Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2,987, Abraham Bennett, New York

SERVICE
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New York.
Bennett, Abraham
S. 2,987.
Bennitt, Abram
Carded
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Ohio R.R. Co. of 22387
March 1st 1844 Ohio R.R. Co. 50 shares of stock in the City of Cincinnati
Ohio R.R. Co. of 25 shares of stock 1833 March 1st 1833 Ohio R.R. Co. of 25 shares of stock 1833 March 1st 1833 Ohio R.R. Co. of 25 shares of stock 1833 March 1st 1833
8.90.00
{ Revolutionary War } { July 17, 1822 } Recording by Book Vol. 5 Page 106
W. to Portland (April 1) 1840 to Portland (April 1) 1840 12 (April 20) 1843 to Portland (April 20) 1843 Letter to Pease, June 1, 1848.
Letter to Pease, April 14/49.
To Ohio R.R. Co. of 44 shares of stock April 28, 1844 1884 March 1. Paid P. Guffey that portion has been paid to May 12, 1852 the day of his death - Not entitled to Bounty Land in his life time - & minor children only entitled now to land under act of March 3 1855 - if alive at that date Prior

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Abraham Bennett
Ohio
Idem 9. months
$30
J. Purdy Mansfield Richland County Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Abraham Bonnell
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1780 6 priv Col. Misenfelt Cap. White 69 years Orange County New York Traditionary and a living Witness  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[A. B.]
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
Applicants whose belief is general, and whether any bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
 [a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guardian. 
[4] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. (d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
 [c] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: 
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
 It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons make a practice of giving a general statement of their service in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment independent. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
  [g] The opinion of the Court is always required.  [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.  [i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.  
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
 [j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses. The proof required by rule in 
 [17] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
(b) The foregoing evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[k] Thus traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the original.

State of Ohio Seneca County ss: On this 22 d day of July 1833 personally appeared in Open court be- fore the Supreme Court of Seneca County after sworn now sitting Abraham Bennett a resident of Seneca in said County and State aged 69 years who being just duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he was born in Orange County in the State of New York as he is informed and he believes in the year 1764 but has no record of his age - That (in March or the first of April 1780 as he nearly believes) he entered into the service of the United States as a private Soldier in the Militia or State Troops of the State of New York at Minisink in Orange County and State of New York, then residing at Warwick in said County under Col. Wissenfelt and Capt. Westfall - He entered as a Substitute for a class of 12 men who were required to furnish a man on Horse or Foot - the head men of the class on those that procured his service were Edward Esq. Samuel Am- ley and A. McLean - From Minisink he marched with the army to Poughkeepsie - thence to Manhattan - thence to Newburgh - thence to Pine Bush - there was attached to Capt. Whites Company of the same Regiment - Was then picketed out in a small Detachment under Lieutenant Van Dyke, and marched to Manhattan - there to Manhattan to head quarters - Then to Shokan, and was there put under Lieut. Green - remained there three months. Stood

grand Scutase v - Went on a scouting party to Shandakia - thence to Pakahtackton had a skirmish with whites and Indians took one white man prisoner some horses & and re- turned to Pinelush to the Company of Capt White - And was then discharged the last of December or the first of January 1781 by Lieut Bennett who at that time commanded the company, but received no other dis- charge - having served a full term
9 Mo.
of nine months. He was not acquainted with any of the regular officers, and being the greater portion of his time in small detachments he does not now recollect the names of any other than those now named. Since the re- volutionary war he has resided five or six years in the State of Pennsylvania - then in Poca-tuck in the State of New York then in Seneca Co. then in Seneca Co in the same State - from thence he removed to Seneca county in the State of Ohio where he has resided for 12 years and now resides - He has no documentary evidence and knows of no testimony proof except his own. Bennett whose testimony he can prove as to his services - and his deposition is that which Henry Melsell or York Melsell omit
are his neighbors and will testify as to his repu- tation and credit. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the pre- sent, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency of any State
Known to me in open court July 22, 1833.
Joseph Thomas Clerk Sup. Court

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Ohio County of Huron ss.
On this fifteenth day of August 184 8 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Huron personally appeared Abraham Bennett who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Westfall of Lima  Sink. Ky. in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wisenfelt in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Michigan whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State, (District, or Territory,) of Ohio where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Michigan to Ohio
He has Children in Ohio that he wished to live with, & the climate of Michigan did not agree with his advanced age.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, { the day and year aforesaid.
David W. Miner Justice Peace
¶ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The County Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
¶ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
¶ In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
¶ Mode of authenticating papers. —In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

State of Ohio      Huron County ss Personally came William Howard who being duly sworn deposes and saith that the signer of the within affidavit is the same person therein described
Sworn to and subscribed before me this fifteenth day of august A.D. 1848 David H. Miner Justice Peace
I hereby certify that the above named William Howard is a person of truth and veracity David H. Miner Justice Peace
Seal of Ohio Huron County ss
I Henry Brown Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Huron do hereby certify that on the fifteenth day of August A.D. 1848 David H. Miner Esq. was and still is a lawful justice of the Peace within and for said County duly elected Commissioned and sworn according to law and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are his genuine signatures In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal at Norwalk this 17th day of August A.D. 1848 Henry Brown Clerk H.C.P.

June 21, 1924
Arthur F. Bennett 22 Dorne St., Boston, Massachusetts
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 2987 2987 it appears that Abram Bennett or Abraham Bennett was born in 1764 in Orange County, New York.
While living in Warwick, Orange County, New York he enlisted in March or the first of April 1780 and serv- ed nine months as a private under Captains Wantfall and White and Lieutenant Van Wyck in Colonel Weissenfels' New York Regiment; was in a skirmish at Tokatooton.
He was allowed pension on his application execut- ed July 22, 1833 while living in Scipio, Seneca County, Ohio.
In 1845 he was living in Michigan(in or near Jack- son County)with his children and in 1848 returned to Huron County, Ohio to be with his children there. In 1849 his wife was living and was near his age, her name and the names of his children not stated. He died May 17, 1852.
Respectfully,
Commissioner,

REUEL C. BAKER, ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
IN THE COURTS OF THIS STATE,
And the District and Circuit Courts of the United States,
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.
Master in Chancery of this State and United States; Commissioner to take acknowledgment of Deeds, &c., for the State of New York; Commissioner to take Bail, &c., for United States.
OFFICE, JACKSON, MICHIGAN.
State of Michigan } County of Jackson } ss On this Twenty second day of March 1845 before me the Subscribed a Notary Public for said County of Jackson personally appeared Abraham Bennett who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain White in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Wiserfelt in the service of the United States. That his name was placed on the pension Roll of the State of Ohio from whence he has lately removed. That he now resides in the State of Michigan where he intends to remain and desires his pension to be hereafter payable in future. The following are his reasons for removing from the State of Ohio to the State of Michigan. Because his children reside in the state of Michigan and he wished to reside with his children.
Then Subscribed before me The day and Year aforesaid Reuel C. Baker
Notary Public
County of Jackson ss On this 22 nd day of March 1845. before me the Subscribed a notary Public for said County of Jackson personally appeared Daniel Whitney who being duly sworn made solemn oath that he is well acquainted with the person who made the above att and subscribed his name thereto and that he knows that he is the person whom he represents himself to be in the affidavit

above stated and that he removed the said Abraham Bennett from the State of Ohio to the State of Michigan where he now resides
Sworn subscribed before me The day and year aforesaid Renel C. Baker Notary Public
Daniel Whitney
I Renel C. Baker the Notary Public before whom the above affidavits were taken and I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent Daniel Whitney and that he is a person of veracity.
Renel C. Baker
State of Michigan
Under office of the County of Jackson ss
I Edgar Jones Clerk of the said County of Jackson do hereby certify that Renel C. Baker before whom the above affidavits were taken and sworn to at the time of taking the same a notary Public in and for said County and duly authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Renel C. Baker and know the signatures above purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said County this 22 d day of March 1845
Edgar Jones
Clerk of Jackson County

Pension Agency
Pittsburgh. April 4 1845
Genl. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir: Abraham Bennett pensioner under Act of 7th June 1832 at thirty dollars per annum was last paid at this Agency to 4th September 1844. As directed in yours of 1st inst. I have marked his name transferred to Michigan.
I Am Most Respectfully Your A.S.M.
W. M. Stone " Pension Agent

Hartland Huron Co Ohio Aug 24 48
Mr Th S Evans will please direct any commun- ication for Mr Bennett to this office
Dinner P.M. by request

Republic March 15/1848 To the Commissioner of Pensions Sir
Will you please Reinstated my name on the pension Roll So that I can get my pension at Pittsburgh Pa in lieu of Detroit as at present by So doing You will much oblige me
* Alex W. Bennett
(Abraham Bennett)*
Direct to Republic Pa Seneca Co Ohio
22 887

Atwater, O. March 30 th 1849 Col. J. S. Edwards Com d of Pensions P. O.
Dear Sir:
A Revolutionary Soldier, and a worthy man, aged 85 at this time solicited me Nov r 21. 1848. to write to you on his behalf concerning Pension money now & then due him remaining un-drawn - Making enquiry as to whether he has been yet set back from Patout's District to that of Pillsbury's agency - Also kindly requesting your immediate attention to this his particular case.
To day the same gentleman calls on me again, (Mr Abraham Bennett) to know what you have done for him. I regretted that I had to tell him that you had done him nothing for him as yet to my knowledge. Mr Bennett shoulders arms in a huff, & desires me to write you a hasty letter, but I decline any such office, and from the courtesy you have many times heretofore shown me (perhaps through your clerk,) I shall content myself with barely calling your attention to the subject of my letter concerning said Pension, dated Atwater, O. November 21 st 1848.
There is due Mr Bennett about two & a half years pension money at the rate of $30. per year. This old & very needy gentleman should have it now in order to have the comfort of it, whilst he has no other means of making his support.
Will you please take this case immediately up & do something for the old soldier who has a wife nearly as old as himself.
Very Respectfully yours Chas. B. Stickney Sol Atwater Ohio

1100 W. 6. - Sept 21. 1848
Col. J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions D.C.
Dear Sir:
Mrs Abraham Beane a Revolutionary soldier & who is inscribed on the Pension Roll of War Department under Act of 7th of June 1832. & who is entitled to receive $30 per Annum, & which sum of enrollment is dated 23 rd day of Oct 1833. Signed Seal Co. Secty War. And found Recorded in the Pension Office Book 8, Vol. 8 th Page 106, Entered by Wm. R. Palmer, Clerk &c. has this day called on me to solicit in his behalf, I therefore desire from you the latest forms to enable him to apply to the Pittsburgh Agency for his Pension Semi-Annually, to be paid,
And also to inform whether he has been set back from Detroit Agency & District to Pittsburgh Agency & District, his application for which was sent from Scioto Seneca County Ohio several months ago in which he was sworn before my Brother a justice of the Peace E. J. Stickney. I am well much obliged by paying immediate Attention to this as Mr. Beane is very old & greatly in need of help.
Respectfully Yours &c
Chas. B. Stickney Solicitor Harrisburg Penn Co Ohio

Mansfield Richland Co. Ohio
July 25 th 1833
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Sir
Enclosed I enclose
the Declaration of Abram Bennett to procure a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1833
Very Respectfully Yours &c J. Purdy

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr. of Pensions Sir,
Pension Agency, Detroit Sept. 21. 1849
In reply to yours of the 14 th inst I have to say that Abraham Pennett a Pensioner on the roll of this Agency has been paid under the act of June 7. 1832 to the 4 th day of September 1846.
I am Sir respectfully Your ob t Servant E. P. Hastings Pension Agent

REUEL C. BAKER, ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
IN THE COURTS OF THIS STATE,
And the District and Circuit Courts of the United States,
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.
Master in Chancery of this State and United States; Commissioner to take acknowledgment of Deeds, &c., for the State of New York; Commissioner to take Bail, &c., for United States.
OFFICE, JACKSON, MICHIGAN.
Jackson Mich. March 24. 1845
Sir
Enclosed I send you the application of Abraham Bennett for a transfer of his name from the Ohio list of Pensioners to the list of Pensioners for the State of Michigan.
Please make the transfer and advise me of the same at your earliest convenience
Very Respectfully
Your Ob t S t
Reuel C. Baker
To Commissioner Pensions Washington City D.C.

but was a disturber recollection of his alleged and given the convey - And further this deponent saith not
Jonathan Smith
State of Ohio
Delaware County ss: Personally appeared before me Clark H. Dwinell - a person of the peace the whom known to me to be Jonathan Smith to me personally known and signed and came by me duly sworn that the matters and things in the foregoing affidavit are just and true - And I the said Jonathan of the peace do hereby testify that the said Jonathan Smith person that I should believe when under oath that is an respectable person and his statements entitled to be believed in my opinion
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 20th day of May 16th 1833 Clark H. Dwinell
The State of Ohio, Delaware County ss. I Thomas Reynolds clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County hereby certify that Clark H. Dwinell Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit appears to have been taken & whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the time of taking the same & now is an acting justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court, at Delaware in said County this 22nd day of May A.D. 1833.
Thomas Reynolds Clerk

State of Ohio
Declaration County ss: Jonathan Bennett aged sixty one years being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is the brother and well acquainted with Abraham Bennett now of Seneca County and St. of Ohio an applicant for a pension for Revolutionary Services. That he well recollects that the said Abraham Bennett then residing in Warrenton in the State of Ohio. York entered into the service of the United States as a private soldier in the Spring of the year 1780 he thinks. The time he arrives at his calculation. That he returned from the service late in the fall - he knows it was cold weather - and near about Christmas or a few years - has always understood that he served a term of nine months and nearly be- lieves that he did. he has frequent- ly heard other persons who served the same campaign speak of his be- ing in the army at that time and knows he was absent from home all that time except for a few days that he was said to be home once for a day. This deponent was then young

Abraham Bennett Declaration for a Pension
J. Purdy Agent Mansfield Richland Co. Ohio
26. 456

St We Henry Wetzel and Yost Wiyant
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Abraham Bennett who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 69 years of age, that he is respected 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 he is entitled to credit under oath
Given to and subscribed in Yost Wiyant open court July 22, 1833 Yost Wiyant
Joseph Newman, Clerk Supr. Court
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories present- ed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Sol- dier and deserves as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the above named Yost Wiyant and Henry Wetzel are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
Joseph Newman Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio in and for the county of Linn in said State. We hereby certify that the

foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Abraham Bennett for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal to office this 22 d day of July A.D. 1833.
Joseph Rowland clerk sup. court.
Abraham Bennett Declaration for a Pension
J. Pursey Agent Mansfield Richland Co. Ohio
216. 456

1920 Mar 13 Hist. to Tolsie Beckmann 1924 June 21 Hist. to Arthur E. Bennett 1939 Jan. 24 Hist to Richard Hyer (In in Mock File of this date) - O.K.B. 1939 Aug 21 Hist to Mrs. Mary Howell student cc
Certificate No. 22387 Rev War
2987  INVALID.
File No. 2987
Abraham Bennett
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. A , Page 26
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. Rev. S. FEB 17 1916
Dear Sir - Could you give me any data regarding a certain Abraham Bennett, who served in the Revolution? He lived at one time at Bath New York, so must have been in a New York, Mass. - or Connecticut. He died

a pension of $90. per year until his death which occurred about 1849. or 1850 in Hartland, Huron Co.
Ohio - Thanking you for any information you may give me - I am
(Mrs) Ora Parker Stewart 107 East Main. Norwalk Ohio. Feb. 16-1916.

86 Westmont Avenue, Elmira, New York July 20, 1939
Dear sirs,
I would like to get the military record of Abraham Bennett , soldier in Revolutionary war. He is supposed to have fought in 4 th Regiment, Orange Co. (New York state) militia.
I would appreciate it if you can give me all possible information that you have about him. If not, would you please let me know if there is any other place I might write.
Thank you.
Very truly yours, (Mrs) Mary Howell Stewart

WALTER S. ATHEARN DEAN
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE TEMPLE AND DERNE STREETS BOSTON
FRANK W. CLELLAND REGISTRAR
May 9, 1924
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
I cannot send all the details you wish in reply to your inquiry. The only identification that I am able to find for the two names mentioned are as follows:
Abraham Bennett was a private in Colonel no pension in R12 Hathorne's regiment in Captain McCamly's Company, as described and enlisted from Orange County, New York.
John Bennett was a private in Colonel Wessen- no pension fel's regiment in Captain Thompson's Company. 1882 as des.
Hoping that this data may give you a clue + no record to toward securing a record, I am Rev. as described
Gratefully yours,
Arthur E. Bennett L.
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Ex. MMV Div. Rev. & P. 13/2 Har. Section
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 21 , 19 24
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
1st name of widow No. of claim, _____
Name of soldier. _____
P. O. address of claimant, soldier at enlistment and after service
Company _____
Regiment _____
✓ State where enlisted _____
Date of birth enlistment _____
Date of death discharge _____
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Return attached letter with reply.
Washington Gardner Commissioner.

WALTER S. ATHEARN DEAN
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE TEMPLE AND DERNE STREETS BOSTON
ARTHUR E. BENNETT DIRECTOR EVENING AND SATURDAY DIVISION
March 20, 1924
Department of the Interior, Washington Gardner, Commissioner Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me the data which you may have upon Revolutionary and 1812 War records of:
Abram Bennett of Orange County, New York
John Bennett of Orange County, New York
Thanking you for this courtesy, I am
Very sincerely yours,
Arthur E. Bennett
Arthur E. Bennett
20 Derne Street
AEB:NL

Rev. Elsie Beckmann Fort Morgan, Colo.
Feb. 24 1920.
Revolutionary War.
Rev. Elsie Beckmann
Pension Bureau Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir: I would like to have the war record of a soldier of the Revolution, and thinking he might have received a pension I am writing to you his name was Abraham Bennett he was born in the state of New York, and at one time lived in Yates Co do not know if he went from there or not, he served four years under Washington was at Valley Forge, he had two brothers James & Josiah that served in the war of 1812, he died at Norwalk Ohio about 95 years of age. I hope these few facts will enable you to give me a record of him as I am unable to get any more.
he was my grandmothers grandfather and I would like as complete a record as you can give me that I may establish my right to join the S. + P. R.
Enclosed please find stamped envelope for reply.
Thanking you in advance for your trouble
I am Yours Truly.
Elsie Beckmann Fort Morgan
Route 3 Colorado

Ans
Old war
Department of the Interior. PENSION OFFICE.
Washington, D.C. March 1 st , 1884
Sir,
In answer to your enquiry of the 25 th ult whether there was any unpaid balance of the pension due to the revolutionary Soldier, Abraham Bennett, you are advised that his pension has been paid to the day of his death viz May 12. 1852. - The payments have been regularly made each year, excepting the period, he removed from Michigan to Ohio when some two years accumulated before he obtained a transfer from the agency in Michigan to the agency for Ohio, - As soon as the transfer was completed he drew the back pension and regularly thereafter -
Very respectfully
Mr Charles P Griffin
Commissioner
S

Paid Pittsburg to Mch 1851 Paid to May 12, 1852

952- 2987
Toledo, Ohio, Feby 25 th 84
Com. of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Relatives of the late Abraham Barnett have requested me to write you for information. He was a private sold- ier in the Army of the Revolution - was granted a pension by certificate No. 22,387, issued by Lewis Cass, Secy of War under date Oct. 25 th 1833, & to run from March 4/31. under a law of June 7 th 32.
Their understanding is, that this pension of $30. pr. mo. was only drawn for a portion of the time during which Mr. B. lived after it was granted.
Will you please to advise me to what date he did draw this pension? and also whether there are any other pension money, land warrant or other benefaction his due? and oblig.
Yours truly, Chas. A. Griffin.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Abraham Bennett 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. S. 2987
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1st. 1780 9 mos. Private Mostall McIntosh N.Y.   White   Lt. Van Dyck      
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Warwick, Orange Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, July 22 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Scipio, Seneca Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application, born in 1764 in Orange Co. N.Y.
Remarks: First he resided in Michigan; in 1801 he returned to Ohio his P.O. being Hartland, Lucas Co. Ohio and died May 12 1852. Children referred to in Mich. & Ohio — no names stated.
Respectfully,
Col. Geo. Washington Bennett 6-2856 no other family data.
Commissioner.
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Abraham Bennett p. 2987
January 24, 1939
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Mr. Richard Hyer Waterloo New Hampshire
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letters of recent date, in which you requested the Revolutionary War records of Elias Anderson, Abraham Bennet, James Cunningham, Isaac Van Gelder and William Scott all of whom served in various New York organizations, also of Thomas Hyre of North Carolina and of David Hiere of Pennsylvania.
There are no claims for pension on file based upon service in the Revolution of the James Cunningham described by you, nor of any Elias Anderson, Thomas Hyre or David Hiere. All spellings of those surnames were searched.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data, and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request which requires so much time and research.
You are furnished herewith the records of Abraham Bennett and Isaac Van Guilder or Van Gelder of New York.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

January 24, 1939
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Mr. Richard Hyer Waterloo New Hampshire
Abraham Bennett, S. 2987 Isaac Van Guilder, B.L.Wt.1658-1 00 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
The Revolutionary War records of Abraham Bennett and Isaac Van Guilder or Van Celder are furnished you, as follow:
ABRAHAM BENNETT S. 2987
The data which follow in regard to Abraham Bennett are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 2987, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Abraham Bennett was born in 1764 in Orange County, New York. The exact date of his birth and names of parents were not stated.
While a resident of Warwick, Orange County, New York, Abraham Bennett enlisted in March or April, 1780, served as private under Captains Westfall and White and Lieutenant Van Wyck, and Colonel Weissenfels in the New York troops, was in a skirmish at Pokatooton and was discharged after having served nine months.
After the Revolution, the soldier resided five or six years in the State of Pennsylvania, then in Newtown, New York; from there moved to Steuben County, then Seneca County, in the same state; from there he moved to Seneca County, Ohio, and was residing in Scipio in that county, when he was allowed pension on his application executed July 22, 1833. He stated in his application that he had been living in Scipio, Ohio, twelve years. He signed his name both Abram Bennitt and Abraham Bennett.
In 1845, Abraham Bennett was living in Michigan, in or near Jackson County, with children. In 1848, he had moved back to Seneca County, Ohio, and living with children there, his post office being Republic, Ohio.

Abraham Bennett's wife, who was about the same age as the soldier, was still living in 1849. Her name or other details concerning her and names of their children were not given.
The soldier died May 12, 1852.
In 1849, Abraham Bennett's brother, Jonathan Bennett, was aged sixty-one years and made affidavit in Delaware County, Ohio, in behalf of Abraham.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, and name and address of the person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Abraham Bennett or Abram Bennitt, certificate #22387, issued October 25, 1833, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Ohio (Pittsburg) Agency.
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ISAAC VAN GUILDER B. L. Wt. 1658-100
The data which follow in regard to Isaac Van Guilder (name shown Van Gelder, also) were obtained from the claim for bounty land based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Isaac Van Guilder and names of his parents are not shown.
Isaac Van Guilder enlisted in 1777, place not stated, to serve during the war, served as private in Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt's 2 nd New York Regiment, and continued in service until the close of the Revolutionary War.
James Van Guilder, son of Isaac, applied February 24, 1830, in Orange County, New York, for bounty land which was due on account of the soldier's service. He applied in behalf of himself and the other heirs at law of Isaac Van Guilder (their names not designated).
The records show that Warrant No. 1658, for one hundred acres of bounty land, was issued July 16, 1830, to James Van Guilder and the other heirs at law of Isaac Van Guilder, deceased.
If you desire information in regard to location of the land referred to above, you should apply to The Commissioner of the General Land Office, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and date of issuance.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

August 21, 1939.
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Mrs. Mary Howell Stewart 86 Westmont Avenue, Elmira, New York.
BA-J/MLB/CC Abraham Bennett S.2987 Q
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Abraham Bennett, of Orange County, New York.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.2987, based upon service of Abraham Bennett, in the Revolutionary War.
Abraham Bennett was born in 1764, in Orange County, New York. The exact date of his birth and names of parents were not stated.
While a resident of Warwick, Orange County, New York, Abraham Bennett enlisted in March or April, 1780, served as private under Captains Westfall and White and Lieutenant Van Wyck, and Colonel Weisenfels in the New York troops, was in a skirmish at Pokatocton and was discharged after having served nine months.
After the Revolution, the soldier resided five or six years in the State of Pennsylvania, then in Newtown, New York; from there moved to Steuben County, then Seneca County, in the same state; from there he moved to Seneca County, Ohio, and was residing in Scipio in that county, when he was allowed pension on his application executed July 22, 1833. He stated in his application that he had been living in Scipio, Ohio, twelve years. He signed his name both Abram Bennitt and Abraham Bennett.
In 1845, Abraham Bennett was living in Michigan, in or near Jackson County, with children. In 1848, he had moved back to Seneca County, Ohio, and living with children there, his post office being Republic, Ohio.

Abraham Bennett's wife, who was about the same age as the soldier, was still living in 1849. Her name and other details concerning her and names of their children were not given.
The soldier died May 12, 1852.
In 1849, Abraham Bennett's brother, Jonathan Bennett, was aged sixty-one years and made affidavit in Delaware County, Ohio, in behalf of Abraham.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and the name and address of person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Abraham Bennett or Abram Bennitt, Certificate #22387 Issued October 25, 1833 Rate $30.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Ohio (Pittsburg) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.