Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,292, for Asahel Salmon, Connecticut
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE                                    NUMBER
Conn            Salmon, Asahel     S36292


CONTENTS
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sent to Hon G Tomlinson 2d October 1821
Fairfield Connecticut

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4370
Connecticut Roll
Asahel Salmon
Capt Hoyt 
Private 
Connecticut line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary Wa

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 6th of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 13t of Nov 1818
and sent to Pierpont Edwards esqr Judge
Bridgeport Connt

Arrears to 4th of September 1818. 4th. 20/30 39:7
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4t March 1819    48:
                                                               $87:73

(Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.)

New York line 1 year
Cont  line 81 Two years
[re]dding
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District of Connecticut  Ss
On this 8 day of April AD 1818 Aschel Salmon
of Redding in said District upon oath sweares before Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the United States for the
District of Connecticutt in which district the Declarant
now resides and was since the end of the war of the Revolution
hath resided that in the month of April AD 1776 the declarant
enlisted into the service of the United States as a private in Captain
Stienrods company Colonel Macdougle's Regiment in 
the New York line on the continental establishment of the
armies of the United States in the war of the revolution for a
term ending January AD 1777 according to the best recollection of the
declarant and as he confidently beleves and that in the month
of May in the same year seventeen hundred & seventy six
by exchange the Declarant was permitted to & in fact did enter 
into Captain Joseph Hoyts company in Colonel Charles
Webbs Regiment in the Connecticutt line on said establishment
and continued in the service of the United States in said last
mentioned company Regiment & line on the same continental 
establishment in the army of the United States in said
war of the revolution until the middle of February in
the said year seventeen hundred & seventy seven making
a term from his said first enlistment to the time of his
leaving said service of ten months the last six weeks of
the term at the special request of general Washington [illegible]
being so much beyond the term of said enlistment
and that in the forepart of April AD 1780 the declarant again
enlisted into said service in Captain Jesse Bells Company
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Collonel Barzillis Beebees Regiment in said line
and as the declarant believes on said continental establishment 
for the term of nine months the which term the declarant 
faithfully served out as a corporal in the army
of the United States on the lines before New York
in the said war of the revolution and that about the
first day of February AD 1781 the declarant again
enlisted in to the army of the United States by the
name of Isaac Munson for the purpose of being relieved
in the stead of a soldier of that name in said army 
which the declarant was permitted to do and
entered 
in a company commanded by a Captain
Steven in the fourth Connecticut Regiment on
said establishment in said army and that the
declarant even after his said last mentioned enlistment
continued in the service of the United States in said
army in said Connecticutt line on said continental 
establishment in the war of the revolution
until the end of said war when he was honourably
discharged from said service by a discharge under 
the hand of general George Washington which discharge 
the declarant hath by time and accident
lost and the declarant further maketh oath that he
now is and ever since the declaration of Independence hath
been a resident Citizen of the United States and by reason
of his reduced circumstances in age he is in need of
[illegible] for his support Country for his support
Asahel Salmon
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Asahel Salmon
Fairfield County
Connecticut
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District and State of Connecticut, Ss Fairfield County
Be it remembered, that in the County Court held in &
for the County of Fairfield, in the district and State
aforesaid on the 19th day of April 1821 the same being
a Court of Record & having a Seal under the authority 
of said State & having power of fine & imprisonment
personally came and appeared in open Court Asahel
Salmon aged 63 years, resident in the Town of Redding
in the County & State aforesaid, & being sworn according 
to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served
in the Revolutionary War as follows, on or about the
1st day of April 1776, he enlisted into Capt Steenrod's
company for nine months, went to New York and
joined Col. McDougal's regiment in the fore part 
of May changed places with a man & joined Col
Charles Webb's regiment in the company of Capt.
Joseph Hoyt, in the Connecticut line in the continental
establishment, on the first of January
1777 the term of my enlistment expired, but at the
especial request of Gen. Washington he stayed six
weeks longer which made the campaign 10 months
& an half that in the spring of the year 1780 he
enlisted into Capt. Jesse Bill's Company in the
regiment commanded by Col. Bazele Beebe, he does
not recollect the precise time of his enlistment but served
until the first of Jan. 1781 when he again enlisted into
the Company commanded by Capt Sarr in the
regiment commanded by Col. Zebulon Butler in the Connecticut
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line to serve during the war, and was mustered by the name 
of Isaac Munson and on the 10th of June 1783 he was discharged
& his discharge was signed by George Washington - That the
original declaration made by him for the purpose of
obtaining a Pension under the act of Congress of the 18th
of March 1818, was dated the 6 April 1818 that in
pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners 
& received his pension certificate No 4370; And
I do further solemnly swear that I was a resident
citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818
& 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 the act of Congress entitled
an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land &
naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War
passed on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not nor
has any person in trust for me any property or
contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other
than what is contained in the schedule herein annexed
& by me subscribed & I do further declare that my occupation 
is that of a Shoemaker, that I am infirm and in
consequence of ill health am unable to do but little labor
that I have a family residing with me consisting of my wife
Anne aged 59 years, also a daughter Anne aged 32 years
who has always been weakly; Asahel my son is 25 years of
age he also is weakly. I for ten or twelve years past has
not been able to labour any my son Lyman aged
22 years is weakly & feeble my
son Philander aged 15 years is also weakly and feeble ┃
& for the past year has not been able to labour any
that owing to the sickness of my family I have been
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obliged to pay Doctors during thirty years past 2000
Dollars this together with losses by fire & otherwise
within a few years past amounting to about 2200 Dollars 
has so reduced my circumstances that I need the assistance
of my country for support, all which is subscribed by me
the day & year aforesaid 
Asahel Salmon

At a County Court held in & for the County of Fairfield
in the district & State of Connecticut, on the 19th day of April
1821 the same being a Court of Record & having a seal
by virtue of the Laws of sd State personally appeared
Asahel Salmon a resident of the town of Redding in
the County of Fairfield in said State & exhibited and
subscribed the following Schedule & under oath that 
the same is a true & perfect schedule of all his income &
property (necessary clothing and bedding excepted), viz
One Cow ten Sheep Three Hogs, one chest with drawers ten
old casks three old chests, two old tables, two stands one
old writing desk, twenty common chairs one spinning
wheel, one wood clock, one washing tub, one Iron pot
one Iron Kettle, one tea kettle, one spider one shovel &
tongs, two pair of Andirons, two trammels, three candlesticks
six knives & forks, nine spoons, two brass kettles some
crockery, some earthen pots & plates, fifteen drinking glasses 
one jug one looking glass one tin oven one tin pail, ten milk
pans, six silver tea spoons, one pewter quart cut and five
old pewter basons, six pewter plates, one saddle, one
Harness one tray, one wooden bowl one corn basket one
hair sieve one riddle  the use of a piece of land in
right of my wife 
Asahel Salmon

$92.97

Sworn to & declared in the Court aforesaid Whereupon said Court is on
satisfactory proof exhibited in Court of opinion, that the total amount in value
of the property contained in the Schedule is ninety two Dols ninety seven Cents ┃
& doth order these proceedings to be entered in the Records of said Court
Attest David Burr Clerk
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State of Connecticut Ss
Fairfield County May 31st 1821
I do certify, that the foregoing Oath &
Schedule thereto annexed are truly
copied from the Records of said Court, &
that it is the opinion of said Court.
that the total amount in value of the
property exhibited in the foresaid Schedule is ninety two
Dols & ninety seven cents - In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of sd Court at Fairfield
this 31st day of May AD 1821
Davis Burr Clerk of the County Court for sd Fairfield

State of Connecticut Ss. 
Stratford May 31st 1821- I do
certify that David Burr Esqr is the Clerk of said County
Court duly appointed& sworn and that the said court
is a court of record made so by the Statute Laws of said
State, and that has the power of fines Imprisonment &c

Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County
Court for Fairfield County
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We the subcribers residing in the neighbourhood of Col Asahel Salmon
of Reading, in Fairfield County, State of Connecticut, do certify that the
said Asahel Salmon is industrious, and sober in his habits, infirm in
health, and as we believe more than sixty three years of age; that his
family consisting of his wife, three sons, and a daughter through want
of health are chiefly dependant on him for their support; and that
one or more of his family for a number of years past, has been the quater
part of the time under the case of a physician
Reading 9th April 1821

Lemuel Sanford
Jonathan Bartlett
Thomas Davies Physn
Jonathan R. Sanford
Daniel Crocker
Joseph Hawley
Stephan Inchfore
Poilly Comstock
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I certify 
that the Gentlemen
who have signed the within certificate
are respectable, & that in my opinion
their certificate is entitled to full
credit
Gideon Tomlinson

Con
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WCS
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

October 26, 1927

Mr. Charles R. Hale
33 Capitol Ave.
Hartford, Conn.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary 
War pension claim, S. 36292, it appears that ASAHEL SALMON enlisted
April 1, 1776, place not stated, as a private in Captain Steenrod's
Company in Colonel McDougall's New York Regiment; in May, 1776, he
was transferred to Captain Joseph Hait's Company in Colonel Charles
Webb's Connecticut Regiment and he served ten and one half months in
all.
He enlisted in April, 1780, and served nine months as corporal
in Captain Jesse Bell's Company in Colonel Bazaleel Beebe's Connecticut
Regiment.
He enlisted January 1, 1781, in Captain Starr's Company in Colonel
Zebulon Butler's Connecticut Regiment, serving under the name of Isaac
Munson, and was discharged June 10, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818,
at which time he was living in Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut,
and was sixty years of age.
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This is the only soldier by the name of Asahel Salmon or any similar
name that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
In the Census of Pensioners that was taken in 1840 this Asahel Salmon
appears as Asell Solomons.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Asahel Salmon
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District of Connecticut ss
On this 8 day of April AD 1818 before me Pierpont
Edwards District Judge of the United States, for the District
of Connecticutt came Captain Benjamin Meeker
and Mr Ephraim. Sanford both & Redding in said
District respectable citizens thereof who being duly sworn
depose & say that they are well acquainted with colonel
Asahel Salmon and have been so from their youth and
that he now is & ever since the declaration of Independence
hath been a resident citizen of the United States and
that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in
need of assistance from his country for his support
[illegible] time came Isaac Platt who of said Redding
who being also sworn doth depose & say that he well knows
that the Declarant served in the war of the [illegible] revolution 
according to his declaration foregoing so for as related to
his said service under his last mentioned enlistment
April 8th AD 1818 sworn before
me Pierpont Edwards
District Judge of the District of Connecticut
Ephm Sanford
Benjn Meeker

May 6th 1818 personally appeared and came before me
Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the District of Connecticut
Joel Smith of Redding in the County of Fairfield in sd
District and being duly sworn made oath that he has
perused the foregoing declaration of Asahel Salmon, and
that to his the sd Smith's knowledge the facts stated therein
are true
Joel Smith
May 6th AD 1818 Sworn before me
Pierpont Edwards
District Judge of the District of Connecticut
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District of Connecticut Ss April 8th AD 1818
the aforenamed Asahel Salmon came before me
& in my presence subscribed the aforesaid declaration
& made oath that the same is true 
Pierpont Edwards
District Judge of sd District
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Fairfield July 23d 1821
Sir
I herewith transmit the
application of Asahel Salmon
to be continued on the pension list
I am, Sir
with sincere respect
Your Obdnt sevt
Gideon Tomlinson
Hon J. C Calhoun
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Asahel Salmon

The
Honorable John C. Calhoun
Secratary of the Department of War
Washington

For Judge Edwards
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I Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the District of
Connecticut do certify that it appears to my satisfaction 
that Asahel Salmon who made & subscribed the
declaration contained in the annexed Schedule did serve
in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy
as stated in his said declaration & I now transmit
the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me
in his case to the Secretary of the department of War 
pursuant to an act of Congress in such case made & provided
said proceedings & testimony are contained in the annexed
Schedule May 20th 1818
Pierpont Edwards
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Isaac Platt
private,
Connecticut line,
7th April, 1818

Admitted
on the deposition of
Cal Asabel Salmon

Pierpont Edwards Esq
Judge
Bridgeport Fairfield Co
Connecticut.
Ag:
C.
Recd 27. May, 1818

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The
Honorable John C. Calhoun
Secratary of the Department of War
Washington
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Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the District of 
Connecticut do certify that it appears to my satisfaction
that Isaac Plat who made & subscribed the declaration
contained in the annexed Schedule did serve in the
Revolutionary war against the common enemy as
stated in his said declaration & I now transmit the
proceedings & testimony taken & had before me in his
case to the Secretary of the department of War pursuant
to an act of Congress in such case made & provided said
proceedings & testimony are contained in the annexed
Schedule Mar 28th 1818
Pierpont Edwards
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U.S.P.S.
OLD WAR & NAVY
APR 8 1904
FILES.

April 4, 1904
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir
Will you please send me
the records of Joseph Rogers and Asahel 
Salmon Revolutionary pensioners of
1818 who were residents of this vicinity
By so doing you will greatly oblige
me
Respectfully Yours
Miss Julia Grumman
Georgetown,
Conn

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U.S.
Pension A Office
Apr 7 1904


R.F.D. 41.
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81 Appleton Ave
Pittsfield
Mass
10 /22/06

U. S. Commissioner of Pensions
Dept of the Interior 
Washington

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O.W. & N. Div
Files
Oct 25 1906

Sir
Kindly send me such record
as may exist of one Asahel Salmon
who served under Capts Ezekiel Hull
and Gray, Lieut Col Seymour - Rev War
On list of Conn Pensioners 1818
Absalem Salmon who
served 2 yrs 9 mo  Rev War. NY State troops
born Canaan NY 1761. Did he receive
a pension? (4th Regt Col H.B. Livingston
Col Holmes)
Nathan Avery Col Parson 6th Conn
also Capt Bostwick 7th Cav, and Capt Motts Cav
On list of Conn Pensioners - 1818 residing in
NY State
very respectfully
W. T. Kendan Brown
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U.S.
Pension A Office
Oct 24 1906
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HEADQUARTERS COMMANDERY IN CHIEF
SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR
COMMITTER ON MARKING GRAVES
CHARLES R. HALE, CHAIRMAN
33 CAPITOL AVENUE
HARTFORD, CONN.

Oct 23 - 1927

Chief Clerk
Pension Dept
Washington, D.C

Dear Sir
Please send me Revolutionary war
recd of Asahel Solomon of Reading, Con. On 1840 Pension
Roll and died 1848. We wish to get a headstone
for this Veteran
Yours very truly
Chas. R. Hale

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Office of the Chief Clerk
Oct 25 1927
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Bureau of Pensions
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O. W. and N. Division.    3-525
Isle
Sin File 36. 292
Rev War

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history
of Asahel Salmon, 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.
Apr.1   76
May    76
Apl      80
* Jan 1  81
dis  June 10 83

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
10 1/2 mos.
[no entry]
9 mos
[no entry]

RANK.
Pvt.
[no entry]
Corpl
[no entry]

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.                           COLONEL
[illegible] Steinrod             McDougall
Joseph Hart                       Chas Webb
Jesse Bell                           Bezaleel Beebe
Starr                                   Zebulon Butler

STATE.
1st NY
Conn  Co nil
Conn
4 Conn

* served under the name of Isaac Munson

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension,  Apl 8  1818    allowed
Residence at date of application, Redding Fairfield Co, Conn
Age at date of application, 60   63 in 1821

Remarks: 1821 wife Anne ae 59. ch. Anne 32. Asahel 25
Lyman 22 Philander 15.
No claim Absalom Salmon Ny.
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36292
INVALID.
Revy

File No. 36292
Asahel Salmon
Pri  Rev War

Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 855

(Arrangement of 1870.}

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Apl. 12, 1904, Histy to
Miss Julia Grumman
Georgetown Conn

1906 Nov. 2. History to
W. T. K. Brown

1927 Oct. 26 Tombstone
data to Chas R. Hale  WLS