Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12117, Ezra Bates, Conn.
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(3 - 1776)

SERVICE                                  NUMBER
Conn            Bates, Ezra           S 12117.

Carded

CONTENTS
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9275
Connecticut
Ezra Bates
of Redding in the State of Con
who was a pri in the com commanded
by Captain  of the Reg commanded
by Col. Grosvenor in the Con
line for 2 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Conn
at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of April
1833 and sent Hon
G Tomlinson, Fairfield

Arrears to the 4th of March  33,          $160.
Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 33.      40.
                                                             $200

Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk
Book  E  Vol 3  Page 3

L M Drury     June  27 1854
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District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield County
BE IT REMEMBERED, That in the County Court, held in and for the County 
of Fairfield in the District and State aforesaid, on this 19th day of April
1821 the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and
appeared in open Court, Ezra Bates aged Sixty one years
resident in the Town of Redding in the County of Fairfield in said State,
and being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War,
as follows to wit, he enlisted for the Term of nine months into the Army of the United
States in the fore part of the month of April 1782, under Lieut. Aaron Barlow in Redding aforesaid
that he was inspected at Danbury in said State by Capt Samuel Comstock & was marched from sd 
Danbury to the Highlands, near the North River in the State of New York, & their joined the Continental
army in the company commanded by Capt. Hart of the regt commanded by Col Grovesnor in
the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment, that he continued in said Corps, or
in the service of the United States until sometime in the month of January 1783, when he was
regularly discharged from the service of the United States at West Point in the State of New York 
he having faithfully served out the time of his enlistment which discharge is lost by time & accident
And I do further solemnly
swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do
further declare that my occupation is that of a cooper, and am unable to do
any labour at present
and that I have a family residing with me consisting of Wife Huldah Aged Fifty
years & weakly and three Children George 16 Years, Laura aged 11 years, Huldah
9 years that I have six children not residing with me, and all older than
the oldest above mentioned and poor and that he has no other evidence
of his service, than that which is hereto  annexed in this State
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.   Ezra Bates

Sworn to and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactry proof exhibited in Court, of
opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid schedule, is Eighty Six
Dollars and thirty six cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest David Burr  Clerk

District & State of Connecticut, Ss Fairfield County
On the 19th day of April 1821 personally appeared before
me the Subscriber Chief Judge of the County Court or Court
of Common Pleas for said County Asahel Salmon of Redding
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District & State of Connecticut Ss Fairfield County
On the 19th day of April 1821 Personally appeared before
me the subscriber Chief Judge of the County Court, or Court
of Common Pleas for said County Asahel Salmon of Redding
in said County, and being duly sworn according to Law, on
his oath doth declare that he well remembers seeing Ezra
Bates to whose declaration this affidavit is annexed during 
the year 1782 that he saw said Bates several times & had
frequent conversations with him, during said year, that he then
belonged to the Continental Army & was in the service of the
United States, and that said Bates then told him, that he enlisted
for the Term of nine months, & that he fully believes that to have
been the fact, and further saith not
Asahel Salmon

Sworn to on the 19th day of April AD. 1821
A true copy of the Original Deposition as on file
Examd by D Burr Clerk
before me Robert Fairchild Chief Judge of sd Court
District & State of Connecticut Ss , Fairfield County
On the 19th day of April 1821 personally appeared before me, the
subscriber Chief Judge of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas
for said County Joseph Morgan of the Town of Redding in the County
& State aforesaid & being by me first duly sworn according to law
doth on his oath, declare that during the Revolutionary War, he
was well acquainted with Ezra Bates to whose declaration this
affidavit is annexed, & has known him ever since, that he knows
that said Bates enlisted into the service of the United States, as he
has stated that he served in the Company of Capt Hart in the
Regiment commanded by Col. Grosvenor in the Connecticut line on the
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At a County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield, in the
District and State of Connecticut, on the 19 day of April
1821 the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue
of the Laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court,
Ezra Bates  a resident in the Town of
Redding in the County of Fairfield in said State, and exhibited and subscribed
the following Schedules and made Oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income
and property, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz. One old House. One and one
fourth acre of Land, old shop, one heifer three years old one
shovel and Tongs, pair Trammels, Six old chairs, pair
sad Irons, Old Iron pot, One Iron Kettle, one small Do One
old spider, Seven Sheep
Ezra Bates

Continental establishment, that he distinctly recollects that
said Bates enlisted for the Term of Nine months, & that he
faithfully served out said Term, and at the close thereof sometime
in the month of January 1783, he was regularly discharged
from the service of the United States, he having served out the
Term of his enlistment
Joseph Morgan

A true Copy of the Original as on file 
Examd by D Burr Clerk
Sworn to on the 19th day of April AD. 1821 before me Robert Fairchild Chief Judge of said Court
District & State of Connecticut ss: On this 26th day of April 1821
Personally appeared in open Court in the County Court in and for
Fairfield County John Gray of Redding in said County
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[illegible]
Term of his enlistment
Joseph Morgan

A true Copy of the original as on file 
Examd by D Burr Clerk
Sworn to on the 19th day of April AD. 1821
before me Robert Fairchild Chief Judge of said Court
District & State of Connecticut ss. On this 26th day of April 1821
Personally appeared in open Court, in the County Court in and for
Fairfield County John Gray of Reading in said County
and being duly sworn doth depose and say he's acquainted
with Ezra Bates of said Redding & that said
Ezra is in the
opinion of the Deponant in reduced circumstances in life, and
possesses Estate to the value of One hundred Dollars
& that said Bates is reputed to be a poor man, & further says not
sworn in open Court
Attest David Burr Clerk
John Gray

State of Connecticut Ss Fairfield County May 31 AD 1821
I do certify that the foregoing Oath & Schedule
thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records
of said Court, and that it is the opinion of said Court
that the total amount in value of the property
exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Eighty Six Dollars & thirty six
cents. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the Seal of said Court at Fairfield this 31st day of May 1821
David Burr Clerk of the County Court for sd County of Fairfield

State of Connecticut Ss. Stratford May 31st 1821 I do certify that David
Burr Esqr is the Clerk of sd County court duly appointed & sworn and that the said Court,
is a Court of Record, made so by the Statute Laws of said State, & that it has the
power of Fine & Imprisonment &c
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of said County
Court for Fairfield County

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Ezra Bates
Fairfield County
Connecticut

Ezra Bates enlisted
April 26. 1782 and was
discharged Jany 1, 1783
8 mos & 4 days
Durkees Regt
Hart;s Comy
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State of Connecticut of
District of Fairfield
ss on this 30th day of July 1832
personally appeared in Open court 
before the Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid
now sitting, Ezra Bates of the Town of Redding in the
County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy
four 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 and served as herein
states that he enlisted in June 1776 in State Troops under
Capt Zalmon Read of Redding for six months and went
to New York where he served out the time for which he
enlisted he was in the battle at White plains where and
when he fired fifteen rounds at the Enemy, and had one ball
fired through his blanket. The Regiment he served in was
commanded by Col Gould S Silliman of Fairfield
he was discharged when his term of service
had expired at North Castle in the State of New York
with the rest of the Company & Regiment, but has no written
discharge  In 1778 he enlisted for six months in the team
service under Micajah Starr and William Herein
the first of October this year he took a load and
with the Company of teams went to Fish Kill where the
Army then lay and in that section of Country, and he was
there employed to cart and forage &c for the Army
and staid there until our time had expired and
were then discharged. Starr and Hene the Conducters
received their orders and deviations from Maj Carnder
He also in 1780, enlisted in a company of State Troops commanded
by Capt Bell of Stamford and served in a Regiment
commanded by Col Bebee the given names the Col &
Capt not recollected and went to Horse Neck on the
Lines where he served nine months. And was
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discharged at Stamford the last day of December 1780 having
served his time cut he has no written discharge
Aaron Barlow of Redding was Lieutenant of the Company to which
he belonged during the foregoing term of service at Horseneck
and a Mr Bostwick of New Milford his given name not recalled
was ensign of the Company. In the spring of 1782 he was enlisted
by Aaron Barlow of Redding a recruiting officer went first
to Danbury where he with others were inspected by a Capt
Comstock and a Lieut Starr and from thence he was
marched under a Sergeant to the Highlands in the State
of New York where the continental Army then lay and
he joined the Army there and served nine months
within a few days in the Company a Capt
Hart Col Groveners Regiment, and the Brigade of
General Huntington, Connecticut and was discharged
at West Point, he had a written discharge at the time but has
since lost it  He was born in Redding in the
State of Connecticut the 11th March 1758 he
has no record of age. He lived in Redding in the
County of Fairfield in Connecticut when first called
into the service in the revolutionary War. that is my
place of residence now and has even been my place
of Residence except when occasionally absent for
that periods, he is acquainted with Ebenezer Hill Esr
of Redding. Asahel Salmon Joel Marchant and
other individuals living in Redding who can
certify as to his character for veracity 
And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension
or annuity except the present and declares that his name is
not in the Pension Roll of the agency of any State
Ezra Bates
Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and date aforesaid
before me 
David Hill  Judge of
the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid
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I Ebenezer Hill residing in the Town of Redding in the County
of Fairfield and State of Connecticut being about sixty four
years of age, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
Ezra Bates of said Redding who has subscribed and
sworn to the above declaration having lived about Forty
year in his immediate Neighborhood that I believe him
to be about Seventy four years of age that he is reputed
and believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have
been a soldier of the Revolution and I concur in the 
same opinion
Ebenr Hill

Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year aforesaid before me
David Hill Judge of the court of
Probate for the district aforesaid

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the
investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories
presented by the war department that the above applicant
was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states;
And the Court further certifies it to be the opinion of the said Court
that Ebenezer Hill Eqr residing in the town of  Redding who has
signed the foregoing certificate is a credible person and that his
statement is entitled to credit
I David Hill Junr  Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District
aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the
application of Ezra Bates of Redding for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office
this 30th of July 1832. at Fairfield aforesaid-
David Hill Jr Clerk
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State of Connecticut-
County of Fairfield   Ss
District of  Fairfield April 11th 1833
on this 11th day of April 1833 personally
appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the
District aforesaid Ezra Bates a resident of the Town of
Redding in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy
four years who being duly sworn according to Law doth on
his oath make the following declaration in addition 
to and explanatory of the declaration he made the 30th day
of July 1832.  and to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832. In his former declaration the applicant
says that he enlisted in 1776 for six months in the State troops
under Capt Zalmon Reed of Redding and that at the end
of the time for which he enlisted he was discharged without saying
particularly that he served six months. he at this time
served six months  Another period of service mentioned
in the former declaration as having been performed in 1782
for the indefinite Term of Nine months within a few
Days was of the precise period of Eight months and
sixteen days which length of time he says he served
faithfully and was legally & honorably discharged  any
interlineations which may have been made in the
former declaration the declarant says were
made in good faith and with an honest intention
and not with a design to deceive or impose upon the
pension bureau at Washington. The applicant
also says that he has procured the testimony of
the Revd Jonathan Bartlett of Redding as to his
general character for revolutionary services And he
also says that it was not from a disposition to slight
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or disobey the requisitions of the war department that he
did not procure his testimony before but the delicate &
infirm state of health of the Revd Mr Bartlett is
occasionally such as to render it dangerous if not impossi
for him to go a distance to attend a Court to give his
deposition some of the depositions the declarant says
which were sent on the former occassion to Washington
have through a mistaken apprehension, of been lost
or destroyed, but others from the same individuals 
have been procured more full and explicit than the
first as will be perceived by the annexed documents
And the applicant also says that he has procured and now
offers the best testimony on the subject of his
revolutionary services he has in his power. Most of 
those with whom he served are dead and at this
late period, it is rather a matter of surprise that
he should be able to procure no good than thats 
he should be able to procure no better testimony
And the declarant also says that he is per that he is poor  that he is old
and infirm and that the allowance of his claim by
the pension Bureau will enable him to
reflect with additional pleasure and satisfaction
upon the trying scenes he had to pass through, and his
hair breadth escapes in the time of the Revolution
And he further says that he served as a private soldier in all the
periods of service mentioned in this and the other declaration. Ezra Bates

Sworn to and subscribed in the day
and year aforesaid before
David Hill Judge of the
Court of probate for the
district aforesaid
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State of Connecticut Ss District of Fairfield April 12th 1833
And the said Court hereby declares its opinion again
that Ezra Bates who has subscribed and sworn to the two
preceeding declarations was a revolutionary Soldier and
served as he states in his first and secend declaration
And the said Court further certifies that Jonathan Bartlett
who has subscribed and sworn to one of the foregoing depositions
is a clergyman residing in the town of Redding in the
County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut. And that
Ebenezer Hill the person before whom serves of the preceding
depositions were taken is a Justice of the peace within &
for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut
and that the several foregoing signatures of his name
are his genuine signatures-David Hill Judge of Probate
for the district of Fairfield aforesaid

I David Hill Junr Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district
of Fairfield aforesaid that David Hill before whom the declaration
of Ezra Bates & the deposition of the Revd Jonathan
Bartlett were sworn & Subscribed and who has [illegible] the
foregoing certificate is Judge of Probate for the distinct of
Fairfield in the State of Connecticut and that the several
foregoing signatures of his name are his genuine signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal
of Office at Fairfield in the District aforesaid April 12th 1833
David Hill Jr Clerk
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
State of Connecticut
COUNTY OF Fairfield   SS
Know all men by these presents
That I, Platt Bates  of Redding Fairfield County
do hereby authorize, constitute and appoint Leander M Drury of Canandaigua
State of New York  my true and lawful Attorney to prosecute for me and on
my behalf, all and singular, claim or claims, I may have against the General Government of the United States, on account
of the service of my Farther Ezra Bates deceased, in the war of the Revolution; 
the said power of Attorney to be irrevocable for the space of three years from the within date; and the said
L.  M Drury is hereby authorized to take all necessary and proper steps in the prosecution
of said claim or claims at my behalf
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 13 day of June 1854
Aaron B Hull  J. P.
Aaron Olmsted
Platt Bates (L.S)

State of Connecticut
COUNTY OF Fairfield  SS. Redding
Be it Known, That on the 13th
day of June 1854  before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County,
duly authorised by law to administer oaths, personally appeared Platt Bates  above
named, and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above mentioned.
Aaron B. Hull  J. P.

,
State of Connecticut
COUNTY OF Fairfield   ss.
I 
of the County and State aforesaid do certify, that   Esquire is
now, and was at the time of the date of the foregoing, a Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such
in and for said County; and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Official Seal, this   day of
18
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[left side]
Mch. 25, 1904 Hist to
Mrs. M.H. Underwood Westport Conn
Her letter of mq in S.F. 40.737  Stephen  Batterson

[right side]
Rev War 
12.117
INVALID.
File No.    12.117
Ezra Bates
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 23 

Arrangement of 1870.]
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Consolidated with Inv. File #12117.
Ex'r    INVALID.
No. 611
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

Ezra Bates
P.O.   
Service:
Enlisted:                        ,18
Discharged:                   ,18
Application filed:           , 18
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P.O.

Rejected
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Rejected
[illegible]

Sept 16. 1821
611
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Ezra Bates
Con

L.P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Washington  D.C.
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Ezra Bates
511. 12 14 16
admit
2 year private
$80-
Hon G  Tomlison
Fairfield
Claimant
Redding
Fairfield Co
Ct

D 136
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Ezra Bates
which require
further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension
he is entitled
No
his service as teamster cannot be allowed as none enlisted for a
short a period as six months

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832?

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
from any other seal?

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary
service?
No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it?
No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?

XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? intestined

Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office?
No

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?


EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For
year   months   and    days, I served as a
For    months
and    days, I served as a   and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of
the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too
indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as 
well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
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Asahel Salamon
D for
Ezra Bates
1782 for 9 months

West Pint
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I Asahel Salmon of the Town of Redding in Fairfield
County and State of Connecticut of the age of 74 years
depose and say that he saw and knew Ezra Bates
in the Continental Army at West point in
1782 as a soldier a number of times in summer
and fall of the same year I
and be eave
he enlisted and served nine months
Asahel Salmon

State of Connecticut Fairfield County Ss on the
17th day of July 1832 the above named Asahel Salmon
made Oath to the foregoing Deposition
before me, the witness is a man of truth and entitled to credit
Ebenr Hill  Just of Peace

I further Certify that the above named witness is well known by
me having lived by him about forty years and that he is a man
of truth and veracity and is a credible witness
Ebenr Hill Just of Peace
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State of Connecticut
District of Fairfield Ss
July the 30th 1832. I Daniel
Hill Judge of the Court of Probate
for the District aforesaid do certify that Ebenezer Hill of
Redding the person before whom the within deposition
was taken is a Justice of the peace, and that the within
signature of his name is his genuine signature
Daniel Hill Judge
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Joel Marchent
D for
Ezra Bates
Team 1778 89  6 Months
-
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I Joel Marchant of the town of Reading in the
County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut
of the age of 70 years depose & say, that in the
years 1778 & 1779 Ezra Bates of sd Redding
served with me, six months in a company of
Teams raised by Micajah Stare & William
Slone, to serve in the Continental line and
who were conductors. On the first day of
October we took loads at Danbury and went
direct to Fishkill, at which place the Army
then lay & in its vicinity. It was the report
that all the sick & wounded of the Army
were at that place in the Hospital.
our business was to supply the Hospital
with wood, & the Army with forage.
The forage was chiefly brought from a place
then called Great nine Partners, now amenia
We received our orders from Majr Cavender
and our receipts & tickets were returned
to him
Burgoyne's Army marched through
Fishkill while we were there we met them
on the road, they were marching to the
Southward. We served till April 1779
& were then dismissed   Joel Marchant

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss.
on the 17th day of July 1832 the above named Joel
Marchant made oath to the foregoing Deposition
by him subscribed, before me
Jonathan R. Sanford Jus of Pece

I further certify that the Deponent is personally well
known to me and sustains a good character for truth and
is a credible witness. Jonathan R. Sanford Just of Peace
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State Connecticut
District of Fairfield   Ss
Fairfield July the 30th 1832 I David
Hill Judge of the Court of Probate for
the District aforesaid hereby certify that Jonathan H Sanford of
Redding the person before whom the within forgoing
deposition was taken is a Justice of the Peace and that the
within signature is his genuine signature

David Hill Judge
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Joseph Morgans
Deposition for Contnester
Ezra Bates
1782 - 9 monts
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I Joseph Morgan of Weston in Fairfield County and
State of Connecticut of the age of of 70 years
depose and say I enlisted with Ezra Bates of the Town 
of Redding in sd County under Capt. Aaron Barlow
in 1782 joined the the Continental Army at the highlands
in general Huntingtons brigade in Col Grovenes 
Regiment in Capt Houth Company, for 9 months
served within a few days I think fourteen of his time
of enlistment and was discharged at West Point
Joseph Morgan


State of Connecticut Fairfield Ss County on the 23rd
day of July 1832 the above named Joseph Morgan made
Oath to the foregoing Deposition before me
(the witness is a man of truth and entitled to credit
Ebenr Hill Just. of Peace
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State of Connecticut
District of Fairfield   Ss
July the 30th 1830.  I David
Hill Judge of the Court of Probate
for the District aforesaid do certify that Ebenezer Hill
the Person before whom the within deposition was taken
is a Justice of the Peace and that the within signature
of his Name is his genuine signature
David Hill  Judge
No 3040
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State of Connecticut 
District of Fairfield ss July the 30th 1832  I David Hill
Judge of the court of Probate for the district aforesaid 
do certify that Ebenezer Hill of Redding the person before
whom the within deposition was taken is a Justice of the
peace and that the writtin signature of his is his  
genuine signature

David Hill Judge

[on right side] 

Ephraim Nichols
Deposition for
Ezra Bates
6 Months N York
1776
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I Epram Nichols of Fairfield in the County of Fairfield and State of
Connecticut of the age of Seventy three years depose and say that Ezra
Bates of Redding in sd County enlisted in June 1776 served under Col.
Goold S. Silliman in Capt Zalmon Reads company  joined the Continental line under Genrl George Washington in N. York was in the battle
at white plaines on retreat had one ball shot through his blanket
while on his back I beleave served till Decr the 25th I beleave then was discharged
at North Castle being six months
Ephram Nichols


State of Connecticut Fairfield County Ss. on the 20th day of July
1832 the above named Ephram Nichols made Oath to the foregoing
Deposition by him subscribed before me. The witness is a man of
truth and entitled to credit.

Ebenr Hill Just of Peace
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State of Connecticut
District of Fairfield Ss
July the 30th 1832   I David Hill
judge of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid
do certify that Ebenezer Hill of Ridding the person before
whom the within deposition was taken is a Justice of the
Peace and that the within signature of his name is his
genuine signature

David Hill  Judge
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State of Connecticut Ss  District of Fairfield April the 9th 1833
County of Fairfield
I Jonathan Bartlett of Redding in
the County and State aforesaid a Clergyman, hereby
certify that I am well acquainted with Ezra Bates
a resident of the said Town of Redding and believe him
to be about Seventy four years of age and also certify
that said Ezra Bates who has subscribed and sworn to
the above declaration is reputed and believed in the
neighberhod where he resides to have been a Soldier
of the Revolution and I concur in the same opinion
and I also knew him to be a man of truth &
Veracity

Jonathan Bartlett

Sworn and subscribed on the
day & year aforesaid
before David Hill Judge 
of Probate for the district aforesaid
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I Joel Marchant of the town of Redding in the County of Fairfield and
State of Connecticut of the age of Seventy years, depose and say
that Ezra Bates enlisted in the Regiment of State Troops
commanded by Col. Beebe in Capt. Bells Company I beleave
the first of April in the year 1780 and that said Bates served
Nine months, I belonged to the same company and
served the same term of time he was a private soldier
the place where he served was at Horsneck and in its
vicinity and that he was discharged with me at Stamford
on the last day of December following having served
the term of his enlistment 
Joel Marchant

State of Connecticut Fairfield County Ss. on the 24th day
of December 1832 the above named Joel Marchant
made oath to the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed 
before me I further certify that the deponant
is well known by me he sustains a good Charachter for truth and is a credible witness

Ebenr Hill Just of Peace
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I Samuel Mallery of the Town of Redding County of Fairfield and State 
of Connecticut of the age of Eighty years depose and say that
Ezra Bates of sd Town of Redding enlisted in June 1776 in Capt.
Zalmon Reads company for six months as a private soldier did
duty as such at New York in Col. Goold S. Sillimans Regiment of
State Troops served the term of his enlistment I was there with him
did duty with him as a Sergent when the time expired for which
he enlisted was discharged with me at North Castle the 25th day
of December following 
Samuel Mallery

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. on the 14th day of Febry 1833
the above named Saml Mallery made Oath to the foregoing
Deposition by him subscribed before me. 
[Following is crossed-out]   I certify that the deponant [illegible] and sustains a good character for truth and is a
Credible witness [end of cross-out] 
and I being well aquainted with the deponant
do certify that he is a man of truth and verasity and is
entitled to credit
Ebenr Hill Just of Peace
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I Asahel Salmon of the Town of Redding County of Fairfield and
State of Connecticut of the age of Seventy four years depose and say
that Ezra Bates of sd Redding enlisted in Captain Bells Company
the first of April 1780 joined Col Beebes Regiment of State troops
served nine months at Horseneck and in its vicinity and
that he was discharged at Stanford on the last day of December
following, having served the time of his enlistment
I belonged to the same company and served with him the
above time of enlistment he was a private soldier
Asahel Salmon

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss on the 14th day of
December 1832 The above named Asahel Salmon made Oath
to the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed before me
and I further certify the deponent is a credible witness
Ebenr Hill Just of Peace
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We the undersigned Inhabitants of the Town of Redding
in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut hereby certify
and declare that we have for many years been acquainted
with Ezra Bates who has applied for a pention for
Revolutionary services, that he is a man of good character
for veracity, and that we fully believe that he served
in the Revolutionary War
Walker Bates
Aaron Morehouse
Joseph W Sherwood

Sworn and subscribed before me this 11th day of
February 1833 and I do hereby certify that I am
personally acquainted with the subscribers of the
foregoing declarations and that they are all persons
of good Character and respectable for truth and
veracity
Ebenr Hill Just of Peace
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I Aaron Morehouse of the Town of Newtown in the County
of Fairfield and State of Connecticut of the age of 73 years do
depose and say that Ezra Bates of Redding in sd County
enlisted in June 1776 in Capt. Zalmon Reads Compay
for six months as a private soldier did duty as such at
New York in Col. Goold S. Sillimans Regiment of State Troops
served the the time of his enlistment (I was there with
him the whole time) after said term expired was
discharged at North Castle the 25th day of Decr following
Aaron Morehouse

State of Conn. Fairfield County on the 8th day of Jany 1833 the
above named Aaron Morehouse make oath to the foregoing
Deposition by him subscribed before me and I being well
aquainted with the deponant do certify that he is a man
of truth and veracity and entitled to credit

Ebenr Hill Just of Peace
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Sir
Canandaigua NY
June 23d 1834

Sir
I send herewith a power of
Attorney in the case of Ezra Bates of
Conn and beg leave to request that
an examination of the papers on file
may be made to ascertain it he is not
entitled under act of 15 May 1828
Ezra Bates drew a pension under act of
7th June 1832 of $80. per ann. from
the State of Conn
But you will perceive, on looking
at the published list of soldiers entitled
to bounty lands but who had not received
the same printed in 1828, that the
name of Ezra Bates occurs as
belonging to the Conn line
An examination of the Pensioners papers
will shew whether he is the same individual 
as that mentioned in the published
list of soldiers entitled to bounty land-
If he is then he is of course entitled
to a pension under act of 15 May 1828
Proof of heirshif is deferred till a report
is made

Very respectfully
Vc
L.M. Drury

Hon L. P. Walde 
Washinton
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J. L. Edwards Esqr
Comr of Pensions
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Fairfield April 16. 1833
Sir
The case of Ezra Bates whose
application to be placed on the pension
list I forward here with is [illegible]
peculiar. I believed his application
made many years since under the
act of the 18 of March 1818 was reputed
notwithstanding his poverty, on the
ground that although he enlisted to
serve  on the continental establishment 
for nine months, yet he was
discharged about fifteen days
before the term of his enlistment,
expired but he was discharged.
I have understood, because he had
not, comfortable clothing and his
services were not then needed as
the campaign of that year had
closed. Having thus failed of obtaining 
a pension to which he had
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a strong claim in equity I hope
his present applications may be
liberally considered and that without
further delay, he may have a substantial compensation for his revolutionary
services
I am very respectfully yours
G.  Tomlinson
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Hon J.C. Calhoun

Sec. of War
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Fairfield Con. July 21 1827
Sir
The persons named in the
enclosed applications, for persons
have desired me to transmit
their application to you

I am Sir
very respectfully
Your obdnt Sevt
Gideon Tomlinson

Hon. J.C. Calhoun