Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13727, for Solomon Lewis, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. J.
Lewis Solomon
S13727
CONTENTS
boarded

9576
Connecticut
Solomon Servis of Windham in the State of Conn who was a Pri in the Conn commanded by Captain of the Reg commanded by Col Dyer in the Conn herefor State service since
R.F. June 30, 1906. Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of May 1833 and sent Lieut. Clairmont Voluntown, Windham Co
Arrears to the 14th March 33 $ 60 Semant. allowance ending Sept 11, 1833 1 5
$7 62
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 24

BRIEF in the case of  Solomon Lewis  of Windham County in the State of Connecticut  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 81. 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. As a Gen.     In 1777 - * — — 40. privat Col. Chas. Dyer.   do — — 1 — do do   do — — 4 — do do   do — — 1 — do Genl. Spencer.   1778 — — 7 20. — do Genl. Sullivan   1780 — — 1 — do Col. Wilson   Total Service 9. —  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Rhode Island of 29 th Aug t 1778
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Exeter Rhode Island.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
living witnesses & traditional evidence.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
No.
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
B. F. Pheasant Examining Clerk.

Declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Connecticut } On this 25 th day of August A D 1832 personally County of Windham } appeared in open court before the court of Probate for the district of Voluntown in the County Wind- ham and State of Connecticut now sitting. Solomon Lewis a resident in the Town of Voluntown in the County of Wind- ham and State of Connecticut aged eighty one years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated — viz That in the winter of the year 1777 I was called into the militia service as a private soldier in Capt Uriah Cron- dalls company in a Regiment commanded by Col Charles Dyer and marched from Exeter in the State of Rhode Island where I then resided to North Kingston on the Narragansett shore opposit to the Town of Newport of which the British Troops were then in pos- session and they also had a fort in Narragansett Bay. and was sta- tioned there employed in guarding the shore a term of Forty days I was then discharged and returned to my former residence
Immediately after my Return I was drafted for a tour of one month and again marched under the said Capt Cron-dall and was stationed at South Kingston during term employed in guarding the shore — Then returned to said Exeter I think in the month of March 1777. at this time the militia company in the Town of Exeter was divided into two classes each class to serve alternately one month which arrangement continued eight months in this space of time I served in the said Capt Samuel Gorton company in the said Col. Dyer Regiment at four several times a term of four months and was stationed at several places on the said Narragansett Shore during said time — And in the fall of the year 1777 I served as a substitute for my brother Simon Lewis of said Exeter in a militia company under the command of the said Capt Gorton and marched to Scituate in said R. I. and there joined

an expedition commanded by General Spencer against the enemy then in possession of Newport on said Rhode Island, and marched to Fogland ferry but did not go on the Island, was in this service one month and was discharged at said Tiverton and returned to said Euster — And in August 1778 I was drafted to go on Rhode Island in General Sullivan's expedition against the British troops in possession of New-port & marched under the said Capt Gorton to North Kingston and there went into boats and crossed over to Bristol ferry at the north end of the Island and landed on the said Island at said ferry & joined the Army and was in the Battle of the 29 th of Aug on said Island and came off in the Retreat at Howlands ferry in said Tiverton and was there discharged having served 20 days — And in August in the year 1780 I was again drafted for the term of one month and served under Capt Wilson and marched to Narragansett ferry and crossed over and landed at Newport for the purpose of repairing the Fort after the enemy had left that place was there dismissed and returned to my former residence in said Euster — making in the whole of my service a period of Nine months —
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity other than the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State —
The following Interrogatories were by said Court propounded to said applicant (VIZ)
1 — Where, and in what year were you born? Answer in the Town of West Greenwich in R.I. and in the year A D 1750 — 2 — Have you any Record of your age, and if so where is it? Answer I have no Record other than in my Bible — 3 Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live

As is said the first question in my declaration - I have lived since the Revolutionary war in said State and in Volunton in Connecticut where I now live & where I have lived for about 35 years
4 - How were you called into service, &c. Answered in my declaration
5 - State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the Troops where you served such Continental & Militia Regiments as you can Recollect - Answered in my declaration
6 - Did you ever receive a discharge from the service &c. Answer I never received any written discharge
7 - State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present Neighborhood and who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your service as a Soldier in the Revolution - Nathaniel Sheffield & James Alexander
Solomon Lewis Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before the Court of Probate for the district of Volunton
We Nathaniel Sheffield a clergyman residing in the Town of Volunton in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut and James Alexander Residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Lewis who has submitted and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be eighty one years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the revolutionary war and that we concur in that Opinion
Nathaniel Sheffield
James Alexander
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid before the Court of Probate for the district of Volunton
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the inves- -tigation of the matter, and after perusing the Interrogatories pro- -duced by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Nathaniel Sheffield who has signed the preceding subscribed is a clergyman residing in the Town of Vol-

= constant and that James Alexander who has also signed the same is a resident in said Voluntown and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Daniel Heigwin Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Voluntown in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original pro- =ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Solomon Lewis for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 23 rd day of August A D 1832
Daniel Heigwin Clerk Probate Court.
I Reynold Barber of Exeter in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island aged seventy eight years on oath testify and say that during the war of the Revolution I was well acquainted with Solomon Lewis who then lived in said Exeter and well remember that the said Solomon served as a soldier in the several campaigns stated by him in the fore- going declaration I myself having served with him in se- =veral of the towns mentioned & verily believe that he served in them all the time he has stated - and further say not
Reynold Barber
Windham County f. Voluntown Aug 3 rd A D 1832
Personally appeared Reynold Barber signer of the foregoing affidavit and made oath to the truth of the same - and I further certify that the above deponent is a person of truth and veracity
Sworn before Joseph Mylne Justice Peace

I Gideon Popple residing in the Town of Canterbury in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut aged eighty one years on oath Testify and say that I was well acquainted with Solomon Lewis then of Exeter in the state of Rhode Island where I also then lived during the war of the Revolution and know the fact that the said Solomon Lewis served in the Militia in that state at several times between December 1776 and the year 1779 or 1780 under Capt. Uriah Brandal - Capt. Saml Gorstam & Capt. George Wilson as much as nine months in the whole as I served with him under each of the above named officers who were stationed at various places on the Narragansett shore employed in guarding against the enemies army & fleet - and further say not -
Gideon his Popple mark
Daniel Heighwin Nathaniel Sheffield
Windham County ss. Stanton August the 23 rd day 1832 Personally appeared Gideon Popple signer of the foregoing Affidavit and made oath to the truth of the same - and I further certify that the above deponent is a person of truth & veracity.
Sworn before Daniel Heighwin Justice of Peace

I, Admirin Bolles Clerk of the County Court within the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut do Certify that Daniel Heighwin and Joseph Wyllie Esquires before whom the affidavits annexed hereto were made are duly enrolled as Justices of the Peace in and for said Windham County, that the foregoing signatures of their names are in their hand writing, and that full faith and credit ought to be given to their acts as such —
44 46 Stephen Lewis
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Brooklyn in said County this 29 th day of August A.D. 1837. Admirin Bolles Clerk

See how
13424 INVALID.
File No. 13.727
Solomon Lewis
Phil. Pa. war
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 231
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 7476.
Solomon Lewis.
admit 9 mo minute $30 00

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Solomon Lewis which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
Yes.
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
Yes.
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
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IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
Yes.
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?
Yes.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
Yes.
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
Yes.
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
Yes.
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
Yes.
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?
Yes.
yes - but it has no device or inscription.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
yes.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
yes.
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
yes.
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
yes.
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
yes.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days. I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.