Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,575, Gershom Clark, Conn.
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SERVICE  NUMBER
Conn. Clark, Gershom S23575

CONTENTS
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24733
New York
Gershom Clark
of Chenango in the State of New York
who was a Drummer in the Camp comm
by Captain Sevensworth of the Regt command
by Col. Webb in the Camp 
line for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 32 Dollars 00 Cents per ann
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Feby
1833 and (illegible) A C Moses
Guilford
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33                  $80
Semi-an. allowance ending 4 Mar '34      16
                                                                $96
Revolutionary Claim, 
Act  June 7, 1832
Recorded by Geo. C Stibs  Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 4 page 130
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28 162
Gersham Clark
Application for a Pension
Admitted
Drummer 9 months
Please direct the 
Result of this to
Bours &C. 
A.C. Moses
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State of New York}
County of Chenango} ss
On this 9th day of October One Thousand 
Eight Hundred and Thirty three personally appeared in open Court before the Court of 
Common Pleas now Sitting Gersham Clark
a Resident of Guilforg in the County of Chenango
and State of New York aged Seventy Eight
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 Act of Congress passed June 7th
1832.  That he entered the Service of the
United States under the following named 
Officers and Served as herein stated.
That in the month of August 1775 he enlisted 
as a Volunteer into the Service of the State 
of Connecticutt and on or about the first of 
August 1775 he joined a company of State
Troops of the State of Connecticutt comm
anded by Captain Eli Levensworth Lieut
Rossiter and Ensign Lewis at New London
in the State of Connecticutt and remained
with the Company at New London about 
three months he then marched to Cambridge
in Massachusetts about One Hundred
miles from New London north east and
 joined the Regiment commanded by Col
Charles Webb Lieutenant Hall and Maj
Lattimer and remained there with the regiment 
untill the Term of his Enlistment expired
which was Six months and obtained a regular
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State of New York} ss
County of Chenango}
On this 9th day of October One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Thirty three personally 
appeared in open Court before the Court of 
Common Pleas now sitting Gersham Clark
a Resident of Guilforg in the County of Chenango
and State of New York aged Seventy Eight
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 Act of Congress passed June 7th
1832.  That he entered the Service of the
United States under the following named
Officers and Served at herein Stated.
That in the month of August 1775 he enlisted 
as a Volunteer into the Service of the State  
of Connecticutt and on or about the first of 
August 1775 he joined a company of State
Troops of the State of Connecticutt comm
anded by Captain Eli Levensworth Lieut
Rossiter and Ensign Lewis at New London
in the State of Connecticutt and remained 
with the Company at New London about
three months he then marched to Cambridge
in Massachusetts about One Hundred 
miles from New London north east and
joined the Regiment commanded by Col.
Charles Webb Lieutenant Hall and Maj
Lattimer and remained there with the regiment 
untill the Term of his Enlistment expired
which was Six months and obtained a regular
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Discharge thinks the last of December or first
of January following but dont recollect
the day. And Gersham Clark on his Oath further testified that on the Sixth or Seventh day of 
September 1776 was called out as a Militia 
man of the State of Connecticutt and entering the Service joined the Company Command 
(?) by Capt Daniel Dewey Lieutenant
Andrew Huntington and Ensign William 
Murdock at Lebanon (Connecticutt) and
on the tenth day of September 1776 marched
with the Company for the State of New York
marched with through Colchester East
Haadam West Haddam Durham New
Haven Fairfield Norfolk Stanford Strat
ford Horseneck &c.  And about the last
of September joined the Regiment at East 
Chester in the State of New York commanded 
by Col Hosford and Major Jeremiah
Mason Sometime in October following while
he was being at East Chester a British but
came up the Sound and landed at West 
Chester to meet them. had a battle retreat
ed back to East Chester kept our Guards 
 for night next day went to the Saw pits
Six or eight miles east and remained there
untile the first day of December when he was discharged.  And the Said Gersham Clark 
further testified that in the above mentioned
times he Served as a Drummer and in the first mentioning term of Six months was in the
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Last mentioned three months that the first 
mentioned Term he Served as a Volunteer 
and the Second above mentioned Term as 
a drafted militiaman and was a musician 
in the militia of the State of Connecticutt dur
ing both of the above mentioned Terms that 
he was not acquainted with any of the regu
lar Officers neither does he now recollect 
their names and that he has no original 
Discharge in writing.  He further testified
that he knows of no Person who can testify
as to his Service and also that there is no 
Clergiman residing in the neighbourhood where
he belongs to certify to his character as to
Truth and veracity.  He hereby relinquishes 
any claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity
except the present and Declared that his 
name is not on the Pension Role of the Agency
of any State
Interrogatories by the Court
(1st) where and in what year were you born. -
ans In Lebanon in the State of Connecticutt 1753
(2nd) Have you any Record of your age and if so
where is it.-
ans I have no Record of my age that I know of
2 Where were you living when called into Service
Where have you lived Since the Revolutionary War
and where do you now live
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Ans At the time I was called int the Service I
lived in Lebanon have lived in Tollana
Connecticutt eight years and now live in
the Town of Guilford New York.--
Qu How were you called into Service were you
drafted: Did you volunteer or were you a 
Substitute and if a Substitute for whom
Ans Six months of my Service I volunteered and 
was drafted for the months I had no Substitute.--
(Qu) State the names of some of the regular 
Officers who were with the Troops when
you served such continentals and Militia
Regiments as you can reccollect and the
General circumstances of your Service
Ans I was not acquainted with any of the regu
lar Officers and if I ever knew any of their 
names I have now forgotten them neither did 
I know any other Regiments than those
commanded by Cols Webb and Hosford
the circumstances of my Service was as 
above stated in my Declaration.
(Qu) Did you ever recieve a discharge from
the Service and if so by whom was it given

and what had become of it
Ans I recieved a verbal discharge from the comm
and and of the Company to which I belonged
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At the close of each Term of my Service
and Cosequently have no written dischar
ge to produce.
Qu State the names of persons to whom you are 
known in your present neighbourhood and
who can testify to your Character for veracity
and belief of your Services as a Soldier
of the Revolution
Ans Dauphin Murray (?) Rufus Baldwin
(signature of ) Gersham Clark
Shown to and Subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
(illegible) (illegivle) Deb clerk
State of New York
County of Chenango
We Duphin Murray and 
Rufus Baldwin residing in the Town of Gui
lford in said County hereby certify that we ae
well acquainted with Gersham Clark who lives 
in the same Town and believe him to be Seventy
Seven years of age that he is reputed 
in the neighbourhood where he resided to have
been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Dauphin Murray 
Rufus Baldwin
Sworn and Subscribed 
this 7th Day of October 1833
before me Erastus Eggleston Justice of the Peace
A Justice of the Peace of the Town of Guilford
in the County of Chenango and State of New York
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And O Erastus Eggtiston the Justice of the
peace aforesaid certify that I am well acquainted
with the said Rufus Balwin and Dauphin
Murray who have subscribed and sworn to the 
forgoing Certificate that they are reputable persons and that their Statement is entitiled to full faith
and credit Dated this 7th Day of October 1833
Erastus Eggleston Justice of Peace as aforesaid
State of New York
County of Chenango
I Jarvis K Pike clerk of said 
County do certify that Erastus Eggleston
before whom the preceeding affidavid perports
to have been sworn and also who purports to
have signed the above certificate was at the
Date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and
for the said County and that I am acquainted 
with his hand writing and verily his name subs
cribing to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper hand writing and Signature
Witness my hand and Seal
of Office this 9th day of
October 1833
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after putting
the Interrogatoried (illegible) by the war Department
and that the above named applicant made a revolu
tionary Soldier and Served as he states.  And the Court
further certifies that it appears to them that Dauphin
Murray and Rufus Baldwin who have signed the 
preceding certificate are residents of the Town of Guilford
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And that they are credible persons and that their
Statement is Entitled to credit
(illegible) M. Purdy
Steve Bigelow
Nathan Taylor      Judges
Charles York
State of New York
County of Chenango SS (illegible)
I Jarvis K Pike Clerk of the 
Court of Common Pleas of the Couty of Chenango
do hereby Certify that the forgoing contains 
the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of Gersham Clark
for a Pension--
In Testimony whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and 
Seal of Office this 9 day 
of October 1833
J K Pike Clk
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October 30, 1929
Mrs. Gershom W Clark
244 Main Street 
Owego, New York
Dear Madam
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary'War pension claim, S.23575, it appears that Gershom Clark
was born in 1755, at Lebanon, Connecticut.
While residing at said Lebanon, he enlisted and serv-
ed as a drummer in the Connecticut Troops as follows:
From August, 1775, six months in Captain Eli Leaven-
worth's Company, Colonel Charles Webb's Regiment; from
September 6 or 7, 1776, three months in Captain Daniel
Dewey's Company, Colonel Horsford's Regiment and was in 
an engagement with the British at West Chester.
After the Revolution, he lived in Tolland, Connecti-
cut, about eight years and then moved to Guilford, Chenango
County, New York, where he was living when he was allowed
pension on his application executed October 9, 1833.
There are no data as to his family.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH
Commissioner.
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
AWF
November 10, 1930
Mrs. Gershom W. Clark
244 Main Street
Owego, New York.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter, in which you
inclosed a check for one dollar ($1.00) and requested
that you be furnished the history of the Revolutionary 
War pensioner, Gershom Clark, S. 23575.
You are advised that your were furnished, October 
30, 1929 the history of this Revolutionary War soldier.
Because of the very large nujmber of requests for
information in regard to Revolutionary War soldiers and
the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, 
the history of a particular soldier is furnished only once to the same person.  
Your remittance of one dollar ($d1.00) will be refunded you in due time.
Very truly yours, 
E.W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner, 
Financial Div
notified ck-$1.00
to be refunded Nov. 11-30
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
3-525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
sf 23575 Washington, D.C.,................................, 19......
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In reply to your request of .............., received.................
for a statement of the military history of Gershom Clark
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen-
sion on file in this Bureau
DATES OF 
ENLISTMENT OF 
APPOINTMENT
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
STATE
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
aUG.1, 1775 6MOS. DRUMMER Eli Leavenworth 
Charles Webb Conn
Sept. 6 or 7 1776 3 mos " Daniel Dewey Horsford
Battles engaged in, West Chester* (illegible)
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lebanon Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 9, 1833 (illegible)
Residence at date of application Guilford, Chanongo Co N.Y.
Age at date of application, born at Lebanon Conn in 1753-
Remarks:  No data as to family
After Rev lived in Tolland Conn.
8 yrs.
No further data
Respectfully, 
* battles of that name in (illegible)
took pace in 1777 & 1778.
Commisioner.
6-2856
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check #226-$1.00
FINANACE DIVISION
BOOKKEEPERS DESK
OCT. 24 1930
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
244 MAIN STREET
OWEGO, TIOGA CO., NEW YORK  Oct. 20, 1930
Earl D. Church, Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir-
Kindly send me at once,
a copy of Pension application of 
Gershom Clark who served in Rev.
1775-1776--(illegible) claim S23575 of
Gershom Clark, born in 1755 at Lebanon,
Conn. application executed Oct. 9, 1833,
when he was living at Guilford, N.Y.
Enclosure of check for $1.00 in
payment. 
Truly yours,
Mrs. Gershom W. Clark
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244 MAIN STREET
OWEGO, NEW YORK
Oct. 24, 1929
Mr. Earl D. Church
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 22nd (illegible)
just received.  In reply would say 
the Benjamin Thacher of whom I
inquired was born Lebanon, Conn.
1724; mar Desire Yessington of Stoning--
ton, Conn. Oct 9, 1754; died in Piermont, 
N.H. 1807.
As to Gershom Clark of Lebanon.
There were two by that name & place.
And I feel there is a mistake in some 
way as to identification.
My Gershom Clark was born Sept.
6, 1755.  I have photostat copies of
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244 MAIN STREET
OWEGO, NEW YORK
his application for pensions, sent'was from Hartford, Conn.  There 
are five documents in connection with the matter- Documents 313-317
both inclusive, Vol. 4 Revolutionary War
First Series, Conn. Archives, Conn. State
Library.  Pertaining to wound there
body rec'd at Bunker Hill and the
Assembly's order for support signed
June 1776.
This Gershom Clark mar Lucretia Thacher.  He removed in 1814 to Guilford Center, N.Y. died Mch 10, 1840.
Ohio.  Tryphena, Gershom Avery, Mercy, Hubbard, Dudley, Lydia, Dolly, 
Sherman, Austin.
The family has understood he
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Mrs. Gershom W. Clark,
You give appication for pensions, 
number W20890
What is the record of Gershom Clark
of Lebanon-number S23575?
Mrs. G.W.C.
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Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir.
I would like 
to ask if Gershom
Clark, who was a 
Revolutionary Soldier
from Connecticut-
under Gen. Perlman
at Bunker Hill & as
I have been informed 
was wounded at that
time, ever made appli-
cation for, or received 
a pension.  He removed
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to Guilford Centre
Chenango County
New York, in 1814.
I am interested to

learn what I can of 
his military career
as he is my Great-
Grandfather . Any
information will 
be gratefully received.
Respectfully
Miss Hallie V. Hollister
Berlin Conn.
Box 74
Berlin Ct-
March 18"- 95.
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23575 
INVALID
Revolution
File No. 23575
Gershom Clark
Drummer Rev war
Act:  June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. 2, Page 72
[Arrangement of 1870]
Apr. 8/95 Mil. Hist of MIss Hallie
V. Hollister. Berlin. Conn.
Box 74,   (?)
Apl-10-1902
Mrs. F. W. Sharp. Des Moines IA.
1914 Dec 3 Hist. of William J Wilgus
Letter in W F. 20890 Gershom Clark'1929 Oct. 30- Hist to Mrs. Ger-
shom W. Clark (?)
1930-Nov-10- Mrs. Gershom 
W. Clark adv.2 " list (?)
fear ck $1.00 refunded
Fin.Div adv. ck $1.00
to be refunded (?)