Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,602, for Warwick Ray, Connecticut
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[printed] (3-1776)
[printed] SERVICE [handwritten] Conn.
[image of star] [handwritten] Ray, Warwick
[printed] NUMBER [handwritten] S. 35,602
[printed] CONTENTS
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8,271
Connecticut
Warwick Ray
of Hartford in the state of Connecticut who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Huntington of the Connecticut line, for the term of 6 years

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th of March 1819 and sent to Jonathan Brace Esq Judge Hartford County Connecticut

Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819  $77-16
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept. 1819 $48
$125.16

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
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[handwritten] [illegible] sent to Thomas Chester [illegible]
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Warwick Ray
16 May 1818 private
77 War - Col Huntington.
Connecticut line
Wanted the Judge's certificate of the reduced circumstances of the claimant

Adm.
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[printed] DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT-ss---HARTFORD
On this [handwritten] 16th [printed] day of [crossed out, handwritten] Warwick [handwritten] May [printed] 1818, before me the subscriber, [crossed out, printed] one of the [printed] Judge[crossed out, printed]s [printed] of the [handwritten] County Court for the County of Hartford [crossed out, printed] for the [handwritten] in [printed] said district, personally appeared [handwritten] Warwick Rory [printed] aged [handwritten] 58 [printed] years resident in [handwritten] Hartford [printed] in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, 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 navel service of the United States in the revolutionary war." That he, the said [handwritten] Warwick Rory- [printed] enlisted in [handwritten] East Haddam as a private- [printed] in the state of [handwritten] Connecticut in June 1777- [printed] in the company commanded by Captain [handwritten] Eliphalet Holmes [printed] of the [handwritten] Connecticut Regt commanded by Col. Jedediah Huntington during the war- [printed]; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the United States until the [handwritten] close of the war [printed], when he was discharged from service in [handwritten] at the Highlands- [printed] state of [handwritten] New York- ,[crossed out, printed] that he was in the battles of [printed] and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence in his power of his said services. [handwritten] [illegible] then subjoined [printed] Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. [handwritten] Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid-
[printed] I, [handwritten] Jonathan Brace- [printed] Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that if appears to my satisfaction that the said [handwritten] Warwick ray- [printed] dis serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and now I transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
[handwritten] May the 16th- 1818 Jonathan Brace Judge as aforsaid
[handwritten] May 16, 1818 sealed with the seal of said Court by direction of the Honorable Jonathan Brace who is the Residing Judge of said Court
[signed] Thomas Chester Clerk
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[handwritten] [illegible] of Connecticut [illegible] County of Hartford
May the 16th 1818
I hareby testify that it appear to my satisfations by the testimony [inserted note] [illegible] [regular text] of [crossed out, handwritten] Warwick Ray [handwritten] Eliphalet Holmes [illegible] this within named Capn- that the wittins named Warwick Ray served as a private in the Revolutionary [inserted note] war [regular text] in the manner and for the term mentioned in his affidavit- Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid-

State of Connecticut, County of Hartford
February the 24th 1819
Hereby verify that the within named Warwick Ray is poor, in [illegible] and Hands in need of the assistance of his County for Support
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford aforesaid
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[handwritten] Warwick Ray
0241
[illegible]
[large C-shaped swirl below writing]
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[printed] STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD, ss. Special County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August, 1820.
[printed] ON this [handwritten] 2nd [printed] day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment, [handwritten] Warwick Ray [printed] aged [handwritten] sixty [printed] years, resident in [handwritten] Hartford [printed] in the County of Hartford, who being the first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: [handwritten] that he enlisted as a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jedediah Huntington of Connecticut of that he served in said Regiment constantly from that time to the end of the war- the commander of the company in which he served was Captain Eliphalet Holmes, My first declaration was made May 16th 1818 + my pension Warrant is Number 8271-
[printed] "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 the act of Congress, entitled "An set to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that i have not, nor has any 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."
[handwritten] [illegible] no property of any [illegible] alone in presence of Warwick X ["his" above X, "mark" below X] Ray
I am by occupation a day laborer but am old + in firm unable to perform much labor + am supported primarily by the charity of my friends + am without family
[signed] Warwick X ["his" above X, "mark" below X] Ray [illegible] J M Gannett
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[printed] Sworn to and declared by said [handwritten] Warwick Ray [printed] on the [handwritten] 2nd [printed] day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that [crossed out, printed] the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is dollars and cents [handwritten] Said Warwick has no property [printed] I, [handwritten] Thomas Chester [printed] Clerk of the County or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of [handwritten] Hartford [printed] aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this [handwritten] 26 [printed] day of [handwritten] August 1820
[signed]
TH Chester
[printed] Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Harford.
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35 602
Reg INVALID
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File No. 35,602
Warwick Ray
[illegible] Rev War
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Act: 18[superscript illegible] March 18[superscript illegible]
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 334
Arrangement of 1870 [in brackets]