Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17033, William Hannum, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hannum William Mercy
W. 17033
CONTENTS

13,690 4
New York dead.
William Hannum
of Covington in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Alden of the N.Y. Inf'ty line, for the term of three years 1777-
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 1st of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th of August 1817 and sent to Wyllys Buell Esq. Agent LeRoy New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $1. 3
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48.
$129. 3
10 4/31
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Information sent Mar 17 4 1820 to Thaddeus Jay Le Roy Esq. Pension Office New York

10.4.50
New York
Reported
Payable to
Mercy Wannum dec d .
Widow of William Wannum who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 20th August, 1838 of Spencerville in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col. Alden in the Revolution for 2 years
Cyril Shumway Chester Wannum Warren Wannum & W m Wannum only living children
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836 and ending 28th November 1838 when she decease
Certificate of Pension issued the 10th day of July 1848 and sent to Hon. W. Putnam, Mem r of Rep s
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Thos. D. Ransom Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 101.
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William Hannam and Mary Dodge joined in Marriage Nov. 11 th 1791
Hannah Hannam Daugh of W & Mary Hannam
Born June 12 th 1792
Chester Hannam Born
January 11 th 1795
Warren Hannam
Born July 31 st 1797
William Hannam
Born June 12 th 1801

THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES; AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED. BY HIS MAJESTY'S SPECIAL COMMAND.
APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES.
EDINBURGH: Printed by MARK and CHARLES KERR, His Majesty's Printers. MDCCXCIJ.

Genesee County ss: in the State of New York
On this first day of May - eighteen hundred and eighteen before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Genesee in the said State of New York personally appears William Hannum age * the seventeenth of May last sixty two years, resident in the town of Corington in the said County, who being by me first duly sworn, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the state act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" That the said William Hannum enlisted in Belchertown in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Luke Day of the Massachusetts line of the seventh regiment, that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until May seventeen hundred and eighty when he was discharged from service in West Point state of New York, that he was in the battle of Saratoga, and in several skirmishes and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his coun- try for support, and that he has now no other evidence in his power of his said service
William Hannum
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Ella Smith
I, Ella Smith one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Genesee certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that William Hannum did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the aforesaid act
Ella Smith
X J. B. Smith in examination that William Hannum was 53 years old in May 1818 J. B. Smith

State of New York } ss; I Simon Cummings Clerk of the Court County of Genesee } of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Genesee do hereby certify that Ella Smith Esquire before whom the above mentioned William Hannum has made his declaration and affirmation in order to obtain the benefit of the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" was at the time mentioned in the above declaration one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Genesee and that the signatures of the said Ella Smith upon the above declaration are his own proper hand writing
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County the 22 nd day of May 1818
Simon Cummings By Ralph Coffin Dep.
Genesee County State of New York } ss
Joshua Shuyman being before me duly sworn deponeth & saith that William Hannum has no article or other title to lands nor personal property to his knowledge except a few articles of clothing, that he has a wife & four children taken from  has at the same time that in November 1779 the corps to which he belonged marched to Genesee  Long Point in the state of New York that it was then said that Colonel Brooks was appointed to command the regiment to which he belonged but that he never saw him but once but that he continued under the immediate command of

children, three of whom are boys, two of age some about eighteen years old as he believes that he lives with his eldest son Chester who supports him, that he complains of rheumatism & lameness and is not able to do any except light work.
Subscribed & sworn,
William Hannum
Nov. 24. 1818 before me
James W. Stevens one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Genesee County N. York
I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that William Hannum is poor and has the appearance of an infirm man and if not supported by his children would become in all probability a Town charge
James W. Stevens
(After added)
I certify that I am satisfied that William Hannum the above mentioned applicant is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support J. W. Stevens Judge
State of New York Genesee County
ss. I Simeon Cummings Clerk of the County aforesaid do certify that James W. Stevens, before whom the foregoing Affidavit was made, is, and was at the date thereof, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, act- ing under the authority of this State, and that the foregoing is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and and affixed the seal of said County at Batavia this 26 th day of December A.D. 1818.
Simeon Cummings by Sam l Lake Dep

The said William Hannum above mentioned on this twenty ninth day of June eighteen hundred & nineteen again appeared before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Berkshire and makes oath according to law and to the following facts in addition to those above stated and in explanation thereof, that is to say that the said six months service mentioned as the cause of the Rejection of his above application was performed and done by him after his said term of service for three years. The deponent states the following facts as to his said three years service. That he the said William Hannum on the fifteenth day of May in the year 1777 enlisted into the service of the United States for the term of three years at the town of Belchertown county of Hampshire in the state of Massachusetts was That he was enlisted by by Sergeant Elisha Warner. That he immediately left Belchertown and joined the company commanded by Captain Luke Day in the regiment commanded by  by his Lieutenant Colonel whose name was Stagg by Colonel Alden in the Massachusetts line. That the company above mentioned was when he joined it quartered on West Springfield. That he immediately after he marched from West Springfield to join the Northern army under the command of General Gates who took personal command immediately after he, the said William Hannum arrived there. That after he the said William Hannum had served a year and a half or two years he was transferred to the company commanded by Captain Asa Coburn the regiment being then commanded by Major Whiting. Colonel Alden

of General Gates, who took personal command immediately after he, the said William Hannum arrived there That after he the said William Hannum had served a year and a half or two years he was transferred to the company commanded by Captain Asa Coburn the regiment being then commanded by Major Whiting. Colonel Alden having been killed at Cherry Valley and Lieutenant Colonel Stacy having been taken prisoner  killed at the same time that in November 1779. the corps to which he belonged marched to West  Long Point in the State of New York that it was then said that Colonel Prooks was appointed to command the regiment to which he belonged but that he never saw him but once but that he continued under the immediate command of Major Darby  Whiting . That the Regiment to which he belonged, to the best of his recollection, was called number four when he enlisted though he is by no means positive but is certain that it was called No 7 when he was discharged. That he served in the said corps or in the service of the United States until the fifteenth day of May in the year 1780, when he received a regular written discharge from the service at West Point in the State of New York. That when he was discharged he was under the command of Capt. Coburn who said that his discharge was signed by Major Samuel Darby who
signed his name as "Major Com- dant of the 7 th Massachusetts Re- giment." That his said discharge has since been lost. That he was at the taking of General Burgoyne and in the Battle of Saratoga. That he

signed his name as major com- dant of the 7 th Massachusetts Re- giment. That his said discharge has since been lost. That he was at the taking of General Burgoyne and in one skirmish though not in the battle. That he was in several skirmishes with the Indians at Cherry Valley in the state of New York. That he was never in a regular fought battle but constantly on duty. That he told the said William Harriman about a month or six weeks after he received his above discharge volun- tarily enlisted  entered again as a militia man into the company com- manded by Captain Luke Day of the Regiment aforesaid for the term of six months, which must be the service mentioned as the cause of Rejecting his above appli- cation, that he entered in conse- quence of a draft being called for from the town of Belchertown aforesaid. That he thinks that he joined said Day's company at West Point aforesaid but it might have been west of West Point that he served in this manner for six months, when he received an honorable discharge not far from West Point aforesaid. That during the said six months service he was in one skirmish but in no battle And that he has no further evidence now in his power of his said service
William Harriman
Taken and subscribed before me the day and year last aforesaid
James W Stevens
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Greene County New York
State of New York County of Greene
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and for the County

And that he has no further evidence now in his power of his said service
William Harmer
Taken and subscribed before me the day and year last aforesaid
James W. Stevens
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Genesee County New York
State of New York County of Genesee
11: I one of the Judges of the court of common Pleas in and for the county of Genesee as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Harmer did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declarations against the common enemy and now again transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and had before me to the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the aforesaid act
State of New York Genesee County
S J. Simeon Cummings Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that James W. Stevens by whom the foregoing Affidavit appears to have been taken is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and verily believe the signature of "James W. Stevens" subscribed to the foregoing Affidavit to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 29 th day of June A.D. 1819.
Simeon Cummings by Raphael C. Mead D. Clk

Genesee Common Pleas - Sept: Term 1820 -
Present Hon. John H. Jones.
Isaac Wilson
Moses Hayden
Richard Smith.
Ralph Parker
Judges
Genesee County ss. On this Seventh day of September, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the said County William Hannum, aged sixty five Years, resident in Covington in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. - In the Seventh Regiment of the Massachusetts Line of Infantry, as will more fully appear by a reference to his original Declaration now on file in the Department of War, made by this Deponent, on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and eighteen, to which Declaration a pension certificate was granted number thirteen thousand, six hundred and ninety. And also I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. And further that my occupation is husbandry or farming, that I am unable to labor except moderately a small part of the summer season, that I am much troubled with the rheumatism that I have a Wife aged sixty one Years, who is not able to work but a very little; that I have no house or any real estate whatever, that I and my Wife, live with my Son Chester, aged twenty five Years, who is married, and has one child about seven

months old, that said Chester lives on land taken up on credit and not paid for, and that he depends on his labor solely for support. —
Sworn to, and declared, on this seventh day of September 1820, before me. —
And further I do solemnly swear that the following is a true inventory of all my property, viz: —
1 Cow. 1 Yearling Heifer. 2 Hogs. 4 Sheep. 1 Pot. 1 Dish Kettle. 1 Tea Kettle. 1 side pail Kettle. 1 Spider. 1 Chest. 1 Trunk. 1 Table. 1 Candle-stand. 4 Chairs. 1\frac{1}{2} Doz Knives & Forks and crockery to set a Table for 3 or four persons. 1 Fire Shovel & 1 pair of Tongs. 1 small Looking glass. 1 axe. 1 Hoe. —
Sworn to and subscribed } in open Court before me }
William Hannum
Sep t 7. 1820. S. Cummings clk

Mr. Narum
I, Simeon Cummings, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, - in and for the County of Genesee, do hereby certify, that the within oath, and the sche- dule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court, and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of Property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty eight Dollars. - -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court, and subscribe my name the 9 th day of September A.D. 1820. -
S. Cummings, Clk of the Court for Genesee County
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Declaration
State of New York
County of Genesee } ss
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 - On this day of March 1848 in open court personally appeared Chester Hannon of Said County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pension to certain widows" That this deponents mother Mercy Hannon be the widow of William Hannon late a pensioner of the United States - He further declares that his said mother Mercy Hannon was married (as this deponent understands & believes) in the year 1791 Seventeen hundred & ninety one, as per an old family record in the hand writing of this deponents father the said William Hannon, That this deponents said mother as above noted, was at the time then mentioned, married to William Hannon above mentioned, & who died a Revolutionary pensioner, That this deponents said mothers husband the said William Hannon died on the 20th day of August 1828 - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place, as this deponent has no doubt previous to the first day of January 1794 to wit at the time above specified - That this deponents said mother died hereon on the 28th day of November 1838 eighteen hundred thirty eight as per a record made of her death when it took place that at her death, she left the following named children surviving, being her only children her surviving & that each of

There is over the age of twenty one years, to wit - Cyril Sherman & Chester Hammam of Seneca Co. N.Y. Warren Hammam of Wisconsin & William Hammam of New York H. U. Soper, Judge
Chester Hammam
State of New York
County of Seneca } ss The court certify that the within proceedings have been had before the court in open court, the court further certify that satisfactory proof was adduced before the court, to satisfy the court that William Hammam was a pensioner, and that he died in the year eighteen hundred and twenty eight, leaving his will and the within named Mary Hammam who survived him till her death, and that she died on the 28th day of November 1838 eighteen hundred & thirty eight, leaving at her death the following named children her surviving, being her only children her surviving since that each of them is over the age of twenty one years, to wit Cyril Sherman & Chester Hammam of Seneca County New York & Warren Hammam of Wisconsin Territory & William Hammam of Chautauqua County New York, the proof of the above facts, which was satisfactory to the court, was the within declaration of Chester Hammam a highly respectable person, and the attached affidavits of Simon Bradley, & John Horace Bradley.
H. U. Soper, Judge John C. Holcomb Richard Smith, Inter. d.

State of New York } ss } I, Clerk of Court } James Buelly, whom I certify is a
State of New York } ss Dr Warren Fay, whom I certify is a County of Oneida } respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes & says, that he attended before Mercy Hammond, widow of William Hammond late a pensioner of the United States in her last si- ckness, & he finds from his books, a charge & memorandum made at the time of her sickness & death, that she died on the 28th day of November 1838 and that she did a will sworn and subscribed before me
This 14 th day of April 1848
Warren Fay
My Master at law

State of New York County of Seneca } ss
Simon Bradley whom I certify is a respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, that he has been for the last twenty five years, personally acquainted with the late William Hannum late a pensioner of the United States, and with his late wife Mary Hannum and their family. That this deponent recollects of the death of the said William Hannum some fifteen years or more since, and that he left his widow, the said Mary Hannum who remained his widow till her death, and that she died in the fall of 1838 - leaving at her death the following named children her surviving being her only children her surviving and that each of them is over the age of twenty one years - to wit Cyril Hannum & Chester Hannum of Seneca county New York Warren Hannum of Wisconsin Territory William Hannum of Chautauqua County N.Y.
Subscribed and sworn before me Simon Bradley This 14 th day of April 1848
M. M. for judge probate of the probate.

State of New York County of Genesee } ss Horace Bradley, whom I certify is a respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, that he has been for the last thirty years, personally acquainted with the late William Homan an officer of the United States, and with his late relict Mary Homan and their family, that this deponent recollects of the death of the said William Homan some fifteen or more since, & that he left his relict, the said Mary Homan, who remained his relict till her death, and that she died in the fall of 1838 - leaving at her death the following named children her surviving being her only children her surviving, and that each of them is over the age of twenty one years - To wit: Cyril Homan & Chester Homan of Genesee county New York Warren Homan of Seneca County, William Homan of Chautauqua county N.Y. Subscribed and sworn before me Horace Bradley This 14 day of April 1848 John C. Holcomb Justice of the Peace of Genesee Co.

State of New York
County of Genesee } ss Benjamin Sanders whom I certify is a respectable person after being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he made a Coffin for Widow Mary Hance widow of the late William Hance now late a prisoner of the United States that the said Mary Hance died a widow and that this deponent finds from his book a memorandum made at the date of her death that she died on the 28th day of November 1838 that the coffin is noted and was at that date noted under date of November 29 1838 Sworn & subscribed by Benjamin Sanders before me this 15th day of April 1848
W. M. Sprague Justice of the Peace in & for said County
Genesee County } ss Clarence C.
I hereby certify that Horace H. Tabor is lawfully Judge of Genesee County and that the foregoing Signature purporting to be his is genuine and I further certify W. M. Sprague and John C. Holcomb are Justices of the Peace of said County and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of office this 14th day of June 1848 H. H. Tabor Justice

State of New York Genesee County } ss
Chester Hannum of Coeymans in the said County being duly sworn deposes and says that he never received any deed or other conveyance of William Hannum's property, that William Hannum. That the said William's property was put into this deponent's hands for the purpose of paying the said William's debts and nearly all applied to that purpose.
That this deponent has no deed whatever, but only a contract for a deed from Benjamin Lee Esq. proprietor of a tract of land in this County which contract will expire on the fifteenth of October next or thereabout, and that this deponent owes for his said lot of land about two hundred and eighty dollars.
Subscribed and sworn                      Chester Hannum This 12 th day of April A.D. 1828. before me
Rufus Robertson Justice of the peace

State of New York } ss. Genesee County }
I, Ralph Coffin, Clerk of the County of Genesee do hereby certify that Ralph Robertson Esquire, before whom the within affidavit appears to have been taken on the day of the said affidavit, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Genesee, acting under the authority
of this State; and that the name Sabronbroo is in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 28th day of May A D 1828.
R. Coffin Clk.
Chester Harniss Affidavit

Le Ray Feb 3 3
FREE
Mr Edwards Barnes
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secretary at War City of Washington Dist Columbia
Recd 13 Feb 1823

Dear Sir,
A sense of duty impels us to give your Honor some information respecting the circumstances of William Hannum a Revolutionary pensioner residing in Cawington, Genesee County New York - Said Hannum previous to the passing of the act under which he draws his pension (96 Dollars a year) was in possession of a handsome property, was assessed, taxed & paid taxes for the same; after which he pretended to give his property to his son, who it is notorious he did not receive. He continues to live on the same place & is in easy and comfortable circumstances, and is able to maintain himself and family as the generality of farmers. Your informants, neighbors and well acquainted with the circumstances of the said Hannum and fully believing that the act was not intended to apply to persons in circumstances like his, beg leave to present your Honor with this information.
Cawington January 28 th 1828
Most respectfully Dear Sir yours with esteem
Hon. John C. Calhoun Esq. Secretary of war.
Daniel White Barnes Baully Cyrus West Uriah Slayton Abraham Stone John West Nehemiah Thompson Jr

I have for several years past resided within about five miles of the said Hammum, and am well acquainted with him. Personally however I know but little about his property. General report however sanctioned by respectable men, said at the time he applied for a pension that he was worth from two to four thousand dollars, which for the purpose of obtaining the pension, he put into the hands of a son of his. Since which time however and at the time he made a schedule of his property under the act of Congress for that purpose, he exercised absolute control over it, which his son has not done. He has always been considered a very respectable farmer in point of property. Le Roy N.Y. Feb. 3. 1823.
Weyllys Bull

Re WIDOW, &c.
No. 17033
Mercy Cannum Widow of William Cannum Prir Rev. War
Act: July 9 th 1838
Index:—Vol. a , Page 312
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Suspended - See letters to pens & agt. 15 Mar: 1823, and Coseat within — and letter to Thaddens Joy 22 Sept: 1823. See letter to Augustus P. Hascall Esq 5 October 1827 Vt D o . 7 June 1828. (Sept 1819)

State of New York } ss. I Ralph Loffin Clerk of the Genesee County } County of Genesee do hereby certify that Jacob Barton Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavit appears to have been taken was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Genesee, acting under the authority of this State; and that the Name subscribed to said affidavit is in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County this 28. day of May A D 1828.
R. Loffin Clk.

War Department, Pension Office,
(Copy)
15 March 1823
Sir, Information having been given to this Department, that you made to your son, a conveyance of property, worth from two to four thousand Dollars, for the purpose of being placed on the pension list, & that you now exercise absolute control over that property, I have to inform you that the further payment of your pension will be stopped, until you shall have made it satisfactory appear that the aforesaid information is incorrect.
I am respectfully
Mr William Hannum,
Yr etc. servt:
U.S. Pensioner, Carrington N.Yk
J. L. Edwards
State of New York } ss Genesee County }
William Hannum being duly sworn deposes and says, That in the year eighteen hundred and sixteen, before this deponent left Massachusetts, he sold his estate in that state and gave the avails to his son Chester Hannum who was to pay this deponent's debts, that the balance of said estate after paying this deponent's debts did not amount in the whole to fifteen hundred dollars, That at that time and for some time afterwards this deponent did not know of the pension Law, That the said Chester Hannum moved to this country, and agreed for a Lot of Land which he has not paid for and the article of Agreement for which, has expired, That this deponent has been in this Country eleven years last past during which time he has not had any

Control of the property so given to his son as aforesaid Nor of any other property except what was included in an inventory filed when this deponent applied for the benefit of the pension Law in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen, That this deponent took no security of his said son Chester for the said property, and has no security now, nor never has had any for the said property, That this deponent & his wife live with their said son Chester, that this deponent's age is seventy two years and his wife's age sixty nine years That this deponent and wife are not able to labour for their support, that this deponent has no property except what was included in said inventory, That this deponent's said son has not paid for his said Land, and has a wife and four children to support and his whole property after paying his debts is not worth more than nine hundred dollars, That this deponent has no expectations of any property from any source whatever, or any security or securities for any property whatever.
William Hannum
Subscribed and sworn this 25th day of September 1827 before Me -
Jacob Barton
Justice of the Peace
State of New York } Essex County } ss
Cyril Shumway being duly sworn deposes and says that this deponent has been intimately ac- -quainted with William Hannum and his circumstances for eleven years last past, That the said Hannum is has been for that time unable to labour for his support, That said Hannum has had no control of any property during said time except, one cow, from four to ten sheep and a few articles of household furniture of little value, That the said William Han- -num & wife live with their son Chester Hannum, That the said Chester has not paid for the Land upon which he resides, that he has a wife and four children to support, and as this de- -ponent believes is not worth over nine hundred dollars after paying his debts.
Cyril Shumway
Subscribed and sworn this 25th day of Sept. 1827
before me Jacob Barton Justice

To all People to whom these Presents shall come,
KNOW YE THAT I William Hoan nam of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman
For and in consideration of the sum of Two Thousand six hundred seventy six Dollars current money of the Commonwealth aforesaid, to me in hand paid, before the ensealing hereof by Horace Gates of the same Belchertown Yeoman
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge and am fully satisfied, contented and paid; Have given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents do freely, clearly and absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, convey and confirm unto him the said Horace Gates his heirs and assigns for ever.
A certain tract of land lying in said Belchertown being the farm lately lived on bounded beginning at the end of the stone wall on the East side of the Town road leading by Moses Hannum house a little North of said house running thence on said Hannum line East twenty degrees South twenty seven rods and three quarters to a maple tree marked. Thence South nine degrees East thirty four rods to a black oak tree marked. Thence South twenty seven degrees East thirty four rods & three quarters to a stake & stones. Thence East forty degrees North fifty eight rods & three quarters to a small maple tree & stones. Thence North forty degrees West nine rods & fifteen links to a black oak tree & stones. Thence East thirty six degrees North twenty two rods & a quarter to a white oak saddle & stones. Thence North ten degrees West ninety eight rods & one quarter to a pile of stones. Thence West eight degrees North forty rods to a pile of stones by the stone wall on the East side of the long Town road. Thence South five degrees East eleven rods & an half to a pile of stones on a rock the West side of said road. Thence South fifteen degrees West six rods to an oak stump. Thence West twenty two degrees North ten rods to a Chestnut stump. Thence South thirty nine degrees & an half West thirty one rods to the Stage road where the Turnpike joins it near Saint Gates. Thence South forty one degrees East on the North side of said Stage road twenty five rods & three quarters to the southern most bar post near said Hannum house. Thence Southwesterly on the East side of the town road leading to Moses Hannum as the road now runs forty six rods & three quarters to the first mentioned corner, containing sixty acres & one hundred forty
seven rods including the roads which are to remain for public travel. Also one other bit or parcel of land containing eleven acres & one hundred & fifty seven rods bounded beginning at a stake & stones on the Westerly side of the road leading by Moses Hannum & on said Moses North line running thence West eighteen degrees North fifty four rods & three quarters to an oak stump. Thence North twenty six degrees & an half East forty two rods & an half to the Stage road. Thence East fifteen degrees South on said road twenty five rods to a stake & stones. Thence South three degrees West twenty three rods to a pile of stones. Thence East twenty degrees South thirty two rods to a pile of stones by the road. Thence Westerly on the road to the first mentioned corner - Also one other tract of land containing twenty one acres & seventy two rods bounded beginning at a stake & stones on the south side of the Stage road on the Westerly side of land said Gates bought lately of Charles Hannum running thence South twenty six degrees & an half West sixty one rods to a stake & stones on Moses Hannum line. Thence West eighteen degrees & an half North sixty rods to a stake in the meadow. Thence North twenty six degrees & an half East fifty nine rods to a stake & stones on the South side of the Stage road. Thence Easterly on said road sixty two rods to the first mentioned corner.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the before granted premises, with the appurtenances and privileges

half to the Stage road, thence East fourteen degrees & South on said road twenty five rods to a stake & stone, thence South three degrees West twenty five rods to a pile of stones. Thence East twenty degrees South thirty two rods to a pile of stones by the road. Thence Westerly on the road to the first mentioned corner - Also one other tract of land containing twenty one acres & seventy two rods, bounded beginning at a stake & stones on the south side of the Stage road on the Westerly side of land S. Gates bought lately of Charles Hannum running thence South twenty five degrees & an half West sixty one rods to a stake & stones on Moses Hannum line. Thence West eighteen degrees & an half North sixty rods to a stake in the meadow. Thence North twenty five degrees & an half East fifty nine rods to a stake & stones on the South side of the Stage road, thence Easterly on said road sixty two rods to the first mentioned corner.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the before granted premises, with the appurtenances and privileges thereto belonging, to him the said Horace Gale his
heirs and assigns: To his and their own proper use, benefit and behoof, for evermore. And I the said William Hannum for myself & my heirs, executors and administrators, do covenant, promise and grant unto and with the said Horace his
heirs and assigns for ever: That before and until the ensealing hereof, I am the true, sole, proper and lawful owner and possessor of the before granted premises, with the appurtenances. And have in me good right, full power and lawful authority, to give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, convey and confirm, the same as aforesaid; and that free and clear, and freely and clearly, executed, acquitted and discharged of and from all former and other gifts, grants, bargains, sales, leases, mortgages, wills, entails, jointures, dowries, thirds, executions and incumbrances whatsoever.
AND FURTHERMORE, I the said William for myself & my heirs, executors, and administrators, do hereby covenant, promise and engage the before granted premises, with the appurtenances unto him the said Horace Gale his heirs and assigns for ever, to warrant, secure and defend against the lawful claims and demands of any person or persons whatsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the said William & Mary the wife of the said William in relinquishment of her right of dower in the above described premises have hereunto set our hands and seal this eighteenth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty  sixteen
Signed, sealed and delivered
In presence of
Dustus Howard Thos. A. Gale
William Hannum Seal Mary Hannum Seal
N Hampshire August 21 st 1816. Personally appeared William Hannum subscriber to the within instrument & acknowledged the same to be his free act & deed. Before me Dustus Howard Justice of the Peace
A. Sumner

Hampshire March 26. 1817. The foregoing is a true copy of the original Received Registered & Reexamined
G. S. Woodard Jr. Reg.
A true Copy Attest
Levi Lyman Register

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss, I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampshire, do certify that Levi Lyman Esq., whose signature is affixed to the within as a copy, is the Register of Deeds for the said County, duly qualified for the execution of the duties of that office - and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given to his acts done in that capacity. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 23 d day of July AD 1820. S Stoddard Clerk of said Courts

William Wannum N.Y. act 18 March 1828 $96. 00 per annum.
To what time was he last paid G.O.A.
Pension Office July 6 1843
Due 20 th Augt 1828 Paid in full on 1818.
Old Comp. lost in 1848 10/2/43

No 13678
Mercy Hannum ad mo of William Ms
Act 7 July 1838
Adm Dham fm
$80 00 per ann
fm 4 March 1836 to 28 Nov 1838 the day of her death, payable to Cyril Shumway, Chester Hannum Warren Hannum & William Hannum only summing Children of Mercy Hannum ad
Hen H Putnam House of Neph

State of New York Genesee County ss
Chester Hannum of Coeymans in the County aforesaid, being duly sworn deposes and says that William Hannum in the year eighteen hun- -dred and sixteen sold all his property real and personal in the town of Belcher County of Hampshire in the state of Massachusetts where the said William then resided and conveyed the avails of said prop- -erty to me this deponent on condition that this deponent should pay all the debts of the said William -
That the greater part of which said property was expended in paying the debts of the said William That this deponent has given the said William no security for any property whatever nor has he in any way obligated himself by to pay or be accountable to the said William for any property or subsistence by reason of this deponent's receiving the avails of the said William's property as aforesaid - That the said William was not possessed of any other property at the time he sold said property nor has he been at any time since that time except a few articles of household furniture - one cow and a few sheep not to exceed ten. That the said William lives with this deponent and is maintain- ed by him - That the farm upon which this deponent resides was purchased by this deponent and that the said William has not any controul of said farm. That the said William and wife are not in a situation to support and maintain themselves in consequence of their advanced age and misfortunes And further this That the greater part of which said property was expended in paying the debts of the said William That this deponent has given the said William no security for any property whatever nor has he in any way obligated himself by to pay or be accountable to the said William for any property or subsistence by reason of this deponent's receiving the avails of the said William's property as aforesaid - That the said William was not possessed of any other property at the time he sold said property nor has he been at any time since that time except a few articles of household furniture - one cow and a few sheep not to exceed ten. That the said William lives with this deponent and is maintain- -ed by him - That the farm upon which this deponent resides was purchased by this deponent and that the said William has not any controul of said farm. That the said William and wife are not in a situation to support and maintain themselves in consequence of their advanced age and misfortunes And further this

deponent says not.
Sworn and subscribed this 2 nd day of February 1828 by me Samuel Skinner
Chester Hammond
Commissioner.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, GENESEE COUNTY, ss.
I, Ralph H. Clerk of the County of Genesee, do hereby certify, that Samuel Skinner Esq. before whom the above Deed, or instrument in writing, was acknowledged, was, on the day of the date of the said acknowledgement, a Commissioner in and for the county of Genesee, appointed and sworn, and duly authorized by law to take the proof and ac- knowledgement of Deeds, and discharge of Mortgages, &c.—AND further, that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Commissioner Samuel Skinner and verily believe, that the signature of Samuel Skinner subscribed in the said acknowl- edgement, is the proper hand writing of the said Commissioner .
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of said county, and subscribed my
name, this 28 th day of May
A. D. 1828.
R. H. Clerk
Chester Hammond Affidavit In the Matter of William Hammond a pensioner

Albany N.Y. May 29-
Rec 75 June 1828
M m Hannum N.York
A. P. Hanceall Esq. L. Br J. Br
1409 33 d  St
J. L. Edwards War Department Washington

Gemsee Co. N.Y. Le Ray May 28. 1828
Dear Sir
Enclosed are the affidavits in the matter of William Hannum pensioner. duly certified. This delay was occasioned by the distance of the applicant from this place and his inability to attend to the business sooner.
It was hoped that this government would have pursued a more liberal policy towards the remains of the "Mighty Conflict," The few that yet continue among us are hovering on the brink of the grave and same to my knowledge constitute of the necessaries of life and suffering daily for the want of the small pittance which is provided by government for those who can encounter the difficulties in the way to arrive to it. Should the enclosed be thought sufficient to restore William Hannum to the pension list please inform me.
I am my respectfully
Yours &
Augustus P. Hascall

Scal
Le Ray N.Y. Sept 26 th
Free
Pension Office Oct 2 nd 1827
Honorable James Barbour Secretary of War Washington City

De Ruy. Genesee County N.Y. Sept 25 th 1827
Sir
Inclosed is a copy of letter sent to William Hammum informing him of the reasons for dis- -continuing the pay of his pension, also inclosed are affidavits which are presumed sufficient to entitle him to the privileges of the pension law. Said William Hammum I believe in justice ought to receive the full benefits of the act and should these affidavits be insufficient to entitle him to them, I wish you would inform what will be necessary for him to do.
I am Sir, very respectfully Your Obedt Servt Augustus P. Hascall
Honorable James Barbour Secretary of War

13678
Mercy Hannum ad wid of William NY
acty July 1838
Married before 1794
husband died 1828
Widow died 28 Nov. 1838

Washington June 30. 1848.
Dear Mr. Edwards,
Sir, I am requested to forward the names herewith enclosed to your Bureau. If cannot please send me the certificate & if not sufficient inform me the objection
Respectfully Yours
Dear Sir
H. Putnam

Mary Hannam wid of William Pen. of N.Y. law '38
an old case of mine from Abad Loyo

Letter of transcription and remembrance of the same copied for the original.
Jan 21 st 1862 Edward Logue

The 3 d Auditor wishes to be informed of the cause of suspending the Pension in the case of William Hannum deceased, of its removal, and the order for its payment before he acts on the Voucher.
Henry Whetcroft
Pension Clerk
June 2 d 1829.
Genl L d Edwards Esq r Pension Office

Suspended. see letters to Pension Agt. 15 March 1823.
Caveat within
see letters to Thaddeus Jay 22 d Sept 1823. to A. P. Hascall 5. Oct 1827 & 7 June 1828.
Suspension removed.
see letters to Pension Agent V. A. P. Hascall 21 Augt 1828. see letters to N. Y. Agent Sept. 22. 1828 & Oct. 23. 1828.
Letters of the 15 March 1823 and 21 August 1828, to agent, copied for Mr. Hay- nes.
Sept 1819.

Re. D. Aug. 7. Postmarked Le Roy N.Y.

Le Roy Genesee Co. N.Y. Aug 7. 1828
Dear Sir
Agreeably to your instruction in your communication 7. June I have procured a copy of said duly authenticated bills, in the case of William Hamm a pensioner — Hope soon to hear the result of his application. He is now dangerously ill and should his request be granted, the glad tidings may not arrive in time to throw one ray of comfort over the parting scene
Yours respectfully A. P. Hascall
J. S. Edwards Esq.