Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,737, Silvanus Conant, Conn. Continental

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(1-1776)
Service Number
Conn.  Conant, Silvanus. or Sylvanus  S16.737
Continental
Carded
Contents

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Declaration
S. Conant

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State of Connecticut
County of Tolland
SS Mansfield

On this 7th day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Mansfield, in said Tolland County, now sitting, Sylvanus Conant, a resident of the Town of Mansfield in the County of Tolland, and State of Connecticut, aged eighty one 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.
That he was born in said Town of Mansfield, on the 10th day of February 1751-his birth being recorded in the Records of said town.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That about the 23rd or 24th of April 1775 being then in Hebron, in said Tolland County, he received the news of the Battle at Lexington, he immediately joined a company of volunteers under Capt. Skinner of sd Hebron, & marched directly to Roxbury, and from thence to Cambridge, Mass. In Cambridge about the first day of May 1775 he enlisted into a company of Connecticut State Troops, under the command of Experience Storrs of sd Mansfield, who was then a Lieut. Col. James Dana, being 1st Lieut. Ebenr Gray, @nd Lieut and Isaac Farwell, Ensign of sd company. the regiment to which sd company belonged, was under the command of Gen. Israel Putnam. that he enlisted for the term of seven months, and faithfully performed said service. 
That he went with the army onto Bunker Hill, on the evening of the 16th of June, and was there in the Battle of the 17th. that he performed the remaining part of sd service in Cambridge and vicinity and in the latter part of

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November, or beginning of December 1775 having served out his engagement, he was verbally discharged.
That immediately after his discharge as aforesaid & while in Cambridge he enlisted as a Sergeant into the Regular Troops of the Continental Line, for the term of thirteen months, under Capt. John Keyes, that he performed sd service, and was regularly discharged. That he performed sd 13 months service in the 20th Regt of the Continental Troops, under Col. John Durkee. 
And he further states, that in May 1818 he made application to the War Department, for a pension, under the Act of Congress of March 18th, 1818 for the thirteen months service performed in the Regular Troops, as above mentioned, and made out his proof of the same. that the testimony he then adduced was deemed sufficient. his claim was allowed, and he was entered on the Pension Roll, of the Connecticut agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month. and that he was afterwards struck from said Roll, on account of his property. That at the time of his making said application, he was a resident of sd Town of Mansfield, and that he has always resided in sd town since the revolutionary war.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not now on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid
Silvanus Conant

We Anson S. Atwood, a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Mansfield in Tolland County & State of Connecticut, and Zalmon Storrs residing in said Mansfield, do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Silvanus Conant, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be eighty one years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Anson S. Atwood
Zalmon Storrs

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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations 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 Amon S. Atwood, who has signed the proceeding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the Town of Mansfield and that Zalman Storrs Esq who has also signed the same, is a resident in said Mansfield, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Shubael Freeman Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Mansfield do hereby certigy that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Sylvanus Conant for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7th day of August 1832
Shubael Freeman Clerk

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28203
rectant No 28,
-
vanus Conant
us field in the State of Connecticut
was a pri & Sergt in the County commanded
Captain Keys of the Regt commanded
Col. Durkee in the Connecticut
& Continental
for 7 mos as private   $23.33
   12. mos  as Sergt      60.00
                                     83.33

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 83 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Apl
1834 and
Hon. E. Young

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834. . . . . . .  249.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept ". . .   41.65
                                                              $291.298
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk
Book E2 Vol. Page 7

[Extreme upper right corner of second page is 
some type of stamp]

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State of Connecticut County of Tolland SS. County Court
March Term 1829
On this 25th day of March AD 1829 personally appeared
in open Court, being a Court of record for the County of Tolland,
 having the power of fine and imprisonment Sylvanus
Conant, resident and inhabitant of the Town of Mansfield
in the County of Tolland aforesaid aged 78 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 acts of Congress of the 18th of March
1818 and first of May 1820 that he who said Conant enlisted
in November or December 1775 for the term of one year or thirteen
months in Capt John Keyes Company & Col. John
Duchus regiment & served in a Regiment until the 1st
day of January 1777 being the Connecticut line and
Continental establishment and was discharged on the
1st day of January 1777 having served to that time
and has heretofore had a pension certificate dated
January 19th 1819. 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
to diminish it so 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 sureties
contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income than what

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is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed
60 acres of land with buildings thereon at $10 per acre ___________________________________      $600..00                              
2 Cows 40 dollars 2 two year olds  $26 _      66..00
6 Sheep 8 dollars 1 hog 3,50 ____________      11..50
4 beds bedding & bed steds ____________      38..50
Burean 4 dollars 1 Table 2,50 ____________        6..50
6 Chairs 3, and 8 chairs - -2   ____________        5..00
1 Looking glass 1,,00 - 1 do - 50 cts _____        1..50
table linen 2 dolls 9½ pair sheets 6.34  5 prs
pillow [???] $0,80.                                              9..14
1 Chest with drawers 1,00 2 Tables 1.00 __       2..00
1 stand 34cts 10 old casks 2.67 1 Flax hatchet
 1.00                                                                  4..00
1 small wheel one dollar 1 large do 1.00 
1 quill wheel & reel, 50                                     2..50
2 Wheel heads $2,00 earthen ware 
1.00 Tin ware _________________________________  4..00
Pewter plates 1,50 12 knives & forks 1.50 ____  3..00
18 table & teaspoons 1.00 2 iron candlesticks  
 25.                                                                    1..25
32 plates 1.50 1 large platter 34, 1 large & 4 small Bowls 67.                                                           2..50
15 Teacups & saucers $1.00 2 pitchers, 42. 3
creamer & sugar bowls 25/100                         1..67
2 mugs 17 cts 2 wine glasses 12. 1 pt [??] 08  [line
and amount crossed out]
1 decanter 34. 9 glass bottles, 63. wooden
pails 34. 1 Churn. 75                                          2..06
Iron ware viz 1 pot, 50. 2 Kettles 1,50.1 spiders
 50 1 skillet 17                                                   2..67
tea Kettle ,75 1 small Kettle 34 1 pair Andirons
______________________________________________    1..25
shovel & tongs, 25 1 brass kettle 4. ________     4..25
1 pair steel yards .17 1 flat iron 17 __________       34
½ bushel & 4 quart measure-50- ___________       50
56lb Cheese at 7 cts per lb  4[??] lb butter 17
cts per lb ____________________________________    4..67
60lb pork 4.80 12 lb lard 1,20 _______________    6..00
1 Chain ,50 - 1 axe ,75 - 10 bushels potatoes
$ 2,50 _______________________________________    3..75
1 1/2 bushels Oats, 45- 1 bushel rye, 83 ___     1..28
Silvanus Conant

The declarant is indebted to several persons in the sum of one
hundred & twenty dollars- He is by occupation a farmer
has a wife about 67 years old and in a feeble state of health
and 4 daughters, who all make it their home at his house &
not rugged as to health - The oldest Abigail is 49 years of age
Abiah is 44 years of age - Lois is 28 years of age & Rosa 20
years of age all of whom are partially dependant on him for support
And your declarant needs assistance from his country for support

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Sworn to, and declared, on the 25th day of March 1829 in open Court

I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Tolland in Connecticut do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Silvanus Conant did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the proceeding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the Continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oat and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the words of the said Court, and I as further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is seven hundred & eight seven dollars & thirty cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, on this 26th day of March AD 1829.
Jeremiah Parish Clerk of the Court of the County of Tolland

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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
3 -- 525
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. Sept 6
1921
In reply to your request of [blank]
received [blank]
for a statement of the military history of Silvanus Conant
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. S. 16737
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Apl 1775
May 1775
Jan 1. 1776
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
7 d
7 mos.
13 mos.
RANK.
Pvt
[blank]
Sgt,
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Skinner
Experience Storrs
Jn Keyes
COLONEL.
[blank]
Gen Israel Putnam
Jno Durkee
STATE.
Conn.
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill; Trenton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hebron & Mansfield Windham Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, May 12, 1818
Residence at date of application, Mansfield, Conn
Age at date of application, B Feb. 10, 1751 in Mansfield, Conn.
Remarks: In 1829 he refers to his wife (no name stated) as about 67, & daughter
Abigail ag 49, Abial 44; Lois 28 & Rosa as 20 yrs
No for fam data.
6 -- 2856
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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Hon. John C. Calhoun Esq.
Secretary of the department of War

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Connt Windham Jan.y 9th 1819
Hon. John C. Calhoun
Sir
I had the honour to receive from you sometime since, the Papers of Silvanus Conant, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 18 of March 1818, returned Rejected, "not having served nine months in continuance, at any period of the War on Continental Establishment" On the back of the file I notice endorsed in pensil as follows, "There was no 20th Regiment in the Connecticut Line on Continental Establishment"
   I have taken the liberty sir to return Mr. Conant the papers, for reconsideration, accompanied with more proof of his service and circumstances, and apprehend his claim was rejected through mistake. The Regiment he served and the period of service imposed by the depositions of John Clark and Benjamin Bugle together with serjeants Warrant under the hand of Col. John Durkee appear to be sufficient evidence of the time and nature of his service, and there is more proof of his reduced circumstances. On a review of his Declaration you will Sir perceive, that he does not state, that he "served in the 20th Regiment of the Connecticut Line" but that he served "in the 20th Regiment of the Army of the United States, in the Connecticut Line"
   The First Continental Army was raised in Dec. 1775. & Jan'y 1778 for one year, according to my recollection, the Army was then numbered by Regiment, Continentally, and not by State, beginning at New Hampshire, and proceeding Southward, in the Second Army the Regiments were No. by states
  I was acquainted with Col Durkee before and through the War untill his Decease, and have no recollection of his being one minute in the service of the State, after the Campaign of 1775 before Boston

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but believe he was constantly in the service of the United States, untill near the conclusion of the War
   Mr. Conant being Confident that his case has not been understood, through the great pressure of business in the War department, requests that it may be review'd 
  With Sentiments of much Respect Lis
    I am Your Obedient
          And Humble Servant
             Jabez Clarke

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Dep Dan'l Crain

Dan'l Crain, Dep

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State of Connecticut, 
County of Tolland,
Probate District of Mansfield
Ss Mansfield
August 6th 1832

Personally appeared before the Court of Probate, for the District of Mansfield, in open Court, Daniel Crain of Mansfield, in said Tolland County aged eighty years, and after being duly sworn according to the law, doth deposes and says, that about the first of May 1775 he enlisted for a term of seven months in the State service, in a Company under the command of Col. Experience Storrs - James Dana was Lieut. of sd Company, which belonged to a Regiment under Gen. Israel Putnam - that he enlisted in Mansfield and marched to Cambridge in Massachusetts, that he performed most of said service in Cambridge - that at the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill - June 17th - he was near Roxbury - his term of enlistment expired about the 1st of Dec 1775 - when he was regularly discharged - And that Sylvanus Conant of said Mansfield, enlisted into said Company, near the same times that he did, and performed duly therein with him, during said term of seven months - and was discharged about the first of Dec. 1775.
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Daniel Crain

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the said Daniel Crain is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 6thday of August AD 1832
Attest Shubael Freeman Clerk

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Dep'n of Eben'r Storrs

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State of Connecticut
County of Tolland
Probate District of Mansfield
SS Mansfield August 7th AD 1832

Personally appears in open Court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Mansfield, in said Tolland County, now sitting - Ebenezer Storrs of the Town of Mansfield in sd Tolland County, aged eighty eight years and after having been duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say, that he served a campaign during the Revolutionary War, in a company of State  Troops commanded by Col. Experience Storrs of sd Mansfield, in a Regiment under the command of Gen. Israel Putnam, James Dana being Lieut of sd company - that he enlisted into sd company about the first of May 1775 and served therein till about the first of December of the same year, being a term of seven months service - that he performed said service at Cambridge - & on Prospect Hill - & that vicinity - in Massachusetts - And that Silvanus Conant of said Mansfield enlisted into said Company about the same time, and served with him in said company the full term of seven months. and was discharged about the first of December 1775 -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Ebenezer Storrs

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the said Ebenezer Storm, is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit.

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Eben'r Storrs & Jon/a Storrs
Dep'o to the circumstances of 
Sylvanus Conant

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We the Subscribers do testify that we are acquainted with Mr. Sylvanus Conant an applicant for pension under the act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 - And that he is in reduced circumstances and needs assistance for his support
 Ebenezer Storrs
Johnathan Storrs

Windham St. Mansfield Jan 14th 1819
Personally appeared Mr Ebenezer Storrs & Jonathan Storrs above named and made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County of Windham and thereby certify that they are both men of credit, on whose testimony perfect reliance may be placed
Jos. Salter Just. Peace

I David C Bolles Clerk of the County Court in + for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do certify that John Sater Esq. Before whom the foregoing affadavit awas made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in + for Windham Colunty and that full faith + credit ought to be given to his (illegible) as such
   In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name + affixed the Publick Seal of County at Windham in the County this six day of January A.D. 1819
David C. Bolles

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John Clarks Dep'd to the service of Silvanus Conant

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I John Clark of Ashford in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut of lawful age testify and say that Sylvanus Conant of Mansfield in said County served as a sergeant in the 20th regiment commanded by Col John Durkee in the United States service and I further say that I belonged to the same company with said Conant and that said Conant served in said Regt about 13 months, at one time, being in the years 1776 & 1777 and further the deponent saith not.

John Clark


Windham County ss Mansfield Dec 10th 1818

Personally appeared Capt John Clark the above named deponent and made solemn oath to the parts contained in the above deposition taken by me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for the County of Windham, the said Clark being a man of respectable character & undoubtable veracity.

Jno Salter Just Peace

I David C Bolles Clerk of the County Court in & for te County of Windham in the State of Connecticut, do certify that John Salters Esq before whom the foregoing affidavit was made is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in & for said Windham County & full faith & credit ought to be given to his acts as such.

In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name & affixed the Public Seal of said County at Windham in said County this 26th day of December AD 1818.

David C Bolles

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Tolland Ct                      Free
Oct 17
Hon John H. Eaton 
Secretary of War
Washington

Not entitled
Drop his name 
- see letter Oct 21 1830 to J. Parish

Pension Office
Oct 20 1834

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Tolland Ct October 16th 1830

Sir,
Inclosed I send you Sylvanus Conants application for a pension which was made a long time since and by accident has not been forwarded as should have been done - Would thank you to inform me as soon as convenient the fate of the application.
With due Respect &
am your
Humble
Servant Jeremiah Parish

John H Eaton Esq

Please inform me the reasons if the pension is not granted

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John Durkee Efq;  Colonel of the 20th. Regiment of Foot, in the Continental Army of the United Colonies.
To Sylvenus Conant Greeting.
By Virtue of the Trust reposed in Me by the Honorable Continental Congress, I Do hereby appoint You Sylvenus Conant to be Second Serjeant in the Company commanded by John Reyes Efq; Captain in the said 20th Regiment: You are therefore carefully and faithfully to discharge the Duty of a Serjeant and to obey the lawful Commands of your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War; and this shall be your sufficient Warrant.  
Given under my Hand this first Day of January 1776.
John Durkee

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O. W. & N. Div.

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C. Jan. 16, 1896

Respectfully returned for the name of the writer.

Wm. Lochren
Commissioner

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O. W. & N. Div.
L. W. B.
I. 16737.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D.C.,

December 8th, 1896.

Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Silvannus Conant, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 23rd, 1833, at which time he was 82 years of age and residing at Mansfield, Conn., and his pension was allowed for seven months' actual service as a private and twelve months' service as a sergeant in the Conn. troops , Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Storrs and Col. Israel Putnam. He enlisted at Hebron, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Mr. H.D. Simonds,
Bridgeport High School,
Bridgeport, Conn.

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Sylvanus Conant
Affidance
30,378

Admitted

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District of Connecticut
County of Windham

Windham May 12th AD 1818

On this 12th day of May AD 1818 before me Jabez Clarke Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut, personally appeared Sylvanus Conant of Mansfield in said County, aged sixty seven years, resident in Mansfield in 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 naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"- that he the dep Sylvanus Conant enlisted into a company commanded by Col Experience Storrs in Gen Israel Putnam's regiment in the Connecticut Line about the 1st day of May AD 1775 and faithfully served on said company, regiment & line in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy, until on or about the 10th day of December AD 1775 when he again enlisted in to a company commanded by Capt John Reyes, in a regiment commanded by Cor' John Durkee in the Connecticut Line called the 20th Regiment of the then army of the limited State, that he continued to serve in said Regiment Line, and was as a Sergeant, until on or about the 1st day of January AD 1777, in the State of New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania, when he was regularly discharged from service in the State of Pennsylvania that he was in the battle of Bunker Hill, on the 17th day of June 1775 in the State of Massachusetts and on the Battle of Trenton in December 1776 in which the [unk] was captured and sunday small skirmishes in the what through New Jersey, that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support, and that he hath no other [unk] but what accompanies this affidavit.
Sylvanus Conant

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Jabez Clarke

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I Jabez Clarke Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut, certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Sylvanus Conant did serve on the Revolutionary war as stated in the proceeding declaration against the common enemy, and I not transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of war, pursuant to the [unk] f aforementioned act of Congress.
AttestJjabez Clarke

I Samuel Gray Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do certify that Jabez Clarke Esq is Judge of Court that the above signature is his own handwriting and the seal annexed is the seal of said Court.
In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my name  [unk] this 22 day of May AD 1818
Sam Gray

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I Benjamin Bugbee of Mansfield in the County of Windham do testify and say that am acquainted with Sylvanus Conant the signer of the preceeding declaration and was acquainted with him before & through the revolutionary war and know that he was a soldier in the regiment commanded by Col John Durkee and in Capt John Keyes company-the regiment was called the 20th Regiment and that I served with him in the same company from about the 1st day of January 1776 to the first day of January 1777, and was discharged in the State of Pennsylvania. 
Benjamin Bugbee

Sworn to and declared the 20th day of May AD 1818 before me Jabez Clarke Judge of the County Common Pleas for the County of Windham

I Jabez Clarke do certify that I am now fully satisfied that Silvanus Conant the applicant is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his Country for support.
And i do certify that I am acquainted with John Clark & Ebenezer Storrs, two of the deponents in this case, and that they are men of good characters for truth and that full faith & credit should be given to their testimony.
Attest Jabez Clarke

I am not acquainted with the other deponent Benjamin Bugbee but find are [unk] that he is considered a man of truth.
J.C.
Jany 9th 1819

Benj Bugbee & John Clarke} dep to the service of Silv. Conant

Ebe Storrs & Jon. Storrs} to his [unk] circumstances

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Bridgeport High School
Bridgeport, Conn.
H.D. Simonds, Principal

Nov. 28 1896.

To The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: Will you kindly send me a copy of the declaration of Sylvanus Conant of Mansfield, Conn. a pensioner of the Revolutionary War under the act of Mar. 18, 1818. The said Sylvanus Conant was my great grandfather.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness, I remain
Very truly yours,
H.D. Simonds

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[letterhead] The Ansonia O.& C. Co.
Successors to
The Osborne & Cheesman Co.
Skirt, Suspender & Corset
Materials
Ansonia, Conn

Nov. 30 1895

Mr. William Lochren,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
Sylvanus Conant, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, received a pension for quite a number of years, and the last record that is given of his receiving one was in the year 1840. Can you give me his service.
Thanking you in advance for your trouble, I am
Very truly yours,
May E. Swift

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The Honorable Secretary of War, or his authorized agent at the War Department, Washington

7mo private
2 mo sergeant
83.33

Hon E Young
AR

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Mansfield Ct August 9th 1832

Sir,
I herewith transmit the applications of Mr. Sylvanus Conant, Ebenr Storrs, John King, William Cummings, Asa Chapin and Isaac Arnold, claiming the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
From a personal acquaintance with the applicants, I am fully satisfied that the services they have performed, entitle them to the benefit of sd Act, and in case the facts in relation thereto, are not stated with sufficient clearness - I trust you will have the goodness to point out the deficiency. 
Whatever communication you may make, you will please to direct to the "Center Post Office" Mansfield, Connt
I have the honor to be, with respect
Your Obedient Servant
Luther Kingsley, Judge of the Court of Probate for Mansfield District

The Hon. Secretary of War

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O. W. & N. Division
F. S.
M. E. C.

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D. C., January 29, 1896

Miss:

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Silvanus Conant 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 or Appointment: April 1775
Length of Service: 7 days
Rank: Pvt
Officer under whom service was rendered: Captain Skinner , Colonel not stated
State: Conn.

Date of Enlistment or appointment: May 1775
Length of Service: 7 mos
Rank: Pvt
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain Experience Storrs,
Colonel Gen Israel Putnam
State: Conn

Date of Enlistment or Appointment: Jan 1776
Length of Service: 13 mos
Rank: Sgt
Officers under whom service was rendered: Captain John Keyes, Colonel John Durkee
State: Conn

Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill & Trenton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Hebron, Conn
Date of application for pension, May 12, 1818
Residence at date of application, Mansfield Conn
Age at date of application, Born at Mansfield, Conn, Feb 10, 1751
Remarks: his pension was allowed

Very respectfully,
Miss May E. Swift.
c/o The Ansonia C & C Co,
Ansonia, Conn

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From the Ansonia O.&C. Co. Ansonia, Conn.
To Mr. William Lochren, Washington, D.C.
Jan. 18, 1896
Dear Sir:
The enclosed will explain itself.  Pardon the neglect, and oblige
Yours truly,
May E Swift

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Payable semi-annually- the first payment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, at the Branch bank U.S. 
Middletown
Connecticut
Sylvanus Conant

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War Department
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Sylvanus Conant late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticutt Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 12th day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this nineteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and nineteen

[signed].JC. Calhoun
Secretary of War

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5473
Connecticut

Sylvanus Conant, Conn. & Continental Private in the army of the United States the Revolutionary War.

Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 dollars per month, to commence on the 12th of May 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th of January 1818 and sent to Jabez Clark Esq Windham County, Connecticut.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 3 mos: $30.19
Semi-annl. all'ee ending 4th Mar 1819 $48
$78.19

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1819}

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Department of Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, DC

I would like the pension record of two of my ancestors as follows- Revolutionary War:-

Isaac Arnold born 1764 in Mansfield, Conn., died Mansfield Conn 1841
Connecticut meu in Rev p 656 & 664

Sylvanus Conant born 1751, died 1843
Mansfield, Conn
Connecticut Meu in Rev, p 656- 664

Very truly
(Mrs) Charles A Thayer
16 Fremont St
Putnam, Conn

Aug 15, 1921

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State of Connecticut
County of Tolland
SS Mansfield, Sept, 23rd AD 1833

On this 23rd day of September AD 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Mansfield, in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, now sitting - Silvanus Conant as resident of the Town of Mansfield, in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, aged eighty two 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 the 7th of June 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - 

First Campaign 7 months 
On the 23rd or 24th day of April AD 1775 I was residing in the Town of Hebron, in Connecticut, I received the news of the Battle at Lexington, I immediately joined a company of volunteers under Capt. Skinner of sd Hebron, and marched directly to Roxbury and from thence to Cambridge in Massachusetts. About the first of May following I enlisted in sd Cambridge, into a company of the Connecticut State Troops for a term of seven months service said company was commanded by Experience Storrs of Mansfield, Conn - acting as Captain, he being then a Lieut. Colonel - James Dana was first Lieutenant, Ebenezer Gray was 2nd Lieut. and Isaac Farwell, Ensign of sd Company, and belonged to a Regiment under Gen. Israel Putnam - we remained in Cambridge till the 16th of June the day before the Battle at Bunker Hill. On the afternoon of sd 16th a part of our company was drafted out, and in the evening of the same day proceeded to Bunker Hill, I was one of that number and laboured all night on the entrenchments. I was in the Battle on the following day (to wit) on the 17th of June. A few days after sd Battle we built a Fort on Prospect Hill. I continued in Cambridge & in that vicinity till the term of my enlistment expired which was about the first of December 1775 when I was regularly discharged - having performed duty in sd Company the term of seven months. I did not receive any written discharge.

The above mentioned term of service is verified by the Deposition of Ebenezer Storrs who served in the same Campaign

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Immediately after my discharge as aforesaid, and while yet in Cambridge I enlisted into the regular troops of the Continental line and served as Sergeant for the term of thirteen months in a company under Capt. John Keyes, in the 20th Regiment of the Continental troops, under the command of Col. John Durkee. I entered sd service about the first of December 1775 - we remained in Cambridge till the British evacuated Boston, we then marched to New York & from thence to Staten Island where we remained the greatest part of the summer - from thence we proceeded to Powles Look & from thence to the neighborhood of Fort Lee where we remained till  the Fort Washington & Lee were taken by the British - we then retreated through N. Jersey by the way of Brunswick & Princeton to Trenton - we then crossed the Delaware River into Pennsylvania & there remained till the 25th of Dec. 1776 - when we recrossed sd River, I was in the Battle at Trenton on the 26th of Dec. at the taking of the Hessians - we then crossed the river again & remained in Pennsylvania till the first of January 1777 - when the term of my enlistment expired - I was discharged & returned home to Mansfield.
And I further state, that in May AD 1818, I made application to the War Department for a pension under the Act of Congress of March 18th, 1818 for the thirteen months service performed in the regular Troops as above mentioned, and made out my proof of the same - the testimony I then adduced, was deemed sufficient, my claim was allowed and I was entered on the Pension Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of eight Dollars per month - I was afterwards stricken from the Roll on account of Property.
At the time of making sd application I was a resident of the Town of Mansfield then in the County of Windham now in Tolland County, State of Connecticut, where I now reside.
I was born in sd Town of Mansfield on the 10th day of February 1751 my birth was recorded in the records of sd Town - I resided in the Town of Mansfield till about three weeks previous to my first entering the service, when I resided in Hebron as before stated and I have lived in said Mansfield ever since the revolutionary war. 
I am known to Revd Anson S. Atwood, Skiff freeman Enoch Freeman, & Zalmon Storrs Esq in my present neighborhood, who can testify as to my character for veracity; and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not now on the pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[signed] Silvanus Conant

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We, Anson S. Atwood, a clergyman residing in the town of Mansfield, in Tolland County and State of Connecticut, and Skiff Freeman, residing in said town of Mansfield do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Silvanus Conant who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that we believe him to be eighty two years of age; that he is refuted & believes in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in the opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid} 
Anson S. Atwood
Skiff Freeman

And the said Court do hereby declare this 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 Anson S Atwood, who has signed the preceeding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Mansfield aforesaid, and that Skiff Freeman who has also signed the same, is a resident in said Mansfield, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Shubael Freeman, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Mansfield, in the County of Tolland, & State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Silvanus Conant for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 23 day of September A.D. 1833.

Shubael Freeman Clerk

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Stateof Connecticut
County of Tolland

Mansfield September 23 AD 1833-

Then personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Mansfield, in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut now sitting, Ebenezer Storrs of the town of Mansfield in Tolland County and state of Connecticut aged eighty nine years, who after being duly sworn according to law, doth depose as follows-

About the last of April AD 1775, I enlisted into a company of the Connecticut State troops for the term of seven months, under the command of Ebenezer Storrs, acting as Capt but who was then a Liet. Col. and James Dana was 1st Liet & Ebenr Gray 2d Liet of company and in a regiment under Gen Israel Putnam, I marched from Mansfield, Connecticut, where I had enlisted, to Cambridge in Mass. I was in Cambridge during the Battle of Bunker Hill on the 17th of June 1775- after said battle; we assisted in building a Fort on Prospect Hill. I remained in said Company in Cambridge & in that vicinity till about the 1st of December following when I was discharged & returned home.

And I further testify that Silvanus Conant of Mansfield aforesaid with whom I am well acquainted, served in the same company, he having enlisted into said company about the first of May 1775 at Cambridge- he performed duty in said company the whole of the time that I was a member thereof, and we were both discharged together.

Ebenezer Storrs

Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

And the said Court do hereby certify that in their opinion the said Ebenezer Storrs is a credible person, and that his statement is entitled to credit.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 23d day of September A.D. 1833.

Shubael Freeman Clerk