Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23378, for Joseph Prince, Connecticut
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( 3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn
N. Y.
CONTENTS
Prince, Joseph
28
NUMBER
S.23378
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4634
Utica New York
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Joseph Prince
of Floyd in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain Griffin of the Regt. commanded
by Col Clinton in the New York
line for 12 months.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Utica N.Y.
at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of January 1833
and Sent to B.P. Johnson
Rome NY
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 - $00.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar '33 20.00
$80.00
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Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by [illegible] Cromwell Clerk,
Book D. Vol. 7. Page 164
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10.034
Joseph Prince
Oneida Co. N.Y.
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Private
1775. Capt Danl Griffen
Co. Cor Jos Clintons Regt
Six months.
1776. Capt Lyons Co 3 months
1777. Rhode Island 3 months
Total One Year
B. I. Johnson
Agent Rome NY
committed
1 year private
$40
end payable Utica
N.Y.
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Declaration, in order to obtain [damaged] of Congress passed June 7, 1832.

STATE OF NEW YORK
Oneida County,

On this 11th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court
in the court of Common Pleas

now sitting, Joseph Prince a resident of said county and
state, aged Eighty 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:

Was born at Southhold L. Island April 13 1752. Has no record of
his age except in family Bible. Lived at Southhold when he first
entered service, afterwards at Woodstock Con. Since Revy. war has lived
at Ashford Ct. Marion Mass. Somers, Ct. Mt Pleasant Rensselaerville
Trenton, NY now Floyd. That he enlisted in Summer 1775 at
Southhold L. Island for 6 months in Capt Daniel Griffens Co. Col
James Clinton’s Regt and served for six months and was discharged
at Ticonderoga (See [illegible] Nortons affidavit.) That in 1776 at
Woodstock Ct. He entered Capt Lyons Co. Militia on draft
and served three months, and in the year 1777 he was
out in the militia on Rhode Island two different tours
and served as much as three months, but the names of the
Officers he does not recollect. That he never recd any written discharge
and refers to the annexed affidavits as proof & all he has [illegible]
annexed [illegible] as [illegible] character. With no continental officer.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not
on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Geo. Brown clerk
Joseph Prince

We, Stephen W Burritt Clergyman and William Hubbard Justice
Residing in Trenton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
Joseph Prince who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that
we believe him to be about Eighty 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 day and year aforesaid, 

That he is a man of truth & veracity. 

Geo. Brown clerk
Stephen W. Burritt
William Hubbard

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 Stephen W. Burritt
who has
signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in Trenton & is a Clergyman
and that
William Hubbard who has also signed the same, is a resident in
Trenton & is a Justice and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

By the Court  C Hayden
First [illegible]

I, George Brown, Clerk of the Court of Common [illegible]
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of
Joseph Prince
for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 11th day of Sept 1832
Geo. Brown Clerk
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Joseph Prince
Trenton
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Nathaniel Norton being duly sworn before the subscriber a justice of the Peace of the County of Herkimer in the State of New York saith that this defendant was a Lieutenant in the Company of colonel Daniel Griffens was Captain in the Regiment commanded by Col James Clinton in the year AD 1775 and at that time Joseph Prince then resided in the County of Suffolk, State of New York, and is since known to reside in the County of Oneida State of New York. And further this defendant saith that the above named Joseph Prince then was and did serve as a soldier in said Company during the term for which said Regiment was [illegible]. 
Nath’l N***on

Sworn [illegible]
May 10th 1831 before me.
William Brooks
Justice of the Peace
And I certify that service in the fifth 
Line from the top also that  insertion [?] of
The words “of Suffolk State of New York” all
Was made before signing the above also
That the blot on the word Norton was made
While writing his name.
Wm Brooks, J.P.
And I further Certify that the said Nathaniel Norton is a man of credibility and I believe of truth and veracity.
Wm Brooks, J.P.
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State of New York
Herkimer County
Clerks Office} ss

I Julius C Nelson Clerk of The Said County
do certify that William Brooks Esqr before
whom the within affidavit purports to have
been sworn was, at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said
County and duly authorized to act as
such, and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe the signature of William Brooks, subscribed to the said Affidavit to be
his proper hand writing and signature --
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 24th day of July 1832
Julius C Nelson Clerk
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No. 19934
Joseph Prince
27. Nov. 71
14.
B. P. Johnson
Rome
[illegible name]

P100.
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County
No 10.034
Brief in the case of Joseph Prince of Floyd
County of Oneida in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? Eighty years 80
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4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
      Period.
Enlisted summer In 1775
 drafted in 1774
  [illegible] 1777

      Duration of Service.
Years,    Months,    Days.      
                  6
                  3
                  3                
            
               Rank.
As a private
        "
        "

          Names of General and Field Officers
                   under whom he served.
Gen.
Col. James Clinton of New York
[illegible.]  Capt Danl Griffen's Company
Capt Lynn's Company
officers not recollected

5. In what battles was he engaged? not any

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Southhold, Long Island, New York

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
By living witnesses as to his service; by a 
Clergyman & another respectable citizen of same County as to the traditionary evidence,
of all substantiated according to the regulations.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas. J. Wilard Examining Clerk.
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September 22, 1932

BA-J/MCS
Joseph Prince
S. 23378

Mr. Marcus E. Cone
City of Plant City
Florida

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter requesting information in regard to Joseph Prince, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 23378, based upon the military service of Joseph Prince, the only soldier from New York by that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
He was born April 13, 1752, at Southold, Long Island.
While living there he enlisted in the summer of 1775 and served six months in Captain Daniel Griffin's Company in Colonel James Clinton's New York Regiment. While living in Woodstock,
Connecticut, he enlisted in 1776 and served three months in Captain Lyon's Connecticut Company. While still a resident of Woodstock
he served two tours in the militia, amounting to as much as three months in all, names of officers not given.
After the Revolution he lived at Ashford, Connecticut, Monson, Massachusetts, Somers, Connecticut, Mount Pleasant, Rennselaerville, Trenton and Floyd in New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 11,
1832, while living in Floyd, New York.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the
soldier's family.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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23378
Revolution
INVALID.
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File No. 23,378
Joseph Prince
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 327
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1932 Sept 22 Hist to
Marcus E. Cone M.C.S.
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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
G. A. CAREY, MAYOR-COMMISSIONER
A. R. BORING, MAYOR-PROTEM
G. H. BATES
R. H. CONNELL
J. G. SPARKMAN, CITY MANAGER
J. E. KNIGHT, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
MARCUS E. CONE, CITY CLERK AND AUDITOR
DR. J. C. KNIGHT, CITY HEALTH OFFICER
G. B. WELLS, CITY ATTORNEY
J. E. CASSELS, MUNICIPAL JUDGE
E. S. TYNER, SUPERINTENDENT WATER DEPT.
M. A. McDUGALD CHIEF OF POLICE
G. C. CULBREATH, CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
G. R. ROBERTS, SUPERINTENDENT OF SANITATION
CITY OF PLANT CITY
FLORIDA
August 30th 1932,
Mr A.D. Hiller, Ass't. to Adms.,
Veterans Administration
Washington D.C.
Dear sir:-
Refering to your letter of July 5th, your file 
BA-J/MCS.
The information I have relative to Joseph Prince is that he served as a private in Captain Griffin's company, 3rd N.Y. Regiment, commanded by Colonel James Clinton. The muster roll shows that he was mustered out of service at Fort George October 15th 1775, after having served not quite four months. But
this man was then over 50 years of age, for the census of Suffolk county, 1776, shows his age as being over 50.
There was another Joseph Prince, younger than the man mentioned above, and I believe it to be the son of the first mentioned. That is the information I am anxious to obtain. This Joseph Prince also appears in the 1776 census, but he
resided at Mount Pleasant town, Westchester county, and he was under the age of 50 years.
I thought perhaps your bureau would have the names of veterans and their dependants and that perhaps you could give me information which would enable me to connect these these two men as well as the children of the youngest Joseph Prince.

Yours truly,
Marcus E. Cone
City Clerk