Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,957, for William Powell, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
SERVICE Conn. Continental Mass.
Powell, William
S 41 9 5 7
CONTENTS

11. 660 R :
Vermont
William Powell
of bounty Chittenden in the state of Vermont who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel M. Jackson of the U.S. line, for the term of nine months
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of May, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th of June 1819 and sent to Zadock Wheeler Esq. Charlotte, Vermont.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 q rs 27/31 78.96 Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819. 48.00 $126.96
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Edward Crary Sep 30 1833

Vermont
William Powell. Private -
Col. Sergeants Mass s . Regt d
Jan y 1776 to Jan y 1777
June or July 1778. Put d Col d . Mich d
Jackson's Mass s . Regt d & served 9 months

State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss On this 9 th day of May 1818 before me the subscriber Chief Judge of Chittenden County Court in said State Personally appears William Powell aged 57 Years who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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" That he the said William Powell entered into the service as a private soldier at Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts in the month of January 1776 in the company commanded by Capt Asa Barns in the regiment of Col s Serg- eant of Massachusetts line that he served in said corps untill the month of January 1777 when he was discharged at Trenton in the State of New Jersey, and that immediately on his being discharged he entered with the rest of his company as a volunteer and served six weeks in the regiment of Col s Ward of the Connecticut line. That he afterwards served in the company of Capt David Wheeler Col s Browns regiment of Militia on the northern frontier about two months. That in the Year 1778 on the requisition from Congress to fill up the ranks of the army he engaged at Danestown in the State of Massachusetts to serve for nine months and in the month of June or July joined the company commanded by Capt Ephraim Cleveland of Col s Michael Jacksons regiment of the Massachusetts line at Westpoint and served the full term afor d by himself and his substitute a brother who is now dead. That he was at the blockade of Boston 1776 stationed in the redoubt at Lechmeres point and was with the american

array in the retreat from New York and in the battle near Harlem Heights & was in the battle of Trenton & and the battle at Fort Ann near Schenoborough with the advance of Burgoyne's army & and the battle of Bennington ———— That now in the advance of life he stands in need of the assistance of his Country to supply the wants of himself and a numerous family — and that he has no other evidence now in his power to produce of his said services —
Sworn to and declared Before me the day and year aforesaid Zadock Wheeler.
I Zadock Wheeler Chief Judge of Chittenden County Court aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Powell did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy. And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Given under my hand this 9 th day of May 1818 —
Zadock Wheeler
State of Vermont } County Clerk's Office Burlington Vermont Chittenden County } I Nathan B. Haswell Clerk of Chittenden County Court do hereby certify that Zadock Wheeler before whom the above declaration was taken is Chief Judge of said Court, and qualified acting under the authority of this State and that his name thereto subscribed is his own proper signature — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court this 9 th day of May 1818 — Nathan B. Haswell

State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss, William Powell on oath declares and says that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country under the provisions of the law of Congress passed March 18 th 1810
William Powell
State of Vermont
Chittenden County ss. Sworn to before me
Ladock Wheeler Chief Judge of Chittenden County Court,
I Ladock Wheeler Chief Judge as aforesaid Do further certify that it has been made to appear to my satisfaction that William Powell the within named applicant is in reduced circumstances & in need of assistance from his country under the provisions of the act of Congress passed March 18 th 1810
Ladock Wheeler

William Powell
Son of William Powell a Revolutionary soldier
Application for Pension
Nov 28
Edward Gray
Madison
St. Lawrence
N.Y.

State of New York St Lawrence County ss
Be it Remembered that on the second day of August A D 1863 personally came before the St Lawrence County Court of St Lawrence County William Powell Jr aged seventy years a resident of the Town of Madick in aforesaid County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he the said William Powell Jr is the son on his at law of William Powell deceased and Rhoda Powell deceased who was the lawful wife of William Powell a revolutionary soldier who served in the regiments of New York. Kenton & Bennington in Captain Barm's Company
And that he the said William Powell deceased was married to the said Rhoda Powell his wife about the year A D 1780 and prior to 1794 that the said William Powell died at Hinesburgh in the State of Vermont about the first day of October A D 1828 And that the said Rhoda Powell died at said Town of Hinesburgh about the first of November A D 1832
That there is no public or private Record of said Marriage or the death of said William Powell and Rhoda Powell his wife.
That said William Powell was pensioned under the act of 1818 and was struck from the Rolls under the act of 1820 on account of not receiving the pecuniary aid of the Government that evidence entitling said William Powell to a pension is in the Archives of the Government That the said William Powell nor Rhoda Powell his wife never afterwards made application nor received any Pension whatever

That he the said William Powell Jr is now seventy years of age William Powell
Subscribed and sworn before me this 2 nd day of August 1853 I hereby certify that I have no interest whatever in said estate -
State of New York
I, Sawin County ss Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before the St Lawrence County Court upon Edwin Dods President
And I hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to me Clerk of the Court of St Lawrence County that William Powell who has sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration is the son and heir of William Powell the reputed Soldier aforesaid and also Rhode Powell aforesaid
I further certify that Edward C Gray Esq before whom the affidavits of marriage & death of said William Powell and Rhode Powell hereto annexed were made was at the time of so doing a justice of the Peace in & for said County of St Lawrence and that the signature thereunto to him I believe to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office the 3 rd day of August 1853
Mays S. Winslow Clerk
William Powell A. H. McClellan for him

State of New York
St Lawrence County ss
On this first day of August A.D. 1883 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Anson Hall aged fifty seven years a resident of the Town of Maduel in aforesaid County who being duly sworn according to law declares that he was well acquainted with William Powell deceased from his earliest recollection until about the time of the decease of the said William Powell and he knows that prior to A.D. 1800 said William Powell and Rhode Powell lived and cohabited together as husband & wife and so continued to live and cohabit together until the death of the said William Powell. That the said William Powell died at the Town of Hinesburgh in the State of Vermont on or about the year 1833.
That the said Rhode Powell his wife died after the decease of the said William Powell. That William Powell Jr is a son & heir at law of the said William Powell and Rhode Powell deceased. That said William Powell resides in the Town of Maduel aforesaid and is about seventy years of age.
Anson Hall
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day & year above written and I hereby certify that the said Anson Hall is a credible & disinterested person & that I have no interest or hatred in said claim.
Edward Cogan
Justice of the Peace

State of New York
St Lawrence County
On the first day of August A.D. 1853 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid J. H. Keeler aged fifty seven a resident of the Town of Madrid & County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that he was well acquainted with William Powell who was reputed to be a revolutionary soldier and Rhoda Powell his wife that he knows that from his earliest recollection until the time of the death of the said William Powell said William Powell & Rhoda Powell his wife lived and cohabitated as husband & wife and that he knows of their so living and cohabitating together prior to 1794 that the said William Powell and Rhoda Powell are now dead & that William Powell of Madrid in aforesaid County is a son and heir of said William Powell and Rhoda Powell and is about seventy years of age
J. H. Keeler. —
Sworn to & subscribed before me this day and year above written
And I hereby certify that said J. H. Keeler is a credible and disinterested person and that I have no interest whatever in said claim
Edward Leroy
Justice of the Peace

State of New York
St Lawrence County ss.
On this 22 d of August AD 1853 personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace within and for the County & State of New York George Folsom aged forty six years a resident of the Town of Potsdam & County of St Lawrence who being duly sworn according to law declared that he was well acquainted with William Powell deceased and Rhode Powell deceased and knows that they lived and cohabitated as husband and wife that said William Powell deceased was reported to be a Revolutionary soldier and that he the said W m Powell died at the Town of Hinesburgh in the State of Vermont in the month of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight and that the said Rhode Powell his wife died at said Town of Hinesburgh in the month of November AD 1831.
The said W m Powell intitled before signing
George Folsom
Sworn to & subscribed before me George Folsom the day and year above written & I hereby certify that said George Folsom is a credible and disinterested person
Edward G. May Justice of the Peace

State of New York
St Lawrence County ss
On this 22 d of August A D 1853 personally appeared before me a print of the Rev. William and for the County aforesaid Malinda Fenshaw aged forty five years a resident of the Town of Potsdam and County aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law declares that she was well acquainted with William Powell & Rhoda Powell both deceased and knows that they lived and cohabited together as husband and wife. That said William Powell was reputed to be a revolution- ary soldier. That said William Powell died at the Town of Hinesburgh in the State of Vermont in the Month of October A D 1828. And that the said Rhoda Powell his wife died at said Town of Hinesburgh in the Month of November A D 1831
Malinda Fenshaw
Sworn to & subscribed before me by Malinda Fenshaw the day and year above written And I hereby certify that Malinda Fenshaw is a credible & disinterested person and that I have no interest whatever in said Claim.
Edward Leray Justice of the Peace

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
Ans
May 26, 1927
Mrs. G. G. Grunert 506 E. Fifth St Northfield, Minn
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 41957, it appears that William Powell enlisted at Cambridge, Massachusetts January 1776 and served until January 1777 in Captain Asa Barnes's Company, Colonel Sargent's Regiment, Massachusetts Troops; and at once volunteered and served six weeks in Colonel Ward's Connecticut Regiment; and later enlisted and served two months in Captain David Wheeler's Company, Colonel Brown's Massachusetts Regiment; he enlisted at Lancaster, Massachusetts in 1778 and served nine months in Captain Ephraim Cleaveland's Company, Colonel Michael Jackson's Massachusetts Regiment. He was at the blockade of Boston in 1776, at the battles of Harlem Heights, Trenton, Fort Ann, and

Bennington.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 9, 1818, while a resident of Chittenden County, Vermont, aged fifty-seven years.
He married about 1780, Rhoda, her maiden name is not stated. He died October 1, 1828 at Hinesburg, Vermont, and she died there November 1, 1831.
In 1853, son William was seventy years old and a resident of Madrid, St. Lawrence County, New York.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Aug. 31, 1853
Appel of Rhoda Powell, decd., widow of William, N. Y.
Act 1838.
Edw. Brady, Madison, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Register

41957 INVALID. Rey
File No. 41957 William Powell Dr. Van No
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 898
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1927- may 25- Hisn to Mrs. E. S. G. Bennett and

506 E. Fifth St., Northfield, Minn. March 18, 1927.
Com. of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir,
I am looking up my revolutionary ancestors for admission to the D.A.R., and would like to know if they received pensions.
1. William Powell (spelled Powel in records) born in 1761 at Lamborough, Mass. died at Charlotte, Vt., in 1828. Served in Capt. Timothy Reads Co.

2) Col. Asa d Barnes Reg., Massachusetts line.
2. Nathaniel Newell, born 1757 - died 1835. Served in Capt. Jared Shepherd's Co., Col. Thomas Belden's Reg. - Connecticut Line. Born in Goshen, Conn. died in Charlotte, Vt.
If these men received pensions, I would like very much to receive a copy of their records.

Thanking you in advance for this information, I am,
Yours very truly,
(Mrs. G. G.) Laura Powell Gurney

Mr. and Mrs. John Wheeler J. S. [?] Charlotte Chittenden Co. Vermont
Nov. 10 Dec. 1879
Hon. Secretary of War
Wm. Powell
Edward

Hon. J. C. Calhoun,
Sir, Inclosed I send the application of William Powell with an additional certificate for examination , About three months since I returned to the War office the application for a pension of Israel Sheldon a soldier of the Massachusetts line with his original discharge inclosed and my certificate as to his circumstances annexed, Others having been returned which had been forwarded posterior to his induces a suspicion it may have miscarried, Any information you may please to communicate will greatly oblige him
Your Ob t Serv t Gadock Wheeler Charlotte Chittenden County. Vermont
Israel Sheldon's Certificate refused and sent to Judge Wheeler 27 th Apr y 1819

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Powell, William GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11607 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 12, 1797 To James De Baufre, assignee
*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.