Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15,726, Moses Hannum, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Hannum, Moses Jerusha
No. 15,726
CONTENTS

15624 Massachusetts
Moses Hannam
of Hampshire in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Walker of the Regt. commanded by Col. Williams in the Mass line for 700 & 2 days
Moh
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 24 Dollars 67 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of July 1833 and sent Mason Shaw Belchertown Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $49.34 Femi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept. 12.33
$61.67
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Addison Clerk, Vol. 2 a Page 33
Hampshire

5125
Massachusetts.
Jerusha Hannum widow of Moses Hannum
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 21 Dollars 67.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Oct r 1849 and sent to
Mason Shaw Belcher Town Mass.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 58 Vol. 2.
Reported

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Hampshire } ss.
On this twelfth day of February A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court before Samuel Hinckley Esquire, Judge of Probate of Wills &c. for said county of Hampshire, now sitting at Belchertown in said county of Hampshire, Moses Hannum a resident of Belchertown in the county of Hampshire, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. viz
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, namely, That the last of August A.D. 1776 at said Belchertown, being then nineteen years old he entered for three months, passed muster and received a small bounty, and was enrolled in the company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Bonney of Chesterfield in the same county. Abraham Cummings of Weare was first Lieutenant, Jeremiah Chapin of Granby was second Lieutenant and William Bedman of Williamstown Ensign (who is now living) and all in said county of Hampshire. The Regiment was commanded by Col Samuel Brewer, Lieut Col. Carlton and Major Taylor. That said company marched immediately for Landerberg, and arrived there about the middle of September, and was stationed on Mount Hope and built a fort there with palisades & earth to defend themselves against the Indians. Col Willard's Regiment was quartered at the same place at that time, while stationed there the British army came up the Lake and landed within about three miles of Landerberg, and said Regiments were called out and paraded for battle but the British troops retired — and that after he had completed his said term of three months service he was discharged.

That immediately after his return from said three months service He intsted again for three months, and was enrolled in the company commanded by Capt. Hooker of Greenwich - and James Walker of Belchertown was Lieutenant - both in said County of Hampshire and marched to Danbury in Connecticut, Major Chester Williams of Hadley in the same County marched with to Danbury, but Perry of Northampton was to have taken command of said Regiment but was taken sick of the Pleurisy and died about two miles from the camp - Col Williams of Leverett in the now County of Franklin commanded the Regiment; that they marched from said Danbury to Pekkill and were there under the command of Gen. McDougle one of the Continental officers, That he was detached one or more as a guard to Morristown; That he was also one of the guard detached to carry about thirty prisoners to Hartford, that on his return at that time to Pekkill his Regiment had marched to Morristown, and that he proceeded indirectly to join the company and Regiment there, That when his said term of service for three months had expired he was then dismissed at said Morristown, and that he served at that time as a soldier three months.
That afterwards, the beginning of October 1778 he was called out and enrolled in the company commanded by Capt. Montague of South Hadley, in the Regiment commanded by Col Chapin of Hatfield, both in the same County, and marched to Albany and there stationed, and that after six weeks service there or more, they were there dismissed.
Daniel White of Hadley was Lieutenant and did the duty of an adjutant - That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can prove, who can testify to his service, That he was born in, and has ever lived in said Belchertown.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State, Moses Hannum
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
We Subst: Wakfield a clergyman, residing in the town of Belchertown aforesaid and Jonathan Dwight residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Moses Hannum, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five 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.
Jubal Wakfield Jon: Dwight
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
said judge of Probate doth And the Court hereby declare his 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 said judge of Probate further certifies that it appears to him that Jubal Wakfield who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in said Belchertown, and that Jonathan Dwight who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate

25228 Moses Haman Plaintiff's Declaration
I, Samuel F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Hampshire do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Haman for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this twelfth day of February A.D. 1833.
Samuel F. Lyman Register
1. C.A. m 20-88-91-6602 21. 95-100-1000

V363
Jerusha Hannum widow of Joseph
Mass. act of July 38 Mass.
record of family - original required
Vol. 1:61. Bonney on 3mo - 20.88.91. Hooker not on 21.95. Montague - not on.
Mason Shaw, Belchertown, Mass Aug 15

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss.
On this eighth day of August 1838, personally appeared before Ithamar Conkey, Judge of Probate of Wills &c in & for the said County of Hampshire Jerusha Hannum, a resident of Belchertown in said County aged eighty one 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 M rs Hannum of said Belchertown deceased who was a private in the War of the Revolution and a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832.
She further declares that she was married to the said M rs Hannum, at Coventry in the State of Connecticut by the Rev. Mr. Huntington, the Congregational Minister of said Coventry, on the twenty third day of October in the year seventeen hundred and eighty, and that her husband, the aforesaid M rs Hannum died on the seventh day of July in the year eighteen hundred & thirty four; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the day and year above stated. Jerusha Hannum

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before
Jonathan Cooksey Judge of Probate
I hereby certify that the said Jemisha Harnum the applicant, cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court Jonathan Cooksey Judge of Probate
I Samuel H. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before said Judge of Probate in the matter of the application of Jemisha Harnum for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this ninth day of August A.D. 1838.
Samuel H. Lyman Reg r of Probate

I Stites Hannum of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged fifty one years, testify and say that I have in my possession the account book of my father Moses Hannum in which on the first page thereof are the following entries in his own hand writing viz the words and figures following viz.
"Moses Hannum Junr his book for accounts.
Belchertown March 27 th 1793"
"Married to Jerusha Parker October 23 rd 1780"
Then follows the births of their three children:
to which is added the following entry viz
The above records were taken from other writings and transcribed here by me Moses Hannum Junr. I further testify and say that my parents always lived on the same farm in said Belchertown ever since I can remember, and it is the same farm that my grandfather Moses Hannum owned & improved, and further that my mother has never been married again, Stites Hannum
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampshire County ss. August 6 th 1838
Then the above named Stites Hannum personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me. Mason Shaw Esq. Pres. I certify that I am well acquainted with Stites Hannum above named, that he is a man of truth and veracity, and that full credit should be to the truth of his testimony aforesaid.
Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace

I Phinehas Warner of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. aged seventy four years testify and say that I have always lived in said Belcher- town and that I have always known M rs Hannah late a pensioner deceased. That our farms adjoin each other. That I will remember when he and Jerusha Parker went to Connecticut to visit their connections in 1780 I believe and were married but I was not present at their marriage still that fact was as notorious as that of any marriage whatever. and that on their return they commenced keeping house and lived together from that time till his death. I further say that they were both of them members of the Congregational Church in this town. Phinehas Warner
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire County fr. August 6 th 1838
Then the above named Phinehas Warner per- sonally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed.
Before me Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Phinehas Warner veracity and that full credit should be given to the truth of his testimony aforesaid
Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Mason Shaw Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition(s) (2) were taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this ninth — day of August A. D. 1838
Samuel F. Lyman Register of Probate.

No 25228
Moses Hannum Hampshire County Massachusetts
Paras of Mr 12 days
23 33 1/2 1.33 3
24 6
Mason Shaw Belchertown Mass

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjjoined 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 Moses Hamlin Hampshire County Massachusetts
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted Aug. 1776 - 3 - private Capt Bouney, Colonel Brewer 75 years County of Hampshire Traditionary evidence & two Witnesses certified credible papers   Enlisted 1776 - 3 - " Capt Hosker, Colonel Williams, correct   Called Oct. 1778 - 1 12 " Capt Montague, Col Chaplin  
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 days 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 the 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 [j] 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.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Moses Hammum a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
W. F. 15726
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1776. 3 mos. Priv. Benjamin Bonney Samuel Brener Mass.   Immediately after 3 " Hooker Williams   Oct. 1778. 6 wks. Moses Montague Israel Chapin  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Belchertown, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Feb 12, 1833. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, 75 yrs. He was born at Belchertown, Mass. He was the son of Moses Hammum.
Remarks: He mar. Oct 23, 1780, at Coventry, Conn. Jerusha Parker. He died July 7, 1834, and she was al. pension on her ap. Aug. 8, 1838, while a resident of Belchertown, Mass., aged 81 yrs. Three children, the only name stated being that of Stiles who was 51 yrs of age in 1838.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Note -
Although inquiry was for Giles Hammum, I am sending history of Moses Hammum, as he was of Belchertown Mass. and left a widow, Jerusha. Writer has been informed that there is no Giles H. in file.

I David Hannum of Pelham in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged 69 years testify and say that M rs Hannum of Belchertown in the same County is my brother. That in the year 1776 he joined the Company commanded by Capt. Bronny and marched to the Northward and was stationed as it was then called at Litchfield and served at that time three months - That very soon after he returned in the winter of 1776-7 he again engaged to serve for three months and marched to the Southward - one of his Lieutenants was Silas Brown then of Northampton in said County, and that during that campaign he came home in the winter & served a few days having been detached to guard some prisoners that were sent to be quartered in this part of the County - and that said Lieut Brown had the command of that Detachment - That he lived at that time I have no doubt - three months we then lived in said Belchertown with our Parents and I perfectly well remember those two campaigns in which said M rs Hannum was engaged - David Hannum
Hampshire ss. Feby 28 th 1833 Then the above named David Hannum appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed -
Before me Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace
I certify that full credit is to be given to the testimony of the above named David Hannum Mason Shaw Justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Mason Shaw Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this fifth day of March
A. D. 1833.
Sam F. Lyman Register of Probate.

recd Wilkinson S. L. D.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
May 1896 wid. to J. N. U. Emporia Ka
1917, Aug. 22. Mrt to Fred A. Reynolds.
File No. 15726
Jemima Hammam Widow of Moses Hammam Pr. Rev War
Act: Feb 2 nd 48
Index: Vol. A , Page 311
[Arrangement of 1870.]

8657. Massachusetts
Perusha Hannum widow of Moses Hannum who was a Private in the Revolution for 7 mo. & 12 days.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars 67. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Oct. 1841. and sent to
Mason Shaw Belchertown Mass.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 31

RECEIVED
UNITED STATES NATIONAL ARCHIVES RECEIVED
PENSION U. S. MAY 15 1896 OFFICE
OLD WAR & NAVY MAY 16 1896 FILES
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page.]

THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, EMPORIA, KANSAS.
TRAINING DEPARTMENT.
DIPLOMA A LIFE CERTIFICATE TO TEACH IN KANSAS.
TUITION FREE TO TEACHERS.
Mileage paid all Kansas students from outside a radius of 100 miles from Emporia.
May 13, 1896.
Hon. William Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions, Dear Sir:
My wife would like from the records of your office statement of service of Moses Gannum who served 1777 and 1779 in Captain Dwight's Belcher- town company, Hampshire county Massachusetts regiment. We suppose this was filed in his original application for pension.
Yours truly, J. M. Wilkinson

Bethertown July 18 th 1846.
Sir
In 1838 I sent to your office the Declaration of Jerusha Hannum the widow of Moses Hannum late of this town for her pension. In reply you said "his alleged service in the Massachusetts Militia is not sustained by the rolls. The first term under Capt. Bonney in 1776 is verified, but her late husband's name is not borne on the roll of Capt. Hooker for three months in 1776, nor in that of Capt. Caleb Montague in 1778 for one month & nine days. Unless she can establish three months service in addition to the term of three months under Capt. Bonney, her claim cannot be brought within the act." Herewith I enclose the certificate of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts stating his services. All his services, except the three months under Capt. Bonney were at that time overlooked. This certificate confirms Mr. Hannum's Declaration for 3 months and for one month and 12 days. I had the utmost confidence in the honesty and correctness of Mr. Hannum's Declaration. Men are now living in this town & vicinity who well remember the two terms of service for 3 months each. If their testimony could be of any avail it can be forwarded. It is more probable that his service may have been overlooked, than that they should all be so mistaken.
This certificate gives, I believe, 84 days in addition to the three months admitted. I hope and trust that such construction will be given to the evidence on file, together with this certificate and the known imperfection of the militia rolls of the State.

of Massachusetts so that you will feel authorized in issuing a pension certificate for that old dependent widow.
I am very respectfully your Obt. Servt,
Mason Shaw
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston July 30 th 1849—
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Wright Bridgman was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampshire,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W m Lloyd Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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J. Linton Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
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Belchertown, Mass. Oct r 3 d 1849
J. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
Your favour of Sept r 18 th is before me. In which you say, Mrs Dickinson's declaration is defective, she does not state when her husband died, or that she is now a widow, nor does she say at what time she was married to Dickinson. I was aware as soon as I had forwarded her declaration and the deposition of her first marriage and the certificate of the death of the Com. Mass. of the services of Joshua M c Master, that the declaration was thus defective. My apology for that omission is that it was done in the hurry of court. I therefore took her supplementary declaration stating the time of the death of her husband, Joshua M c Master & subsequent marriage to Dickinson - when he died, and that she is now a widow. Also the deposition of John M c Master stating the time of Joshua M c Master's death - his widow's marriage with Dickinson and when he died, 4 or 5 years ago. and that the applicant is now a widow. which I presume is all the evidence required. Dickinson was a pensioner ; her claim is for M c Master's services.
These last mentioned papers I sent from Providence R. I. July 31 st and paid the postage thereon.
By the same mail I sent a supplementary declaration of Jerusha Hannum, widow of Moses Hannum, and the deposition of Mrs Lincoln stating her marriage to Moses Hannum - his death, & that she is now his widow,

Jerusha Hannum's declaration was taken & forwarded the last of the summer 1838 with 7 or 8 others. A pension certificate was not allowed her, because the records (which are very defective) of the war office of Mass. had not a record of all his services. That objection being done away by the act of July 1 st I now request that a pension certificate be given to her.
If my letter containing the above mentioned supplementary decla- rations and depositions mailed at Providence has not been rec d . I wish to be advised of it as soon as may be, that I may procure new ones, to enable the department to make out their pension certificates, they are old and dependent and have no means of procuring such comfortable things as they need.
Very respectfully
Your obed Servt.
Mason Shaw

Phinehas Warner's Deeds for Mono Hannum

I Phinehas Warner of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify and say that I was born in said Belchertown in the year 1764 and have always lived in said Town.
That I have always known Moses Hannum of the same Town who is now about 75 years old. That we always lived within about one mile of each other - and I further testify and say that I remember well of his being out in three campaigns making in the whole eight months at least. That the first campaign was in the fall of the year 1776; That the next was in 1777 - and again the last campaign in the same year.
I will remember a conversation between said Moses Hannum and my mother when he called on us after he had returned from his first campaign. My mother asked him if he was going another campaign - said Moses an swerd yes. My mother then observed that God had preserved him through one campaign - and was able to preserve him through another.
I further say that said Hannum and myself were always very intimate and that he often stated to me his services, and that I had no doubt of his having served in the Revolutionary war the three campaigns above mentioned.
Phinehas Warner
Hampshire ss. July 27 th 1833 Then the above named Phinehas Warner appeared and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true.
Before me Nelson Shaw Justice of the Peace

I certify that full credit is to be given to the testimony of the within named Phinehas Warner.
Nelson Shaw justice of the Peace

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Hampshire ss.
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Newton Shaw Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signature thereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this fifth day of March A. D. 183 3 —
S. F. Lyman Register of Probate.

O. W. & N. Div. L. W. B. W. 15726.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
May 18th, 1896.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Moses Hannum, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that Jerusha, widow of Moses Hannum, made an application for pension on February 12th, 1833, at which time she was residing at Beth Belchertown, Mass., and 75 years of age, and her pension was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war, for a period of seven months and twelve days; a part of the time he served under Capt. Hooker and Col. Williams. He enlisted at Belchertown, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. J. N. Wilkinson,
The State Normal School,
Emporia, Kansas.

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THE REYNOLDS BROS. LAND CO. REAL ESTATE
FRED A. REYNOLDS CHAMBERLAIN, S. D.
FRANK E. REYNOLDS KIMBALL, S. D.
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KIMBALL, SOUTH DAKOTA
Aug. 16 - 1917.
To: M. S. Pension Office
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs
Being anxious to get my credentials necessary for membership in The Sons of The American Revolution I would like to get the record of my Great Grand Father Giles Hannum, Wifes name Jerusha Hannum of Belchertown Hampshire County Mass.
Very Truly Fred. A. Reynolds

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See let to Mason Shaw September 17, 1838. to same Sept 2. '46

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Massachusetts.
Jerusha Hannum, Widow of Moses Hannum who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June '32 and who died on the 7 th July 1834, of Hampshire in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the Comp'y. commanded by Captain Harker of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Williams in the Mass. line for 7 mo. & 12 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston Mass. at the rate of 24 Dollars 67. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Oct r 1849 and sent to Mason Shaw, Belchertown Mass.
Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. Chase Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 75

Application for a certificate of Revolutionary Services, made by the widow of the party who rendered the service.
State of Massachusetts County of Hampshire. Town of Belchertown.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office, of my husband, Moses Hannum's service in the war of the Revolution.
He was drafted or enlisted from the town of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts in the year 1776 as a private in the company commanded by Capt Bonney; also, in the same year, as a private in the company commanded, it is believed either by Capt Caleb Montague or Capt. Hooker, or Capt. Bedman or Boardman; also, in 1778. The companies & Regiments, from great age I cannot remember, and he served as follows: viz.
Three months in Capt. Bonney's company; then three months the same year in an other company, and in 1778 he served one month and about one third of a month in another company.
He went to Ticonderoga three months; he was at Morristown

in New Jersey three months.
In one instance, at least, Joshua Hannum, brother of said Moses Hannum was drafted, and Moses Hannum took his place and served for him as his substitute.
Boardman of Williamsburg in said county of Hampshire I believe was an officer in one of the companies.
He served also one short tour of duty at Cambridge.
I am eighty nine years old and cannot remember more particularly his services.
Col. Woodbridge of South Hadley may have commanded the Regiment or one of the Regiments in which he served.
Witness my hand, this Twenty eighth day of April - A.D. 1846
Signed by the said Jerusha Hannum widow of said Moses Hannum in my presence, Wright Bridgman { Justice of the Peace County of Hampshire, Mass. Jerusha H. Hannum Mark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
June 9 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the Name of Moses Hannum is borne upon an Abstract of pay due to Capt Benjamin Bonney's Company, in Col Samuel Bruce's Regt, that Marched to reinforce the Continental Army as a private. — No Service Named — Said Roll is dated, "Ches terfield March 23 1777." — Upon a Pay roll of Capt Elijah Dwight's Company, in Col Elisha Porter's Regt for Service on an alarm to Bennington, Augt 17 1777 as a private 5 days — Said roll was sworn to in Hampshire County June 11. 1778." — Upon a Pay Roll of Capt Moses Montague's Company, in Col Israel Chapin's regt as a private, from October 17 to November 21 1779 including allowance of 120 Miles travel.

1 Month & 12 days. — Upon a Pay roll of Capt Gideon Stebbins Company that Marched to Northampton "to sep- arate the Mob" June 1782. as a pri- vate, 2 days — Said roll is dated Bolcher- town June 1782." The Name of Boardman (mentioned in the annexed application) is borne upon said Capt Stebbins roll as Lieutenant. Then
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence is No evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this that said Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search Samuel was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- served as a cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and substitute for circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case. his brother Josh- ua. Not upon rolls of any Capt Stebbins The preceding is all the evidence of service of any one of the names shown by the Military records in this Office
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Jerusha Hannum widow of Moses Hannum
Admitted cit 7 July 1838 P. 7 mo 12 days, $ 44.67 per ann. Col 6 March 1836 to 6 March 1841 and under subsequent acts,
Mason Shaw Batherton Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County
On this Tenth day of July eighteen hundred & forty nine personally appeared before me Wright Bridgman a Justice of Peace, duly qualified, in and for said County of Hampshire. Jerusha Hannum a resident in Belchertown in the same County, aged ninety two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following supplementary declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 1 st A.D. 1848. viz, granting to widows the same pensions their husbands drew without further proof of service, and served as stated by her said husband in his declaration under the act of June 7 th A.D. 1832; That her said husband drew a pension of $24.67 per annum up to the time of his death at the agency for paying pensions in Boston. That after the death of her said husband, this applicant made an application for a pension under the act of July 7 th A.D. 1838, which is now pending in the pension Office and has never been granted, to which application she now refers for the evidence of her marriage, and the time of her husband's death, that she was married in October A.D. 1780 and her husband the said Moses Hannum died on the 7 th day of July A.D. 1834, as she has before stated and proved in her said last application, and she now further declares that she still continues to be the widow of the said Moses Hannum & unmarried, Wherefore she requests that the same

pension may be granted to her as was granted to her said husband pursuant to the provisions of said act of July 1 st A.D. 1848 and the other acts of Congress before that time passed. and also pursuant to the provisions of the act of February 2. A.D. 1848.
Jemima H. Cannon Mark
Attest Wright Bridgman
Subscribed and sworn to on this day and year above written
Before me Wright Bridgman Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. July 10th A.D. 1849 Hampshire County
I Ruth Shumway Lincoln, wife of Enos Lincoln of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy six years, testify and say, that I have always known and been acquainted from childhood with Jerusha Hannum the wife of Moses Hannum late of said Belchertown deceased, that before she was married to said Moses Hannum, she lived at my father's as nurse and hired help, and that ever since her marriage aforesaid we have resided within two miles of each other in said Belchertown, that said Jerusha Hannum is now the Widow of said Moses Hannum, and has remained unmarried since his death.
Ruth Lincoln, That Wright Bridgman
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day & year above written.
Before me Wright Bridgman Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Mrs. Lincoln, the above mentioned deponent and that full credit should be given to the truth of her deposition aforesaid
Wright Bridgman Justice of the Peace