Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13618, for Charles Kent, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn
CONTENTS
Kent, Charles
NUMBER
S. 13618
carded
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Ⓧ
Paid at the Treasury under
the act of the 6th April
1838 from 4 Sept 1838 to
4 March 1839. Agt notified
20 Decr 1839


8971
New York
=
Charles Kent
of Cayuga in the State of N. York
who was a private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Hanchet of the Regt. commanded
by Major Kent in the Connecticut
line for 6 months
---
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 20. Dollars -- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
---
Certificate of Pension issued the 2d day of May
1833. and sent to A Gould
Auburn N. York
---

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833
$40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 1833
10
$50.00

(Revolutionary Claim, )
(Act June 7, 1832.       )

Recorded by George Taylor, Clerk
Book E,  Vol. 4    Page 20
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No. 12,158

Charles Kent

A Gould
Auburn  NY.
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BRIEF in the case of Charles Kent
County of Cayuga in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1.  Was the declaration made before a Court of a Judge?  Court

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

3.  How old is he?  68

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

[Column 1]
Period.
[1]  In 1779 Augt.
[2]  immediately after this

[Column 2]
Duration of Service.
Years.     Months.     Days
[1] ---           3            ---
[2]---            3            ---

[Column 3]
Rank.
As a
[1]  drafted
[2]  Volunr.

[Column 4]
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
Gen.
[1]  Capt. Hanchet, Maj. Kent
[2]  Capt. Carpenter

5.  In what battles was he engaged?  none

6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Suffield Ct.

7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Deposition & in a dition

8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?
Regular

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Devin Belt
Examining Clerk.
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Charles Kent
__________________

12.158
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State of New York.  Wayne County Town of Galen fs.

I Sarah Granger of Galen aforesaid do Certify that I am of the age of Sixty Eight years and that I have been Acquainted with Charles Kent ever since my rememberance as we were brought up in one Neighborhood and are cousins.  And that I know of the said Charles Kent serving as a Soldier in the revolutionary War in the Connecticut Militia for the term of three months in Capt Oliver Hanchet Company; Major Elihu Kent Connecticut Line regiment in the year 1779 or 1780--Also know of his Enlisting and going to Springfield in Mafsachusets and serving as a Soldier in Said war three months--his officers I do not recollect and further certify that although my age is great my memory is good and well remember the facts above stateded
Sarah Granger

Subscribed and Sworn     )
this 2d day of July before )
me  H.P. Jones JP             )

I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Sarah Granger for Ten years and that he is a man of good moral character and of good habits and that his word may be depended upon at all times  July 2d 1832
HP Jones JP--

State of New York        )
Wayne County ss.        )

I Cullen Foster Deputy Clerk of said County do certify that Hiram P Jones before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn and to whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly elected and sworn.  ["In Testimony" stricken out]   And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the foregoing affidavit and Certificate to be his proper hand writing.  Witness my hand and seal of Office this Second day of July AD 1832
[last line completely cut off and illegible]
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State of New York
Cayuga County ss On this 19th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga
& State of New York now sitting Charles Kent
of
Victory in said County aged sixty eight years
and upwards 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 service
under the following named officers and served as
herein stated that in the month of August AD
1779 as he believes, then being a resident of the town of 
Suffield in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, he was drafted and entered
said service in the company of militia commanded
by Captain Oliver Hanchet & Lieut. Nobles in the Regiment then commanded by Major Elihu Kent &
adjutant John Kent that he marched with said
company first to Windsor, then to Hartford, then to
Weathersfield, then to Middletown, then to Wallingford
, thence to North Haven, thence to New Haven where
he was stationed about one month and a half
and was employed in building a fort at Oyster Point
during said term, from thence he marched to
East Haven, and commenced a fort on Beacon
Hill. where he remained one month and about
eighteen days when he was relieved and returned
home, that he was out from home at this time
about three months and one week. He further declares that immediately after his return home
during the same fall he again entered said
service as a volunteer in the company commanded by Captain Carpenter, that he
went to Springfield and joined the company
of Captain Carpenter and continued to serve
at that place as a guard for the magazine
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at that place where he continued a term of
three months when he was discharged and
returned home. that his Lieutenants name was
Merrick, that he never received a written discharge
from said service and has no proof
but
thereof documentary or otherwise but the 
accompanying affidavit that he saw Col Shepherd &
Col Smith
He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension
except the present and declares that his name
is not on the pension roll of any State or territory
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Charles Kent
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Augustus F Ferris Judge of Cayuga County residing in Ira in
Cayuga County and Jay W.
Carr
residing in the same town
hereby certify, that we are well
acquainted with Charles Kent
who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding
declaration; that we believe him to be 68
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the
neighbourhood 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.
Augustus F. Ferris
Jay W Carr

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 Augustus F
Ferris who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Judge of County resident in Ira and Carr
who has also signed the same, is a resident in Ira
and is a credible person, and that their statement
is entitled to credit.
I, Michael S Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of
Cayuga
and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles Kent for a pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
affixed the seal of said Court and
subscribed my name the nineteenth
day of September AD 1832
M. S. Myers
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RevWar
13.618
INVALID.
File No 13.618
Charles Kent
Priv. Rev. war
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:- Vol. 1 Page 208
[Arrangement of 1870]
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
December 3d 1839
Sir:
Under 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, Charles Kent
-
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency, at
the rate of Twenty
Dollars and
---Cents
per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832,
has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838,
to the 4th March 1839
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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Charles Kent
No 12. 158
A. Gould
Auburn NY
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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
Charles Kent
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 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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XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it?
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.
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? yes
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? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct? 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? yes
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 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 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 objection
able. 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 abund
embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the head or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.
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.
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 ends 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.
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.