Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,941, for Samuel Linkon, Connecticut
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(3--1776)

SERVICE
Conn.

Linkon, Samuel
or Lincoln

NUMBER
S. 409941
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CONTENTS
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16.598
Vermont R
Samuel Linkon or
Lincoln
of Chelsea in the state of Vermont
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel A Ward of the Conn
line, for the term of one year 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence
the 9th of July 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of March
1820 & sent to Josiah Dana Esq Chelsea, Vermont
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 158.96
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1820 48
$206.96
19 27/31
8
152
6.96
158.96

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
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Notification sent Sep. 30th 1820 to H. E. [   ] McLaughlin.  Chelsea, Vermont
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Revolutionary.
Act 18 March 1818.
Samuel Lincoln,
or Linkon,
Pensioner,
Orange Co. Vermont.
For Increase.

Power of Attorney to
examine papers.
Chas C. Tucker Atty
Present.
8 Sep. 54
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State of Vermont }
County of Orange }
Be it Known, that on this Fourth day of September A.D. 1854, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 1 Reuben Lincoln resident of 2 Chelsea in said County, and made oath according to law that 3 he is the child of Samuel Lincoln the identical 4 Samuel Lincoln whose name, under Act of 5 Congress has been placed on the 6 Revolutionary Vermont Pension Roll at the rate of 7 96 Dollars per annum.
That 8 he is credibly informed that the said Pension may and ought to be increased from its commencement and during its continuance; that 8 he is directly interested as a claimant in said increase, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint Charles C. Tucker of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute the claim of 4 Samuel Lincoln for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and for the purpose of establishing additional service by the soldier for whose military duty in the Revolution the aforesaid Pension was granted, I hereby authorize my said Attorney to apply for and obtain from State archives or other sources, certified proofs of such service. To examine all papers or documents in relation to said service on file in the Departments at Washington City or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my benefit the Certificate for Increase which may be issued in satisfaction of said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Pension Agency of this State; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Agent and Attorney shall lawfully do in the premises.
9 Reuben Lincoln

Sworn to, Subscribed and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said 1 Reuben Lincoln to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged, in whose claim I am in no wise interested. & the above erasure of "Samuel M Knight" and insertion of the name "Charles C. Tucker were made before signing and acknowledgement.
S M Flint
Martin Chauncy

State of Vermont }
County of Orange }

It is Hereby Certified, That satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Orange County Court of Chancery that 4 Samuel Lincoln was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of $96. per annum* and that he died on the tenth day of September Eighteen Hundred and forty four leaving surviving the following named children and none other, to wit: 11 Reuben Lincoln. Philinda Lincoln, Lavina Lincoln Gorden Lincoln. Prudence Bean.

It is further certified that 12 S M Flint Esq before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was at the time of so doing a duly authorized master in Chancery in and for said county, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine; and further, that in the within claim for Increase of Pension I am in no degree interested. & that Master in Chancery are duly authorized by the laws of this State of take acknowledgements of oaths & other instruments.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this fourth day of September 1854
13 Cornelius W Clark Clerk Court of Chancery

1. Claimant's name or names in full. 2. Post Office address. 3. "That he is the," or "that she is the," or "that she is the widow of," or "that he, she, or they are the child or children of," &c. 4. Pensioner's full name. -5. State the Act if known. -6. Give the State where pensioned. -7. Name the yearly amount received. -8. "He is," "she is," or "they are." 9. Claimant's signature. -10. Magistrate's signature. - *If the Pensioner be living, this part of the Clerk's certificate should be omitted. 11. Here name each of the survivors. -12. Magistrate's name. -13. Clerk's signature. N.B. -Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.
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21
Samuel Linkon's
Declaration and
Schedule
16596 Chelsea
CM
Mch 20

From what source
does the Pensioner
derive the annuity
within mentioned

from a Bond from
his son who is worth
Nothing
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State of Vermont, }
Orange County, ss. }
On this 4th day of July 1820 personally appeared before the County court for said county of Orange in open court, (said court being a court of record, agreeably to the laws of this state, having the power of fine and imprisonment, &c.) Samuel Linkon aged 67 years, resident in Chelsea in said county of Orange, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: I enlisted in June 1776 for one year in Capt James Stedmans Company Andrew Wards Regiment served said term in the Connecticutt line that he made his original declaration on the ninth day of July 1818 has received a Pension Certificate, No. 16598 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. one horse and one horse waggon, one cow, half a pew in the meeting house amounting to $142 together with an annuity of $10 per year By a Bond from his son and I am honestly owing [illegible] persons the sum of $180 - My Family consists of my self and wife Prudence Linkon aged 66 years Rather infirm - I am past labour - to any profit
Signed Samuel Linkon

Sworn to and declared on the fourth day of July 1820 before said court.
H. E. G. McLaughlen Clerk.

State of Vermont, }
Orange County, ss. } I, H. E. McLaughlen clerk of the County court for the county of Orange do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 schedule is one hundred & forty two dollars.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court, at Chelsea this fourth day of July 1820
H E G McLaughlen Clerk

[seal affixed at left]
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[left side of page]
Samuel
Linkon
Chelsea
Militia
[six lines of script marked out]
[hand with pointing finger] Proof of service required.

[right side of page]
Samuel Linkon
Private
76 to 77
Ward Connect.
Regt

Service to be proved
by a witness, whom
the Judge must
certify, is credible

Service proved
& Admitted

Dec 2nd Ap. 1818
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State of Vermont }
Orange County Ss } On this 9th day of July A.D. 1818 before me Josiah Dana Chief Judge of Orange County Court personally appeared Samuel Linkon aged sixty five years resident in Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War. That after serving seven or eight months in the year 1776, he the said Samuel enlisted on the 4th day of June AD. 1776 in the Town of Windham in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by James Stedman in the Regiment commanded by Col Andrew Ward he thinks in General Sullivans Brigade but is not certain who the General was, that he continued in the service in said Corp untill the 22nd day of May 1777 when he was honorably discharged at the Town of Turkey in the State of New Jersey - and the said Samuel Linkon further declares that at Windham in the State of Connecticut he
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enlisted for the term of one year on the 10th day of April AD. 1778 in the Company commanded by Captain Abner Robinson in the Regiment commanded by Col Samuel McClellan, and part of the time while he was at West Point was in General Malcombs Brigade, he thinks, and that he served in said Corps untill the latter part of March AD. 1779, when he was honorably discharged at New London And that he has no other evidence but what he has addressed now in his power of his said services. And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Josiah Dana Chief Judge of Orange County Court
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I do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Linkon did serve in the revolutionary War on the continental establishment as stated in the preceeding declaration against the common Enemy, and I also certify that it appears to my satisfaction that he is in need of the assistance of his Country for support. And I now transmit the proceedings taken and had before me to the Secretary for the War department pursuant to the aforementioned Act of Congress. I also testify that the first declaration was made on   the 2nd day of April 1818 Chelsea July 9. 1818
Josiah Dana Chief Judge of Orange County Court

[seal affixed at left]

State of Vermont Orange County Clerks Office Chelsea July 9th AD 1818.

I hereby certify that Josiah Dana Esq of Chelsea in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, is Chief Judge of the County Court within & for the County of Orange acting under the authority of the State of Vermont and that his name subscribed to the foregoing is in his own hand writing.
Attest H. E. G. McLaughlen Clerk of Orange County Court
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40941
Invalid.
Reby
File No. 40.941
Samuel Linkon
Pri Rev War
Act: 18th March 18
Index: -Vol. 3, Page 295

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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State of New Hampshire
Cheshire Ss. On this twenty seventh day of November 1819, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said county of Cheshire, personally appears Stephen Ormsby resident in Walpole, in said county, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare & say that on the 14th day of May 1776, at Windham in the State of Connecticut, he enlisted as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt James Stedman in Col Andrew Ward's Regiment in the Connecticut line & that he served in said corps till the 14th day of May 1777, when he was discharged at Turkey in the State of New Jersey: that he well recollects that Saml Linkon, now of Chelsea in the State of Vermont, belonged to & served in the same company; that he verily believes that said Saml Linkon served as long as he the said Stephen Ormsby did, & that he was discharged at the same time; & he the said Stephen Ormsby who declares & says that he has no interest in making this statement on behalf of said Linkon.
Sworn to & declared the day & year aforesaid before me
Roger Vose, Chief Jus. C. C. P.
And I Mager Vose, Chief Justice
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as aforesaid, do certify that the said Stephen Ormsby is a credible witness & that I am satisfied that he is not interested in making the declaration & affidavit aforesaid.
Roger Vose Ch. Jus. C. C. P. & Justice of the Quorem.

[vertically at right]
Stephen Ormsby
Declaration

State of Vermont }
Orange County Ss }  Chelsea Dec 1. 1819. I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Stephen Ormsby for more than twenty years that he is a credible witness and full credit is due to his deposition.
Josiah Dana Chief Judge of Orange County Court
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Chelsea - 3rd August 1820

Sir

we the subscribers having understood by the Clerk of Orange County Court that Mr. Saml Linkons declaration and schedule has been returned with an inquiry respecting an annuity of ten dollars per year - Would beg leave to state that the old Gentlemans property of which he is possessed, he is indebted for, and likewise the annuity arises from a Bond from his son who is a young man of but very little property and deficient health in Body and mind and of course we do consider the supposed annuity merely nominal.
Josiah Dana Chief Judge of O. County Court
Francis Thompson M.D.
John Stearns, Post Master