Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [Blank], for Lee Lay, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Lay, Lee
Dis. ✓
No papers
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Oct. 16 "1906 J.S. AW

Gay Lee
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on December 31, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, Class 9, page 141.
Rank: Captain
Regt: 1st Regt of Connecticut State Troops
Disability: Received a wound in his head by a broadsword, which cut through his skull, whereby he is subjected to grievous nervous affections.
When and where disabled: 1780, Greenwich Residence: Lyme.
To what pension entitled: One-sixth
Remarks: No rolls in this Office of State Troops. Evidence complete.
Al. See List 1835

April 11, 1939
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Mr. Clyde Jennings Hotel Elton Waterbury, Connecticut
LEE LAY Dis. - Rev. War BA-J/MMHF:MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to your ancestor, Lee Lay, a Revolutionary War soldier of Lyme, Connecticut.
There are no statements on file which were made by Lea or Lee Lay when he applied for pension because the papers in such early applications for pension were destroyed by fire when the War Office was burned in 1800 and when the British burned the public buildings in 1814.
In the effort to aid you in your research, the following meager data are furnished. In the "Report of the Secretary of War in regard to the Pension Establishment" printed in 1835, it is recorded that Lea Lay served as Captain in the Revolutionary War, that he was pensioned at the rate of $40.00 per annum from September 4, 1794, under the Act of April 20, 1796, that under the Act of April 27, 1810, his pension was increased to $80.00 per annum to begin at this rate December 4, 1809, and that he died February 13, 1813. This pension was for disability incurred in service as shown by the American State papers, Class 9, page 141, where he is recorded as Captain, 1st Regiment, Connecticut State troops. It is shown further on said page that he received in 1780, in Greenwich, a wound by a broadsword which cut through his skull "whereby he was subjected to grievous nervous affections", and that his residence was Lyme, Connecticut.
Further, in a list of private claims presented to the House of Representatives from the 1st to the 31st Congress, Lee Lay is recorded as having petitioned Congress for his pension cited above, in the 3rd Congress, 2nd Session, the page of that Journal - 278. Again, 4th Congress, 1st Session, the page of that Journal - 445. Again, 11th Congress, 2nd Session, the page of that Journal - 283. It is suggested that these pages of the journals might contain some

information which you desire. They might be consulted at the Library of Congress, this city. The Veterans Administration has no further information in regard to Lee or Lea Lay.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

THE ELTON
Waterbury Connecticut
"BRASS CENTER OF THE WORLD"
CLYDE JENNINGS MANAGER
March twenty-third 19 39
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
In connection with a society which I am contemplating membership, I would like to have some information concerning my great, great grandfather, Lee Lay.
Is it possible to obtain a copy of his application for a pension following his service in the Connecticut Militia in the War of the Revolution. His home was in Lyme, Conn.
Hoping to hear from you favorably,
Respectfully yours,
Clyde Jennings CLYDE JENNINGS, Manager Hotel Elton

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Lay, Richard GRADE Corporal LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6105 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Feb. 5, 1790 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.