Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43687, Lyman Hitchcock, Conn. Continental Md.
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Service
Conn
Continental
MD

Name
Hitchcock, Lyman

Number 
S.43697
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23214
DEED
New York
Lyman Hitchcock
Brigade Major
Maryland Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the roll of New York
at the rate of 20 dollars per month to commence on the 4th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of Sept 1818 and sent to Sam'l Hicks Esqr
Champlain, N. York

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 and 4/20 $102.66
Semi-anl all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 $120.00
$222.66

{Revolutionary Claim Act 18th March 1818}

4 Years
Dead In roll
Champlain Clinton Co.
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42687
Rev
INVALID
File NO 43,687
Lyman Hitchcock
Brigade Major Rev War

Act 18 March '18
Index Vol G Page 227
{Arrangement of 1870.]
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Dwight C Hitchcock
to
J D Woodward
Power of Attorney
Procure papers of 
Lyman Hitchcock
of New York a pen
service under
Act Mar 18, 1818

J D Woodward Atty
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Know all men by these present that we the undersigned children and heirs at law of Lyman Hitchcock who was a Brigade Major in the Maryland line of the Continental army and who died at Champlain, New York February 18th 1819 do hereby authorize and appoint J Douglas Woodward Esq of Plattsburgh NY our true and lawful attorney for us and in our names to ask demand and receive of and from the Treasurer of the United States or any person authorized or who may be authorized to pay the same the pay, half pay for life arrears of pension commutation and bounty lands if any due to the said Lyman Hitchcock deceased or to his heirs at law and we authorize our said attorney to make and execute sufficient receipts and discharge therefor or any part thereof and to appoint an attorney under him for any and all of the purposed aforesaid with power of revocation hereby ratifying and confirming whatsoever our said attorney or those appointed under him shall lawfully do or could to be done in and about the premises.

Witness our hands and seals this tenth day of March 1846.

Dwight C Hitchcock

Signed Sealed and Delivered
in presence of 
Edwin Benedict
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Lyman Hitchcock
Application
for Pension

Correct

S. Hicks
NC
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I Lyman Hitchcock of Champlain Clinton Co state of New York aged 72 years and a resident citizen of the United States entered the service of my country in the beginning of May seventeen hundred and seventy-five as a private in company and regiment commanded by General Davis Wooster raised in the state of Connecticut. I served therein till November following - was at the fight and taking St Johns and Montreal when I received the appointment of Lieutenant at Montreal in a regiment raised in Canada commanded by General David Wooster a part of which went with General Montgomery to Quebec the other remained in Montreal this regiment was clothed and paid by Congress in which I continued until the beginning of May seventeen hundred seventy six. I then served as a Lieutenant for one year in a regiment commanded by Colonel Elmore which time of service expired in May seventeen hundred seventy-seven the regiment was paid and subsisted by Congress the commission signed by John Hancock President of Congress on or about the first of July seventeen hundred seventy-seven. I was appointed Lieutenant and Adjutant of the regiment called The Congress and regiment commanded by Col. Moses Hazer in which I served till sometime in October or the beginning of November following was in the Battle of Brandywine and Morristown when I received the appointment of Brigade at the time commanded by Colonel Price this appointment was some time after confirmed by his Excellency General Washington in general orders for the capacity. I served till sometime in the summer of seventeen hundred seventy-nine running the pay and rations of a Major in the line was all the battle of Monmouth at this time a new arrangement took place in the army as the Major of Brigades was ordered to be taken from the Major of the Line. I applied to General Washington
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who your orders that I should continue in the army receiving pay and rations as usual till the Board of Was should determine what should be done in my situation. Being tired of remaining so active, General Washington gave me a furlough till the expected determination should take place, after waiting some months by the advice of the adjutant general Colonel Scammell I entered into public business out of the line of the army still in expectation of the decision of the Board of War which was never made to my knowledge - I further state that when I left Danville in Vermont, I left all my orderly books & copies of return and all my papers in my possession that from my first entering the service until leaving it with other papers books I further state that last winter I sent for them by Mr. Samuel Long who on his return said that Mr. Daniel Smith had them the box in which my papers was in broke open and the whole was destroyed - I further state that by reason of sickness and other causes I am reduced to such a state of indigence as to require the assistance of my county for support.

Lyman Hitchcock

Clinton County
State of New York

On the first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen came before me the Samuel Hicks one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for county of Clinton Lyman Hitchcock signer of the above informant and after being duly sworn said that the contents of the same was just and true. I certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Lyman Hitchcock and am satisfied that he served his county in the army of the Revolution an above stated and from my acquaintance with his means of living and can state that he needs the assistance of his county for support.

Samuel Hicks - One of the Judges of Clinton County Court
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I Samuel Long of Champlain of lawful age do certify and say that sometime in the winter of 1818 I was employed by Major Lyman Hitchcock of Champlain to bring a box of papers with other things from Danville in Vermont. I applied to Mr. {illegible]} with whom they were left who informed me that a Mr. Daniel Smith had taken the box containing the papers broken open and that they were all destroyed that I went to the said Daniel Smith who confessed that he had destroyed the books and property and that I could not find a single book or paper belonging to said Hitchcock and further saith not.

Saml Long

Sworn and subscribed the 17 day of April 1818 before me

Samuel Hicks one of the Judges of Clinton Court of Common Pleas

State of New York
Clinton County

I Charles Plass clerk of Clinton County do certify that Samuel Hicks before whom the above deposition was taken is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said county duly authorized according to law and that the above in his proper hand writing in testimony whereof I have affixed the seal of said county and set my name at Plattsburgh this 17 day of April 1818.

Chas Platt - Clerk of Clinton County