Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36605, for Joel Hunt, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
loom Continental
Hunt, Joel
S. 36605
CONTENTS

Hon. C. M. Ingersoll July 14. 1854
12.9.38 R
Connecticut.
Joel Hunt.
of Cheshire in the state of Connecticut who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel A. Ward of the Connecticut line, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut - at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 12 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of July 1819 and sent to Simeon Baldwin Esq. New Haven, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 9 - 24 / 31 70. 19 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 40. 00 $110.19
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Joel Hunt
Capt. Steadman's Co
Col. Ward's Reg't
Connecticut Troops
May 12 th 1818
17 3/4 for 1 year
Magnolia
Brooklyn
Massachusetts
Admitted

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ss.
ON this Twelfth day of May in 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the said State, personally appears Joel Hunt aged 59 years, resident in Cheshire 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 Joel Hunt about the 10th of June 1776 enlisted in Lebanon in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Steadmans in the Regiment commanded by Col A Ward to serve one year from the 14th of May 1776 P st Reg t being raised in Connecticut in pursuance of an act of Congress of the 14th & 16 May 1776 & by them commissioned & paid - that he continued to serve in the Corps till the 14th May 1777 when he was discharged on the State of Connecticut that he afterwards entered into Col Bingham's company of Waggons & for one year that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the
when he was discharged from service, in Smiths Clove state of New Jersey - That he was in the battles of White Plains - Trenton - Princeton - Amboy - & Piscataway
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Simeon Baldwin
I, Simeon Baldwin Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do Certify , that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Joel Hunt did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding DECLARATION , against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
NEW-HAVEN, May 12th 1818
Simeon Baldwin
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, NEW-HAVEN COUNTY, ss.
NEW-HAVEN, May 12th 1818.
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 SIMEON BALDWIN , subscribed to the foregoing Certificates , is known to me to be the proper hand writing and signature of SIMEON BALDWIN , who is one of the Judges of said Superior Court. In testimony whereof, I affix the Seal of said Court.
Dyer White

State of Connecticut
On this eleventh day of Decr. A D 1818 before me Simson Baldwin Junr of the Peace for New Haven County in S tate Personally appears Gilead Bradley of Guilford in said County to me personally known to be known to be a man of veracity and a credible Witness & being first duly sworn deposes that in July 1776 he enlisted into Capt Mays Company in Col. A. Hurd's Regiment to serve in the Continental Army in the revolutionary war for the term of one year from the 12 th of May 1776 & faithfully served during that period - That while in service he well knew the within named Joel Hunt as a soldier in Capt. Dorman's Company in the same Regiment & he fully believes that he continued in the service from June or July 1776 until said Reg t were discharged in May 1777 at the expiration of the period of their enlistment - & that they were discharged together at Brown Town in New Jersey -
Simson Baldwin
I herewith certify that an enquiry & satisfactory information that the applicant is destitute of property. I am satisfied that the said Joel Hunt by reason of his reduced circumstances in life now needs the assistance of his country for support -
Simson Baldwin

Joel Hunt copy 12980 Sept. 1819
[Faint signature or initials]

District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the Superior Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State aforesaid, on this 10th day of December 1828, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Joel Root aged 75 years, resident in the Town of Union in the County of New Haven in said State, and being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: enlisted voluntarily in May 1776 in the Continental Army, Company Col. D. H. Root, H. Root's Artillery, was discharged at Smith's River, under Genl. Thompson having served in the war for the liberation in the Continental Army two years and six months in the whole, was at the Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton and other battles, besides serving & being wounded in which service
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818, was dated the 12th day of May 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 12998 And I do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and 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 provisions of an 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of a Blacksmith
and that I have in family residing with me a sick wife
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Joel Root
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is Twenty Dollars and 79 Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Wm. H. Root Clerk

District of Connecticut, ss.
I, Henry C. Kings Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court: and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount, in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is
21 Dollars and 75 Cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this
10th day of August 1820
Henry C. Kings Clerk
I, Isaac Mills presiding Judge of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Henry C. Kings is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in
this 10th day of August 1820
Isaac Mills Chief Judge of said Court

At a special County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven, in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 18th day of August 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Joel Hunt a resident in the town of Cheshire in the County of New Haven in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made Oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz.
  2 old chests 1 old table 1 small barrel & old cedar barrels & chairs together, with a number of small articles amounting in all to  $1.50    Old Black Smith's Shop, floor, side walls very poor & small and well worth with a few small tools amounting in all to  5.25    50 Bushels of coal  3.00    1 Hog  5.00     21.75  
Joel Hunt

September 30, 1939.
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Dorothy C. Rowe 343 Stanley Street New Britain, Connecticut
BA-J/ady Joel Hunt S.36605
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Joel Hunt, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.36605, based upon the military service in that war of Joel Hunt.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Joel Hunt are not shown.
While a resident of Lebanon, Connecticut, Joel Hunt enlisted, served as private in Captain James Stedman's Company, Colonel Andrew Ward's Connecticut Regiment; was in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Amboy and Piscataway, and was discharged May 14, 1777, having served about one year. He then enlisted and served about one year and six months as private in Captain Bingham's Company, Colonel Lamb's Continental Artillery Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 12, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-nine years and a resident of Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut.
He died October 30, 1820, place not given. on 11/18
Soldier's widow, died in 1838, day, month, place, her name and age are not stated.
Children of soldier were living in 1854, their names, ages and residences are not given. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Isabel Hunt
Con at 18 m 1818
see Callinger roll ms.
Wm L. O' Waldo Com d Pension Washington.

August 31, 1939 343 Stanley St. New Britain, Ct.
Veterans Bureau. Ad. of Pensions:
Will you please send me any information you may have on the Man. Joel Hunt, fought in Revolution. the No. is S. 36605
I thank you Dorothy C. Rowe

Joel Hunt.
May 12. 1818 } 59. Cheshire, Conn. There in 1820
At enlistment Lebanon Conn.
Battler
White Plains, Oct 17 1780 Trenton, Dec 19 1776 Princeton, Jan 3 1777 Amboy, Mar 6 1777 Piscataway, May 8 1777
Where Lebanon, Conn. When June 10 1776. From May 14 1777. 1 year As James Capt. Stillman. Col. Andrew Ward. State Conn.
Where When 1777. as From Capt Bingham. Col Lamb's regt of Art. State
Died in '42 age 2 years 8 mos.
Wife, name not given, died in 1838. Father died Oct 30 1820.
} Children referred to in 1852 names not given

_____ Div. _____
_____, Ex'r.
_____ No. _____
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
The above title should be indorsed on every paper relating to this claim.
Washington, D. C., _____, 190_____
In response to _____ for information as to the status of the above-entitled claim for pension, you are informed that it awaits replies to letters of inquiry addressed by this Bureau under date of _____, 1_____, to parties supposed to have personal knowledge of facts touching the merits of the claim.

John B. Kennedy, Pres.
Fred T. Bradley, Treas.
Carl W. Johnson, Secy.
12938 Office of The English & Welsh Co. Importers Manufacturers and Dealers in Carriage Goods.
In answer to yours of
New Haven, Conn. Nov. 25, 1905
The Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I desire to get a copy of the record of the services of one Joel Hunt who took part in the Connecticut Line or Militia in the war of American Independence and who was a Revolutionary pensioner . Joel Hunt's home was in Cheshire, Conn. and was the great-great-grandfather of the undersigned. Any information with reference to the said Joel Hunt which may be on file in your office will be very gratefully received by,
Yours faithfully,
J. B. Kennedy
NOV 28 1905

36 605
Rev INVALID.
1905 Dec 13. history to J. B. Kennedy
1939 Sept. 30. m. B. H. to Dorothy C. Rowland.
File No. 36 605
Joel Hunt His Rev. Mrs
Act: 15 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 199
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The English & Mersick Co.
New Haven Conn.
IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN CARRIAGE GOODS.
NOV 28 1905
The Honorable Commissioner of Customs, Washington
D. C.
On file

House of Reps Washington 12 July, 1854
To L O Walden Esq Comm. of Pensions
Sir:
Will you please furnish me with an answer to the following statement from one of my constituents.
Joel Hunt a Rev. Pensioner drew a pension & died some 30 years since - his widow died 1838 - are his children entitled to any pension under existing laws?
An early answer so that I may send it to one of the applicants would much oblige
Your obed. Servt
C. M. Ingalls.

Levi Howes - Ord. Supt. Col. A. W. is Commissariat Regt. 1776 - for 1 year - 30 th April 1810.
Levi Howes deposi- tion as to the services of Col. Hunt.

The Deposition of Lucas Howes of the Town of Windham in the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, who testifies, and says, that on the 1 st or 2 nd of June A D 1776 I enlisted into the service of the United States in the revolutionary war, in a company commanded by Capt. James Sledman, in Col. Andrew Ward's regiment in the Connecticut Line, raised by the State of Connecticut, [as the deponent believes] under the requisition of Congress, that my enlistment was for one year, and that I served through the year in said regiment and service in the States of New York, New Jersey, & Pennsylvania and was orderly sergeant of said company - that I was then well acquainted with Mr. Joel Hunt, then of the Town of Lebanon, now resident, as he says in the Town of Sheffield in the County of Berkshire, and I further testify, that said Joel Hunt, was then a soldier in the same company, to which belonged that he enlisted and joined said company, regiment about the 10 th day of June A D 1776, and served therein faithfully, until about the 14 th day of May A D 1777, when the soldiers of the Regiment were generally discharged - and further the deponent saith not -
Lucas Howes
State of Connecticut
County of Windham ss. Windham April 30 th A D 1812
Then came personally before me Joby Clarke Esq. Justice of the peace for the County of Windham, Mr. Lucas Howes above named and signer of the above Deposition, and made oath that the facts contained in the above Deposition by him submitted are true -
Attest Joby Clarke Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Joby Clarke whose signature is known to me is a Judge of the County Court & a Justice of the Peace for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut
Given May 12 th 1812. T. Baldwin a Judge of the Superior Court of the State

The within deposition was taken and sealed up by me Jacob Glasko Justice of Peace
Simon Howes - orig. Right Col. A. Weeks Conveyance Reg. 17 1/2 for 1 year - 20 th April 1810
Simon Howes deposi- tion as to the terms of Soil Hunt .
Wm. L. Simon Justice of Peace 20 th April 1810