Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,537 And R. 4034, John Gillet, Conn.
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  SERVICE                                       NUMBER

Conn.              Gillet, John             S. 36,537
                                 Mary              and R. 4034
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                               10,723     
                                           R

Connecticut
_______________________
John Gillet

of                    in the state of
who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by  Colonel Chandler in the Connecticut line, for the term of 6 years -
__________________________
Subscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of November 1818
_________________
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of May 18..
   and Sent to Jonath. Brace
           Cartcord, Ca
_________________
Arrears to 4th of March 1819           28"76
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept ..?.     48
                                                        ________
   3    14.4                                      $  76.76
         30.31
                                   Revolutionary claim,
                                     Act 18th March, 1818}
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State of Connecticut  County of Hartford
Novemr. the 17th 1818 before me the Subscribed Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid, personally appeared John Gillet aged 62 years resident in Burlington in said County who being by me 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 & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War."

That he the said John Gillet on the 4th day of April 1777 enlisted in the Town of Milford in Said State in a company thus commanded by Capn David Smith in the Regt commanded by Col Chandler during the Revolutionary [last word inserted] War; that he was afterwards transferred into several companies & Regts and at last into the company commanded by Capn Buell in the 2st Connecticut Regt in he served to the 7th of June 1783 when he was discharged at Headquarters by Genl. Washington by which discharge is herewith transmitted; That he was in the battle at Germantown  That he is infirm and unable to support himself by labour, owns a small rough farm of about 180 acres - on which himself and three sons with families live and are dependent for subsistence   with sundry buildings, some of which are in a state of decay   That is all his real property on which he has a small stash of necessary nature - and that he needs assistance for support. -

Sworn & declared before me the day & year aforesaid
   {Signed] Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford aforesaid -

I Jonathan Brace Judge etc. as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that said John Gillet did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the Continental establishment and that  his statement respecting his circumstances is true & that he stands in need of assistance for support; And I now transmit the  [illegible word]  & testimony [illegible word]  & had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress

         [Signed]  Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court as aforesaid
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                   November 17, 1818
                   Sealed with the Seal of the Court
                   aforesaid by direction of the
Stamp         Honorable Jonathan Brace who is
                    the Presiding Judge of said Court
affixed                 [Signed]  Thomas Chester Clerk

here
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford}
  On this twentieth day of July eighteen hundred and thirty three appeared personally before the Judge of Probate with and for the town  of Burlington in Hartford County  (said  probate court for said town being a court of record) Mary Gillett [sic] a resident of the Town of Burlington in Hartford County in said State of Connecticut aged eighty one years who first being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of February 1833 & all other previous acts of Congress granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, that she is the widow of John Gillett who was a Sergeant in the Regiment of the regular army of the United States a more particular account of which the declarant cannot make.  She cannot [illegible word] at what time her said husband entered the army but thinks he left the service at the close of the revolutionary war, Declarant refers the Commissioner of Pensions for evidence of the service of her said husband to the records of the pension department in which it will apper [sic] that her said husband
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was a pensioner under the laws of Congress and yon deponent thinks under the act of May 15th 1828 and thinks her husband was from his pensionnat the Hartford agency -

  She further declares that she was married to the said John Gillett at Burlington on the Fifteenth day of May 1826 by Erastus Clapp then the Clergyman of the Congregational Society [last word inserted] of said town of Burlington, that she said her husband died at Burlington on the 22nd day of September 1843 that she was not married to him before the second of January eighteen hundred but at the time above stated -  She further declares that she is still a widow -
                                               her
                     [Signed]   Mary    X    Gillett
                                               mark

Hartford County, Burlington Probate Court July 20th 1833
There I the Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the District of Burlington attend at the residence of Mary Gillett of Burlington and she was personally before me  there and made subscribed and swore to the above [illegible word] declaration and I hereby certify that said Mary Gillett was unable from bodily infirmity to appear before said Court of Probate where said Court was usually held and I further certify that said Mary Gillett is well known to me -

Witness my hand and seal the day and year above written
             {Signed] Billy Gaylord Judge
  of the Court of Probate of the District of
       Burlington
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Married at Burlington May 15th 1826
John Gillet to Mary Johnson both of Burlington by Erastus Clapp V.D.M.

Town Clerk Office SS Burlington July 20th 1853
   I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true cope as appears of record in this office of the marriage of John Gillet and Mary Johnson
                       Attest, Abraham Pettibone
                                              Town Clerk

I Frederick Bull of Burlington aged 53 years depose and say that I have always been a resident of said Burlington - I was well acquainted with Erastus Clapp late of Burlington, he was for many years the officiating clergyman of the Congregational Society of Burlington was the Clergyman of said Society in May 1826 and duly authorized to solemn marriages
  I was also well acquainted with John Gillet late of Burlington now decd and with his wife Mary (formerly Mary Johnson) they were married many years since exactly the time I cannot state - John Gillet died in Burlington some time I think in 1843, his widow has ever since remained and still is a widow and I am well acquainted with Abraham Pettibone. He is
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                                       Justice Peace

State of Connecticut}Js Clerks Office Hartford July 25th 1853

   I William W Eaton Clerk of the County Court within & for Hartford County hereby certify that Horace Cornwall Esq. is now, and was at the time of the administering of the above oath a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly elected & sworn with power by the laws of this state to administer oaths; that I am acquainted with his hand writing and that the signature above purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.  

Seal           In testimony whereof I have hereto
affixed      set my hand & the seal of said Court 
here          this 25th day of July AD 1853 -
                                [Signed]  Wm W Eaton
                                                         Clerk
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Record Division.

                                            August 18, 1911.

Mr. Wilbur L. Gillette,
   Yalesville, Conn.

Sir:
    In response to the request of the Hon. John Q, Tilson on your behalf, this Bureau furnished under date of March 22, 1910, the military history of John Gillet, Sur. File No. 36537, and stated that "there was no family data on file".

    A re-arrangement of the Revolutionary War claims, heretofore filed separately, has just disclosed what appears to be the declaration of the widow of said soldier, containing the following additional information.

    Mary Gillet widow of said John Gillet applied for pension July 20, 1853, at which time she was a resident of Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, and eighty-one years of age.

  She stated that she was married to John Gillet at Burlington, Connecticut, May 15th, 1826, under the name of Mary Johnson and that he died at Burlington, September 22, 1843.

    Her claim was never allowed as it appears that she died between July 20, and September 21, 1853 - the date is not given.  No names of children are stated,

                        Very respectfully,

                                          Commissioner
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                               4034.
P.O. .....................................
Mary Gillet
Services: wid. of John


[The following were stamped "Rejected']
Enlisted: ................................., 18..
Discharged: .........................., 18..
Application filed: ................, 18..
Alleges; ..................................., 18..
Re-enlisted: .........................., 18..
Attorney: ...............................
P.O. ..........................................
..........................Recognized, .............................Contra
..................Cert. of Dis.  Searched for .............., 18..
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            No. 2704

Mary Gillet
Wid. of John

Let to A Catlin        29 Sept 1853
Let to H. Cornwall    "     "       "
  "   "   "        "           "   Nov. 7 "  "

    4034
Act 3d Feby 1853
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July 27, 1833.

Appl. of Mar
Gillet, widow of
John Gillet,
   Hartford, Ct;
            Conn.
Act 1828  No 726
Act 3d Feb. 1853

Rev

Horace Cornwall,
Hartford,
     Conn.


{Written vertically, right side]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE . OFFICIAL BUSIN...
          Commission

Sergt, Infty
    $120.
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       36 537
     INVALID.

File No,    36,537
 John Gillet
Serg  Rev  War

Act: 18" March 18"
Index: - Vol. D.,  Page 195

[Arrangement of 1870.]


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Oct. 6 '96  Soldier
pensd to C.L. Rockwell
Meriden, Con
See wid.  96  36
_____________________________
Dec. 6/97  Mrs. M. C. Merrick
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
_______________________________
Decr. 3rd, 1903.  His to
Chas B. Buckingham
Bridgeport Conn
_______________________________
1910  ch 23 to Hon John Q. Tilson,
  for Wilber L Gillette Etc.

Apl. 7. 1910 to Hon. John Q. Tilson -
1910  Nov. 11 "  Mrs. Elizabeth F. Curtiss
1911 Aug. 18.  Mrs. Elizabeth F. Curtiss and
  Mr. WIlbur l. Gillette fur. additional
      data from widow's declaration
1911 Sept. 7.  Wilbur L. Gillette ref. to auditor 
    (1828)  claim
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                             By His Excellency
                        GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq;
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the 
                          United States of America.

THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof
                     Sergeant John Gillet
in the 1st Connecticut Regiment, having faithful-
ly served the United States from the 16th of April
1777 -    and being inlisted for the War only, is
hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.

     GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 7th of June 1783 -
  [Signed]  Geo. Washington
By His Excellency's
Command;

J. Trumbull, Secretary
    [illegible]

REGISTERED in the Books
of the Regiment
 [Signed] Lebb Loomis  Adjutant

THE above Sergeant Gillet
has been honored with the BADGE OF MERIT for Six 
Years faithful Service.
     [Signed}  Zebn  Butler Co
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                         By His Excellency
              GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq;
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the
       United States of America.

THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof
    Sergeant John Gillet
in the  1st Connecticut Regiment, having faithful-
ly served the United States from the 26th of April
1777 - and being inlisted for the War only, is
hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
    GIVEN at HEAD QUARTERS the 7th of
June 1783 -
   [Signed]  Geo. Washington

By HIS EXCELLENCY'S
   Command,
[Signed]  J. Trumbull Secretary
    [illegible]

REGISTERED in the Books
     of the Regiment,
   Lebb Loomis Adjutant

 THE above Sergeant Gillet
has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Six
Years faithful Service.
  [Signed] Zebn, Butler Co
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I John Gillet of the town of Burlington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut do hereby declare that I inlisted in the continental line of the army of the Revolution for & during the was and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a Sergeant in Captain Buels Company in Colo Butlers Regiment of the Connecticut line, -  I also declare that afterwards certificates for a reward of eighty dollars, to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778 - I further declare that I was not in the 15th day of May 1828 on the pension list of the United States -

Witness my hand this 15th day of May AD 1828 - 
                           [Signed]   John Gill

Sworn to before me this 15th day of May 1828
        {Signed]  Simeon Hart Justice of the Peace

Before me one of the Justices of the Peace in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut Personally appeared this day [last two words inserted] Thomas Beach & Daniel Bull both Respectable [last word inserted] of said County who did severably make oath that John Gillet by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputable and believed to have been a Sergeant in the army of the Revolution in manner was therein stated

Witness my hand this 15th day of September in the year of our Lord 1828
   [Signed] Simeon Hart  Justice of the Peace
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I Thomas Chester Clerk of the County Court of the County of Hartford aforesaid do hereby certify that Simeon Hart Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn to was at the time a Justice of the Peace of said County & duly empowered to administer oaths.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this sixteenth day of September 1828 -

              [Signed]  Thomas Chester Clerk
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  John Gillet
John Gillet Sergeant
1st Regt Connecticut
line  6 years

dec.  17th  November 1818

    Admd.
On Roll in 
Chandlers Regiment

Hartford, Con.
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Act - 1828.
Settled at
Treasury
Cond. with 
Invalid file
#36,538
____________
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       Burlington Septr. 29th 1828

Sir

Your favor of 30th of August last have been served and I now forward Mr. Gillits [sic]declaration - and other evidence in support of his CLaim for a pension -

Under the act of 1818 he was placed on the Pension list of the United States but by a subsequent Act, was erased from it  in consequence of his having considerable ferocity [?].  - In my letter to the Secretary of Was I refered him to Mr. Gillits discharge from the service on file in his office in support of the Mr. Gillits Claim, to which I refer you if any further evidence is necessary -

If you decide that Mr. Gillits claim is supported according to law and the regulations prescribed    please forward a certificate that he is placed on the pension list during life and much obliged

                                    your
                                       most obedient
                                        and humble
                                                Sevt
                                 [Signed] Simeon Hart

NB.  It will be most convenient for Mr. Gillit to receive his Pension at Hartford [next two words illegible] of the United States

   [Signed] Richard Rush Esqr
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                                                                     1095

 [Illegible abbreviation] of original Pay Roll -726
                REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
                           ____________

                               TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
                                              30 Sept 1828.

John Gillet of Burlington in the County of
Hartford in the State of Connecticut has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May,
1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant in captain            's company, in Col. Butlers regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 2d of March, 1826, Nothing. -

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records of his office.
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Nov 2nd 1853
Norman Cornwall
Hartford Cont
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                                                    Hartford Nov. 2nd 1853
Sir
        Yours of 29th Sept was duly recd. in which you say there is nothing for widow or heirs of John Gillet.
       Am I to understand from this that the application of Mrs. Gillet which I forwarded you under the act of 1853 is denied - Under that act Mrs. Gillet is I think clearly entitled to 5 yrs 1/2 pay.
                                          Respectfully
                                                   Norman Cornwall
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                                      Hartford  21 Sep 1853
Dear Sir
     I ... the certificate in the case of John Husford. It is payable to Betsy Post Caroline Chapman Andrew Chapman & Hannah Chapman only surviving children of John Husford. There is a mistake somewhere. It is obvious that these cannot well be an "Andrew Chapman son of John Husford {last six words underlined".  The real facts are a I learn that
  Betsy Post}                   are the only surviving
Caroline Andrews}         children
Hannah Chapman}
    If the official evidence on file does not correspond with the above it is wrong  If it does then the certificate is correct   I return the certificate for examination & correction.

[NOTE:  A bracket encapsulates the information from the beginning of this letter to this point]

The application under the act of Feby 1853 by 
                  Gillet widow of John Gillet for a pension is her own right & for arrears due her husband under act 15 May 1825 is now pending.  He  is since now dead. There are children of John Gillet & children of the applicant by a former husband who is entitled to [illegible  word inserted] his children of the wife's  I have no interest in the matter but when writiing
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I thought possible it might be a question of some interest   At all events it can do no harm

                                            Yours repectfully
                                               Abijah Catlin         
                                                  Harwinton 
                                                     Connecticut

L/P/ Waldo
Commissioner Pension
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                                   Hanton  July 25th 1853

Hon L.P. Waldo
       Dear Sir

    I herewith forward the declaration of Mary Gillet widow of John Gillet Sergeant in Revy War proof of marriage, etc. which I presume is all the evidence necessary as John Gillet was pensioner under the Act of May 15th 1828 for many years & there can be no doubt of his service or death, the  the latter fact I am personally mourning t....
      
    This is in my judgement an exceedingly monotonous case under this law as the old boy is nearly helpless, and worth not a dollar in the world -   I should be exceedingly obliged to you if you would inform me whether John Gillet ever drew his Bounty Land.
[The entire prior sentence is underlined]  I am informed he did not.
 
   I do not see why the widow or heirs of Gillet are not entitled to the commutation [word underlined] under the act of 1783.  If they are it would be a godsend for them - Gillet was  a most faithful officer and served as I am informed through the war -  I was acquainted with him from my boyhood till his death in 1843 -

   I sent you declaration of Chloe Filer month since but think I did not tell you to whom to send - Please send me -
                               Respectfully
                                   Horace Cornwall
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THE HIGHLAND
MERIDEN, CONN.    Sept. 28th 1896.

To Hon Wm. Lochran        G  & R

Dear Sir,
     Will you kindly send me the record of the military service of John Gillet of Connecticut who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818.
Also the military record of Ebenezer Robbins of Ashford, Windham Co Conn. a pensioner under the acts of 1818, 1832 and 1840. At the last date he was 82 years of age.

     Kindly address
              Mrs. C.L. Rockwell
          To  1st Natl Bank 
                   Meriden, Conn.
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                    Dobbs Ferry Nov 17. 97

Dear Sir -
   Will you please find on your records - where the John Gillet of conn John was pensioned under act of 1818 resided & in what Reg he served - I wish the information so as to be able to join the Society of the daughters of the Revolution -  I think the man was a great grandfather of mine and so as from Conn   Can you give birthplace. it may have been Milford or Burlington -
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will you please answer as soon as convenient as I shall only remain here for a week longer my home being in the Western part of the state -

[Stamp]
Old War & Navy                    Mrs. M.L. Merrick
Nov 20 1897                            Dobb Ferry
     Files                                              N.Y.

c/o Dr. Hasbrouck
  
                                  [Stamp]
                                   Pension Office
                                   Nov 18 1897
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                                Office of
                     N Buckingham & Co.
OW&N              [Incorporated]
         Furniture, Carpets, Upholstery Goods, Etc
                      No. 177 State Street.
ESTABLISHED 1849.
  C.B. BUCKINGHAM,
    President & Treasurer
                   Bridgeport, Conn.   Dec 17 1903

Commissioner of Pension
                  Washington D.C.

Dear Sir
  Will you please give any information of John Gillet a Revolutionary Soldier and a pensioner who was born in Milford Conn in 1755 and who died in Burlington Conn. Sept 22 1843 - said to have been a Sargent in the Continental Army
                            Thanking you in advance
                                  I am yours truly
                               Charles B. Buckingham
                177 State St  Bridgeport Ct.
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Bureau of Pensions:

     You are asked to kindly send Copies of Pension Records given to Simeon Curtiss' Widow, File # 10, 569 and John Gillet, Sergeant, Conn Born in Milford
   To       Elizabeth F. Curtiss
             36 South High St.-
                    New Britain,  Conn.
You have just sent these to Curtiss L. Sheldon.
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             SIXTY- FIRST CONGRESS

GEORGE W. PRINCE, CHAIRMAN
CHARLES G. TIRREL,             HENRY M. GOLDFOGLE,
WILLIAM H. GRAHAM,         CLAUDE KITCHIN,
CHARLES A LINDBERGH,      EZEKIEL S. CANDLER, JR.,
WILLIS G. HAWLEY,               DORSEY W. SHACKLEFORD,
JOHN Q. TILTON,                 JAMES O. PATTERSON,
CHARLES S. MILLINGTON,   JOHN A.M. ADAIR,
DICK T. MORGAN,               PATRICK F. GILL.
CHARLES H. COWLES,          M.B. WOOLSEY, CLERK

                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
                             COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS,
                                 WASHINGTON, D.C.
                                                                  March 22, 1910
   Respectfully referred to the Commissioner of Pensions with request for such information as he can conveniently furnish from the records in the Pension Office 
                                                   Respectfully,
                                                      John Q. Tilson

I.F. 36537
John Gillet
                                                                 March 23 1910
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Hon. J. L. Davenport,
  Commissioner of Pensions,
   Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

  I am sending to you a communication just received from Wilbur L. Gillette, Yalesville, Conn., asking still further information in regard to his great grandfather.  He seems to desire most of all the date of his death, which he thinks could appear on the pension rolls by reason of the cessation of the pension.  I shall be obliged if you can furnish this information.
                                   Very truly yours,
                                        John Q. Tilson
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To Commissioner of Pensions.

Dear Sir.
      I wish to thank you for your communication of the 18th. regarding the application of  " (your) John Gillet's widow for pension.

   I would say that this Widow was a second wife and was not the mother of any of the Gillet family.

    Now my Dear Sir it seems to me you must know that the information I want is at Boston  it seems that you must know that the Hartford Office was done away with and that Boston was selected for the transaction of New England pension business

    Will  you please give me the proper address at Boston  so that I may trace this matter further

    Mr Shober of the Treasury Department wrote me that his office showed payment to John Gillet Cirtificate [sic] 10725. Connecticut agency at $8.00 per month this was September 4th 1819. No further information "He says.

     Now John Gillett - LIVED - untill [sic] September 1843. Now  You officials must know where he drew his pension all this time for he did draw it [last four words underlined] and there was money due him when he died in 1843.

    Now the pension business was transfered [sic] from Hartford to Boston

    Please inform me how to proceed.  You said in one of your letters to Hon. J.Q. Tilson that I might have some one get a copy of John Gillets original application for pension  I intend to do so and hope to have you sign it  I want it on good as I intend to hand it on.  Sincerely, Wilbur L. Gillette
                      Yalesville  Conn.
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O. W. & N. Div.
W 9636
T36537
L. W. B.         DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                             BUREAU OF PENSIONS
                                        WASHINGTON, D.C.

                                              October 6, 1896.

Madam:
   Replying to your communication of recent date, in which you request information concerning the military records of John Gillett and Ebenezer Robbins, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, you are advised as follows:- John Gillet made application for pension Nov. 17, 1818, at which time he was 62 years of age and residing at Burlington, Conn., and his pension was allowed for six years' actual service  as a sergeant in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. David Smith and Col. Chahndler.  He enlisted in Milford, Conn.

Ebenezer Robbins made application for pension on June 6, 1818, at which time he was 60 years of age and residing at Ashford, Conn. and is pension was allowed for one year's actual service as a private in the Conn. Troops, Revolutionary War: a part he served under Capt. Thomas Dyer and Col. John Durkee. (Place of enlistment not stated. His widow Zeruah, made application and received  a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
                                    Very respectfully,

                                          Commissioner.
Mr. C.L. Rockwell
   3st Nat'l. Bank,
    Meriden, Conn.
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                                           Commissioner.

                                             March 23, 1910.

Hon. John Q. Tilson,
   House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Tilson:
  In reply to your letter dated and received on the 22" instant, requesting information for Mr. Wilbur L. Gillette of Yalesville. Connecticut, I have the honor to advise you that John Gillet was allowed pension, Sur. File No. 36,537, on his application executed November 17, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Burlington, Hartford County, Connecticut, and sixty-two years of age.
   He stated that he enlisted at Hartford, Connecticut, April 4, 1777. as a Sergeant in Captain David Smith's Company, Colonel Chandler's regiment, was in the battle at Germantown, and continued to serve six years in different companies, including Captain Buell's company in Colonel Zebulon Butler's 1st Connecticut regiment, from which he was discharged June 7, 1783.
    The date of his death is not shown, nor is there any family data given in the papers on file.

                          Very respectfully,


                                    Commissioner
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                                                          April 7, 1910.

Hon. John Q. Tilson,
  House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Tilson:

           In reply to your letter dated and received the 4th instant, requesting information for Mr. Wilbur L. Gillette, of Yalesville, Connecticut,  [NOTE: All of the following information has been crossed ending with the words Connecticut Agency"]  I have the honor to advise you, that in order to obtain the date of last payment of John Gillet's pension, and the name of the person to whom said payment was made, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: John Gillet, Certificate No. 10,723, issued May 17, 1819 under the Act of March 18, 1818 at the Connecticut Agency".

     Owing to the lack of clerical force available for such a purpose, this Bureau is unable to furnish full copies of papers on file, but any one designated by Mr. Gillette, will be allowed to examine and copy the papers in the claim of John Gillet, Sur. File No. 36 537.

   It is possible that the bronze marker referred to by Mr. Gillette is one furnished by the Society of the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, to whom application is made.

                            Very respectfully,

                                 Commissioner.
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Record Division.

                                     September 7, 1911.

Mr. Wilbur L. Gillette,
             Yalesville, Conn.

Sir:

    In reply to your letter dated the 31" ultimo and received the 1" instant, you are advised that the information which you desire may possibly be obtained, by addressing the Auditor for the Interior Department, U.S. Treasury Department, and giving him the following data:
  " John Gillit [sic] pensioned at $120. per annum, under the 
    Act of May 15, 1828, Certificate No. 764 issued 
    August 3, 1829."

                                               Very respectfully,

                                                            Commissioner

[NOTE:  There is a comment inserted in the right margin next to the last paragraph]

                 Conn Agency Book Act 1828
                                                     Commissioner.
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sion on file in this Bureau. John Gillet S. File 36, 537
    __________________________________________________ [A chart follows with five headings]

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS 
      RENDERED.     CAPTAIN      COLONEL

Enlisted in Milford, Conn April 4, 1777 to  June 7, 1783     Sgr     David Smith   Chandler   Conn.
                                 Buell      Zebulon Butler


Battles engaged in.   Germantown
Residence of soldier at enlistment.   (check mark)
Date of application for pension, Nov. 7 1818 His 
        cl. was al.
Residence at date of application,  Burlington, 
         Hartford County, Conn.
Age at date of application,  62 yrs.
Remarks:  No family data [last three words 
         crossed out]   See wid declr. & carbon to 
         Wilbur L. Gillette

                                    Very respectfully,  

                                          Commissioner.