Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,817, for Henry Storer, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Storer Henry.
S. 36.817.
CONTENTS

36 817 Pay INVALID.
File No. 86,817
Henry Storer Dr Rev 700
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 399
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Henry Storer, Capt Hunt, Private Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of June 1818. and sent to Sylvester Gilbert, Esq. Tolland, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. Sylvester Gilbert
4 months 7/30. $ 33.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Three years 49
Tolland
Continued
Death date not on A.B.
Application sent to Eliza Storer, Esq. Tolland County July 18. 1820

Henry Storer Declaration & Affidavit
before me Reg. Correct James
2 12 1842

Henry Storer of Somers in the County of Tolland in the State of Connecticut being fifty seven years old, Testifies & declares on oath, that in May A.D. 1777 he enlisted in Captain Abraham Hunt's Com- pany Colonel Joseph Vose's Regiment in the Massachusetts line of the Continental Army, for the term of three Years . He enlisted at Boston, and joined the Company & Regiment, and went with the Regiment to the north, was at Saratoga & in the Battle ) at the taking of Genl. Burgoyne & his Army, and after that went to Valley Forge, after that was in the Battle at Monmouth, after that in the Battle & retreat on & from Long Island, after that at the Stone House on White Plains where he was wounded by a cut lash on the head. He served in the Regiment on the Continental establishment from the month of May 1777 till May A.D. 1780 faithfully against the common enemy, when he was at Budds Highland in the State of New York regularly & honourably discharged, but he has lost his Discharge and he verily believes it is not now in existence.
He further declares that he is a resident Citizen of the United States & now resides in the Somers - That he has no property in reduced in his circumstances in life and

stands in need of assistance from his Country for support - and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services
Tolland April 28 th 1818
Henry Storer
County of Tolland ss Tolland April 28 th 1818 Then came before me Sylvester Gilbert presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the County the above named Henry Storer & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed
Sylvester Gilbert Presiding Judge of Ct. C.P.
I Sylvester Gilbert Presiding Judge of the County Court within & for the County of Tolland do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Henry Storer did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common Enemy; and I now trans- mit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War, pursuant to an act of Congress in this case made and provided for Connecticut ss County of Tolland. April 28 th 1818 Sylvester Gilbert Judge as aforesaid

Tolland County ss Tolland May 2 nd 1818
Personally appeared Walter C. Skibbe Esq r of Somers in D o County and made solemn oath that he is well acquainted with Henry Storer of D o Somers and says that he is totally destitute of property & is at certain times disabled  deranged by means of a wound received in the revolutionary war upon his head; and stands in need of assistance from his country for support
Sworn before me Sylvester Gilbert Judge of County Ct

Henry Storer
Concord
1853
June 18

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of Tolland ss. County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, held by order of the Judge of said Court, on the  day of June Term , 1820
ON this 27 th day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment,
Henry Storer aged 58 years, resident in Simsbury in the County of Tolland
who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolu-
tionary War, as follows: In May 1777 he enlisted for three years into Capt. Harkness's Hunt, Camp in Col. Joseph Vose Regt - Original Declaration is dated 28 th day of April 1818 has received a pension & his Certificate is numbered 1253
"And I do 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed."
Sub Deed
Nothing
Henry Storer
The declarant is a tailor by trade but by reason of a wound received in the service or some other cause unknown is subject to terms of lunacy & thereby is rendered unable to pursue his occupation or do much other labor - Also in the winter past had a fall from a hay mow which has crippled him in one of his feet - has no family is dependent wholly on his pension for support.

Sworn to and declared by said day of
Henry Storer
on the 27 th
1820
before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that
the said
the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
Henry Storer has no property whatsoever
That his circumstances are in all respects as herein stated
I,
Elisha Stearns
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County
of Tolland
aforesaid do hereby certify that
the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony
whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said
Court on this
27 th
day of
June
1820
E. Stearns
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of
Tolland