Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,690, Asa Hamlin, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Hamlin, Asa
W. 19690
Hannah
CONTENTS

17458 New York Asa Hamlin
of Oneida Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Woodhull of the Regt commanded by Colonel Vose — in the Mass. line, for the term of nine months from 1780 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of New York — at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 day of June 1819 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of June 1820 and sent to Morris S Miller Esq. Ulster Co. N York
Confirmed on the Roll on 13 o day of February 1822 — and notification sent to Hon. S. Bendley at the House of Reps Pension commencing on the 7 th of February 1822.
Amount due on 4th of March 1832 }
$ 7 — 31
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }

Albany 2632
at 60 W. G. Wade June 16 '47 Lt D Larrabee Apr 9/50
Amos Hamlin Asa Hamlin
Mass
was a pensioner under the Act of March 1818 and who died on the 3 rd December 1832 of Oneida Co. in the State of N. York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Stoddard of the Reg't commanded by Col. Vose, in the Mass. line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 30 Dollars cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of May 1839 and sent to B. D. Johnson Rome, N. Y.
Arrears to the 4 th of March '39 90.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 1 st Sep. 15.00
$ 105.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Issued by D. Brown A. Vol. 2
Clerk, Page 81

Schedule, containing the whole estate and income of Asa Hamlin of Rome in the County of Oneida, a pensioner of the United States (his necessary cloathing & bedding, excepted.)
3 Tables, one & a half dozen chairs, one high chest, two low chests, one dozen milk pans two sets of tea cups & saucers — one dozen of plates one set of knives & forks, two tea pots, one tea kettle, one spider, one pail kettle, one pot one five pail kettle, one six pail kettle three wood pails, one wash tub, three oak barrels, two roof wheels one foot wheel, one churn, one small looking glass, two pair of fire dogs, one shovel & tongs, one iron mortar, one pewter plate, one stone Jug.
About six years ago, in the present month I obtained a judgment in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of St. Lawrence against Alexander Bronson for — Three hundred and Eight dollars besides costs of suit, the amount of which costs I do not know, perhaps but suppose them about seventy dollars. Said Bronson at the time of rendering said judgment was, and yet is an inhabitant of Canada, and resides, not far from French Mills. At the time of rendering said judgment, and ever since I have had a vigilant attorney in St. Lawrence County employed to collect the debt; but I am informed and verily believe he said Bronson has not during that time and has not at this time any property, or any prospect of having any, and that he is nearly sixty years of age. Within two  or four years past, he was caught in the County of St. Lawrence and committed to jail, upon a Justice Execution

for an amount less than twenty five dollars; and was liberated after thirty days in pursuance of the statute without paying said debt, as I have been informed by my attorney and verily believe; Last fall my attorney called upon me for the costs, which are unpaid, except the sum of three dollars, and not being able to pay them I offered to assign him the whole judgment in payment of said costs, which he refused to accept, on the ground that the judgment was not collectable, and this offer was made in good faith and not with any view to obtain the said pension. I do not believe the said judgment to be worth any thing, or that it will ever be collected; or any part of it.
Asa Hamlin

State of New York. {
Onida County } ss: On the first day of June 1825, in the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, the same being a court of Record personally appeared Asa Hamlin resident at Rome in said County, aged sixty five years on the 23 rd day of September last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain a continuance of the pension granted by the act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818, in conformity with the act in addition thereto passed the 7 th day of May 1820.; that he the said Asa Hamlin has heretofore been placed on the pension Roll under the said first mentioned act, and has received a certificate thereof numbered 17.458. — and that he hath not heretofore applied for a continuance of his pension since the passage of the said last mentioned act, —
And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the Eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever 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 one thousand eight 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.
Aia Hamlin
Sworn to and subscribed this first day of June 1825, in open court. Before me E. Dorchester Clerk
State of New York Clerk's office Oneida County ss:
I Eliasaph Dorchester Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Oneida do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court,  open and that the schedule hereto has been admitted to the records of the said Court, whereby it appears that after this date, nothing that in the opinion of the said Court the total amount in value of the said property, exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is $40 25 Two two man and no more
L.S.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said open Court on this Eleventh day of June 1825.
Eliasaph Dorchester Clerk By Thomas M Francis Splek

Asa Hamlin.
Mass line
1 Regt
Col. Vose
Proof of service for 6 months in Brewer's Regt. under cover the claimants supplementary
Asa Hamlin found on Roll for six months only Rejected
On roll Brewer's Regt.
Admitted

Tompkins County ss On the 13 th Day of March A D 1820 personally appeared before me John Sutton a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County David Dunham and being by me duly sworn deposed and saith that he is personally acquainted with Asa Hamlin and that he knew him in the Revolutionary War - that he joined or enlisted in Captain Stone's Company in Col d Brewer's Regiment of the Massachusetts line - for the term of nine Months - in the Year 1778 - Sworn and subscribed the day & year above written before me John Sutton a Judge of Tompkins  Tom  Pleas - David Dunham
and also appeared before me at the same time Jeremiah Dunham and by me being duly sworn deposed and saith that he is personally acquainted with the aforesaid Asa Hamlin and that he served in the aforesaid Captain Stone's Company in Col d Brewer's Regiment of the Massachusetts line for the term of nine Months and that this Deponent served in the said Company and Regiment with him - in the Year 1778 - Sworn & subscribed the day & year above written before me John Sutton a Judge of Tompkins  Com  Pleas Jeremiah Dunham

Tompkins County on the 13 th Day of March A.D. 1890 - personally appeared before me a reputable witness Michael Dunning and being duly sworn saith that he is personally acquainted with the within Named David Dunham and Jeremiah Dunham and that of truth and veracity
Michael Dunning
Sworn and Subscribed this Day and Year above written - Before me John Sutton a Judge of Tompkins County
State of New York Tompkins County Clerk's Office
I, George P. Frost Deputy Clerk of said County Do Certify that John Sutton Esq. before whom the foregoing and within Affidavits was made, was on the day of the date of the said Affidavits a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Tompkins, duly authorized by law to act in that Capacity. And also that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Judge, and verily believe the signature John Sutton Subscribed to the said Affidavits to be his own proper hand writing - Witness the seal of said County hereunto affixed, and my name Subscribed this 13 th day of March 1890.
Geo. P. Frost Dep. Clerk

State of New-York, Oneida County, ss.
PERSONALLY appeared before me, MORRIS S. MILLER, first Judge of the County of Oneida, in the state of New-York, Asa Hamlin .
aged 57 ————— years and upwards, and a resident of the said County, and an applicant under the act of Congress of 18th March, 1818, who, being duly sworn, did say, that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support—that he never had any pension allowed him by the laws of the United States—that he served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution against the common enemy, for Nine months on the Continental Establishment that he enlisted in the year 1780 - in the State of Massachusetts ————— in Captain Stoddard's ————— company, and Dose's ————— regiment. and served
therein Nine Months the term of his Enlistment when he was in 1781. honorably discharged. His discharge is lost. — He was discharged at West Point. ————— In addition to this he served on various tours of duty and for about two years - and in Colo. Wiltsey's Regt. three years. —
And that he has no other evidence of his service in his power, beyond what is now offered.
Asa Hamlin
Sworn this 17 day of June June 1819 before me, } 3
M. S. Miller
First Judge of Oneida.

State of New York Oneida County 3/10
Asa Hamlin being duly sworn saith that true it is that he did serve but six months in Stoddards Company Voss's Regt. - But he says that he enlisted in Stone's Company & Brewers Regt. in the summer of 1778 and served therein nine months being the term of his enlistment, & that he was regularly discharged. The original declaration of nine months service in Voss's Regt. was a mistake - the nine months was in Stone's Company & Brewers Regt. as is herein set forth.
Sworn this 24 th March 1820
H. S. Miller
Writ Judge of Oneida
Asa Hamlin

State of New-York, } ONEIDA COUNTY, ss. }
I MORRIS S. MILLER , First Judge of the county of Oneida, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Asa Hamlin — did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, on the Continental Establishment, for the term of nine months or longer, as stated in the declaration hereto annexed. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of 18th March, 1818. Dated this 17 th — day of June — 1819. And that by reason of reduced circumstances, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
M. S. Miller First Judge of Oneida.
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } CLERK'S OFFICE OF ONEIDA COUNTY. }
I do certify that the above signature, and the signatures to the certificates, of the affidavits hereto annexed are in the proper hand writing of Morris S. Miller , the First Judge of the county of Oneida. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of this Court. Dated the Seventeenth day of June 1819.
William P. Herrick  Deputy Clerk

I Edward F. Ensign, do depose and say that I am Town Clerk of the Town of Sheffield and have the custody of the records of the Town - that upon those records I find the following entry - "Berkshire ss: The Christian names and surnames of persons who have been joined together in marriage by Samuel Barnard a Justice of the Peace within & for the said County at the time when they were joined in marriage as certified by said Barnard -"
on the next page Seventeen hundred and eighty five, June thirty - Number Forty eight, Asa Hamlin & Hannah Noble." In words and figures as follows, to wit -
" 1785 } No. 48. } Asa Hamlin June 30. } } Hannah Noble."
That the above entries appear to be in the hand writing of said Samuel Barnard, who was for several years, before and after that date, Clerk of said Town of Sheffield, although in said year (1785) the said Barnard was not Clerk -
Edward F. Ensign
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss.
On this 26 th day of September A.D. 1838, personally appeared Edward F. Ensign Esquire and made oath to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, I further certify that the said Esquire is a man of truth.
Before me N. H. Barnard Jus. of the Peace

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,  February 13 1832.
SIR:
You are hereby informed that the Schedule of your property has been examined, and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll, for the Agency of the State of New York (Albany) . You will be paid, at the ensuing semi-annual payment in March next, the sum that may be then due from the seventh of February 1832 agreeably to the Act of the 1st March, 1823.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Asa Hamlin
U. S. Pensioner.
Copy of the Hon. S. Beardsley
House of Representatives

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of New York, } County of Oneida.
On this 11 th day of September 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas, of said county, Hannah Hamlin, a resident of Paris — in the county aforesaid, aged 73 — years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting Half-pay and Pensions to certain Widows," that she is the widow of Asa Hamlin late of Rome — who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, as will appear by the Records of War Department, and whose services will be found on record there — He having died a short time before the evidence of his being placed on record as such was rec d or within verified.
She further declares that she was married to the said Asa Hamlin at Sheffield — Mass in the Spring & I believe say after May — in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty four; that her husband, the aforesaid Asa Hamlin — died on the Third day of December 1832.
That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service; but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, 1794 viz; at the time above stated. That her maiden name was Hannah Cobb. She
Sworn to and subscribed on } has now been found to be a married woman — the day and year above written } Hannah X Hamlin Mack
J. Deacon, Clerk.

State of New York Oneida County ss.
Justus Munson of Paris in said county, being duly sworn deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Hannah Hamlin within named, that she is the widow of Asa Hamlin lately of said county deceased and that she has so remained a widow ever since his death - Given in open court the day and year aforesaid. Justus Munson Dean, Cln.
Clerk's office Oneida County ss I James Dean Clerk of said County do hereby certify that foregoing proceedings were this day had in open court.
In witness my hand and seal of office the day within named James Dean Cln.
Hannah Hamlin.
Oct 1898.
widow of Asa Hamlin
2632
Rev. P. Johnson
Rome Oneida
N.Y.
Admitted Private 9 months

L. W. B.
January 27, 1897.
Madam:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Asa Hamlin, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made an application for pension on June 17, 1819, at which time he was 57 years of age and residing at Rome, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Stoddard and Col. Vose; (place of his enlistment not stated).
His widow, Hannah, made an application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs L. E. Elder,
Lansing, Michigan.

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19690
Hannah Hamlin
Wid of
Asa Hamlin
Rev War
Act: July 7 th /88
Index:—Vol. 24 , Page 313
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1894 Sept. 20 Hist. To Hon. H. Andrews, Audubon, Iowa.
Jan. 29. 1897 History to Mrs. L. E. Elder Lansing, Mich.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Berkshire, ss.
I Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify, that Robert F. Burnard Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereunto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said R. F. Burnard and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this eleventh day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
Chas Sedgwick CLERK.

To the Honourable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States;
The humble petition of Asa Hamlin of Paris, formerly of Rome in the County of Oneida, Respectfully representeth, that he served in the regular army of the United States, during nearly the whole of the Revolutionary War; and that subsequently to the passage of the act allowing Pensions to revolutionary Soldiers in the year 1818 he procured himself to be placed on the Pension list, and received a certificate thereof numbered 17,458. That after the passage of the act requiring inventories of property to be furnished to the War Department your Petitioner furnished such statement of inventory & subsequently forwarded to the said Department sundry affidavits and other evidence showing that he had not disposed of his property with a view to obtain a fortiori of his pension, but that the little effects which he had possessed had passed to his creditors in payment of his debts. Your petitioner further sheweth that that he fully believes that the said documents and evidence fully demonstrate and show the entire honesty and fairness of your petitioner, in the disposal of his property and that he was truly in a destitute and necessitous condition, and your petitioner humbly prays leave to refer to said papers, which now remain in the proper office at the seat of the general government, and that the same may be examined by your Honourable bodies. Your Petitioner further sheweth that he has annexed to this his petition a true copy of a letter which he received, and which was written to Wheeler Barnes Esquire, whom he had employed to prepare and transmit the said papers, by the clerk of the pension office. Your Petitioner humbly submits

That the reason for withholding a continuance of your Petitioner's pension set forth in the said letter is wholly insufficient, inasmuch as the same does not touch the question whether your petitioner disposed of his property honestly or not.
That your petitioner understands from the said letter that it is considered as an insurmountable objection to your petitioner's claim that he conveyed property in payment of a debt due from him for labour, because the contract under which said labour was performed was not in writing; yet your petitioner saith that he was as much bound to pay for the said labour, both in a moral & a legal point of view as tho' said contract had been in writing, and your petitioner cannot but consider it a severe rule which makes it essential that said contract should have been a written one. So long as there is no law or custom requiring such agreements to be in writing.
Your Petitioner further saith that he is now more than Seventy years old, and in great indigence; that he is from age and bodily infirmities incapable of supporting himself by labour, and that he is in great measure supported by charity. That his children from whom he might have expected a scanty support have removed to the Western States, and he is obliged to ask charity from those who are not bound to render it, from any natural or other ties, and that unless he gets relief by way of a continuance of his pension, he will be obliged to resort to the poor house of his County, which he has hitherto avoided with extreme difficulty; and he humbly submits whether it is just for him to end his days in such abject poverty, on account of an objection which does not touch the merits of his conduct.

Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that a law may be passed directing his name to be then continued on the pension list of that his pension be paid to him in future, together with arrearage for the time it has been withheld.
Dated Paris, December 1830. Asa Hamlin
(Copy of letter)
War Department. Pension Office May 7. 1829.
Sir. In reply to your letter of the 27 th ultimo. I have to inform you that the claim of Asa Hamlin who has made application to be restored to the pension roll has not been admitted because he has failed to produce such evidence as the regulations of this department require. It appears that he conveyed to his son property to the value of $450 for labor alleged to have been performed by the son, and he has furnished no proof that there was a written contract between the parties entered into prior to the performance of the same service. Without such testimony any further application for the renewal of the pension will be unavailable. A great press of business in this office has hitherto prevented an answer to your communication on the subject. The regulations of December 26 th 1828 have been suspended no new declaration is necessary in this case.
I am respectfully
Your Ob t Serv t
James L Edmuns
Wheeler Ames Esq.
Rome.
New York.

State of New York County of Onondaga } ss: Henry M c Neil & Thos. Steele - of the town of Pompey
being sworn with that they are well acquainted with Asa Hamlin named in the annexed Petition. That said Hamlin is very poor, and is too infirm to support himself by labour, and is dependent in a good measure upon private charity for support. These deponents further say that said Hamlin is a man of great integrity of character, and in the belief of these deponents incapable of making any statement in relation to his affairs which is not strictly true. And further these deponents say not.
Subscribed & sworn this 29 th day of Nov December 1830 before me Chas. Smith - one of the justices in & for County of Onondaga
Henry M c Neil Thos. Steele
I am personally acquainted with Mr Hamlin the petitioner and he is a man of fair reputation and of honesty and integrity. Miss M c Neil and Steele who have made the above affidavit are of the first respectability
A. R. Storer Jany. 4. 1831
No. 3 Mr Hamlin Petition Mr Hamlin papers are in the papers of Mr. They show a copy of great handwriting A. R. Storer
Storer N.Y. 7. Penn

17. 65 00 Nov 17 1818
Wm Hamlin of Oneida County in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Rose — of the Mass: line, for the term of nine months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of June 1820 and sent to Mary S. Miller Esqr Utica New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 $ 68.75 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820 " 48. 8 mo 4/30/30 $ 116.76
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }

War Department Pension Office 5 th June 1826
Sir
The claim of Asa Hamlin for a continuance of pension has been again examined. The papers last transmitted are herewith returned. The deed is not authenticated, and the proper certificate is wanted to prove the official character and signature of J. Hathaway.
The affidavits of his creditors have not been exhibited, and the claim for labor set up by Asa Hamlin Junior cannot be taken into account, unless evidence be exhibited of a written contract executed between the parties prior to the performance of the alleged services.
Enclosed are regulations for the claimant's guidance, and he is particularly referred to the note /g/
I am very respectfully Your Ob t Servt J. L. Edwards
Hiram Deneo Esq Rome N.Y.

16,7334
Old Case,
Asa Hamlin Oneida co N.Yk.
Morris S. Miller Ind.
Utica, N.Yk.
recd 31 March 1820.
John C. Calhoun
Sec of War
Washington
The Honourable
Pension Office

W. Jany 15/77 Reply Case Asa Hamlin 2682, 38th St - W. 11th Jany 11
Official Business
Gen Commissioner of Pension
Washington
D.R.G.

A
Lansing Mich
Jan 28-97
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Kindly forward the record of Asa Hamlin, who served in the American Revolution in Col Willetts N.Y. Regt- also in Capt Haddock's Co of Col. Vose Massachusetts Regt-. The above record will forward my claim for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution Lilah E. Elder
Lansing Mich

facts relating to the case which may serve in the result- I wish.
Respectfully
Mrs L. C. Elder Lansing Mich

A J
Lansing, Mich
Jan 8-98
Commissioner Pensions Washington, D.C.
In establishing my claim for eligibility for membership of Daughters of the Revolution it is necessary for me to have a transcript of service or record of my ancestor Asa Howe  Howlin , who served in Col. Willets' N.Y. Reg. also Col. Dose's, Mass. Reg. Please give me dates of his pension which his records show he was entitled to or any

pen: to com: 7 Feb 1832
J. L. Edwards
con.
— rec? Feb. 13. 1832

Washington 11 Feby. 1832
Sir, I send to you here with, in the case of Mrs. Hamlin, the papers, (now as I believe, duly authenticated,) which you enclosed to me on the 30 th ult.
I am Sir Yrs &c.
Sincerely
L. L. Edmunds

House of Reps
July 27. 1827
Sir
The enclosed papers relating to the cap of Asa Hamlin a Pensioner of the Revolutionary Army which pension has been withheld I forward to the Department at his request. He resides near Rome in my District. I made before I left home an examination from gentlemen of the first respectability & character in my District of his character, his situation and fairness and I have no doubt whatsoever as well from them as from the old man's account and appearance in a long interview I had with him in which I went very minutely into his affairs that his representations are true and that he is a fair subject of the Law. Messrs Henry and George Huntington are especially of the

most respectable man in our State and upland near him than been long and well acquainted with him. The most perfect confidence may be placed in them. and the general interest felt by all of the best informed I most respectable class of society shows that Mr. Hamlin is confident as justly entitled to a Pardon
I am,
Respectfully
W. H. Welch
Henry R. Strong
Wm. Jas. Barber
Very of the Rev. Dr.

Mar 9 Asa Hamlin NY 11/10
ROCHESTER MAR 14 Sept 20
Ans Mar 20. 1837
Edward Barnes Washington
FREE

Rome March 2 o 1839,
Hon J. S. Edwards
Sir. I am desired by the widow of Asa Hamlin Pensioner to write you and ascertain whether there is any Pension Certificate on file, that belonged to him - Please inform as soon as convenient, and much oblige
Your most obedient
Servant
R. W. Johnson

FREE May 18 20 N.Y.
Asa Hamlin
Niram de Vito
Rome, N.Y.
Recd 20 Aug. 1825.
Sept. 1820
John C. Johnson
(For-Washington Office)

Rome, Oneida County N. Y. Aug. 15. 1825.
Hon. J. C. Calhoun. Secty of War.
Sir.
I send enclosed Asa Hamlin's papers, upon which he asks that his pension as a Revolutionary soldier may be continued. It is Mr. Hamlin's wish that the answer of the department to his application may be communicated to me.
Hiram de Rio

Asa Hamlin N.Y. act 18 March 1818 p 96 00
To what time was he last paid?
Pension office June 13 th 1847
G. B. A.
Paid to 4 th March 1820 No payment since his restoration.
W. B.

Received of  Olney Briggs  Eight Hundred Eighty five Dollars principal Twenty six Dollars and Ninety five Cents , being the amount of interest due on the first Tuesday of May, 1826 on Asa Hamlin's Mortgage to the Commissioners of Loans of the county of Oneida. New Hartford April 27. 1826.
385.00 principal  W. Hurlbut  One of the Commissioners. 26.95 Interest
I know the above to be the genuine signature of Kellegh Hurlbut and that he was then a Commissioner as stated - S. Prentiss Secy.

War Department
Pension Office
22 d August 1825
Sir,
The claim of Asa Hamlin to be continued on the pension list, has been examined. Before a final decision can be had in his case, he must state why he did not apply at an earlier period, and account for all the property he may have disposed of since the 18 th of March 1818, in the manner prescribed by the regulations herewith enclosed. He must also produce the affidavits of credible and respectable persons corroborating his statement in regard to Bronson. The declaration forwarded by you, will remain on our files.
I am, respectfully Your Obedt. Servt
J. L. Edwards
M c Hiram de No. Rome New York

Asa Hamlin
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September of each year, by The Pres t of the B rd B k U.S. in the City of New York,
No pension is payable until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates, after the issue of a Certificate.
Payable to the 4 th of March 1820 but thereafter no payment can be made before exhibiting a schedule of property!
Registered, by [Signature] Clerk, in book B, volume 5 page 116

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Isa Hamlin late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the seventeenth day of June — one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ,
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 9 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and twenty ,
H. Callow Secretary of War.

Home. Onondago NY Oct 18 1838
Am J. L. Garrison
Tri. Enclosed are the papers of Hannah Hamlin Widow of Asa Hamlin late Pennamer deceased —
Marnia
June 20. 1785 —
See certified copy of Record — appr that she is the Widow of Asa Hamlin —
Return are most respectfully solicited to the subscriber.
I am very Respectfully
Your obed Servt
Benj. D. Johnson

1 May 1820.
Dear Hamilton,
W. H. Washington D.C.
Niram Allen, Rome, N.Y.
Recd June 1826
Am: James
Revolutionary pension papers -
Recd June 5 1826
Chamberlain 3rd June 1826

Rome Oneida Co. N.Y.
May 29 th 1826
Hon: J. C. Barbour Secty of war
Enclosed I have the honor to send Mr. Asa Hamlin's papers for a continuance of his pension. It is not perhaps improper for me to remark that Mr. H. has the character of a more than ordinarily conscientious and honest man & I sincerely hope he may receive the bounty of government.
Most respectfully
Mr. Off Serv. t
Adm Denis
N.B. The answer of the Department may be communicated to me.

S. Beardsley's
Letter relative to Asa Hamlin .
see letter Jan. 30 1832 to Hon S Beardsley

Washington Dec. 23 o 1831
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir, The papers herewith, relate to the case of Asa Hamlin, whose application to be reinstated on the pension list, has hitherto been passed upon and overruled by you. I do not know that I ought to ask you to look at the papers again, as I am not aware that these papers at all change the case and they are now sent, merely to aid the Secretary of War in looking over the case, as I think it is only proper that I should desire him to receive the determination referred to. If I rightly understand the case, the application was rejected because the contract between Mr Hamlin and his son was not in writing - and not because the papers disclosed evidence to establish the fact of a fraudulent transfer of the property to his son. Indeed I understand that the case proof is very full to establish the honesty & fairness of that transfer.
I should admit that the want of a written contract would be a circumstance

creating suspicion & to some extent evidence of fraud but it appears to me it should not be deemed conclusive in that respect, and if the evidence shows that the transaction was fair, I can not well see that the want of a written contract should be deemed material. Neither the act of Congress or the state law, required such a contract to be in writing. Why then should it be deemed decisive?
May I ask you Sir, to send the papers now in your office, in this case, together with those here with, & this letter, to the secretary of war; whose attention to them is respectfully requested,
I am Sir, Yrs. obedt. Servt. J. Bendly
J. S. Edwards Esq

Asa Hamlin, a Private: New York. Served 9 months. Applies to be continued under the Act of 1 May 1820.
The applicant states that he has conveyed since the 18 th of March 1818, nearly all his property in payment of his debts. His Son Henry V. Asa bought his land. Debts are stated to have been paid to the amount of $1818.47, leaving him in possession of a few articles of property amounting to $40.25. Among the creditors is the name of his son Asa Hamlin Junior, who claims and has received from his Father real and personal property to the amount of $450.00, on account of services rendered, but unaccompanied with the testimony required in such cases, viz t evidence of a written contract, executed prior to the performance of such services.
As a substitute for such testimony a letter from the Hon. H. N. Stone is offered, which tho' of a general character necessarily includes the transaction, and the question for decision is, whether Mr. Stone's letter shall be received as a substitute for the "written contract" required, provided the other papers in the case are regular?
On this point only, an opinion is requested, as the documents purporting to be evidence in the case will be sent back for authentication, if the question be decided in favor of the applicant.
See the letter of Mr. Stone
herewith marked A.

State of New York Onida County ss. Elijah Worthington of Rome in the said County being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that Asa Hanks senior of Rome was justly indebted to this deponent in the month of May A. D. 1825 in the sum of Eighty five Dollars or thereabouts for money lent by this deponent to him and for lumber and hats sold to him by this deponent; that Henry Hanks the son of the said Asa Hanks agreed upon himself and engaged with this deponent to pay the said debt and has actually paid a part of the said debt and this deponent has agreed to discharge the said Asa from the same —
Elijah Worthington
Sworn this 9 th day of November 1826. The figure 5 in 1825 written on a rasure
Before me Joshua Hathaway Judge of Onida Co. pleads etc.

State of New York Onondaga County ss.
Joseph Hills of Rome in the said County being duly sworn doth depose and make oath that Asa Hamlin Senior of Rome aforesaid was justly indebted to this deponent in about the sum of seventy five dollars as near as he can recollect for money paid for the said Asa Hamlin, in the month of April or May 1825; and that Henry Hamlin & Asa Hamlin Junr. have settled with this deponent for the same by giving their own obligations therefor and apportioning the debt upon themselves and in full satisfaction and discharge of the said Asa Hamlin Senior from the said debt
Joseph Hills
Given this 27 day } of September 1826 }
Before me J. Plattaway Judge of Onondaga Co. plea counsel at law.

State of New York Oneida County ss. Amos P. Draper of Westmoreland in said County being duly sworn maketh oath and saith that Asa Hamlin Senior of Rome in said County was indebted to this deponent in the sum of eighty five dollars or thereabouts in the month of June 1825, that his sons Asa and Henry assumed the said debt upon themselves and agreed with this Deponent to pay the same and have paid about seventy Dollars thereof and that the said sum of eighty five Dollars may the balance then remaining due this deponent for Carpenter & joiner work done by this deponent for the said Asa Hamlin Senior in the year 1821 —
Amos P. Draper
by affirmation Sworn, this 19 th day of August 1826 — }
Before me J. H. Hathaway Judge of Oneida Comm. pleas
I know Joshua Hathaway whose name is signed to this & four preceding papers. He was Judge as stated & the above signatures are genuine J. C. Beardsley

Paris Onida Co N.Y Jan 10 th 1850
Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
In a letter received from Mr Wade (a Gentleman who had had something to do in obtaining Pensions) he says he copied from the records at Washington in 1833 or 34 the following Extract Asa Hamlin, private $96 per Year Amount received $1364.79 of Mass line pension commenced June 17 th 1819 Onida Co. N.Y
As one of the Heirs of Asa Hamlin I wish to be informed if the above record is correct and if correct, to whom the money was paid that is, to whom did Asa Hamlin give power of Attorney to draw the money from the Agent for paying pensions at Albany N.Y The children of Asa Hamlin know very well that their Father obtained a certificate of pension under the first act granting pensions to revolutionary soldiers, and drew one on twice and then it was stated to them that he could not draw any more as he was worth more than the Law allowed him and he never drew any more after that although he lost all his property in a few years after Not having the last pension Law before me will you have the goodness to inform me whether the Heirs of Asa Hamlin are are entitled to any back pension if what I have written is correct. If the money has been obtained as appears from the above record we do not expect it but we wish to know who obtained it by fraud Yours David Larrabee

State of New York Onondaga County ss. I, Justus C. Gillet of Verona in said County being duly sworn make oath that he loaned to Asa Hamlin of Rome in said County Seventy dollars and took his note therefor with interest on or about the first day of April 1822, that he also loaned to the said Asa the further sum of thirty dollars and took his note therefor with interest on or about the fifteenth day of April in that year, and that he also loaned to the said Asa the further sum of fifty dollars and took his note therefor with interest on or about the fifteenth day of April in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty four, that all the said sums with interest amounting to about one hundred & twenty six dollars were justly due and unpaid to this deponent in the month of June 1825 when Asa Hamlin Esq. & Henry Hamlin the sons of the said Asa paid the same to this deponent by giving other notes therefor and took up and cancelled the said three notes given by them said & the said further said not -
Justus C. Gillet

Sworn & Subscribed this 1 st Day of Sept. v 1820 before me - J. Hathaway Judge etc.
I know Joshua Hathaway whose name is above subscribed, J. Hathaway, & his hand writing: he was Judge as is above stated - his signature above is genuine. S. Bendley me

Memor d of Asa Hamlin's claim for a pension -
Soon after the passage of the act of 1818 Mr. Hamlin applied for and obtained a pension under that act. His pension Certificate is numbered 17458.
By the operation of the act of 1820 his pension was suspended until he should make a new inventory &c.
In June 1825 he made his inventory and presented it to the Court of Common Pleas, who valued his property at $40 \frac{25}{100} . These papers were forwarded & a copy of them is among the papers. [The originals are in pension office.]
In answer he received a letter from J. L. Edwards (which is among the papers now sent - No. 1. ) saying that he must state why he had not applied for a continuance of his pension before, & account for all the property he had disposed of since 1818 &c.
In April 1826 he sent on the statement required (a copy is among the papers now sent No. 2. )
In answer he received a letter stating substantially that his claim could not be admitted because there was no written contract between him & his son for the services on account of which he had transferred to him a portion of his property.
Subsequently to this I believe Mr. Storer took some papers to Washington, either with a view to procuring a reexamination of the case, or to make an application to Congress, but nothing was done.
In April 1829. W. Burns Esq. wrote to the War Department stating that Mr. Hamlin was in a destitute situation & asking for instructions what he could do to be reinstated.
He received an answer that the claim had been reexamined, and disallowed because he had conveyed his property to his son. (Memor. of this letter is among the papers. see No. 3. )
In the winter of 1830-31. H. Davis prepared a petition to Congress, with affidavits of Mr. Hamlin's neighbours of his extreme poverty, to which he annexed the letter from the War Department which put the disallowance on the ground of the absence of a written contract. This petition was sent by mail to Mr. Storer at Washington

but no answer was ever received. see No. 3. This petition was presented but never reported on.
Mr. Hamlin is really very poor. Those who know him can have no doubt of the perfect honesty with which he disposed of his property, He served seven years in the legislation, and is really as deserving of a pension as any man who ever received one.
J. A. Scadd
Memo. of Asa Hamlin's Application to be reinstated on the pension list =
Mr. Hamlin resides at Rome

Asa Hamlin; Bond in favor of Henry Huntington & Geo. Huntington dated 29 November 1822 for the penal sum of $361.87 conditioned for the payment of $180.89 with Interest on or before the 1 st day of January then next $180.89 deduct paid the same day 1. —  179.89 Interest to 1 June 1825. 2 of 6 mo. 3 days 31.59 due on the bond June 1 st 1825 $211.48
The abovenamed bond was given for a balance due said Huntington, on a former bond & one or more small notes of said Hamlin given up — which bond was originally given for $200 — lent said Hamlin on the 29 May 1810 to enable him to make a payment towards his farm — The small notes were given for cash sold him & a balance due for goods sold him prior to the year 1818.
Henry Hamlin in behalf of himself and Asa Hamlin Jun r paid on the 21 st Oct r 1825 eighty dollars which was endorsed on Asa Hamlin; bond first abovenamed & then enga- -ged that they would pay the balance due thereon & stated that they had engaged with their father the said Asa Hamlin to pay this debt.
State of New York Onond County ss. George Huntington of Rome in said County named in the above statement being duly sworn deponeth and saith that the said statement is true in substance & matter of fact, that he has been acquainted with Asa Hamlin senior above named for about twenty years and for the period resided in the same town with him and does believe him to be a man of strict integrity & honesty

and that he is in such indigent circumstances as to need his pension for the support of himself & wife both of whom are far advanced in years, and himself a cripple - And for the with not Sworn this 9 th day
Geo Huntington
of November 1826.
Before me J. Hathaway Judge of Antrim Com. pleas &c.

I Henry Huntington of Rome in the County of Oneida State of New York - depose that in the year 1814 in the month of May - he this deponent being one of the commissioners for loaning money of said County - Asa Hamlin of said Rome appeared & applied for a loan of $385 - that on examination I found he had not acquired a legal title to the farm which he offered in security - that that sum would be required to pay a balance due on a contract for his land - his son in law Josiah Hills then took a loan of that sum in behalf of said Asa & mortgaged his own farm for it, which enabled said Asa to pay for his farm, who in the month of May the next year 1815 - procured a discharge of said Hills' mortgage and substituted his own mortgage - as for it - of his the Asa's farm to which he had then acquired a legal title - This deponent further says that he has been acquainted with said Asa Hamlin for about twenty years - has had considerable knowledge of his affairs - and has known that for the last ten or twelve years he has been embarrassed in his circumstances and verily believes that at the time he entered into an arrangement with his sons Henry and Asa to sell them his farm, that it was wholly out of his power to pay or liquidate his debts in any other way or by a sale to any other person - I have always considered the said Asa Hamlin a man of fair character & irreproachable integrity & believe him to be in such indigent circumstances as to fairly entitle him to be continued on the pension roll
Sworn & subscribed this 9th day of Nov. 1826 before me.
J. Hathaway Judge etc.
Henry Huntington

State of New York Oniida County ss Christopher Steele of the town of Paris in the County of Oniida and state of New York of lawful age being duly sworn doth depose and say that he knows and is well acquainted with Asa Hamlin of the town of Paris in said County of Oniida And this Deponent further says that sometime in the month of December 1821 the said Asa Hamlin applied to this Deponent for the loan of Fifty Dollars which this Deponent let him have and took his note an int- erest for that amount. This Deponent further says that on or about the 12th day of November 1822 the said Asa Hamlin applied to this Deponent for a fur- ther loan of Sixty Dollars which this Deponent let him have and took his note an interest for the am- ount. This Deponent further says that sometime in or about the month of December 1825 Henry Hamlin son of said Asa in cash called on this Deponent and paid the sixty dollar note together with the lawful interest and made arrangement for discharging the fifty dollar note by paying apart and agreeing to discharge the balance at a later date. And further this Deponent saith not Paris Oniida County August 12th 1826
Personally appeared before me Christopher Steele a Justice of the peace in and for the town of Paris in the County of Oniida state of New York Christopher Steele and subscribed the fore- going Deposition and being duly sworn to it, deposes that the truth made oath that the contents of the foregoing Deposition are true
Christopher Steele
William Tyler justice of the Peace for Oniida County

State of New York } I Justus Munson of the town of Paris Oneida County } in the county of Oneida and State of New York of lawful Age being duly sworn doth depose and Say that he knows and is well acquainted with Ara Hamlin of the town of Rome in said county and that he has known him for more than twenty years and this deponent further says that some time in the month of June 1823 this deponent let the said Hamlin have twenty eight Dollars or thereabouts in cash and in the month of February following that is in 1824 let the said Hamlin have a quantity of Cloverseed & Barley to the amount in the whole of one hundred & fifty one Dollars & fifty eight cents for which he then gave this deponent his note on interest and this deponent further says that sometime in the month of January or February 1826 Harry Hamlin son of said Ara Hamlin paid and and took up said Ara Hamlin's note by giving his own note to this deponent for both principal & interest on the whole amount above described and further this deponent saith not
Paris. Oneida County & State of New York August 14 th 1826
Justus Munson
Personally appeared Justus Munson made oath & signed the above before me the day & year above written
Eliphalet Tyler justice of the peace for Oneida County

State of New York Onondaga County } Scituate Council of the town of James in the County of Onondaga State of New York of lawful age being duly sworn doth depose and say that he knows and is well acquainted with Asa Hamlin of the town of James in said County of Onondaga. This Deponent further says that on or about the 15 th day of August 1821 the said Asa Hamlin called on this Deponent and procured a loan of one hundred Dollars for which he gave his note signed by Abraham Sudd as security for interest. This Depo- -nent further says that sometime in or about the month of January 1826 Harry Hamlin son of said Asa called on this Deponent and paid said note tog- -ether with the interest on the same and further this Deponent saith not - Given Onondaga County August 14 th 1826 Scituate Council personally appeared the  me Eliphalet Tyler a Justice of the peace in and for the town of James County of Onondaga State of New York Scituate Council and subscribed the foregoing Deposition and being duly cautioned and sworn to speak the truth made oath that the contents of the foregoing Deposition are true -
Eliphalet Tyler Justice of the peace in & for  for Onondaga County

Clerk's office of the County of Onondaga
February 7 th 1832.
I George Brown Clerk of the County of Onondaga, do hereby certify that Eliphaz Tyler, who as a Justice of the peace of said County appears to have taken the oath of the deponents, to the three several affidavits, on this of these two annexed pieces of paper, was at the time of taking the said affidavits a Justice of the peace of said County, duly appointed & sworn, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Eliphaz Tyler, and that the signature of the Eliphaz Tyler subscribed to the jurats of said affidavits is in the proper hand writing of the said Eliphaz Tyler.
In witness whereof I have affixed hereunto the Seal of the said County of Onondaga & subscribed my name the day and year first aforesaid
Geo. Brown clk

Asa Hamlin & Wife to Henry & Asa Hamlin Jr DEED
Rec d 21 June 1825 at 10 A.M. F

State of New York Oneida County ss. On this 18 th day of June 1825, personally appeared before me, Asa Gamlin and Hannah Gamlin his wife, grantors within mentioned, to me known, who acknowledged that they executed the within deed freely and voluntarily for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and the said Hannah on an examination by me taken privately and separate and apart from her husband, acknowledged that she so executed the same without any fear or compulsion of her husband.
At the same be recorded,
Y. B. Johnson
A. Commr N.Y.
Clerk's Office
Oneida County ss.
Feb 27/44
Recorded the 21 st day of June 1825 at ten o'clock A.M. in Book N. R. of Deeds pages 225 & 226.
Thomas M. Francis Dep. Clk
I know Thomas M. Francis & his hand writing: he was Deputy Clerk as is above indicated & the signature is genuine
J. Beardly M.P.

This Indenture , made the first day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-five Between  Asa Hamlin
of the first part, and Henry Hamlin & Asa Hamlin Jr. of the second part, Witnesseth , That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the Sum of One Thousand five hundred Dollars to him in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby confessed and acknowledged, Hath Granted, Bargained, Sold, Remised, Released, Alien and Confirmed: And , by these Presents, Doth Grant, Bargain, Sell, Remise, Release, Alien, and Confirm unto the said party of the second part, in their actual possession now being, and to their Heirs and Assigns forever, All that certain tract of land, being the part of lot number six in the second Division of Coles patent in the County of Oneida and State of N. York - Which lies on the westerly side of a highway passing through said Lot from Westmoreland to Rome - bounded as follows Beginning at the northwesterly corner of land owned by William Talcott - thence South sixty five degrees thirty minutes West Thirty Chains forty seven links to the Northeasterly corner of land owned by Asa Hamlin Jr. thence South Seventy four degrees thirty minutes east twenty six chains and seventy four links to the center of a high way and the southeasterly corner of the said lot owned by Asa Hamlin Jr. thence north sixty five degrees thirty minutes east twenty four chains fifty three links to the first mentioned highway and by the same northerly to the place of beginning - Containing exclusive of two acres and cordials in the southeasterly corner of said lot heretofore conveyed to Henry Hayden Seventy five acres of land be the same more or less
Together with all and singular the Hereditaments and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining, and the Reversion and Reversions, Remainder and Remainders, Rents, Issues and Profits thereof, and all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Claim and Demand whatsoever, of the said party of the first part, either in Law or Equity, of, in, and to the above bargained Premises, with the Hereditaments and Appurtenances. To Have and to Hold the said tenements with the Appurtenances to the said party of the second part, their Heirs and Assigns, to the sole and only proper use, benefit and behoof, of the said party of the second part, their Heirs and Assigns, Forever. And the said Asa Hamlin of the first part, for himself his Heirs, Executors and Administrators, Doth Covenant, Grant, Bargain, Promise and Agree, to and with the said party of the second part, their Heirs and Assigns, the above bargained Premises, in the quiet and peaceable Possession of the said party of the second part, their Heirs and Assigns, against All and Every Person or Persons, lawfully claiming or to claim, the whole or any part of the above mentioned and described Premises, will forever Warrant and Defend .
In Witness whereof , the said party of the first part have hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written.
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED, IN THE PRESENCE OF Wm Talcott Henry Hayden Caroline Hamlin
Asa Hamlin Francis Hamlin

"Schedule containing the whole estate and income of Asa Hamlin of Rome in the County of Oneida a pensioner of the United States (his necessary cloathing & bedding excepted) 3 Tables, one & half Dozen Chairs, One high Chest, two low Chests, One Dozen Milk pans two sets of tea Cups & Saucers, one Dozen of Plates, one Set of Knives & forks, two tea pots, one Tea Kettle, one Spider, One 1 pail Kettle One Pot, one five pail Kettle, one six pail Kettle, Above wood pails One Wash tub, five Oak Barrels, two Wood Wheels, one Foot Wheel One Churn, one Small Sooking Glass, two pair of Iron dogs, one Shovel & tongs, one Iron mortar, one powder platter, one Stone Jug About six years ago in the present month I obtained a judgment in the Court of Common pleas of the County of St. Lawrence against Alander Bronson for three hundred and Eight Dollars besides Costs of suit, the amount of which costs I do not know know precisely but suppose them about seventy Dollars, said Bronson at the time of rendering said judgment was and yet is an Inhabitant of Canada and resides not far from French Mills, at the time of rendering said judgment and ever since I had a vigilant attorney in St. Lawrence County employed to collect the debt but I am informed and verily believe he said Bronson had not during that time and has not at this time any property or any prospect of having any, and that he is nearly sixty years of age - Within 3 or 4 years last past he was caught in the County of St. Lawrence and committed to jail upon a Justice Execution for an amount less than twenty five Dollars, and was liberated after thirty days in pursuance of the statute without paying said debt, as I have been informed by my attorney and verily believe, last fall my attorney called on me for the costs which are unpaid, except the sum of three Dollars, and not being able to pay them I offered to assign him the whole judgment in payment of said costs, which he refused to accept on the ground that the judgment was not collectable, and this offer was made in good faith and not with any view to obtain the said pension. I do not believe the said judgment to be worth any thing, or that it will ever be collected or any part of it Asa Hamlin"

"State of New York
Oneida County Ss:— On the first day of June 1825 in the Court of Common pleas in and for said County, the same being a Court of record, personally appeared Asa Hamlin resident at Rome in said County, aged Sixty five years on the 23 rd day of September last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain a continuance of the pension granted by the act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818. and in conformity with the act in addition thereto passed the 1 st day of May 1820, that he the said Asa Hamlin has heretofore been placed on the pension Roll under the said first mentioned act, and has received a Certificate thereof numbered 17. 458, and that he hath not heretofore applied for a continuance of his pension since the passage of the said last mentioned act, and in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the Eighteenth day of March one thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner whatever 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 & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the Eighteenth day of March one thousand Eight 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, "Asa Hamlin" "Sworn to and subscribed  declared this first day of June 1825 in open Court. E. Rochester Clk. "on filing the within the Court adjudge the total amount in value of the property in the within & annexed schedule to be forty Dollars and 25 /100 & no more E. Rochester Clk"

State of New York
Clerk's Office
Oneida County
ss. I. Eliasaph Dorchester Clerk of the County of Oneida do hereby certify that the foregoing proceedings were had in Open Court, that the said Schedule and oath have been admitted to the records of said Court and that the same are truly copied therefrom and I do further certify that in the opinion of said Court the total amount of property exhibited in said schedule is $ 140 25 / 100 Dollars and no more. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this Eleventh day of August 1825
Eliasaph Dorchester. Clk.
By Thomas M. Francis Dep. Clk.

This Indenture , Made the First day of June in the year of our Lord
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty five Asa Hamlin of the first part, and Henry Hamlin & Asa Hamlin Jun. of the second part,
Witnesseth , That the said party — of the first part, for and in consideration of the Sum of One thousand five hundred dollars to him in hand paid by the said party — of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby confessed and acknowledged, Hath Granted, Bargained, Sold, Remised, Released, Alien and Confirmed: And , by these Presents, Doth Grant, Bargain, Sell, Remise, Release, Alien and Confirm unto the said party — of the second part, in their actual possession now being, and to their Heirs and Assigns forever, All that certain tract of land being part of Lot number Six in the Second Division of Gexes patent in the County of Oneida and State of New York which lies on the Westerly side of a highway passing through said lot from Wormwood to Rome , bounded as follows: Beginning at the North westerly corner of land owned by William Talcott , thence South sixty five degrees thirty minutes West, thirty chains  forty seven links to the North Easterly corner of land owned by Asa Hamlin Jun. thence South twenty four degrees thirty minutes East twenty five chains  seventy four links to the center of a highway and the South easterly corner of the said lot, owned by Asa Hamlin Jun. thence North sixty five degrees thirty minutes east twenty four chains  fifty three links to the first mentioned highway, thence by the same northerly to the place of beginning — Containing exclusive of two acres and an half in the South easterly corner of said lot heretofore conveyed to Henry Hayden  seventy five acres of land by the same more or less —
Together with all and singular the Hereditaments and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining, and the Reversion and Reversions, Remainder and Remainders, Rents, Issues and Profits thereof, and all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Claim and Demand whatsoever, of the said party — of the first part, either in Law or Equity, of, in, and to the above bargained Premises, with the Hereditaments and Appurtenances.
To Have and to Hold the said premises with the appurtenances to the said party — of the second part, their Heirs and Assigns, to the sole and only proper use, benefit and behoof, of the said party — of the second part, their Heirs and Assigns, Forever. And the said Asa Hamlin
of the first part, for himself and his Heirs, Executors and Administrators, Doth Covenant, Grant, Bargain, Promise and Agree, to and with the said party — of the second part, their Heirs and Assigns, the above bargained Premises, in the quiet and peaceable Possession of the said party — of the second part, their Heirs and Assigns, against All and Every Person or Persons, lawfully claiming or to claim, the whole or any part of the above mentioned and described Premises, will forever Warrant and Defend .
In Witness whereof , the Parties of these Presents have hereunto interchangeably set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first above written.
Asa Hamlin  Hannah Hamlin 
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF
Wm Talcott Henry Hayden Caroline Hamlin

State of New York
Franklin County
I Benjamin Sanborn of the Town of Fort Covington in the said County of Franklin being duly sworn upon oath and saith that he has for a long time been well acquainted with Orlando Brunson named in the foregoing affidavit of Asa Hascall that the said Brunson resides in Lower Canada about six miles from the residence of this Deponent. That in the opinion of this Deponent the said Orlando Brunson is and for several years past has been insolvent and unable to pay his debts. That the said Orlando Brunson for seven or eight years past has been and still is indebted to this Deponent in a sum not exceeding five Dollars exclusive of interest. That he once received from the said Brunson about two Dollars of the said demand which is all he has yet been able to obtain although he has constantly endeavored to obtain payment and that the three dollars exclusive of interest are still due to him from the said Brunson and this Deponent further saith that from his acquaintance with the pecuniary circumstances of the said Brunson he is led to believe that the said Brunson will never be able to pay the debts which he now owes.
Sworn & subscribed before me
Benjamin Sanborn
This 17th Day of November 1825
I also certify that the above named Benjamin Sanborn is an intelligent and credible man.
Asa Hascall Justice of Peace
Franklin County ss. I Asa Wheeler Clerk of the said county & clerk of the court of common pleas, do certify that John Maser and Asa Hascall before whom the two foregoing affidavits appear to have been taken in the on the day of the date hereof business of the peace of this county duly appointed and sworn. And further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justices and truly believe the signatures of John Maser & Asa Hascall, subscribed to the foregoing affidavits are their own proper handwriting. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county this 17th day of November 1825
Asa Wheeler

State of New York Franklin Co. Pleas Asa Hascall vs Orlando Brunson
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Franklin County vs Asa Hascall of the Town of Malone in the County of Franklin State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he was Attorney for the plaintiff in the above entitled cause that judgment was rendered therein for the plaintiff in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Franklin at the term of October in the year one thousand eight hundred eighteen for three hundred eight Dollars damages and sixty two Dollars forty seven cents Costs - That since the rendition of the said judgment this Defendant has used his constant and best efforts to obtain payment from the said Defendant that he has offered to receive payment in cattle, horses or other property and to receive a part in lieu of the whole but has hitherto been unable to obtain any part of the said judgment - that the said Defendant has not been committed to Gaol for the sole reason that in the opinion of this Defendant his imprisonment would be worse than useless by subjecting the plaintiff to the payment of Officers fees - that the said Defendant has several times proposed to surrender himself in exoneration of his Bail & has been dissuaded from that step by this Defendant -
And this Defendant further saith that three or four years since the said Orlando Brunson was committed to the Gaol of this County by virtue of an execution issued by a Justice of the peace for a small sum and remained a prisoner during the time limited by statute for impris- onment in such cases and was discharged without paying any part of that debt as this Defendant was informed by the said Brunson and believes truly - And this Defendant also saith that the plaintiff in the above entitled cause has offered to pay to this Defendant the whole of his said judgment in payment of the costs which offer was declined by this De- fendant and that damages & costs are still unpaid
Sworn & subscribed Before me this 17th Day of November 1825
John Mazaray Justice Peace
Asa Hascall

And further these deponents say not Given the day & } Cornelius Hollister year first written } Before me Joshua Hathaway Wm Talcott
I certify that the above named Cornelius Hollister & Wm Talcott are credible witnesses J. Hathaway S.P.
I know Joshua Hathaway whose name is above signed, J. Hathaway, and am acquainted with his hand writing. He was a judge as above stated & the above signatures are genuine S. Beardsley M.C.

State of New York
Onida County ss.
On this twelfth day of April 1826 before me Joshua Hathaway one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and a Justice of the peace for said County personally appeared Cornelius Hollister and William Talcott of Rome in said County to me well known and each of them on his oath doth severally declare that they are near neighbors of Asa Hanlin Senior and are well acquainted with him and the farm which he sold to his sons Asa & Henry, that in the opinion of these deponents said farm is worth about the sum of seventeen hundred dollars and could not be sold for more than that sum, that said Asa Senior has worked for his father ever since he became of age and his services were as valuable to him as those of a good labourer and were severally worth One hundred twenty dollars per year, and these deponents further say that the said Asa Hanlin Senior is man of good moral character and of strict integrity in every respect as they do verily believe; and from a long acquaintance with the said Asa Senior and his circumstances these deponents verily believe that he has been insolvent for five or six years past,
over

5 he did could not be continued a pensioner although he might owe debts to a greater amount at the same time, and that for some time after obtaining judgment against said Bronson he hoped to be able to collect the same & thus save a part of his property
Sworn & Subscribed
Asa Hamlin
This 17 th Day of April
1826 before me
J. Hathaway
I certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Joshua Hathaway whose name is above signed, J. Hathaway; — he was a judge as is above set forth, at the date above specified and the above signature is genuine
S. Beardsley M. C.

Who said Henry Hamlin and Asa Hamlin Junior and did by a writing duly executed transfer to the said Asa Jr. the said last mentioned articles of personal property. And he further saith that the said farm was not in the opinion of this deponent worth above the sum of one thousand seven hundred dollars; and he further saith that on account of his debts constantly increasing by the accumulation of interest, & the necessity of hiring labour he could not, had he kept the property another year have paid his debts with it, and that his creditors having become impatient he could not much longer have prevented the accruing of cost, and the sacrifice of property, and he further saith that upon executing the deed aforesaid he received from the said Henry and Asa Hamlin a writing binding themselves and agreeing to pay all this deponents said debts. And he further saith that the greater part in number and amount of this deponents creditors knew of and assented to the said arrangement and that the said Henry & Asa Hamlin have proceeded to pay up said debts and discharge securities, taking up this deponents obligations and giving their own, & have good prospects of being able to satisfy said debts without sacrificing the said farm, and he further saith that he was impelled by strong and inevitable necessity to part with his property in payment of his debts & that if should have done so, had there been no pension for indigent persons.
And the said Asa further saith that the reason why he has not before applied for a continuance of his pension is that he was advised that a person who owned the amount of property & particularly landed property that

1 afore said made at the time the said Asa Sw. became twenty one years of age as aforesaid -
And the said Asa Hamlin further declared that the farm aforesaid, the articles of personal property mentioned in his first schedule and the article so as aforesaid transferred to said Asa Hamlin Sw. in part payment for his said service were all the estate of which he was possessed or entitled to at the time of making the said arrangement to transfer his property for the payment of his debts, and that said personal property whereof he declares that he was possessed on the said 18th day of March 1818 has partly continued in his possession & part has been exchanged for the property possessed by him at the time of the said arrangement to sell the farm: that his loose property has experienced the usual fluctuations of a farmer's personal property & that he cannot give a particular statement of the different changes which it has undergone from the said 18th of March till the time of making his declaration, but he says it is mostly the same or the proceeds of the same property possessed on said 18th of March. And he further declares that the property as aforesaid transferred to said Asa H. in part payment for his wages is the following with the prices according to his best belief of their value viz: Two horses $100. 3 Cows $39. one yearling heifer $6. 4 Swine $16. one old mason $15. one old sleigh $10. one Harrow $2 one plow $2. one chain $2 one old harness $1. one axe $1. two old hoes $1 50 one sythe $1 75. one Cradle $2. - amounting in the whole to one hundred & ninety seven dollars & twenty five cents.
And the said Asa further declared that in pursuance of the above arrangement he did on the first day of June and previous to making his said first declaration & schedule used by a sufficient deed of conveyance and copy of which is hereto annexed convey his said farm

Elijah Worthington for borrowed money and } $ 55 aforesaid & the interest thereon  George Brown for services as a physician — 7. Emily Wheeler for cloth dressing — 15 Mrs. Cole borrowed money — 13 — 71 ✓ Joseph Helle, for borrowed money with which which he had paid the interest on the said some debt } ✓ Justus Mankson for a quantity of Clover seed and Grain which was applied to the payment of other debt } 171. to interest thereon  Giller for borrowed money applied as } 170 aforesaid thereon  Theophilus Steele the borrowed money aforesaid } 125 and the interest thereon thereon  Sebury Scofield the borrowed money aforesaid interest thereon — } 114 Amos Draper, balance for the labour services aforesaid 80. Asa Hascall for an attorneys bill of costs against 62.47 said Bronson thereon  Asa Hamlin Junior, before the personal property sold him therein after mentioned — } 350.00 $1818.43
And the said Asa Hamlin further declared that in coming to a settlement with the said Asa Jew. the said Asa Jew. claimed that there was justly due to him for his services aforesaid about the sum of Six hundred Dollars, but it was finally agreed to liquidate the same in the following manner viz that the said Asa Jew. should receive a transfer of certain personal property of said Asa a monetary value of about one hundred ninety seven dollars, and be further allowed the sum of Three hundred fifty dollars in the purchase of the farm aforesaid. and the said Asa further declares that said settlement was fair and honest and the sum allowed to the said Asa Jew. as small as could be allowed with due regard to the valuable services of the said Asa Junior, & the agreement

Said father faithfully from 17th May 1817 till the sale of the farm in May 1825 - That he has been unusually steady at home and prudent in his expenses; and the said Asa Hamlin further declares that to the best of his knowledge and belief he never paid him to the amount of five dollars in money during all the time he so served him. That he never paid the said Asa him any thing during all his time of service aforesaid except his clothing which was principally domestic & made upon the place - That the whole  only time the said Asa was out of the employ of the said Asa during the time aforesaid did not in the upon exceed  was about three weeks at most - That he had no sickness during that time, and that the value of his services to the said Asa was greater than that of any person that he could hire.
And the said Asa Hamlin further declared that for several years previous to the month of May 1825 he the said Asa finding himself utterly unable to pay his debts and keep his farm and property he endeavoured to dispose of the same, but owing to the scarcity of money and the general depreciation of real estate he was unable to find a purchaser at an adequate price - and being hardly pressed for some of his debts in the said month of May and about the middle of that month he made an agreement with Henry Hamlin a son of said Asa & who is a man of substance and responsibility and the said Asa Hamlin then to take his said farm and personal property and pay his debts. That at that time he the said Asa owed the following debts to wit:
  The state for the loan money aforesaid  $ 385.    Henry & George Huntington the borrowed money aforesaid  200.  

in the same year he borrowed of Sebury Scovil one hundred dollars to defray the other expenses of building. That in the month of February Eighteen hundred and twenty two he bought of William Wright of Rome one hundred dollars worth of hollow iron ware, & went a journey to the westward intending to go to Bloomfield Ontario County to sell the ware for wheat, & while on the journey fifty six miles from home he accidentally fell from his sleigh and dislocated  broke his hip & his thigh bone which has made him a cripple ever since - that he was confined to his bed at a public inn thirty days, and the expenses of his journey were about $75- that he has never received above the sum of fifty dollars on account of the proceeds of said iron ware & that said journey and accident occasioned a total loss of more than the amount of said iron ware. About three years ago I hired of Theophilus Steele one hundred dollars in money, which was principally expended in paying for labour on the farm. That In the year 1817 his son Asa Hamlin Junior arrived at the age of twenty one years, and wished to go from home to labour for himself, unless he could receive a compensation for his services That an agreement was then made between him the said Asa Hamlin and Asa Hamlin Snr. That the said Asa Snr. should continue to live with and provide his father for wages, and that if they could not eventually agree upon the rate of compensation, it should be submitted to two of their neighbours to say how much he should receive for his said services. That the said Asa Snr. continued to live with and serve his

Small sum. That he had at that time a note for two hundred dollars against XXXXXXX  Orlando Bronson with five or six years interest upon it, which was then in suit & upon which the judgment has been rendered which is mentioned in his former declaration - He also then owned one wagon worth about thirty dollars ($30) and some few farming utensils worth in the aggregate not more than the sum of ten dollars.
At the time aforesaid Henry & George Huntington held my bond for the sum of two hundred dollars on which two years interest at seven per cent was due; which bond was given for two hundred dollars borrowed in the year Eighteen hundred & sixteen which money had been applied in payment for my land above mentioned - That he also owed at that date various small debts to different persons amounting in the aggregate to about one hundred and fifty dollars, but he cannot at this length of time state particularly the amounts of each with accuracy - That in the same year he became indebted to Collins Clower in about twenty five dollars for his fees and expenses for going to Malone Franklin County to prove the note against A. Bronson.
That in the year 1819 he borrowed of Elijah Worthington the sum of fifty dollars which was expended in going to Franklin County & carrying on the suit against said Bronson - That in the year 1820 he became indebted to different persons in about one hundred dollars for the purchase of various materials for building a house upon his farm. That in the year 1821 he became indebted to Amos Draper in one hundred and sixty dollars for labour and services in building said house - and that

State of New York
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Onondaga County ss: On this seventh day of April 1826 before me Joshua Hathaway one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and a Justice of the peace for said County, personally appeared Asa Hamlin resident in the Town of Rome in said County, Aged sixty six years & upwards who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare as follows viz: - That on the 18 th March 1818 he was the owner of seventy five acres of land in Rome aforesaid, on which he then resided, which was subject to a mortgage to the people of the state of New York for the security of Three hundred & eighty five dollars ($385) with annual interest at 7 per cent which was loaned from the state and applied in payment of the purchase money of said land: That he the said Asa Hamlin also owned on the said 18 th March 1818, a span of old horses worth about sixty five dollars ($65), two cows worth about fifteen dollars each ($30). Some young cattle but that he the said Asa cannot recollect the number thereof but says there were two or three & not more according to his best recollection, and worth about Eight ($8) dollars each - From fifteen to twenty sheep the exact number not known to the said Asa & worth about $1. each - A number of Hogs, about four as he believes worth about $3 each - The household furniture and cooking utensils mentioned in the schedule annexed to his declaration made the first day of June 1825 and forwarded to the War department without much variation & estimated at about forty dollars, and the clothing for himself and family & some provision for their use amounting to a