Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,069, for Samuel B Marshall, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Marshall Samuel B.
S. 36,069
CONTENTS

12.902 4 Connecticut
Samuel B Marshall
of New Haven in the state of Connecticut who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Meigs of the Connecticut line, for the term of one year
scribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of - 8 - Dollars per month; to commence on the 29 th of June 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of July 1819 and sent to William Bristol Esq r
New Haven Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of portion of Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sept r 1819 17. 63 2 1/30 17. 63
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

State of Connecticut ss.
On this 29 th day of June 1819 before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the said State personally appears Samuel B Marshall aged 83 years resident in New Haven in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of Congress entitled an "Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary War" that he the said Samuel B Marshall, after serving his country during the greater part of the years 1775 and 1776, enlisted in Milford, County of New Haven, in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Charles Pond, being the second company in the sixth Regiment of the Connecticut line, on the 28 th day of March 1777 during the war, that he continued to serve in said corps in the service of the United States until the month of February 1778 when he received an honorable discharge from Colonel Meigs Col of said Regiment which said discharge is last as mustered; and in except the date a copy of said discharge is hereto annexed

that he was in the battle of Bunker Hill & when the enemy burnt Danbury in Co't and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. Sworn to and declared be- fore me the day and year aforesaid.
Filed & sworn to 29 Decr 1819 before me
Saml B. Marshall
Wm Brewster a Judge of Sup Court
I Samuel B. Marshall in addition to the above declaration say that in the year 1775. He was in service in the a Regiment raised by Genl David Wooster, was at the siege and capture of St Johns & Montreal in lower Canada & in the winter of 1776 was marched to Quebec, in the regiment Com- manded by Col. Saml. Elmore where the siege continued until the 6 day of May in the year, when the Army retreated. I returned to the United States & engaged in the campaign at New York, - was on Long Island, and came off in the night of that memorable retreat - was in the battle at Harlem heights, on York Island and in the Battle at White Plains, which closed the campaign on the east side of the North River - and further sayeth not.
Saml B. Marshall
Filed & sworn to 5th July 1819 before me
Wm Brewster a Judge of Sup Court

Robinsons House, Highlands, North River
March 1/778.
Saml B. Marshall a Sergeant in the Regiment under my command, is hereby discharged from said Regiment on account of his advancement in the commissary department, he having served with universal satisfaction to his Officers. -
Return J. Meigs Col.
New Haven July 5. 1819 Personally appeared Sam l B. Marshall and made solemn oath that the above is a true copy of his original discharge except the date which is not recollected.
Sworn before me Thos M c Intire Judge of Sup or Court

I Charles Pond of Milford, in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut do hereby depose and say that I commanded the second company in the sixth Regiment of the Connecticut Militia line on the continental establishment in the army of the Revolution and that on the 28 th day of March 1777, as appears from muster rolls now in my possession Samuel B. Master shall then of Milford but now of New Haven been enlisted into my company as first sergeant during the war and continued to serve in said Regiment till the month of March 1778 when he received an honorable discharge from Return J. Meigs Col of said Regiment and further say not. Milford June 29 th 1819
Charles Pond
late capt of the 2 nd company in the 6 th Regt n
New Haven County of Milford 29 th June 1819
Personally appeared capt Charles Pond will known to me and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me
William Strong Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut ss 29 June 1819 Solomon an Officer of New Haven in the County of New Haven being duly sworn deponeth and saith that he was and is in the 5 th Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col o William Swift on the continen- tal Establishment in the Revolution- ary war; and well recollects that Mr Samuel B Marshall the within mentioned was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Capt Charles Pond in Col o Meigs Regim- ent; the Deponent further decares that he is well acquainted with said Col o Pond Esq r and that he is a man of respectability and that full faith and credit may be given to his testimony.
Solomon Pinto
New Haven June 29 th A D 1819 Personally appeared before me the above named Solomon Pinto and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affi- avit by him subscribed.
Yrs s Bristol a Judge of the Sup o Court

I William Munson, Do Certify, that I was a Commissioned officer in the Regiment raised in Connecticut in the year 1775, Under the command of General David Wooster, and that his own Company in the said Regiment, was placed (next to the General) Under the Care and Charge of Samuel Wilmot a Captain Lieutenant of said Company, and that Samuel B Marshall, on or about the first Day of May 1775, Enlisted Under the said Wilmot as a Soldier to Serve in said Regiment and Company for the term of Seven Months, and that the said Company Marched from New Haven to the Town of Greenwich, where the other Companies joined and formed the Regiment (Excepting two Companies which were ordered to Boston) from thence the Regiment Marched to New York, and Encamped for a Number of Weeks, from thence the Regiment was removed to the East End of Long Island, there they remained a few Weeks, and from thence removed to Harlem Near New York, and in a few Days after proceeded to St Johns in Canada, and after the Capture of that Fort, proceeded to Montreal; and after the Expiration of Seven Months from the time of Enlistment another Regiment was raised in Montreal to Serve Until the 18th Day of April following, of which Regiment Samuel Elmore was Colonel, and that the said Samuel B Marshall again Enlisted into Capt Jeremiah Parmachoo's Company, in which I was a Lieut, and was also Adjutant for the said Regiment, and that the said Regiment was raised Under the Direct Authority of Congress, and received both Continental Pay and Cloathing; and that Immediately after the Death of General Montgomery, General Wooster proceeded to Quebec, taking with him a part of the troops from Montreal, among which was the said Samuel B Marshall, and Notwithstanding the term of his Enlistment was expired, he continued to Serve at Quebec Until the Army retreated from before that place on the 6th Day of May 1776 and Did not return to Connecticut Until sometime in the month of June following
William Munson
New Haven July 9 th 1819
I have the honor to be
Yours Justly a Judge of yr Dept. Court

I William Manser, Surveyor of the Port of New Haven do depose and say that I have been long acquaint- ed with Mr Sam l B Marshall of New Ha- ven; He is now advanced in life being upwards of sixty years old and has no property except a small House and Garden and has under- stood nearly lost the sight of one eye; and I have no hesitation in saying that by reason of reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support New Haven July 9 th 1819 — William Manser
New Haven July 9 1819
Sworn to before me.
Wm Britton Judge of Probate Superior Court —

To the Hon: Secretary of War.
Mr. Samuel B. Marshall of this town has long been known to me. According to information he served his Country in the army of the revolution with fidelity. He is now advanced in life, being upwards of sixty years old, and is in possession of no property to my knowledge except a small house and garden. I have understood that he has nearly lost the light of one eye. He is one of those men who, in my judgment, merit the respect and of his Country, & to whom it may with great propriety be extended.
Norfolk (Con.) July 9. 1819
David Dagg

State of Connecticut ss -
Be it remembered that on the 29 th day of June AD 1819 before me William Bristol one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut came the within named Samuel B Marshall to me personally known and made solemn oath to the truth of the within and foregoing Declaration , by him made for the purpose of obtaining the provision made by the act of the Congress of the United States en- titled 'an act to provide for certain persons en- gaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War' passed the 5 th day of July instant. The said Samuel B Marshall filed the supplementary Declaration annexed to the original Declara- tion and made oath to the same and further certify that I am personally acquainted with Capt Charles Ladd, M c Intosh and Capt Wm Munroe Surveyor of the Port of New Haven whose affidavits touching the several above reduced circumstances of said Marshall are annexed to said Declaration, who are well respectable Officers in the army of the Revolu- tion, and entitled to full faith and credit; and it appears to my satisfaction that said Samuel B Marshall by reason of reduced circumstances & frailty his advanced age and defect of sight, needs the assis- tance of his family for support and that said Marshall from about the 1 st day of May AD 1775 to the Month of June 1776 served his Country as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War in consequence of two successive enlistments first in the Company of Capt Mitchell, in a Regiment raised by the State of Connecticut commanded by Gen Wooster, and by enlistment

at the expiration of their service in a Regiment raised at New Haven under the command of Col. Oliver, raised under the authority of Congress, and receiving continental pay of 60 dollars, making in the whole more than nine Months continued service;
It further appears to my satisfaction that said John B Marshall enlisted at Milford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut on the 28th day of March A.D. 1777 in the Second Company commanded by Capt Charles Read, in the 6th Regiment of the Connecticut line, during the war; and that he continued to serve the United States more than nine Months and until the Month of March A.D. 1778 with fidelity and to the universal satisfaction of his officers, when he recd an honorable discharge from Return J Meigs Col o of said Regiment in consequence of Marshall's advancement in the Quartermaster's Department. New Haven July 10. A.D. 1819.
Wm Bristol a Judge of the Superior Court
State of Connecticut County of New Haven ss New Haven April 12 1819
I Dyer White Clerk of the Superior Court of said State for said County and keeper of the Seal thereof Do certify that the name Wm Bristol subscribed to the foregoing Certificate is known to me to be the proper hand writing and signature of William Bristol Esquire who is one of the Judges of said Superior Court In testimony whereof I have set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court (Dyer White)

36 069 Rev INVALID.
File No. 36,069
Samuel B Marshall
Serg Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 275
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4340 Sam l B Marshall
Declaration
29 June 1819
Wm Bristol Judge New Haven, Conn. Rec d July 16. 1819. H
Submitted B

Copy of a communica- tion to Col. Bemford relative to the claim of Samuel B. Marshall. dated, April 6 th 1848. Revolutionary Claim
Recorded in Volume 3. Page 31.
no other papers on file relative to bounty land ✓

Copy.
War Department. Section of B. Lands.
By the resolution of Congress of 16 th September 1776, Military Bounty Land was promised to the Officers and soldiers of the U. S. army who should "engage to serve during the "then existing war, and should actually continue in the service "until the close of that War then existing ." But if an officer resigned his commission before that period & his resignation was accepted; or if a soldier accepted his discharge from the military service of the army on account of procuring a substitute; or for the purpose of going into any other employ not considered as the line of military duty, or for the purpose of being placed on the pension list, it is held that he did not acquire a right to the military bounty land contemplated by the resolution, or law above cited. But I do not know of any instance of this kind, wherein a military land warrant has been granted.
Samuel B. Marshall, having received a military discharge from Col. Heys in 1782, although he continued afterwards to serve the public in the commissary department, is deemed to be in the predicament above stated; for it is evident his latter services did not fulfil the just expectation of Government in proposing the land bounty which beyond a doubt, was that there might be an efficient military force in the field.
Nat. Cutting.
April 6 th 1818.