Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 43089, for Azel Norton, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Norton, Agel or Asahel
S 43089
CONTENTS

20.223
New York
Asahel Norton
of Ontario Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Barnes of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sergeant in the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year from Dec r 1775 to November 1776
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24 day of August 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of August 1830 and sent to P. A. Mower Canandaigua, N. Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1830 $3.12 Semi-annual all'ce ending
$3.12
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Rec. Book V. Vol. 5. fol. 116.

State of New York Ontario County ss. On this seventeenth day of August in the year One Thousand eight hundred and thirty personally appeared in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of record in and for the County of Ontario Asahel Norton of Seneca in said County ages seventy one Years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and of the 1 st May 1820 that he the said Asahel Norton enlisted for the term of One year in the month of December 1775 in the State of Massachusetts in the Company commanded by Capt Asa Barnes in the Regiment Commanded by Col: Sergeant in the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in said Corps until late in the month of November 1776 when he

was taken prisoner at Fort Washington and remained a prisoner until the termination of the Revolutionary War - that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present and that he never before exhibited a schedule of his property, because he has been able until recently with the aid of his son who lately died to gain a subsistence but that he can do so no longer without the aid of public or private charity -
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818 and that I have not 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" 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
One cow _____ $10.00 4 sheep 4.00 — 1 handsaw 50 — 4.50 One hoe 3/ — One axe 5/ — 1.13 a chest 1.00 — One bible & some books 3.00 4.00
19 6 3
Azel Norton
I have no family — and no change has taken place in my property since the 18 th March 1818 — My health is poor —
Azel Norton
Sworn to in open Court this 17 th Aug t 1830 before me.
Samuel Rawson a Judge of the Ontario County Courts
I Ralph Lester Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ontario County aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to the

Satisfaction of the Court that the said Isabel Norton did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of nine months under an engagement on the Continental establishment - I also certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of 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 nineteen dollars and sixty three cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this Eighteenth day of August 1830.
Ralph Dyer clerk
Isabel Norton - 21. 3521
Deacon Dyer
Aug 24 1830
prev. to com. Aug. 24. 1830.

43089
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43,089
Mabel Boston
By Rev. F.W.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 866
[Arrangement of 1870.]

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Ensign Office
Washington City

Cannadargua, Ontario Co. N.Y. 19 th Aug t 1830—
Sir,
Your letter of June last returning to me Asahel Norton's pension papers was received by me —
Enclosed I send you his declaration made anew and full proof of his service according to your instructions —
You will please address your answer to me at this place —
Your ob t Serv t Peter A. Mower
H. Edwards Esq.

State of New York Ontario County - I depose that of Victor in the County of Ontario being duly sworn depose, that he is a pensioner of the army of the Revolution - that he knows Abel Norton of Seneca now apply- ing for a pension - that he has known and seen him frequently, since the Revolutionary War, that in the summer as early as January 1776 he said said Norton under arms as a soldier in the company com- manded by Captain Barns Company in Col Sergeants Regiment - that he saw him frequently during that winter and the succeeding spring summer and fall until the said Norton was currently reported to have surrendered to the common enemy which this deponent has no doubt is true - that he has atten- tively read said Nortons declaration this day read in the Court of Common Pleas of this County and that as the same relates to his service it is true -
Sworn to 17 Augt 1830
J. C. Tuttle
Before me and I hereby certify that the moral character of said Tuttle is above reproach and that he is fully entitled to credit - Henry Chapman J.P.

State of New York Ontario County ss Vespation Worthington before
Permitton in the county of Monroe in said State being sworn says that he is a soldier of the Revolution that he served in the same company under Capt Barns with Asahel Norton of Seneca - that he served with this deponent  him as a regular soldier for more than 9 months together in the year 1776 - that they enlisted together, served & sometimes messed together and were taken prisoners together in the fall of 1776 -
On this 17 th - Aug st 1830 appeared before me the above named Vespation Worthington and made solemn oath to the foregoing declaration affidavit and I hereby certify that the said Worthington is a man entitled to the fullest credit and that he is a respectable man Henry Chapman J.P.
Vespation Worthington
State of New York Ontario County ss I hereby certify that Henry Chapman before whom the foregoing and within affidavits were taken and whose signature appears to the jurats thereof was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly elected and sworn. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county this 18 th day of August 1830
Ralph Lester clerk
Asahel Norton