Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36679, for Samuel Kilbourn, [Blank]

SERVICE
NUMBER
Kilbourn, Samuel
S. 36679
CONTENTS

Dead - see my letter Let to J. Dodd Rev. apt roughly 2 1835 Jan. 1835
July 1820 Middlesex Cont
Died Nov. 15 - 1834
10.404 R
Connecticut
Samuel Hillborn of Chatham in the state of Connecticut who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Willis of the Connecticut line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of March 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of May 1819 and sent to Stephen Titus Hosmer Esq. Middleton Connecticut
Arrears to 4th Sep 1819 47.22
Semi-annual ce- ending Mo: 28/31
$47.22
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued on the roll under the Law of the 1 May 1821

State and District of Connecticut, ss.
ON this 20 th day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court holden at Middletown within and for the County of Middlesex in said State, on the 20 th day of June 1820, the same being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment, Samuel Kilburn aged sixty nine years, resident in the town of Chatham in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: That he the said Samuel Kilburn enlisted for the term of one year on the _____ day of December in the year 1775 in Chatham in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Amasa Wells in the regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Hylton in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment: That he continued to serve in the said corps until the latter part of December 1776 when he was discharged from the said service in Stamford in the State of Connecticut That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes, on the fourth day of March 1819; and had transmitted to him a Certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No. 10,707
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;" 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.
I do solemnly swear, that I was in the battles of
That I am by occupation a Shoemaker Tanner & Currier

That the number of my family residing with me is two and ages are as follows :
, and their names
Elizabeth my Wife aged 69 years George White my Grandchild 12
That I am badly ruptured and in consequence of it together with my other infirmities & my old age am unable to pursue my occupation or of labour in any other way unless in a slight degree. And that my means of subsistence depend chiefly on the bounty of Government.
Samuel Hilburn
Sworn to and declared day of June
1820
, before the Court of Common Pleas for Middlesex
on the 20 th
County
H. D. W. Clerk of Court.

SCHEDULE annexed to the Declaration and Oath above made and taken before the Court aforesaid.
  Money at Interest secured by notes of hand $80.00   2 chests of drawers 6.00   1 full leaf Table 4.   6 chairs 6.   5 kitchen chairs 1.   1 old clock 4.   2 kettles 2.   1 pot 0.75   1 Bake pan .75   1 skillet .25   1 Tea kettle .75   1 Cow 18.   Crockery knives forks & } $3. 123.50   other table furniture 8.03   131.53   Lin pail & water pail & 1 small looking glass .75 $1.75   Meat in barrel $6.   Shad 2.   Shovel & tongs 1.   1 Looking glass 1.   Andirons 2.   Axe & hoe 1.   Candlestick .17   Milk pan .50   Debts due me 4. 
Henry Richardson

70. Sam. Kilburn
No 10,740
20. 17 May 1819
I John Dike Clerk of the court of Common Pleas for the County of Wiltshire aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and Schedule annex- ed, are truly copied from the record of said Court. And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value, of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is One Hundred & Thirty One dollars and Fifty Three cents.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 20 day of June 1820
J. Dike Clerk of S. Court

Samuel Hilbourn
Private
46 — 11 years
Wylies Connecticut
Regt.
Admitted

State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown.
a ON this 10th day of March 181 9 , before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Samuel  Wilkinson aged 68 years, resident in Middletown in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said Samuel  Wilkinson on the 10th day of March 177 6 , enlisted in Connecticut in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Samuel  Wilkinson , of and in the regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph  Spencer and in the brigade commanded by General  William  Shelton
that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the 11th day of October 177 6 , when he was discharged from service in Connecticut state of Connecticut  that he was in the battles of  Three Brandywine, Red Bank, and Red Bank
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. That my declaration
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
B. I, Samuel  Wilkinson Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Samuel  Wilkinson did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support: and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Connecticut, ss. Middletown.  March 22 d 181 9 Samuel  Wilkinson

State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown,
ON this 18 th day of March 1819, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Alper Cole of Nathan in the said State, a person known to me, to be of good character and worthy of belief, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare and say, that he is well acquainted with Samuel Pitbourn of Nathan the person who made the preceding declaration on oath, and
that he is a soldier in the 1st Regt of Inf y in the service of the United States, and that he has been honorably discharged from said service, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Levi W. Murray

State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown.
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
John N. Taylor

John Fish I
Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify, That the Honorable Alpheus T. Danner of Winsted in said State, is one of the Judges of the said Court, and that his name subscribed to the preceding Declarations and Certificates, marked A. B. C. D., E.
successive is his proper hand writing and signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, at Winsted on this 22 nd day of March 184 9
J. Fish

C. State of Penn. twp. Middletown On this 22 d day of March 1819, before me the Sub-vice of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appeared Jonathan Purfield Joel Stockland both of Glastonbury in the said State, persons known to me to be of good character to be well worthy of belief, who being by me first duly sworn according to law do on their Oaths, declare that they are well acquainted with Saml. Hildreth of said Glastonbury with his circumstances; That he has no considerable estate, that all his property is a few acres of land not worth a dollar, & that he has a little furniture in his dwelling of inconsiderable value. Given to & declared before me the day & year aforesaid B. Hildreth

ms 1812
January 3, 1925
F. C. Bissell 1009 West Boulevard Hartford, Conn.
Sir:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 36679 it appears that Samuel Kilbourn enlisted in Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut January 1, 1776, served as a private in Captain Amasa Mills' Company, Colonel Samuel Wyllies Connecticut Regiment and was discharged November 11, 1776 and returned to Chatham.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 4, 1819 while a resident of Chatham, Connecticut aged sixty-eight years.
In 1820 he referred to his wife Elizabeth and his grandson George White, aged sixty-nine years and twelve years respectively. There is no further data on file as to his family. He died November 15, 1834.
Respectfully,
James A. B.
Acting Commissioner.

36679
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 80679
Samuel Hilbourn
Rev
Act: 18 n March 18 n
Index:—Vol. 9, Page 234
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1835 Jan 2 - Rev. H.C. Mitchell - MM 1835

THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY of the SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
President HON. ERNEST E. ROGERS
Vice-Presidents ORLANDO H. BROTHWELL HON. H. WALES LINES MALCOLM D. RUDD
Treasurer CHARLES G. STONE Box 847, Hartford
Secretary FREDERICK A. DOOLITTLE 117 Middle St., Bridgeport
Registrar F. CLARENCE BISSELL 375 Laurel St., Hartford
F. C. BISSELL Reg. Conn. R.R. 1009 W. Boulevard HARTFORD, CONN.
Historian FRANK B. GAY
Chaplain REV. ORVILLE A. PETTY
Necrologist LEVERETT BELKNAP
Trustee to National Society HERBERT H. WHITE
Dec. 12, 1924
DELEGATES
Clarence Horace Wickham, at large Edward W. Beardsley Eli C. Birdsey Robert F. Bradley William H. Burr F. Joseph Chatterton Frank A. Corbin Edgar J. Doolittle George S. Godard A. McClellan Mathewson John M. Parker, Jr. Edgar L. Pond George H. Sage Charles E. P. Sanford Andrew J. Sloper Levi T. Snow Alfred Spencer, Jr. Major Charles H. Sprague Rev. Harris E. Starr Tracy B. Warren Martin Welles William S. Welles Arthur E. Woodruff Rollin S. Woodruff
OTHER MANAGERS
William H. Allen Isaac W. Birdseye John C. Brinsmade John N. Brooks *George F. Burgess Louis R. Cheney Charles Hopkins Clark Albert F. Corbin William H. Corbin *Frederick A. Doolittle Wilson H. Lee William Maxwell Edward J. Morgan *Henry F. Parker *Charles A. Quintard George C. Ross *Malcolm D. Rudd Frank E. Sands *Charles G. Stone Earnest C. Simpson Harry R. Williams *Secretaries of Local Chapters, ex-officio
U. S. Pension Office Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Please send revolutionary record of Samuel Kilbourn, U.S. Pensioner 1818.
Very sincerely,
F. C. Bissell Registrar

U.S. Pension Agency Hartford 25 June 1835
Sir
The enclosed pension power was presented for payment, I objected to paying principally on the ground that the person most interested should present herself before a judge of Probate for the district of Hartford in lieu of going before a judge at Chatham Middlesex County her place of residence and there making full proof not only by herself but by other witnesses
I forward this at the particular request of Samuel H. Parsons Esq. for your examination and direction
Respectfully Your mo affec. Servt,
J. M. Steele
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington