Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,601, for Daniel Raymond, Connecticut

SERVICE
Conn. Continental
Raymond, Daniel
NUMBER
S. 35,601
CONTENTS

10, 188 R
Connecticut
Daniel Raymond
of Fairfield in the state of Conn who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brundage of the Connecticut line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of Feb y 1819 and sent to Miss Deborah D. Dyer Bridgeport Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1817 - 11 mo. 3/4 88.86 3/4 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Sep t 1817 48.00 136.86 3/4
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Connecticut

Notification sent the 3rd June 1820, to Percival Burr left Springfield Conn.

Daniel Raymond
(Ex 2 )
(M. 118)
Sept 1811
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District State of Connecticut of Fairfield County On this 14 th day of June 1820 personally appeared before the County Court in open Court being a Court of record for the said County having an unlimited jurisdiction at common law, in point of amount & keeping a record of their proceedings & having the power of fine and imprisonment, Daniel Raymond, aged 66 years, resident in Fairfield in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: In the Northern army in 1775 - In the year 1776 he enlisted under Capt Leavenworth in the Regiment commanded by Col. Charles Webb in the Connecticut line for one year - In 1777 he enlisted into the company commanded by Capt Joseph Lacey in the Regiment under the command of Col. Christopher B. Bradley in the Connecticut line for three years which period he faithfully served & then enlisted under the com- mand of Capt John St. John whose company belonged to the Regiment commanded by Col. Heman Swift in the Connecticut line & served therein until the close of the war when he was honorably discharged but has lost his dis- charge that he belonged to the party which captured Stoney Point & entered that fort with General Wayne - That he was in the battle of Monmouth & that of Red Bank - Plains & at the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown being the siege of which place he was detached on a party who stormed a redoubt, near to that place under the command of the Marquis Lafayette - That he is now on the pension list, as will appear by his pension cer- tificate numbered 10,148 - And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any 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 & naval service of the United States in the Revo- lutionary 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 & securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor

have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed (except necessary bedding & wearing apparel)
And I do further declare that my debts are considerable, but I do not know the amount & that my health is bad, my ribs have been broken & I am worn out & unable to labour but little being in addition to my other infirmities troubled with the rheumatism, and that I have a wife named Hannah who is 65 years of age & earns little or nothing, but never has any children, and my occupation being that of a day labourer at present by my labour contribute but little to my support by my own exertions.
Given under my hand & subscribed on the day & year aforesaid
Daniel Raymond
A schedule of all the income & property necessary clothing & bedding excepted, of Daniel Raymond of the Town & County of Fairfield State of Connecticut half of a cow - 1 table - 1 hoe - 1 jug - 1 old pewter tea-pot - 2 tea cups & 3 saucers - 2 earthen platters - 1 tea kettle - 1 porringer - 1 shovel & tongs - an iron tub - pail - 1 tumbler - 1 wheel - 1 basket - 3 knives, forks - 1 hand half of a chest - The use of one half of a miserable old house & on are 10 rods of land adjoining the same & 5 acres of bushy pasture in right of my wife -
Daniel Raymond
Subscribed before me & declared in open Court aforesaid
Whereupon said Court is on satisfactory proof made in Court of opinion that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said schedule is thirty five dollars & sixty cents; and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court -
Attest David Sturtevant Clerk

State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield County
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 Daniel Raymond is thirty five Dollars sixty cents . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this 14 th day of June A. D. 1820.
David Burr — Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield June 14 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.

Dear Haymond Dear! Raymond. Sir:
Col. Bradleys Connecticut Ref.
1777-3 years - cor.
2nd price 10/0.
The certificate of the above is to be returned to the owner, if not in keeping.

District of Connecticut
On the 2 nd day of April A.D. 1818, Daniel Raymond of the Town & County of Fairfield, in said District, before the Hon. President Edwards judge of the District Court, for the District aforesaid being the District in which said Raymond resides, on oath, declares that in the summer of the year 1775, he entered into the company of Capt. David Darrow, belonging to the Regiment under the command of Col. Waterbury, in the Connecticut line & soon thereafter joined the Northern Army under the command of Gen. Montgomery, & served under him until the autumn of that year, when he returned & in the month of December of the same year, he enlisted for the term of one year, in the com- pany of Capt. Eli Leavensworth, in the Reg- iment commanded by Col. Charles Webb, in the Connecticut line, & served at Boston & New York until the term of his enlistment had expired, & soon thereafter, he cannot tell precisely how long, he enlisted for three years in the company of Capt. Josiah Lacey, in the Regiment under the command of Col. Myles B. Bradley, in the Connecticut line, in the Continental establishment & faithfully served out the term of his enlistment, and was discharged at Morristown, N. J. Soon thereafter as he thinks in the spring of the year 1780, he again enlisted into the service of the United States, in the company of Capt.

John, in the Regiment under the command of Col. Horner Swift, in Connecticut line, in the continental establishment, from during the war about term of seven he performed and at the close of the war the revolution he left the army when the same was disbanded. but he
The said Raymond further declares that he was in the battle of Monmouth, at the taking of Stony Point under Gen Wayne where his file leader was killed, and at the capture of Cornwallis, at Yorktown, where Duke Stirling a second, under the immediate command of Genl Col. Ebenr. Huntington his file leader was killed & he left his bayonet in the breast of a British, and he further declares that he is now in the sixty fifth year of his age & by reason of his adverse circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his country for support.
Daniel Raymond
District of Connecticut ss April 2 nd 1818 the aforesaid Daniel Raymond came before me & in my presence subscribed the aforesaid declaration & made oath that the same is true.
Richard Edwards
District Judge of District

I, Richard Edwards District Judge of the District of Columbia do testify that it appears to my satisfaction that Daniel Raymond who made & subscribed the declaration contained in the annexed schedule served in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy as stated in his said declaration & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & filed before me in his claim to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to an Act of Congress in such made & provided said proceedings & testimony are contained in the annexed schedule May 26 th 1818
Richard Edwards
Enclosed
not in the bundle

District of Connecticut At Stratford April 4 th 1819
I Purvis Edwards District Judge of said District do Certify That the within Named Daniel Raymond by reason of His reduced circumstances in Life does stand in need of the assistance of his Country for support
Purvis Edwards
in the Compt
not in the Compt

35601
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35601
Daniel Raymond Rev No 10
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 334
[Arrangement of 1870.]

(District of Connecticut, ss. Stratford County of Fairfield April 2 d A.D. 1818
I Daniel Bradley of the Town & County of Fairfield, in said District do hereby say that I was an Officer in the Revolutionary war or while I belonged to the Army, or  I am acquainted with Daniel Maynard now residing in the Town, County & District aforesaid who is the same person who published the declaration to which this affidavit is an- nexed, & know that he was in the service of the United States on the continental es- tablishment for a considerable period, & as I firmly believe for several years. Several say precisely how long, that he & Maynard was a brave Soldier and was as I firmly believe regularly discharged from the service of the United States at the termination of the said War, and I do further testify that said Maynard is now for twenty years last past has been a resident Citizen of the United States & that he is now by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his Country for support. Daniel Bradley
April 2 d 1818 sworn before me
Isaac Loxam
District Judge of the District of Connecticut

District of Connecticut's Stratford County of Fairfield April 2 d 1816
I Moses Sturges of the Town of Weston & County of Fairfield, in the District aforesaid, do hereby testify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Maynard of the Town & County of Fairfield, in said District who has published the declaration to which this affidavit is annexed & I know him in the revolutionary war & I know that he served three years in the Connecticut line on the conti- nental establishment & I really believe that he found Maynard served in the army to the termination of the war and I do further testify that said Maynard is now & ever has been a resident citizen of the United States, and that by reason of his reduced cir- cumstances in life he needs the assist- ance of his country for support.
Moses Sturges
April 2 d 1816 Sworn before me
Richd. Edwards
District Judge of the District of Connecticut