Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,474, for Moses Stevens, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
2
Conn, New York
Stearns, Moses
1/4 7/4
Carded
CONTENTS

20. 11. 2 New York
M c As t Flannery of Cayuga in the State of New York who was a private in the Company by Captain _____ of the Regt. _____ by Col. Thomas _____ in the General _____ time for 1 st Mo.
★ Comm. N.Y. May 13/35. Records completed R.
Inscribed on the Roll of S. 1831 at the rate of 50 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Aug. 1832 and unto A. Smith Auburn
Arrears to the 4th of Dec. '30 $113.33 Semestral allowance ending 1831. 28.33 $141.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John Smith, Clerk, Book 6, Vol. 1, Page 14

Moses Stevens
3 mo. in winter of '75 disallowed
6 mo. in '75 allowed
abm d
17 mo. pri
$56.66
Certificate accompanying Bond declaration is in Engleham

State of New York Cayuga County
I Michael S. Myers Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County do certify that Joseph L. Richardson before whom the annexed supplementary declaration was made was on the day of the date of the same first judge of said Court that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said judge & believe his signature to said declaration to be gen- uine. Witness my hand and seal of office the 28 th day of February A.D. 1933
W. T. Myers Clerk

State of New York } 3
Cayuga County } ss On this 28 th day of February A D 1832 personally appeared before me first judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cayuga in said State Moses Stevens of Genoa in said County who being duly sworn cloth on his oath make the following declaration supplementary and in addition to the annual declaration made by him in order to obtain the benefit of the act of 7 th June 1832
That he was born in the Parish of Canaan in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut on the 18 th day of June A D 1726, and has no record of his age. That he continued to reside in said Parish until the time of the Revolutionary war. That in the time of the Revolutionary war he removed from said Parish to Pound Ridge in the County of Westchester & State of Connecticut where he continued to reside until about the year 1833 when he removed to Frederickburgh in the County of Dutchess in said State of New York & continued to reside there about one year when he removed to Fishkill and lived there about two years when  there he removed back to Frederickburgh where he continued to reside one year and removed from thence to said Parish of Canaan, where he resided about the  one year and removed from thence to Pound Ridge aforesaid where he continued to reside about three years, and removed from thence to the town of Virgil now in the County of Cortland in the said State of New York where he resided until he removed to the town of Genoa aforesaid where he has resided for twelve years past and where he now resides. That his whole term of Service was one year and eight months as a private soldier and for such Service he claims a pension. That during his said nine months Service in the year 1776 he served most of the time with the main army under General Washington. He further says that Seth Smith who has subscribed and sworn to the certificate accompanying said declaration is a clergyman

Isaac Shaw who has also signed the same is a layman that they both reside in his neighbourhood are well acquainted with him and can testify as to his character for truth and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. That during said first three months tour he assisted in removing the cannon from the old fort in the City of New York to the upper Barracks. That during said six months tour in 1775 he did not serve in company with any Regiment other than that commanded by Col Thomas. He further says that he does not remember the names of his Regiment and company officers further than stated in said declaration. He further says that he has not the testimony of any living witness to said service and cannot procure it. That he he did procure an affidavit of said services made by Seth Broughton. But that said Broughton taken before a commission of duds, but that said Broughton is now dead so that he cannot procure another affidavit from him.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Moses Stevens
J. L. Richardson just Judge of Probate
I certify my opinion that the said Moses Stevens is a man of truth & veracity & that his statement is entitled to full credit.
J. L. Richardson just Judge of Probate

State of New-York, Cayuga COUNTY, ss.
On this 23 rd day of August — A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court , before the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and state of New-York, now sitting , Moses Stevens a resident of Seneca in the County of Cayuga and State of New-York, aged 76 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832: — That he entered the service under the following
named officers, and served as herein stated: — that in the winter of the year 1775 & at the town of Canaan in the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut he enlisted into the Company of Connecticut State Troops as he believes commanded by Captain Noble Benedict, that he marched with said company to the city of New-York where he joined the American army that his term of enlistment was for three months, that he was stationed there during the whole of said term of three months when he was discharged, that he was engaged in building fortifications in New-York during said term
He further declares that in the spring of the year 1775 he again enlisted into the company of New-York State Troops com- manded by Captain Noah Boughton in the Regiment com- manded by Col Thomas Thomas for a term of six months that he marched with said company first to Sing Sing from thence to Poughkeepsie from thence back to Sing Sing at and near which place he continued to serve during the whole of said term of six months when he was discharged. He further de- clares that in the spring of the year 1776 he again enlisted into the company of New-York State Troops commanded by Captain Benjamin Gilbert in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Thomas for a term of nine months that he continued to marched with said company to Kingsbridge where he remained until the British troops entered New-York, when he marched to White Plains where the battle took place from thence said Regiment marched to Peekskill where he remained until the expiration of said term of nine months when he was discharged and returned home — He further declares that in the summer of the year 1778 as he believes he was drafted at the town of Canaan

aforsaid and entered said service in the Company commanded by Captain ... Bell in the Regiment com- manded by Col ... Hoyt as he believes for a term of two months that he marched with said company to Stanford where he remained during the whole of said term of two months when he was discharged and re- turned home to Canaan aforesaid
That he never received a regular written discharge from said service. that he has no documentary proof of said service that he has not the proof of any living witness to said service and has not been able to procure it. He further says that whilst in said service he saw and knew the following named officers to wit Gen Washington at White Plains, Gen Putnam, Gen Lee, and others. that he served with continental Regiments at the time of the retreat from New York
He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state or territory sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Niles Stevens
J. L. Richardson first Judge of probate

We, Seth Smith a clergyman residing in Genoa in the County of Cayuga and Isaac Shaw residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Moses Stevens , who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be 76 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the 29th day of August 1832
29 day of August A.D. 1832
Seth Smith
Thomas Chadwick Justice  Isaac Shaw
And the said do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And he doth further certifies, that it appears to them, that Seth Smith who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Genoa and Isaac Shaw who has also signed the same, is a resident in
Genoa aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. We further certify that the said applicant is unable to attend court by reason of age & bodily infirmity. (Dated August 30th 1832)
J. A. Richardson first Judge of Common Pleas
Michael Salyers
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of and State of New-York, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Stevens for a pension.
I further certify that Joseph S. Richardson before whom the foregoing declaration was made and by whom the foregoing certificate was made was on the day of the date thereof and still is first judge of said court duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. I also certify that Thomas Chadwick before whom the foregoing certificate was made was on the 29th day of August instant and still is a justice of the peace in and for said County and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. that I am well acquaint- ed with the handwriting of the said judge and the said justice and believe their respective signatures to the said declaration and certificate to be genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said court and subscribed my name the thirtieth day of August A.D. 1832
C. S. Packer

Sir
Dukem Feb 28 1833
Enclosed I return the papers in support of the claim of Moses Stevens for a pension. I have drawn a declaration supplementary to the first one which I believe supplies all the defects in said first one. He has no proof and cannot procure it as he states in his declaration. There was a man named Seth Broughton who knew of the whole of his services & made an affidavit for him before a commission of deeds which I enclosed to you, but it was returned as insufficient on account of having been taken before a commissioner instead of a justice of the peace. Mr Broughton is now dead so that he cannot procure a new affidavit from him. And I enclose the old one that it may be used & examined if you shall think advisable to do so. A commissioner of deeds would be the most proper officer to take the affidavit if the examination was to be made in this state and as the act of 7 th June does not prescribe particularly before whom the testimony shall be taken it is beyond my comprehension to discover

why an affidavit taken before the proper officer in the State where it is taken should not be good evidence at Washington - After an examination please send the answer to me
Respectfully yours W. T. S. G. J. D. Gould
Hon J. L. Edwards

State of New York Cayuga County } ss On the 20th day of January 1831 before me came Moses Stevens of the town of Seneca & made oath that in the year 1775 he served in the Connecticut line for the term of three months under Capt Noble Benedict that he in the same year he served under Capt Asah Broughton of the New York State line in Colonel Thomas Regiment for the term of six months That the year following he served nine months under Capt Benjamin Gilbert of the New York line under Colonel Thomas & that of two persons hired a man to serve during the revolutionary war Subscribed & Sworn before me this 20th day Moses Stevens of January 1831 Andrew Milliken commissioner to take the acknowledgement of this de
State of New York Cayuga County } ss Asah Broughton do herein state that I served in Colonel Thomas Regiment of the New York line & do know that the facts set forth by Moses Stevens in the above affidavit to be true Subscribed & Sworn before me this 20th day of Asah Broughton January 1831 Andrew Milliken commissioner to take the acknowledgement of this de

I certify that in my opinion the character of the said Seth Bouton for truth and veracity was good at the time of making the foregoing affidavit & further that the said Bouton is now dead - July 28 th 1832
Andrew Millikin
State of New York
Gayuga County 3 rd
I Michael S Myers Clerk of said County do certify that Andrew Millikin before whom the foregoing affidavits were made and by whom the above certificate was made was on the day of the dates thereof a commissioner of deeds in & for said County & duly authorized by the laws of this state to take affidavits therein, that I am well acquaint- ed with the handwriting of said commissioner and believe his signature to the said affidavits & certificate to be genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said County the first day of November 1832
M. S. Myers Clerk
Moses Stevens

Newman
114744 INVALID.
File No. 114744
Moses Stevens
Briv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1902
Index:—Vol. A , Page 360
[Arrangement of 1870.]