Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33742, for Philemon Stedman, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE
Conn

Stedman, Philemon

NUMBER
S. 33742

CONTENTS
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(3,928)
Massachusetts Roll
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Philemon Stedman
Capt Mattock
Private
Connecticut line - 1778 - 5 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 10th of April 1818 -
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Certificate of Pension issued the 26th of October 1818
and sent to Jonathan Leavitt Esqr Judge
Greenfield Mass-
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Arrears to 4th of September 1818  4 mo. 25/30 -   38:66
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4th March 1819              --  48:--
                                                                               $86:66
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued
Layden Franklin

Notification sent to Elijah Alvord Esq 
28 July 1820
Greenfield
Mass.
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3,928
Philemon Stedman
Con
March 1819
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN SS.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, began and holden at Greenfield, within and for the County of Franklin, on Monday the tenth day of July, in the year of our 
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, et de die in diem to the fifteenth day of the same month,
PERSONALLY appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth, Philemon Stedman aged sixty four years, resident in Leyden in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the
Revolutionary War as follows: that he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Mattocks in the regiment
commanded by Colonel Chandler in the line of the
State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment; that his
original declation [declaration] is dated April of A.D. 1818; that his pension certificate is numbered 3,928. He entered the service of the United States as aforesaid in the month of May A.D. 1777, & continued
to serve in the same until June AD. 1783, and was
discharged at West Point.
I am by occupation a saddler but am disabled from pursuing it by a breack which has precluded my doing any labour for a long time.
My family consists of myself and wife Sally
aged sixty four years, whose age & infirmities have
rendered her feeble and we depend upon my pension
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for our maintenance and support.
I have no property real or personal, except one
cow, worth at most sixteen dollars,
and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled
" An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Philemon Stedman
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Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of July A.D. 1820, before the said Court.
Attest, E. Alvord Clerk.
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I ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the aforesaid Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid dule [schedule] is sixteen dollars
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IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of July, 1820.
E. Alvord Clerk.
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Philemon Stedman

Correct
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I Philemon Stedman, a Citizen of the United States resident in the Town of Leydon in the County Franklin the State of Massachusetts Doth declare that I belonged to the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War. In 1776, I entered the service & served eight months in the Company of Capt Benton. In the year 1777 or 1778 I enlisted during the War & served until the end of it.  I served a part of the time in the same company of Capt Samuel Mattock in the Regiment of Col Chandler of Connecticut. The last part of the time I served in the same company commanded by Capt Denite (how to spell his name I do not know) in the Regiment of Col Sherman of the Connecticut line.  I was honorably discharged at Westpoint. The discharge which I received I put into the hands of one William Moore, about thirty years ago, & I have not known any thing of it since. I am very infirm, & very poor, & by reason of my reduced circumstance in life stand in great need of assistance from my Country for support.  
Dated this tenth day of April AD 1818 – 
Philemon Stedman 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss April 16. A.D. 1818 
Then personally appeared Philemon Stedman Signer to the foregoing declaration and made Solemn oath to the truth of the same Before me 
J. Leavitt Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas
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We Uriah Wilbur Junr. & Jabor Babcock two of the of the Selectmen of the Town of Laden aforesaid testify & say that the within named Philemon Stedman is very feeble and in indigent circumstances, being her wholly destitute of property.   Dated this 10th day of April AD 1818
Uriah Wilbur Jr. Jaber 
Jabor Babcock 
Sworn to the day and year above written Before me 
J. Leavitt Judge &c 
To the Secretary of the Department of War
I the Subscriber Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Western circuit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which includes the County of Franklin aforesaid do hereby certify that from the testimony aforesaid it appears to my satisfaction that the before named Philemon Stedman served in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy as he has set forth in his declaration aforesaid and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for Support.   
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Court aforesaid this tenth day of April A.D. 1818 
Jon’n Leavitt
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
Philemon Stedman S.F. 33742 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  1776   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  8 mos.   RANK.   OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.   Captain Benton    STATE. Conn 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.  May 1777 or 1778   LENGTH OF SERVICE.  June 1783    RANK.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Samuel Mattock  Captain Denito (2)  Colonel Chandler  Colonel Sherman  STATE.  
Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, 
Date of application for pension, Apr. 10. 1818. His cl was al. [his claim was allowed] 
Residence at date of application,    Leydon, Franklin Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, 62 yrs  died Jany 17. 1823*  
Remarks: In 1820  Soldiers wife Sally was aged 64 yrs. 
No further family data 
*from Agency Book
 Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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M. P. Sprail 
13 Hamilton St 
Allentown . Pa 
[stamp] ALLENTOWN PA MAR 10 11 AM 1917
[stamp] US POSTAGE  [stamp] US POSTAGE
Int Dept  
Dept of the Interior
Revolutionary War Record Section
Washington D.C.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3 -- 525 
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE C MAR 13 1917
[stamp] DEPT OF THE INTERIOR MAR 13 1917 [unreadable]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS 
Washington, D. C., Jany 6, 1915 
V.L.K.  
S. F. 33742 
Rev War 
Mrs. L. C. Heely 
165 W. 140 St. New York NY
Madam 
In reply to your request of Jane received Jany 1 for a statement of the military history of Philemon Stedman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 1776 LENGTH OF SERVICE. 8 mos. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain Benton STATE. Conn DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. May 1777 or 1778 LENGTH OF SERVICE. June 1783 RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. Captain Samuel Mattock Captain Denito (2) Colonel Chandler Colonel Sherman STATE. 
Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, 
Date of application for pension, Apr. 10. 1818. His claim was allowed 
Residence at date of application, Leydon, Franklin Co. Mass. 
Age at date of application, 62 yrs died Jany 17. 1823 
Remarks: In 1820 Soldiers wife Sally was aged 64 yrs. 
No further family data  
Respectfully, 
G. M. Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
This record was returned in this envelope without any explanation whatever.
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Mrs. Marion Sprout
Fenville Mich
Please return Mrs N.C.E.
[stamp] REGISTRAR GENERAL REC’D OCT 11 15 ANSD
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33742 
Revy INVALID 
File No. 33742 
Philemon Stedman 
Pri   Rev War  
Act: 18” March 18” 
Index: - Vol. 2 Page 397 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 
Oct. 27 ‘98 
H. Wetherby 
Brooklyn NY
1911 Apr 6 Hist to Mrs.
N. M. P. Akeley V.L.M.  
1915 Jany 6 Hist to Mrs L C Healy
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# 84 First Pl.
Brooklyn N.Y. Sep 17 1897 
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington D.C. 
Dear Sir.-  
I am desirous of tracing my genealogical Record, and have been told that I could find valuable aid at the Pension Office. I desire to establish my claim to the right to join the order of "Sons of the Revolution.” 
My maternal Grandfather enlisted at the beginning of the war from Hartford Ct. and served for seven years.  Upon his return be married and removed to Colerain Mass, where he raised a family and finally died. He was in receipt of a pension during the later years of his life.  He enlisted in a Conn Regiment being about Eighteen years of age, and his Regiment
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was, as near as I can remember from my mothers account nearly all of the seven years with the army of Gen. Washington/
His name was Stedman, either Philemon or Luke. He had two sons of these names, and one I think, was named for his father. 
Will you kindly inform me if there are any record in the Office at Washington. that will give me any aid, and what must I do to avail myself of it. 
Yours Truly 
H. Wetherby
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[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE B SEPT 20 1898
Philemon or Luke Stedman, Conn.
11491
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[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE APR 3 1911
April 1, 1911. 
Brattleboro, Vt. 
Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pension, 
Washington, D.C. 
Will you kindly furnish me with Military service of the following names given on Rolls of Honor as Revolutionary Pensioners.  
CAPT. OLIVER COOK. Died Jan. 4, 1813 ae, 78 yr. Name found on Roll of Honor in Brattleboro History. 
Ref; to Oliver Cook in Vt. Rolls page 822. 
[stamp] RECORD DIVISION APR 8 1911
JOHN JACOB PELLER. Died March 24, 1815 ae; 70 yr. 
History of Vernon speaks of his military service. 
NATHANIEL SAMPSON.  Died March 24, 1849 ae; 95 yr;
Name on Roll of Honor Brattleboro, History.  if no other try 21958 Samson 
PHILEMON STEADMAN. S.33742  Died Jan. 17, 1823 ae;  67 yr, 12 days - Buried at Leyden, Mass., his widow Sarah at the age of 77 yr; married 2nd Zephaniah Shepardson (when he was 78 of age, of Guilford Vt.
Philemon Steadman had previously lived at Hartford, Conn. and was born in that vicinity. He had children named Rebecca, Annie,  Philemon, Farmelia (married John Shepardson of Guilford Vt.) Luke,  Sarah (married a Bell). 
Philemon Steadman received a pension -  service supposed to been given in State of Conn. 
Yours truly
Chairmen of Committee for placing Rev Markers Brattleboro Chapter 
Mrs. N. M. P. Akeley 
116 Canal St.
Brattleboro, Vt;
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S. 33742
[stamp] U. S. PENSION OFFICE K APR 8 1911
[stamp] RECORD DIVISION APR 8 1911
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W1 OK Revs
1-2 Ct. Stamp retd [returned] CLW
One 2 cent stamp rec’d WV
165 W 140th St 
New York N.J. 
Jan 1 ‘15
Department of the Interior 
Bureau of Pensions 
Rev. War Records Section: Philemon Stedman was a soldier of the Revolution serving in the Connecticut militia later a pensioner in Massachusetts. 
Will you kindly give me all information in possession of the department regarding said Philemon Stedman and oblige 
Yours most Respectfully 
Mrs L. C Heely
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[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE D JAN 2 1915
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. 
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. R.  
I. 33742
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 
BUREAU OF PENSIONS. 
WASHINGTON, D. C., 
Oct. 27, 1898. 
Sir:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Philemon Stedman made an application for pension on April 10, 1818, at which time he was 62 years of age and residing at Leyden, Mass. and his pension was allowed for 5 years actual service as a private in the Connecticut troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Mattocks and Col. Chandler. Place of his enlistment not stated. 
Very respectfully, 
Acting Commissioner
Mr. H. Wetherby, 
84 First Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.