Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12837, Samuel Eaton, Conn.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Eaton, Samuel

NUMBER
S. 12837

Carded
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14877 New York
Samuel Eaton
of Ellisburg in the State of New York who was a Private in the Compy commanded by Captain Pecs of the Regr commanded [by] Col Wollcott  in the Connecticut [illegible] for 9 months and 10 days  

Inscribed on the Roll of New York 
the rate of 31 dollars 10 Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of July 1833 and sent T C Chittenden
Adams N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of Mar '33 $ 62 20
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33 15.55

$77.75

{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }

[illegible] by Jno Cromwell Clerk, [illegible] E vol. 4 Page 18
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(3-1776) NUMBER

Conn. Eaton, Samuel S. 12837

Learded
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He remained there employed at the above stated until the first of January 1777 when he was discharged & sent home [illegible]. In the month of April following, he drafted at Stafford aforesaid in the [illegible] militia for the purpose of [illegible]. Someone at the enlisted soldiers had left the place, He had forgotten all the officers names except Col. Samuel Chapman who commanded the whole detachment drafted. They proceeded to [illegible] aforesaid & after being the one month it was found that once men were there [illegible] were needed & they drew by lottery to see who should stay - he drew to go home . Which he did after being out one month only. 
In August in the year 1779 he thinks but can only  [illegible] that it was at that time Genl Sullivan had a battle in Rhode Island & [illegible] from there; he was drafted for 20 days to go
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He has [ineligible] any discharge, or other written [ineligible] of his [ineligible], nor does he know of any person having who can [ineligible] to the home. He hereby relinquishes worry claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present dwelling that his name is not on the pension role of the agency of any state. 
Samuel Eaton

Six one to [ineligible]
the day and year aforesaid
P. Burchard Clerk


Mr Martin E Cook residing in the 
town of Ellisburgh aforesaid and Calvin Clark residing in the same town hereby certify thus we are well acquainted with Samuel Eaton who has [ineligible] to described the above deal aforesaid: that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is [ineligible] and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolution; that we continue tat opinion, and that his declaration is entitled to full [ineligible]
Martin E Cook
Calvin Clark

Six one to [ineligible]
the day and year aforesaid
P. Burchard Clerk

And the said court do hereby [ineligible] their opinion after investigating the matter, and after putting the investigations prescribed by the War Department.
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that the aforenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier. I served as [ineligible]

And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Martin E Cook who has signed the preceeding certificate is a Clergyman resident of Ellisburgh aforesaid and that Calvin Clark who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and are credible persons and that their statement is written to credit. 

B Peleg Burchard Clerk of the Court of Commerce [ineligible] in and for the County of Jefferson do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the assigned proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Eaton for a pension 

An testimony whereof I have hereunto let my hand and Seal of Office this 11th day of September Eighteen hundred and thirty two 
P Burchard Clerk
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Nr. 12039

Samuel Eaton

Obj. 15. th

T C Chittenden
Adams
Jefferson Cty
New  York
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No. 12089 
Brief in the case of Samuel Eaton of Ellisburgh County of Jefferson in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? Seventy seven years  (77)

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

Period
Entered the [ineligible] [ineligible] [ineligible] In 177th [ineligible] 1st June. 
Was drafted in April 1777 unassigned 1779 (1778)

Duration of Service
Years -
Months 1, 1, 1
Days - 10

Rank
As a private

Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
Gen. Erastus Wolcott
Capt. Biol Pees Gecoits John Pomeroy
Israel Convert, 
Gen. Samuel Chapman 
[ineligible]

5. In what battles was he engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Strafford, then Hartford, then Tolland Coy. Connecticut

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By traditionary evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  No


Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 

[Ineligibile] Bramining Clerk
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12834 Invalid

Rev tran

File No. 12867

Samuel Eaton 
Priv Rev War

Act: June of " 1832

Index: -- Vol , Page
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Attn of T C Chittenden
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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
Samuel Eaton 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 amout [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 claim to any other pension 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? Yes

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 

XIII. If the applicant has not 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 hand? Yes

XIV. 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? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal or office? 

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

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered? 5 did supplementary appt? 

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 he 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 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. 

Ouere 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. 

By careful examination it will be found that the papers are connected as required. The tape paper under the seal through the same sheet and through the other sheets all of which refer to each other in such a manner that you will see that it is entirely impossible for any paper to have been added after affixing the seal.
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State of New York
County of Jefferson

[Ineligible] appeared before me the undersigned and Judge of the Court of Common pleas in and for the said County, Samuel Eaton who being duly [ineligible] departeth and saith that he was [ineligible] the 28st of August 1755 in the town of Ceracutry County of Hartford that is now Tolland and State of Connecticut that the [ineligible] of his age is his family bible now in his possesion. 

And he further saith that in addition to the officer mentioned in his revolution he is to attended, he recalleth that one Capt. Chaplin and one Capt. Mathers were in the same [ineligible] with this Department when at New London as stated in his said declaration and that he does not now remember the names of any other officers, nor will he be very [ineligible] that he is [ineligible] of in the names of the above mentioned officers but such is his [ineligible]
 
Samuel Eaton

Six [ineligible] to this 
15 day of April, 1838 aforesaid
Benjamin Wright one 
of the Judge of Jefferson 
County Court, NY
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Peleg Burchard Clerk of the Court of Common Plans in and for the County of Jefferson do hereby certify that Benjamin Wright before whom the above affidavit was taken is a Judge of said Court and authorized to administrate an oath and that I know his signature to be genuine

An testimony whereof I hereto set my hand [ineligible] of Office this 15th day of April 1833
P. Burchard Clerk
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Samuel Eaton
[ineligible]
12039
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aomd
9 ms. 10 dopn. 
$31 11h