Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,263, for Jonah Strickland, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Strickland, Jonah
R 10263
CONTENTS

State of Connecticut, Tolland County ss Webrin Probate District - This 12 th day of May A 1838.
Personally, appeared before Cyrus Mann Esq r Judge of Probate for said District, Jonah Strickland a resident of Bolton in said District, aged eighty three years, who having been duly sworn, according to law, made the following declaration, to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th A 1832. That he was drafted some time in the Spring of 1782, and marched from Bolton about the first of May of the same year, to New York and was placed under the command of Captain Jonathan Brige, who was subsequently wounded in an engagement with the enemy, which caused his death soon after, That he remained in the service at that time from the best of his recollection over seven months, and served as a private, That previous to this time he had served several tours, of which he has no proof and at present makes no claim, That he has been laboring to obtain proof of his services, for the last three or four years, but has not been able to find his companions in arms, to prove that service, and had concluded to abandon his claim until quite recently it was found on the Comptroller's accounts

of the State of Connecticut, that he was paid for twelve months and fifteen  eleven days service, The certificate of the Comptroller of State is herunto annexed, That he was born in Bolton in the year 1735, but has no documentary record of his age, That he does not recollect that he ever received a discharge, if he did, has lost it, That at the time he entered the service, he resided in Bolton and has resided there ever since, That during his services at New York he recollects that General Washington commanded the forces, but by reason of age and consequent loss of memory, he can not distinctly recollect the other officers' names, with the exception of his captain!!
(The word fifteen was written after an erasure before signing
Sonah Strickland
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid Cyrus M'ann Judge. Prob.
I Deacon Pierce of Bolton in Tolland County and State of Connecticut, a Clergyman and Sake S. White and a resident of said Bolton, hereby certify that we are well acquainted, with Sonah Strickland who has sworn too, and subscribed the foregoing

declaration, and believe him to be 83 years of age and that it is generally believed in the neighborhood where he resides, that he was a Soldier of the Revolution and served as he states, and that we concur in that Opinion, and we further certify, that the said Jonah Strickland is a man of irreproachable moral Character, and his statements are entitled to full credit.
Sworn to and Subscribed Lorien Pierce Isaac S. White Junr
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatoria prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states — And the Court further certifies that the Rev. Lorien Pierce who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Bolton, and that Isaac S. White Junr. who has also signed the same, is a resident of the Town of Bolton, and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit —
J. Simson House, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Hebron, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jonah Strickland for a Pension, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 12 th day of May A D 1838
Simson House Clerk

Anna Strickland Dawn of Abby

Know all men by these presents that I Anna Strickland of Bolton in Tolland County State of Connecticut have made constituted and appointed and do by these presents make constitute and appoint Hon Steven P. Nyele of Tolland, Tolland Co. Connecticut my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name and for my use to ask demand and receive of the Commissioner of Pensions or of any one duly authorized to grant said pensions all that may be due Jonah Strickland or any one that inherits or is entitled to a pension by virtue of his services in the war of the Revolution and to give good and valid receipts therefor. The said Jonah Strickland died in 1842 and his daughter above named hereby grants to said S. P. Nyele her full power in and concerning the premises and will ratify and confirm whatever he shall lawfully act or do therein, and I hereby revoke all other powers of attorney that I may have given to any other person previous to this date. In witness- whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 30th day of January
AD 1855
In presence of
Anna Strickland
Henry Almond
W. O. Bunker

W P D 11/1
State of Connecticut Tolland County 3 d P. Bolton Jan. 30 th A.D. 1855 Personally appeared Anne Stickland the subscriber of the within and foregoing Power of Attorney and acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed Before me George Almy Justice of the Peace

341 511- Isaac Snickland
Conn
Lt Hon C. Hall
May 25 1838
same 15 June 1838
Repeated.
See Abalake Manns
paper Oct 7 June 1838
N o 30993 Conn.
same June 27 1838
205, 7 th June 1832
A. P. Hyde July 7/53.

Yolland June 28 th 1850-
Dear Sir
Enclosed I send a paper of acts from Anna Strickland a child of Donal Strickland and also some additional evidence to be filed in the case of Donal Strickland - As Anna Strickland is very poor, I advised her to forward the additional evidence in her father's case, first & ascertain whether the department would admit him to a pension. (which I have no doubt he was entitled to) and afterwards make proof of his death, and of the children living &c &c
Will you please cause to be examined and inform me whether the proof furnished her will be sufficient to admit him to a pension, and I will forward the other necessary proofs &c immediately -
Yours truly
A. G. H. G. A.

Jonah Strickland alleged about 7 mos service in 1782. on expedition to N.Y. in 1782 - This is sworn to by Abiather Mann - Mann in his declarations alleged 3 tours in '76. - viz one of 2 mos, the 2 d of 3 and 3 d of 2. but never pretended to have served in 1782.

10,263
D. Frank Strickland
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
D. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

3.167
I Robert Holdridge of Hebron County of Lolland and State of Connecticut aged 92 years dispose and say. I was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. I am now a pensioner for said services. at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars a year. I was in the United States Service as a teamster at different times and also as a soldier. I served under Capt Betts in the Regiment Commanded by Col Samuel B Webb of Northfield Connecticut - I went under Capt Betts to New York in December 1780. I think. I served under Capt Betts about three years I think - I lived in Hebron when I enlisted - I have known Jonah Strickland of Bolton who is now dead ever since I can remember. When I enlisted into the United States Service I lived about four or five miles from Jonah Strickland - I know of Jonah Strickland being in the revolutionary war. He did not serve in the same Company with me - Jonah Strickland went on a tour of service to New York I believe. under a Captain Woodin. and returned home a little while before I went to New York under Captain Betts in 1780. After I went into the service under Capt Betts Jonah Strickland was in the service again He served in Col Swifts regiment under Captain Coover. He served this time six months or more I should think. I saw him while he was in

the Service - I cannot remember the length of his different terms of service - Donah Strickland was in the Service several times. But I cannot tell the particulars. now further than I have told them before. When I frequently talked with Donah Strickland about his service. For two or three years I lived close by him in Bolton - Donah Strickland was the father of Anna Strickland. - He is now dead - I have no interest in a pension being obtained for his services. My health is pretty good. and I now work some in my garden - though my eyesight is failing me some.
Dated Hebron June 7 th 1855
His Mark Robert H. Goldridge
State of Connecticut
Tolland County } to Hebron June 7 th 1855
Then personally appeared before me the above named Robert H. Goldridge and subscribed and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition and I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the said Robert Goldridge and he is a credible person and that his statements are entitled to full credit. and that I have no interest in said claim for a pension
A. P. H. G. Notary Public

I Richard Skinner of Bolton in Tolland County & State of Connecticut aged 86 years upon and say that I was well acquainted with Jonah Stickland (the father of Anna Stickland) late of Bolton deceased - I know him when I was a small boy - I lived about one mile from Jonah Stickland during the revolutionary war. My father and four of my brothers served during the war They are all now dead - One of my brothers Isaac Skinner drew a pension - I well remember that Jonah Stickland served in the revolutionary war - He was absent in the service at different times - I do not know the length of his service or the names of his officers - I think he served at different periods, and that he served near the close of the war - After the war was over my father bought of Jonah Stickland the gun which he used while in the service - I have frequently heard Jonah Stickland while living speak of his terms of service but do not remember the particulars - Mr Stickland has been dead about thirteen years - I have no interest in a pension being granted for his services Dated Bolton June 7 th 1855 his Richard X Skinner mark

State of Connecticut } County of Tolland } ss Bolton Jan 7 th 1855
Then personally appeared the within named Richard Skinner who subscribed and made oath to the foregoing disposition before me and I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Richard Skinner and that he is a credible person and his statements are entitled to full credit and belief. I have no interest in the claim for a pension for the services of Donah Stickland deceased.
Alvan P. Hodge
Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut, } TOLLAND COUNTY, } ss. County Clerk's Office.
I William Skinner Clerk of the County Court, within for the County of Tolland, and keeper of the Seal thereof; and of the Omissions of the Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify, that
Alvan P. Hodge Esquire,
was on the 7 th day of Jan 1855 ever since has been, and now is, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, duly appointed, assigned and sworn, with power by the laws of this State, to administer OATHS, and take the acknowledgement EDS and other Instruments; that I am acquainted with his hand-writing, and that the signature to the instrument annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine, official signature.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, at Tolland this 21 st day of Jan 1855.
William Skinner

Hann of Reps Washington
Decm 27/55 1838
Sir
Permit me to say that the application of Mr "J. Stockland" for a position was transmitted to me by Hon. S. G. White Jr, who was the Democratic candidate for State Secretary in our State at the last election a gentleman with whom I have long been acquainted and who is in my judgement a man above suspicion - It would seem by a letter that I received from the Dept some time since which I have transmitted to Dist. White that some suspicion rests with the Dept that all is not

right in this case - Mr Shetland is an old man who has long been in the vicinity where he has been residing and I have always understood that he sustained a good moral character - I cannot think that any attempt could possibly come from this source to defraud the government
Will you have the goodness -ys to Wyn put out  White the letter which I left at the dept this morning connected with the statement here made and give me a reply -
A Bill has passed and become a law granting to Mrs Thompson for her services I am informed by the Clerk in the House that the customary course is for the Clerk to order the bill and papers from another to them that a certificate

may be issued I am anxious to have this matter properly arranged before I leave I therefore respectfully request that the papers in the case of Thompson may be ordered to the Dept as soon as convenient
Very respectfully Yours the Secy
Orville H. Smith
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm of Pensions Washington

Dept. of War Penna Office June 29. 1838
Sir
I return herewith the letter of Mr (White upon the subject of the claim of Israel Stockland), and in reply, have to state, that the proof exhibited in its support, is wholly not satisfactory. If Mr Stockland served under a Capt Birge it should be made to so appear. It is my clear from his own testimony that he did not serve in Capt Connell's Co. of course the same should be made to so the Comptroller's certificate of 1782, in that Co. could not have been performed by him. That was in the continental service, as there was no Captain in the regular army of the name of Birge. If Mr Stockland served at all then, it must have been in the militia, and in the year 1776, instead of 1782; therefore Mr Mann could not have met with him.

As he has stated, for his part to N. York in 1776 Here the military claimant are at variance from with each other, asserting  allowing the statement of Mr. Morris as his own declaration, to be correct,  While The former gives the names in the second year of the war, the latter states that it was at the last but one. Aside from all other objections, the fact that there were no drafts from the Militia in 1776 for so long a period as 7 mo. is a sufficient ground for disallowing the claim
I have the honor J. P. K.
Wm. C. Wood June 29. 1838
Genl O'Callaghan H. R.
Yr

Department of War Pension Office June 15 1838
Sir
I have in the affidavit of Alatheu Mann, in support of the claim of Jonas Stockland and have placed it on file with his original papers.
Mr Stockland stated, that the reason why he did not make an earlier application, was, that he could find none of his comrades who served with him. He has furnished a certificate of the Comptroller showing that a Jonas Stockland served from the 14 of May 1782 to the 24 of Dec. 1782 on the continental line of Gen. This cannot be the same claimed by the applicant; he served under Capt. Borge as he says, was drafted from the militia. Besides one roll shows that the above named service was under the Col. Swifts regiment, and Capt. Converse Co. The roll also shows that a Jonas Stockland served 6 mos in 1780 in Col. Webb's Regt. This cannot be the same rendered by the claimant, for he states that he was in 1782. He is evident therefore, notwithstanding the opinion of Mr Mann, that there was but one person of this name,
Approved by the Department for the Pensions.

That there was certainly two, if not more. A man of that name removed from Middleton Conn to Vermont, some forty years since, he, it is probably was the same person whose name is borne upon the rolls, or at least one of them, for the years 1780 & 1782.
Abialtho Mann sworn positively to the identity of the claimant, and states that he, then a member of Capt Cheney's Co. went to New York with the claimant.
In his declaration, Mr Mann states that he went to NY in Cheney's Co. in 1776, and the records also show that Capt Cheney went to NY at that time, and not in 1782. His testimony is wholly discredited by these discrepancies, and the claim of Mr. Strickland is rejected.
I have the honor
Hon O'Call H. R.
Wm. U. Wells June 13. 1838 cc J. K.

Pension Office, July 7, 1855.
Sir,
The enclosed copy of a letter to Hon. O. Holt, dated June 15, 1838, will inform you of the condition of the claim of Jonah Strickland at that time.
The affidavit of Holdridge now laid submitted by you does not satisfactorily refute the objections then urged.
I remain,
Very resp y , PC
A. P. Hyde Esq. Tolland, Connecticut.

Ann O'Hall May 25 1838 OC

Depart t of War Pension Office May 23 d 1838
Sir
I have examined the claim of Jonah Strickland of Conn. who alleges that he enlisted under Capt. Brige in 1782, and served over seven months
He has also produced the certificate of the Comptroller, that a certain man of that name served in the continental line of the state, in 1782, seven months and 14 days. As it appears, that there were two three men of the same name, upon the Conn. continental rolls, the claimant will be required to prove his identity, before his claim can be allowed. The papers remain in your files hands for the present.
Hon. O. H. Smith A R
CC

I Abithan Mann of Bolton in Tolland County and State of Connecticut age 80 years. Testify and say that I have been personally acquainted with Jonah Strickland of 1 st Bolton who has now made application for a pension for more than 75 years and that during the war of the Revolution I was drafted from the town of East Hartford to go to New York and was marched to New York in a company commanded by Capt. Cheney of 1 st East Hartford and on our passage down we had for companions several of the troops from Bolton who were under the command of Capt. Birge of 1 st Bolton going out upon the same expedition and among the troops was Jonah Strickland known to me to be the identical person now living in Bolton who accompanied us in the capacity of a private soldier, that he served in the war of the Revolution at New York as a soldier, that I frequently saw him during his stay there in said capacity of a soldier, & that I never knew any other person by that name.
In presence of Ensigns Mann
Isaac S. White Supt.
This Abithan X Mann Mark

State of Connecticut Tolland County ss Hartford Probate District
On this 16 th Day of June 1838 Personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said District Abiathar Mearns signer of the within affidavit and made oath in due form of law that the same contains the truth and nothing but the truth and this Court certifies that said Abiathar Mearns is a man of truth and his statement entitled to full credit and this Court certifies further that by reason of his infirmities the said Abiathar is unable to attend Court or write his name and a special court was held at his residence & he signed his name by making his cross
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 16 th day of June A.D. 1838
Simson House Clerk

V 34.511
Jonah Strickland's Application. —
Hon. O. D. Dole H.R.

Comptroller's Office Hartford Connecticut
April 23 rd 1838
I certify that Jonah Strickland is credited on a Book in this office, containing accounts with Short Series in 1732, as follows, to wit,
"By services in the Continental Army in the second Regiment from the 14 th of May to the 24 th of December. 7 Months 11 days at 40 s per month £14-14-8 By 4 days allowed to return at 1/4 per day £0-5-4"
Wm. Field Comptroller