Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,311, for George Sumner, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Sumner, George
R. 10,311
CONTENTS
6

No 39.096
George Sumner,
dec?
N York.
Died during the war - Rejected
Wm Lloyd, Mch 7, 1857.
10311
Act June 7 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
10311 Am
P. O.
George Summer
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: see Lucy Widow of Samuel Crafts his husband
Re-enlisted: B.L.Wt. 56948-160-15
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Utica March 6 th 1857
Geo C Whiting Esq
Dear Sir
I send you the affidavit of my mother as to my father's service in the Revolutionary War which I hope will be satisfactory -
If you want any thing more please to inform me -
yours truly
Willard Crafts

State of New York
Otsego County ss } On this 5 th day of March 1857 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace  the Deputy Clerk in and for the County of Otsego Lucy Crafts widow of Samuel Crafts deceased who being duly sworn according to Law says that she became acquainted with said Samuel Crafts her late husband about seven years before she married him at Pomfret in the State of Connecticut. That before she married him she heard that he had served a short time in the Revolutionary War and she knew he left Pomfret for that purpose and returned and said he had been in the service, -
That her father George Sumner served in the War about the same time and died in the service. That since their marriage she has often heard her said husband say he had served, and often heard him converse with persons who were in the service with him, and who are now dead concerning the incidents of the War. Subscribed and sworn this Lucy Crafts.
fifth day of March 1857
before me L. C. Turner. County Judge of Otsego Co.
The foregoing affidavit was sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written - and I certify that I knew said Lucy Crafts to be a creditable person that she is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in the claim.
L. C. Turner County Judge of Otsego County

STATE OF NEW-YORK, Otsego County Clerk's Office.
I, George W. Ernst, Clerk of said County, do hereby certify, that J. C. Turner Esquire,
was, on the 8 th day of March 18 57 a Justice County Judge of the Peace in and for the County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice , and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said County, at Cooperstown, this 5 th day of March 185 7
G. W. Ernst CLERK.

Master rolls
William Crafts - Utica, N.Y.
Long 2250 100 Big sheet 100 Small sheet 100 con 100
Small sheet

State of New York Otsego County ss 2
On this 11 th day of November one thousand Eight hundred and fifty six per- -sonally appeared before me a justice of the peace Com'ty for the Otsego  Com'ty within and for the County and State aforesaid Lucy Crafts aged eighty nine years a resident of Cooperstown in the County of Otsego and State of New York who being duly sworn according to Law says that she is the widow of Samuel Crafts deceased, and the only child and daughter of George Sumner deceased who resided at the time of his death in the Town of Pomfret in the State of Connecticut in the County of Windham. That her father the said George Sumner served as a Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution in the Continental Army two years or more in the years 1776 & 1777 & 1778 and she thinks in Col. Hooker's Regiment under General Putnam, and that he was taken sick in the army with the singl Camp distemper and came home and died, and that she although young at that time being about ten years old distinctly recollects of his being in the service and coming home and dying. This deponent further says that she has been informed and believes that the pay rolls for the service of Col. Hooker's Regiment were some time after the War sent from Connecticut to Washington in order to obtain a settlement with the general Government and were destroyed by fire when the Treasury Building at Washington was burned. That she has caused the Comptroller's office at Connecticut to be examined and finds no Pay Rolls of Col. Hooker's Regiment on file in said office and

was informed by said Comptroller that they were destroyed at Washington by the said fire - This deponent further says that she has now eight children living and that she has never before applied for any pension or Bounty Lands from the General Government on account of the services rendered by her said father in the Revolutionary War and further says not - Sworn and subscribed this Eleventh day of November 1856
before me L. C. Turner
Lucy Crafts.
County Judge of Otsego County N.Y.
I also certify that I am well acquainted with Lucy Crafts of Cooperstown who made the above affidavit before me & have been for many years and that she is a credible person
L. C. Turner County Judge of Otsego Co.
STATE OF NEW YORK. OTSEGO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, GEORGE W. ERNST, Clerk of said County, do here-
by certify, that L. C. Turner Esquire, was, on the 11 th day of November 1856 a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego, duly authorized to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice , and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said County, at Cooperstown, this 12 th day of November 1856
G. W. Ernst CLERK.