Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,883, for Silas Phelps, Connecticut
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SERVICE  Conn.  
Continental
Phelps, Silas
Mary
NUMBER  W. 26,883
B.L. Wt. 284-60-55
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8600 
New York 
Silas Phelps  
of Ontario Co in the State of New York who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Willis [Wyllys] of the Regt commanded by  Col Webb  in the Ct. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 120 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Apr 1833 and sent to Applicant, Phelps N.Y. 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $240.00 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 60 00 
$300.00 Book 
{Revolutionary Claim,  Act June 7, 1832.}   
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, 
Book 6 Vol  4 Page 28 
23 Feby 1855
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210.82}  ltr Mar 3 
Sept 11 } 55  
Mary Phelps widow 
Silas Phelps Sergt
284 Aug 4th 56 
Rev War 
Rec Pension 
NY Feby 53 – 54 48
Ad: 60 acres July 25 / 56  
Boynton
Rev War
S W Salisbury
Canandauga N.Y.  
Let:  Levi Markham, Apl. 11 / 57
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210.823
Date of death not on AB [agency book]
70 Rev Sgt with no deduction
5448
5448
New York A
Mary Phelps
Widow of Silas Phelps Conn
who served in the Revolutionary war as a Sergeant
Wt. 5448
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 dollars – cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February 1855.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of August 1853 and sent to 
S. W. Salisbury
Canandaigua NY
Recorded on Roll of Pensionsers under act February 3, 1853, Page 25 Vol. Y6
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Case of Silas Phelps 
8100
24 March 1819 
Sep 19
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STATE OF NEW YORK, 
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss. 
On this Nineteenth day of August 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,)   Silas Phelps aged Sixty one years, resident in the town of Perrinton [Perinton] in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:
Commencing in the year 1775 in Capt Jewett’s Company in Col. Jedediah Huntington’s Regiment in the Connecticut Line and in April 1777 enlisted in Capt William Manning company in Col. Charles Webb's Regiment of the Connt line & was discharged to the best of his recollection in 1783 
and that he made application for a pension on the fourteenth day of April 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 8,166.   And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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, viz. 
One old pot 0.25; 1 dish Kettle 0.75;  1 tea kettle $1; 1 table $1.50;    3.50 
2 Chests 1.00; 6 Chairs $1.50; 6 Plates 0.18; 3 tin basons 0.18;    2.86 
6 cups & saucers $1; 1 large wheel $1.50; 1 small wheel $1.50;    4.00 
1 Teapot 0.12; 1 platter 0.75;  1 Trammel $1;   1.87 
1 pr tongs $0.25; 1 wash tub 0.38; 1 pail 0.25;  1 Look Glass $1.00;   1.88 
1 Tumbler 0.16; 6 spoons 0.37;  4 knives & forks 0.25;    0.68 
1 sad iron 0.75; 1 Plough $9;  1 chain 0.50;  1 axe $1.;  11.25
6 pigs $9; 3 bbls $1.50;  1 Churn 0.50;  1 sieve 0.50;   11.30 
$37.54
Silas Phelps  
And I do further swear and declare that owing to age & infirmity together with rheumatism I am not able to work much, and that I am by occupation a farmer. My family consists of my wife Amity aged fifty five years much out of health and infirm,  my daughter Amity aged sixteen, also my son Alby, born a cripple and unable to work, is nearly blind. 
Silas Phelps 
ONTARIO CO.
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Sworn & declared this 19th day of August 1820 in open Court before me 
Wm Rogers Judge of Ontario Com Pleas 
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.  I John Van Fossen Clerk of said county do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I 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 thirty seven dollars and 54 cents.  
In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 22d day of August 1820 
J Van Fossen Clerk of the Court aforesaid, and for said County
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210.823
Mary Phelps 
Widow of Silas Phelps  
Bounty Land Claim 
Act March 3d 1853 
Rev War 
Care of S. W. Salisbury 
Canandaigua N. York
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State of New York, 
County of Ontario } ss On this 6th day of September A.D. 1853 personally came before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, Mary Phelps aged 72 years, a resident of Manchester, Ontario Co in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Silas Phelps deceased, who was a Sergeant in the  Revolutionary war , inscribed on of the Pension Roll  of the New York Albany Agency at the rate of at $120 per annum; & for proof of service she refers to proofs made in establishing his claim to said pension. 
She further states that as widow of said Silas Phelps she is now inscribed on same Pension Roll under Act Feb. 3. 1853. Certificate dated Aug. 28th 1855, for $120 per year  
She further states that she has not  heretofore made application for Bounty Land under any Act of Congress and obtained no Land Warrant 
That no other Land Warrant has ever been received, and no other application for Land Bounty for the military services of her said husband has ever before been made 
She further states that she was married to the said Silas Phelps in Manchester N.Y on the 13th day of April A.D. 1843 by one Fuller  a Methodist Minister, and that her name before her marriage was Mary Piper that her said husband died at Manchester N.Y. on the 23d day of February A. D. 1855 and that she is now a widow having never since intermarried. 
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of March 3d, 1855; and she desires her Land Warrant to be forwarded to the care of S. W. SALISBURY, Esq., Canandaigua, New York & for proof of marriage, death of husband & widowhood she refers to proofs recently filed in Pension Office to establish her claim to the pension above mentioned. 
Mary Phelps x her mark  
We, A R Thompson and Margaret Moores residents of Manchester in the State of New York, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Phelps 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, and that we have no interest in this claim.
A. R. Thompson 
Margaret Moores  
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written, and I hereby 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 this claim. 
Lyman Clark 
Justice of the Peace in & for said County.
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STATE OF NEW YORK 
ONTARIO COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE, CANANDAIGUA }  I certify that Lyman Clark Esquire, was at the time the foregoing declaration and affidavits purport to have been verified, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to administer oaths; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signatures to the foregoing certificates of verification are genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 8th day of September A. D. 1855 
John J. Lyon Clerk.
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Mary Phelps 
widow of Silas Phelps decd  
Application for a Pension under Act of Feb 3d 1853  
Revolutionary Pensioner 
Case of S. W. Salisbury Canandaigua New York
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State of New York 
County of Ontario, 
Surrogates Court.}   On this 2d day of June A.D. 1855 personally appeared before the Surrogate of said County in Open Court Mary Phelps a resident of Manchester in the County of Ontario aged Seventy two years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed February 3d 1853, and she desires for her certificate to be forwarded to the care of S.W. Salisbury of Canandaigua N.Y.   
That she is the widow of Silas Phelps who was a Sergeant in the war of the Revolution and inscribed on the Pension Roll of the New York Agency at the rate of One Hundred and twenty dollars per annum, commencing March 4th 1831. That said Pension certificate was dated April 20th 1833 & recorded in Pension Office, Book I, Vol. 4,  Page 28 by W.L. Williams Clerk.   
She further states that she was married to the said Silas Phelps in Manchester N.Y. on the 13th day of April A.D. 1843 by one Mr. Fuller a Methodist Clergyman that her name before her said marriage was Mary Piper that her said husband died at Manchester aforesaid on the twenty third day of February 1855, that she was married to him on the day above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
Witnesses to signature S. W. Salisbury, Lyman Clark}
Mary Phelps x her mark
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court before me on on the day and year above written and I hereby certify that the statements of said declarant are entitled to full faith and credit. That Mrs Phelps is unable to write her mark by reason of age and infirmity. In testimony whereof I have
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hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official seal at the town of Canandaigua in said County of Ontario this second day of June A.D. 1855
Orson Benjamin Surrogate
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State of New York 
County of Ontario 
Surrogates Court } I, Orson Benjamin, Surrogate of said County do hereby certify that Silas Phelps late of the town of Manchester said County deceased was a United States Pensioner inscribed on the Pension Roll of the New York Albany Agency at the rate of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, and that he died at Manchester aforesaid on the twenty third day of February last (1855) leaving a widow still surviving whose name is Mary Phelps and who has made application for a pension hereto attached Court on the oaths of John Thompson and Margaret Moores & Lyman Clark.   
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Canandaigua this second day of June A.D. 1855 Orson Benjamin / Surrogate 
State of New York 
Surrogates Court 
Ontario County ss}   Lyman Clark of said County being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Mary Phelps named in the foregoing application and has known her for ten or twelve years past, that he was acquainted with Silas Phelps, also in said application named, in his life time & for twenty years last past, that he knew the said Mary Phelps and the said Silas Phelps to lived together as man and wife & to be so reputed for ten years preceding the death of said Silas Phelps, that said Silas died as stated in said declaration & that said declarant is the widow of said Silas Phelps who was a Revolutionary Pensioner as stated in said declaration. 
Lyman Clark 
Subscribed & sworn before me
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on this 2d day of June 1855, and I hereby certify that the said Lyman Clark is a credible witness In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Canandaigua said County, the day & year aforesaid 
Orson Benjamin Surrogate
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[stamp] PHELPS NEW YORK OCT 4
FREE
Admd [admitted] 2 years Sergt 
$120
To the Hon Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City D.C.
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Phelps, Ontario County N York
Oct 5 1832
Sir
Enclosed is my Pension Certificate granting me  an annuity of Eight Dollar month during my natural life on which I have obtained the benefit agreeably to the Certificate up to the 4th day of September last.  I now wish to obtain the benefit of the act of Congers passed June 7 1832 which act I think entitles me to more pay.  I enlisted in the Service of the United States in the month of October 1775 as a private in Capt. Jewetts Company in the Connecticut line in Col. Jedediah Huntington Regiment, Genl Spencer, one year being the term of my enlistment. In the year 1777 in the month April I again Enlisted for & during the war in  Capt William Manning’s Company in Col Chs Webbs Regiment in the Connecticut line and served until the war closed.  That during my term of service last mentioned, I was in companies commanding by Various officers and was promoted to Seargeant, (as near as I can recollect) when under the command of one Col Benoni Shipman in First Col Isaac Shermans Regt of the Connecticut line in which capacity I served during the last four years of my service in the Continental line.   I resided in the Town of Lyme, County of New London State of Connecticut at the time of each enlistment.  In my discharge from C. Webb which discharge & Seargents Warrant were forwarded to the war office at the time of my first application for a pension.   I now reside in the town of Manchester County of Ontario & State of New York where I have resided for the last three years.   Yrs Respectfully 
Silas Phelps 
To the Hon Lewis Cass 
Secretary of War 
P. S. Please address my return to me at Phelps (Ont Co NY) Yrs Respectfully &c Phelps
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51 
12-5-41 
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* 
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives 
NAME   Phelps, Silas   GRADE  Private  LINE   Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER  6321   ACREAGE 100    ISSUED   Apr 7, 1796
and Wt. No. 284-60-55   to – not shown - 
The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives. registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.
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March 25, 1931 
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 
EEL
Mrs. C. S. Passmore 
717 W. Granite Street 
Butte, Montana 
Dear Madam: 
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.26883, that Silas Phelps, while residing in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, enlisted in October, 1775, and served one year as a private in Captain Jewett's Company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut Regiment. 
He enlisted in April, 1777, served as a private in Captains William Manning's and Benoni Shipman's Companies, Colonel Charles Webb's Connecticut Regiment, and was in the battle of Monmouth; July 10, 1780 was promoted sergeant, was at the taking of Lord Cornwallis, and was discharged January 5, 1783. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 17, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-eight years and resided in Perrington, Ontario County, New York.  In 1832, he was residing in Manchester, Ontario County, New York, where he had then lived for three years. The date and place of birth are not given. 
He died February 23, 1855, at Manchester, New York, 
The soldier married Amity, her maiden name and the date of their marriage not given. In 1820 she was aged fifty-five years. There are no further particulars in regard to her. The soldier married April 13, 1843, at Manchester, New York, Mary Piper. She was allowed pension on her application executed June 2, 1855, at which time she was seventy-two years of age and resided in Manchester, New York.
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In 1820, the soldier referred to his daughter, Amity, as then aged sixteen years and to his son Alby, his age not stated. There is no reference to children by his marriage with Mary Piper.   
Very truly yours 
E. W. MORGAN 
Acting Commissioner.
Date of death Widow not on AB [agency book]
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1893 - Feb. 3 to A. D. Hiller Present. 
FS   / Jan. 7, 1896 Mil histy to Mrs M.B. Searles East Aurora, NY. 
1912 May 10 Hist to Perry H. Manchester V.L.M. 
1921 July 19 Hist, to Henry L. Sackett 
1922 Feby 4 Hist. to Oliver P. Anderson 
1931 - Mar. 25 - Hist. to Mrs C.S. Passmore 
Revy WIDOW. &c. 
26883 
Hist
File No. 
Mary Phelps 
Widow  of  Silas Phelps  
Sergt. Rev war  
Act Feb. 3rd 1853. 
Index: --Vol. P., Page 129 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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8166 
4 
New York  
Silas Phelps of Penington in the State of New York who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Webb of the Connecticut line for the term of six years War  
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the the 17 of April 1818  
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 March sent to Stephen Phelps Canandaigua New York
Arrears to 4th March 1819  $84.76
Semi-anl all’ce ending 4 Sept 1819 48 
$132.75 
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent to Stephen Phelps 29th Sep 1820 Canandaigua N.Y.
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Sergt Conn line
284
60 acres
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5759
Mrs Mary Phelps
Widow of Silas
Let to claimant care of S. W. Salisbury
June 7” 1855
S. W. Salisbury June 23 1855
Act / 53
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FREE
210.823
[stamp] CANAIDAIGUA N.Y. SEP 8
The Hon J. Minot
Comr of Pensions 
Washington D. C. 
Mrs. Mary Phelps
Widow Silas 8600
[stamp] CANAIDAIGUA N.Y. JUN 2
Boynton June 5 1833
FREE
The Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Free FREE
Commissioner of Pensions  Washington D.C.
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Mary Phelps 
Widow of Silas 
Ontario Co N.Y. 
Act / 53
[unreadable] Feby 1855
Jno Thompson Margaret Moore & Lyman Clark 
Hiram Schutt, Mark A Johnson 
Rev 
Claimant care of 
S. W. Salsbury 
Canandaigua N.Y.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pension Office, Official Business
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[stamp] CANANDAIGUA N. Y. SEP 19
Mary Phelps widow Silas
Boynton June 22/1833 
FREE 
L. P. Waldo 
Comr of Pensions 
Washington D.C.
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[stamp] CANANDAIGUA N. Y. AUG 20
NY Mary Phelps widow Silas
Triplett  
FREE 
Hon J. Minot
Comr of Pensions 
Washington D.C.
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Silas Phelps
[unreadable] 201823
Mr. Boynton
284 60 acres act 55
Department of the Interior, Pension Office -- Official Business
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Pen Off Aug 25 1855 
Sir 
Please inform me when Silas Phelps of NY act 1832 at $120 was last paid. 
Respectfully 
S. Cole
C. Clerk
Triplett
R J Atkinson
3d Auditor
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Silas Phelps died 23 Feb 1855, paid in full
Aug 27/55 
W.H.G. Taylor 
Actg Auditor
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Silas Phelps
W. 26883
Conn.
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SAMUEL B. WEBB, ESQUIRE, COLONEL of the Third Connecticut Regiment, in the Service of the United States:  
To Silas Phelps
BY VIRTUE of the AUTHORITY Vested in ME, by the United States Congress Assembled, I DO by these  PRESENTS CONSTITUTE and APPOINT You to be a Serjant [sergeant] in the Regiment under my Command to take Rank as such from the Tenth day of July 1780.  
YOU are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions as You shall from Time to Time receive from ME, or Your superior Officers; and diligently to execute the duties of Serjeant  for which this shall be Your SUFFICIENT WARRANT. 
GIVEN under my HAND, in the GARRISON of WEST POINT, this First Day of January 1783
Saml. B. Webb Colonel 3d Connecticut Regt.
 REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,  
Joseph Clark Adjutant
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Silas Phelps
[unreadable]
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War Department, 
PENSION OFFICE, 
September 28 1820. 8166   
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll. 
I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J.L. Edwards
To Mr. Silas Phelps Ontario County N York
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Silas Phelps 
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next in New York at the Branch Bank U.S. 
Recorded
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Capt Wells
Col. S. B. Webb} Infantry
War Department 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Silas Phelps late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the Seventeenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.  
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty fourth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. 
J. C. Calhoun 
Secretary of War.
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Capt Wells
Col. S. B. Webb} Infantry
War Department 
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Silas Phelps late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New York Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the Seventeenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.  
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty fourth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. 
J. C. Calhoun 
Secretary of War.
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Brief in the case of Mary Phelps widow of Silas Ontario County and State of New York 
Act 3 Feby 1853 
Claim, (original)  
Proof exhibited, (if original.) If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7 1832 at $120 a year  
Marriage proved by 2 eye-witnesses cohabitation & general reputation of Marriage
& certify her husband’s death & her present widowhood proved by credible witnesses
Name and residence of Agent 
S. W Salisbury Canandaigua NY 
Thornton Triplett 
Examining clerk
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C
Yes – of rank is 
Sergt [unreadable] & returns
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S. H. H. PARSONS, 
PENSION AGENT. 
United States Pension Agency 
Albany, N.Y. Apl 28 1870. 
Hon H. Van Arnam 
Comr of Pensions 
Washington D. C.  
I enclose herewith vouchers of Mary Phelps aid Silas $120 per Annum, pensioned under Act 3d Febry 1853 (2 Section).   
Does she come under the provisions of the decision of the Secretary of the Interior as promulgated Febry 28th 1870 
Respy 
S. H. H. Parsons 
Pension Agent
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Mary Phelps  
widow of Silas 
Ontario Co New York 
Admd. [admitted] 3d Feby 1853 
2 yrs Sergt $120 per annum from 23d Feby 1855 when her husband died 
Sent to
S. W. Salisbury Esq Canandaigua NY
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“Additional Evidence” 
Claim of Mary widow of Silas Phelps for pension under Act of Feby 3d 1852 
Suspended June 23d 1855 
Care of S. W. Salisbury 
Canandaigua New York
53
20
35
61
76
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State of New York 
County of Ontario} ss  On this 17th day of August A.D. 1855 before me personally came 
Eleanor Saulpaugh Manchester aged 71 years  and Harriet Brown of Manchester aged 31 years who being duly sworn according to law declare that they were well acquainted with Silas Phelps late of Manchester said County, a Revolutionary Pensioner deceased, in his life time that they were also well acquainted with his wife (now Widow) Mary Phelps, that they were present at the marriage of the said Silas and the said Mary Phelps and saw them legally married, that they were married on the 13th day of April 1843 at Manchester by one Mr Fuller a Methodist Minister and that the name of said Mary before her said marriage was Mary Piper. That said Mary Phelps is now a widow and has (as deponents are informed & believe) made application for a pension under the Act of Feb. 3d 1855, and 1853, which application is suspended for want of required proof of marriage.   
Eleanor Saulpaugh  
Harriet Brown 
Subscribed & sworn by both deponents on the day & year first above written & I hereby certify that the said Eleanor Saulpaugh &  Harriet Brown are reputable witnesses & well known to me, & that their statements are entitled to full faith & confidence 
Lyman Clark Justice of the Peace in & for said County
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STATE OF NEW YORK, 
ONTARIO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, CANANDAIGUA.}  I Certify that Lyman Clark Esquire was at the time the foregoing declaration purports to have been verified, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to administer oaths; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signature to the foregoing certificate of verification is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 20th day of August A D 1855 
Joseph C Shelton Dep Clerk
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Mary Phelps 
widow of Silas Phelps 
Claim for pension Act of 3d 1853 
Filed June 4th 1853.  
Suspended June 7th 1853 for want of sufficient proof of marriage. 
Herewith renewed.  
Revolutionary Pension Claim 
Care of S.W. Salisbury Canandaigua New York
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State of New York 
County of Ontario} ss  Hiram Schutt of Manchester said County aged thirty years and Mark A. Johnson of the same place aged thirty Eight years being each duly sworn doth depose and say that they are well acquainted with Mary Phelps of Manchester said County widow of Silas Phelps of the same place a Revolutionary soldier deceased, that they were well acquainted with Silas Phelps aforesaid in his life time and knew the said Silas Phelps and the said Mary to live together as man and wife and to be so reputed for the space of ten years previous to and up to the death of said Silas Phelps which took place on the 23d day of February 1853, and that they are disinterested witnesses.   
Hiram Schutt 
Mark A. Johnson 
Sworn and subscribed before me this 19th day of June 1855 and I hereby certify that the said Hiram Schutt and the said Mark A. Johnson are credible witnesses and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit.   
Lyman Clark Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Ontario,
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Justice of the Peace in and for [unreadable]
STATE OF NEW YORK, 
ONTARIO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, CANANDAIGUA. }  
I Certify that Lyman Clark Esquire, was at the time the foregoing declaration purports to have been verified, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and duly authorized to administer oaths; that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signature to the foregoing certificate of verification is genuine. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 19th day of June A.D. 1855. 
John J. Lyon Clerk
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Pension Office June 7, 1855 
Madam
Your claim for a pension as the widow of Silas Phelps, has been examined suspended. 
Additional proof of your marriage should be filed. 
The affidavit of one witness in proof of reputation of marriage will not establish the fact. 
I am, respectfully Your Obt Sert 
L. P. Waldo 
Commissioner
Mrs. Mary Phelps, 
Care of S.W. Salisbury Esq Canandaigua, N.Y.
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Levi Markham 
West Walworth N.Y. 
NY Please Answer
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West Wadsworth April 1st 1857 
Sir
Levi Markham respectfully enquires if the widow of Silas Phelps Deceased is entitled to Bounty Land By the act of Feby 3d ‘55 or any other act.  Said Phelps was a revolutionary Soldier & a pensioner.  
Sir I am Respectfully 
Your Obt Servt
Levi Markham
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C. } 
P. S. address Levi Markham West Wadsworth  Livston [Livingston] County of York
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Claims of Silas Phelps 
April 17th 1818  
Correct 
The Honorable Secty of war 
Pennington
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State of New York 
Ontario County } ss 
On this 17th day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County Personally appears Silas Phelps aged 58 years resident in the town of Pennington in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the Late act of Congress Entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war,  that he the said Silas Phelps Enlisted in the town of Lime in the State of Connecticut for the term of during the war in the company commanded by  Captain William Manning in Colonel  Charles Webbs Regiment in the Connecticut Line that he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States until the 5th day of January 1783 when he was discharged from service at West Point in the State of New York.  That he was in the battles of Monmouth and taking of Lord Cornwallis and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and to that he has no other evidence (than the serjents [Sergeant] Warrant herewith transmitted) in his power of his said services
Silas Phelps
 Sworn to and declared the day and year aforesaid before me 
Stephen Phelps
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State of New York 
Ontario County } ss  
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said State and County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Silas Phelps did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.   
Stephen Phelps
Canandaigua April 17th 1818 
Ontario County ss 
1 Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify from satisfactory evidence exhibited before me that circumstances and in need of assistance from his County of for support. 
Canandaigua  July 9th 1818- - Stephen Phelps
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The Honorable Secretary of War if my claims are allowed will please forward a certificate thereof to Stephen Phelps Esq of Canandaigua who is my agent.
 April 17th 1818 Silas Phelps
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State of New York 
Ontario County Clerks office } ss In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature.  I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the county seal at Canandaigua this 24th day of April AD 1818 
H W. McNair Clerk
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717 Granite St 
Butte Mont
[stamp] Feb 27 1931
U.S. Pension Bureau 
Washington DC  
Dear Sir: 
Do you have the pension record  Silas Phelps, who was living in Orleans Co N.Y. in 1840 a pensioner of the Rev War.   
Yours Mrs C.S. Passmore 
717 W Granite 
Butte 
I wish this record for D. A. R. paper if you have it – I think that he enlisted from Connt
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East Amron NY 
Nov 25, 1893
P
Department of Int 
Pension Bureau  
Will you please give me a statement of the Military Record of Silus Phelps and of Jedediah Phelps, I think both born in Lebanon, Conn and both soldiers in the Revolution, 
Respectfully Mary E Searls 
Address
Mrs M. B> Searls
East Amron Erie Co. New York
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143 F. St. N.E. Washington D.C. Jan 10, 1892 
Mr G. B. Raum 
Comr of Pensions 
City
Dear Sir,  
I have been referred by the War Dept to you for the War Record of Silas Phelps, a Revolutionary soldier. Please give his service date of enlistment and discharge, & places of each, and other facts that will help establish his identity such as age residence and nativity.   
Please give this matter immediate attention and oblige Yours with respect 
Please and the number of his pension certificate 
A. H. Hiller
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VULCAN GAS APPLIANCES & BRAY BURNERS 
Rev ED
HENRY L. SCHUTT
17 LINDEN AVE
BUFFALO N.Y.
Representing WILLIAM M. CRANE COMPANY 
1620 WEST 32nd STREET NEW YORK, N.Y 
July 8, 1921 
Pension Dept
Record dept Washington D.C. 
Gentlemen: Have you any of Silas Phelps of State of New York Soldier of Pension Rolls as Revolutionary soldier.  Kindly answer 
H. L. Schutt 1
6 Linden Ave Buffalo NY
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE  L JUL 8 1921
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Rev Sec
MAURICE ANDERSON PRESIDENT
A. W. ANDERSON VICE PRESIDENT 
OLIVER P. ANDERSON SECRETARY-TREASURER
ANDERSON SUPPLY CO. 
ESTABLISHED 1898, INCORPORATED 1900 
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN CAMERAS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS 
11 CHERRY ST. 
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, January 26, 1922.
U.S. Pension Office, 
Washington, D.C. 
Gentlemen:- 
Kindly let me know, if possible, which Silas Phelps drew a pension for services in the Revolutionary War. There were two men of this name in the war, father and son. The father was a sergeant in the 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Line, under Col. Samuel B. Webb, as shown on page 330 of the Connecticut records and was paid from January 1, 1781 to December 31, 1781. 
The son, as shown on page 159 of the same book, was a sergeant in the 2nd Regiment, Connecticut Line, in Captain William Manning's Co., and enlisted March 21, 1777, for the entire war.   
Also advise me as to the cost of a transcript of the record in case it happens to be the father who was the one serving in the 3rd Regiment, 
Respectfully yours, 
Oliver Phelps Anderson
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE D JAN 31 1922
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Lincoln Post No. 2 G.A.R.
Commander - Frank Benoit
Sr. Vice Com. - A. H. Sieg
Jr. Vice Com. - O. L. Farnham
Quartermaster - R. G. Huston
Officer of the Day - Arthur O’Brien
Officer of the Guard - J. M. Salling
Chaplain – John Boyle
Adjutant – P. H. Manchester
Sergeant Major – Thomas Boyle
Q. M. Sergeant – P. W. Sheehy
Butte, Montana April 23 1912
[stamp] ASSISTANT AND CHIEF CLERK APR 27 1912 WAR DEPARTMENT
To the War Dept, U. S. A. 
Washington D.C. 
Gentlemen will you see if you can give me the war record of Mr Silas Phelps who enlisted in the Revolutionary war from the state of N.Y. first for 7 months & then reenlisted & served all thru the war. Enlisted when winter only 16 years of age. He died about the year of 1855 and 1856 at the town of Manchester, County of Ontario State of N Y. Post office address Port Gibson.   
If you can get the above history of this man please make it out and send it to me as its very important that I should know it.
Awaiting your early reply I remain Sincerely Yours
Perry H. Manchester
927 S. Arizona St. 
Butte Mont.
Butte Mont
May 1/12
I am sending this to Commissioner of Pensions to see if you can give me the required information asked for.  Respectfully yours 
Perry H. Manchester
927 S. Arizona
Butte Mont.
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information as contained in his (or his widow’s) application for pension on file in this bureau.  
Silas Phelps W. F. 26883
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT   Oct. 1776 LENGTH OF SERVICE  1 yr.  RANK.  Pvt. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain Jewett, Colonel Jedediah Huntington  STATE.  Conn
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT  Apr. 1777   LENGTH OF SERVICE    RANK.    OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Captain William Manning, Captain Benoni Shipman,  Colonel Charles Webb  STATE. 
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT  July 10 1780   LENGTH OF SERVICE  RANK.  Sgt.  OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.  Colonel Samuel B. Webb Regt.  STATE. 
discharged Jany 5, 1783 at West Point
Battles engaged in,   Monmouth & taking of Cornwallis
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Enlisted at Lyme, Conn
Date of application for pension,  Apr. 17 1818 His cl. was al [his claim was allowed]
Residence at date of application,  Perrington Ontario Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application,  58 yrs., He died at Manchester N. Y. Feb 23, 1855
Remarks:  In 1818, Soldier’s wife Amity was 55 and a daughter Amity 16 yrs old, there was also a son Alby.  Apr. 13, 1843, Soldier married at Manchester Ontario Co. N.Y. Mary Piper.  She was allowed pension on an application executed June 2 1855 while a resident of Manchester N.Y. aged 72 years.
Very respectfully
Commissioner