Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4767, for Benjamin King, Connecticut
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Service
Conn.

King, Benjamin

Number
S.4767

Carded
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2313 -
Ohio, Pittsburg Agency
Benjamin King
of Geauga in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the compy commanded
by Captain Robinson of the __ commanded
by __ in the Cont. Mil.
line for 6 months from 1776 -

Inscribed on the Roll of Pittsburgh Agency
at the rate of 20 Dollars --Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Nov. 1832
and sent to E. Paine Chardon O-

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 30. -
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 33 10.
$40.

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Nathan Rice Clerk,
Book D Vol. 2 - Page 135.
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Benjamin King Serv
Ohio
No 3865
from 1776 private
six months
$20.
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Brief in the case of Benjamin King
of Geauga County in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 89 years -
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[four column table] Period./ Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days./ Rank./ Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

August Entering in 1776/ 5 Months/ Private/ Gen. Sullivan Capt. Robinsons Company Connecticut militia
Aug In 1778/ 1 Months/ Private/ Capt Ammedons Company
6 Months

5. In what battles was he engaged? -
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Enfield Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? One living witness in proof & traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

C Litte (?) Examining Clerk.
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3.865
Benjamin King

Pension Declaration
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The State of Ohio }
Geauga County } ss On the 13th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio - in and for said County of Geauga, now sitting, Benjamin King a resident in Hambden in said County aged eighty nine 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 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit - He enlisted at Enfield in the State of Connecticut for the term of five months in the month of August 1776 in Captain Robinsons Company of Connecticut Militia - He cannot be positive as to the Colonel name but thinks it was Mott and marched directly to Skenesborough in the State of New York - After remaining there about four weeks he was ordered to Ticonderoga and was stationed on Mount Independence until the expiration of his time of enlistment - Doctor M Clure of Somers was Lieutenant of of our company at the same time - Captain John Harmon & Lieutenant Thomas Abbey belonged to the same Regiment with him - That in August 1778 he was Drafted in Captain Ammidons Company of Militia as enlisted aforesaid, and ordered to Rhode Island under General Sullivan - and retreated with the
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main army from that Island - was at Providence, Stonington &c &c - he was discharged after one months service. Lieutenant Wells belonged to his company during this tour - That he has no documentary evidence by which he can prove his service - That he resided at Enfield in the State of Connecticut at the time he entered the Service - And that he now resides in the County of Geauga - Hambden Township in the State of Ohio & has resided there for the space of twenty five years past - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency in any State -
Benjamin King
Sworn to & Subscribed the 13th day of August in Open Court }
Edward Paine Jun Clerk

Questions by the Court
First - Where, and in what year were you born? 
Answer - at Enfield Connecticut in the year 1742

Second - Have you any Record of your age; and if so where is it?
I believe my age is Recorded in the Town of Enfield aforesaid
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Third - Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War - and where do you now live?
Ans. I lived at Enfield in the State of Connecticut at the times I was called into service - and until I moved to Hambden Ohio in the year 1810 where I now live -

Fourth - How were you called into service - were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute - and if a substitute, for whom?
Ans - In the year 1776 I entered Captain Robinsons Company by voluntary enlistment. in 1778 I served in Captain Ammedon's Company in obedience to a Draft

Fifth - 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
Ans. I cannot name any regular officers then in the service - I will recollect Capt John Harmon of Suffield Connecticut - and Lieutenant Thomas Abbey of Enfield

Sixth - Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service, and if so, by whom was it given & what has become of it -
I never had a written discharge -

Seventh State the names of some persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify to your character for veracity. and their belief of your service
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services as a Soldier of the Revolution
Ans I would name the Reverend Nathaniel Cobb. Obed Hale. Ingrace Hancock & Augustus Sisson Esq
Benjamin King

Sworn & Subscribed this 13th day of August 1832} in Open Court
Edward Paine Jun Clerk

We Nathaniel Cobb a Clergyman resident in Hambden aforesaid and Augustus Sisson residing in the same Town do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Benjamin King who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be eighty nine 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 - Nathaniel Cobb
Augustus Sisson
Sworn & Subscribed the 13th day of August 1832}
Edward Paine Jun Clerk

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 Nathaniel Cobb, who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman and that Augustus Sisson who has also signed the same is a resident in the Township of Hambden and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Edward Paine Jun Clerk.
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I Edward Paine Jun Clerk of the Superior Court of the State of Ohio in & for the County of Geauga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court - in the matter of the application of Benjamin King for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 18th day of August 1832
Edward Paine Jun. Clerk.
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The State of Ohio }
Geauga County } I Benjamin King Junior of Hambden in said County, aged 67 years, being duly sworn, do on my said oath depose and say That in the year 1776 I was a member of the family of my Father, who there resided at Enfield in the County of Hartford in the state of Connecticut. now resident in Hambden aforesaid. That sometime in the Summer of that year my Father left home for the purpose as was then said, of joining the Northern Army, and was absent until late in the fall or winter. That it was supposed & believed by the family & our neighbors, that he was in the army of the United States at Ticonderoga and such this deponent still believes was the fact -
That, being the eldest son of my Father, and then aged 11 years, I had the charge of my fathers business in his absence. and knowing that it was of importance to the family, that a certain field, then owned by my Father, should be prepared & seeded with Rye, I was indefatigable in my exertions to effect that object, and with the assistance of a younger Brother, did fully effect it before the setting in of Winter. The strong approbation expressed by my Father on his return, so deeply impressed these events on my memory, that they are still retained & remembered as distinctly as if they had occurred but yesterday -
And I do further depose & say that he my Father was afterwards absent, and that it was reported & believed by the family and in the neighborhood that he was in
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the army on Rhode Island, but what year, and how long he was absent, I have no distinct recollection. That I accompanied my Father one day on his journey toward Rhode Island & returned the next day with the horse taken to aid in the transportation of himself & baggage.
Benjamin King Jr

Geauga County ss.
I do hereby certify that on the 18th day of August 1832 Benjamin King Junior personally appeared before me, and subscribed, and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit.
and I do further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Benjamin King Junior and believe that he is a credible witness. and that his statement is entitled to full credit.
Hilen Canfield Justice Peace

The State of Ohio
Geauga County ss} I Edward Paine Junior Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, in & for said County of Geauga, do hereby certify that Hilen Canfield Esquire, before whom the above oath appears to have been taken, is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, and that full faith is due to his official acts as such - And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace - and believe that the above signature, purporting to be his, is true & genuine 
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the 18th day of August 1832.
Edward Paine Jun. Clerk

Benjamin King Jr
Affidavit
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September 26, 1934
xxxxxx xxxxxxx

Benjamin King-S.4767
BA-J/AWF

The Quartermaster General
Memorial Branch
War Department
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Benjamin King, who died March 26, 1837 in Geauga County, Ohio. The application for headstone was enclosed as was also a slip on which was written "A soldier of the Revolution. His grave is located here", signed by C. E. King of Chardon, Ohio; both of which are returned herewith.

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 4767, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Benjamin King.

He was born in the year 1742 in Enfield, Connecticut; the names of his parents were not given.

While residing in Enfield, Connecticut, Benjamin King enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut troops, as follows - from August 1776, five months in Captain Robinson's company, Colonel Mott's regiment; and in 1778, one month in Captain Ammidon's company, and was in General Sullivan's Expedition to Rhode Island.

Benjamin King moved in 1810 to Hampden, Geauga County, Ohio, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832.

His eldest son, Benjamin King, was living in said Hampden in 1832, then aged sixty-seven years. Another son is referred to but his name and the name of the soldier's wife are not given.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller Assistant to Administrator
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[left side of page]
1926 - Jan. 16 - Hist to Mrs. B. D. Presley. MMN
1934 - Sept. 26. hist to Memorial Branch

[right side of page]
4767
Rev War
Invalid.

File No. 4767
Benjamin King
Privt Rev. War

Act: June 7" 1832.
Index: - Vol. M. Page 207

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Daughters of the American Revolution

Mrs. Bert D. Presley
Regent Taylor Chapter
Chardon, Ohio

Dec. 1, 1925

Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Have you any Revolutionary War record for one Samuel Parker [notation in pencil - "more info"] who probably lived at Longmeadow Mass. or of Benjamin King of Enfield conn.

Obliging
Mrs. B. D. Presley

[circle stamp] U.S. Pension Office S Dec 4 1925
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War Department
Office of the Quartermaster General
Washington

Sep 21 1934 1933

Memorandum for The Surgeon General,
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department,
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department, The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building, General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th N.W.

1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations.

2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.

Am
PC
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Request for Rev War
record of Benjamin
King who died in
Geauga Co Ohio
application for headstone
is slant-written
slip signed C. E.
King Chardon Ohio
[illegible] returned
Sept. 21 '34
[illegible]

[circle stamp]
Rec'd Sep 21 1934
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section
MMSt

January 18, 1926

Mrs. B. D. Presley
Chardon, Ohio.

Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 4767 it appears that Benjamin King was born in 1742 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut.

While a resident of said Enfield he enlisted in August 1776 and served five months as a private in Captain Robinson's Company, Colonel Mott's Connecticut Regiment.

He enlisted in 1778, served one month as a private in Captain Ammidon's Connecticut Company and was in General Sullivan's Rhode Island Expedition.

In 1810 he moved from Enfield to Hambden, Geauga County, Ohio where he was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1838.

His eldest son Benjamin King was living in said Hambden in 1832 aged sixty seven years. Another son is referred to, but his name and the name of the soldier's wife are not given.

Respectfully,

Winfield Scott Commissioner.

Date of death
not on AB
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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 Benjamin King 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 amount 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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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
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? one living witness in part
XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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 of which the 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.
+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 authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contain the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name King, Benjamin Grade Private Line Hazen's Regiment

Warrant Number 13291 Acreage 100 Issued August 6, 1792 to - not shown -

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.