Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 2095, Solomon P Goodrich, Conn
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SERVICE                             NUMBER
Conn.            Goodrich, Solomon P. W 2095
                                      Anna
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7444

New York

Solomon P. Goodrich
of Queensbury in the state of New York
who was a musician in the regiment commanded by Colonel Well of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2d of May 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 5th of Mar 1819 and sent to Judge Robards, Caldwell N. York

Arrears to the 4th of March 1819 10 mo 3/31 $80.77
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 $48.00
______________
$128.77

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March 1818}

Continued
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Notification sent Nov 14th 1820 to Russel Clark
Sandy Hill Wash. Co. N, Yk
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865

New York

Anna Goodrich
widow of Solomon P. Goodrich
who served in the Revolutionary war as a musician Connecticut Line

Inscribed on the Roll of the rate of 96 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on 3 February 1859

Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of July 185[cut off]
and sent to 
H. Van Tassell
N. Y.

Recorded on Roll of Pensions under act February 1853
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(Musician)

Solomon P. Goodrich

Pension Papers for services in the Continental Army

Webbs Regt
Connect Line

2d May [illegible year]

From 1777 to 1780

Admd

The Judge at Caldwell N. Y.
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United States of America

State of New York Ss on this second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred eighteen before me the subscriber First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Harrison, personally appears Solomon P. Goodrich aged fifty-eight years resident in the town of Queensbury in the county of Warren & State of New York, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late Act of Congress Entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary war".

That the said Solomon P. Goodrich enlisted in the town of Middletown as he believes, in the state of Connecticut in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel B. Webb of Weathersfield in the said State of Connecticut of the Continental Army in the capacity of a Musician & attached to the said Colonel Webbs as Musician.

That Charles Whiting of the said Regiment was the Captain who commanded a company in the same regt under whom the said Solomon P. Goodrich enlisted. 

That he the said Solomon P. Goodrich enlisted for the term of three years and continued to serve in said regiment & corps as Musician & in the service of the United States until the year one thousand seven hundred
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of Morristown in the state of New Jersey That he the said Solomon P. Goodrich received his regular discharge from the hand of Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Huntington then commander of said regiment.

That he the said Solomon P. Goodrich does not distinctly recollect the number of the regiment or the name of the towns where he enlisted in. And further declares that he was [illegible] the United States. That the said Solomon P. Goodrich further declares that he has long since lost his discharge. That he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service.

Solomon P. Goodrich

Sworn to & declared before me the month, day & year aforesaid.
S. Wm. Robards, First Judge of Warren County Common Pleas

I William Robards, first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Warren as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Solomon P. Goodrich did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common Enemy. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the instructions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Certified this 2nd day of May 1818 by me,
Wm Robards First Judge
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I William Robards first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas held in & for the county of Warren as aforesaid do in addition to the certificate by me signed in the annexed certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Solomon P. Goodrich, that I know him to be in indigent circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Wm Robards First Judge as above

Dated and certified this 19th Day of May 1818
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In the matter of Solomon P. Goodrich }Declaration Schedules

Copy

7444
March 1819

Russel Clark Sandy Hill 
Washington County N. Y.
agent
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STATE OF NEW YORK,
Warrens COUNTY Ss}

ON this thirteenth day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county - a Court of Record, which proceed according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and which have the power of fine and imprisonment, Solomon P. Goodrich, aged sixty years, resident in Queensbury in said county, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on this oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820. That he the said Solomon P. Goodrich served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, viz.

Three years in the company commanded by Captain Charles Whiting in the regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel B. Webb in the line of the state of Connecticut in the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said corps, from early in the year 1777 to the Spring of 1780 until he was discharged from the said service, at Morristown in the state of New Jersey having served three full years as a Musician in the aforesaid Colonel Webbs regiments.

And further, that he made application for a pension in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, the second day of  May 1818, and received a pension certificate No. 7444 dated at the War Office of the United States, the fifth day of March 1819 and has received his pension, at the rate of eight dollars per month, from the second day of May 1818 to the fourth day of March 1820.

And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a residence citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor have any person, in trust for me any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I hany income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.

Viz.
1 dozn chairs........................$3.00
1 Great Chair......................$0.10
2 small cherry tables .........$2.00
1 small cherry stand........$1.00
1 looking glass...................$5.00
1 small tea board..............$1.00
6 cups and saucers..........$0.25
1 tea pot..............................$0.37 1/2
1 sugar bowl.......................$0.12 1/2
6 pewter spoons...............$0.12 1/2
2 small servers....................$1.00
2 small wooden chests.....$1.50
1 cradle.................................$0.50
2 candlesticks, brass........$1.00
1 pair and irons.................$1.00
1 shovel and tongs...........$1.00
____________________________
$19.37 1/2

Amount brought up [from left column] $19.37 1/2
1 dozen knives & forks...................$2.25
2 large platters...................................$1.00
3 dishes..................................................$1.00
16 plates..............................................$1.00
1 tin canister.....................................$0.12 1/2
1 tin coffee pot.................................$0.12 1/2
1 griddle...............................................$0.75
1 frying pan.........................................$0.75
4 small earthen bowls....................$0.12 1/2
2 pint decanters................................$1.00
1 small decanter................................$0.25
4 tumblers............................................$0.37 1/2
4 wine glasses....................................$0.25
2 earthen pitchers.............................$0.25
2 jugs....................................................$0.25
1 small brass kettle
1 small iron pot..................................$0.25
____________________________
$31.12 1/2
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Amount brought over ..........................$31.12 1/2
2 small iron kettles..................................$1.50
1 iron tea kettle.......................................$0.75
1 grid iron ...............................................$0.75
1 wash tub
2 small tubs}...............................................$1.00
1 pail & bucket..........................................$0.10
1 small stove.............................................$7.00
1 family Bible............................................$0.75
2 [illegible].................................................$1.00
10 small old books.................................$1.00
_______________________
$45.37 1/2

Amount brought up [from left column] $45.37 1/2
2 Hogs & 3 pics.........................................$7.00
1 bake pan....................................................$0.75
3 pewter plates........................................$0.37 1/2
2 glass [illegible]
1 [illegible] }...............................................$0.37 1/2
_________________
$53.87 1/2

Solomon P. Goodrich

And further that I am by occupation a School master and very much infirmed by age and unable to provide subsidence for myself and family by my occupation or labor, and I have a wife aged about 40 years of very feeble health, and six children who are entirely dependent on my exertions and means for their support. 
Their names and ages as follows (viz)

My wife, Ann Goodrich, aged 40 years
my daughter Eliza, 15 years in feeble health,
Anna Maria 11 years
Horace 9 years
Jane Augusta 7 years
George 4 years
and Charlotte 16 months

And further that I am in very indigent circumstances and unable to support myself and family without the aid of public or private charity.
Solomon P. Goodrich

Sworn to and declared on the 13 day [cut off]

STATE OF NEW YORK,
WARREN COUNTY, ss}
Solomon P. Goodrich

I, SETH C. BALDWIN, Junior, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, Do hereby Certify, that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court - And, by order of the Court I do 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 fifty three Dollars eighty seven Cents - and also, that this is the first Court of record held in and for said County, at which this application could have been made, since the knowledge of the Act of Congress of the 1st of May, 1820. 
In TESIMONY WHEREOF, i have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirteenth day of September 1820.
Seth C. Baldwin Jr, Clerk
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Amount brought over ..........................$31.12 1/2
2 small iron kettles..................................$1.50
1 iron tea kettle.......................................$0.75
1 grid iron ...............................................$0.75
1 wash tub
2 small tubs}...............................................$1.00
1 pail & bucket..........................................$0.10
1 small stove.............................................$7.00
1 family Bible............................................$0.75
2 [illegible].................................................$1.00
10 small old books.................................$1.00
_______________________
$45.37 1/2

Amount brought up [from left column] $45.37 1/2
2 Hogs & 3 pics.........................................$7.00
1 bake pan....................................................$0.75
3 pewter plates........................................$0.37 1/2
2 glass [illegible]
1 [illegible] }...............................................$0.37 1/2
_________________
$53.87 1/2

Solomon P. Goodrich

And further that I am by occupation a School master and very much infirmed by age and unable to provide subsidence for myself and family by my occupation or labor, and I have a wife aged about 40 years of very feeble health, and six children who are entirely dependent on my exertions and means for their support.
Their names and ages as follows (viz)

My wife, Ann Goodrich, aged 40 years
my daughter Eliza, 15 years in feeble health,
Anna Maria 11 years
Horace 9 years
Jane Augusta 7 years
George 4 years
and Charlotte 16 months

And further that I am in very indigent circumstances and unable to support myself and family without the aid of public or private charity.
Solomon P. Goodrich

Sworn to and declared on the 13 day of September 1820 in open court before me.
Seth C. Baldwin Jr Clerk

It is proven before the court that the amount of the above inventory was valued by his Hon Jude Spencer - & it is here entered by the order of the court.
Seth C. Baldwin Jr Clerk
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State of New York
County of Warren} Ss
On this sixth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me a Judge of the County Courts of the county of Warren and state of New York, Anna Goodrich, a resident of the town of Queensbury in the county of Warren and state of New York, aged ninety years and upwards, who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the third day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.

That she is the widow of Solomon P. Goodrich, deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier in the Connecticut Line, a private & who was a pensioner under act of 1818 at $96 per annum and a resident of the town of Queensbury county and state aforesaid at the date of his death and in which state he drew his pension at the Albany Agency N. Y.

She further declares that she was married to the said Solomon P. Goodrich on the third day of May 1803 one thousand eight hundred & three at the town of Greenwich in the county of Washington and state of New York by Phillip Duryee a Presbyterian Minister. That her maiden name was Anna Folsom and her said husband the said Solomon P. Goodrich died on the 28th day of September one thousand eight hundred & thirty one at the said town of Queensbury in the county and state aforesaid.

She further declares that she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband the said Solomon P. Goodrich and that she is still a widow. And she further declares that she has a record of her marriage made in
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the hand writing of her said husband the said Solomon P. Goodrich a short time after they were married, which record has always been in her possession and which record is herewith delivered to be forwarded with this declaration to the War Department at the city of Washington D. C.

She further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act and that she is still a widow and that she has never before made application for a pension.
Anna Goodrich

Sworn before me this 6th day of April 1853
Orange Ferriss County Judge of Warren County

State of New York
County of Warren}Ss
I Orange Ferriss Judge of the County Court of said county of Warren certify that I have resided in the same vicinity with Anna Goodrich, the declarant above named, and have been well acquainted with her for more than twenty years last past, and know her to be of good moral character, of sound mind and a person of the strictest integrity, and verily believe full faith and credit ought to be given to her declaration as above set forth, and that she is unable to appear in open court on account of bodily infirmity.
I also certify that the record containing the marriage of Solomon P. Goodrich to said declarant and the births deaths & marriages of their children I saw delivered and is hereunto annexed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of April A. D. 1853.
Orange Ferriss County Judge of Warren County, New York
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State of New York
County of Warren}Ss.
George G. Hawley and Alexander Folsom being duly sworn according to law doth each for himself severally say that they were well acquainted with Solomon P. Goodrich in his life time and was acquainted with him many years previous to his death which took place in the town of Queensbury county & state aforesaid on the twenty eighth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty one. & each for himself further says that they were well acquainted with Anna Goodrich several years previous to her husbands death, the said Solomon P. Goodrich, and they further declare that they have been well acquainted with the said Anna Goodrich ever since her said husband died & know that she has not intermarried since the death of her said husband, the said Solomon P. Goodrich, and now remains his widow. They further say that they are not interested witnesses.
G. G. Hawley
Alex Folsom

The word time in fifth line from top interlined before execution.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 6th day of April 1853.
Orange Ferriss County Judge of Warren County

State of New York
County of Warren}Ss.
I certify that I am personally & intimately acquainted with George H. Hawley & Alexander Folsom & have been so acquainted for twenty five years last past, that they are of good moral character & that their affidavits are entitled to full faith & credit.
Orange Ferriss County Judge of said County of Warren
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State of New York
Warren County Ss}
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the said Court do duly certify that Orange Ferriss before whom the within affidavits purport to have been sworn was on the day of the date of the same county Judge of the said county of Warren and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and duly believe his name Orange Ferriss subscribed to the within affidavits to be his proper hand writing & signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 7th day of April 1853.
Thomas Archibald Clerk
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Births

Eliza G Goodrich was born May 31st at noon in the year of our Lord 1805.

Harriet G. Goodrich was born February 14th at sunrise in the year of our Lord 1807.

Anna Maria Goodrich was born March 10th at 5 o'clock in the morning year of our Lord 1809.

Horace Folsom Goodrich was born August 12th at 2 o'clock in the morning in the year of our Lord 1811.

Jane Agusta Goodrich was born October 9th at 7 o'clock in the morning in the year of our Lord 1813.

George Goodrich was born April 7th at 5 o'clock in the morning in the year of our Lord 1816.

Charlotte L. Goodrich was born January 18th at 11 o'clock in the evening in the year of our Lord 1819.

Helen Goodrich was born July 1st at 2 o'clock in the morning in the year of our Lord 1821.

William W. Goodrich was born December 17th at sunrise in the year of our Lord 1823.

Deaths
Solomon P. Goodrich died September 28th, 1832.

Horace Folsom Goodrich died June 12th 1832.

Harriett Katherine Berry died April 28, 1841.

Anna Maria died [no date given]
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Marriages
Solomon P. Goodrich was married to Ann Folsom May 3d in the year of our Lord 1803.

Anna Maria Goodrich was married Jany 14th 1829.

June Agusta Goodrich was married August 22 1831.

Harriot Katharine Goodrich was married July 25th 1832.

Eliza Gloriann Goodrich was married Sept 20th 1832.

George Goodrich was married [no date given]

Charlotte L. Goodrich was married [no date given]
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State of New York
Clerk's office Warren County}Ss.
I certify that by Letters Patent and qualification roll now in this office, William Robards, whose signature appears on the annexed affidavits and certificate was a first Judge of the court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Warren on the 2nd & 19th days of May 1818 & I further certify that I am acquainted with the said William Robards and the signature therein I believe to be his.
In testimony whereof I have hereof caused the seal of our court of Common Pleas to be hereunto affixed this 20th day of May 1818.
Myron Brack, Clerk
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April 14 1853

Appl of Anna Goodrich
widow of
Solomon P. 
Warren Co. New York
he died [crossed out]

Act 3d Feby 1853
$96 per annum
Commencing 3 Feby 1853

Revy.

Harmon Van Tassell
Glens Falls
New York

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
PENSION OFFICE OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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No. 1023.

Anna Goodrich
widow of Solomon P.

N. York

Let to H. Van Tassell
13 June 1853

Act Feby 3/53
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Brief in the case of Anna Goodrich, widow of Solomon P.
Warren County and State of New York
act 3d February 1853

Claim ("original")

Proof exhibited (if original)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the Act of 18 March 1818 & Contd

Marriage proven by record & evidence & parole proof certified to be credible

(if for increase,)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?


H. Van Tassell Esq
Glens Falls, New York

Name and residence of Agent

S. C. Boynton
Examining Clerk
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Glens Falls April 11th 1853

Dear Sir

I herewith enclose you the claim of Anna Goodrich for a pension under the act of Feby 5 1853. I have to say I believe it to be as fair and honest a claim as ever was presented to the department for investigation. Solomon P. Goodrich was well known in the village a very respectable worthy citizen. His wife Anna is such of the most respectable family in the country. To the truth of what I here stated I can confidently refer you to the most respectable inhabitants of this village. Please acknowledge the recpt of this & oblige your humble servant.
Harmon Van Tassell

Honor Commission of Pensions
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Glenfalls June 23 1853

Dear Sir
Yours of the 13 inst has been rec'd. It seems that the marriage of Anna Goodrich to Solomon P. Goodrich was not considered satisfactory, in all cases, of the kind forwarded to J. L. Edwards when he was commissioner was recd as the best kind of evidence to establish a marriage.
I hope the enclosed affidavits will be considered sufficient to establish the marriage. I have to say that the claim is as fair and honest a claim as ever was presented to the department. If you think proper you may write to the first Judge of our county of this place, viz O. Ferriss, who has been well acquainted with Mrs. Goodrich for 30 years or more. He will detail to you her history & family.
Your Obt Servant
Harmon Van Tassell

J. P. Waldo Esq
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Rev

WIDOW &c.

File No 2005
Anna Goodrich
Widow
Solomon P. Goodrich
Musician Rev. War

Act Feb 3 1853

Index: - Vol. A, Page 278

(arrangement of 1870)
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State of New York
Warren County }
On this seventeenth day of June AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized to administer oaths within and for the county and state aforesaid, Samuel Ranger aged fifty six years and upwards, a resident of the village of Glen Falls town of Queensbury county and state aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to Law says that he was well acquainted with Solomon P. Goodrich and Annah Goodrich, his reputed wife, from the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen until the said Solomon died. And has resided in the same village near the said Annah Goodrich ever since the death of the said Solomon P. Goodrich.

He further declares that the said Solomon P. Goodrich and the said Anna lived together as man and wife from the year 1817 one thousand eight hundred and seventeen until the said Solomon died & raised a family of children together as husband & wife and he further says that the said Annah has not intermarried since the death of her reputed husband, the said Solomon P. Goodrich and now remains a widow & resides in said village of Glenfalls.

Deponent says he knows that Solomon P. Goodrich was a Revolutionary Pensioner from the following facts namely deponent says that he was clerk for one Elias Hawley who was a Justice of the Peace & knows that the said Solomon P. Goodrich was in the habit of swearing to his pension papers before the said Justice Elias Hawley in the presence and hearing of deponent. And he further says that from his long & intimate acquaintance with [cut off]
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before the said Justice, Elias Hawley, in the presence and hearing of deponent. And he further says that form his long & intimate acquaintance with the said Solomon P. Goodrich he can positively swear that the said Annah Goodrich is now the widow of the said Solomon P. Goodrich who was a Revolutionary Pensioner as before stated.
Samuel Ranger

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of June 1853.
William Robinson, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I have been well acquainted with Samuel Ranger who subscribed and swore to the above affidavit for upwards of twenty years & know him to be of good moral character, a person of truth & veracity & believe his statements to be entitled to full faith and credit.
William Robinson, Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Warren County}ss.
I Thomas Archibald, clerk of the said county, do certify that William Robinson before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was on the day of the date of said affidavit one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said county, residing in the same and that I been well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe his name hereto subscribed affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county this 21st day of June 1853.
Thomas Archibald Clerk