Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,566, William Bacon, Conn. Continental.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.
Continental

Bacon, William

NUMBER
S.45.566

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CONTENTS
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3580.
New York Roll
William Bacon,
private
Col Webb
Conn line 80.  3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of
8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 11th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of Oct 1818
and sent to Joshua Forman Esq
Onondaga New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept - 1818  38.40
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Mar. 1819  48.00
Arrears 4 Mo 24/30 $86.40
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Lamb
Onondaga Onondaga
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State of New York
Portage County  William Bacon being duly sworn
saith that in December in the year from
ten hundred & seventy six he enlisted as a
private soldier in Captain Hales Company in
Col Charles Webb's Regiment in the Counties And in
the Continental service for the term of one
year & served out the said sum of one
year then enlisted in the Company of Captain
Wool in the Regiment of Colonel John Lamb
in the New York line for during the war
and served in said Company & regiment
to the end of the war. That said Company
was commanded about half the time
by Captain Wool & the comander of the
time by Captain Bliss - That he was
discharged from the army at West point
in the month of June Seventeen hundred
eighty three. that his discharge is now lost
what he did actually have as a soldier in
the Continental service under his said first
enlistment for one year I make his said
first enlistment in Col. Lamb's Regiment for
upwards of six years - that he is now
aged sixty five years in the month of
May last from his reduced circumstances
in life he is in need of the assistance
his country for support and resides in
town of Onondaga in the County of Onondaga
further saith not his
William Bacon
mark
Sworn to & declared this Eleventh
day of April in the year [illegible]
before me
Joshua Forman
First Judge of Oner Com Pleas
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William Bacon
Connect
found on the Roll
See remarks in the
Case of [illegible] May
War Dept
Pleas Office
23 May 1818
for
Joshua Forman Esq
Onondaga
N.Y
-
I am personally acquainted with Thomas Dixon
& Thomas G. Alvord & know the singular fact
that each of them live on the land patented
to them by the State of New York for thier
Military Services & are each of them men
of considerable property lot 10 [illegible]
J Forman
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State of New York 
Cortland County ss On the third day of September Eighteen hundred & eighteen personally
came before me Edward C. Reed and of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Cortland
County Thomas G. Alvord will known to me
to be a man of truth & veracity who being
by me duly sworn says that he the said
Thomas was a Soldier during the war between
Great Britton & the United States & served in
the United States Army from the 21st day of
June 1780 till on or about the [illegible] of June 1783 when
 in this Deponent was discharged at West Point
by Genl Washington - that in this Deponent
served in Capt Joseph Thomas Company of
Artillery in Col Lambs Regiment of N.Y. State
artillery. That in this Deponent is well acquainted
with William Bacon of the town &
County of Onondaga & State of New York
that this Deponent first became acquainted with
said Bacon at Burlington in New jersey
in the year 1781 - that the said Bacon was
then a Soldier in the United States service &
continue in the service of the United States till
he was discharged with this Deponent at West
Point in 1781 - that the said Bacon belonged to
Capt Bliss company (the Bliss as this Deponent thinks was a prisoner
most if not all of the time from 1781 to 1783) in Col
Lambs Regiment of N. Y. State Artillery
Thos G. Alvord
Subscribed & sworn as above
this 3 day of September 1818
before me Edward C. Reed
One of the Judges of Court Com Pleas
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Clerks Office
Cortland County to wit
I hereby certify that Edward Reed
Esq. before whom the within afft was
made was at the date thereof a Judge
of the Court of Com. Pleas for said Co.
his acts therefore in that capacity are to
be regarded as such, and also that
I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said
Edward C Rue & verily believe his signature to be within is his
proper hand writing.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 3d Sept 1818
.Saml Hotchkiss Dep. Clerk
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State of New York
Onondaga County 
Thomas Dixon of the Town of Pompey
in the County of Onondaga aged sixty years, being
duly sworn saith that he enlisted in Bless' Company in Lambs Regiment of Artillery in the line
of the State of New York in the year one
thousand eight hundred & one in the winter
or spring & served in the same to the end
of the war - that at the time of his
joining the said Company William Bacon
was then a soldier in said Company and
continued to serve in the same until the
and of the war & was then discharged
with this deponent at West point in
June 1783 - that he was perfectly acquainted with
the said William Bacon & well knows
him to be the same William Bacon Resident
in the Town of Onondaga now here present
That the said William with this deponent was
engaged together in the taking of General
Cornwallis & further saith not.
Thomas Dixon
Subscribed sworn this
Tenth day of September
[illegible] before me
Joshua Forman
First Judge of [illegible]
Comn. Pleas
Cap Bliss company ([illegible] was a prisoner
most if not half the time from 1781 to 1783) in Col
Lambs Regiment of N. Y. State Artillery
Thos G Alvord
Subscribed & sworn as above
this 3rd day of September 1818
before me
Edward C, Reed
One of the Judge of Cort Com Pleas
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State of New-York,
Onondaga County, ss:
I, Joshua Forman, First Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Onondaga, in the
State of New-York, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that
William Bacon of the town of Onondaga
in said county, did serve in the Revolutionary War, against the common
enemy, as stated by him in his declaration on oath hereunto annexed
, made before me in order to obtain the provision made by the
late act of Congress, entitled " An act to provide for certain persons
engaged in the land and naval service of the Revolutionary War:"
And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had
before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to
the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the
seal of the said Court to be affixed, this Eleventh
day of April in the year 1818
.Joshua Forman
To J.C. Calhoun, Esq.
Secretary for the Department 
of War of the United 
States
I Joshua Norman First Judge & as aforesaid
do further certify that it appears to my satisfaction
that the said William Bacon is in reduced circumstances & that he stands in need of the assistance of his
County for Support and that Thomas Dixon whose
testimony taken before me is hereto annexed a
man of truth & veracity & worthy of full credit In
Witness whereof I have hereto set my hand this
Tenth day of September 1818 Joshua Forman
[illegible] as this Deponent thinks
was a prisoner
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Full name of soldier, William Bacon Revolutinary solder
Where did he enter service? Think it was in vacinity of Middletown Con
Under what officers did he serve? Do not know
Place of residence after service, Litchfield Herkimer Co NY
Approximate date of death About 1886 or soon after
Given name of widow, Bathsheba Bacon did before him
Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension? Soldier received pension
Additional information, he was held as a prisoner on the prison ship in
N Y Harbour, where he suffered from starvation & vermine
til released
Signature Mrs Elizabeth P B. Overton
(Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)
Post-office address, including street and
number, town, county, and State,) Sauquoit Oneida Co NY
Grandaughter of Wm Bacon
14554635 - 1900
[illegible] S. 23,525.
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44566
Revy
INVALID.
File No. 44566
William Bacon
Priv. Rev. War
Act: 18th March 1818
Index: -- Vol. 3 Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Feby. 24, 1904
E.P.B. Overton
Sauquoit NY
[illegible]
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Bacon, William GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 6882 ACREAGE 100 
ISSUED Feb. 21, 1792
to Moses Wells, assignee
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are
registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent
dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.
Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.