Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19651, William Winchel, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Comm
or Winchel William Winchell
W 19651
Elvira
CONTENTS

New York 20 1/2 100
William Winchel
of Otsego in the State of N.Y.
who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Bray of the Regt commanded by Col Enos in the State Troops line for
18 Mo: 12 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 64. Dollars 33. Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5. day of Sept. 1833. and sent to A. Cook, jr. Cooperstown, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '33. 153. 32. Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 34 30. 66.
$ 183. 98.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Franciori Clerk
Book E. Vol. 4- Page 39.

Albany 607. New York
Eliza Wmichell d.s. widow of Wm Wmichell Con who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 61 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. and ending 17th August 1848 Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of March 49 and sent to
Hon J. C. Brady M. C.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 242 Vol. 4
Increase from $41.33 Deduct former pay- ments.
Reporta Payable to children see papers within for their names.
when she died

Payment to be made at Albany by Thos M c Alister
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 240 , Vol. 4
Geo. Shuking Clerk.
Elvney Winchell co wid of William NY
Act 7 July 1838, and Joint resolution of 23 June 1845 and 1 st July 1848.
Adm d , 61 3/4 pr An from 4 March 1836 to 4 March 1841 deducting what has been paid from 9 th Oct 1839 to 4 March 1841 at 41 3/4
Payable to James Wilts for the use of William Winchell, Betsey St John, Milbert Winchell, Elvney Frisby, Wallis Winchell, Polly Green, Pamela Kelly and Emily Pits. only surviving children of Elvney Winchell died.
Adm d . Act 3 March 43. 17 June 44 + 2 June 48. $61 3/4 pr 4 months 1843 to 17 August 1848 the day of her death. Payable to the Adm d deducting what has been paid at the rate of 41 3/4 pr An for the deceased from E. Bracy Mc

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the joint Resolutions of Congress of the 23 d January 1845 and the 1 st July 1848 and the 2 a Section of the Act of 7 th May 1846 and Acts of 26 th June 1848. 7 th July 1838 3 d March 1843 17 th June 1844 and 2 a February 1845
Whereas the Act of the 30 th of April 1844 prohibited a widow from drawing a pension for the same period during which her husband was a pensioner of the United States - I James W. Pitts administrator of the estate of Elvira Winchell late pensioner of the United States and now deceased make the following statement under oath in order to obtain for myself and the other children of Elvira Winchell deceased the benefits of the joint Resolutions of Congress of the 23 d January 1845 as also the several Acts of Congress and joint resolutions above recited - I am the administrator of the Estate of Mrs Elvira Winchell deceased who was the widow of William Winchell who was a private in the Connecticut Militia in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States drawing a pension at the rate of Sixty one dollars thirty three \frac{1}{3} cents per annum - She ( Elvira Winchell ) drew a pension at the rate of Forty one dollars and thirty two cents per annum from the ninth day of October 1839 and I now ask that a Certificate may issue for the amount due from the fourth day of March 1836 to the ninth day of October 1839 and also for the increased amount due by virtue of the Acts and of Congress and joint Resolutions above mentioned

and other Acts of Congress in such cases made and provided — I further declare that the said Elvira Winchell departed this life on the seventeenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty eight leaving children as will more fully appear from the certificate and proof appended hereto James W. Pitts Administrator of the Estate of Elvira Winchell
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this Tenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty nine at Middlefield. Otsego county state of New York Joseph C. Reynolds Justice of the peace
I certify that the before named declarant is personally known to me and that Elvira Winchell deceased was the same individual represented to be in the foregoing affidavit Joseph C. Reynolds Justice of the Peace

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } I, Charles McLean, Clerk of said county, do here- Otsego County, ss. } by certify, that Joseph H. Reynolds the person subscribing the foregoing Certificate & afft and before whom the same was taken, was, on the 10 th day of March 18 49 therein mentioned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Otsego, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe that the name subscribed to the said Certificate & afft , is his proper and genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the seal of the said County to be hereunto affixed this 12 day of March A. D., 18 49 Chas. M. Lean Clerk.

State of New York } Otsego County } p
Be it known that I, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the county aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Henry A Smith pastor of the Baptist Church in Middlefield in said county and made oath in due form of law, that he officiated as clergyman at the funeral of Mrs Elvira Winchell deceased, that she died at the residence of James W Pitts in said town on the 17 th seventeenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty eight and that the said Elvira Winchell was the widow of William Winchell, and that she was a pensioner of the United States and that she was buried, on the 18 th eighteenth day of August aforesaid.
Henry A. Smith
Sworn and subscribed before me on this ninth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty nine
Joseph W. Reynolds Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Henry A Smith is personally known to me and that his statements are entitled to full credit
Joseph W. Reynolds Justice of the Peace

State of New-York County of Otsego } ss
I Hiram Haine Surrogate of said County do hereby certify that at a Surrogate's Court held in and for said County before me the said Surrogate at Cooperstown in said County on the thirteenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty nine it was proved by the adduction of testimony satisfactory to said Court that Alviry Winchell late of the town of Middlefield in said County died on the seventeenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight that at the time of her death she was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of February 2d 1848 that she left no husband but left the following named children her surviving viz William Winchell 1 Betsey 2 St John wife of John St John 3 Wilbert Winchell 4 Elviry Prissy widow of Russell Prissy deceased 5 Walter Winchell 6 Polly Greene wife of John Greene 7 Pametic Kelly wife of Hugh J. Kelly and 8 Emily Pitts wife of James W. Pitts that they are her only children her surviving and each of them is over twenty one years of age And I further certify that James W. Pitts has been duly appointed administrator of the said Alviry Winchell deceased and is legally authorized and qualified to act as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of this Court this thirteenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty nine Hiram Haine Surrogate

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Elvira Mitchell widow of William Mitchell . who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty one dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this first day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
W. L. Marcy
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions. By H. L. Evans.

10920
Elvira Winchell
N.Y.
Act 7 th July '38
d Oct 9 th '39
Decl made after March 30 th 1944
Decl made May 1944
d Oct 9 th '39

State of New York, ss p Otsego County ss p
On this first day of May 1844 personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of Otsego County Courts Elvira Winchell a resident of the town of Middlefield in the County of Otsego aged Seventy nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. Entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of William Winchell who was a soldier in the war of the revolution and for his services was placed on the pension roll of the New York agency under the act of the 7 th June 1832. at the rate of Sixty one dollars and thirty three cents per annum and for a particular description of his services reference is made to his application for a pension now on file in the office of the Commissioners of Pensions (Certificate recorded in the pension office in Book E. Volume 4 page 39. by Francis Clegg) She further declares that she was married to the said William Winchell in the town of Southington in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut by William Robinson on the 9 th day of December in the year Seventeen hundred and Eighty four and that her name before marriage was Elvira Hoop. She further declares. That her husband the aforesaid William Winchell died on the ninth day of October in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty nine and that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz on the time above stated

Mortimer Gilbert } W th print Emily Pills } Sworn to and subscribed on the her  Eliza Winchel day and year above written before me James D. Hammond } Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsago & State of New York }
I hereby certify that Mrs Eliza Winchel widow of William Winchel who has this day appeared before me and made Oath to the foregoing declaration is unable to attend in Open Court in consequence of bodily infirmity. May 1. 1844.
James D. Hammond Judge of Otsago Court County Court of Common Pleas
State of New York } Otsago County }
I Daniel Hopkins of the town of Med- adield County of Otsago and State of New York being duly sworn  affirmed according to law depose and say that I am well acquainted with the forego- ing declarant Mrs Eliza Winchel and was well acquainted with her husband in his lifetime and further that her husband the aforesaid William Winchel died on the ninth day of October Eighteen hundred and thirty nine and that Mrs Eliza Winchel above named has not remarried since that period but is still his widow
Affirmed Sworn and subscribed on
This first day of May
Daniel Hopkins
Will before me James D. Hammond Judge of Otsago County
Note. The word "sworn" in the third line of the deposition of the above named Daniel Hopkins was erased

and the word "affirmed" between the second & third line was interlined by me before the above certificate was made by me Isaac D. Hammond
I certify that the above named Daniel Hoskins is well known to me as a man of good moral character and that his relation for birth & virginity is good and that his affirmation is entitled to full credit May 1. 1844
Isaac D. Hammond. Judge of Otsego County
State of New York } Otsego County Clerk's Office } I George B. Wilson Clerk of the County of Otsego Do hereby certify that Isaac D. Hammond Esq whose name is written to the above certificate was a Judge of Judge of Otsego County courts at the time of taking said certificate, and duly authorized by Law to take the same And I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Isaac D. Hammond Judge as aforesaid and verily believe his signature to said certificate is genuine
Given under my hand and seal
This 2 d day of May 1844
Geo B Wilson Clerk

I Samuel Andrews of Southington in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, depose and say that I am the Clerk of said Town of Southington and as such Clerk have the custody of the records of said Town. That in an ancient book of said Records wherein marriages and births are recorded, I find the following entry (viz)
William Winchell and Elvira Mose were joined in marriage December 9 th 1784. The above entry is with the entry of other marriages that have the appearance of having been made as early as the date of said marriage.
Samuel Andrews Town Clerk
State of Connecticut, Hartford County ss Southington Probate District -
On this 20 day of April 1844, personally appeared Samuel Andrews who has subscribed the foregoing Deposition, well known to me as a credible person, and made oath to the truth of the Deposition by him subscribed as aforesaid.
Levi Barnes Judge Probate
I Amon Bradley Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Southington hereby certify, that Levi Barnes Esq is the Judge of said Court, and that the signature above is his genuine signature and that said Court is a Court of Record. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court this 20 day of April 1844
Amon Bradley Clerk

No. 6014 Wm. Winchel N.Y.
c.f.
Admitted Private 18 mo & 12 days
A Cook Jr. Agent Cooperstown New York
Bundle 20 No. 6 months in '78

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. Those 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, shewing the Service of William Winchel of Otsego Co. New York
   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 1778 1 Private Capt A. S. Bray Colo Eno Genl. Parsons Colo M c Dugal To Hornbrook White Plains West Point To Hornbrook Hartford County Connecticut Aged 69 Revolutionary during military service   Vol 1779 1 12 Capt Woodruff Colo Woodruff Hooper To Louise Brook Norman's Buffalo Creek   Sub. 1779 2 Capt Lodowick Hotchkiss Colo Smith   Enlisted 1788 3 Capt Woodruff Stephen Lieut. Armstrong Colo Darby To West Point Verplank's Point  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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) _____, who has 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 he 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 good-ance.
[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 [j] 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.

Wm Winchell
con
La. E. W. R. for City Cooperstown N.Y.
16014
✓
Mr

State of New York } Columbia County } ss. p.
On this fourteenth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Justices of the Justices Court in the City of Hudson now sitting Stephen Churchill of the town of Canaan in the County of Columbia & State of New York aged seventy years who being first duly sworn doth on his oath depose as follows that about the first day of March 1778 the day of the month he cannot recollect he entered the service as a volunteer private in the Company of Captain Asa Bray in the regiment of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Colonel Roger Eno & continued in said service one year in said Company and left the service in said Company on the first day of March 1779 - And the said Stephen Churchill further deposes & says that he was then well acquainted with William Winchell who then resided in the town of Berlin in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut but who now resides as he is informed & believes in the County of Otsego in the State of New York, that said William Winchell entered said Company when he this deponent did & served in said Company with this deponent one year as a private when said Company was discharged -
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Stephen Churchill
Hiram Wilbur, Clerk
I Hiram Wilbur the officer before whom the above affidavit of Stephen Churchill was taken and I swear and certify that the said Stephen is a man of good moral character and a man of truth and that full confidence may be put in his testimony
Hiram Wilbur, Clerk

State of New York,
Otsego County ss: On this 16 th day of Septem-
October in in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at the Court house in the Village of Cooperstown within & for the County of Otsego Otsego of the said William Winchel a resident of the Town of Hartford in the said County of Otsego and State of New York aged 69 years on the 3 rd day of November 1831- who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed June 7-1832. That he served in the Army of the Revolution as a soldier for more than sixteen  eighteen months from the month of February in the year 1778- under the following circumstances, to wit,
He enlisted at Farmington in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut in the month of February  March 1778- as a soldier for the term of one year into a Company of Connecticut State troops commanded by Capt. Asa Bray and after being mustered. Marched to Rose Brook about 80. Miles and there the Company was attached to a Regiment of Connecticut line of State troops under command of Col. Ino. and remained there till in June follow- ing and then Marched with the Regiment to White Plains in New York and there joined the American Army & was in a Brigade under Genl. Parsons and was at White Plains & Short

time when the Regiment was ordered to West Point on the Hudson River and arrived there in July and joined the Army under Col. M c Dougall who had Command at West Point at that time. and while there was engaged in building the redoubts to what was then called Fort Arnold, now Fort Clinton and remained at West Point on duty till the last of Sept r or the first of October and then returned with the Company to New York. and went into Winter Quarters Gen. Parsons Commanded at this place at this time and remained there till the expiration of his time and was discharged in the Month of Feb y March 1779. and served out his full term of enlistment -
1/- In June 1779. he volunteered at Newington in Connecticut and joined a Company of Militia under Capt. Woodruff and went to New York and joined a Regiment of Connecticut Militia under Command of Col. M c Donald Hooker and remained there on duty six weeks. besides marching to & from - during this time Norwalk Fairfield &c were burnt by the British. was then dismissed to went home -
About the first of August 1779. there was a draft of Militia ordered in Connecticut. and he went as a substitute for one David Peck who was drafted. in a Company under Capt. Lodowick

2
Hotchkiss. and went to Norwalk in Connecticut the Corps. was attached to a Regiment of Militia under Col. Smith. a part of which Regiment was stationed at Norwalk & the other part at Fairfield. That he remained on duty as above stated at Norwalk for 2 Months and was then discharged to went home
3
In July 1781. he again enlisted as a soldier for three Months in a company of Militia at Southtown in Connecticut. under Capt Woodruff and Marched with the company to West Point and joined a Regiment under Col. Smith of Connecticut State Line troops. Gen: M c Dougall commanded at West Point at this time - he with a few others volunteered from the soldiers at the Point. as Carpmen and went to Ver Plank's Point on the Hudson River under Col. Darby of the Continental troops. and was there in camp for about three days in ferrying the French troops and baggage across the Hudson River. when these troops were on their March to the South - And then remained under Capt Stephens & Lieutenant Hornbottle of the Continental troops at Ver Plank's point in charge of a Black Horse till Oct r and then went to West Point joined his Company & Regiment again and was in a few days discharged and returned home - and he said not his full term of service in this time -

This deponent is not in possession of any documentary evidence of his birth nor does he know of any person living by whom he can prove the same or he never received a writing discharge - And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is on at all the pension rolls of any agency of any state from & subscribed the day of  in open court.
He was born in the Town of Southington in Connecticut in the year 1761. on the 3 rd day of November has a family record of his age - lived there till he was about 40 years of age & then moved to New Canaan in the state of N.Y. - & lived there about 11 years & then moved to Columbia Co. & lived there about 2. and then to Pittsfield & lived there about 3. years & then to Scituate & lived there about 9. or 10. years & then moved to Westford Allegany Co. where he has since resided -
He refers for evidence of his character to H. W. Bache Esq. Sheriff of Allegany Co. - to Judges Marm & Chan Sworn & subscribed in open court. the 16 th day of October 1832. William H. Smith
Horace Lathrop, Clerk.
Wm H Smith

William Wirtchell residing in the Town of Milford in the County of Otsego & State of New York and John Green & Wilbert Wirtchell residing in Milford in said County & State hereby certify that we are acquainted with William Wirtchell who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 69 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opin- ion -
Sworn & subscribed the day of July 17th 1853 and year aforesaid. Wilbert Wirtchell John Green
Horace Lattimore Clerk And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states -
And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & 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 certify that it appears to them that Milbert Winchell & John Green are residents of the town of Westford, Otsego county N.Y. and are credible persons entitled to credit —
J. O. Moore
E. Root
Judges.
Seth Chase
William Winchell
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Otsego do. hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of William Winchell for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19 th day of October in the year 1832
Horace Lathrop. Clerk.

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19651
Elvira Winchell Wid. of William Winchell Rev. Rev. War.
Act: Feb 20  1848
Index:—Vol. M Page 3214
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9139
New York
Elvira Winchell
widow of William Winchell who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 9 Oct o 1839 of Otsego in the State of N o York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain of the commanded by  in the line for
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 41 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836. 9 Oct o : 1839.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Apr 1845 and sent to Mortimer Gilbert
Middlefield
Total amount, $ N.Y.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. C. Swann Clerk, Book  Vol. 1 Page 187

albany 6762 New York
Elvira Winchell widow of William Winchell who was a Private in the Rev. War,
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 41 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of April '45 and sent to
Mortimer Gilbert, Middlefield, Co. NY NY
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 90.
2 Certs:
1 under the act - 38. 1 " " " - 43.
Yrs. el Mortimer Gillett S. Small
Oct 19 '45 Sent to Mortimer Gilbert Feb 16 1846

Increase 6762 New York - Albany
Elvira Winchell wid. widow of William Winchell
who was a Private
in the Regiment Husband died 9th Oct. 1839.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 61 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of March 1849. and sent to Hon. J. C. Brady Mr C
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book C Vol. 2 Page 90 . Increase per $41.33. Deduct all former payments.

Reported Payable to Inez W. Pitts, adm. for the use of him- self & Wm. Windell Betsey H. Sun- derland Windell Elvira Kirby Wallace Windell Polly Green Plancha Kelly & Emily Pitts.

607
New York Albany Elvira Winchell widow of William Winchell
Reported
who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 41, Dollars 33.
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of July 1848. and sent to
Mortimer Gilbert Middlefield N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 240 Vol. 4

Increase - 91 39
New York
Elvira Winchell, dec. Widow of Wm Winchell who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 9th Oct. 1839 of Albany in the State of N. Y. who was a Pilot in the Company. commanded by Captain of the the line for in
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 61 Dollars 39 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Deduct at the rate of $41.33 from 9 Oct. 1839.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of March 49 and sent to Wm. J. C. Brady,
Total amount,
$ M. C.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by D. Rumpkin Clerk, Book A Vol. 1. Page 184 .
533.

Report
Payable to James W. Pitts, owner, for the sole use of himself and William Winchell Betsey M. John. Gilbert Winchell Eliza Wrisby. Matilda Winchell Polly Green Pamela Kelly & Emily Pitts, only children surviving.

10-920 Elvira Winchell NY
~ Suspense Set: 6 Moorlimet Gilbert, Septem. 27. 1844. same Nov 16. 1844.
Act 7 th July '38

Myerk
2 Feb 1848
Mary Gellen, defetter of Bens - 3
Eliza Winehill of William
Mrs. Hilla M. 3 June 26 3
of
J. L. P. 762 J. L. P. 762
Commission of Pensions
Washington
20

Application of Mrs Eliza Win- chell, widow of W m Winchell for Benefits of Joint Resolutions
James W Pitts administrator with file of, William Winchell, Betsey St John Mabel Winchell, Eliza Freby Walter Winchell Polly Green Pamela Kelly, and Emily Pitts
Hon J E Brady M.C.

Free P. E. Burroughs
605 P. L. Broadway Bank of Pennsylvania Washington City D. C.
Rev. J. B. Burroughs

Macalifula June 24 th 1848.
J S Edwards Esq
Sir Enclosed I send you two declarations. One for Mary Gillat - also One for Elvira Wmchill Who will please investigate their Claims as soon as possible and send them their Certificates. direct the same to Mortimer Gillat Macalifula Oregon County M.4
Very Respectfully Your Mortimer Gillat -

Dec 18 1895 Nicaea M. 4 December 15 Colony Marchese Mr. [unclear]
Paid 10
Com Dr Edwards Commoner Parsons Washington D.C.

1845
Madison Otrago County December 15 th
Hon Sir
Some four months since I sent a declaration to the pension office to obtain arrearages of pension for the Widow Elvira Winchell setting forth that she made her declaration prior to the 30 th April 1844 and that it was filed in the pension office prior to the 23 rd of January 1845
I received a letter from one of the clerks in the pension office dated October 11 th 1845 stating that the declaration was not made by the Widow Winchell until the first of May 1844. Consequently her case did not come under the act of 20 th February 1845
Thinking there may be some mistake in looking over the declaration on file I wish to call your attention again to the adjustment of her claim I find on looking over the post office books in our place that her declaration was mailed on the 19 th of April 1844 consequently it must have been made prior to the first of May 1844. You will please investigate the claim and send me returns as soon as convenient
Hon J. L. Edwards } Comm. Pensions }
Your Obedient Servant Mortimer Gilchrist

10.9207
Elvira Winchell
NY
Act July 7 38
Adopted
12m. 12d
priv
$41.33 per an
to commence Oct 9 th 39 the day of her husband's death
also
Act Mar 3 rd 43
and N o 7070
Mrs. Maria Gilbert Esq Middletown N.Y.

Midland Falls Nov 8th
Yr Em
Nov 11 '45
Hon. Mr. Winchell
Mass.
J. S. Edwards
Com. of Pensions Washington
D. C.

Middletown N.Y. Nov 8 th 1844
Hon J S Edwards
Dear Sir I have applied to the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut agreeable to your request for a certificate to establish the further service of William Winchell
The comptroller wished me to inform him what the given name of Captain Woodruff Colonel Hooker & Colonel Smith was and also when William Winchell served when under the above named Officers
as I am not in possession of the given names of the above named Officers and when the service was performed I am under the necessity of making the inquiry of you hoping you can favour me with the information
I suppose the certificate of William Winchell was sufficient proof of service down to establish the claim of Eliza Winchell consequently I have not made any inquiries in relation to that point
Your Obedient Servant
Wortimer Gilbert

Jan 21 1845. Maggiefully m 9 Very 17 th Addressee Mrs. Mitchell
My M r
S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Middletown Jan'y 17 th 1845 Hon Sir
Enclosed I send you the certificate you requested me to obtain from the Comptroller of Connecticut hoping this certificate with the proof you have on file may be sufficient to entitle the widow to a pension. She is in a very destitute condition.
Yours With Respect Mortimer Gellert
J. Edwards Esq.

Comptroller's Office
Hartford, Conn. 10 January 1845.
I Certify, that on application for evidence of the service of William Winchell in the War of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this Office relating to that War, and find in the accounts of the late "Pay Table" office, these entries —
   War . . . . . Dr.      1779 Aug. 5 — To order on Treas. Cap. Judah Woodruff Coast Guards,  } 2.174.11.2    Hare Neck . . . . .    " " " — To d o . Col o . W. Hooker's Pay Abstract Field & Staff his  } 655.17.6    Reg t . Hare Neck . . . . .    " Nov. 23 — To order on Treas. Cap. Ladwick Hotchkiss Coast Guards,  4.072. 5.2    " 26 — To ditto p r . Col o . O. Smith for Sundry Expenditures . . . . .  82.16.0    " Mar. 27 — To ditto p r . Judah Woodruff for Loss, Canfield's Reg t . . . . .  2. 0. 0 2     No Pay Rolls of the above Companies have been found. —  D. Harrington, Comptroller

Macduffie M c G. August 22 d
Aug 26 1845-
Henry W. Mitchell
Re 1 a 2 d 1845.
Hon. J. D. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Open by order of Patriot

Otago Co N.Z
Middletown August 22 nd 1845 Hon J L Edwards
Enclosed I send you a declaration to obtain the annuity of Pension for Mary Eliza Mitchell you will please investigate the claim as soon as possible and send her a certificate Direct the same to Mortimer Gilbert Middletown Otago Co N.Z and oblige your Hon
Mortimer Gilbert

enim mean till savor her the obje
Meridenfield NY May 3 rd
10920 May 7. 1844
Free
M rs Eliza (Miche) 7 July 1838 J. S. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Mordalifula May 1 st 1844 Mr S r Edwards Esq r
Enclosed I send to your Office a declaration to obtain a pension for the Maw Elvira Mitchell accompanied with a cer- tificate of her marriage from Southington Council sent
She is at present reduced to extreme want and in consequence of not having the means to prosecute her claims she has delayed it until the present time and you would confer a favour by investigating her claim and forwarding her certificate as soon as convenient direct the same to Mortimer Gilbert Mordalifula Otsego County New York
Yours With Respect Mortimer Gilbert

Mary Gilbert
Deposition
Admitted
Mortimer Gilbert Mortimer H. West Middlefield Onondaga Co. NY

The Papers in the case of Mary Gilbert

State of New York } Otsego County } ss
On this Twenty fourth day of June 1848 personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of The Peace of the Town of Middlefield Elvira Winchell a resident of Middlefield in the County of Otsego aged Eighty Three 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 d February 1848. Granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the revolutionary War That she is the widow of William Winchell who was a private and done service in the revolutionary War in the Year 1778..1779 and 1781. as you will find on file in the Pension Office and that she drew a pension under the act 17 th June 1844. of forty One dollars and Thirty Three Cents per annum She further declares that she is still a widow her Mortimer Gilbert W it Elvira X Winchell mark Sworn to and subscribed on The day and Year above Written before
Joseph W. Reynolds Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named declarant is personally known to me and is unable to write her name in consequence of sickness and bodily infirmities and is the same individual who drew a pension under the act 17 th June 1844
Joseph W. Reynolds Justice of the Peace

Declaration
In Order to Obtain the benefits of the resolution of Congress of the 23 d January 1845
Whereas the act of the 30 th of April 1844 prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner I know make the following Statement under Oath to Obtain the benefits of the resolution above mentioned I am the widow of William Mitchell who was a private in the war of the revolution I have drawn a pension at the rate of forty One dollars and thirty Three cents per annum from the 9 th day of October 1839 and now ask for the amount due me from the fourth day of March 1836 to the ninth day of October 1839 when my former pension commenced I made my declaration before the 30 th of April 1844 and it was filed in the Pension Office before the 23 d of Jan- uary 1845
her Elvira X Mitchell D. Mark
Sworn to and Subscribed before me on this Sixteenth day of August in the year One Thousand and Eight hundred and forty five at Middlesex Otsego County New York State
Joseph W. Reynolds Justice of the Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
Joseph W. Reynolds Justice of the Peace

Otsego County. State of New York
I Geo B. Wilson Clerk of the Said County do hereby certify that Joseph H. Reynolds who has signed the foregoing is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Otsego in the State of New York, and that the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal of Office this Twentieth day of August at Cooperstown in the State of New York 1825.
Geo B. Wilson Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Winchell, Daniel (Winchall) GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6676 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 24, 1790 To James F. Sebor, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Winchell, Ezekiel GRADE Drummer LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6680 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 14, 1789 to Richard Platt, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.