Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,464, for George Post, Connecticut
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SERVICE   Conn.
Post, George
Esther
NUMBER  W. 17,464
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5577. 
Connecticut – 
Esther Post 
widow of George Post, deceased, who was a pensioner under the Act of - and who died on the 26th March 1812 of Litchfield in the State of Connect. who was a private in the Compy commanded by Captain Ely - Conn  of the regt commanded by Col of the 6th Conn Mila [Connecticut Militia] line for 7 months 10 days 
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 24 Dollars 44 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of June 1840, & sent to Hon. Truman Smith, House of Representatives 
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1840   $ 97.76 
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 40   12.22 
$109.98
{Act July 7, 1838.}
 Recorded by D McCurdy Clerk 
Book A  Vol 1  Page 205 
Let to P agt [pension agent] Sept 17. 1840
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State of Connecticut 
County of Litchfield} SS Canaan in the Probate District of Sharon 
On this 13th day of June AD 1840 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon in the County and State aforesaid the same being a Court of Record and now sitting, Henry Post of said Canaan in the County and State aforesaid, aged sixty one years, and in addition to a former deposition by him given in relation to the application of his stepmother Mrs Esther Post for a pension Deposeth and says. That after the marriage of his Father to the said Esther at which time he was present as stated in his former deposition, he continued to live with his father and his stepmother the said Esther untill he was thirty years of age and that he has ever since resided within three miles of the same place. And the Deponent says that after the marriage of the his father George Post to the said Esther Post which he well recollects was early in the spring of 1788, the said George and Esther always lived together as Husband and wife untill the death of his late Father the said George Post on the 26th day of March 1812.  And the Deponent says during the time he lived with the said George and Esther Post, they had the following named children Viz
George Post Born in November 1788. 
Flora Port Born in April or May 1790 
Polly Post Born in January 1792 
Melissa Post Born in April 1793 
Armon Post Born in December 1794 
Charles Post Born in December 1796 
Esther Post Born in September 1798 
Cynthia Post Born in June  1800
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And Lucy Ann Post Born in May 1803.   
And the said deponent says that said children, his half brothers and sisters, are all now living excepting the said Cynthia who died in 1807.  And the said Esther who married a Doctor Butler and died at the Cherokee Mission station in 1829.   
And for other facts relating to said marriage. The deponent refers to his former deposition. 
Henry Post 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date first aforesaid in open Court.  And I further Certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named deponent Henry Post and that he is one of the most respectable citizens of the town of Canaan aforesaid and a credible witness 
William M. Burrall Judge of Probate
State of Connecticut 
County of Litchfield} SS  Court of Probate District of Sharon 
I Edmund Belden Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Esther Post for a Pension. In witness and Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 13th day of June AD 1840 
Edmund Belden Clerk
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State of Connecticut  
County of Litchfield} SS. Canaan in the Probate District of Sharon 
On this 22d day of February AD 1840 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon in the County and State aforesaid the same being a Court of Record and now sitting Esther Post a resident of said town of Canaan aged Seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled “An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows”.   That she is the widow of George Post late a resident of said town of Canaan but now deceased, that her late husband the said George Post was a soldier in the army of the revolution and that he enlisted as a private soldier in on or about the first day of May AD 1775 in the Company commanded by Captain John Ely in the sixth regiment of the Connecticut State infantry and that he served in said Company and Regiment at and in the vicinity of Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts untill the 18th day of December AD 1775 at which time he was discharged having served seven months and ten days.  
She further declares that she was married to the said George Post on the 14th day of March AD 1788 by Nathan Hale Esqr late of said Canaan, deceased, who was then a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield, but has been deceased for about thirty years past, and his children immediately after his decease removed out of this State, and The Declarant does not know where any of them now reside.   She further declares that immediately upon her marriage with the said George she went to live with him at his house and continued to
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reside with him as his wife untill the 26th day of March AD 1812 at which time the said George Post her late husband died leaving her his widow and Eight Children which were born during their intermarriage as aforesaid. 
She further declares that she was not married to the said George Post prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four. Viz. at the time above stated.
Esther Post
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date first aforesaid in open Court and I hereby certify that the above named Esther Post is a credible witness 
William M. Burrall Judge of Probate 
At the same Court Esther Post the above named declarant presented the this Court in proof of the services of her late husband George Post in the war of the revolution a Certificate from Henry Kilbourn Comptroller of Public accounts within and for the State of Connecticut and also the Deposition of Simon Post and moved this Court to have said Certificate and deposition annexed to this her declaration, which was ordered to be done 
Wm M. Burrall Judge of Probate
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Comptrollers Office Hartford July 16 1840 
I certify that on application for evidence of the services of George Post who claims service in the Revolutionary War under Cap John Ely in 1775 that I have examined the Books & papers surviving in this Office, and find George Post on a Pay Roll of the 9th Co 6th Regt raised by order General Assembly Connect. 1775 John Ely Captain where he is entered as a private and Commence Service May 8, Time of discharge Decr 18,  having served Seven months Ten days, 7 Mo 10 days.
Henry Kilbourn Comt
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Esther Post 7025
widow of George 
Conn.
Act 7 July 1838
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I Simeon Post, of Rutland in the County Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 86 years of and upwards, do depose, testify and say, that in the month of April, 1775, residing then in the town of Saybrook in the County of Essex in the State of Connecticut, I hired myself to Doctor John Ely, of that town, to labor for him for the term of six months.   That about that time, the said Doct John Ely received a Captains Commission in the Connecticut troops, to serve in the war of the revolution that had then just broke out.   That my senior brother, George Post, late of Canaan in the said State of Connecticut, now deceased, enlisted under the said Capt. Ely, for the term of six months, to serve as a private soldier, and, accordingly, went with the said Capt. Ely on said service to the town of Roxbury, a military station then in Massachusetts.   That in the fall of the year 1775, the said Capt. Ely returned to his home in said Saybrook, and at whose house I still continued to reside, and reported, that my said brother was sick at said military port in Roxbury, of the Camp distemper, and employed me to return with the said Captain to said Roxbury, for the purpose of bringing home my said brother at the close of his term of six months service, which was then near at hand. Accordingly I did go to Roxbury, and, as soon as the said George Port was discharged, I assisted him to return to said Saybrook, where we both then resided.   I have forgotten the name of the Colonel or other field officers under whom the said Capt. Ely and my said brother served during the above mentioned term of six months. And further this affiant saith not. 
Simeon Post
The word "Connecticut" struck out, & "Massachusetts inserted in the 16th line, before swearing by my direction 
Simeon Post
Witness present
Jesse Gove
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State of Vermont 
Rutland County SS}  Be it known, that on this 29th day of October, 1839, before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared the above named Simeon Post, to me well known to be a man of truth and veracity and a credible witness, and made oath in due form of law, that the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed in my presence, contains the truth, and nothing but the truth. 
F. W. Hopkins Justice Peace
State of Vermont 
Rutland County ss}   I, Frederick W. Hopkins, Clerk of the County Court in and for said County, do hereby certify that Frederick W. Hopkins is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that he is authorized by law to take acknowledgements of affidavits in the manner above written; and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court at Rutland in said County, this 29th day of October, in the year of our Lord, 1839. 
F. W. Hopkins
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State of Connecticut 
County of Litchfield } SS Court of Probate District of Sharon 
On this 28th day of March AD. 1840 before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon in the County & State aforesaid and being a Court of record. Personally appeared in open Court Benajah Douglas Esqr and having been sworn according to law doth on his oath depose, testify and say That he now is and for many years past has been the Clerk of the Town of Canaan in the District aforesaid and has the custody of the records of said Town, and that he has carefully examined The Book of the records of marriages, Births and deaths kept by him, and that he can find no record of the marriage of George Post late of said Canaan deceased to either his first wife Flora Post or his second wife Esther Post nor any record of his decease or of the births of any of his children. And the Deponent says that there are but a small proportion of the Marriage Birth or deaths of the Inhabitants of said Canaan recorded in his office excepting of late years and since a law of this State has made it the duty of Clergymen & Magistrates who celebrate marriages to cause a record to be made of them. And the Deponent says that he was personally acquainted with George Post late of said Canaan deceased, and he never had a doubt himself, nor ever heard a suggestion. but that they were lawfully married. 
Benajah Douglas 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date first aforesaid and before the subscriber, and I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the deponent and that he is a credible witness. 
William M. Burrall Judge of Probate
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State of Connecticut 
County of Litchfield} SS. Court of Probate District of Sharon 
On this 28th day of March AD 1840 Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon in the County and State aforesaid and being a Court of Record John Holabird Esqr of Canaan in said district aged Eighty years who being first duly & legally sworn doth on oath Testify, depose and say. That he was born and has always has resided in said Town of Canaan, and the Deponent says that George Post late of said Canaan dec’d removed with his first wife and family into said Town of Canaan soon after the close of the Revolutionary war and that said George Post then lived and continued to reside during his life within about a mile of the Deponents residence.  And the Deponent says that he well recollects the death of the first wife of the said George Post, which according to his best knowledge and belief was in the year 1787, and he also perfectly remembers that sometime after the decease of of Mrs Post he was informed that the said George Post was again married to Esther Lawrence, and who is now his widow. And the Deponent further says that he has been personally with the said George and Esther Post from the time of their marriage untill his decease and during that time they always lived together as husband and wife and that that they were always considered and treated as married persons in the neighborhood and society in which they resided, and that they had a number of children during their marriage who are now living. That the said
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George Post died about Twenty eight years ago and said Esther Post has since his death remained and now is his widow. And further the Deponent saith not. 
John Holabird 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and date first afore said before the subscribed in open Court and I further Certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named deponent and that he is a very respectable man and a credible witness 
William M. Burrall Judge of Probate
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State of Connecticut 
County of Litchfield } SS Court of Probate District of Sharon 
On this 28th day of March AD 1840. Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon in the County and State aforesaid and being a Court of Record Susannah Beebe of Canaan in said district aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according law doth on oath testify, Depose and say,  
That she was born and has always since her birth lived in said Town of Canaan. and the deponent says that George Post and his first wife Flora Post removed into said Town of Canaan and into the immediate neighborhood of the deponent about the close of the revolutionary War, and that in the year AD 1787 Mrs Flora Post the said first wife of said George Post died and that the deponent with other neighbors was present at her decease. And that sometime after the decease of said Mrs Post the deponent at the request of said George Post went to live with him and took care and charge of the family for several weeks and untill he could procure some other person for the same purpose, and that the deponent continued with the family untill Mrs Esther Post and who is now his widow, but was then Esther Lawrence, came to live with the said George Port as his Housekeeper and that sometime during the next year, and the deponent believes in the Spring of the year. The Deponent was passing by the house of said George Post in the
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evening with several other persons of her own age, and that she saw a horse (then owned by Nathan Hale Esq. who was then a Justice of the Peace in said Canaan) standing near said horse and the Deponent was then told that said George Post and Esther Lawrence were being married by said Nathan Hale Esqr and altho the Deponent was not actually present at their marriage she has never doubted the fact of their marriage at the time and place aforesaid. And the Deponent further says that said George and Esther Post have ever since the time aforesaid lived together as husband and Wife and been considered as such, by all their acquaintances and untill his decease which was in the winter or Spring of the year AD 1812, and during their intermarriage they had a number of children who are still living. The said Esther Post is now alive and remains the widow of said George Post and has not been married since his decease.  And further the Deponent saith not 
Susannah Beebe 
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and date first aforesaid before the subscriber, and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent and that she is a credible witness 
William M. Burrall Judge of Probate
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State of Connecticut 
County of Litchfield } SS Court of Probate District of Sharon 
On this 28th day of February AD 1840 Personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon, in the County and State aforesaid and being a Court of Record. Henry Post of Canaan in said District aged sixty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his Testify Depose and say, 
That he is the son of George Post and of his first wife Flora Post both late of said Canaan deceased and that after the decease of his mother the said Flora Post the Deponent being then Nine years of age he well remembers that in the spring of the year AD 1788 and the deponent believes in the month of March he was present and saw his Father the said George Post married to Esther Lawrence of said Canaan by Nathan Hale Esq. then living in said Canaan but now deceased. And that according to the best recollection of the deponent there was no person present at the marriage excepting his Father and the said Esther and the said Nathan Hale Esqr and a Mr Gleason and his wife, who were then living near his said Father but have both been deceased for many years. The said Nathan Hale Esq. was then living in said Canaan and for a long time before and after said marriage was a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Litchfield and was also a Judge of the County Court for said County untill his decease in Goshen a town adjoining said Canaan and to which he had removed a few years before his death and which was about thirty years ago.  The Deponent further says that his Father the said George Post died in the spring of the year AD 1812 and that the Deponent and that said Esther Post his widow as aforesaid were appointed Administrator
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upon his estate and in the settlement of said estate, the one third part of the real estate of said deceased was distributed to the said Esther as her dower in the estate of her late husband the said George Post and that she has ever since been and now is, in the possession of the same, and the said Esther Port also received her share of the personal estate of said deceased as his Widow. 
The said Esther Post has ever since and now is the widow of said George Post and has not been married to any person since his decease. And further the Deponent saith not 
Henry Post 
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court on the day and date first mentioned and I further certify that the deponent Post is personally known to me and that he Henry is a man of very reputable character and a Credible Witness  
William M. Burrall Judge of Probate
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State of Connecticut 
County of Litchfield } ss. Court of Probate District of Sharon April 6th AD 1840 
I Edmund Belden Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the district of Sharon aforesaid Do hereby Certify that I have carefully examined the words of said Court, and that Esther Post, the widow of George Post late of Canaan in said District deceased, and Henry Post a son of said deceased were on the 5th day of May AD 1812 by this Court appointed Administrators upon the estate of said George Post deceased, and that they accepted of said Trust and gave Bonds for the faithful performance of the duties of their said appointment and that said Esther Post and Henry Post continued to perform the duties of Administrators upon said estate untill the same was finally settled. I further certify that it appears that from said records that on the 5th day of December AD 1812 three freeholders in said District were by this Court appointed to distribute and set out to the said Esther Post, the widow of said deceased George Post, the one third part of the real estate of said deceased as her dower and that on the 28th day of December AD 1812 the said Distributors made a return on oath of a distribution of said Dower to the said Esther Post as the Widow of said deceased which was accepted and approved by this Court and is recorded in the Records of the same. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name on the day of the date first aforesaid 
Edmund Belden (Clerk )
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State of Connecticut 
County of Litchfield } SS Court of Probate District of Sharon I Edmund Belden Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Sharon in the County and State aforesaid Do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original procedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Esther Port for a Pension. 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 6th day of April AD 1840 
Edmund Belden Clerk
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January 16, 1931 
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
AWF: MLB
Miss Martha K. Collins 
304 Woodland Avenue 
Pleasantville, New Jersey 
Dear Madam: 
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 17464, that George Post, while residing in Saybrook, Connecticut, enlisted May 1, 1775 and served as private in Captain John Ely's company in the Sixth Connecticut regiment, until December 18, 1775. 
He married Flora, whose maiden name is not stated, and who died in 1787 at Canaan, Connecticut. He married March 14, 1788, in Canaan, Connecticut, Esther Lawrence. 
He died March 26, 1812 at said Canaan. 
She was allowed pension on her application executed February 22, 1840, while a resident of Canaan, Connecticut, aged seventy six years.
Son, Henry Post, by first wife, was sixty-one years old in 1840, and living in said Canaan. 
Children by second wife:
George born November 1788
Flora  born April or May 1790
Polly born January 1792
Melissa born 1793
Armon born December 1794
Charles born December 1796
Esther born September 1798
Cynthia born June 1800, died in 1807
Lucy Ann born May 1803
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Esther married a Doctor Butler and died in 1829 at the “Cherokee Mission Station”.  
Very truly yours 
E. W. MORGAN 
Acting Commissioner
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Rev WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 17464 
Esther Post 
Wid of George Post
Pri Rev War 
Act: Index:  July 7. 1838 
Index:- Vol. M  Page 134   
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
1928 Mch 1 - Hist to Cong Richard P. Freeman 
See letter in John Blackmore W. 23637 AWF 
1931 – Jan 16 - Hist to Martha K. Collins AWF
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Hon T. Smith
HR
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George Post d 1812 
Esther Port m. 1788. S.  
757. 10 Jno Ely. at Cambridge Compt’r cert dated Jany 16 1840. 
dec. dated Feb 22 1840 
1840 nd. Saty – a [unreadable]
61
1779
9
1788
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Sept 16 1840
[stamp] HARTFORD SEP
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Pension Agency 
Hartford Septem 14. 1840 
Sir.
In the List of Pensioners received from Your Office in August last Esther Porter widow of George Porter is inscribed as entitled to Thirty dollars per annum under the act of July 7. 1838 commencing 4th March 1836 application has this day been made by her attorney on a certificate entitling her to 24 44/100 per annum, will you please advise me  which sum is correct  
 I am Very Respectfully  
Your Obt Servt 
A. H. Pomeroy
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington
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Pension Office,  
May 30, 1840. 
Sir
The claim of Mrs Esther Post, widow of George Post, dec’d has been examined and her papers are placed on our files. 
If no record of the marriage can be found, any documentary evidence showing that the parties lived together as husband & wife at any period prior to January 1st 1794, will be deemed sufficient. 
I am respectfully your obt. Servt 
J L Edwards 
William M. Burrall 
Canaan Connecticut
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Esther Post 
Wid of George 
Conn 
Act July 7 1838 
Married 1788 
died 1812 
Allow 7. Mo. 10 days 
$24.44 per annum 
Conn Militia Capt Ely 
Hon Truman Smith H R
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AWF 
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 17464, it appears that George Post, while residing at Saybrook, Connecticut, enlisted May 1, 1775 and served as a private in Captain John Ely's Company in the Sixth Connecticut Regiment until December 18, 1775. 
He married Flora, her maiden name is not stated, she died in 1787 at Canaan, Connecticut. He married March 14, 1788, Esther Lawrence. Par.  He died March 26, 1812 at said on Canaan Conn. 
[Canaan] Par she was on allowed pension on her application executed February 22, 1840, while a resident of Canaan, Connecticut, aged seventy-six years. 
Son, Henry Post, by first wife, was sixty-one years old in 1840, and living in said Canaan. Children by second wife:
George born November 1788 
Flora born April or May 1790 
Polly born January 1792 
Melissa born 1793 
Armon born December 1794 
Charles born December 1796 
Esther born September 1798 
Cynthia born June 1800, died in 1807 
Lucy Ann born May 1803
Esther married a Doctor Butler and died in 1829 at the “Cherokee Mission station”.
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December 18, 1930 
Revolutionary War & War of 1812 
Pension Dept. 
Department of the Interior, 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Sirs: 
Kindly send war record and genealogical data of George Post of Saybrook, Connecticut, who served in the Revolutionary War.  
Did a George Post of (Saybrook, Connecticut) serve in the War of 1812?   If so, I would like account of his war record and also what genealogical data that may be given.  
Thanking you for this favor, 
I am Very truly yours, 
(Miss) Martha K. Collins 
304 Woodland Avenue 
Pleasantville, New Jersey
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So. Canaan Ct
June 24th
Free
Hon Truman Smith
Hon’le Truman Smith
Member of Congress
Washington City
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Canaan June 24th 1840 
Truman Smith Esqr 
Dear Sir 
I have recd from you the Pension Certificate for Mrs Wadsworth and feel very grateful for your assistance in procuring it and am now under the necessity of asking your and in behalf of another poor widow. 
I have sent to the Commissioner of Pension some time since the application of Mrs Esther Post for a pension accompanied with positive proof of service of her late husband George Post dec’d & which is considered satisfactory by Mr Edwards, and I have also sent him the following witnesses of her marriage to wit. 
The deposition of Henry Post Esqr a son of the deceased soldier by a former wife, that he was present & saw his father married to the present widow in March 1788 & that he was then nine years old & that at his fathers decease in 1912, he and his mother were Administrators upon the estate & that his stepmother had dower in the estate which she is still in possession of. That they were married by the late Judge Nathan Hale who died at Goshen, but at the time of the marriage resided in Canaan that he left no records. Mr Post is one of our most respectable men has been representative several times & Select Man &c.
 Also the Deposition of John Holabird Esqr, Mrs Bebee & Benajah Douglas Esq do to their living together as Husband & wife, common reputation and Douglas's deposition as Town Clerk that there is no record in that office.    
Also a certificate from Probate record of her being Administratrix having dower &c 
In answer to all this proof I have rec'd from Mr Edwards a letter which I enclose he sums
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to doubt whether the marriage was previous to 1794 and in order to obviate that difficulty I have taken an additional deposition from Capt Post showing the number. age & birth of his half brothers & sisters the children of his Father & the present widow. I presume this will satisfy Mr Edwards of the time of the marriage and that it was at most blest & prospered. 
Now I wish you would take the deposition & call at the Commissioners office & endeavor to satisfy him that the proof is sufficient and if you can [unreadable] You will much oblige me & again entitle yourself to the gratified thanks & blessings of a poor widow. 
I am very Respectfully Yours
 Wm M. Burrall
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7025
May 12 1840
To Canaan Ct.
8
Ct.
July 7 1838
Esther Post
Wid. of George
Free
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
[unreadable]
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Canaan Connecticut 
May 8. 1840 
J. L. Edwards Esq 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Sir
 I enclose the declaration and evidence of Mrs Esther Post the widow of George Post deceased who makes application for a Pension for his services during the revolutionary war. If a Certificate is granted to her she wishes it sent to me, or if any more proof should be required.
Please direct any communications on the subject to me as P Master South Canaan Connecticut. 
I am very Respectfully &c 
William M. Burrall