MILITARY: Pension; Abner Carswell; Salem, Washington co., NY

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Abner Carswell
Revolutionary War Pension of Abner Carswell of Salem, Washington Co., NY
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the__, January 7, 1832
Abner Carswell of Salem, Washington County, New York

State of New York, Washington County-be it known that on this 28th day of 
August in the year 1832, personally appeared in ______Court, before John 
Willard, Esq., 1st Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of 
Washington and Charles Ingalls and Benjamin Skinner, Esq., Judges of the said 
Court.  Now sitting, Abner Carswell, Resident of the town of Salem in said 
county and state, aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, 
doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain ______ 
_______ ________.  That he was born in the town of Colrain in the state of 
Massachusetts in May, 1755.  That his age was recorded in the Town Clerks 
Office in said town, as he believes that he lived in said town until the year 
1779 in which year he moved into the town of Salem, Washington County, state
of New York, where he has resided ever since.  That he received no discharge
from the service.  That he is known in his neighborhood by the Rev. Alexander
__________, D.D. Anthony, I Blanchard, John Crary, John Willard, John Gray and
others.  That he knows of no person by whom he can verify his Revolutionary
services. ________ again by Captain Hugh McClelland, Col. Wells Regiment and
was marched from said town of Colrain to the town of Bennington in the state
of Vermont at the Bennington Battle, so called.  That General Stark commanded
and that he was then in service one week when he returned home to said town of
Colrain.  That about the 1st Sept. 1777, he was ordered out again by Capt.
McClelland in Col. Wells Regiment.  That he was in the battle at the taking of
General Burgoyne at Saratoga.  The General Gates commanded the American Army
and that he remained in _____ ______ at that time as a soldier for five weeks.

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State of New York, Washington County-be it known that on this 28th day of 
August in the year 1832 personally appeared in ______ Court before John
Willard Esq., 1st Judge of the Court of Common Please of the said County of
Washington, Charles Ingalls and Benjamin Skinner Esq.,  Judges of the said
court.  Now sitting, Abner Carswell, resident of the Town of Salem in said
county and state, aged 77 years, who being 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 January 7, 1832.  That he entered the services of
the United States under the following named officers and served herein stated. 
That about the first of July, 1776 he enlisted in the town of Colrain in the
state of Massachusetts as a private soldier for 5 months in Captain Child's
Company, Col.Woodbridge's regiment and General Brackets Brigade.  That he
immediately marched to Ticonderoga in the state of New York where he remained
in actual service until the 1st of December thereafter.  That during his final
months he was in service at Ticonderoga, General Gates had the command.  That
in August, 1777 he was ordered into service again by Captain Hugh McClelland,
Col. Wells Regiment and was marched from said town of Colrain to the town of
Bennington in the state of Vermont at the Bennington Battle, so called, that
General Stark commanded and that he was then in service one week when he
returned home to said town of Colrain.  That about the 1st Sept. 1777, he was
ordered out again by Captain McClelland in Col. Wells Regiment and was marched
from the town of Colrain to Stillwater in the state of NewYork under the
command of said Captain McClellan and in Col. Wells Regiment, that he was in
the battle at the taking of General Burgoyne at Saratoga, that General Gates
commanded the American Army and that he remained in ______ ______ at that time
as a soldier for five weeks.  That in the month of March, 1779, he, together
with his father and family moved from said town of Colrain into the town of
Salem in the County of Washington and state of New York. That at that time the
said town of Salem and county of Washington were on the frontier and the
militia of said town, who were five in number, were left under arms the
principle part of the time, until the close of the war.  That he was
repeatedly ordered into service and actually went and served in the militia on
the behalf of the United States as a soldier upon the frontier during the year
1779, more than two months at which time he was stationed at White Hall, then
called Charsboro, in said county and state.  That he was then under the
command of a Captain Stockwell, that in March, 1780, he was ordered into the
service of the United States as a soldier in the New York Militia under
Captain Long and marched to Fort Edward in said county and from there to Fort
George where he stayed one week.  That Col. Warner commanded at Fort George
during the said year 1780, he was repeatedly ordered out in the militia upon
alarms and actually served on the lines as a soldier under Captain Long for
four weeks.  That in July 1780 he enlisted as a soldier into Captain
Sherwood's company to fill up the continental lines of the New State Militia 
and was stationed at Fort Ann in said county of Washington until the 10th of 
October, thereafter when the Fort was taken by the British.  That Sherwood had 
the command of said fort.  That immediately thereafter he entered into Captain
Long's company of militia where he served as a Militiaman until the 20th Nov.
1780.  

That in the year 1781 and 1782 he was in actual service as a soldier in the 
militia under Captain Long and in Col. Webster's Regiment of the New York 
Militia for more than six months, that during said time his duties consisted
in guarding the frontier, in marching on scouting parties and in defending the 
inhabitants from British, Indians and Tories.  That he did actually serve the 
US in the War of the Revolution as a soldier in the militia 23 months and more 
and which said services are above specified.  That he has no discharge, that
he cannot, to his knowledge, procure any witnesses to prove the dissertation,
that he is known in his neighborhood.