Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [Blank], for David Morehouse, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                                                                                              NUMBER
 Conn                                     Morehouse, David                              Dis.
                                                                                                          No Papers    
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CONTENTS
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AW
July 16, 1906,
     C. M.H.
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Moorehouse, David
    His name appears on a list of applicants for
invalid pension returned by the Circuit Court for the
district of Connecticut, submitted to the House of
Representatives by the Secretary of War on Dec. 14,
1792, and printed in the American State Papers,
class 9, page 66.
     Rank: Private
     Regt. 2d
     Disability: Contracted a rheumatic disorder, through
fatigues while in service
     Date of certificate:       Oct. 4. 1792
     Monthly allowance:      $3.33 ⅓
     Arrears due:                  $150.00
     Remarks:   Discharged June 9, 1783.
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AW
Aug. 15, 1906
    N. J. F
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Morehouse, David
     His name appears on a list of claimants to
be placed on the pension list returned by the Circuit
Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the
House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25,
1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9,
page 116.
     Rank: Private
     Regt: 2d Connecticut
     Disability: Rheumatic disorders, from hardships
suffered in the service.
     Residence: Fairfield.
     Monthly allowance:     $3.33 ⅓
     Arrearages: $150.00
     Remarks: Enlisted December 28, 1776, and continued
to the end of the war.
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                                                                                 February 26, 1935
                                                                                  XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
                                                                                 David Morehouse
                                                                                  Disability
Honorable L. J. Dickinson                                         Revolutionary War
United States Senate                                                BA-J/MCS
Washington, D.C.

My dear Senator:
    Reference is made to your request for information in regard to
Revolutionary War soldiers, Samuel Knapp of Danbury or Norfolk, Con-
necticut, and David Morehouse who was pensioned in October, 1792.
    Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained
from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land
based upon the military service of soldiers in that war. A careful
search of the records fails to show such claim on file on account of
the service of a Samuel Knapp of Danbury or Norfolk, Connecticut.
    The Revolutionary War records of this office show that one
David Morehouse of Fairfield, Connecticut, enlisted December 28,
1776, and was discharged June 9, 1783. He served as private in the
Second Connecticut Regiment.
    He contracted a rheumatic disorder through hardships while in
the service and on account of the resulting disability he received
a pension of $3.33 1 / 3 per month on certificate which was dated
October 4, 1792,
    There are no further data on file relative to this soldier and
no data in regard to his family.
                                                              Very truly yours

                                                       A. D. HILLER
                                                   Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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                                                                              September 5, 1934
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Honorable Louis Murphy                                       DAVID MOREHOUSE 
United States Senate                                              Disability
                                                                               Revolutionary War
                                                                               BA-J/MSIFIMLB 

My dear Senator:

    Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
date of last payment of pension to David Morehouse, Revolution-
ary War pensioner, Certificate dated October 4, 1792.
    The information you desire is not recorded in this office.
You should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting
Office (Records Division), and cite the following:
    David Morehouse, Revolutionary War Invalid Pensioner, Con-
necticut Roll, Pension Certificate dated October 4, 1792.
    Your citation, W. 20295, pertains to the record of another
David Morehouse, whose record was furnished Honorable Albert C.
Willford at the same time the record of this David Morehouse
was furnished.
                                              Very truly yours

                                                     A. D. HILLER
                                                     Assistant to Administrator
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                                                                                     August 18, 1933
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Honorable Albert C. Willford                                      David Morehouse, W. 20265
Room 319 House Office Building                               BA-J/MCS
Washington 
D. C.

My dear Mr. Willford:
    Reference is made to your request for the record of David
Morehouse of Fairfield County, Connecticut.
    The data which follow were obtained from papers on file
in the pension claim, W. 20265, based upon the military service
of David Morehouse,
    He was born November 28, 1764, in Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.
    While a resident of Norwalk he enlisted and served as
private with the Connecticut troops as follows: from November,
1779, three months in Captain Jonathan Squire's Company; from
June 1, 1781, until March 1, 1782, in Captain Charles Smith's
Company in Colonel Canfield's Regiment; from June, 1782, three
months in Captain Jabez Fitch's Regiment; from September, 1782,
six months in Captain Stoddard's Company in Colonel Canfield's
Regiment.
    In 1818 he was living in Malta, Saratoga County, New York,
and at one time he was justice of peace in that county, previous
to 1818 he had lived in Albany County, New York. In 1830 he was
living in Cohocton, Steuben County, New York.
    He was allowed pension on his application executed October
16, 1832, at which time he was living in Cohocton, New York,
    He died there November 16, 1839.
    The soldier married November 14, 1785, in Stillwater, New 
York, Tryphena Bidwell, who was born June 7, 1765.
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    She was allowed pension on her application executed
January 19, 1844, at which time she was living in Cohocton,
New York,
    The names of the following children of David and
Tryphana Morehouse are shown:
David                       born   October     29,  1787            
Isaac                           "      October       4,   1769
Hannah                      "       October    24,    1791
"Bouw"  Fondey         "       August      14,    1793, died February 21, 1817
Tennery                      "       April          21,    1797

    In 1844 one Isaac Morehouse was living in Cohocton, New 
York, but it was not shown that he was identical with the
soldier's son, Isaac Morehouse. In 1843 one Reuben Bidwell was
living in Stillwater, New York, and was sixty-two years of age,
but it was not stated whether he was related to the widow, Tryphana,
          ______________________________________________________

    The Revolutionary War records of this office show that
one David Morehouse of Fairfield, Connecticut, enlisted December
28, 1776, and was discharged June 9, 1783. He served as private
in the Second Connecticut Regiment.
    He contracted a rheumatic disorder through hardships while
in the service and on account of the resulting disability he
received a pension of $3.33 1 / 3 per month on certificate which
was dated October 4, 1792,
There are no further data on file relative to this soldier.
    ___________________________________________________________
    The above noted are the histories of the only soldiers of
Fairfield County, Connecticut, by the name of David Morehouse
that are found in the Revolutionary War records of this office,
                                                       Very truly yours

                                                     A. D. HILLER
                                                    Assistant to Administrator
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CANTER GLASS, VA., CHAIRMAN
KEITH MORELLAN, TENN.        FREDERICK HALE, MAINE
ROYAL S. COPELAND   N. Y.     HENRY W. KEYES N. H.
CARL HAYDEN, ARIZ.                GERALD P. NVE, N. DAK.
ELMER THOMAS, OKLA.           FREDERICK STEIWEN, OREG.
JAMES F. BYRNES, S.C.              PETER NORBECK, S. DAK.
WILLARD E. TYDINGS, MO.       L. J. DICKINSON, IOWA
RICHARD B. RUSSELL, JR., GA.   JOHN S. TOWNSEND, SR. DEL.
MARCUS A. COOLIDGE, MASS. ROBERT D. CAREY, WYO.
ALVA B. ADAMS, COLO.
PATRICK McCARRAN, NEV.
JOHN H. EVERTON, LA.
JOHN F. BANKHEAD, ALA.
JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, WYO.
WILLIAM SURES MCADOO, CALIF.
HARRY S. TRUMAN, MO.
             KENNEDY F. REA, CLERK
             JOHN W. N. SMITH, ASST. CLERK

                               United States Senate
                COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                              February 21, 1935.
Mr. Omer W. Clark,
Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Clark:
    Will you kindly send me any available in-
formation on the following Revolutionary War Veter-
ans:
     Samuel Knapp of Danbury or Norfolk, Conn.
     David Morehouse who lived at Norfolk, Conn.
in 1789. Pension was granted to him in October
1792 in the amount of $3.33 1 / 3 per month. He
moved to New York about 1802.
    Any data on either of these veterans will 
be appreciated.
                       Yours very truly,
                                      L. J. Dickinson
MF/id
rvice: Conn.
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Hon. Albert C. Willford (Rep. Iowa) called
by phone Aug. 7, 1933 for Rev. War Record of
David Morehouse. Said his constituent
gave no data, only name of soldier. We
could not identify record so he said he
would obtain more informationon
    On Aug. 10, 1933 he called again
and stated that David Morehouse
enlisted in Fairfield, Conn, no other
data furnished by his constituent
MMHG
Aug. 10, 1933

His phone Cap Br. 629
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Rm. 319 House Office Bldg
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said he would
  Hon. Albert C. Willford (Rep. Iowa)
called by phone Aug 7-1933 for
the Rev War record of David Morehouse
  His constituent gave nothing but
the name. We had several 
so Cong. Willford said he would
write for more inf.

MMHG

His phone  Cap. Br. 629
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August 4, 1933,

Claims examined

Abstracts furnished

Pages of mass. read in
prep. of abstracts

Negative replies
Visitors' negatives IIII IIII IIII IIII 11   -27

Claims to visitors to III IIII IIII IIII ---- 51

Misc, corres                                        1
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Photos to visitors 5 pages                 5p
Photo ctfs                                           ?

Money recd for photos, 1.25            1.25

Claims examined in identification
of desired record
IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII 11                69
Letters typed & mailed
Visitors recd 8                                       8
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   ELLISOND, SMITH, S. C. CHAIRMAN
BURTON R. WHEELER, MONT.           GEORGE W. NORRIS, NEBR.
ELMER THOMAS, OKLA.                    CHARLES L. McNARY, OREG.
GEORGE McGILL, KANS.                    ARTHUR CAPPER, RANS.
JOHN H. BANKHEAD, ALA.                PETER NORBECK, S.DAK.
W. J. BULOW S.DAK.                           LYNN J. FRAZIER, N. DAK.
HATTIE W. CARAWAY, ARK.                H. D. HATFIELD, W.VA.
HOMER T. BONE, WASH.                    BRONSON CUTTINS, N. MEX.
LOUIS MURPHY, IOWA
JAMES P. POPE, IDAHO
CARL A HATCH, N. MEX.
               HEDWIN SHIPSTEAD, MINNE.
                                   C. A. LAWTON, CLERK

                                    United States Senate
                                       COMMITTEE ON
                                      AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY  


                                           September 1, 1934.  


Mr. A. D. Hiller,                                      David Morehouse, W. 28265
Veterans Administration                        BA-J/MCS
Washington, D. C.

Dear  Mr. Hiller:                                       
     I wish to secure the following information.
     What was the date of the last payment of pension to
Mr. David Morehouse, Revolutionary War Pensioner, on certi-
ficate dated October 4, 1792? I would also like to know the
name and address of the person to whom it was paid, Mr. More-house enlisted December 28, 1776 and was discharged June 9,
1783. He served in the 2nd Connecticut Regiment.

     An early reply will be appreciated.
                                  Sincerely yours,
                                                  Louiss Murphy
                                                            Louis Murphy.

RECEIVED
4   1934
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