Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,567, Epaphras Wadsworth, Conn.

SERVICE
born
Wadsworth, Epaphras
NUMBER
S. 22,567
CONTENTS

Let to Pnat & Pen Sept. 16. 1835 do. to same person Sept. 26. 1835 1836 May 8 Mrs F. Amelia Clark with history Prior
N. 11,192  Pennsylvania.
Epaphras Wadsworth
of Luzerne Co. in the State of Penn. a who was a Fifer V.F. Maj r in the company commanded by Captain Tuttle of the Regt. commanded by Col. Webb in the Connecticut Troops was for 5 months Fifer $ 18. 34 7 " F. Major 31. 50 $ 49. 84.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 49 Dollars 84 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of April 1833 and sent to Pensioner Wilkesbarre P. a
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 99. 68 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1. Sep. 1833 24. 92 $ 124. 60
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Book H Vol. 5
Clerk Page 64

Ephraim Madamuth Pens Act 32 o Penn.
Ex by Mr Madam Nov 11-1857
By C. J. Harnan Kept

State of Pennsylvania } Luzerne County } ss }
Epaphras Wadsworth and Desdemona C Wadsworth being duly sworn deponeth and saith that they are the children and the only surviving children of Epaphras Wadsworth deceased who died Oct 26 th 1841 late a citizen of the United States from Dauphin County who was inscribed on said Pension Roll the 10 th day of April 1833
Sworn and subscribed this 19 th day of September 1851 before me
Epaphras Wadsworth Silas Doolittle Justice of the peace Desdemona C Wadsworth State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss }
Know all men by these presents that we Epaphras Wadsworth & Desdemona C Wadsworth do hereby constitute and appoint W J Wall of Broome County New York our true and lawful Attorney for us and in our name to open an investigation of an increase of pension due Epaphras Wadsworth our father late deceased from the United States for services as a Revolutionary Soldier
Signed in presence of Silas Doolittle Epaphras Wadsworth
Mary J. Wadsworth
Desdemona C Wadsworth
State of Pennsylvania } ss } On the 19 th day of September 1851 Luzerne County } Personally appeared before me
Epaphras Wadsworth and Desdemona C Wadsworth who I
know to be the persons named in the above instrument and acknowledged the same to be their act and deed
Silas Doolittle Justice of the peace

State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss.
I, Samuel Hodgdon, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Luzerne, and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Silas Dodson is an acting Justice of the Peace, of Luzerne County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that the within signature, purporting to be his, are true and genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, the twenty-sixth day of September, A. D. 1857.
S. Hodgdon, Pro.
By C. T. Bauman Deputy

No 9149
Pennsylvania
Yrs? Nov. 14. 1832.
Ob. 16. p. 57
Chas. Sessions Wilkesbane Pa.
Admitted
5 mos Fifer 18.34
7 " Fife Major 31.50
 $49.84

BRIEF in the case of  Ephraim Waasworth of Huntington  County of Luzern in the State of Pennsylvania  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily injury.  3. How old is he? 76.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     June 17 75 5 Fifer Capt Tuttle. Col Webb   May 17 76 7 Fife Major, Capt Beabe. Col Bradley  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Litchfield, Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living & traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective as papers not attached together properly 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Jas C. Wilson  attesting Clerk.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss.
Before me the subscriber one of the justices of the peace in and for the county aforesaid personally came Putnam Catlin Esquire of Great Bend township in said county being of lawful age and being duly sworn did depone and say that he is personally acquainted with Epaphras Wadsworth now resident in Huntington township in the county of Luzerne in the state of Pennsylvania formerly of Litchfield in Litchfield County in the state of Connecticut. The deponent was well acquainted with said Epaphras in 1775 the first year of the revolutionary war in Litchfield he was then an apprentice of his brother Elijah Wadsworth at the Blacksmith business but enlisted as I then understood in Captain Hilly's company in the six months service & marched to Boston as a musician and played the fife. The deponent cannot be certain at this length of time of many facts but one fact he will recollect that is, he went into the service at that time in 1775 and was musician, and on his return from service that year the deponent took lessons of him in that the latter part of that & beginning of the year the year 1776. The deponent further recollects that Captain Beebe of Litchfield recruited a company which marched to the city of New York in the spring of 1776, in which the deponent understood the said Epaphras enlisted and served as a musician and was absent until about the close of that year. The deponent more particularly recollects practising music with said Epaphras on his return from the eight months service last mentioned, and that the deponent enlisted as a musician in January following for during the war in the continental establishment in the company commanded by Captain Eli Catlin of Litchfield in the Regiment commanded by Colo. Philip B. Bradley in the Connecticut line, & served to the end of that war. The deponent cannot be positive as to the length of the service of said Epaphras, but thinks the first tour was six months the latter eight, but he well recollects clearly of practicing the fife with the said Epaphras after his return from each of his said tours. Sometime about the close of the said war or in the year 1783, the deponent commenced the study of law at Litchfield and boarding in the family of said Epaphras and often conversed with him on the subject of revolutionary scenes & military service, so he has no doubt of the services of the said Epaphras generally as abovenmentioned. The deponent further states the said Epaphras has been a member of the Methodist church for more than forty years last past, having for the last thirty years resided in Luzerne County in Pennsylvania, and has always sustained a good moral character. And further the deponent saith not.
Putnam Catlin
Sworn and subscribed before me this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two witness my hand & seal.
E. Kingsbury J. Jus. Peace

State of Pennsylvania Mifflin County ss
Asa D. Muck is Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby certify that Eben Kingsbury Esqr, before whom the within affidavit appears to have been taken, is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified as appears of record. That I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature "E. Kingsbury" to the attestation of said affidavit, to be the genuine and true own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said County at Montrose the twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1832
Asa D. Muck, Jr. Proth

State of Pennsylvania } County of Luzerne }
On this fourth Day of September Anno Domini one Thousand Eight Hundred & Sixtytwo Personally Appeared in Open Court before the Judges thereof, to wit, The Honorable David Scott President and Charles D Shoemaker, Wm J Ross his Associates now sitting as an Abeyance Court for the Purpose of Meeting the Pension Applicants in Wilkesbarre County aforesaid Ephraim Wadsworth A Resident of the Township of Huntington in the County of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania Aged Seventy Six 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 7 th 1832,, As near as I can Recollect in the month of June 1775 I Voluntarily Entered as a fife for the Term of 6 Months in a Company Commanded by Capt Little in Col Webb's Regiment Connecticut State Troops I then Resided in Litchfield Conn t from which Place we marched to New London Whil t we remained here the British Ship Waller made an attack upon Long Point which Place a part of our Regiment myself being one of the Party were sent to defend the indefatigable of that place Before our arrival the Ship had withdrawn then Returned to New London from thence we marched to Winter Hill on Temple Farm near Boston and continued there to the end of the above Term of 6 Months no written Discharges were given & in the Month of May 1776 as near as I can Recollect I again Enlisted for the Term of 7 Months in a Company Commanded by Capt Beebe Col Bradleys Regiment Conn State Troops - we took up our Line of March from Litchfield Conn t to Norwalk from thence by Water to New York where we Remained till after the 4 th of July we next Crossed over into Jersey near Staten Island Here we Remained till Long Island was taken By the British from thence to a Place called the English Neighborhood near fort Lee Opposite fort Washington After New York was taken the main Body of our Regiment was Called over to fort Washington for its Defense Where they were all taken Prisoners by the British - as I at this time served in the Capacity of a fife Major I with others was left in Charge of the Waggons immediately after fort Washington was taken we commenced our Retreat through the Jerseys Passing through Newark - Elizabeth Town & Princeton with Gen Washington Crossing the Delaware at Trenton

I again Enlisted for the Term of 7 Months in a Company Commanded by Capt Beebe Col Bradleys Regiment Conn State Troops - we took up our Line of March from Litchfield Conn t to Norwalk from thence by Water to New York where we Remained till after the 4 th of July we next Crossed over into Jersey near Staten Island Here we Remained till Long Island was taken By the British from thence to a Place called the English Neighborhood near fort Lee Opposite fort Washington After New York was taken the main Body of our Regiment was Called over to fort Washington for its Defense Where they were all taken Prisoners by the British - as I at this time Served in the Capacity of a fife Major I with others was Left in Charge of the Waggons or Wagon  immediately after fort Washington was taken we commenced our Retreat through the Jerseys Passing through Newark - Elizabeth Town & Princeton & with Gen Washington crossing the Delaware at Trenton where we made a Stand, while we Remained here my Term of Service viz the 7 Months for which I Enlisted On hired & I was Dismissed, no written Discharges were given Gen Elisha Wadsworth Late of the State of Phil a was my Brother he Served in the Continental Army as Capt of a Company of Cavalry in Col Sheldons Regiment - I hereby Relinquish every Claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the Present and Declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State as far as I know  any and every  for ever
Ephraim Wadsworth
Wadsworth Chichester Pa Open Court the day & year aforesaid H. Pitelone Prob

Interrogatories (responded to Ephraim Wadsworth By the Court in obedience to Instructions of the War Department Quest 1 st Where & in what year were you Born
Ans. In Hartford Connecticut in the year 1755
Quest 2 nd Have you any Record of your age and if so where is it Ans There was a Record in the family Bible I last saw it with my Mother many years ago I Transcribed the Record & placed it in my own Bible when it Remained untill two years ago when my House with all its contents (Family Excepted) was consumed By fire
Quest 3 rd Where were you Living when call d into service Where have you Lived since the Revolutionary War & Where do you now Live
Ans 1 st When call d into service I Lived in Litchfield in Connecticut, I have since Resided in Nine Partners in State of New York & in New Lebanon Columbia County State of New York where I Resided till the year 1800 when I Removed to Hunting- ton Luzerne County Pennsylvania where I now Reside
Quest 4 th How were you Called into service were you drafted Did you Volunteer or were you a Substitute
Ans I was not Drafted I was not a Substitute but Voluntarily Entered into the Company above stated
Quest 5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and and Militia Regiments as you can Recollect and the general Circumstances of your Service
Ans I was with Gen Sullivan near Boston & with Gen Washington in his Retreat through the Jerseys I cannot Recollect any other particulars

Ans. I was not Drafted I was not a Substitute but Voluntarily enlisted into the Company above stated
Quest 5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and and Militia Regiments as you can Recollect and the general circumstances of your Service
Ans I was with Gen Sullivan near Boston & with Gen Washington in his Retreat through the Jerseys I cannot Recollect any Continental or State Regiments by any particular designation further than I have stated in my General Declaration & as to the general circumstances of my Service I have stated as near as I can Recollect in the foregoing Declaration.
Quest 6 th Did you ever Receive a Discharge from the Service and if so By whom was it given and what has become of it
Ans I never Received any written Discharge or knew of none being given Whilst I was in Service

Quest 7. Name the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
Ans Rev. Shadrach B. Laycock Rev. Septimius Bacon Jonathan Westover Brer John Dudson Brer Henry Hancey R.M. John Kaom R.M. I would also refer to the following Gentlemen not in my immediate neighborhood viz. Gen Isaac Bowman and Arnold Colt Esq. at the Borough of Wilkesbarre Also Abraham Braddock Esq. Resident in the City of Washington concerned in some way in the Gen Post office Department Epaphras Wadsworth
Sworn & subscribed in open Court Sept 5 th 1832
H. Pettibone Prob.

Sworn and Subscribed before me one of the justices of the Peace in and for the County of Luzerne, the above named Ephraim Wadsworth The thirty first day of August 1832 Jonathan Westover J.P.
We Shadrach B. Laycock, a Clergyman Residing in the Township of Huntingdon & Benjamin Harvey, P.M. of the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Wadsworth who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration that we believe him to be Seventy six years of age that he is Reputed and Believed in the neighbourhood where he Resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and and subscribed before me one of the justices of the Peace in and for the County of Luzerne this thirty first day of August - 1832 - Shadrach B. Laycock Jonathan Westover Benjamin Harvey Justice of the Peace
and the said Court do hereby Declare their 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 Shadrach B. Laycock who has signed the Preceding Certificate is a Clergyman Resident in the Township of Huntingdon and that Benjamin Harvey who has also signed the same is a Resident in the same place and is a Credible Person and that their Statement is Entitled to Credit and that the said Shadrach B. Laycock and Benjamin Harvey cannot be produced in Court without too much inconvenience & expense, their residence being more than ten miles from the Court.
I Henry Pettibone Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the Application of Ephraim Wadsworth for a Pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of office this fifth day of September One thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
H. Pettibone Proh.

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File No. 22,567
Epaphras Wadsworth
Major Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 433
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Huntingdon Luzerne Co Pa Sept 11 1855
To the Secretary of War. Sir. I wish to get some information with respect to my Pension. as Payment was suspended May Last. I do not know any reason. as hitherto there has not been any impediment in the way I have Recd it for some time till May Last. I would likewise wish to know whether it would be best to send on to Philadelphia the Present Month as I have hitherto drawn half yearly. or have the Power of Attorney Made out for 1 year. Pleas give me some information and oblige yours
Luzerne Co
Horn Columbus P. O.
Chas. Wadsworth

Girard Bank Philadelphia Sep 18 1835
Sir Your letter of the 10th Inst is received. & in answer I have to say that no order has been received from your Office to suspend the pension of Epaphroditus Woodworth. Payment to 4 September instant is withheld till his stipend to 4 Sep 1834, shall have been allowed at the Treasury. This payment was suspended for a trivial deviation in the Oath of identity, which was rectified & explained to the 3 d Auditor when transmitted with my Accounts to 30th June last. When the result shall have been made known to me from that Office, his payment shall be resumed.
I am Very respectfully Yrs. Ob t Servant W m Schott P as
J. J. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Epaphras Wadsworth F 22,567
Mexican War

Syracuse, N.Y., Apr. 28, 1886.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
For use in genealogical work, I received the material from your Office, mentioned in the letter which I return with this.
I wish farther to request the record of Ephraim Wadsworth, of Litchfield, Conn., in the Revolutionary Army; for the same (genealogical) purpose.
Also, will you furnish me similar records of the soldiers of the name of Cather, who served in the Mexican War.
(Miss) H. Amelia Clark, 297 East Genesee St., Syracuse, N.Y.

Syracuse, N. Y.,
Aug, 23. 1886.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.:—
I have been negligent in not returning the inclosed paper, received with statements furnished me for genealogical pur- poses. Herewith I send it.
Respectfully,
(Miss) F. Amelia 297 East Genesee St., Syracuse, N. Y.

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Return this letter with your reply.
Department of the Interior PENSION OFFICE
Washington, D.C.
May 12 th , 1886
Madam:
Enclosed you will receive, agreeably to your request of the 28 th ultimo, statements relating to the military history of Ephraim Wadsworth in the Revolutionary War, and to those of the family name of "Callin" who served in the Mexican War; which statements have been taken from papers on file in this Office.
Very respectfully John C. Black Commissioner
Miss F. Amelia Clark 297 East Genesee St. Syracuse N.Y.