Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44493, for Obed Lamberton, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Lamberton, Obed
S. 44,493
CONTENTS

11.978
New Hampshire
Obed Lamberton
of Winfield in the state of New Hampshire who was a Private in the 5th regiment commanded by Colonel Sturt of the Connecticut line, for the term of Three years
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th of June 1819 and sent to Salma Hale  House Keene New Hampshire
  Arrears to 4th of  Mar. 1819.  $7.16    Semi-ann. all'ce ending  Sep. 1819.  48.00    10/110 23 4.      30 31   $135.16  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Wife of Obed Lamberton Chas. Condit A.H.

170 — New Lamberton Value 11.95 11.970
Sept 1819.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
CHESHIRE COUNTY ss.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
ON this eighteenth day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court
being a court of record for said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, Oliver Lamberton aged seventy three years, resident in Claremont in said county, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: he enlisted as a private soldier in the year 1776 for two months in the company commanded by Capt. Oliver Dimes in the Regiment commanded by Col. Frost, Washburn and having served out of time he enlisted again in May 1776 in the company commanded by Capt. Joseph Hill for seven months and joined the Regiment commanded by Col. Fisher Dyer at New York in the month of June as he now thinks 1776 and having served out
The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the eighth day of April 1810 . The number of my pension certificate is 11.978  6
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1813: and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and 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, and by me subscribed. That by reason of old age and other infirmities I am now incapable of procuring a subsistence by labor and that my family consists of my wife and myself she is sixty-nine years of age and is unable to do any thing of consequence
Oliver Lamberton
Sworn to and declared at Wadsworth in said County, on the 10th day of July 1820 before
R. Vose } Judge of said Court.
I, SALMA HALE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Cheshire, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property in the aforesaid schedule, is eleven dollars and ninety nine cents!
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the on this 25th day of July A. D. 1820
S. Hale

The last mentioned term, he was discharged Dec r . 25 th . 1777 that in April 1779. he enlisted again as a private S d into the Company commanded by Col t Abner P r ice since during the war, and joined the Regiment com- manded by Col t Philip H. Bradley P r ickill in the State of New York that he was in the battle of Flat Bush Long Island and retreated from the Island under Gen l Putnam that he was in the battle of German town, and that he was discharged at Robinson farms opposite to West Point in the year 1783 - that his discharge from this last service is at the war office in the City of Washington annexed to his discharges made April 8 th 1818 before the Hon. Elisha Huntley Esq r one of the Judges of said Court of Commissioners in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed 13 th March 1818 -

SCHEDULE,
Of the whole estate (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) and income of Oleu Sambleton of Clamworth in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, Applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress of May 1st, 1820.
  1. 10 Qt. Pot  $1.00  1. Skettles 50 cts.  $1.50    1 foot Wheel  50.  one Broken Pin wheel  30. 2.80    1 hand reel  2.  1 Kitchen table  50 - 0.52    6 Kitchen chairs  $2.00.  1 light Stand  6 - 2.06    1 Soap tub  30  1 linen tub -  6 - 0.36    1 chest with two drawers  1.00.  two bedsteads -  2.00. 3.00    1 meal chest  30  1 Gird Iron  20. 0.50    1 Lantern  2.  15 Yds yard  25 - 0.27    1 Box trunk  $1.00  1 Bill & 1 Balance book  80. 1.80    1 dish truck  25  1 chopping knife  22 - 0.37    1 linen trunk  8.  1 bread trough  12 - 0.20    1 Meal bin  12 -   0.12    an Obligation agt. Oleu Sambleton  0.10     11.96  
Oleu Sambleton.
We the Subscribers testify and say, that we have viewed the property contained in the above Schedule, shewn to us by Oleu Sambleton above named, as his property; and are of opinion that the sums set against the respective items are their true value.
Cheshire ss. appeared,
above named, and made oath to the truth of the above statement, by them subscribed. Before me,
182 Personally
Justice of the Peace.
above
I certify, that named, are disinterested and credible witnesses.
Justice of the Peace.

170 - Old Sambarston Value 11.95 11.970
Sept 1819.

Philo Lamberton
Copulate
80 to 83
5 th Connect
Left by Miss?
Salmon Hale
Connecticut
Damascus

Elisha Huntley of Norton in the County of Cheshire and State of Hampshire Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Cheshire
To the Honorable J. B. Calhoun Secretary of Department of War of the United States Sir Obed Lamberton of Plainfield in said County of Cheshire having on the eighth day of April instant applied to me the said Justice and made the Declaration under oath which is herunto annexed and submitted to me the other evidence also annexed it appears to me the said Justice that the said Obed Lamberton has satisfactorily proved that he did serve in the Revolutionary War for the term of time in said Declaration mentioned as a private Soldier against the common Enemy of the United States it also appears to me the said Justice that the said late Obed Lamberton by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of assistance from his Country for Support dated at Hampshire Cornish in said County of Cheshire this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and eighteen -
Elisha Huntley } One of the Justices } of the Court of } Common Pleas } for said County
State of Hampshire ss. I do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original
I, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cheshire do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original whereby it appears that the said Elisha Huntley who has proof hereof is above subscribed is one of the Justices of said Court duly qualified according to the rules and practice of said Court and that no part thereof has been altered or added since the same was signed by him this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and eighteen

He served as a soldier in the first Company in the fifth Connecticut Regiment Being Enlisted During the War is Discharged the Service of the United States June 15 th 1783 Abner Prier Major

I Obed Lamberton of Plainfield in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire make oath declare and say that in the spring of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven then belonging to Windsor in the State of Connecticut I enlisted at said Windsor probably in the month of May of that year into the Continental Service to serve during the war I enlisted as aforesaid under Capt. Aaron Paine of the fifth Connecticut Regiment - and having served according to the tenor of my enlistment I was discharged. During the latter part of the said time I was at in the Spottsylvania Generals Store and was an invalid having been injured breaking heels in Redding Connecticut. After the close of the war I received the discharge which is hereto annexed.
I also further say that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I have need of assistance from my country for support
Obed Lamberton
State of New Hampshire } County April 9 th 1818 Then I personally appeared Obed Lamberton known to me to be the person described in and who made oath to the foregoing declaration and sworn before me. Joshua Smith } one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County

I John Vinton of Canwick in the County of Cheshire and State of New- Hampshire do hereby make oath and say that I am personally well acquainted with the said Lambertson now of Plainfield in said County. I will know that said Lam- bertson was a soldier in the revolutionary war during the campaign in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun- dred and sixty seven and was captured by the British army at Germantown in Pennsylvania on the fourth day of Octo- ber of that year. Said Lambertson was a private in Capt. Abner Price's Company of the Fifth Connecticut Regiment under the command of Captain Eli- hu Thompson was a private in Captain Eli- hu Thompson's Company of that Regiment. I also know that said Lambertson served before and after said campaign in that same Regiment in the whole more than eight- een months
I also testify and say that I have no doubt that the said Lambertson is poor and need of assistance from his country for support.
John Vinton
State of Hampshire } I then personally appeared before John Vinton signor of the foregoing declaration and made solemn oath that it is just and true.
Sworn before me. Joshua Smith J. Boal.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
Inv. 44,493.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
October 3, 1897.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning Obed Lamberton , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on April 3, 1818, at which time he was seventy-one years of age and residing at Plainfield, N. H., and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a private in the Connecticut troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Prior and Col. Walcott. Enlisted at Windsor, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. D. H. Lamberton, Wickford, R. I.

Wickford, R.I.
Oct. 1, 1897.
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I write to inquire as to the necessary procedure, fees &c. required of your Bureau, to furnish me with a certification that Obed Lamberton late of Claremont or of Plainfield, both towns being in the state of New Hampshire , was a Revolutionary Pensioner.
The said Obed Lamberton is presumed to have enlisted from Windsor Conn. and he died in 1830.
Respectfully etc.
O. H. Lamberton
Wickford, R.I.

44493 INVALID.
Keery —————
File No. 44493
Obed Lamberton Priv. Rev. War.
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 287
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct. 8/97 D. H. L. Camerton Nickford. K. D.