Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37125, for Sampson R Hunt, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Comm.
Hunt, Sampson R.
S 37/25
CONTENTS
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Connecticut
Notification sent to Thomas Chester Esq 19 Oct 1820 Hartford Cont
Sampson R Hunt private Connecticut line Capt Watson In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of Septem r 1818 and sent to the care of Jonathan Brace esquire Hartford Con- necticut
Arrears to 4th of September 1818 ... 40.80 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 ... 48.
$ 88.80
5 mo 30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 years 17 67
Contended
Glastenbury, Hartford Co.

37 125 INVALID.
Recy
File No. 37 125
Sampson R Hunt Pris Rev 188
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 199
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sampson R. Hunt Concord Mass.

State of Conn } County of Hartford } ss
Samson R. Hunt of Glastenbury in the County of Hartford & in the State aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose & say that he served in the revolutionary war, on the continental establishment in the Connecticut line for three years -
That he entered the service in May 1777 to serve for three years as a private & having faithfully served out the time for which he entered, was honorably discharged in May 1780 -
That he belonged to Capt. Titus Watson's Co & Col. Heman Swift's Regt of the Conn. line -
He further deposes that he is a resident citizen of the U. States, has never had a pension - is in reduced circumstances & is in need of assistance from his country for support -
Samson R. Hunt
Sworn & subscribed this 2 nd day of April 1816
Before me
Jonathan Brainerd Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford April 14 th 1818
On examination of the Books of this Office it appears that Sampson Hunt served as a Fifer in Colonel Neman Swifts Regiment in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War from the twenty sixth day of May 1777 to the twenty sixth day of May 1780 and that the amount of his wages was paid him by this State - was charged to & allowed by the United States, & the State of Connecticut
Certified by Elisha Colt Compt r of Public Accounts

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Hartford and County of Hartford.
I JONATHAN BRACE, Judge of the County Court, within and for said County, the same being a Court of Record, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that Samson R. Hunt who swore to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, served as a private or fifer in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy, and on the Continental establishment, for at least the term of nine months, and is a resident citizen of the United States, in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support. His discharge he also swears is lost .
And in addition to the proof contained in the foregoing affidavit, and in support thereof, I further certify that it is proved to me by the testimony under oath of  affidavit of Ebenezer Cott Esq hereto annexed who is a credible witness, that the said Hunt served in the revolutionary war, as aforesaid ;
and from the like testimony of Corra Dayton South that the said Hunt is in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support. Said Hunt also swears that when he enlisted he was known by & enlisted under the name of Samson Hunt .
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, and subscribed my name at Hartford aforesaid, this 15 th day of April
A. D. 1818.
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid
April 15. 1818.
Sealed with the seal of said Court by direction of the Hon. Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said Court Thomas Chester Clerk

Samson R Hunt
21.29 March 1889
C

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 1 st 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,
Sampson R Hunt aged sixty years, resident in Glastenbury in the County of Hartford, aforesaid
who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
that he enlisted in the service of the United States on the 27 th day of May A.D. 1777 in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Capt n Titus Watson in the regiment commanded by Col. Heman Swift in the line of the State of Connecticut in the continental establishment that he continued in the line aforesaid till the year 1781 when he was discharged at Springfield in the State of New Jersey. That he has deposed to the foregoing facts on the 2 nd day of April in the year 1818 & obtained a pension certificate from the honorable the Secretary of War
Numbered 2129
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."
A schedule of all my property necessary clothing excepted viz
  one doz. ax handles  1 .. 00    one old ax valued at  8 .. 75    iron tooth garden rake  2 5     $ 2 .. 00  
Samson R Hunt
And also that I am justly indebted to Mr. John Andrews in the sum of about one hundred dollars to William House about seventy dollars & others to the amount of more than three hundred dollars that I am by occupation a laborer & unable to labor more than one fourth part of the time to any profit
two children that I have to maintain & support viz
Horace Hunt a boy aged ten years who in consequence of a fever sore upon his leg has been

a cripple from his infancy — & from that circumstance wholly unable to contribute anything to his own support & in all likelihood will so continue through life — The other a girl aged eight years who is able partly to pay for her own board — I further state that by the explosion of a large mortar piece at Stoney Point when I was assisting at its discharge I was rendered deaf of one ear & have ever remained so — That I am a cripple by means of an axe wound in my left ankle & that my income is insufficient for my own support Samson R. Hunt
Sworn to and declared by said Samson R. Hunt on the 26 th 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
two dollars and 00 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 26 day of Augt 1820
T. Chester Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford.