Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7573, for Oliver Neff, Connecticut

SERVICE
Neff, Oliver
NUMBER _____
R. 7573
CONTENTS

State of Connecticut } County of Windham } B. Windham June 14 A.D. 1838
On this 14 day of June A.D. 1838 Personally appeared Oliver D. Reff in open Court, before the Court of Probate, now sitting in said Windham a resident of Chaplin in Windham Probate District in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut Aged Seventy seven years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declarations, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted, & voluntarily engaged and put his name to a paper, promising to serve as a Soldier of the Revolutionary War for the term of three months, and joined the company under the command of Capt. Reed, then being 17 years of age, and marched to Newport Rhode Island, and there joined the Regiment, Commanded by Colo. Chapman, That he was in what was called Sullivan's Expedition, and was in a battle fought between Dunker Hill, and Butts Hill so called, in which battle, Joseph Butts, then a Soldier in the Rhode Island Regt. was wounded by a bullet, shot shot in his leg by the enemy In consequence of which, D r Butts had his leg taken off and was captured by the enemy, And he D r  Reff served for the full term of three months, and received an Honorable discharge He cannot recollect how much he did serve in that campaign after the expiration of said three months his discharge he cannot find.
The following year he thinks in 1804 he also believes it to be the year before the great Massacre at Groton he volunteered and marched to New London and served for the full term of two months as a Soldier under the Command of Capt. Tinker

And afterwards marched to Grafton, and served there as a Soldier two months or more in a Company Commanded by Capt. Satham in Colo. Seayards Regiment. Was absent from him and served as a Soldier in New Salem & Grafton more than four months.
Questions by the Court to Oliver Jeff
Where and in what year were you born?
Ans. Born in Windham near where I now live, but is now a part of Chaplin, being a town taken from a part of Windham. Hampton and Mansfield incorporated and called Chaplin was born Sept. 1 st 1761.
Have you any record of your age, and if so where is it Ans. I know of no record of my age on any town record, or any where else except on a family record Book
Where were you living when called into service; where have you been since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live Ans. He did live in Windham with his Father at the time he entered the service, and after performing the duties of a Soldier returned to his Father and have lived in a near the same place, but is set off from Windham to Chaplin as before stated
How were you called into the service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom
Ans. Enlisted in first Campaign & volunteered in the two last
What is the reason you have not applied for a pension at an earlier date?
Ans. I have been looking for proof of my service for last four years

State the names of some of the regular Officers who were with the Troops when you served such continental & Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service
Capt. Paul (the Company of which) commanded the Company into which he first Enlisted and was capt. & Commander the company at Newport and Majr. Peters was a Major in the Regt. & Colo Chapman was Commander of the Regt. When at New London Capt. Sinkin was Commander of the Company, & when at Groton was in a Company commanded by Capt. Satham in Colo Soudards Regt.
He here by relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension, or annuity except the present; and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State, or if any only on that of the agency of the State of Connecticut Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Oliver Nott
We Elias Sharp, a Clergyman residing in the Town of Chaplin in Windham County & State of Connecticut, Warren Clark of the same Town hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Oliver Nott who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Elias Sharp Warren Clark

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served, as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to him that Elias Sharp who has signed the preceding certificate is a legally qualified resident in the Town of Chaplin in Windham County & State of Connecticut and that Warren Clarke is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit Further certify that the deposition of Mehitabel Ripley was recited and sworn to before this court also that Mehitabel Ripley is a credible person and her statements entitled to full credit
Further the deposition of Sylvester Colburn purporting to be taken before Edwards Clark Chief Judge of the County Court for Windham County I certify that said Clark is judge as attached to his name & well known to this court as such and his statements in said colburn entitled to full credit
In Testimony whereof I have caused the seal of office to be hereunto affixed and signed the same officially also had the same counter signed by the clerk of this Court Socrates Baleam Esq.
Isaac M. White Probate for the District of Windham Counter signed by Socrates Baleam Clerk

for a statement of the military history of Oliver Nuff a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. Rej. 7573
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     * 78 3 mos. Jonathan Rudd Chapman Conn -   July 79 2 mos. Nehemiah Tinker Ephraim Storrs   2 mos. Latham Ledyard  
* Battles engaged in, R.I.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Mindham, Conn.
Date of application for pension, June 14, 1838
Residence at date of application, Chaplin, Windham Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, Sept. 1, 1761, Mindham, Conn.
Remarks: "He did not serve 6 mos." The above claim was rejected on the ground that claimant failed to furnish satisfactory proof of six months service.
There is no mention of soldier's wife or family.
Very respectfully,

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Oliver Neff, Con
Set. to Hon. O. Holt, 27 June
7573

  Sullivan expedition in 79. for 3 mo  Capt. Budd Col.     Chapman — in R. Id   3 —    July 79. Capt. Zintler at New London   2 mo    afterwards Capt. Latham Col. Ledyard   2 mo  

140 Leigh St.,
Exeter, N.H., Mar. 11, 1907.
Dear Sir:—
Will you kindly tell me if you have the name of a widow Neff, wife of a soldier of the war of the Revolution on your records?
This soldier whose given name I am unable to obtain, was born at or near Windham, Windham County, Conn.
Will you kindly give me the given name of soldier also

name of widow if possible and oblige one of the descendants who is anxious to know something more of her ancestors. Most of my family are dead so I have few to whom I can go for information.
Yours truly, Kate Neff Hatch

Exeter, N. H., Oct. 1906..

1907 Apl. 5. History to Mrs. Kate Neff Hatch - fs
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1879.
REJECTED
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P. O. _____
Oliver Neff
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
CHENANGO COUNTY } ss. ss. Office,
I, PEREZ RANDALL, Clerk of the coun-
ty of Chenango, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and
the said county, do hereby certify, that Isaac Jones Esquire, was on the Second day of February 1838 a Justice of the Peace, in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity: And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Isaac Jones ,
and verily believe the signature to the annexed Affidavit to be his proper hand writing.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the said county, and subscribed my name this Third day of February 1838
P. Randall Peru

I Nehemiah Ripley of the Town & County of Windham & State of Connecticut being Seventy seven years old do hereby certify and say under oath That I was drafted to go to New London early in July 1779 in Capt Nehemiah Perkins Company in Col Ephraim Storrs Regiment for the term of two months and served the full term during this campaign. I saw Oliver Nuff (who belonged to the hare hill company in said Windham) when I arrived at New London said Nuff was there and served to my knowledge the full term of two months with me in said campaign. Further the deponent says that not seen & interviewed two before said M c Whorter Esq. Judge of Probate within & for the District of Windham in the County & State aforesaid this 19. day June A D 1828
Nehemiah Ripley
Patton Sec

House of Reps. June 24. 1838 3/3
Sir
I herewith transmit the papers of Oliver Steff asking a pension for services rendered in the revolution. Please give them as early an examinat- -on as possible.
How C. C. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Respectfully & Truly I am Sir. Your Obedt Servt
(Oliver Steff)

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Oliver Neff Conn.
Hon. O. Holt (P.R.)

State of Connecticut County of Windham
Windham May 15 th 1838
I Sylvanus Colburn of Chaplin in said Windham County aged 82 years testify and say that I am well acquainted with Oliver Duff who now lives in said Chaplin and that I was well acquainted with him during the Revolutionary War that we both resided in Windham in Windham County at that time and I well recollect of his going to Rhode Island as a soldier in Capt Jonathan Ruddle's Company and have often heard it said that Oliver Duff was in Sullivan's Expe- dition so called but cannot say how long he served in that campaign, should think he was absent about four months And afterwards he marched to New London and served as a soldier in Capt Tinkler's Company at New London and was absent I should think about six months and further saith not
Sylvanus Colburn
State of Connecticut County of Windham
Windham May 15 th 1838
Personally appeared before me on the day and year above written Sylvanus Colburn of the Town of Chaplin in said State and County. Signed of the foregoing instrument and made solemn oath to the truth of the same - I certify that S d Colburn is a credible person & his statements entitled to full credit -
Edward Clarke Chief Judge of County Court for Windham County

Deposition of Joseph Button in behalf of Oliver Noffs appl n . for a Juncture —

State of New York } Chenango County } ss.
Be it known that before the subscribers a justice of the peace of the said County personally came Joseph Button who being first duly sworn according to law deponeth & says that he is 77 years of age that he is a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States that he is well acquainted with Oliver Duff who before & during the Revolutionary war that this deponent was in the town of Windham State of Connecticut that at the time of Sullivans Expedition at Newport Rhode Island this deponent was a Soldier in Benjamin Warts company in John Gophams regiment & Samuel Connells Brigade of Rhode Island Troops that this deponent went onto the said Newport in the said Expedition sometime in the month of July & continued there until the battle of the 29th of August when this deponent was wounded & taken prisoner that while on the said Island he was daily in company with the said Oliver Duff who was a Soldier also in the said Expedition that he thinks the said Duff belonged to Capt Budds company but of this he is not certain that after the said battle he knew nothing further of his services as deponent was held as a prisoner for a year but up to the time of the battle he knows that the said Duff was a Soldier then he was well acquainted with the said Duff before & during & since the Revolutionary war & further saith not
In presence of G. B. Palmer Grace Jones
His Joseph X Button mark
Sworn & subscribed before me this 2 d day of February 1838 Grace Jones J. Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Brutton who has subscribed & sworn to the within affidavit that he is a credible person & his statement is entitled to full credit & that from a severe inflammation in his eyes which blinds him he is unable to write his name & also that the words (that this) in the within affidavit were entered before execution Subj Q 2/18/38 Isaac Jones for justice of the peace

Joseph Button is an invalid Pensioner Certificate dated Twenty fourth day of November 1823 issued by J. Q. Adams Secretary of War
Registered in Book A. Vol 3. Page 3 by William Allinson Clerk