Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7498, for John Munson, New York
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(3-1776) 

SERVICE 
New York 
Vt. 

Munson, John 
Mary 

NUMBER 
R. 7498 

CONTENTS
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John Munson
N.Y.  Act 1838
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State of New York 
County of Washington }  
Be it Known that on this 25 day of January A. D. 1853, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Phebe Rogers & Mary Frasier & William Munson residents of Hebron in said County, and made oath according to law that they are the legal heirs of John Munson Jr who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of [blank] That they are directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint C. W. BENNETT, of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of John Munson Jr for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
[signed] Phebe Rogers X her mark
Mary Frasier 
William Munson 
Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Phebe Rogers & Mary Fraser & William Munson to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.
[signed] Joseph Crosier Justice of the Peace

State of New York 
County of Washington } 
It is hereby certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court said County that Phebe Rogers Mary Frasier & William Munson the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, are the heirs of the reputed soldier aforesaid. I further certify, that Joseph Crosier Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twenty ninth day of January 1853 
[signed] S C Hitchcock Dep clk 

1. Claimant’s name or names in full. – 2. Post Office address.
3. “That he is the identical man,” or, “that she is the widow of the identical man,” or, “that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man,” &c., &c.
4. Leave this line blank. – 5. “He is,” “she is,” or “they are.” – 6. Revolutionary soldier’s full name. – 7. Claimant’s signature. – 8. Claimant’s name. – 9. Magistrate’s signature.
10. “Identical,” “widow of," or, "child of." - 11. Magistrate's name." – 12. Clerk's signature. 
N. B. - Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.
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State of New York 
Washington County ss. On this Eighteenth day of January 1839 personally appeared before David Woods one of the Judges of the County courts of the County of Washington & State of New York of the degree of Counsellor at Law of the Supreme Court of Judicature of said State Mary Munson of the town of Hebron in the said County of Washington aged eighty seven years & upwards who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 1836 that she is the widow of John Munson Junior late of the town of Hebron aforesaid deceased who was a Soldier & Lieutenant in the army of the Revolution that the said John & this deponent soon after their marriage emigrated from the State of Connecticut to the town of Stamford in the State of Vermont where they resided about three years when they moved to the said town of Hebron in this county where they resided until the death of the said John Munson Junr. As hereinafter related that during the time he so resided in Stamford as aforesaid, her said husband the said John Munson Junior served in the war of the revolution as a volunteer soldier at different times for the space of three months, or more, was also during the said time engaged in the Battles fought therein at Bennington in the State of Vermont in the year 1777 that in the month of June 1778 this deponent with her said husband removed from the said town of Stamford to the town of Hebron in said County of Washington where she now resides. she further declares that after her removal to the State of New York & during the years 1778 & 9 & 1780 & 1781 up to March in the year last aforesaid her said husband always held himself in readiness as a volunteer & actually performed at different times the duties of a Soldier at different places & rendezvous in the revolutionary war at the call of the officers which were then in command, but whose names this deponent cannot now recollect the full term of nine months service as this deponent verily believes from her recollection of the events of the war. And this deponent further saith that on the 16 day of March 1781 - as appears by the Certificate of the Depty Secratary of the State of New York hereto annexed her said husband was appointed & commissioned (which commission
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this deponent has been unable to find amongst the papers of her deceased husband) a Lieutenant in the Company of Capt James Wilson who is also decd in a Regiment of Militia Commanded by Col. Alexander Webster & that whilst so commissioned & in the said Company of Capt Wilson her said husband was called into the service of the country to Skenesborough & various other places at different times the term of six months as this deponent is informed & believes that during the period of such last service she has been compelled with her small children & some of her neighbors to secrete themselves in the woods from fear of the tomahawk & scalping knife of the Savages & the enimes [enemies] of the country who were allied to the Brittish called Tories and that during this latter period aminition for the company was put in to the house of her said husband in Hebron & that she has often seen her said husband when going out on alarms or expeditions deal out such ammunition for the soldiers & men of his said Company 
And she further declares that she was married to the said John Munson Junior in the fall of the year 1771 - at the town of New Haven in the State of Connecticut by Esq. Chandler a Justice of the peace of that place from whom she hath at no time received any certificate of her said Marriage to her said husband from the said Esqr. Chandler nor does she believe nor does she know of any record of her said marriage & that it is not in her power as she believes to perduce any record of the same nor can she perduce the evidence of any person who was present at the solemnizing of her said marriage, as she believe the witnesses thereto as well as the said Justice have long since deceased and that this deponent lived with the said John Munson until his death which took place on the 22d day of February one thousand eight hundred & fifteen at the said town of Hebron in the County of Washington aforesaid & that she hath remained the widow of the said John Munson Junior ever since & that she is now the widow of the said John Munson Junior & hath remained such widow ever since his death – & she further states that John Munson whose affidavit is
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hereto annexed is her eldest child living who is now sixty four years & upwards 
[signed] Mary Munson + her mark
the words "who are dead” interlined & the word “frequently” erased before the affidavit was sworn 
Subscribed & sworn to this 18th day of January 1839 before me David Woods a Judge of Washington County Courts 

State of New York 
Washington County ss.  On this 18th day of January 1839 personally appeared before the undersigned a Judge of Washington County Courts Mary Munson above mentioned a person well known to me to be the widow of John Munson Junior Esq deceased & who was duly sworn according to Law by me & who signed the same by making her mark in my presence & that full faith & credence is to be given to her attestation and that from bodily infirmity she the said Mary is unable to appear in open court 
[signed] David Woods a Judge of Washington Co. Courts 

State of New York 
County of Washington } ss I Edward Dodd clerk of the said county hereby certify that David Woods Esq is a Judge of Washington County Courts as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine and I further certify that said courts are courts of record 
Given under my hand and official seal this 19th day of February 1839 
[signed] Edward Dodd Clerk
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February 5, 1938. 
BA-J/ILL. 
John Munson 
R. 7498 
Mr. Charles L. Robertson 
401 National Bank of Commerce Building 
Adrian, Michigan. 
Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Munson (Monson) Sr., John Munson, Jr., and Philander Munson, all of Hebron, Washington County, New York; you state that Philander Munson is supposed to have moved to Lenawee County, Michigan, about 1834. 
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States based upon service. 
A search of those records fails to show a claim on file based upon service of any Philander Munson, under any spelling of that surname. The record has been found of only one John Munson, designated John Munson, Jr. The data which follow are shown in the papers on file in pension claim, R. 7498, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. 
The date and place of birth of John Munson, Jr. are not shown. As early as 1771, he resided in New Haven, Connecticut, from which place he moved about the year 1775, to Stamford, Vermont. 
While a resident of Stamford, Vermont, John Munson, Jr. served as a volunteer at various times, and was in the battle of Bennington. He moved about June 1778, to Hebron, Charlotte County (later Washington County) New York; he served at various times between 1778 and 1780, in Captain James Wilson's company, Colonel Alexander Wenster's [Webster's] regiment of New York troops, and on March 16, 1781, was appointed 2” Lieutenant in that company and was called out frequently. It was stated that the ammunition for the soldiers was stored at his house, and that he dis- [distributed]
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[distributed] tributed to them before the various alarms against the Indians and Tories, also, that he drilled these soldiers at his house. 
John Munson, Jr., continued to reside in Hebron, New York, until February 22, 1815, the day of his death. 
He married in the fall of 1771, Mary Mansfield, who lived then in New Haven, Connecticut; they were married by a Justice of the Peace in New Haven, Connecticut. The names of Mary's parents are not shown. It was stated that two of her brothers, Joseph and Amos, served in the Revolutionary War, the former as an officer. 
Mary Munson, the widow of John Munson, Jr., applied January 18, 1839, for the pension which might have been due on account of his service in the Revolutionary War. She was then aged “eighty seven years and upwards". Her claim for pension was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of service of six months as required by the pension laws. 
John Munson, son of John Munson, Jr. and his wife, Mary, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in the year 1773, and resided in Hebron, New York, in 1839. He stated then that while his father was in service in the Revolutionary War, his mother fled to the woods for safety with him and her small children. This son was living in Hebron, in May of 1846. 
In 1846, William Munson was a resident of Hebron, New York, aged forty-six years; he did not state his relationship to the family of John Munson, Jr. 
In 1853, the names of the legal heirs of John Munson, Jr. were shown as follow, all residents of Hebron, Washington County, New York; Phebe Rogers, Mary Frasier and William Munson. The degree of relationship was not stated. 
In 1840, Joseph Mansfield was a resident of Pownal, Bennington County, Vermont, aged seventy-nine years and upwards. He stated then that he was born in New Haven, Connecticut, that he was acquainted with John Munson, Jr. before his marriage to Mary Mansfield, and that Mary Mansfield was married at his (Joseph's) father's house. He did not state the relationship between Mary Mansfield and his father. 
Very truly yours, 
A. D. HILLER, 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator. 

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Munson, John
NY R7498
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State of New York 
Secretary’s Office 
I certify that on the 16th of March 1781 John Munson Junior was appointed & Commissioned Second Lieutenant of Captain James Wilsons Company in a Regiment of Militia in the County of Charlotte (now Washington) in this State whereof Alexander Webster was Colonel all which appears by the minutes of the Council of Appointment in this office.
[signed] Archd. Campbell 
Dep. Secretary

Albany Decr 21. 1838.
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V  Matter of the Application of Mary Munson widow – a Pensioner 
John - 4230
[illegible] Fall of 1777
[illegible] died 22 Feb 1815.
Vol 2 p 80 - Lt - $18.85
21 days 

Hon D Russell HR
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[NOTE: the following portion of this page is crossed out]
that his Father was often gone from home on duty as a soldier as was said by his Father and Mother, and also that he held a commissioned but does not recollect what commission if was, but perfectly remembers that he frequently exercised and trained a company of Soldiers at his house and of his dealing out ammunition to them on several occasions. 
And often after they removed to Hebron well recollects of having to flee to the woods and secrete themselves for fear of the enemy in his Fathers absence [illegible, nor?] is he this deponent able to say how long his Father was gone from home in the service and defence of his country, nor what those occasions were - and further this deponant saith not 
[signed] John Munson
Sworn and subscribed this 31st day of December 1838 before me 
[signed] John Button Justice &c
I certify that I have been well acquainted with John Munson the above named deponant for the space of twenty years and upwards and that he has always sustained a good character, and is a credible witness  Hebron December 31. 1838 
[signed] John Button Justice &c

[Note: the following is NOT crossed out]

State of New York 
Washington County } ss. John Wilson of Hebron in the County and State aforesaid, aged Sixty one years and upwards being duly sworn before the undersigned a Justice a Justice of the Peace in and for said County - Makes oath and says that he has lived in the immediate neighbourhood of John Munson Junior Esq and Mary Munson his wife for the space of almost Sixty years, and has heard aged people say at different time that Esq Munson was frequently out as a soldier in the Revolutionary war after he removed to Hebron aforesaid, has heard his own Father and Mother in their life time relate the circumstances of his being called from home in the service of his country, and has also heard Esq. Munson mention the facts in his life time of being frequently out on duty in defence of his county, all of which this deponant [illegible] And further this deponant further says that to the best of his recollection Esq Munson [crossed out: about] twenty one years ago or thereabouts and Mary Munson his widow has remained unmarried ever since to the certain knowledge of this deponent. Also further says that Esq. Munson had a commission of some kind or other as this deponant believes, before the close of the war, as well as afterwards as
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And further this deponant saith not. 
[signed] John Wilson

Sworn and subscribed before me this 31st day of December 1838 
[signed] John Button Justice &c,
I certify that I have been well acquainted with John Wilson the above named deponant for the space of twenty five years past and upwards, and that he has always sustained a good character, and is a credible witness 
[signed] John Button Justice &c,

State of New York 
Washington County } ss.  Peter Stevens of Hebron in the county and State aforesaid, aged Sixty eight years and upwards, being duly sworn before the undersigned a Justice a Justice of the Peace in for said county maks oath and says that he was well acquainted with John Munson Junior Esq. in his life for a [number] of years, and has often heard him say that he was frequently called out in defence of his country in the time of the Revolution, has also heard Major James Wilson say that he and Esq. Munson were often out together to gaurd the frontier inhabitants, also has heard John Hamilton Esq. and the Hon. David Hopkins of Hebron in their life time – long since deceased frequently speak of the circumstances of Esq. Munsons being often out on duty as a soldier in the Revolutionary war and that he was a true patriot, and an active Soldier, all of which this deponant verily believes –
And further st deponant says that to the best of his recollection and belief Esq. Munson died some time in the winter of 1817. and that his said wife Mary has remained unmarried to the present time to the certain knowledge of this deponant, And further this deponent saith not. –
[signed] Peter Stevens
Sworn and subscribed before me this 31st day of December 1838 
[signed] John Button Justice &c. 

Munson, John
NY R7498
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I certify that I have been acquainted with Peter Stevens the above named deponent for the space of twenty five years past, and that he has always sustained a good character and is a credible witness 
[signed] John Button Justice &c
The words "of age” between the fifth and sixth lines at the top of the affidavit and the word “home” between the 16th and 7th lines of the affidavit of John Munson were interlined before the execution of the same 
[signed] John Button Justice &c
The words "in their life time - long since deceased" between the 12th and 13th lines from the top, and the words "deponant” and “his” between 16th and 17th lines of the affidavit of Peter Stevens were interlined before the execution thereof. 
[signed] John Button Justice &c. 

State of New York 
Washington County } ss  I Edward Dodd clerk of the said county hereby certify that John Button Esq. is a Justice of the Peace as above [and that the signatures to the foregoing] certificates purporting [to be his are genuine.]
Given under my hand and official seal this 19th day of January 1839 
[signed] Edward Dodd Clk of 

These papers attached together & my official seal put upon the tape attaching them 
[signed] Edward Dodd Clerk

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[seal]
Washington C. Com. Pl. [illegible]

[stamp]
The National Archives of the United States
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State of New York 
Washington County ss } John Manson of the town of Hebron in the said County aged sixty four years & upwards being first sworn according to law makes oath & says that he was born in the town of New Haven in the State of Connecticut in the year seventeen hundred & seventy three. that his mothers name before her intermarriage with his father John Munson Junr. was Mary Mansfield as he has always been informed having frequently seen at least one of her brothers. Joseph Mansfield & Amos Mansfield the former of whom having been a Capt in the Continental service as he has been informed & believes that after his said parents moved from New Haven to Stamford in Vermont this deponent well recollects that his father the said John Munson Junr. went for the purpose of engaging in the battle at Bennington. & that whilst his father was so gone he recollects that his said mother told this deponent that his said father would be killed & that this deponent would never see him more & that this deponent further well recollects that his said Father did not return as soon as some of his neighbours who were engaged in the said battle & that after his said father did return he remembers of hearing him state the fact that he was in the battle & related to this deponent the burial of the dead & other circumstances relating to the battle - this deponent further saith that he recollects that his said Father was engaged in the revolutionary war both before & after the Battle at Bennington before he removed from Vermont to the State of New York – and this deponent further saith that after his said Father removed to Hebron aforesaid which was in the month of June, after the Battle at Bennington he this deponent well remembers that his Father was engaged in the service of his country at various times & places during the years 1778. 1779 & 1780 as a Soldier previous to his receiving his commission as a Lieut in the Company of Capt James Wilson & that is the belief that the said serial service amounted to at least one year & a half - and this deponent further saith that during the latter part of the war of the revolution his said Father held a Commission in the
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said town of Hebron & that he has been informed & believes that it was in the Company commanded by Capt James Wilson in the Regiment commanded by Col. Alexander Webster. that he well recollects that the said Company were drilled by his said Father at his house in Hebron. that he remembers that his said Father dealt out ammunition whilst such officer to his soldiers when they were about to start for some expedition in the service of the revolution. that he remembers of his being absent from home and for considerable length of time during the time he held such commission in such service. that during the period his mother with this deponent & her small children were compelled to flee to the woods & secrete themselves from the savages & the enemies of the country - during the absence of his father whilst in such service. that from his recollection & from conversations with his Father since the revolution respecting the such services in the revolutionary war of his Father he is induced & does believe that his said Father served in the war of the revolution as such Lieut. the sum of nine months or more at various times & places - & this deponent further saith that the said John Munson Junr. died at Hebron in said county in the year 1815, as this deponent believes leaving Mary Munson the mother of this deponent his widow who hath been & still is the widow of the said John Munson at this time never having been married sum his death - further saith not 
[signed] John Munson
Taken, subscribed & sworn this 18th day of January 1839 before me 
[signed] P. Curtis Justice peace 

The undersigned hereby certifies that the above named John Munson is well known to me to be the person therein mentioned that on the 18th day of January 1839, he the said John Munson appeared before me the Justice above mentioned & was duly sworn to the above deposition In due form of law & that full faith & credence is to be given to his attestation 
[signed] P Curtis Justice peace

State of New York Washington County ss-
I Edward Dodd Clerk of the said county hereby certify that Philo Curtis Esqr. is a Justice of the Peace as above and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.

Given under my hand and official seal this 19th day of February 1839 -  
[signed] Edward Dodd Clk
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State New York 
Washington County } SS.  Asa Kinney of the town of Rupert in the County of Bennington and State of Vermont Aged Eighty Six years and upwards Being duly sworn and says before the undesigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Washington in the State of New York and makes Oath that during the years 1778 – 1779 – 1780 - 1781, 1782 and 3, that he this deponent says that he was well acquainted with John Munson Junr. and who belonged to the same Regiment with him Commanded by Colonel Alexr. Webster in the Revolutionary War, and that said Regiment was called out at different times on duty, and that a part of the above mentioned time the said John Munson acted as a – Lieut. in the Company commanded by Capt. James Wilson belonging to said Regiment, and that he well recollects of said Lieut. Munsons being out with said Company at Skeenesboroug at one time about three weeks and from time to time and at different places in all he should think and verily believes about one year and a half as said Regiment or a part thereof were [homed?] from place to place during the said war and further this deponent saith not –
[signed] Asa Kinne
Sworn and Subscribed this tenth day of January 1839 before me. 
[signed] Gilbert Hard Justice of the Peace 

State of New York 
Washington County ss 
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Asa Kinne who this day appeared before me the undesigned Justice of the Peace who is a person well known to me to be the same person who subscribed the foregoing affidavit - and that he is credible, and that full faith and credence is to be given to his attestation. 
Dated this 10th day of January 1839 
[signed] Gilbert Hard Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Washington County } ss  I Edward Dodd Clerk of the said county hereby certify that Gilbert Hard Esq is a Justice of the Peace as within and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine. 
Given under my hand and official seal this 19th day of January 1839 
[signed] Edward Dodd Clerk
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[left side]
1908 Oct. 20 Hist ti Miss Elsie M. Loomis, letter in S.F. 17551
1938. Feb. 5. Hist. to Charles L. Robertson -   ILL.

[right side]
[crossed out: Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.]

7,498
P.O.
Mary Munson
Service: 
Enlisted:  , 18  .
[stamp] REJECTED
Discharged:  , 18  .
Printed Volume Rejected – Suspended Pension – Page 165. Shows “Not six months service proved.”
  , 18  .
Alleges: 
Re-enlisted: 
Attorney: 
P. O. 
Recognized.   Contract.
Cert. of Dis.   Searched for  , 18  .
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Record Division. 
October 20, 1908. 
Miss Elsie M. Loomis, 
# 77 Linwood Avenue, 
Buffalo, New York. 
Madam: 
In reply to your letter dated the 10" and received the 12" instant, you are advised that in the papers in claim R. File No. 7498, it is alleged that John Munson, Jr. removed from Connecticut to Stamford Vermont, and served as a volunteer at different times for three months or more and was in the Battle of Bennington. In June 1778 he removed to Hebron, Charlotte afterwards Washington County, New York, and during the years 1878, 1779 and 1780 served at least nine months as a volunteer in Captain James Wilson's company, Colonel Alexander Webster's regiment of Charlotte County, New York militia; on March 16, 1781 he was appointed Second Lieut. of said company and served in that capacity at least nine months more. 
Soldier married at New Haven, Connecticut in the Fall of 1771 Mary Mansfield; he died February 22, 1815 at Hebron, New York, and she applied for pension January 18, 1839 at which time she was eighty-seven years of age and a resident of Hebron aforesaid. 
Her claim was never allowed for the reason that she failed to furnish specific proof that her husband performed six months actual service as a
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R. File No. 7,498. 

soldier or an officer, as required by law. 
Their son John was born at New Haven, Connecticut in 1773. In 1853 Phebe Rogers, Mary Frasier and William Munson claimed to be heirs of Lieutenant John Munson, Jr. 
The above cited, R. No. 7498, is the only John Munson found on the Revolutionary War pension records. 
Very respectfully, 

Commissioner.
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LAW OFFICES 
CHARLES L. ROBERTSON 
401-402 NATL BANK OF COMMERCE BLDG.
ADRIAN, MICHIGAN

[stamp] RECEIVED JAN 25 1938 MAIL SUB-DIV VETS.ADM. READER #17

January 21st, 1938. 

Veterans Administration Bureau, 
Washington, D. C. 
Gentlemen: 
It would be very much appreciated, if you could furnish me with whatever information you have in connection with the following named:
John Munson or Monson Sr. 
John Munson or Monson, Jr. 
[side note:] Looked O.W.
[side note] Manson  Mun  Mon
Both of these men were Revolutionary Soldiers and were supposed to have come from Hebron, Washington County, State of New York. The following information is desired in particular: (a) Date and place of burial (b) Whether Killed in action (c) Name of wife or widow - name before marriage if same can be furnished. (d) Any other information that may be avaiable from your records. 
Philander Munson or Monson. 
Supposed to have been born at Hebron in State of New York, son of Thomas Munson or Monson, supposed to have moved to Lenawee County, Michigan about 1834. Was known as Captian Munson or Monson. If you have any record in your Bureau with reference to this person, will you kindly furnish particulars covering the same items as requested above. 
Assuring you of my appreciation of your courtsey in connection with this request, I am 
Yours truly, 
[signed] Charles Robertson.
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4230
(New York)
Mary Munson N. York
Let Hon C. D. Culver
July 29, 1846
Let. to N. Leake, Dec. 14, ‘46
let. to Hon. D. Russell 27. Feb. ‘39
to same 6. March 1840
To S M Bragg April 26, 1843
7498
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Matter of Mary Munson
widow

Hon D Russell
HR
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State of New York 
Washington County ss 
Joseph Mansfield of Pownal County of Bennington & State of Vermont aged seventy nine (79) years & upwards being first duly sworn according to law says that he was born in the town of New Haven in the State of Connecticut & lived there in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy one or near that time as far as he can recollect that at time before & afterward he was well acquainted with John Munson Junior & also Mary Mansfield & lived in the same house with the said Mary Mansfield & lived there at the time of the marriage of the said John Munson Junr. & Mary Mansfield - that previous to this time he often saw the said John Munson Junr. at the said house - and this deponent further saith that he was present at the said Marriage of the said Mary Mansfield to the said John Munson Junior at the house of the father of this deponent in the town of New Haven aforesaid which Marriage was Solemnised in the year 1771 - in the fall of that year as he believes from the best recollection what this deponent can now have from the great length of time - & that the said Marriage was solemnised by Esquire Chandler then a Justice of the Peace of New Haven aforesaid. that this deponent has lately travelled to Hebron in this county to see the said Mary Munson & that he is well satisfied that she is the same person whom he saw married as aforesaid at New Haven to the said John Munson Junr.
[signed] Joseph Mansfield
Subscribed & Sworn before me this 17th day of February 1840 
At the town of Hebron in the Co. of Washington & State of New York. 
[signed] Isaac Wilson Justice of Peace 

And I do hereby certify that the subscriber to the above affidavit - Joseph Mansfield, is a man of truth & verasity so far as I am acquainted with his character. And he has been so reccomended to me by others acquainted with him.
[signed] Isaac Wilson Jus
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State of New York
Washington County } ss  I Edward Dodd Clerk of the said county hereby certify that Isaac Wilson Esqr. is a justice of the Peace as within and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
Given under my hand and official seal this 22d day of February 1840
[signed] Edward Dodd Clerk


Matter of Mary Munson
widow

Hon D Russell
HR
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Washington Dec 7 1846 –
Sir I enclose herewith my authority for investigating the claims of Mrs Esther Morgan & Mrs Mary Munson of N.Y. to a pension, the former I believe under the act of 7 July 1838. & the latter 4 July 1836 - in the former case it is alleged that some years of service was performed in the Commisary Department but as I am not informed in what division of the service, I would be pleased to have a report in her case or permission to look at her declaration, & also that of Mrs Munson whose husband was a part of the time in service as Lieutenant. I should like to know by what evidence it is sustained. 
I am very Respectfully 
Your Obt Servant 
[signed] Nathan Leake 

Hon J. L Edwards 
Com of Pensions 
Present.
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Mar 3, 1840
NY.
M. Munson

J. L. E[dwards]
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House of Reps D.C. March 3d 1840.
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Sir
The enclosed supplemental affts have been obtained, the original declaration I understand is now in the pension office your early attention to this is solicited
I am Respectfully
[signed] D. Russell
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Revy Claim of John Munson of New York [illegible]
Please call up the case 

A. W. Muzzy 
Agent 
Present 

L. Fraser
Salem
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John Munson was capt. In revolutionary army. was in several engagements. Heirs made application some 7 or 8 years ago. Served in N.Y.
Mr. A. W. Muzzy of N.Y. is hereby requested to examine records in to above claim.
[signed] L. Fraser
Salem N.Y.
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House of Reps D.C. Jany 29th 1839.
J. L. Edwards Esquire
Sir
I send you enclosed the declaration of Mrs. Mary Munson widow for a pension as soon as you shall have investigated it please inform me.
I am Respectfully
[signed] D. Russell
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State of New York 
Washington County ss   William Munson of the town of Hebron in the said County of Washington aged forty six years & upwards being first duly sworn before the subscriber makes oath & says that during the past winter this deponent has performed a journey from the said town of Hebron to New Haven in the State of Connecticut for the express purpose of examination of the town Clerks records. that on his examination thereof this deponent was unable to find any entry or record of the Marriage of the said John Munson Junior with Mary Mansfield to whom the said Mary alledges that she was married to him by Esquire Chandler a Justice of the peace of said New Haven as related in the declaration in this matter. nor could this deponent at the time aforesaid find any one of the family of the said Esquire Chandler nor could he have from any source whatever to what part of the country they had removed or whether any of them were living from whom he could ascertain that any record of such Marriage existed but from the best information what he could obtain in that place that in the early day when this Marriage took place the Justices in the quarters were not in the habit of making any record of Marriages & from this circumstance this deponent believes & has good cause to believe that no such record was made I this deponent further saith that the said Mary Munson now remains the widow of the said John Munson Junr. & that she is poor & in indigent circumstances & needs the assistance of her country for her support. 
[signed] William Munson 

Washington Co town of Hebron 
Personally came before me William Munson the subscriber to the above affidavit with whom I am personally acquainted & for whom I can vouch as being a man of truth and veracity) made solimn oath that the statements contained in the above affidavit were trew 
Subscribed and sworn this 22d day of February 1840 
Before me – [signed] Isaac Wilson, justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Washington County } ss  I Edward Dodd Clerk of the said county hereby certify that Isaac Wilson Esq. is a justice of the peace as within and that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
Given under my hand and official seal the 22d day of February 1840 – The words “hereby certify that Isaac Wilson Esq.” interlined
[signed] Edward Dodd Clerk
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Dec. 14, 1846 – 
Nathan Leake Esq.
In answer etc the claimant asserted a claim under act July 4. ‘36 for services of her husband as soldier and officer in Col Webster’s Regt NY Mil
The rolls then in this off showed but 21 days as Lieut in 1781, soon after date of commission - No other term of service is set forth in the papers as the rules require, or instances by evidence - the date of the marriage has not been established -
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for which ____ formerly pensioned at $ ____ per month, has increased since the last examination to such an extent as to entitle ____ to a rating therefor in excess of $ ____ per month, which ____ now receiving under the act of June 27, 1890. 
To enable this Bureau to determine whether an examination by a board of surgeons is justified, medical testimony should be furnished in which the physician should give a full and specific description of the conditions resulting from ____ thus showing the extent to which ____ incapacitated for the performance of manual labor thereby, independently of any other disabling cause.
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I assign my [agare?] to N. Leake Esq
Arad Joy
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Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir
I have appointed Arad Joy of Ovid, New York agent to act in all things for me – in procuring or investigating my mother Mary Munsons claim to a pension.
Dated Hebron May 1846
[signed] John Munson
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House of Reps. 18 July 44
J. L. Edwards 
Comr. &c

Dr. Sir. John Munson is one of my constituents. Will you please comply with the request enclosed & forward to same to me at your earliest convenience
Very truly 
Yours 
[signed] E. D. Culver
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Troy 
March 18th 1843 
Sir
I Received a Leter a few days agow from the daughter of the widow of John Munson the widows name is Mary Munson the Leter stated that they wished me to assist her if I could in obtaining her pention as she thinks she is entitled the daughter stated in her Leter that about 4 years agow she the widow Mary Munson set up her declaration and was sworn before Judge Wood one of the Judge of the county of Washington county She also proved her husbands John Munsons survis by one witness a Mr Kinney. she also proved her marriage by one other witness; and the papers was all well authenticated: she fother states that they imploied a Lawyer by the name of Curtis of Salem in Washington county whom they have paid $50 for his survises and that they air poor and have now more money to advanse but [illegible] I should assist her mother if I will.
She fother states that Curtis tells them that he has never had any answer from the pention department since he sent on the papers which was 4 years agow this winter. Mr Curtis refuses to assist them any more without more money I have consented to assist the old Lady what I can free of expense: and now providing these air the facts and it is not against the Rules of the office or Pention department to give her the necessary steps to take in order to obtain her pention you will mutch oblige her and [illegible] providing it is not against the rules of the Pention department you will pleas rite me what more is necessary 
Yours with Respt 
[signed] S. M. Bragg

Hon J. L. Edwards com of P. D. Washington D.C.