Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36245, for Kimball Prince, New York
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New York

Prince, Kimball or Kimbell

NUMBER
S. 36245

CONTENTS
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(left side)
4,653
Roll of Connecticut

Kimbell Prince
Capt Graham 
Sergt. 
New York line 3 years

In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 3rd of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd of Novr 1818 and sent to Jeremiah Brainard hon. Judge New London

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 5 ms 2/30 - 40.53
Semi-annl all'ce ending 4th March 1819 - 48
$88.53

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818}

not entitled(crossed out)
New London Reinstated

(right side written vertically)
Notification sent Jany 19th 1820 to 
William T. Brainard New London Cont.
Reinstated by Hon. Secy. of War 16th Feby 1821, & on roll
day notification sent to Hon: J. Lanman.
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State of Connecticut New London SS
Be it remembered that at said New London on on this 3d day of April 1818 before me Jeremiah G Brainard a Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut - personally came and appeared Kimball Prince of New London in said State of Connecticut and being duly & solemnly sworn according to law and the way of said State on such solemn oath by me to him administered declared and said that on the 19th day of June 1777 - he enlisted at Peekskill in the State of New York as a sergeant into a company commanded by Captain Charles Graham in Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt's Regiment for the term of three years - That said Regiment was the second Regiment in the New York line of the Continental Army - That he faithfully served in said Company and Regiment the full term of three years - part of the time as a sergeant - the residue as Sergeant Major of the Regiment - That at the expiration of the term of his inlistment viz on the 19th day of June 1780 - he was honourably discharged in New Jersey not many miles from Morristown - That he now is and always has been a resident citizen of the United States. That he is 65 - years of age very infirm & incapable of business that as to a discharge he had a written one from Colonel Van Cortlandt but it is lost or destroyed by time or accident and it is not in his power now to produce it
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Kimball Prince
4653
March 1819

not entitled
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Kimball Prince
He made a declaration for a pension & another in June 1820 in both of them hestated that he was residing in New London; New London County, Conn. & gave his age in the latter as 67 years.
He enlisted at Peekskill N. Y. on the bank of the Hudson river on the 19th June 1777 for three years under Capt. Charles Graham in Colo. Philip Van Cortlandt's 2d N. Y. regiment of the Continental line & was appointed Sergeant, after which he was promoted to Sergeant Major in the same regiment - He did not specify any battles in which he was engaged or any incidents connected with his military service & was discharged at Morristown N.Y.
A certificate was filed signed by a number of the prominent citizens of New London, which stated that he had resided in that place for nearly forty years - 
In June 1820 he stated that he was by occupation a mason, but owing to his infirmities, had been, for the last six years unable to pursue it - His family at that time consisted of his wife, Lucretia, aged 64 years & his daughter, Lucretia, aged 40 years - He died June 6, 1824
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Your Obedient Servant
Theda. W. Prince
late Lt. Col. 16th N. Y. Vol Auty & Brit Col Vols

P. O. address
Geneva. Ontario E. N. Y.
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New London Aug. 1820
To the Hon. John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War:
Sir,
At the request of Mr. Kimball Prince, I enclose a statement of facts attested by a number of the most respectable citizens of this place. The statement is strictly true, from my personal knowledge. Had it been proper, he might have obtained a subscription to it by all the inhabitants of this city. He is totally unable to labour; nor has he any income. Presuming upon the continuance of his pension he has for six months past contracted debts for his livelihood. If he should receive no more governmental aid, it is my opinion, that before he could convert his small
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Mr Edwards
J. C. C.
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Senate Chamber,
Washington Jany 25 1821.

Sir,
Enclosed is my letter from Mr Kimball Prince. I have no doubt he is a proper subject of the pension act. He is poor and sickly. His little unfinished tenement in the skirts of the town, cannot produce him anything more than an indifferent shelter for his aged head. I should think, that it would not sell for more than two hundred dollars, if so much. I can hardly believe, that a more deserving case has occurred in your experience, if his case were intimately known to you
Most respectfully
& with esteem I
have the honor to be 
yr obedt servt
James Lanman.
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The Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington.