Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Samuel Whiting, Conn.

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Whiting, Samuel
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Apr 2, 1906
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Whiting, Samuel
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Feb'y 21, 1795 and printed in the American State Papers class 9, page 184.
Rank; Colonel
Regt; Militia
Disability; Caught cold by wading a river, when heated by marching, and exhausted by fatigue; the consequence of which was an obstruction of the urinary passage, and an inflammation of his right eye, which terminated in the entire loss of it
When and where disabled; 1777, Norwalk.
Residence; Stratford
To what pension entitled; One-sixth of full pay.
Remarks; Militia
Evidence complete, as to the object stated; but the claimant not having been wounded, his case does not come within reach of the laws.

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Whiting, Samuel
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the Circuit Court for the district of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on Dec. 14, 1792 and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 66.
Rank: Colonel
Regt. :
Disability: Contracted rheumatic complaints and inflammation in his eyes, while in service.
Date of certificate: Oct. 4, 1792.
Monthly allowance: $ 15.00
Arrears due: $ 100.00
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Aug. 21, 1906
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Whiting, Samuel
His name appears on a list of claimants to be placed on the pension list returned by the Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1894, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 117.
Rank: Colonel
Regt: 4 th
Disability: Various diseases from hardships suffered in the service.
Residence: Stratford.
Monthly allowance: $15.00
Arrearages: $100.00
Remarks: This officer appears to be of the militia. I have no returns.
Adm

344 N. Peterboro St
Canastota, N. Y.
June 9, 1930
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please inform me whether or not the Revolutionary war records afford any information regarding the following men who were all from Stratford Conn.:-
✓ Joseph Curtis born March 28, 1721 and married Martha Judson Dec 24, 1740.
✓ Edmund Curtis born Aug. 1725 and married Sarah Welles Mar 9, 1746.
Col. Samuel Whiting died Feb 15, 1803
aged 82 years
Elizabeth his wife died Dec 5, 1793 aged 70
Any information will be gratefully accepted.
Very Respectfully Mrs. Clifford W. Cronk.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MCHF/ILL am
July 21, 1930.
Mrs. Clifford W. Cronk 344 N. Peterboro Street Canastota, New York.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that from the records of this bureau, it appears that Samuel Whiting of Stratford, Connecticut, served as Colonel in the Connecticut militia, War of the Revolution. During his service in 1777, while overheated by marching and exhausted by fatigue, he caught cold by wading across a river, which resulted in a complication of diseases and the final loss of his right eye. The length of his service is not stated.
He was allowed pension on account of disability resulting from above named diseases incurred in the service.
There are no further information in regard to him, as papers in such early claims for pension were destroyed when the War Office was burned.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.