Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17,448, for Judah Phelps, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Phelps, Judah Abigail
N. 17,448
CONTENTS

Connecticut
946.
Abigail Phelps
widow of Judah Phelps
who was a Private & Sifer
Conn. in the Conn. line
for 5 mo 1874 private 3 1 " 16 " Sifer 3
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 24 Dollars & 27 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of July, 1843. and sent to
J. H. Charlton, East Windsor Conn.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A. Vol. 1. Page 74.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress, of July 7 th 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain wid- ows."
State of Connecticut } Hartford County } ss
Probate Office District of Suffield On this ninth day of June A D 1840 personally appeared, before me this day Widow Abigail Phelps a resident of Suffield in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut aged Eighty one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declara- tion in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the Widow, of Judah Phelps late of said Suffield, deceased, who was as she believes and as clear- ly as she can recollect, a Corporal and Sergeant, in the Revolutionary Army and done duty in the company commanded by Captain Pittibone of Granby in said County and State, a part or the whole of the time while in the service. — That, at the time he entered the service, the said Phelps resided in the said town of Granby, and she is strongly impressed with the belief that he entered the service as a volun- teer, and continued so during the said service — and during said time was at Troyburg and Boston in the State of Massachusetts, also at New York and many other places. — The claimant has no documentary evidence in her possession, in support of her claim, though she says, she has often seen and heard her husband read his Warrants and other papers, which he had in his possession for years after the termination of the Revolutionary war. — She further states, that the said Judah Phelps was more than two years in the said service, and as to the precise time, she is now unable to state; but that they were married soon after he left said service. — She further declares —

That, she was married to the said Judah Phelps on the Twenty sixth day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & twenty eight, that her husband the aforesaid Judah Phelps died on the sixth day of October, Eighteen hundred and eighteen - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving said service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, and at the time above stated -
In presence of Mercy Phelps
Sutten Looning
her Abigail X Phelps mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name and seal of Office -
Sutten Looning Judge
In the above declaration a fact has been suggested to me, which I deem of importance to facilitate an examination & to correct an unintentional error, which is - this - At the time of enlistment, as above stated by Mrs Phelps' declaration, there could not have been (I am informed) such a town as Granby, but the same territory now called Granby, was then embraced in the town of Simsbury, being the northerly part thereof, but since that time set off as a distinct town & called Granby therefore read, "commanded by Capt. Pitkin of Simsbury" I hereby certify that I have no hesitation in the correctness of the above statement & believe it true -
Sutten Looning

I Oliver Pease of Suffield in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut do certify that I am Town Clerk of said Suffield and that from the Record of Marriages kept in said Office it appears that Judah Phelps & Abigail Bishop were Married on the twentysixth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & seventy eight and is expressed in said Records in the Letters & figures following viz, "Judah Phelps & Abigail Bishop were Married November 26 th 1778."
Oliver Pease Town Clerk,
State of Connecticut } Hartford County ss } Subscribed Office District of Suffield Personally appeared Oliver Pease Esq. (Town Clerk of this town) & made oath to the above Certificate before me. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 25 th day of December, A.D. 1838.
Judge, Superior Judge

I Thomas Sterns of Granby in the County of Hartford I Have of Connecticut aged Eighty Three Years I do hereby say that I Was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution - That in the Year 1776, I Was in New York - and at a place called Columbine Hill in the State of New Jersey, & both at Kingsbridge in the State of New York & at White Plains from White Plains to Fishkill and at Fishkill, I saw Judah Phelps of the Town of Suffield in this State, Who Was Then a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution - I Do not know the Company or Regiment to Which the s d Judah Phelps belong d , but I saw him then, & know that he belong d to the Continental Army & Was doing Duty as a Sgt. - I Was Well acquainted With the s d Judah Phelps in Suffield before having live d on a Neighbour - When we left at the time I saw him in Fishkill or above stated I had but a short time With him, but he told me then that he Was a Sgt. - and I believe that he the s d Phelps had been in other places than before, but the above Was the only time I saw him in the War
Joshua D. Smith } Calvin Dibble } State of Conn. } Hartford County - }
Thomas Sterns X Mark
Given February 18 th - Personally appeared the above named Thomas Sterns, to me personally known, & Who is a Respectable & Credible Witness, to make solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition in time Subscribed -
Before me Joshua D. Smith Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } Hartford County }
ps. Probate Office District of Suffield - Suffield Nov. 5. 1839
I Richard Warner of Suffield Hartford County & State of Connecticut (a Revolutionary pensioner) aged 79 years, do depose and say that I was well acquaint- ed with Judah Phelps late of said Suffield deceased, from my youth to the time of his death & have resided within about one mile of each other, until that distance & I well recollect of seeing him before he went to Roxbury & Boston in the United States service & I also well recollect of seeing him again during the service that we both performed both at New Haven in this state & also at New- York, frequently, after the troops that said Phelps was with, left Long Island & crossed over to New- York - The station that he held in the service was a Sergeant - My present impression is that he enlisted in the service, but of this I am not certain - But I am very confident he was while in the service had the station of a Sergeant & my impression is that he was in Capt. Pitkin's Company of Grayson & under Lt. Woodbridge of Simsbury - I cannot with any certainty speak of the length of time the said Phelps was in the service, but I should say confidently more than one year - I would further state the Widow of said Phelps has remained a Widow ever since the death of her husband & that her declaration & statement is entitled to credit - The word "while" interlined before signing -
Richard Warner
above I swear to and subscribed on the day & year above written before me
In testimony whereof I have this day affixed my name & seal of Office
Seth P. Loonig Judge

State of New York Broome County } J. Judediah Seward of Chenango in the said county Aged Eighty three years being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that about the first of Jan- uary 1776 Judah Phelps (then living at or near Simsbury in the State of Connecticut) Enlisted as a private soldier in the Army of the Revolution for the term of one year into a Company in Col. Larned's Regiment of Mass- achusetts State Troops, then under the Command of Lieut. Col. Shepherd, and served out the full period of his Enlistment, and this deponent further saith that the said Judah Phelps also at a subsequent period served for six weeks as a soldier in said Regiment but this deponent cannot recollect the names of the other Officers of the Regiment under whom the said Judah Phelps served, but believes that Capt. Peters or Capt. Park had command of the company in which the said Phelps served one year as aforesaid
Judediah his X Seward marks
Sworn & subscribed before on this 18th day of September 1840
G. Park
Justice of the peace
State of New York } Broome County } J. B. Marvin, Clerk of said County, Do hereby certify, that George Park Esq. whose name appears above, and before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn, was, at the time the said affidavit or oath purports to have been sworn, a Justice of the peace of the peace, in and for said County, duly Commissioned and sworn, and au- thorized to act as such, and to do the same. And that I am acquaint- ed with his hand writing, and believe his signature above to be genuine. Witness my hand and official seal at Binghamton, in said County, this 18. Sep r . 1840. J. B. Marvin, Clerk, Jr. J. C. Moore, Dep. C.W.

7753
Abigail Phelps widow of Judah Conn.
Oct 7 July 1838
78-218.

State of Connecticut Hartford County
Probate Office (District of) Suffield Suffield February, 23 rd A.D. 1841
I John Warner, of Suffield County of Hartford, & State of Connecticut, (a Revolutionary Pensioner) aged 84 years, do depose and say that I was well acquainted with Judah Phelps late of said Suffield, deceased, & was so from my youth up to the time of his death as I have ever resided very near him. I also well recollect of his enlisting into the Revolutionary army & according to the best of my recollection for the term of two years, which term of duty I have no doubt he performed, as I have never heard to the contrary. & I also recollect of seeing him with his military uniform & believe that he performed the duty of a non commissioned officer, in said service. That at the time of his enlistment, the said Judah Phelps resided in the town of Simsbury near the Suffield Town line, since which the town of Granby has been  was set off as a town from the said town of Simsbury, being the northerly part thereof, — also that the Widow of said Phelps has remained single and unmarried since the death of her late husband, which took place in the year Eighteen hundred & eighteen. I would further state that the declaration and statement of the widow, Abigail Phelps is fully entitled to credit, the words "has been" interlined before signing.
John Warner
The above Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me. In testimony whereof, I have this day affixed my name and Seal of Office.
Ebenezer Dorr Judge

Comptroller's Office  I hereby certify that in the Books & files remaining in this office, in relation to the War of the Revolution, I find the following evidence of the services of Capt Abel Pettibone of Spencers Reg.
A pay Roll of the D th Company 2 nd Reg raised by order, General Assembly, Conn t  May  May 1775 Abel Pettibone captain, Time of enlistment May 1 st , Time discharged Dec 10 th . M o 6 days 7 - 10 And in the roll of this, company Judah Phelps is credited for services in the following manner viz Private, & after the 23 October,
Time of Enlistment May 6 th . M o days Time discharged Dec 10. — 7 - 4 And for this service Capt Abel Pettibone's account is debited orders on Treasurer from 1775 May 5 To 1776 Jan y 3 ————— 1871 = 8 - 9 Contra Spencers Reg t
1776
Jan 3 By acct rendered ————— 1871 = 8 = 9
And a further acct in the following terms
1777 Dr Capt Abel Pettibone
March 22 nd To order on Treasurer for your company
of Militia ordered to Rhode Island £90 = 00
June 18 Do Do, Col Eno's Battalion — 300 00
July 14 Do Do ————— 100
turn over

1777.
August 20 th To arms - - - - - £66 - 19 9
27 To order on Treasury - - - - - 100
Sept - 22 To Ditto - - - - - 150
Nov - 4 th To Ditto - - - - - 150
1778 Feb - 3. To Ditto - - - - - 1061 - 00 6 3/4
Contra - - - - - 2018 - 0 3 3/4
1778
Feb 3 By acct rendered for his 60 Coll Enos Batt. - - - - - 1928 - 0 3 3/4
87 Aug 11 By acct rendered. - - - - - 67 - -
89 Feb 17 By ditto. - - - - - 23 - 0 0
2018 - 00 3 3/4
Lease find No Rolls of Capt Abel Pettibone company, except for the year 1775, have been found The United States Dr To the State of Connecticut for sundry expenditures for the service and ex- pence of Troops stationed at Greenwich see Haskell Recys for the Defense of said State, viz; Post at Greenwich 1778 Feb 3 Capt Abel Pettibone Ditto £1861 0 6 3/4

Comptroller's Office
And it further appears That in Col Simeons Strong, or 15 Reg t of Militia ordered to New York August 11 th D r 1776 Capt Silibones Hospital Expenses were £11 " 18 2
And Arms & Baggage destroyed — 2 — — —
Dated at Comptrollers office in Hartford State of Connecticut July 7 th D r 1842 Alden Miles Compt r

I Zebina Burr, a resident of Granby in Hartford County, Ct, hereby dispose & say, That In the War of the Revolution I was well acquainted with Judah Phelps formerly of Simsbury in D. Ct, & I am well knowing to the fact that the said Judah Phelps served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, I was at Roxbury in capt Elisha Humphreys company, and the said Judah Phelps performed duty in capt Abel Pettibone company; I was well acquainted with capt Pettibone, & the said Judah Phelps, & remember well the said Phelps served in his company in 1775 And I am also well knowing to the fact that the said Judah Phelps performed a tour of duty in the company of the said Abel Pettibone at Horseneck, in the summer of 1777, in Coll Roger Ennos Regiment: I saw him there, several times, that campaigne doing duty, I have an impression that he performed duty in a grade above a private but cannot precisely say what it was, but of his services I have a distinct remembrance: I used to be much in company with said Phelps when we were young, & well remember that soon after he left service, he married Miss Abigail Bishop of Suffield, I have seen the widow often since the decease of her dear husband, & have always understood that she still remained his widow.
Zebina Burr
State of Connecticut Hartford County ss Granby On this 20 th day of June A 1842 personally appeared before me the subscribing authority Zebina Burr a credible person who then and there made

Solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, in my presence.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix my Seal of Office on the day and year last named.
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public
Leona Maria Deps.

I Richard Warner, a resident of Suffield, in Hartford County, Connecticut, hereby depose & say; That I served several cam- paigns in the Revolutionary War, And I am well know- ing to the fact that Judah Phelps served in the campaign at New York, Long Island, in the year 1776; I belonged to Capt John Warmans Company, but Capt Warman him- self had gone to the Northward as commander of a Company in this year, & I, and my company went down to New York under the Lieut Samuel Warman of the Militia. The said Judah Phelps I saw at New Haven as I was going down, & he was then in uniform, & belonged to the Army & after I got to New York I saw him there sever- al times, after he came over from Long Island, where he was, when the enemy compelled our forces to retreat. As Judah Phelps lived in a Neighboring town of Simsbury that part of it which is now the Town of Granby, & he went in a mother Company; I believe it was in Capt Abel Pettibone's company, I knew Capt Pettibone he belonged in the Town of Simsbury, I went down in August 1776, & got home in the fall; I did not serve with him myself in any other Campaign, but I saw him several times when he came home on Furloughs, saw him in his uniform & talked with him often & have understood ever since the war that he served as much as two years but I cannot specify the officers any further: I know that after the War he married the present widow Abigail Phelps. I know that he, J Phelps died several years since, & that his widow is still living, & remains his widow. In the latter part of his services in the army I under- stood he served as a Sergeant.
Richard Warner
State of Connecticut, County of Hartford, ss. Suffield. On this 5 th day of July 1842, personally appeared, before me the subscribing authority Richard Warner

a resident of said field  field , a credible & respectable person, who then & there made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed in my presence; and the alteration in the first line was made before the certificate was sworn to.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, & affix my Seal of Office, on the day & year last aforesaid.
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public.

I, Apollos Phelps, do hereby depose & say, That I am well knowing to the fact that Judah Phelps, husband of the present Widow, Abigail Phelps, died in the town of Suffield, County of Hartford & State of Connecticut, on the sixth day of October Eighteen hundred & eighteen, & his Widow, is still living & she has never again intermarried, and is the identical person who makes application for a pension for the Military services of her husband, the said Judah Phelps.
Apollos Phelps
State of Connecticut, Hartford County, ss Suffield
On this 5 th day of July A 1842, personally appeared, before me the subscribing authority, Apollos Phelps, a resident of said Suffield, a credible person, to me well known, who then & there made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him subscribed before me.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name & affix my Seal of office on the day & year last aforesaid.
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public

State of Connecticut, Hartford County, S s Hartford
I Noah A Phelps, Secretary of State for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify, That Joshua R Jewett Esq r , before whom the annexed Certificate of Thomas Stevens was taken, was at the time of taking the same, a lawful Justice of the Peace for said Hartford County; & his signature to said certificate, is his genuine Signature to me well known.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name & affix my Seal of Office at Hartford aforesaid on this 7 th day of July A d 1842
Noah A. Phelps, Secretary of State

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17448
Abigail Phelps Widow of Judah Phelps Dr. New Haven
Act: March 25/48
Index:—Vol. M , Page 128
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17448 Abigail Phelps Widow of Jacob Phelps Dr. New-Hav. Act: March 31/43 Index:—Vol. M. Page 128
[Arrangement of 1870.]

6709 ✓
Reported
Connecticut
son of Abigail Phelps Judah Phelps dec d
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 6. Oct. 1818 at Hartford in the State of Conn t . who was a priv t Rif r in the Comp y commanded by Captain Pease one of the reg t commanded by Col in the Conn t . time for S r . m. 18 d , priv t 1. " 16 d rif r 1.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 211 Dollars 27. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19. day of July 1842 and sent to Jesse Chaplin Esq r . East Windsor L td . Conn t Arrears to the 4 th of March .41. 120,35 Semi-annual allowance ending
$ 120,35 { Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by Theodore Moody Clerk, Book A, Vol. 1 Page 205

Conn Act 1838-7753
Abigail Phelps - Judah
Let. to Luther Loomis 27 and
26th March 1841.
Let. to Jesse Charlton, 14th:
June 1841 D r - same July 12 th 1841 2 -
act of July '38

1589 Abigail Phelps
$24:27 per a
Send cert. to
J. H. Charlton
East Windsor
Conn

State of Connecticut Hartford County Is Suffield May 22 nd A 1843
On this Twenty second day of May 1843 person- ally appeared before me the subscribing authority Abigail Phelps a resident of said Suffield aged 84 years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843, granting pensions to Widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.
That she is the Widow of Judah Phelps, formerly of said Suffield, who served in the Army of the Revolution first at Roxbury under Captain Pitone in the year 1775, and again at New York in the year 1776, and at some other places; for which services she re- ceived a pension under act of July 7 th 1838, at the rate of twenty four dollars 27 cents per An. She furthermore declares that she still remains the widow of said Judah Phelps.
In presence of Thomas H Warren Apollo Phelps
Abigail
her mark Phelps

State of Connecticut Hartford County To Suffield May 22 nd 1843
I Jesse Charlton Notary Public of and for the State of Connecticut & residing at East Windsor in said State do hereby certify that Abigail Phelps within named person ally appeared before in Suffield in Hartford County & State of Connecticut & then & there made Solemn Oath to the truth of the within declaration by her subscribed in my presence, and I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, as the identical person who received a pension for the services of her said husband, & that she is still his widow. xx
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto subscribe my name, & affix my Seal of office on the day & year first named.
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public

James H Charlton P. M. of East Windsor Ct Atty for Declarant

East Windsor, Hartford County, Conn. July 7 th A 1842
Dear Sir,
I herewith return the papers in the application of Widow Abigail Phelps, of Suffield, Conn, having obtained some further proof, which is herewith sent. Your letter to me was dated June 14 th 1842. I think you will be satisfied that the proof sustains the claim for 7 Mos & 4 days in 1775, And for three Mos, at least, at N York & C, in 1776, And for Six Mos at Greenwich & many other places in 1777. And is not the proof that he served as a Sergeant in the two last campaigns satisfactory.
I remain Sir
Most respectfully Your obed Servt Jesse Charlton
Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C

Maye Clark and N.Y. Died at July 7. 38 248 n
See Seward and Jan 7.
N.Y. N. 30574
May. 6 25 11112
4 23 25-
5.418
7 4 5.18
1.16

Isaac Phelps d. Simsbury 1814/15 Abigail m. 78 Nov 6. S 75 at Rodney Mich. Pittsboro
+ Col. Seward. 1817-1776 Map.
proof not sub.
+ Dana Clark was pensioned for the house in 1829 L Seward was a military. Seward died in for a week in 1818 Clark died in 1824

1842
June 13. 1842
St. Margaret Phelps,
FREE
Wm Lloyd J. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pension Washington D. C.

7753.
Abigail Phelps. Conn.
act 7. July 38
m 78 d 18.
Notes 75. pri 5mo 18. fifer 1. 16
adm?
5mo. 18. ds pri
1. 16. ds fifer-
$24.27.
No deduction.
Jesse Charlton Esq. East Windsor Conn.

East Windsor, Hartford County, Ct. June 10 th 1842.
Sir. Mrs Abigail Phelps, widow of Judeah Phelps, late of Suffield Co has put her case in her application for Pension into my hands. You reported last in relation thereto, to Luther Loomis Esq, of Suffield, under dates of March 26 & 27 th A 1841. I herewith send Mr Loomis letter to you, on this subject.
If you will have the goodness to send to me the Declaration & certificates that I may see what is the obstruction, in the case, I will endeavor to find such documentary proof, as will satisfy you of the correctness & integrity of the claim
I remain Sir
Most respectfully
Your obed Servt
Jesse Charlton
Hon J L Edwards Esq Washington D C

Hon. J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Washington

Suffolk (64) Jan 10 th 1840
Hon J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington }
Sir
Sometime in 1840 or 1841 I transmitted to the Pension Office some papers for the benefit of Mrs Abigail Phelps & received from you two letters under date of March 26 th & 27 th 1841 in answer thereto —
Mr Jesse Charlton is about making a further investigation for Mrs Phelps herself, therefore any further evidence which may be obtained in the case by him I trust will not only be received, but will also be reported to Mrs Charlton for her benefit, he having the whole charge of her concerns —
I am Sir, very Respectfully Yours
Luther Gooding

7753
Mar 11. 1841.
ct.
July 7. 1838.
Abigail Phillips
Hon. J. G. Edwards. Commissioner of Pensions - War Department Washington.

Suffield (C ty ) March 1 st 1841
Hon. J. S. Edwards } Com. of Pensions }
Sir,
Enclosed I herewith transmit the papers for a pension for the widow, Abigail Phelps of this town at her request, & any communications on the subject, may be addressed to me, for her, —
I am Sir,
Your Respectful
Seth D. Hovey

July 19. 1842
66. Margaret Hays J. Smith
Warren Stearns Brew
FREE
Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.

East Windsor
Connecticut.
July 16 th 1842.
Dear Sir.
Yours of the 12 th instant. in relation to the claim of Abigail Phelps of Suffield Conn. was received this morning.
And in answer hermit me to say: That it appears to me that there is not the least doubt that Deah Phelps served in the vicinity of New York in 1776, probably in the Militia under A Pettibone, in Lt Sim s Strongs or 15 th Regt of Militia. The services of A Pettibone in that service are recognized in Haskells receipts.
The three witnesses who saw him there in service viz Richard Warner, Tho s Stevens, and Tabitha Burr, are credible persons, and all pensioned for their services in 1776, & other years; they all testify, without hesitation that they saw Deah Phelps in service near New York in the summer & fall of 1776; They cannot be confident under what officer he served: the some of them believe it was under Capt Pettibone.
To require that the services claimed to be rendered, should be corroborated by the records, is reasonable, so far as to show that Military services were performed at the place, at the time, specified & so that if there are Rolls of the service there done, it may be seen whether they corroborate, or discredit the claim. But in many instances it is found that witnesses know full well of the services of a certain man of their acquaintance at a given place when the person was

not in the same company with them, and where they cannot tell what captain commanded the company in which the person for whom they testify did duty; but, where they know perfectly well, that he served in the campaign. In this case some of the witnesses express the belief that it was in Captain Pettibones company, which the records show was at N York in the 15 th or Lt Col Simeon Strong's Regiment.
In this case it is fully proved that there was Military service performed there, by Capt Pettibones company of Strong's Reg't. as by Comptrollers certificate fully appears. It is also proved by three witnesses at least that Judah Phelps performed Military service there, & some of them express the belief that it was in Capt Pettibones company. Now if there are no rolls of the service of the Militia of the 15 th Reg't of Conn which discredit the claim of Judah Phelps service, is there not such proof of his services near N York in 1776 as ought to be considered satisfactory.
The services performed by Lt Simeon Strong's Reg't of Militia, at N York in 1776, are set forth in the Declaration of Lemuel Smith of Berlin Conn under act of 1832 he was not in Pettibones but in Langtore's company & was pensioned Sept 13 th D 1833.
On a review of the case, you will please send a certificate counting on such a period of time, as you shall judge right for, from the departure of so many who once might have been witnesses, and the decay of the memory of those who yet remain, it will probably

be impossible to furnish any fuller (more precise proof.
I remain Sir, most respectfully, your Obed Servant.
Jesse Charlton.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.