Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 44010, Samuel Wardell, Conn.

SERVICE
SERV Conn.
Wardell, Samuel
NUMBER _____
NUMBER S 44010
CONTENTS

Recruited July 19. 1821 4 feet 8 D. C. M. G.
Returned back to Daniel Coughlin Esq. Bath New York 28 July 1821
D. S. C. 1821. S. S. C. 1821. S. S. C. 1821. S. S. C. 1821.
12.071 R
New York
Samuel Wardell
Friendship in the state of New York who was a Fifer in the regiment commanded by Colonel Meigs of the Connecticut line, for the term of Five Years
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of Decr 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of June 1819 and sent to Hon: Daniel Coughlin  Bath New York
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar 1819  22.70    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Sep 1819  48.00    2 Mo. 26      31   $70.70  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued under Law 1 st May 1820

In the matter of Samuel Wardale Wardell
12071
21/10/1819
Not entitled

State of New York } Albany County }
On the twenty eighth day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the said County Samuel Warde aged fifty seven years in March last resident in the Town of Germantown in said County who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he knows the revolutionary war as follows. I enlisted in the State of Connecticut in January 1778 in Capt Samuel Baker company in Col. Mays Regiment during the war & served through it and was discharged at West Point in June 1783 that my original declaration was made the tenth day of December 1818 and that my pension certificate is numbered 12071 and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident of the United States and a citizen thereof on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it or bring myself within 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 of March 1818 and 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 in - come other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Schedule of real and personal Estate of Samuel Warren -
Real estate I have none I have an article for 150 acres of Land which has been for- -feited for non payment I continue to reside on it but have no legal claim to it and am liable to be turned out of possession by the proprietor
Personal Estate as follows
2 poor old horses - 1 old waggon & harness all not worth more than $40 2 cows - 1 calf - one sow and four pigs & five sheep - 1 plough old and broken - 7 strag cattle - 2 axes - 2 hoes - 1 chain - 7 gears 12 harness - 1 water Gallon kettle (cracked) 2 dishkettles - 1 pot - 1 Spade - 1 fork - 1 tea pot - 6 cups & saucers - 6 tea cups - 3 tin basins - 1 table - 1 Chest 6 chairs - 1 Loorn and quill wheel - 1 Rud - 2 Dutch wheels - 1 cutting - box - 2 pitch forks - 2 shovels of hay - 2 scythes - 1 milk pan - 1 cream pot - I have a debt due me from pardon Sisson of $27 one against Helen Peters of $5 both doubt- -ful & not worth more than $15 - at a risk would be willing to take it -
Some one hundred and sixty three dollars and forty cents
I have not more than the necessary beds

breeding and wearing apparel
My occupation is a farmer I have a wife aged 53. She is in a bad state of health and there is no probability of her health being restored I have five children in my family. 2 boys & 3 girls as follows. William is in his 28 th year subject to the epilepsy or fallen sickness nearly deprived of his memory and is wholly dependent on me for living cannot be trusted without some person with him to take care of him Samuel is in his 18 th year - Mary aged 16 weakly and under the Physicians care - Abby in her 14 th year and Sally in her ninth year I am subject to the Rheumatism and cannot perform much labor and am unable to support myself and family without
and Pardon to and allowed in open court
the 28 th June 1820
James Wardell
James Peabody Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
I James Peabody Clerk of the County of Allegany do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said court - And I do further certify that is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and forty six Dollars and ninety one cents - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 29 th day of June 1820
James Peabody Clerk of the court of common pleas

Albany County ss } State of New York }
In this tenth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the Subscriber first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County personally appeared Samuel Wardell aged fifty six, resident in the town of Friendship in said County being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late 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 - That the said Samuel Wardell enlisted in the month of January in the year 1778 - in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Samuel Barker in the Regiment commanded by Col d Meigs, as a Driver, that he continued to serve as such in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the month of June in the year 1783 when he was discharged at West Point in the State of New York; he is not certain to whose company or regiment he belonged when discharged but thinks he belonged either to Col d Butler or to Colonel Webb's Regiment - that he was not in any regular battles, but was in several skirmishes and that he is in reduced cir- cumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support -
The said Samuel Wardell further swears that he does not possess in all any landed property, having only a contract for land upon which he has paid forty dollars, and that the period in which, by said contract, the remaining sum now due was to have been paid, has expired - that he has at home a Wife and four Children - the eldest child a son of twenty five years of age so afflicted with fits as to require a person constantly to attend him -
Sworn to and subscribed before me } Samuel Wardell the day and year aforesaid in }
Philip Schuch
Albany County ss } In this tenth day of December - State of New York }

in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me the Subscriber first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in said County personally appeared John Harrison of the Town of Friendship Allegany County who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration; that he the said John Harrison knew the above Deponent Samuel Wardell, was his Schoolmate, and lived as his neighbour several years in the town of Branford Connecticut; that during the American Revolutionary war he understood that the said Wardell had enlisted in the American Army to serve during the war in a Captain Barker's company, and frequently saw the said Samuel during the war returning to his parents on furlough dressed in the Uniform of an American Officer.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid — John Harrison Philip Schuch
I Philip Schuch first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Allegany and State of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Wardell did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declarations and against the common enemy also that he is in reduced circumstances and that he stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support and I now transmit the proceedings and the testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress —
Philip Schuch
Allegany County ss.
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of Philip Schuch Esq. first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the said County of Allegany and know the above signatures to be the proper hand writing of the said Philip Schuch, and also that he was at the time of taking the above & still is first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Allegany County. aforesaid certified under my hand & the seal of said County this 24 th day of December 1818.
Just Peasey Clerk

In The Matter of Samuel Wardell Wardell afft.
Superior Court Bath, Me.

State of New York
Albany County ss on this 23 rd day of October AD 1820 personally appeared in open court being a Court of Record in said County Samuel Wardell, & being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that the horses mention- ed in his inventory, declared to on the 28 th June last, have been since seized, & also the waggons & harness therein mentioned, on an Execution that the debt which he owes as stated in said inventory will exhaust all the little property he has & subject his family to great distress unless he can obtain a removal of his pension
Sworn and Subscribed in open Court before me this 23 rd day of October 1820 Samuel Peabody Clerk
Sam l Wardell
State of New York Albany County ss
I, Samuel Peabody Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby Certify that the preceding affidavit is truly copied from the Records of the said Court In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court At Albany this 23 rd day of Octo- ber AD 1820 Samuel Peabody Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas By Edward Kenwick Dep

In the matter of Samuel Wardell Afft. of Doct. Dana
Samuel Wardell
Sept 19.

State of New York Albany County ss. On this 25 th day of October in the year 1820. personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record, Doctor Lorenzo Dana a practising Physician in and for said County and being duly sworn according to Law doth depose & say, that he is a practising Physician in the family Samuel Wardell of Friendship in the County aforesaid late a united States Pensioner, that his wife is in a bad state health she is troubled with a pain in her breast such as generally precede a Consumption which may terminate with that disease, his son William is afflicted with Epileptic fits which are be- yond the influence of medicine, his under- standing is much impaired, & is unable to main- tain himself he requires the constant attention of some person. Mary, one of his Daughters is subject to a chronic Complaint. She has not yet recovered, and it is very uncertain wheath- er her health will be ever restored that the above son & Daughter constitute a part of his family. Lorenzo Dana Sworn & subscribed in open Court this 25 th day of October 1820 before me Nehemiah Peabody Clk.

State of New York Albany County ss I, Amos Peabody Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby Certify that the within Affidavit is truly Copied from the records of the said Court and that the within named Lorenzo Dana is a Creditable witness, In testimony where- of I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Angelica this 25 th Day of October A.D. 1820
Amos Peabody Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas By Edward Runwick Dep

Property valued at $ 146. 91 - 57 years of age - a farmer by occupation - served 5 years - wife 53 - feeble -
William 28 - subject to epilepsy & deprived of his memory & wholly dependent. Henry - 16 - feeble - Samuel 18 - well - Abby 14 - Sally 10 - both well -
Since dropped from Roll
town pauper -
vide letter within
Hon. D. Cneger. Bath - N.Y.

Pike Jan 14 th  FR 88 Thomas Dale P st
Sept 16. Rev. C. Smith P. O. N.Y.
Daniel Boorger Esquire
Bath Fulton County
10.00

State of New York & this may Certify that I Anson Allegany County, N.Y. Esquire one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County was called upon and requested to attend with Asahel Newcomb and Thomas Pyle oversers of the Poor for the Town of Pike in the County aforesaid to examine the case of Henry Burnett and his family in said Town as then certified by the said Henry Burnett to the said overseers of the Poor of said Town as being in want of food to subsist upon, and not having any means to procure it, and the said Justice did examine the said Henry Burnett at the act inquired in such case made and found did, and the said Justice after such examination did order and direct the said overseers of the Poor aforesaid to pay out and expend out of the fund for the benefit and support of Poor persons therein Dollars to be applied to the support of the said Henry Burnett and his family - dated this 15 th Nov - 1820
Anson Himmann
[Handwritten signature]

State of New York Albany County ss I do hereby certify that Hudson Kirtland Esq. before when the within was on the 15 th of November 1820 a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Albany duly Commissioned and Qualified to act as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and affixed the Seal of said County at Albany this 23 rd Day of January A D 1821. Amos D. Peabody By EDW.

1818
By bringer enclosed is the order in the case of H. I am not sure will examine it and if it is not correct you will make a form and forward it to me I can't find any form in this case more than merely a history of the transaction for Thomas Dole Yours &c
It is mine

Reconsider
Report to Dan. D. Dyer of the State of New York.

Samuel Wardell Tiger 78 to 83 Meigs Connec. Regt Admitted

44 010 Rev INVALID.
File No. 44 010
Samuel Wardell
Lifer Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 536
[Arrangement of 1870.]