Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44210, Lemuel Washburn, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
born
★ Washburn Lemuel
S. 44210
CONTENTS

Notification sent to Russell Clark Esq. Sandy Hill N.Y. June 12, 1820
0014
New York.
Lemuel Washburn of Jackson in the state of N. York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Huntington of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years.
Enscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April 1810 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of March 1819 and sent to John C. Walker, Esq. Greenwich, N. York.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 \frac{13}{30} \frac{4}{31} $4.49 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819. 40.00
Dead. $132.49
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued.
Washington County.

44 210 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 44, 210
Lemuel Washburn
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 537
[Arrangement of 1870.]

In the matter of Simon Washburn
Simon Washburn
Rufus Clark of Sandy Hill Washington County N.Y. Agent -
80/4.
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State of New York Washington County ss On this first day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington afore said. A Court of Record which proceed according to the laws of Common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount keeping a Record of their proceed- ings - which have the power of fine and impris- onment. Samuel Washburn of the Town of Jackson in said County aged 64 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows (viz) three years in the Company commanded by Capt Benjamin Treadwell in Col. Harts Regiment in the Connecticut Line in the Continental establish- ment between the years of 1776 and 1780 - and was discharged in said Corps after serving three full years at German Town in New Jersey and further that he made application for a pension under the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 on the 18 th day of April 1818 and rec- eived a pension certificate N o 4014 dated at the War office of the United States the 22 nd day of March 1819 - and has drawn his pension from the 18 th day of April 1818 to the 4 th day of March 1820 - And in pursuance of the act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States 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 an intent thereby to so diminish it as to bring my- self 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

of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that 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 income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed viz -
One Hec $60 - 37
his
Lemuel X Washburn
March
and further I declare and I swear I am by Occupation a Farmer but in consequence of a Phthisic which has affected me for forty years past I am unable to pursue my occupation or procure my subsistence without the aid of Government or Public or private charity and I have no family but my self and in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to a pension -
Sworn to and declared on { his the 1 st day of June 1820 } Lemuel Washburn In open court { D. Shepard Delle Monk
I Daniel Shepard Clerk of the County of Washington State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereunto annexed are truly taken from the records of the said Court - and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount of the value of the property exhibited in the above said schedule is 37 Cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 3 rd day of June 1820 - D. Shepard Clerk

The property of the with named Lemuel Washburn has been appraised at 37 cents the 1st day of June 1820
By the Court

General Washburn
Affidavit
No 22
Col. Huntington's
B. H. Lynde Connecticut Regt.
1777 - 3 years -
Direct to the care of John C. Walker - Greenwich Washington County 10 th April 1812. M. York
Admitted -
The above is a true copy of the original
The above is a true copy of the original now in the possession of the New York Historical Society

State of New York Washington County ss. I, Samuel Wash- burn being duly sworn, deposite and saith, that he was a soldier of the re- -solutionary Army of the United States of America on the Continental establish- -ment. That he enlisted as such soldier at Providence Rhode Island in the winter of 1777 under Lieut. Tracy in Col. Huntington's regiment, for the term and period of three years. That he joined the regiment at New Haven Connecticut in the Spring fol- -lowing. That he went from thence with a detachment to Long-Island to Sag-Harbor -was in a skirmish there; the American troops took about ninety prisoners, burnt eleven Depots and returned to New Haven. That he marched from thence in said regiment to Peekskill, crossed the North River, marched to Valley Forge Germantown and took up winter quarters. That after this, he was in a skirmish at Markbrunswick as a volunteer under Maj. Morgan with his riflemen. That after this he joined his regiment, - that he continued in said service in various places until he served out the full period of his said enlistment when he rec d his discharge at Springfield New Jersey in the 1780- and that he was discharged by Col. Starr & that the said discharge is now worn out & lost. And your deponent further saith that he is now sixty seven years

old & from his reduced circumstances is in need of assistance from his country for support. And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services - and that he now lives in the Town of Garrison Washington County & State of New York.
Lemuel Washburn
State of New York Washington County ss. Greenwich. 18 th April D. 1818. When personally appeared before me Lemuel Washburn the signer of the above affidavit and made Oath that the same was true, And I hereby certify that it does fully appear to my satisfaction that the said Lemuel Washburn did so serve as stated in his said affidavit against the common enemy in the revolutionary war; And I hereby transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the direc- -tions 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 -
Jonathan Sprague One of the Judges of Common Pleas in & for the County of Washington -
And I further certify that, that the said Lemuel Washburn is a poor man & in need of assistance from his country for support. Jonathan Sprague one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Washington

State of New York. Washington County
I Daniel Shipard clerk of the court of common Pleas of the county of Washington do certify that Jonathan Sprague Esq d before whom the above certificate was made is one of the Judges of the said court acting under the Authority of the said State and that the above is his Signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court the 2 d day of May 1818
D Shipard