Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35623, for William Richards, Connecticut

SERVICE
Conn. Continental
Richards, William
NUMBER
S. 35623
{ B.L.W. 1796-300. Capt. Issued Jan. 28, 1790 No papers.
CONTENTS

35 623
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35 623
William Richards Capt Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 342
[Arrangement of 1870.]
See letter written to Hon. John C. Fielder, Room 11, Sun Bldg., Washington, D.C.
1906 May 10. History Co. Mrs S. R. Linn, letter in Surv. File 44,898 Reuben Hale.

Schedule of property annexed to the declaration of John Richerdt and by him subscribed & sworn to in one cow worth $15, - a plow $1. $16,00 a spade, 50 - two shovels, 67 two hoes, 67 two axes, 30. 2,14 cross bar $1,00 - Jackal blocks & falls 5 - two axes 1,50 - 3 tin funnels 1,50. 9,00 a desk & book case & writing desk $30,00 - 3 cherry tables $6,00 36,00 Two old pine tables $1,50. 5 kitchen chairs 1,25 - 20 wood bot chairs 5. 7,75 one great chair & one arm chair 1,50 one cherry bureau 4,50 - 6,00 Two looking glasses $10,00. a brass kettle 5, - 2 iron pots 1,25 - 16,25 a skillet, 17. frying pans, 50. gridiron, 25 1,92 10 andirons, shovel & tongs $2,00. 2 pr dogs $1,00. shovel & tongs 3, 50 Bake pan, 50. toasting iron, 25. 10 brass candlesticks, 67 - 1,32 4 iron candlesticks, 50. Iron ladles, flesh fork & skimmer, 50 1,00 Tea kettle 34. Tin ware - 8 milk pails $2,00. 2 tin kettles 1,50. pint bowls 4, 01 1 iron kettle, 50 - 1/2 doz silver spoons $10,00 - 1 doz tea spoons $5 - 15,50 1/2 China cups & saucers $2, - a doz common cups & saucers 67. 3 sugar bowls 3,17 3 tea pots, 50. tin oven $1,50. 11 knives & nine forks $2,00. 6 more knives & forks 67 - 4,67 Water pot, 50. a calender, 25. Scire, 25 - 5 stone jugs $1,00. 5 stone pots $1,00 - 8,00 2 pr flat irons, 67. pitch fork, 50. 2 pails, 50. 2 fire buckets $2,00 - 3,67 6 tubs $1,00. 2 alembars & 4 tumblers, 75. Broom cut saw 1,50. 1/2 doz bottles 2,00 a leak tub, 50. 2 water casks, 50. an empty case & bottles $1 - 2,00 2 oak cask 12 empty barrels 1,50. 2 doz stone plates 1,50 3,00 2 stone pitchers, 50. 3 stone dishes 1,50 - a Grind $1,00. half bushel, 25 3,25 peak measure, 17 candle box, 25. a horse & harness $1. 1,42 2 large family Bibles $10, - 3 vol's Davis sermons $3. 13,00 Battle & wedges, 50. stone hammer, nail hammer & 2 griddles, 50. Chest $1, 2,00 warming pan $1, - tea tray $1,50. 3 tin canisters 1,50. Coffee pot 34 4,34 pr pepper boxes, pr salts, 25 - 2 sauce dishes, 50. 3 pint bowls, 25. 1,00 pr snuffers & snuff tray, 50 - 2 stands, 50 - 3 wood trays, 50 - 1,50 2 lamps, 34. Gun, bayonet & c $5, - a silver mounted harness $4, - 9,34 a coffee pot, 17 pr bellows, 17 - a corn basket, 17 1,51 2 old floor carpets $2,00 - grind stone $2, 4,00 2 foot stoves $1,00. a soup ladle, 34. old trunk, 75 - 2,09 old hay & harness $2,00 - 2 old saddles & 2 bridles $3,00 - 5,00 tin lantern, 34. Chopping dish, 34 1,68 2 trammels, 50 - 2 foot sheels 1,50 - 2 large sheels 1,50 - 3,50 The wheel of a wheel barrow, 17 - Iron bolt 17 1/2, 34 1,51 $229,04
I am indebted to sundry persons more than five hundred that is unsecured & no way to pay Wm Richerdt
Signed & sworn to in open Court June 27th 1870 - attest Charles Lathrop Clarke
Total amount in value of property annexed to the twenty five dollars and forayed Declaration is justly due to him & In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
the said Court, on this 27th
1820
Charles a

State and District of Connecticut, ss. County of New-London
ON this twenty second day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the County Court holden at New-London within and for the County of New-London in said State, on the 2nd Tues - day of June 1820, the same being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment, William Richards aged Seventy six years, resident in the town of New-London in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: That he the said William Richards enlisted for the term of on the first day of January in the year 1777 was a in the service of in the company commanded by Captain of a Company in the regiment commanded at that time by Colonel Josiah Huntington in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment: That he continued to serve in the said corps until about the middle of Sept r 1783 when he was discharged from the said service in Fairfield in the state of Connecticut That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes, on the third day of April 1818; and had transmitted to him a certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No. 401-
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War;" and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
That I am have been by occupation a farmer, but am now too infirm to labour My family consists of my wife Eunice aged sixty five years My sister Mary Gaylord, aged ninety two years, my wife's mother, Catherine Wells, aged eighty five years - my daughters - Mary Ann, aged 35 years and Elizabeth, aged 29 years, and my son Frederick Allen Richards aged 26 years, who for six years past has been deranged, and so continues I have for some time past been assisted by the charity of my friends, and been occasionally assisted by the Marine Fraternity, a relief which has been, not only acceptable, but necessary in my advanced period of life - All the above members of my family are without property & dependent on my small means & the charity of others
William Richards
Sworn to and declared on the 27th day of June A.D. 1820 in open Court -
Charles Lathrop Clerk
I, Charles Lathrop Clerk of the County Court for New-London County, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Two hundred twenty five dollars and for cents. and that said amount is justly due to the sum greater than the sum thereof In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 27th day of June A.D.
1820
Charles Lathrop

State of Connecticut New London
Be it remembered That at said New London on this third day of April 1818 before me Jeremiah G Brainard a Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut personally came and appeared William Elishards of New London in said State - and being duly and solemnly sworn according to the usage of said State, on such solemn oath by me to him administered declared and said - That he served in the armies of the United States in the war of the Revolution - from the commencement to the end thereof in the order and manner following That on the commencement of hostilities between Great Britain and the Colonies in the Spring of the year he immediately joined the forces of the latter before Boston as a volunteer. That on raising troops by the Colony of Connecticut in May 1775 he was appointed Quarter Master to the Regiment raised by said Colony commanded by Samuel H Parsons Esquire then Colonel and served in that capacity seven months - the term for which said Regiment was raised - That on the expiration of said term he was appointed a Lieutenant in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army in the Regiment then raised for one year commanded by Samuel H Parsons Esq - Then Colonel That he received his commission accordingly and served in that capacity in said Regiment untill the expiration of the year and the discharge of the Regiment which was about the first of January 1777 - That immediately or soon after he was appointed a Captain on the

Continental Establishment in the Connecticut Line in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Zedediah Huntington Esquire then Colonel called the first Regiment in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army. That he received his commission accordingly and served in that Rank and Capacity untill the close of the War in 1783 - when he was discharged with the rest of the Army at West Point in the State of New York in the Summer  month of the Year 1783 - That he then returned to New London in said State of Connecticut Where he ever since has and still does reside - That as to his commissions - They were all destroyed by fire - That on the night of the 16 th day of February 1805 his house with nearly all its con- tents was consumed under such circumstances as made it impossible to save his papers among which were his commissions which were then all destroyed, of course he has them not to produce neither can he ascertain their precise dates - That he now is and always has been a Resident Citizen of the United States and That from his reduced Circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support
W m Richards
Sworn before me the Day and Date of writing In witness whereof I have caused the Seal of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut to be hereunto affixed the Day and Year aforesaid Jeremiah Brainard a Judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut
1771

I Lemuel Brainard Judge as aforesaid do certify That it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Richards did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress - The foregoing declaration was made to me as the applicant declared in order to obtain the provision of the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"
New London April 23 - 1818.
Witness the seal aforesaid Lemuel Brainard a Judge of the Superior Court - State of Connecticut

305
Connecticut Rolls
William Richards
Colo Huntington Captain
Connecticut line 1777 5 years the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of May 1818 and sent to Jeremiah G. Brannan Esq r New London, Con.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818 5 months 2/30 $101.33
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
✓
Continued under Act 1 May 1820 July 1820, to Charles Lathrop Esq r New London, Con.
Revolutionary Claims

Ill.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Surv file 35623
Bureau of Pensions,
Rev. War
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of William Richards , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   MAJOR COLONEL.     May 1775 7 mos. Rept. Q.M. Samuel H. Parsons Conn Line   Jany 1776 1 year Lieut. " Conn Bat.   Jany 1, 1777 Capt. Jedediah Huntington "   disch Sept 1783 at Fairfield Conn.  
Battles engaged in, none mentioned
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Apl. 3, 1818. — claim allowed.
Residence at date of application, New London Conn.
Age at date of application, 74
Remarks: In 1820 Sol. mentions his wife Eunice ae 65, 7 children Mary Ann 35, Elizabeth 29, Frederick Allen 26 and sister Lucy Gaylord ae 92, his wife's mother Catherine Walls 85, his wife
Very respectfully,

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Richards, William GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10264 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 27, 179? (torn) to Francis Kirkpatrick assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.