Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2304, Truman Hecox, Conn.
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SERVICE                                           NUMBER
 
Conn              Hecox, Truman          S.2304     

carded
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Ohio
1914
Truman Hecose
Meigs in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Bounty commanded
by Captain Smith of the Regt commanded
by Col: Wille in the Connecticut
line for 1 year from 1781
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Nov
1832 and Sent to M. Bosworth
Chester Meigs Co. O
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832         60
Semi=ant. allowance ending       20
March 1833                                 $80
Revolutionary Claim,}
Act June 7, 1832.      }
Recorded by Nathan Rice   Clerk
Book D Vol. 10 Page 55
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Truman Hecox
Ohio
No 2306
from 1781 private
1 year. $40.
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Brief in the case of Truman Hecox
of Meigs County in the State of   Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 67 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
"Feby In 1781
Duration of Service.
Years Months, Days
1           "           "
Rank.
As a Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen. Waterburys Brigade
Col Webbs Regmt.
Capt Mullkey Smiths Compy
Connecticut Line
5. In what battles was he engaged? White plains
6. Where did he reside when he entered the services Ditchfield Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Litte
Examining Clerk.
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The State of Ohio
Meigs County ss

Meigs Com Pleas
July Term 1832
On this first          day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Meigs now sitting Trueman Hecox a resident of Chester Township Meigs County, Ohio aged sixty seven years last April 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated, to wit, that
sometime in February 1781, he being then a resident of Farmington Hartford County, Connecticut enlisted in Litchfield in Connecticut in the Company commanded by Capt Mathew Smith in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Webb in the Brigade commanded by Genl Waterbury in the Connecticut State line, that he joined the Regiment & Brigade at Palmer's Hill that some time in July following marched to White Plains & that sometime in August was in an engagement with the enemy at that place that he continued to serve in said Corps until the first day of March AD 1782 when he was discharged in the Town of Stamford Connecticut. that he has no documentary evidence of service & that he knowsof no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service except that of Daniel Stewart of Athens County Ohio. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
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Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid
M. Bosworth Clerk
Trueman Hecox
And the said Court do hereby declare their opin on that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states
Attest M. Bosworth
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted withTrueman Hecox who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
of sixty seven years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have
been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
The State of Ohio
Meigs County
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I Marcus Bosworth Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said
County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Trueman Hecoxfor for a pension. In testimony whereof I here
unto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court this Second day of August AD one thousand eight hundred & thirty two & of our State the thirtieth
M. Bosworth Clerk
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Trueman Hecox
2306
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. ---------------,19
In reply to your request of-----, received-------------------------
for a statement of the military history of Truman Hecox.
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. S.2304.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Feb 1781
LENGTH of SERVICE.
Mch. 1. 1782
RANK
Pvt..
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN                           COLONEL
Matthew Smith                    Webb
STATE
Conn.
Battles engaged in, Skirmish at White Plains
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Farmington, Hartford Co. Conn,
Date of application for pension, Aug 1. 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Chester Tmp. Meigs Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, b in April 1765.
Remarks: there is no family data on file
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
6-2856
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1916 Jan 20. History to
Mrs. Dana H. Daniels
1916 Feb. 2. History to Mrs.
Dana H. Daniels, mme.
---
1916 Feb. 2. history to Mrs Dana H. Daniels M.13.H
_____________________________________________________
1916 Feb.2. Mra. Dana H. Daniels info
pension allowed for service as 
Private, AW.

2304.
Rev War
INVALID.
Privt Rev War
Act: June 7. 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 167
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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Pomeroy.O. 1/31 '16
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.
In filling out the war
record of Truman Hecox we
do not understand your
abbreviation under rank. We
had understood that he was a
Lieutenant. Would be
pleased to hear from you
at an early date.
Mrs. Dana H. Daniels
Pomeroy
Ohio
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Rev Sec
H
Pomeroy. O. 1/13 '16
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Will you please send all
the information you can
concerning Truman Hecox who
was a soldier of the Revolution
ary War, for membership
in D.A.R. Is there any fee
required.
Mrs. Dana H. Daniels
Pomeroy,
Ohio
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Truman Hecox      which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every or any other pernsion than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?  yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
no Clergyman
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Yes
XIV. t If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed    Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
Yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:
 For_____  year_____months and________days.  I served as a______. For ______months and_____days, I served as a _______: and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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State of Ohio }
Athens County } Ss

This 13th day of June 1832
personally appeared before me Elijah Hatch
one of the associate Judges of said County
Daniel Stewart Esquire of Said Athens County
and being by me duly sworn deposeth & sayeth
that he this deponant was a Soldier in the
Service of the United States in the revolutionary war,
 that in the year 1781
he this deponant was acquainted with a Soldier
in the company of Captain Matthew Smith
in Major Humphries batalion by the name of
Truman Hecox said batation was raised by the
State of Connecticut & served on the limens at white plains
horse neck & C in the State of New York that said troops
were enlisted for one Year at the expiration of which
term they were discharged--This deponant further
states that he was not acquainted with said Hecox
after he was discharged till he  saw him in this county in
the year 1803 or 1804 since which time he
has been acquainted with him till the present
day & he this deponant has no doubts but that the
Truman Hecox of Meigs county State of Ohio
who now applies for Pension is the same
Truman Hecox he was acquainted with as above
stated further this deponant says not
Sworn & Subscribed before me in the day & year first above
written
Daniel Stewart
E Hatch} a probate judge

I certify that I am well acquainted 
with Daniel Stewart Esquire the above
deponant & know him to be a man of truth
and veracity
E Hatch Judge
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The State of Ohio
Athens County Ss } I Henry Bartlett, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Athens 
aforesaid, do hereby certify that Elijah Hatch Esquire was on the fourth day of June
instant, and now is, one of the Associate Judges of said Court of Common
Pleas of Athens County and that the within signature purporting to be
his is genuine -
In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand
and affix the seal of said Court at Athens
this twenty fifth day of June A.D. 1832._
50/100 re
Henry Bartlett Clerk
of Athens Com: Pleas
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AW
Rev. War Section,
Feb. 2, 1916
Mrs. Dana H. Daniels,
Pomeroy, Ohio.
Madam:
Feb. 2, 1916.
In reply to yo r letter of the 31"" ultimo, you are advised
that the pension S. F. No. 2,304 of Truman Hecox, was
allowed him for his services as a private in the War of the
Revolution. It does not appear in his pension claim that
he ever served as a lieutenant,
You are herewith furnished his record with the rank
written in full, in lieu of that returned by you, for the
reason that you did not understand the abbreviation under
rank.
Very respectfully,
GM Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS
W. B. H.
S.2304
Rev. War
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Rev sec B 2
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., January 20, 1916.
Mrs Dana H. Daniels,
Pomeroy, Ohio
Washington, D. C., January 20, 1916
Madam:
In reply to your request of Jan. 13
received Jan. 17. 1916.
for a statement of the military history of Truman Hecox.
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.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Feb. 1781
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
Mch 1 1782.
RANK,
Pvt. 
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Matthew Smith
COLONEL.
Webb
STATE.
Conn.
Battles engaged in, Skirmish at White Plains.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Farmington, Hartford Co., Conn.
Date of application for pension, August 1, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Cherter Twsp. Meigs Co., Ohio.
Age at date of application, born in April 1765.
Remarks: there is no family data on file
it is as
[stamp]PENSION
CS FE 1 1916
OFFFIC.
6-2856
Respectfully,
GM Saltzgaber
Commissioner
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