Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 11736, John Warner, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Warner, John Abigail
No. 11736.
CONTENTS

9133- Connecticut
order to pay 5- April 1857
John Warner New Milford in the State of Connecticut who was a Pri — in the Conn commanded by Captain Gaylord of the Reg commanded by Col. Gaylord in the Conn State Troops 10 1/2 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 35 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29. day of March 1807. and sent to Mr Perry. New Milford Ct Arrears to the 14th of March 33. $70.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 33. 17.50 $87.50
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E.D. Bullock Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3. Page 45

5606 14 Connecticut -
Abigail Warner widow of John Warner who served in the Revolutionary Conn. war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 35 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 8 th of September 1850
Certificate of Pension issued the day of March 1851 and sent to
J. B. Harrison New Milford Connecticut
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 366 Vol. 1

John Warner Supplementary Declaration

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield, Probate District of Newmilford p: On this 10 th day of January A.D.
1833 Personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for said District now sit- ting at Newmilford in said District & County, John Warner of Newmilford who is personally known to the Judge of said Court and is the same person who made a declaration before this Court on the 30 th day of July 1832 for the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the provision of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 and now he, being first duly sworn according to Law, now makes the following declaration for the same purpose as supplementary to and explanatory of his former declaration —
He now declares that in the latter part of June or for part of July in the year 1780 he was drafted for three months and entered the service of the United States as stated in his former declaration. He served as a private. He cannot tell precisely the day when he entered the or left the service but he does declare that he served during this tour not less than Six weeks when he was honorably discharged before the expiration of his draft for the service

giving in his former declaration, he never had any discharge in writing . He cannot recollect with any more particularity than he has stated in his former declaration the names of the officers under whom he served —
Col Hall (the declarant) believes Col. Noble commanded a Militia Regiment at Horn Creek while the declarant was there — He knows of no person surviving who was with him in the service during this tour by whom he can prove his services, he has endeavoured to find such proof but cannot —
He stated in his former declaration that he was again drafted about the middle of March in the year 1781 for one month — In this he is now satisfied, upon further reflection that he was mistaken — He now states that his father who bore the same name as this declarant was drafted and he (the declarant) entered the service & served one month at that time as substitute for his father John Warner. He cannot tell precisely the day when he entered or left the service this time but he declares that he served the full term of one month Your declarant has endeavoured to find some person surviving who was with him in, & by whom he can prove this term of his service. He has found Eli Todd Esq whom deposition he expects to annex to this declaration — There was no Continental or Militia Regiments with the declarant during this term of service. He served during this term as a private — He was honorably discharged but had no written discharge

With regard to the third term of service stated in his declaration he cannot now tell precisely the day he entered or left the service but states as he did before that it was about the first of July 1781 that he enlisted as a private and entered the service in the Connecticut State Troops and served as he has stated in his former declaration the full term of eight months - In addition to the officers under whom he before stated to have served he now recollects Josiah Smith who was Ensign in the Company to which he (the declarant) belonged - John Barrs was a Sergeant a part of the time & part of the time Sergeant Major - There were no Continental troops with him during this term of service except while he was at White Plains the Continental troops were four or five miles from him he does not recollect the names of the officers or Regiments - At the expiration of this term of service he was honorably dismissed but had no discharge in writing.
In answer to the first interrogatory presented by the War Department (which he supposed was explicitly answered in his former declaration) he now declares again that he was born at said New Milford on the 10 th day of April in the year 1764 - and that he has always resided there & did reside there when he entered the service & now resides there.
He now states as the reason why he did not obtain the evidence of the a Clergyman that he resides about five miles from any Clergyman, that the two Clergymen residing in

the Village of New Milford are the nearest to him, that he is not personally acquainted with either of them, that they are both of them young men & have resided in town but a few years - He knows Nathaniel Canfield, Noahiah Mygatt, John G. Noble, Isaac Northrop, James McMahon & several others residing in his neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution John Warner
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he has stated in his former declaration & in this his supplementary declaration and that his statements made in this his supplementary declaration are true Nathaniel Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for said District
State of Connecticut District of New Milford
I William J. Starr clerk of the Court of Probate for said district do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of said Court in the mat- ter of the supplementary application of John Warner for a Pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court this 10 th day of January 1833 William J. Starr Clerk

State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield, Probate District of Newmilford p: On this 15 th day of January 1833 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for s d District now sitting at Newmilford in said District & County Eli Todd Esq of said Newmilford aged sixty nine years & being first duly sworn ac- cording to Law testifies and says that in the month of March but he cannot tell in what year he was drafted in the militia for one month and marched to Norwalk and remained there and in that vicinity for the full term of one month and served in the company commanded by Capt. William Gaylord. That he is acquainted with John Warner of said Newmilford and that his  his impression is that the s d John Warner served in the same company that he (the deponent) did but he has no very distinct recollec- tion of it Eli Todd
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid and I certify that Eli Todd Esq the deponent sus- tains a good character for truth & is a credible witness Nathaniel Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for said District

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 nd February 1848 entitled an act making further provision for surviving widows and soldiers of the revolution and all acts to which that is in addition -
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss New Milford
On this 5 th day of October 1850 personally appeared before the subscriber Julius B. Harrison a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Abigail Warner a resident of New Milford aged 84 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd of February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War to which that is in addition that she is the widow of John Warner late of said New Milford deceased who was a soldier during the war of the Revolution. She further declares that she is still a
widow - Sworn to and subscribed in the day and Abigail Warner her mark
Before me Julius B. Harrison Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut Litchfield ss New Milford
Be it known that before me Julius B. Harrison

a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Abigail Warner and made oath in due form of law That she is the widow of John Warner late of said New Milford deceased the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead and to whom a certificate of pension was issued which is herewith surrendered - That the deceased pensioner resided in New Milford in the State of Connecticut for the space of fifty years before his death and that previous thereto he resided in said New Milford his wife  Abigail Warner Sworn and subscribed this 5 th day of October A.D. 1850 - Before me Julius B. Harrison Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss New Milford District Probate Court -
I Julius B. Harrison Judge of the Court of Probate in and for the aforesaid district of New Milford, and at a session of said Court held at New Milford on the 5 th day of October 1850 - do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that John Warner late of said New Milford deceased was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of Thirty five Dollars per annum was a resident of the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, and died in the town of New Milford in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut

in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty in the 8 th day of September that he left a widow whose name is Abigail Warner.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office at New Milford aforesaid this 5 th day of October in the year of our Lord 1850. Attest Julius B. Harris Judge

John Warner
No 4259
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State of Connecticut, County of Litchfield.
Probate District of New Milford ss. On this 30 th day of July
A.D. 1832. personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate for said District now sitting at New Milford in said District and County John Warner a resident of said town of New Milford aged sixty eight 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 of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service
of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated
In the latter part of June or for part of July 1780 he was drafted in New Milford for three months and marched to Danbury where he remained about two weeks from thence he marched to Hornbrook and remained there about four weeks, and the services of of the  militia  not being longer wanted at that time he was then honorably dismissed six weeks before the term for which he was drafted had ex- pired. The names of the Officers under whom he served so far as he can recollect were Col. Congdon - Capt. Gorton & Lieut. Doolittle Comps About the middle of March 1781 he was again drafted for one month & marched to Norwalk

when he remained till the expiration of the month for which he was drafted - The Offi- -cers under whom he served (so far as he can recollect) were Col. Canfield, Capt. Wm Gaylord - Lieut. Gideon Noble, Ensign Perry n Ulygatt & Sergeant Buck
About the first of July 1781 he enlisted and served in the Connecticut State Troops in the for the term of eight months in the Com- -pany commanded by Capt. Chas. Smith - That he enlisted in S d New Milford & marched to White- -plains and then joined the Regiment com- -manded by Genl. Waterbury - There were two Majors belonging to the Regiment whose names he does not recollect - He remained at Whiteplains (he believes) about one month he then marched from thence to New York where he remained a short time and then marched to Stamford and there spent in building a Garrison - and remained there & in that neighborhood till the expiration of his term of enlistment and was then then  discharged honorably discharged but had no written discharge The Officers under whom he served (so far as he can recollect) were Genl. Waterbury, Capt. Chas. Smith - Lieut. Hoyt - & Major Humphrey
He was born in S d New Milford April 10 th 1764 where he has always resided up to this time he has no record of his age -
He has no documentary evidence of his services and the proof that he has of his services is herunto annexed

He hereby relinquishes every claim what- -ever 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
He further declares that, on one of the two drafts mentioned in the former part of this declaration (he cannot tell which) he served as a substitute for his father who was of the same name as this de- clarant
J Warner
Severn to subscribe the day & year aforesaid -
We Noadiah Mygatt and Thomas Canfield residing in said New Milford hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Warner who has subscribed & sworn to the above declar- -ation, that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - We also certify that there is no clergyman resi- -ding in the immediate vicinity of the said John Warner -
Noadiah Mygatt Thomas Canfield
Severn to subscribe the day & year aforesaid

and 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 Noahich Mlygatt & Nathan Canfield who have signed the preceding certificate, both reside in the sd Town of New Milford, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Nathaniel Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for said District -
State of Connecticut
District of New Milford sp.
I, William J. Starr Clerk of the Court of Probate for said district do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Warner for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 30 th day of July A D 1882
William J. Starr

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield Probate District of New Milford ss:
On this 26 th day of July 1932 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid Isaac J Lacey of New Fairfield in said County who is deemed by said Court a credible witness and being duly sworn according to law testifies and says that in the year 1981 he served he is well acquainted with John Warner of New Milford that the said John Warner enlisted in July 1918 in Capt Chas Smiths Company 1st Ypfs Hq Coy in the Brigade 1st Waterbury of the "Canadian" 1st Inf t Waterbury of the Connecticut State Troops that he served as a private in said company at Stamford Hornbeck - White Plains and other places in that vicinity the full period of eight months, that he faithfully performed service and was discharged at Stamford in said State of Connecticut by Genl Waterbury and that the deponent, was with him in the service during the aforesaid term of service & further saith not
Isaac J Lacey
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before Nathaniel Perry Jr Judge of said Court -
William J Starr Clerk

State of Connecticut.
Probate District of New Milford ss.
Probate Office January 10 th 1833
I Nathaniel Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for said District hereby certify that Isaac J. Lany who has subscribed and sworn to the within deposition sustains a fair character for truth & is a credible witness
Nathaniel Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for said District

State of Connecticut, Probate District of Newmilford ss: On this 30 th day of July A.D. 1832, personally appeared in open court before Nathaniel Perry Judge of the Court of Probate for said District Oliver Ruggles of said Newmilford who is considered by said judge a credible witness and being first duly sworn according to law testifies and says, that in the fall of the year 1781 he was drafted in the militia and went to Saugatuck where he remained about four weeks the time he was there - he frequently & during the time he was there - he frequently once went to Stamford & there saw John Warner of Newmilford who is now present in court & with whom he was then well acquainted, that said Warner was then in the service of the Connecticut State troops in in the Regt. commanded by Genl. Watbury - that he at that time lived neighbor to the said Warner and knew that he was absent from home at that time about several months he should think as long long as eight months and he also knows of the said Warner having been out & served one or two other times in the service of the state  not . He (the deponent) is 68 years old last Feb this month and the said Warner is a little older this further saith not.
Oliver Ruggles Mark
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid William J. Harn Clerk

State of Connecticut
Probate District of New Milford p:
Probate Office January 10 th 1833
I Nathaniel Perry Judge of the court of Probate for said District do certify that Elihu Nuggles who has subscribed hereto to the within deposition sustains a fair character for truth & is a credible witness
Nathaniel Perry Judge of the court of Probate for said District

Abigail Warner, widow of John Et
Act 2 Feb 1848
Married 1781
Husb d died 8 Sept 1850
Adm 10 1/2 mos pri
$35. per annum
Comp 8 Sept 1850
J. B. Harrison New Milford Et

New Milford Ct July 21 st / 54
J. L. Edwards Esq -
Dear Sir
I have omitted sending you the enclosed application of Abigail Warner for a pension until the present with a view of obtaining the evidence of a witness who was present at the marriage, which fortunately I have found in Mr Stevens whose affidavit is herewith enclosed.
Mrs Warner in her application makes no mention of the time when the marriage was performed, owing to the fact that she does not recollect about it. But from my knowledge of the character of the woman & the man whose affidavits I send you, I have no more doubt that the marriage took place as Stevens fixes it 61 years ago (1789) than I have that George Washington was Commander in chief of the American forces during the Revolutionary War -
I have not obtained a certificate from the Clerk of our County as to my being a Justice for the reason that you have already one or more certificates of that kind in your possession - Should this be necessary I will send it - Send the certificate to me J. B. Herriman Yours sincerely -

San 21 Conn, returned
Provision Declaration
for Hon. Lewis Cass Secy. of War Washington City

Needmilford Conn. Jan 16 th 1833
Sir I again send enclosed the papers of John Warner together with his supplementary declaration - The deposition of Mr Todd does not prove as much as Mr Warner expected it would - I presume he has now got all the proof he can & made as particular a statement as he can - His reasons for not getting the witness of a clergyman I think must be satisfactory, & I hope all the objections are sufficiently answered. If his statement & proof is satisfactory for a part of the time & not for the rest he wishes the pension granted so far as it is satisfactory
Your ob t Serv t N. Perry
Hon Secy. Cass

Payments to be made at Hartford by Pres: W: A: Pr Bank Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Connecticut
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book E Vol. 3 Page 45 by E. D. Bullock Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Warner of the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive
Thirty Five dollars and _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United
States, this
29 day of
March one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-
Three
Seaborn
Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

I hereby certify that I have searched the records of the Town of New Bedford for the Marriage of John Warner a revolutionary soldier and can find no such Marriage thereon New Bedford Jan'y 15 th 1851. Jared Bostwick Town Clerk
I further certify that I have known said John Warner & his wife Abigail ever since I was a boy, and they have lived together as husband and wife ever since I knew them. They have raised a large family of children, and have always lived in this town. I have no doubt they were married, and I do know that they lived together as husband & wife during the time of our I further state and that I am now sixty three years of age - Jared Bostwick
Stockfield County Jo New Milford January 15 th 1851. Personally appeared Jeremiah Bathwick subscribed to the two affidavits by him above subscribed and made oath to the truth of the same before me - Julius B. Harrison Justice of Peace

I John G Noble of the town of New Milford County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut being fifty seven years of age do depose and say that I have lived in the neighborhood where John Warner (lately deceased) and his wife Abigail Warner resided for a period of more than fifty years and I know that they lived together as husband & wife during the whole of said period and that they were reported to have been lawfully married. And I have no doubt they were — They were married & living together as husband and wife the first time I ever saw them, and from the age of their children I am led to believe they were married before the year 1840 — They have always lived in this town since I knew them. John G Noble
Litchfield County ss New Milford October 5 th 1880 Personally appeared John G Noble subscriber to the foregoing affidavit & made oath to the truth of the same before me — Julius B. Harradine
Justice of Peace

State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County S.S.
Be it remembered That on the twenty third day of November One Thousand eight hundred and fifty, personally came before me, a justice of the Peace in, and for the County aforesaid, Nathan Stevens, of the township of Pike, County and State aforesaid, who being sworn, according to law, doth depose and say, That he is now Eighty three years of age, that he was born in the state of Connecticut, that he resided in New Milford until he was about twenty four years of age, and that at the age of about twenty two years, Mr John Warner of New Milford and State aforesaid was Married to Abigail Stevens, of the same town and County aforesaid, and that he the said Nathan Stevens was present at the Marriage of the said John Warner & Abigail Stevens, which was performed according to law.
And further sayeth not
Nathan Stevens
Sworn and Subscribed before me Lerayville November 23 d A.D. 1850
James Hodge Justice of the Peace

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County } I Allen McKean Prothonotary of the
County of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that James Hodge whose name appears herein is an acting Justice of the peace in and for said County, duly Commissioned & qualified And his acts as such are entitled to full faith & Credit, And that the signature herein pur- porting to be his is genuine In Testimo- ny whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Towanda the 28. day of December A.D. 1850.
Allen McKean Prothonotary

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
John Warner further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? 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? 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? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? 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?

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? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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 has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? No 4 th Insubsequent.
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 the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 11736
Abigail Warner Wid.
John Warner Pri. Revolution
Act: Feb. 2 d 1848
Index:—Vol. M , Page 308
[Arrangement of 1870.]