Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 37694, William Bacon, Conn.

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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Connecticut

Bacon, William

NUMBER
S 37694
B. L. Wt. 101-100

CONTENTS

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Head-Quarters, June 8th 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE  shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.

William Bacon

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By His Excellency, GEORGE WASHINGTON, Exauire, General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof William Bacon, Soldier in the Second Continental Regiment, having faithfully served the United States from June 8th 1778 to June 9th 1873 and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at Head-Quarters the 8th of June 1783.
G. Washington
By HHis Excellency's Command,
J. Trumbull, [illegible] Secretary

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On this twenty second day of April, one thousand eight hundred & one, in the city of Middletown in the state of Connecticut, before Matthew T. Russell of said city, Notary Public, appeared personally William Bacon, named in the within power, & acknowledged the same to be his act and deed.
Also appeared Colonel Jonathan Johnson of said city, & being sworn according to Law on oath, deposed that the facts contained in the within affidavit subscribed by him are just & true.
In faith whereof I subscribe my name, & affix my Seal of Office, the day & year [illegible] aforesaid.
Connecticut
Matthew T. Russell
Notary Public

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To the Honorable the Secretary at War:
Please to deliver to Samuel W. Dana, Esquire, the Land Warrant of Survey to which William Bacon is entitled as a soldier in the late Colonel Heaman Swift, Regiment in the service of the United States of American and this shall be a sufficient voucher.
Given under my hand at Middletown this 22nd day of April 1801.
William Bacon
Witness
Stephen Taylor
Matthew T. Russell
I Jonathan Johnson of Middletown in the State of Connecticut depose and say, that I am personally acquainted with William Bacon of Middletown named in the above [illegible] and know that he was a soldier in Colonel Herman Swift's Regiment in the service of the United States, during the War, and was honorably discharged therefrom on the eighth day of June one Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty three.
Jonathan Johnson

William Bacon to S. Dana}
Letter of [illegible] from Land Warrant
[illegible]

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Connecticut Roll  1066
William Bacon, Captain Leavenworth, Private, 4 Connecticut Line In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.  
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31st of March 1818.  
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of June 1818, and sent to Stephen T. Hormer, Esq., Middletown, Connecticut.
Arrears to 4th of September 1818.
5 months 1/31 
4/30.      $41.31
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th, March, 1818.}
8th June, 78 till 8th June 83.
Middletown [unreadable]
Not entitled to a pension under the law 1 May 1820.  Notification sent to John Fisk, Esq.  5 July 1820.  Middletown Connecticut

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I William Bacon of Middletown, in the County of Middlesex, and State of Connecticut do testify that I [illegible] to the army of the Revolution for Five years; that I enlisted as a private on the 8th day of June One Thousand Seven Hundred & Seventy eight for the war in the Company commanded by Captain Eli Leavingsworth, in the Regiment commanded by Return Jonathan Meigs, Esquire in the Brigade of General Samuel H. Parsons in the Connecticut Line; That I served in the said Regiment & afterwards in the Regiment commanded by Herman Swift, Esquire until the 8th day of June, One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty three, when I was discharged from the army by his Excellency George Washington, & have delivered my discharge to the Judge taking this Deposition.
I further testify that I am worth about two hundred dollar, which is all that I own; and by reason of my reduced circumstances, I am in need of assistance from my country for support & pray that I may obtain the pension made by [illegible] act of Congress for Revolutionary soldiers.
Middletown, March 31st, 1818.
William Bacon
A.
State of Connecticut, Middlesex County, ss:
Middletown, March 31st, 1818. Personally came William Bacon of said Middletown, signer of the preceding Deposition, before me Stephen Titus Hospher, a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, and made

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solemn oath to the truth thereof.
S. Titus Hosmer.

B.
I Stephen Titus Hosmer, a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, do certify that it appearing to my satisfaction, that William Bacon, the signer of the preceding deposition, served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as in his deposition found that he is a poerman in reduced circumstances, he has testified, therefore [illegible] the preceding testimony. 
S. Titus Hosmer
Middletown County, March 31st, 1818.
To the honorable [illegible] Secretary for the Department of War.

I John Fisk Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do certify; That the Honorable Stephen Titus Hosmer of Middletown in the said State, is one of the judges of the said Court & that his name subscribed to the preceding certificates marked A. B., is his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand, & affixed the seal of the said Court at Middletown aforesaid,

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on this 20th day of April 1818.
Jas. Fisk, Clerk

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State of Connecticut
County of Middlesex} ss
Middletown~
On the third day of April A. D. 1826, Personally appeared before the subscriber chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Middlesex, in the State of Connecticut the same being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of Common; saw with a jurisdiction unlimited in [illegible] of amount keeping a record of its proceedings according to the laws of the state of Connecticut by which it was created and having the power of fine and imprisonment, William Bacon, a resident in Middletown in said County aged sixty eight years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as [illegible] that the said William Bacon enlisted to service during the war, some time in May in the year 1778 at Middletown in the state of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Eli Leavenworth in the Regiment commanded by Return J. Meigs in the line of the State of Connecticut; on the Continental establishment; That he enlisted to serve in the said corps until June 1783, when he was discharged from the said service at Morristown in the State of New Jersey; That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18 March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect having no minutes on the 31 day of March 1818. And had [illegible] to him a certificate for a person from the secretary for the department of war, [illegible] 1066. And in pursuance of that Act of the [illegible] of May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 8th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gifts, sale or in any manners disposed of in my my property or any [illegible] thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as so being myself or [illegible] the provisions of an act of Congress [illegible] "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war [illegible] 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

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[illegible] further swear that I am by occupation a day laborer; That I am weak and unable to perform any labour, having for some years past been subject to epilepsy and [illegible] sickness, and for five year past to rheumatism; that for more than six months [illegible] past, I have been for almost the whole time confined to the house principally on account of sickness by fever; and I also swear that by reason of disease, bodily disability and infirmity I am not able to attend personally before the County Court in order to make oath to this declaration. That I am a single man, a widower and now reside with Mrs. Mary B. Roberts by whom I am taken care of in my old age whom I brought up from a child and who has been my house keeper for somewhat ore than mine [illegible] previous to the 20th day of October 1825, at 58'/3 cents per wear making a sum of $273.25 and of whom I have had money [illegible] which [illegible] day amounted to $149.27 making an amount: $422.52. towards the payment of which I have sold to the [illegible] Mary B. Roberts the whole of my estate both real and personal.
William Bacon
And also I further swear that since the exhibition o fly first schedule I have disposed of the whole [illegible] of which remained on the 20th of October 1825 to the said Mary B. Roberts at that time toward the payment of what I justly owe her which then consisted of one old house, barn, etc. with one and half acre of land for $350.00. I share in a low [illegible] 1/2 [illegible] 10 sheep 10...$10.00.  
Hay 5.67; 1 wooden [illegible] clock 9.00. [illegible] awl .25 - $15.00
1 dropwing table 25 cents, [illegible] chairs 1.00, stand table 25 centers - $1.50
2 [illegible] pine chests 1.00. [illegible] white wood [illegible] 50 cents - $1.50.
2 kitchen tables 1.25. [illegible] small working [illegible]  - $1.42
1 small brass kettle 1.00. 1 pair andirons 34 cents - $1.34
1 old tin oven 50 cents. 3 tin pans 50 cents. 2 brass bowls 37 cents - $1.37
2 wooden bowls 3 cents, 6 earthen plates 36 cents. Cups & saucers 12 cents - $0.50
1 pair [illegible] 17 cents. 3 old barrels 83 cents. 1 pitch fork 50 cents - $1.50
$396.06
Some articles having been worn out amount up to about 3.00 is not included -
In addition to which I have sold to the said Mary B. Roberts my bed and bedding etc. for $14.00
amount $400.06
William Bacon

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Sworn to and declared on the third day April A. D. 1826
Before
Samuel W. Dana, Chief Judge of the County Court in Middlesex County.
I Samuel W. Dana, Chief Judge of the County Court in and for the County of Midlesex do hereby certify that the above named William Bacon from bodily infirmity and disease with which I am credibly informed and believe he has been afflicted for months past, is unable to attend the. Court of which I am Judge and I do not think from present appearances that he will be able to attend the Court above named at is next session. I have therefore in [illegible] of the act of Congress attended at his place of above in Middletown in the County of Middlesex and administered to him the declarant the foregoing oath on the third day of April A. D. 1926.
Samuel W. Dana, Chief Judge of the County Court in Middlesex County
I John Fisk Clerk of the County Court in Middlesex County do certify that Honorable Samuel W. Dana before whom the above affidavit of William Bacon who is now sick & confined to his house was made, is Judge as aforesaid; that the said schedule & oath have been admitted to the record of said Court & that the same are truly copied therefrom. & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court the this property is of no value. I further certify that the Court upon the testimony of credible witnesses to them well known find the facts as stated in said application. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 1st day of May A. D. 1826.
J. Fisk, Clerk of said Court

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434.

Received & acknowledged 11 July

William Bacon.

Honorable Secretary of the Treasure of the United States
Washington City
Revolutionary Claim

Act 1828 
Settled at Treasury
[illegible] with Invalid file
#37,694

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I William Bacon of Middletown in the County of Middlesex, in the state of Connecticut, do hereby declare, that on air about the 8th day of May A.D. 1778, I enlisted in the continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period I was a private in Captain Stephen Potter's Company, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Herman Swift, of the Connecticut line. At the close of the Revolution, I received a regular discharge which I transmitted to Washington, in 1818 for the purpose of obtaining a pension. I have no recollection as to the reward of eighty dollars, or of receiving a certificate therefore. And I further declare, that I was not, on the 15th day of March A.D. 1828, on the pension list of the United States.
William Bacon

Before me Daniel J. Grisold, a Justice of the Peace in the County of Middlesex, in the state of Connecticut personally appeared this day Giles Wilcox and Seth Wilcox, of the said County, who did severally make oath, that William Bacon by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally respected and believed to have been a soldier in the army of the Revolution in [illegible] as therein stated. Winess my hand, this 2nd day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred & twenty eight.
Daniel J. Griswold, Justice of the Peace

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I John Fisk clerk of the Court of the County of Middlesex in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Daniel J. Griswold Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavit are sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace in the said County of Middlesex & duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 5th day of July in the year of our Lord 1828.
John Fisk, Clerk

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Mr. William Bacon received a certificate for a pension dated on or about the 30th day of June 1818 on which he received a pension of eight dollars per month until the passage of an additional Act of Congress in 1820, which time he was cut off on account of the amount of his property. But at present and for some time past, he has been supported by the charity of a Mrs. Roberts whom he brought up from childhood. Mr. Bacon never had any issue, has always been according to general report, a virtuous and an industrious citizen, but for a long time past by reason of sickness, has been unable for any kind of business. And by reason of the lengthy sickness of his wife (who is now dead) and his own, has fairly spent the whole of his little property. Mrs. Roberts (who is now a widow, without issue) received some property by the [illegible] of her husband, by which heretofore she has assisted Mr. Bacon, and now wholly supports him, except that the town my have relieved her from taxes on Mr. Bacon's account. Being a kind of adopted child, she feels a delicacy or a pride in having it said that she has thrown him upon the Town while she has any property. If any one, as a soldier of the Revolution is worthy of assistance from his country, I think Mr. Bacon is.
The foregoing is written without the knowledge of Mr Bacon, or any other.
Respectfully,
Daniel J. Griswold
Middletown, Connecticut
July 5 A.D. 1828.

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37694
Revolutionary INVALID.

File No. 37,694
William Bacon
Private, Revolutionary War

Anti 18th March 1818
Index: Vol. 2, Page 29
(Arrangement of 1870.)

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John Fisk, Esquire
Middletown [illegible]
[illegible] May 1826

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99
William Bacon
Middletown
issued 30 June 1818

not entitled

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State and District of Connecticut, ss.
On this 21st day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the adj'd county Court holden at Middletown within and for the county of Middlesex in said State, on the 10 day of June 1820, the same being a court of record, proceeding according to the course common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment, William bacon, aged sixty two year, resident in the town of Middletown in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oat declare that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: That he the said William Bacon enlisted for the term of During the war on the - day of May in the year 1778 in Middletown in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Eli Leavenworth in the regiment commanded by Colonel Return J. Meigs in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment: That he continued to serve in the said corps until June 1783 when he was discharged from the said service in Morristown in the State of New Jersey. That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes, on the 31st day of March 1818; and had transmitted to him a Certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No. 1,066.
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 th eland and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War;" 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 an income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
I do further solemnly swear, that I was in the battles of Elizabethtown.
That I am by occupation a Day Labourer.

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That the number of my family residing with me is one.
That she is an adopted Daughter whom I took when Young and who now takes care of me in my old age; That I am subject to the epilepsy or falling sickness that I am weak and unable to work out little and that the Pension granted me by Government is absolutely necessary for my support.
William Bacon
Sworn to and declared on the 21st day of June 1820 before the Court of Common Pleas for Mt. Co.
Jno Fisk Clk of sd County

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SCHEDULE annexed tot he Declaration and Oath above made and taken before the Court aforesaid.

One old house and outhouses...$250.00.
1 1/2 acres Land...$100.00
1 Share in a cow vis 1/2...$8.50
10 sheep...$10.00
1 Hog...$5.00
1 wooden wheel clock...$9.00
1 old bureau $1.25 - 1 old dressing table $0.50...$1.75
2 old pine chests $1.00 - 1 white wood chest - $0.50...$1.50
2 kitchen tables $1.25 - 1 small looking glass $0.17...$1.42
1 small worn kettle $0.50 1 pot - 50 cents. 1 small brass kettle $1.00...$2.00
1 pair andirons $0.34 cents. 1 old tin oven $0.50 cents. 6 tin pans $1.00...$1.84
2 brass bottles $0.37 cents. 2 wooden bowls $0.03 cents. 2 earthen pots $0.10...$0.50
6 earthen plates $0.36 cents. cups & saucers $0.12 cents...$0.48.
6 pewter tea spoons $0.06 cents.6 iron spoons $0.10 cents...$0.16
1 old pewter tea pot $0.10 cents. 3 old earthen [illegible] $0.20...$0.30
2 pairs $0.25 cents. 1 funnel $0.06. 1 old lantern $0.04 cents...$0.35
1 pair bellows $0.07 cents. 3 old barrels $0.83 cents. 1 tub $0.25 cents...$1.25
1 provision barrel $0.42 cents. 1 [illegible] $0.20...$0.62
1 hoe $0.05 cents. 1 pitchfork $0.50 cents...$1.00
Broken furniture...$0.45
Addition by the court...$100.00
$597.45
I am owing about...$100.00
William Bacon

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99
William Bacon
Middletown
[illegible] 30 June 1818
not entitled

I John Fisk, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for [illegible] aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and Schedule 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 aforesaid Schedule, is Five Hundred & Ninety Seven dollars and Forty five cents.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 21 day of June, 1820.
John Fisk, Clerk of [illegible] Court

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361
434.
No of orig Pay 361
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
July 29, 1828
William Bacon, of Middletown, in the County of Middlesex, in the State of Connecticut has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a private in Captain Potter's company, in ^Colonel Swifts regiment of the Connecticut line; and ^does not recollect whether he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3rd of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the record in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
A. Dickens.

TREASURE DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
1st August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eight dollars has been issued to William Bacon in the Connecticut line. 
It further appears that William Bacon is ^not now on the pension list of any agency, and has ^not been so since the 3rd March 1826.
Peter Hagner [illegible]

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[original]
Honorable James Barbour
Secretary at War
Washington City

[additional writing]
William Bacon for Revolution
Received May 12, 1826
John Fisk, Esquire
Middletown
Court
September 1878

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Middletown
May 8, 1826

[illegible]
Be pleased to notify me of the fate of the within application.
John Fisk