Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,048, Allen Bosworth, Conn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn
CONTENTS
Bosworth, Allen
Sarah
NUMBER
R. 1,048
B L W 50856-160-55
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn
CONTENTS
Bosworth, Allen
Sarah
NUMBER
R. 1,048,
B.L.W.50.856-160-55
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Vol. B=28
257.118 Clc man 3. H
Sept. 15. 36
Sarah Bosworth ind.
Allen Bosworth [illegible]
Capt. Stephen Lyon
Cn. John Chester
Private [illegible]
Revry War.
Conn No Paper
AD.160 as is Decr 18/56
Dodge
Horace Gaylord
Ashford
Conn
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Allen Bosworth and Sarah Harwood joined in
Marriage Novr 18. 1802
State of Connecticut
County of Windham Town of Ashford Sept 3d 1856
The above is a true extract from the Records of Marriages
of said Town 
Attest Benjamin C. Simmons
Town Clerk
State of Connecticut 
County of Windham
On this 12th day of September in the year 1856
Personally appeared Benjamin C. Simmons Esq. to
me well known as the town Clerk of the town of [illegible]
and made oath in our form of law to the South 
of the above extract from the Records of said town
and I certify that his testimony as enter to credit
Horace Gaylord Notary
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217.118                                                                             
[illegible]
Horace Gaylord
Ashford C N
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Form of a Declaration to be made by the WIDOW OF A DECEASED SOLDIER WHO HAS NOT had a Land Warrant.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
COUNTY OF Windham ss.
On this 22nd day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred
and fifty six personally appeared Sarah Bosworth
before me, a Notary Public, within and for the County and State aforesaid,
aged eighty years, a resident of Woodstock
in the State of Connecticut, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that
she is the widow of Allen Bosworth deceased, who
according to her best knowledge & belief
was a private in the Company commanded by Capt. Stephen Lyon
in the regiment of State Troops commanded by Col John Chester
in the Revolutionary War from June to December 1776
also in Capt John Sumner's Company in the Island of Rhode Island in
1778, also in Capt. Benjamin Sumner's Company from May to October
at New London in Ct. 
in the year 1780 that he was in the Battles of White Plains &
Fort Washington in 1776 and in the Sullivan's Battle on Rhode Island
on the 29th day of August A.D. 1778as will appear by the muster rolls 
of said Companies. She further states that she was married
to the said Allen Bosworth in Ashford on the eighteenth
day of November A.D. 1812 by one Andrew Judson a Congregational
Clergyman and that her name before her said marriage was Sarah Harwood
that her said husband died at Ashford on the eighteenth 
day of March A. D. 1881 and that she is now a widow,
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she
may be entitled under the act approved March 3d, 1855. And the amendment Which passed May 1856 She also declares that she has
not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made
any other application therefor neither did her husband receive any
Bounty land during his life; and I hereby appoint Horace
Gaylord of Ashford my Agent to receive my Bounty Land
Warrant when issued
Sarah Bosworth
We, Sanford Bosworth and Mary M. Bosworth 
residents of Woodstock in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths declare
that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Bosworth
in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant,
that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
Sanford Bosworth
Mary M Bosworth
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the
day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons,
that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in
Horace Gaylord Notary Public
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No
Claim of
Sarah Bosworth
for a Pension
Act Feb. 3. 1853
Agent
Horace Gaylord
Ashford St.
1048
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State of Connecticut
County of Windham  Probate Court District of Ashford
Present  Sayer H Clark Esq. Judge
[illegible] this twelvth day of January A.D. 1837 before the
Court of Probate for the District of Ashford held within
and for the District of Ashford on the day and year above
mentioned, personally appeared in open Court, Sarah
Bosworth aged eighty years, a resident of Woodstock in
the County of Windham and State of Connecticut; who
being duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath
sworn the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress
passed on the 3d day of February A.D. 1833, granting persons
to widows of persons who served during the
Revolutionary War. that she is the widow of Allen
Bosworth deceased, who according to the best of his knowledge
and belief: was a private in the company of State Troops
commanded by Captain Stephen Lyon in the Regiment
commanded by Colonel John Chester also a private in
the company of State Troops commanded by Captain John
Turner also a private in a company of
Militia commanded by Captain Benjamin Sumner
in the War of the Revolution that according to
the best of her information her husband entered the
service at Ashford on or about the 20th day of June
A.D. 1776 for six months in Capt. Stephen Lyon's company 
and continued in service in said company the
full term of six months was in the Battle of Long Island
Frogs Point. Fort Washington & White Plains and
was discharged from said company Christmas day
1776, that her said husband again entered the
service in Captain John Sumner's company early in the
year 1778 and marched to Providence and the Island
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of Rhode Island was then in the Battle of the 29th
of August 1778 that in 1780 or 1 he served in Captain
under Benjamin Sumner's company from May to October at New
London & Groton in Connecticut
the further states that she was married to the said
Allen Bosworth in Ashford in the State of Connecticut
on the eighteenth day of November A.D. 1812 by one
Andrew Judson a Clergyman and that her name before
marriage was Sarah Harwood, that her said husband
died at Ashford on the 18th day of March AD. 1831
That she was not married to him prior to the second
day of January 1800 but at the time above stated
that she refers the Department for proof of her husbands
memory his death, and of her marriage to the papers on
file in her application for Bounty Land (Claim No 9,57,118
Warrant for 160 acres No 50,856 Dated Dec 22 1836)
also to the rolls of the several company's above named
and she further declares that she is still single and
unmarried and still the widow of the said Allen Bosworth
deceased
She hereby appoints Horace Gaylord of Ashford her
true and lawful Attorney, with power of substitution to
present this her claim for a pension, to receive the Certificate
when issued, and to do all other acts necessary and proper
in the premises
Sarah Bosworth
Witness [illegible] Gaylord
Peter Platt
Sworn to and subscribed before me, on this day and
year first above mentioned, and I hereby certify that I
know the said Declarant (Sarah Bosworth) and believe her
to be as is above stated and that she is of the
age above stated; and that I am not interest
in this her claim as Attorney or otherwise
signed and seal affixed by order
Court now in session.
Horace Gaylord Clerk
Dyer H Clark Judge
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Rev. War Section
May 26, 1913.
Mr. Charles W. Brodway,
197 School Street,
Putnam, Conn.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 15th and received
the 17th instant, you are advised that the records of this
Bureau show that Warrant No. 50,856 for 160 acres of land,
issued December 22, 1866, to Sarah Bosworth on account of
the services of her husband Allen Bosworth, who enlisted
at Ashford, Connecticut and served as follows:
June 20, 1776; Private, Captain Stephen Lyon's company
Colonel John Chester's Connecticut regiment; in battles at
Long Island, White Plains, fort Washington and Frogs Point
six months.
May, 1778, Captain John Sumner's company, in battles
of Rhode Island; served until October, 1778.
May 1780 or 1781, Captain Benjamin Sumner's company;
served until October 1780 or 1781,
The soldier married Sarah Harwood, November 18, 1802,
at Ashford, Connecticut, where he died March 18, 1831. She
was eighty years of age and a resident of Woodstock, Connecticut
in 1856.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaben
Commissioner,
Do not send this letter again I cannot find out
why pension claim was never allowed the office letter of Jan 21, 1857 
cannot be found she may have died before completing [illegible] or they may not
have considered pension of service sufficient under act 593 anyhow there is no clue
but bounty land was allowed OK
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S
50.856
[illegible]
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No 6.632
Sarah Bosworth
widow of Allen
C Y
 Feb 3 1853
Suspended
Horace Gaylord Jany 21 /57
cannot find this letter
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Be it hereby known that we Sanford Bosworth and Alfred Carpenter both of Woodstock in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify and say that we were each of us well acquainted with Allen Bosworth late of Ashford deceased, that the said Bosworth was a reputed soldier of the Revolution that the said Allen Bosworth died in Ashford on the 18th day of March 1881 that he left a widow whose name is Sarah Bosworth with whom also we are each of us well acquainted and have been ever since the death of her said husband, that she is now single and unmarried and is now the widow of the said Allen Bosworth deceased.
Sanford Bosworth
Alfred Carpenter
[covered by black stamp] of Connecticut
County of Windham
On this twenty second day of August in the year 1856 personally approved Sanford Bosworth and Alfred Carpenter both to me well known and made oath in our form of law to the truth of the above [illegible] by them subscribed I certify that their testimony is entitled to credit.
Horace Gaylord Notary Public
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Be it known that I Ephraim Lyon of Ashford
in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut
aged eighty six years do testify and say that I
was well acquainted with Allen Bosworth late
of Ashford deceased that said Allen Bosworth
served in the Revolutionary War, in the year 1776
from the last of June to the 25th December in Captain
Stephen Lyon's Company in Colonel John Chester's Regt.
that said Allen Bosworth was in Captain John
Sumner's company on the Island of Rhode Island was
there in Sullivan's battle the length of service that
he there performed I am not able to state
that said Bosworth was also in Captain Benjamin
Sumner's company at New London from May to October
in the year 1780 that when he returned from said
service he stopped at my fathers house and stayed
all night and I slept with him in the same bed
and heard him tell all the particulars of said service
that I remember that said Bosworth said he was
in the battle of White Plains and at the taking of Fort
Washington while he was in Capt. Stephen Lyon's
Company in 1776
Ephraim Lyon
State of Connecticut
Windham County 
On this twenty sixth day of April in the year 1858
Personally appeared Ephraim Lyon to me well known
and made oath to the truth of the above statement
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by him subscribed and I hereby certify that
his statement is entitled to credit
Horace Gaylord Notary Public
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1913, May 26, History to
Chas. W. Brodway
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1913. June 6. History to
Chas W Brodway 
1913 June 6. Chas W. 
Broadway advised to
apply to com of Gen
Land Office for corection
of warrant
that pension was never
allowed and desendants 
have no title to 
pension. AW,
Ex'r INVALID REJECTED
1948
P.O. Sarah Bosworth
Service;
Enlisted:, 18
Discharged:, 18
Application filed:, 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.
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Putnam, Conn. May 15, 1913.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Will you ascertain if ALLEN BOSWORTH
was a pensioner of the Revolutionary War.
He lived in Ashford, Conn. and was probably born there,
and went from there to the War. He died March 18, 1830 and could
have been a pensioner, if he had applied. He was born 1758 or 1759
He is not mentioned in the list of Connecticut men in the Revolution
but as that record is faulty, and as his youngest daughter is still
living and knows that her father was in the War, we are looking for
proof.
This information is desired for me as I am grandson of the
above Allen Bosworth,
Very truly,
Charles W. Bradway
197 School St
Co
Putnam
Conn
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Putnam, Conn. May 15, 1913 
Department of the Interior
War Department,
Washington, D. C.
Will you kindly ascertain if possible, the
service of my grandfather in the Revolutionary War. His name
was ALLEN BOSWORTH and was born 1758 or 1759, probably in Ashford,
Conn.
He went to the War from that town, going to Boston.
The list as given in Connecticut men in the Revolution does'nt
mention him. He died March 18, 1830.
His youngest daughter, born April 30, 1818 is still living
and knows that her father was in the War, and we are looking
hard for the proof.
I will write the Pension Bureau on this mail.
Very truly,
Charles W. Brodway
197 School St
Putnam
Come
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Putnam, Conn. May 28, 1913.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
Your letter of May 26th, in response to my letter
of the 15th inst received and wish to thank you for the same.
I have some additional information which I will give you, and ask
you to verify same.
The daughter of ALLEN BOSWORTH, who still living at age of 95,
asserts that her mother, the widow of Bosworth received through
the efforts of Mr. Gaylord of Ashford (probably Horace Gaylord ) $200. 00
Pension money, paid her about 1856 - 7, What record of this payment have you?
She also affirms that land was set off, she thinks in New York
state, for his services. Kindly tell me the location of this land of
160 acres under Warrant No. 50856. 55
Kindly send me an abstract of the widow's application for
pension, and oblige,
Very truly yours,
Charles W. Bradway
197 School St.
Putnam
Conn
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June 6, 1913
Mr. Charles W. Bradway,
197 School Street,
Putnam, Conn.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 28th ultimo and received
the 2nd instant, you are advised that for information
relative to the location of Bounty Land Warrant No. 50,856,
for 160 acres which was allowed under the Act of March 30
1855, to Sarah widow of Allen Bosworth who served in the Connecticut 
troops in the Revolutionary War, you should apply to
the Commissioner of the General Land Office. There is no further
data on file as to soldier's service or family than that
furnished you on the 26th ultimo,
Pension was never allowed to any one on account of the
services of the above noted soldier, nor is there any law
which would entitle the descendants of said soldier to pension.
Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.