Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,306, for Samuel Shelly, Connecticut
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Service
Conn

Shelly, Samuel

Number
S. 36.306
B.L.Wt.1287. -
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Connecticut.
2047

Samuel Shelly   4
Capt Eldridge private
Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of April, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 3d of Augt. 1818 and sent to Elias Perkins, Esq. New London, Connecticut.

Arrearages to 4th Sept 1818.
4 mos 28/30. $39.46

{Revolutionary claims, Act 18th March, 1818,}
Six Years
Continued
[illegible]

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See letter to Sec. of War, Aug. 6. 1828 -

Died Aug 22. 1826
See O.B.

Notification Oct 2 1820 to Charles Lathrop of Norwich
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Saml Shelly
2047
Sept 1818
Con

The [illegible] 
be obliged 
will be set
forth in the
schedule

Chas Lathrop, Esq
Norwich, Conn
10 Oct 1820
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I Samuel Shelly Signer of the foregoing Declaration and schedule do certify under oath that the age and condition of my children refered to in the above schedule is as follows viz. James agd 23 years out of health and accustomed to fits of mental derangement and can do but little labor - Thomas aged 18 years able in part to support himself by his labor - Clary aged 25 has been married to Peleg Simpson who has absconded to parts unknown and left his wife poor and destitute and has returned to my house for support together with Clary Simpson her daughter aged 6 years. My two other children are Ellizabeth agd 32 married to Joseph Lathrop and Charlotte aged 20 years unmarried both of whom are poor but do not live with me
Samuel Shelly
State of Connecticut New London County
ss Stonington August the 19=1820
Personally appeared Samuel Shelly signer of the above declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me Wm Randall associate of County Court
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New London County ss
I do hereby certify that the Honorable William Randall on the 19th day of August AD 1820 was, & ever since hath been, and now is, one of the Associate Judges of the County Court, & a Justice of the Peace of said County of New London duly qualified and acting under the authority of the State of Connecticut and that the signature to the attestation of the within affidavit is his by nature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the County Court for said New London County, at Norwich in said county this 4th day of September AD 1820
Charles Lathrop Clerk
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State and District of Connecticut, ss.
On this 26th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court holden within and for the County of New London in said State, on the 26th day of June 1820, the same being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment, Samuel Shelly aged sixty one years, resident in the town of North Stonington in said County in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: as a private soldier in the company commanded by Captain James Eldridge in the regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Prentis in the line of the State of Connecticut That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, on the 7th day of April 1818; and had transmitted to him a certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, dated the 2nd day of August 1818 and numbered 2047.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 [illegible] day of March 1818 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.
That I am by occupation a laborer and have no means of supporting myself, excepting by bodily labor. That I have a wife named Esther aged 58 years & five children, three of whom depend upon me for support with their own labor. their names are Samuel, Thomas & Clary - & also one grandchild Clary Simpson is also dependent on me for support - that I am very infirm being sorely afflicted with the rheumatism and am also troubled with a bad rupture - Schedule
[illegible] 1 house, standing on Indian land, worth $55. and 3 beds [illegible] and old $6.00 2 old iron pots .84 1 tea kettle, 54 1 [illegible] 1 hog 3.00 $45.52
Samuel Shelly
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Signed Sworn to and declared on the 26th day of June 1820 - before said County Court Charles Lathrop Clerk
I, Charles Lathrop Clerk of the County Court for New-London County, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is, excluding beds, thirty nine dollars and fifty two cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 26th day of June 1820
Charles Lathrop.
Clerk of the County Court for the County of New-London.
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State of Connecticut }
NewLondon County.}
Probate Office, April 1st AD 1828

I certify, that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me, to prove that Thomas, James & Clara Shelly are the children and heirs at law in fee to Samuel Shelly of N Stonington [] late a soldier in the Regiment of Col Webb in the Army of the Revolution
Given under my hand and Seal of Office, this first day of April AD 1828
William Williams Judge of Probate

[seal affixed at left]

The above form will answer for the following States: viz.

Maine, }
Massachusetts,
New-Hampshire,
Rhode-Island,
Connecticut,
Vermont, } Judge of Probate
New-York }
New-Jersey,} Surrogate.
South-Carolina, }
Georgia,} Ordinary.
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Saml Shelly
application for
Pension
April 7. 1818
Correct
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State of Connecticut
County of New London
Town of Stonington
on the seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred & Eighteen before me Elias Perkins Judge of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of New London personally came & appeared Samuel Shelly of North Stonington in sd County & being duly sworn made oath solemn oath that he was born in sd town of North Stonington that he is a resident citizen of the United States that in the month of May 1777 he inlisted into a company commanded by Capt James Eldridge in a Regt commanded by Col Saml Prentice in the connecticut line under the continental establishment that I [illegible] sd Regt at Piskill with the direction of Lieut Daniel Collins who inlisted me that he faithfully served as a private soldier in the infantry under sd Prentice & other officers and was at Yorktown at the capitulation of Cornwallis & continued in the army under the sd Establishment.
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untill the end of the Revolutionary war & was honorably discharged at West Point which discharge has by time and accident become lost & distroyed & that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for Support & that he relinquishes all right to former pensions.
Samuel Kelly
Sworn before me
Elias Perkins Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for New London County
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To the Hon. Secretary of War of the United States the application of Saml Shelly of North Stonington in New London County & late of connecticut; as follows (viz): that he served in the war of the Revolution for a longer period than nine months under the continental establishment as a private soldier that he is reduced in his circumstances in life and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support & hereby relinquish all right to former pensions and now begs to be placed on the pension list of the united states as you by Law are enabled to do & he [illegible] duty bound will ever pray dated at North Stonington this 7th day of April 1818
Samuel Shelly
I Elias Perkins Judge of the County Court do under the Seal of this Court further certify that Samuel Shelly the above applicant is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his Country for Support
Elias Perkins Judge of the County Court in Court of Com Pleas for New London County
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I Elias Perkins Judge of the Court or Court of Common Pleas for the County of New London do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the soldier Samuel Shelly did serve in the Revolutionary War as Stated in the preceeding declaration against the Common Enemy & that said Samuel Shelly is about sixty years of age -

And I now submit the Proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned act of Congress - the foregoing Declaration was made to me as the applicants [illegible] in order to obtain the provision made by the late acts of Congress intitled an act to provide for certain Persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War.

Witness the Seal of the County Court of the County of New London District which I have caused to be hereinto affixed
Elias Perkins Judge of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas for New London County

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No 1287
Saml Shellys heirs
pri Connt
Mr Hon
Noyes Barber
Connt
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Department of War.

Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.

By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N.B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities:

State of Connecticut
County of New London } ss. Stonington March 27 AD 1828
We, Thomas, James & Clara Shelly heirs at law of Samuel Shelly do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of our knowledge and belief, that Samuel Shelly did enlist in 1777, for the term of during the war, and served in the regiment No. __ under the command of Colonel Webb of the connecticut line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the end of the war we further declare, that we have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to said Samuel Shelly on the part of the United States; nor do we believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever; therefore,

Know all men by these presents, that we the sd Thomas, James & Clara Shelly aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint the Hon. Noyes Barber of Connecticut to be our true and lawful attorney, for us and in our names to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to us as aforesaid; and our said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Clarisa X her mark Shelly
Thomas X his mark Shelly
James X his mark Shelly
Attest, Latham Hull
Samuel H Babcock
for James Shelly -
Latham Hull
Phebe Walker
Personally appeared the above named Thomas, James & Clara Shelly subscribed to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be their free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest, Latham Hull Justice of the Peace

In testimony that the above written Latham Hull Esq was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of Connecticut at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the proto seal and subscribed my name and quality, at Stonington this 1st April 1828.
Geo. Hubbard P Clerk &c

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December 13, 1938.
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BA-J/CC
Samuel Shelly
S.36306

Miss Grace B. Andrews
4828 Pitt Street
Duluth, Minnesota.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Shelly of Thompson, Connecticut or in that vicinity, who married Judith Carroll.

The record of a Samuel Shelly of New London County, Connecticut adjoining county to Windham has been found and follows as shown in the papers on file in pension and bounty land claims S.36306, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

Samuel Shelly was born in North Stonington, Connecticut. The date not stated nor names of parents.

Samuel Shelly enlisted in May 1777, served as private in Captain James Eldridge's Company, Colonel Samuel Prentiss' Connecticut Regiment and in Colonel Webb's Connecticut Regiment; was at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown and was discharged at West Point at the close of the War.

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818 at which time he was aged about sixty years and was a resident of North Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.

In 1820 the soldier's wife, Esther, was aged fifty-eight years, and the following names of his children were given: Elizabeth aged thirty-two years, who married Joseph Lathrup; Clary (Clara or Clarisa) aged twenty-five years, who married Peleg Simpson, who in that year (1802) had absconded and she had returned to her father's home with her daughter, Clary, aged six years; James, aged twenty-three years; Charlotte, aged twenty years, unmarried, and Thomas aged eighteen years.

On March 27, 1828, in New London County, Connecticut, Thomas, James and Clara (Clarisa) Shelly, the children of Samuel
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Shelly, applied for the bounty land which was due on account of the service of their father in the Revolutionary War.

On this application Bounty Land Warrant 1287 for 100 acres was issued in their behalf. One Phebe Walker witnessed the signatures of these applicants in 1828. No relationship to the family shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of the death of Samuel Shelly you should apply to the comptroller General, General Accounting Office this city and cite the following data:

Samuel Shelly,
Certificate No. 2047
Issued August 3, 1818
Rate $8.00 per month
Commenced April 7, 1818
Act of March 18, 1818
Connecticut agency.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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36306
Revy Invalid.
File No. 36,306
Samuel Shelly
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 372

[Arrangement of 1870.}

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Dec. 7 1938 - Hist Grace B. Andrews ce
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Samuel Shelly
act 15 Mar 1828
N. York.
appl. for increase of
his pension disallowed.
See letter to A Ely
Oct. 13. 1837
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Windham Co
[illegible] adjoining New London

[circle stamp] Received Oct 29 1938
Mail Sub.Div. Vet Adm Reader No 19

4828 Pitt St.
Duluth Minn.
Oct. 16, 1938

Veterans Bureau
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen:
Can you give me any information about Samuel Shelly? I know that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and I believe he enlisted from Thompson Conn. or some where in that vicinity. It may help you to know that his wife's name was Judith Carroll Shelly and I believe there were five children.
Any help you can give me will be much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Grace B. Andrews