Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13500, for Seymour Hurlbut, Connecticut
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SERVICE  Connecticut
Hurlbut, Seymour
Hurlburt
NUMBER S. 13500
carded
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9722
Connecticut
Seymour Hurlbut
of Middlesex Co. in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Meigs of the Regt commanded by Col. Talcott in the Ct. Ma [militia] line for 7 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 23 Dollars and 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of June 1833 and sent to applicant Chatham Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  $46.66
Semi-Anl. allowance ending 4 Sept – 11.66
$58.32
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol 3 Page 18
Date of death not on AB [agency book]
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16.684
Seymour Hurlbut
Admitted
Private 7 mo
Connt Militia
Pensioner
Chatham Connt
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16.684
BRIEF in the case of  Seymour Hurlbut 
County of Middlesex in the State of  Connecticut
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?   Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he?   76
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
Period.  Drafted in 1776  Duration of Service.  2 Months   Rank.  Private   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt. D. S. Brainard  Col. Talcot [Talcott]
Period.  Drafted in 1777 Spring  Duration of Service.  2 Months   Rank.  Private   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt. D. S. Brainard, Col Talcot [Talcott]
Period.  Drafted in 1778 Fall   Duration of Service.  1 Month   Rank.  Private   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. none mentioned
Period.  Drafted in 1778  Duration of Service.  2 Months   Rank.  Private   Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt. Meigs
5. In what battles was he engaged?    none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?   Chatham, Conn.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary & 2 witnesses, credible
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?   Correct
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above 
F. Waugh Examining Clerk  
Feb 25, 1833
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Seymour Hurlbut
16684
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State of Connecticut 
County of Middlesex } ss 
On this 28th day of September AD 1832, Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the district of Chatham now sitting Seymour Hurlbut a resident of the Town of Chatham in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut aged seventy six years who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in 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.   
1. That at the commencement of the Revolutionary war he was living in the Society of Middle Haddam, in the town of Chatham in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, that he was a private soldier in the Militia company commanded by Capt Daniel Brainard, that in the year of 1776 he was drafted to perform a tour of duty of two months, that he joined the Regiment commanded by Col Talcott in the City of New York, that he was on Long Island at the time of the Battle, but was not in the Battle, but retreated with the main Army from the Island and also from the City of New York, the Army encamped at Kings Bridge, that he was in a skirmish with a British ship off Harlem that he was out the term of two months, when he returned home, in consequence of sickness he was eight days on the journey.   
2. That in the spring of 1777 he was drafted to perform a tour of duly of two months at New Haven Connecticut under Captain Daniel Brainard that he went to said New Haven and performed said tour of duty and returned home.   
3. That in the fall of 1778 he was drafted to perform a tour of duty of two months at Kingston on the Hudson River in the State of New York , that he went to said Kingston and remained one month, when in consequence of the British shipping dropping down the River he was dismissed and returned to Chatham.
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4. That afterwards he was drafted to perform a tour of duty of two months at Guildford Connecticut, that he went to said Guildford and continued for the term of said two months, when he was dismissed and returned home. While at Guildford he was in the company commanded by Captain Giles Meigs.   
That he has no documentary evidence of service, and knows of no person living who can testify to the same except the affidavits of  Benjamin Abbey & Simon Smith hereto annexed.   
That he was born in the said town of Chatham on the 21st day of April 1756.  That at the time he entered the service he was living in said Chatham and entered the service in the manner heretofore stated, that with the exception of two years when he resided in the town of Glastonbury, he has lived in said town of Chatham where he still lives. That he has no record of his age. That he never received a written discharge.  That he knew Generals Washington, Arnold, Sullivan and Putnam. That he is known to Rev William Welch and Simon Smith in his present neighborhood, who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution.   
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an 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 
Seymour Hurlburt 
We William Welch a Clergyman, residing in the town of Chatham County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, and Simon Smith residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Seymour Hurlbut who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six 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 
William Welch 
Simon Smith
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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 Rev William Welch who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Chatham, and that Simon Smith who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same town, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.  
I William G. Comstock Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Chatham, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Seymour Hurlbut for a pension.   
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 1st day of November AD 1832 
Wm G. Comstock Clk
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May 3, 1938
Seymour Hurlbut 
S. 13500 
BA-J/AWF
Miss Mabel C. Street 
Glen Head New York 
Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Seymour Hurlbut, who applied for pension on September 28, 1832. 
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S. 13500, based on the military service of Seymour Hurlbut in the Revolutionary War. 
Seymour Hurlbut was born April 21, 1756 in Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given. While a resident of the Society of Middle Haddam in Chatham, Connecticut, Seymour Hurlbut enlisted in the year 1776, served two months as private in Captain Daniel Brainard's company, Colonel Talcott's Connecticut regiment; he was on Long Island at the time of the battle, not in the engagement, but was in the retreat from there, and in a skirmish with British ships off Harlem. He served in the spring of 1777, two months in Captain Daniel Brainard's company, stationed at New Haven. He served in the fall of 1778, one month at Kingston on the Hudson River, no officers given for this service. He served in the latter
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part of the Revolution, two months in Captain Giles Meigs' company, stationed at Guilford. 
The soldier, Seymour Hurlbut, was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1832, at which time he was living in Chatham, Connecticut, having lived there always, with the exception of two years, when he lived in Glastonbury. 
The papers on file in this claim contain no reference to the family of the soldier, Seymour Hurlbut.   
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and furnish the following data: 
Seymour Hurlbut 
Certificate of 9728 
Issued June 13, 1833 
Rate $23.33 per annum 
Commenced March 4, 1831 
Act of June 7, 1832 
Connecticut Agency. 
Very truly yours A. D. HILLER 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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13500
INVALID Rev War
File No. 13500
Seymour Hurlbut*
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index:- Vol 1 Page 186
[Arrangement of 1870.]
*W. D. G. July 2 1908
1909 May 21 Hist to Mabel C. Street V. L. M.
1929 Sept 3 Tombstone data to Chas R. Hale AWF
1938 May 3 Hist to Mabel C. Street AWF
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State of Connecticut 
County of Hartford }  ss East Windsor 
On this 12th day of September 1832 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut personally appeared Benjamin Abbey of East Windsor in said County aged 80 years a person of veracity and made solemn oath that he is well acquainted with Seymour Hurlbut a resident in Chatham in the County of Middlesex an applicant for a pension under the pension act of June 7, 1832.   That he served in the Revolutionary war in the year 1776 that he was drafted into a company of Militia in the month of August in said year commanded by Capt Brainard, and was attached to the Regiment commanded by Col Talcott that I the Abbey belonged to the same Regiment but not to the same company.  That we left Chatham in company and joined the Regiment in the City of New York, that he the said Abbey was in the service of the United States at this time about six weeks and returned by reason of sickness and that said Hurlbut was in the service during the whole time of my being there and did not return with him.  
Benjamin Abbey x his mark 
Sworn & Subscribed this 12th day of September AD 1832 
Before me 
Eli. B. Haskell Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut 
Secretary's Office, Oct 5th 1832 
I Thomas Day Secretary of the State of Connecticut and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify That Eli B. Haskell Esq. before whom the within Affidavit was taken, is and at the caption of said Affidavit was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State duly appointed commissioned and sworn; and that I believe the within signature purporting to be his, is genuine. 
In testimony whereof, hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, the day and year above written. 
Thomas Day
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Simon Smith of Chatham in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut aged sixty six years and say that quite the latter part of the American War I was on a tour of duty at Guildford in Connecticut as a substitute for one Robert Clark of the town of Haddam, that I was then a neighbor to Seymour Hurlbut of said Chatham and was knowing of his being drafted to perform two months duty at said Guildford, when I arrived at Guildford I found the said Hurlbut there on duty; where he remained until the expiration of said the month in the company commanded by Capt Giles Meigs, and further the deponent saith  
Simon Smith
State of Connecticut  
Middlesex County } ss  Chatham September 28th 1832 
Personally appeared Simon Smith, a person well known to me and in all respects a competent and credible witness signer of the above affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth thereof Before me 
F. G. Comstock Justice of the peace
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State of Connecticut
Secretary’s Office Oct 5th 1832
I Thomas Day Secretary of Said State and keeper of the Seal thereof do hereby certify, that Franklin G. Comstock Esq. before whom the within Affidavit was taken, is and at the caption of said affidavit was a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex in said State duly appointed, commissioned and sworn and that I believe the within signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said State the day and year above written.
Thomas Day
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3 -- 871.
RECORD DIVISION.  
Department of the Interior, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
Briefed by L.D.L. 
Claim No. 
Certificate No. 
Claimant 
Soldier Seymour Hurlbut 
Service. Conn. 
Additional Service Rev. War 
No claim, State records 
No claim,  combination records. 
REMARKS: No claim except S.# 13500
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April 8, 1938 
Dept. of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions 
Washington, D.C 
Record Div 
Will you please give me the following information about a Conn. revolutionary named Seymour Hurlbut who  applied for a pension Sept 28 1832?   
When and where did he die and who was his widow?  
Very respectfully yours, 
(Miss) Mabel C. Street 
Glen Head N. Y.
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[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE A MAY 12 1909
438 Blake St 
Brooklyn N.Y. 
May 11, 1909 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D.C. 
Dear Sir: Will you please find out if Seymour Hurlbut a soldier of the Revolutionary War from Connecticut was
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pensioned.  If so I should be greatly obliged to have a statement of his military history. 
Very respectfully 
Mabel C Street
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Rev & 1812 
HEADQUARTERS COMMANDERY-IN-CHIEF 
SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR 
COMMITTEE ON MARKING GRAVES 
CHARLES R. HALE, CHAIRMAN 
33 CAPITOL AVENUE 
HARTFORD CONN. 
Aug. 12-1929 
Chief Clerk
Pension Department 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sir 
[stamp] OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Please send me Revolutionary War Record of Joseph Matthews died March 17 1842 aged 89 and on pension roll of 1840 in Killingly, Conn.
Not in Killingly in 1840, none on AW
We wish to get a headstone for him 
Yours very truly Chas. R. Hale 
Also Seymour Hurlbut died Nov. 29 1840 aged 84 and buried at Chatham conn and in 1840 Pension Roll
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Rev. and 1812 Wars Section. 
AWF 
September 3, 1929 
Mr. Charles R. Hale 
33 Capitol Avenue 
Hartford, Connecticut. 
Dear Sir: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 13500, it appears that Seymour Hurlbut or Hurlburt was born April 21, 1756 in Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut. 
While a resident of the Society of Middle Haddam, Chatham, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut Troops, as follows – 
From in August 1776, two months in Captain Daniel Brainard's Company, Colonel Talcott's Regiment; in the spring of 1777, two months in Captain Daniel Brainard's Company; in the fall of 1778, one month at Kingston, no officers stated; afterwards, two months in Captain Giles Meigs' Company. 
He stated that he was not in the battle of Long Island, but was in the retreat from there, and was in a skirmish with British ships of Harlem.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1832, at which time he was living in Chatham, Connecticut. 
Very truly yours, 
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner
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[pension] on file in this bureau.  Seymour Hurlbut Ser. File 13500  
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT   Aug 1776   LENGTH OF SERVICE  2 mos.  RANK.  Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Daniel Brainard, Colonel Talcott  STATE.  Conn.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT   Spring 1777   LENGTH OF SERVICE  2 mos.  RANK.  Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain Daniel Brainard, Colonel Talcott  STATE. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT   Fall of 1778   LENGTH OF SERVICE  1 mo.  RANK.  Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  at Kingston STATE. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT   afterwards   LENGTH OF SERVICE  2 mos.  RANK.  Pvt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Giles Meigs STATE. 
Battles engaged in,  Skirmish with British ship off Harlem
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Society of Middle Haddam, Chatham, Conn.
Date of application for pension,  Sept 28, 1832, His cl. was al. [His claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application,  Chatham, Middlesex Co. Conn.
Age at date of application,    born at Chatham Apr. 21 1756
Remarks:  No family data.