Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16189, for Samuel Metcalf, Connecticut
Page 1

SERVICE  Conn.
* Metcalf, Samuel
NUMBER  S. 16189
carded
Page 2

Order to pay 10. Oct - 1838 
17.608 
Vermont. 
Samuel Metcalf 
of Hartford Dt. in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company command by Captain Tilden of the Regt. commands by Col Wells - in the Ct line for 1 yr. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Aug 1833 and sent to  O. C. Merrill Royalton   
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833    $80.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833  20.00 
$100.00  
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk 
Book  E  Vol. 3 Page 77
Page 3

16.189  
INVALID.
File No. 16,181  
Samuel Metcalf 
Pri   Rev War 
Act: June 7" 32 
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 255 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 4

9317 
Samuel Metcalf 
98 Proof 
1 year 
$40. 
O. C. Merrill 
Royalton Vert
Page 5

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Metcalf 
District of Hartford in the State of Vermont 
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 69 
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period. March In 1779  Duration of Service.   1 Year   Rank. As a  Private    Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt. Daniel Tilden & Col. Levi Wells
5. In what battles was he engaged?   None 
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lebanon County of Windham  State of Connecticut  
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary and by a living witness in part   
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached as required by the Regulations 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Sam J. Potts 
Examining Clerk.
Page 6

I Samuel Cleveland of Royalton in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont aged Sixty nine years testify and say in the year 1781 in October I was Employed with Samuel Metcalf now of Royalton aforesaid to run out and lay out the town of Tunbridge in the County of Orange and State aforesaid and at that time said Metcalf told me of his being in the Revolutionary war 1779 for the term of one year and while in the above service in the woods we related to each other what little boyish & soldiers tricks took place while we were in service as I was out one year in 1781 in Genl Waterburys Brigade and I have frequently since conversed with him on the same subject and have lived nigh him many years and do not doubt that he served one year as he stated to me forty nine years ago.  And further say not 
Royalton Augt 29. 1832 
Samuel Cleveland 
State of Vermont
Windsor County}  Royalton Augt. 29th 1832  
Personally appeared Samuel Cleveland of Royalton aforesaid and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
Before Oel Billings Justice of the Peace 
I further certify that the above subscriber Samuel Cleveland is of good character for truth and veracity 
Oel Billings Justice of the Peace
Page 7

State of Vermont 
Windsor County } Woodstock County Clerks office July first 1833. 
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court do hereby certify that Oel Billings is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County and that the within is his Signature. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Court and subscribe my name the day and year as above.
Benja Swan
Page 8

Samuel Metcalf
Royalton Vt.
For return to Oel Billings Royalton Vt.
Page 9

DECLARATION in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
STATE OF VERMONT
District of Hartford SS}  On this 24 day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Honorable Probate Court, within and for the District of Hartford now sitting, Samuel Metcalf  a resident of Royalton in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, aged 69 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, 1832: - 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated: 
In March 1779 I think it was in March I enlisted as private for the term of One year in the company commanded by Capt Daniel Tilden, Lt Marsh, Ensign Billings in Col  Levi Wells Regiment Connecticut State troops and joined company at New London where we stayed until December 1779 and then were marched to Fairfield Ct. where we stayed untill discharged which was the last of February 1780. Our Regiment was stationed all along from New London to Fairfield through the winter.  The snow was very deep and it took the troops a long time to get from New London to Fairfield on account of the depth of Snow. In the company that served with him was Noah Devenport, Asahel Hyd, Ezekiel Smith, Elijah Smith, Ebenezar Cheaver & Daniel Tilden Jr. waiter to the Captain & Josiah Knight.  
I was born in Lebanon, County of Windham and State of Connecticut the 20th of April 1763 and lived in said town at the time of the Revolution and ever since the close of the war I have lived and still do live in Royalton aforesaid Vermont.
Page 10

I know no evidence at present that I can substantiate my service but this of Samuel Cleveland.
I never had a written discharge nor have I any documentary Evidence. The record of my age I suppose is in the town Clerks office Lebanon Ct. and I have one made many years ago in my bible. 
A. C. Washburn & Oel Billings will testify as to my character for truth and veracity and the general belief in the neighborhood of my service. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension, or annuity , except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
Samuel Metcalf
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
L. A. Marsh Register 
We, Asahel C. Washburn & Oel Billings  residing in the town of Royalton County of Windsor and State of Vermont hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Metcalf who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Sixty Nine 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. 
A. C. Washburn 
Oel Billings 
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
L. A. Marsh, Register 
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 Asahel Washburn who has signed the preceding certificate, is Clergyman resident in the said town of Royalton and that of Oel Billings of Royalton who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said town and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Attest L. A. Marsh, Register 
I Lyndon A. Marsh Register of the Probate Court for the said District of Hartford do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Samuel Metcalf for a pension. 
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 24th of August day A.D. 1832. 
Attest, 
L. A. Marsh, Register