Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,601, for Medad Munson, Connecticut
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Conn.
Munson, Medad
S.17.601
Carded
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Page 1 Cert. sent to W.C.. Williams, Esqr New Hartford, Con. 3. Jan. 1834 Page 2 22974 Connecticut Medad Munson Barkhamsted in the State of Conn who was a private in the comp commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Colonel Heman in the Connecticut Troops for 7 months. 
Inscribed on the roll of Connecticut at the rate of 23 dollars 33 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Dec. 33 and sent Honorable W.W. Ellsworth, House of Representatives 
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 33 $58.33 Semi-anl. allowance ending Sept 33 11.66 $70.00 {Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832} Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk Book E Vol. 3 Page 28
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12463
Medad Munson
CT

Barkhamsted
New Hartford

7 mo private
23.33

Hon. WW Ellsworth
[illegible]

[crossed out - Wm 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 subjected 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: 1. 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 Medad Munson Connecticut
Period when the Service was Rendered:  1776, 21 days, private Captain Dussel, Colonel forgotten, marched to Long Island New York, Brooklyn.  Place of abode when entered service:  born in ’67 of New Haven, entered in Connecticut at Branforce and now living in Darkhamsted  Age at the present period:  75
Period when the Service was Rendered:  June 1776 enlisted, 5 months, private, Captain Nathan, Colonel Niman Swift a Shermush, marched to Lake Champlain, Munsbro.  C. O.
Period when the Service was Rendered:   April 1777, about 21 days, Captain Baldwin, marched to Fairfield, guarding the shores, 
Period when the Service was Rendered:  probably 1782, enlisted, 1 month, 12 days, rank: Corp. under H Hough, marched to West Haven guarding Shores  
Three surviving witnesses [unreadable] all the service except tour of [unreadable] the Certificate of three Citizens.
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions
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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. 
2. The State Troops. Militia, and Volunteers. 
3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 
4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, 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. 
DECLARATION, 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
State, Territory, or District of   County of }ss. 
On this      day of          personally appeared (a) before               A.B. a resident (b) of             in the county of            and State, Territory or District of               aged (c)            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)             , with               and served in the                     (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under 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 entered 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. 
I                           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       day of          &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. 
I,                         Clerk of the Court of         do hereby certify 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, this            day of           &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 upon the transaction. 
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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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. 
6. To a Soldier. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? 
To un Officer. Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
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 the 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. If 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 before 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. 
[a] 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. [b] 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. 
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
[e] 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 loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
" Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of bis service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:
For            year          months, and         days, I served as a               ; For            mouths and           days, I served as a                and for such service I claim a pension." 
{It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months, is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 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 au embodied corps called into service by competent authority that lie 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 pursuit. 
[f]  The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
[g]  The opinion of the Court is always required. 
[h]  The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
[i]  The Clerk must 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 public seal 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. 
[j] 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 witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only. 
[k]  This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Best evidence must be produced definte statement as to each term must be given.
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12.963
Medad Munson

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William G. Williams  Just. of the Peace
County of Litchfield
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State of Connecticut, Probate District of New Hartford ss. On the 15th day of September 1832, personally appeared in open court before Isaac Kellogg Esqr. Judge of Probate for said District Medad Munson of Barkhamsted in said District, aged 75 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 March 1776 he went to New York and Long Island as a volunteer in Captain Russell's company of Connecticut state Troops – Colonel’s name not recollected - Potter Lieut and Titus Munson Ensign Eliasaph Munson and Asahel Potter were in the same company - was stationed at Brooklyn. the old British Ship Asia lay off New York in sight at the time as Ensign Munson died while they lay at Brooklyn - that he cannot recollect the length of time he was in the service at this time, but that it must have been three weeks or more. 
That in June 1776 he enlisted for five months in Captain Thatcher's company and Colonel Herman Swift's Regiment, General Waterbury's Brigade of Connecticut State Troops as he believes Ephraim Chamberlain Lieut. Ambrose Baldwin Ensign - Giles Cook and one Norton Sergeant That he went with the army to Lake Champlain and arrived at Skenesboro sometime in July and was taken sick there - remained there until the expiration of the said term of five months, was sick when he left there and did not reach home until sometime in The month of December and was sick and unable to labor through the winter - That while he was at Skenesboro General Arnold went with a part of the army down the Lake where they had a skirmish with
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the British as he understood and several of the Americans among whom were some that belonged to his company, were taken prisoners, and soon after returned to Skenesboro on parole - That in April 1777 he was called out in a company commanded by Captain Benjamin Baldwin Elihua Baldwin Lieut and went to Fairfield in Connecticut - a part of the company returned immediately, but he with a part of the company remained about three weeks and was employed as a guard along the coast at Fairfield, Stratford & New Haven. That towards the close of the war, the year he does not recollect, probably in 1782, the latter part of the summer, he should think in August, and he should think about 3 years after Danbury was burnt, he was drafted from the Connecticut Militia to go as a guard to New Haven in Captain Hough's company, Yale Lieut, and Hall ensign and continued in this service six weeks in that he went no farther than Milford Point and was stationed a principal part of the time at West Haven. that while there an alarm was given that the enemy had landed, and the militia from a considerable distance around were called in. 
He further states in answer to interrogatories propounded by the said Judge of Probate that he was born in Wallingford, in the County of New Haven in the year 1757, of which he does not know that there is any record, was residing in Branford as a hired man when first called into the services that he lived in Wallingford at the close of the war, and removed to Barkhamsted in 1791 where he has ever since lived And does not know that he ever received any written discharge. 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 - Medad Munson Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me - Isaac Kellogg Judge of Probate for the district of New Hartford
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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 the before named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states -
  I James A. Holcomb, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of New Hartford do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the application of Medad Munson for a pension
  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 15th day of September Ad. 1832.
  James H. Holcomb, Clerk

  State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield Ss. on the 24th day of June 1833 personally appeared Medad Munson the before named applicant who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that in the Spring of 1777, he served in the Revolutionary war in Capt Benjamin Baldwin's Company at Fairfield, Stratford & New Haven not less than three weeks -
  Medad Munson
 Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid - before me.
  Wm F. Williams  Justice of the Peace for said County of Litchfield

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield Ss. On the 9th day of December 1833 personally appeared the before named Medad Munson who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath further declare that he knows of no other living witness than those whose testimony he has heretofore transmitted to ^ the war department by whom he can prove any part of the service mentioned in his original declaration - that at the time when he entered the service of the United States in March 1776 he was living with Coll (then Maj) Douglas in Branford - that a short time previous he was sent by said Douglas with with some orders to Guilford to Coll Ward, & he is pretty confident that it was in Coll Ward's Regt that he served in that town & that
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 - Lewis was Lt. Colonel & said Douglas was Major that Major Douglas was then confined at home by sickness and never went into the service afterwards, altho' he was appointed a Colonel about or soon after this time, but continued sick until his death which was not long afterwards - That at this time the said Munson served not less than three weeks.. He further states that he served not less three weeks in 1777 as he has stated in his original declaration in Captain Baldwin's Company in Colonel Ward's Regiment at Fairfield, Hartford and New Haven
  Medad Munson
 Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid, before me
  Wm. G. Williams  Just of the Peace for the County of Litchfield

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12.963
Medad Munson
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March 27, 1939 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
BA-J/MCS 
Medad Munson, s.17601  

Mr. Ed E. Ellis 
239 Huntington Avenue 
Buffalo, New York 

Dear Sir: 
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Medad Munson, a Revolutionary War soldier who was born in 1757 in Wallingford, Connecticut, and died in 1846 in Barkhamsted, Connecticut.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.17601, based on the military service of Medad Munson. 

Medad Munson was born in 1757 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown. 

While a resident of Wallingford, although temporarily residing in Branford, Connecticut, he enlisted in March, 1776, and served three weeks or more as private in Captain Russell's company in Colonel Ward's Connecticut regiment; Titus Munson was the ensign and died during this service and Eliasoph Munson also served in this company but it was not stated that they were related to Medad. Medad Munson enlisted in June, 1776, and served five months as private in Captain Thatcher's company in Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in April. 1777, and served three weeks as private in Captain Benjamin Baldwin's company in Colonel Ward's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in August, 1782, and served six weeks as corporal in Captain Hough's Connecticut company. 

Medad Munson was allowed pension on his application executed September 15, 1832, while a resident of Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, to which place he moved in 1791.
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Medad Munson had a brother, Wait, who also served in the Revolution and who was living in Barkhamsted in 1832, aged seventy-two-years.  One Samuel Munson was living in Barkhamsted in 1832, relationship not shown.

The papers in this claim contain no further data relative to the family of Medad Munson.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Medad Munson, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid, and possibly the date of death of the soldier, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., giving the following data:

Medad Munson, Certificate 22974, issued December 23, 1833, rate $23.33 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Connecticut Agency.

Very truly yours

A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistance
to the Administrator
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New Hartford Dec 9, 1833
J.L. Edwards Esqr.

Sir,
I forward again herewith the papers of Medad Munson, together with the certificate of the Comptroller & an additional affidavit of Mr. Munson, being all the evidence which can be obtained in relation to the subject.  I hope they will now be satisfactory. I suppose it is not necessary that another certificate should be procured to prove my signature, or that I am a Justice of the Peace in the Hon. W. Ellsworth or Huntington, Members of Congress from this State will certify if necessary.

Respectfully your obedient servant,
Wm. G. Williams
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State of Connecticut
Hartford County} on this 11th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me Tracy Peck one of the Justices of the Peace for said County of Hartford Amos Johnson of Bristol in the aforesaid County of Hartford who being duly sworn according to law, doth testify & say, that he is well acquainted with Medad Munson now of Barkhamsted in the County of Litchfield & State aforesaid, formerly of Wallingford in the County of  New Haven - in said State, & was with said Medad Munson in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War & knows that the  said Munson served as a private for five months, in Captain Thurber? Company and Colonel Swift Regt in the year 1776 that said company marched from New Haven in Connecticut, directly to Lake Champlain in the State of New York, and said Company were stationed on said Lake at a place then called Skenesborough now called Whitehall, where said Company remained until the expiration of the aforesaid five months at which place myself & said Munson were discharged from thence returned to
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our homes in Connecticut, while myself and said Medad Munson were at said Lake, the American Fleet on said Lake were defeated by the Enemy.  General Arnold was on board of the American Fleet General Waterbury was on duty as a Brigadier General in the stated forces.  
Amos Johnson Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before me Tracy Peck Justice of the Peace 
State of Connecticut Hartford County} Ss, Bristol June 26" A.D. 1833 I hereby Certify that on well before the 11th day of August one thousand eight hundred & thirty two, I was and now am personally acquainted with Amos Johnson of said Bristol, who is a man of more than seventy years of age, who subscribed the foregoing deposition in my person made solemn oath to the same before me in said this day of August 1832; is a credible Witness- - - - - Tracy Peck, Justice of the Peace
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State of Connecticut, Litchfield County Ss: On this 15th day of September 1832 personally appeared before me  Wm G. Williams Esqr one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, Josiah H. Hart of Barkhamsted in said County aged Sixty eight years to me personally known as a reliable witness & a man of respectability, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare, that he is acquainted with Medad Munson of said Barkhamsted & was acquainted with him during the revolutionary war - that towards the close of the war the said Munson & this deponent, both then living in the Town of Wallingford were drafted to go to West Haven, the British having landed there, in Capt. Hough's company, the Lieut's name was Yale & the Ensign's name was Hall, of the Connecticut Militia - that they both went with the company ^ he as a private & the said Munson as a Corporal & served six weeks or more.. that they left home some time in the month of August but cannot tell in what year it was, should rather think it was in 1782 -
  Josiah H Hart
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesd before me -
  Wm G. Williams  Just. Peace

State of Connecticut, Litchfield County Ss. on this 15th day of September 1832 personally appeared before me Wm G. Williams Esqr one of the Justices of Peace for said County  Wait Munson to me personally known as a credible witness, of Barkhamsted in said County aged 72 years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth testify & say that he is the brother of Medad Munson of said Barkhamsted, & well remembers that in the spring of 1776 the said Medad entered the service of the United States
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as a volunteer in Captain Russell's company to go to New York and that he was gone on such expedition he should think as much as three weeks, but the precise time he cannot recollect. That after his return, and some time in the fore part of the summer the said Medad enlisted for five months in Captain Thatcher's company and Colonel Swift's Regiment to go to the northward - that he left home for the purpose of joining the army and did not return under about six months, and was sick when he came home - and the deponent believes from the account given by the said Medad after his return that he did serve out the term of his enlistment - The deponent also remembers that in 1777 the said Medad went in Captain Baldwin's company to Fairfield or Danbury - but cannot remember how long he was gone. The deponent also understood from the said Medad that he went in a drafted company of Militia , towards the close of the war, in Captain Hough's company, to West Haven - but he has no recollection of his having any personal knowledge of the past; and believes that he was then himself in the service on the north river - Wait Munson Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Wm G. Williams Just. Peace - Litchfield County Ss. On this 15th day of September 1832 personally appeared before me Wm G. Williams Esqr one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, Amos Beecher, Samuel Munson and Jesse Ives Esquires of Barkhamsted in said County who having been duly sworn according to law do testify & say that they are well acquainted with Medad Munson of said Barkhamsted & have been for many years & do know that he sustains a fair & irreproachable character for veracity, and that it is the
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has been believed & reputed in the neighborhood where he lives that he did serve as a soldier in the revolutionary war -
  Amos Beecher Samuel Munson Jesse Ives
 Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesd before me -  Wm G. Williams  Just. Peace

I Isaac Kellog Judge of Probate for the district of New Hartford in the State of Connecticut do certify that Wm G. Williams Esqr before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Litchfield aforesd, & that the signature thereto as Justice of the Peace are in his proper handwriting - and I further certify that the above named Amos Beecher, Samuel Munson & Jesse Ives, Esquires are Justices of the Peace for said County residing in the said Town of Barkhamsted & are respectable & credible withesses.
  Isaac Kellogg  Judge &c
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State of Connecticut
Secretary's Office, July 1, 1833
  I, Thomas Day, Secretary of said State and Keeper of whom the foregoing affidavit of Amos Johnson was taken, is, was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford; that William G. Williams Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits of Josiah  H. Hart Wait Munson, Amos Beecher, Samuel Munson and Jesse Ives were taken, is, and t  the several times when said affidavits respectively were were taken, was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Litchfield; and that said Amos Beecher, Samuel Munson and Jesse Ives [word crossed out] are, and when they gave their said affidavits, were, Justices of the Peace within and for said County of Litchfield; each of said Justices having been duly appointed commissioned and sworn; and that I verily believe the foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs respectively are genuine.
  In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, the day and year above written.
  Thomas Day
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17601
INVALID.

File No. 17,601
Medad Munson
 Pri  Rev War


Act: June 7' 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 269

[Arrangement of 1870]

May 26 1898
Miss M E Snyder
Sioux Falls,
[see Ind?] 36601 [Note: Sioux Falls is in S. Dakota]

1928 Oct. 13. Hist to John S. Snyder, M E.E.

1939 Mar 27 hist to
Mr. Ed E. Ellis [MCS?]
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243 West 71st Street
New York City

February 10, 1928

Pension Bureau
Washington,
D.C.

Gentlemen:

Will you kindly send to me at your earliest convenience, the Pension Record, of one Medad Munson.  Listed below is the present available information regarding his birth, death, service, and widow.  This I hope will help you locate the record.

Medad Munson
Born, Wallingford, Conn. Feb. 9, 1757
Died, Barkhamstead, Conn. Nov 29, 1846
Married, Nov. 20, 1777 to Sybil Carrington, who died May 3, 1805.
Was pensioned under the Act of 1832 and was made a pensioner under the Act of 1840.

I will appreciate very much any courtesy that you can show me in this matter.

Ans

Very truly yours,
[signature]
John S. Snyder

[US Pension Office Stamp Feb 11 1928]
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Sons of the Revolution
in the State of New York
Fraunces Tavern
Corner Broad & Pearl Streets
New York City
May 4, 1928

Pension Bureau,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen: 

May I request you to send me the Revolutionary Service of Medad Munson born 1757 and died 1846 to establish a claim for membership in this Society?  The applicant Mr. John S. Snyder has already written you for this service.

Very truly yours,
George Nichols [signature]
Secretary.

McC

[US Pension Office Stamp dated May 7 1928]
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John S. Snyder
1420 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, Pa

Personal request
Oct 12 1928
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Western Union

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MAR 27 930AM 1939

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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MEE?eel

October 13, 1928

John S. Synder
1420 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17601, it appears that Medad Munson was born in 1757, in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
While a resident of Wallingford, although temporarily residing in Branford, Connecticut, he enlisted, in March 1776, and served three weeks or more, as a private in Captain Russell's Company, Colonel Ward's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in June 1776, and served five months as a private in Captain Thatcher's Company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in April 1777, and served three weeks as a private in Captain Benjamin Baldwin's Company, Colonel Ward's Connecticut Regiment.
He enlisted in August 1782 and served six weeks as corporal in Captain Hough's Connecticut Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
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September 15, 1832 while a resident of Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, to which place he moved in 1791. 
There are no data relative to wife and children.
Respectfully,
[illegible] not an O.B.

E.W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.

Sol had brother, Wait Munson of Barkhamsted
in 1832 aged 72 who served in Rev.

One Samuel Munson in Barkhamsted in 1832.