Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,866, Obed Holcomb, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Holcomb, Obed.
P. 11.866
Widow of Elizabeth.
Indian War 1783 + 1784
Wordin
CONTENTS
(Former widow)

New York 28.722
Obed Holcomb
of Essex Co in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Chase of the Regt. 6 th commanded by Col Mills in the Connecticut line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of May 1834 and sent to Hon R. Whallon
Arrears to the 4th of March '34 $40.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending Sept 4 '34 15.00
$105.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Saml H. Page Clerk
Book 8 Vol. 4 Page 112

let 6 Agent auf die in spruch Luten Opereionen 18 April 1835
See let JR Dewell 18 April re- meeting Elijah Gillet

Elizabeth Warden Widow of Obadiah Holcomb Application for Pension Act of 3 rd Feby 1853
G. R. Andrews Pocumtuck N. Y.

State of New York Essex County ss On this Fourteenth day of October AD one Thou- -sand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three personally appeared before the County Court of the County of Essex in the State of New York, at the Court House in the Town of Elizabethtown in said County Elizabeth Worden aged Seventy Years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath Make the following Declaratio- =n in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions Made by the act of Congress passed February 3 d 1853, granting Pensions to Widows of persons Who served during the Revolutionary War, That She was Married to Obed Holcomb deceased at the Town of Lewis in the County of Essex and State of New York, on the 13 th day of April AD one Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Three by the Rev d Leberecht Armstrong a Presbyterian Clergyman, That the said Obed Holcomb afterwards on the 24 th day of May AD 1834, was placed on the Pension List, Roll of the Albany New York Agency, for Service

as a private in the Revolutionary War, at the rate of Thirty Dollars per annum, under the act of 7 th June 1832, and she refers to the evidence filed in the application of the said Oberd Noleomb to prove the service required, in this application, she further declares that her husb- =and the said Oberd Noleomb, died at the Town of Lewis. County of Essex and State of New York on the 29 th day of April A.D. 1837 , 1837, that she was not married to the said Oberd Noleomb prior to the second of January Eighteen Hundred and but at the time above stated, she further declares that she is now a Widow, she further declares that she was Mar- =ried to one Asage Warden by Joseph Willett a Presbyterian Clergyman at the said Town of Lewis , Essex in the County of Lewis on the 14 th day of October 1849 , and that the said Asa- =ge Warden died at the Town of Lewis on the day of 185 and that she is still now a Widow Granville in the County of Washington and State of

New York, on the 28 th day of May 1853 That previous to her Marriage with the said Obed Holcomb her Name was Elizabeth Kite, and that she is Still a Widow, and she further declares that the annexed Certificate is the identical Certificate issued to the said Obed Holcomb upon which he drew the said Pension attest M. H. Nicholson : Elizabeth her Wordin G. R. Andrews Mark
Subscribed & sworn to this 14 th day of October 1853 in open Court, before me I certify that the said declaration is a respectable person & that the words "before" "Essex in the County aforesaid" "on the 28 th day of May 1853" interlined, & the figures "1851" erased & '1837" inserted in the Margin, and the words "Said" "Said" '185" "Said aforesaid" on the day of 185, and that she is Still Now a "Widow" erased, all done before the said declaration was Signed or sworn to E. A. Adams Clerk

State of New York Essex County } On this 14 th day of October 1853 personally appeared before the County Court of the County of Essex in the State of New York Obed G. Holcomb a resident of Lewis in the County and State aforesaid aged Thirty Seven Years Who first being duly sworn according to law on oath says That he was well acquainted with Obed Holcomb deceased in his life time formerly a resident of Lewis in the County of Essex and State aforesaid, and that the said Obed Holcomb was a revolutionary Prisoner of the United States under the Act of 7 th of June 1832. That the said Obed Holcomb died at the said Town of Lewis on the 29 th day of April 1837. That he has also been well acquainted with Elizabeth Warden the person who made the annexed Declaration, from his earliest recollection to the present time, that the said Elizabeth and the said Obed lived & cohabited together as husband & wife from his earliest recollection to the death of said Obed & had five children, & that the said Elizabeth Warden is the identical person who was the widow of the said Obed Holcomb, and who signed the annexed Declaration Obed G. Holcomb

Subscribed and sworn to this 14 th day of October, 1853, in open Court, before me I certify that the letter "G." in Holcomb's name & the word "April" were written on erasures, or over other letters, that Sam Holcomb is a credible person & that said erasures were made before the said affidavit was signed or sworn to
E. A. Adams Clerk

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Obed Holcomb of the State of New York who was a Private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive — Thirty — dollars and  cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 24 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four
John B. M c Leod Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

has resided in Litchfield 32 years the 28 May 1834 formerly resided in Granby County of Hartford State of Connecticut
Payments to be made at New York by Pres t M c Mech t Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Office file, in Book E Vol. 4
Page 112 by
Jam s H. Page Clerk.

State of New York Essex County — ss. I, Ophaim Kife of Lewis in the County of Essex and State of New York personally appeared before me, the undersigned justice of the peace on the 14 th day of October AD 1853, and being by me first duly sworn according to law Makes oath & says, that he is a Son of Elizabeth Walden an applicant for a Pension under the act of February 3 rd 1853, that he is of the age of Forty four years, That he was well acquainted with Obed Walcomb of the said Town of Lewis, deceased in his life time, who was a revolutionary Prisoner under the act of 7 th of June 1832, That the said Obed Walcomb was a step Father to this deponent, that the said Elizabeth Walden married the said Obed Walcomb when deponent was Young, That the said Obed Walcomb died at Lewis aforesaid on the 29 th day of April 1837, & deponent attended the funeral & saw him buried, That deponent was present at Essex in the County of Essex and State of New York & saw the

The said Elizabeth Halecook Married to Isaac Warden of Granville Washington County in the State of New York, on the 14 th day of October 1849, by a Presbyterian Clergyman by the name of Willett, his Christian Name deponent has forgotten, That the said Isaac Warden died at Granville aforesaid on the 28 th day of May 1853, as deponent has been informed and believes, and this deponent further says that when the said Elizabeth Warden Married the said Isaac Halecook, she was the Widow of Robert Kile of Lewis aforesaid, that deponent is the Son of the said Robert Kile and Elizabeth Warden. That said Robert Kile was the
STATE OF NEW YORK, ESSEX COUNTY, SS.
I, E. A. ADAMS, Clerk of said County, Do Certify that Hansm Miller Esquire, whose name is
subscribed to the Certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Affidavit of Ephraim Kile was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, of proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, dwelling therein, duly qualified and authorized by law to take the Proof and Acknowledgment of Deeds, &c., and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Miller and verily believe the signature to said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment to be genuine, and that the said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of New York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County, this fourteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three
E A Adams Clerk.
A. Wilder Justice of the Peace

The said Elizabeth Halecock Married to Isaac Warden of Granville Washington County in the State of New York, on the 14 th day of October 1849, by a Presbyterian Clergyman by the Name of Willett, his Christian Name deponent has forgotten, That the said Isaac Warden died at Granville aforesaid on the 28 th day of May 1853, as deponent has been inform- -ed and believes, and this deponent further says that when the said Elizabeth Warden Married the said Oscar Halecock, she was the Widow of Robert Kile of Lewis aforesaid, & that deponent is the Son of the said Robert Kile and Elizabeth Warden - that said Robert Kile was the first husband of said Elizabeth Warden Ephraim Kile
Subscribed and sworn to this 14 th day of October 1853, before me, & I certify that the said Ephraim Kile is a credible and respec- -table person, & the word "Robert" was erased on an erasure before the same was signed or sworn to Ephraim Kile
A. Wilder Justice of the Peace

State of New York
County of Essex } On this 14 th day of September October A.D. 1853, personally appeared before the County Court of the County of Essex in the State of New York. Jacob Sargent a resident of the Town of Lewis in the County and State aforesaid aged Sixty three Years Who first being duly sworn according to law, on oath says That he is well acquainted with Elizabeth Warden the person who made the annexed Declaration. That he has been well acquainted with her for Thirty Eight years last past, That on the 13 th day of April A.D. 1815, he saw the said Elizabeth Warden Married to Obed Holcomb deceased (late a resident of the Town of Lewis by one Leekers Armstrong a Presbyterian Clergyman, in the said Town of Lewis and County and State aforesaid, and that the said Obed Holcomb and the said Elizabeth lived and cohabited together as husband and wife from the time of the said Marriage up to the time of the death of the said Obed

Holecomb, and that the said Obad Holecomb died in the Town of Scituate in the said County of Essex on the 29 th day of April A D 1837, (1837) said and this deponent further says that the said Obad Holecomb was a revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the Act of 7 th of June 1832, and deponent further says that he was well acquainted with the said Obad and Elizabeth up to the time of the death of said Obad, & since that time has been well acquainted with the said Elizabeth, and that the said Elizabeth Warden who made the foregoing Declaration is the identical person who married the said Obad Holecomb & who cohabited with him as his Wife as aforesaid, & who was left his Widow at the time of his death as aforesaid, and the said Elizabeth Warden is the identical person who signed the foregoing Declaration, and that the name of the said Elizabeth before her said marriage to the said Obad Holecomb was Elizabeth Kile
Jacob Sargent

Subscribed and sworn to in open Court this 14 th day of October 1853, before me & I certify that the said Jacob Sargent is a Credible Person, that the words "September" "Mother's" were erased, the word "said" interlined, the figures "1837". There are an erasure & also inserted in the margin.
E. A. Adams Clerk

State of New York Essex County 3 rd . It is hereby certified that Satisfactory Proof has been exhibited before the County Court of the County of Essex and State of New York by the affidavits of Obed, G. Holcomb & Jacob Bargut & the Declaration of Elizabeth Warden Who are persons entitled to Credit, That Obed Holcomb deceased late of Lewis in the County and State aforesaid, was a revolutionary Prisoner, that he Married the said Elizabeth Warden at Lewis aforesaid on the 13 th day of April 1815, That the said Obed Holcomb died at Lewis aforesaid on the 29 th day of April 1837, That the said Elizabeth survived him & was his Widow, that the said Elizabeth was Married to Isaac Warden on the 14 th day of October 1849, That the said Isaac Warden died on the 28 th day of May 1853, & that the said Elizabeth Warden is Now a Widow
In testimony whereof I have set My hand and Seal of Office at the Court House in Elizabethtown in and for said County this 14 th day of October 1853 E. A. Adams Clerk

22236
Oka Hoicamb
ccf
Service after the war not provided for
aged
9 mo pri
30 $
For R. Whallon. Edmuna F. Patterson Elizabethtown Esopus County New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjunctive notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Abel Holcomb Essex County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Oct 1780 11 6 11 Lt Owen Ens Clark { Syracuse Essex County connected Living witness as to part   Aug 1781 Enlisted 11 3 11 Capt Case Col Mills Skaneateles at New Haven point   1783 or 4 Enlisted 11 4 11 { age 67 years Practicing  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Obed Holcomb
22230

State of New York County of Eighth On this 24 day of September 1832 Essex County ss Personally appeared in Open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Oliver Holcomb a resident of Essex Essex County of Essex and State of New York aged sixty seven years who being just duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated
to wit in the Company or Guard of Lieu- tenant Elijah Crows Ensign Samuel Clarke. The applicant enlisted into the service of his Country the first of October 1780. left the service the first day of April  May 1781. and then he enlisted again in August for three months in 1781. Colonel Amasa Mills commanded the Regiment, Captain Leese commanded the Company Lieutenant Silas Hovey Ensign Grimes, and was put on the lines in Regiments and was absent about three months and then returned home and then enlisted again in the Year 1783 & 1784 to go to Detroit against the Indians and was on duty four months at this time, being after the close of the Revo- lutionary War -

That he resided at the times before mentioned in the Town of Sybony Fairfield County Con- necut was in several skirmishes in the lines between the Contending Armies at New Haven and that he marched through Farmington Mount-calf Cheshire on his way to New Haven has no documentary Evidence and that he knows of no proof by which he can prove his Service except John Holcomb whose Testimony is herewith attached and Alexander Morse as to the cre- dibility of his Character for truth and veracity and Cyrus Constock has Clergyman of his Town says the names of his Officers at the time of his first term of service was Lieutenant Elyah Dwin Ensign Clarke at the first time of service Elyah Smith was Sergeant Lina Moses was Corporal at the second term Colonel Amasa Mill Captain Case Lieutenant Silas Haysen Ensign Mines at the time mentioned in 1783 & 1784. Captain Paul commanded the other Con- tinental Officers Sergeant Roger Severy was the Sergeant

Herewith relinquishing Every Claim whatever As a pension or annuity Except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State Sworn to and Subscribed The day and Year aforesaid Obed Holcomb Simona Holcomb
Q. When and in what year was you born in Synsbury Newfane County State of Vermont on the 31st day of January 1765 as he was informed by his Father Q. Have you any record of your age and if so When is it A. Yes it is Recorded in my bible at home

3rd When were you living when called into Service Where have you lived since the Revolution When you drafted did you volunteer Voluntary Now and Where do you now live or after you a Substitute and of a Substitute for whom
Simsbury Hartford County State of Connecticut volunteered both times Elizabethton Lewis Eliz County & State of New York and Have them now
4th How were you called into Service were You drafted did you volunteer or where You a Substitute and of a Substitute for whom I Entered both times
5th State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the troops when You served such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General Circumstances of your Service Colonel Amasa Mills, Captain Louse Lewis

Lieut Silas Hays Ensign Grinnis is all the names he remembers and Recollected The numbers of other Regiments & Officers at New Haven Connecticut in the summer of 1781 had several skirmishes with the Enemy and went to New Haven and back and stood Guard on and with Prisoners at different times at Simsbury Connecticut Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Received discharges both times at the first instance signed by the Lieu- tenant at the second time was given by the Col. but has lost both of them
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbor- hood, and who can testify as to your character, for manly and their knowledge of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Alexander Morse Amasa J. Williams and Rev. Cyrus G. Abbott clergyman of his neigh- borhood Nathan Nicholson David Tykes of Lewis Essex County New York

We Cyrus Comstock a new York clergyman residing in Seneca County State of  And  David Sykes  with the Town of Lewis  Chautauqua County State of New York  affirms and hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Oliver Holcomb of Seneca County of Seneca and State of New York who has subscribed and sworn to the above decla- ration that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn & Subscribed The day and Year aforesaid Cyrus Comstock Second Ward Clerk David Sykes
And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Cyrus

Constock who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Cluettman, resident in the Town of Davis County, State of New York, and that David Sylas who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Elizabeth County of Essex and State of New York and is a Credible Person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Leonard Shaw Clerk of the County of Essex and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original Proceedings in the said Court in the matter of the application of Oliver Holcomb for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 28th day of September 1832
Leonard Shaw Clerk

State of New York County of Essex
On the 28th day of September 1832 personally appeared before
the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex Now Sitting. I am an inhabitant of the Town of Elizabethton Town County of Essex and State of New York and after being sworn according to law said that he is well acquainted with Obed Holcomb of the Town of Essex County of Essex and State of New York and that he has been acquainted with him for the term of Twenty four Years last past and that about Ten Years ago as this deponent should think from the best of his Recollection he heard the said Obed Holcomb say that he was in the Militia Service of the Revolution and that he was at New Haven Connecticut under the Command of Major Mills that he mentioned Circumstances of an alarm which was familiar to this deponent at the time from the relation of others. Can you further saith not
Subscribed and sworn This 28th day of September 1832 in Open Court
N. Nicholson
Obed Holcomb
General Shovlin
I testify that Mr Nicholson Esq - the above witness is respectable & credible in all respects
Denvers Johnson
24 th May 1834

State of New York } I Alvin Holcomb of the Town of West County of Essex } Fort County of Essex and State of New York } do swear that I am well acquainted with Obed Holcomb of the Town of Senneis County of Essex And State of New York that he believes him to be a man of about Sixty Seven Years of age And that he first knew him when a Childs having lived him in the same neighborhood to wit in the Town of Seymour in the State of Connecticut about Sixty Seven years ago And has known him ever since says he will recollects the said Obed Holcomb Enlisting into the Service of his country in the Revolutionary War in the Year 1780 at Seymour State of Connecticut And saw him on guard at the last mentioned place And further that he enlisted in the Year 1781 again And was gone and absent from home about Three months as this deponent verily believes And further that it was the Report at the time after the above mentioned Service had expired And he had come home that he had Intended to go to Detroit against the Indians And further saith not Aforesaid in Open Court this 27th day of September 1832
H. H. Cook
Second Subscribed
I certify to the Probate of Alvin Holcomb the above witness 24 th May 1834
Francis H. Allen

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1872
11.866
P. O. Elizabeth Worden
Service: Widow Obed Holcomb
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No. 3409 Elizabeth Worden, Former wiv. of - Obed Holcomb
Set to G. R. Andrews, 25 th Oct, 1853, K. H. Lee May 20/56
11864
Act 3 rd Feby, 1853.

Oct. 20, 1853, April of Eliza- beth Norren, widow of Ober Nor- com,
28/22 A. Gunn Rev 153. Rev 28/22 Rev.
D. P. A. Norren Niagara, N.Y.

Elizah Gilt of Granby in Hampshire County State of Connecticut Aged Seventy Three Years, after having been duly sworn before Say that I am well acquainted with Abd Norwood formerly of this town, but now lives in Litchfield, in the County of Berkshire in the State of New York, I that I have been acquainted with him from his youth - I further depose Say that I was knowing to his imprisonment as one of the heads or New-Gate - Prison a place established as a prison for the safe keeping of Prisoners taken from the British, by Authority of this State - that he was imprisoned for a term of six months on or about the first of October 1780, I saw him until on or about the first of April 1781, having saw his full term of six months out I was a Soldier with him and was well knowing to the facts above stated Date on nearly the 25. day of July 1833
Elizah Gilt
County and County of Granby July 25 1833 has usually appeared before me Elizah Gilt the subscriber to the above deposition and made full and true to the best of the same Daniel Hays Justice of Peace

I Joshua R. Swift Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of French County certify that Daniel Hays By before whom the Within Deposition Was taken is a Justice of the peace Within the County of Hancock in the State of Connecticut duly appointed & sworn & that full faith should be due given to his Official acts as such & there the Signature herein purporting to be his is his genuine Signature for testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand Seal of Office the 25. Day of July 1833 — Joshua R. Swift Clerk
I hereby certify that the Within named Elijah Gilt is a Credible and Disinterested Witness.
Daniel Hays Justice of the peace

We Dan Dible & Elyah Gilt both of Granby in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut of Sample age before say that we are well acquainted with Obadiah Herson formerly of this town, but who now lives in Lewis in the County of Essex in the State of New York, that we have been acquainted with him from his youth - We further before say that we are indebted to his indebted in a borrowing connected by late case of Sumsby in this County 1 st Dec. 1832, some time in August or September in 1831 & March 1832. Now Herson in Connecticut - how long he remained or now there we cannot remember, but he saw his time of indebtedness and I came home - We were together with him at New Haven & while knowing both facts above stated - Dates as Granby  formed this 25 day of July 1833  Daniel Hays - J. D. Dible  Elyah Gilt his Dan X Dible mark
Hartford County ss Granby July the 25 th 1833 personally appeared before me Elyah Gilt and Dan Dible the subscribers to the above subscription and made solemn oaths to the truth of the same Daniel Hays Justice of the Peace

I Joshua D. Scott Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Franklin do hereby certify that Daniel Hays Esq. before whom the within deposition was taken is a Justice of the Peace within the the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut duly appointed sworn & that full faith should be done unto him in his official acts as such, & that the signature hereunto subscribed to him is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office the 25 day of July 1833 — Joshua D. Scott Clerk
I hereby certify that the within Sworn Elijah Gillis & David Sibley are Disinterested and Credible Witnesses (Daniel Hays Justice Peace)
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