Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18417, Truman Gilbert, Conn.
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SERVICE                                            NUMBER
Conn.                  Gilbert, Truman        S 18417.

CONTENTS
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13372
Ohio. Pittsburgh
Truman Gilbert 

Portage C. in the State of Ohio.
who was a Private in the C. commanded
by Captain Bebee of the Reg.t commanded
by Col. Canfield. in the 
line for /
$43.33/100

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 43. Dollars 33. Cents per annum. 
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of July
1833. and John
Whittlesey. Ohio.

Arrears to the 4th of March 33.           86.66
Semi-ani. allowance ending 4 Sept 33. 21.67
                                                             _______
                                                              $108.33

                                          Revolutionary Claim,
                                          Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Wm R. Palmer Clerk
Book       Vol. 8     Page 112.
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Truman Gilbert's 
Pension Application
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The State of Ohio
Portage County Ss}
On this 27th day of May AD 1823 [?]
Personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the Third Judicial Circuit of the Court of the State of Ohio, the same being a Court of Record & having a seal, and Clerk, Truman Gilbert a resident of Palmyra, Portage County, and state of Ohio aged seventy six 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 provision of & made by the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following circumstances. I was embodied in the militia which were called minute men, and in April 1775 was was called to Long Island, and Brooklyn, and was engaged there in building a Fort, under Captain Bebee, Lieutenant Bliss of the Connecticut Militia, here I remained two months, and was discharged.
In the summer of 1776 (I do not recollect the month) I was called to New York under Captain Joseph Carter in Colonel Canfield's Regiment of Connecticut Militia. This tour of service I was drafted, and served four months. I was present at the Battle when the British took possession of the city, and in the retreat up to Kings Bridge where I was discharged.
In (I think the spring of) 1778 I volunteered and marched to near Rhinebeck on the Hudson River, under Captain Samuel Carter, and assisted in building a cheval de frise across the Hudson River. I remained there three months, when I was discharged.
In the summer of 1779 I was drafted and marched to Fish Kill in the state of New York where I remained two months.
In 1782 I was two months at Horseneck in the state of New York and was discharged at the close of the War making, in all, thirteen months which I served, besides several small tours of duty as at the burning of Danbury, when we were called out for a few days only. 
I do not recollect the names of all my officers, but Colonel Canfield, Captains Joseph Carter and Samuel Carter, and Lieutenant Bliss I recollect well. General Putnam was also occasionally with us. At the time of my entering the service, each time I resided in Warren Litchfield County, Connecticut.
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I have no original "discharge, or commission, and know of no living witness who can testify to my service.
He [illegible] relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not in the Pension 
 Roll of any Agency, of any State _
Where, and in what year were you born?
I was born in Warren, Litchfield County, State of Connecticut in the year 1756-
Have you any Record of your age, and if so where is it?
There is a Record of my age in Kent, Litchfield County Connecticut. Warren being a part of that town at the time of my birth.
Where were you living when called into service? Where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
I was living at Warren aforesaid when called into service, and lived there until I came to Palmyra Portage County Ohio (about twenty five years ago,) where I now live. 
How were you called into the service - were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a Substitute for  whom?
I was sometimes drafted, and sometimes volunteered as I have before stated_
State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the Troops when you served _such Continental, and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?
My General was Putnam My Colonel was Caulfield- my Captain Carter, my Lieutenant Bliss_ I cannot state more particularly than I have done.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and .if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?--
I do not recollect whether I ever received a discharge or not__
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and this belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Reverend Hams McKelvy
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[signature] Truman Gilbert
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Mr. James McKelvy, a Clergyman residing in the town of Palmyra, Portage County, Ohio, and William N. Merwin residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Truman Gilbert who has subscribed, and sworn to the foregoing declaration. That we believe him to be seventy six years of age. That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
James McKelvy
Wm. N. Merwin

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Geo Kirkum, Clk.

The state of Ohio
Portage County ss} Personally appeared James Jewel of Palmyra Portage County Ohio and Lucius V Bierce of Ravenna Portage County Ohio, who being duly sworn says that they are personally acquainted with Truman Gilbert who has subscribed, and sworn to the foregoing statement, and also with James McKelvy and William N. Merwin who have subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit, and that they are persons of truth, and veracity, to whom statements to facts faith and credit ought to be given.
Lucius V. Bierce
James Jewell

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Geo Kirkum Clk

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 James McKelvey who together with Wm. N. Merwin has signed the first of the preceding certificates is a clergyman resident in the township of Palmyra in said county of Portage, that the said Wm. N. Merwin and James Jewel who together with Lucius V. Bierce has signed the last of the preceding certificates are residents in the same township of Palmyra aforesaid, that the said Lucius V. Bierce is a resident in the township of Ravenna in said county, that they the said James McKelvy, Wm. N. Merwin, Lucius V. Bierce and James Jewell are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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I Geo Kirkum Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Portage County in the State of Ohio do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Truman Gilbert for a pension

	In Testimony whereof I have hereinto set my 
        hand and seal of office this twenty seventh 
        day of May anno Domini one thou-sand and 
        eight hundred and thirty three.

						Geo Kirkman Clerk.
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No number. -
Certif. 13.372
Truman Gilbert
Portage Co
Ohio

Adm 13 months

John Whittlesley Esq
Ravenna
Portage Co Ohio
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
25th June ~ 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 2832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith reburned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension is allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of Truman Gilbert Portage Co Ohio
[column headings]
Period when the service was rendered.
Duration of the claimant's service.
Rank of the claimant.
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served
Age at present, and place of above when he entered the service.
Proof by which the declaration is supported.

April 1775 2 months Priv. Capt Bebee 76 years Warren Litchfield County Connt. Traditionary.

Summer 1776 4 months Capt Carter, Col. Canfield

Spring 1778 3 months Capt Carter

1779 2 months
1782 2 months

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1.  The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sate, Territory, or District of County of [right bracket] ss
On this [blank] day of [blank] 
personally appeared (a) before [blank] A. B. a resident of (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. [finger pointed to right symbol] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank] 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [blank] of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank] day of [blank] &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank], 
who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank] years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank] Clerk of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this [blank] day of
[blank] &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his-
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. {To a Soldier {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
{To an Officer {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your service as a soldier of the Revolution.
The court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declarations before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of state or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must state, 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. 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. 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 services I claim a pension."
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 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 that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the years, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the services was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not emplo9yed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signatures of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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 papers authenticated, the certificates 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.
Proof of Service
(j) 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the exam of Militia men, Volunteers and state Troops. The proof required by rule in case (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers in the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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MMHF

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

September 29, 1926

Mabel P. Stivers
85 High St.,
Ansonia, Conn.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 18417 it appears that Truman Gilbert was born in 1756 in Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
While a resident of Warren, Connecticut he enlisted in April 1775 and served two months as a private in Captain Bebee's Connecticut Company.
He enlisted in the summer of 1776, served four months as private in Captain Joseph Carter's Company, Colonel Canfield's Connecticut Regiment and was in the battle during the retreat from New York City.
He enlisted in the spring of 1778 and served three months as private in Captain Samuel Carter's Connecticut Company.
He enlisted in the summer of 1779 and served two months at Fishkill, New York, officers not named, and enlisted in 1783 and served two months at Horseneck, New York, officers not stated. He also served on several short tours of duty, once for a few days at the burning of Danbury,
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no officers named for these tours.
About 1808 he moved from Warren, Connecticut to Palmyra, Portage County, Ohio, where he was allowed pension on his application executed May 27, 1833.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.

Miss Wilson had sent for more information in regard to Truman Gilbert & Enos Smith & the reply was so rambling & indefinite that she said just send this & the only Enos of Conn - but not say only one etc.
I shall add to the end of Enos Smiths history that no claim for pension file on acct of their serv in War of 1812.
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18417
INVALID.

File No. 18,417
Truman Gilbert
Pri. Rev. War

Act: June 7 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 143
(Arrangement of 1870)

July 14 98
Mrs G. W. Yeaton
Allston Mass

1913 Mch 15 History to Mrs V. C. Misner

1918 Oct 24 Hist to Amelia S. Gilbert

1926 Sept 29 Hist to Mabel P. Stivers MMFS
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Ravenna Ohio June 1833

Sir
I return the application of Truman Gilbert amended as required.
I am vy Respectfully your
Obt Servt
John Whittlesy

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commission of Pensions
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Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
G

Mr. Suckker
Dear Sir
Please send me the war 1812 record of 
Truman Gilbert - of Dnby Conn. Son of Thomas Gilbert. Huntington Conn.
Respct Yours
Helen F. Yeaton

Mrs. G. W. Yeaton
33 Athol Ln
Allston Mass
and of Connect. daughters 1812

[stamped]
OLD WAR & NAVY
JUN 9 1898
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Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
G

Mr. Suckker
Dear Sir
Please send me the war 1812 record of
Truman Gilbert - of Dnby Conn. Son of Thomas Gilbert. Huntington Conn.
Respct Yours
Helen F. Yeaton

Mrs. G. W. Yeaton
33 Athol Ln
Allston Mass
and of Connect. daughters 1812

[stamped]
OLD WAR & NAVY
JUN 9 1898
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Ravenna O.
March 5, 1913
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir
Will you kindly send me the war record of Truman Gilbert (whose wife was Eunice Phippinee) who served in the Revolutionary War. He was put in the pension list July 22, 1833. Thanking you for any information you may be
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able to give me. I am anxious to know what town in Connecticut he enlisted in.
Yours Respectfully
Mrs. V. C. Misner
Ravenna O
255 N. Main St.
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IN REPLY REFER TO
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON

July 8, 1926.

Mabel P. Stivers,
85 High St.
Ansonia, Conn.

Madam:
I have to advise you, that there is no provision of law that would entitled the children of a soldier of the War of 1812 to pension.
In order to make a proper search of the records for Enos Smith and Trueman Gilbert, the subjects of your inquiry, in addition to the exact name of war in which service was rendered, some of the following data is essential:
approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service, given names of widows.
Respectfully
Winfield Scott

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner
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85 High St.
Anosonia Ct

June 7 - 26

Dear Sir:
Will you kindly give me what information you have regarding Trueman Gilbert of Conn. as a pensioner in the Rev. War (?) & War of 1812.
Also, Enos Smith of Conn. in Rev. War (?) & War of 1812.
?
And can you tell me in case a man was a pensioner in War of 1812 & leaves living today one daughter, unmarried & nearly 90 yrs old & in poor circumstances could she draw his pension?
Thanking you for any information you can give me.
Sincerely
Mabel P. Stivers
85 High St.
Ansonia CT

[stamped]
U. S.
PENSION
OFFICE L
JUNE 8 1926
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Thomas Gilbert
Trueman Gilbert wife Annie Smith b. in [cut off]
ton. CT. I think.
Would like his pension record for 1812 & Rev. War if he had one.
Enos Smithb. 175 - d. 1841 in Derby CT
Did he have a pension & did he serve in both Rev. War & 1812? Wife Anna Miner.
Both enlisted from Derby CT or Huntington CT I think. Am writing for information.
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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.

O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

L. W. B.
I. 18417.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C.,

July 14th, 1898.
Madam: - 
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Truman Gilbert made an application for pension on May 27th, 1833, at which time he was 76 years of age and residing at Palmyra, Ohio, and his pension was allowed for thirteen months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Bebee and Col. Canfield. He enlisted at Warren, Conn.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner


Mrs. G. W. Yeaton
33 Athol St., Allston, Mass.
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In reply to your request of ..........., received ...........
for a statement of the military history of Truman Gilbert 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.
S. 18417

[column titles]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
STATE.

Apr 1775 2 mos. Pri. Captain Bebee.  ~ Conn.

Summer 1776 4 mos. ~ Captain Joseph Carter, Colonel Canfield ~

Spring 1778 3 mos. ~ Captain Saml. Carter ~ ~

Summer 1779 2 mos. ~ names of officers not stated.

1782 2 mos. ~ names of officers not stated.

Battles engaged in, N. Y. City
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Warren, Litchfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, May 27, 1833. His cl was al.
Residence at date of application, Palmyra, Portage Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, born 1756 Warren, Conn.
Remarks: There is no data relative to family.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner