Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,146, for Jacob Strong, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Strong, Jacob Elizabeth
W 25146
B.L.Wt. 3139-160-55
CONTENTS

Connecticut Roll
Jacob Strong Sergeant
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 30 th of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of May , 1818 and sent to Hon. Jonathan Brace Hartford, Con.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818 5 months 2/31 & 4/30 $41.57
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Rev. Years
Discontinued
East Windsor, Hartford Co.

Discontinued under act 1 May 1920. Notification sent to owner of Thomas Chir. for Reg. Magistrate's Court. June 24 1923.

Jacob Krona Leigal
claims 30 March 1818
- Correct -
JH

State of Conn & 2/3 County of Hartford 3/3
1 Jacob Strong of East Windsor in said County being duly sworn doth depose to say that he served in the revolutionary war, in the continental establishment, in the Conn't line for about three years —
That he entered the service in the spring of 1781 to serve for three years & belonged to Capt Elisha Hopkins Company in the 3 rd Regt Connecticut line commanded by Col Sam l B. Webb & faithfully served as a sergeant until the month of October 1783 when he was honorably discharged by Maj. Gen Knox, & then belonged to Col o Wernan Swift's Regt —
That he is a resident citizen of the U States has never had a pension — is in reduced circumstances in need of assistance from his country for support
Sworn to & subscribed by Jacob Strong this 30 th day of March 1818
Before me — Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, and County of Hartford. } ss. 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 Jacob Strong who swore to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, served as a Sergeant 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 Levi Risley & Deborah Bunn who are credible witnesses that the said Strong served in the revolutionary war, as aforesaid;
and from the like testimony of Charles Berch & B. T. Read that the said Strong is in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, and subscribed my name at Hartford aforesaid, this 14 day of April
A. D. 1818.
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford -
April 14 th 1818 sealed with the seal of said Court by direction of the Honourable Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said Court.
Thomas Chesler Clerk -

Jacob Strong
March 17 1823
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Thomas Chester, Hartford Conn.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT , County of HARTFORD ,  Special by order of the Chief Judge of said Court ss, County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden at Hartford in said County, on the first Tuesday of August 1820
ON this 2nd 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,
Jacob Strong aged 56 years, resident in  East Windsor in the County of Hartford,
who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: I enlisted in Feb y 1781 for the term of three years in the State of Connecticut in the 6th company commanded by Capt. Hopkins in the Reg t commanded by Col. Webb in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment. I continued to serve in the said corp s until Dec r 1783 when I was discharg d from the said service in the State of New York at West Point. My original declaration was dated March 30 th 1818 & my pension certificate is numbered 504
"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."
Inventory of property belonging to me Jacob Strong
  Small one story house 26 feet by 20 built of poor materials & a   Small barn 150 Amt. bro't forward 276 25   1 horse 40   1 single horse waggon old 12 1 1/2 doz plates 50   1 bow 10 3 old milk pans 50   1 single horse sleigh 10 5 cider barrels & 1 meal do 2.25   1 harness for waggon & sleigh 5 1 doz knives & forks old 84   Writing desk 10 set iron spoons & tea do 75   Case of drawers old 5 1 wooden clock 8   2 common tables 4   15 old chairs 3.75 broken set carpenters tools 5   3 hogs 10   8 sheep 6   iron kettle 75   brass kettle 1.25   3 pails 1   1 iron pot & 2 dish kettles 1.50   276.25 $294.9 
Jacob Strong

I Jacob Strong am fifty six years old & very infirm can do but little labor - I am by trade a carpenter - but wholly unable to labor at my trade - my family consists of three persons viz myself - my wife Betsey Strong aged 55 years a weakly woman - one son Julius Strong aged 16 disabled by a wound from an axe & at present ex- pensive to me - Jacob Strong.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said Jacob Strong & have seen most of the articles of property above named & do very believe that the foregoing is a just & true inventory of his property & a true statement of his family & that he is himself infirm.
July 12. 1820
Aaron Bissell
Hartford County ss Hartford July 12 th 1820
Personally appeared Aaron Bissell & made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed before me - I do certify that he is entitled to full credit & belief
Nathan Johnson Justice Peace
Sworn to and declared by said Jacob Strong on the 2 nd 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
294 dollars and 9 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 7 th day of April , 1823
T Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford.

706 Connecticut. Elizabeth Strong widow of Jacob Strong Conn who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of July 1848. and sent to
J. Charlton East Windsor Hill Conn.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 337 , Vol. 1 ,

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and Pensions to certain Widows."
State of Connecticut
Wartford County, Ss East Windsor
On this 4 th day of September 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of East Windsor in the County of Hartford State aforesaid Elizabeth Strong, a credible person aged last Dec r 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th A 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows"
That she is the widow of Jacob Strong late a resident of East Windsor who was a Soldier in the army of the revolution and who served in the following manner viz That he enlisted into the Connecticut State line of the Continental army, and served for such time as is set forth in his own Declaration now on file, in the Pension Office in Washington. with the proof of his services, to which she begs leave to refer. That as he performed his duty as a Serjeant and received a pension for his services under the act of Congress of 1818 under the Connecticut agency.
That she was married to him in Vernon or Tolland County on the first day of Nov r and has been his widow ever since.

And she further declares, that she was married to the said Jacob Strong, on the first day of November Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Seven, that her said Husband died at St Eust Windsor on the 5 th day of March 1827, and that she still remains his widow, & has never again intermarried That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred & ninety four; viz, at the time above stated, the pension certificate was returned to Pension Office, accompanied by proof of his death.
Elizabeth Strong
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before said probate Court,
And the said court hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and putting the appropriate interrogatories that the declarant is the surviving widow of the witha named Jacob Strong, and that she was married to him after his leaving the service but that the Marriage took place

previous to the 1 st of January, Seventeen Hundred & Ninety Four: & that the said Jacob Strong died on the 5 th day of March 1827, & that his widow as widow still lives.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of the said Probate Court at East Windsor aforesaid this Eleventh day of September 1838
William V. Barnes Judge of Probate District of East Windsor.

Chester Humphrey Pastor of the congregational first Congregational Church in Vernon in Tolland County Connecticut hereby certi- fies That in the Record of Marriages made & kept by the Rev Ebenezer Kellogg who was a former Pastor of this Church & Society I find the following Entry. in the Kelloggs hand writing. "The persons under written were Mar- ried for me Ebenezer Kellogg."
" 1787 Nov 1 st Jacob Strong and Elizabeth Loomis in legible figures, meaning in the first date, Seventeen Hundred and Eighty Seven and on the day of the Month the first day; and the figures and words commencing with the date of the year & ending with the word Loomis, is an exact transcript from said records.
Chester Humphrey, Pastor of the first Cong l Church in Vernon. State of Connecticut
Tolland County S.S. Vernon On the 7 th day of August A 1838 Personally appeared before me Jesse Chaillou a Notary Public of and for the State of Connecticut the Rev Chester Humphrey, a credible person & well known to me, as Pastor of the first Con- gregational Church in said Vernon, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed in my presence. and I saw the said record myself in said Book of Records of Marriages in its regu

last place in the series of entries
Jacob Strong and Betty Loam Was married together November the first 1787
Grace was born August the 27
1788. Rachel was born June the
15 th 1793 and died February the 6
1795. Sarah was born April
the 23 1796 and died August
the 1797 Hiram was born March
the 29 1798
The above is the original family record of my marriage & of the Births of my children.
Elizabeth Strong
Sworn & Subscribed this 4 th day of September 1838 Before
me. Jospe Charetton Notary Public
In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix my Seal of Office this 3 rd day of September 1838. In the haste of writing the 8 was first made a 7 but altered by me.
Attest Jospe Charetton Notary Public

State of Connecticut Hartford County } S. S. Hartford
On this 2 nd day of August A d 1838 personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Widow Lois Hartford Kilborn a resident of said Hartford a credible person aged 63 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath declare:
That she has been well acquainted with the late Jacob Strong of East Windsor (who was a pensioner some years before his death) for sixty years past and she has also been well acquainted with his present Widow from a child, her maiden name was Elizabeth Loomis: I am well knowing to the fact that the said Jacob Strong was married to the said Elizabeth Loomis at North Bolton, in Tolland County Connecticut in the fall of the year 1787 I was present at the marriage which was solemnized by the Rev Ebenezer Kellogg pastor of the Congregational Church & Society in that place. The said Jacob Strong died at said East Windsor several years since and the present Widow Elizabeth Strong is his surviving widow, and she has never again intermarried.
Lois Kilborn
State of Connecticut Hartford County } S. S. Hartford
On the second day of August A d 1838 personally appeared Before me Jesse

Charlton a Notary Public, of, and for the State of Connecticut. Widow Lois Willborn, a resident of said Hartford a credible person, known to me, and a sister of the said Elizabeth Strong the Widow of the said Jacob Strong, and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by her subscribed on
Before me.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto sub- scribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Office at this day
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public
Jacob Strong Widow Willborn

I Elijah F. Reed, a resident of East Windsor, hereby depose and say; That I was well acquainted with Jacob Strong, late of said East Windsor a pensioner of the United States, for revolutionary services; and was his Family Physician for nearly Forty years; and I know him to have been the husband of the present widow Elizabeth Strong, and they were living together, as man & wife, as long ago as the year seventeen hundred ninety The said Jacob Strong died in this town in the month of March 1827, & the widow has never again intermarried. Elijah F. Reed
State of Connecticut } East Windsor Hartford County }
On this 4 th day of September A D 1838: personally appeared, before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public, of and for the State of Connecticut, Doctor Elijah F. Reed, a resident of said East Windsor, a credible person and one of the principal Physicians of said town, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate, by him subscribed.
Before me.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix my seal of office at East Windsor this 4 th day of September A D 1838.
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public

Jacob Strong
Widow

I James Moore a resident of East Windsor in Hartford County Connecticut hereby certify That in the Records of Marriages in the Town Clerks Office of the said town I find the following entry "Jacob Strong of East Windsor & Elizabeth Jones were married together first Nov Twentyhundred eighty seven" In the original record the date appears in dis- legible figures as Nov 1 st A 1787
I James Moore above named depose and say, That I hold the Office of Town Clerk & Register and have the keeping of its public records for said town of East Windsor in the County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the re- cords of said East Windsor with the excep- tion above named as certified by me
James Moore Town Clerk & Register
Sworn before me
Jesse Charlton justice of the Peace State of Connecticut
Hartford County Ss East Windsor On this 5 th day of September A 1838 Personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton one of the justices of the peace for said Hartford County, James Moore a resident of said town a credible person & known to me as Town Clerk & Register of & for said East Windsor & made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him Subscribed before me In testimony

whereof I do hereunto set my hand this 5 th day of September 1838 And I do further certify that I hold the office of Justice of the Peace for said Hartford County & that my commission will not expire before the 20 th day of June 1838
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In testimony whereof I Jesse Charlton Notary Public of & for the State of Con- necticut do hereunto subscribe my name & affix my Seal of Office at said East Windsor this 5 th day of September A 1838
Most Jesse Charlton Notary Public
John Clark
Edw. Strong

20.667 (Ser Mar 3/55) (Rev " 29/55
Elizabeth Strong Maggie M c Jacob Strong's widow
Eliz a " " " Maggie " " " Jacob " " " F. S. " " "
Widow of the Rev. Jacob Strong
U.S. Pension Col. William H. Seward Col. William H. Seward
admitted July 26/55 Health
3139 up July 26/55
M c Henry Fowler Hartford Conn
Born July 12 - 1826 19
Vol 52. page 60-

20.667
Country land claim of Elizabeth Strong Widow of Jacob Strong Revolutionary Service under act 5 March 1835

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss.
On this 28 th day of March One thousand eight hundred & fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in & for said County Elizabeth Strong aged 89 years a resident of South Windsor in the County and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law Declares that she is the Widow Jacob Strong who was a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution in the Connecticut Line and a pensioner of the United States under the Act of 18 March 1818 at $96 per annum.
She further declares that she is now a pensioner of the United States on the roll of the Connecticut Agency under the Act of February 2 nd 1848. at the rate of One hundred & twenty dollars per annum that her pension Certificate under said act is dated at the War Department on the 14 th of July 1848. and she refers to her Original application for a Pension under the Act 7 July 1838 for proof of her husband's service and death and of their Marriage. She further declares that her said husband died in the Town of East Windsor on the 5 th day of March 1827 and that she has ever since remained and now is his Widow.
She makes this Declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved

March 3 rd 1855.
her Elizabeth Strong mark
We Hiram Strong and Jacob F Strong residents of South Windsor in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Elizabeth Strong in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance & statements of the Applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be Hiram Strong Jacob F Strong
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day & year above written: and I certify that I know the Affiants to be credible persons: that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim Henry Fowler Justice of the Peace

Connecticut Hartford County
Jacob Strong, Sergeant, served 2 years to end of the war.
  1st schedule, dated 2 nd Augt. 1820, contains a small one story house and a small barn $150.00.   1 horse & old wagon 52.00   1 Cow & sleigh 26.00   3 hogs & 8 sheep 16.00   Sundry articles of household & kitchen furniture 49.09   $293.09 
  Schedule under the act March 1823, dated 24 th March 1824, contains one small barn, standing on Jeremy Bliss's land $40.00   Sundry articles of household & kitchen furniture 12.00   $52.00   $43.12 
Account for decrease of property by sale of the horse to Henry Strong for $40, which said Henry paid to J. Bright in discharge of so much due by claimant to said Bright. Henry Strong to be paid the amount of said sale.
3 January 1824 - By sale of 1 sleigh to Increase Bliss on 3 rd Feb 1824, in part payment of execution in favor of Eliza Bloodgett, amounting to $9.00 - This is proven by the affidavit of Increase Bliss, constable. - By sundry small articles consumed in his family - Claimant states, that the dwelling house, valued with the barn, in first schedule, at $150, is worth nothing to him, the same being mortgaged ever since the 2 nd of Feb. 1818 with 7 acres of poor land, to Jeremy Bliss for $200 and interest, due by claimant to Bliss, no part of which has been paid, and that the amount now due is the full value of the property. Copy of mortgage, dated as stated, is produced. His reason for not mentioning the 7 acres of land and mortgage in first schedule, is that he thought no debts against applicants for pension would be taken into consideration, and that the said barn being reconveyed by said mortgage to Jeremy Bliss at the time it was conveyed to claimant by Bliss, the title was not in claimant. - Claimant aged 60 years, by occupation a carpenter but unable to pursue it, from bodily infirmity - He is aged 60 years of health.
Hon. Lemuel Atter

Jacob Strong Revo. Conn.
Susp d for schedule under act of May 1822, by order of the Secretary of War
In letter to P. Chester May 15 1823—
In letter to Hon. Samuel Whitman, 31 Mar. 1824

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Elizabeth
Pm: 22 Nov 45, C.P.
My dear

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Connecticut Elizabeth Strong widow of Jacob Strong dec d .
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 5 th March 1827 of Hartford Co. in the State of Ct. who was a Sergeant in the Compy. commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt. commanded by Col. Webb in the Ct. line for Rye's
Inscribed on the Roll of Ct. at the rate of 120 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th day of Mar. 1839 and sent Jesse Charlton East Windsor Ct. Arrears to the 4 th of Mar. 39 $ 360.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 39 60.00 $420.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H.H. Addison Clerk, Book A Vol. 1st Page 208

Connecticut
949.
Elizabeth Strong widow of Jacob Strong who was a Sergeant, in the Conn. line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of July, 1843. and sent to J. H. Charlton East Windsor, Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A . Vol. 1. Page 76.

1863 Jacob Strong Widow Elizabeth Strong Conn. July 7 1838 Mar 17 1857 died 1827 Allen & Nostrand
Miss. Chatterton Esq. Earl Madison Hill P.O.

State of Connecticut Hartford County S.S. East Windsor
On this day of 1838 personally appeared before me one of the justices of the peace for Hartford County Connecticut a resident of said town of East Windsor a credible person aged years a man well known to this court who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on oath declare That in the time of the Revolutionary War he was well acquainted with Aaron Grant then of said town and now deceased for that he served with him in the army of the Revo- lution That in the spring of the year 1775 he enlisted into a company of State of troops raised in Hartford County Connecticut and the captain of our company was Rowell Grant of said East Windsor our Lieut was Samuel Smith & our comp was attached to Col o Roger's Reg t according to my best recollection be- ing for twelve months and served to the end of the war

Honorable John C. Calhoun
Secretary of war - Washington
Rec. 21 June 1823

Honorable John C. Calhoun Secretary of war
Hartford June 16 th 1823
Sir
Inclosed is the deposition of Jacob Strong, in order to obtain a pension, made in pursuance of the requirement, in a letter to me, of J. L. Edwards Esq r , dated May 15. 1823.
I am Sir very respectfully
your obedient serv t
Thomas Chester

No. 20.667
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received March 29, 187 55
Elizabeth Strong Widow of Jacob Strong (Sargent) War of the Revolution
Warrant 3139 160-55
Henry Fowler Hartford Conn

East Windsor Hill p. O. Hartford County Connecticut.
Sir. I herewith send the application of Elizabeth Strong, Widow of Jakob Strong of said East Windsor, for a Pension under the act of July 7 th 1838.
And am, very respectfully your Humble Servt.
Jesse Charlton.
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

East Windsor Hill, Conn. July 1848
Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir. I herewith transmit the application of Elizabeth Strong, of South Windsor, Connecticut, widow of Jacob Strong late of East Windsor dec; for a Pension under act of 2 nd Feb y . 1848.
And am, very respectfully your obed t servant.
Jerse Charlton

I Eli Morton of the Town of East Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connec- ticut of Lawful age testify and say that I have lived for more than five years last past and still live within one half mile of Jacob Strong - and that about the year 1820 - he was the owner of about ten sheep - and a horse and one horse waggon - and that he has since disposed of the same - the sheep for the immediate support of his family in purchasing provisions the waggon - in payment of the debt contracted by him in the purchase thereof - (and I have understood and believe the Horse was disposed of for the same purpose - And that said Strong is not now the owner of any Horse, waggon or Sheep - and is a very poor man almost entirely destitute of property - I have always understood that P Strong house stands on land owned by another person & never owned by P Strong - and further the Defendant saith not
Eli Morton

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss. East Windsor
April 3 d A D 1823 - Personally appeared
Eli Morton signer of the foregoing Deposition. and made solemn oath that the same contains the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth - Before me -
Godfrey Scitowes Justice of Peace -
I hereby certify that the Deponent of the foregoing Deposition resides within two miles of, and is well known to me and that he is a man of strict truth & veracity and that full faith and credit is due to his testimony - and I know not that he has any interest in P Strong's application for a pension. nor is he any way related to, or connected with P Strong - in business or in any respect to my knowledge
East Windsor April 5 th A D 1823
Godfrey Scitowes Justice of Peace

Thomas Chester Clerk of the Court  the County of  the County of Fairfield in Connecticut certify that on the 3 rd day of April 1823 & on the 5 th day of April 1823 Godfrey Scitvrough Esq r as a Justice of peace of said County V I believe that the two written signatures of his name are his signatures Sealed with the seal of said Court at Fairfield April 15. 1823. Th. Chester Clerk

I Eli Bissell of the Town of East Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut depose and say that for more than twelve years last past I have lived and still live within one mile and one half of Jacob Strong of said Town and that I and my brother Charles Bissell's heirs - were the owners of the fee of land on which said Strong's house now stands at the time it was built, the owner of the land leased the same to John Alderman about fifteen years last October for the term of fifteen years - The fee of the said land is now in Jimmy Bissell of said Town by convey- ance from me and said heirs - and I know of no right or interest said Strong has in said land. I also testify that said Strong is almost entirely destitute of property - and further the Deponent saith not - Eli Bissell

I, Elijah T. Reed of the Town of East Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Conn- ecticut of lawful age testify and say - That for about thirty one years last past I have been acquainted with Jacob Strong of said Town and in my professional business as a Physician and Surgeon have assisted S d Strong most every year more or less during S d thirty one years - about a lameness & disorder in his right leg - which is always weak and disordered - especially - in the winter & Spring - when it swells - to a large size and becomes useless or nearly so - In conse- quence of which S d Strong is disabled from pursuing his ordinary business and at great expense - and I think its probable said difficulty will increase as S d Strong advan- ces in life. - I have always understood S d lameness was produced by exposure and fatigue in the Revolutionary War of the United States
Elijah T. Reed

State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss East Windsor Vt 3 d D 1823
Personally appeared Eli Nipell and Elijah T. Reed and made solemn oath that the foregoing Depositions by them respectively subscribed contain the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth Before me
Godfrey Scarborough Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the Deponents of the foregoing Depositions reside within one fourth of a mile of me and that they are well known to me and they are men of strict truth & veracity to whose declarations full faith & credit ought to be given and I know of no interest which they or either of them have in the application of S d Jacob Strong for a pension - Nor is either of them to my knowledge related to or connected with S d Strong in business or otherwise
East Windsor Godfrey Scarborough April 5 th 1823 Justice of Peace

I Thomas Chester Clerk of the County Court of the County of Stafford in Connecticut certify that Godfrey Scarborough Esq. on the 3 rd & 5 th of April 1823 was a Justice of peace of said County & I believe that the two written signa- tures of his name are his signatures. Sealed with the seal of said Court at Stafford April 15. 1823. Th. Chester Clerk —

To all People to whom these Presents shall come: GREETING
KNOW YE, THAT I Jimmy Sissell of the town of East Windsor in the County of Hartford & state of Connecticut
for the consideration of two hundred Dollars received to my full satisfaction of Jacob Strong of town of East Windsor
Do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Jacob Strong and his heirs and assigns forever a certain piece of land lying in the 2 nd Society in East Windsor as follows (viz) North on land lately owned by Abner Thompson East partly on land lately owned by Abner Thompson & partly on Mill Pond or John Watson's land, South partly on a mill pond & partly on Lille McLean's land, West partly on a mill pond & partly on highway containing about seven acres & one hundred rods of land be the same more or less reserving the use and improvement of part of the land during the remainder of the term of a lease given to John Alderman also J. Strong's building
To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises, with the appurtenances thereof unto him the said Jacob and his
heirs and assigns forever, to his and their own proper use and behoof. And also I the said Jimmy
do for myself and my heirs, executors and administrators, covenant with the said Jacob and his heirs and assigns, that at and until the sealing of these presents I am well seized of the premises, as a good indefeasible estate in fee-simple, and have good right to bargain and sell the same in manner and form as is above written, and that the same is free of all incumbrances whatsoever.
And furthermore, the said Jimmy do by these presents, bind myself and my heirs forever to warrant and defend the above granted and bargained premises to him the said Jacob his heirs and assigns, against all claims and demands whatsoever.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 2 nd day of February Anno Domini 1818
Signed, sealed, and delivered, In presence of Charles Watson  Jimmy Sissell & Jacob Strong Godfrey Scarborough Hartford County ss. Feb 2 nd 1818
PERSONALLY APPEARED Jimmy Sissell signer and sealer of the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed before me.
A True Copy of a deed received for record Feb 5 th 1818 and recorded By Harmon Bissell Register
Godfrey Scarborough Justice of Peace

This may certify that the within is a true copy of record of Jeremy Bissell to Jacob Strong as recorded in East Windsor 16-book of town records of Lands, page 20. Attest Aaron Bissell Register.
East Windsor March 23. 1825.

Copy of Record Jenny Bepest Lucas Strong Feb 1818 2 P. Ruby

Washington - April 1. 1824 I hereby certify that Mason Dugill is Register of deeds of the town of East Windsor in Connecticut, that said officer has no seal in said state, and believe his mark as annexed to the above certificate is in his proper hand writing - S. Whitman of the House of Representatives

Copy of Record of Jack Stange note Deed to Jimmy Ripell

Co all People to whom these Presents shall come: GREETING
KNOW YE, THAT I Jacob Strong of the town of the town of East Windsor in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut
for the consideration of Two Hundred Dollars received to full satisfaction of
Do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Jimmy Bysell of said East Windsor and assigns forever the following piece of Land lying in the 2nd Society of said town and bounded as follows to wit North on land lately owned by Anson Thompson East partly on land lately by said Thompson and partly on Mill pond or John Watsons land South partly on said Mill pond and partly Dolly McLeans land West partly on said Mill pond and partly on Highway containing about seven acres and one hundred rods of land be the same more or less with the buildings thereon standing Reserving the use and improvement of part of said land during the remainder of a lease given to John Calhoun
To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises, with the appurtenances thereof unto him the said Jimmy and his
heirs and assigns forever, to his and their own proper use and behoof. And also I the said Jacob
do for my self and my heirs, executors and administrators, covenant with the said Jimmy and his heirs and assigns, that at and until the enrolling of these presents, I am well seized of the premises, as a good indefeasible estate in fee-simple, and have good right to bargain and sell the same in manner and form as is above written, and that the same is free of all incumbrances whatsoever.
And furthermore, I the said Jacob
do by these presents, bind my self and my heirs forever to warrant and defend the above granted and bargained premises to him the said Jimmy and his
heirs and assigns, against all claims and demands whatsoever. The condition of this Deed is such that whereas I am justly indebted to said Jimmy in $ by my note of hand this day of this date made executed & by me delivered to said Jimmy by which I promise to pay said Jimmy or his order the sum of two Hundred Dollars in two years from this date with interest Now if I pay said note according to the tenor thereof then this Deed to be void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 2nd day of Febry Anno Domini 1818
Signed, sealed and delivered, In presence of
Charles Watson Godfrey Scarborough
Jacob Strong and as seal
Hartford County ss East Windsor Febry 2nd A 1818
PERSONALLY APPEARED
Jacob Strong
signer and sealer of the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed before me.
A true copy of said deed received for Godfrey Scarborough Justice of Peace recorded Febry 2nd 1818 recorded by Aaron Bysell Register

This may Certify that the within is a true Copy of record of Jacob Strong, Mort te Deed to Jeremiah Bissell as recorded in East Windsor 16 book of town records of Land, page 20
Attest Aaron Bissell Register
East Windsor Decm r 13-1823

Copys of Record Eliz a Wladgett vs Jacob Shang -

State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss. East Windsor Dec 5. 1823
Be it remembered that on this 5 th day of December personally comes before me - Godfrey Scarkough Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace for said County who being of said Town of East Windsor and confessed and acknowledged that the sum of eight dollars and sixty four cents is now due and unpaid upon a certain writing or note under his hand and by him well executed dated the 11 th day of Nov r A d 1823 for the sum of eight dollars and sixty cents with interest payable on demand unto Elijah Blodgett of said East Windsor whereupon it is considered that the said Elijah Blodgett received him the said Jacob Strong the said sum of eight dollars, sixty four cents, so as aforesaid and acknowledged to be due & unpaid - together with the costs taxed at twenty five cents, and that execution issue therefor End Speed. Godfrey Scarkough Justice of Peace. Dec 5
Dec 5 th 1824 -
This above is a true copy of record -
G. Scarkough Justice Peace

Washington April 1. 1824
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Godfrey Scarborough Esq. whose proper signature is an- nexed to the within copy of record, and that he in said for several years past has been a justice of peace for Hartford County in the state of Connecticut
J. Whitman of the House of Representatives

J Collins Esq. copy of fragment George A. Allen vs James B. ...

State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss. Enfield Jan'y 13 th day 1824; personally appeared Jacob Strong of the Town of East Windsor in said County and acknowledged himself justly indebted to George Allen of said Enfield in and by his promissory note before that time execu- ted to S d Allen by said Strong dated the 31 st day of May 1817. Payable on demand with interest and given for the principal sum of thirty five dollars and cents — in the sum of fifty doll- ars and thirty one cents — and confessed judgment therefor — and for twenty five cents more for costs of confession — whereupon it is found — by me the subscribing authority that said Strong is indebted to said Allen in said sum of fifty dollars thirty one cents debts and therefore consider and adjudge that S d Allen recover of S d Strong the sum of fifty dollars and thirty one cents debts and twenty five cents costs of confession —
Abel Collins Justice of Peace Execution issued on the above judgment the 19 th day of January 1824 —

The foregoing is a true copy of Records filed in my office.
John Collins Justice of Peace
Washington April 1. 1824 I hereby certify that Jacob Collins is a Justice of peace for Washington County, and believe that his name as subscribed to this copy of record is in his proper hand writing. L. Whitman of the House of Representatives

Copy of Record Chas. H. Bissell Loan to John H. Newman Sept 15 th 1804

At the Bissell Lease to John Alderman
Know all men by these presents that we Charles Bissell & Eli Bissell of East Windsor in Hartford county for the consideration of Forty Five Dollars money received to our full satisfaction John Alderman of the s East Windsor have leased and let and by these presents do lease & to farm let unto him the s John Alderman the following described piece of land lying in the North Society in s East Windsor containing One Acre & an half acre of land as the same is bounded Westerly on a three rod highway & on all other points on our the s Charles & Eli Bissell's own lands an piece of land is six rods and fifteen rods links in width at the North end by a stake to the East end of an old ditch & ten rods & five links in width at the South end parallel with the North line & twenty six rods & fifteen links in length Northerly & Southerly containing as above one Acre & a half acre of Land To have & to hold the above leased premises to him the s John Alderman for the term of fifteen Years & three months after the date of these premises during which term of time the s John Alderman hath full liberty and lawful right to enter upon s land to use and improve during above s term of fifteen Years & three months with all the right of streams of water on s premises. Always provided that s water be returned to their Natural Course at the south end of said premises, and to take to his the s John Alderman all the profits arising from the use and occupancy of s land and streams on s premises for the full term above so without let hindrance or molestation from us or either of us excepting a reservation to ourselves of passing across s premises on a dam now erected when necessary with horse & team. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals this 15 th day of Septem r 1804
In Presence Of John Morton Elisha Morton
Charles Bissell & a Seal Eli Bissell & a Seal
Hartford County ss East Windsor 15 th Decem r 1804. Personally appeared Charles Bissell & Eli Bissell signers & sealers of the within instrument & acknowledged the same to be their free act & deed before me
Ad o Grant Justice of Peace
Received for record & recorded this 13 th day of Decem r 1804

This may certify that the within is a true copy of record of Charles & Eli Bispell's Leave to John Alderman as recorded in East Windsor 10 book of town records of Lands page 216 — Attest Aaron Bispell Register
East Windsor March 23 1824

Washington April 1. 1824
I hereby certify that Gason Bispell is Register of dead of the town of East Windsor in Connecticut. that said officer has no seal in said state, and believe his name as annexed to the above certificate is in his proper hand writing -
E. Whitman of the House of Representatives

Jacob Shantz - Mortgage Deed to Jimmy Wifell - 2 Feb 1916

To all People to whom these Presents shall come: GREETING.
KNOW YE, THAT I Jacob Strong of the town of the town of East Windsor in the County of Hartford & state of Connecticut for the consideration of Two Hundred Dollars received to full satisfaction of Simon Pissle of East Windsor
Do give, grant, bargain, sell, and confirm unto the said Simon Pissle & to his heirs and assigns, forever the following piece of Land lying in the 2nd Society of a town & bounded as follows (to wit) North on Lane little corner to Amos Thompson East partly on Lane little corner to Thompson & partly on Mill Lane or John Watson's Lane. South partly on Mill Lane & partly on Villy McLean's Lane. West partly on Mill Pond & partly on Highway containing about Seven Acres & one Hundred rods of Land be the same more or less, with the buildings thereon standing, reserving the use and improvement of part of said Land during the remainder of a Lease given to John Alderman
To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises, with the appurtenances thereof unto him the said Simon and his heirs and assigns forever, to his and their own proper use and behoof. And also the said Jacob
do for me and my heirs, executors and administrators, covenant with the said Simon and his heirs and assigns, that at and until the enrolling of these presents I am well seized of the premises, as a good indefeasible estate in fee-simple, and have good right to bargain and sell the same in manner and form as is above written, and that the same is free of all incumbrances whatsoever.
And furthermore, the said Jacob
do by these presents, bind my self and my heirs forever to warrant and defend the above granted and bargained premises to him the said Simon and his
heirs and assigns, against all claims and demands whatsoever. The condition of this Deed is such that whereas I am justly indebted to Simon in the sum of Two Hundred Dollars this day of this date, made execute & by me delivered to Simon by which I promise to pay Simon or his Order the sum of Two Hundred Dollars in two Years from this date with interest. Now if I pay said Note according to the tenor thereof then this deed to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 2nd
day of February Anno Domini 1818
Signed, sealed, and delivered, In presence of
Jacob Strong & a Seal
Chas Watson Godfrey Scarborough
Hartford County ss East Windsor February 2nd AD 1818
PERSONALLY APPEARED Jacob Strong signer and sealer of the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed before me.
Godfrey Scarborough Jus. of Peace
A true Copy of a deed recorded Febry 2 - 1818 and recorded by Aaron Bysell Register

This may certify that the within is a true copy of Jacob Strong's Deed to Jeremy Bispell as recorded in the book 16 book of town records of Lands page 20 — Attest Aaron Bispell Registr.
East Windsor March 20-1824

Washington April 1. 1824. I hereby certify that Francis Biglow is Register of deeds of the town of East Windsor in Connecticut, that said officer has no seal in said state, and believe his name as annexed to the above certificate is in his proper hand writing - S. Whitman of the House of Representatives.

I Increase Clapp of the Town of Eastwind- sor County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say that on the 3 rd day of Feb y A.D. 1824. I had in my hands an Execution of the Town a writ of Execution in the name of Elias H. Gladgett of said Town against Jacob Strong of said Town issued by Godfrey Scarborough Esq r a justice of the Peace in & for said County - amounting to the sum of nine dollars six cents & dated the 5 th day of Dec r 1823. my fees on said Execution were fifty cents. In default payment of which execution I fees. & purchased of said Jacob Strong on the 3 rd day of Feb y A.D. a one horse sleigh and gave him therefor the sum of three dollars which was the full value of said sleigh It is said said sum on said Execution fees - he said Strong having no other means to my knowl- edge of paying said Execution - and I assumed the the debt in said execution as aforesaid to save said sleigh from being sacrificed at Auction & him from loss - I further say that said Strong is a very poor man - and honest and often embell. by business - I further the dep- ose saith not - Increase Clapp
I Timothy Russell of the Town of Eastwind- sor County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say that on the

2 d . day of Feb y 1818. Jacob Strong of East Windsor sixty five chased of me seven & about an half acres of land near his Dwelling house in said town by my Deed of that Date that on the same day and at the same time S d Strong executed to me his Mortgage Deed of said land and house for the sum of two hundred dollars - ity of his promissory note of the same date for interest - executed to me for a bona fide Debt. then due and payable in two years from its date and that no part of said note either principle or interest hath yet been paid but is now due. - That the land on which said house stands sixty five previously to the execution of said Mortgage Deed belonged to me incumbered with a lease from Charles & Eli Bissell to John Alderman for 15 years from the 15 th day of Sept r 1804 - and that said Strong is a very poor man - and a man of truth and is often unfit for labor by lameness in one of his legs - which I have always understood was brought upon him by fatigue in the Revolutionary War of the United States - and further the deponent saith not - Jeremy Bissell
I Harry Strong of the Town of East Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut - Depose and say that on or about the 10 th day of Sept r 1828 I purchased of Jacob Strong of said town a bay horse which he purchased of Thomas Wright Kellogg of the Town of Vernon in the County of Tolland and State of Connecticut

and agreed to pay said Strong the sum of forty dollars for said horse which was his full value. and I paid said Jacob Strong said sum by paying that sum as agreed between us, to said Kellogg on the debt which said Strong owed to Kellogg for said horse - and further the Defendant said Glenn Strong not
I George Allen of the Town of Enfield County of Hartford & State of Connecticut of lawful age testify and say - that on and long before the 13 th day of June 1821. Jacob Strong was justly indebted to me in the sum of about fifty dollars - that on said day I obtained before Jacob Collins Esq. of Enfield a justice of the Peace in & for said County - a judgment against said Strong for the sum of fifty dollars & fifty six cents - debt and twenty five cents cost for confession of for 17 cents for in & 12 cents and said Strong being unable to pay said execution otherwise - I purchased of him in payment of satisfaction thereof on the 24 th day of said June the following articles of personal property - vizt - 1. Case at $16. - 1 Writing Desk - $10. One Case Drawers $5 2. Common Tables $4, fifteen old chairs $3, 75. One Iron Kettle, 75 cts. One Grass Do. $1.25. One Iron Pot. $1.50. one wooden Clock. eight dollars. ten plates 31 cts. amounting to fifty one dollars. fifty six cents - and endorsed said execution as satisfied - Said Strong is a poor man - and his reputation for truth and veracity is good - he has an infirmity on one of his legs - produced as I understand. by his fatigues in the American Revolutionary war - which often produces lameness & disables him from labor. George Allen and further the Deponent saith not.

We the subscribers Elisha Morton and Eli Morton of the Town of East Windsor in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of lawful age testify and say - that we are well acquainted with the Dwelling house of Jacob Strong of S d Town - and seven acres of land near the same which house & land S d Strong mortgaged to Jimmy Bissell of S d Town by Deed dated Feb y 2 d 1818 to secure the payment of a note of two hundred dollars & the interest thereon - and that said house & land are not now worth more than the amount — of said note - and that said Strong is and for a long time has been one of our nearest neighbors with whom we are well acquainted - I know him to be a man of truth & veracity - that he is very poor - and came from England - & Stratford (as we have always understood) in the Revolutionary War - and that his wife before is a woman of delicate health - and further the Deponents say not
Elisha Morton Eli Morton
State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss. East Windsor March
25 th 1824 personally appeared the subscribers to the foregoing Depositions (with) Isaac Clapp, Jimmy Bissell, Harry Strong, George Allen, Elisha Morton & Eli Morton and made solemn oaths before me the subscribers that the several Depositions by them respectively subscribed - and matter therein contained are true - I also certify that I am well acquainted with each of their characters and also with the character of Jacob Strong for truth and know them to be good and also that Aaron Bissell is Register of Deeds in S d Town. Godfrey Scarborough Justice of Peace

I Thomas Chester Clerk of the County Court of the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut do certify that Godfrey Scarsborough died on the first day of March A D 1824 and since has been a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Hartford & that the foregoing signature of his name is his signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court at Hartford this 25 day of March 1824. Thomas Chester Clerk

I Jacob Strong of the Town of East Windsor, in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, in reply to a letter from the War Department Pension Office of the United States signed J. L. Edwards and directed to Thos. Chester Esq. Hartford Connecticut dated May 15 th 1823. Under oath declare and say that I have not disposed of any property since the 18 th March 1818 of which I was then the owner. But that since that time I purchased the horse waggon eight sheep and two hogs named in my last deposition transmitted to the War Office of the United States. The waggon I in 1821 resold to John Norton of East Windsor to pay the Debt which I contracted in purchasing it - the Horse. I purchased of Thos. Knight Kellogg of Vernon - but being unable to pay for him I in Sept r 1821 sold it to Harry Strong for the sum of forty dollars which was paid over by P Strong to P Kellogg on his debt against me which I contracted in the purchase of P Horse - The P Sheep and Swine I have killed and applied for the absolutely necessary support of myself & family -
State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss. East Windsor June 16 th 1823 -
Personally appeared Jacob Strong signor of the fore- going Declaration by him subscribed and made solemn oath that the same and matter therein contained are true - I also certify that P Strong lives within two miles of me and is well known to me and that he is a man of truth and veracity to whose de- clarations full faith & credit may be given Godfrey Scarborough Justice of Peace

I Thomas Chester clerk of the County Court of the County of Scarborough in Connecticut certify that Geoffrey Scarborough Esq. on the 16 th day of June 1823 was a Justice of Peace in the said County & I believe that the within signature of his name is his signature.
In testimony whereof I have I have affixed the seal of said Court this 16 th day of June 1823.
Thomas Chester Clerk

State of Connecticut County of Hartford ss County Court holden at Hartford in ss d County on the 24 Tuesday of March 1824 Hartford County ss.
In this 24 th day of March 1824 personally appeared in open court being a Court of Records having the power of fine & imprisonment for said County Jacob Strong aged Sixty years resident in the town of East Windsor in ss d County who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows viz That on the 1 st day of Feb y 1781 he the said Jacob Strong enlisted into the company commanded by Capt. Elisha Root in the Reg t commanded by Col. Samuel B. Webb in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the corps until Dec r 1783 when he was discharged from the said service at West Point in the State of New York — And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818 & 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 entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818" & that I have not — nor has

any person 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 & by me subscribed (viz (-))
  Crockery & glassware $2.50  cts  three old pails  cts  $  cts       75   3.25    3 cider barrels $1.00  cts  1 doz knives & forks  cts   1.50       50      1/2 doz iron spoons  50cts  1 pair andirons  cts   1.00       50      shovel & tongs  50cts  3 old chairs  cts   1.11       60      1 old table  75cts  1 broken set carpenter's tools  $  5.00  5.75    Small barn standing on Jenny Bissell's land on the opposite side of the highway from the house in which I live 40.00 Amounting to $52.60
That since the exhibition of my former schedule the following changes have been made in my property (viz (-))
1 horse sold to Harry Strong of 6 o East Windsor Sept th about 10 th 1820 to pay a debt of forty dollars to Thomas Wright Kellogg of Vernon in the county of Tolland in 8 o State & a debt was paid by said Harry accordingly 1 Cow sold for $16 - one writing desk $10 one case drawers $5.00 - two common tables $4.00 fifteen old chairs $3.75 - one iron kettle 75 cts one brass do $1.25 - one iron pot $1.50 one wooden clock $8.00 ten plates 31 cts amounting in the whole to the sum of fifty dollars fifty six cents for which sum George Allen of Enfield in 8 o Hartford County Jan y 21, 1824 purchased said last mentioned articles of me & paid me therefor by applying the said sum on a writ of execution amounting to the sum of fifty dollars seventy three cents which was issued by Jabez Collins Esq o of 8 o Enfield on a judgment

rendered by S d Collins as Justice of the Peace of S d County in favor of S d Allen against me on the 13 th day of S d Jan y on a promissory note which I justly owed S d Allen given for the principal sum of thirty thirty six dollars — dated the 31 st of May 1817 payable on demand with interest —
1 single horse sleigh sold to Increase Blapp of said town of East Windsor on the 3 rd day of Feb y 1824 in part payment of a debt in execution in his hands as Constable of S d town for collection against me in favor of Elijah Blodgett of S d town which execution was issued on a judgment rendered by Godfrey Scarborough Esq y a Justice of the Peace for said County on the 5 th day of Dec r 1823 for the sum of eight dollars sixty four cents debt & for twenty five cents more for cost which together with seventeen cents more for said writ of execution — amount to the sum of nine dollars six cents — S d judgment was rendered on a note of hand executed & justly due by me to S d Blodgett for the sum of eight dollars sixty cents & interest dated the 11 th day of Nov r 1823 — 1 single horse harrows 3 milk pails 2 cider barrels 1 doz knives & forks worn out in my use 3 hogs & eight sheep consumed in my family — 1 dwelling house valued in my former schedule with S d barn at one hundred & fifty dollars — is worth nothing the same ever since the 2 d day of Feb y 1818 now being with seven acres

about one hundred rods of poor land under a mortgage deed to Jemmy Bissell of s d Town dated & executed by me to s d Bissell on s d 2 d day of s d Feb y for the security of the payment of my note of that date for two hundred dollars & interest - executed by me to s d Bissell - no part of which hath ever been paid but is now due & amounts to the full value of the property so mortgaged - An acre & about one hundred rods of s d land on which s d house stands was before the execution of s d mortgage deed the property of s d Bissell by a conveyance of the fee thereof to him by Eli Bissell & others of s d East Windsor - that s d house lot was leased to one John Alderman Sep r 15 th 1804 for the term of fifteen years by Charles Bissell & s d Eli Bissell - that s d house was erected on s d land during s d lease which house & lease became the property of me s d Jacob Strong previous to the execution of s d mortgage deed on s d 2 d day of s d Feb y & the reason why s d seven acres & about one hundred rods of land & s d mortgage deed were not named in my first schedule was from a belief that no debts against applicants for pension would be taken into consideration by the war department of the United States in deciding an application, therefore that s d land being reconveyed by s d mortgage deed to s d Jemmy Bissell at the same time

time they were conveyed to me by s d Bissell — that the title thereof was not in me & I was not bound to place the value thereof in my s d schedule especially as the mortgage debt exceeded the value of the land & mortga- ged — That I am by occupation a house carpenter & unable through bodily infirmity — lameness in my right leg produced principally by my s d service in the revolutionary war to pursue my s d occupa- tion more than half my time — My family consists of myself & my wife Betsey Strong aged fifty nine years who is of feeble constitution & health & is able to labor but part of the time & that I am unable to support myself & family without the aid of private charity or the aid of my country — Sworn to & declared on the 24 th day of March 1824 before s d Court —
I Thomas Chester Clerk of the County Court of s d County of Hartford do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the s d Jacob Strong did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common

enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the continental establishment.
I also certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of s d Court & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the s d Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the afores d schedule is fifty two dollars sixty cents
In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 25 th day of March 1824
Th. Chester clerk of the county Court of said County of Hartford

Elizabeth Strong
Adm
admitted
Jesse Charlton East Windsor Hill Ct.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2 nd February 1848, entitled "An act making further provision for providing Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
State of Connecticut,
Wartford County ss. South Windsor.
On this 4 th day of July 1848 personally appeared before me John C. Robertson, one of the Justices of the Peace for said Wartford County; Widow Elizabeth Strong, a resident of said South Windsor, aged eighty two years; who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 2 nd February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the widow of Jacob Strong, who served as a Serjeant in the Connecticut Line of the Continental army, & was pensioned for his services, under the act of March 1818.
That she was pensioned for the services of her said husband, under the act of July 7 th 1838; That the amount of pension she received under act of 17 th June 1842 was One hundred & twenty dollars per annum.
She further declares, that she is still a widow.
Elizabeth Strong
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before me.
I further certify, that the declarant is personally known to me, & that she is the identical person which she claims to be in the foregoing declaration.
John C. Robertson
Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut.
I, JOHN B. ROBERTSON, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern:
That John C. Robertson is, and since the 20th day of June last past hath been a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed and commissioned, having full power and authority by the laws of said State to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said John C. Robertson , to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford this 10 th day of July , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
John B. Robertson Secretary of State.

1593 Elizabeth Strong
$120 per an
Send cut to J.H. Chulter Earl Windsor Con.

State of Connecticut, S t East Windsor Hartford County S t East Windsor
On this 12 th day of May 1843 personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Elizabeth Strong, a resident of
in said County, aged 77 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3 rd March 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Jacob Strong, formerly of East Windsor, in Hartford County, State of Connecticut, who served as a Sergeant in the Connecticut line of the Continental army, and was pensioned for his said services under the act of 1818.
And she was pensioned for his said services under the act July 7 th 1838, at the rate of $120 dollars per annum. She further declares, that she is still the widow of the said Jacob Strong.
Elizabeth Strong
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first named, before me, and I certify that the declarant is personally known to me.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name & affix my Seal of Office on the day & year first named.
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public

James H. Charlton P. M. Court Reporter Atty for declarant

Reg  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25146
Elizabeth Strong
wid. of
Guil. Strong
Sept. 1860
Act: Feb. 28 1860
Index:—Vol. 29 , Page 250
[Arrangement of 1870.]