Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15575, for Joseph Phelps, Connecticut

SERVICE
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Phelps, Joseph
S. 15575-
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N o 18378 Vermont
Joseph Phelps
of South Hero in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Watson of the Reg t , commanded by Col. Burill in the Conn t Troops time for 19 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 63 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16. day of August 1833 and sent to Hector Adams South Hero. V t
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 126.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 36.66
$158.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832, }
Recorded by D. Brown
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Book E.
Vol. 3
Page 83

No 16 5/10
Deposition of Elijah Phelps

I Elijah Phelps of South Hero in the County of Grand Isle and State of Vermont late of Pickmantown in the State of New York aged 84 years testify and say that in the year 1776 and for several years before I resided in Norfolk in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut and was a neighbour of Joseph Phelps now of South Hero in the County of Grand Isle and State of Vermont and was knowing to the said Joseph Phelps in January 1776 enlisting into the company of Capt Titus Watson for the term of one year and that not long afterwards left home for the purpose of joining the army And I further say that in the month of September following I was at Mount Independence on Lake Champlain and saw the said Joseph Phelps doing military duty as a soldier in said company in Col Charles Burrells Regiment and furthermore I was knowing afterwards late in the fall of the same year that the said Joseph Phelps was brought home sick and I verily believe he did not recover his health so as to do duty as a soldier untill after the expiration of the term of his said enlistment And I further testify and say that I was knowing that in the spring or fore part of the summer of 1777 that the said Joseph Phelps was drafted into military service for the term of seven months and that he hired a substitute and furthermore this deponent saith not
Elijah Phelps
State of Vermont } Grand Isle County } South Hero June 12 th AD 1833 Personally appeared Before the subscribe - Elijah Phelps signer of the foregoing Deposition (to me well known) & made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the whole truth & nothing but the truth & I further certify that the Deponent is a credible person & that he subscribed his name in my presence Benj d Adams Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont
Grand Isle County Clerk's office Jan 13 th 1833
I Joel Allen Clerk of Grand Isle County Court do hereby certify that Benjamin Adams Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at that time a justice of the Peace in and for said Grand Isle County and duly qualified to administer oaths, and that I know the signature attached to be his genuine signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set, subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said Court the day and year aforesaid.
Joel Allen Clerk

No. 570 Joseph Phelps Grand Isle Co. Vermont
Hector Adams Esq. Cambridge South Hero Vt

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 31 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, showing the Service of Joseph Phelps
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1814-1815 Capt Watson Col. Burrell From Norfolk to Albany to State water to Fort George 80 years Norfolk Litchfield 6 th Cent. Testimonial Col. Symmes Living Witness  
x Confessed for one year was taken sick late in the fall & never returned to camp -
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers, the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting 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 them that A. B. _____ who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement ; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
He must give the exact length of his service

State of Vermont } District of Grand Isle }
On this twelfth day of June in 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the Honorable Probate Court a Court of Record within & for the District of Grand Isle Joseph Phelps, a resident of South Hero in the District of Grand Isle aforesaid and State of Vermont aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7 th A.D. 1832.
That he enlisted as a private soldier in the Army of the United States in the month of January A.D. 1776 for the term of one year in Capt Titus Watsons Company of Col Charles Burrells Regiment of State Troops. That one Riley & one Andrew Moore were Lieutenants in said Company - that Lt Col Buel & Major Sedgwick were officers in said Regiment - "I was born in Goshen in Litchfield County & State of Connecticut in the month of December A.D. 1752" ("I have no family record by which I can ascertain the day of the month"). That in the year 1776 he resided in Norfolk in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut & January of the same year he joined the Company in which he had & marched from Norfolk to Albany & there joined his Regiment - he then marched to Stillwater and remained there about two weeks, then went to Fort George and joined other troops under the Command of General Schuyler - That the Troops stopped there a short time for the ice to go out of Lake George & then crossed Lake George in boats & proceeded to Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain & from there they proceeded down Lake Champlain in boats & passed St Johns and Chambly & down the Sorell River to the river St Lawrence & down the St Lawrence to Rochalou & stopped there the same day that the United States Army arrived from Quebec at Rochalou & the next day joined the returning Army and returned up the river to Sorell

where Gen l Sullivan took the command of the forces & commenced fortifying — Gen l Sullivan stopped but a short time when Gen l Gates took the command. Soon after they left Sarrell & proceeded up the Lake and arrived at Ticonderoga about the first of July A.D. 1776 & there crossed over to Mount Independence & there commenced fortifying again; and where this applicant remained during the remaining part of the Summer of 1776 and worked as an artificer building Barracks — That in the fall of the same year he was taken sick & carried to the Hospital at Fort George And while at the Hospital at Fort George his friends with the consent of his commanding officer, (Lt Col. Buel) as late as the month of November 1776 carried him home to Connecticut where, in consequence of his sickness continuing he remained until after the year for which he enlisted had expired, and he did not return to camp after — And that in the Spring of 1777 he was drafted in the Connecticut Militia to go to White Plains for seven Months and that he hired a substitute who was accepted & taken in his stead by Col. Burrill the Muster Master — That he never had a written discharge nor any documentary evidence of his discharge — a term or time of service — That he resided in Norfolk aforesaid after he left the service till about forty two years ago when he came to South Hero in the County of Grand Isle and State of Vermont where he has ever since resided & where he now resides
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State Joseph Phelps
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Joel Allen Judge
We Calvin Holliston Clergymen residing in the Town of South Hero aforesaid and Hector Adams in the same

Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Phelps who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be eighty years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Calvin Hollister Minn. Hector Adams.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Before
Benj. Adams Justice Peace
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Joseph Phelps as applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to him that Calvin Hollister who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the Town of South Hero aforesaid and that Hector Adams who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the same Town and is a credible person & their statement is entitled to credit.
Joel Allen Judge
I Chauncy H. Burgess register of the Probate Court for the District of Grand Isle do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of Joseph Phelps Phelps for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 12 th day of June A D 1833
Chauncy H. Burgess Register
Answers to the questions prescribed by the War Department

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 12 th day of June A D 1833
Chauncy H. Burzyg Register
Answers to the questions prescribed by the War Department
Answer to Question 1 st I was born in Goshen in Litchfield County State of Connecticut in Dec D 1752 —
Answer to Question 2 d I have no family record of my age & I am therefore unable to state the day of the month on which I was born —
A to 2-3 d I lived in Norfolk in the County of Litchfield State of Connecticut when I entered the service & lived there after I returned until about 42 years ago when I removed to South Hero in the County of Grand Isle State of Vermont where I have ever since resided & now reside
A to 2-4 th I volunteered
A to 2-5 th Col Burrell Lt Col Buel Major Sedgwick — Gen ls Sullivan & Gates I marched from Albany to Stillwater Fort George Ticonderoga St Johns Chamberlain, Sarrell & Rochalieu & returned to Ticonderoga & Mount Independence —
A to 2. 6 th I never received any discharge nor had any commission
A to 2. 7 th The Rev Calvin Holliston & Hinton Adams, Elijah Phelps Salmon Phelps Calvin Fletcher & Wallis Mott Joseph Phelps

State of Vermont
Grand Isle County Clerks Office. I Joel Allen Clerk of Grand Isle County Court do hereby certify that Benja- min Adams signor of the within as a justice of the Peace has been duly appointed a justice of the Peace and is duly & legally authorized to act as such & that the within signature is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my Office this 12 th day of June A.D. 1833 at North Hero in said Grand Isle County
Attest
Joel Allen Clerk

Dr 16510
Joseph Phelps' Declaration for a Pension
Joseph Phelps

mm NF
March 24, 1928.
Mrs. Sarah Phelps Henson, c/o Judge Henson, Henderson, Kentucky.
Madam:
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 15575 , it appears that Joseph Phelps was born in December 1753 in Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
While a resident of Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut he enlisted in January 1776 and served one year as a private in Captain Titus Watson's Company, Colonel Charles Burrall's Connecticut Regiment.
About 1791 he moved from said Norfolk to South Hero, Grand Isle District, Vermont where he was allowed pension on his application executed June 12, 1833.
The names of his parents are not given. There are no data on file as to his family.
The above history is that of the only soldier named Joseph Phelps of Connecticut found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

15575 INVALID.
File No. 15575-
Joseph Phelps His Rev Mrs
Act: June 7 th '22
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 114
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1927-July 27-First go Mrs. Ruth E. Erwin MTS 1928-Mch. 24-First go Mrs. Sarah Phelps Keuson MTS

19 mos
7.0

Sir I enclose to you a new Declaration of Joseph Phelps - I concluded it would be better to make a new one than to undertake to correct the old one - I think this to be sufficient & hope the business will be expedited as much as possible - Mr Phelps thinks he had ought to have been allowed for one full year as he was sick all the time after he returned home until after his time had expired - But he will not long be a pensioner as he is now in his eighty first year & is very infirm & low in health
Yours very Respectfully
To J L Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
South Hero June 14, 1833
Hector Adams Agent for Jos Phelps & P Master of S. Hero

Mt. Vernon, Ind.
July 17, 1927.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Several weeks ago I wrote you asking if there were on record in your office Revolutionary war services of several of my ancestors. Among whom was Joseph Nelson Phelps. (no reply)
I have learned since writing you that on pages 503 + 562 of the "Conn. Men in the Revolution" is Joseph Phelps name, but

2/ it does not tell from where he came.
Can you please tell me the name of the parents of this Joseph Phelps of the Revolution? From where did he enlist, about his services and when was he discharged? I will greatly appreciate all you can tell me about this Joseph Phelps of Revolutionary war.
Please attend to this at once and please let me hear from you as soon as possible. Please answer.
Respt.
Mrs. Latta Edson Erwin, 520 Mulberry St., Mt. Vernon, Indiana.

Henderson Kentucky
July 20 th 1927
Dear Sir
Will you please be kind enough to tell me of Joseph Phelps from Conn. who was in the Revolutionary service! I know he was my great grandfather & I know that I can trace from myself who they all married &c yet I don't know when or where

he enlisted, yet I know he was in Revolutionary service. But what for I don't know. Will you please tell me. As I was too young at time of my father's & grandparents' death to take an interest in these things. But from the Public Library at Torrington Conn. you find all about his family history. He was born at Torrington Conn. Oct 27, 1844 born March 16 th 1759 Married Rebecca Levenworth Oct 27 th 1864 his father Benjamin Phelps born Nov 12 th 1732
Married Isabel Loomis 1748 or 1749
His father was Capt Wm. Phelps I don't know when he was born but he married Rachall Brown. I don't know where * he died
Joseph was second child of Benjamin. Joseph's father had seven children I have where they were born & died. But I now want.

to know where he enlisted where discharged &c. If you can't tell me, Please tell me where I can find out. x I certainly will greatly appreciate the kindness
Respt
Mrs Sarah Phelps Henson Henderson
Ky.
* Judge Henson

77777
July 27, 1927
Mrs. Lotta E. Erwin 520 Mulberry St., Mt. Vernon, Indiana
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 15575 it appears that Joseph Phelps was born in December 1752 in Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
While a resident of Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut he enlisted in January 1776 and served one year as a private in Captain Titus Watson's Company, Colonel Charles Burrall's Connecticut Regiment.
About 1791 he moved from said Norfolk to South Hero, Grand Isle District, Vermont where he was allowed pension on his application executed June 12, 1833.
The names of his parents are not given. There is no data on file as to his family.
The above history is that of the only soldier named Joseph Phelps of Connecticut found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
Date of death not on A/B
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.