Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14887, Lemuel Wooster, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Wooster, Lemuel

NUMBER
S. 14887

carded

CONTENTS
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Connecticut 9401

Lemuel Wooster
of Litchfield in the State of Connt who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Bradley of the regt commanded by Col Gray in the Connt line for 
private cavalry 2 mos 17 day
private of Inf: 6 mos

Inscribed on the Roll of Connt at the rate of 30 dollars 69 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of May 1833 and sent to G. C. Woodruff, Litchfield, CT

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60.36
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept $15.33
__________
$76.72

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by F. F. Franciosi Clerk
Book E Vol 3d Page 45
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4181

Admitted
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BRIEF in the case of Lemuel Wooster
of Litchfield in the State of Connt
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he?

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[column titles]
Period.
Duration of Service.
Rank.
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
In 1776 | 6 months | Private | Col Gays Regt, Cap Bradleys Co
1777 | 2 months | Private | Cap Seymours Co
77 | 3 days | Private | Cap Seymours Co
79 | 14 days | Private | Cap Seymours Co

5. In what battles was he engaged?

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?

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.
E. D. Bullock
Examining Clerk.
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Declaration of Lemuel Wooster to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield} Ss Court of Probate within & for the District of Litchfield

On this 31st day of July 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Hon Frederick Wolcott a Judge of the Court of Probate for said District, now sitting, Lemuel Wooster a resident of the town of Litchfield in said County, aged 74 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 & served as herein stated.
viz,

That I was born on the 25th day of June 1758 at Stratford, Conn. I formerly had a family record of my own age kept by my Father & Grand Father, which has been lost 50 years. & I know of no existing record of my age. I moved to Litchfield in April 1761 & have ever since resided here. Sometime in June 1776 I enlisted into the Connt State Troops, into a company commanded by Capt Abraham Bradley of said Litchfield, in which the 1st Lieutenant Blakeley, this 2nd Thomas Catlin & Jas Morris was Ensign. This company was in Col Gays Regiment & in Gen Wadsworths Brigade. I enlisted for six months, to go to New York, to assist in the defense of that city & the neighboring country, I went ins aid Company to New York & from there we crossed to Long Island where we were when the British landed near the barrons.
I was there when the battle of Flatbush was fought but was not in that battle. I was stationed near the Ferry to take care of the sick at the commencement of that battle but in the course of it Capt Bradley ordered all who could go to leave the sick & march towards Flatbush - which I did but when I recollect my company the Battle was nearly ended
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I was ordered to go with the [illegible] sick to New York in the afternoon before our army left the Island, & in about a fortnight, our army retreated out of the city, the main body to Harlem Heights. I with some others were not able to escape from the city with the main army, but afterwards we were led out by Col Aaron Burr & some of us succeeded in marching our army at Harlem. From Harlem we retreated to White Plains, where I was engaged in a main battle, from White Plains we went to different places in West Chester County & finally at Bedford in said county, my term of enlistment having expired. I with my company in the 25th day of Dec 1776 was paraded & the company dismissed by an officer, without a written discharge. Genls Washington, Putnam, Lee were in New York & about at this time. No regular continental troops had been raised at this time. I have no documentary evidence by which I can prove this tour of service. I support my declaration by the testimony of Elon Cramton who served in the same company with me most of the time.

I enlisted in 1777 into the company of Cavalry commanded by Capt Moses Seymour, in Major Bulls regt in the Connt Militia. & in the summer of that year the company was called out by command of some superior officer to join the American Army on North Regt. I went with said company & joined the army near Peekskill we were stationed awhile at Crompond near Peekskill & then had orders to march to Valentines Hill in West Chester County to attack the British who lay there or near there, about 1000 or 1200 were marched down, the object of which I understood was to direct the attention of the British from Long Island to which a party of our army was about to go, to retake some prisoners as, I understood. We made an attack upon their outports but soon returned to Kings Street above, & then to Crompond to our former encampment
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there were with us a company of Col Miegs Regiment of Leather Caps of the Continental Line & some others. After we had been at Crompond for some time our company was dismissed & we returned home. I do not recollect how long we were gone at this time but I annex the depositions of Mr David Catlin, who put it at two months. I have no documentary evidence of this service.

In Nov 1777 I with some others were ordered by Capt Seymour of said company to take the English Governor of New jersey from the prison in Litchfield & convey him to East Windsor to Gen Erastus Wolcott which service we performed as soldiers of said company in the service of the United States. I was gone three days & prove this by the annexed testimony of David Catlin who went with me at that time. The said governor's name was Franklin.

In July 1779 said company still under the command of said Seymour, of which I was then a member was called out on an alarm to go tot he seabord on the Conn Coast which had been ravaged by the British. I went with this company & marched to Norwalk Conn & after a day or two the British landed there just at night & the next morning made an attack on us, by which we were driven back, & the town was taken & burned by the British. We were here under the command of Gen Oliver Wolcott. We remained near Norwalk till the British had reembarked, when we marched to Stratford, & remained there till the British returned to New York. There were in there one Company of Continental Troops, but I do not know who commanded it. I was out as a soldier in the service of the United States about two weeks at this time. I have no documentary evidence of this & annex the testimony of Mr. David Catlin to support my own statement.
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I am known to the Revd Truman March, Col Benjamin Tallmadge, Seth P. Buss, Samuel Seymour &c who live in my present neighborhood, who can testify as to my character for veracity, & their belief in my services as a soldier of the Revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Lemuel Wooster

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Before me
Frederick Wolcott, Judge of Probate District of Litchfield, State of Connecticut


We Truman Marsh a clergyman residing in the town & county of Litchfield Connt & Joseph Adams Esq residing in said town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Lemuel Wooster who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Truman Marsh
Joseph Adams

Sworn & subscribed this 2nd day of Aug 1832.
Before me
Frederick Wolcott, Judge of Probate Litchfield District Connt
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No 4181

Lemuel Wooster

Admitted
Private Cavalry 2 mos & 17 days
Private Infantry 6 mos

Genl Woodruff
Litchfield CT
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And the Court aforesaid does hereby declare its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that the foregoing contain the original preceding, it appears to it that the Rev Truman March who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Litchfield aforesaid & that Joseph Adams Esq who has also signed the same is a resident in said town & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Frederick Wolcott, Judge of Probate Litchfield District, Connt.

I Phinehas Miner Clerk of the Court of Probate within & for the District of Litchfield, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lemuel Wooster for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said office this 2nd day of Aug 1832.
Phinehas Miner Clerk
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I Elon Crampton of the town & county of Litchfield & State of Connecticut being duly sworn do deposeth & say, that before & at the time of & ever since the Revolutionary War I was & have been well acquainted with Lemuel Wooster of said town, that we both resided in said town in June 1776. That said Wooster at that time enlisted for 6 months into the company commanded by Abraham Bradley, in which one Blakeley was 1st Lieut., & Thomas Catlin 2nd Lieut, in the regiment of Col. Gay at Farmington, in Gen. Wadsworths Brigade in the Connt State Troops. He enlisted to go to new York to defend that city & the adjacent country against the British. He went to New York & from there crossed to Long Island & was on the Island when the British landed near the narrows & was there at the Battle at Flatbush. He retreated with the army to the city, from there to Harlem Heights & then to West Chester County in different posts thereof with the American Army. He was in the Battle at White Plains. He remained with the army till some time in Dec 1776. I enlisted in the same company in which said Wooster enlisted, & for the same length of time, to wit for six months. I served with him in said company during the time above stated & til the fore part of Dec 1776 when I being sick I obtained leave of absence & left said Wooster still in the company, where I understood he remained till our time of enlistment expired, which was but a few days after. Said Woosters character for veracity is good & unquestionable, & his statement may be relied on and further saith not.
Dated at Litchfield this 26th day of July 1832.
Elon Cramton

Litchfield County Ss Litchfield July 26th 1832
Personally appeared Elon Crampton, a witness to me known & entitled to credit, & who subscribed the above deposition in my presence & made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me,
Geo C. Woodruff
Justice of the Peace
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I David Catlin of the town & county of Litchfield Conn being duly sworn do depose & say that for 60 years last past I have been acquainted with Lemuel Wooster of said Litchfield & that in the summer of the year 1777, he belonged to the Company of Horse commanded by Capt Moses Seymour of said town, & in the Regiment then commanded by Major Bull, that said company was called out to join the American Army on the North River & joined it at Crompond near Fishkill, & was sustained there for some time & was from there sent in an expedition to attack the British near Kings Bridge. Said company marched down the River & at Valentines Hill an attack was made upon the out posts of the British. Soon after this the company returned to Crompond & remained encamped at that place till it was dismissed. Said Wooster served with me in said company during the whole of this tour which lasted about two months.

In July 1779 when the British were ravaging the Southern Coast of Connecticut, said company of which said Wooster & myself were still members were called on to go to Norwalk Connt, to defend that place. Said company when thither under the command of Capt Seymour & was present at the Battle fought at Norwalk & when that place was taken & burned; the said company remained till the British had reembarked & then marched to Stamford where it remained till the British returned to New York, when it was dismissed after a tour of about two weeks. Gen Oliver Wolcott commanded at this place. Said Wooster served in said company with me through said two weeks.

Previous to this & in Nov 1777 Capt Seymour ordered said Wooster & myself with others to convey as a prisoner Gov Franklin the British Governor of New Jersey from the Gaol in Litchfield where he had been confined & deliver him to Gen Erastus Wolcott in East Windsor which we did as soldiers in the service of the United States, we were gone three days at this time.
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said Wooster's character for veracity is perfectly good & his statement is entitled to credit and further saith not.
Dated at Litchfield this 28th day of July 1832.
David Catlin

Litchfield County Ss Litchfield July 28, 1832
Personally appeared David Catlin, a resident to me known & entitled to credit, & who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my presence, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same.
Before me,
George C. Woodruff
Justice of the Peace

I, Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connt certify that George C. Woodruff Esq, was at the respective dates of the preceding certificates wherein purport to be signed by him a Justice of the Peace within & for said county being commissioned & qualified & that said signatures are genuine & his own proper hand writing.
Witness my hand & the seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 2nd day of August 1832.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk
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Free
To the Hon
The Secretary of War
Washington D. C.

[stamped]
Litchfield CT
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Pension Papers

August 7 1832

Pension Office
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Litchfield Conn. July [crossed out] Aug 20 1832
To the Hon Sect of War
Sir
I have the honour herewith to transmit to your department Lemuel Wooster's application for a pension If it should be necessary for him to do any thing further respecting it please to inform me, If his claim should be allowed he wishes his certificate or other evidence of it to be transmitted to me
With Respect
Your Oft Servt
Geo. C. Woodruff
P.S. The evidence is annexed to the declaration
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Rev War [written vertically]
14887
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File No. 14.887
Lemuel Wooster
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:--Vol. 1, Page 416
[Arrangment of 1870.]