Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2552, Asa Howe, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Howe Asa
N 2552
Priscilla
B.L.M. 9526-160-55
CONTENTS

Pennsylvania
Asa Howe
Bradford Co. in the State of Penn a was a Private in the Company commanded Captain Pettibone of the Reg t . commanded Col. Porter in the Conn. Mil. for 1 year 2 months & 24 days
inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 49 Dollars 30 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of July 1833 and sent to D. Bullock North Smithfield Pa.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 98.40 Pens ant. allowance ending 14 Sep. 1833 24.65
$123.25
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E. Vol. 5 Page 23

V 1501 Pennsylvania, Phila. Priscilla Howe widow of Asa Howe
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private Connecticut Troop
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 49 Dollars 30
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818.
3rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Aug/53
and sent to
J. Emery Willsboro Tioga Co., Pa.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1818, Page 105 Vol. U
3/53
1832

75202 Admpts Admpts
Priscilla  Home  Wing Asa  Home , Pa
Col  W. H. State Hoop , Col
Revolutionary Pension
Ad: 166  Ag Oct: 30/55.
Revolutionary Pension
Na M
J. Emery Wellesborough  Pa
Nov. 13/51. Massachusetts  Returnence Ames on closed to asg. of Wellesboro, Pa Pennsylvania
Vol H. page 50.

State of Pa County of Bradford } ss.
On this 3 rd day of September personally appeared in open Court before Edward Berrick President Judge & John M c Kean and Jonathan Stevens Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bradford now sitting Asa Hove a resident of Columbia Township in the Co ty of Bradford and State of Pa aged seventy two 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 act of Congress passed
June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as here in stated — I served six weeks in the Militia of the State of Connecticut as a volunteer from Norfolk Township and Co ty of Litchfield, under the command of Col. Porter Capt. Pettibone

Lieutenant Ives and Ensign Belting beginning near the first of April 1776
Also six weeks in the year 1777 commencing in Sept r as a substitute for my Brother and mar- ched under the Command of Capt Lawrence other Officers not recollected owing to my being employ- ed four weeks on a Battle guard and not being mustered with the Company for that length of time from the same Township County and State as aforesaid
Also served six months during the year 1778 begin- ning in June and marched from Norfolk thro Canaan Salisbury & New Milford Danbury to the White Plains under the command of Col. Cno Capt Beebe Lieut. Ives Ensign Hewit and served the latter part of the time at Norwalk in Conn. The above six months served as a volunteer in the State service of Connecticut
Also served six months during the year 1780 Joined the Regular army at High lands Col. Bradley's Regiment Capt. Wrights Company trans- ferred into Col. Heman Swift Regiment Elijah Chapman Capt. Light Infantry under the

Command of Major General Lafayette Brigadier General Poor
The first six weeks served at Peekskill on the Hudsons River marched thro Ganaan Salisbury & Mamaroneck Minisink and Dover — Second six weeks traveled same route Joined the army at Ennypond
His native place is Wallingford Connecticut and at the time of the revolution seems to have lived at Norfolk Litchfield County Connecticut. Since the war he has lived in Rutland County Vermont & for the last twenty five years in Columbia Bradford County Pennsylvania his present residence He has no documentary evidence of his services & there is no person living in the vicinity by whom he can make proof. He received a written discharge at the time of his mustering under Genl. Poor but has lost it
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not in the pension roll of the army of any state he hereby subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Fullall Prot
Asa Howe

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State of Pennsylvania County of Tioga
On the twentieth day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State of Pennsylvania Priscilla Horne aged sixty six years a resident of Wellsboro in the State of Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the Widow of Asa Horne who was a prisoner in the revolutionary war and a pensioner - that she draws an annual pension of forty nine dollars and thirty cents payable at Philadelphia by Leander Sturgeon Agent for paying pensioners in the Agency of Pennsylvania and she refers to the papers at the Pension Office for proof of her husband's services and her marriage.
She further states that she was mar- ried to the said Asa Horne in Covington Pa Tioga County on the twenty second day of December A.D 1833 by one John Gray a Justice of the Peace and that her name before her said marriage was Priscilla Gray, that her said husband died at Lock Haven Penn. on the sixth day of July A.D 1844 and that she is now a widow at the date of executing this her declaration.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act "Appropriating money for the relief of the widows and orphans of the late war" 3 1855 Priscilla Horne

We John Gray & J. L. Robinson and Michael Bonar residents of Wheeling in the State of Pennsylvania upon our oaths declare that the foregoing decla- ration was signed and acknowledged by Priscilla Horne in our presence; and that we believe from the appearance and statement of the appli- cants that she is the identical person she repre- sents herself to be.
John Gray J. L. Robinson
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible per- sons; that the claimant is the person she repre- sents herself to be; and that I have no in- terest in this claim.
A. J. Sofield J. P.
State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny Co. ss:
I, John G. Donaldson Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said county certify that A. J. Sofield Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is and was at the time of the date thereof a justice of the Peace in and for said county duly qualified And that the signature hereunto purporting to be his is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court the Eleventh day of April A D 1855
J. G. Donaldson Prothonotary Per A. J. Donaldson

Please direct under cover to "J. E. Gurney Wellington Trogir Co Pa"

State of Pennsylvania } ss County of Tioga }
On this 10 th day of May A D 1853 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga County Joseph Hitchcock & Harriet A. Hitchcock persons to said well known as entitled to credit & confidence who being first du- ly sworn according to law do depose and say that they were then acquainted with Asa Howe and his wife Priscilla Howe and were present at their marriage; that the said Asa Howe was married to Priscilla Howe (before Priscilla was) at Bloomington in said County & State by John Gray Esq. a Justice of the Peace of said County on the 22 d day of Decem- ber A D 1833. And from that time till the time of his death July 6 th 1844, that they lived and cohabited together as man and wife.
Joseph Hitchcock Harriet A. Hitchcock
Known to me to be the person described above and whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit. J. H. Donaldson, Notary.

State of Pennsylvania } County of Tioga } Affi.
On this 10 th day of May A d 1853 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of said county & State. Priscilla Hove a resident of said county aged Sixty years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the third day of February 1853 granting to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War: that she is the Widow of Asa Hove who was a private in the Revolutionary War, but she knows nothing of his Regiment company or officers & refers to his pension papers, which have been surrendered to the Pension Office, for proof on these points; that she has no record proof of her marriage but can prove the same by witnesses; that the said Asa Hove was a pensioner at the time of his death under the Act of Congress passed the 7 th day of June A d 1832 and resided in the county of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania at the time he was pensioned and received the sum of $48. or

about that sum as she thinks, per an- nunc; and she further declares that she was married to the said Asa Howe on the 22 a day of December A D 1833, that her said husband died on the 6 th day of July A D 1844, that she was not mar- ried to him prior to the 2 a day of Janu- ary A D 1800, but at the time above sta- ted; and she further declares that she is now a widow
Priscilla Howe Nelson Swon and subscribed the day and year above written before the board of officers, as witness my hand and Official Seal.
J. H. Donaldson, Presby.

Dec. 29-1902 C. A. Kevvly. Towanda Pa.
REV.
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2552
Priscilla Howe
Widow
Asa Howe
Pr. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 3, 1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 34
[Arrangement of 1870.]

✓ 9526
S
New Ans

No 1809
Priscilla Stone, widow of
Asa Stone
Lit. to J. Emory Aug 9/53 (RH)
Rev d
Act 3 rd Feb. 1853

J. Emery
Wellsburgh
Lucene?
Pa.

May 1863 Russell's Creek near Benton 3rd Regt Ky Infantry
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARKS AND CONSERVATION AREA
St. Louis Mo.

7/30/30 PA OHIO
FREE
NO
L. P. Hall House of Seniors Nashville N.C.

Pa: Oct 5 3. Pa:
Sept 1891,

Asa Howe
Asa Howe from the State of Ohio who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Pelabone of the Regt commanded by Col Porter in the Ohio Militia time for 1 year 2 m. 24 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 49 Dollars 30 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of May and sent D Bullock 1833 North Smithfield Ohio
  Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833  $ 98.60    Pen-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 33  24 65     $123.25  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo B Whiting Cler' Book E Vol. 8 Page 10

75.52
3-068. (Old No. 3-649.)
6-20
Bureau of Pensions.
Asa Howe
Sept. 19, 1832
Bradford Co Pa - 72
Hb. 76 Norfolk En Cpt Pettibone Cal Portory Det - 6 wks
Sept. 77 - Cpt. Lawrence Cal - 6 wks
78 June Cpt Beebe Cal Enn Det - 6 mos
80 Cpt Wright Cal Bruley Det - 6 m
Mrs. Priscilla Gray
Dec. 22, 1833
D. Jg 6, 1844
no Det
Ans

Pension Office Aug. 6/53
Sir,
Please certify the time to which within named pension was last paid; or (if in your power) the rate of his death
Very respectfully
The case of Betsey Seely and widow of Ebenezer Seely sent July 27 - and the case of Elizabeth Milton, widow of Benjamin, sent 2 d inst., do not appear to have been returned.
Very respectfully Yours Oct. 20 th
S. Cole
For Commission
Ann F. Burd. Present 3

Sumner Office
Aug. 6/53
Sir,
Please certify the time
to which within named sum was last paid; or if in your power the date of his death
Very respectfully
The same of Betsy Seely and Wilson of Hovey or Seely sent July 27 - and the cost of their death Milton, Wilson of Hovey, sent 27 in, to not appear have been returned.
Very respectfully John W. Lord
J. Cole
John W. Lord Sumner
Asa Horne, act 7 th June 1832 $49.30 p. an. Died 6 th July 1844, Paid to his death. J. Burch Auditor.
N. B. - Betsy Seely & Elizabeth Milton have long since been answered. - B. L. Bym, for 3 rd Auditor.

No. 78-202
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 16 th 1878-
Asa. Howe Esq. Secy N.Y. State Links Rev. War
95-26-160-55-
S. Emery Wellsborough Pa.

Asa Howe applicant for a pension further states that he joined Col Bradleys regiment at the highlands under Capt Wright & remained there 6 or 8 days and was called to march to New Jersey was arrived at Kingsbury and served the remainder of his term of six months in Capt. Chapmans company in Col. Swifts regiment and was discharged at the highlands in December - there is no person in the vicinity by whom he can prove his service & he makes this explanatory statement with the belief that it will lead to his name being found on the rolls & he submits the matter to the War Department with the request that his pension may be granted and for such length of time as the proof & records will warrant. —
Asa Howe
February 21. 1833

Ha Horne
Not on Rolls
2 witnesses reg d
D Bullock ag o
W th Smithfield Bratford do

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Asa Howe further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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 ?
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? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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 ?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ?
No see June 16.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ?
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.
As his name is not on the rolls of service of Bradley's regiment - he should produce proof, see Quere 14 above.

Wellesboro May 19. 1853
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send Mrs. Howe's declaration to obtain Pension, under act of 1853.
The proof of death of Mr. Howe I suppose you already have furnished when the widow drew arrears of her husband's Pension, & I should think that will be sufficient; it will be again furnished. I send proof of her marriage when I suppose in a form that will prove satis- factory.
Please direct under cover to "J Emery Thomas at Sunnyside, Tioga Co. Pa."
Respectfully, &c J Emery
W Com r of Pensions Washington

Pension Office Aug 9, 1833
Sir
Mrs Priscilla Howe, must file proof identifying herself as the widow of the identical pensioner , in right of whose services in the revolutionary war she claims pension, before her claim can be allowed. Please find Circular enclosed dated June 1 st 1833, which sets forth the character of the evidence required upon this point.
Very Respectfully L. Waldo Commissioner
J Emory Esq. Wellesborough Tiago Co. Penn.

Willsboro Aug 18 th 1883
L. P. Walbridge
Dear Sir - Enclosed I send you the evidence required within, taken before Judge White.
I am not sure but his (Asa Howes) death is stated in the former papers to have taken place in Sullivan. If so it was a mistake, - his home was on the line of the two counties (Frank & Sullivan) but in Frank Co.
Respectfully J. C. Fleming

Howe

Brief in the case of Priscilla Howe, widow of Asa Howe, Tioga County and State of Pennsylvania act 3 rd February 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832
Marriage proved by parol evidence duly certified to be credible
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
J. Emory Egan Wellsboro' Tioga Co Penn te Name and residence of Agent
R. H. Sedder Examining Clerk.

Allen House
17578 ✓

We Samuel Street Jr n residing in the Township of Columbia & Howard Spalding residing in the Township of Gray both of Brad- -ford County Pennsylvania hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Asa Howe who has subscribed and sworn to the above and annexed declaration that he is a man of strict veracity that we believe him to be recently two years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbo- -rhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the re- -volution & that we concur in that opinion sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
J. M c Call, Onond
Howard Spalding
Sam l Street Jr n
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 uses a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Street Jr n who has signed the above is a resident of Columbia Township & Howard Spalding who has signed the above is a resident of Gray Township both of Bradford County Pennsylvania that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit
By the Court
J. M c Call Pres t
I James P Bull Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County Pennsylvania & Prothonotary thereof do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- -cation of Asa Howe for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 19 th day of September 1842
for J. M c Call Pres t E. G. Goodrich Atty

Amos Fisher
Feb
St. Louis
Pa. Phila.
Paterson N.J. Bull
Hon Lewis Cass Esq.
Secretary of War Washington
Received on Mar 27 th

Sir, I enclose the pension papers of Asa Howe with the request that when acted on they may be returned to me and am
Yours respectfully
North Smithfield Bradford Co
D Bullock
Pa March 26. 1833
How buy at war

State of Pennsylvania Mifflin County ss.
Personally appeared before me Robert G. White President Judge of the 4 th Judicial district of Pennsylvania Joseph Bitnerick or John Gray both residents of said County who after being sworn according to law and deposing say that they have been well acquainted with Mrs. Priscilla Howe for more than twenty five years - that from their own personal knowledge they know her the said Priscilla Howe to be the widow of the identical Asa Howe who was a Revolutionary pensioner and who died on the eighth day of July A.D. 1846 in the Township of Columbia in Bedford County Pa. Sworn to & subscribed before me
this 19 th day of August
A.D. 1850
R. G. White
Joseph Bitnerick John Gray
Product of 4 th Dist.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Bitnerick or John Gray whose names are subscribed to the above affidavit - that they were sworn to & subscribed the same before me on the day of the date of this certificate - that the names above subscribed are in the handwriting of said Joseph Bitnerick or John Gray respectively - and that they are persons of good repute for

to the overwriting. - I further certify that they reside in Wallbridge. Tioga County Pennsylvania - Aug 19. 1850 -
R. G. White. President Judge of 4 th Judicial District
State of Pennsylvania Tioga County
I John F. Donaldson prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that the above is the genuine signature of R. G. White President Judge of the 4 th Judicial District
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Wallbridge this 19 th day of August A.D. 1853 J. F. Donaldson Prothon. Per A. J. Sefield Supt.

Office of Bradford County Historical Society Towanda, Pa.
December 22, 1902.
Eugene P. Ware, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir,--
Our Society will esteem it a great favor if you will furnish us information concerning John Kneeland and Asa Howe, Revolutionary soldiers who were residing in this county and drawing pensions in 1840.
John Kneeland came from Massachusetts to Rome, Bradford County, Pa., where he died in 1831, aged 87 years. We desire record of service as a Revolutionary soldier.
Asa Howe settled in Columbia township, Bradford county, in 1808, where he died after 1840. We desire record of service as Revolutionary soldier and date of death or date at which pension ceased.
Thanking you in advance for courtesy, I am
Very truly, C. F. Heurly