Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,686, Samuel Varnum, Continental R.I.
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SERVICE
Continental
R. I.

Varnum, Samuel

NUMBER
S.35,686
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5536

Maine

Saml. Varnum
Private, Rhode Island line,
Capt Lewis} 1777. War
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 20 of Jay 1819 and Sent to Saml S. Wilder Co of
Fairfax Kennebec County

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 38..40
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 March 1819. 48..-
$86..40

{Revolutionary claim,}
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Clinton Kennebec
County

Continental


Notification sent July 12th 1820 to 
R. C. Vose Esqr
Augusta
Maine
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Norridgewock
April 10                                                 20


Hon. Samuel S. Wilde Esqr


Hallowell
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Norridgewock April 14. 1818

Hon. S. S. Wilde Esqr.
Dear Sir,

Inclosed is all the discharge I have in my possession it is very much defaced - I am Sir,
your most Obt. humb. Servt.
Samuel Varnum
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Saml. Varnum
Private
Greens Rho. I.P. Regt
1777. War

Admitted

April 11th. 1818


Declaration &
deposition
of
Saml. Varnum
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I Samuel Varnum of Clinton in the County of Kennebec & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being a Native Citizen of the United States do on oath testify & declare that I served nearly four years in the War of the revolution, and that from reduced circumstances & lameness I now need the assistance of my County for support - I first served at Prospect Hill in the eighth months service - I then enlisted at Prospect Hill as a private soldier into a company commanded by Cap. Elijah Lewis, of the Regiment commanded by Col. Varnum- about the spring of the year A. D. 1776, for the term of one year, & I served said term - afterwards I enlisted in 1777 for the term of three years I think, I understood I was put down as having enlisted for the term of during the War, and I served about two years when I applied for a discharge, on account of the State of my family, & obtained it from General Varnum who was my brother & is now deceased This discharge has been torn very much but a part of it I can procure - I believe it is at my daughters in Norridgewock ~ Samuel Varnum


Kennebec Ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts

On this 11th day of April A.D. 1818 the above named Samuel Varnum after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed ~ before me  S. S. Wilde
Jus. Sup. Jud. Court
for Sd. Comwlth
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I William Kendall of Fairfield County of Somersett Esqr of lawfull age do testify & say that I am well acquainted with the within mentioned Samuel Varnum, that in the years 1777 & 1778 I saw said Varnum in the service in the revolutionary War, that I always understood he was in the war for three years. & have no doubts that the facts stated in the foregoing declaration are true It was at Valley Forge that I saw said Varnum in the years mentioned above
Wm. Kendall


Kennebec Ss. On this first day of Mar AD 1818 the above named William Kendall Esquire made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me
Moses Appleton Justice of the Peace
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To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.

I the subscriber being one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify to your Honor, that Samuel Varnum a citizen of the United States now resident in Clinton in the District of Maine & Commonwealth aforesaid, on the 11th day of April AD. 1818 made application to me to receive his declaration under oath & such other evidence as was in his power to produce, & to transmit the same & the proceedings to be had therein to your Honor, that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provision of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the  land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed March 18th AD. 1818, which declaration & the other evidence produced by the said Applicant is herewith annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a careful examination of the said applicant & a full consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier in the War of the Revolution, against the Common Enemy & on the Continental establishment for the term of more than nine months as stated in his declaration aforesaid, & that from reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his County for support.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & have caused the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court to be hereto affixed this first day of July AD. 1818.
S. S. Wilde
J.S.J. Court
for Sd Comwth

[seal affixed to top of page]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Kennebec Sc

The subscriber Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within said County, hereby certifies that the Honorable Samuel S. Wilde Esqr. before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, is one of the Justices of this Commonwealth, and that by the decision of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this Certificate bearing his Signature, the Seal of said Court, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.  Dated at Augusta in said County the fifteenth day of July Anno Domini 1818
John Davis
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State of Maine.

I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Ken of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and that the original was exhibited in open Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Fourteen dollars seventy five cents; and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is Nothing

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of June 1820.

John Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of Kennebec

[seal affixed to top of page]
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314

Samuel Varnum

No --
5.536.   20 Jan 1819


Mar 1819




Robert C. Vose Augusta
Maine
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Copy,           State of Maine.                   314

KENNEBEC COUNTY, SS.

ON this fifth day of June, 1820, personally appeared before Nathan Weston, Jr. Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Samuel Varnum aged Seventy three years, resident in Clinton in the County of Kennebec within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Lewis and Regiment commanded by Colonel Varnum of the line of the State of Rhode Island upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of one year, and was in the battle on Long Island, Kings Bridge, & Harlen heights.

that his original declaration was made before Judge Wilde on the ninth day of April - 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered   .  And I, the said Samuel Varnum do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Samuel Varnum

The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz:  one sheep & one lamb of the value of two dollars, one pig of the value of two dollars old household stuff, besides necessary bedding not exceeding ten dollars in value, one old axe of the value of fifty cents, one old hoe of the value of twenty five cents, I have no debts due to me that can be collected, and I owe as much as forty dollars, My income from the above property does not exceed the interest of the money I owe, my occupation is that of a laboring man, but from age and infirmity, being lame am able to do very little labor, My family at home consists of myself, my wife Molly aged seventy one who is infirm and has the asthma can not do much, Except the foregoing and my necessary clothing and beding I have no property or income whatever.
Samuel Varnum
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Subscribed sworn to and declared both the oath and Schedule on the fifth day of June 1820 before me
Nathan Weston Jr
C. J. C. C. C. Pleas


A true Copy
Attest John Davis Clk
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O. W. and N. Division.     3--525.

F. S. C.
Ser. File 35,686
Rev. War.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,    June 16, 1906.

Sir:-

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Samuel Varnum, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Soldier states that he first served for eight months at Prospect Hill, where he enlisted in the Spring of 1776 as a Private in Capt. Elijah Lewis' co. Col. Varnum's regt. (9th Continental) for one year, at the end of which he again enlisted "for the war" and served two years when he was discharged by his brother General Varnum.

Battles engaged in, Long Island, King's Bridge and Harlem Heights.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated.
Date of application for pension, Apl. 11, 1818:  his claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Clinton, Kennebec Co., Me.
Age at date of application, 71 years.
Remarks In 1820 soldier mentioned his wife Molly aged 71 years.  No further family data.
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Camp at


Samuel Varnum, a
Battalion, is live


[illegible] Varnum [illegible]


To all concerned.
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35686

Revy   INVALID.

File No. 35,686
Samuel Varnum
Pri Rev War

Act:  18" March 18"

Index:--Vol. D, Page 494.

[Arrangement of 1870.]


1906 June 16 - History to
John M. Varnum - C 
1917, Nov. 22.  History to
Mrs. Helen F. Daily.  F.W.
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OWN

[stamped]
O. W. & N. DIV.
FILES
JUN
13
1906

11the June 1906.

Box 3676?

To the Hon United States Commissioner
Of Pensions, Washington D. C.

Sir:-

Can you kindly furnish me with copies of the application for pensions under Act of 18 March 1818 for services in the Continental army of
SAMUEL VARNUM, Rhode Island Line, paid in Maine.
BENJAMIN VARNUM, Massachusetts Line, paid in Vermont.
JOHN VARNUM, Invalid pension, Feb 18 1796 & April 20 1796.
and oblige yours very truly

John M. Varnum.



[stamped]
U. S. PENSION OFFICE.
A.
JUN
13
1906
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Page 139 List of cert for NH.
Annex State Papers - claims I -9 -
John Varnum Pri Col James Reed's regt NH. -
wounded in one of his shoulders
June 17, 1775 Bunker's Hill - res -
Raymond - Militia -

Pens. fr. Mar. 4, 1795 dec'd b. prior to
Int. Mch 4 & Sept. 5. 1804.
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Rev Sec


[letterhead from]

Illinois Department of the National Alliance of Daughters of Veterans, U. S. A.

November 15/1917.

Dear Sir:--

Will you send me the pension record of Samuel Varnum [handwritten note: S. F. 35686] Born 1747 - Died 1828.  Married Mary Parker.  Pension granted 1818 at Clinton-Maine.

Also the record of David Merriam-Born 1760 Concord-Mass.  Died Brandon-Vermont-1849 wife Eleanor Munro.

Thanking you in advance for the records, I am,

Respectfully yours,

(Mrs.) Helen F. Daily
73 N. Root St.,
Aurora, Illinois.