Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36218, for Lemuel Peet, Connecticut
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn

Peet, Lemuel

NUMBER
S. 36218

CONTENTS
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(left side written vertically)
Name not on AB

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2603
Connecticut Roll
Lemuel Peet
Capt Starr 4 private Connecticut 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 7th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 22d of Septem 1818 and forwarded to David S Boardman Esq New Milford Connecticut

Arrears to 4th of Sep: 1818  $39:46
Semi=anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819:  48.00
arrs 4 mos 28 ds.  $87:46

Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.

New Milford, Litchfield
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Left Side Page

36218
Revy INVALID

File No 36218
Lemuel Peet
Pri Rev War

Act: 18th March '18
Index: Vol 2 Page 320

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1932, Sept 29 - Hist to Robt. A. Peet, E.E.L.
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VETS ADMIN MAIL STAMP - Sep 22, 1932

31 S. Washington St
Hinsdale, Ill.

The Administrator
Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir

There was a Lemuel Peet of Conn. who received a pension for his activities in the revolutionary war, I don't know the date.

I find in Conn records a Lemuel Peet in Col Hinman's Regt, Capt. Starr's Co 4th Regt whom I suppose is the same man.

I want to know if you have any records of him, wife's name, children's names, place of residence etc. that would help me in genealogical research.

If so, I would appreciate your advice.

Very truly yours

Robert A Peet

Sept 18-1932
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Connecticut
Lemuel Peet Pri
David L Boardman
New Haven

Correct
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I Lemuel Peet of New Milford Conty of Litchfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy-one years being duly sworn do declare that I served as a private soldier the war of the revolution against the common enemy on the continental establishment three years & seven months, in the company commanded by Capt. Josiah Starr & regiment commanded by Col Ben'jm Hinman of the Connecticut troops who served in the campaign of 1775 upon Lake Champlain the time of my enlistment was as near as I can recollect sometime in the month of May of that year and being afflicted with sever sickness I was on that account discharged a short time before the expiration of the aforesaid period of my said enlistment but I do not recollect the exact time which my discharge above date having unfortunately lost it - On the last day of March 1777 at New Milford aforesaid, I enlisted into the three years' service in the Connecticut Line of the continental army in the second regiment commanded by Col Herman Swift the company at the time of my enlistment was commanded by Capt. Elizuer Warner which company was afterwards commanded by a Capt. Hill whose first name
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I do not recollect that i served in said regiment until the expiration of the aforesaid period of my enlistment and was honorably discharged at Springfield in the state of New Jersey in the latter part of March 1780, but the precise day of the date of my discharge I do not recollect having lost the same and I do further declare that from my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my county for support.

Lemuel Peet

Dated at New Milford this 7th day of Apr 1818

State of Connecticut District of New Milford

I David S Boardman Judge of the court of Probate in said district do hereby certify that on the day & date above written the above-mentioned declaration was subscribed & sworn to by the said Lemuel Peet before me.

David S Boardman
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State of Connecticut Probate District of New Milford.

On this 27th day of April 1818 before me the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid personally appeared Jewel Phillips of New Milford in the said district aged fifty-nine years & being duly sworn said that he served for the period of three years in the 2nd Regt of the Connecticut line commanded by Col Herman Swift to wit from sometime in the month of March 1777 to sometime in the month of March 1780. That during said period of service, Lemuel Peet whose name is subscribed to the foregoing declaration served in the same regiment with the deponent for part of the time in the same company; that he joined the regiment about the same time with the deponent & was discharged regularly & left the army at Springfield in the state of New Jersey in company with the deponent and that he the deponent was well acquainted with the said Peet in the army & before & since that time & well knows the fact of his having served the aforesaid period of 3 years; & has been informed & verily believes that said Peet served also in the campaign of 1775 as stated in his said declaration.

Jewel Phillips

Sworn and subscribed on the day & date &year above written before me.

David S Boardman - Judge of Probate
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I David S Boardman Judge of the Court of Probate for the district of New Milford aforesaid (the same being by law a court of record) do certify that it appears to my full satisfaction that the said Lemuel Peet served in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy - and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me for the purpose of entitling the said Peet to the benefit of the act of congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" to the Hon'ble Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the act aforesaid.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name & affixed the seal of said Court.

SEAL

Davis S Boardman

Correct
Except the judge's certificate. He must certify that claimant is in reduced circumstances.
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State of Connecticut District of New Milford

I Davis S Boardman Judge of the Court of Probate for said district do hereby certify that Lemuel Peet the applicant named in tihe foregoing declaration has been fully proven to my satisfaction (by the testimony of two credible witnesses in whose affidavits have been heretofore forwarded with my certificate thereon to the War department) to be in indigent circumstances - and I do therefore again certify as well upon said proof as upon my own personal knowledge of the man's circumstances, that he the said Lemuel Peet is indigent & in my opinion in need of assistance from his county for support.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said court this 27th day of July 1818.

David S Boardman

SEAL
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September 28, 1932

Lemuel Peet - S.36218

BA-J/EEL

Mr. Robert A. Peet
31 S. Washington Street
 Hinsdale, Illinois

Dear Sir

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Lemuel Peet, a soldier of the Revolutionary war.

The data furnished herein are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War claim for pension S.36218 based upon the military service of Lemuel Peet in that war.

Lemuel Peet enlisted, place not state, in May, 1775, served seven months as a private in Captain Josiah Starr's company, Colonel Benjamin Hinman's Connecticut Regiment and was in the campaign on Lake Champlain: he enlisted on the last day of March, 1777 at New Milford, Connecticut, served as  a private in Captains Elizur Warner and Hill's company, Colonel Herman Swift's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged the last of March 1780. (Handwritten in margin next to this paragraph - verified first service in Conn book. All officers in Conn book)

He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-one years and resided in New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut. The date and place of his birth are not given and there are no data as to his family.

He died September 30, 1818. (Handwritten in margin: Date of Death from 1835 list - name not on AB)

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and the name and address of person paid, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C. citing all of the following data:

Lemual Peet, Certificate No 2603, issued September 22, 1818, rate $8 per month, commenced April 7, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Connecticut Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator