Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 11131, James Warden, Conn. New York
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SERVICE
Conn.
New York
Warden, James
or Worden
NUMBER 
R 11131
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James Warden
New York
No. 23278 -
['Stephen Minot, esq'] [lined out]
Ithaca
Tompkins co.
N. Y.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 3, 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus:}). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your [illegible]
A Statement, showing the Service of James Warden
[tabular form]
|Period when the service was rendered.|
Septr. 1775 enlist
|Duration of the claimant's service|
|Years.| Months.| Days.|
6 Months.
8 Months.
| Rank of the claimant.|
Pri.
|Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served.|
Capt. G. Haviel
Capt. N Pearce
|Names and Rank of the General and Field officers.|
Col. Richmore
|Battles in which the applicant was engaged.|
[blank]
|Country through which he marched.|
From Town of Paulding to New York City
From Paulding to [?]
|Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period.|
82 years Paulding Dutchess Co. N. Yk.
|Evidence by which the declaration is supported.|
[blank]
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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Ithaca Tompkins County NY
October 3d 1852
Dear Sir
Some seventeen years since was commenced application in this department for the obtainment of a Pension for which James Warden was refused. More recently in the further prosecution of the claim say nither five or six years last past a Mr _ Heath as also a Mr _ Murphy both of Milan Cayuga County have undertaken the obtainment. Having frequently made application to these latter parties for information as to the progress made in the matter [illegible]. I would now respectfully ask of the department to furnish what I have sought for is lain at the hands of those who had undertaken [lined out] this subject in charge. If it is possible in your answers to inform particularly what is yet wanting in order to the fully establishing the claim of the applicant you will confer a [illegible. James Warden was a Revolutionary Soldier, serving in the State of New York
Have the goodness to answer this at your earliest convenience directing your answer to the care of Horace Mack of this place
Respectfully Yours Henry Warden for the children of James Warden deceased
Hon J. E Heath
Com of Pensions
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State of New York
Tompkins County ss: James Warden of Danby in said County being duly sworn doth upon his oath depose and say that he is the same identical James Warden named in the annexed Declaration to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th  of June 1832 - That he knows of no witness or testimony other than is herewith sent by whom he can prove his service as a soldier of the revolution or any part thereof - That by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods & in the grades as follows: viz for fourteen months he served as a private; And for such service he claims a Pension - And this deponent further saith that he knows of no Clergyman in his neighborhood with whom he has any acquaintance & who can certify as to their belief of my service in the revolution & as to reputation in my neighborhood in that respect and that no clergyman lives within a considerable distance of this deponent and that he is not able by reason of old age & infirmity to get out from home much - And further saith not
James his X mark Warden ['x' between first and last name]
Subscribed and sworn before me this 6th day of February 1837}
Herman Miller justice of the peace} 

State of New York Tompkins County ss I Arthur S. Johnson Clerk of said county do hereby certify that Herman Miller before whom the foregoing affidavit was taken & whose name is subscribed thereto was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned & qualified and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature subscribed thereto is genuine In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed this seal of said county this 9th day of February 1837
Arthur S. Johnson Clerk
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James Warden
Revolutionary Soldier
Declaration 
23278
11131
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State of New York}
Tompkins County ss} Declaration [underlined] to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832
On this 29th day of February in the year 1833 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tompkins now sitting James Warden a resident of the town of Newfield in the County of Tompkins in the State of New York, of the age of 82 year [sic] on the 16th of March 1832 - who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - That he enlisted in the Army of the United State [sic] in the year (as he believes) 1775. in the fall of the year, but at what particular time he does not recollect but recollects that his term of enlistment was to expire on the last of March following. He thinks he enlisted in the month of September, as the term he served at this enlistment was according to his recollection six months, and he recollected that at the time he enlisted they were harvesting corn. That he served out his time and was discharged the last of March - That he enlisted under Captain Gaylord Hubbel, under Colonel Richmore in the Connecticut line in the Continental Service in the town of Paulding in the County of Dutchess in the State of New York, but Captain Hubbell resided in the Town of Sherman, now in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut and he this deponent resided in the said Town of Paulding and after enlisting went to the said town of Sherman and from thence he marched to the City of New York and was employed in working on the forts, and standing sentry and lodged in the barracks, continued until the last of March, when his term had expired, and was then discharged: returned to Paulding, and in about a week according to his best recollection, after he arrived at home, he enlisted again at Paulding aforesaid under Captain Nathan Pearce, (does not know who the Colonel was) in the New York line in the month of April for the term of Eight months, as he understood it to be. Marched, very soon, to Bulls Head and was encamped there - Here the soldiers were drawn out and went by turns to work on Washington Fort a short distance up the North River, one set of soldiers worked about a week at a time and then returned and the other set took their place - Worked some part of the time the first term of service on Governor's Island - the last term of service he continued till his time had expired and was discharged - During this term Captain Pearce was tried for keeping the soldiers money, and not paying it to them, and was broken. after the Captain was broken,
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he this deponent was under Sergeant Benjamin Franklin and Sergeant Jonathan Pendell both of whom resided at Paulding in the County of Dutchess He does not recollect any of the names of the Field officers stationed at the place except Colonel Richmore who he thinks continued then through both terms of his service. He was not engaged in any battle - was once called out to go and prevent the British from landing from a ship called the old Asia, but they did not attempt to land -
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or an annuity whatever except the present. and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency in any State -
To the questions propounded by the Court he answers 
1st He was born ^[inset] at Horse Neck in the State of Connecticut in the year 1750 as he supposes -
2d He has no record of his age
3d he was living at Paulding in Dutches [sic] County New York at the time he enlisted - Moved from Paulding about 14 or 15 years ago to Newfield, then in the County of Tioga, now in the County of Tompkins in the State of New York.
4th He enlisted into the service
5th He does not recollect the names of any of the officers who were with the troops where he served except Colonel Richmore, Captain Hubbell, Captain Pearce and Sergeant Benj. Franklin & Serj. Jonathan Pendell.
6th He does not know that he received a written discharge
7th He is acquainted with William Denton Henry Warden Miles Forman and others who reside in the neighbourhood [British spelling] where he resides and who can testify to his character for truth & veracity and their belief that he served as a soldier in the Revolution
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written in open court -
James his \\ mark Warden ['\\' placed between names]
Saml. Love clk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served
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as he states -
I, Samuel Love, Clerk of the County of Tompkins in the State of New York, and of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Warden for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty ninth day of January in the year of our Lord 1833 -
Saml. Love clerk
Tompkins County

Mr Henry Warden - of Danby - in the County of Tompkins and Eli Whitney residing in the town of Newfield in the County aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Warden who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty six years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have beena soldier of the ^[insert] Revolution and that we concur in that opinion 
Sworn & subscribed before the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid in open Court this 3d day of February 1837
Eli Whitney [signature]
Henry his X mark Warden ['x' between first and last names]
Arthur S Johnson Clerk

And the said Court of Common Pleas do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the said above named applicant James Warden was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states above in his Declaration - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Eli Whiting and Henry Warden are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit and belief -
I Arthur S. Johnson clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said county
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of Tompkins do hereby certify that the following contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Warden for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this third day of February in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven -
Arthur S. Johnson Clerk
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873 [lined out]
REJECTED
11.131
P.O.
James Warden
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Ovid Nov 7th 1845
Sir
I enclose Comps of Concl. Certf as I suppose for the service of the officers under whom James Warden served, his application I am informed is on file, probably under the law of 1832 - [?] report on his case, & if it is honestly made out to grant him a pension, I understand that he is still living in Tompkins N.Y.
Respectfully Your Obd. Servt [Obedient Servant]
Arad Joy
Hon J. L. Edwards
Coms. of Pensions
Washington D. C
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Comptrollers Office, Connecticut
Hartford Nov 4th 1845
On application for evidence of the service of James Warden in the war of the revolution I have examined the documents in this office relating to that war, and find no roll of Capt Hubbells Company under whom James Warden is said to have served, but find the following evidence of the service of Capt Hubbell
In the pay table books in this entry June 19 1776 Capt Wm. G. Hubbell, Sillimans Regt Do to order on treasures in and for his Co for [?] Hubbells [?] ---- [British pound symbol] 580 ----
May 22 - 1777 United States is charged to Capt Hubbells Acct rendered this day in post - 325-6-6 under the above date Capt Wm. G. Hubbell Sillimans Regt is credited for acc rendered [British pound symbol] 582-8 and charged for 1 gun & box lost in service 2-8 and to over [?] in pt mo wages & premium 5--
A Carrington Comptroller
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Ho. of Reps.
Wash Feb. 15. 1837
Dear Sir,
I have the honor of herewith transmitting some papers relative to the claim of James Warden, [underlined] a Revolutionary Soldier, to a Pension [underlined]
Have the goodness to cause them to be examined as soon as may be, and favor me with your decision. -
Your Obt. Servt [Obedient Servant]
S. B. Leonard
Hon. J. L. Edwards
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New York [underlined]
James Warden
Suspd [suspended]
Let to Hon S. Leonard
Feb- 17. 1837
Let to Arad Joy Dec 5 '45
Let. H Warden, March 25/53
1853