Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 6848, for Samuel Mallory, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Mallory, Samuel
R 6848
CONTENTS
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Samuel Mallory Illinois
Rejected let 14 March 1837 S. Dewey, Clk.
6848 served one month

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
848.
P.O. Samuel Mallory
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

State of Illinois ss  ss
Fulton County ss On this seventh day of December in the year
of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty six personally appeared in Open Court before Charles Haverick Williams John P. and David L. on three members of the County Commissioners Court in and for the County of Fulton and State of said Samuel Wallory a resident of the County and State of said aged Seventy Three years. On the first day of May in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Thirty six 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 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as here in stated that he the said Samuel Wallory entered the service of the United States in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty One On or about the first day of September of the above mentioned year and that he was drafted in the militia of the United States and served for and during the term of one month under the Command of Captain Mansfield who resided at North Haven in the State of Connecticut in New Haven County the inferior Officers names belonging to said Company except the Sergeants whose names were Isaac Brownfield Corporals named Elias Jacob Bradley this affiant does not recollect and after this affiant was discharged from the service his father and himself moved to Linn County and now of this State in the of said State and being residing and though less at the time he entered the service and also when he was discharged and many years having passed since that he this affiant does not recollect the names of the field Officers and this deponent further says that he was drafted into the service of the United States and under and by the authority of said draft this affiant served and this affiant hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State or Territory in the United States or else where known to and subscribed in Open Court the day and year aforesaid Stephen Jones Clerk, Samuel Wallory

State of Illinois 3rd 4th Fulton County We Robert Stewart a clergyman residing in the County of Fulton and State of said and Nathan West residing in the same Co- unty and state do hereby certify that we are well acquaint- -ed with Oliver Waller of the County of Fulton and State of said who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy three years of age on the first day of May in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and thirty six that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion  Robert Stewart Nathan West  Sworn and subscribed to the 7th day of December 2 d 1836 before me V. Hallman J. P.
Interrogatories propounded to Samuel Waller an applicant for a pension by Charles Fawcett & William Johnson & David Lyon Judges of the County Commissioners Court of Fulton County and State of Illinois
 1. Where and in what year were you born Answer in the year One Thousand Seven hundred fifty five  2. have you any record of your age and if so where is it answer I have it in my possession and herewith present it to the Court  3. Where were you living when called into service Where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live Answer when I was called into the service of the United States I lived in the Town of Haverden in the state of Connecticut - and moved from there to Litchfield County to the Town of Ulster in the above state and from thence I moved to the state of New York in the County of Ontario in the Town of Bristol 

and from Thence I moved to the County of Fulton and State of Illinois where I now live
4 How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom Answer I was drafted
5 State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops where you served such Continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
Answer I served under Captain Mansfield Isaac Townson as Sergeant and Bradley Corporal and the names of the other inferior officers I do not recollect that belonged to the Company it has been many years ago and I am now rapi- dly passing from time to eternity and expect short- ly to be involved in my mother earth Consequently my memory has much failed me I recollect that Captain Goodger commanded the Company out of which I was drafted and the names of the regiments I do not recollect
6 How long did you serve and did you obtain a discharge Answer One month and at the expiration of that time Captain Mansfield told us that we were discharged and that we might go home it not being customary to grant written discharges the Captain not expect- ing to receive pay for his services was not particular as to their discharges
What was the circumstances that transpired during your service
Answer I was one out of twenty one who was selected by Captain Mansfield to board a sloop of war that was loaded with Pork and flour hogs and was conveying it to the British Army and we did board her and conveyed her back to the American shore and put the crew in prison the name of the sloop I do not recollect

State of Illinois 3rd Dist. Judge Charles Newcomb Fulton County James Johnson and Sarah G. Gandy of the County Commissioners Court of Fulton County in Open Court Now sitting do hereby declare our opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the in force for the forces prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he stated and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Robert Stewart and Nathaniel Setchell who had also signed the same is residents in the County of Fulton and State of Illinois and is a Credible Person And that their statement is entitled to Credit
Charles Newcomb William Johnson Sarah Gandy
I Stephen Dewey Clerk of the County Commissioners Court in and for the County of Fulton and State of Illinois do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel H. Hays for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal of office this 17th day of December A.D. 1836
Stephen Dewey
33.987 Samuel Hays Pension