Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36805, for Henry Stevens, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Stevens, Henry
S. 36805
CONTENTS

9784 R Connecticut
Henry Stevens
Connecticut in the state of Conn
is a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Swift of the Connecticut line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut - at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of April 1819 and sent to Calvin Butler, Esq., Plymouth, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10m. 27d. 4h. 83.69 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 st Sept. 1819 48.00
$131:69
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued March 1. 1823 & put to S. P. Beers Watchful Cont.
2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50
Duplicate certif- icate of pension issued Oct 15 th 1823

Henry Stevens 21 April
Deported
Inadmissible

I Henry Stevens of Plymouth in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut do hereby declare that in August 1781 I entered the service of my country in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Ephraim Chamberlain in Col. Rensselaer's Regiment and joined the army at Pehskill in the State of New York under the command of Genl. Samuel H. Parsons and that I continued in the said service in the States of New York and New Jersey until the 26 th day of October 1783 when I was discharged but had since lost my discharge that during said war I served more than about two years and until the close thereof also I belonged to the Connecticut line. I fear the upon and due on that from my reduced circumstances I stand in need of the assistance of my country for support.  Henry Stevens
State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss. On this day of April 1818 personally appeared Henry Stevens above named and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.  Before me Augustus Pitelbome Chief Judge of Litchfield Court of Common Pleas

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss.
I Augustus Pettibone Esq. Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County - of Litchfield, do hereby certify the foregoing Affidavit and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Henry Stevens served in the Revolutionary war as a private soldier against the common enemy on the Continental establishment for more than nine months; and that by reason of his unusual circumstances in life he is in need of the aid of his country for support.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Court to be affixed this 21 st day of April A.D. 1818
Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge
To the Honbl: the Secretary of War.

I John Gathorne of Cornwall in the county of Litchfield State of Connecticut Certify that Henry Stevens aged 18 years 5 feet 5 inches high light Hair light complexion of Millingtonworth in the County of New London enlisted as a private Soldier in the 2 nd Connecticut Regt commanded by the late Col Herman Swift in Capt Samuel Loomis's Company on the 26 day of Dec r 1780 for three years
I also certify that Henry Stevens of the Town of Woodstock in the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut 18 years old 5 feet 7 inches high Black hair dark complexion enlisted at Sharon in the County of Litchfield in the Company Regt in Capt Billings Company April 3 rd 1778 for the War and deserted at Dobb's Ferry July 11 th 1781 all which appears by the Books of the late Col Herman Swift in my possession
John Gathorne
Cornwall Jan y 12 th 1819
As it does not appear by the said Books that Henry Stevens first deserted was arrested or but that he was regularly discharged at the expiration of his term of service
J W Gathorne

Washington October 6, 1931
Mrs. J. L. Dober Box 46 Billings, Montana
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 36805, that Henry Stevens, a resident of Killingworth, New London (later Middlesex) County, Connecticut, served from December 26, 1780, as a private in Captains Ephraim Chamberlain's and Samuel Comstock's companies, Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut regiment, and was discharged October 26, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 21, 1818, while living in Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
In 1822 he was still living there, stated that he was aged fifty-eight years, and referred to the following family living with him:- his wife aged fifty-one years, and two daughters, aged eighteen and about fifteen years, both single; names of wife and daughters not given, and there are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Watkinsville of Admitted .
July 20
See
John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War Washington
Plat
Jan'y 27 th 1819

Henry Stevens of Plymouth State of Connecticut respectfully requests the Secretary of War to review his application for a Pension with the additional evidence herewith transmitted, consisting of an extract from the Books of the late Colo Herman Swift, certified by John Calhoun Esqr. and the Certificate of Elisha Gatt Comptroller.
From Colo Swifts Books, it appears that there were two soldiers in his Regiment of the name of Henry Stevens, one of whom belonged to Waitsfield County of Windham. Conn't enlisted April 3rd 1778 for & during the war, and deserted at Dobbs Ferry July 1st 1781 he belonged to Capt Billings Company.
Henry Stevens the present applicant enlisted in Killingsworth. Then in New London County, but now in Middlesex County on the 26th day of December 1780 for three years, and was regularly discharged at the expiration of his term or in October 1783 after the war was over.
From the Certificate of Elisha Gatt Comptroller it appears that the applicant served and drew his pay for one years service viz from the 1st of January 1781 to the 31st of Decr 1781. which was a period subsequent to the desertion of the first named Henry Stevens. That the applicant belonged to the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Campstock. Tho he enlisted and served the first part of his term under Capt Ephraim Chamberlin. The Supplemental affidavit or declaration of the applicant is hereto annexed.

Supplemental Affidavit
State of Connecticut / S. Litchfield County Norfolk January 19 th 1819
Personally appears Henry Stevens of Plymouth in said County whose original affidavit or declaration was by me taken and forwarded to the Secretary of War on the 21 st day of April 1818. and the said Stevens being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following additional Declaration in order to obtain a Pension under the 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 Henry Stevens was at Billingsworth in Connecticut on the 26 th day of December 1780 enlisted as a private soldier for the term of three years in the Regiment commanded by Colo Heman Swift in the Regiment Company commanded by Capt Ephraim Chamberlin that he faithfully served in said Corps, and the latter part of the term in the Company commanded by Captain Comstock, until the close of the war and was honorably discharged in Octr 1783 That he never enlisted nor was in the army prior to Decr 1780 That he never belonged to the Company commanded by Capt Billings and that he never deserted as Tho he has heard that a soldier of the same name deserted from Capt Billings company -
That the applicant is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support as he did when he made his original declaration on the 21 st day of April 1818. He prays that his pension may be granted from that time
Sworn before me the date above
Augustus Pettibone Judge of Litchfield County Court

J Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Litchfield of ss
Do certify that I am personally acquainted with John Calhoun Esq. of Cornwall and with his hand writing. That he is a gentle- man of respectability and the enclosed cer- tificate is under his hand. - From his cer- tificate and that of Elisha Scott Esq. Campbrooks and the enclosed evidence taken and had before me I am satisfied that the said Henry Stevens did enlist and serve the United States in the revolutionary war agreeable to his Declaration and that he never Deserted.
I Therefore again transmit to the secreta- ry of War. The Original Declaration of ss Stevens together with his subsequent Declaration this day made, & the testimony taken and had before me in conformity to the 2d act of Congress.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 19 th day of January A.D. 1819
Augustus Pettibone Judge of Litchfield County Court
N.B. When the return the documents is submitted to Colonel Butler Esq. of Monmouth Litchfield County Connecticut.

District of Connecticut ss. County of Litchfield County Court. On this 1 st day of January 1832, personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for said County in said District having the power to fine & imprison Henry Stevens, aged fifty eight years resident in Plymouth in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows (vizt) that he the said Stevens enlisted on or about the 25 th day of December A.D. 1780 into the Army of the United States to serve for the term of three years, into a Com- -pany commanded by Capt. Erastus Chainberlain, into a Regiment commanded by Col. Heman Swift, in the Connecticut line, on the Continental Establishment, that he enlisted at North Pitsfield in said State of Connecticut, that he soon after entered into said Army & continued to serve the United States faithfully at various posts in the Hudson River in the State of New York till the fall of A.D. 1783 when he was regularly discharged at West Point in the said State of New York. That his occupation has always been that of a laborer in a farm but is not able now to labor more than half the time. That he has a sickly & feeble wife, aged fifty one years, to labor much, that he has no other family living with him except one daugh- -ter aged eighteen years, & another aged about fifteen years, both single. That I do solemnly swear that I was a resident in the -State of the United States on the 18 th day of March A.D. 1818, & that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provi- -sions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th day of March A.D. 1818, & that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, & by me subscribed. That I was placed on the pension list of the United States under the Act of the 18 th of March 1818, that I lodged my pension Certificate in the hands of the Hon. Mr. Stephen Bates Hosmer, Chief Justice of this State, who has lost the same, as appears by his affidavit hereto annexed.
Inventory of Henry Stevens moveables. One Cow $1.00 one Calf $0.30 two Swine $1.00 1 timber Chain $0.75. Two Post & Riggs $0.25 1 Plow 25 Cts, one line 16 Cts, one peal & tongs 50 Cts 1 Clock $1.50 nine Chains $2.16. one table 37 Cts, 6 benches & forks 1 Dvt. one table 37 Cts, one pair of And irons 75 Cts, 4 Chairs 1 Dvt. 2 iron dish pails 77 Cts, one tea kettle 12 Cts. 1 porringer pot 25 Cts. 1 candle stick 16 Cts, 1 Candle stand 25 Cts, one looking glass 33 Cts, 6 table plates 36 Cts

6 pine plates 30 Cts, 1 tea pot, 1 sugar bowl & 6 tea cups $1.25 2 wooden bowls 25 Cts, 3 mutton ham 50 Cts, 1 pail 12 Cts, 1 wheel & reel 33 Cts, 5 cider bbls $1.25, 1 pork bbl 33 Cts, 1 sack bbl 16 Cts, 1 wash tub 25 Cts. May $10.50. -
Total - $44.17.
The above articles I consider to be their true value
Henry Stevens
Sam l Garrison.
I Stephen T. Hosmer, of Middletown, County of Middlesex & State of Conn t . do testify & say, that on the 6 th day of March A. 1820 Henry Stevens of Plymouth in the County of Litchfield, then a pensioner of the United States, called on me at said Middletown, with his Pension Certificate, which, (according to my best recollection & belief) was in the common form of Pension Certificates, signed by J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the Act of the United States, of the 18 th of March A. 1818, for receiving payment of one of forty eight Dollars the semi-annual installment due on said Certificate, the said Henry Stevens left in my possession the said Pension Certificate, to obtain a reimbursement from the Loan Office of the United States of the money before ad- -vanced, - The above pension Certificate I had in pos- -session as late as the month of April or May A. 1820, when I made a transcript of it to procure payment from the Loan Office, - I had a number of pension Certificates left with me at the same time, with that of Mr. Henry Stevens, & put them all in the same drawer, with the purpose of returning them, when I had obtained the money due to me upon them. I have returned all the Certificates except that of Mr. Henry Stevens, & with re- -gard to this I have no recollection of my having re- -turned it. On particular examination among my papers I cannot find the Certificate, tho' I have made diligent search, & by some accident I suppose the same to have been lost. The copy made out for the Loan Office was sent to the Dept of Government after the payment of the pension installment to me.
Yours truly with not
Stephen T. Hosmer. -

State of Connecticut, Middlesex County, ss.
Middletown, December 24 th . 1822.
Personally appeared Stephen H. Hosmer, the signer of the preceding Deposition, & being duly can- vassed & fully examined, made solemn Oath that the same contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Ebenezer Sage, Justice of Peace.
Taken on the request of the said Henry Stevens, to be used before the Hon ble Court of Common Pleas for the County of Litchfield now in session, on a Petition or application for re- instatement on the pension list.
Ebenezer Sage, Just.
Subscribed to by me this first day of January 1823.
Henry Stevens.
Sworn to and declared on the first day of
January 1823, before the County Court
for the County of Litchfield
Attest, Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court, on Common Pleas, in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oaths and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule be forty four Dollars seventeen Cents.
In testimony whereof I have here to set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this first day of January A. D. 1823.
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court &c
J. P. Mason Philip G. Lant Agents

A.
State of Connecticut ss Middlesex On this eighth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three personally appeared Henry Stevens of Plymouth County of Litchfield, of State Fore- said, and made solemn oath, that in the year 1818, he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the act of Congress of March 1818 1818, before Augustus Pettibone Esquire, Chief Justice of the County Court for the County of Litchfield & that he received a pension certificate from the War Office of the United States, some time in the months of May or June 1819, entitling him to receive the sum of eight dollars per month. That In the month of September following, he received the sum of money, due on said certificate on the 4th of September. That on the sixth day of March 1820 he left said certificate with a power of attorney to receive the semiannual payment due on it, with the Honorable Nathan G. Hosmer of Middlesex, since which time he has never seen it, & although he has made diligent enquiry he has never been able to find it. That at the session of the County Court for the County of Litchfield in December last he made an application to be reinstated on the Pension list which application was transmitted to the Secretary of the War Department, & that he has received a letter dated "War Department, Pen- sion Office May 20th 1823," & signed "J. L. Edwards" in- forming him that he was reinstated on the Pen- sion Roll of the Connecticut Agency, & that his al- lowance as a pensioner would commence from that

date. That he has applied to the President of the Branch Bank of the United States at Middletown, for the payment of his pension, who declined paying it, on the ground that he had no certificate which he could produce; and he prays that a new certificate may be granted to him. And further the deponent saith not.
Henry Stevens
Given the day & year above mentioned
Before me. Eben Saggles
B.
State of Connecticut ss. I do hereby certify.
On this Twenty Fifth day of September One Thousand, Eight Hundred & twenty Three, personally appeared Stephen J. Hosmer of Middletown aforesaid, before the Subscriber Eben Saggles, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, & in the State aforesaid, & made solemn Oath, that in the 6th of March A.D. 1820, Henry Stevens of Plymouth, in the County of Middlesex, a State aforesaid, left with the deponent his pension certificate, mentioned in the preceding affidavit, with a power of Attorney to Richard E. Hosmer, his Son, to receive at the Loan Office, the Semiannual payment due upon it, at which time the deponent delivered to the said Henry Stevens, forty eight Dollars for his accommodation, and that, on the 28th day of April following, the deponent received

of the said Richard E. Wosmer forty eight dol- lars, the money paid to him at the loan office, a Branch Bank of the United States, in full of the sum due on the said certi- ficates. That the said certificate, XXXX with XXXX  XXXX  XXXX  XXXX the XXXX  XXXX  XXXX  XXXX of XXXX  XXXX  XXXX  XXXX was returned to him by the said Richard E. Wosmer, and owing to some unexplainable causes, cannot be found. The Deponent further declares, that he has no recollection of ever having de- livered the certificate aforesaid, to the said Henry Stearns, or any other person; and after diligent search re- spectfully made, & his inability to find it, he is fully convinced, that the said certificate is lost.
Stephen J. Wosmer.
Sworn to before
Ebenezer Dyer Just. Peace

I John Fish, Clerk of the County Court, for the County of Middlesex, do certify, that Henry Luce, Esquire, of which Middlesex, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middle- sex, and that his name subscribed to the within affida- vits marked A & B, is his own proper hand writing & signature.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said County Court, at Middlesex, this 8 th day of October A.D. 1828. Y
John Fish Clerk

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford September 30 th 1818
Upon examination of the Books of this Office, it appears that Henry Stevens served as a private in Colonel Herman Swifts Regiment in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army from the first day of January 1781. to the 27 thirty first day of December 1781 - and that the pay for his services was made up with the Regimental Pay Roll and paid to his order by the State of Connecticut. He was charged to the United States and allowed in the final settlement of the accounts for Expenses of the Revolutionary War; to said State - His pay was delivered on his order on the fifth of September 1782 to Lieut. Henshaw -
Certified by Elisha Galt Comptroller of Public Accounts.

Rec: 11 Jan. 1823. 13 3/4
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Hon: John C. Calhoun Sec. of War Washington
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Mr. Calhoun

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Honourable John C. Calhoun Secretary of War P.O. Box 14 Washington

Middletown Oct. 8th. 1828.
Sir.
I enclose the affidavit of Henry Stevens, a pensioner of the United States, who has lost his certificate, & wishes to procure one its stated.
The answer to his application you will please direct to me, at this place.
I am, Sir,
With much respect.
Your obedient Servant
A. L. Hosmer
Honourable John C. Calhoun Secy of War Washington.

36 805 Rev INVALID.
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1931- Oct 6-Heck to Mrs. J. A. Naber - MKD

Rev Billings, Montana Box 46 September 17, 1931
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am filling out my application for membership to the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. I was advised to write to you for the record of the Pension of Henry Stevens (Stephens) born 1764- died 1851, a soldier in the Revolutionary War (1781- 1783). He enlisted at Killingsworth, Conn.
Thanking you in advance for your assistance in this matter, I remain
Yours very truly,
Mrs. J. L. Klober.