Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45440, for Isaac Keeler, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Keeler, Isaac
S. 45440
{ B.L.W. 1188-200-Lieut. Issued May 9, 1789 No papers
CONTENTS

New York.
2028
Isaac Wheeler Capt Batts Lieutenant, Connecticut line 5 Sept' 80 end of war
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of Aug t 1818. and sent to B r Riker Esq r . City of New York.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818.
5 mo. 2/30. $101.33
{Revolutionary claims,} {Act 18th March, 1818,}
Webb
New York
1886 Jany 17 Hon. S. J. Campbell The data not sufficient to identify with this officer, but gave the of pension certificate that he would have to apply in person for pay - Children or heirs not entitled - sent circular

Isaac Keeler . Lieut.
Officer
Webb's Reg Connecticut Line
company this call.
age 18 yrs
EN
New York roll. Ex found to be correct.
New York

To the Hon.
Richard Riker
Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York.
The Declaration under Oath of Isaac Kiebler formerly an Officer . . . . and engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the City and County of New-York, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said Isaac Kiebler received a Commission, Esq m sometime in the
Spring of the year 1777. dated January first 1777. If I was to recapitulate all my past services I might goe back to the first commencement of hostilities between America and Great Britain, but shall only substantiate my claims at the time of raising the standing army, I was Promoted to a Second Lieut. in the same Company, in that of Captain Stephen Betts in the Second Connecticut Reg t . Commanded by Col o Charles Webb. Commission dated 27 th May 1777. and 5 th Sept. 1780 I was promoted to a first Lieut. in said Reg t . and served as such until the end of the war, and was discharged at the end of the said war at West Point in 1783 from Col o Samuel B. Webb's Regiment, the two Regiments leaving here, but together I received a Brevett from Congress for my long and faithfull service as a captaincy. Dated Feb. 23 rd 1784. I have inclosed my Commission for examination of the Hon. Secy of War A.W. I was in several Companies in said Reg t in the course of the war.
Isaac Kiebler
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Isaac Kiebler is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the city of New-York, and is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support.
Therefore the said Isaac Kiebler conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, the said
Isaac Keeler refers to his Commission as an Ensign, Second Lieut. of 1st Lieutenant J. B. Brewster's Captaincy.
Isaac Keeler
City and County of New-York, ss.
Isaac Keeler
of the City and County of New-York, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn before me this 3 rd day of April 1818.
P. Piker
Isaac Keeler
Records of the City of New York
City and County of New-York, ss.
of acquainted with
being sworn, saith, that well
Sworn before me this day of 1818
1818

City and State of New-York, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me Richard Riker Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record, personally appeared the aforesaid Isaac Kiebler
who being by me duly sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and the applicant states that he is 44 years old
In addition to this the said Isaac Kiebler is a very respectable citizen - was a Magistrate in the City of New York - is a person of the strictest veracity & there exists no doubt of the truth of his statement
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Isaac Kiebler did serve in the War of the United States under the Continental Establishment in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, in the City of New-York, this Third day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
R Riker
Attest Benj. Ferris Clerk

Rev. & 1812 War Section
MSA
March 31, 1925
Mrs. M. L. Keeler Bristol, R.F.D. 3 Ind.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.45440, it appears that ISAAC KEELER enlisted at the beginning of the Revolution, place of enlistment and service not specified. On January 1, 1777, he was commissioned Ensign in Captain Stephen Betts' Company, Colonel Charles Webb's Second Connecticut Regiment, was promoted to Second Lieutenant May 27, 1777, was promoted to First Lieutenant August 1, 1779, and was discharged from Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Connecticut Regiment at the close of the Revolution in 1783. He was commissioned Brevet Captain of the United States Army on February 23, 1784.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818, while a resident of New York City, aged sixty-four years.
There is no data on file relative to his family.
1818 64 1754

He was allowed 200 acres of bounty land on Warrant 1188, which was issued May 9, 1789. For location of this land you should apply to General Land Office, Washington, D.C.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner

Recd
THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS ONLY
Commissioner of Pension Pension Office Washington D.C.

I would like to have the Pension Record of Lieut. Isaac Keeler, who moved to New York State from Connecticut, he served in the revolution.
Any information about him or his family will be greatly appreciated.
Miss H. S. Hills 1108 Columbia Road Washington D.C.
Nov. 20 th 1911

MRS. M. L. KEELER R. F. D. 3 BRISTOL, IND.
Feb 16, 1925
Department of Interior Bureau of Pensions
Could you give me any information about the Revolutionary record of Lieut Isaac Keeler? He enlisted in Connecticut I think and later joined Gen Washington and was given a grant of land by the government for his services. I wish this information for H. A. R. membership purposes.
Can you tell me in what county in New York this land was situated
Mrs M L Keeler Bristol Indiana

45 440
Rev INVALID.
File No. 45 440
Isaac Keeler
Lieut. Gen. War.
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 269
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1911 Nov. 24. Hist. to Miss K. S. Hills. 1925 Mar. 31, Hist. to Mrs. M. L. Keeler! Mrs.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
To Isaac Hecker Esqnt
Greeting We, Reposing especial trust
and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you, to
a Lieutenant in the Second Connecticut Regiment
in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the first day
of August 1779
You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a
Lieutenant
by doing and performing all manner of things thereinunto belonging. And
we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as
Lieutenant
And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions,
from time to time as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress forementioned, or a Committee of the States.
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board
Attest
John Adams Secretary of the Board of War
Witness His Excellency Sam d Huntington Esqnt President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philad a the 5 th day of September 1780, and in the fifth Year of our Independence. Sam d Huntington President

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of the City and County of New-York and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq.
before whom the annexed affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made, and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York; and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this thirteenth day of April — 1818
Benj. Ferris Clerk

1876-1880 1881-1885
found Mutilated when speeches
A.C.P. Dec. 3, 1910. Aid.
Isaac Reeler Conn.
845440

IN PURSUANCE
Of an ACT of
CONGRESS
Of the Thirtieth Day of SEPTEMBER,
A. D. 1783.
Isaac Heeler Esquire
is to Rank as Captain by Brevet, in the ARMY of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
GIVEN under my Hand, at Annapolis the 23
Recorded in the War Office
[Signature] July