Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 7390, for Timothy Morgan, Connecticut
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SERVICE NUMBER
Conn. Morgan, Timothy R 7390
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State of New York
Cattaraugus County ss ⎬ On this 31st day of October 1833 personally
appeared before me Israel Day a
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Cattaraugus
and State of New York Timothy Morgan a resident of Ellicottville
County of Cattaraugus and State aforesaid aged Eighty two
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 7th 1832 That he
entered the service of the United States under the following
named officers and served as herein stated. He was born in
Groton County of Newlondon and State of Connecticut in 1750
where he resided untill after peace excepting while
in his country service. In the year 1775 he was frequently
called out with the militia to keep the British from coming
on shore and plundering and burning; some time was out
one month, some times, only a few days, but was so
frequently called out that he could do but little at home and
feeling the situation the country was in he inlisted in the Summer of 1776 in the
State troops and went to Newhaven and in the vicinity:
and on hearing of the retreat of the Americans from New York
they went to White Plains and was there in the Battle and
was wounded by a bayonet passing through his hand when
charging the British at the same time he killed him, his
opponent, and also the man at his eight, who he saw
was that instant about to plunge his Bayonet in to the body
of a stripling boy who stood at my, the deponent's left this saved the boys
life and killed both of the enemy. He remained at White
Plains and in the neighborhood untill the forepart of the next
summer was under Colo Latimore Enos and I think Captain Gill
his time engaged in this service was at least one year
and
Immediately after his time was out at White Plains 1777
he enlisted in the United States Service and went
on to the south but cannot remember all the places
he went to or through but followed on after Washington
Army was some time with it, knew him well and
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Timothy Morgan
N York
a. c. au.
Please return the within
to Israel Day Ellicottville
Cattaraugus County Ny
Israel Day
Ellicottville Cattaraugus
County N York
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the 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. These 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.
Statement, showing the service of Timothy Morgan
New York
Period when the service was rendered. / Duration of the
claimant's service. Years. Months. Days. / Rank of the claimant. / Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. / Battles in which applicant was engaged. / Country through which he marched. / 
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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
County of ss
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,
sons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c. )
He hereby relinquishes every (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 say 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 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 the
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
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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) a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
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 some 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 traditionary 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 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 month
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 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 cads 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 signature of the 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 traditionary 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.
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April 26, 1934
BA-J/EEL
Joseph Gallu-S.15137
Timothy Morgan-R.7390
Mrs. Harriette V. Stacey
11 Huntington Street
Hartford, Connecticut
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information 
in regard to Elijah Walsworth, Joseph Gallup, Abijah, Elijah
and Timothy Morgan, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained
from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land
based upon military service of soldiers of that war.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made
and no record found of such claims having been made on account of
the services of an Elijah Morgan, who served from the state of Connecticut
or of Abijah Morgan of Elijah Walsworth or Walworth.
The records of Joseph Gallup and Timothy Morgan have been found and
their histories are furnished herein as obtained from the papers
on file in the respective claims for pension based upon their military
services in the War of the Revolution.
Joseph Gallup
S. 15137
Joseph Gallup was born in 1755, exact date not shown, in Groton,
Connections. His father was also Joseph Gallup; the name of his
mother is not shown.
While residing in said Groton, Connecticut, Joseph Gallup enlisted
in the spring of 1775, served as a private in Captain Spicer's Company
Colonel Parsons' Connecticut Regiment, after the battle of Bunker Hill,
marched to Roxbury, where he was stationed during the reminder of the
tour, and was discharged in November, 1775, having served seven months.
One Isaac Gallup was lieutenant of Captain Spicer's Company: no relationship of Joseph to Isaac was shown he again enlisted in the summer
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of 1776, served as a private in the company commanded by his father,
Captain Joseph Gallup, in the Connecticut Troops, marched to New
York and was stationed in the vicinity of White Plains until late
in the fall when he was discharged, having served four months.
Joseph Gallup was allowed pension on his application executed
August 6, 1832, while residing in Groton, Connecticut.
He died February 23, 1835, place not shown.
There is no reference to wife or children in the papers in the
pension claim.
The foregoing is the history of the only soldier named Joseph
Gallup, who served with the Connecticut Troops, that is found on the
Revolutionary War record of this office.
Timothy Morgan
R. 7390
Timothy Morgan was born in 1750, exact date not shown, in Groton,
to not
New London County, Connecticut. The names of soldier's parents are
not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
find
soldier
After the Revolution, he moved from Groton, Connecticut to
Chittenden County, Vermont, where he lived a number of years, then
moved to Ellicottville, Cattaraugus County, New York.
Timothy Morgan applied for pension on October 31, 1833, while
residing in said Ellicottville, and alleged that while residing in
Groton, Connecticut, he belonged to a militia company of that town, in 1775,
and was called out at various times on short tours of from a few
days to a month in length, guarding the inhabitants; entire length
of this service and officers' names not given; that he again enlisted
in the summer of 1776, served as a private under Captain Gallup and
Colonels Lattimer and Enos in the Connecticut Troops and that he was
at the battle of White Plains where he was wounded by a bayonet thrust
through one of his hands; length of this service, one year; that immediately 
after the termination of this tour he again enlisted, marched
to the south, that he was at Williamsburg and at the surrender of Cornwallis, 
and was immediately afterward discharged on account of his health,
officers' names not given.
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Timothy Morgan's claim for pension wat not allowed as he failed
to furnish proof of service of six months as required by the pension
law under which he applied.
There are no data as to soldier's family.
The foregoing in the history of the only soldier named Timothy
Morgan that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Israel Day
20 Sept. '33
A.C.
Revol.
Pa 220
Israel Day
Ellicottville 
New York
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I am Ju
Israel Day
Ellicottville
New York
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State of New York }ss
Cattaraugus County } Personally appeared before me Thomas
Huntly a Justice of the peace in and
for the County aforesaid, Israel Day one of the Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid
to me personally known, who being duly sworn deposeth
and saith that Timothy Morgan who signed and made
oath to the foregoing Declaration in order to obtain the benifit
of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June
7th 1832 was, at the time and for a long period before and still is 
so feble and infirm as wholly to disenable him from
attending in open Court and has continued so to the
present time. He also testifyeth that on the thirty first
day of October last he called on said Timothy Morgan and
commenced taking his declaration as it appears
in the commencement of the same; but said Morgan
was so feble that he could not then complete it, but on
the ninth day of November last he again called on said
Morgan (who was then better) and finished taking his
declaration and at which time he Morgan signed and made
oath to the whole of said declaration before him and
he certifying without noticing the date in the commencement 
of said Morgan declaration that it was
the ninth day of October, when it should have been
the ninth day of November. He further deposeth and saith
that he made a similar mistake in the
date of the within affidavit of Joseph Marshal and James
Puddy which should have been the eleventh day of
November instead of the eleventh day of October. He also
testifyeth and saith that Timothy Morgan was, at the time
of signing and making oath to the within declaration,
of same mind, altho from infirmity and old age
his memory was much impaired, and that said-
Morgan is now very infirm and his mind so much
affected that it would be improper for any person to
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Cattaraugus County ss } I Records Vining a Clergyman
residing in the town of Ellicottville
the County of Cattaraugus hereby certify that I am well acquainted
with Timothy Morgan who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration that I believe him to
be Eighty two 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 I concur in
that Opinion
Records W Vining
Sworn and subscribed the 15th }
of November 1832 before me }
Israel Day a Judge of Cattaraugus Common Pleas Court }
I Israel Day a Judge of the Court of common pleas in and for
the County Cattaraugus do hereby declare my opinion, after
the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatory
described by the War Department that the above named applicant
as a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states and further
certify that it appears to me that Joseph Marshal who signed the
preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Ellicottville
and County of Cattaraugus and that James Puddy who has 
signed the same is a resident of the town of Little Valley and
County of Cattaraugus and within four miles of the foregoing
Applicant and are both credible persons and that their statements
are entitled to credit and I further certify that Records W Vining
is a reputable clergyman residing in the Town of Ellicottville
County of Cattaraugus
Israel Day a Judge
County of Cattaraugus
Ellicottville December 1st 1832
Cattaraugus County Ss.
I Thomas J. Williams Dept. Clerk of Cattaraugus
 County do hereby certify that Israel
Day before whom the foregoing instrument
of writing purports to have been acknowledged
was at the date of the same
A Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and
said County and that I am acquainted with
his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed
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To the within instrument of writing to be his
proper name and signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and seal of my office this 2d day of
December 1832
Thomas J. Williams Dept Clerk
Timothy Morgan
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