Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11125, for Henry Mumford, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Mass.
Mumford, Henry
S 111125
CONTENTS
headed

New York 20.156
Henry Mansford
of Portland in the State of New York who was a Private in the Corp. commanded by Captain Hall of the Reg. commanded by Col. Bliss in the New York * line for 8 mo. & 28 days.
★ Mass. and Conn. Mich. & 505 Records completed
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 29 Dollars 71 1/4 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Aug. 1832 and to Hettie Nuttall her widow.
Arrears to the 4th of Dec. 1831 $ 59.58 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1832 14.87 Death not on a. B $ 74.43
Revolutionary Claim, Aug. June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. C. Steele Clerk, Book 6. Vol. 3. Page 68

14825
Henry Mumford
Mode of authent. g.
Admitted
Private 8 mo 28 days
208 8 26 66 29 74
Mullett & Crane
Fredonia Chautauqua County N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew 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, shewing the Service of Henry Murnford of Portland in the County of Chautauqua N.Y.
   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.     Oct 1777 14 Private Capt Steel no Colonel mentioned in these 2 first hours thru Mass Washington Traditional Evidence   Oct 1777 14 " do. Col None New York to within 20 miles of Saratoga Berkshire County Mass   Oct 1782 6 " Welles Col thru Conn. & Vermont aged 69 years   Oct 1782 2 " Cook  
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 the 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 _____; 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 [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule [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.

14825
In the Matter of the application of Henry Mumford Esq m for a Patent under the Act of June 7 th 1832
Allowed
Mullen & Crane, Fudonia Chautauque New York Agents -

State of New York 3 Chautauqua County 3
On this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County now sitting Henry Mumford Esquire a resident of Portville in the County aforesaid aged sixty nine years the sixteenth day of October last who being duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed the 7th. day of June 1832 - That in the year 1777 as near as he can recollect he was drafted from the Militia of the State of Massachusetts at the Town of Washington in the County of Berkshire in the said State where he then resided to go into the revolutionary service for six months. That he hired one Thomas Chadwick as a substitute who took his place & as he was informed & believes served out the said term of six months and obtained an honorable discharge.
That in the year 1777 & just before Bennington battle he volunteered at the Town of Washington in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts where he then resided with most of his neighbors under Capt. Hurl to go & meet a detachment of the enemy who was penetrating into the Country under Col. Baum. That they proceeded to within about ten or twelve miles of Bennington when they were informed of the result of Bennington Battle & returned. That he was out on this tour two weeks.
That in the fall of 1777 & just before Burgoyne was captured the Country where he resided was alarmed again & he volunteered with the rest of the Militia of the town of Washington under the said Capt. Hurl to march & meet the enemy under Burgoyne that when they arrived to within about twenty miles of Saratoga as they were informed they met a Messenger who informed them of the capture of Burgoyne & gave them order to return. That on this tour he was out two weeks.
That in the spring of the year 1782, he was drafted from the Militia of the Town of Windsor in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut to which place he had removed to get a garrison New London as the service was then called for six months. That he immediately marched to Fort Griswold on the Groton side of the river & staid in the said Garrison under the command of Capt. Robert Wells in Col. Clay's Regiment for the full term of six months when he got an honorable discharge signed by Capt. Robert Wells, which discharge he kept until he was about to remove from the County of Lewis in this State to his present residence when it became necessary to examine his papers which on account of his having been a Justice of the Peace for about nine years had become so numerous & bulky & to destroy those which were not valuable, the said discharge was destroyed among his other valuable papers.
That immediately after his return from Fort Griswold he believes in November in the year 1782 he enlisted at Windsor aforesaid to go again a quantity of Gun Powder and other ammunition for its passage by teams from Hartford in Connecticut to Fishkill in the State of New York. That the transportation of the said Ammunition was under the control & management of a man by the name of Kinney but the same was commanded by Capt. J. Cook. That the roads from Hartford to Fishkill were very hilly & that the teams employed were numerous & could not safely be separated in consequence of which the said journey was slow & tedious & occupied in going & returning eight weeks thus making the aggregate of all the term of service by the said Mumford Esquire eight months exclusive of the six months for which he hired a substitute & including this fourteenth months. And the said Henry Mumford Esquire hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the

A query of any state or territory As to interrogatories proposed by the Court the said Henry Munford says that he was born in the Town of Meriden in Hartford County in the State of Connecticut on the sixteenth day of October in the year 1762 - that he has no record of his age except in a family record contained in his Bible now at home - That when he was called into the service he resided in the several places in his declaration above mentioned - That after the revolutionary war he continued to reside for several years in the County of Wallford in the State in the State of Connecticut until he removed into that part of Guilder County in this State which is now the County of Lewis & resided there in the year 1805 when Lewis County was erected & until 1817 when he removed to his present place of residence in Portland aforesaid - That he was called into the revolutionary service in the manner in his declaration above stated: & was not a substitute for any person - That from the nature of his service he was not connected with any regular or continental troops & did not become acquainted with any of the officers to his knowledge recollection; that the military officers under whom he served are correctly stated above according to his best recollection & belief as also the circumstances of his services - That he did receive a written discharge from his service at Port- land as above stated & disposes of it as above set forth - That having for some years acted as a Justice of the Peace in the town of Portland in this County for about years he is acquainted with most of the People in the said Town of Portland with Chas. Hall Esq. Joseph Arnold, David Eaton, Ebenezer Hays Esquires the former present magistrates of the Town of Portland - John A. Looney the present Postmaster & Rev. Charles La Hart the Chaplain residing in the said Town of Portland - And most of the other inhabitants of the north part of the said Town to whom he refers as to his character for veracity - Henry Munford
Sworn to & subscribed in open court before the Judges thereof the day & year first above mentioned - James Dorr clerk
We Charles La Hart a clergyman residing in the Town of Port- land in the County of Charlotte and State of New York and Simon Burton residing in the same Town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Henry Munford Esquire who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be a forty seven years of age that he is respected & believed in this neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion - Charles La Hart Simon Burton
Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid James Dorr clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant Henry Mumford Esquire was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears that the Rev. Charles La Watt who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Portland aforesaid, & that John P. Coney Esq who has also signed the same is a resident Postmaster in the said Town of Portland and is a creditable person & that their statement is entitled to credit -
I James B. Lorry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chautauque aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Henry Mumford for a pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office being the seal of the said Court at Mayville aforesaid this 12 th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two -
James B. Lorry Clerk
I James B. Lorry, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chautauque in the state of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing papers contain the genuine, original proceedings of the said court, at the last October term thereof, in the matter of the application of Henry Mumford Esquire, for a Pension, and that my certificate under the seal of the said court, annexed thereto is genuine and was affixed to the said proceedings by me - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office being the seal of the said court, at Mayville in the county of Chautauque aforesaid this twenty third day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three -
James B. Lorry Clerk

January 19, 1940
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Mr. Charles W. Shaver 828 United Life Building Salina, Kansas
HENRY MUMFORD S. 11125 BA-J/MHF:MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Henry Montford, of New Jersey or, perhaps, of Pennsylvania or New York, whose wife was Anna and who had a child born as early as 1769. You state that you did research work in Room 1851, Navy Building (Mrs. Finch) but found no record there of the soldier in whom you are interested.
The Revolutionary War records of the Veterans Administration, which are pension records, are located in Room 1851, Navy Building, where you made your contact. You will recall that the record of the only Henry with any similar spelling of the surname above, was Henry Mumford (S. 11125) who was born in Connecticut, served in the Connecticut and Massachusetts troops and lived later in New York State, and in whose record you were disinterested.
It is suggested that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, for information in regard to the military service of your ancestor.
If you decide you would like to have the record of the soldier cited above, it will be prepared and mailed to you.
It is regretted, indeed, that your first letter could not have been answered sooner. The demand for Revolutionary War data is very great, and the trained clerical force for this particular work is somewhat limited. Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in order of receipt.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

1940 - Jan. 19 - Let. to Chas. H. Shane in re. this ex. 175
Reynolds
11.125 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 11.125-
Henry Mumford Brw. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. A , Page 269
[Arrangement of 1870.]

CHAS. W. SHAVER, ARCHITECT
828 UNITED LIFE BLDG. TELEPHONE 2664
SALINA, KANSAS
Dec. 17, 1939.
FILE NO. S-V
SUBJECT:
Veterans' Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Will you please reply to my letter to you, dated Oct. 25th?
In my letter to you I asked for certain information which is of valuable nature to me; and if you cannot, or will not supply same, I must make effort in another manner.
Yours very truly,
CWS/s
801
Chas. W. Shaver
10801 10801 12-28-39 84

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
January 4, 1940
YOUR FILE REFERENCE: S-V
IN REPLY REFER TO:
Mr. Charles W. Shaver, Architect, 828 United Life Building, Salina, Kansas.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of December 17, 1939, returned herewith, does not contain sufficient facts to identify previous correspondence from you. If you have not received a reply to your letter of October 25 by this time and will forward a copy of it to this office, proper action will be taken.
By direction,
W. C. Black W. C. BLACK, Chief Clerk.
Enc.

CHAS. W. SHAVER, ARCHITECT
828 UNITED LIFE BLDG.
TELEPHONE 2664
SALINA, KANSAS
Jan. 8, 1940.
FILE NO. S-V
SUBJECT:
Veterans' Administration, Washington, D.C.
Replying to your letter of Jan. 4th, enclosed herewith, I am hereinafter giving the substance of my Oct. 25th letter to you, indicating certain information which I would be very grateful if your department can send me:
I am trying to determine the Revolutionary-War service record of "Henry Monfort", who I believe served from the State of New Jersey; as I have found the reference: "Henry Monfort, Somerset County, New Jersey, listed as private in Revolutionary War". This reference I found in the book: "New Jersey Men in the Revolutionary War", by Wm. S. Stryker, Adj. General; printed in 1872 in Trenton, N.J. by Wm. T. Nicholson & Co.
This "Henry Monfort" is my ancestor; and while I believe him to have lived in New Jersey about the period of the Rev. War; yet he may have served in that war from the state of Pennsylvania, or from New York State.
I do not have the birth-date nor death-date of this "Henry Monfort"; but am confident he has a Rev. War record. His wife's name was Anna (or Annam); they had children: Mary b. 12-6-1769, d. 1-12-1770; Peter b. 12-7-1772; Mary b. 3-14-1775; John b. 3-3-1779; Hannah b. 8-12-1781; Sara b. 2-17-1784; Catharine b. 10-4-1786; Ann b. 3-17-1792. In "New Jersey Archives, First Series, Vol. XXII, in marriage records 1665-1800", gives: "Henry Monfort, Somerset, married Anna Nephews, Somerset, Feb. 16, 1769."
I will appreciate it very much if you will first search the New Jersey records; and as last resort the Penn. and New York records.; and if you determine the data sought, I hope you also give me any tangible references in connection with beneficiaries (wife and/or children) of Henry Monfort in connection with any of his pension records, so that I may accurately identify and feel certain I have the right "Henry Monfort".
If for any reason you are unable to send me some tangible and definite information along the line above-mentioned, will you please give me the address of department or other source there in Washington with whom I might correspond regarding same.
Thanking you for attention to this matter, I am,
Cordially yours,
CWS/s Encls.
Chas. W. Shaver

CHAS. W. SHAVER, ARCHITECT
828 UNITED LIFE BLDG.
TELEPHONE 2664
SALINA, KANSAS
Oct. 25, 1939.
FILE NO. S-Gen.
SUBJECT:
Veterans' Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
For genealogical records, and also for purposes of D.A.R., I am trying to establish the Revolutionary-War service record of "Henry Monfort".
After considerable research I have found: "Henry Monfort, Somerset County, New Jersey, listed as private in Revolutionary War." This reference I found in the following book: "New Jersey Men in the Revolutionary War", by Wm S. Stryker, Adj. General; printed in 1872 in Trenton, N.J. by Wm. T. Nicholson & Co.
I do not have the birth-date nor death-date of "Henry Monfort"; but am confident he had a Revolutionary War record. His wife's name was Annam (or Anna); they had children as follows: Mary, b.12-6-1769; d.1-12-1770. Peter, b.12-7-1772. Mary, b.3-14-1775. John, b.3-3-1779. Hannah, b.8-12-1781. Sara, b.2-17-1784. Catharine, b.10-4-1786. Ann, b. 3-17-1792.
In "New Jersey Archives, First Series, Vol.XXII, in marriage records 1665-1800", gives: Henry Monfort, Somerset, married Anna Nephews, Somerset, Feb.16, 1769.
When I was in Washington, D.C. recently I did some research at Room 1851, 8th Wing of the Navy Bldg. (Mrs. Finch), 19th & Constitution Ave.; but was not able to obtain the information on this "Henry Monfort" there; and was unable to call at your location or elsewhere due to my limited time.
I will very much appreciate it if you can from your records give me the Rev. War service record of this "Henry Monfort", in as much completeness as possible; whether your records show his having applied for or received a pension --or any of his children or widow; also if your records indicate the names of his children and wife, so that I may definitely establish the particular "Henry Monfort" above-referred to.
If you are unable to determine this kind of information from your records, will you please advise me what other department there in Washington can do so.
Cordially yours,
CWS/s
Encl. Envelop
Chas. W. Shaver
Business reply addressed envelope attached