Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36182, for Joseph Munroe, Connecticut

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Munroe, Joseph
S 36182
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10,581 Q Connecticut
Joseph Munroe
of Bridgefield in the state of Connecticut who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Swift of the Connecticut line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of May 1819 and sent to David B Cooke Esq. Danbury Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of Mar ch 1819. 86.36
Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 Sep r 1819. 48.00
10 Mo. \frac{20}{30}  \frac{4}{31} $134.36
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
No. 10,581 Joseph Munroe Private Connecticut line

Joseph Munroe
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At a County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the district and State of Connecticut on the 19 th day of July 1820 the same being a court of record, and having a seal, by virtue of the laws of said State - Personally appeared, in open court Joseph Munroe a resident in the town of Ridgefield in the County of Fairfield in said state, and exhibited and subscribed the following schedule, and made solemn oath that the same is a true and perfect schedule of all his income and property, necessary clothing & Bedding excepted viz
  4 Sheep 4.00 4 Kitchen Chairs 133 3/4 4 do 67 1/2 $ 6.00   1 pr Sad Irons 50¢ 1 old wheel 75¢ 1 axe 75¢ 2.00   1 Hoe 25¢ 1 Spade 75¢ 1 Hammer 1.00 2.00   1 Spider 50¢ Peel & Tongs 33 1/3¢ 1 pail 12 1/2¢ 1 pot 76¢ 1.70   1 Earthen Pot 8¢ 1 old wheel 50¢ 1 Tea Kettle 50¢ 1.08   1 Tin pail 17 1/2¢ 1 sett plates 12¢ 1 sett small do 12 1/2¢ " = 41   2 pewter plates 25¢ 1 Bowl 6¢ 1 sett cups & Saucers 17 1/2¢ " = 48   1 Sugar Bowl & milk Cup 25¢ 3 platters 25¢ " = 50   1 Grater & pepper lot 12 1/2¢ 3 old tin Lasons 12 1/2¢ 1 pr Stalyards 25¢ " = 49   1 Candlestick 12 1/2¢ 1 Sine 12 1/2¢ 1 meal Barrel 75¢ " = 99   1 Tea canister 16 1/2¢ 2 Milk pans 50¢ 1 Dish Kettle 12 1/2¢ " = 78   14 Barrel 25¢ 1 Cider Barrel 75¢ 1 old Hogthead 50¢ 1.50   2 1/2 do tubs 18 3/4¢ 4 sets Knives & forks 50¢ 1 candlestick 25¢ " = 93   1 old table 17 1/2¢ 1 Shaving Knife 12 1/2¢ 1 sett candle moulds 6 1/2¢ " = 35 
$19-61
Joseph Munroe,

District and State of Connecticut ss.
Be it remembered, that in the County court, held in and and for the County of Fairfield in the district and state aforesaid on this 19 th day of July 1820 the same being a court of Record, and having a seal, under the authority of said state personally came and appeared in open court Joseph Munroe aged sixty three years resident in the town of Ridgefield in the County of Fairfield, in said State and being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: As a private in the Regiment of the Connecticut Line commanded by Col: Sherman Grafton & in Capt Clapp's Company one whole year — that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a pension, under the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818, was dated the 11 th day of April 1818 that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of pensioners, and received a pension certificate No 10.581 and I do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 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 18 th 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 obtained in the schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed. and I do further declare that my occupation is that of a day labourer. I am very infirm and unable to labour half of the time for a number of years past

And that I have a family residing with me consisting of a wife named Rebecca fifty eight years old who is likewise feeble but able to do some work. with a Daughter named Charlotte 11 years old the other eight years old & a Granddaughter named Jane 8 years old — All which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Monroe
Sworn to and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in court of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid schedule is nineteen Dollars and fifty one cents and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of the said Court Attest David Burr (Clerk)
State of Connecticut, ss
I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 exhibited in the aforesaid schedule of Joseph
Monroe is nineteen — Dollars sixty one cents —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at
Fairfield, this 19— day of July
1820.
David Burr
Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, ss Fairfield July 19-1820
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.

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File No. 36/182
Joseph Munroe Rev Rev Mr
Act: 18 March 18 m
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 290
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joseph Hunsow 20-13 Swift Connecticut Sept. Hamble
1 Case. 2486 Danl. B. Cooke, Judge Danbury, Conn. Recd Oct. 21. 1815.
Danbury Oct. 19
Recd 21 st Oct. 1815 John B. Eastman Sunday at Dan Hetherington
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Joseph Munroe 20-19 Shore Connecticut Sept
1 Case 2486 Dant B. Cooke Judge Danbury, Conn. Recd Oct 21 1818
Tree John E. Eastman Danbury at New Hartford

State of Connecticut ss Fairfield County Fairfield County ss Bridgeport April eleventh A Eighteen Hundred & Eighteen
Personally appeared Joseph Munroe an inhabitant of the Town of Bridgeport in said County, and made solemn oath that he was into the Continental army of the United States of America in the Spring of the year Seventeen Hundred & sixty Eighty by Lieutenant Prichard and was arranged in Capt Samuel Cliffs Company attached to the Connecticut in 7 th Regt. commanded by Col. Heman Swift and that he served in the same Compa- ny & Regt. during the whole of that year at the expiration of which he was honorably discharged and that he is in very modg poor & in decent circumstan- ces and needs the assistance of his Country for support — Joseph Munroe
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss Danbury Return District on the eleventh day of April A.D. 1818 Personally came before me Daniel B. Cooke Judge of said Court of Probate the above- named Joseph Munroe and made oath to me form to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed in my presence being acknowledged to me by Col. Philip B. Ormsby and by him Ormsby represents as a man of truth and appears and

Standing in need of assistance from his Country for support by which officavit and the exhibits by him D. Munroe made to me I am fully satisfied that he received the service against the common enemy by him attested to in said officavit - and that he is poor and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support and justly entitled to a pension -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Probate District on the day and year within written (in the absence of the Clerk)
Daniel B. Cooke Judge of Probate District of New and one of the Justices of the Common Pleas for Fairfield County
I Daniel Wood of Danbury in the County of Fairfield State of Connecticut being duly sworn depose & say that I am well acquainted with the within named Joseph Mansrow - that that he enlisted into the Continental Army in the year 1779 or 1780 into the Company & Regiment by him said he was living at my house at the time he enlisted which continued one year and served after his full term & returned to my house again; he is poor and stands in need of assistance from his Country for support Daniel Wood
I Joseph Crofut of Danbury in Fairfield County & State of Connecticut being duly sworn depose & say that I am well acquainted with the within named Joseph Mansrow and I knew that he enlisted into the Continental Army in the spring of the year 1780 and served in said Army until the spring of the year 1781 - when he returned home again to Danbury in the neighborhood where I then lived and have no doubt was honorably discharged, as he was always counted a good soldier. He is poor and stands in need of support from his Country for support. Joseph Crofut

enlisted into the Continental Army in the spring of the year 1780 and served in said Army until the spring of the year 1781 when he returned home again to Danbury in the neighborhood where I then lived and have not Daniel was honorably discharged, as he was always counted a good soldier in a peer and stand in need of support from his Country Joseph Crofut
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss Danbury Probate District October 13 A D 1818 Personally came before me Daniel B. Cooke Judge of said Court of Probate the above named Daniel Wood and Joseph Crofut and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavits by them severally submitted in my presence being personally and well known to me and entitled to full faith and credit In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Probate District on the day and date last above written
Daniel B. Cooke Judge
John William Joseph Munroe - informs me that he was not in much acquaintance with the late of his first application for a Pension until a few days before the above affidavits were taken, as he lived an obscure part of Connecticut and did not the notice I sent him - which accounts for the delay - in this second application - said deponents Wood and Crofut informed me that D. Munroe was in the Army - in different Corps - most of the Revolutionary war - and could a first war claim
Dan B. Cooke