Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6447, for Thaddeus Loomis, Connecticut

SERVICE
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Conn.
Loomis, Thaddeus
R. 6447
CONTENTS

State of New York } Otsego County ss } Thaddeus Soper the applicant for a pension named in the annexed papers being duly sworn says that he has caused enquiries to be made of many persons & has enquired himself of many persons, to hear of some person who was in service with himself during the war of the revolution, by whom he could prove his service; but he has not been able to hear of any one by whom he could make the proof or of any one who was in service with him.
This applicant further says that he is informed & believes that all the officers under whom he served are dead; and that he has made every exertion in his power to obtain proof of his service and he knows of no further proof that he can obtain other than that herewith transmitted with the papers, and further saith not
Sworn & Subscribed
this 7 th day of July
Thad. Soper
1834 Before me
James O. Morse Esq.
Judge of Otsego County
State of New York } Otsego County ss } I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of said County, do certify that James O. Morse, before whom the preceding
Affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same, first Judge of the said County of Otsego, duly com- missioned and qualified: That I am acquainted with his handwriting, & truly believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine signature, Witness my hand and seal of Office the 8 th day of July 1834.
Horace Lathrop, Clerk

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Thaddeus Lormer an applicant for a pension
Order of Gen agent
Richard H. G. G. at 4.

State of New York Albany County ss. On this 28 th day of May in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared before the Honorable James O'Morse first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County Shadus Loomis a resident of Richville in the County of Albany and State of New York aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the fol- lowing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the 18 th Service of the United States under the following names Tobias and served as Union State That he volunteered as a private soldier in a company of militia in the month of August and in the ranks on the first day of August 1776 at Colchester in the State of Connecticut and served two months in said company and was discharged on the first of October 1776-
That the company was commanded during said time by Captain Smith (whose Christian name is forgotten) Lieutenant John Smedley and Sergeant Israel Loomis. That said company marched from Colchester to Stamford in the State of Connecticut where they remained for the said two months guarding the stores and protecting the movements of the enemy. That no Continental or Militia regiments were stationed at Stamford during the above time, and he met no Continental or militia officers except the officers belonging to the above company at Stamford during said time.
In the fall of 1777 The said Shadus Loomis again volunteered as a private soldier in a company of militia com- mand

by Thomas Arnold. That he marched from Colchester in the State of Connecticut to Providence in the State of Rhode Island where the said Arnold took the command of the company. That he marched from Providence to Little Compton.
That he was there at the time General Spencer had the command of the forces at Rhode Island That he served two months in said company But at what period in the fall of 1777 he entered the service on an other day he was discharged he cannot now in consequence of old age and the constant loss of memory remember -
He recollects also that while he remained in Rhode Island during the above engagement there was a number of Regiments of militia there Yet he is unable to testify to the names of any officers excepting Thomas Arnold who commanded the company in which this deponent served - That he marched from Rhode Island to Norwalk in the State of Connecticut where he went on board of a small American vessel and was chased by a British vessel to New London where he was discharged having served during said last engagement at least two months
The said Thomas Lewis
5 th Service
further testifies and declares that on the first day of April 1780 he enlisted as a sergeant in a company of Connecticut State troops commanded by Captain DeKay and was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Levi Wells and served in said company and Regiment until the first day of December 1780 being eight months the balance of his enlist- ment That he marched from Colchester

to Horse Neck in the State of Connecticut which place was the head quarters of the regiment during the Eight months. The regiment on some part of time were occasionally marched from Horse Neck to New Rochelle and East and Westchester and from thence back to Horse Neck during said time That the business of the regiment was to guard the shores and watch the Enemies movements and during said time of Eight months we had several Skirmishes with the Refugees - That in the fall of 1780 in a short but brisk engagement which we had with the refu- gees Captain LePay and Colonel Sam Wells were both taken prisoners by a party of Refugees Commanded by Colonel Delancey - Colonel Bull's Regiment were Stationed near Colonel Sam Wells Regiment and His General thought that Colonel Bull took the command of all the troops after Wells was made prisoner - He further states That in the fall of the above year His Regiment with part of His Company while on a scouting party was attacked at Westchester by about twenty Refugees from Delancey's Regiment and a smart engagement took place in which engagement Sergeant Cook of the American forces was shot in the side, we took one prisoner whose name was James Merrill He was wounded in the Arm and after hang- -ing some days he died of His wound - The Refugees in this engagement were finally repulsed and driven from the field - The names of the officers who served in the regiment when His General was there were Colonel Sam Wells Captain LePay Lieutenant Whiting Ensign Bird Sergeant Cook, which are all in an now deceased There was no Continental troops stationed at Horse Neck -

while we pay them -- he since said eight months as a sergeant and was discharged on the first day of December 1780 but by whom he cannot now remember and said discharge is lost.
And the said Thomas Lewis further states that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service.
1 st Q When and in what Year were You Born? 1 st A I was born in Colchester in the State of Connecticut on the 5 th day of August 1760.
2 nd Q Have You any record of Your age and if so what is it.
2 nd A I have a record of my age in my family Bible, taken from my Father's Bible.
3 rd Q When were You living when called into Service? When have You lived since the Revolutionary war? and where do You now live?
3 rd A I resided in Colchester when first called into Service - Since the Revolutionary war I have resided in Richfield Otsego County New York and now reside there.
4 th Q How were You called into Service - were You drafted, did You volunteer or were You a substitute and if a substitute for whom.
4 th A I was called into Service as set forth in the above declaration I mean service as a substitute for any man.

5 th I state the names of some of the Hogeelder- officers who were with the troops when Gen France took Cantonal and Nanking as Gen can recollect and the circumstances of Gen France
5 th The Andross translation interrogatory is as fully set forth in the above declaration as I can now Andross the same -
69. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service. And if so by whom was it given and what has become of it -
65 Q I did receive these discharges from the Service but am now unable to say by whom they were signed by - They are all lost
7. I mean the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for honesty and the value of your services as a soldier in the Revolution.
7 th A I refer the Honorable Charles Brannan  James  James to the Reverend John Snow interlocutor  interlocutor and Captain Samuel Colwell of Republic City County who can testify as to my character for veracity and the value of my services as a soldier of the Republians -
Since the late Thomas Loane's further deposits and gifts that by reason of his age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his services in the Service there. He served about 14 years and it is possible he may be mistaken a few days in the time of entering and leaving the Service but according to his best recollection he has served

The terms concisely in the above declaration and further that he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades (For four months he served as a private soldier. For eight months he served as a sergeant and for such service he claims a pension.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity by reason of the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State or Territory and subscribed.
The day and Year aforesaid Thos Lewis before me - James A. Moore First Judge of Otago County.
We John Stradler a clergyman residing in the Town of Richfield in the County of Otsego and State of New York and Samuel Colwell residing in the Town County and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Shadrach Lewis who has subscribed to the above declaration on that we believe him to be seventy four years of age on the fifth day of August inst. that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed John Donald The day and Year aforesaid Samuel Colwell before me - Obadiah Beardsley James A. Moore First Judge of Otago County.

And I the said James O Morse first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after puting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that John Arnold who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Richfield in the County of Otsego and that Samuel Colwell, Rev. Dr. Bradsby who has also signed the same are residents of Richfield aforesaid and their statement is entitled to credit. I further certify that Thaddeus Loonis the applic- ant for a pension whose name in consequence of bodily infirmity is unable to attend court to make his application for a pension.
James O. Morse First Judge of Otsego County.
I further certify that I have long known the said Thaddeus Loonis, and that he has always sustained the reputation of a man of truth and integrity. - I have also enquired specially in the vicinity where he resides and find that it has always been reported there & universally believed that he was a soldier of the Revolution - The Rev. Mr Arnold, Judge Bradsby & Capt Colwell who have signed the above are all highly respectable men. - Judge Bradsby is the father of the member of Congress of that name James O. Morse

I hereby Certify. That I was the Adjutant of Col. John Durkee Regt. of the Connecticut Line in the War of the Revolution, & that I was I served from May 1775. to Oct. 1783. Being the whole of the Revolutionary War. - That Shadduck Loomis, whose Papers and descendants annexed is my Brother & that I well recollect of his being several times in the Military Service during the War. - I never saw him in Service, as he did not do duty in at the places where I served but I recollect of hearing that he was in Service & hearing that he had served - I returned to Colchester - too Connecticut, to the Residence of our Father immediately after the Termination of the War - where I remained a few days only - & then I have ever since understood - That said Shadduck had been several times in Service during the War of the Revolution -
Lebbeus Loomis
Cherry Valley, New York May 29. 1834
Sworn to by Lebbeus Loomis this 12th day of July 1834 before me James O. Moore Esq. Judge of Otsego County.
I certify that Col. Lebbeus Loomis who made the foregoing certificate is a highly respectable gentleman & that full faith in my opinion ought to be given to his certificate. J. O. Moore Esq. Judge of Otsego County.

State of New York
Otsego County ss
I Horace Lathrop, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that James O'Morse Esquire, before whom the preceding declaration & Affidavits purport to have been respectively sworn, was, at the date of the same, First Judge of the County of Otsego aforesaid, duly appointed and qualified; and that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge, and verily believe his name subscribed to the foregoing declaration, Affidavits & Certificates, to be his genuine hand writing, & signatures. Witness my hand & Seal of Office the 31 st day of May 1834
Horace Lathrop, Clerk
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Thaddeus Loomis an applicant for a pension
Under 4 new acts
Residence in Otsego
at 4.

R. File No. 6,447, Thaddeus Loomis, born August 5, 1760, at Colchester Connecticut, where he enlisted in the Connecticut troops August 1, 1776, as Private under Captain Smith, Sergeant Levuel Loomis; 2 months.
Fall of 1777, Private under Captain Thomas Arnold; 2 months.
April, 1780, Sergeant under Captain Lee Lay, Colonel Levi Wells; 8 months.
In 1834 he resided at Richfield, New York. His claim was rejected on the ground of insufficient proof of six months service as required by the Act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied. The date of his death is not shown.

R. 6447
Captain Thaddeus Loonis came to the town of Richfield N.Y. where he died June 16. 1839 in his 79 th year
(Mrs) Delight Ransom Keller - Chairman New York State Committee History sites K. A. R.
To Mrs M. M. Hatch South Columbia, N.Y. Her letter Sept 15, 1911 recd " 19, 1911.

New York Rev.
Thaddeus Loomis
Suspended
let to J. G. Morris
July 17 th 1834
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1911 Sept. 22 - Hist. to Mrs. M. M. Hatch c.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
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P. O. Matthew Loomis
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Cherry Valley N. Y.
July 12. 1834
Sir
I return herewith the papers of Theodore Loomis with an afft stating that he has made due exertions to obtain further proof and could not. The certificate of Lebbeus Loomis is shown to, as required by the within letter. —
Do be good enough to inform me of the fate of the application of Simmons. Many months since you wrote me that if Simmons would waive a claim to all but 18 months' interest, he could be put on. He did waive it; but I have not heard from the application since — Do direct the papers to be found & let me hear from them.
Respectfully
Your obed Servt
J. O. Morn
J. L. Edwards Esq

War Department Pension Office
June. 21. 1834
Sir,
I have the honor to inform you, that the claim of Thaddaeus Loomis has been examined, and his papers are herewith enclosed. The regulations require the best evidence in the power of claimants to produce, and it should be shewn therefore, that due exertions had been made to obtain it. It is necessary that the certificate of his brother should be sworn to.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Yr. Obt. Servt. J. L. Edwards
Hon: S. Page House Representatives