Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6785, for Lemuel Mallory, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Mallory, Lemuel Rebecca
W. 6785
CONTENTS

22 231
Indiana
Samuel Wallery of Perry Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the com commanded by Captain Yeats of the regt commanded by Col Swift in the service line for 11 months & 19 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 38 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Oct 1833 and Solomon Lamb Rome
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 97.42 Pension allowance ending March 19 88 $117.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk Book B Vol. 7 Page 120
Certificate sent back for cancellation & recd 1835 one issued subject to Act of March 18 1831

3383 Indiana, Madison Rebecca Mallory widow of Con a Samuel Mallory who served in the Revolutionary
Date of widow's death not on AB.
war, as a Pirate
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 38 Dollars 77
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Jany 1834 and sent to
Howard Stapp Madison Ind a
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 190 Vol. A
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Pension Claim
Rebecca Mallon Widow of Emanuel Mallon.
Howard Staff Attorney
Madison Indiana

State of Indiana } Derry County } etc.
In this Sixteenth day of November in the year 1853, personally appeared before the Circuit Court held within and for said county and State of Indiana, Rebecca Mallory a resident of said county and State aged eighty six years who first being 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 third day of February 1850 - granting pensions to widows of the persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow of Samuel Mallory who was a private soldier in the United States Army but she cannot recollect if she ever heard what service he performed or the names of the officers under whom he served, that he resided in the county of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut at the time of such services, and entered  retired about the year 1778 and left the same in the year 1781. That her said husband was a Revolutionary pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832 - and was paid at the  Madison Madison agency in the said State of Indiana that the proof of all which will more fully and satisfactorily appear by reference to the evidence on file with the application of said Samuel Mallory for pension made in the year 1833, a Certificate No. 22.231. of which was granted by Sec'y of War, bearing date October 18 th 1833. She farther declares that she was married to the said Samuel Mallory that on the 15 th day of August, in the year 1819, her said husband died on the 16 th day of February 1851. That she was not married to him prior to the second day of January Eighteen hundred but at the time above stated.

She also declares she is now a widow For proof of her husband's services as afor- -said, she would refer to his application for pension as before stated in the year 1833. and further proof in her behalf, she refers to the papers embracing her application for arrears of pension due her husband at his death filed with the 3 d auditor Treasury department last December and also, that that is hereto annexed
Rebecca for Mallory
Sworn to and subscribed marks on the day and year above written before the circuit court of Perry county.
Attest
Thomas Hancock

State of Indiana } ss. Perry County }
I Thomas Hanna Clerk of the Circuit Court of Perry County holding at Terre Haute, in and for said Perry County do hereby certify that Satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, That Samuel Mallory was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of thirty eight dollars and seventy seven cents per annum was a resident of the county of Perry in the State of Indiana and died in said county of Perry in the State of Indiana in the year 1851. on the 16 th day of February in that year, that he left a widow whose name is Rebecca Mallory and who is still a widow
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of said Circuit Court this 16 th day of November 1853 —
Thomas Hanna Clk

State of Indiana Harrison County Circuit Court Clerks Office July 31 st 1852.
W tho It Remembered that heretofore to wit: On the 15 th day of August 1819. There issued out of the Clerks Office of the Court aforesaid a Marriage License of which the following is a true copy together with the indorsements thereon to wit:
State of Indiana, Set: You are hereby authorized to join together in matrimony Samuel Mahony and Rebecca Long, and this shall be your sufficient warrant.
Given under my hand as Clerk of Harrison County in said State the 14 th day of August 1819. To any person legally authorized to Celebrate the rites of Matrimony J. M. Kelso C.M.
Joined the within in Matrimony August 15 th 1819. Joseph M. Mahan J.P.H.C.

State of Indiana Harrison County ss for
Hugh Seeby Clerk of the Circuit Court of the Court aforesaid within the second Judicial Circuit of the State of Indiana, do hereby certify that the within and foregoing is a full true and complete copy of the record of the License aforesaid and the certificate endorsed thereon as the same remains of Record in my office. I further certify that Joseph M c Mahan Esquire was an acting Justice of the Peace at the date thereof within and for said County of Harrison and duly authorized to solemnize marriages.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of our said Court at Corydon the thirty first day of July One thousand eight hundred and fiftytwo
Hugh Seeby. Clerk.

1025192
Lemuel Mallory Perry County Indiana
Correct Roll from 1780 present 11 months 29 days $38.77 100
E. J.
7754 1988 9742
Sol. Lamb toh probate Perry County Indiana

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 show 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, showing the Service of Samuel Mallory Perry County Indiana
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enlisted Decr. 1778 — 8 — private Capt Yates, Major Trobridge Col. Swift, 69 years Fairfield County Connecticut Traditionary evidence - papers not properly attached   Enlisted Mar 1780 — 7 — " Lieut. Pinto, Col. Belknap   Vol. Not stated    Handwritten notes: Should prove his service in Major's regt - Samuel Mallory claim as traces in Major's Regiment. found on Swift's Rolls from July 1. 1780 to Nov 19. 1780. making 4 mos. 19 days etc. 7 11 19
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) 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [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.

Lemuel Mallory W 6785
Lem. Mallory
25492

State of Indiana Perry County Set, On the 16 th day of May in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty three personally appeared in open court before the Honorable James Reily Sole Judge of the Perry Probate court now sitting - Lemuel Mallory a resident of the Town of Rome county of Perry and State of Indiana aged sixty nine years the 22 d day of May 1832 who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit 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 - That he enlisted in a Presbyterian meeting house in the Town of Stratford Fairfield County and State of Connecticut as a Private Soldier in the summer of 1778 - that he enlisted for eight months that he served under Captain John Yates (of the same town with himself) Major Treadbridge and Colonel Heman Swift whose residence was at a place called East Haddam Connecticut - that the Regiment was stationed at a place (during his time of service) called Horse neck in Connecticut - There was a skirmish between the Regiment (or a portion of it) under Major Treadbridge with the British picket guard at Mansfield, but he was not in it, being left on guard. - That he was discharged by his Captain when on Parade, (but not a written discharge) and then returned home to the said town of Stratford in the Spring of 1779 - having served out his eight months (and)

and another Regiment having marched out to to take their place. —
That he remained at home in the town of Stratford about one year when he enlisted as a private (he thinks in March 1780) under a recruiting officer whose name he does not recollect in the army of the United States — that he was then marched from his native town of Stratford where he had enlisted the second time (with his neighbour who had enlisted with him) through Newtown and Danbury in Connecticut to the American army then lying at Nelson's Point, opposite West Point. — That his second enlistment was for eight months and in the Continental service — that he does not recollect his captain's name, but his Lieutenant's name was Pinto a graduate from New Haven College — That the Ensign's name was Dagget, and the orderly sergeant's name was Demming — and Finney was also a sergeant. — That when the army left Nelson's point, it moved down the river and crossed at King's ferry, near Stoney point — the movement of the army was to Orange town New Jersey where Major Andre was hung — that he was near to him when hung, and that the shipping upon, and to which it was said, the traitor Arnold made his escape was in sight of the army as it crossed the North river, and he recollects that he then thought they were about three miles from the place of crossing. —
Baron Steuben (known to him as the Prussian General) exercised the Army in Military tactics — He recollects Generals Stark & Knox and believes Stark commanded the brigade to which he belonged (and

and that Knox commanded the Artillery and Colonel Meigs commanded a Regiment of Blacks - The Brigade to which he belonged was called the New England line and formed the left wing of the Army, and always (during his time of service) marched in the rear - He recollects seeing General George Washington the day the Army reached Orange town, he was on his horse & stationary as the army in platoons of ten deep rank and file passed by him - He states that General Washington left camp before Andre was executed for he heard Andre ask the American Adjutant General (as he took the person addressed to be) as they were walking up to the gallows if the commander in chief was in camp - And the person addressed replied he had left camp - he also heard Sergeant Demming say General Washington had left camp. That he was in no action during his time of service - that he got his discharge in writing late in October on account of sickness before his full term of enlistment had expired signed by his Colonel (whose name he does not now recollect) which discharge he has lost. - He was discharged at Orange town New Jersey. - After his discharge (which was late in October 1780) he went again to his father's at Stratford town - where he remained until the summer of 1781 - After the expiration of these enlistments, he volunteered and was at New Haven when the British took it - he was also at Fairfield when they attacked it & were repulsed -
(He)

He further States that he has no Documentary evidence of his service or his discharge; and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove his service. He was born in the town of Stratford Parish of Ripton County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut on the 22 d day of May 1763. That he has in his family bible a record of his age as afo d transcribed by himself from his father's Bible. He lived as before stated when he entered the service - he removed from his father's after peace was declared to the Town of Norwich Hampshire county and State of Massachusetts; and that 40 years in February last, he left that place and moved to what at that time was called Ulster county and State of New York, but afterwards by a division of the county it was called Delaware county; the town of Delhi being the county seat. He remained there until June 1811 - when he removed to the then Territory of Indiana (now State) - that he removed in the Winter of 1811 to the State of Kentucky Brackenridge county and remained there for five years, when he removed back to the then Territory now State of Indiana where he has resided ever since in Perry County.
And the said Lemuel Mallory declares that he served as a Private Soldier in the Revolutionary War at least fifteen months. That he is known to Samuel Anderson a clergyman, Samuel Frisbie Esq r Eli Carr and George Ewing of his neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief in his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Lemuel Mallory
Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Attest Solomon Lamb Ch.
We Samuel Anderson Clergyman, Samuel Frisbie, Eli Barr and George Ewing hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lemuel Mallory who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age past - that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Samuel Anderson
Sam d . Frisbie
Eli Barr
George Ewing -
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Solomon Lamb Ch.
And the said court do hereby their opinion declare, 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 Samuel Anderson who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county of Perry State of Indiana - And that Samuel Frisbie, Eli Barr & George Ewing who have also signed the same are residents of said county.
(A)

of Perry and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. —
I Solomon Lamb clerk of the court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Lemuel Mallory for a pension. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court (which has been adopted by said Probate court) this 21 st day of May A.D. 1833 — Solomon Lamb Clk.
At a Probate Court holden within and for the county of Perry and State of Indiana on Thursday the 15 th day of August Anno Domini 1833 —
Present James Reily Sole Judge —
Personally appeared Lemuel Mallory the aforementioned applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. When the following questions were propounded to the said Lemuel Mallory by the court, and the following answers given (to wit)
Question 1 st Where and in what year were you born? — Answer — In the town of Stratford Parish of Ripton county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut on the 22 d day of May
1763. —
Question 2 d Have you any record of your age and if so, where is it? —
(Answer)

Answer. — I have in my Bible now in possession of my daughter living in about ten miles from this place which record I transcribed from the family bible of my father in Connecticut about forty years since. —
Question 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live? —
Answer. — When called into service I lived in my Native town Stratford Connecticut. — After the peace in the year 1784 as near as I can recollect I removed to the town of Norwich Hampshire county and State of Massachusetts. 40 years last February I left that place and removed to what at that time was Ulster county in the State of New York and which afterwards by a division of that county I fell into Delaware county in the same State Delhi being the county seat; where I remained until June in the year 1811. When I removed to the then Territory (now State) of Indiana, and in the Winter of 1811 I removed to Breckenridge county in the State of Kentucky, and remained in said last mentioned county five years and then removed to Perry County, Territory of (now State) of Indiana where I have ever since remained and now reside. —
Question 4. How were you called into service were you draughted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom? —
Answer. — I enlisted as a private soldier in the summer of the year 1778 for the term of eight months under Capt. John Yates of the same town with myself —
That in March 1780. I again enlisted in my native town for the term of eight
(months)

months under a recruiting officer whose name I do not now recollect that I remained at home four or five weeks after my enlistment, and then I joined the army at Nelson's Point on the North river.
Question 5 th State the name 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 service —
Answer. — I saw and was exercised by Baron Steuben who was then called the Prussian General
In the first campaign I served under Colonel Herman Swift of East Haddam Connecticut, and I served under Capt. John Yates (in the State service) who was my Captain on my first tour of enlistment
On my second tour I served under Lieut. Pinto who commanded my company, and my Ensign's Name was Daggett — My orderly Serjeant's Name was Demming. And another Serjeant's Name was Priney —
My Colonel's Name on my second tour I cannot recollect —
I was acquainted with Col. Meigs who commanded a Regiment (I believe) from Rhode island, but rendered no services in his regiment — I knew Col. Johnson, (I believe) of the New England Troops. —
Question 6 th — Did you ever receive a Discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? —
Answer — At the close of my first term of service I receive no written discharge. — (At 1)

At the close of my second term of service I received a written discharge from my Colonel whose name I do not now recollect — I being sick the discharge was procured for me by Ensign Daggett — and which written discharge has long since been lost. Question 7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution. Answer. — I am acquainted with Samuel Anderson, Samuel Frisbie Esq r , Eli Carr Sheriff of Perry County Pa a and George Ewing of my neighborhood, with whom I have been acquainted for a number of years. — Lemuel Mallory
I sworn to and subscribed in open court — Attest Solomon Lamb Clk
I Solomon Lamb Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Lemuel Mallory for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court (which has been adopted by said Probate court) this 17 th day of August A. D. 1833 — Solomon Lamb Clk

October 12, 1937
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Mr. Paul E. Connor 1110 Parallel Street Atchison, Kansas
LEMUEL MALLORY W. 6785 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Lemuel Mallory who served in the Revolutionary War from Connecticut.
You are furnished herein the record of the only Lemuel Mallory, under any spelling, found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from pension claim, W. 6785, based upon his service in that war.
Lemuel Mallory (as the name appears in the claim) was born May 22, 1765, in Stratford, Ripton Parish, Fairfield County, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing with his father in Stratford, Connecticut, he enlisted in the summer of 1778, served as private in Captain John Yates' company, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut regiment and was discharged after having served a tour of eight months. After remaining at his home in Stratford about a year, he enlisted in March, 1780, served as a private under Lieutenant Pinto in General Stark's brigade, was present at the execution of Major Andre and was discharged at Orangetown, New York, late in October, 1780. He stated, also, that he volunteered and went to New Haven and Fairfield when they were attacked by the British, but gave no further details of that service.
After peace was declared, the soldier moved from his father's home in Stratford, Connecticut, to Norwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, where he remained until February, 1793, thence to Delhi, in that part of Ulster County which later became Delaware County, New York, lived there until June, 1811, then moved to Indiana which was then a territory, remained there until the winter of 1811 when he moved to Breckenridge County, Kentucky, which was his place of residence five years, then moved back to Indiana Territory where he settled in Perry County.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed May 16, 1833, while a resident of Rome, Perry County, Indiana. He died in that county February 16, 1851.

Lemuel Mallory married August 15, 1819, Rebecca Long. They were married in Harrison County, Indiana, where their marriage was recorded in the County Clerk's Office. The date and place of her birth and names of parents were not given.
Soldier's widow, Rebecca Mallory, was allowed pension on her application executed November 16, 1853, at which time she was aged eighty-six years and a resident of Perry County, Indiana.
In 1833, Lemuel Mallory referred to his daughter then living about ten miles from Rome, Indiana, but he did not state her name nor refer to other children.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of soldier's widow, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Rebecca Mallory, widow of Lemuel Mallory, certificate #3383, issued January 3, 1854, rate $38.77 per annum, commenced February 3, 1853, Act February 3, 1853, Indiana (Madison) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

✓ Pension Office Dec 29 1853.
Sir, Please report time of last payment to, or death of within named pensioner & if arrear to whom paid Respectfully J. Buel Esqr. J. Cole 3 and for same Present.
Samuel Mallory Act 1832. $38.77 per ann - died 16 Feb. 1851. paid
J. Bush Auditor

Brief in the case of Rebecca Mallory widow of Lemuel Perry County and State of Indiana act of February 3 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a private in Com. line 11 mos. & 19 days & pensioner under act of June 7 1832 at $38 77 / 100 per annum to paid to his death Feb. 16/51
Moved $38 77 / 100 per annum, com. Feb 3 1853 (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by public record
Death of husband proved by Auditor's report.
Identity & Widowhood proved by cr. witnesses
Name and residence of Agent
Howard Stapp, Madison Indiana
Examining Clerk.
J. L. Gray

Date UNLIT APPROV
Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
March 12, 1927
Mrs. A. W. Myers Monroe City Ind
Madam:
I have to advise you that Luther Mallory's father's name does not appear in Luther Mallory's claim for Revolutionary War pension (W.6785), which pension was applied for in 1833, while he was a resident of Perry County, Indiana.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Summer 1778 8 mos Pvt. John Yates Benjamin Swift Conn.   Mar 1780 8 mos Lt Smith in the Stark's brigade                                                          
Battles engaged in, Voluntad and areas to New Haven and Fairfield when they were attacked
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Stratford, Fairfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, May 16, 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Rome, Perry Co. Ind.
Age at date of application, May 22, 1763. Shipton Parish, Stratford, Conn.
Remarks: He died Feb. 16, 1857 in Perry Co. Ind. He was married to Eleanor Co. Ind. Aug. 15, 1819, Rebecca Long. She was at his funeral on an op. executed Nov. 16, 1858 while a resident of Perry Co. Ind. aged 86 years. In 1833 soldier refers to his daughter none out child. No further family data.
Very respectfully,

Muncie City Ind.
Jan. 20, 1927
Department of Interior. Washington D. C.
I would like very much to know the "father's name of Lemuel Mallory" ansquest
This Lemuel Mallory was a revolutionary soldier served with the Conn. state troops; he drew a pension, and died in Perry Co Ind in 1851.
Respl: Mrs. A. W. Myers.

Newton Kansas
April 22 07
Commissioner of Pensions -:
I am trying to establish my gr. gr. Grandfathers Revolutionary war record, can you assist me by sending me a certificate of service. His name is Samuel Mallory and was born in Conn. and enlisted in Col. Holdridge Co. Please send me the date of his birth if it is given.
Resp.
Miss Juliette P. Roff Newton Kansas.

Medford Okla. June 25-'07
Bureau of Pensions: -
Kindly send me all information you have in regard to the Revolutionary War record of Lemuel Mallory. Address: -
Mrs. Andrew S. Brown Medford, Okla. Box 54

Virginia Place Cannelton, Indiana 23rd September, 1915
Chief of Record and Rolls Pension Department Washington, D.C.
Rev Sec 5-1
Dear Sir:— Can you give me any data as to regiment or enlistment of Lemuel Mallory , of Connecticut , a private in the American Revolution, who was placed on the pension roll October 18, 1833, at an $80.00 annual rate, under act of March 4, 1831. His age was then given as 85. Do you know when he died? His widow, Rebecca Reagan Mallory, was a pensioner until her death in 1856. I have written a History of Perry County (this) and wish to complete, if possible, what I have gleaned from early court records, newspapers, etc. I am a member of the Indiana Historical Commission, and working seriously along those lines.
Yours very truly
Thomas James de la Hunt

September 20, 1937
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I am interested in one Samuel Mallory, who served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Lieut.-Col. Holdridge's Company in the 7th Connecticut Regiment, Commanded

by Col. Herman Swift.
He enlisted July 1, 1780 and was discharged November 19, 1780
He died at Rome, Indiana at the age of 98 years.
If you can give me the information, I shall be most grateful. Yours truly,
Paul Connor 1110 Parallel St. Atchison, Kan.

1907 May 13. Juliette P. Riff. hist. as " June 6 Mrs. Andrew S. Brown. hist. 1910 Sept. 30. Hist. to Thomas James de la Hunt 1927 mch. 12 Mrs. A. H. Myers ad. father's name not in class 1937 Oct 12 - Hist. to Paul E. Danner
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 6785
Rebecca Mallory
Wid.
Samuel Mallory
Dist. Rev War
Act: Feb. 30  1852
Index: — Vol. 66 , Page 4
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Clerk of Perry
to
Lemuel Mallory
Certificate

State of Indiana Perry County Set I Solomon Lamb Clerk of the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the Pension Certificate N o . 22,231 was granted on the application of Samuel Mallory of Perry County Indiana and not on that of Samuel Mallory as named in said certificate. And that I do not know of any such person as Samuel Mallory in Perry County or elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I hereunto I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal of office this 1 st day of November 1833 — Solomon Lamb Chk

Agents Office
Corydon 11 th Nov r 1833
James S. Edwards Esq r
Com te of Pensions
Sir,
Herewith I transmit you the Pension Certificate. I paid on the 18 th of Oct r last to Samuel Mallory. Should have been delivered for corrections, accompanied by the certificate of Mr. Solomon Lamb. Clerk of Perry, County - Mr. Mallory requests that the certificate when corrected be returned to me at this Place.
Very respectfully - your Obed t Serv t
Thos. Poley Agent