Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,250, for Ebur Raymond, Connecticut
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(8-1776)
SERVICE
Conn.
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Raymond, Ebur
NUMBER
S. 36,250
CONTENTS
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[handwritten] 0637
Connecticut
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Ebur Raymond
[printed] I [handwritten] Waterford [printed] in the state of [handwritten] Connecticut [printed] who was a [handwritten] private [printed] in the regiment commanded by colonel [handwritten] Durkee [printed] of the [handwritten] Connecticut [printed] [cut off word], for the term of [handwritten] Three years
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[printed] Transcribed on the Roll of [handwritten] Connecticut [printed] at the rate of [handwritten] 8 [printed] Dollars per month, to commence on the [handwritten] 26 [printed] of [handwritten] March 1818
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[printed] Certificate of Pension issued the [handwritten] 27 [printed] of [handwritten] March 1818 [printed] and [handwritten] Sent to Jer G Brainard New London Connecticut
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[printed] Arrears o 4th of [handwritten] March 1819-[illegible] 12/87 91.09 [printed] semi-anl. all'ce ending [handwritten] 4/[illegible]/1819-[illegible] 48.
[in small separate box] $139.04

[printed and in brackets] Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818
[handwritten] Chelsea Landing
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[handwritten] Modification [illegible] July 19, 1820
William P. Brainard, New London, Conn
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State of Connecticut
Ss
new London

Be it remembered that at said New London in the State of Connecticut on this 24th day of March AD 1818 - before me Jeremiah G. Brainard a Judge of the Superior Court of said State of Connecticut personally came & appeared Ebur Raymond of Waterford in said State of Connecticut - a black man - & being duly  & solemnly sworn according to Law the usage  of said State on such solemn oath declared & said that he served in the army of the United States during the war of the revolution - on the continental establishment during a period of three years - that he enlisted into the company commanded by Captain John McGregor in the month of June in the year 1777 - said company constituting a part of the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Durkee, as a private soldier. and that said Regiment belonged to the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment. & that he was at the expiration of said term of three years viz in June 1780 - at Morristown in the State of New Jersey - honourably discharged That he is now about 63 years of age & that he is and always has been a citizen resident in the state of Connecticut That he is very poor and needs to ask those of his Country for support
Sworn before me Ebur Raymond his X mark

Sworn before me the Day and Date aforesaid -
[signed] Jeremiah G Brainard Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut

Witness the seal of said Court [illegible] officer the Day and Year aforesaid
[signed] Jeremiah G Brainard - Judge of said Court
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I Jeremiah G Brainard Judge of aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ebur Raymond - did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding Declaration - and I now transmit the preceding & [illegible] any taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress - The foregoing declaration was made to me as the applicant declared in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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"
Witness the said aforesaid
[signed] Jeremiah Brainard Judge of Superior Court 
State of Connecticut

New London
March 24th 1818}

I Jeremiah Brainard Judge of aforesaid do certify that Ebur Raymond the foregoing declaration is very poor and in [illegible] circumstance
[signed] Jeremiah Brainard Judge as aforesaid
New London
1818

[written on right side] Ebur Raymond
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Ebur Raymond
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[This is a printed form with handwritten responses]

 State and District of Connecticut, ss.
On this    26th   day of    June 1820   personally appeared in open Court, before the    County   Court holden at within and for the    County   of    New London   in said State, on the    26th   day of    June   1820, the same being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment,    Eber Raymond   aged    about sixty five   years, resident in the town of    Naterford in P County   in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That h the said    Eber   enlisted for the term of    three years, in [crossed out, printed] on the day of    June   in the year 1777 [crossed out, printed] in in the State of   in the company commanded by Captain    John McGregor   in the regiment commanded by Colonel    John Durkee   in the line of the State of    Conneticut   on the continental establishment: That he [crossed out, printed] continued to serve in the said corps until    was honorably [crossed out, printed] when he was   discharged from the said service in    [illegible]   in the state of New Jersey on the last of May 1780-   That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, [crossed out, printed] as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes, on the    same time in [crossed out, printed] day of    March 1818; and had transmitted to him a certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No.    8637- & that for those [illegible] information he refers to his former declaration now on file in the office of the [illegible] the Secretary of State-   And I do 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 navel service of the United States in the Revolutionary War;" [handwritten between lines] [illegible] day [illegible] March 1818.   and that I have not, nor has an person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
[crossed out, printed] That I am by occupation a    Schedule [illegible]
One log canoe- chesnut- [illegible] 1 [illegible], 67- 1 [illegible], 50 1 gun 5,00 =$10.17
That I have no family residing with me, that I depend totally and entirely on my pension for support and that without it I must come on the town in which I have a settlement, for support
[signed] Ebus X Raymond [written above signature] [illegible] [written below signature] [illegible]
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[This is a printed form with handwritten responses]
   [illegible]     Sworn to and declared on the    26th     day of    June 1820 before said County Court Charles Lanthrop Clerk
    I, Clerk of the County Court for New-London County, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is    Ten     dollars and    seventeen     cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this    26th     day of    June 1820
[signed] Charles Lanthrop
-Clerk of the County Court for the County of New-London
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[This is a printed form with handwritten responses]

   36250
    INVALID.
   Revy
   File No.  36,230
   Ebur Raymond
   [illegible] Rev War

    Act:    18 March 18
    Index:-Vol.    2.     Page    334
    {Arrangement t6 1870}