Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,446, Hezekiah Grant, Conn.
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(3-1776)
Service
Conn
Grant, Hezekiah
Number
S. 30.446
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10427
Massachusetts
Hezekiah Grant 
of Barington in the State of Mass
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Olmstead of the Regt commanded by Col Webb in the Conn line for 6 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 20 Dollars – Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Apl 1833 and sent to W Bishop Lenox Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833		$40 –
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Sept 	10 –
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					$50 –
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{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by I H McBlair Clerk
Book E. Vol. 2nd. Page 28.

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Let. to Pen. Agent
April 4, 1839
Let. To same  Ap. 13, 1839} an error in report corrected

71 Berkshire
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Hezekiah Grant
Application for pension
Great Barrington MS
Augt 15 1832
2608
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State of Massachusetts
County of Berkshire} ss.
On this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared before the Hon. William P. Walker, Judge of the Court of Probate, now sitting at Great Barrington in & for said County, Hezekiah Grant, a resident of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts aged Sixty nine 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, - That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1781 with Capt. Olmsted _ and served in the third Regiment of the Connecticut line, under the following named officers, Col. Samuel B Webb {does not recollect the names of the other field officers} Capt Olmsted, Lieut. Robinson and Ensign Dimick (Christian names not recollected) the said Lieut Robinson was also Adjutant or acting Adjutant of said Regt – that he enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. Olmsted
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in Said Regt. in the month of May 1781. for six months, at the expiration of which term, he was detained in service in sd Company & Regt & did duty there in the further term of two months and was discharged in February 1782, the precise day when he entered & left said service is not recollected, the discharge he received being lost.
He resided when he entered the service in East Windsor, County of Hartford & State of Connecticut. He marched from Hartford with eleven other recruits to Litchfield. thence to Danbury – thence to White Plains in the State of New York – thence to within about three miles of Dobbs Ferry on the Hudson River when he joined his Regiment – the Company to which he belonged was the second company in said Regt. – from said Ferry he marched to Gallows Hill, north of sd Ferry [following is struck out “and was there at said Hill at the time lord Cornwallis” illegible] – from sd Hill he marched to the Highlands where he lay on the East side of said River until February 1782 when he was duly discharged. ^He lost his discharge^ and He hereby relinquishes every claim 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 [section is struck out and illegible]
[signed] Hezekiah Grant
Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
[signed] W. P. Walker J. Probate.
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that this above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & Served as he states. –
[signed] W. P. Walker J. Probate
I Henry W Bishop Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Hezekiah Grant, for a pension.
	In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
[signed] Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate
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No. 2408
Hezekiah Grant of Great Barrington Ms
Private 6 months
his statement does not agree with the Rolls of Service
Nov 7 1832
$20

H. W. Bishop
Lenox, Mass.
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Brief in the case of Hezekiah Grant of the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts
(Act 7 June, 1832)
1.	Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2.	If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [no answer]
3.	How old is he? 69 years
4.	State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
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Period./Duration of Service./Rank./Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
In 1781 May/-- years 6 months – days detained longer in role of service for 6 months/Private/Col. S.B. Webb  Capt. Olmsted

5.	In what battles was he engaged? None
6.	Where did he reside when he entered the service? East Windsor Ct
7.	Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Nothing but the opinion of the Court – lost his discharge
8.	Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? And if so, in what respect? No Certificate of a Clergyman – no interrogatories put

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case mentioned above.
[signed] Levin Belt
Examining Clerk
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State of Connecticut
County of Hartford} ss East Windsor

On this 25th day of December AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor now sitting David Grant a resident of said East Windsor aged 76 years a person of veracity and made solemn oath  That he is well acquainted with Hezekiah Grant a resident of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts an applicant for a pension under the pension act of June 7th AD 1832  said Hezekiah Grant enlisted into the service of the United States and belonged to a Regiment in the Connecticut line commanded by Col. Webb of Wethersfield in Connecticut  that said Hezekiah Grant was at this time a resident of said East Windsor  that he went with him when he left home as far as East Hartford and assisted in carrying his pack  About three months after he (the deponent) was drafted into the militia and was sent to West Point and was in the service there three months  and while there went to Gallows Hill two or three times  and saw said Hezekiah Grant in service there  and that said Hezekiah Grant returned home in the month of February 1782.
[signed] David Grant “X” his mark
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

In testimony whereof I Edgar Bissell Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of East Windsor have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid.
[signed] Edgar Bissell Clerk
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.  Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.

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L.W.B.
I. 30446.

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Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

O.W. & N. Div.
Revolutionary,


March 4, 1898.

Sir: - 
replying to your recent communication you are advised that a very careful search has been made and from the data given the name of Elihu Grant has not been found upon the Revolutionary war pension records on file in this Bureau.
	Hezekiah Grant made application for pension on August 14, 1832, at which time he was 69 years of age and residing in Great Barrington, Mass., and his pension was allowed for six months’ actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Olmsted and Col. Webb. He enlisted at East Windsor, Conn.

Very respectfully,

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Commissioner.

Mr. Arthur H. Grant,
Newburgh, N.Y.
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After [blank] days, return to [2 blank lines]

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United States Postage
Two 2 Cents

Rev. A. H. Grant
Newburgh, N.Y.

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U. S. Pension Office
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Feb 4 1898
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INVALID.
File No. 30,446
Hezekiah Grant
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 165
[Arrangement of 1870.]


Mar 4 98
A H Grant
Newburg NY
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ansd. April 13th 1839
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Merchants Bank
Boston. 8th April 1839

Sir,
	Your letter of the 4th inst. respecting the case of Hezekiah Grant a pensr under the Act of 7th June 1832 at $20 per ann. is recd – Mr. Grant is still living and had now been paid up to 4th March 1839. At the time the Semi-Annual Report was made he had been paid up to 4th of March 1838. & I am unable to account for the error unless it was intended for the case of Jos. Fuller at $51 per ann. who died 20 October 1837 & was Paid at Treasy Dept. to day of death, and by mistake of the Clerk noted on the wrong sheet of the Report.
I am very respy
Your Obt. Servt
[signed] Franklin Haven
Pension Agt


J. L. Edwards Esq
Comr of Pensions
Washington, 
DC
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Church of Our Father
Arthur H. Grant, Pastor
Trustees
Warren Delano, President
Edward Stocker, Vice-President
Thos. W. Morrison, Secretary
Geo. W. Phillips, Treasurer
Geo. W. Peters
Frank A. Scott
Mrs. H. R. Stevens
Joseph R. Nestell
Willard M. Terpening

Newburgh, N. Y.
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2/2/98

Dear Sir:
I should esteem it a favor if you would furnish me with such information as there is on file in your office concerning Hezekiah Grant, a Revolutionary pensioner, who in 1840 resided in Great Barrington, Mass.
     I should also be glad to learn whether Elihu Grant, who enlisted in the Revolutionary army from Litchfield, Ct., became a pensioner, & if so what information there is on file about him.
Yours sincerely, 
[signed] Arthur H. Grant
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
On this twelfth day of February A.D. 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable William P. Walker, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting, Hezekiah Grant a resident of the town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged sixty nine 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 7 1832.
     That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Olmsted, in the Month of May 1781 (precise day of the month not recollected) for six months and served in the third Regiment of the Connecticut line commanded by Col. Samuel B. Webb (names of his other field officers he does not recollect) his Lieuts name was Robinson, the Ensign’s name was Dimick (Christian names not recollected). The said Lieut Robinson was also Adjutant or acting Adjutant of said Regiment. At the expiration of his term of six months he was detained in sd service in said Company & Regiment and did duty therein the further term of two months and was discharged in February 1782 (the precise day not recollected) the discharge he received being lost –
     He resided when he entered the said Service in East Windsor County of Hartford & State of Connecticut. He marched from Hartford with eleven other recruits to Litchfield then to Danbury then to White Plains in the State of New York – thence to within about three miles of Dobbs Ferry on the Hudson River where he joined his Regiment – The company to which he belonged was the Second company in said Regiment – From Said Ferry he marched to Gallows Hill, north of Said Ferry – from said Hill he march to the Highlands where  he lay on the East side of said River until February 1782, when he was discharged as aforesd.
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He was born in said East Windsor on the 13th July 1763 – Has a memorandum or record of his age in his house which he took from his father’s bible. He lived in East Windsor until he was twenty four years old – then went to East Hartford, lived there a year then went to Sheffield (Mass.) then back to East Windsor – thence to Sheffield & within a year after, went to Great Barrington where he has ever since resided -  It will be forty years next April since he has lived in Great Barrington. He cant state names or officers or Regts – more particularly than he has stated aforesd – Col. Webb gave him a discharge but he lost it many years ago. – Has no documentary evidence, and cannot procure the testimony of any person who can testify to his services excepting David Grant, who deposition is herewith forwarded, - He refers to Rev. Sylvester Burt, Ezra Kellogg & George Pynchon & ^George Arnold^ [crossed out “& the citizens of Great Barrington given”] who can state in regard to his character & belief of his services -
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
[signed] Hezekiah Grant

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
[signed] W. P. Walker J. Probate

We Sylvester Burt a Clergyman, residing in the town of Great Barrington and George Arnold residing in sd Great Barrington hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Hezekiah Grant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine 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.
[signed] Sylvester Burt
[signed] George Arnold

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
[signed] W. P. Walker J. Probate

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 Sylvester Burt who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that George Arnold who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] W. P. Walker J. Probate

I, Henry W. Bishop, Register of the court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Hezekiah Grant for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
[signed] Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate.

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