Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45239, Nehemiah Bacon, Conn.

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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Connecticut

Bacon, Nehemiah

NUMBER
S. 45239

CONTENTS
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14667 
Ohio 
Nehemiah Bacon of Suffick [typed] in the state of [handwritten] Ohio [typed] who was a [handwritten] private [typed] in the regiment commanded by Colonel [handwritten] Durkee of the Connecticut [typed] line, for the term of [handwritten] four years was [typed] inscribed on the Roll of [handwritten] Ohio [typed] at the rate of [handwritten] 8 [typed] dollars per month, to commence on the [handwritten] 6 of July 1818.
[typed] Certificate of Pension issued the [handwritten] 24 of Sep. 1819 and sent to Alva Day Esq. Deerfield Ohio
[typed] Arrears to 4th of [handwritten] Sep 1819 111.76
[typed] Semi-anl. all'ce ending [handwritten] Mar 1820 48.00
[double underline]
$159.76
[double underline]
1 B Mo. 20/31  4/10
[typed] {Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
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Con'd and sent to S. Day Esq Ravenna Ohio

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Nehemiah Bacon
March 1820
14.667
90

Date of
Certification 24 September 1819
[illegible]
applicant 83
wife 84
very old

Con'd. and sent to S. Day Esqr.
Ravenna, Ohio: July 31, 1821

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State of Ohio
Portage County 
ss}

Be it Remembered that at a time of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Portage specially holden by adjournment at the Court house in the Town of Ravenna within and for the County of Portage and State of Ohio before Elias Harmon, Alva Day and Augustus Baldwin Esquire Associate Judges of said County holding said Court being a court of Record for said County expressly constituted by law, preceding according to the courts of the common law with a institution [illegible] in point of amount keeping a record of their proceedings and having the power of fine and [illegible]: 
On this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court Nehemiah Bacon aged Eighty three years a resident in Palmyra in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: That he the said Nehemiah Bacon enlisted for the time of eight months sometime in the month of May 1775 in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Israel Putnam, at the expiration of which time he was discharged at Pembridge in the State of Massachusetts. That he again enlisted in May 1777 for and during the war in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Abner Bacon in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Durgey, he was permitted to retire from the army as an invalid some time in the year 1780 or 1781 as he believes: that he was in th Eline of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment. And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service. That this declarant has heretofore to wit on the sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen under the provisions of an act of congress of the 18th day of March 1818 made declaration of his said service before Alva Day Esquire one of the associate judges of the said Court and in pursuance thereof has been inscribed on the pension list of the United States as by his pension certificate number 14.667 dated September 24, 1819 in his possession appears: 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

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of Congress entitled an "Act to provide for certain persons engaged in land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed 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.
This declarant exhibits here in Court the following inventory of his estate:
[Columns one and two]
1 Yoke Oxen - $53.00
1 Colt - $31.00
2 [illegible] - $28.00
4 Hogs - $6.00
1 Yoke & Irons - .75
1 Pitch Fork - 18 3/4
5 Bushels Wheat - $2.50
2 Sheets & 1 [illegible] - $2.00
4 Chairs - $1.00
4 Pails - $1.00
1 Axe & 1 Hoe - $1.50
4 Plates - .25
4 Cups & Saucers - .25
4 Pewter Tea Spoons - .12 1/2
[Columns three and four]
6 Table Spoons - .37 1/2
2 Chests - $1.00
1 Iron Kettle - $2.50
1 Pair Tongs & 1 Tramel - 0.75
1 Looking glass - .30
Number of horses - $8.00
1 Pink Bowl - .12 1/2
1 Milk cup - .6 1/2
Several Notes - $97.95
1/2 Barrel Flour - $1.40
5 Bushels Corn - $1.87[illegible]
1 Plough - $3.00
1 Pot & Tea Kettle - $1.50
1 Sack Iron - .18 1/2
= $246.77 1/2

The declarant further states he owes and is fuller indebted:
[Columns one and two]
To William Bacon - $21.69 1/2
John Tuttle - $9.00
Robert Calvin - $13.62 1.2
Joseph Tuttle - $12.00
[Columns three and four]
Fial Tuttle - $3.00
William Knowland - $102.40
Dr. Hebert Gilbert - $18.75
Sund, Small debts - $23.41
= $203.88

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And the declarant further states that his age is eighty three years; that in consequence of the infirmities of age he is unable to perform any labour. His family consists of his wife Ruth Bacon aged eighty four years, very infirm.
Nehemiah Bacon
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 15th day of August A.D. 1820.
S. Day, Clerk

The State of Ohio
Portage County
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I Seth Day, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that the forgoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the said schedule after deducting the debts due and owing by the said Nehemiah Bacon is forty two dollars and eighty nine cents. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court of Ravenna this seventeenth day of July Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
S. Day, Clerk

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Nehemiah Bacon
Private
77 to 83
Durkee Connecticut
Regiment
on Roll
Admitted

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State of Ohio
Portage County}ss

On this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord 1818 before me the subscribed one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas for said county personally appeared Nehemiah Bacon aged eighty one years resident in Suffield in said county 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 naval services of the United States in the revolutionary war; that he the said Nehemiah Bacon enlisted for the term of [cross out] three years on the [end cross out] [faint text] during the 2nd day of May in the year 1777 in Pomfret in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Abner Bacon of the regiment commanded by Colonel [cross out [illegible]] [faint text] John Dunkey in the line of the state of Connecticut on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said company or in the service of the United States until the year 1780 when he was ^invalided [cross out]discharged [end cross out] from service in West Point state of New York; that he was in the battle of [blank] and that he is reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his

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country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his [illegible] of his said services. 
Nehemiah Bacon
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Alva Day, Associate Judge

I Alva Day, Judge & as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Nehemiah Boon did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months at one time on the continental establishment and I now [illegible] the procedings 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; I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support and I also certify that the first declaration was made on this sixth day of July 1818.
Alva Day, A.J.

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The State of Ohio
Portage County ss}

I Seth Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do certify and make known that Alva Day Esquire before whom it appears to my satisfaction that the within declarations were made and who has certified and subscribed the same was at the time of the execution thereof and now is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County and Commissioned and sworn and to wit whose official acts full faith and credit is and ought to be given.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at [illegible] this twentieth day of August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred [illegible]
S. Day, Clerk

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In reply to your request of __, received __ for a statement of the military history of Nehemiah Bacon a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [cross out] (or his widow's) [end cross out] application for pension on file in this Bureau. S.F. 45.239.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
May 1775
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
8 mos.
RANK.
Private
OFFICIERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Israel Putnam
COLONEL.
[check mark]
STATE.
Connecticut

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
May 1777 to 1780 or 1781
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
[blank]
RANK.
[blank]
OFFICIERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Abner Bacon
COLONEL.
John Durkee
STATE.
[blank]

Battles engaged in, 
[check mark]
Residence of soldier at enlistement, Enlisted at Pomfret, Connecticut
Date of application for pension, July 6, 1818, His cl. was at
Residence at date of application, Suffield, Portage Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application, 81 yrs.
Remarks: In 1820, his wife, Ruth, was 84 yrs. of age. There is no further data relative to family.
The above is the only Nehemiah Bacon found on the Rev. War pension records.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner

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[Left side]
45239
INVALID.
Revolutionary
File No. 45239
Nehemiah Bacon
Private, Revolutionary War.
Act: 18 March 1818
Index: Vol. 3, Page 25
(Arrangement of 1870.)

[Right side]

Mary C. Brümmer, F.W.

1931 July 6. History to Mrs. Esse B. Dakin, A.D.Y.

1934 February 7. History to Mrs. E.E. Dittbrenner, A.D.Y.

1934 November 13. History to Jay Buchwalter. A.D.Y.

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Applicant aged 83 yrs.
- wife 84 yrs old 
} Infirm.

Amount of Schedule: $246.77

Cov

Served from 1777 till the close of the war -

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
D
SEP
25
1912

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HW
Lisbon, N.H.
September 23, 1912
To the Commissioner of Pensions:
Dear Sir:
I would like to ask you if there is any thing on the records in your office in regard to the service of Nehemiah Bacon in the Revolutionary War.
He was my great- great grandfather; I have never known any thing of him

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE 
D
SEPTEMBER 25, 1912

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except his name, and the date of his death. Recently I have learned that he served in the War of the Revolution. He lived in Canterbury, Connecticut. He wa born 1736 and died November 6, 1832. I don't know where he was born or where he died, but his children were born in Canterbury, I have been told.
There is being written a history o the town of Haverhill, N.H. and I have

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been asked to furnish a Bacon genealogy for it.  I am hoping that your records may afford me some information in regard to Nehemiah, but doubt as I can give you enough about him to help you find his records.  I have been told that he was pensioned by the government.
Very truly yours,
Mary C. Brummer

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South Bend, Indiana.
420 Manitou Place
June 9th, 1931.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Please send me the record of Nehemiah Bacon of Portage Co. Ohio, who was a private in Captain Seth Phelps' Company in the 4th Connecticut Regiment. He was transferred to the Invalids April 1, 1781.
Any information concerning him and his immediate descendants will be greatly appreciated, by
Yours respectfully,
(Mrs.) Esse B. Dakin.

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U.S. PENSION OFFICE
JUN
11
1931

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RECEIVED
Feb. 2, 1934

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me proof of service, volume and page, as required by the D.A. R. for admission to the society of Nehemiah Bacon, who served as a private in the Revolutionary War in a company designated at various times as (1) Captain Abner Bacon's (2) Lieutenant Colonel John Durkee's, (3) Captain John H. Buell's, and (4) Captain Seth Phelps' company in the 4th Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Colonel John Durkee. He enlisted April 24, 1777 for the war, and was transferred to the Invalids April 1, 1781. No later record of him has been found. The above is from a letter signed "C.H. Bridges, Major General, the Adjutant Guard's Office," dated June 2, 1931, to Mrs. Esse B. Dakin, South Bend, Indiana.
Do you have dates of birth and death of Nehemiah Bacon? Volume and page I.D. are asked by the D.A.R. Any further informaiton will be appreciated.
Respectfully
Mrs. E.E. Dittbrenner
1230 Elmerine Avenue
Huron City, Missouri

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February 2, 1934

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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON

JANUARY 2, 1934

IN REPLY REFER TO:
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. E. E. Dittbrenner
1230 Elmerine Avenue
Jefferson City, Missouri

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to Nehemiah Bacon, Johnathan Fuller, and of any soldier with surname Pinney (Phinny, Piney, Piney), all of whom served in the Revolutionary War.

The data furnished by you are not sufficient to enable this office to make a proper search of the records.

In order to identify the records of Nehemiah Bacon and Johnathan Fuller in whom you are interested, should they be on file, as much as possible of the following data in regard to each should be given: approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

In order to identify the record of any soldier of the Revolutionary War with surname Pinney (or similar spelling) in whom you are interested, in addition to the above cited data, you should furnish his full name.

Please return these letters with your reply.

Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
A.D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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Jay Buchwalter
George W. Buchhalter

Phone 1366

Buchwalter & Buchwalter
Law Offices
801-4 Union Savings & Trust Building
Warren, Ohio

July 17th 1934.

Veterans Administration
Dept Wars of Revolution and 1812,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

May I have a statement of data contained in your records on the following two soldiers of the Revolution.

Nehemiah Bacon
Joseph Norton.

Both of these gentlemen were Connecticut Pensioners for service in that war. Thanking you in advance for this courtesy, I am
Very truly yours,
Jay Buchwalter

JB:MEW

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November 13, 1934

BA-J/EEL

Mr. Jay Buchwalter
801-4 Union Savings and Trust Building
Waren, Ohio

Nehemiah Bacon
S-45239

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the data contained in two Revolutionary War pension claims, namely, Nehemiah Bacon and Joseph Norton.

The histories of these tow soldiers are fruited you herewith, the data for which were contained in the claims for pension based upon their military service in the Revolutionary War.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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November 13, 1934.

Mr. Jay Buchwalter
801 Union Savings & Trust Bldg.
Warren, Ohio

BA/ady
Nehemiah Bacon
S. 45239

Dear Sir:

The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.45239, based upon the military service of Nehemiah Bacon in that war.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Nehemiah Bacon are not shown.

He enlisted in May 1775 and served as private in Captain Israel Putnam's Connecticut Company; length of service eight months. He enlisted in Pomfret, Connecticut, in May 1777 in Captain Abner Bacon's Company, Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut Regiment and served to 1780 or 1781.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 6, 1818 while a resident of Suffield, Portage County, Ohio, aged eighty-one years.

In 1820 he was residing in Palmyra, Portage County, Ohio.

In 1820  his wife, Ruth, was aged eighty-four years. There are no further family data.

This is the history of the only Nehemiah Bacon that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

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February 7. 1934.

Mrs. E.E. Dittbrenner
1230 Elmerine Avenue
Jefferson City, Missouri

BA-J/ady
Nehemiah Bacon
S. 45239

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Nehemiah Bacon, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.45239, based upon his military service in that war.

Nehemiah Bacon enlisted in May 1775 and served as private in Captain Israel Putnam's Connecticut Company; length of service eight months. He enlisted in Pomfret, Connecticut, in May 1777 in Captain Abner Bacon's Company, Colonel John Kurkee's Connecticut Regiment and served to 1780 or 1781.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 6, 1818 while a resident of Suffield, Portage County, Ohio, aged eighty-one years.

In 1820 he was residing in Palmyra, Portage County, Ohio.

In 1820 his wife, Ruth, was aged eighty-four years. There are no further family data.

The date and place of his birth are not stated. No reference is made to his parents.

This is the history of the only Nehemiah Bacon that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of his death, you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting

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Office, Washington, D. C., citing all the following data:

"Nehemiah Bacon, Certificate No. 14667, issued September 24, 1819, rate $8.00 per month, commenced July 6, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, Ohio Agency."

Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller
Assistant to Administrator.

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July 6, 1931.

Mrs. Esse B. Dakin,
420 Manitou Place,
South Bend, Indiana.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
ADY

Dear Madam:

You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.45239, that Nehemiah Bacon enlisted in May 1775 and served as a private in Captain Israel Putnam's Connecticut Company; length of service eight months.

He enlisted in Pomfret, Connecticut in May 1777 in Captain Abner Bacon's Company, Colonel John Durkee's Connecticut Regiment and served to 1780 or 1781.

He was allowed pension on his application executed July 6, 1818 while a resident of Suffield, Portage County, Ohio, aged eighty-one years.

In 1820 he was residing in Palmyra, Portage County, Ohio.

In 1820 his wife, Ruth, was aged eighty-four years. There are no further family data.

This is the history of the only Nehemiah Bacon found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.

Very truly yours,
A.D. Hiller
Assistance to Administrator.

date of death not on A.B.