Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20266, for Joseph Morgan, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Morgan Joseph Mabel
W 20266
CONTENTS

5286
Connecticut
Joseph Morgan
of Weston — in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Barlow of the Reg t commanded by Col Grover in the Connecticut line for 10 months & 20 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 35 Dollars 57 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Febru- ary 1833 — and sent to Hon. Tomlinson U S Senate
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 — $53.26 3/4 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '33 17.75 3/4 $71.02
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino Bromwell Clerk, Book D Vol. 3 Page 55

Relative
New-York 2193. Connecticut Albany
Mabel Morgan widow of Joseph Morgan who was a Private in the Protection
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 35 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of Decr. 1843 and sent to Jonathan Mason Canandaigua N-York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 1 Vol. 1 Page XX 109.

Joseph Morgan Fairfield County Connecticut
Joseph Morgan enlisted April 26. 1702 and was discharged Nov r 16. 1702 -
7 mo: & 20. days -
Durkee Regt Hart's Company

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 April 1821 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 Morgan a resident in the Town of Bridgewater in the County of Fairfield in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made Oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz.
One low chest, One old chest, One arm chair, two old Windsor chairs, One spider, One little iron pot, One old stand — Joseph Morgan
with Joseph Morgan, and that, in the Opinion of the Deponant, he is in reduced circumstances in life; And that
the General report is that he said Morgan is very poor and further he says not — John Gray
Sworn in open Court Attest David Sturtevant Clerk
State of Connecticut ss; Fairfield May 31 st A.D. 1821
I do certify that the foregoing Oath & Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court, and that it is the Opinion of said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Four Dollars & Seventy five Cents In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court in Fairfield this 31 st day of May 1821 David Sturtevant Clerk of the County Court, for said County of Fairfield

State of Connecticut ss Stratford May 31 st 1821 I do certify that David Burr Esquire is the Clerk of said County Court, duly appointed and sworn - And that the said Court, is a Court of Record, made so by the Statute Laws of said State - and that it has the power of Fine & Imprisonment &c
Robert Fanchild Chief Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County
Joseph Morgan Fairfield County Connecticut
Joseph Morgan enlisted April 26. 1802 and was discharged Nov. 16. 1802 -
7 mo: & 20 days -
Durham Regt Hart's Company

District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield County BE IT REMEMBERED, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State aforesaid, on this 19 th day of April
1821 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 Morgan aged Fifty nine years, resident in the Town of Heddington 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: (viz) That he the said Joseph Morgan, enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of Nine Months, sometime in the fore part of the Month of April 1782 under Lieut. Aaron Barlow at Heddington, & was in company at Danbury in said State by Capt. Samuel Constock & was marched to the Highlands, near the Huds River, in the State of New York, where joined the Continental Army & served in the Company, commanded by Capt. Hart in the Regiment commanded by Col. Grosvenor in the line of the State of Connecticut, in the Continental establishment, that he continued to serve in the said Corps, or in the service of the United States, until sometime in the Month of January 1783 & until the term of his enlistment had expired when he was discharged from the service of the United States at West Point in the State of New York, which discharge he has lost & cannot produce And I do further solemnly
I swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 18th 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 contained in the Schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do
further declare that my occupation is that of a day labourer at the Fanning business but am unable to do anything at present on account of a chronic Rheumatism
and that I have a family residing with me consisting of my Wife Mable Aged about Fifty Seven, and Seven Children not living with me and all poor and that he has no other Evidence of his service than that which is hereto annexed
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid. Joseph Morgan
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 Four Dollars and Seventy five Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court. Attest David Burr (Clerk)
District and State of Connecticut ss; Fairfield County
On the 19 th day of April 1821, personally came & appeared before me, the subscriber Chief Judge of the County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County — Ezra Bates of

Before me, the subscriber (chief Judge of the county court, or court of Common Pleas, in and for said county) — Ezra Prates of
Middling in said county, & being duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his Oath, declare that he is well acquainted with
Joseph Morgan, to whose application this affidavit is annexed, and has been well acquainted with said Morgan since the Revolutionary War, that he knew that said Morgan enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of Nine Months, and that he regularly served out the term of his enlistment in the manner stated in his declaration, and that said Morgan was regularly discharged from the service of the United States, as he has stated, and that he served with said Morgan in the same company and Regiment, and that he said Morgan was in the Connecticut line in the Continental establishment, for the whole of term of Nine Months and further saith not —
Ezra Prates
A true copy of the Original as on file { I sworn to before me, on the 19 th day of April 1821 Exam. by David Brunsdale — Robert Fairchild Chief Judge of said court
District and State of Connecticut ss; On this 26 th day of April 1821 — Personally appeared John Gray of Middling, in the county court, in and for Fairfield county, in open court, and being duly sworn, doth depose and say, that he is acquainted

Joseph Morgan Pension Papers

State of Connecticut, } ss. County of Fairfield, }
On this 18 th day of August 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before
the Court of Probate held at Weston in and for the Probate District of Weston, it being a Court of Record
now sitting, Joseph Morgan a resident of Weston in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged Seventy years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. In the Summer of 1781 as near as he can recollect he was drafted with others in the Town of Wilton in Fairfield County for a three months tour in the Militia under the command of Capt. Nathan Gilbert of said Wilton stationed on the seaboard at Palms Hill so called a vicinity in the Town of Greenwich in said County for the purpose of protecting the Inhabitants against the British & Tories who were making incursions from Long Island Sound into the Country for the purpose of plundering its Inhabitants, served out his draft and was honorably discharged
That in the Spring of 1782 the first of April as near as he can recollect he was enlisted into the Continental Army by a Capt. Barlow of Redding in Fairfield County, went to Danbury in said County and was Inspected, drawed his rations and marched to the highlands in the State of New York and there joined the Continental Army in General Huntingtons Brigade, Col. Grevins Reg t and Capt. Harts Company and continued stationed at different places on the North River through the season and went into winter quarters in the Barracks at West Point and continued there untill within a few days of the expiration of his time & not being wanted longer was dismissed which was the last of December as near as he can recollect, no very remarkable occurrences took place during the season - And the said Joseph Morgan further certifies that he was born in said Wilton July 7 th 1762 as he has always understood & believes, he has seen a record of his age in his Fathers family Bible and copied the same into his own bible which he has now supposed & believes to be correct he was living in the Town of Wilton when he was drafted & when enlisted and had lived in said Town ever since the Revolution untill very recently becoming old & infirm and being destitute of the means of support he was conveyed to the Poorhouse in Weston in said County where he now resides, he was called into service

by being drafted & by enlistment as before stated. All the written discharges which is stated in the body of the declaration, he received a discharge from General Huntington at West point but has lost it. He had no other written discharge, but always an honorable discharge I am personally known to Simon Fenton Esqr. Eliz h Colby & many others who can testify to my character who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a Revolutionary Soldier
and The said Joseph Morgan hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
At Chas. C. Sanford Clerk Joseph Morgan
We, Samuel Sturges, and Erastus Sturges residing in the town of Milton in Fairfield County  residing in the town of hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Morgan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood 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.
At Chas. C. Sanford Clerk Samuel Sturges Erastus Sturges
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Samuel Sturges & Erastus Sturges who now signed the preceding certificate, are  residing in the town of residents in the town of Milton in Fairfield County  he also signed the same, is a resident in the town of and are an  and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Bradford Winton Judge of said Court
I, Oliver C. Sanford Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Joseph Morgan for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of this 18 day of August 1832.
Office,
At Oliver C. Sanford Clerk

6982 J. Morgan Connecticut
W. L. G.
Hon. J. Tomlinson U. S. Senate
R. Whiton Weston Ct.

6982  BRIEF in the case of  Jos. Morgan  of  Fairfield Co  in the State of  Conn  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? about 8  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 870  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years. Months. Days.     81 3 Private Gen. Capt. Gilbert   Spring 82 (Sept) Dec. 8 Capt. Barlow } Col. Grovenor Capt. Hart }  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Milton Ct  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 2 living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Leads to Declaration has no service 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk.  Jan 22. 1833

663
Mabel Morgan Wid of Joseph Cont.
Act 7 July 1838
Marr'd 1785
died 1834
Allow $35.51 per ann
Rev Isaac E. Newark Conn

State of Connecticut Fairfield County
On this sixteenth day of August. Eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Norwalk in said County and State being a Court of Record Mabel Osborn a resident of Weston in the county of Fairfield State of Connecticut: age 40. Security Joan Yee who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the Act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pension to certain widows". That she is the Widow of Joseph Morgan late of Weston in said Fairfield County who was a private in the Revolutionary War and owing to her age and infirmities can not state her said husband Joseph Morgan's services but believes they are on the Records at Washington that the said Joseph drew a Pension on the passing of the Act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832 to which the department are respectfully referred for the length and time and capacity of his services.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Morgan on the Twenty four day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight that her husband the said Joseph Morgan died on the fifth day of June Eighteen hundred thirty four that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the services but the marriages took place previous to first of January. Twenty hundred and thirty four say at the time above stated Mabel Morgan
Sworn to and subscribed on the
day and year above written
before said Court of Probate.
Benj. Loomis Judge

State of Connecticut Fairfield County. ss
Probate Court District of Norwalk in said County and State being a Court of Record. personally appeared Isaac Osborn of Redding in said Fairfield County who being first duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is Sixty two Years of age and was well acquainted with Joseph Morgan late of Wilton in said County deceased and also well acquainted with his Widow Mabel Morgan formerly Mabel Osborn and well remembers and was present when the said Joseph Morgan was Married to Mabel Osborn by the Rev Nathan Bartlett the Presbyterian Clergyman in Redding in said Fairfield County on the 24 day of November 1785. Mr Bartlett has been dead a number of years. Also the deponent well remembers that said Joseph Morgan died in said Wilton on the 5 day of June 1834 and that the said Mabel Morgan has continued his Widow since that period and is now his Widow Isaac Osborn sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid That I am acquainted with said Isaac Osborn and that he is a reputable Person
Benj: Isaac Judge
At the same Court personally appeared David Willard of said Wilton who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is Forty Nine of age and well acquainted with Joseph Morgan and well remembers that said Morgan died on the 5 day of June 1834 and also that Mabel Morgan has continued his Widow since that period and is now his Widow David Willard
sworn to and subscribed on the day &
year aforesaid That I am well acquainted with said David Willard M.D. and that he is a credible Person
Benj: Isaac Judge

According to the best of my knowledge Joseph Morgan was married by the subscriber to Mabel Osborn, November twenty fourth, seventeen hundred and eighty five.
Certified by Nath l . Bartlett. Attest Record, Test, Lem n . Sanford, Regis r .
Jonathan R. Sanford, Clerk of the Town of Redding in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "Nov r 24 th 1785."
Jonathan R. Sanford Town Clerk
I Jonathan R. Sanford above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Redding, County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above named, as certified by me
Jonathan R. Sanford Clerk of the Town of Redding State of Connecticut ss. County of Fairfield ss.
Sworn to and subscribed this 21 st day of August 1838.
before me Thomas B. Fenton Justice of the Peace

I Richard B Isaac Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Mable Morgan Widow of Joseph Morgan deceased for a Pinion and that Beryl Isaac is Judge of said Court confirmed and second and that his signature hereunto annexed is his genuine signature and also that Thomas B Easton is a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Fairfield confirmed and second and that his signature hereunto annexed is his genuine signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Probate Court this 22 day August 1838
Richard B Isaac Clerk

I Nathan Gilbert of Wilton in the County of Fairfield eighty three years of age next December. I upon an oath say that I commanded a company of Militia in the war of the revolution. I recollect that Joseph Morgan then of said Wilton now resident in the Town of Weston in said County performed duty under me as a Soldier on the Lines at Greenwich, but cannot say how long nor in what year - Further the Deponent saith not Wilton August 16 th AD 1832 -
Nathan Gilbert
State of Connecticut Fairfield County { p Wilton August 16 th AD 1832 Personally appeared Nathan Gilbert and made Oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed Before me Erastus Sturges Justice of Peace
The reason of taking this Deposition is that by age and infirmities the Deponent is unable to travel to and attend Court -
Erastus Sturges Justice of Peace
This may certify that I have been for a long time acquainted with Nathan Gilbert the above Deponent and can say that he is one of the most respectable Inhabitants of this Town and for truth and veracity is surpassed by none
Wilton August 16 th AD 1832
Erastus Sturges Justice of Peace

I Ezra Bates of Redding Fairfield County and State of Connecticut of the age of Seventyfour years depose and say that Joseph Morgan of Weston in s d County enlisted under Capt. Aaron Barlow in 1782 was Inspected in Danbury in s d County marched to the Highlands there joined the Continental army in General Huntington's Brigade in Col. Grovenor's Regiment in Capt. Hart's Company served out the time of enlistment which was nine months (within a few days being not wanted) before was discharged at Redpoint
Ezra Bates
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. on the 23 rd day of July 1832 the above named Ezra Bates made Oath to the foregoing Deposition before me
Deborah Hill Just. of Peace

Joseph H. Hargreaves of Nassau Street
6982.
Cornwall Street
adm. 10 mo 20 days pre
Dear Sirs & etc Joseph Hargreaves cont. 9 months 1782 West Point
State of Connecticut } ss Thomas Bloorne Clerk of the County Court Fairfield County } within for the County of Fairfield in s d State of Connecticut, do hereby certify, that Eastus Sturges Esq r before whom the Deposition of Nathan Gilbert hereto attached, was taken, is now, & for more than one year last past has been, a Justice of the Peace for s d County duly commissioned & duly authorised to administer oaths & take Depositions &c I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the s d Eastus Sturges & verily believe that the official signatures to the Certificate on said Deposition, pur- porting to be his, are genuine. I further certify, that Ebenezer Hill Esquire whose official signature appears to the Certificate on the other side hereof, is now and was at the date of his s d Certificate, a Justice of the Peace for s d County, duly commissioned & duly authorised to administer oaths & take Depositions &c I further certify that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the s d Ebenezer Hill & verily believe that the s d signature to s d Certificate purporting to be his, is genuine & in the proper hand writing of the s d Ebenezer Hill. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 1 st day of September A D 1832.
Thomas Bloorne Clerk of County Court for Fairfield County
226

Connecticut 387
Mabel Morgan widow of Joseph Morgan decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 5th June 1834 of Fairfield Co. in the State of Ct.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Barlow of the Regt. commanded by Col. Grosvenor in the Ct. line for 10 months & 20 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 35 Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of Sept. 1838 and sent Benjn Dana Norwalk, Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1838 $88.87 Semi-annual allowance ending March 9, 17.77 $106.64
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H. H. Addison Clerk Book A. Vol. 1st Page 195

663 Aug 25 7 July 1838
FREE
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Hon. James L. Edwards Commission of Pensions
Washington City D. C.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20

Rev. J. S. Edwards
Nowick Aug 22. 1838
Sir enclosed is the application of Mabel Morgan for a Pension for Husband drawn a Pension under the Act. of Jan 7. 1832
Yours truly Benj. Isaac

Rejected for letter Sept 16. 1821

4446 Wabel Morgan Affidavit and Declaration 16 th September 1843
$35:55 per an
Jonathan Mason Canandaigua N.Y.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3d March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain Widows who have received pensions under the act of July 7. 1838.
State of New York } Ontario County } ss. On this twentyth day of September 1843. personally appeared before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County & State aforesaid, Mabel Morgan a resident of Canadine in the County of Ontario & State of New York aged seventy nine years, 4th Feb. 1843. who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 3d March 1843. granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War - That she is the Widow of Joseph Morgan who served private in the army of the Revolution, that she cannot state the regiment to which he belonged, that according to her best recollection, he enlisted under Captain Aaron Barlow of Reading in the county of Fairfield in the state of Connecticut. That she resided in the town of Weston in the county of Fairfield in the state of Connecticut, prior to her removal into the County of Ontario. That she has resided in Canadine in the County of Ontario two years last November that she received a pension under the act of July 7. 1838 of thirty five Dollars & fifty six cents per annum for five years. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed _____ Mabel Morgan on the day and year above written before
Eli Hutschisson Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above declarant is to me personally known to be the identical person she declares herself to be in the foregoing declaration -
Eli Hutschisson Justice of the Peace

State of New York Ontario County Clerks Office } ss.
I Thomas Hall Clerk of said County do hereby certify that Eli Hutchisson Esqr before whom the within affidavit was taken and by whom the within certificate was made was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County Elected & qualified and duly authorized to act as such And further that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing and verily believe that his signatures Eli Hutchisson within written are genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 20 th day of September A.D. 1843
Thomas Hall Clerk

June 30 96 pensed w and north ison Park buffalo mis. Stm B
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
Said Mrs Ch 51 John B
File No. 20266
Mabel Morgan wid of Joseph Morgan Prin Rev War
Act March 3 rd  1/43
Index: Vol. M , Page 65
[Arrangement of 1870.]

51 Johnson Park.
Buffalo N.Y. June 23/96
Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Will you kindly send me the record of Joseph Morgan of Connecticut who served in the Revolutionary war? He lived at one time — during his latter days at Salem , but the most of his life was

Spent in New London County & also near Saybrook.
Any information you can give me aside from the mere record I will be glad to get.
Yours very truly (Mrs. Chas. J.) Dora Briggs North.

O. W. & N. Div.
W. 20206.
L. W. B.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 30, 1896.
Madam:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Joseph Morgan, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made application for pension on August 18, 1832, at which time he was residing at Weston, Conn., and 70 years of age, and his pension was allowed for ten months and twenty days' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Barlow and Col. Grovenor. He enlisted at Wilton, Conn.
His widow, Mabel, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband, as above set forth.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs Charles J. North,
51 Johnson Park,
Buffalo, N. Y.