Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17343, Lemuel Clarke, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE NUMBER
Mass Clarke, Lamuel S. 17343
or Clark
carded
CONTENTS
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17.633 Connecticut
 Lemuel C Clarke
of Litchfield in the State of Conn
who was a Pri & Ser in the Conn
commanded
by Captain --------- of the Regt commanded
by Col Holmes of the [crossed out illegible] St. Lro Mass 
for 2 years
Agency book shows death Aug. 22. 1840
so he was not dropped.
To be dropped

Inscribed on the Roll of Con
at the rate of 98 Dollars 32 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 4, day of Sep
1803 and sent W.G.
Williams New Hartford

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833 $245 80
Semi-ant. allowance ending 49 16
$295 96
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by ED Bullon Clerk,
Book E- Vol. 3 Page 9

Right page:
Let to Hon. W.B. Calhorn,
Feby 12, 1839.
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State of Connecticut 
County of Litchfield ss 
County Court, December Term, 1830. 

On this 23d day of December 1830, personally appeared in open Court, the same being a Court of record, having power to fine and imprison, Lemuel Clarke of Barkhamsted in said County, late of Winchester in said County, now residing in said County, aged seventy five years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his said oath declare , that he entered into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, in the month of April 1775, as a private soldier, & continued in said service at Cambridge and Roxbury and in the vicinity of Boston until January 1776, that on the 15th of February 1778 he enlisted for one year as a private soldier for the Canada expedition in Capt Josiah Lyman's company & Col. Elisha Porter Regiment, in the Continental establishment, that he marched with said company to Ticonderoga, Crown point, St Johns Chamblee & down the ford to the three rivers from thence to point Chambre & to the plains of Abram near the walls of Quebec and from them they were driven back by the enemy to Ticonderoga where they made a stand, & continued through the season. In October he was ordered to New Jersey where he continued until the term of his enlistment expired, & at the solicitation of General Washington continued six weeks longer in the army. & was discharged at Morristown in New Jersey. That in August he again entered the service & went to Bennington and from thence on a scout under Col Brown of Berkshire back to Spreesborough to Lake George from thence he joined the forces exposed to Burgoyn. and after his surrender went in to the lines near New York, where he continued until January 1778, - that in the month of March 1776 he was appointed a sergeant in Lyman Company, & continued to serve in that capacity until he was discharged at Morristown as aforesaid. that on the 12th day of May 1819 he made a declaration before Augustus Pettibone Esq the judge of the County Court for the County of Litchfield in order to obtain the relief provided by the Act of Congress of the 16th of March 1818, which Declaration, with accompanying documents, was forwarded to the Hon Secretary of War, & the application was rejected, on the ground that it did not appear that Col Porter's was a Continental Regiment
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but the declarant is now informed that it was afterwards shown to the Secretary of War that said Porters Regiment was on the Continental establishment, and that several persons belonging to said Regiment have obtained pensions on that ground. the Declarant further states that he is lame, decrepit and infirm, is seventy five years of age is unable to labour - that his family insists of himself, & Wife, (aged 73 years) that he now is, and for some time past has been dependant on his children for support that he has no property in possession reversion or remainder, real or personal, not included in the schedule hereto annexed except necessary wearing apparel & bedding, & that he has not since the 18th day of March 1818, by gift, sale or otherwise disposed of any part of his property, with intent thereby to diminish the same so as to bring himself within the said act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, 
Lemuel Clarke 

Inventory of the property belonging to Lemuel Clark now of Barkhamsted in the County of Litchfield, except necessary clothing & bedding Viz 
2 Bureau --- $12. 
2 Cherry Tables --- 6.50 
1 Chest.--- 4. 00 
6 green chairs --- 3.50
8 old chairs --- 1.00
1 arm do.[ditto]  --- 1.50
1 Brass Kettle --- 5.50
1 small do --- 1.
1 Wooden Clock --- 7.00
1 Looking Glass --- 2.50
1 old square table --- 0.75
2 Candle Stands --- 1.00
3 Low Chests --- 3.00
1 Iron Basin --- 0.50
2 boiling pots --- 1.50
1 Dish Kettle --- 0.67
1 Tea Kettle --- 2.00
1 Frying Pan --- 0.50
Crockery & Glass --- $3.50
Hand Irons --- 0.50
Tubs & pails --- 1.25
1 one horse Waggon --- 13.00
Pewter --- 5.00
Books --- 3.00
Pair Irons --- 0.50
Pair Bellow --- 0.25
1 Axe --- 0.76
1 Clothes horse --- 0.50
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Total --- $ 22.67
Lemule Clarke



. 50 Green Chairs & old Chairs 3.50 Tubs & parts,-- 125 --- of 1 one horse Waggon - 13. 00 2 Arm do.-- 1 Brass Kettle 1.50 Pewter 5.00 --- 5.50 Books -- 1 Small do 1. 3.00 1 wooden clock. said Irons ---- 6.50 1 Looking Glass 7.00 thir Bettown- 25 ┃ old square Table --- 2,50 1 One Candle stands O. 75 --- Low Chests to Clothes 75 ┃ & - 3. 00 Potal Van Buren----- 6.50 67 2 briling pots-- 150 of Dish at 1 Yea Theateat   1 Frying to an - 0.67 .50
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State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield, Probate District of New Hartford ss. 

On this 19th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Isaac Esqr Judge of Probate for said District, Lemuel Clark of Winchester in said County, aged Seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832- That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated, viz

that in November 1775 he enlisted as a minute man to be ready when called for in Capt Noadiah Leonard's company & Col. Benjn Ruggles Woodbridge's Regt [inserted: Massachusetts State Troops] hired a British deserter to instruct him & others during the fall & winter in the use of arms &c. In April 1775 was ordered to head quarters at Cambridge, & on the 21st of said April left home & repaired to Cambridge near Boston & continued in the service until the first week in January 1776, when the company was discharged & he returned home 

that on the 14th of Feb 1776 he enlisted as a sergeant in Capt Josiah Lyman's company, Col Elisha Porter's Regt on the continental establishment, for one year, for the Canada expedition left home immediately after & marched with the company to Ticonderoga thence to Crown point, across the Lake Champlain to St. Johns, thence to Chambly, & continued the march to the plains of Abraham near Quebec-- there they joined a part of the Regt that was there before them-- that on the 6th of May the whole army was ordered by Genl Thomas to retreat; as a large British force had arrived the evening before - that they retreated from port to port until they arrived at Chambly, where Gent Thomas died with the small pox, & Genl Sullivan took the command -continued their retreat to Ticonderoga & was stationed at Mount Independance opposite Ticonderoga. [inserted: Before]  his arrival there viz. about the 1st of June 1776 he was taken out of Capt Lyman's company to serve as Sergeant Major in Col Porter's Reg. & continued to serve in that capacity during the remainder of the campaign - remained at Mount Independence until orders were received from Genl Gates to march with all possible speed to New Jersey- that he with such of the Regt as were able marched to New Jersey & were stationed at Morristown - while there he volunteered in a scout to Elisabethtown to attack the rear of Kniphausen's Army which was retreating to New York, took 60 or 70 prisoners with considerable booty - was regularly discharged in February 1777 at Morristown-
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That about the 1st of July 1777 when Genl St. Clair & Schyler were driven from Ticonderoga he turned out as a volunteer to meet the retreating army, & met them at a place called Moses Creek about 30 miles north of Albany, that in this expedition he spent about 4 or 5 weeks, was then discharged & returned home - that immediately afterwards viz in the fore part of August 1777 he enlisted for 4 or 5 months as they might be wanted in Capt Moses Harvey's company & Col B R. Woodbridge's Regt of Massachusetts State Troops to stop the progress of Burgoyne's army that he with a part of the Regt arrived at Bennington the day after Genl Starks took the Hessians under Col Baum - was appointed & served as Quarter Master Sergt Zebina Montague Qt. Master- found the meeting house at Bennington well filled with Hessions - after serving a short time as  QtMaster Sgt hewas appointed a Clerk to Timothy Leonard, Commissary Genl Warner's Brigade, & soon after in September, was appointed Adjutant of the Regt in which post he remained until the close of his service - that he was at the taking of Burgoyne & was soon after ordered on to the lines near New York - was at White plains, Scarsdale & Horseneck-- that the Regt was discharged about the first of January 1778, & he remained several days after to assist in making up the pay rolls- 

He further states that he was born in the Town of Northampton in the County of Hampshire & State of Massachusetts in the year 1755 of which there is a record in his fathers family Bible- That at the time he entered the service & at the close of the revolutionary war he lived in the Town of Sunderland, then in said County of Hampshire, now in the County of Franklin that he has since lived in Deerfield, Massachusetts, in Barkhamsted & Winchester in said Litchfield County, & now lives in said Winchester -

that he received written discharge from the service, but has not seen either of them for several years 

He further states that he has received a certificate for a pension signed by the Secretary of war dated the ninth day of Feby 1832 granting him a pension of eight dollars per month to commence from the 19th day of December 1831 & has drawn the same to the 4th of Septemr 1832 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, & declares that his name is on the pension roll only of the agency of the State of Connecticut 
Lemuel Clarke

Sworn & subscribed before me Isaac Kellogg Judge of Probate Lemuel Clarke for the District of New Hartford
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12922 
Samuel Clark Ct 

to be dropped 
See letter to W G William 
4 Sept 1837 Old Case 

2 years private & Serg
Capt Holmes, Col Porter
$98.12 
See letter calculations
W. G. Williams New Hartford
Ct
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WAR DEPARTMENT. Pension Office, 183 
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 
A Statement, showing the service of Samuel Clark Ct

[table headings]Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service Years, Months, Days | Rank of the Claimant | Names and Ranks of the Company officers under whom he server | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers | Battles in which the applicant was engaged | Country through which he marched | Place of abode when he tended the service, and age at the present period | Evidence by which the declaration is supported
[row 1] Mass State Troops Nov 1775 | - 9 - | Private | Capt. Leonard | Col Woodbury | [blank] | Marched to Cambridge Mass | 77. born in Hampshire Mass entered there now lives in Winchester Ct | Three surviving Witnesses proves his service - two not certified credible documents
[row 2] Feb 1776 Mass | - 4 - | Sergeant | Lyman | Col Porter | [blank] | Ticonderoga, Crown point, Lake Champlain, Quebec
| [blank] | [blank]
[row 3] " | - 8 - | Sergt Major | [blank] | " | | [blank] | [blank]
[row 4] July 1776 voluntd | four or five weeks | | [blank] | [blank] | went to Albany | [blank] | [blank]
[row 5] Aug 77 enlisted |  - 5 - | QtMaster Sergeant | Col Harvy | Col Woodbridge | White Plains NY | | [blank] | [blank]

I am, respectfully, 
Your obedient servant, 
J. L. EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions..
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2 REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Departme , all himing the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. On this DECLARATION, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. Ste, Terris County of day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) and served in the (e) regiment of the Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he servunder more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B. And then will follow the certificate of the Court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this & c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. And then will follow the certificate of the Court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this & c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but it neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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3 will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted ; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war , and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration be fore required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule. The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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 amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the 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---yeardays , I served as a -. For - months andmonths , andportant in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law effects 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority ; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. The opinion of the Court is always required. The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubseal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. Mode of authenticating papers. In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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. 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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witthe patients. The proof required by rule he mote il applies to continental troops only. This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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In reply to your request of ___, received ____ for a statement of the military history of Lemuel Clarke a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR you will find below the desired formation as contained in his [crossed out: (or his widow's)] application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. 17343 
[table headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED CAPTAIN | COLONEL | STATE
[row 1] Apr 21, 1775 | Jany 1776 | Private | Noadiah Leonard | Benj R. Woodbridge | Mass
[row 2] Feby 14 1776 | to Feby 1777 | Sergeant & Sgnt Maj | Josiah Lyman | Elisha Porter | [blank]
[row 3 ]July 177 | 4 or 5 weeks | " | expedition to Canada | " | [blank]
[row 4]Aug 1777 | [blank] | [blank] | Moses Harvey | Benjamin B Woodbridge | [blank]
[row 5] Sept 1777 | to Jany 1778 | Q.M.Sergt Clerk | Zebina Montague to Commissary General | Timothy Leonard Benj. R Woodbridge | [blank]

Battles engaged in, taking of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sunderland Hampshire Co. Mass. 
Date of application for pension, May 12, 1819. 
Residence at date of application, Winchester, Litchfield Co, Conn 
Age at date of application, born in 1755 at Northampton, Hampshire Co. Mass. 
Remarks: in 1830 he resided at Barkhamsted conn, and referred to his wife at 73 years , names of wife & children not stated. He died Aug. 22, 1840 (agency book). Respectfully, Commissioner,
6 -- 2856
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Suspended for Pension Certificate
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25197 
8 in private  26.66
1 mo 3.33
11 sergeant 55
333
====
Dechenon 16.66
====
104.98
105

In 1775 8m 10d private 27.77
1776 1 mo private
Porter Regt 
11 mo - 55
1775 5 m private
3.20 days 10
2.22
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98.32



no It her Ducheman 5 26.66 333 55 33 16.66 - 10408 ing In 1775- 8 on 10th day purate 2777 1776, Porter Regt 1 private the made 1 ⎬ declaration 1777 to private 3.20 days I To 10 2. 22 1832

Ebenezer Boston
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Payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, at Hartford by the President of the W. S. Branch Bank 


No payment can be made on an original certificate, until the arrival of one or the other of the above dates after issuing the certificate. 

Registered in Book D Vol. 3 Page 35  by Wm Allison 
Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT . 
Revolutionary Claim 
I Certify, That, in conformity with the Law of the United States , of the 18th March 1818 Lemuel Clark late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution - - is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut- Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the nineteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty one 

Given at the War Office of the United States, this ninth day of February one thousand eight hundre and thirty two 
Lew Cass Secretary of War 

Examined and countersigned, J.L. Edwards

Served in Josiah Lymans Company of foot (state of Mass0  Elisha Porter's regiment resided in Winchester, Litch Co. 20 years W
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Hon. W. B. Calhoun
February 12, 1839
G.C.

Record 7/18 Gage Co
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War Dep 
Pen off 
Feby 12, 33 

Sir 
I have the honor to inform you that the application of Lemuel Clark for an increase of Pension founded upon service as Clerk to a Commissary has been examined & disallowed. By refering to the regulations of 27 June 32 you will percieve is not construed to extend to Clerk to Commissaries - Hon W. B. Calhoun
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H. of R. Febr 7. 1829 

Sir
accompanying are two application for pension. Mr Clark I know very well he is a man of great worth & integrity and such has been his character this life. I have not examined the papers, should there be any difficulty, be good enough to inform me 
Very Respectfully you Obt Servt 
Wm B. Calhoun

J L Edwards Esq.
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New Hartford Ct 
Aug 31 
J. L from Edwards Esqr 
Commiss of Pensions 
Washington City
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New Hartford Aug. 31. 1833 
J.L. Edwards Esqr 
Sir 
In compliance with your requisition of June 4, 1833 I forwarded to you the pension certificate of Lemuel Clarke, in expectation, from the terms of your letter that an immediate decision would be had in his case- Capt Clarke has been so long looking for a certificate that his patience is quite exhausted  It is distressing to me to witness the  feelings of the poor old soldiers whose claims were presented more than a year ago & who have been ever since tantalized with a delusive hope, & are now almost dying in despair. Capt Clark is frequently enquiring whether he had not better send for his old certificate & content himself with what that gives him, as he fears that by delay he will be deprived of all the benefit he can expect to derive from his claim under the late act of Congress-- I hope a speedy decision will be made-- If it cannot be, he would wish to have his former certificate returned to him

very respectfully your obedt Servt
Wm G. Williams
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[postmark]U.S. PENSION OFFICE DEC 5 1916
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GEORGE TIFFANY COUNSELLOR AT LAW 380 FULTON STREET 
TELEPHONE 5344 MAIN . 

BROOKLYN , N.Y. December 4th, 1916
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. 

Dear Sir - In 1832 one Lemuel Clark of Litchfield County Connecticut, applied for and received a pension for services rendered as a soldier of the Revolution, 

Can you give me the details of his service and the place where he enlisted and the names of his parents and of his wife and children if these details are set forth in his application & proofs and his age or date of birth. Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated. 
Respectfully yours George Tiffany
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[postmark] US PENSION OFFICE MAR 7 1895
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White, Johnson & McCaslin Conselers at Law. Bricks Rating Cleveland, Ohio. 
John White Thos L. Johnson T. Castin 

Cleveland O, 2 Mch 1895

Dear Sir  Will you be kind enough to give me such information as your records may afford as to the military revolutionary service of Lemuel Clark 

During the time that pensions were paid he lived in Winstead, alias Winchester Conn.  He received a pension, but whether for his lameness, caused by a gun shot wound in the leg, or service pension I do not know.

He was called Captain, but this may have been a courtesy of military title. He entered the army from Sunderland, Massachusetts .  I have found from the Massachusetts archives that he served at least time, one on alarm of 19 April 1775 in Capt. Noadiah Leonard's Co & Col. Ruggles Woodridges Regiment, for 7 days, and one also, of Col. Woodbridges Regiment, for eight months, beginning 27 April 1775; but I have some reason to believe this was not all. While in the army he spelled his name as above, Clark, but while receiving ea pension usually spelled with an "e", Clarke.
 
Yours Respy  John G. White

P.S. On being informed as to fee I will remit
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Lemuel Clarke
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en: to com: 19 Dec. 1831 
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Congress Hill July 4th 1832

J. L Edwards Esq 
Sir  
I have received from Mr Clarke the evidence of his service, which I enclosed to you,  with the other papers you return to me -  I hope they are sufficient and regular

With great respect
yours
M Edwards
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Caleb Hubbard's Affidavit
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I Caleb Hubbard of Sunderland County of Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts depose and say that in November 1774 Lemuel Clark then of Sunderland County of Hampshire Commonwealth aforesaid, enlisted with me as a minute man to be ready at minuits warning in case of any Emergency the British troops were then quartered in Boston we with others in a British Deserter to instruct us in the use of arms during that fall and Winter -  on the alarm at the Battle of Lexington 19th of April 1775 we left our homes and repaired to Cambridge in the vicinity of Boston enlisted in Capt Noadiah Leonards Company Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridges Regiment to serve untill the first of January following and did serve all sd term and returned home together the first week in January 1776 making a service of 8 months and 15 or 16 day - I well remember that sd Lemuel Clark enlisted in Feb 1776 in Capt Josiah Lymans Company and Col. Elisha Porter Regiment to reinforce the Northern Army and left his home Emediatly after enlistment - In September after the Northern army were driven from Canada I went in a detachment of Militia to Ticonderoga where I saw Leml Clark at Mount Independance doing duty in sd. Porter Regiment as Sergeant Major and do know that said Clark did not return home untill some time in Febuary 1777- 

att the alarm when General St Clair and Schuyler were driven from Ticonderoga and Mount Independence July 5th 1777 sd Clark volunteered with me and we met the military army at a place called Moses Creek we had leave of absence for a few days and returned home Clark went imediatly back and joined the Army and continued in sd army untill General Burgoyne Surrendered on the 17th of October of the same year-- did not git home untill about the 23 or 24 of October -- Making in the whole a service of a few day over two years. the above statement is according to the best of my recollection. 
Sunderland June 23, 1832 Caleb Hubbard 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin SS. June 28th 1832. 

Then the above named Caleb Hubbard personal appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed Before me 
Horace W. Taft Justice of the Peace.
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Lemuel Clarke
Declaration
12,922
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And the said Court doth hereby declare its opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department that before named applicant was a revolutionary soldier served as he states- 

I James H. Holcomb, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of New Hartford do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the application of Lemuel Clark for a pension 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 19th day of September 1832 
James H. Holcomb, Clerk, 

some further evidence may be found among the papers accompanying the applicants declaration in Decr 1831, Returns to be made to Wm G. Williams, New Hartford, Conn
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I Caleb Hubbard of Sunderland County of Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts, depose and say that in November 1774 Lemuel Clarke then of Sunderland, County of Hampshire Commonwealth aforesaid, enlisted with me as a minute man, to be ready at a minutes warning in case of any emergency. The Brittish troops were then quartered in Boston, we with others hired a Brittish deserter to instruct us in the use of arms during that fall & winter. On the alarm at Lexington 19th April 1775 we left our homes and repaired to Cambridge in the vicinity of Boston enlisted in Capt Noadiah Leonards Company, Col. Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridges Regt to serve until the first of January following, & did serve all term and returned home together the first week in January 1776 making a service of eight months and fifteen or sixteen day 

I well remember that said Lemuel Clark enlisted in February 1776 in Capt Josiah Lymans Company & Col. Elisha Porter to reinfore the northern army, & left his home immediately after enlistment. In Sept after the northern army were driven from Canada, I went in a detachment of militia to Ticonderoga where I see said Samuel Clarke at Mount Independence doing duty in said Porters Regt as Sergt Major and do know that said Clark did not return home until sometime in February 1777. At the alarm when Generals St Clair & Schuyler were driven from Ticonderoga and Mount Independence July 5th 1777 sd Clark volunteered with me and we met the retreating army at a place called Moses Creek, we had leave of absence for a few days we returned Home. 
Caleb Hubbard
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin, SS July 21st 1832- 

Then personally appeared the within named Caleb Hubbard and made solemn oath that the within Deposition by him subscribed is true, and I hereby certify certify that I have been intimately acquainted with the Deponent for many years, and his character for truth and veracity is good- 
Before me Horace W. Taft Jus Pacis 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin SS. 

I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the County of Franklin, do hereby certify that Horace W. Taft Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was verified is a Justice of the Peace for said County and as such is qualified to administer oaths and take affidavits within said county, and I believe his name subscribed above to be his true and proper signature,

 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Greenfield, the fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two 
E. Alvord Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin, SS July 21st 1832- 

Then personally appeared the within named Caleb Hubbard and made solemn oath that the within Deposition by him subscribed is true, and I hereby certify certify that I have been intimately acquainted with the Deponent for many years, and his character for truth and veracity is good- 
Before me Horace W. Taft Jus Pacis 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin SS. 

I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the County of Franklin, do hereby certify that Horace W. Taft Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was verified is a Justice of the Peace for said County and as such is qualified to administer oaths and take affidavits within said county, and I believe his name subscribed above to be his true and proper signature,

 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas at Greenfield, the fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two 
E. Alvord Clerk
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I Frederick Wolcort, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that Augustus Pettibone by now is and for more than year last part hath been Judge of said Court, and that his name subscribed to the foregoing certificate is his proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the seal of said Court this seventeenth day of May AD. 1819. Frederick Wolcott
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss. I Josiah Dwight Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth for said County of Hampshire certify that Samuel Hinckly Esq is Judge of the Court of Probate of wills &c and a Justice of the peace in & said County, & that is signature to the foregoing Certificates are his proper handwriting 

In testimony whereof I unto subscribed my name & affix the seal of said Court this third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen 
Josiah Dwight
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I John Smith of Hadley in the County of Hampshire in The Commonwealth of Massachusetts being sixty six years of age testify and say I enlisted into the Company of Capt Israel Chapin in Feby 1776 at said Hadley in the Reg commanded by Col. Elisha Porter in the Canada expedition and I marched in said Company to Canada & continued to serve in said Company untill Novr 1776 when I was appointed an Ensign during the war, in the Continental service. I served in said Company as a Sergeant and Lemuel Clarke of Sunderland in County now of Winchester in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut Served in the Company of Capt Josiah Lyman as a Sergeant in the same Regt aforesaid from March 1776 to Novr aforesaid when I left the Regt. & went on Recruiting service, & the Regt. aforesaid was ordered to the Southward- I left him at Albany in the State of New York in Nov aforesaid doing duty as Sergeant in the Company aforesaid of Lyman & in the Reg aforesaid of said Porter 
May 3d 1819 and further saith not 
John Smith 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire SS May 3d 1819 

Personally appeared Majr John Smith above named, known to me to be credible and disinterested witness, and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed of the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills and a Justice of the Peace in for said County 

I Noadiah Warner of Hadley testify and say I engaged as an adjutant in the Regt of Col. Elisha Porter in Jany 1776 in the Canada expedition and in March 1776 Lemuel Clark then of Sunderland in sd County, now of Winchester in the County of Litchfield in the State of Conneticutt, enlisted in March aforesaid at sd Hadley, as a Sergeant in the Company of Josiah Lyman in the Regt aforesaid, and he continued in sd company & Regt. in Canada untill the Regt was ordered to the State of New York & he marched in the same Company as aforesd doing duty as a Sargeant to Albany in the State of New York and from thence to the state of New Jersey and he with the rest of the Regt was discharged there, Elizabeth Town or Morristown in said State of New Jersey in Jany 1777. and further saith not- May 3d 1819 Noadiah Warner 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire SS May 3. 1819 

personally appeared Noadiah Warner known to me to be a credible & disinterested witness and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Before me 
Samuel Hinckley Judge of the Court of Probate of wills & a Justice of the Peace in & for County
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I Isaac Sanderson of Whately in the County of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts being sixty one years of age testify & say I enlisted on or about the first day of Feby 1776 into the Company commanded by Josiah Lyman in the Regt of Col. Elisha Porter in the Canada expedition [inserted: in the Revolutionary War] and I marched in said Company & Regt to Canada and from thence the Regt was ordered to the State of New York & from thence to Elizabeth Town in the State of New Jersey and there or near there the Regt was discharged in Jany 1777, and Lemuel Clark then of Sunderland in County now of Winchester in the State of Connecticut, enlisted with me at the same time in Feby 1776 into the company commanded by said Josiah Lyman in the Regt aforesaid as a sergeant and he continued to serve in said Company & Regt. in sd Capacity from the time of his enlistment untill the Regt aforesaid was discharged in Jan 77 aforesaid, and further saith not - May 3. 1819 
Isaac Sanderson 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire SS May 3. 1819 
Personally appeared Isaac Sanderson above named, known to me to be a credible & disinterested witness, and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth 
Before me Samuel Hinckley Judge of the Court of Probate of wills & a Justice of the Peace in & for said County
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Lemuel Clark
Serj

Colo E. Porter's regt
Massachusetts Line
Feb '76 to Jan '77

It does not appear that Col. Porter's was a continental Regiment. claim rejected
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I, Lemuel Clarke of Winchester in the County of Litchfield, and State of Conn. aged 64 years do testify and say, that in the year 1776 I lived in Sunderly in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts I there in February in the same year enlisted for the Canada expedition, under Capt. Josiah Lyman in Colo Elisha Porter rent [inserted: in the Massachusetts line on the Continental Establishment] with the incouragement of a Seargen birth, in the fore part of march following, several of the Companies, that composed part of the Regt rendesvoused at Hadley and their [inserted: I was] declared to be a Sergt in the presents of Messrs Smith & Warner but did not enlist at Hadly as they suppose - the Regiment proceeded- to Canada under Genl Sullivan continued in Canada till the Regt was orderd to the State of N York and in Nov. to the State of New Jersey - Continued doing duty as a sergt till the Regt was discharged in the month of Jany 1777 in the State of New Jersey Lemuel Clark do forth Declare and say that I am infirm and poor & stand in need of the Assistance of my County for support 
Lemuel Clarke 

State of Connecticutt May 12th day 1819 Personally appeared Lemuel Clark the above Deponant and applicant and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the facts stated in aforesaid Declaration Sworn to before me 
Augustus Pettibone Judge of Litchfield County Court
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State of Connecticut Litchfield County Augustus Pettibone Judge of the County Court for Litchfield County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Lemuel Clark the aforesaid applicant did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in his Declaration against the Common Enemy on the Continental Establishment and from the Evidence had before me believe he is in need of the assistance of his Country for Support - and I now transmit the procedings taken and had before me to the Secretary of war
certified 
Augustus Pettibone Judge
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Pension Office- Clark Barkhampsted 
W Wm W Ellsworth Jany 7 1832
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And in pursuance of the act of the of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 & that I have not are that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part of it, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to being myself within the provisions of an 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 passed on the 11 day of March 1818, & that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property, or securities contracts or debts due me nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed & by me subscribed. That on the 19th day of March 1834 I had no property nor have I any now except as is stated in this schedule, 
Lemuel Clarke 

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield SS
Winchester December 19th AD 1831. 
Personally appeared the above named Lemuel Clarke and subscribed the foregoing affidavit and made on oath that the same is true in every particular and also that is not able to attend personally in Court by reason
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of his having a disease called the Reumatism from bodily disability. Before me 
Wm. M. Burrall Associate Judge of the County Court within & for Litchfield County 

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ⎬ Winchester December 19th AD 1831 

I William M. Burrall an Associate Judge of the County Court within and for the County of Litchfield where the declarant Lemuel Clark resides, do hereby certify that the above named Lemuel Clarke is from a disease called the Rheumatism (with which I am credibly informed and believe he has been afflicted for the space of six months part) unable to attend the Court of which I am a Judge, and I do not think from present appearances, that he will be able to attend the Court above named at its next session. I have therefore in pursuance of the Act of Congress of the first of March 1823. attended at his place of abode and administered the foregoing Oath
Wm M. Burrall Associate Judge of the County Court within & for the County of Litchfield 

I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that William M. Burrall Esq. before whom the above affidavit of Samuel Clarke who is now sick and confined to his house, was made is an associate Judge of said County Court as aforesaid 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto 1 set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 19th day of December A.D. 1831 
Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court within the County of Litchfield in the State of Connt
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Barkhamsted December 20th 1830. 

We certify that we have appraised the articles mentioned in the above Schedule at the several papers thereto annexed 
Judah Roberts 
Edwin Sturges 

Litchfield County New Hartford, December 20th 1820 
Personally appeared Judah Roberts & Edwin Sturgess, known to me to be men of credit & entitled to belief & made solemn oath that they appraised the articles in the foregoing schedule according to the sums thereto annexed & that the said schedule contains all the property belonging to the said Lemuel Clarke to our knowledge except necessary clothing & bedding.- Before me William G. Williams, Justin of the Peace 

Sworn to and declared this 23d day of December 1830 before the said County Certified by Frederick Wolcott Clerk of sd County Court 

I Frederkc, Wolcott of the County Court in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Lemuel Clarke did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy for the term of nine months, under one engagement in the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Count & that the total amount in value of the property exhibited the foregoing Schedule is $82.67 

In testimony whereof I set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 23 day of December A D. 1830 - 
Frederick Wolcott Clark of the said County Court
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Bankhamsted, December 20th 1830 

We certify that we have appraised the articles mentioned in the above Schedule at the several prices thereto annexed. 
Judah Roberts 
Edwin Sturges 

Litchfield County ss
New Hartford, December 20th 1820 Personally appeared Judah Roberts & Edwin Sturgess, known to me to be men of credit & entitled to belief & made solemn oath that they appraised the articles in the foregoing schedule according to the sums thereto annexed & that the said schedule contains all the property belonging to the said Lemuel Clarke to our knowledge except necessary clothing & bedding. Before me William G. Williams, Justice of the Peace 

Sworn to and declared this 23d day of - December A 1830 before the said County Certified by Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of Court 

I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the County Court in the County of Litchfield and State of Connection do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Lemuel Clarke did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding Declaration, against the common Enemy for the term of nine months, under one engagement, in the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed and truly copied from the hands of the said Court & that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing Schedule is $82.67. Let my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 23d day of December AD. 1830. Frederick Wolcott Clark  of the said County Court Litchfield County
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20, 404 
Connecticut 
Lemuel Clark 
of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain Lyman of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Porter - in the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year from February 15 1776 to 1777 
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Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 day of December 1831 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9th of February 1832 and sent to Hon. W. W. Ellsworth, House of Reps. 
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Arrears to 4th of March 1832 $20.38 
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 
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$20.38

{Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820.}
Rec: Book D :3. Vol. 3 page 35,