Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36809, for Thomas Stedman, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Stedman, Thomas.
S 36809
CONTENTS

0026
Connecticut
Thomas Friedman of Hartford in the state of Connecticut who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Durkee of the Connecticut line, for the term of 3 years war
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 of April 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of March and sent to Judge Trumbull
Arrears to 4th of March 87.16 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 1838 28 23 00 10 30 33 } 113 53 1/2
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
May 25 23
Rescripted sent to Thomas Friedman Esq. Oct 1838 Saml. H. Ben.

Thomas Steadman
2026
Sept 1879

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD,
ss. Special County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August, 1820.
ON this first day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment,
Thomas Stedman aged seventy one years, resident in
Berlin in the County of Hartford,
who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolu-
tionary War, as follows: that he enlisted 8 th day of December 1780 in capt. Edward Eels company & was mustered in col. Wyllys regiment & was transferred to col. Duryee's regiment in March 1781 on the continental establishment & in the revolutionary war & continued to serve as a private in said regiment until the 13 th day of August 1783 during the whole of said time when he was honorably discharged on account of a lameness in his arm. The place of his discharge was West Point & it was signed by col. Douglass. The discharge is lost or mislaid. The time of making original declaration to a pension was 8 th April 1818 & that the number of the pension certificate is 8026 & is by occupation a farmer
"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."
This deponent's family consists of his wife who is seventy years of age & a son who is thirty one years of age who is only occasionally in the family of small mental capacity & affords no support or assistance to the family. This deponent is afflicted with the asthma & is unable to do much work in the winter. The schedule referred to in the foregoing deposition is as follows
  one Cow worth $ 14.00   Two hogs at 1/4 each 8.00   one table .. 50   four chairs at 10 cts .. 40   one axe .. 50   one snow bar .. 50   one old saw .. 25   one shovel .. 12   one spade .. 12   four cider bbls at 25 cts 1.00   one hatchel 1.00   $ 26.34 
his Thomas Stedman mark

Sworn to and declared by said Thomas Steelman on the first day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
Twenty six. dollars and thirty four cents.
I, Thomas Chester Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford 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 first day of August 182 0
Th. Chester Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford.

Journal
Thomas Holman
Private
Dec r 1780 to Dec r 1783
Dunfee's Connec t
Reg t
Jonathan Doolittle manager

I William Steele of Berlin & State of Connec- ticut being sworn depose & say that I am ac- quainted with Thomas Stedman of s d Berlin The person who has made Oath to & subscribed the foregoing Deposition. said Stedman enlisted into the same Company to which I belonged in the Revolutionary War against Great Britain in the Continental line in the Continental Es- tablishment in the Regiment commanded by Col o Duggee a part of the line first of the time by Col o Grosvenor Capt o Ellis Company. He was afterwards transferred to Capt o Prays Com- pany who commanded the Whale Boats stationed near on the North River. I saw him frequently for more than two years after his enlistment - during which time he continued in the service - of the United States - (viz) thro' the years Seventeen hun- dred eighty one & Seventeen hundred eighty two - Sometimes in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty three he returned home, I never said his Paps to return home - but always understood that he returned by regular permission & I am knowing to his having rec d pay for his services in the army after his final return home to his State - and while he was in the army he served faithfully & honorably. He is now very poor

Tho. Sledman Papers
A by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of support from his country being entirely destitute of property Wm Steel
Personally appeared 8 April 1818 William Steel the person who hath made  subscribed his name to the foregoing Deposi- tion & made oath to the truth of the facts therein stated before me Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Rensselaer in the State of New York
We James Stanley & Cook & We James Francis & Cook Stanley both of Berlin County of Rensselaer do hereby depose & say that we are well acquainted with the late Thomas Sledman of Berlin - & were personally knowing to his having enlisted into the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary war against Great Britain on the Conti- nental establishment in the Connecticut line. The Captain of the Company was Edward Eells according to our best recollection we do not recollect the Regiment. The said Francis deposes that he was one of a Company that hired Sledman to enlist as a Private Soldier as aforesaid - which was about the latter end of the year Seventeen hundred eighty - & we both do further depose that Sledman left Berlin to go into the Army under his enlistment & he was absent about the time he enlisted for & we always understood that he conducted himself well in the service & returned by regular discharge - We never heard his Pensions. The Deposition of Sledman above written having been read to us we do believe the facts therein stated are true - (His pecuniary circumstances are bad, being entirely destitute of property & by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of support from his country)
James Francis Cook Stanley
10 April 1818. Personally appeared James Francis & Cook Stanley the person who hath subscribed the foregoing Deposition & made oath to the truth of the same Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for Rensselaer County

I Thomas Stearns of Berlin in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut hereby sworn depose & say that on the eighth day of December A.D. One Thousand seven hundred & eighty I enlisted into the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War against Great Britain. in the Continental establishment in the Connecticut line. in the Regiment commanded by Col. Durgee. & Company commanded by Capt. Edward Ellis. I served from the time of my enlistment as afore- said as a Private for the term of three years. viz until the eighth day of December A.D. hundred eighty three making three years which was the term of time for which I enlisted. I was however permitted to return home to Connecticut from Niark in the State of New York in the month of August preceding - Being a Black- smith by trade. I was taken out of the Company in which I enlisted & sent to Niark on the first of November - according to my best recollection (but it might be later in the month) in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty one - I was there employed in cleaning & repairing the United States arms, some of which had been taken from Burgoyne, & others imported from France -

I continued employed at S d Work until said Month of August when Capt. John Pray who then commanded the Blackhouse & the Boats - gave me a Pap. to return home - & by the terms of s d Pap. I was to return to my duty whenever called for - I was never called for afterwards - but I considered myself under Pay after my re- turn until the end of the three years for which I enlisted - I have lost or mislaid my Pap. & cannot find it. I now reside in Berlin in s d State of Connecticut. & by reason of my arduous cir- cumstances in life I spend in need of assistance from the United States for my support
Thomas H. H. Jr. State of Connecticut } County of Hartford April the 8 - 1818 } Sworn before me Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid ~

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thos. Stedman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 8. 1780 3 yrs. Pvt Edw. Bell John Pray Wyllys Durkee Crownin Conn.          
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, _____
Residence at date of application, _____
Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: In 1820 soldier was 71 yrs old, his wife was 70 and his son 31. Their names are not stated & there is no further data on file as to his family. He d. May 25. 1823
Respectfully,
Commissioner. AB.

DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT—ss—HARTFORD
On this 8 day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the County Court for the County of Hartford for the said district, personally appeared Thomas Steadman aged years resident in Berlin in the said district, 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
on 8 December 1780 enlisted in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Eells, Col. Hurlburt of the Connecticut line Continental establishment;
that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the 8 December 1783
when he was discharged from service in state of New York, that he was in the battles of
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.
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid
I, Jonathan Brace Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Thomas Steadman did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; 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.
8 April 1818 Jonathan Brace Judge of the Court as aforesaid
SEAL OF THE COURT.
April 8. 1818 Sealed with the seal of said Court by direction of the Honorable Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said Court Thomas Chester Clerk.
Handwritten note on the left margin: "I have examined the foregoing declaration of Thomas Steadman and find that he is in the same circumstances as stated in 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.' I therefore certify that the said Thomas Steadman is entitled to the benefits of said act." Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford aforesaid

36 809 Rev. INVALID.
File No. 86,809
Thomas Stedman
Phila Pa
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 898
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1921 Apr. 21. Heir. to Mrs. H. C. Hill and

Mrs. H. C. Hill, New Willard Hotel. Washington. Room 937-
Mrs. Clara Webb Hill
personal inquiry Apr 21. 1921