Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10389, Samuel Blanden, Conn. Mass

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SERVICE                                      NUMBER
Conn.       Blander, Samuel         S. 10389
Mass.                                          carded

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New York  14690
Samuel Blander
of Otsego in the State of N.Y.
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Granger of the Regt commanded
by Col. How in the
line for 6 mos 20 days
Conn. and Mass. Jany 29/05

Inscribed on the Roll of N.Y.
at the rate of 22 Dollars 22 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of June
1833 and sent to
Henry Sill, Burlington, N.Y.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833.   44.44
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 33.  11.11
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                                                      $55.55
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by T. Francion Clerk
Book E  Vol. 4  Page 46

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Samuel Blanden




Henry Sill

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State of New York
County of Otsego} ss. Declaration In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832
On this seventh day of March 1833 personally appeared before James C. Walworth Esq a Judge of the Courts of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego, Samuel Blanden a resident of the town of Burlington in the County of Otsego aforesaid aged seventy three 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. He was born in the town of Newtown in the State of Massachusetts in the year 1760. There is a record of his age there on the town Records.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
1st At the town of Suffield, Hartford County, in the State of Connecticut where he resided in the former part of the Revolutionary War, he was drafted from the militia on the 1st August 1776 and joined the company commanded by Captain Granger and Lieutenant Josiah King of the Connecticut militia and was marched to Hartford, therein to New Haven, embarked and sailed to New York and arrived there during the Battle on Long Island, was in the city of New York when the American army retreated from Long Island which was the 29th August 1776, was taken sick with the camp distemper in the retreat from New York, and was carried into a hospital in West Chester he remained there till the 20th Sept 1776 when he was discharged (being verry weal he got home & remained sick 3 months of his life was [unk] of by the Physicians but finally recovered) } 1 2/3 mo
2nd. At Suffield aforesaid in the Summer of 1777 he was drafted from the militia for the term of one month to work on the Fortifications at New Haven. The names of the officers he cannot recollect. He served out this term of one month and returned home.} 1 mo
3d At Suffield aforesaid in the month of April 1778 he was again drafted from the militia for the term of one month and he joined the company commanded by Captain Josiah King his former Lieutenant, and he served out this term of one month on the building a Fort on the west side of and near New London (to which this deponent gave the names of Fort Nonsansi and he believes that it retains that name to this day)} 1 mo.
4th On or about the 29th of July 1780, at Newtown in the State of Massachusetts his then place of residence he enlisted into Captain Goodwin's company in Col. How's regiment of Massachusetts State troops for the term of three months, was marched to Rhode Island and set to work on the fortifications, on the north side of the Island, and served out his full term} 3 mos.
6 2/3 in total

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there and was regularly discharged there on the 29th October 1780 but his discharge is lost or destroyed, and he has no documentary evidence to prove his service and that he knows of no person whose testimony can procure who can testify to his service. That the whole of his service amounts to six months and two thirds for which he claims a pension. That George C. Clyde and Nathaniel K. Smith are his neighbors and can testify to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his service in the revolutionary war.
That since the war he has resided in Pownel in Vermont and his present residence and in Suffield in Connecticut. That there is no Clergyman residing in his neighborhood that knows any thing about his services with whom he is acquainted and for that reason he cannot procure a clergyman's certificate. That 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 any State. While in the service in said Genl Washington, Genl Putnam & Genl Patterson, he knows Col. Putnam & Col. Bruer.
Samuel Blanden
Sworn to and subscribed the say and year aforesaid Before Me James Wadsworth a Judge of Otsego County Courts

We George C. Clyde attorney at law residing in the town of Burlington, Mass, [unk] and Nathaniel K. Smith residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Blanden who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be 73 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.
George C. Clyde
N K Smith
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me.
James C Wadsworth a Judge of Otsego County Courts

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And the said Judge does hereby declare his 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 said Judge further certifies that it appears to him that George C. Clyde is an attorney at Law resident in the town of Burlington and that Nathaniel K. Smith is a citizen resident in the same place and that they are both credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit. That he is an infirm person and in my opinion is unable to attend Court from his bodily infirmities.
James C Wallworth
Judge of Otsego Court


State of New York
Otsego County} ss. I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that James C Wallworth before whom the preceding Declaration of Samuel Blanden and the affidavits of George C. Clyde & Nathaniel K. Smith purports to have been severally sworn & whose name is subscribed to the above certificate was, at the date of the same, one of the Judges of Otsego County Courts, duly appointed and sworn as such; And that I am acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name subscribed to the said Declaration, Affidavits, & Certificates to be his own proper hand writing & signature. Witness my hand & seal of Office this 25th day of March 1833.
Horace Lathrop Clerk

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No 23892
Samuel Blanden Otsego County
New York

admitted
6 mo 20 days Private


Henry Sill (Burlington) N. York

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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 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 show 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:}). 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 Samuel Blanden Otsego County New York

Period when the service was rendered: Drafd Augt 1776
Duration of the claimants service: 1 mo, 20 days
Rank of the claimant: private
Names and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served: Cap. Granger
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service: 73 years Suffield Hartford County Connecticut
Proof by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary evidence, witness certified credible, no clergyman's certificate, a reason given (Judge states applicant incapable to appear in Court) papers corrected

Period when service was rendered: Drafd Jany 1777
Duration of claimant's service: 1 months
Rank of claimant: private
Names and rank of Field officers under whom he served: not named

Period when the service was rendered: Drafd Apl 1778
Duration of the claimant's service: 1 month
Rank of the claimant: private
Names and rank of the Field Officers under whom he served: Cap King

Period when the service was rendered: Enlisted July 1780
Duration of the claimant's service: 3 months
Rank of claimant: private
Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served: Capt Goodwin, Col How

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 of 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 person 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 officer, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of record in the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of record. 
DECLARATION
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 provision 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 tank 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 country 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 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 and subscribed the say and year aforesaid.                        A. B.
[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. 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 if 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 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, of one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable action can be expected. All applicant 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 of 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 Regiment as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
6. To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an Officer} Did your 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.

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In reply to your request for a statement of military history of _Samuel Blanden_ S.F. 10389, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

Date of Enlistment/Length of Service/ Rank/Officer under whom service was Rendered/State

Aug. 1, 1776/Sept. 20,1776/ Pri/Capt. Granger/ Conn.

Summer 1777/ 1 Mon/_/Capt. Granger/Conn.

Apr 1778/ 1 month/_/Capt. Josiah King/ Conn.

July 29,1780/ 3 mos/_/ Capt. Goodwin/Col. Howes/Mass.

Battles Engaged in (marked out- In the retreat from New York and [illegible]}

Residence of soldier at 1st, 2nd, 3rd enlistment: Suffield, Hartford Co. Conn, Newton Mass. m. 1780

Date of Application for pension: March 7, 1833, His claim was allowed

Residence at date of application: Burlington, Otsego Co. NY

Age at date of application: born in 1760, at Newton Mass, died Sept. 1841

Remarks: In data as to [illegible]

Very Respectfully,
Miss Bertha M. Dow
24- E 47St.
N.Y.

Commissioner

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left column
Rev War
10389
INVALID.
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File No. 10,389
Samuel Blanden
Pri Rev War
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Act: June 7th 32
Index:--Vol. A, Page 55

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1907, Mch 6. Histo to Bertha M. Dow
M.B.H.

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STAMP-
O. W. & N. DIV. FILES
FEB 26 1907

14690

Feb. 23rd 1907

"Bureau of Pensions"

Dear Sirs:
I am contemplating joining the "Daughters of the Revolution" and wish to make inquiries in regard to my great-grandfather, Samuel Blanden who enlisted in the American Rev. from Vermont - was pensioned by the government while living in Burlington near

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New York where he died about 1843 or 44. He fought in the battle of Bennington. Will you kindly send me all the [particulars] you can as we have no record - as all papers were destroyed or lost.
Sincerely yours,
(Miss) Bertha M. Dow.
24 E. 47th St.
New York