Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13433, Abner Holcomb, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Holcomb, Abner
S. 13433
CONTENTS
Carded

13786
14008
New York
Abner Holcomb
of Essex Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Pettibone of the Regt. commanded by Col. Pettibone in the Arty. battery for 14 mo
Inscribed on the Rolls of New York at the rate of 4 Dollars 11 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of May 1833 and sent to Edward S. Cuyler Esq.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $93.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 23.32
$116.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book C Vol. 4 Page 59

13786 Abner Holcomb
admitted. 14 mo Pivato.
Ex Robinson
Edward S. Crysler Rosser, Essex co N.Y.

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 subjoined 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 Abner Holcomb
   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.     "Called out," 1776 2 15 Private Capt. Pillsbury Capt. Pillsbury from Saratoga to New Haven Aged 80 { Living and   Vol d 1777 3 Corporal Lt. Hayes Lt. Humphrey Connecticut Hartford Traditionary   "Called out," 1779 15 Lt. Smith from New Haven to New York   Drafted 1780 6 Capt. Custer Genl. Gates from New Haven to New York   Drafted 1781 2 Lt. Clegg Capt. Cook from New Haven to New York   Capt. Pillsbury Genl. Lee from New Haven to New York   Lt. Clegg from New Haven to New York   Capt. Pillsbury Capt. Hacking from New Haven to New York   Lt. Holcomb from New Haven to New York   Enl. Reed Genl. Howe Battles - Sept. 15 1777 from New Haven to New York   Capt. Cullen from New Haven to New York   Lt. Goodwin from New Haven to New York  
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.
□ 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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

John Holcomb Application for a Pension
13,786
✓

State of New York
County of Essex ss. On this 28 th day of September in the year of our Lord 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex now sitting John Holcomb a resident of the Town of Westport in the County of Essex and State of New York aged Eighty 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 the 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated (First)
1 st That in the year 1776. In the month of August he was about the middle of the month, being then a resident of the Town of Mansbury in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut. He was called into and entered the service of the United States being ordered and by the Captain of his company pursuant to Orders from his Superior Officers, for Actual Service - He belonged to a Company of Connecticut Militia under the command of Captain Pittsbon & Lieutenant Hayes, and was attached to & served in Colonel Pittsbon's Regiment of which Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Humphrey & Major Smith were the other field officers & Andrew Dyer Adjutant. That he found his Company & Regiment at Mansbury, before he marched from there to the City of New Haven in Connecticut, at which place they embarked on Board Vessels and went by water to a place called Harlem, about fifteen miles distant from New York where they landed and marched by Land to the City of New York when they arrived at New York the Regiment was attached to the command of Colonel McDougle of the United States or Continental Troops. That they remained in the City of New York until they were drove out & found to retreat, by the British Troops in the month of September 1776. That he knew General Putnam of the Continental Line and that Gen l Putnam first ordered the Regiment to which he belonged to retreat from an Entrenchment where they were stationed during the Cannonading and landing of the British Troops that his Regiment as well as others retreated from New York

back to Harlem or Harlem Heights, and that they were stationed at and near Harlem and were kept occasionally moving their Quarters for a considerable time & that after having served from the time he entered the service for two months and fifteen days he was discharged from the Service either at or near Harlem and he returned home. He did not receive a Written Discharge, but was Dismissed by his Captain —
2 nd That in the first part of the month of August in the year 1777. He being still a resident of Danbury, aforesaid he again entered the service of the United States as a Volunteer. He enlisted for two months Service to join the Northern Army under the command of General Gates, in a company under command of Captain Elhanan Cates. & Lieutenant Case does not recollect the exact name he served in Colonel Thaddeus Cook's Regiment, and Major Lee does not recollect the Lieutenant Colonel's name but believes it was Cook. He joined his company at Danbury and marched through New Bedford Conan, Norfolk Sheffield and on direct by Rensselaer to Albany, where they crossed the Hudson River and marched up the River & crossed the Mohawk River above Cohoes Falls and marched through the Woos from there to Saratoga at a place called Stillwater where the Company first joined the Regiment and was reviewed by General Gates who remarked that they were fine looking Men & that he had understood the Regiment had come equipped but says he you have no Knives but you shall be furnished & I am agreed you will run before you wear them out they were attached to General Poor's Brigade of the New Hampshire Line; He served as a Corporal this campaign & had a Corporal's warrant signed by Thaddeus Cook which he has lost. They remained at Stillwater a few days and the whole Army marched to Bemus Heights following General Burgoyne's Army who had commenced a retreat in the night. He was at & in the Battle of Bemus Heights 19 th September 1777 & testifies that General Arneil was wounded in the Battle & he saw him at the time the British Breast works were forced. He was present and had the satisfaction to see General Burgoyne's Army & its

there arms at the time they surrendered at Fork Creek the 17th October following the Battle at Bennington Heights. He having remained & served with the Army until that time. & afterwards, after the Surrender of Burgoyne they were marched down to Albany where they remained about a week (having left the Prisoners taken at Stillwater, from where they were marched under the guard of the Americans detached for that purpose to Rutland in the State of Massachusetts -) from Albany they crossed the north river and marched to Rindgehook in the State of New York where he was discharged in the month of November 1777. and returned home he did not receive a written discharge the Regiment was paraded & dismissed under arms by the Colonel. He entered the service for only two months but actually served for as much as three months from the time he joined his company until he was discharged.
2 nd That at the time the British prisoners, consisting mostly or all of Burgoyne's men were removed from Rutland in Massachusetts to Virginia, being sometime in the month of November in the year 1778. as he believes he was called into the service in a company of Connecticut Militia at Simsbury aforesaid under the command of Captain Pitkin & Lieutenant Dayes to go as a guard to escort or take Prisoners through the State of Connecticut they marched to the town of Suffield on the line joining Massachusetts where they received the prisoners and guarded them through Simsbury New Hartford Canaan to Sharon being the town joining the State of New York and then delivered them to a Brigade or Detachment under command of General Mays of the Continental Army. He served in this period of service fifteen days being discharged by the Captain on returning home In this Expedition Colonel Plan who was sent from Virginia had the direction or command as he believes.
3 rd In the month of April or May in the year 1780 he was drafted in the Connecticut State Troops for six months service he served in Captain Abel Pitkin's Company Lieutenant Benjamin Holcomb Ensign Martin Rice and belonged to Colonel Dutton's Regiment. does not recollect the names of the Lieutenant Colonel or Major he was mustered with the Company at Simsbury aforesaid and

and marched from there through Hattiesburg and on about to the State of New York about fifteen miles from Miss Point where they found General Howe's Army. He cannot now tell the name of the place it was on the East side of the North River they remained there some time when his Regiment returned to Newbury & Miss Point to hold themselves in readiness to march at a Minutes Warning or Notice, he was called out there on four times while remaining under this Command on Order and Marched over about five miles from home & then returned. He served previous to returning to Newbury from the State of New York about two Months and the occasion & events of this season not requiring the service of Connecticut Troops he was not again marched far from home he did not receive any discharge from this period of service the six months expired while he was at home
5th That in the month of September in the year 1781. he was drafted at Newbury aforesaid in the Connecticut Militia for two months service in a company under the command of Captain Cattin & Lieutenant Goodwin that he found his company at Newbury and marched to the City of New Haven in Connecticut. When they found Colonel Litchfield's Regiment who commanded at New Haven & that he was stationed at New Haven during the whole two months at the expiration of which time he was discharged & returned home did not receive a written Discharge.
That during all his aforesaid periods of service he was in no other Battle except those stated in his Declaration before mentioned. That he never received a written Discharge from the Service & that he has no Documentary evidence of his service & knows of no other persons living whose testimony he can procure who could testify to his service except Daniel Johnson & Horace Holcomb whose affidavits are herewith submitted That he was born in the town of Newbury in the County of Hartford Connecticut Sept 16th 1752. He has no record of his age believes it is recorded in Newbury in the Clerks office

That he resided at Mansbury at the commencement of the war and at the close of the Revolutionary War. He continued to reside there until the year 1787 when he removed to Paeonia Addison County Vermont lived there until the year 1802 when he removed to Schoone Esopus County New York from there he removed to Westport Essex County New York & has resided there since and now resides there that he cannot conveniently procure a clergyman to certify for him the Minister of the Gospel not being able to find him and he is acquainted with Horace Holcomb Levi Frisbee Esq. Garrison Hammond Esq. of Mill Port Daniel Johnson Esq. of Lewis & Abner Holcomb of Lewis. - who can testify to the Reputation & belief in the neighborhood where he resides of his having been a soldier of the revolution. - He hereby acknowledges every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to & subscribed the day of 15 Nov 1850  Upon affidavit in open court A. B. Holcomb Sumner Lord clerk of Essex County N.Y.
Essex County ss Daniel Johnson of Lewis in the County of Essex and State of New York agree - I hereby affirm being duly sworn in open court according to law that on his oath he deposes & says that he is well acquainted with Abner Holcomb of Westport New York who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that he was acquainted with him in Mansbury Connecticut before the Revolutionary War and has been acquainted with him since. That he knew & saw the said Abner Holcomb in the service of the United States as a soldier in the Connecticut Militia at the Battle of New York in September 1776 when the Americans were forced to retreat to Harlem. (Deposed) was at the time in the Continental Service at New York and he also knows that the said Abner Holcomb was again in the service in the year 1777 at the time General

Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga on 19th Octr & I believe that Mr. Hume knew again in the service in the Detachment of Connecticut Militia who Guarded the Prisoners captured of Burgoyne's Army through the State of Connecticut on their March to Virginia & that from his general acquaintance with the said Holumb being a resident of the said Town of Lanesbury with him for a number of years he knows his Character & Standing to be good & reliable he served in the Army of the Revolution as he states in his said Declaration
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court before me
Colonel Johnson
Leonard Hume Clerk of Court
We the undersigned a committee of the Town of West Port & Daniel Johnson Esq. a Resident of the Town of Lewis in the County of Essex & State of New York do Certify that we are well acquainted with Deacon Abner Holumb of Westport who has subscribed to the above or foregoing Declaration that we believe him to be Eighty years of age and that he is respected & beloved in the Neighborhood where he now resides & in the Towns where he has formerly resided & have been a Soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that Opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid in open Court before me
Horace Holumb Daniel Johnson
Leonard Hume Clerk of Court
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 Applicant was a Revolutionary

Solomon and Severe as he states, and the Court Further Certifies that it appears to them that Horace Holcomb who has signed the preceding Certificate is a resident in the town of Westport & that Daniel Johnson who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Lewis & that they are both respectable persons and that their statement is entitled to Credit Signed by order of the Court
Leonard Stow clerk
Leonard Stow Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Essex do hereby Certify That the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Horace Holcomb for a Pardon
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 28 th day of September 1832
Leonard Stow clerk

March 21, 1934
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BA-J/MCS Abner Holcomb, S.13433
Mrs. Lottie E. R. Mills 110 East State Street Montpelier Vermont
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information in regard to Abner Holcomb, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 13433, based upon the military service of Abner Holcomb.
He was born September 16, 1752, in Simsbury, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.
While living in Simsbury, Connecticut, he enlisted and served with the Connecticut troops as follows: from August, 1776, two months and fifteen days as private in Captain Pettibone's company in Colonel Pettibone's regiment and was in the retreat from New York; from August, 1777, three months as corporal in Captain Eliphalet Curtis' company in Colonel Thaddeus Cook's regiment and was in the battle of Bemus Heights and at the surrender of Burgoyne; in 1779 he served fifteen days as private in Captain Pettibone's company; from April or May, 1780, served six months as private in Captain Abel Pettibone's company in Colonel Hutchins' regiment; from September, 1781, served two months in Captain Catlin's company in Colonel Larnard's or Lamard's regiment.
In 1787 he moved to Panton, Addison County, Vermont, where he lived until 1802 when he moved to Schroon, Essex County, New York. From there he moved to Westport, Essex County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Westport, New York.
In 1832 one Horace Holcomb was living in Westport, New York, and one Obed Holcomb was living in Lewis, New York, but it was not shown that they were related to the soldier. The papers in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
Very truly yours
Death not in agency book
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

1923, Apr. 10 hist to F. H. Storm - En. 1934 Mar 21. hist to Mrs. Jettie E. R. Miles. inst.
Reborn
13433 INVALID.
File No. 13,433
Abner Holcomb 8 Corp Prv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 179
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Montpelier, Vermont
Feb. 27, 1934
Mr. A. D. Hiller, Assistant to Administrator, Veteran's Administration, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Hiller:
Will you kindly send me what information you have concerning Abner Holcombe and his family? He was born in Granby, Conn. and and died in Westport, N.Y., was placed on the Revolutionary pension roll of Essex Co. N.Y. in 1832. I am anxious to get date of his birth and marriage, also list of children.
With thanks in advance, I am,
Very truly yours,
Lottie E. R. Mills, (Mrs. S. H.)
110 East State St. Montpelier, Vermont

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STORRS FAMILY HISTORY 1922
FRANK HERBERT STORRS P. O. Box 893
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, U. S. A. February 9, 1923.
Honorable Pension Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am writing through the suggestion of the Librarian of the Connecticut State Library, to obtain the Revolutionary services of one, Abner Holcomb, (Ref) S. 13,433.
It will be greatly appreciated if can furnish the military record of the above and all facts establishing the same, together with rank and particularly any distinction achieved, if any.
Very respectfully,
F. H. Storrs

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
S. 13433
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Abner Holcomb 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Aug. 1776 2 Mos. 15 d. Pvt. Pettibone Pettibone Conn.   Aug. 1777 3 mos. Corp. Eliphalel Curtis Thaddeus Cook   1779 15 days. Pvt. Pettibone   Apr or May 1780 6 mos. Abel Pettibone Hutchins   Sept 1781 2 mos. Leatlin Lamard (?) or Larned  
Battles engaged in, Bemis Heights; Sur. of Burgoyne; Residence of soldier at enlistment, Simsbury Hartford Co. Conn. Date of application for pension, Sept. 28, 1832 - al. Residence at date of application, Westport Essex Co. NY Age at date of application, Sept. 16, 1752 in Simsbury Conn. Remarks: No fam. data -
Respectfully,
Commissioner.