Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2,794, Samuel Hamilton, Conn.
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Conn. 
Hamilton, Samuel Wealthy 
W2794
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936
New York, Albany
Wealthy Hamilton
widow of Samuel Hamilton
who served in the Revolutionary War, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 73 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on 16th of March 1857
Certification of Pension issued the 1st day of May 1857 and sent to John J Sutherland
J. of R.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848 75 Vol. A
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New Notification sent to
Pension Agent May H-7602
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8853 New York 8475
Samuel Hamilton
Athens
in the State of N York
the was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Bradley of the Regt. commanded
by Col Deebe in the Court.
for 21 months-
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of May
1833- and sent to L. Mont
Coysallie
Arrears to the 4th of Ma, '33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Feb 38
$14.66
36.66
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$183,32
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⎨ Revolutionary Claim, ⎬
    Act June 7, 1832         

Recorded by G. Stiles Clerk,
Book E Vol. 4, Page 21.
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State of New York
County of Cyrene L
M Jacob Van Orden, clerk of the Circuit Court of the State of New York Golden? at Catskill in and for the County of Cyrene aforesaid do hereby certify that satisfactory Evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Samuel Hamilton was a Pensioner of the United States of A A net of seventy three dollars & thirty three cents per annum was a resident of the county of Cyrene in the State of New York & [crossed out Town of Athens] did in the Town of Athens in said County in the State of New York on the 16th day of March in the year 1851. Fact he left a widow whose name is Wealthy Hamilton In testimony where of I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office at Catskill this 16th day of June of the year of our Lord 1851
J Van Orden
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STATE OF NEW YORK.
Greene County Clerk's Office.
I, JACOB VAN ORDEN, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify that
James Mullen
before whom the annexed
Depositions were made, and whose name is thereto subscribed, was at the date
thereof Justice of the Peace
in and for said County,
duly authorized to take the same, and that the signature thereto subscribed is genuine.
WITNESS my hand and official seal, at Catskill, this 1st day of
October 1851
J Van Orden Clk
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State of New York
Greene County
Be it remembered that before me James Mullerd is Justice of the peace in & aforesaid County of Greene legally authorized by law to administer Oaths came Wealthy Hamilton, and made oath in due form of Law that she is the widow of Samuel Hamilton, late of the Town of Athens in said County deceased, & who was a Revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death, that he died at said Town of Athens ion the 16th day of March last, & that he drew a pension under a certifiede from the War. A fact factment of which the following is in the words & figures following to that
War Department
Revolutionary Claim
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7th of June 1832 Samuel Hamilton of the State of New York, who was a private in the Revolutionary Army is entitled to receive Seventy three dollars and thirty three cents per annum during his natural life, commensing on the 4th of March 1831, and payable Semi annually, on the 4th of March and 4th of September in every year
Granted the War office of the United States this 6th day of May one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three.
John Robb
Acting Secretary of War
(L.S.)
Examined & Countersigned
J.S. Edionds
Confirmer of Pensions
And that the said Certificate is Endorsed on the back as Recorded in the pension office in Book E vol. 4 page 21, by 9.6 State, clerk, the said Wealthy Hamilton, further aforesaid and says, that since the death of her said Husband She has caused, the original certificate of which the above is a copy to
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her surrendered, to the Pension office in the City of Albany to enable her the said deponent to draw the amount due upon the [unreadable] up to the time of her said Husbands death and which amount so due she this deponent has received. That she this deponent has been in the Town of Canaan, County of Columbia & state of New York on the 3rd day of November, 1771. That her Father Captain Roswell Bebe died while on a campaign in Canada, while in Command of a company of Continental troops during the Revolutionary War leaving a widow and two children in Law Town of Canaan, this deponent being the oldest and a sister named Altanah now the Widow of Justus Warner deceased and who now resides at the “Valley of Roudout in the County of Ulster and state of New York. and whose affidavit is hereunto annexed. That she this deponent, was married to the above named Samuel Hamilton, on the third day of July one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, by the Reverend Mr. Stephen, at his house, at a place called New Concord in said County of Columbia. ? two miles from her Step Fathers House, Philip Fresber. who has married her mother after the death of her said Father. are with whom together with her said sister Altanah. they then resided that she this deponent & the said Samuel Hamilton, accompanied by Jesse Waterman and Olive his wife, the Uncle and Aunt of this deponent left. her said step Fathers House, on the day aforementioned to testify [unreadable] for the purpose of being so married, that the said Jesse Waterman and Olive, his wife, were both present at said marriage Ceremony and that no other persons were present, Except the said married couple and & the said Reverend Mr. Stephen, and who was of the Presbyterian Persuasion that often said marriage had taken place the said deponent & her said Husband, together with the said Jesse and Olive Waterman returned to her said Step Fathers House as man & wife and have continued to live together as such from that time to the day of his death. The said officiant, the Reverend Mr. Stephens and also the said Jesse Waterman
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and Olive his wife are all deceased, and from experience made no Records of marriages was in those days kept by said officiator, the mother as also the step Father of said deponent, have are along time been deceased. The said deponent has had a family of six children by her said Husband Samuel Hamilton, the eldest of which is Altanah widow of David Sands deceased and is in the sixty first year of her age & now resides in said Town of Athens and whose affidavit is hereunto annexed. This deponent further deposes & says that she together with her said Husband have resided for more than sixty years and up to the time of her said Husbands death in said Town of Athens  and that previously there to resided in said Town of Canaan & that she has not in her married time- the death of her said Husbands but continues to remain his widow the words in law County of Columbia often the words [unreadable] Concord interviewed before execution
[signed] Worthy Hamilton
Sworn & subscribed, before me this 30th day of September 1851 [signed] James Mullen Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Green County
Be it remembered in that before me James Mullen a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid, legally authorized to administer oaths. Came Mrs Altanah Sands & made oath in due form of Law, that she is the widow of David Sands, deceased and the eldest daughter of Samuel Hamilton & Wealthy his wife and is in the sixty first year of her age & that she now resides in the Town of Athens in said County of Greene. That her said Father Samuel Hamilton was a revolutionary Pensioner at the time of his death & which occurred on the 16th day of March last at said Town of Athens, and that from her earliest recollections of childhood have continued to live together as man and wife, up to the time of his death. That from the records in her said Fathers family Bible from her earliest recollections of reading to the present time. as well as from the declarations often made in her presence by her mothers uncle and aunt, Jesse and Olive Waterman, in their life time (they now being both dead), that her Father Samuel Hamilton and Mother Wealthy Hamilton were married by the reverend Mr. Stephens being at New Concord in the County of Columbia, state of New York on the 3rd day of July 1787. That the said Jesse & Olive Waterman have often declared in the presence of deponent, that they were both present at said marriage.
& that the fact of there having been so married & at that time, this deponent has never heard disputed or questioned & that she the said deponent lived for about fifty years of her life in her said Fathers Town [unreadable] & that her said Mother Wealthy Hamilton has not married since the death of said Husband Samuel Hamilton, but continued to remain his widow. [signed] Altanah Sands
Sworn & subscribed before me the 30th day of September 1851
[signed] James Mullen Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Greene County

Be it remembered that before me James Mullen a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid, legally authorized to administer oaths came Sylvester Nichols & made oath in due form of Law, that he now resides in the Town of Athens, & county & state aforesaid. That he has resided there for more than forty years last past & until recently & for a number of years has held the office of a Judge of the courts of said County of Greene that during the whole time of which he has so resided in said Town he has been personally & intimately acquainted with Samuel Hamilton, a revolutionary pensioner late of said Town Athens, that he was present with him at the time of his death, which occurred on the 16th day of March 1851. That he has also during that whole period, been personally acquainted with Mrs. Wealthy Hamilton, his wife, also with Mrs. Altanah Sands, there daughter & also the rest of there younger children four in number. That no question or doubt has ever occurred to the knowledge of this deponent as to the said Hamilton & his said wife having been legally married that he said Samuel Hamilton has been during his said when period of acquaintance one of the most respected citizens of said Town, having been a Justice of the peace for quite a number of years & held various other offices of honor & trust. That he this deponent knows him to have been the identical person named in the copy of the original certificate from the then deponent as a Pensioner as set fourth in the affidavit of his widow Wealthy Hamilton & hereunto annexed & which certifiede this deponent as the attorney of the said Wealthy Hamilton surrendered, to the point for paying Pensions in the City of Albany to enable said widow to draw the back pay due said Pensioner up to the time of his death & further that this deponent, did for a number of years , while holding the office of said
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Judge of County Court make out & take the affidavit & acknowledgement
of Power of attorney from said Hamilton, from said Pension Certificate
for drawing his semi- annual payments from the Pension Agency
in the City of Albany & which he has known to have  been afraid  and
received by the said Hamilton

Sworn & Subscribed before
On the 30th day of September 1851
James Mullen Justice of the peace
Sylvester Nichols
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State of New York
Ulster County 
Be it remembered that before me John B Still a Justice of the peace is and for the county aforesaid legally authorized to administer oaths, came Mrs Altanah Warner, and made oath in due form of Law. That she is the widow of Justus Warner deceased, formerly of the Town of Canaan, Columbia County, and State of New York, and that she now resides in the village of Roudout, Town of Kingston, county of Ulster and State of New York, that she is the only sister to Wealthy Hamilton a revolutionary pensioner, who died at Athens in the County of Greene, in March last, that she the said Altanah Warner together with the said Wealthy Hamilton, were the only shivered of Capt. Roswell Bebee, who did in the service of the Continental Army while in a campaign in Canada, in the statements of her Mother, that she this deponent, was born in the town of Chatham on the twenty-
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-fourth day of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, that she recollects distinctly the time and circumstances when her sister Wealthy was married to the beforenamed Samuel Hamilton, that her said sister and the said Samuel Hamilton, together in company with Jesse Waterman and Olive his wife, the Uncle and Aunt of said deponent and sister left the house of their step-father Phillip Frisbee, who had married their Mother after the decease of their said Father, and with whom the said deponent and her sister then resided, that she this deponent was then about fifteen years of age, that they left for the express purpose of going to the home of the Rev. Mr. Stephens a Presbyterian Minister residing at New Concord about two miles distant, and whom this deponent well knew, but who has been a long time deceased, for the purpose of being married, that they returned the same day to the said stepfathers house as man and wife, and lived together as such the whole period of time from then to the day of said Hamiltons death, and no doubt or question having ever come to the knowledge of this deponent as to their having been lawfully married,
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No 1828
application of
of Wealthy Hamilton
to be placed upon the Pension
Roll by right of her deceased
Husband Samuel Hamilton
accompanying document
Wealthy Hamilton
wid of Saml
N. Y.
-
Act 29 July 1848-
L. Nichols
Athens
N. Y
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at the time afforesed [aforesaid] the Sade [said?] [illegible] & Olive his Wife they
being deceased and the sade [said?] Step Father & the mother
of the sade [said?] Welthey & this deponent being allso deceased
the sade [said?] Samuel Hamilton having with his said
Wife and Family resided in sad e [said?] town of Athens
for more than Forty years previous to & up to the
time of his deth [death] & that previous thereto they resided
in the town of Canaan
taken subscribed & sworn to
before me this 26th day of }
September 1851}                          Altanah Warner
John B Steele
Justice of the Peace
State of New York Ulster}
County Clerks office } Ss            I John DL Montanye Clerk of
the County of Ulster, and also Clerk of the Supreme
and County Courts therein Do certify that John
B Steele is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
of Ulster, and that the above signature purporting to
be his is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto
affixed my official seal of office, and subscribed my
name this 26th day of September in the year 1851.
JDL Montanye Clerk
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It does not appear
that he was in actual
service at the time of 
his capture as his 12
mo enlistment had expired
- Captivity disallowed
Admd
21. mo pri
$73.33
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Declaration of Samuel
Hamilton of Athens
County of Greene and 
State of New York
for a pension under the
act of 7th June
1832-
8852
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State of New York
Greene County SS

On the ninth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me William Tolley Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene, the said Court being a Court of record, Samuel Hamilton a resident of the town of Athens in the Said County of Greene aged sixty eight years on the third day of November last past, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath, make the following declaration in addition to and Supplementary to the declaration heretofore made by him, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he was born in the town of Sharon in the State of Connecticut on the third day of November 1764 and resided there until after the commencement of the revolutionary war, and removed from there this declarant believes in the spring of 1778 to the town of Canaan in the State of Connecticut That in the spring of 1778 or 1779 and which year this declarant does not precisely recollect he enlisted for nine months in Captain Bradley's company of Connecticut State troops.  He thinks the name of the Lieutenant was Smith. The name of his Colonel was Beebe.  The name of the major was Shipman.  Colonel Beebe and Captain Bradley were both of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut _ That under that enlistment he served nine months, either from the first of March 1778 or from the first of March
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1779.  That the said nine months service was one continued uninterrupted service from its commencement.  The said duty was done at Horseneck.  

This this deponent again enlisted as a private in the Company of Captain Mathew Smith in the regiment of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Major Humphrey in the Brigade of General Waterbury in the month of February 1781 for the term of one year _ That this declarant marched on the first of March 1781 to Horseneck in the said State of Connecticut and did actual duty there, in the vicinity of Horseneck and at White Plains from the first day of March last mentioned under the officers last mentioned, until the eighth day of February 1782, on which day, this declarant, [mark out] was taken Prisoner and taken to New York, and there kept a Prisoner not less than five months and this declarant believes nearly six months.  That he was taken Prisoner as aforesaid at a place called Coscob between Horseneck and Stanford in the State of Connecticut by a part from Delancey's Corps, commanded by a Col. Holmes  That this Declarant and five others were captives and one of the Americans was killed.  That during his first service of nine months he was in the battle of Kinstreet.  That he was also in two battles or skirmishes at Frogsneck in the County of Westchester in the State of New York during his last enlistment.  That this declarant never had a written discharge to his knowledge.  That this deponent claims a pension for one year and nine months service, and if the time of this deponents imprisonment in New York can be estimated as service rendered then
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he claims a pension for two years.  That all the aforesaid services were rendered as a private soldier and on his own account.  He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. 

Sworn to & Subscribed the day     Sam Hamilton
& year Aforesaid
before me
Wm Tolley
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I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Joseph Prentiss & John Grigg ho have sworn to, & subscribed their names to the within certificate before me on the 9th day of February A.D. 1833, that they are both clergymen of the Episcopal Church, that they both reside in the Town of Athens in the County of Greene & State of New York, & that they are creditable persons & that their statement is entitled to full credit.

Wm Tolley
One of the Judges of Greene County as
Aforesaid

State of New York
Green County [illegible] 

I, William W B Heermance, Clerk of the said County do certify that William Tolley Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit of Samuel Hamilton & Joseph Prentiss and John Grigg were sworn and who subscribed the above certificate was at the date of the same. a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County and that his signature thereto is genuine

Witness my hand and seal of office this
Eleventh day of February 1833

Willliam W P. Heermance Clerk
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State of New York
Columbia County 

On this eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Justices Court in the city of Hudson now sitting Stephen Churchill a resident of Canaan in the County of Columbia & State of New York aged seventy years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath depose as follows that on the first day of March 1781 or about that time he entered the service as a volunteer private in the company of Captain Mathew Smith in the regiment of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Major Humphrey in the Brigade of General Waterbury & continued in said service one year and the said Stephen Churchill further deposes that Samuel Hamilton formerly of Canaan in the State of Connecticut now residing in the town of Athens in the County of Greene in the State of New York was a private in said Company when he this deponent entered it & that he said Samuel Hamilton continued to serve as a private in said Company from about the first day of March 1781 until some time in the month of February 1782 when he was taken prisoner while out on a scouting party by De Lanceys Corps of Cavalry and the said Stephen Churchill further deposes that the said Samuel Hamilton was enlisted to serve for one year & served with him in said company during the time above stated.
                                                                                                        
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year above written            Stephen Churchill
Hiram Wilbur, Clerk

I Hiram Wilbur Clerk of the Justice Court of the City of Hudson 
do hereby certify that the above is an original proceeding of said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Hamilton for a pension and I further certify that I am acquainted with Stephen Churchill who has subscribed & sworn to the above deposition or affidavit that said Stephen Churchill is a man of good reputation for truth and veracity & that his statement is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office.
Hiram Wilbur, Clerk.
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State of New York
Columbia County

I Richard Carrigen Deputy Clerk in the absence of Joseph D. Monell Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Hiram Wilbur before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date same, Clerk of the Justice Court in and for the City of Hudson and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature.

Witness my hand and seal of Office this Ninth day of February 1833

Richard Carrigen
Deputy Clerk
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State of New York
Greene County 

On this third day of September one thousand eighteen hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in & for the County of Greene now sitting, being a court of record Samuel Hamilton a resident of the town of Athens in the County of Greene & State of New York aged about sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he was born in the town of Sharon in the State of Connecticut on the third day of November one thousand seven hundred & sixty four, and resided there until after the commencement of the revolutionary war [mark out] when he removed to the town of Caanan in the same State. and there he enlisted at the age of about fourteen years in Captain Bradley's company of States troops. the name of the Lieutenant he thinks was Smith and served in that company nine months commencing the first of March one thousand and seven hundred & seventy eight.  The name of the Colonel was Beebe, and his Major, Shipman.  He entered the service of the United States [illegible] on the first day of March one thousand eight hundred & eighty one having enlisted in Capt. Smith's Company of state troops.  Major Humphrey, the General 's name was Waterbury, and remained in service until the eighth day of February one thousand seven hundred & eighty two when he was taken Prisoner and taken to New York and then kept about six months and was then exchanged for a prisoner of war.  He was taken Prisoner at Coscob between Horseneck & Stanford by Delancey's Corps. Col Holmes commanding the party that captured him and 5 others was being killed.  That he was in the Battle of Kingstreet under Col. Beebe also with two battles at Frogsneck under General Waterbury.  He thinks that he never had any
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written discharge, and if he had one at the expiration of his
first term of service he has lost it.  And he hereby relinquishes his
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & [illegible]
that his name is not on the pension  Roll of the agency of any State
Samuel Hamilton
Sworn and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
in open court before me
William W.B. Heermance Clk
---
We Gordon Dixon, and William Tolley,
residing in the town of Athens in the County of Greene hereby
certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Hamilton
who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that
we believe him to be sixty eight years of age or thereabout
that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he
resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that
we concur in that opinion.
Gordon Dickson
Wm. Tolley
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
in open court before me
William W. B. Heermance Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion the
after the investigation of the matter and after putting the
interogatories prescribed by the war department that the
above applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served
as he states. And the Court further certifie that it
appears to them that Gordon Dixon and William Tolley
who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents
of the town of New Baltimore and are credible persons and
that their statement is entitled to credit.
Dorrance Kirtland
Presiding Judge of
said Court
I William B Heermance Clerk of the Court of Common
pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the Application of Samuel Hamilton for a pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand &
the seal of the said County this third day September 1832
[circular stamp without any image or text] William W.B. Heermance Clerk
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No 8852
Samuel Hamilton
4. 15.
10 Sepr: 1832
26 Nov--

John L Brack
Cosackie
NY  Page 95
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No 8852
BRIEF in the case of Samuel Hamilton
of Athens---in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? About 68 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period .  
In 1778
1 March Enlisted    
Served                                   
1 March 1781x entered
the service again- in}    indefinitely
1782 was taken prisoner,}
was kept about 6 mo; then}
exchanged,}
____________________
#1881 in the declaration)
Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.
9 [months]
indefinitely
Rank.
As a
Names of General and field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Cap Bradleys Compy of State Troops
Col Bebe Maj. Shipman
Cap Smiths Compy Maj Humphrey
Genl Waterbury-
5. In what battles was he engaged? The Battles of Kingstreet & Frogneck
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Canaan Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Stephen Churchhill deposeth to declarants services from 1st March 1781. till Feby 1782 when he was
taken prisoner-and that he was enlisted to serve for 1 year and served
with him during the time
above stated-
Gordon Dixon and Wm Tolley testify to traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
[illegible]authenticated
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned,
A Runtzel Examining Clerk.
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O. W. & N. Division

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C. April 26, 1895.

F. S.

M. E. C.

Madam: - 
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of ---Samuel Hamilton --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

[column headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. | STATE.
Spr 1778 or 1779 | 9 mos | Pvt. | Captain Bradley, Colonel Beebe | Conn.

Mar. 1781 | 12 mos | Pvt. | Captain Matthew Smith, Maj. Humphrey | Conn.

On February 8, 1782, he was taken prisoner by a small party of the British and was sent to New York City where he was detained about six months.

Battles engaged in, Kingstreet, Frog's Point.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Canaan, Conn.
Date of application for pension, September 3, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Born, Sharon, Conn., Nov. 3, 1764.

Remarks: He married Wealthy Beebe, daughter of Roswell Beebe, July 3, 1787, and died March 16, 1851.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mrs. Carrie Peloubet,
306 B. St. N. E.,
Washington, D. C.
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Athens. Greene Co. Ny Octr 1, 1851 
Hon. James E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir I herewith send you the application of Mrs Wealthy Hamilton & accompanying affidavit to enable her to be placed upon the Pension Roll by right of her deceased Husband Samuel Hamilton- a Revolutionary Pensioner late of this Town - the proff of there Marriage is the highest that can be obtained, on account of the decease of all that were present except the applicant. Mrs  Hamilton is a remarkably inteligent woman of her age and no more of doubt can exhist as to the truth of her whole statement & also backed as it is by other respectible corroborating testimony
 Please at the convenience of the department, address any communication  in relation to the same either to Mrs. Hamilton or to the undersigned at Athens, Ny - Very Respectfully Yours . S. Nichols -
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Requested by
Mrs. Carrie E. Peloubet
Astoria  Car 3rd & G. V. W.
City
[stamp]O.W&N. DIVISION JAN 22 1901 RECEIVED

[stamp] PENSION U.S. OFFICE JAN 21 1901
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Samuel Hamilton was born in Canaan in Connecticut in the year 1764. He enlisted in a military company in Connecticut near the close of the War of the Revolution to serve in that war - during an engagement with Hessian soldiers in Westchester County, New York, he was wounded and taken prisoner and carried to New York City & imprisoned in the Old Sugar House in LIberty Street, & then confined until discharged at the close of the war.
He married Wealthy Beebe of New Concord in the state of New York in 1787, and removed to Athens on the Hudson in New York State in about the year 1790 where he continued to reside the remainder of his life.
He received a pension from the U. S. Government for his service in that war until his death which occurred at Athens, N.Y. March 16, 1851.
In the State Library at Albany, in the colonial history of Connecticut can be found a record of his enlistment. And in the record department of the pension bureau at Washington probably can be found his certificate of enlistment & of his discharge upon which evidence he obtained a pension from the government.
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[stamped]
U. S. B. P. LAW APR 9 1895 RECEIVED

H

notI

Washington April 1st

Judge William Lochren
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Sir
Will you please direct that a transcript be furnished me of the papers filed in connection with the application for a pension of Samuel Hamilton who was a member of Capt. Smiths Co of General Waterburys Connecticut Brigade in 1781. Samuel Hamilton was my Grandfather.
I hope it will be convenient for you to comply
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with my request at so early a date as possible.
Very Respectfully yours
Mrs. Carrie Peloubet
806 B. St. N. E.
Washington, D. C.
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WIDOW, &c.
---
File No. 2794
Wealthy Hamilton
Widow
Samuel Hamilton
Pri Rev. War-
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: -- Vol. A , Page 302 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Apr 26/95 [illegible] Hist to Mrs. Carrie
Ploubet
306 B S.N.E. City, N.El.
-
Jany 30-1901
same to same
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No 1028
Wealthy Hamilton
widow of Samuel
NY
Act of 29th July 1848
To S. Nichols Decr 23d 1857
To Hon J. Sutherland, . Apl 27/52
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Ho. Rep.  Ap 22
1852
Hon J.E. Heath
Com of Pension
Sir, I have the honor to
enclose a letter from
J. Nichols Esq. of Athens
Green Co N. York relative
to an Application hereto-
fore made to you in the
behalf of Mrs Wealthy
Hamilton, widow of
Saml Hamitton deceased
for a pension .
in consequence
of
my absence from
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Washington, this letter
was not recd until a
few days since-
May ask your early
attention
to Mrs Hamiltons
application
Your Ob.Servant
J Sutherland
Rep 11 Cong
Dist N. York
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Athens, NY Dec 1, 1851

James E. Heath Esq
Commissioner of Pensions} Washington City

Dear Sir
About four months since, I transmitted by mail, to your address Washington City the application accompanying documents of Mrs. Wealthy Hamilton (of this place) the widow of Samuel Hamilton a Revolutionary Pensioner to have her name placed on the Pension Roll by right of marriage to her decd husband, agreeable to existing acts of Congress, and having recd no information from your department, this present communication is respectfully enquire whether said application has been recd & examined by the department & if so whether any further proof is required. Please have the goodness to return an answer to this at your earliest convenience.
Very Respectfully Yours
S. Nichols
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Samuel Hamilton - Albany Agency. N. Y.
Act 7 June, 1832 $73.33 per ann. To what time paid?   F. F. C. Triplett
Pension Office
Dec 23, 1837
Died 16th March 1851
Pd to his death.
B. L. B.
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Wealthy Hamilton
wid of Saml
N. Y
Act 29 July 1848,
$73.33 per an:
from 16 March 1851
when her husband died
cert to Hon J. Sutherland
H of Rep
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Albany Pension Agency
May 7, 1852

J. E. Heath Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir:
In compliance with the instructions contained in your letter of the 4th inst. I enclose to you your letter of May 1st containing besides our authority to enroll Anna Breed, the like authority to enroll Wealthy Hamilton, for which reason, you will perceive, that it will be necessary that said letter should be again returned to this Agency.
I am, Very Respectfully,
Yours &c.
Thomas W. Olcott
Pen. Agent
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brief in the case of Wealthy Hamilton, wid of Saml
County and State of N.Y.
act 29 July 1848

Claim (original or "for Increase")Crossed Out
Proof exhibited, (if original)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.

Husband was a pensioner.  Ev: of marriage, ages of children  H.

(if for increase)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

Name and residence of Agent
Hon. J. Sutherland
H of Reps

Kirby
Examining Clerk
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME  Hamilton, Samuel
GRADE  Private
LINE  Maryland
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Hamilton, Silas
GRADE Private
LINE Massachusetts

WARRANT NUMBER 4396
ACREAGE  100
ISSUED Dec. 9, 1799
To Dwight Foster, guardian to Leonard Hamilton, Asa Hamilton and Silas Hamilton, minor children and heirs of Silas Hamilton.

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* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.