Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17880, for Simeon Strickland, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Connie,
Strickland, Simeon Mary
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9414
Connecticut
Simeon Stickland
Middletown in the State of Conn who was a pri - in the Com commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg commanded by Col. Gayfield in the Conn line for Militia 18 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 60 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of May 1832 and Rent 2 mo Fish Middletown Ct
Arrears to the 14th of March 31 $1200 Semianual allowance ending Sept 6. 32 300
$1500
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book E Vol. 3 - Page 39
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State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown. County of Middlesex }
On this 17 th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate in and for the District of Middletown in the said County of Middlesex, now sitting Simeon Strickland a resident of the said Town of Middletown in the District County and State aforesaid aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oaths make the following declaration in order to obtain the ben- efit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the latter part of the month of June in the year

one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, being then a resident of Hattenbury in the County of Hart- ford in the said State of Connecti- cut he enlisted into a company of State troops commanded by Abijah Rowley, as Captain, for the term of six months and marched under the command of said Captain Rowley from East Hartford in said State through Windsor, Ben- nington &c. to Skeneborough, where the said Company including the deponent assisted a regiment of New York troops stationed there in drawing timber to build gal- lies that the deponent and the rest of his said Company embarked on board of a galley at said Skene- borough, and proceeded to Ticon- deroga, and joined the regiment commanded at the deponent

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thinks by Colonel — Waterbury, the lieutenant in the said Company was Parmelee. The deponent remembers that General Gates commanded the troops, but at this distance of time, he can not distinctly remem- ber the names of the other officers. The deponent was occupied at said Ticonderoga during the re- mainder of the term of his enlist- ment, and was there discharged on the expiration of his time by General Gates but received no written discharge, that he returned to said Hattenbury and there con- tinued until the commencement of the last year of the war, when he enlisted as a private for the term of one year, in the State troops in the company of Captain Charles Miles in the Regiment command-

ed by Colonel ——— Canfield, and marched from said Glastenbury to Horse Neck about the first of March and continued to serve there during the full term of one year, the term of his enlistment and was discharged at said Horse Neck but received no written dis- charge. The deponent says that he was born in said Glastenbury in what year he can not precisely state although he has no doubt that he was seventy seven years old last March, he thinks there is a record of his age in an old Family Bible at the house of his brother-in-law James M c Lean in said Glastenbury. The deponent has lived since the Revo- lutionary War in said Middletown and still resides there.

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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
George Hubbard of said Middletown and others in his neighborhood, will testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services during the Revolution.
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Simeon Strickland
I, George Hubbard residing in Middletown aforesaid, hereby certify, that I live a near neighbor to and am well acquainted with Simeon Strickland, who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration; that I believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is respected and believed, the the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. George Hubbard
I, Joshua L. Williams, a clergyman residing in said Middletown, hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Simeon Strickland who has subscribed and sworn

to the above declaration; that I believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that I concurs in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the 18 th day of August 1832.
Joshua L Williams
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states - And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Joshua L Williams who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Middletown & that George Hubbard who has also signed the same is a resident in S d Middletown & is a Credible person & that their statement is en- titled as Credible that Stillman K. Wightman, Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown.
John Dick Clerk of the Court of Probate for Middletown District do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Simon Stockland for a Pension & testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 18 th day of Augt. A.D. 1832. J. Dick C.R.

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923 Connecticut
Mary Strickland
widow of Simeon Strickland
Conn., who died on the 25 June 1836, of Hartford Co in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Niles of the regt - commanded by Col. Canfield in the Connecticut militia time for 18 months from 1776
Widow died Oct. 29, 1839 (9B)
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 60 Dollars 25 June 1836, Cents per ann. to commence on the 1 st day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of May 1837 and sent to Isador Perkins Esq Hartford Co
Arrears to the 1 st of V Semiant. allowance ending Sept. 4. 37 $30. -
$30. -
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk Book Vol. 1 Page 91

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admitted
1820 P.
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died 25 June
1836

State of Connecticut ff
On this first day of October 1836 personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate in & for the District of Berlin in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut, a Court of Record, Mary Strunkland a resident of Berlin in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut aged eighty four years May 7 th 1836 who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to claim the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 4 th 1836. That she is the widow of Simeon Strunkland who was a private during the revolutionary war & performed seven therein agreeable to the widow now in the Pension Office of the United States wherein was granted to the said Simeon Strunkland & recorded in said Pension Office a certificate of Pension of sixty dollars per annum during his natural life as may now be fully seen from the records in said Office & said Pension Certificate No 9414 & recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E. Rec. 3 Page 39 by E. D. Bullock Clerk —
She further declares that she was married to the said Simeon Strunkland on the fourth of March 1779: that her husband the aforesaid Simeon Strunkland died on the 25 th day of June 1836: & that she has remained a widow ever since that period by reference to the proof hereto annexed. Also that her said marriage with the said Simeon Strunkland took place before the last term of court in the Army of America of her said husband or prior
Mary Strunkland mark

Sworn to & subscribed, on the day & year above written, before
Ira E. Smith Judge of Probate
at a court of Probate held at Berlin within & for the District of Berlin County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut on the first day of October 1836. Present Ira E. Smith Judge of Probate. Held by said Court.
Then personally appeared in open Court Mary Slush bond widow, a resident of said Berlin who having in my presence subscribed to the foregoing declaration made oath that in my presence that it is in open Court that the same contains the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & sealed the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.
Ira E. Smith Judge

State of Connecticut of Hartford Oct. 25-1836
On this day personally appeared Albert Hubbard a resident of Berlin in the County of Hartford in said State of Connecticut well known to me as a person of good reputation for truth & veracity and who being first duly sworn made out that he was well acquainted with Simeon Stunkle the late of said Berlin deceased with his late wife & now widow Mary Stunkle that at the decease of the said Simeon Stunkle he lived within one hundred rods of him & was present at his decease on or about the 25th day of June 1836. That he knew the said Stunkle to be a person of the United States & that on or about the first day of October 1836 - he accompanied the said widow to the pension office in Hartford where he saw him produce & show to the pension agent the Pension Certificate of her said husband. & receive from him the arrears of pension due thereon - & that the said Mary Stunkle is now a widow & has no remittance from & since the decease of her said late husband Simeon Stunkle on or about said 25th day of June aforesaid.
Sworn to & subscribed on this day a year since with before me & I certify that the said Albert is a person of good reputation.
Isaac Perkins Justice of the Peace

"Married, March 6th, 1779.
Simeon Strickland and Mary Fox both of Glastonbury.
The above is a true copy from the Records of the Church in the First Ecclesiastical Society Glastonbury, Connecticut, as kept By Rev John Cello, formerly Pastor of said Church, and now in my possession.
Samuel H. Riddell
Personally appeared before me and made oath to the above certificate Rev Samuel H Riddell
Glastonbury Feb 25 - 1837
Asahel Hollister Justice Peace

State of Connecticut
Hartford County ss. Glastonbury Sept. 29 1836
On this day personally appeared James McLean & Abigail McLean wife of the said James & sister to the late Simon Stockbridge deceased, a pensioner of the United States, both well known to me as people of truth & veracity & enjoying that reputation in said Glastonbury where they now reside & have resided for many years past. And said James being first duly sworn, made oath that they were present at the marriage of said Simon Stockbridge with Mary Fox at said Glastonbury about the month of March 1779. That they were married by the Rev. John Eels a settled minister in said Glastonbury - that after said Stockbridge was so married he performed a tour of duty in the Army of the Revolution and after the termination of the war which with his wife Mary until his death at Berlin in said County of Hartford, on or about the 25th day of June 1836 A.D. she now survives him.
James McLean Abigail McLean his wife
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year above written before me. & I certify that the above is a true copy of the original. Isabel Hollister Justice of the Peace Hartford County

State of Connecticut
Office of the Secretary of said State February 28 th 1837
I hereby certify that Isaac Hotchkiss and Isaac Perkins Esquires are justices of the peace within and for the County of Hartford and have been for more than six months last past as appears by the Record in this Office, - And further that Isaac Smith Esq. is a Judge of Probate within and for the District of Berlin in said State - And I further certify that their signatures hereto attached are genuine. In testimony of which I have affixed the Seal of this State & signed the same at the date above
Mercy A. Root Secretary of State
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S. Nickland
admit 10 mo price $ 6,500
Ino Fish — Middletown depn H. V. Blackett Blackett

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BRIEF in the case of  Simeon Strickland  of  Middletown  in the State of  Conn  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     June In 1776 6  Gen. Col. Waterbury Regt } enlisted  Capt. Powney's Co } State  Gen. Gates }   last year of the war - 1 Pirate  Capt. Ch. Miles Co }  Col. Canfield Regt }  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Glastonbury  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 2 nd terms by one witness & the traditional evidence of two others - one a Clergyman - all certified to be credible persons  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Stephens Examining Clerk.

November 23, 1937
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Mr. Charles R. Hale 30 Oak Street Hartford, Connecticut
SIMEON STRICKLAND W. 17880 BA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Simeon Strickland who was a pensioner in 1832 on the Connecticut Rolls.
You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier named Simeon Strickland found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. The data therein were obtained from pension claim, W. 17880, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Simeon Strickland was born in March, 1755, in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut; the names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Glastonbury, Connecticut, he enlisted the latter part of June, 1776, as a private in Captain Abijah Rowley's company, went to Ticonderoga where he joined Colonel Waterbury's Connecticut regiment and served six months, then returned to his home in Glastonbury. He enlisted the last year of the war, served one year as private in Captain Charles Miel's company, Colonel Canfield's Connecticut regiment and was discharged at Horseneck.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed August 17, 1832, while a resident of Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. He died June 25, 1836, in Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut.
Simeon Strickland married March 4, 1779, in Glastonbury, Connecticut, Mary Fox who was born May 7, 1751. The names of her parents and place of birth not stated. At the time of her marriage, she and the soldier were both residents of Glastonbury, where their marriage was recorded in the Church of the First Ecclesiastical Society.
The soldier's widow, Mary Strickland, was allowed pension on her application executed October 1, 1836, at which time she was a resident of

Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut. She died October 29, 1839.
No names in the claim were designated as those of children of Simeon and Mary Strickland.
In 1832, one Jeremiah Strickland, age not stated, was Justice of the Peace for Hartford County, Connecticut, his relationship to the soldier not shown.
Simeon Strickland's sister, Abigail, married, date not stated, one James McLean, who in 1832 was aged seventy-eight years and living in Glastonbury, Connecticut.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension of soldier's widow, Mary Strickland, and name of person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Mary Strickland, widow of Simeon Strickland, certificate #925, issued May 25, 1837, rate $60 per annum, commenced June 25, 1836, Act July 4, 1836, Connecticut Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Tensington Conn. Mar. 12 1906
Pension Bureau. Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me the Revolutionary record of Simeon Stickland of Berlin Conn.
I wrote you a little time ago for the same record and you sent me by mistake the record of Simeon Stickland of the War of 1812. There was a Simeon Stickland Jr. in the war of 1812, but there was also a man of

the same name presumably his father who enlisted from Conn. in the Revolutionary War . Thanking you in advance, I remain
Yours Resp't. S. M. Knowles.

Feb. 21. '58, Hist. to S. M. Cowles. 1937, Nov. 23 - Hist. to Chas. R. Hale - MKO
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17880 Mary Strickland Widow of Simeon Strickland Prv. Rev. War.
Act: July 4 th 1836
Index: — Vol. M Page 246
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Simon Strickland Com. act 7 June 1832 to what time paid v. Pen. Office
May 25. 1837
Died 25 June 1832 p. that period J/H

for a statement of the military history of Simeon Strickland a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his and (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Wid. F. 17,880.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1776 6 mos Pri. Abijah Rowley. Waterbury. Conn.   Last yr of war. 1 yr. " Charles Miles. Canfield. "          
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Glastonbury, Hartford Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 17, 1832. His cl. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Middletown, Middlesex Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, B. Mch. 1755 Glastonbury, Conn. Died June 25 1836 at Berlin, Conn.
Remarks: He m d Mch. 4, 1779, Mary Fox. She was b n May 7, 1759.
Allowed pension on an age. et. Oct. 1, 1836 while a resident of Berlin, Hartford Co. Conn.

HEADQUARTERS COMMANDERY-IN-CHIEF SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR
CHARLES R. HALE, CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON MARKING GRAVES 30 OAK STREET HARTFORD, CONN.
November 10, 1937
Chief Clerk Pension Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me Revolutionary War record of Simeon Strickland who was on the 1832 Pension Roll from Hartford County, Connecticut. We would like to get him a Connecticut headstone.
Yours very truly,
Chas. R. Hale
CRH:MB

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex } ss. Middletown.
Silvanus Nichols of said Middletown having been duly cautioned to declare the truth, deposes and says that he is seventy three years old, that he served three sev- eral periods two years in the whole during the Revolutionary War, that he enlisted and served during the last year of the war in the company of Captain Charles Miles in the Regi- ment commanded by Col. — Canfield at Horse Neck, that he enlisted as a private but most of the time per- formed the duty of a corporal, that a man by the name of Simeon Strick- land served as a private in said company during the said year, and he knows that Simeon Strickland of said Middletown is the same man having been long acquainted with him, and farther he says not.
Silvanus Nichols
Subscribed and sworn to in due form of law by the said Silvanus Nichols this 3 rd day of August A.D. 1832 be- fore me the undersigned Justice of the Peace duly appointed and sworn dwelling in said Middletown. Witness my official

Signature. Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace.
I further certify that the said Sylvanus Nichols is a credible witness.
Jon a Barnes Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } ss. Middletown. County of Middlesex }
I John Fisk Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Jonathan Barnes whose signature is above written, is a justice of the Peace for said County, and that I believe his said signature to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my name and the seal of said Court this 18 th day of August A.D. 1832.
John Fisk Clk

Hartford Feb 28. 1837
Wm J L Edwards Commission of Pensions Dear Sir
Enclosed is the application of Widow Mary Strickland for a pension; The papers were prepared by Isaac Perkins Esq. to whom if the application, is granted, the Certificate should be enclosed
Yours &c Henry Perkins,

James McLean of Glastenbury in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut being of the Age of Seventy Eight years Deposeth and saith that I am well acqu- ainted with Simeon Strickland formerly of Glastenbury aforesaid and now residing in Middle Town in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut - that he went into the State service as a Soldier in the company of Capt Abijah Rowley and Lieut Parmelee and in the Regiment of commanded by Col - Waterbury General Gates commanding the Army which service was performed in the year of our Lord 1776 commencing about the first of July of the aforesaid year and that I know the Simeon Strickland applying for this testimony to be the same aforesaid Simeon Strickland
James McLean
Hartford County ss Glastenbury August 7th D 1832
Personally appeared James McLean Signer of the foregoing Deposition and made Oath to the facts stated therein before me
and I do certify that the said James McLean is a Man of Truth and Veracity
Jerome H Stocking Justice Peace

State of Connecticut Hartford County } p.
I, David Griswold, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Hartford, do hereby certify, that Jeremiah Stocking, before whom the preceding affidavit of James M c Lean was taken, was on the seventh day of Aug t instant a Justice of the Peace for said Hartford County, and I believe that the signature, purporting to be his, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, & subscribed my name this eleventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
David Griswold Clk. Co. Co. Hd. Co. Conn.