Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42130, Clement Clark, Vt.
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SERVICE  VT
Clark, Clement
NUMBER S42130

CONTENTS
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16.706
Ohio R
Clement Clark of Wadsworth Township in the State of Ohio who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Warner of the (Vt.) (indept corps)for the term of 3 years
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Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 3 of Sept 1819-

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th of Apr. 1828 and sent to Hon: John Sloane
H. Reps. U. S.

Arrears to 4th of 4 March 1820 - 48.49
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1820. 48.00
5 mo 25/20  4/31  $96.49

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
Medina Co

Note sent April 19th 1821, to John Freese, Esqr
Brunswick- Ohio
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Clement Clark-
Col. Warners Regt
(Vermont)
"Green Mountain Boys"
1777- 3 years
3d Sept 1819
Admitted
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State of Ohio 
Medina County⎬ Township of Wadsworth September3d AD 1819
Personally appeared before me Frederick Brown one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County Clement Clark aged sixty Eight years resident in the Township of Wadsworth in said County of Medina who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by
the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and seal service of the United States in the Revolutionary War- That he the said Clement Clark Enlisted in the Town of Rutland in the State of Vermont in the Company commanded by Capt Grant in the year 1776 and served through the summer Campaign and was at the taking of St Johns in Canada and that he was in the Battle on Lake Champlain between Gen Arnold and
the British when Arnold was defeated and that being discharged after serving out his first
enlistment he again enlisted in the year 1777 under Capt Lee of Rutland in Vermont in his company in the Regt commanded by Col Horne in the United States Service for the Term of three years the Regt was a part of the Troops called Green Mountain Boys. Whether they belonged to the Newhampshire line Vermont or New York he does not know

They were under the command of Genl Schuyler and the successive generals Commanding Ticonderoga and the Northern Frontiers That he continued in the service of the United States as a Private Soldier in the said Capt Lee Company during the term of his enlistment being three years as
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aforesaid and that he was discharged at Saratoga in the State of New York and that he is in reduced and indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and that he has no other evidence of his services now in his power as his House was destroyed by fire together with all its contents about 20 years since and his discharge if at that time in his possession must have been destroyed. and further the Deponent saith was

Sworn to and declared on the Third day of September A. D. one thousand Eight hundred and nineteen

I Frederick Brown one of the Judges of County of Medina & State of Ohio do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Clement Clark did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing declaration against the common Enemy
and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of war Pursuant to to the Direction of the above mentioned act of Congress and I do further certify that from some acquaintance with the circumstances of the said Clement Clark and from Testimony had before me I believe him to be in Reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his 
Frederick Brown

State of Ohio 
Medina County
I hereby certify that the above named Frederick Brown is one of  the [illegible] Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said county of Medina and that the above signature is in his own proper hand writing. Given under my hand and seal of office at Medina this 11th day of October A.D. 1819
John [illegible] Clerk P.Y.C.P.
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Clement Clark
16. 786
Sept 1820

Cont

Hon Secretary of the War Department
City of Washington


John Freese, Esqr
Brunswick
Ohio
19 April 1821
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District of Ohio
Medina County ⎬Court of Common Pleas

On the 23d day of October A.D. 1820 personally appeared in open Court the said Court being a Court of Record for said County of Medina Clement Clerk and Sixty Eight years, resident in the Township of Wadsworth in said County who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows (to wit) I enlisted in the State of Vermont in the Company commanded by Capt Lee in the Regiment commanded by Col Warner I enlisted for the term of three years and served at the term of my enlistment and was discharged at Saratoga also performed other tours of duty, previous to the last mentioned and made a declaration thereof before the Hon Judge Brown one of the members of this Court on or about the third day of September, A.D. 1819 in order to obtain the benefits provided by an act of Congress passed the 18th of March A.D. 1818 entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"
and in consequence of said declaration I have received from the Honorable the Secretary of War of the United States a Pension Certificate dated the 28th day of April A.D. 1820 and Numbered 16786 at the rate of Eight dollars per month, And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March A.D. 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 as to bring myself within the  provisions of an Act of Congress passed the 18th day of March A.D. 1818 entitled "An Act to provide for the certain persons eingaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War", and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed

Schedule of Property
1 Cow --- $12.00
1 Old Waggon 20.00
1 old set of Harrow teeth 3.00
12 year old heifer 10.00
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3 Sheep $6.00
1 Iron Pot 1.00
1. Tea Kettle 1.00
1 Spider broken 0.50
1. Tea Pot 0.50
2 Quart B[illegible] -- 1.50
4 Earthen Plates 0.50
Shovel & Tongs --- 2.00
3 Chairs 1.50
Low Chest 0.50
1 Cross Legged Table 0.75
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$59.75

I am by occupation a farmer and follow that business has much as I am able, but my infirmities are such that I cannot labor but a small portion of the time and depend principally on my son for support who has also a large family of his own to maintain by his daily labor. I have no family residing with me excepting wife aged Sixty years, who is also very infirm and much of the time at present and many years past under the care a Physician
Sworn to and declared on the 23d day of October A.D. 1820
Before John Freese Clerk C.C. P.

the State of Ohio 
Medina County ⎬
 I John Freese Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Medina County hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule to annexed, are truly they copied from the Record of the
Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the Court that the total amount of the value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is fifty nine Dollars and Seventy five cents In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 1st day of November A.D. 1820
John Freese Clerk of the Court for County of Medina in the State of Ohio
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42130
Revy INVALID.
No. 42, 130
Clement Clark
Pri Rev War

Act: 18 March 18
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 9
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Ebenezer Andrews Deposition

Clem Clark
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State of Ohio
Medina County
Wadsworth September 3rd 1819

Personally appeared before me Frederick Brown one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County Ebenezer Andrews of the Township of Chippewa in the County of Wayne a person to me well known and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Clement Clark of Wadsworth in the County of Medina and State of Ohio and that he was well acquainted with the said Clement during the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain between the year 1776 and 1783 in the State of Vermont and New York and that he knew the said Clement Clark as a private soldier in the service of the United States in the expedition to Canada and afterwards he knew the said Clement as a private soldier in the Company of Capt Lee in the Regt of Col Warner in the
year 1777 and that he continued in the service for three years then and as he this deponent understood at that time and verily believes the said Clement was enlisted in the said Company for that term of time and further this deponent saith not
Ebenezer Andrews [signature]
Sworn to and signed before me
Frederick Brown