Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 17524, for Joseph Kingsbury, Connecticut
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Kingsbury, Joseph

NUMBE
S1752

Carded

CONTENTS
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17681

Connecticut
Joseph Kingsbury of Coventry in the State of Con who was a Pri in the Camp commanded by Captain Clarke of the Regt commanded by [line drawn] in the Conn [Illegible] line for 6 mo

Inscribed on the Roll of Con at the rate of 20 Dollars [line drawn] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Sept, 1833 and sent to A Hendee
Hebron Con

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $50
Semi-anl. allowance ending [Illegible] 10

[Total] $60

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by E D Bullock Clerk, 
Book     Vol.     Page 23
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6278
Joseph Kingsbury
Application
Duplicate
[Illegible initial]

AO[Illegible]
3mo Corpl
3mo Pri

[Calculation of]
3.66
x 3
10.98
10
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I Jacob Fox of Bolton Tolland County State of Connecticut aged 77 years do testify & say that in August 1776 I volunteered as a substitute for Isaiah Daggett of Coventry to do a tour of duty near New York in a Company commanded by Eleazer Hutchinson Capt Col. Obadiah Horsford Regt. and that I there did duty untill I was discharged on the 10th day of Nov on account of [Illegible] and that I well remember that Joseph Kingsbury of Coventry was a Corporal in the same company with me and served as a corporal the whole time that I served, & further saith not.
Jacob Fox

State of Connecticut, Tolland County SS
Hebron Probate District
Personally appeared in open Court before Abner Hendee Esq Judge of the Court of Probate for said District Jacob Fox signer of the foregoing affidavit and made oath that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth. And this Court certifies that the said Fox is a man of truth and that his statement is entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 2nd Day of July 1833

Cyrus Mann   Clerk

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State of Connecticut,
TOLLAND COUNTY, SS. HEBRON PROBATE DISTRICT.

On this Second day of July A. D. 1883 personally appeared in open court before Abner Hendee, Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate, for the District of Hebron, now sitting, Joseph Kingsbury a resident of Coventry in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, aged 77 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.

That in 1776 he enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. Clark of Ashford Joseph Talcott of Coventry Lieut. for three months that he marched from Ashford through Pomfret & Douglas to Cambridge & Roxbury. The British army was in Boston. Major Brown commanded our detachment. Saw the British army when they left Boston in their boats and go on board the shiping in the harbour. served his time of three months out & was discharged by a proper officer but has lost his discharge. Jeriah Burnap of Coventry served with him in the same company and was discharged with him. Genl Washington commanded the Army during this Tour
That soon after he was discharged & returned home the company of Militia to which he belonged was ordered to march to New York for a tour of three months Eleazer Hutchinson was our Capt. & Paul Brigham who has since been Lieut Governor of Vermont was our Lieut. & Thomas Terril was our Ensign we belonged to the 12th Rgt Connecticut Militia - Obadiah Horsford was our Col. & Jeremiah Mason was Major our company rendezvous at Gilead the last of August (a part of the town of Hebron) where we chose corporals the day we started, that he was chosen a corporal at that time & marched through Wethersfield & New Haven
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to New Rochelle near New York where he served the term of three months as a Corporal with the Regt & was honorably discharged but had no written discharge while in the service was sick with what was then called the Camp Distemper & while sick there was a little skirmishing between a part of our troops & the enemy he was not in the engagement but heard the guns plainly

He further states that in his first tour he served three months as a private near Boston. In his record he served three months near New York as a Corporal.
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
He answers to the interrogatories propounded by order of the War Department, as follows:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
He was born in Coventry in Tolland County Ct. AD

2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
He has no record of his age

3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
He lived in Coventry when called into service and has lived there ever since

4. How were you called into service? Were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
In his first tour at Cambridge & Roxbury he enlisted in his second tour near New York was ordered out with all the Company

5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiment as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
He has before stated all the Regular Officers that he can recollect & the general circumstances of his service 
In his first tour in 1776 he served three months under Capt Clark in his second in the 12th Regt Contl Militia of Obadiah Horsford Commander, Eleazer Hutchinson Capt near New York he served three months as a corporal
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6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
He does not recollect that he ever had a discharge if he had has lost it

7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
He is known to the Rev James Ely of Bolton and Daniel White Esq of Coventry who have certified as to his reputation & their belief of his service as a soldier of the revolution

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid

Joseph Kingsbury

We, James Ely, a clergyman residing in the town of Bolton in the County of Tolland, and Daniel White Esq residing in Coventry hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Kingsbury who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 77 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

James Ely
Daniel White

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the Court further certifies, that the Rev. James Ely who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Bolton and that Daniel White who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Coventry and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I, Cyrus Mann, clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron, de hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Joseph Kingsbury for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this Second day of July A. D. 1833.

Cyrus Mann    Clerk.

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I Jeriah Burnap of Coventry Tolland County & State of Connecticut aged 78 years do testify & say that in 1776 I enlisted for a tour of duty of three months at Cambridge in a company commanded by Capt Clark Lieut Joseph Talcott under command of Major Brown & that I there served the whole term of three months & was then discharged and that in September after I returned home from Cambridge I was ordered with the the company of Militia to which I belonged to march to New York for a tour of duty of three months Eleazer Hutchinson was Capt of my Company & Paul Brigham Lieut & that we were marched to the vicinity of New York where remained untill the sd term of three months had expired when we were discharged. And I well remember that Joseph Kingsbury of Coventry was a private in the first tour of three months at Cambridge in Capt Clarks Company under Major Brown & that he there remained with me during the whole term of three months & was discharged with me
And that the sd Joseph Kingsbury was a corporal in the same company with me in the second tour near New York during the whole term of three months in Capt Elezer Hutchinsons Company and that we were both discharged at the same time

Jeriah Burnap

State of Connecticut Tolland County SS
Hebron Probate District
Personally appeared in open Court before Abner Hendee Esq Judge of the Court Probate for sd District Jeriah Burnap signer of the foregoing affidavit & made oath that that the same contains the truth
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and nothing but the truth. And this Court certifies that the said Jeriah Burnap is a man of truth and that his statement is entitled to Credit

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 2nd Day of July AD 1833

Cyrus Mann   Clerk

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17524

INVALID.

[Missing text in crease of book]e No. 17524
Joseph Kingsbury
Corp Rev War

Act: June 7th 32

Index : -Vol. 1, Page 20[Illegible numeral]

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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17171

Connecticut
Joseph Kingsbury of Coventry in the State of Conn who was a Corporal in the Camp commanded by Captain Hutchinson of the Reg. commanded by Col. Horsford in the Conn line for [Illegible] Corp
[Illegible] Pri

Inscribed on the Roll of Connt at the rate of 20 Dollars 98 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of Aug, 1833 and sent to A. Hendee
Hebron

Arrears to the 4th of March $41.96
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep [Illegible $10.49

[Total] $52.45

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by G C Stiles Clerk, Book E, Vol. 3, Page 23
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6 mo
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A. Hendee
Hebron
Ct


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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 Joseph Kingsbury which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
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?
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 amout [sic] of pension he is entitled?
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the clerk given his certificate?
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?

[There are no written answers to any of the questions]
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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

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?

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

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?
No V[Illegible] Querie 16

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.

[Asterisk symbol] 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.


[Answers are written in black ink]
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  It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[Dagger symbol] 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 he 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.
[Double Dagger symbol] QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
  In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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.
[Image of finger pointing to the right] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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No 17,681
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WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Joseph Kingsbury of the State of Connecticut who was a Private during the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and [line drawn] cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and the 4th of September, in every year.

Given at the War Office of the United States, this 13th day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

Lew Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and
Countersigned

J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.
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State of Connecticut Tolland County SS
Hebron Probate District
On this 11th Day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Abner Hendee Esq Judge of the Court of Probate for sd District now sitting Joseph Kingsbury a resident of Coventry in the County of Tolland & State of Connecticut aged 77 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 7, 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers as herein stated
That in 1776 he inlisted into Capt Clark of Ashford Company Joseph Talcott of Coventry who was Lieut of the Company inlisted him for three months that he marched from Ashford through Pomfret & Douglass to Cambridge & Roxbury
The Brittish army was in Boston Major Brown commanded our detachment saw the Brittish Army when they left Boston in their Boats and go on board the Shipping in the harbour served his time of three months out & was discharged by a proper officer but has lost his discharge Jeriah Burnap of Coventry served with him in the same Company and was discharged with him Gen Washington commanded the Army during the tour
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That soon after he was discharged & returned home the Company of Militia to which he belonged was ordered to march to New York for a tour of three months. Eleazer Hutchinson was our Capt & Paul Brigham who has since been Lieut Governor of Vermont was our Lieut & Thomas Terril was our Ensign we belonged to the 12 Regt Connecticut Militia Obadiah Hosford was our Col & Jeremiah Mason was Major Our Company rendezvous at Gilead the last of August (a part of the Town of Hebron) where we chose Corporals the day we started that he was chosen a Corporal at that time & marched through Wethersfield & New Haven to New Rochelle near New York where he served the time of three months as a Corporal with the Regt & was honourably discharged but had no written discharge while in the service was sick with what was then called the Camp Distemper & while sick there was a little skirmishing between a part of our troops & the enemy he was not in the engagement but heard the guns plainly
That he was born in Coventry where he resided at the time he entered the service
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service & has resided there ever since and is well known to Jeriah Burnap of Coventry who was in the service with him and knows that he performed the service as he has before stated

That he relinquishes hereby every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name 

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[Here another strip of paper is laid over the document, which reads:]
We James Ely a clergyman residing in the town of Bolton and Daniel White residing in Coventry hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Kingsbury who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 77 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion

James Ely
Daniel White
Sworn to & subscribed Day of

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[Here the strip of paper ends and the underlying document continues as follows:]
opinion [much of this line is covered] after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Ely who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Bolton, and that Daniel White Esq who has also signed the same is a resident in Coventry and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Cyrus Mann Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original & supplementary proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Kingsbury for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7th Day of August 1832

Cyrus Mann   Clerk
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service & has resided there ever since and is well known to Jeriah Burnap of Coventry who was in the service with him and knows that he performed the service as he has before stated

That he relinquishes hereby 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. 

x Joseph Kingsbury

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Before me Abner Hendee Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that James Ely who has signed the proceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Bolton, and that Daniel White Esq who has also signed the same is a resident in Coventry and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Cyrus Mann Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original & supplementary proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Kingsbury for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7th Day of August 1832

Cyrus Mann Clerk
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I Jeriah Burnap of Coventry in Tolland County and State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify and say that in 1776 I enlisted into Capt Clarks Company of Ashford Joseph Talcott of Coventry was Lieut. and for three months Ephraim Kingsbury was ensign that marched from Ashford through Pomfret & Douglas to Cambridge & Roxbury that the British Army was then in Boston & that Major Brown Commanded our detachment saw the British Army leave Boston and go on board their shipping in the harbour & served my time of three months & was discharged and I well recollect that Joseph Kingsbury of Coventry in sd Tolland County was a private in sd Company and served the whole term of three months & was discharged at the same time with me & that Gen Washington Commanded the Army. And the deponent further says that soon after he returned home the Company of Militia to which he belonged was ordered to March to New York for a tour of three months Eleazer Hutchinson was Capt. of the Company & Paul Brigham Lieut. Thomas Terril Ensign & that sd Company belonged to the 12th Regt Connt Militia. Obadiah Horsford Col. and Jeremiah Mason Major and was marched to New Rochelle near N. York through Wethersfield & New Haven that he served his term of three months & was honourably discharged & that he well remembers that Joseph Kingsbury was a corporal & served with him the whole term & was discharged at the same time - and further the Deponent saith not.

Jeriah Burnap
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State of Connecticut Tolland County SS
Hebron Probate Court
August 14th 1832

Personally appeared in open Court now sitting Jeriah Burnap signer of the within Deposition and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth & this Court hereby certifies that the said Jeriah Burnap is a man of truth & that his statement is entitled to full credit

Cyrus Mann   Clerk