Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Samuel Bennet, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Bennet, Samuel
or
Bennett

NUMBER
Dis.
No papers
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Mar. 26, 1906
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Bennet, Samuel
His name appears on a list of invalid pensioners returned by the Circuit Court for the district of Connecticu, submitted to the House of Representatives by Secretary of War on Dec. 14, 1792, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 61.

Rank:  Fifer
Regt:  Captain E. Abel
Disability:  Lost the toes from each of his feet being frozen while prisoner at New York, 19th February 1776.

Date of commencement:  May 2, 1792
Monthly allowance:  $3.66 2/3
Arrears due:              $200.00
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July 31, 1906
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Bennet, Samuel

His name appears on a list of claimants to be placed on the pension list returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, Class 9, page 112.

Rank:  Fifer
Company:  Capt. E. Abel's
Disability:  Lost the toes from both of his feet, his feet being frozen while prisoner at New York.
When and where disabled:  1776, New York
Residence:   Stratford
Monthly allowance:  $3.66 2/3
Arrearages:  $200.00
Remarks:  There are no militia rolls in this office.
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Jan. 5, 1907
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Bennett, Samuel

His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on March 2, 1795 and printed in the American State Papers class 9, page 167.

Rank; Private.
Reg't; Col. P. Bradley's, Captain Abel's company
Disability; His disability occasioned by sickness and hardships which he endured on board a British prison ship.
Residence; Weston
Evidence incomplete.  HIs disability not proceeding from known wounds, his case does not come within reach of the laws.
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Jan 5, 1907
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Bennett, Samuel

His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on March 2, 17695 and printed in the American State Papers class 9, page 167.

Rank:  Fifer.
Disability; His disability arises from the cold and other hardships he endured when a prisoner at New York 
To what pension entitled; One-half
As his disability is not the effect of known wounds, he is not entitled to a pension.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF

April 29, 1929

Honorable Robert H. Clancy,
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Clancy:

In response to your letter of the 24 instant, with one, herewith returned, from Mr. E. J. Bullard, 1346 Broadway, Detroit, Michigan, I have the honor to advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that Samuel Bennet served during the Revolutionary War as a fifer in Captain E. Abel's Connecticut Company. His feet were frozen while he was a prisoner at New York in 1776, and he lost the toes from both.

He was pensioned from May 3, 1792 on account of above  noted disability.

His residence was Stratford, but the date he lived there is not shown.

There are no data relative to his family.

The above information was furnished Mr. Bullard on March 23, 1928, and it is regretted that this bureau has nothing further on record to aid him in is research.

Polly Bennett, the pensioner of Edmeston, Otsego





Bennet, Samuel, Conn (Dis)
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County, New York in 1840, then aged seventy-six years, was the widow of one Micajah Bennett and not of Samuel Bennett.

Very truly yours,

E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner
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The person in charge of the records on file, on Mch 30 1928, in the basement of the old Bureau of Engraving & Printing Building, stated over the telephone on above date, that this pensioner's last payment was in the first quarter of 1792 and that then under the act of Feb 17, 1815 he received 5 years half pay in a lump sum from the U.S. as the debt assumed in payment of Connecticut invalid pensioners & the date of death is not on record nor is there any residence in Connecticut stated on those records.

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Committee on Appropriations
Seventeenth Congress
Martin B Madden, Ill Chairman
Daniel R Anthony Jr, Kans  Joseph W Byrns, Tenn
William R Wood, Ind  James P Buchanan, Tex
Louis C Crampton, Mich  James A Gallican, Mass
Edward H Wason, N.H.  Edward T Taylor, Colo
George Holden Tinkham, Mass  William B Oliver, Ala
Burton L French, Idaho  Anthony J Griffin, N.Y.
Milton W Shreve, Pa  Thomas W Harrison, Va
L.J. Dickinson, Iowa  John S Sandlin, LA
Frank Murphy, Ohio  William A Ayres, Kans
John W Summers, Wash  Thomas H Cullen, N.Y.
Henry E Barbour, Calif  Ross A Collins, Miss
Ernest R Ackerman, N.J.  William Hastings, Okla
Guy U Hardy, Colo  Fred M Vinson, KY
John Taser, N.Y.  John J Casey, PA
Frank Clague, Minn
Robert G Simmons, NEBR
William P Holaday, Ill
Robert L Bacon, N.Y.
George A Welsh, PA

Louis C Cramton
7th District Michigan
Subcommittees:
Interior Department (Chairman)
Deficiencies

House of Representatives U.S.
Washington, D.C.

April 9, 1928

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

Recently I asked information from you as to the date and place of Samuel Bennet, Revolutionary War veteran, and you advised me you were not able to find anything on it. Under date of April 7 I have the following from my constituent:

"Yours of the 2nd with letter from Mr. Scott of the Bureau of Pensions at hand. The initials of the party who made the search are M.C.S., as shown in  the upper right hand corner of the letter. Samuel Bennet enlisted June 20, 1776 in Captain E. Able's Connecticut Company, and was granted a pension dating from May 2, 1792. It is possible that they do not know the exact date when he died but they surely know the date of the last payment made to him and likewise know whether or not he left a widow and whether or not she was granted a widow's pension."

I will be glad if you will look into this case very carefully and report to me fully.

Thank you, I am

Yours sincerely,
Louis C Cramton
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

March 30, 1928

Honorable Lois C. Cramton,
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Cramton:

In response to your letter of March 27, I have the honor to advise you that the date and place of death of Samuel Bennet are not on record.

As a possible means of obtaining information relative to this soldier it is suggested that the civil records of Stratford, Connecticut, be consulted.

Very truly yours,

Winfield Scott,
Commissioner
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Committee on Appropriations
Seventeenth Congress
Martin B Madden, ILL, Chairman
Daniel R Anthony, Jr, Kans  Joseph W Byrns, Tenn
William R Wood, Ind  James P Buchanan, Tex
Louis C Cramton, Mich  James A Gallivan, Mass
Edward H Wason, NH  Edward T Taylor, Colo
George Holden Tinkham, Mass  William B Oliver, Ala
Burton L French, Idaho  Anthony J Griffin, N.Y.
Milton W Shreve, Pa  Thomas W Harrison, Va
LJ Dickinson, Iowa  John N Sandlin, LA
Frank Murphy, Ohio  William A Ayres, Kans
John W Summers, Wash  Thomas H Cullen, N.Y.
Henry E Barbour, Calif  Ross A Collins, Miss
Ernest R Ackerman, N.J.  William W Hastings, Okla
Guy U Hardy, Colo  Fred M Vinson, KY
John Taber, N.Y.  John J Casey, PA
Maurice H Thatcher, KY
Frank Clague, Minn
Robert G Simmons, Nebr
William O Holaday, ILL
Robert L Bacon, N.Y.
George A Welsh, PA

Louis C Cramton
7th District Michigan
Interior Department (Chairman)
Deficiencies

House of Representatives U. S.
Washington, D.C.

March 27. 1928

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Reference Samuel Bennet, enlisted June 20th, 1776, in Captain E. Abel's Connecticut Company, Revolutionary War: It is said that he was granted pension dating from May 2, 1792. My constituent wishes to know the date of his death and place of residence at that time.

Thank you for this information, I am

Yours sincerely,

Louis C Cramton
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

March 23, 1928

Honorable James Couzens,
United States Senate,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Senator:

In response to your letter of March 17, relative to information desired by Mr. E. J. Bullard, 401 Broadway Exchange Building, Detroit, Michigan, I have the honor to advise you as follows:

From the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that Samuel Bennet served during the Revolution as a fifer in Captain E Abel's Connecticut Company. He lost the toes from both of his fact; his feet being frozen while he was a prisoner at New York in 1776.

On account of the above mentioned disability he was pensioned from May 2, 1792.

His residence was Stratford but the date he lived there is not given.

There are no data on file relative to his family.

Very truly yours,

Winfield Scott,
Commissioner

Used only data given on Samuel Bennett which about far was  procured
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James Couzens, Mich, Chairman
William E Borah, Idaho  Andrieus A Jones, N Mex
Lawrence C Phipps, Colo  Thaddeus H Caraway, Ark
[unk] Metcalf, R.I.  Woodridge H Ferris, Mich
[unk] Bingham, Conn  Royal S Copeland, N.Y.
[unk] H Gillett, Mass  Lawrence D Tyson, Tenn
John Carson, Clerk

United States Senate
Committee on Education and Labor

March 17, 1928

Dear Mr. Commissioner:

Enclosed please find a letter from Mr. E. J. Bullard of the Modern Woodmen of America, 401 Broadway Exchange Building, Detroit, Michigan, concerning the date he is interested in the case of Samuel Bennett who enlisted in June 1776.

Any assistance that you might give us in getting this information for Bullard will be appreciated.

Please return Mr. Bullard's letter with your reply and oblige.

Vey truly yours

John Carson
Secretary to Senator Couzens

Honorable Winfield Scott,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section

April 13, 1928

Honorable Louis C. Cramton,
House of Representatives,
Washington, D.C.

My dear Mr. Cramton:

In response to your letter of April 9, 1928, relative to further information in regard to the Revolutionary War soldier, Samuel Bennet (or Bennett) who served in Captain E. Abel's Connecticut Company, I have the honor to advise you that a very thorough search of the Revolutionary War records of this bureau was made in your behalf and no claim for pension or bounty land was found on file, made either by this soldier or his heirs.

The meager information hitherto furnished in regard to said soldier was taken from the American State Papers, Class IX, pages 61 and 113, which may be found at the Library of Congress.

The Old Records Division, General Accounting Office, was also consulted as to the date and place of death and the same reported not found, which was the source of information contained in bureau letter of March 30, 1928. However, some information might be obtained from that office in regard to
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date of last payment of pension, which was not considered in bureau letter of March 30, as only date and place of death was requested.

It is regretted that this bureau has no further data pertaining to this soldier.

Very truly yours,

Winfield Scott,
Commissioner
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Robert H Clancy
1st Dist Michigan
Detroit

Committees:
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Census
Roads
Civil Service

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

April 24, 1929

Hon. E. W. Morgan,
Acting Commissioner of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

My dear Commissioner:

Please note the enclosed letter which I have just received from E. J. Bullard, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Modern Woodmen of America, 1346 Broadway, Detroit, Michigan.

I deeply appreciate your looking up this case and giving me the information requested by Mr. Bullard. Please return this letter after it has served your purpose.

Very sincerely yours,

R. H. Clancy

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