Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43235, Samuel Washburn, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Washburn, Samuel
S. 43235
CONTENTS
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Notice sent to Mrs. Cavan. June 12. 1820 Greenwich. N.Y.
New York Rolls.
944
Samuel Washburn,
Private. Capt Stoddard Con'n
4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of June 1818 and sent to the care of Mr. C. Walker, Esq. Greenwich, Washington Co. New York!
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
4 months 22/30.
Chandler
$37.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Connecticut line 5 years. 1770-
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File No.
43. 235
Samuel Washburn
Dr. Rev. Rev
Act:
18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol.
8
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536
[Arrangement of 1870.]

In the matter of Samuel Washburn
Revolutionary Pension
No 921
Schedule B
Continue.

District of New York Washington County ss
On the 1 st Day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record for the said County which proceeds according to the course of the common law - has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a record of their proceedings and having a seal) Samuel Washburn aged Seventy one resident in Greenwich in said County being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows - enlisted in Col Chandler's regiment - Capt Nathan Stoddards company - Connecticut line - and afterwards transferred into the light infantry - Capt Munson's company - Col Mings regiment & in other services - discharged under Col Shae- mans - as stated in his original declaration dated 13 th April 1818 as appears by his pension certificate number (941) dated 9 th June 1818 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th Day of March 1818 & 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 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 18 th Day of March 1818 & 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 & by me subscribed Viz —
Real Estate none I rent a log house and about three fourths of an acre of land from year to year at five Dollars per year — which is its fair value —

one cow — $15 3 old chairs — 75 1 Great wheel — 1. 1 little wheel — 1.87 1/2 1 loom — 3. 4 Reeds — 4. 1 old box — 25 1 Table — 1. 2 old hoes — 30 1 axe — 50 1 old scythe & tacking — 75 1 rake — 06 1 three quart kettle — 31 1 Tea kettle — 1. 1 old bake kettle — 1. 5 knives — 4 forks — 30 6 milk pans — 75 1 churn — 37 1/2 1 Leive — 19 1 Pair shears — 12 1/2 1 Wash tub & bucket & pail — 62 1/2 one razor & box — 1. Cash of my pension 2,37 1/2 Cash of my pension 5.75 50 lbs pork & pail — 2.25 6 bushels corn — 50 1 bush eggption — 24.91 1/2
1 hog — $3. 1 old paper trunk 1. 1 Shoemaker's bench — 01 4 alls — 04 2 lasts — 04 9 plates — 54 1 tea pot — 1.25 3 tea cups & saucers — 04 1/2 2 bowls — 18 6 spoons — 37 1/2 1 butter — 12 1/2 1 candlestick — 06 1 Tea canister — 09 1 milk cup — 04 1 sugar bowl — 04 1 tin pail — 37 1/2 1 wood pail — 25 1 barrel — 50 1 bible — 1.50 1 Psalm book — 1. 1 Tin shovel & tongs — 50 1 pocket book — 19 1 pair spectacles — 25 Total — 11.40 Prot up — 244.91 1/2 Total — $56.31 1/2
(my pension clothing & bedding excepted) I am a shoemaker by trade — but my left eye sight & makeup inherent to old age am unable to pursue it — I am able to labor most of the time at farming — my family consists of a wife aged seventy — unable to procure her living by her labor — a grandson aged 16 named Jonathan Washburn — whom I hire & who contributes much to my comfort — I am in debt to Bowan & younglove — to Lewis Manning — to John Barnard & to White & Henry in the whole about the sum of $35.
Sworn to & declared this 1st day of June 1920 in open court
Samuel Washburn
D. Shipheard Clk A copy

I Daniel Stephens Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington, being the several in the within declaration mentioned, do hereby certify, that the foregoing cash and the Schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied; and I 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 Fifty Dollars exclusive of debts due by him
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on the first day of June 1828
D Stephens Clerk

Sam l Washburn
Affidavit
No 87
correct D W
Direct to the care of Mrs. C. Walker-Greeno. Washington County. N. York

State of New York Washington County ss. I Samuel Washburn being duly sworn Deposeth and saith, That he was a soldier of the Revolutionary Army of the United States of America on the Continental estab- lishment. - That he enlisted as such soldier on the twelfth day of May seventeen hundred and seventy seven under Lieut. Sealy Benton in Capt. Nathan Stoddard's Company & in Col. Chandler's regiment, at Stratford Fairfield County and State of Connecticut for Assisting the War - that he marched and joined the regiment at Pekskeill in the State of New York, thence with s d regiment to Germantown, was in the action then fought - thence to Mudfort in that action where he rec d a wound in his side which caused a break which has as yet never healed - thence he retrograded to Germantown, where he took up winter-quarters - that in the spring of seventeen hundred and seventy eight, he followed the enemy through the Jerseys to Monmouth where he was active in the action then fought, thence he came back to Pekskeill - at this time was in Genl. Posey's Brigade and Genl. Put- nam's Division - was then in Col. Return J. Meigs regiment of Light Infantry - & after this was in Genl. Anthony Waynes Brigade & at the taking of Stony-Point on Hudson River - after all which, by reason of his said break in his side as aforesaid, by said wound, he was sent into the country to regain his health - that he stayed there several months, when he returned to the regiment at West Point where and where he rec d his discharge by Col. Isaac Sherman in the Spring of the year seventeen hundred

and eighty two - that he has lost his said discharge in consequence of his wound as aforesaid - and that he has now lost the sd discharge - and your deponent further saith that is now sixty seven years old, that he is infirm and that he is now actually in reduced circumstances and has no means of gaining a subsistence except by his little daily labour subject to all his infirmities - He therefore prays, that he may be inscribed on the Pension List of the United States, as in duty bound will ever pray - And your deponent further saith that from his reduced circumstances, he is in need of assistance from his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. — Samuel Washburn
State of New York
Washington County ss. Greenwich April 13 th
D. 1818 Then personally appeared before me
Samuel Washburn the signer of the above affidavit and made Oath that the same was true, And I hereby certify, that it does fully appear to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Washburn did so serve as stated in his said affidavit against the common enemy in the revolutionary war and that he is in my opinion a proper subject for a Pension under the "Laws of the United States providing for persons engaged in the land & naval service of the same in the revolutionary war." - And I now transmit the proceedings 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.
Jonathan Sprague one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Washington
State of New York Washington County } I Daniel Shepherd Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington do hereby certify that Jonathan Sprague Esq d by whom the above certificate is was in substance as follows viz t that Jonathan Sprague is one of the said Judges of the said Court acting under the authority of the said State and that the above is his signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court the 23 d day of April 1818 D. Shepherd Clerk