Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 36837, Jacob Wardwell, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Wardwell, Jacob.
S 36837
CONTENTS

830
Connecticut.
Jacob Wardwell, Capt Betts (Belt) Private, 4 Connecticut line 1777. by rank In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of June 1818 and sent to the Pensioner, care of Sam l W Johnson Esq. at Stanford, Connecticut.
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818. $ 24.00 Semi-annual ending
5 Mo: 4 dys $ 11.00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Transfer, unfaded

Jacob Wardwell Jacob Wardwell, Col. Webb's regt. Connecticut line -
Correct.
Admitted
L. P. F.
[Signature]
C n n L M H 1 18

District of Connecticut ss Stamford April 1 st 1818
I Sam. W. Johnson Esq. Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas for Fairfield County in said District do certify. That in the case of Jacob Wardwell (Applicant for a Pension under an act of Congress passed the 18 th day of March 1818) the testimony & proceedings had thereon do appear at large in the schedule herunto annexed
Sam W Johnson

District of Connecticut vs Stamford
On this 1 st day of April A D 1818 Jacob Wardwell of Stamford in said District doth on oath declare before me Samuel W. Johns an Esq r . Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County in said District, That in the Month of June A D 1777 he enlisted into the Service of the United States in a Company commanded by Capt. Stephen Butts attached to a Reg t commanded by Col. Charles Webb in the Connecticut line on the Continental establishment & that he contin- -ued in the Service of the United States engaged against the common enemy until the Month of June A D 1783 when he was hono- -rably discharged at West Point in the State of New York - That from time & accident his discharge is misplaced & lost That he is now in the Seventyfourth year of his age & from his reduced circumstances in life is in need of assistance from his bounty for Support.
Jacob Wardwell

District of Connecticut ss the 1 st day of April A D 1818
Personally came the above named Jacob Wardwell & having been by me duly sworn made oath that the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed is true
Sam l W. Johnson Judge of the County Court in & for Fairfield County
District of Connecticut ss Stamford April 1 st A D 1818
Personally came Moses Webb of Stamford aforesaid
before me Sam l . W. Johnson Esq te : Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County in said District, who being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is well acquainted with Jacob Wardwell Signer to the foregoing Declaration & that he now is & for many years now last past has been a resident Citizen of the United States in the said District of Connecticut, & that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he

is in need of Assistance from his Country for Support Moses Webb
Certified by Sam W Johnson
State of Connecticut S. Stamford in Fairfield County. I Samuel W Johnson Judge of the county Court for Fairfield County do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Jacob Wardwell the above named applicant served in the revolutionary War against the common Enemy as stated in his foregoing Declaration. In testimony whereof I have subscribed the same & affixed the seal of said Court this 1 st day of April 1810
Sam W Johnson

1. Rev. T. H. S.
69 Wood Avenue Stamford Conn.
MS
Bureau of Pension Washington D.C.
Gentlemen
In the history of Stamford by Rev. C. P. Huntington A. No. it reads 'Jacob Wardwell, B- Aug 19 - 1744, served thro' the war'. Can you give me a more general description of his service for his country. Very truly yours, Nov. 16 - 1920, Walter L. Scofield

36 837 Rev INVALID.
1920, Dec. 22 Hist. Soc. Mary L. Scofield, En.
File No. 36 837
Jacob Wardwell Phila Rev. Mass
Act: 16 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 480
[Arrangement of 1870.]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Dec 22 , 19 20
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Wardwell a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1777 to June 1783 Pvt. Stephen Bette Charles Webb Conn.          
Battles engaged in, None cited
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Apr. 1, 1818. S. al.
Residence at date of application, Stamford, Fairfield Co. Dist. of Conn.
Age at date of application, 74-
Remarks: There is no family data.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.