Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37604, for Samuel Lewis, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Lewis, Samuel
S. 37604
CONTENTS

Connecticut Roll
1828
Samuel Lewis Col. Parsons 2 d W t Sergeant, Connecticut line.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of June 1818. and sent to the Pensioner at Plymouth, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818.
4 months 24/30 $35.73
Dec { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 Years
Plymouth, Newfield 6 0 / 11
Exam d with orig. Roll Aug. 1883. E. S. P.
Notification sent 20 May 1828, to dist. B. Beers, Albany, Penn.

District of Connecticut ss. County of Litchfield, Court of Common Pleas, on this second day of January A. 1822, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, for said County in said District, having the power to fine and imprison, Samuel Lewis, aged Seventy four years, resident in Plymouth in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. (vizt.) that he enlisted on the 12 th day of May 1777, into a company commanded by Capt d David Smith, into a Regiment commanded by Col. John Chandler, of the Connecticut Line, for the term of three years, for which term he faithfully served. That he received a Discharge under which he was granted and received a Pension was dated the 21 st day of April A. 1818, he finds no number to his Pension Certificate and that he solemnly swears that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, & that he has not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any property on my part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th March 1818, & that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property, or securities, contracts, or Debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, & by me subscribed. -
Schedule
One Cow $15. - ten Chairs $1. Four new tin Platters & two new tin Plates, old $2. - one 1/2 set Silver & Forks old $1. - Two old Tables $0.75 - One St and $1.25 One small Canale St and $0.25 - One pair old hand irons 75 Cts One Shire & Tongs, 29 Cents, One Powder Pot & iron dish handle 85 Cents. 5 Cider Barrels - $2. - 4 bbls Cider $3. -

2 old iron Pans $1.00 - 10 weight Iron $1.50 - 1 old kettle 50 Cents, 1 old bucket one set of Brooms 34 Cents. set of Table & room furniture 12 cents - Three Candle Stands 38 cents - two old looking glasses 50 Cents - one old An 30 Cents, 6 old floor Casks 50 Cents - one brass kettle 4. Dollars, 2 old Pails 12 cents - one Bible 50 Cents, one 1/2 of tons of Hay & 6 bushels of Rye, $16.00. -
Total $61.50.
Hymouth, December 24 th . 1821.
This may certify that we the under signers being called upon to view & appraise the personal effects of Samuel Lewis of said Town, do consider that the property shown unto us of the value first stated, amounting to the above Sixty one Dollars fifty Cents.
Attest, Linus Fenn.
Niter Darrow. -
And he further declared that his occupation has been that of a labourer on a Farm, but by reason of a lame foot, which has principally perished, he is not able to labour at all & has not performed a days work in ten years, that he has no Wife that he has no Child living with him, but a Grand Son of about twelve years of age.
Samuel Lewis.
Sworn to & declared before the Justices and County Court, at Corners in Pines, on the second day of January A. 1822.
Attest, Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

I Frederick Woodcock, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, (or County Court,) within the County of Litchfield & State of Conn. do certify that the foregoing Oath & the schedule thereto an- nexed are truly copied from the record of the Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Sixty one Dollars fifty Cents.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court on this second day of January A. D. 1822.
Frederick Woodcock, Clerk of the Court of Com. Pleas for the County of Litchfield.
Yrs S r Dear Agent to Sam l Lewis
(Litchfield Court.)
if he is contin d on the Pension Roll, let the communication be admiss d as above

I Samuel Lewis of Plymouth in the county of Dukesfield and State of Connecticut do hereby declare that in June 1777 I entered the service of my country in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. David Smith in Col. John Chandler's Regiment and joined the army at Red Bank under the command of Genl. Samuel H. Parsons; That soon after I joined the army I was transferred to Col. Return J. Mige Regiment and in December following was appointed a Quartermaster Sergeant in said Regiment and continued in said service from the time of my first entering the same until about the month of April 1780 when I was discharged but have since lost my discharge. That during the said war I served nearly three years as a private soldier and Quartermaster Sergeant and belonged to the Connecticut line. Further declare, that I am about eighty years old and very lame and from my reduced cir- cumstances am in need of the assistance of my country for support
Samuel Lewis

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss. On the 21 st day of April A.D. 1818 personally appeared the within named Samuel Lewis and made solemn oath to the truth of the within affidavit by him subscribed
before me
Augustus Kirtland Chief Judge of Litchfield Court of Common Pleas

State of Connecticut Litchfield County ss.
I Augustus Pittiborn Esq. Chief Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Litchfield, do hereby certify the foregoing affidavit and that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Samuel Lewis served in the Revolutionary war as a private soldier and noncommissioned officer against the common enemy, as the Continental establishment for more than nine months; and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Court to be affixed
this 21 st day April A D 1818
Augustus Pittiborn Chief Judge

August 11, 1905.
Madam:
In reply to your communication dated July 15, 1905, and received July 19, 1905, you are advised that the records of this Bureau fail to show any claim filed for the services of one Samuel Lewis, Jr., a soldier of the Connecticut troops in the Revolutionary War, living in Washington Co., Pa., in 1840.
There was, however, a Samuel Lewis (I. 37604) who applied for pension April 21, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Plymouth, Litchfield Co., Conn., and about seventy years of age. He stated that he enlisted May 12, 1777, and served as a Private in Captain David Smith's company, Colonel John Chandler's regiment, Connecticut troops, until December 1, 1777, when he was appointed Quartermaster Sergeant in Colonel Return J. Meigs' Continental regiment, and continued in service until discharged in April, 1780. No battles mentioned. His claim was allowed. In January, 1822, it is stated "that he has no wife, no child living with him, but a grandson of about twelve years of age."
He died July 28, 1822.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs. Louis C. Bulkley, Avalon, Aldenbridge, La.

Watson, Hales Bridge, La.
July 15 - 1905.
JUL 20 1905
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
Can I procure a copy of application for pension of one Samuel Lewis Jr who is supposed to have been still alive in 1840 - and perhaps in Washington County Pennsylvania — He came from a farm called Blackrock

near Fairfield Connecticut — and the question at issue is to settle which regiment (Connecticut) he belonged to — It was said he had four brothers in same regiment whose names were probably James Zeke Charles & Lewis — Ralph That the regiment was reviewed by Washington 3 days

after he enlisted that it was at Valley Forge and that he walked a long distance to enlist under Putnam - and that he was twice wounded crippled at White Plains - Is also supposed to have been a quarter master Sergeant Any help I can obtain will be very gratefully received as I am without any access to references - the papers have gone thro', altered, looking as if a mistake had been made, and ought not to be allowed to persist.
Sincerely
(Mrs) Louis C. Buckley
Sacred Chapter St. Louis, L.F.R., Stamped & addressed envelope enclosed.

37 604 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37,604
Samuel Lewis
Serg. 1st. Cav.
Act: 78 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 508
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Recd. 7/96 E. C. by Mr. Admiral B. G. Re
Aug. 11. 1905 History to Mrs. Louis C. Buckley, Aldenbridge, La.

Return Jonathan Heigs, Esquire Colonel and Commander of a Regiment of Foot, raised in Connecticut, in defence of the Thirteen United States of America.
To Samuel Lewis.
Greeting.
Reposing special confidence in your Courage Skill and good Conduct, I do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint you the said Samuel Lewis to be Quartermaster Sergeant in a Continental Regiment now under my Command. — You are hereby faithfully and Diligently to exercise the several Trusts and Duties of said Office, in a strict and careful discharge of the same: and you are to observe and obey all such Orders as you may from time to time receive from me or other your Superior Officers, as Quartermaster Sergeant, for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Given under my Hand This 1. Day of Decemr. A.D. 1777.
Return Jon Heigs Col o