Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11683, Stephen Wakeman, Conn.

SERVICE
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Wakeman, Stephen
S. 11683
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1426
14494 New York
Stephen Wakeman
Niagara in the State of N. York who was a Private in the Lehigh command of Captain Nash of the Dept. command in the Col. in the Col. time for 19 months
Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of May 1833 and per Mr. Hart Lockport
Arrears to the 14th of Ma: '33 $126 66 Femi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep: '33 31 66 $158 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. Miles Clerk Book 6, Vol. A, Page 37

Name Joseph Wakeman. Res before service Fairfield or Westport, Conn.
" after " " " " "
date of death May 25 1839
Widow Rachel died May 12 1840
He was a pensioner under act of June 7 1832
"Conn Men in Revolution" is my authority for his having Served in the Revolution.
Information desired for a historical work.
Yours very Truly
Robt. D. Wakeman,
Southport, Conn.

Rev. 1 AB 26
Gunnison Valley Chapter
Gunnison Colo. Febr'y 6. 1917.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I wish to make inquiries about the service of Stephen Wakeman of Greensfarms Conn. and Lockport N.Y. who enlisted at Fairfield Conn. and served nineteen months in the Revolution, a part of the time under Capt. Nash. He received a pension in 1832. He was born at Greensfarms Conn. Sept 19. 1761 and died Sept 16. 1852 at Lockport N.Y. He died and is buried in Cold Springs Cemetery Lockport N.Y. and his grave was marked by the Buffalo Chapter of the D.A.R. Aug. 10. 1914.
Truly Yours
Mrs. Henry F. Lake

21426
Stephen Wakeman Niagara county New York
adm d
19 mo. pri
$63.33.
Joseph Carter Lockport, N.Yak.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjoined 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, showing the Service of Stephen Wakeman of Niagara county, N.Y.
   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.     Enlisted 1781 1 private Capt Wash 70 Fairfield Tradition   1782 8 or 9 X same Greene's farm. Carmel  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Employed in guarding the coast of Connecticut
X Amended declaration reduces this item to 7 months.

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 }
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.

State of New York
Niagara County ss: On this 14 day of September A D 1832 personally appeared before the court of General Sessions of the peace in and for said county. a resident of the Town of Lockport in said county Stephen Wake man aged Seventy 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 7 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to-wit.
That while residing in the Town of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut he enlisted in the year 1781 on the first day of April into the company of Captain Nash of the State Troops of the State of Connecticut. Daniel Duncan was Lieutenant Jonathan Squires was Ensign Samuel Disbrow Brevetly Sergeant & John Caunch & Abram Caunch Drummer & fifer in said company. Said company was one hundred in number and were not attached to any regiment there being no more than said company at the place where the said company was stationed. There was a company under the command of Isaac Jones a part of the time stationed at Black Rock and another company under the command of Captain Hubbard stationed also in the vicinity of Fairfield at a place called Norwalk - And applicant says that he joined said company of Captain Nash at Fairfield and was stationed with the same at a place called Greens Farm about two & a half miles from the Harbour or place of landing in said Town of Fairfield and there served in said company for the period of one year which expired on the last day of March 1782. That the object and duty of said company was to protect the coast or sea board at this point against the British. That in September 1781 about three hundred of the enemy landed at a place called Humpo near Sagatue Bay within two and a half miles from the station of said company. The names of the vessels from which the enemy landed applicant has forgotten but there was one Frigate, a Brig and Sloop of war besides some other smaller craft. The enemy landed at day break, and applicant was one of a scouting party.

which were near the point at the time the enemy landed and said party fired four rounds and then retreated to the rest of the company whom Applicant met advancing - Said company then formed and fired upon the enemy - and a Skirmish took place - the Americans retreating - The British after burning the Guard House, and collecting a number of cattle reembarked some time in the afternoon In this Skirmish Gershom Wake man who was then between sixty & seventy years old, and great uncle to applicant was killed by a ball which cut his hat band, and passed through his head, Said uncle was killed while standing beside applicant - Joshua Canah was also killed, and Eben Allen was wounded in said engagement - The British lost some men but how many could not be ascertained as they kept the ground and carried off their dead and wounded - Took one of the enemy a prisoner - On the first day of April 1782 Applicant again enlisted in the same company, under the same officers, for another year and served until the close of the war and was discharged after the news of the peace was confirmed, which applicant thinks was in the month of November or December  November or December 1782 as near as applicant can recollect -
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 - That he has no written or documentary evidence by which he can prove his said services - and that he knows of no companion soldier or other person now living whose testimony he can procure to prove said services or any part thereof. Stephen Wake man Sworn & Subscribed to in open Court this 14 th day of September A.D. 1832 before me William Allen Clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of Niagara County

State of New York
Niagara County ss: We Edmund O'Fling a clergyman late a resident in the Town of Lockport in said County but now a resident in the village of Albion in said  the County of Orleans in said State, and George H. Baughton residing in the Town of Lockport aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Wakeman who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion sworn and subscribed
the 14 day of September AD 1832 before us
Edmund O'Fling Geo. H. Baughton
Witness my hand at the Court of Sessions Niagara Falls, Niagara County
State of New York
Niagara County ss: 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 revolution ary Soldier and served as he states And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Edmund O'Fling who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman now a resident of the village of Albion in the County of Orleans & State aforesaid, but late for several years a resident in the Town of Lockport aforesaid and that George H. Baughton who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Lockport aforesaid, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
C. M. Collins (Member of the Court in attendance O. H. Hathaway

Niagara County
I Kenneth Clark Clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace of the County of Niagara Do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Stephen Wakeman and Pringer
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at Lockport this 12 th day of September AD 1832
Kenneth Clark
10799. In the matter of Stephen Wakeman a Resentment and Indictment

State of New York
Niagara County ss: On this 18 th day of December personally appeared before Joel M c Callum one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Stephen Wake man who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following further declaration or supplemental affidavit in addition to the declaration heretofore made and hereto annexed, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 - That he was born in the Town of Fairfield County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut in the year 1761. on the 19 day of September - Declarant has a record of his age now in his possession, being a transcript from the Record of his father of the births and deaths of his children - That said family Record kept by declarants father on the death of his father was left in the possession of declarants mother, who then lived in the town of Ballstown County of Saratoga, and State of New York - That since the death of declarants mother the said family Record passed into the hands of declarants brother Wake man Wake man, who also resided in said town of Ballstown on the decease of his mother - Since this said brother Wake man Wake man has died; and into whose hands said record has fallen declarant cannot state, and cannot say whether said record is preserved but declarant believes it is - That by said Record (and of which this declarant took a true copy and which he has now in his possession) declarant was born on the day and year above stated.
That at each of said periods of enlistment mentioned in declarants former declaration hereto annexed he resided in said Town of Fairfield and State of Connecticut and since the Revolution only near declarant has resided in the following places town. Declarant resided or made it his home with his father in the said Town of Fairfield three years after the close of the war when declarant moved with his father to the town of Ballstown in the County of Saratoga and State of New York, where applicant resided as near as he can recollect fourteen or fifteen years - and was married the second year after he removed to Saratoga

Deponent then removed with his wife and children to the Town of Romulus in the County of Seneca and State of New York where he resided until he removed to this Town of Larkport County of Niagara and State of New York where he now resides and has resided for the period of about twenty years. And deponent further says that he enlisted at both periods mentioned in his declaration annexed. That on the expiration of the first period of enlistment mentioned in his annexed declaration he received a written discharge from the Service signed by Captain Nash. and that when he was discharged from Service from the second period of enlistment mentioned in his former annexed declaration he received another written discharge signed by Captain Nash. That said two discharges deponent preserved and kept, and carried the same with him to said County of Saratoga when he removed to Saratoga from Connecticut as afore said. That said two written discharges, the last that applicant knows of them were in the keeping of his mother while residing in the County of Saratoga. That said papers were put by applicant into his mother's drawers when he first moved to Saratoga. That from that time until some years time after his removal to this Town he never thought any more of said discharges. That some years ago applicant's attention was first drawn to these discharges, an account of information that he could obtain a pension under former pension acts. And that then Applicant sent his brother Benjamin to Saratoga to trace to procure said discharges. Applicant says that his brother at each time, on his return from Saratoga to this Town where he resides informed him that he had made inquiry and search for said discharges and that they could not be found. Applicant says that at the time his said brother so made inquiry & search for said discharges his mother had been dead a number of years. and Applicant says that said discharges must have been lost or destroyed.
And deponent further says that he is well known to Elder A. King late a resident of this Town.

and that he is well known to George H Baugh- ton and Henry Norton Residents of this Garden and Knippenhaver - and that said Elder Kling was late a minister of this neighborhood and preached to the Mennonite Society in this place for two years past -
And declarant further says that by reason of Old age and consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service or the precise time that he was discharged under his said last period of enlistment but according to his best recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades - For one year as a private Soldier under the first period of enlistment mentioned in the annexed original declaration - For seven months as a private Soldier under the second period & enlistment mentioned in the original declara- tion hereto annexed - As to the service of the first period of enlistment of one year appli- cant is certain - and positive - but the time precisely when he was discharged from his second enlistment applicant cannot state positively - Yet applicant says that from his best recollection he believes that the whole of said period of service in the revolutionary War is not less than one year and seven months and for which service he claims a pension.
Stephen Wakeman
Monroe County ss: I Joel McClellan one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that on the 18 th day of December instant the above declaration of Stephen Wakeman was subscribed by him and sworne to before me said judge, and I do further certify that from a personal view and exami- nation of said Stephen Wakeman I was satisfied

That from debility from old age and a complaint of the lungs, that said Stephen Wake man was unable to appear in open court and that he would not be able to appear at the next term of said court of which I am a judge as aforesaid, to be held in said county on the first Tuesday of January next - And I do declare my opinion after an investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the court, that the above named applicant was a resolutionary soldier and deserved as he states.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20 th day of December A.D. 1832
Joel M c Collum Judge of Niagara County Court
State of New York
I, J. M c Collum Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Joel M c Collum Esquire whose name appears subscribed to the above Certificate was on the day of the date of said Certificate one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. And further that I am well acquainted with his handwriting and do know that his name as subscribed to the above certificate is his proper hand, true and correct.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Official Seal at Lockport this 21 st day of December A.D. 1832 Henry Allen Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
S.F. 11683
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Stephen Wakeman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1. 1781 1 year Pvt. Stash ✓ Conn.   Apr. 1. 1782 7 mos. Stash ✓        
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fairfield Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 14. 1882. This cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Lockport, Niagara Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Sept 19. 1761 at Fairfield, Conn.
Remarks: Three years after the war soldier moved with his father (name not stated) to Ballston, Saratoga Co. N.Y. where he resided 14 or 15 years. Then moved with his wife & children to Penn Yan, Seneca Co. N.Y. Names of wife and children are not stated. He then moved to Lockport N.Y.
Respectfully,
brothers Wakeman Wakeman & Benjamin Great Uncle Elisha Wakeman killed in skirmish
Commissioner.

Mch 3, 1896. Soldier pensioned to Miss Helen S. Norton Oak Park, Ill.
Jan. 12/98. Hist. to Mr. Robert P. Wakeman, Southport Conn.
June 15-1903 to Mrs. Frances M. Wallace Buffalo N.Y.
1917 Feb. 19 Hist. to Mrs. Henry F. Lake.
1930- Dec 31- Photos to Kate D. Curry - 2 pages E E L
Rehman
11,683 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 11,683
Stephen Wakeman Prin. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. a , Page 294
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Stephen Wakeman
Placed on Pension roll May 27, 1833.
Enlisted in Connecticut.
Died at Lockport, Sen Niagara Co. N.Y. aged 91

OLD WAR & NAVY JUN 13 1903 FILES. P.

J.W.B. W
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary war may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
Department of the Interior.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Washington, D. C. Dec 28 1897
Sir:
In reply to your communication of a recent date, you are informed that the courtesy of furnishing information relative to Revolutionary war soldiers, on account of whose service pensions were granted, is extended by this Bureau only to their descendants, and to them only when it is desired for historical or genealogical purposes.
In view of the large number of such inquiries now being made, and of the length of time required to make a proper search of the records in each case, information will not be given to any applicant concerning more than two soldiers.
In order that the claim of the soldier concerning whom you desire information may be identified, it is requested that you furnish as much as possible of the data called for below.
Very respectfully, Mr Robt. P. Wakeman Southport Conn.
W. C. Brannan Commissioner.
Full name of soldier, Stephen Wakeman Place of residence before service, Fairfield Conn or Balston Spa NY (Town, county, and State.) Place of residence after service, Lockport, N.Y. (Town, county, and State.) Approximate date of death, Sept 16 1852 Given name of widow, Wife Sarah died 1844 Did either the soldier or his widow receive a pension? He was a Pensioner in 1840 age 78 yrs Additional information, Revolutionary Service, This is desired for a historical work,
Signature, Robt. P. Wakeman (Mrs. or Miss to be prefixed if a lady signs.)
Post-office address, including street and number, town, county, and State, Southport Conn.

December 19, 1930
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Rev. War pension claim of Stephen Wakeman File No. 11683.
Actual 1 of each page
Remitter-
Kate S. Curry 1420 Girard Street Washington, D. C.
$6.30 2 pages
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Kindly leave margin of 1½ inches at top of each page and return papers in each case in folder with corresponding name and number.
Chief of Rev.& 1812 Wars Section

December 19, 1930
Adkins' desk Sept. 14-1832
Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir:
Please furnish me photostatic copies of two pages uncertified, from the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 11683, Stephen Wakeman.
cash - 30 cents
FINANCE DIVISION BOOK-KEEPER'S DESK DEC 22 1930 BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Remitter-
Kate S. Curry 1420 Girard - N.W. Washington D.C.
Received payment 30 cents
Antonia W. Ford
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

Soldiers declaration -
2 pages
November 12, 1940
Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir:
Please furnish me the following copies of the same certified, from the Revolutionary War pension claim of Miss. Stephen Walker.
Respectfully,
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Received payment 80 dollars Catherine W. [?] Rev. A. 1818 War Pension

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
January 12, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Stephen Wake-man, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 14th, 1832, at which time he was 70 years of age and residing at Lockport, New York? and his pension was allowed for nineteen months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Nash. He enlisted at Fairfield, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Robert P. Wakeman,
Southport, Conn.