

to pay that debt and others as may appear by the assignment on the lease and take the property by which means I am reduced to private Charity for my support - as to my occupation I was brought up a farmer as to my ability to pursue it in the Year 1802 I was taken with the Rheumatism and for a long time entirely helpless after a revival I had a fit of the numbness and was brought very low for a number of months then I receded a little then taken with a mortification on my left shoulder and before it could be stopped it effected me so that I have not been able to days and weeks myself from that time to the present day without help what little property I had was all exhausted by sickness Years before the act of March 1818 was passed and at the present day I am not able to labour by reason of the Rheumatism being settled throughout my whole system as to my family by my being stricken from my position my family is reduced to myself and wife name Hannah Oliver aged 67 Years not able to labour so as to do her house work and now on private Charity for support that here annexed is a true Copy of the Convey- -ance given by me to the said Samuel to pay him and which he took for the respon- -sibility he was under in becoming my

Security or bail when I purchased said lands and which will not yield him sufficient to pay off that money for which he did so became obligated for me that I have no property real or personal except the very scanty wearing Apparel and bedding of myself and wife that the other parts of my other personal property which was stated in the schedule which was sent to the war department (except a cow which has since died) I gave for the indemnity of my security as aforesaid to him and which with the land I conveyed to him is insufficient to pay the money he was bound for me and that my said security is now dead and his executors are unable to pay that debt incurred for me by their testator out of all the property I conveyed to the testator & will have to pay some monies out of the estate —
Alexander Oliver
S sworn in Open Court
10 th Jan 1823 —
Henry B. Yates Clerk.
State of New York
Attorney General vs. I Henry B. Yates Clerk of the said county do certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the court, that the said Alexander Oliver did serve in the revolutionary war,

as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, 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 said Alexander Oliver is not in possession of any property.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and Twenty Three.
Henry P. Yates Clerk
Prays to direct the returns to Alexander Oliver of Broadalbin County of Montgomery and State of New York

State of New York - Montgomery County
Personally appeared before me Alexander Silver Esq. one of the Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid Ethan Pettit Esq. Esq. Avery Starkweather & George Mills Esq.
all of the town of Broadalbin in the County aforesaid and after being duly sworn several depose and say that they and each of them are well acquainted with Alexander Oliver late a Prisoner of the United States and that they are severally acquainted with his circumstances as follows -
that in the year 1819 he the said Alexander Oliver was poor and in very indigent circumstances that his being placed on the pension list of the United States gave him a credit and he purchased about twenty five acres of land in the town of Broadalbin aforesaid for which he was to pay Six Hundred and fifty Dollars but that he never paid any thing towards the land except what he got for his pension that he had no other property but his pension to pay for the land and that he obtained the land entirely on the credit of having a pension - and that when his name was struck from the pension roll the same land was conveyed to Samuel Pettit

Who was Bail for the Purchase money in the Purchase made by the said Alexander Oliver and the said Samuel Pettet having since deceased the heirs of the said Samuel Pettet have to pay the money for and in behalf of the said Alexander Oliver and that the said twenty five acres of Land are not now worth the money which the heirs of the said Samuel Pettet have to pay for the same —
and that the said Alexander Oliver is Very Poor and in indigent Circumstances is Very infirm in body and health — and with Pleasure we state that he is a prudent man and a sober man and
George Milligan
John Blackweather Ethan Pettet
I Certify that I am well acquainted with the above named George Milligan, Mary Starkweather and Ethan Pettet and that they are all men of truth and veracity and so Esteemed Subscribed and sworn before me 6th day of June 1823
Alexander St. John Justice Peace

In the case of Mrs. Oliver
The within copy of Deed, must be cer- tified under the hand & seal of the proper officer.
26 June 1821
Affidavit Broadhurst New York

State of New York Montgomery County ss I, Henry F. Yates Clerk of the said County do Certify that the name of Alexander St. John subscribed to the aforesaid Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Alexander St. John, and that the said Alexander was on the sixth day of June, Instant one of the Justices of the peace of the said County, duly constituted and qualified according to law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affix- ed the seal of the said County, and signed the same with my name this 10 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty three
Henry F. Yates Clerk

The cases of Alexander Oliver, of Broadalbin & Isaiah Betts, of the same place, are suspended for the present — There will be no difficulty in the cases, if the pensioners will prove, in a legal legal manner, that the property was purchased & sold as stated in their schedules —
Gen: Officer.
July 7. 1821

State of New York Montgomery County
Samuel Pettit of the town of Broadalbin in the County aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that Alexander Oliver of said town late a pensioner of the United States was Bonafide and legally indebted to this deponent in the sum of four hundred Dollars for security on Land for said Oliver. for a Bonafide debt due this deponent amounting to one hundred and thirty four Dollars and of personally security to Edward Oliver for two hundred and thirty five Dollars. Bonafide debts, that said debts were due and owing before the last day of May 1820 and that the said Oliver had to turn out what property he possessed at a fair valuation toward said debts, to prevent a prosecution and subsequent sacrifice by Sheriff's Sale which said property of said Oliver amounted in the whole including the Real property to six hundred and eighty five dollars. And that the said Oliver owed said debts at the time he inventoried his Real and Personal property in June 1820. that the Balance on said debts yet remain unsatisfied — And further this deponent saith not
Samuel Pettit
Sworn and subscribed before me
this tenth day of August 1821
Gideon Takeor J. P.
I Gideon Takeor the said Justice do certify that I am personally acquainted with the above Samuel Pettit and that he is a man of truth and veracity and whose testimony the utmost credit can be placed. Gideon Takeor

State of New York
I Peter H Bortwick Clerk of the County of Mont- gomery Do Certify that Gideon Taber of the town of Broad- -alban in said County before whom the within af- -fidavit appears to be taken and who made the within Certificate was a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Montgomery aforesaid on the ninth day of August One thousand eight hundred and twenty one. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said county this 16 th day of August 1821 J. H. Bortwick Clerk

Alexander Oliver Certificate No 8.143
25 Mar '19
for the consideration

State of New York } Montgomery County } ss. PRESENT the Honorable  Aaron Haring Esq re first Judge Be it Remembered , That on the Nineteenth day of October — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the court house at the town of Johnstown in the County aforesaid in the Court of Common Pleas — in open court, the said court being a court of record for the County aforesaid having the power of fine and imprisonment proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of their proceedings — Alexander Oliver aged Sixty eight years, resident in Broadalbin in the county aforesaid — who being first duly sworn — according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: that in the year 1775 he enlisted for eight months in the company of Captain King Colonel David Beers regiment and served out the time. In the year 1776 enlisted for one year in the company commanded by Captain Peter Warwood in the Reg- iment commanded by Colonel Sheppard and Massachusetts line and served out the time. In December 25 th 1777 enlisted as a Quarter Master for one year in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Nathan Baldwin that in June 1779 at Brookfield Massachusetts enlisted for during the war in the fifth Massachusetts Regiment in the company commanded by Captain John Trotter and Regiment commanded by Colonel Rufus Putnam in October 1781 he received a commission from the United States as Ensign in said company and Regiment where he continued until the year 1783. when the fifth Regiment was consolidated into the first commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose and he did duty as Ensign in Captain Joseph Williams company in said Regiment to the end of the year 1783. when the Army was disbanded at West Point and each officer discharged and returned to their several places of abode. That he has been placed on the pension roll under the act of 18 th March 1818. that he has been in the battle of Lexington Trenton & Ticonderoga retreat
and that his original declaration is dated the seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen and that his pension certificate is No. 8143 .

AND I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 18th 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:
Schedule
Real property I have none-----
Personal property one trunk 1 Pail 1 Pine table 6 old chairs, Iron ware 6 knives & forks 6 earthen plates 6 Porter spoons, 1 Tin pan 1 Teapot, 6 cups & saucers, and three Earthen bowls-----
I am by occupation a farmer and have a wife to support aged sixty five years not able to perform her own house work I am infirm myself and not able to labour but little being afflicted with a Rheumatism that my creditors have taken what little property I inventoried from me and in fact have left me nothing but my bedding and clothing and leave us entirely dependent on four children or the Public for support and that is the reason the difference appears in the inventories of June last and the present one and which in fact leaves us more destitute than when I made the original application, what property I did inventory and am now deprived was obtained by the means of the pension And that I have no other or further means of support than above mentioned-----
Subscribed sworn to and declared this 10 th day of October 1820. in open court
Alexander Oliver
W. M. Gathy Clerk

I, John M c Carthy _____ Clerk of the Court of common Pleas for Montgomery County in the State of New York —
Do hereby certify, That the foregoing declaration 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 aforesaid schedule is Six Dollars _____
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Nineteenth day of October 1820
J. M c Carthy

Rev
Memphis Jan 10th 1922
Pension Dept. War Office
Will you kindly give me information regarding Lieut Alexander Pleasants Mass. When he enlisted in Rev. War. Death & any record of his service will be much appreciated.
Yours Truly
Anna Emma Bryan Mrs Chas. B. Bryan 1640 Peabody Av

(L.C. Pratt N.F.)
Sons of the American Revolution Buffalo Chapter
EDWIN E. ELLIS REGISTRAR 239 HUNTINGTON AVENUE BUFFALO, N. Y.
October 4, 1939
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Exec. Assistant to the Administrator Veterans Administration Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me data from the pension claim of OK
ALEXANDER OLIVER
He was born in Brookfield, Mass. in 1752 and died in Broadalbin, N.Y. in 1831. I believe he served during the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts. His wife was Zerviah Rice.
Thank you.
Very truly yours,
Registrar

Richmond, Maine, May 21, 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Bureau, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
844387
Please send me a copy of the record of ALEXANDER OLIVER, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, if on file in the Pension Bureau.
He enlisted , in June, 1779, either from Brookfield, Mass., or from Broad Albin, N.Y., and returned to private life in 1784. He was a lieutenant, and received a pension. He died in Wilson, N.Y. I have no dates of his birth or death. He was my great-grandfather.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs. John F. Maxwell.

Iowa State Normal School, Ret Department, Miss Henrietta Thornton.
Cedar Falls Iowa Feb 18th 1903.
To the
U. S. Pension Agent
Dear Sir:
My daughter Miss Henrietta Thornton & myself are desirous of joining the D.A.R. Society & I think we are eligible from what I know of my family on my mother's side whose maiden name was Oliver & whose grandfather was Alexander Oliver & a captain in the Revolution of 76 & belonged to Massachusetts. I will enclose a letter for you to read on refer to & will be pleased to have the same returned to me. Hoping you may be able to reply to this soon I am yours respectfully
Mrs. Mary E. Thornton.
1804 Clay St.
Cedar Falls Iowa

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Alexander Oliver a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 8 mos. King David Brewer Mass.   1776 1 year. Peter Hammond Shepard Continental   Dec. 25 1777 1 yr. Quartermaster Jeduthan Baldwin "   June 1779 Oct. 19 1780 Corp. Sgt. John Trotter Rufus Putnam Mass.   Oct. 19 1781 Ensign John Trotter Rufus Putnam   Joseph Killam Joseph Vose  
discharged Dec. 1783
Battles engaged in, Lexington Trenton. Saratoga 2nd Siege of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Brookfield, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr. 7. 1818. His el. was al.
Residence at date of application, Broadelbin, Montgomery Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 66 yrs. date &amp; place not stated.
Remarks: In 1820 his wife Zerniah was 65 yrs old. A son- in-law Samuel Pettib was referred to, no other family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.