Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,747, Saul Warner, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Warner, Paul
S 17747
CONTENTS
Carded

Connecticut N o 28.372
Saul Warner of Roxbury in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Conn y commands by Captain Reynolds of the Rep s . commands by Col Lacy in the Connecticut line for 7 months
(Searched)
Died 20 th Nov r 1832, widow Abigail
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of May 1834 and Charles B. Phelps Woodbury
Arrears to the 20 th of Nov r 1832 39 90 Semi-ant. allowance ending
$39 90
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. Burdine Clerk Book E 2 Vol. — Page 48

State of Conne. Court of Pro.
District of Woodbury
On this 31 st day of July 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before the Court of Probate held at Woodbury in the County of Litchfield
now sitting, Jacob Warner a resident of Rosbury in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, aged seventy four years, who being first 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.
I was born at Woodbury Conn on that part now Rosbury on the 12 day of March 1758. and continued to live there until I entered into the army of the Revolution I enlisted in May 1776 into a company of Infantry. State troops for the town of Mine mouths and was to be ready to march at a minutes warning. I continued in a state of preparation to march at any time until the 4 day of August 1776 when I was for- once to join the company. and joined it on that day. and marched to Brunswick. This company was commanded by Theodore Dey. Capt, James Reynolds Lieut, Abraham Post Ensign. Aaron Hullbert and Luke Welch were Sergeants and belonged to Col Herman Knipps Regiment I continued to serve in said company under said Officers until the first week of Dec r 1776 when I was discharged at Mount Morpheus near Ficonderage. I recd a furlough to come home. refuse by Col Knipps which furlough I have lost.
Subsequently I was a member of Capt Daniel Leavenworths company of Militia in Woodbury and in the month of Feb y 1777 said company was mustered on the penance grass in the County of Rutland in said Woodbury. and taken by Captain Leavenworth

That he had raised order to draft from Solon from said company to perform a three months tour of duty at Horn Beck Rye Bridge and about there. and proposed that we should enough of a volunteer. and it should be recorded as a draft in all after calls for Solon or the company I volunteered with Isaac Hunt. Amos Dillen worth and some others whom I have forgotten and signed a written engagement for three months and was immediately mustered by Capt Leavworth to Horn Beck & then to Rye Bridge where the volunteers from said Roxbury company was placed in Capt Elijah Himmans company Col Dimon or Denny's Regiment. and I continued to do duty as a private in said company two months and a half. and about midway of my was permitted by Capt Himmans to return home. Luke Welch was a sergeant in said Himmans company
In August 1777 I was again drafted or attached with a part of Capt Leavworth's militia company and moved under his command to Rice Mills in the night on house of Fishkill and was gone fifteen days
I have no proof of my service other than the Deposition of Abiah Dyer Esquire and Isaac Hunt herewith transmitted
Since I returned from Rice Mills I have resided in said Roxbury and now live there. An entry of my birth is on Woodbury Records
I am acquainted with Rev. Forster Harrison Isaac B. Hemenway Abiah Esquire of Roxbury said Esquire furnished in the camp campaign at Ticonderoga. He was in another company Isaac Hunt was a volunteer with me at Horn Beck & Rye Bridge. I have more evidence to substantiate my proof but

cannot find any other evidence than the accompanying deposition
The said Levi Warner 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. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
H B Phelps Judge of Probate for District of Woodbury  Levi Warner
We, Soroc Harrison a clergyman, residing in the town of Roxbury and Yace B Fleming residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Levi Warner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 74 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. Soroc Harrison  Yace B. Fleming H B Phelps Judge of Probate for Woodbury District
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Soroc Harrison who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Roxbury and that Yace B Fleming who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Roxbury and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
H B Phelps Judge of Probate for District of Woodbury
I Nathan Fiston Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury
hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Levi Warner for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this Third day of September 183 2 Office,
Nathan Fiston Clerk

Paul Warren
Immigrate at the
March
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissaire of Pensions Washington City

State of Connecticut } For District of Woodbury Probate Court } February 26, - 1834
On the 26 th day of February 1834 Before the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury held at Woodbury within and for said District, personally appeared Abigail Warner of Roxbury in said District and produced proof to the satisfaction of the said Court that she is the Widow of Saul Warner, late of said Roxbury, now deceased and late an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of 1832.
Whereupon it is considered and found by the said Court that the said Abigail Warner is the Widow of the said Saul Warner and
In testimony whereof the said Court has caused their seal to be hereunto affixed and the same to be certified by their Clerk on the day and year aforesaid
Ebenezer Phelps, Clerk
I hereby certify that the above attestation is in due form
Ebenezer Phelps Probate District of Woodbury

December 11, 1937.
Mrs. E. F. Lukens, Jr. 437 West Price Street Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
BA-J/ILL Saul Warner S. 17747
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Johannes (John) Jacob Giese of York Township, Pennsylvania, also, the records in that war of Saul Warner, born 1758, and Thomas Warner, born 1761, of Connecticut, and state that you are interested in a Warner who went to Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the Thomas Warner cited by you, nor of any John, or Jacob Giese, under any spelling of the surname. The record of Saul Warner is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 17747, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Saul Warner was born March 12, 1758, in Woodbury (later Roxbury), Connecticut; the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Woodbury, Connecticut, he volunteered in May 1776 in a company of Infantry in the State troops and remained in that company in preparation for military service into which he enlisted August 4, 1776, and served in Captain Thaddeus Lacey's company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut regiment until the first part of December, during which he marched to Fort Independence. He enlisted in February 1777, served as a private in Captain David Leavenworth's and Elijah Hinman's companies, Colonel Dimon's Connecticut regiment and was discharged at the expiration of service of three months. He enlisted in August 1777 and served fifteen days as private in said Captain Leavenworth's Connecticut company.
Saul Warner applied July 31, 1832 for the pension which was due on account of his service in the Revolutionary War, at which time

he resided in Roxbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He had resided there ever since the Revolutionary War. Pension was allowed.
Saul Warner died November 20, 1832, at the home of Elizabeth Brownson in Roxbury, Connecticut; no relationship between this Elizabeth and the soldier's family was stated. She stated, however, in 1834, that she had been acquainted with him since childhood.
Abigail Warner, the widow of Saul Warner, was a resident of Roxbury, Connecticut, in 1834; the date and place of their marriage and Abigail's maiden name are not shown. No reference was made to children of this soldier.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Saul Warner Connecticut
Adm't in private 7 months $2333
Certificate to Abigail Warner for the amt due up Decr 20 1832. 39. 90.
Reply to Chas B Phelps Woodbury CT

State of Connecticut
Probate Court District of Woodbury July 31 1832.
Be it remembered. That on the day aforesaid before the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury personally appeared in open Court then in person Abner Lewis of Roxbury in said District who being first duly sworn. On oath declares and says that he was well acquainted with said Warner now of Roxbury as early as the year 1776 and now well remembers that said Warner was in the company of Capt Thaddeus Slay in Col Swifts Regiment. said Warner was a private This Deponent remembers said company was at Trenton . Mount Independence & Harnsboro. in the summer & fall of 1776. and recalls conversing with said Warner when he belonged to said company. This Deponent was in the company of New York Rangers; once was at said places and Reconnoitre. but is unable to say what time of year he passed said company but knows he was dismissed from said company about the two last days of Nov r or first days of Dec 1776.
Abner Lewis
Sworn & Subscribed This day personally appeared A B Phelps Esq.

State of Connecticut Probate Court
District of Woodbury
June 30 1833
I certify that I have been personally acquainted with L. Abiather Lquier the within Deponent and that he is a man of truth & fair character and a credible witness. I have known him fifteen years.
D B Kelso Judge of Probate
Paul Massie

9649 Paul Naima

State of Connecticut
Probate Court Woodbury District August 7, 1832
Be it remembered that on the day and year aforesaid before the Court of Probate for said District in Litchfield at Woodbury, in said District. personally appeared in open Court Isaac Hunt of Roxbury in said District whom the Court certify to be a credible witness and having been first duly cautioned and sworn, on oath states (and says) That he has been acquainted with said Warren of Roxbury ever since before the Revolutionary war and knows that said Warren was a member of Capt David Seacum's company of militia in Woodbury in that part now Roxbury. and thinks remembers that in cold weather there was on the ground in Feb y as he believes, next before Burgoyne was taken Capt Seacum's company was called together at the old meeting house parsonage ground in Roxbury and he informed by Capt Seacum that a certain number were to be drafted to do duty for three months at Horse neck and about there and expected to have enough volunteers to go. This Deponent believes it was for a part of a day he can't remember now. The 4 th part number but remembers he was one that volunteered and said Warren now of Roxbury was another and Austin Nichols another The others this Deponent cannot remember and that this Deponent & said Warren and

The others who volunteered signed a paper to that effect since the craft was stopped
Capt Leavensworth went with us to New Bedford & Rye Mays. and returned home again and the bladders from Roxbury were put into Capt. Elyah Harkness' company Col. Dimes or Dimes' payment.
This deponent remembers that said Warner left said company two or three weeks before this deponent left it The deponent has served out his whale three months, and came home early part of June 1777.
Isaac Hunt
Subscribed and sworn
in open Court on the day & date aforesaid
H B Phelps Esq. of Probate for the District of Woodbury

V. Sods
payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next.
at the Branch Bank.
City New York
Richard

State of Connecticut
Probate Court
District of Woodbury
December 14 / 1833
Be it remembered that on the day and year aforesaid personally appeared before said Court in person at Woodbury Simon Blackman of Roxbury in said District agree twenty five years. and who is personally known to the Court to be a credible witness and being first solely cautioned to speak the truth on oath declares that he knows Leah Warner formerly of Roxbury now Lemuel who was an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of the 7 June 1832. and knows that about the 20 day of November 1832 said Leah Warner was sick at the House of Andrew Brown in Roxbury and this deponent was there with and that in the night of the 20 th Nov r said Warner of service. This deponent saw him in the coffin. I closed the coffin lid & saw it put in the grave the day after his decease soon before me.
R. B. Phelps Judge of Probate Court Woodbury Simon Blackman

Probate Court
District of Woodbury
Apr 14 1834
Be it remembered that on the day above year aforesaid in personally app curred before said Court Elizabeth Brown of Roxbury in said District who is personally known to this Court and whom the Court certify to be a credible witness and being first duly cautioned and sworn on oath oath, declares and says that she and was well acquainted with Saul Warner late of said Roxbury and who was an applicant for a pension and that said Saul Warner died at the house of the Deponent in said Roxbury on the night of the 20 day of November 1832 and his then dead body was carried from the Deponent's house aforesaid to be buried on the 21 day of Nov r 1832 in the usual manner. I was acquainted with said Saul Warner from child hood.
her
Sworn before me Elizabeth Brown Mark and year aforesaid
H. D. Phelps Esq. Prob. Dist. Woodbury

State of Connecticut } Probate Court } Woodbury District
Deborah M c Phelps Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Woodbury do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original and supplementary proceedings had in this Court, in the matter of the application of Saul Warner for a pension — In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Office, this twentieth day of February 1834
Deborah M c Phelps, Clerk

Saul Warner

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Saul Warner Litchfield Co Connecticut which require further proof or explanation.
Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 111 XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 111 If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 111  CVO Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 111 XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 111 XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 111 XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
‡ QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡ QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

437 WEST PRICE STREET PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Veterans administration Washington BA-8/ANF
Dear Sir: -
The reference to Jonathan Russ is much appreciated. I have been looking for this man for some time. I have been seeking a Warner who enlisted in Woodbury, Connecticut + later moved to Stockbridge, Mass - probably received pension. It might be Saul  b. 1758 or Thomas Warner b. 1761 - any data would be appreciated. Did the soldier known

as Johannes (John) Jacob  Giese Penna. (York Township) received a pension - served in American Revolution in 6 th Co., (Capt Geo Long) 3 rd Battalion, York Co. Pa. troops b. 1755 d. April 1830.
Sincerely Helen R. Lukens (Mrs E. F. Lukens Jr) 437 W. Price St Germantown Phila. Pa.

INVALID.
File No. 17747
David Warner
Pr. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. / , Page 326
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1937. Rec 18 - Hist. to Mrs. E. G. Andrews, Jr. - 222.