Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23524, David Baldwin, Conn.
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Conn     Baldwin, David Ruth    W. 23524
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8,266
Connecticut
David Baldwin 
of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Chs Burrall of the Connecticut
line, for the term of one year.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 21st of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 20th of March 1819
and sent to Fredmet Wolcott Esq.
Judge Litchfield Connecticut

Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819  $63.43
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept 1819  $18---
Total $ 131.43

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.
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**Document is faded and difficult to read**

State of Connecticut
County [illegible] of Litchfield SS
On this 22nd day of April 1818 before me the subscriber
Judge of the Court of probate within & for the District of Litchfield, personally appeared 
David Baldwin aged seventy one years resident in the town of Goshen in said County,
who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the [illegible] Act of Congress entitled
An act to provide for certain [illegible] engaged in the [illegible, illegible] service of the
United States in the Revolutionary War; that he belonged to, served as a Soldier
in the American Army in the War of the Revolution in the Continental
establishment, that he enlisted into said Army in January 1776 for the term of [smudge]
years at the town of [illegible] in said County,  the Company commanded by Capt.
John Stevens in aa Regiment commanded by Col  Charles [illegible] the Connecticut
line, that he immediately entered into said Army  in the Northern Department
against the common enemy in Canada, that he continued in the service
of the United States in said [illegible] against the enemy until about the 11th day
of May 1776 when he was taken prisoner by the enemy--that he was [illegible]
as such prisoner for one year & one month when he was exchanged in the
City of [illegible] that he was then discharged from the service of the United 
States, but received no written discharge --that he was made a prisoner a [illegible]
[illegible] called the [illegible] in Canada--that for [--rest of line faded and illegible--]
that he is in reduced circumstances [illegible] in need of assistance from his Country for support, that he has no other evidence in his person of said services except
what is part hereof.
Sworn & declared before me
the day first above written.
Frederick Wolcott
Judge of Probate for the
District  of Litchfield in the
State of Connect.
(mark of David Baldwin)

Rufus Payne of the town of [illegible], County of Litchfield , State of Connecticut,
lawful age [illegible....] that enlisted into the American Army on the Continental
establishment at the same time the above named David Baldwin enlisted into [illegible]
Company & Regt. that entered the service of the United States with him for the term 
mentioned in his affidavit, that he was taken a prisoner at the same time [illegible] a
prisoner with him until we were discharged together, that I know the facts stated in
his affidavit above to be true & that he is a man of truth.  
(signature of Rufus Payne)
Sworn before me this 22nd of April 1818.
(Signature of Frederich Wolcott)
Judge of Probate
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I, Frederick Wolcott Judge of the Court of probate within & for the District of Litchfield
in the State of Connecticut which is a Court of Record do certify that it appears
to my satisfaction that the aforesaid David Baldwin did serve in the Revolutionary
War as stated in his written declaration against the common enemy;
& I now [illegible] the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the
Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the afore
mentioned Act of Congress.
April 22, 1818
Witness  my hand & seal of office
the day above written.
Frederick Wolcott,
Judge of Probate for the District of
Litchfield in the State of Connecticut.

Hon. C. Calhoun
Secy of War,
The declaration papers in the [illegible] case of David Baldwin having been
by me sent to the War Department [illegible] for further evidence, the said Baldwin was
produced to me which are annexed hereto the affidavits of Gen. John Sedgwick & Reuben
Dean who are credible witnesses from which the evidence originally taken
from satisfied that the said David Baldwin served the United States agreeable to me
from certificate.
[illegible] that Benjamin Gold & William Kellogg before 
whom said affidavits were taken a Justice of the peace for Litchfield County.
I further certify that the proof adduced to me is satisfactory that 
said Baldwin is in indigent circumstances & [illegible...illegible] in need of
assistance from his Country for support.
Witness my hand & seal of office this 27th
day of February AD 1819.
Frederick Wolcott, Judge of
Probate for the District of Litchfield
in the state of Connecticut.
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278
Connecticut
Ruth Baldwin widow
of David
of Litchfield Co. in the State of Connecticut
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Stevens of the regt commanded
by Col. Burrell in the Connecticut
line for 1 yr 10 mos. & 20 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 75 Dollars 55 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of December
1836 and sent to George
C. Woodruff Esq. Litchfield

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $415.52
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch '37    37.77
Total $453.30.
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1836.
Recorded by [illegible]  Clerk,
Book    Vol. 1  Page 75
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281
6 July 1836.
Ruth Baldwin
? to
?? for the pension of office (illegible)
died 1819
3.20 
(illegible)
40-
20
13.33
 2.82
----------
75.55

Admitted
$75.55
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State of Connecticut
County of Litchfield SS.  Litchfield

On this 27th day of August 1835 personally appeared
before the [illegible] Court of Probate for the District
of Litchfield Ruth Baldwin of Goshen in said
County & District aged 84 years who being first
duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the provision made by
the act of Congress passed July 4 1836; that
she is the widow of David Baldwin late
of said Goshen deceased who was a soldier
in the army of the Revolution & a private
in said army, & that for his services as
such soldier in said army he received
from the United States a pension under the
act of March 18th 1818: & for further particulars
respecting his said service she refers to
his original application for a Pension in
the [crossed out word] War Department at Washington.
She further declares that she was married
to the said David Baldwin on the ninth day
of August 1769, one thousand seven hundred &
sixty nine; that her husband, the aforesaid
David Baldwin, died on the  tenth of July one
thousand eight hundred & nineteen; & that
she has remained a widow ever since that
period as will more fully appear by reference
to the proof hereto annexed.
(mark of Ruth Baldwin)

Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above
written
Before me
Frederich Wolcott Judge of Probate
District of Litchfield
State of Connecticut.
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State of Connecticut
District of Litchfield SS
[illegible] Sept 26th 1835
And the said Court doth hereby declare its
opinion after the investigation of the matter that the
facts stated in the foregoing application are true.
Frederich Wolcott, Judge of Probate
District of Litchfield
Connecticut

I, Phinehas Mines Clerk of the Court of Probate 
within & for the District of Litchfield [illegible]  certify
that the foregoing contains the original [illegible]
of Ruth Baldwin for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand & seal of office this 20th day of
September 1835.
(signature of Phinehas Mines Clerk)
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This may Certify all whom it may concern that David
Baldwin Jun. and Ruth Gibbs both of Cornwall were intermarried
August 9th 1769 by David Welch Justice of Peace
Recorded May 25th 1770.  pr In. Peiru(?) Register

Cornwall August 25th 1836 I certify that the above is
a true Copy of Record-- Attest Frederich Kellogg
Town Clerk of
Cornwall

Litchfield County Conn. SS  Cornwall, Nov 11th 1835
Personally appeared Frederick Kellogg Esq. the Town
Clerk of Cornwall & who is well known to me
& who is entitled to credit & made oath to the
truth of the foregoing  affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Philo Kellogg Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
Litchfield County SS  Litchfield
I Origen S. Seymour Clerk of the County
Court within & for said County do hereby certify that
Philo Kellogg Esq. is & was in this 11th [illegible] a Justice
of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned
and qualified; & that the signature to the foregoing
certificate which purports to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of
said Court this 25th day of Nov. A.D. 1836
(signature of Origen S. Seymour Clerk)
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March 28, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/EEL
David Baldwin-W.23524
George Bealor-S.2260

Mr. W. H. Myers
815 Shukert Building
Kansas City, Missouri
Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter of February 5, addressed to
the Department of the Interior and referred to the Veterans Administration for further reply in regard to land which might have been granted for Revolutionary War service of Benjamin Dillin, 7 North Carolina Regiment, Tyrrell County, North Carolina, William and Thomas Leaton, of Pennsylvania, David Baldwin, Wallingford, Connecticut , Stephen Myer, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, who served in the Pennsylvania Troops and George Bealer, Virginia
Troops.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file which was made to the United States based upon service in the Revolutionary War
of a Benjamin Dillin, who served in the North Carolina Troops, a Stephen Myer, of Pennsylvania, nor of a William orThomas Leaton.
The record has been found of one George Beeler or Bealor; he was of Virginia and of only one David Baldwin, of Connecticut. Their records are given herein as found in the claim for pension based upon their service in the Revolutionary War. It is not stated in these claims that United States bounty land was ever granted for their service. Land may have been granted by the states from which they served.
David Baldwin
W. 23524
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file
in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.23526, based upon the military
service in that war of David Baldwin.
The date and place of birth, and the names of the parents of David Baldwin are not shown.
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David Baldwin enlisted at Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, in January, 1776, served as a private in Captain John Stevens' Company, Colonel Charles Burrall's Connecticut Regiment, went on an expedition to Canada, was taken prisoner at "The Cedars, May 19, 1776, held in captivity one year and seven months when he
was exchanged and discharged.
David Baldwin was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-one years and resided in Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
He died July 10, 1819, place not shown.
The soldier married August 9, 1769, Ruth Gibbs. Both were then of Cornwall, Connecticut, and their marriage was recorded on the records of the town clerk of said Cornwall. The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Ruth are not shown.
Soldier's widow, Ruth, was allowed pension on her application executed August 27, 1836, at which time she was aged eighty-four years and resided in Goshen, Connecticut. there is no reference to children.
++++++++++
George Bealor
S. 22640
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.22640, based upon the military service of George Bealor in that war.
George Bealor was born in 1762, in Anspeck, Prussia and emigrated to America in 1777. He landed at Staten Island, proceeded to Philadelphia and then to Shepherdstown, Virginia.
He enlisted at said Shepherdstown, date not given and served one year as a private in Captain Barron's Company, Armand's Legion. After the Revolution, he moved to Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and then to Somerset County, that state.
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George Bealer was allowed pension on his application executed September 2, 1833, while residing in Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset
County, Pennsylvania. There are no data as to soldier's family,
Very truly yours
G. H. SWEET
Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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Hist to Mrs David Woodward
in Atlanta, Ga.
NEG
1915 Nov. 3 Hist to Mrs. E. Higinbotham V.L.M.
1920 Dec. 1 Hist to W. Willard Palma
1931 - July 10 - Hist. to Mrs. E. B. Fisher 
1935 Dec 7 - Hist to Grace G. McFadden

1936 Mar 28. Hist to W. H. Myers E L



Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
23524
Ruth Baldwin
Widow of
David Baldwin
Private in Rev War
---
Act June 7th 1836
Index: Vol. A , Page 40
Arrangement of 1870.]

May 10 1873
190 Forest
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**Document is very faded**

"War Department
Pension Office
October 31, 1836

Sir
The papers in the case of Ruth
Baldwin widow of David Baldwin have 
been examined and filed excepting the 
certificate of the town clerk of Cornwall which
is herewith returned to you.  He should make
an affidavit as to the period of her marriage
and appears from the town records, before a 
magistrate who should certify that he is the town
clerk, and the official character and signature
of the magistrate should be certified--by the
[illegible] officer under his seal of office.
I am respectfully
Your obt. Sevt..
(signature J. L. Edwards)

[very faded name] Esq.
Litchfield
Connecticut
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Revolutionary Claim
Ruth Baldwin
Nov 29
Ad. of
4 July 1836

Mr Allan


JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
DC

Old Revolutionary Claim
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Litchfield Conn Mov 25th 1835
J.L. Edwards Esq.
Sir
I return to you this Certificate
of the marriage for Mrs Baldwin certified &
as directed in your Letter of the 31st act
Respectfully yours
Geo. C. Woodruff
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I Ruth L. Leonard of Goshen Conn. of Lawful age
being duly sworn do depose & say that for more than
ten years before his death I was well acquainted
with David Baldwin late of of [illegible] Goshen
deceases, who was a Pensioner of the United
States under the act of March 18th 1818, & who
was the Husband of Ruth Baldwin of said Gothen
& that I attended & took care of said David
during his last sickness, I was present when he
died & that he died at said Gothen on the
10th  day of July one thousand eight hundred
& nineteen.  I have ever since known his
widow the said Ruth Baldwin & know
that she has remained unmarried ever
since his death & still resides in said Gothen
and further saith not
Dated at Litchfield the 26th day of Sept. 1836
(signature of Ruth L Lonard

State of Connecticut
Litchfield County SS  Litchfield Sept 25th 1836
Personally appeared Ruth L. Leonard a witness to
me known & who is entitled to credit & subscribed
the foregoing deposition in my presence &
made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me
Geo. C. Woodruff
Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut
Litchfield County SS  Litchfield

I Origen S. Seymour Clerk of the County Court
of the County & State of aforesaid do hereby certify that
Geo. C. Woodruff is a Justice of the Peace in & for said
County, duly commissioned & qualified; and that the
signature to the within certificate which purports
to be his is genuine.
Given under my hand & the seal of
said Court this 26th day of September
A.D. 1836.
(signature of Origen S, Seymour, Clerk)
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Reuben Dean of Cornwall in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut
of Lawful age being duly sworn deposeth and says that on or about the first day of February
in the year 1776 he enlisted as a Soldier in the service of the United States for the term of one
year from the time of enlistment in a Company commanded by Captain John Stephens
of Canaan in said County which Company was [illegible] of a Regiment commanded 
by Colonel Charles Burrall of said Canaan said Company soon soon after marched
and joined the Regiment and were mustered by a United States officer at Albany.
The Regiment soon marched to Chambl[??] soon after our arrival at Chambless
Stephens's Company to which I belonged and a Company commanded by Capt. David
Downs were detached and marched to a place called The Cedars- and on or about
the 10th day of May 1776 both said Company's were captured by the Enemy and
remained Prisoners of War about eighteen months when we were exchanged
In said Stephens's Company were Rufus Payne and David
Baldwin of Cornwall who were both made Prisoners of War with me at the
Cedars and were Prisoners of War untill  exchanged--and further the
Department sayeth not.
(signature of Reuben Dean)

Litchfield County SS  Cornwell  December 21st AD 1818,
Personally appeared Mr. Reuben Dean the above named Deponent and
made both to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Deposition
by him Subscribed before me
(signature of William Kellogg) Justice of the Peace
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David Baldwin
Rev: claim

This claim having been returned to the Judge for
further evidence, the following additional evidence
is now furnished---
1.  The affidavit of Genl. John Ledquick showing
that Col. Chas. Burrall  Regiment was on the 
Continental establishment.
2.  The affidavit of Reubin Dean, [illegible] his
Service....which with Rufus Paynes affidavit
before [illegible]....furnishes the testimony of two witnesses
3. The Certificate of the Judge that the claimant
is in indigent circumstances.



Admitted
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In testimony of John Sedgewick Esq. of Cornwall
of Lawfull age testifies and says--that in the year
1776 he recd. a Commission as Major in a Regt. commanded
by Charles Burrall Esq. of Canaan Connecticut State
which Regiment served in Canada and were commissioned
by Honble John Hancock, President of Congress
without any limitation of time.  The services of the
soldiers were limited to Feby, 1st 1777 and were discharged
at Mount Independance.  The Subscriber served as 
Major in said Regt. [illegible] Companies of which were
captured by the British at the Cedars in Canada.
The foregoing is the Truth the whole Truth and nothing but
the truth.
(signature of John Sedgewick)

Litchfield County [faded] Cornwall
October 15th 1818 personally appeared Gen;.
John Sedgewick the above named Deponant
& made Solemn Oath to the truth of the
above Deposition before me.
(Signature of Benj. Gold) Justice of the Peace
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The Deposition of Genl. John
Sedgwick taken at the request of Mr. Rufus
Payne to obtain a petition for said Payne
for service in the Revolutionary war of
the United States against Great Brittain
taken & sealed on this 15th day
of October 1818 by me
(Signature of Benj. Gold) Justice of Peace
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Let1.

 4 July 1836
Ruth Baldwin


J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
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Litchfield Conn.  Sept 26th 1836

J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Sir
I enclose to you the application
of Ruth Baldwin for a Pension, she is 84 years
of age & is quite infirmed & her memory considerable
impaired, so that she cannot state her husbands
service except very generally/  I suppose
however she has set it forth sufficiently, as her
husband was a Pensioner under the act of 1818
& of course must have served in the Continental
Army.  She therefore relies upon the evidence
in your Office.  & especially on his original application
& the proof accompanying it which was
probably on file in your Department.
Please send her Certificate to me if granted.
Respectfully Yours,
(signature of Geo. C. Woodruff)
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1632173 "K" MH
2 Encs.
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
WASHINGTON

FEB 11 1938

The attached communication has been
received by the General Land Office and
is referred for answer to the Administrator
of Veterans' Affairs, and the writer so advised
according to copy of letter of even
date enclosed herewith.
Antoinette Funk
Assistant Commissioner.

2-10-vgm
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R
I
Atlanta GA
Apr 25, 1875

Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sir,
In looking at the records in order to become  one of the Daughters of the Revolution, I find the details of service are very meager, and have been told that through your office I can find additional information.
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This  ancestor David Baldwin or Baldwine as it is spelled in "Record of Connecticut men in the
Revolution" enlisted July 13 1775- from  Waterton
Litchfield  County, Connecticut, to _____ regiment of 
3rd Company of  Captain Latimer and Nathan Hale
that is all of the Revolutionary history I have gathered. And if you have any records in what battle or battles he  fought or how long his service was I would be grateful.
Any information you could send me  I woiuld be very 
thankful for.
Respectfully yours
David Woodward
190 Forest Ave.
Atlanta, GA
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Rev War
905 Tyler St. Amarillo, Texas
October 26, 1915
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Dept of Interior, Washington, D.C
Dear Sir-- 
From the Connecticut State Library at Hartford, in the work called Connecticut Men in the Revolution, I have in A list sent me by the Librarian as follows In a list of Revolutionary pension under act congress of March 1818
Witness A March 18, 1818, David Baldwin private 
July 18, 1819. Have you any record of such a pension, and if so, where did said David Baldwin live? In answer to an inquiry of mine concerning
David Baldwin of Wallingford Connecticut, you answer that you have no record of such person
so I presume this pension refers to David Baldwin of some other section of
Connecticut. Is this the case?
 Yours sincerely Eva Way Higginbotham
(Mrs-E.L. Higinbotham
to
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W. MILLARD PALMER
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
November 23, 1920
Dear Sir:
As one of his descendants, may I trouble
you kindly to give me the pension record of David Baldwin of Connecticut, who was a pensioner of the revolution?

Yours respectfully,
W. Millard Palmer
310 Assn. of Commerce Bldg.


WIP/IA
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104 West New York Ave
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
May 24th, 1931
Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
I have Revolutionary War Records from the Adjutant General Office Hartford, Conn. for Isaac Lewis of Farmington, and Isaac Lewis of Greenville who residing in Fairfield County.
 who was a pensioned in 1832. Does the application for pension give names of wives, if living at the time pension is applied for? I am 
desirous of ascertaining which Isaac Lewis had
wife Keziah and son Reuben.
Do your records give this information?
I am also seeking information concerning
one David Baldwin who was a pensioner
in 1818 residing in Connecticut. Do the records give names of wife or children?
Any information you can give me
concerning the above named parties
is will be
much appreciated
Yours truly
Mrs. Eugene B. Fisher
May
1938
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104 West New York Ave
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
May 24th
- 1931
Veterans Administration,
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
I have Revolutionary ther Records
from
the Adjutant General Office
Hartford, Conn. for Isaac Lewis,
Farmington, and Isaac
residing in Fairfield County.
Greenville, who was a pensioned in
18321
to the application for pension give-
11
●
names of wives, if living at the time
pension is applied for
of am desirous
of ascertaining which Isaac Lewis had
wife Keziahand
son Reuben
H
7
Do your records give this information
I am also seeking information concerning
one David Baldwin who was a pensioner
to the records
in 1818 residing in Connecticut Alden
Any information you can give me
concerning the above named parties
is will be
much appreciated
Yours truly
Mrs. Eugene B. Fisher
May
1938
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815 Shubert Bldg -
Kansas City Mo
Feb 5, 1936

U. S. Department of the
Washington DC
Sirs:
Will you be kind enough to advise me if you have
records of land grant being made to the  following for military services in the War of the Revolution:
Benjamin Dillin - the N.C. Regiment. Tyrrell C. N.C.
William Leaton, Pa. Militia. Northumberland Co Pa. (or Washington Co)
Col. Thomas Leaton PA Militia Chester Co. Pa
David Baldwin Conn. Cont. Line. Wallingford, Conn
Stephen Myer. Penna Troops 
Penna Tramps. Northampton Co PA
George Beeler Virginia Troops, Ohio Co.VA

Thank you in advance for this data.  I am
Very Truly
W.H. Myers

Kindly reply on the reverse of this sheet
W. H. M.
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Grace G. McFadden
171 North Main Street
Rutland, Vermont
                                     December 7, 1935
                                     XXXXX
                                     BA-J/
                                    David Baldwin -- 23524

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of David Baldwin, who was born in Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1740; in 1773, was living in Wallingford, Connecticut, and died September 1, 1808. You state that you think the David Baldwin whose record you seek was the one of Ohio, who died in 1818.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon the service of a David Baldwin who received a pension in Ohio and died in 1818, nor is there a claim for pension on file based upon the service of
a soldier with that name who received a pension in Connecticut, and died September 1, 1808. The record of only one David Baldwin, of Connecticut, has been found. His record follows as found in the
pension claim.
David Baldwin
W. 23524
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 23524, based upon the military service in that war of David Baldwin. The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of David Baldwin are not shown. David Baldwin enlisted at Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, in January, 1776, served as a private in Captain John Stevens' Company, Colonel Charles Burrall's Connecticut Regiment, went on an expedition to Canada, was taken prisoner at "The Cedars, May 19, 1776, held in captivity one year and seven months when he
was exchanged and discharged.
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David Baldwin was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-one years and resided in Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He died July 10, 1819, place not shown. The soldier married August 9, 1769, Ruth Gibbs. Both were then of Cornwall, Connecticut, and their marriage was recorded on the record of the town clerk of said Cornwall. The date and place of birth on the names of the parents of Ruth are not shown. Soldier's widow, Ruth, was allowed pension on her  application executed August 27, 1836, at which time she was aged eighty-four years and resided in Goshen, Connecticut. There is no reference to children. in order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of
the Revolutionary War pensioner, Ruth Baldwin, widow of David Baldwin (S.2352), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Ruth Baldwin, widow of David Baldwin, Certificate No. 278
issued December 1, 1836, rate $75.55 per annum, commenced March 1831, Act of July 4, 1836, Connecticut Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
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Mrs. Eugene B. Fisher
101 West New York Avenue
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
                                  XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
                                      July 10, 1931
                                       Rev.& 1812 Wars Section
Dear Madam

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.23321, that David Baldwin enlisted at Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut, in January, 1776, served as private in Captain John Stevens' Company, Colonel Charles Burrall's Connecticut Regiment, marched to Canada, was taken prisoner at the Cor, May 19, 1776, and held for one year and seven months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 22, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-one years and resided in Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
He died July 10, 1819.
The soldier married August 9, 1769, Ruth Gibbs. Both were then of Cornwall, Connecticut, and their marriage was recorded on the town records of said Cornwall. Soldier's widow, Ruth, was allowed pension on her application executed August 27, 1836, at which time she was aged eighty-four
years and resided in Goshen, Connecticut.
There is no reference to children.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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815 Shukert Building,
Kansas City, Missouri.
February 5, 1936.
U. S. Department of Interior,
Washington, D. C.
Sirs:
Will you be kind enough to advise me if you
have records of land grants being made to the following
for military services in the War of the Revolution:
Benjamin Dillin, 7th N. C. Regiment, Tyrrell Co., N. C.,
---
William Leaton, Pa. Militia, Northumberland Co, Pa., or
Col. Thomas Leaton, Pa. Militia, Chester Co., Pa.
David Baldwin, Conn. Cont. Line, Wallingford, Conn.,
Stephen Myer, Penna Troops, Northampton Co., Pa.
George Beeler, Virginia Troops, Ohio Co., Va.
Thanking you in advance for this date, I am,
Very truly
( signed ) W. A. Myers,
kindly reply on the reverse of this sheet
W. A. M.
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ADDRESS ONLY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE
2 Enos.
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
WASHINGTON
IN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO
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Mr. W. A. Myers,
815 Shakert Building,
Kansas City, Missouri.
My dear Sir:
I have received your letter of February 5, 1936,
addressed to the Department of the Interior, requesting to be advised whether or not the six persons mentioned in your letter received land grants for services in the Revolutionary War.
Examination of the index in this office of the
names of Revolutionary War soldiers who received military bounty land warrants in consideration of Services in that war, has been made, but without success, in an effort to identify such warrants that may have issued to the parties about whom you inquire.
As the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, this
city, has a more complete record of the soldiers of the
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Revolutionary War who received military bounty land warrants, your letter has been forwarded to that official for further reply.
As the States of North Carolina, Pennsylvania
and Virginia issued military bounty land warrants to
their Revolutionary War soldiers, locatable on lands
within the States, it may be that the soldiers about
whom you inquire received such warrants from the States from which they served.
The Secretary of State, Raleigh, North Carolina.
the Secretary of Internal Affairs at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and the Register of the Land Office at Richmond, Virginia, may be able to furnish information concerning military bounty land warrants issued to Revolutionary War soldiers.
The self addressed envelope you forwarded is
returned herewith.

Very respectfully,
Assistant Commissioner.
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