Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,330, for Stephen Morehouse, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. New York
Morehouse, Stephen
S. 29,330
CONTENTS

30462
4/17/11/1832
Stephen Whitcomb Colonel in the State of New York he was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Colbourn of the 1st Regiment commanded by Major  Whitcomb in the Conn line for 12 months and 15 days
scribed on the Roll of 1st Company, 1st Regiment the rate of 7 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of March 1836 and sent to Colonel Stephen Whitcomb
Arrears to the 4th of March 1836 $28.80 Semi-annual allowance ending 1836 20.83 $49.63
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. M. G. Day Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 4 Page 45
Note of Cash recd on pg.

State of New York
80
County of Warren - On this day personally appeared before me Seth C Baldwin First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas held in and for County of Warren in the State of New York - I am of the County of Warren in the State of New York - my commission expires on the day of my birth - Stephen Stonehouse - A Resident of the Town of Warrenburgh in the County of Warren
and state of New York aged 86
years who
being first duly sworn according to law do hereby make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the
of an act passed March 15 1832 I was born in Cornwall in the State of Connecticut - was listed in New Fairfield Fairfield
County State of Connecticut for Eight Months in the Militia of the Connecticut Line - then under Genl. Mather
under Capt. Daniel Beardsey Lieutenant Boms. Colonel Beardsey in the Connecticut State Troops about the first of May when
Gen. Montgomery came to Lake George going on to Canada then I marched to Stamford in Connecticut from thence to
New York then to Harlem then took shipping to Albany from thence marched to Half Moon where a draft was made
out of two regiments of 10 men from each company to clear roads to Lake George I was one of the drafted men
went on to Lake George there staid 17 days then went in Batavia - I remained there till discharged at the expiration of the Eight Months I again
enlisted in Ulster Dutchess County State of New York for 9
months under Captain William Coakins Lieut. Stephen Hunt adjutant of the Regiment then went to King's Bridge & then to Fort Independence
from thence went to King's Bridge and assisted in repairing Fort Independence then Capt. Bryant had 17 men taken out
of said company to join the Artillery of which I was one then with Bryant went to Forge Point when the British
landed there joined General Clinton's Brigade at Red Bank

near Kings Bridge from thence marched to White Plains from thence to Peekskill thence to Verplanks Point at Kings Ferry then crossed the Hudson river to Haverstraw then march to Poughkeepsie there I was transferred to Capt Truesdell Company to go to Hackensack in New Jersey the 19 of December went near Fort Lee and Fort Washington then returned to Peekskill then got a discharge from Captain Truesdell to return to Captain Gannin's company at New Lund or on the 25 of December joined Captain Gannin's company on the first of January next received a discharge from General Clinton  which discharge is lost I again enlisted in the next April or May in the town of
of South East Dutchess County under Captain William Ham Pierce Lieutenant Hunt Colonel Gannin for 9 months joined the Regiment at White Plains then went to Tarrytown on the Frontier lines stayed most of the summer while there had a skirmish with the Indians the Stockbridge Indians were cut off -  About this time I enlisted in Capt. P's company into Captain Champlains company Dutchess Co. N.Y.
for two years served most of the time lived a subsistence was discharged when the war ended [what yr then called in?] [for the remainder of the term] the next year was out for days on an alarm in the Highlands the same [as? as soon] was out patrolling three weeks under Lieutenant Hunt I was at the alarm at Danbury when Danbury was burnt I was engaged in the Battle 1st Division in the Highlands from the war department around in the above description
 1 I have no Record of my age  2 I joined the service in South East Dutchess County New York  3 I joined the service in South East Dutchess County New York  4 I joined the service in South East Dutchess County New York  5 I joined the service in South East Dutchess County New York  6 I joined the service in South East Dutchess County New York  7 I joined the service in South East Dutchess County New York  8 I joined the service in South East Dutchess County New York  9 I joined the service in South East Dutchess County New York  10 I joined the service in South East Dutchess County New York  After the war moved to Hebron Washington Resided there 7 years then to Fort Ann some County Resided there 3 years then back to Hebron Remained 2 years then to Warrenburgh Warren County State of New York where I remained 7 years then to Poughkeepsie

County State of Vermont. & Remained there 21 years then returned to Fort Ann & Remained 2 years then to Lexington where I now Reside
4 th Answered in the above Statement.
5 th I have stated this question as fully as I can recollect
He hereby Relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present one that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
I have no other or further documentary evidence of my service than is on record in that from bodily infirmity and poverty I am unable to make proper search for other evidence of my service in the war of the Revolution
Subscribed & sworn this 16 th day of February 1833.
Stephen his  X Mouhouse Mark
before Me S. M c Galdwin "
Judge
State of New York County of Warren
I do hereby Certify that on this 16 th day of February 1833. the above named Stephen Mouhouse, who is well known to me, personally appeared before me, and before he was sworn, to his declaration above written he was examined by me specifically to the facts contained therein, and I fully believe the facts therein stated are true -
I do further Certify that I have known Mr. Mouhouse for many years, that he is reputed to be very poor, that he is quite infirm, and that he is almost wholly blind, that in consequence of his poverty, infirmities and particularly his blindness, it would almost impossible for him to attend court & make his declaration as above - and in my opinion it would be unreasonable to require him to do so -
Dated February 16. 1833 -
S. M c Galdwin Judge of Warren County Common Pleas,

State of New York
Warren County ss.
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the said County do hereby that such & Saldouie before whom the within Affidavit or Declaration purports to have been sworn and the Certificate thereunto annexed was at the date of the same subscribed — Judge of the County Courts of the County of Warren and that I am acquainted with his hand Writing and truly believe his name subscribed to the within Affidavit or Declaration and Certificate to be his proper hand Writing and Signature
Witness my hand and Seal of Office this twenty fifth day of February AD 1833. Thomas Archibald Clerk
Stephen Moore

State of New York Washington County
ss.
Isaac Morehouse of the town of He- been in said county, being duly sworn, doth depose and say that Stephen Morehouse his Brother now resides in Warrenbur- gh in the county of Warren in said State, and that he did en- list in the year 1776 into the company of William Perkins capt. in Frederickborough in Dutches county in said State, and served therein as a common soldier for the full term of seven months. And further this deponent says, that he the said Stephen Morehouse in the year 1778 did also enlist together with this said deponent, into the company of Captain William Pearce of Southeast in said Dutches county in said State, which said compa- ny belonged to the Regiment of Colonel Andrew or Morris Grahams of the town called the nine partners in said Dutch- es county &c. And further this deponent, and the said Stephen Morehouse lived at the time of the above enlistments in the said town of Southeast in the county of Dutches aforesaid And also that the said Stephen Morehouse in the company of the said William Pearce as a common soldier the full term of nine Months And further this deponent saith not.
Subscribed and sworn this 20th day of August 1882 Before me John T. Tilton Justice of the Peace
Isaac Morehouse Mark
State of New York Washington County ss.
I James Proudfit Deputy clerk of the said county do certify that John Tilton Esquire before whom the above affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the time the said affidavit was taken a Justice of the peace in & for said county, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature thereto subscribed to be his proper hand writing & signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said county this 22nd day of November 1882. J. Proudfit Dep. Clerk.

Stephen Machan 2250 10/10/18
Mr. Stephen Machan or Mr. Shannon, his Atty of Warrenton, Co. Waren in Bullen Trustie 10.
20/1 20/1 10/10 20/10

22.86
Stephen Morehouse
Schmitt 12 mo months 15 days Pmmt R. E. Phelps Jan 1834 Hon D. Farlin Hon R. Phelps Hon H. C. Hathorn N.Y.
Patrick Richards Waukesha New York Joseph Whitty Calawill New York
The Militia of the State of Connecticut no measure for 8 months in 1775 in

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
July 21 st 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 shew what is necessary to be done. These 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.
Statement, shewing the Service of Stephen Warehouse
   Period when service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1770 4 12 8 Capt Bransbury Col Malabren   1776(-) - 7 - Capt Calkins Capt Bransbury  
May 16 th See note 'e' and make a statement in conformity to its requirements -
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Then was no enlistment for 8 months, in 1775 in the militia of the State of Connecticut

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 provisions of the act of _____ declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) of the Agency in the State of _____ Sworn to 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 (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) _____, who has 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
The first line of justice in this case may be procured by applying to Eliza Egan Comptroller of the public of Connecticut to whom the applicant is The term justice is not permissive for under the act of June 7 1832

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 belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Where an applicant is unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper place or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Where an 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 _____"
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 fix 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 in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Grant Moorhouse testimony (or Barkins) to be taken in form as directed by notes in [g].

June 25, 1936
Stephen Morehouse S. 29330 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. Frank J. Argersinger 506 S. William Street Johnstown, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Thomas Morehouse and Stephen Morehouse, pension claim, S.29330.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request for Revolutionary War data.
The record of Stephen Morehouse is furnished herein as found in pension claim, S. 29330, based upon his service in the War of the Revolution.
Stephen Morehouse was born July 16, 1746 in Norwalk, Connecticut, names of his parents not given.
He enlisted in New Fairfield, Connecticut, May 9, 1775, served as a private in Captain Beardsley's company, Colonel David Waterbury's Connecticut regiment, assisted in making roads to Lake George, went on to Ticonderoga, where he was discharged, September 17, 1775. He enlisted in Danbury, Connecticut, in 1776, served in Captain William Calkins's company, Colonel Graham's or Swartwout's New York regiment, assisted in repairing Fort Independence, joined an artillery company under Captain Bryant, served about two months, was transferred to Captain Treadwell's company, and about December 25, returned to Captain Calkins's company, and was discharged, January 1, 1777, during this service he was in the battle of White Plains. He stated that he was in the Danbury Alarm, and in the battle at
enlisted in along Dutchess Co. N.Y. Apr. 76 served in Capt. Calkins Co.

at that time.
Stephen Morehouse, while residing in South East, Dutchess County, New York, enlisted, date not definitely shown, served about seven months as private in Captain William Pearce's company, Colonel Morris Graham's New York regiment; and served about one month as teamster in Captain Church's company; was also on an alarm in the Highlands.
He moved after the Revolution from South East, New York to Hebron, Washington County, New York, there seven years, then to Fort Ann, New York, there three years, then returned to Hebron, there two years, then to Warrensburgh, Warren County, New York, there seven years, then to Addison, Vermont, there twenty-one years, returned to Fort Ann, and in about two years returned to Warrensburgh, New York.
He was allowed pension on his application executed February 16, 1833, then a resident of said Warrensburgh.
The papers in this claim contain no reference to wife or children of the soldier, Stephen Morehouse. His brother, Isaac Morehouse, was seventy-six years of age in 1833 and living in Hebron, New York.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

State of New York } ss. } Washington County }
Isaac Mochouse of the Town of Hebron in said County aged seventy years and upwards, being duly sworn, before John Patten a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, makes oath and says that Stephen Mochouse (a brother of this deponent) now resides in the town of Warrenburgh in the county of Warren in said State, and that he the said Stephen did enlist in the year of 1776 into a company of Infantry commanded by Lieut. William Parsons, of Fredericksburgh in Dutchess County in said State, and served therein as a common soldier for the full term of seven months, except that he was attached into the Artillery towards the latter part of the time, And further this deponent makes oath and says that the said Stephen Mochouse did in the year of 1778 again enlist together with this said deponent into a company commanded by Lieut. William Pearce of the Town of Southeast in said Dutchess County, which said company belonged to the Regiment commanded by Lieut. Andrew or Morris Graham, of the town called the Nine Partners, in said Dutchess County and further this said deponent, and the said Stephen Mochouse lived at the time they enlisted in the said town of Southeast in the county of Dutchess aforesaid. And also that the said Stephen Mochouse served in the company of the said William Pearce as a common soldier or private, the full term of Nine Months. And further this deponent saith not.
Sworn and subscribed this 23 rd day of September 1833 Before me
John Patten Justice etc.
his Isaac Mochouse mark
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Isaac Mochouse the above named deponent and have been for the space of twenty years and upwards last past, and I also hereby certify that his character is good for truth, and that he is entitled to full credit and implicit belief. Hebron September 23 rd 1833
John Patten Justice etc.

State of New York Washington county ss 3
I James Plandfit Deputy clerk of the said county do certify that John Nuttall Esquire before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn and also before whom the within certificate of credibility purports to have been signed was at the date of the same one of the justices of the peace list for said county and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and well believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and certificate to be his proper hand writing & signa- ture.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscri- bed my name and affixed the seal of said county this 24. day of September 1839. — J. Plandfit D. Clk. —

State of New York Warren County ss. On this day twenty fourth  sixth  of April  of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared before me Thomas Patterson Judge of of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County Stephen Monkhouse a resident of the Town of Warrenburgh in the said County aged Eighty Seven years the 16th day of July last, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 to wit I was born in Newalk in the State of Conn- ticut & Enlisted in the Spring of the year about the first of May a private 1 st 75 as a private Soldier in New Fairfield in said State in the Connecticut State Troops under Captain Wendell, Colonel Watrous about the time General Montgomery started on his Expedition to Canada, I marched to Stamford in said State from thence to New York thence to Harlem thence took shipping to Albany from thence Marched to Half Moon then a draft was made out of two regiments of men from each com- pany to clear roads to Lake George. I was one of the drafted men went on to Lake George. I staid there sometime days and then went to Secondage in battalions where we remained until I was dischar- ged in the fall of the year I think some time in October having served as a private Soldier for fourteen days In the summer of the year 1776 I again En- listed in the service at Ulster County in the State of New York under Captain William Caulkins I enlisted at Stephen Kirt Adjutant of the Regiment, the Colonel

My was Graham I think - I was marched to Kingsbridge and assisted in re- pairing fortifications while there Captain Bryant had seven men taken out of the company to join the artillery of which number I was one
we marched to Grey Point where the British landed then joined General Clinton's Brigade at Voluntine near Kingsbridge. From there marched to White Plains from there to Peekskill then to Verplank's Point at Kings Ferry then crossed the Hudson Riv- er to Haverstraw then marched to Nyack then on the 19 th of December I was transferred to Captain Snedaker's company to go to Hac- kenback in New Jersey, we went near Forts Lee Washington then returned to Peekskill where I discharged from Captain Snedaker to return to Captain Gaultier's company at New Wind- sor which company I joined on the 23 rd of De- cember on the first of January 1777 I was dis- charged by General Clinton having served as last above mentioned seven months as a private -
In the Spring of the Year 1777 (but I can not tell precisely as to the year) sometime in April I think I again enlisted in the service at South East in said County of Dutchess under Captain William Pira but I think it was  Stuyvesant Hunt I cannot recollect distinctly the Colonel's name for some months joined the Regiment at White Plains I marched from there to Tinker he on the frontier or lines when we stood

Most of the summer. While there we had a skirmish with the Enemy when the Stockbridge Indians were cut off for a short time afterwards left Pierce's Company I Enlisted into Captain Church's Company (the General I believe had so ordered) and served in Captain Church's Company for two months part of the time I hired a Substitution My place I was discharged when the Snow began deep. In the beginning of the winter In the next year 1778. I was out on duty ten days on an alarm in the highlands. The same year was out 3 days. Weeks patrolling under Lieutenant Field I was at the alarm at Danbury when that place was burnt. I was engaged in the battle. All my service above set forth was done in the capacity of a private except having here in one or two instances temporarily appointed by my commander to take the lead of particular expeditions.  1 st Answered in the above declaration
2 nd I have no record of my age
3 rd I joined the service in South East Dutchess County New York after the war was moved to Ulster Washington County in Said State I resided there seven years then to Fort Ann same County I resided there three years then back to Ulster remaining Ed two years then to Wannousburgh then to Fort Ann when I resided seven years then to Middlebury Addison County in the State of Vermont I remained there 21 years then returned to Fort Ann I remained there 2 years then returned again to Wannousburgh aforesaid where I have ever since resided
4 th Answered to the above declarative

1 st I have never received any written discharge I have no documentary evidence of my services as a Soldier of the Revolution but my brother Isaac & Eli Galkins had personal knowledge of a part of my services as stated in my declara- tion & their affidavits are annexed. Peter Richards Dudley Farlin, Nelson & Warren John Thurman & Nathaniel Gales also John Richards & Seth C Baldwin are persons to whom I am person- ally known & who can testify as to my char- acter for veracity & their belief of my ser- vices as a Soldier of the Revolution
Thereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the pen- sion roll of the agency of any State
His Stephen + Morehouse Marks
Sworn to & Subscribed the day and year first before said Thomas Patterson
Judge H
We Dudley Farlin & Nelson J. Warren residents of the Town of Warrenton in the County of Warren afore- said hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen Morehouse who has subscri- bed and sworn to the above declarative that we believe him to be eighty seven years of age & that he is reputed & believed in the Neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion
Given the day year aforesaid
Thomas Patterson
Dudley Farlin
Judge of Warren
County Common Pleas
Nelson J. Warren

And the said Judge do hereby certify & declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution I served as the States Attorney that it appears to me that Dudley Farlin & Nelson J. Warner
who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the Town of Warrenburgh in said County and an credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit and I further certify that the above named applicant is at present totally blind and is otherwise disabled infirm with age so as to render him unable without great inconvenience to attend the proceedings of the courts to make his declaration
Thomas Paterson Judge of the Warren County Common Pleas
State of New York Warren County ss.
I Thomas Archibald Clerk of said County hereby certify that before me Thomas Paterson — before whom the aforesaid pro

cedings were had according to the pur- port thereof, was at the date of the said proceedings a Judge of County Courts of Said County that I am acquainted with his hand writing, I believe his signature to the said proceedings to be genuine, and further that the foregoing contains the orig- inal proceedings before the said Judge in the matter of the application of Stephen Monkhouse for a pension
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 6 th day of June A.D. 1834
Thomas Archibald Clerk
By G.C. L. anales Sup: Clerk
The word "June" is signed & written on Erasumus before sealing Thomas Archibald Clerk

Stephen Morehouse } Application for a Pension }
Papers
Allow 4 mo & 12 days in 1775 - In Computation of Comm. Certificate - 100 $1. 1/2 days
Rev. Dr. King of Roxbury
Hon. H. C. Mansfield

I Eli Calkins of Wallingford, in the County of Rutland & State of Vermont, of lawful age testify & say, that on or about the first day of August A.D. 1776. I enlisted into a Company commanded by Mr. Calkins, which Company was attached to a Regiment under Command of Col. Smartenack, in a Brigade of Five Months Men, commanded by the then Governor George Clinton.
In the Company to which I belonged was a private soldier named Stephen Morehouse. The Company to which the said Morehouse and I belonged, marched from Dutchess County N.Y. in August A.D. 1776 to Kingsbridge.
The said Stephen Morehouse, after some time, by permission of his Captain, enlisted into a Company of Artillery attached to Col. Smartenack's Regiment.
The said Morehouse & myself were both in the battle of White Plains; soon after which I saw & conversed with him, during the Five Months I was here engaged in the United States Service, I frequently saw the said Morehouse, who continued in the Company of Artillery. I have the impression, that in consequence of a bounty offered, the said Morehouse can-

continued in the service three months after I was discharged; But of this I have no positive knowledge.
After the said Moorehouse's term of service had expired, & he had returned home & frequently since then, and he had the reputation of having faithfully & honorably discharged his duty.
In the year 1789 or 1790, the said Moorehouse & myself were called again into the service in the Company of Capt. Wm. Pierce, in Col. John Field's Regiment. We marched early in the Spring from Lehigh County Pa. to White Plains, and I continued in the service at this time Nine Months; and fully believe the said Moorehouse served for the same period, but of this I have no positive knowledge, as different parts of the Company to which we belonged were employed in different services; & some of our company by orders from our commanding officers enlisted into the team service. After my discharge I return to Lehigh County. I frequently saw & conversed with the said Moorehouse upon the events of the war in which we had together been engaged; & I have no doubt but he faithfully performed at this time Nine Months service in the war of the Revolution, as he always

had the reputation of it among his acquaintances: And further I say not Eli Calkins
State of Vermont Rutland County } Wallingford April 19 th 1834. Here personally appeared Eli Calkins and made solemn oath that the above statement by him subscribed is agreeable to truth: In due form of law Before me
Robt. Ingers Justice of the Peace And I hereby certify that Eli Calkins is a witness of undoubted credulity, Robt. Ingers Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont Rutland County } Robert Rippond Clerk of the County Court for the County of Rutland certify that Nathan Jones is a justice of the peace for said County and that his signatures above are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Rutland this 24 th day of April A.D. 1834 R. Rippond

Stephen Morehouse for a Pension
-Case

War Department
Pension Office
July 2 nd 1834.
Sir, The papers relating to the claim of Stephen Morehouse have again been examined. The original declaration the most important paper in the case - The supplemental before a justice of the Peace being unauthorised to enable claimants to explain or clear up what may be ambiguous in the former. is so altered, that too without any sanction, that it cannot be received. (6) The claimant is required to make a new declaration in open Court (7) & to procure a certificate from the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut, Elisha Phelps Esq. in regard to his services in that State. A satisfactory reason should likewise be given for the errors in the allegations &c. referred to (6) The papers are here with returned  Signed J. L. Edwards  W. Dodge Esq.
War Department
Pension Office
July 18 th 1834
Sir, The papers of Stephen Morehouse have again been examined. It was required of the claimant on a former examination, that he should make a new declaration in open Court & likewise produce such evidence as might be afforded thereby from the records of the State of Connecticut. No certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut has been received (4) The requisition not having been complied with the case is suspended & the papers placed on file. It may be remarked in reference to the services in the State of New York that no evidence appears in the department, that there were enlistments for seven or nine months in Col. Graham's regiment at the period referred to. If there were any evidence it may be obtained from the Secretary of that State (3)  Signed Virial Lucas Clk for his behalf of the Commissioner of Pensions  W. Dodge Esq.
* vide Mr. Morehouse's letter for which the only thing lacking was a certificate from the Comptroller of Conn.

Warrenton
July 27 1834
Sir, Mr. Lane in his letter of 10 inst. in relation to the claim of Stephen Morehouse, states that no certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut has been received
It is plain that there is a mistake somewhere, as an original Certificate of Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Connecticut, was attached with the other evidences to the supplemental declaration, & forwarded with it to the Department - I recd. it on the margin of the new declaration, when it was returned to me the last time, for informality, some pencil marks made at the Department opposite to the statement of the Service
(4)
in Connecticut, in substance allowing 4 mos. 12 days of the time stated & referring to the Certificate for proof
so that the Certificate must have been noticed by some one in the Department - The new declaration
was again sent to the Department, by me with the Certificate & all the evidences attached, entirely as they were when I recd. them - If the new declaration
is examined, there cannot be a doubt but that the Certificate will be found attached to it - As to the Service mentioned in Mr. L.'s letter in the State of New York
Each period is proved by the affidavits of two witnesses, which affidavits are attached to the new declaration And I
(3)
believe they answer in all respects the requisitions of the rules of the Department - From the letter recd. therefore the Claimant is inclined to believe the attention of the Department has not been drawn to his new or supplemental declaration & begs to refer the Dept. to the
Signed
W. Dodge
J. L. Edwards Compt. etc.

Washington D.C. Aug. 21 1834
Dr. Lee,
Soon after the receipt of your favor I called at the Pension Office - & found that the case of Stephen Morehouse was suspended for the purpose of ascertaining from the Dep't & Sec'y of the State of New York, whether Col. Graham, in whose regiment the nine months service was laid, commanded any nine months men in the Revolutionary War. This I believe is the main point in the case & the information sought will settle the question.
W. Dodge Esq.
Signed J. R. Hobbie
Washington D.C. July 10. 1834
Dear Sir,
(2) It is with a great deal of reluctance after all the pains taken in the case, that it is apprehended the Department intends ultimately to reject the claim of Stephen Morehouse for a Pension - By yours of 2 nd inst. it is required that "the claimant make a new declaration in open Court & procure a certificate from the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut in regard to his services in that State" - With regard to the practicability of making the declaration in open Court the Department is referred to the certificates of the judges heretofore contained in the two declarations already made - As far as I understand the rules of the Department, declarations made before a judge out of Court, with reasons therefor within the rules, certified in the manner of those referred to, are entitled to equal consideration with those taken in open Court -
{ From the former part of your letter of 2 nd inst. it is believed the Department labor under a mistake, as

the supplemental declaration was not made before a Justice of the Peace (as intimated by your letter) but a Judge of the County Court who so officially signs the papers - The affidavits in support of the claim it is conceived could not have been meant, as the power of taking such evidence before a Justice of the Peace is sanctioned by the rules. And as neither the supplementary declaration, or those affidavits attached to it were meant as "explanatory of any thing ambiguous in a former" - (5)
(1) The supplemental when drawn was meant to stand by itself as a new declaration - the original being plainly informal & insufficient. & the new declaration it was thought if in proper form & supported by the required evidence, according to the rules of the Department would be sufficient to establish the claim independent of the one first made - Nothing unfair or corrupt appearing. In regard to the errors & misstatements referred to, an explanation was attempted in my former letter covering the original. In addition it might be stated that they were made merely to facilitate the drawing of the new declaration - The alterations were made at the suggestion of the claimant that he was misunderstood by the person who drew that declaration - The additional matter was suggested as proper to be inserted in the new declaration, on reference to the rules contained in the printed letter of the Department; the new declaration it will be seen being drawn in conformity with those alterations - To what extent alterations have been made may be seen on a moment's reference to the papers - And whether they are of such a nature as to vitiate the claim is respectfully submitted to the Department - (6)
An additional declaration would be made at considerable expense. & the applicant has no means His friends who have hitherto aided him are unwilling

(2) To advance further in aid of an attempt which they fear after all that has transpired, must be fruitless - He is therefore constrained to rest his claim on the papers already submitted to the Department respectfully to pray a reconsideration of his case signed W E Dodge
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com r of Pensions
P.S. The Department is respectfully reminded that it will appear on examination of the papers forwarded with the new declaration, that all the its directions up to the letter of 2 d July, in relation to the form & evidence in support of the claim, have been complied with & that it is believed the claimants case is entirely in conformity with the rules of the Department -
(3) all the claimants service in N. York is proved by the affts. of two witnesses to each period of service - vide the affts. attached to the new decl n or forwarded with it This answers the rules of the Department - besides though they may not have been "enlistments for seven time months" yet the claimant may have served for those periods as he states, & it is believed sufficiently proved
(5) It is thought the Dept t would not have fallen into this error if proper attention had been paid to the supplemental decl n & the papers attending it
(6) The objections on account of the errors &c. in the original must be entirely frivolous, especially as a new decl n has been made, sanctioning the alterations, - besides the explanations given must be satisfactory

(7) In making his decl n before a Judge, the claimant is within the rules of the Depart t which sanction such proceeding - And if his case is in conformity with the requirements of those rules, the Commissioner has no right to require him to make another decl n in open court - The Comf ts requirement ought not to be made in opposition to the printed & established rules of the Department -
From the foregoing it will appear that two declarations have been made in the case - the Supplemental  by myself - Much incongruity in the course & dictum of the Depart t also appears - And I think it is plainly inferable that due attention has not been paid to the papers forwarded - Mr. Luce's letter of 18 July '34 was the last notice the claimant had been able to obtain from the Depart t in relation to the case, except through Mr. Hobbie - From his letter (Mr. H's) it seems the Department had abandoned all its objections except one - It is thought that if some one could be procured to call personally Lingenfelter at the Depart t & see his influence, the case would succeed without further trouble - As it is plain if the attention of the Depart t is drawn to the whole case, by some one  some one who would make of making a proper representation of it, it must be itself placing in the wrong - And it would be an act of humanity as well as justice for them to notify the claimant
The main questions I believe are
1 st Whether or no the new declarations, & the evidences mentioned, forwarded with it, are to be found at the Depart t ? 2 nd If they are found there - Whether they in form & substance answer the requisitions of the rules of the Depart t ?
I believe it is not denied that they are in all respects within those rules - but Mr. Luce denies that the Comf ts Certificate has been received - It is confidently believed that paper has been overlooked

as it was forwarded with the other papers, must have arrived with them -
It is thought & insisted, that if the papers in relation to the claim have reached the Dept t the only inquiry ought to be whether they are in compliance with the rules, If they are it is all the claimant can do or ought to be required to, do. His pension ought to be granted him without further delay - He is aged infirm & extremely indigent, & is needy of the justice if not the clemency of the Pension Dept t  and from present appearances the grace is likely to come to his relief before the true justice of the Pension Department

Comptrollers Office April 11 th 1834.
I Elisha Phelps Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Connecticut, do certify, that it appears by the original pay roll, or the copy of it, of Capt. Nehemiah Beardsleys company belonging to the regiment commanded by Col. David Waterbury since May 1775, by the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut, that Stephen Morehouse served in said company as a private from the 9 th day of May to the 19 th day of September 1775; being one hundred thirty two days.
E. Phelps

State of New York Warren County } ss Town of Washington }
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Stephen Morehouse who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory he cannot declare positively as to the precise length of service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades. I enlisted in the Spring of the year 1775 in Captain Phinehas Doudley's Company under Colonel Doudley in the Connecticut State Troops. I served as a private for Eight months.
I enlisted as a private in the Spring of the year 1776 under Captain William Gaultins Lieutenant Stephen Hunt adjutant of the regiment the Colonel's name might be Colonel Graham but I cannot recollect. I served as a private Nine months.
I enlisted as a private under Captain William Pierce Lieutenant Hunt Colonel Graham in the Spring of the year 1777, one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven served as a private for Seven months.
I enlisted for two months in the fall of the year 1777 as a teamster under Captain Field for Five months had not Colonel Hunt I know of, drove a 5 or 6 team served more than a month and had a substitute for the remainder of the time, and for the above services I claim a pension. I further state that I am the Stephen Morehouse who made the Declaration annexed hereto.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 24 th day of June 1833
Stephen Morehouse Mark
Daniel Woodward Justice of the peace
4. 12 5. - 3. 3 12 15

State of New York Warren County } ss
We Nathaniel Gates George B Wells
and Joseph Russell certify residing in the town of Warrenburgh in said County certify that we are well acquainted with Stephen M c Morehouse who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty six 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
Subscribed and sworn before me this 24 th day of June 1833
Joseph Russell
Nathaniel Gates George B Wells
Daniel Woodward Justice of the Peace
State of New York
Warren County } ss
I David Woodward a Justice of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that Stephen  the fully believes that the above applicant Morehouse was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states, and that he is a credible person and of good character I further certify that I am well acquainted with Nathaniel Gates George B Wells and Joseph Russell who reside in the town of Warrenburgh, and who have signed the preceding certificate, are credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 24 th June 1833
Daniel Woodward Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Warren County ss. I, Thomas Archibald Clark of the said County do certify that Placid Woodward before whom the preceding or within affidavits purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and truly believe his name subscribed to the within affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of Office this 31 st day of June A D 1853. Thomas Archibald Clark

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington D. C.

Warrenton July 10 1834
Sir,
It is with a great deal of reluctance after all the pains taken in the case, that it is apprehended, the Department intends, ultimately to reject the claim of Stephen Morehouse for a Pension - By yours of 2 d inst. it is required that the "claimant make a new declaration in open Court & to procure there a certificate from the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut in regard to his services in that State - With regard to the practicability of making the declaration in "open Court", the Department is referred to the certificates of the Judges, severally contained in the two declarations already made - And it is with all deference submitted that an additional certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut cannot be needed by the Department as evidence in support of the claim - The utmost that could be effected by the claimant would be to make a declaration of the tenor & substance of the second one now before the Department.
As far as I am instructed in the rules of the Department, declarations made before a Judge

out of court, with reasons therefor, within the rules, certified in the manner of those referred to, are entitled to equal consideration with those taken in open Court -
From the former part of your letter of 2 d July, if understood, it is believed the Department labor under a mistake, as the supplemental declaration was not made before a Justice of the Peace, but a Judge of the County who so signs the paper - The affidavit in support of the claim, it is conceived, could not be meant, as the practice of taking such evidence before a Justice of the Peace is sanctioned by the rules of the Dep. And as the neither the supplemental declaration or the affidavit was meant as explanatory of "any thing ambiguous in a former" -
The supplemental when drawn was meant to stand by itself as a new declaration, the original being plainly informal & insufficient. And the new declaration, it was thought, if in proper form & supported with the required evidence according to the rules of the Dep. t would be sufficient to establish the claim independent of the one first made - Nothing unfair or corrupt appearing - (1)
In regard to the reasons & intimations referred to an explanation was attempted in my former letter covering the original - In addition it might be stated that they were made, merely to facilitate the drawing of a new declaration

The alterations were made at the suggestions of the claimant, that he was misunderstood by the person who drew the declaration - The additional matter was suggested as proper to be inserted in the new declaration, on reference to the rules contained in the printed letter of the Department - the new declaration, it will be seen, being drawn in conformity with those alterations - To what extent alterations have been made, may be seen on a moment's reference to the paper - And whether they are of such a nature as to vitiate the claim, is respectfully submitted to the Department -
An additional declaration would be made at considerable expense, & the applicant has no means. His friends who have so far aided him are unwilling to advance further in aid of an attempt, which they fear, after all that has transpired, must be fruitless - He is therefore constrained to rest his claim on the paper already submitted to the Department, & respectfully to pray a reconsideration of his case - (2)
Very Respectfully
Yours &c
W E Dodge
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions

Stephen Moorehouse
Wannenburg NY July 123
Ira
L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Warrenton July 22 1854
Sir
Mr Lane in his letter of 10 inst. in relation to the claim of Stephen Morehouse states that "no certificate of the Comptroller of Connecticut has been received - It is plain that there is a mistake somewhere, as an original certificate of Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Connecticut was attached with the other evidence, to the supplemental or new declaration forwarded with it to the Department - I recollect abiding on the margins of the new declaration when it was returned to me the last time, for informality some pencil marks evidently made at the Department, opposite to the statement of the Service in Connecticut in substance as allowing 4 Nos. 12 days of the time stated, referring to the certificate for proof. So that the certificate must at one time have been noticed by some one of the Department - The new declaration was again re disclosed to the Department by me with the certificate & all the evidence attached entirely as they were when I recd it - If the new declaration is examined there cannot be a doubt but that the certificate in question will be found attached to it.

as to the service in the State of New York, mentioned in Mr. Luce's letter, each period is proved by the affidavits of two witnesses which affidavits were attached to & forwarded with the new declaration . And I believe they conform in all respects the requisitions of the rules of the Department. —
From letters recd. therefrom, the claimant is induced to believe the attention of the Department has not been drawn to his new or supplemental declaration. Prays leave to refer the Department thereto —
Very Respectfully Yours &c. W. E. Dodge
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

(1) A certificate was granted to Thornton Kenyon, in a case similarly circumstanced, on a new declaration drawn by me, without ever having seen the original; it having been drawn by another person at the time on file in the Dept. t and the suspended for its insufficiency, as it appears from a letter of the Dept. dated Nov. 5 1833 -
(2) It is thought on consideration that your preceding yours of 2 nd inst. that the Dept. t must have overlooked the certificate of the Comptroller of the State of Conn. of the Claimants Services in that State, attached to the new declarations, & that possibly the other evidence in support also attached, may not have been considered. The Dept. t is respectfully reminded that it will appear on examination of that paper that all the directions of the Dept. t in relation to the forms of evidence in support of the claims, up to the letter of 2 nd inst. have been complied with. That it is believed to be entirely in conformity with the rules of the Department.

March 7 th 1836
Sir
a pension for twelve months & fifteen days will be accepted in the case of Stephen Monhouser - you will - please make out a certificate for that amount
Truly Yours J. L. Edwards Esq. Clerk of Pensions

New York Revolutionary Stephen Morehouse Suspended Let to Hon W.C. Martindale June 18. 1834.
Disb d for witness from the Sec. of the State of New York ff July 29 '34 - Disb d for let from Sec of N.Y. of Aug 8 - 34
Set T June '32

New York
Rev.
Stephen Morehouse
Suspended
let to W. E. Douglass
July 18'34
Lib. and Emancipator 5 March 1836

29 330 Rev INVALID.
1936 June 25: wish to Mrs. Frank J Argelesinger any
File No. 29,330
Stephen M. ... house Pr. ... Mrs.
Act: June 2 nd 1936
Index: — Vol. 9 , Page 984
[Arrangement of 1870.]

506 S. William St., Johnstown, N.Y., March 28, 1936.
VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Mr. A. D. Hiller,
Dear Sir:
In the history of ENFIELD, CONN., page 2436-7 it speaks of : THOMAS MOREHOUSE who died Oct. 9, 1832, AE 71. and, JUNICE, wife of THOMAS MOREHOUSE died Jan. 1, 1840, AE 77.
Will you please tell me if the THOMAS MOREHOUSE served in the revolutionary war, and if he, and his wife, afterwards, received a pension? And if so, will you please send me a copy of the same ?
Also, will you please send me a copy of the pension paper of STEPHEN MOREHOUSE. Pension files, S 29330. He was living in Warrensburg, Warren Co., N.Y., in 1833-34, aged 87. Born at Norwalk, Conn.
Thanking you very much for them,
Sincerely,
Mr. Frank J. Angersinger.