Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4784, Samuel Hayes, Conn.
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Service
Conn Hayes, Samuel R. 4784
Eunice
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V 1662
Asa Hayes Affdt.
in the case of Mrs.
Eunice Hayes
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State of New York
County of Clinton
on this 17th day of March 1837
personally appeared before the William F Haile, Esq. a Judge of Clinton County Courts. Eunice
Hayes a resident of Plattsburg in said County
State aged Eighty 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  4 1836
That she is the widow of Samuel Hayes
who was a private in the army of the
revolution and served as follows as near
as the law and state - when
the war broke out he entered the service of
the United States at Danbury Connecticut in the Connecticut Troops. - he served about six months then he was married to the said Eunice Hayes at Danbury aforesaid after the marriage he went again into the service,  he served until
the end of the war received an honorable discharge which he kept a great many years in
it was burnt with her house at Fairfield
Vermont, she cannot state the name of the Office
she was married before the taking of Burgoyne & her husband was at that battle in [indecipherable] Gatesarney she resided at Danbury Ct. and received from her said husband some verse while he was at Stillwater some of the lines were
"Gates now appears in sight
his troops all [paved] with banners bright
with death or victory on their heads"
she further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Hayes at Danbury Connecticut
in the spring of 1777 as near as she can recollect
she had two children, Chloe & Nathaniel while
her husband was in the service. He was at
home occasionally  during the war. He died
at Prets creek York County Elizabethtown NY. in the
fall of 1813 and that she has remained a widow
ever since that period as will more fully
appear by reference to the proof  of married 
she also declares that her said husband served more than two years in the
of the Revolution after her marriage
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& that she has no documents in support of her claim. She is very infirm & her recollection very imperfect.

Eunice Hayes
her X mark

Sworn and subscribed to before me the 11th March 1837 & I certify that deponent is a credible person & cannot write her name & is very infirm & has the [illegible] to the above was carefully read over to her before her signing by me and crossed after the word eight "in the 6th line from the top before signing"

Wm F Haile - A judge of
Christou County Court
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Mrs. Eunice Hayes
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State of New York
County of Clinton SS 
Asa Hayes of Beekmantown in said County being duly sworn say that Eunice Hayes now present is his sister & was married to Samuel Hayes a cousin of Deponent at Danbury Connecticut in the spring of 1777, a short time after that place was burnt. Deponent further says he was present at the marriage & the said Samuel was a soldier before the marriage & he served after the marriage until the end of the war & was in the Connecticut line. He went into the service from Danbury & Deponent has seen two or three discharges which said Samuel Hayes had received on his leaving the army & he has been informed such discharges were burnt with the dwelling home of said Samuel at [illegible] VT previous to 1803. Deponent does not recollect the names of the officers under whom said Samuel Hayes served. He served in the Connecticut line. Deponent is infirmed & his recollections indistinct as to events of the war. He knows that said Samuel served as a private during most of the revolutionary war & his sister had two children while her said Husband was in the service & before the end of the war. Jonathan Hayes served with said Samuel after marriage & before t he marriage. Said Samuel died in Exeter County New York in 1813 & said Eunice has remained his widow ever since & is now his widow.
Asa Hayes

Sworn & subscribed to the 17th March 1837 & I certify that Deponent is a credible person & that the above was carefully read over to Deponent by me before he swore to the same. "Said Samuel" & one kind [illegible] before swearing.
Wm. F. Haile a Judge of Clinton County Courts
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873. - crossed out

4784
P.O. ______
Eunice Hayes
Service: widow of Samuel
REJECTED

Enlisted: _____, 18__
Discharged: _____, 18__

Application filed: _____, 18__

Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____

Attorney: _____
P.O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18__
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Eunice Hayes
New York
Suspended
See let to J. D.
Woodward Sept.
5th 1837

4784

Act July 1836
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Plattsburg, N.Y. June 9, 1837

James L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pensions

Dear Sir,

I write for the purpose of requesting you to investigate the cases of Mary Rugar and Eunice Hayes who claim Pensions under the act of July 4, 1836 and whose paper are, I believe, in the files of your office.

Yours very respectfully
I, Douglas Woodward
for the widows
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Plattsburg N.Y. March 22, 1837

James L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pensions

Sir:

Mrs. Eunice Hayes supposes herself entitled to a pension, but she is  unable to give the details of her husband's service. An examination of the Rolls of the Connecticut Troops, which were raised in Danbury may throw light upon the matter.
Yours respectfully,
J. L. Woodward
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House of Reps.
April 16, 1840

Col. Edwards,

Sir,

In the case of Mrs. Eunice Hays widow of Samuel Hays deceased applicant for a pension under the act of July 4, 1836. It is supposed an examination of the Connecticut Rolls particularly that of Capt. Gouverse may throw light on the subject.
Yours respectfully,
A C Hana