Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7872, for Luther Page, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn
Page, Luther Rachel
R. 7872
CONTENTS

State of New York Ochrengo County ss.
Amy Weeks of Osford in said County and State, being duly sworn deposes and says, That she now resides in Osford aforesaid, and is seventy seven years of age, That she formerly resided in the town of Freehold, Greene County State of New York, That she was a sister of Rachel Page, wife of Luther Page formerly of Freehold aforesaid.
That Luther Page married deponent's sister, Rachel Fish at Freehold aforesaid about the year 1786. That Stephen Page, now of Greene County, New York, is the son of the said Luther Page and Rachel Page, and was born at Freehold aforesaid on the 22 d day of January 1791. That Deponent was present at the birth of said Stephen Page, and was nurse for her said sister Rachel, the wife of said Luther Page and mother of said Stephen Page. That Deponent was well ac- quainted with the said Luther Page and Rachel Page, and lived in their family for several years, That for several years before the birth of said Stephen Page, said Luther Page and Rachel Page lived together as husband and wife, and so continued to live until the death of said Luther Page, which occurred in or about the year 1798. That Deponent has frequent

recently heard the said Luther Page state that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and that he was engaged in said service for the period of six years and eight months, and that it was reported in the neighborhood of said Page's residence that he was in said service, and for the period aforesaid. That Deponent has known said Stephen Page from the time of his birth until this time, and that Stephen Page now is a resident of Green, Chenango County, is the same person described aforesaid as the son of Luther and Rachel Page.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 28 th day of November 1853. M c . Augustus Perry Justice of the Peace
Army Weeks
I certify that I am acquainted by reputation with Army Weeks, who made the foregoing affidavit, and that she is a person whose statements are entitled to full credit.
M c . Augustus Perry Justice of the Peace Oxford Chenango Co. N.Y.
STATE OF NEW YORK. Chenango County Clerk's Office, } ss.
I, HORACE S. READ, Clerk of said County, do CERTIFY. That M c . Augustus Perry Esq., before whom the annexed instrument was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, in and for said County, duly authorized and qualified to take the same. And further: That I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the signature thereto, purporting to be his, is genuine; and that the said instrument is executed in accordance with the Laws of the State of New York.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my official seal, at Norwich, this 28 th day of Nov. 1853. H. S. Read, Clerk.

State of New York Albany County ss -
On this twenty sixth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty four appeared before me, William King a justice of the peace of said County Stephen Paige a Resident of Greene in the County of Columbia and State of New York aged Sixty Three years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed May 18 th 1828 & the Act of June 7 th 1832 and all other acts of Congress granting pensions to Officers and Soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War and to their Widows and Children -
That he is the child and son and the only child and son of Luther Paige and Rachel Paige his Wife deceased and the said Rachel Paige's maiden name before her marriage with the said Luther Paige was Rachel Fish -
He further declares that the said Luther Paige was married to the said Rachel Fish in the year 1786 and previous to January 1 st 1794 as he has been informed and believes but he can not tell on what day nor in what month they were married as there is no record of their marriage to the knowledge of Declarant -

He further declares that the said Luther Paige died in the year 1794, but in what month or on what day of the month Declarant can not tell and the said Rachel Paige his Widow died in the month of April in the year 1845 and he believes she died on the or about the 20 th day of April 1845 and in her life time she made no application for a pension -
The said Luther Paige served as a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War for the term of six years, as will appear by his discharge and Sergeant's Warrant which is herewith annexed which the declarant produces herewith as documentary evidence of such service -
The said Rachel Paige never married after the death of her husband the said Luther Paige; but she died his Widow -
He further declares that the said Rachel Paige when she so died left a a son son, the Declarant Stephen Paige surviving her who is now living and is over the age of twenty one years and he is the only child of the said Rachel Paige deceased and he is the only child of the said Luther Paige deceased -
He further declares that he makes this declaration to obtain a pension or the arrears of pension in behalf of himself in right of his mother the said Rachel Paige deceased which pension was due to her in her life time and which

She never applied for nor received - Subscribed and sworn to } Stephens Paige this 26 th day of April } 1854 before me } Attest  Wm B. King, Justice of the Peace } Joseph Biglow  Martin Scott
State of New York Allegany County ss Martin Scott and  Joseph Biglow of the Town of Andover in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn do de severally depose and say that they reside in the said Town of Andover  Andover and that they know the above named Stephen Paige to be the same identical Stephen Paige who has, subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit or declaration for a pension or arrears of pension and that they subscribed their names under his names as attesting witnesses to his signature thereto. Subscribed and sworn to } Joseph Biglow this 26 th day of April } 1854 before me } Martin Scott  Wm B. King, Justice of the Peace
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Joseph Biglow and
STATE OF NEW YORK, ALLEGANY COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, ss. I, James M. Mott, Clerk of said County, and of the Courts thereof, do hereby certify that  William B. King, Justice of the Peace before whom the annexed instrument in writing was proved or acknowledged, was, at the time of such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected sworn and authorized to take the same. And that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe that the signature to said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine, and that said Instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of this State. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Angelica, in said County, this 1 st day of Sept 1854  James M. Mott Clerk of Allegany County.

She never applied for marriage - Subscribed and sworn to } this 26 th day of April } attested 1854 before me Wm H. King, Justice of the Peace Stephens Joseph Biglow
Stephen Dyer.
Attest
Joseph Biglow Martin Scott
State of New York Albany County ss Martin Scott and Joseph Bigelow of the Town of Franklin in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn do so solemnly depose and say that they reside in the said Town of Franklin and that they know the above named Stephen Paige to be the same identical Stephen Paige who has, subscribed and sworn to the above Affidavit or declaration for a perjury or arrest of perjury and that they subscribed their names under his names as attesting witnesses to his signature thereto Subscribed and sworn to this 21 st day of March 1854 before me Wm. C. King, Justice of the Peace Joseph Bigelow Martin Scott
Subscribed and sworn to this 21 st day of March 1854 before me Wm. C. King. Justice of the Peace
Joseph Bigelow Martin Lott
I do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Joseph Br. N. W. and Martin Load and that they are persons of good character known respectability and are respectable for truth and veracity and that they reside in the said Town of Woodstock And further certify that I have no interest in the result of the application of the above named Stephen Paige for a pension or annuity of pension and that I am not concerned in the presentation thereof the 26 April 1854 Wm C. King portion of the pension

Lucas A. P.

To Luther Page of the 6 th Com. Regt. Commanda Col. Wm. H. Keigh in the Service of the United States of America.
GREETING.
REPOSING especial Trust in your Patience and good Conduct, I do, by these Presents, appoint you to the Company of Riflemen in the Service of the United States;---you are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Sergeant by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereinunto belonging: And I do strictly charge and require all Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your Orders, a sergeant And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions, from Time to Time, as you shall receive from me, or any of your superior Officers, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the Trust reposed in you; for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Given under my hand, at
Field Cr. Camp, Subiaco
Page, Luther Com. Sergeant

Conn.
Luther Page.
R. 7872.
Warrant.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
7879
P. O. _____
Rachel Page
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Cuba 12 th Sept 1852
Dear Sir
Incised I send you the papers in the case of Stephen Pugh for arrears of business. Please return & forward the answers as fast as is reasonable and obliged You Humble Servt
J. M. Russell Cuba Allyany Co. M.Y.

N o 15.216
Rachel Page dec. d ? widow of Luther.
N. Y.
S. M. Russell 18 Sep r 1854.
Same Octo 7 1854
W. J. Ackley May 1 1855
7872
Ach y July 1858.

in the 4th Connecticut Regiment, having faithful- ly served the United States from the 90th of April 1861 and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 7th June 1865
E. Washington
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S Command,
J. D. Sherman
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment
L. B. Loomis Adjutant.
THE above Page has been honored with the BADGE OF MERIT for Six Years faithful Service.
L. B. Butler
copy from 27 Oct 77 from the Dept of War

State of New York } Chautauqua County } ss.
I Russell Johnson county judge of said county acting as surrogate therein do hereby certify that at a Surrogate's court held in and for the said county of Chautauqua before me, the said county judge acting as such surrogate on the 19 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four at the court house in said county it was proved by the adduction of testimony satis- factory to the said court that Luther Paige late of the Town of Freehold in the county of Greene and State of New York was not a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and that he died in the said Town of Freehold some time in the year 1798 - That he left a Widow surviving him whose name was Rachel Paige - That he left one child a son surviving him whose name is Stephen Paige - That the said Rachel Paige Widow of the said Luther Paige deceased died at Waterloo in the county of Ontario and State of New York on the 22 d day of April in the year 1845 but never received any pension and that she left surviving her one child whose name is Stephen Paige who is the above named Stephen Paige and that he is over the age of twenty one years and that he the said

Stephen Paige is the only child surviving her In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the said Court this 17 th day of June in the year 1854 at Sherburne in said County
R. Merrill Johnson County Judge Acting Surrogate

State of New York County } ss-
I Horace S. Read Clerk of said County and of the County Court thereof held at the Court house in the Town of Morris in and for said County do hereby certify that Satisfactory Evidence was exhibited to the said Court that Rachel Paige was the Widow of Luther Paige deceased, That she was not a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States - That she was a Resident of the Town of Westerlo in the County of Albany and State of New York and died in the said Town of Westerlo on the 22 nd day of April in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty five - That she left no husband surviving her, but she left one child surviving her who is now living and is over the age of twenty one years, whose name is Stephen Paige and that he is the only child which she left surviving her -
And I further certify that the said County Court is a Court of Record -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Morris aforesaid this 2 nd day of September in the year of our Lord 1854
Horace S. Read Clerk

Selma, Ala.
Richd. Page
Sept.
1830
9 May 1830
Richd. Page
Sept.
1830
9 May 1830
Richd. Page
Sept.
1830
9 May 1830
Richd. Page

State of New York County of Albany } ss.
In Open Court on this fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and fifty five before the County Court held within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Stephen Page aged Sixty four years a Resident of the Town of Coeymans in the County and State aforesaid who being duly sworn according to law deposited on his Oath that the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 and all other Acts of Congress granting Pensions and arrears of Pensions to the Widows and Children of Officers and Soldiers who served in the War of the Revolution and also of the Act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838.
That he the said Stephen Page is the son and child and is the only son and child of Luther Page and Rachel Page deceased and that the said Rachel Page was the Wife of the said Luther Page and the said Rachel Page's maiden name before her marriage with the said Luther Page was Rachel Fish -
He further declares that the said Luther Page was married to the said Rachel Fish some time in the year 1786 and previous to January 1 st 1794 as he has been infor- med and believes; but he can not tell on what day nor in what month they

were married as there is no Record of their marriage to the knowledge of Declarant -
He further declares that the said Luther Page died in the Town of Granville, Green County & State of New York in the year 1798, but in what month or on what day of the month Declarant can not tell and he left a Widow, the said Rachel Page surviving him who died in the month of April in the year 1848 according to his best recollection in the Town of Westerlo Albany County New York and in her life time she made no application for a pension; but for what reason Declarant does not know; but presumes it was on account of her ignorance of the Pension Laws -
He further declares that the said Luther Page served in the Revolutionary war more than 14 years to wit from April 1777 to June 1783 and he served as a Sergeant in said War more than two years to wit from February 1780 to June 1783 as will appear by his Discharge and Sergeant Warrant which are now on file with Declarant, Declaration for a pension heretofore filed in the Pension Office which declaration was made before a justice of the peace of said County of Albany and for the proof of said Service Declarant relies on said Discharge and Warrant -
The said Rachel Page never never married after the death of her husband the said Luther Page; but she died his Widow -
He further declares that the said Rachel Page

where the said left a child the Defendant Stephen Page surviving her who is now living and is over the age of 21 years and he is the only child now living of the said Rachel Page deceased and he is the only child of the said Luther Page deceased -
He further declares that he makes this Declaration to obtain a pension or the arrears of pension in behalf of himself as the only son and child of the said Rachel Page and Luther Page deceased in right of his mother the said Rachel Page deceased which pension was due to her in her life time and which she never applied for nor received -
Joseph Page
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and in the year first above men- tioned and I hereby certify that I know the said Defendant Stephen Page and believe him to be as above stated & that he is of the age above stated and further that I am not interested in this claim as attorney or otherwise nor am I concerned in the prosecution thereof and that the said court is a court of record - having a seal -
Witness my hand and the seal of said court affixed by order of said court now in session
James M. Mott Clerk

Cuba Mayagüez P.R. October 4 th 1854
Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir
A few days since I sent to the Pension office the papers in a case to obtain arrears of pension or money due Stephen Page by virtue the acts of Congress and the death of his father & mother he being the only heir of them.
You answered the application & pointed out a number of defects in the papers one of which was that the declaration should have been made in open court &c & you retained the papers. I can supply the defects and had I not ought to have the papers sent to me for that purpose I can do it much easier, and save making a new set which will make no much expense & delay. I do not know what the rules are of the department on that subject but if you can do it I hope you will.
I am with entire respect Yours etc sent
J. M. Russell

Greene Canaan Conn. 1855.
Apr. 25 th . 1855.
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C., Sir
I am employed by Mr. James Warkham who was a Revolutionary Soldier (but has never drawn a pension) and formerly lived in the State of Connecticut. He states that he was drafted into the service at two different times 1 st . in 1776. He served at Guil- ford Conn. under Capt. Hils Durham and Col. Nathaniel Brown. 2 d in 1778. + served at New Haven under Capt. Brainerd and Col. Arnold, (he thinks) but cannot recollect their given names.

He desires me to request, you to inform me whether his name (James Hartsham) is upon the rolls (or transcript of rolls) in the Department, also the name of the officer under whom he served, as may appear upon said rolls - When and when discharged - The No. of Company & Regiment in which he served and the length of time that he served - Also any other record evidence that may be in file in the Department. Mr. Hartsham is very aged and by giving this your earliest Special Attention you will confer a great favor upon one who served his Country in the days that "tried men's souls"
Respectfully Yours W. L. Schley Admiral Chf. Com. U.S.N.

Greene Co. N.Y.
Apr. 25 th 1855.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Sir,
Mr. Stephen Lase desires me to request you to inform me, what disposition has been made in the case of Luther Lase, (a Revolutionary Soldier) and Rachael Lase, his Widow, He (Stephen Lase) executed a Power of Atty to Mr. W.M. Russell, of Albany Co. N.Y. about a year ago. Please inform me whether W.M. Russell has drawn or recd. Certificate to draw any Pension for them, Also, if said Power of Atty on file is Revocable,
Yours &c
W. J. Schley
Greene Co. N.Y.