Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 607, John Bates, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bates, John Abigail
P. 607
CONTENTS

12809.
Abigail Butts widow of John N.Y. 607 act 17 July 1838
14th July 1838 Just in from Hon. D. Robinson Esq. M.P. May I ask in my correspondence of John H. C. H. Esq.
Act 17 July 1838. —

State of New York Onondaga County ss
On this 25 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty six personally appeared before me John Carpenter clerk of the County of Onondaga and of the courts of said County Abigail Bates a resident of the Town of Palermo in the County of Onondaga aged about eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting Half pay and pensions to certain widows": That she is the widow of John Bates, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. She further declares that she cannot state the particular rank of the said John Bates held in the army, nor can she state the time or times of his service or when he enlisted, that she has heard her said husband John Bates say that he enlisted at the Town of Shelburne in the County of Franklin & State of Massachusetts, that she has obtained a certificate from the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of what appears from the documents in said office of the service and enlistment of the said John Bates which is hereto annexed.
She further declares that she was married to the said John Bates on the 14 th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. That her husband the aforesaid John Bates died on the seven th day of December in the year eighteen hundred and fourteen. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the

first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above mentioned. That she is the widow of the aforesaid John Bates & has not been married since the death of the said John Bates That there is no record of her said marriage with the said John Bates to her knowledge or belief. That there has been a record of such marriage in the Farning Bible of this deponent. But that the same was destroyed some few years since
She further declares that she did not know until within a few years past that there was any provision granting pension to the widows of decea- sed soldiers in the service of the war of the Revolution and did not know until within a year past of there being any documentary evidence of the service of her said husband John Bates.
I sworn to and subscribed on the - day and year above written before me in open court H D Freeman
Her Abigail X Bates mark
Dep Clerk (Absent)
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of common pleas of the county of Essex the twenty fifth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty six - The word "December" written on the margin & the word "eighteen" erased & "seventeen" interlined -
John Baynton Clerk
By H. D. Freeman Supt
(Clerk Absent)

Levinah Bates was born March 11 1797
George H Bates was born July 1797
Sarah Bates was born December 13 1799
Sylvia Bates was born July 13 1802
Phyllis Bates was born August 29 1804
Moses Bates was born October 14 1808
John Bates was married to Abigail Davison March 19 1811
"1811"

Death
Moses Bates Departed this life August 24 1811
John Bates Departed this life December 14 1814
John Bates Departed the this life June 22 1815

4 Wisconsin Territory, } ss Fond du Lac County }
Elias Bates being duly sworn saith that he married Sarah Bates in Jefferson county in the state of New York - and that my wife's mother's name was Abigail Bates the widow of John Bates - said John Bates died in Rome Oneida County, NY and that Abigail Bates, my wife's mother, before her marriage to the said John Bates, was Abigail Davison - and that she the said Abigail Davison was married to the said John Bates, my father, the 19 th day of March 1788 as appears from a leaf a Bible con- taining the family record and marked "W" which is herunto annexed. The Bible was presented to my wife Sarah, and myself after our marriage by our mother Abigail Bates with the above named record on the said leaf - which I this day tore from the aforesaid Bible
Elias Bates.
Fond du Lac County Town of Fond du Lac N.T
Subscribed and sworn before me this 11 th day of June A.D. 1847 Selim Hudson Justice of the Peace

Wisconsin Territory { ss Fond du Lac County {
I, Isaac Brown, Clerk of the District Court for said County of Fond du Lac, do hereby certify that Selim Horton Esq whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit, was at the time of taking and subscribing the said affidavit, an acting justice of the peace in & for said County, duly Elected and qualified, and authorized to take the same,
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said District Court at Fond du Lac the 11 th day of June A D 1847
Isaac Brown Clerk D. C.

John Bates was born August 15 1760 15-1760 Abigail Bates was born June 19 1789 John Bates was born July 27 1792 Abigail Bates was born Nov 11 1794 Fanny Bates was born March 5 1797 George H Bates was born 1800 Sarah Bates was born Dec 18 1802 Lydia Bates was born July 29 1804 Melinda Bates was born August 14 1805 Moses Bates was born Oct 19 1808 John Bates was born March 19 1811 Married to Abigail Davison Moses Bates Departed this life August 9 1811 John Bates Departed this life Dec 7 1811

State of New-York } Is personally appeared county of Oswego }
before the subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for said county Lydia White of said county who being duly sworn according to law saith that the copy of the family record hereto attached was true copied by Elias Bates in my presence in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one which circumstance is recollected from the Marriage of my sister which took place in the year of our Lord 1819 and the birth of her oldest child which was in 1820 and the said child was about a year old at the time of said copying - And that said record has been in my possession since the time of said copying and that I have in my possession a record of my sister's marriage and birth of her child sworn and subscribed before Lydia White me this 1 st day of June 1848 }
James Tullmadge Justice of the peace
There is an interlineation in the seventh space from the top and the second from the bottom
James Tullmadge Justice of the peace

Application for a certificate of Revolutionary Service by the representative of the widow,
State of New York,
Cayuga County v. Town of Brimley, The Secretary of the commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office of the services of my late husband John Bates, he was a native of the town of Westford or Chelmsford - the exact amount of service performed by him is not yet collected, - he once resided from Shelburne where he removed to from Chelmsford. Two of his brothers, Jonathan, and Oliver Bates, and one Josiah Fletcher were in service with him.
It is believed he served three years or during the war, as his evidence recollects of his selling his right to Bounty Land after marriage, which was about the year 1788. -
Abigail Bates Signed in my presence Mr. G. M. Wood who appears from documents exhibited to me to be the lawful attorney Perse April 24th 1848,
H. Salisbury Justice of the Peace

State of New York _____ County of Albany _____ ss: On this 29th day of March 185 4 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Sydia A. White a resident of the town of Palermo in said County aged 70 years and made oath according to law that she is directly interested in a claim against the United States for arrears of Pension supposed to be due to her as one of the children of Abigail Boates widow of John Boates a revolutionary soldier of the state of Massachusetts
and she hereby appoints CHARLES H. BALDWIN , of Buffalo, N. Y. her Attorney to prosecute said claim, and examine all papers and documents in relation thereto, on file in any of the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere, and to re- ceive from the officer authorised to issue the same, a certificate for a pension or any arrears or increase of pension, or any to which Deponent may be entitled, and to do all other acts and things in and about obtaining such arrears of Pension as Deponent might or could do, were she personally present at the doing thereof; and she hereby revokes all former powers if any inconsistent with the above; hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever Deponent's said Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises. In witness whereof the said De- ponent has hereunto set her hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Sydia A. White
SWORN TO, SUBSCRIBED AND ACKNOWLEDGED, before me, on the day and year first above mentioned, and I certify that I believe the Deponent to be directly interested in the claim above mentioned, and the identical person therein alleged and described, and that I have no interest in the result of said claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.
J. H. Burrows Justice of the Peace
That A. H. Barton Esq., before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of the taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County, this the 3 rd day of April 185 4 E. Merrill Clerk

STATE OF NEW YORK, } ss. Oswego County Clerk's Office.
I E. Merrill Clerk of Oswego County, Certify,
That A. H. Barton Esq., before whom the annexed affidavit was taken, was at the time of the taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized to take the same, and further, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signature thereto is genuine.
In Witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County, this the 3 rd day of April 1854 E. Merrill Clerk

I hereby appoint Messrs Evans & Faint my Substitutes in the prosecution of the within claim. Lee Denny
March 8. 1852.

State of New York } County of Oswego } fs
Know all men by these presents that I Lydia White in said county hereby constitute & appoint L. M. Drury of Canandaigua N.Y. my true & sole & lawful attorney, for me & in my name to prosecute any claim I may have upon the General Government of the United States, for arrears of Pension due to me as the child & heir of John & Abigail Bates deceased late of
Rome & Hastings in County of Oneida & Oswego, State of New York. And the said L. M. Drury is hereby authorised to take all necessary & lawful steps in the prosecution of said claim.
Witness my hand & seal this 21 st day of February 1852
Lydia White
State of New York } County of Oswego } fs
On this 21 st day of February 1852 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in & for said County Lydia White - above named & acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act & deed
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & year last above written
Thomas Warner Justice of the Peace

Ex'r.
INVALID.
1009
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
Abijah Bates
P. O. _____
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18__
Discharged: _____, 18__
Application filed: _____, 18__
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

V. No 12909
Abigail Bates NY
Hon. W. I. Hough July 21. 1846.
Lt. Robinson & Allen.
August 24. '47
Lt. to Hon. W. Duer June
23. '48
C. H. Baldwin Apr. 11. 1854
act 7 July 1838

State of New York } Onondaga County }
On this 22 nd day of June Eighteen hundred & forty six personally appe- ared before me Samuel Hart one of the justices of the Peace of said County of Onondaga, Lovina Owen a resident of the Town of Pompey in the said County of Onondaga aged Seventy three years who being first duly sworn according to law on her oath says, that she is well acquainted with Abigail Bates of the Town of Palermo in the County of Oswego who is the widow of John Bates deceased, that the said Abigail Bates is the sister of this deponent that her maiden name was Abigail Davison, that she was married to the said John Bates at Hooeick Falls in the County of Rensselaer in the State of New York in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & Eighty Eight. That she this deponent was present at the Marriage of the said Abigail Bates to the said John Bates & saw them married but she cannot recollect the name of the person who performed the Marriage ceremony nor cannot recollect distinctly the month or day of the Month on which they were married that the said Abigail Bates & her said husband John Bates resided & lived together as man & wife until the death of the said John Bates. Sworn to & subscribed only
the day & year above written Before me Samuel Hart J. Peace
Interlined between the twenty second & twenty third lines the words on which they were married
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent Lovina Owen & that she is a person of respectability & is a person of integrity & credibility
Samuel Hart J. Peace

State of New-York, Onondaga County, } Yp: Clerk's Office. —
I certify that at the date of the within Deposition & Certificate the said Samuel Hunt was a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County Commissioned & sworn: That I am well acquainted with his handwriting & verily believe that the within signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the County aforesaid this 22 d . day of June 1846.
Levi J. Gillet, Dep. Clk. Elm. abnut,

Washington June 20. 1848
Sir.
As the request of Mr. Bradbury enclosed to you the within papers Respectfully, your ob t . serv t .
W. D. CLELL

Osceola W. Y., Augt 24 th 1887
Sir
In July 1886 an application was made through the Hon. W. J. Hough in behalf of Mrs Abigail Bates for a pension under the act of July 7 th 1838: which application was on the 21 st July 1886 rejected at the Pension Office, for the want of sufficient evidence.
Mrs Bates after a good deal of delay has succeeded in procuring the additional evidence herewith enclosed, in renewal of such application.
The evidence in the department, & enclosed is as follows,
1 st A certificate from the Office of the Secretary of Massachusetts, & the application of Mrs Abigail Bates therefor, 2 nd The affidavit of Lovina Drown, of the marriage of Abigail Bates & John Bates, 3 rd The Afft. of the applicant, that she is the widow of John Bates, his death, marriage &c,
The above evidence is on file in the Pension Office -
4 th The affidavit of Elias Bates, with, a leaf from the family Bible annexed, containing the marriage of John & Abigail Bates, & other testimony of circumstances &c,

5 th The Affidavit of Lydia Rowland of the marriage of John & Abigail Bates
6 th The Affidavit of Josiah Dole of Shelburne Mass That he was formerly acquainted with John Bates & that he knew no other person of that name.
7 th The afft of Josiah Fletcher of Chelmsford Mass. That he was acquainted with John Bates & that he was in the service of the United States in 1775. That deponent was in the same company with John Bates.
Jonathan Bates mentioned in this afft. received a pension for his services. By reference to his papers, explanation may be had. of the difficulty arising in this case on account of John Bates enlisting at two different places
8 th The afft. of Sarah Parkhurst of Chelmsford aged 88. That she knew John Bates & no other person of that name
The former application was rejected on the ground that the marriage was not suffi- ciently proved, and that the applicant could not claim for the services of John Bates of Chelmsford
By the additional proof of marriage, we have, as we suppose, obviated that objection.
The other objection, that it does not appear that the John Bates of Shelburne, & the John Bates of Chelmsford, are the same. The evidence is that then the one enlistment was in 1775, the other in 1777, & that but one John Bates was known in Chelmsford the same from the Eastern part of the State. Your attention

is respectfully called to all the evidence in the case, on file & that which is herewith enclosed
Yours with Respect Robinson & Allen
Hon J Z Edwards Pension Office

Buffalo N.Y. Apr. 5 1854 Hon. L. P. Waldo Com., of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir I enclose power of attorney in the case of the application of Mrs. Abigail Bates widow of John Bates of New York for a pension under the act of June 7 1832. Please inform me what action has been had on the claim and why it cannot be allowed upon the proofs already presented.
I am Yours very obedt servt C. D. Baldwin

7 I Josiah Fletcher of Chelmsford in the County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts aged eighty seven years, on oath depose & say that I was formerly acquainted with John Bates who then lived in Chelmsford & also his brother, Jonathan Bates. That John Bates was in the United States service in Capt John Ford's company as near as I can remember, about the year 1775. - I was out under Capt Ford at the same time I think that John Bates removed somewhere to the west, but to what place I do not now remember Josiah Fletcher } mark }
Middlesex ss } Chelmsford February 1 - 1847 Then personally appeared the above named Josiah Fletcher & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed was true - Before me Eli H. Webster justice of the Peace }

I Sarah Parkhurst of Chelmsford in the  county of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts do hereby say That I was born in Chelmsford & have ever lived in the said town, being now in my eighty eighth year - That I was acquainted with Mr. John Bates & a brother of his - That I have heard one of them say he was out in the revolutionary army & recollect something about his returning from the army - but do not remember which one - That there were to my knowledge but one John Bates - There was another family of Bates who formerly lived in Chelmsford who had four daughters but no sons. These two families are all by the name of Bates I ever knew or heard of in Chelmsford - Sarah Parkhurst
Middlesex ss. Chelmsford Feby. 1. 1847. Then personally appeared the above named Sarah Parkhurst & made oath that the foregoing deposition by her subscribed was true before me E. F. Webster Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
I Elias Phinney Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the County of Middlesex, do certify that E. F. Webster Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex duly commissioned & qualified, and that I believe his name subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is his genuine signature. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court, the second day of February in the year eighteen hundred & forty seven. —
E. Phinney

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN SS.
I, Henry Chapman, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Franklin, do certify, that Elam Kellogg Esquire , whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Elam Kellogg Esqr and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this 29th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty seven.
H Chapman
Clerk.

John D. D. D. Defoliation

(Formerly a part of Hampshire)
I Josiah Dole of Shelburne in the County of Franklin & State of Massachusetts, of the age of seventy nine years, depose & on oath say, that I was formerly personally acquainted with John Bates, that I knew his Parents, Brothers, and Sisters, and I often heard say that the family came from the eastern part of the State (of the name of the Town I am not positive) and that from observation & personal intercourse with the family I have no doubt but the said John Bates was the same person who is mentioned in a certificate, dated Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Secretarys Office Boston April 14 th 1846, and signed by John G. Briggs.
I further say that I have lived in Shelburne aforesaid for the space of seventyone years last past, & that I have never known any other person by the name of John Bates. In the town or State.
Shelburne Jan 28 th 1849
Josiah Dole
State of Massachusetts Franklin County Jan 28 th 1849
Then Josiah Dole above named personally appearing made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed was true
Before me Dan Kellogg Justice of the Peace

State of New York, County of Oswego
I personally appeared before the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for said County Abigail Bates, of said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, saith she is the identical person who has made application for a pension as the widow of John Bates under act of 8th July 1838, - that she has often said her said husband state that one Josiah Fletcher done service with him in the Eight months Service in 1775, which statement is fully corroborated by the rolls in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as shown by his certificate herewith forwarded, - That in support of the date of the marriage she herewith forwards a record of the dates of the Marriage & the Births of their children which record has been, in use between Twenty five and Thirty years and which was Truly Copied Twenty Seven years since from an old original record which had been in use from the time or soon after the events recorded thereon occurred, the same was copied by Elias Bates, a nephew of said John Bates, - and that the same shows a true record of the dates of such events.
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 1 day of June 1848. By Abigail Bates who I certify to be a credible person, & unable to write her name on account of the infirmities of age. James Tullmady Justice of the peace

State of New York, OSWEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
} ss.
I, S. H. Gilbert Clerk of the County of Oswego, hereby certify that James Tallmadge Esq. whose name is subscribed to the jurat of affidavit of Lydia Whitcomb Abigail Bates hereto annexed, was, at the date of said jurat James Tallmadge a Jus- tice of the Peace in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, and duly elect- ed and qualified to act as such; that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe his signature to said jurat James Tallmadge is genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said county this 20 day of June
A. D. 184 8
S. H. Gilbert Clerk.

John Bates

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
May 4 1848.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Bates is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt Moses Parker's Company as a private of Chelmsford, from April 19 1775. 7 days. Upon a Muster Roll of Capt John Fins Company in Col Ebenzer Bridger's Regt, as a Corporal of Chelmsford, from April 25 to August 1 1775, 3 Months, and 13 days. Is also returned as a Corporal of said Capt Fins Company as late as September 25 1775. Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Lawrence Keen's Company in Col David Wells's Regt, as a private from May 10 to July 17 1777 inclusive, 2 Months and 7 days. Thus

roll is dated "Shelburn, Nov 21. 1777."
The name of Josiah Mother, mentioned in the annexed application, is also borne upon rolls of Capt John Pierce's Company in 1775 with that of John Bates. The names of Jonathan and Oliver Bates not found upon any roll with John Bates
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. B. Cushing.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of New York Saratoga County Clerks Office
I James M Horton Clerk of the County of Saratoga, do hereby Certify that John Gifford, - whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Saratoga dwelling in said County; duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said John Gifford and with like that his signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County, the sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
James M Horton Clerk

5 State of New York County of Saratoga, ss.
Be it known that on this 15 th day Sept 1846, Lydia Rowland came before me John Gifford a Justice of the Peace of said County and made oath in due form of law that she the said Lydia Rowland was present at the time her sister Hugarie Dawson was married to John Bates, which marriage was solemnized at the town of Hoosick now Rensselaer County in the state of New York in the Month of March in the year 1788.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 15 th day of Sept 1846.
John Gifford Justice Attest George B. Rowland
her Lydia X Rowland mark

State of New York Saratoga County Clerks Office
I James M Horton Clerk of the County of Saratoga, do hereby Certify that John Gifford, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Saratoga dwelling in said County, duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment. And that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said John Gifford and verify like that his signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said County, the sixteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six.
James M Horton Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
April 14 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the Name of John Bates of Chelmsford, is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt Moses Parker's Company, as a private, from April 19 1775, 7 days. Upon a Muster Roll of Capt John Fins Company, in Col Ebenezer Bridge's Regt, in the Eighth Month, Service as a Corporal of Chelmsford, from April 26 1775, 3 Months & 23 days. Upon a Return of said Capt Fins Company, in said Bridge's Regt, as a Corporal of Chelmsford. No service named. Said Return is dated September 23, 1775. No Coat Roll of said Capt Fins Company. Said town of Chelmsford adjoins that of Westford. Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Lawrence Keeney's Company, in Col David Wells regt, from the County of

Has passed for service in the Northern Army, as a private from May 10 1862 2 Months 19 days said Capt Keary's roll is dated "Shelburne, November, 21, 1862."
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sleeper.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
BATES, JOHN, MASS. (R. 607)

Application for certificate of revolutionary services made by the widow of the party who rendered the service
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of the service of my hus- band John Bates in the war of the Revolution He was a native of the Town of Westford in the County of Middlesex - and State of Massachusetts. He also enlisted from the Town of Shelburne in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts in the  year of  the as a private, in the Company nor the Regiment or Captain the applicant can not recollect or state. Neither can the applicant recollect or state the (length of) time or services of the service her said husband, but she recollects of her said husband enlisting and serving in the army of the Revolution
I am now in my eightyth year and my memory does not enable me to state my husbands services more fully than above stated
Witness my hand at the Town of Palermo in the County of Coeymans and State of New York this fifth day of February A D 1846.
Abigail her X Bates mark
Subscribed Abigail Bates in my presence.
Elizah Dickinson Justice of the peace.