Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,765, Stephen Turner, Conn.

SERVICE
SERVICE Loan.
Y. Turner, Stephen
NUMBER _____
R 10.765
CONTENTS

State of Connecticut, TOLLAND COUNTY, SS. HEBRON PROBATE DISTRICT.
On this 12 th day of June A. D. 1834, personally appeared in open court before Abner Hendee, Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate, for the District of Hebron, now sitting, Stephen Turner a resident of Coventry in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, aged 75 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following supplemental 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, and served as herein stated.
In his service in 1777 he stated that it commenced in Dec r 20 th of that year whereas he finds from documents at the Comptroller's office at Hartford that it commenced on the 27 th day of Sept r 1777 and must have terminated as he now believes on the 27 th day of Dec r of that year altho' he has nothing to change his opinion other than the document furnished
Respecting Capt. Barrows certificate he says that it was given him by Capt. Barrows about the time bears date under the following circumstances viz. That when he did the service stated in his declaration he lived in the town of Mansfield adjoining the town of Coventry that he removed in the spring or summer of 1779 into the town of Coventry & soon after was drafted to do a tour of duty at New London which he then thought

a hardship and unreasonable & he called on Capt Barron for a certificate of the service he had done in his Company for the purpose of using it to be excused from the draft in country but when he had obtained it his Capt would not excuse him and he hired a man to take his place who served his term for him his business being such he could not leave it. That Capt Barron gave him the certificate as it now reads & the erasure was made by the Captain if made at all as he never used it for any other purpose than to excuse him from the draft above named until he used it for the present purpose nor has he any object to alter it as a months service is no great object with him and if the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions thinks he ought not to be allowed but eight months for the certificate he will relinquish the other month altho he knows he served the whole nine months faithfully to his as my father stated country. He now furnishes a document from the Comptrollers office showing a part of the service also the testimony of two of his neighbours to his identity & character for veracity & repeated service That he has always been uniform in his statement of service and if his certificate which is all the evidence he can procure

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
He answers to the interrogatories propounded by order of the War Department, as follows:
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 Regiment as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, 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?
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Stephen Turner
We, _____ a clergyman residing in the town of _____ in the County of Tolland, and _____ residing in 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 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 the Rev. _____ who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of _____ and that _____ who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of _____ and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Cyrus Mann, clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the supplemental  original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Stephen Turner for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 12 1/2 day of June A. D. 1834.
Cyrus Mann Clerk.

I Joseph Turner of Coventry, Tolland County aged 63 years do testify & say that from my childhood I have been well acquainted with Stephen Turner who has now made application for a pension that I remember well that the 1 st Stephen Turner was drafted for several tours of duty at Boston, New York & I believe at other places that he went away from home and was gone for several months at several different times that I remember his leaving home and that it was said he went to Boston for a tour of two or three months I think two months that he was gone from home two months & I always understood & believe he performed a tour of two months near Boston & I have always understood & believe that it is generally believed in the neighbourhood where he lives that he performed several tours of duty during the Revolutionary war and I further say that I saw a certificate given to the 1 st Stephen Turner by Capt. Barrows that thirty or forty years ago I saw the same, that the same was given for nine months & that it then read the same that it now does & that he has always said that it was given for nine months but I never knew that the 1 st service was performed at one time but have always heard him say & do believe that the same was performed at different times, that I have often heard him say that when he removed from Mansfield into Coventry he obtained the 1 st certificate from his Capt under whom he had served faithfully for several tours to excuse him from drafts made upon him in the 1 st Coventry but was not excused in consequence thereof that I never knew any other Stephen Turner than the one mentioned above & I believe him to be the same mentioned in the 1 st certificate & that he has always had a good name in society
Joseph Turner

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Hebron Probate District
Personally appeared in open court before Abner Hemen Esq. Judge of the court of Probate for s d District Joseph Terner signer of the foregoing affidavit and made oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth And this court certifies that the s d . Joseph Terner is a man of truth and that his statement is entitled to full credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of s d court this 12 th day of June A 1834
Cyrus Mann Clerk

I Ebenezer L. Sweetland of Coventry Tolland County aged 81 years do testify & say that I have been acquainted with Stephen Turner about forty years that he has always sustained a fair moral character & is a good Member of Society that I never knew any other Stephen Turner that I believe him to be the same Stephen Turner mentioned in a certificate given by Capt Barrows of which I have often heard him speak in years past that I have always heard him say that he performed several tours of duty in the Revolutionary Army and it is generally believed in the neighborhood where he resides & I do verily believe that he did perform several tours of duty as he has stated to the War Department & that the s d Turner has often said that the certificate aforesaid was given him by s d Barrows with whom he had served that the same was given for Nine Months but never heard him say that the s d service was all performed at one time but have always understood that the s d service was performed at several times that for thirty or forty years ago I heard him say that he did duty as a soldier in the Army at Boston New York & New London & that I was with him at New York but not in the same Reg t & that it was in 1776
Ebenezer L. Sweetland
State of Connecticut Tolland County § Hebron Probate District
Personally appeared in open Court before Abner Hemenway Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate for s d District Ebenezer L. Sweetland signer of the foregoing affidavit and made oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth And this Court certifies that the s d Sweetland is a man of truth & that his statement is entitled to full credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of s d Court this 12 th day of June A 1834
Cyrus Mann Clerk

Stephen Turner's Application cont.
20. 587.
Supernatural
June 30 - 1834 -
Return to Abner H. H. Under Hobson

I Josiah Fuller of Litchfield County & State of Connecticut aged 80 years do testify & say that about the first of September 1876 I was drafted for a tour of duty of three months near N. York in a company commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Ripley Lieut. Joseph Root in a Regt. commanded by Col. Experience Storrs and was marched to Valentin's Hill where we were stationed and there remained until my term of three months had expired when I was discharged having served three months as a drummer. And I well remember that Stephen Turner was a private in the same Regt but not in the same company with me & that I often saw him doing duty as a private at the same time I did it that he marched about the same time that I did and arrived at our station a few days after me and was in the vicinity with me during the whole term of three months that I served
Josiah Fuller
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss Hebron Probate District
Personally appeared in open Court before me Almon Hemen my Judge of the Court of Probate for 1 st District Josiah Fuller signer of the foregoing affidavit and made oath that the same contains the truth & nothing but the truth and this Court certifies that the s d Fuller is a man of truth & that his statement is entitled to credit In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 10 th day of April A D 1884
Cyrus Munn Clerk

Sam. L. Morris Depon Ch. 1074 enter

State of Connecticut Tolland County Probate District of Mansfield
Ms. Mansfield August 7 th 1832
Personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Mansfield in said Tolland County - Samuel Storrs of Mansfield in s d Tolland County aged Seventy four years - and after being duly sworn according to law, doth depose & say that about the first of February 1778 he enlisted into a Company of State troops - under the command of Capt. James Dana of s d Mansfield & Lieut. Tinker - and in Col. Brown's Regiment - that he marched to Cambridge in Mass. that he performed said service in Cambridge and Roxbury - that he enlisted for the term of two months, that his time of service expired the first of April 1778 - when he was discharged - And that Stephen Turner of s d Mansfield enlisted with him into s d Company and performed duty with him with him during the aforesaid term of two months and was discharged about said first of April - Sworn to and subscribed Sam l Storrs
The day and year aforesaid. And the Court are of opinion that the s d Samuel Storrs is a credible person & that his statements is entitled to full credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 7 th day of August 1832
Shubael Freeman Clerk
Col. Storrs 1779. 25 Oct

State of Connecticut, TOLLAND COUNTY, SS. HEBRON PROBATE DISTRICT.
On this 10 th day of April A. D. 1834, personally appeared in open court before Abner Hendee, Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate, for the District of Hebron, now sitting, Stephen Turner a resident of Coventry in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut, aged 75 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
About the First of February 1776 I enlisted for a tour of duty of two months near Boston in a company commanded by Capt James Dana Lieut. Nehemiah Tinker and was marched to near Boston where we joined our Regt. commanded by Colonel Ward who was the service Major Genl Washington commanded the American forces. And about the first of March the Americans cannonaded Boston and a few days after we erected a Battery on Dorchester Point & soon after the British attempted to cross over to attack us but were prevented by a severe storm which frustrated them & they returned back and about the middle of March sent the British shipping sail round Dorchester Point where we were stationed & we remained there until my term of service expired when I was discharged the first of April 1776 having served two months as a private
That about the first of September 1776 he was drafted for a tour of duty of three months near New York and marched in a company commanded by Capt. Samuel Barrows to the vicinity of N. York & placed in a Regt. commanded by Col. Experance Stone & stationed a while at Harlem and then marched to White Plains where we had a battle with the Enemy and retreated up the River & remained until my time of service expired when I was verbally discharged having served three months as a private. —

That in the month of December 1777 about the 20 th of the month I was drafted for a tour of duty at N. London for three months & marched in a company under the command of Capt Isaac Barrows to N. London & was there employed in keeping guard in the town and at the light house until our time was out when I returned home which according to my best recollection was in the month of March 1778.
In the month of July of the year 1778 about the first of the month I was again drafted for a three months tour at Providence R.I. & marched in a company under the command of Capt Isaac Barrows to Providence and according to my best recollection the most of the Regt. was drafted we were under the command of Col. Experience Storr & were commanded by Genl. Sullivan & were employed to attack New Port with the French Fleet under D'Estaing and after the defeat of Sullivan we were marched to Providence & in the month of October I was discharged, we then volunteered for three months longer under Capt Barrows & was stationed in Providence & employed as a guard until the last of December 1778 or the first part of Jan y 1779 when our time was out we were discharged having served the whole time as a private.
In his service near Boston in Feb. 1776 he served with Samuel Storr, whose affidavit he furnishes, he was with him served in the same company.
And for his service in September 1776 he furnishes the affidavit of Josiah Follen of Coventry who

service in the same Reg t but not in the same company in the vicinity of N. York
Since for his services in 1778 he furnishes the certificate of Capt Isaac Barron under whom he served he can find no other documentary evidence to show his service his Capt has long since deceased and he knows of no person living who served with him whose testimony he can obtain other than that he has furnished, he has related all the circumstances of his service that he can now recollect he is old and very much afflicted with the palsy and his memory very much impaired in consequence thereof
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
He answers to the interrogatories propounded by order of the War Department, as follows:
1. Where, and in what year were you born? I was born in Mansfield Cont.
AD. 1758
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? I have no record of my age
3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the revolutionary war, and where do you now live? When called into service I lived in Mansfield and lived there till 1779 since that time I have lived in Coventry where I 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? In Sept 1776 I enlisted in Sept 1776 I was drafted in Dec 1777 I was drafted in July 1778 I was drafted in Dec 1778 - for Jan 1779 I volunteered
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiment as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
In 1776 near Boston I served under Col. Warfield Thomas Brown Major In Sept 1776 In the vicinity of N. York under Lt Col. Experience Storer, in 1777 under Capt Barron at N. London In 1778 at Providence Col. Experience Storer. In his service near Boston & N. York Genl Washington commanded the Army and at Providence & Newport Genl Sullivan commanded

6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it? He never had a written discharge he furnishes the certificate of Capt Isaac Barrows showing his service in 1778
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? He is known to the Rev Henry Brown & Josiah Fuller of Coventry who can certify as to his veracity & their belief of his services.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Stephen Turner
30.385 am. A. Hendee, att. 21.34 Stephen Turner We, Henry Brown a clergyman residing in the town of Coventry in the County of Tolland, and Josiah Fuller residing in Coventry hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Stephen Turner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be 75 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.
Henry Brown Fler Josiah Fuller
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 the Rev. Henry Brown who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the town of Coventry and that Josiah Fuller who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Coventry and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Cyrus Mann, clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Stephen Turner for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this 10 th day of April A. D. 1834.
Cyrus Mann
Clerk.

Turner, Stephen Conn. R10765
Turner, Stephen Conn. R10765

These may Certify to all Whom it may Concern, that Stephen Turner Lately of Mansfield, Now of Coventry, hath Done a Tower of Duty in the Continental Service in year, 1778. Nine months Service
Test Isaac Barron Cap tn
Mansfield August, 7 th 1779

Stephen Turner 61 act 7 Mar 32
GB Army

POWER OF ATTORNEY — Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Naomi Turner of the town of Mansfield County of Tolland State of Connecticut widow of Stephen Turner hereby constitute and appoint Abijah Galt my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of Stephen Turner deceased for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the 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, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself as the widow of said Stephen Turner
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 11th day of October A. D. 1852.
Signed and Sealed in the presence of Charles Thompson } Needham State
Naomi Turner
STATE OF Connecticut } ss. Mansfield COUNTY OF Tolland }
On this 11th day of October A. D. 1852
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Naomi Turner and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, the day and year aforesaid.
Needham State Justice Peace.
George G. Ames is substituted as my Attorney in the above case

CLAIM OF Stephen Turner ACT OF June 7 1832
STATE OF Connecticut } ss. Mansfield COUNTY of Tolland }
Be it known, That on this 11th day of October A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty two , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Naomi Turner a resident of Mansfield in said County, and made oath according to law that she is the widow of Stephen Turner
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner  applicant for a pension
at the rate of _____ Dollars per annum; that she has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased  increased ; that she is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. } Charles Thompson Nedham State J. Peace. } Nedham State
Naomi Turner
I, Nedham State Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, do hereby certify that Naomi Turner who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
State of Connecticut Tolland County } ss
Nedham State J. Peace.
I, Joseph Bishop Clerk of the County Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Nedham State before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal this 13 th day of October A. D. 185 2
Joseph Bishop Clerk.

STATE OF Connecticut } ss. Court COUNTY OF Holland } Probate District of Mansfield
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me John Dunham Esq. of said District Court
that Stephen Turner was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United Applicant for a pension under act June 7 1832 States at the rate of $  per annum and that he died on the 25th day of September eighteen hundred and thirty four leaving surviving his Widow Naomi Turner
and that
the only surviving child — of the aforesaid.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this Eleventh day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty two
John Dunham 2nd Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Mansfield

1855,
A. P. Mathes
Norinhton cont. 20/8/55
1852  1853
Connecticut suspended

Norwich Town Feb 20 th 1855 Mr Hessler
I wrote you sometime since, in relation to a Pension Claimed by Mrs Turner, Widow of Stephen Turner I suppose her Papers are at Washington as I wrote you, have you enquired & what can be done, as I have heard nothing from you since I wrote you, perhaps you did not receive my Letter, Will you let me know as to the fact,
I have a Land Patent of 160 Acres, in Monroe Co. Ark, dated 1824, no taxes have paid.
Is it worth while to look it up & can buy it cheap, If it has her still portages, can it be redeemed,
Truly Your Friend O. P. Wortley

Millinantic Sept 13 th 1834
Hon. L. D. Waldo
Dear Sir,
Several
years ago Stephen Lumer of Mansfield made application for a pension. His discharge & other evidences of service were sent to your office (Pension Office) & there remain, but for some cause he never had his pension. He served in the war of 1776. He is dead & his widow has applied to me for aid in obtaining a pension in her own right as his widow. If convenient will you send me some blanks that I shall need; also inform what it will be necessary to prove to succeed & whether his discharge is preserved on file or not.
Very Truly Yours. J. H. Carpenter

J. H. ... Sept 19. 1834
Stephens Turner Connecticut
Suspended -
Little How Nays Buh...
June 30 - 1834
Sep. 29 - 1834 Abner
Hendee
1832 (over)
Ms. A. 9. 2. 10

Hebron Conn't,
September 20th 1834
Sir
Your letter of the 30th June last on the subject of Mr Stephen Turner's application for a Pension, addressed to the Hon Noyes Barbed at Groton has been transmitted to me, and the contents have been communicated to Mr Turner. Mr Turner desires you to transmit his papers to me once more that he may try to obviate the objections. He thinks that without the Certificate of Capt Barrows he can prove one or more of the tours performed under him by living witnesses and that he can give such further evidence of his identity and that it relates to him and no other. If you will have the goodness to inclose them to me you will confer a favor on Mr Turner and oblige Your Obs.
Hon James L Edwards Sec'y's Comm Pension
Honor Wendell

It appears by the book of the Pay Table, that five regiments were raised in the State of Connecticut, to serve, at Cambridge or near Boston, for two months. Three of them were raised in January & the other in February 1776. They were commanded by Colonels Wolcott, Wadsworth, Douglass, Ward & Waterbury. No roll of these regiments has been found, or list of their officers. —
Also that the 5 th Reg t . militia, commanded by Col. Experience Storrs, was ordered to march to New London on the first day of September 1776, & on the 6 th day of September to New York. No roll of this regiment has been found or list of its officers. The expense of this regiment was charged to the United States.
It appears by the journal of the Council of Safety under date September 27 th 1777 that Gen l Tyler was ordered to detach from his brigade three hundred & thirty men to repair

to New London Groton & Stonington that there is no evidence to be found showing who was detailed, or how long in service. The pay roll of Capt. Morrow's company may be included in regimental pay roll.
Under date 23 rd October 1779, the pay roll of Col. Storr's field & staff is charged to the United States. No pay roll of this regiment has been found, or evidence showing who served therein or how long.
June 5 th 1854
Ex M ch 1854 P. M. Connecticut

REJECTED
10.7603
P. O. Stephen Turner
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

J. L. Edwards Esq.
I have written you the kind of a letter to Colonel Stephen Henson as you have been and permitted me to call on Calgary Yours truly J. L. Edwards June 18. 1834

Hebron June 11th 1836 -
Hon Roger Barber
Dear Sir
Inclosed with this I send you the original & supplemental declaration of petition Johnson amended I think to suit the views of the Pension Office. The objection to the first declaration was that the service at Providence was done when he was but 15 years of age when he was not liable to be drafted. By the Comptroller's Certificate he finds he was seventeen in the year that the service was one year later & he has corrected it to conform to the certificate. The one, half months added he stated to me before but in drawing the declaration I omitted it & it never occurred to my recollection until I got to Washington. If there is any objection on account of the former omission you can if you think proper withdraw it as it cannot make much difference with him. I also include with it the original declaration of John Coleman which I also wish you to attend to for me - should they or either be allowed you will please send me the certificates. In another bundle I send you the papers of Mr Turner with a letter of a part of Mr Edwards letter to me with the objections to Gen Johnson & Turner's the past

First torn of retated to an application of Loren P. Waldo Esq Holland Ind a M c Carpenter which by mistake was sent me with mine & I tore it off & sent it to him with the original papers.
I remain as ever your friend & humble Servt Abner Hovey