Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 37,714, Aaron Baxter, Conn.
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Service
Conn.  
Baxter, Aaron
Number S 37,714
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[Left page] Notification sent July 21st  1820 to Elisha Stearns of Tolland County 
[Right page] (2548) Connecticut Roll 
Aaron Baxter  
Capt Hammond 
Private 
Connecticut line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary Wa 
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 23 of March 1818 
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st of September 18 and sent to Sylvester Gilbert Esqr Tolland Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 - 43.38 
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819 48.00 Arrears 5 mo. 4/30 9 /31 $91.38 Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} he died Feb. 24, 1822 (See Agency Book 
Three years Hebron Tolland Co
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Aaron Baxter
Declaration and affidavit
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Aaron Baxter of Hebron in the County of Tolland in the State of Connecticut, residing in Hebron & a Citizen of the United States, & 82 years old, Testifies & Declares on oath, that at the commencement of the revolutionary war he engaged in the service of his Country and performed one tour of duty as a Soldier near Boston and another at the North, and in the early part of the year A.D. 1777 he inlisted at sd Hebron under the late Maj. John H. Buell deceased then of sd Hebron a lieutenant. in the Company commanded by Captain John Hammond in Col John Durkey's Regiment in the Connect line of the Continental Army, & engaged to serve as a private soldier the Term of three years, and he joined sd Compy and Regiment and served therein from the time of his sad inlistment till the expiration of sd term against the common enemy and was then honorably discharged by the Coll Durkey, but his sd Discharge, with many other things was destroyd in a house that accidentally took fire & was consumed, some years since the revolutionary War . He was in Battle of Germantown & of Monmouth and in several skirmishes of less importance He also declares that he is destitute of property, aged & infirm and in reduced circumstances of life, and in need of the assistance of his country for support Hebron March 23rd A.D. 1818 Aaron Baxter
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Tolland County of Hebron March 23rd 1818
Personally came before me Sylvester Gilbert Presiding Judge of Tolland County Court the above named Aaron Baxter, & being duly sworn made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed, Sylvester Gilbert Presiding Judge of Cty Ct

I Sylvester Gilbert Presiding Judge of the County Court in the County of Tolland in the State of Connecticut do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the sd Aaron Baxter did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in his preceeding Declaration against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of war, pursuant to an act of Congress in this behalf made & provided. March 23d 1818 Sylvester Gilbert Judge as aforesd
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County of Tolland of Hebron March 23rd 1818 Simeon Wright of S Hebron personally came before me the subscribing authority and being duly Sworn declares that from January A.D. 1777 he was in the American seen serving as a soldier for three years; and that he often saw Aaron Baxter in the Army & that he served as a soldier in Coll Durkeys Regiment during sd three years & that when he sd Wright left the service in Jan 7 1780 he left sd Baxter in service, and afterwards when sd Baxter had returned home he saw his discharge which was an honourable one & signed by Col. John Durkey 
Sworn before me Sylvester Gilbert Judge of ye County Court in sd County
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Aaron Baxter
Hebron
2568
March 1819
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of Tolland ss. County Court or Court of Common Pleas, June Term 1820 On this 21 day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment, Aaron Baxter aged 84 years, resident in Hebron in the County of Tolland who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: to wit, Three years in Capt Hammond Company and Col Durkee, Regt in the Connecticut line as stated in his original declaration now on file in the office of the Secretary of war bearing date the 23d day of March 1818 and that he has received a pension and now hold a pension certificate No 2548 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." 
Schedule Real estate none 
Securities contracts or debts due to me none Household goods of the value of - 6.00 
1 old loom - 3.00
Tools for making trays --- 2.00 
Income none --- - $11. 
Family wife 75 years old occupation maker of wood trays - 84 years old Aaron Baxter
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Sworn to and declared by said Aaron Baxter on the 21st day of June 1820 before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is 11 dollars and cents, and that the circumstances and family of the declarant are truly stated herein I, Elisha Stearns Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tolland aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 21 day of June 1820 
E Stearns
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Tolland
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.  3 -- 525 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C. 19 
S27714
In reply to your request of   , received a statement of the military history of Aaron Baxter 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. 1777.  LENGTH OF SERVICE. 3 yrs.  RANK. Pvt
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN. John Hammond COLONEL. John Durkee  State Conn.
Battles engaged in Germantown, Monmouth.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, at Hebron Conn
Date of application of pension, Mar. 23 1818 Discharge was al
Residence at date of application, 82
Remarks: in 1820 he referred to his wife aged 75, name not stated.  He died Feb 24, 1822.
Respectfully, Commissioner.  Nov 6
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37714 INVALID.  File No. 37114 Aaron Baxter Pri Rev War 
Act: 18 March 18th 
Index: --Vol. 2, Page 29 (Arrangement of 1870.) Oct 19/95 Hist to Maj. Webster, Cir [illegible], Com. Wash 
Dec. 2, 1904 Hist. to F.C. Bissell Hartford, Conn 1920, Nov. 6. Hist to Helen M. Howarth AW
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[stamp]
O. W. & N.
OCT 18 1895
RECEIVED
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COMMISSIONERS. JOHN R. PROCTER, President. WILLIAM G. RICE.  JOHN B. HARLOW Wm. H. WEBSTER, Chief Examiner.  JOHN T. DOYLE, Secretary. Address: “CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, WASHINGTON, D. C.”  United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D.C.   IN YOUR REPLY REFER TO FILE No.  October 16, 1895.   The Honorable  Commissioner of Pensions.  Sir:  I have the honor to request a statement of the military service rendered by Aaron Baxter, of Connecticut, in the War of the Revolution, It is alleged that he was granted a pension. It is probable that he enlisted from Windom County, Conn. Very respectfully [illegible signature]
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT COMPTROLLER’S OFFICE HARTFORD
[Rubber stamp mark]
NAVY NOV 17 1904 FILES

Nov. 15, 1904
U.S Pension office
Can you please give me record of the following pensioner?  War of Revolution 
Aaron Baxter, 1818, Conn.
Ebenezer Brown, 1818, Conn, now in Vermont
Jeremiah Brown. 1832, Tolland Co. Conn
Respectfully F.C. Biss 

Pension A NOV 16 1904 US OFFICE
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Howarth
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JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER PORTLAND MAINE 2 ct stamped envelope recieved. Sept. 29, 1920. Auditor for the Interior Department Auditors' Building, 14th & B. Sts, S. W. Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Aaron Baxter was a Revolutionary war pensioner making affidavit 17 Oct. 1832. He was then a resident of Spencer (Spencertown in Capt. Henry's Co. of Col. Willett's Regiment and served nine months; again he enlisted in Capt. Tearce's Company of Col. Willett's Regiment as a substitute for Samuel Horsford in May 1783, and was discharged 1 Jan. 1784. He was living in Steuben County, New York, in 1835 a pensioner from March 4 1831. (U. S. Pensioners, N. Y. 1835, p. 425 ) His name does not appear among the pensioners of Steuben Co. in 1840. As there were two Aaron Baxters living in that period I desire to get the statement as contained in the application for pension by Aaron Baxter, the revolutionary war pensioner. Will you kindly furnish me this information and greatly oblige Yours very truly, Helen M. Howarth for James Phinney Baxter. P.S. Would there be an application made by Richard Baxter [in pencil] none at all.   Helen M. Howarth Press Building, Room 604 Portland Maine. Mr. G.M. Saltzgaber,  Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: I do not know just where to write to obtain what I desire, so am sending to you; if I have made a mistake please pardon.    PENSION A OCT 1 1920 US OFFICE