Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,013, for Samuel Stratton, Connecticut
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn
Stratton, Samuel
NUMBER
S.23013
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5642 
New York 

Samuel Stratton of Roxbury in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Hill of the Regt. commanded by Col. Demmon in the [New York crossed out] Conn. line for 13 months 

Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 43 Dollar 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued on the 14 day of Febry 1833 and sent to Hon E Root
Ho. Repres 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832 - $64.99
Semi=anl allowance ending 4 Mar '33 21.66
$86.99

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk 
Book D Vol.5 page 207

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th March 1837 to the 4 March 1837. Agent notified 13 June 1838.

Reported Dec - 1839" AB-
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State of New York 
Delaware County 

On this ninth day of October 1832 Personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the court of common pleas in & for the county of Delaware now sitting. Samuel Stratton a resident of the town of Roxbury in the county of Delaware and State of New York 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 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and service as here in Stated. 
That when the British entered the harbour of New York in 1776 he with most of the militia company to which he Belonged in the County of Fairfield State of Connectticut [Connecticut] in the town of Fairfield volunteered his services under the command of Ebenezer Hill then Millitia [Militia] Captain Col. Jonathan Demmon commanding the Regiment to which said company Belonged and marched to the city of New York. Remained there on duty till its evacuation by The American Troops & the city of the British- Stayed with the Troops a little out of the city about a fortnight after the evacuation when he and his company were discharged near Kingbridge [Kingsbridge] and returned home to said Town of Fairfield. He was in service on this tour of duty at least two months- 2 mos.
About the first of April 1777 according to his recollection and belief he enlisted for nine months at said Fairfield under Capt. Eliphalet Thorp in the state service to guard the coast along, Long Island sound 9 mos. Col. Demmon was still The Colonel commanding the service the whole of said terms of nine month was in service endeavoring to Defend Danbury when it was burnt was in the Battle at Ridgefield the next day after it was Burnt by the Enemy and in 1779 was engage in service [words crossed out] at the time when Fairfield & Norwalk was burnt by the enemy also was called out on Duty many other times on alarm being a minute man & residing near the line ["which" crossed out] which terms of service cannot be by him particularly specified.
In the fall of 1779 he was drafted for two months to
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Guard the frontier along Long Island sound he served the two months 2 mos. his Captain was Ebenezer Hill aforesaid & the said Demmon was his colonel staid [stayed] in Stratford guarding the lines about one month and then returned to Fairfield & was engaged in the same service for about a month till his term of service expired when he was discharge.
Since the Revolutionary war he has resided in the town of Roxbury county of Delaware and State of New York forty years. 
He has no documentary Evidence of his service in the Revolutionary war nor are there any persons living by whom he can prove his service in said war within his Knowledge his age is 77 and is now a resident of the town of Roxbury County of Delaware and State of New York. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pention [pension] or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pention [pension] Roll of the agency of any State. 
Samuel Stratton
Sworn & Subscribed the Day & year aforesaid
CB Sheldon Clerk

We Jonas More, John T More, 
Residing in the Town of Roxbury, Delaware county & State of New York, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Stratton who has Subscribed & Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 77 years of age, that he is reputed & Believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. 
Jonas Moore
John T. Moore
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
C. B. Sheldon Clerk
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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 & served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Jonas More & John T. More are residents of the town of Roxbury & County of Delaware & that they are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit, And it is the opinion of this court that a Clergyman could not [illegible] in court by the said applicant without too much expense & inconvenience to him.

I Crawford B Sheldon Clerk of the Court Common Pleas in and for the County of Delaware do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in this matter of the application of Samuel Stratton for a Pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal of office this 9th day of October 1832 
CB Sheldon Clerk
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June 10, 1935
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Samuel Stratton - S. 23013
BA-J/AWF

Laura Pierce Kendall
712 W. 19th Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Stratton, born in Fairfield, Connecticut.

The Revolutionary War record of Samuel Stratton which follows was obtains from the papers on file in pension claim S. 23013, based upon his service in that war.

The date and place of birth of this soldier are not shown in the claim, nor are the names of his parents given. 

While residing in Fairfield, Connecticut, Samuel Stratton volunteered in 1776, served as a private in Captain Banneker Hill's Company, Colonel Johanthan Dimon's Connecticut regiment, marched to New York City, was there when the British took possession of the city, length of service two months. He enlisted April 1, 1777, served nine months in Captain Eliphalet Thorp's company, Colonel Jonathan Dimon's regiment, guarded the coast along Long Island Sound, was in the alarm when Danbury was burned and in the battle of Ridgefield. He was out in 1779 on the alarms when Fairfield and Norwalk were burned, name of officers not stated. He enlisted in the fall of 1779, served two months in Captain Ebeneezer Hill's company, Colonel Jonathan Dimon's regiment.

He was allowed pension on his application executed, October 9, 1832, at which time he was living in
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Roxbury, Delaware County, New York, where he lived about forty years & he was then aged 77 yrs. 

Ther are no data in this claim concerning the family of the soldier, Samuel Stratton.

In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing the following data:

Samuel Stratton
Certificate #5642
Issued February 14, 1833
Rate $43.33 per annum
To commence March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
New York Agency.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller 
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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Postmark: Parsons & Okla. Cy TR28 1935 JUN L3J R.P.O. 
Stamp: RECEIVED June 6 1935 (illegible) Reader 18 (or 19?) VETS

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Pension Bureau
Washington D.C

Rev. Soldier Dept -
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Will you please send pension record of Samuel Stratton 1755-1838 
1833 Invalid Pension
Delaware Co N.Y.
New York Militia - died in Roxbury
Add. Laura Pierce Kendall
712 W. 19th
Oklahoma City Oklahoma
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OKLAHOMA CITY OKLA.
MAY 23
4 PM
1935

THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

RECEIVED
MAY 27 1935
MAIL SUB-DIV
VETS. ADM
READER 27

Pension Bureau
Washington
D.C.
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Please send pension record of Samuel Stratton granted a pension 1832 born Fairfield Conn. 1755 served under Capt. Ebenezer Hill in Col. Jonathan Dimon's Regt. 

Respt.
Laura Piece Kendall
712 W. 19th
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma

23
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a [illegible] REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find  below the desired [illegible] contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension [illegible] this Bureau. Samuel Stratton S.F. 23013

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
1776
Apr. 1 1777
Fall 1779

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
2 mos.
9 mos.
2 mos. 

RANK.
Pvt.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN
Ebenezer Hill
Eliphalet Thorp
Ebenezer Hill
COLONEL
Jonathan Dimon
Jonathan Dimon
Jonathan Dimon

STATE
Conn

Battles engaged in, Danbury, Ridgefield, Fairfield and Norwalk
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fairfield, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 9, 1832 His cl. al
Residence at date of application: Roxbury, Delaware Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application: 77 yrs.
Remarks: no family data
Very respectfully, Commissioner.
C-2856
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March 28, 1933
Samuel Stratton - S.23013
Jacob Shultz - S.11387

Mary E. Shults
Avoca
New York

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which
you request the records of several soldiers of the War of the Revolution and of the War of 1812.
Because of the very large number of requests
similar to yours and the limited clerical force
available for furnishing data from Revolutionary and War of 1812 pension claims, it has not been possible to furnish to each inquirer, more than two histories, of soldiers of those wars.
You will find enclosed the Revolutionary War
record of Samuel Stratton, pension claim, S.32013; and the Revolutionary War record of Jacob Shultz, pension claim, S. 11387.

Samuel Stratton-S.2013

The date and place of birth of Samuel Stratton are not given; nor are the names of his parents shown.
Samuel Stratton enlisted, while residing in
Fairfield, Connecticut, and served as a private in the Connecticut troops, as follows - in 1776, two months in Captain Ebenezer Hill's company, Colonel Jonathan Dimon's regiment; from April 1, 1777, nine months in Captain Eliphalet Thorp's company, Colonel
Jonathan Simon's regiment, and was in the battles of Danbury and Ridgefield; in 1779 was out in the alarms
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when Fairfield and Norwalk were burned, officers names not stated, in the fall of 1779, two months in Captain Ebenezer Hill's company, Colonel Jonathan Dimon's
regiment.
The soldier, Samuel Stratton, was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832, then aged seventy-seven years and living in Roxbury, Delaware County, New York.
There are no data in this claim relative to
family.
Jacob Shultz-S.11887
Jacob Shultz was born in the year 1760 in
Palentine, Montgomery County, New York, the names of his parents are not given.
Jacob Shultz enlisted, while residing in said
Palentine, in the summer of 1777 and served as a private at various times in the New York militia, under Captains Shults, Fox, House, Gray, Loucks, John Keyser, Henry Miller, Woodward, Bellinger, Major Peter Dygert,
Colonels Klock, Waggoner and Herbert; he was in the battles of Oriskany and Palentine and served until in 1783, all service amounting to nearly two years.
Jacob Shultz was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832, while a resident of Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York.
General Herkimer, who was mortally wounded at the battle of Oriskany, was the uncle of the soldier, Jacob Shultz. It is not stated that the Captain Shults, under whom Jacob Shultz served, was a relative.
There are no further data relative to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Mrs. Emma Stratton Cole
41 Grove Street
Haddonfield, N.J.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir - 

Will you kindly tell me if I can obtain from your Office the Revolutionary War Records of John Stratton of Fairfield, Conn. He died in Fairfield Feb 2, 1817 aged 90 years.

Also the records of Samuel Stratton of Fairfield Conn. He died in
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Roxbury, N.Y in the year 1838. and was born in Fairfield Conn year 1755. 

I am very anxious to obtain authentic records of these two men, My Great-Great-Grandfather, and my Great-Grandfather.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Emma Stratton Cole
41 Grove Street,
Haddonfield, 
New Jersey.
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Ack OCT 21 1911 aw

PENSION OFFICE
D
U.S.
OCT
17
1911

RECORD DIVISION
OCT
[illegible]
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Roxbury, N.Y.
November 7, 1911.

The Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.

Most honored Sir: Will you please give me the war record of Samuel Stratton of Fairfield, Connecticut who enlisted March 13, 1777 to serve during the Revolutionary War, and joined a Georgia Battalion?
Kindly give as complete record as you have, and oblige,

Yours very truly
(Mrs.) A. Stratton Rutherford
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461 East 12 St
Oakland Calif 
Mch 12 1902

Hon Commissioner of the "Bureau of Pensions"
Department of the Interior 
Washington DC

Dear Sir

In the interest of family history I desire to learn the Revolutionary War record of one of my granduncles, Samuel Stratton, who probably enlisted in Conn. where he was born in 1755.

His descendants tell me that he was allowed a Pension and if so his record as shown in his application should be on file in your office. 

He resided for 30 years prior to his death in Roxbury Delaware Co N.Y. where his application would probably dated

Very Respectfully
Jas T Stratton
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Apr. 26 - 1902
Jas T. Stratton
Oakland Calf.

1911 Oct. 24 Hist. to Mrs. E.S. Cole
41 Grove St. Haddonfield N.J. an
1911 Nov. 14 Hist. to Mrs. A.S. Rutherford V.L.M. 
1933 Mch. 28 - hist to Mary E. Shults. See her letter in Jacob Shultz S.11387 awf
1935 June 10 - hist to Laura P. Kendall awf

Revolution
23013
INVALID

File No. 23013
Samuel Stratton
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7th 32"
[In]dex: - Vol. 2, Page 392
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Samuel Stratton
New York

13 mo.
$43.33 per an

Honol. E. Root
H.R.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red in, will apply to the claim of Samuel Stratton 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. No
Each term claimed for should be particularly set forth as the regulations require - N.B. There is 13 months set forth. E Root
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 give 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" crossed out]
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony or at least one living witness, has he stated his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 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 person of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? Yes
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 
The clerk is mistaken. There is but one piece of paper. E Root
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not answered. ["Yes" crossed out] 1,2.

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 [blank space] year [blank space]
months and [blank space] days, I served as a [blank space]. For [blank space] months
and [blank space] days, I served as a [blank space]; 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 [illegible] 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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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 8, 1838

Sir,
Unde the act of the 6th of April 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Samuel Stratton a Pensioner on the Roll of Albany Agency, at the rate of forty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th of September 1837.
Respectfully yours, Albion K. Parris, Comptroller
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.