Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16689, Israel Camp, Conn.
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SERVICE: Conn.
Camp, Israel
NUMBER: S. 16689
carded
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4350 
New Hampshire 
Isreal Camp 
of Hanover in the State of NH 
who was a Private in the company commanded 
by Captain [blank] of the regt commanded 
by Col Swift in the Conn line 
for 1 year. 

Inscribed on the Roll of N H 
at the rate of 42 Dollars -- Cents per annum, 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Jany 
1833 and sent to Hon. H Hubbard H of Reps 

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $60 --
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 20-- 
[=] $80--

{Revolutionary Claim,} 
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk.
Book D. Vol 1st Page 148.
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Israel Camp

Dirict [?] to Timothy Kenrick
Lebanon NH
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DECLARATION 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. 
State of New Hampshire,} 
County of Grafton} ss. 

On this 21st day of December 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate for sd County, now sitting, Israel Camp a resident of Hanover in the County of Grafton and State of N. H. aged 76 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-- that about the first of February 1776 he enlisted in Capt Canfields Company Connecticut State troops at Kent now called Washington Conn. Marched to New York and was stationed at Long Island near New York employed in building a fort on Long Island, Lord Stirling commanded on the Island was discharged April 1 1776. came in a vessel to Warwick Conn. Served two month 

In April or May 1776 he enlisted into Capt Couchs Company Col. Swifts Regiment, Connecticut at Washington Conn for seven month. Marched to Skeensboro (now called Whitehall) N York, was stationed there during the summer, employed in building fort and Pickets and getting Timber for building & repairing vessels, was sick some of the time in the fall of the year or latter part of the summer, we went to Ticonderoga was stationed at Mount Independance, was again taken sick was discharged in November 1776, sent in a vessel to Fort George, then found a passage in a waggon to Albany & then made his way slowly home, was sick for more than six months & unable to do any hard labour for a whole year.  Served Seven Months 

In the Summer Season of 1778 he was drafted for one Month into Capt Sackets Company, went to Fishkill Peekskill N. York & marched up by the side of the North river while the Brittish sailed up said river, does not recollect the month.  Served One Month
 In the year 1779 he was drafted for one month, went to Stamford Connecticut the enemy had landed at that place a few days before we arrived there killed five or six men in the guard house I saw the blood on the floor Col Canfield Commanded, but I do not recollect the Captains name.  Served one month 

In 1780 In the summer after of [or] fall he was drafted to go to Norwalk Conn -- we arrived there a few days after that place was burned by the Brittish. does not recollect the name of any of the Officers. Served One Month
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the name of any of the Officers. Served One Month

In answer to the several interrogatories put to him, he further States, that he was born in Old Milford Connecticut when I was one year old my Father moved with me into a part of the town of Kent, which soon after was called Washington, Have no record of my age, was called into the service in manner above stated, does not recollect the names of any officers except those above mentioned, when called into the service he lived at Washington Conn. Has lived at Hanover NH since the Revolutionary war to this day, never had a written discharge, has no documentary Evidence whatever, and knows of no person except Asher Hurlburt who can testify to any of his services, he is well known to the Rev Josiah Towne & Jonathan Freeman 2d Esqr of said Hanover who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief in his services as a soldier of the revolution 

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}  [Signed] Israel Camp 

We, Josiah Towne residing in Hanover and Jonathan Freeman also residing in Hanover hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Israel Camp, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 76 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}
[Signed] Josiah Towne
[Signed] Jonathan Freeman 2d

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 certifies, that it appears to them that Josiah Towne who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Hanover and that Jona. Freeman 2d, who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Hanover & a Magistrate and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
[Signed] Edward Webber Judge of Probate 

I, Moses Dow Clerk of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Israel Camp for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 21st day of December A.D. 1832 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Moses Dow
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No 8.808 
Israel Camp 
N H 
The Clergymans Certif required 
Letter 29 Oct. 1832 

Private 
1 year 

$40 --

Hon H Hubbard
HR
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BRIEF in the case of Israel Camp of Hanover in the State of New Hampshire
(Act 7 June, 1832.) 

1 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open 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 | Duration of Service (Y-M-D) | Rank | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

In 1776 Feby | 0-2-0 | Private | Gen. Lord Stirling/Cap. Canfield
1776 Apl or May | 0-7*-0 | " | Cap. Couch/Col. Swift
drafted in 1778 | 0-1-0 | " | Cap. Sackett
"  " 1779 Summer | 0-1-0 | " | Col. Canfield
"  " 1780 " | 0-1-0 | " | ----
* was sick more than 6 months of this time

5. In what battles was he engaged? none 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Washington, Connecticut 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary - one living witness certified to be credible - as to his service in 1776
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 

[X] Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
[Signed] Sam J Potts 
Examining Clerk.
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M.E.E.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
September 18, 1928

Mrs. J. F. Ash 
611 West Bridge Street 
Blackwell, Oklahoma 

Madam:  
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16689, it appears that Israel Camp was born in Old Milford, Connecticut, date not given. When one year old he moved with his father (name not stated) to that part of Kent which was later called Washington. 
While a resident of Washington, Connecticut, he enlisted about the first of February, 1776, served as a private in Captain Canfield's Connecticut Company, and was discharged April 1, 1776. 
In April or May, 1776, he enlisted, served as a private in Captain Couch's Company, Colonel Swift's Connecticut Regiment, and was discharged in November, 1776. 
In the summer of 1778 he served one month in Captain Sackett's Connecticut Company. 
In 1779 he served one month in Colonel Canfield's Connecticut Regiment. 
In the summer or fall of 1780 he served one month, dates and officers not given.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed December 21, 1832, aged seventy-six years, and a resident of Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, where he had lived since the Revolution. 
There are no data on file relative to wife and children. 
Respectfully, 
E. W. MORGAN 
Acting Commissioner.
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16.689 
INVALID. 
File No. 16689 
Israel Camp 
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32 
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 63 
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Right margin:
1928 - Sept. 18, Hist to Mrs. J.F. Ash. M.E.E.
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I Asher Hurlburt aged Seventy years, do depose and say that in the year 1776 I was living in the town of Washington State of Connecticut and was there well acquainted with Israel Camp of said Washington, and am knowing to said Camp's being a soldier of the Revolution, he was absent from home in the Army almost the whole of the year 1776, came home late in the fall of the year sick, and was sick for more than six month, he was taken sick as then understood before he was discharged said Camp was a near neighbor to me, he now lives in Hanover NH a few miles from me and I have been well acquainted from the year 1776 to this time, his age I believe to be 76 years. 
[Signed] Asher Hurlbut 

State of New Hampshire} 
Grafton ss.} 
Sworn and subscribed Sept 1. 1832 
Before me, 
[Signed] Timothy Kenrick  Justice of Peace 

I Certify that the above deponent is a credible person-
[Signed] Timothy Kenrick  Justice of Peace
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State of New Hampshire} 
Grafton ss.}
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Grafton, Certify that Timothy Kenrick is a justice of the Peace within and for said County, and that the signatures purporting to be his are genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this fifth day of September AD 1832. 
[SEAL]
[Signed] Geo. Woodward Clerk 

Left margin:
Israel Camp
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MRS. J. F. ASH 
611 WEST BRIDGE STREET 
BLACKWELL, OKLA.   Nov 7, 1927. 

Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C. 

Please send me the war record of Israel Camp, died 1840, Hanover, N.H. - was in Conn. service in the Revolution. Also any family data.

Very Truly 
[Signed] Florence Ash
[Receipt mark] U.S. Pension Office NOV 10 1927