Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37821, Sharp Camp, Conn.

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Service
Conn.

Camp, Sharp

Number
S.37821

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[handwritten] [illegible] sent to Thomas Chester 19 Oct 1820 Hartford Connecticut  [/handwritten]

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(2425)
Connecticut
Sharp Camp, private
Connecticut line
[illegible] of Swift

In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of [handwritten] Connecticut [/handwritten] at the rate of [handwritten] eight [/handwritten] Dollars per month, to commence on the [handwritten] 21st of April 1818 [/handwritten]

Certificate of Pension issued on the 7 of [handwritten] Septem 18 and sent to the above of Jonathan Braces esquire Hartford Connecticut [/handwritten]

Arrears to 4th of [handwritten] September 1818 - 35.73 [/handwritten]
Semi-anl. all'ee ending  [handwritten] 4 March 1819   48  [/handwritten]

4 Mo 14/30

$83.73

Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.

 [handwritten] 5 years
Continued
Granby Hartford Co [/handwritten]

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[handwritten] Sharp Camp Admitted

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State of Con
County of Hampton
Sharp Camo of Granby in sd County aged seventy eight years being duly sworn doth depose & say that he served in the revolutionary war on the Continental establishment & in the Cont line for five years -
that he entered the service at Durham in State to serve as a private during the war in Capt Samuel Barker's compy & Col. Meigs' Regt & served in ? or in the service of the U. States until the peace when in June 1783 he was discharged which discharge is lost.  at this time the Regt was commanded by Col. Heman Swift.  He was in the battle at Elizabethtown when he was discharged a the Highlands in the state of New York. - that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of a pension from his Country for support.
He makes the above declaration in order to obtain the pension made by the late act of Congress entitled as act to provide for certain persons engaged for the land & naval service of the U. States in the revolutionary war -
Sworn to & subscribed
this day of April 1818
Sharp Camp
his X mark
Before me Jonathan Brace Judge of the Court for the County aforesaid

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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, and County of Hartford. ss. Hartford

I Jonathan Brace, Judge of the county Court, within and for said County, the same being a Court of Record, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that [handwritten] Sharp Camp [/handwritten] who swore to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, served as a [handwritten] private [/handwritten] in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy, and on the Continental establishment, for at least the term of nine months, and is a resident citizen of the United States, in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support. His discharge he also swears was [handwritten] lost [/handwritten]

And in addition to the proof contained in the foregoing affidavit, and in support thereof, I further certify that it is proved to me by the testimony under oath of [handwritten] Giles [illegible] who was a recruit on the same Regt & [/handwritten] who [handwritten] is a [/handwritten] credible witness, that the said [handwritten] Camp [/handwritten] served in the revolutionary war, as foresaid;
and from the like testimony of [handwritten][illegible] Hillyear Esqr [/handwritten] that the said [handwritten] Sharp Camp [/handwritten] is in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support.

In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, and subscribed my name at Hartford aforesaid, this 21st day of April A.D. 1818.

[handwritten]Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid

April 21, 1818 Sealed with the seal of said Court by direction of the Honorable Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said court.
Thomas Chester clerk [/handwritten]

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2425
March 1819

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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD
ss. Special Count Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August 1820.

ON this 2nd 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] Sharp Camp [/handwritten] aged [/handwritten] seventy five [/handwritten] years, resident in [handwritten] the town of Granby [/handwritten] in the County of Hartford, [handwritten] & State of Connecticut.  who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: enlisted in Branford, County of New Haven, State of Connecticut under Capt. Samuel Barker joined Col. Jonathan Meigs Regt. where I remained about three years.  I then was transferred into Col. Butlers Regt. & from that I was transferred into Colo. Heman Swifts regiment where I remained till I was discharged at Peekskill, State of New York.  I was during the war Soldier & served about five years.
"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 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, 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."
to wit - 1 hoe -------50 ct
  1 walking cane-----12
  1 testament--------34
           ____________________
         $      ..96

The said Sharp Camp is a farmer by occupation & by reason of age & bodily infirmities especially, being decrepit in his knees & hips so that he is not able to do any labor
Sharp Camp
his X mark

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Sworn to and declared by said Sharp Camp on the 2nd day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is ninety six cents.
I Thomas Chester Clerk of the County Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford 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 21st day of August 1820
Th Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford.

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37821
INVALID
Revy
File No. 37,821
Sharp Camp
Pri  Rev War
Act 18th March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 67
[Arrangement of 1870]