Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 11177, Samuel Waterbury, Conn.

SERVICE
Waterbury Samuel
NUMBER
R 11177
born.
CONTENTS

State of New York } Chautauqua Co. } ss Dexter Barns being duly Sworn Says that he married Phebe Waterbury that she is the daughter of Samuel Waterbury deceased. The said Dexter Barns is entitled to the pension with other heirs of Samuel Waterbury deceased his said Barns' wife being still living and the said Phebe Barns says that her maiden name was Phebe Waterbury that she is the daughter of Samuel Waterbury who is the same person mentioned as on the pension list at Washington as a revolutionary pensioner. Dexter Barns Jan 15 1855
Phebe Barns
Sworn before me N G Howell, J. P.

Act of June 7. 1832
Saint Waterbury dec. (N.Y.)
Power of Attorney.
To examine claims.
Feb 1853
Chas. L. Tucker. atty Present.

Power of Attorney.
Know all men by these presents, that we Dexter Barnes & Phebe Barnes his wife do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint CHAS. C. TUCKER, of Washington City, D. C. our true and lawful Agent and Attorney to prosecute the Claim of Samuel Watertown for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or increase of Pension that may be due under the provisions of the Act of 1832 or any other Act or Resolution of Congress, and we hereby authorize our said Attorney to examine all papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, and to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed: and to do all things that we might or could do, were we personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that our said Attorney may lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal this 15th day of January 1853.
In presence of
Dexter Barnes Phebe Barnes
STATE OF New York Chautauqua COUNTY—ss.
On this 15th day of January 1853, before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State above mentioned personally appeared Dexter Barnes & Phebe his wife and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney to be their act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
W. J. Howell J.P.
STATE OF New York } ss. Chautauqua COUNTY.
On this 15th day of January 1853, before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Dexter Barnes & Phebe his wife, residents of said County, and made oath according to law that they are the persons who executed the foregoing power of Attorney, and that they are directly interested in said Claim, and make this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my said Attorney may use in prosecuting said Claim.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
W. J. Howell J.P.
STATE OF New York } COUNTY OF Chautauqua }
I Richard O. Green Clerk of said County do hereby certify that William J. Howell Esq., before whom the foregoing affidavit and acknowledgment were made and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 18th day of Jan'y. — 1853. R. O. Green Clerk

14,848
Samuel Waterbury
e.
J. A. Osbourne Mayville Chautauqua Co N. York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Waterbury of Chautauqua County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1777 after a short time time not specified Pri. Genl Wooster Battle at the Dandury New York Northampton Revolutionary Evidence   1778 1 " Commisary Smith Col Holbe Conesville Evidence   1779 21 " Husted "   1780 2 8 was wounded did not get well " Weed aged 72  
In reviewing the papers in this case you will see that there was a clergyman's certificate in exact conformity to your instructions. (Vide Elder Washington Vinson + Maj. Salmon Tyler's certificate, as also opinion of court.
The other objections, I trust, are removed by the amendatory declaration. It was difficult to take the old man's narrative, as he is so deaf, as to be able to understand only by the motion of the lips; but as he stated, so I had to write, without being able in many things to be so particular, as if I could converse freely with him -
T. A. D. born

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Samuel Waterbury of Chautauqua County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1777 after a short time time not specified Pri. Genl Wooster Battle at the Danbury New York North Stamford New York Conner trent Revolutionary Evidence   into 1778 1 " Commissary Smith Col Hobbie   " 1779 21 " Husted "   " 1780 2nd 8 way wounded " Weed aged 72 years no clergyman more as on a signa   " 1781 21 " Close  
Declarant cannot state with precision his time of service, but was almost constantly doing duty till the close of the war
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } ss.
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [e] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Declaration of Samuel Waterbury, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
State of New York
Chautauqua County } ss. On this 12 th day of October, 1832 Samuel Waterbury a resident of the town of Stockton, in the county of Chautauqua, aged seventy two years, on the 29 th day of August last, personally appeared in open court, before the Judges of the court of Common Pleas, now sitting, 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, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, & served as herein stated. His first services were rendered, in the year 1777, when he was but 17 years of age, under Generals Wooster & Arnold, & under the following circumstances. He was then living with his parents, at North Stamford Connecticut. A quantity of provisions had been collected at Danbury, thirty miles from his father's, & about the 25 th of April 1777, it being rumoured, that the British were about to attack that town, & destroy the provisions, he, with others of his townsmen, volunteered & joined the forces under Genl. Wooster. He recollects among his companions, later Weed, Nathaniel Husted, Phileus Husted, Smith Weed, Ananias Weed, & Eleazer Hoyt. That at Ridgefield, about twelve miles from his father's, they joined the American Troops under Arnold, who had determined to make a stand there against the enemy, who had succeeded in burning the town of Danbury, murdering some of the inhabitants, & destroying the provisions. That the British soon came up, & a battle ensued, in which declarant was engaged, on the 27 th day of April 1777. Genl. Wooster was mortally wounded & lived but a few days. Arnold had his horse shot from under him. Hezekiah Davenport Lieut. & Clement Lloyd, & David Stevens privates & acquaintances of declarant were killed; Smith Weed a companion of declarant's was wounded by a musket ball, passing through both his thighs, his brother Benjamin Weed, & Jonathan Davis were likewise wounded. The British lay that night at the lower end of the town, & the next morning started for a place then called Compo, to embark on board their shipping, & were pursued & attacked by the Americans, & numbers of them killed. After the battle, declarant returned home, & remained a short time, when he again turned out, with other inhabitants of Stamford, under Genl. Waterbury & continued on duty, having frequent skirmishing with the Tories & refugees, who carried on a sort of Indian warfare, through that summer, & the winter of

1777 & 8 - During this time their company officers were frequently changed, sometimes one inhabitant commanding, & sometimes another, & all as declarant supposes, acting without any regular commissions. In the spring of 1778, he engaged in the Connecticut Department, for one year & served that term under Company Smith Weed, in Caleb Hobbie's Regiment, & Genl. Jonathan Mead's Brigade; & was frequently engaged in military service, on scouting parties in the neighborhood. At the expiration of this term of service, Declarant, in the spring of 1779, enlisted with his uncle, Capt. Nathaniel Husted, for a period of three weeks, & served that period, under said Capt. Husted, in Col. Hobbie's regiment & Genl. Mead's Brigade & through the whole period a predatory warfare was kept up between the Americans, & the British scouting parties, Tories & refugees, along the Sound, & the counties on the Connecticut & New York line. About the 1. of April 1780, Declarant enlisted under Capt. Thaddeus Weed, who was then at North Stamford enlisting men. Directly after his enlistment, Capt. Weed was taken sick, & continued very sick, for some time, during his sickness declarant, by his order, attended upon him, at the same time doing military duty as a patrol in the vicinity. Some time in the fore part of August 1780, while declarant and Abishai Weed, were doing duty together as patrols, along the shore of Long Island Sound, in old Stamford, a party of the enemy lying in ambush, behind a stone wall, sprung suddenly upon them, & one of the party presented his musket within a few inches of declarant's breast, Declarant, immediately knocked it down, & the ball on its discharge, passed through declarant's left thigh. As soon as the enemy fired, they run, & Weed continued firing upon them, as long as they could be seen, & declarant loaded & fired twice upon them after receiving his wound. The affray was in a moonlight night, & one of the enemy was seen to fall, & was taken off, groaning loudly, by his companions in a boat to the British Fleet. Declarant was taken by Weed to the house of one John Hoyt, near by, where he lay between two & three months, when he was taken on a horse litter to his parents, & suffered severely from his wound for several months. Declarant's enlistment was for the term of eight months, and his time expired while he was lying helpless with his wound, & no regular discharge was ever given to him. He is unable to designate, the general officers in the Brigade & Regiment to which Capt. Weed's company belonged, as he remained taking care of the captain, only when ordered by him, on patrol, or other similar duty.

Early in March 1781 declarant again enlisted under Capt. Odell Close, & Lieut. Sylvanus Mead, for a term of three weeks, under these circumstances. He was as he had frequently, been, on a voluntary scouting party, in pursuit of some Tories, who had been plundering the cattle of the inhabitants, at Horse Neck, about eight miles from his father's, when he was requested to, & did enlist, in Capt. Close's company, as above stated. About a week, after his enlistment, declarant, was awakened in the night, by Capt. Close, & requested, with Jonathan Reynolds, Abram Holley, & Jonathan Rundle, to mount their horses, & follow the trail of a party of the enemy, who had that night been engaged in plundering the inhabitants; & when such party was discovered, to bring word to the capt. who, with the rest of his company, was following on foot, & all were to join in the attack. That pursuant to directions, declarant & his companions, armed with cutlasses & pistols, proceeded in discharge of their duty, & on rising a hill discovered a party of the enemy, about forty rods distant, who immediately concealed themselves. Declarant told his companions, that they were undoubtedly ambushed, & this being the opinion of all, it was deemed as well to pursue their course, as to attempt to return. Examining their pistols, to be sure to have them ready loaded & primed, they proceeded with drawn cutlasses under their arms, to descend the hill. At the foot of the hill, the hostile party rose from their ambush, fired & run. Declarant & Jonathan Rundle, were shot from their horses; Rundle very severely wounded in the side, & a pistol ball of the enemy entered Declarant's right foot, & his own pistol, being accidentally doubly charged, & fired by him, simultaneously with that of the enemy, burst, shattering the forefinger of his right hand. The enemy although, more than double the number of declarant's party, fled & left them to take care of themselves. The footmen under Capt. Close, hearing the firing, soon came running to their relief. Declarant, was taken back to Capt. Close's quarters, & Rundle was the next day removed to his home, only a short distance from where he was wounded. Declarant, remained about two weeks, at Close's, suffering very severely, from his wounds, when he was discharged, & removed to his father's. About a week after his return home, he had the ball extracted from his foot, & it continued very lame for several weeks after. That after recovering from his wounds, he was often engaged in scouting parties, & living as he did, on the lines, was almost constantly doing duty, until the close of the war, protecting the inhabi.

tants & their property, sometimes under one person acting as officer, & sometimes under another, & frequently acting himself, as lieutenant & captain during his scouts. That he has no documentary evidence, & that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services. He hereby relinquishes, every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity, except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
In answer to the particular interrogatories of the court now, here, he says.
1. I was born in North Stamford, Fairfield county, Connecticut August 29. 1760. 2. I have no record of my age, but have kept it by tradition in the family. 3. I was living when called into service, at North Stamford, & have lived since the Revolutionary War, in Poundridge Westchester County, New York, till about 1788, when I removed to Bedford in the same county, & lived there till about 1792. Then removed to Saratoga, Saratoga county, N. York, & lived there till about 1811, when I removed to my present residence in Stockton, Chautauqua county, where I have since lived. 4. I was called into service by voluntary enlistment, never having been drafted but never serving under such draft, & never having run a substitute. 5. This interrogatory, is answered in my declaration, as fully as I am able & the general circumstances of my services there detailed, I believe, however, that Genl. Sullivan, was with the troops at Danbury, in addition to the Regular Officers therein stated. 6. I never received written discharges, but was dismissed, (unless when his term expired, while disabled from his wounds,) in the manner in which militia companies are usually dismissed on days of parade. 7. I am known to of the town of Stockton, in said county, living in my immediate neighborhood, & who can, I presume, testify as to my character for veracity, & their belief of my services, as a soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn to & subscribed the 9 day & year aforesaid }
his Percival + Wetmore mark
W. Wetmore Judge Ebenezer Dyer
We Washington Winsor a clergyman of the town of Stockton, in the county of

Chautauque, and Salmon Tyler — residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted, with Samuel Waterbury, who has subscribed & sworn, to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy two years of age, on the 29 th day of August last, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the 7 day of year aforesaid.
Washington Windsor Salmon Tyler
W. Walcutt
Judge Chas. Edw. Dyer
And the said court, do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant, was a revolutionary soldier. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Washington Windsor who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergy man, residing in the town of Stockton, in the county of Chautauque, and that Salmon Tyler who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town, & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
} Judges.
I James B. Lowry, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the county of Chautauque, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court, in the matter of the application of Samuel Waterbury for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 12 day of October 1832. James B. Lowry Clerk.

Option of Saml. Waterbury
V Far 14848.
under act of 7. June 1832
Connecticut Militia &
Allowed
J. A. Osborne Agent Mayville, Chaut. Co. N. York
Mr. J. A. Osborne Mayville, Chaut. Co. N. York

State of New York
Chautauqua County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned justice of the peace in & for said county Samuel Waterbury who being duly sworn deposeth & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he can not swear positively, as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, & in the following grades.
For six months , I served as a private in a company commanded by several company officers alternately, among whom was Lieut. Merick Davenport, & after his death Capt. Husted & others. I served at Danbury & Richfield & the vicinity. I was at home about ten days after the battle of Danbury but engaged in no civil pursuit. This was in the year 1777.
For one year 1778 I served as a private with Company Smith Weed in Col. Hobbie's Regiment & Gen. Meade's Brigade. I served this period at Horn Neck & the vicinity.
For twenty one days I served as a private in Capt. Husted's company, in Col. Hobbie's Regiment, in Westchester County & the places adjacent along Long Island Sound. This was in 1779.
For Eight Months , in 1780 I served & suffered as a private in Capt. Madsen's Weed's company serving for four months in the field & suffering for more than five months, helpless from wounds. I served at this time in & near Old Stamford.
For twenty one days , in 1781 I served as a private in Capt. Ely's company in Col. Hobbie's Regiment & was again severely wounded in this service, which was rendered at & near Horn Neck.
For six months , after the last period of his my engagement, as above stated, I served sometimes as captain sometimes as lieutenant, but without commission, in scouting parties, at Horn Neck, Stamford, Hog Pen Ridge & but I cannot designate the particular periods of each or either of his my said engagements during this last time.
At all the periods above mentioned I served in embodied corps, called into service by competent authority, but on several occasions, when en gaps in scouting parties, the officers acted as I suppose without regular commissions, & that during all & every of the periods aforesaid, during which said service was performed, I was not employed in any civil pur-

uit for which services I claim a Pension - Sworn to & subscribed this 22 nd May 1833 before me Charles P. Young D.S.
his Samuel + Waterbury mark
State of New York Chautauqua County } ss Filed Office
I James Donny Clerk of the County of Chautauqua do certify that Charles P. Young Esqr. before whom the within or above affidavit purports to have been acted Sworn was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing & do believe his name above subscribed to said affidavit to be genuine also that the papers to which this is attached contain the original affidavits & proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas in the application of Samuel Waterbury for a pension, as will appear by my hand & seal of Office, reference being thereto made.
Witness My hand and Seal of Seal of the Court of Common Pleas this 22 nd day of May 1833
James Donny Clerk
14.848
Samuel Waterbury

Gary Meiles Jan 30. 1857

Conneautville Crawford Co Pa Jan'y 5, /57 Commission of Pensions Dear Sir
Permit me to inquire of you whether a Pension was ever obtained by Samuel Waterbury, and if so who was theatty who done the business for them, and what amount of Pension was obtained, as an Heir in Law to his Estate I make the inquiry, and an early answer will ever be conferring a great favor -
Truly Yours Henry Miles
N.B. Samuel Waterbury lived formerly lived in the Town of Stockton, Chenango Co N.Y. & if a Pension was obtained I think the application was made by some of his heirs
Henry Miles

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
11.177
P. O.
Samuel Watsbury
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

14.848 New York Rev. C. Samuel Waterbury Suspended
See letter to
T. N. Osborn
14 August 1833.
Act 7 June 1832