Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12435, Abel Camp, Conn. Continental

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28.001-
Vermont
Abel Camp
of Hartford in the State of Ver. — who was a Pirate in the Com commanded by Captain — of the Regt commanded by Col. Patterson in the — Troop line for 1700
Continental Conn.
old can Records corrected. Oct. 16/65.
Inscribed on the Roll of — at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8. 5 day of Jan. 7 1834 — and Ser. No. 76.
Everett, No of B.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 33 — $ 100 Semi-ant. allowance ending Mar 4 34 — 20
$120
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E.D. Buelock Clerk.
Book E Vol. 3 Page 58
Letter Hon H. T. James
March 1835 to same 3 Dec '35 do. to same Feb. 8. 1836 —
Date of death not on AB

I could Camp of Barn Vt., aged twenty one years, do you and say, that at the commencement of the Revolutionary war, & I think in 1776, my brother Abie Camp now of Hartford Vt., & formerly of Sharon Conn., enlisted for one year into the Continental Army, & immedi- ately after such enlistment left home to join the army, & did join it, as deponent understood at the time, at Cambridge Mass., was absent from home about a year. This deponent further states that soon after the return of his s. d brother as aforesaid, he again enlisted for the term of one year as a transfer for the American Army under one Capt. Boland, and was absent with the army, as deponent understood at the time, the term of enlistment, when he returned home. This deponent further states that his s. d brother again enlisted, in 1778, for another year, as a transfer for the American Army under the same Boland, he thinks, & in 1779 he enlisted under one Capt. Elmore for the further term of one

year as a transfer to the Army, both of which terms of enlistment he served out. This Deponent further says that in the summer of 1780 his said brother Abel was drafted in the militia for the term of six months, was called for, left home to join the Army the last of the summer or the first of the fall of the same year, & supposes he joined it at Horse neck. How long he was absent, deponent, can't say, but presumes he served out his time, as he never knew him to return until he had performed his full service. This deponent recollects that his said brother in the summer of 1781, again left home, to join the Army, understood at the time, that he went as a substitute for one Dibble in Colo. M'Nally's Regiment, but has no recollection of the length of time he was absent. Deponent further states that in 1780, or 1781, he is not certain which, his brother Abel again left home as a volunteer in the mili- tia, was absent three months or more. This Deponent further says that his said brother, the last of the summer of 1781, went with his regiment to New Haven Conn., served there & along on the

for a board for three months. Part of this time I spent several in Capt -Cochran's Company with him. This I spent would assign as a reason why he has so distinct a recollection of his brother's service, that he lived with his father till the close of the war, & whenever his mother visited him he saw him. Good Camp
State of Vermont } At Montpelier this Washington County } 15 th day of August } A.D. 1882 personally appeared Good Camp & made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed contains the whole truth, & nothing but the truth.
Before Lucius B. Peck Justice of Peace
I Lucius B. Peck of Montpelier Vt. do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Good Camp, the subscriber of the above affidavit, & that he is a man of truth and veracity, & that his statement is entitled to credit.
Lucius B. Peck Justice of Peace.

State of Vermont } Washington County } p-3
I Joshua Y Vail Clerk of the County court within and for the county of Washington aforesaid do hereby certify that Lucius B. Peck Esqr before whom the within Affidavit was taken is a Justice of the Peace duly appointed and acting under the Authority of this State and
that his signature to the same as such is his own proper hand writing. —
In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of Office this 15 th day of August A.D. 1832
Joshua Y. Vail Clerk

1789 Abel Camp
Letter - Jacob Collamer May 9 1833
Jacob Collamer Roxton Vermont

BRIEF in the case of  Abel Camp of Hartford  of Windsor by  in the State of Vermont  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 76  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlisted 1. Jan. 1776 In 17 discharged by J. C. Calhoun, under act of 1818, applied after the act of 1820 1 — — As a From this service he has a pension certificate. never drew but for 6 months, never having   Enlisted in Spring 1777 { " 1778 { " 1779 { 3 — — transfer of public mazzing privates Capt. William Boland — same captain Capt. David Elmore   was drafted Summer 1780 — served immediately after this — 6 — substitute for ser. Col. Mead { Brant. States Capt. J. Stanton { troops   for what was his was his engagement after this term was ended — served — then served — 3 — substitute for ser. ser. David Rusco Col. J. Mead { Brant Militia Capt. Marmen {   — 2 — substitute for ser. Ditt. Col. Mead's Reg. Capt. Smith   — 3 — voluntary sergeant Capt. Conklin's Company  
 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
Sharon, Litchfield by Connecticut
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditional evidence 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
not attached properly
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. G. Wilcox Examining Clerk.
2nd. Jan 1833

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of Vermont } On this 24 th day of August Hartford District } A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Probate Court now sitting in and for said District Abel Camp resident of Hartford in the County of Windsor in said District of Hartford aged seventy six years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following names of- ficers & served as herein stated. About the first of January 1776 he enlisted for one year in the Continental army Massachusetts line and soon after joined Capt. Sloan's company in Col. John Patterson's Regiment at Cambridge near Boston and remained there until the British evacuated Boston, on the 17 th day of March, on which day Dr. Camp was 20 years old & was on Cobble Hill. Immediately after this he was marched with his Regt. to New London in Connecticut & thence sailed to New York, thence onto Governor's Island thence to New York, then to Staten Island, then again to New York, thence with Grahams, Bonds & Pooles Regiments to Albany, Pictouderoga, Crown Point St Johns, Saratoga & Montreal. At Saratoga there was a detachment to the Cedars under Maj. Sherman of those who had the small pox, nearly the whole of which detachment was lost. Not having had the small pox Dr. Camp did not go. That he had the small pox at Montreal; returned to St Johns and was in the party who marched to meet our troops retreating from Quebec. From St. Johns retreated to Crown Point & Pictouderoga & Mount Independence and was there employed in the works erected that year. In the fall was taken sick on the main guard & returned to camp & by the kindness of some officers & Dr. S. was taken care of without being sent to hospital, remained long sick. In the course of the fall his father hearing of his sickness came from Sharon in Connecticut to see him, & obtained leave of absence for him & started to carry him home, before the Regiment marched for New Jersey. He reached home late

Nov. or 1 st of Dec. & remained sick until his time of a year expired - For this service he applied for a pension under the act of 1818 & was admitted and has a pension certificate signed by J. C.
Calhoun - and drew his pension once, for about six months & has never drawn since, never having applied after the passage of the act of 1820.
Early in the Spring of 1777 he enlisted for one year as a Continental Gunner, under Capt. William Boland, and was employed during the year in the transportation of military stores & forage for the army at the wages of fifteen dollars per month plus public rations of $10 per month - In 1778 he again enlisted for one year in the same service at the same wages under the same Capt. and served out the year. In 1779 he enlisted in the same service for one year under Capt. David Elmore of Sharon, Conn. on the same conditions except to have one suit of clothes, which he received at the close of the year which he then found out. In the summer of 1780 he was drafted in the Connecticut State troops, or guard troops to serve on the sea board. was called for the term of six months & was called on in the fall & went to Horse neck & served the six months in Col. Meads Regt. in Capt. S. Stanton's Co. The Lieutenant was one Sealy. Ensign Nathan Redfield. This term of service expired about the first of March 1781 - Immediately after this I engaged as a substitute for one David Ruscob a Sergeant for three months in the Connecticut militia & served out this term as a Sergeant in Col. J. Meads Regt. in Capt. Morris Mariner's Co. Goff's Dist. & was employed at Stamford and on the sea board in Connecticut. After this term was ended I engaged as a substitute for one Dibble of Cornwall in the Connecticut militia for seven months in Col. Meads Regt. in Capt. Smith's Co. & served two months & some over & then hired a substitute and returned home & then engaged and served three months as orderly Sergeant in Capt. Conklin's Co. in New Haven & other towns on the sea board of Connecticut. He is quite certain of the different terms of his service but of the exact date is not quite certain in recollection - He was born in New Milford in Connecticut March 17. 1756, & has no other record of his age than that made by his father in the family bible now in Mr. Athel's possession. His father removed when Mr. Athel was

a child to Sharon Litchfield County in Connecticut where Mr. Alst lived during the revolution, since the revolution he has resided in Timberidge & Hartford in Vermont. That he has resided at Hartford when he now lives twenty five years past. He does not recollect of ever having any written discharge. He has no documentary evidence & sends herewith the deposition of his brother Goold Camp who resided at his father's & was knowing to said Alst going & returning from service. He knows of no other proof now in his reach. He resides in Hartford on the border of Sharon & Plain. Samuel Bascom of Sharon & John Downer Esq. of Hartford are persons who have been long acquainted with Mr. Camp.
We hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state to his knowledge.
Sworn to
Alst Camp
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid
L. Marsh Register
We Samuel Bascom a clergyman residing at Sharon in the County of Windsor and John Downer residing at Hartford in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Alst Camp who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 76 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Samuel Bascom
John Downer
the day & year aforesaid
L. Marsh Register
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states; & the court further states certifies that it appears to them Samuel Bascom who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Sharon & that John Downer who has also signed the same is a resident in Hartford and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.
L. Marsh Register

State of Vermont, District of Hartford p
I Lyndon H. Marsh Registrar of the Court of Probate in and for the Dis- trict of Hartford in the State of Vermont do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the the Abol. Church for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 24 th day of August A D 1832 —
L. H. Marsh Registrar

July 15, 1935
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BA-J/ENL Abel Camp-S.12435
Mrs. H.H.Murray 204 Lippincott Avenue Riverton, New Jersey
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the records of Abraham De Lanoy(De La Noy, Dellenoy or De Lannoy), of New York City, and Abel Camp, of Connecticut, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of an Abraham De Lanoy, or similar spelling. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.
The record of Abel Camp has been found and is furnished herein, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.12435, based upon the military service of that soldier.
Abel Camp was born March 17, 1756, in NewMilford, Connecticut, and when a child, moved with his father to Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing with his father in Sharon, Connecticut, Abel Camp enlisted and served as follows: From January 1 or February 1, 1776, as a private in Captain Sloan's Company, Colonel John Paterson's Massachusetts Regiment, went on the expedition to Canada, after arriving at Mount Independence on the return trip; was taken sick and remained ill for sometime, when his father hearing of his illness, came to the camp and took him home, arriving home about December 1, 1776; from the spring of 1777, three years as teamster, two years under Captain Boland and one year under Captain David Elmore; from August, 1780, six months in Captain Joshua Stanton's Company, Colonel Mead's Connecticut Regiment; from March 1, 1781, three months

as sergeant in Captain Mariner's Company, Colonel John Mead's Connecticut Regiment; from June 1, 1781, two or three months as a private in Captain Smith's Company, Colonel Matthew Mead's Connecticut Regiment; from September 1, 1781, three months as orderly sergeant in Captain Conklin's Company, Colonel Wadsworth's Connecticut Regiment.
After the Revolution, Abel Camp removed to Tunbridge, Vermont; thence to Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont, where he was residing when he was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1819. In 1832, he was still residing in said Hartford and stated that he had then lived there for twenty-five years. He signed Abel Camp, Junior.
There are no data as to wife or children.
In 1832, soldier's brother, Goold Camp was aged seventy-one years and resided in Barre, Vermont. He stated that he served on one tour with the soldier in the Connecticut Troops. There is no claim for pension on file based upon the military service of Goold Camp in the Revolutionary War.
The name D.M.Camp appears and on his tour under Captain Mariner, the ensign was named Camp, Christian name not given. No relationship of either to the soldier was shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

12,435 ✓ INVALID.
Rowan
File No. 12,435-
Abel Camp Brn. Rev. War
Act: June 9 th 1832
Index: —Vol. a , Page 61
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1924 Jan. 7. Hirt to Mrs. W. D. Higgins and 1936 July 15. Hirt to Mrs. H. H. Murray Esq.

Vermont 15,808 R
Abel Camp
of Hartford in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Patterson of the Massachusetts ★ line, for the term of One year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of September 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 of Nov r 1819 and Sent to George Rich agt. Montpelier Vermont.
Arrears to 4th of Portion of Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1/4 March 1820 41. 83
5 3/4 / 30  4/1 / 21
$ 41. 83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
★ Continental and Conn.
Records corrected. Oct. 16/05. J.G.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Abel Campo which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? SB
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and 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.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

No 6789. P.O. Abel Camp Sep 13 - 1882
to Brig Genl John R. Brooke
Lucasville Tenn Secretary of War Washington D.C.

Rayallow (Vt.) Aug 30 1832.
Mr. Camp the applicant requests that the answer to his application may be made to the subscriber heret.
His one year service 1876 has been once recognized at the Department. He insists that the three years, in which he regularly enlisted and served as a continental teamster at $15 per month entitles him to receive his pension at that rate in these war not civil contracts. It is to be observed that besides these three years he served more than two years.
Jacob Collamer.

Abd. Camp R
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in Burlington Vt. by the agent, Herman Allen Esq.
Get Papers.
Rumrill
John Gregg

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Abel Camp late a ————— " ————— Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont ————— " ————— Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty eighth day of September one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this tenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. Callow Secretary of War.

admitted
1 year pirate
$40 disbursements
Hon H Everett
Hq R
Jan. 24. 72
Dear Sir,
Yours truly yours
July 17
Hon. Secretary of War
Washington
8764 add cribber abel Camp

Royalton (Vt.) Jan 17. 1832
Sir, There was sent to you about four months since, the declaration & Evidence of Hartford (Vt.) for a pension as for act of June 1832 — His former pension certificate under the act of 1818 was at that time mis- laid and as I understand, it is required to be sent, and as it is now found I inclose it — hoping it will be placed with his other papers
Respectfully Yours Jacob Collaine
Hon. Secretary of War

I Abel Camp of Hartford in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged seventy nine years, now on the pension roll of the Vermont agency under the act of 1832, at the rate of forty dollars per year; for the purpose of obtaining an additional allowance under the provisions of the same act, do make this my additional declaration in conformity with the instructions of the War Department.
First, passing over the circumstances of my first years service, which has been admitted as proved; I testify & say that I did perform three years service in succession, as a teamster under three several enlistments, in the manner, and for the wages, stated in my former declaration, but conclude from information sent me from the department that I have been in an error in relation to the manner of my engagements, and therefore have no claim on that account. —
Secondly, I testify and say in explanation of, and in addition to my former former declaration that in July 1780 I was labouring at Sharon, in Litchfield County, Connecticut, and engaged in the business of making hay, when I was informed by the Capt n of the company of militia in which I was enrolled, that I had been regularly drafted for the term of six months, in the Connecticut guard troops, and was directed at a given day to report myself to Col. John Mead at Hornbeck which I accordingly did about the middle of August following. I then and there commenced actual service as a private soldier in a regiment, commanded by Col. John Mead in person. My Captain's name was Joshua Stanton. Lieut. — Spauld. — Ensign Ambrose Redfield. Having completed the term I was discharged, and returned home, and well recollect it was after the snow began to melt, but considerable was then on the ground. The winter, I well remember was, unusually severe, and the snow exceedingly deep. I soon after engaged in the same regiment as a sergeant, having taken the place of one David Ruse by

contract with him, he having been drafted, and found it inconvenient from the circumstances of his family to go. This service I actually performed in a company nominally under the command of a Capt. Mariner who, in consequence of sickness, did not join the regiment during the three months. The other company officers were Lieut. Goff, and Ensign Camps. I joined the regiment at Stamford, marched to Greenwich, and was occasionally at Horseneck within the term.
Directly after the expiration of my three months term as above detailed to wit, about the first of June 1781, I was hired by a man by the name of Dibble, who was ordinarily called Doct. Dibble (tho' not a regular practising physician) drafted for a term of seven months, as a sergeant, to take his place. I was accepted in his room, but subjected to the duty of a private. Being thus disappointed in my expectations, I continued about three months, and then procured a substitute for the remainder of the term. This service I well recollect was performed in the vicinity of Horseneck, our encampment was in a field two miles off the main road, along the Sound, and we occupied tents during the whole time I was there. The colonel's name was Matthew Meads, the Adjutants - Bull, the Majors - Humphrey, and my Capt. Smith.
About the first of Sept. following, I was drafted, or took the place of a drafted man, (which I cannot recollect) in the same description of troops, for a term of three months. The Colonel's name I think was Wadsworth. My Capt. I know was Conklin of Sharon, when I then resided with my father. Immediately after my joining the regiment, the company became destitute of an orderly Sergeant by the departure of one Seth Austin, and I was put into the office thus vacated, in which capacity I served the whole term, with the exception of a very few days while Austin was there. I was paid as an orderly Sergeant for the whole term. The service was all actually performed

at New Haven and vicinity. I distinctly recollect I was at New Haven when the news of the battle at York Town arrived, and witnessed the rejoicing which took place: — Abiel Camp
State of Vermont Windsor County ss. Hereford 8 th August. 1835. Then personally appeared Abiel Camp signer of the foregoing declaration & made oath that the same contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth Before me Baxter B. Newton Justice Peace
Baxter B. Newton
State of Vermont } Woodstock County Clerk's Office August 10 th 1835 Windsor County ss. } I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court Do hereby Certify, that Baxter B. Newton is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County duly Commissioned & qualified, and that the above are his Signatures.
In Testimony whereof I hereto affix the Seal of said Court the day & year last above —
Benj. Swan Clerk

Dec 1.
Abel Camp
Hon. H. F. James M.C. Pres.
H. F. James

War Department, Pension Office
March 9. 1835.
Sir. The letter of S t M c Camp Esqr. to you is herewith returned. The papers of S t M c Camp to whom claim it refers have been carefully examined. He was only allowed under the act of 1832 for the year's service, in Col. Peterson's regiment upon which his claim under the act of 1818 was admitted. As the papers now stand, no more actual service in a military capacity can be recognized. That Mr. Camp did not serve as a teamster on the continental establishment is conclusively shown by his own statement as to his pay & clothing. If his memory has failed him on these points, it is necessary for him to show by whom & at what place he was enlisted, by whom he was mustered, what bounty he received, to what corps of the army he was attached, & in short, the particulars of his team service in detail. But most of the transportation of the kind described, was performed under contract with the Quarter Masters Department, & the presumption is very strong that this was the employment in which Mr. Camp was engaged. Unless the wages stated by Mr. Camp are mistaken the point is clear as naked or resolution of Congress authorized the rate he states he received, to be paid to any continental teamster.
As to his subsequent service in Col. Meade's regiment of Militia this cannot for the period stated, be recognized as actual service. Unless he will state the terms he was called out in detail, nothing can be allowed for this portion of the claim. Many claimants have received themselves, & this Department must by confounding mere readiness to serve, with actual service. The Rolls of one of the companies of Meade's regiment are in the office. They appear to have

been in actual service, or various emergencies & alarms during the year, stated, different periods of from three to thirty days at a time. A specification as required by the regulations must be made. On receipt of this & the present certificate a re-examination will be made.
I have the honor to be any respectfully your obedient servant
J. L. Edwards
Hon. H. F. Jones Waterville Vermont
Copy of Council letter of 9. March 1835.

James Andrews
affidavit.
(A. Camp B)

I James Andrews of Tunbridge in the County of Orange & State of Vermont of lawful age depose & say that Abel Camp now residing in Hartford Vermont was a private soldier in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain in the year 1781 & belonged to Capt Samuel Storer's company which company & then belonged to the company was detached to Col Patterson's Regiment James Andrews
State of Vermont } At Tunbridge in P. County on Orange County } this 13 th 13 th day of October A.D. 1819 Sworn & subscribed before me - And I further certify that the above deposition is a true & distinct - in witness my opinion Samuel Austin Justice Peace
State of Vermont } George Rich, Notary Public Washington } in & for the County aforesaid do certify that Samuel Austin Esq. before whom the above affidavit was taken, was at the date thereof a justice of the Peace, duly qualified acting under the authority of this State, & that his name as above is his proper signature.
Witness my hand & official seal at Montpelier this 14 th day of October A.D. 1819. George Rich, Notary Public

Nathaniel Bowworth
Affidavit
A. Camp

State of Vermont, I Nathaniel Bosworth of Berlin in the County Washington ss. - of Washington & State of Vermont, being duly sworn upon & say that I am personally acquainted with Hezekiah Camp S. who has applied for a pension under the provisions of the act of Congress of the 18 March 1818, and well recollect & know that said Camp served in Capt. Samuel Stow's company of Col. John Patterson's Regiment in the year 1776 and faithfully served more than nine months, at that time & under that entire term, and that he was honorably discharged after serving the full term of his enlistment. That I was a corporal in said company of Regiment Nathaniel Bosworth
Sworn & Subscribed, before me, this 13th day of October A. D. 1819. - And I further certify that the above named Deponent is a credible & disinterested Witness in my opinion
Witness my hand & official seal, the day & year aforesaid
George Root, Notary Public 3 Justice of the Peace

STATE OF VERMONT,
COUNTY OF Washington ss.
Abel Camp of Hartford in the County of Litchfield and State of Vermont being
duly sworn, doth declare, depose and say, that, on or about the first day of February A. D. 1776 he was duly enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of one  one year's service that he belonged to Captain Glover's Company, and Colonel Patterson's Regiment, of the Massachusetts line & that served therein, against the common enemy, for the term aforesaid . until hon- orably discharged after serving to the end of said term
He further deposes and says, that he is now, and ever since has been a citizen of the United States of that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from his country for support
Abel Camp Jr.
Declared, sworn, and subscribed, by the above named Abel Camp Jr. before me at Montpelier in the County aforesaid, this 28th day of Sept A. D. 1819
Stephen P. Ditsworth Judge W. B. Caver

Steel Camp B
Col. Patterson's Regt. Ky Capt. Slous' Co. 1 year.
Stephen Larkin Ops. 27 wage per

State of Vermont, } I Stephen D. D. Judge of the county Washington - } of. Do hereby certify that it ap-
pears to my satisfaction that the Held Camp B. did serve in the army of the Revolution for more than months at one in listment as stated in said decura- tion, I now transmit the fore- camps. Thing I had before me to the Hon. Secretary of War, according to the pro- visions of the act of Congress of the 18th of March A. D. 1818. True that said appli- cant is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of his country's assistance for support
Given under my hand & the seal of the Court this 28th day of September 1819
Stephen D. D. Judge of the Court
Held Camp B Col: Patterson, Regt 35 Capt. Stevens, Co. 11 year

November 14 th 1923
Utica, New York
United States Pension Office Washington D. C.
Dear Sirs:-
Will you kindly send me a copy of the application for pension of a soldier of the American Revolution, named Abel Camp, born at New Milford Connecticut on March 17 th 1756. According to information obtained from the State Librarian of Connecticut reference is made to this pension in the Supplement to Revolutionary Index :-
Camp, Abel, soldier, Conn + Cont pension ..... Draper pen:- I shall be most grateful if you will send 186 me a copy of the application.
Yours truly (Mrs W. D.) Dorothy Camp Higgins 17-Callist Avenue Utica New York.

204 LIPPINCOTT AVENUE RIVERTON, N. J.
July 1, 1935.
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am trying to find some record of Abraham De Lanoy and Abel Camp , who served in the American Rev- olution. Abraham De Lanoy served in the New York City Militia. This name was often spelled De La Noy, Dellenoy, or De Lannoy. His wife was Hester King( or Konning).
Abel Camp served from Connecticut, probably from Litchfield. His wife was Sabra Marsh.
I am trying to establish a D. A. R. record from either of these two men; from both if possible.
Very truly yours,
Georgiana G. Murray
(Mrs. H. H.) Georgiana G. Murray

HR
January 3, 1924.
Mrs.W.D.Higgins, 17 Carlisle Ave., Utica, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S.12435, it appears that Abel Camp was born March 17, 1756 in New Milford, Connecticut, and while living in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as follows:
From February 1, 1776 for one year as a private in Captain Sloan's Company, Colonel John Paterson's Massachusetts Regiment.
From the Spring of 1777 for one year as a teamster under Captain Boland.
From 1778 for one year as a teamster under Captain Boland.
From 1779 for one year as a teamster under Captain David Elmore.
From August 1780 for six months in Captain Joshua Staunton's Company, Colonel Mead's Connecticut Regiment.
From March 1, 1781 for three months as a Sergeant in

Captain Mariner's Company, Colonel John Mead's Connecticut Regiment.
From June 1, 1781 for two or three months as a private in Captain Smith's Company, Colonel Matthew Mead's Connecticut Regiment.
From September 1, 1781 for three months as Orderly Sergeant in Captain Conklin's Company, Colonel Wadsworth's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1819, and in 1832 he was living in Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont.
m There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.