Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,198, for William Payne, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Payne, William
S 11/98
CONTENTS
Carded

20.698  New York  William Payne Columbia in the State of New York who was a Private in the Co. H commanded Captain Miles of the Regt commanded Col. Enas. in the Cont. for 21 Mos
Inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 10 Dollars — Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Sep.  1833 — and due to M. H. Tobey  New Lebanon
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $ 17 50 Semi-ant. allowance ending 21. M. '26  3 50 $ 21 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. Stiles Clerk, k E. Vol. 11. Page 72.
Susp. See letter Aug. 28, 1834 to P. Cyt. Ds. to James & Hon. A. Vanderpoel H. R. Jan. 30. 1836-
Letter to Nich. Shanny. Oct 2. '34 Letter to Genl. Brant Engr. Nov 4. 1834 Letter to Hon. A. Vanderpoel. Dec. 18 th 1834 " " " " Feb. 22. 1836

23212.
William Payne Columbia Co New York.
Admitted Private 21 months
Term of 3 & 4 months disallowed
W. H. Tobey Esq. New Lebanon, Columbia Co. N. York.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 31 1835
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 Wm H Tobey Columbia Co New York X
   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.     Apr 1778 1 6 " Privat Capt. J. Mills Lt. Goodwin Col. R. Eno Gen. M'Alcolm None Con? 68 years N. Harts Two Witnesses Condition   Oct 1779 " 3 " " Capt. Thos. Bissell Not known " " Con.   Jun 1780 " 9 " " Capt. E. Hoadley Col. H. Humphrey Schen N. York   Jun 1781 " 4 " " Capt. J. Mills Not stated None Con.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
* William Paynter it was presumed was intended Wm Tobey

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

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

Elizabeth Payson

State of New York } Columbia County }
On this twenty fourth day of January one thousand eight hundred & thirty three personally appeared before J. M. Fairfield one of the justices of the justices of the justices court of the city of Hudson the court of out of court
sitting William Payne a resident of the town of Canaan in the County of Columbia & State of New York aged sixty eight 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated viz that he enlisted in the town of New Hartford in the State of Connecticut as a private in the company commanded by Captain Amasa Mils in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Roger Eno in the month of April 1778 for one year in the Connecticut line the Winter That he continued to serve in the said corps in the service of the United States until the expiration of the term of his enlistment - viz for one year - when he was discharged from service in Housatonic in the State of Connecticut in the month of April 1779 - He further says that Goodin was the name of his lieutenant and Austin the name of his ensign - That immediately after his enlistment he was marched with his company through Farmington - New Britain - Old Milford to Stamford where they staid four or five weeks - from there they went to West Point where he thinks General Malcolm commanded

My remaina at West Point until sometime in November and was then ordered to Horsneck aforesaid - in the State of Connecticut where he remained until April 1779 when he was dis- charged with the company to which he was attached which was a part of the State troops raised by the State of Conne- ticut - And this declarant further states that he does not rec- all the names of any other officers or regiments that were in the service with him - And he further states that he has no documentary evidence by which his service might be proved or which have any relation thereto - That he never received a discharge in writing - and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service - And he further states that in the year 1818 he procured the testimony of Abraham Barber (who served with declarant in the company aforesaid) - to this declarant's service, which affidavit is herewith annexed. The said Abraham Barber being now dead - And the said declarant further states that in the month of July or August 1779 he enlisted as a private under Captain Thomas Bidwell of the Connecticut troops and was marched to Horsneck aforesaid where his com- pany was stationed as a guard - he enlisted for and served in said company during the term of three months - he recollects the names of no other officers than his captain - he resided at New Hartford aforesaid when he enlisted in October or November 1779 & was discharged at Horsneck aforesaid where his term of service had expired & after he had served the said term of three months - And the said declarant further states that while he resided in New Hartford aforesaid

and in the month of June 1780, he thinks he enlisted as a private in the Connecticut State Troops (he thinks) in a com- pany commanded by Captain Elisha Stoddard to serve for the term of nine months - immediately on his enlistment or soon after - he was marched with his company to White Plains in Westchester County in the State of New York where the said company was attached to Colonel - Humphreys Regiment From the time they were attached to said regiment until the fall - as he thinks in November - the said regiment was stationed at no place permanently but was composed a sort of "flying camp" - being enga- ged in a sort of scouting service & were occasionally at Haverbrook & Stamford in Connecticut & at White Plains In the month of October he thinks the Regiment was permanently stationed at Stamford aforesaid on Long Island,  the  the where they erected temporary tents of barks & in November when they commenced building a fort which was com- pleted before New Years day - While at Stamford & prior to the erection of the fort an attack was made on them by the British galleys & during the engagement the Colonel had a horse killed under him - during the winter they had a skirmish with the British who came from New York & committed depreda- tions by seizing and driving away the cattle from Stamford & the country round about - He served in the company and regiment aforesaid for the said time of nine months and in March 1781 was discharged at Stamford aforesaid - He has no recol- lection of ever receiving any written discharge
In the month of June 1781 he again enlisted

for four months as a private in the Connecticut Troops - in a company commanded by a Captain whose name he has forgotten - The company was marched to Housatuck where they were stationed a part of the said term & from thence they were marched to Pomanaug in Connecticut where he was discharged in the month of October after having served the term of four months - The Captain in whom he relied was taken sick and did not retain the command of the company but a short time - and the command was thereafter assumed by Amasa Mills who retain- ed the same until the company was discharged -
He resided in New Hartford aforesaid when he at each time enlisted He recollects the name of no other officer who present served with him during the aforesaid term - He never received any discharge - has no documentary evidence of any of his services and knows of no person except Stephen Church by whom he can prove any part of the services above stated -
And the said declarant further states that he was born at New Haven in the State of Connec- ticut in the year 1764 - He has no record of his age - Since the revolutionary war he has resided at New Hartford aforesaid & in Lanesboro aforesaid - some years in West Stockbridge - in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachu- setts - He left New Hartford thirty eight years ago

and with the exception of one year he has lived in Canaan aforesaid ever since - during the one year above mentioned he lived in the said town of West Stockbridge - When he entered the service it was as a volunteer - He recollects the names of no other officers or regiments with whom he served than those above stated And he further says that he is known to the Reverend Lewis Pease & Uriah Edwards Esquires who live in his present neighbourhood & who can testify as to his character for truth & integrity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the revo- lution - He hereby renounces any claim what- ever to a pension or annuity except the present aid and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State - William Payne Known to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid J. Mansfield Justice as aforesaid
We Lewis Pease a clergyman residing in the town of Canaan in the County of Columbia & State of New York and Uriah Edwards residing in the same town of Canaan hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William Payne who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty eight years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution

and that we concur in that opinion
Given & submitted to before me on the 24th day of January
1832
Lewis Pease Abiah Edwards J. W. Fairfield Justice as aforesaid
I J. W. Fairfield Justice as aforesaid here by declare my opinion after investigating the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the abovenamed applicant William Payne was a Revolutionary soldier as he states. And I further certify that it appears to me that Lewis Pease who has signed the above certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Canaan aforesaid, & that Abiah Edwards who has signed the same is a resident of the same town is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit. And I further certify that the above named applicant is unable to attend in open court on account of bodily infirmity, & that it would have been greatly inconvenient for those who have signed the said certificate to attend in open court
J. W. Fairfield
Justice as aforesaid

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section W.P.S.
August 15, 1927
Mrs. Olive Payne Deering 1005 Fidelity Bldg. Cleveland, Ohio
Madam:
I have to advise you that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11198, that WILLIAM PAYNE was born in 1764 at New Haven, Connecticut.
While a resident of New Hartford, Connecticut, he enlisted and served as a private with the Connecticut troops as follows:
From April, 1778, he served one year in Captain Amasa Mills' Company in Colonel Roger Eno's Regiment.
From July or August, 1779, he served three months under Captain Thomas Bidwell.
From June, 1780, he served nine months in Captain Elisha Stoddard's Company in Colonel Humphrey's Regiment.
From June, 1781, he served four months and was in Captain Amasa Mills' Company.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 24, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Canaan, Columbia County, New York.

There are no data on file relative to his family.
This is the only soldier from New Hartford, Connecticut, by the name of William Payne (searched under all spellings of the name) that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

William Payne
23262
Mrs. Toby
New Lebanon
Columbia County
New York
Agent—

District of Massachusetts.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY, ss.
ON this twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord 1818 before the subscriber John Hooker Clerk Justice of the Circuit Court in the State of Connecticut personally appeared William Payne aged fifty four years, resident in the Town of West Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, in the said District—who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the late 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:" That he the said William Payne enlisted in New Hartford in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Amasa Wells in the month of April 1778 for one year in the Connecticut line. That he continued to serve in the said corps, in the service of the United States, until the expiration of his time of enlistment. in the State of Connecticut when he was discharged from service in Housatonic
That he was in the battle of so called ;—and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support ; And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
John Hooker William Payne
I John Hooker aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Payne did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
John Hooker
I JOSEPH WOODBRIDGE, Clerk of the Circuit Court in Berkshire County do certify and attest, that the abovenamed John Hooker is Clerk Justice of said Court and that the foregoing is his signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, the day and year first above written.
J. Woodbridge Clerk
(over)

Wm Payne
Inadmissible not being on the Conti- nental establishment
1-1
1-1

I Abraham Barber of West Stockbridge Mass ts do depose & say that I was Sergeant in the Company of Amasa Mills in Col d Eno's regiment in the Connecticut line in the revolutionary war & that the within named William Payne belonged to the same Company & that he served therein one year as he has declared in the foregoing Affidavit
Abraham Barber
Sworn to April 28 th 1818 before me John Hooker
Wm Payne
Undertakable not being on the Conti- nental establishment

State of New York Columbia County }
Is Stephen Church of the town of Canaan
in the county & state aforesaid being duly sworn says that he is seventy one years of age that he is well acquainted with William Payne of Canaan aforesaid an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed in June 1832. That in the year 1778 this deponent was a private in Capt Brags company in Colonel Eno's Regiment of Connecticut State troops - that he served in said company and regiment for the term of one year commencing in the Spring of 1778 & ending in the Spring of 1779 and he further says that he then well knew the said William Payne - he was a private in Captain Amasa Mills company in the same Regiment with this deponent and deponent then knew that said Payne was served in said company and for the term of one year regiment when he was discharged before the rest of the regiment but not in mutiny
And this deponent further says that he served one year as a private in Captain Mathew Smith's company Colonel or Major Brinsfield's Regiment of Connecticut State Troops - in the year 1781 as he thinks - and this deponent further says that the said William Payne was a private in Captain Elisha Stoddard's company in the same Regiment with this deponent and this deponent knows that the said William Payne served in said company at that time not less than nine months and

Further this deponent says not known before me This 24 th day of January
Stephen Churchill
1833 J. W. Fairfield one of the Justices of the Justices Court of the city of Hudson
I hereby certify that it fully appears to me that Stephen Churchill who has subscribed & sworn to the above affidavit is a man of good moral charac- ter a man of truth & veracity & his statement entitled to credit
J. W. Fairfield Justice as aforesaid
State of New York Columbia County ss. I, Joseph D. Monell Clerk of the said county do hereby certify that J. W. Fairfield Esq. before whom the preceding Affidavits purport to have been sworn to, at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Justices Court, in and for the city of Hudson. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 31 st day of January 1833.
J. D. Monell
William Payne
23282
Myrs. Joby
New Lebanon
Columbia County
New York
Agent

Wagne

Copy.
War Department Pension Office Nov r 1 th 1831.
Sir
In regard to the suspension of the payment of the pension of William Payne I have the honor to report that since the claim to twelve months service in Colonel Enos' regiment was admitted, it has been ascertained that that regiment was not in actual service in the year 1778. for more than six months. His claim, likewise to nine months service in Col Humphrey's regiment in 1780 was inadvertently admitted - There is no evidence in the Department that such a regiment was in service at that period. To sustain Mr Payne's claim to any thing beyond six months satisfactory proof is required -
Signed
J. L. Edwards
Hon L. Cag. Secretary of War.

Washington H. R.
25 Jany 1896
Dear Sir
You will recollect, that at the last Session of Congress, I called upon you to ascertain, why the pension of William Payne, a pensioner was suspended and you informed me, that it was suspended because there was a variance between Paynes hand writing to the original papers, and his signature to his last power of attorney - I told you after looking at the papers, that I was satisfied, that the signatures to the last power of affidavit & etc were not in the hand writing of Payne, but from that I was convinced, that all was right , inasmuch as I knew the hand writing of the officer before whom, the oath purported to have been taken & knew, that he was incapable of wrong - During the recess of Congress

Mr Payne has called to see me, and has assured me that the papers which excited suspicion in your mind were his own acts and deeds; that his name was signed by another at his (Payne's) request, as his own hand trembles so much, that he writes with very great difficulty. Mr Payne is still in the land of the living, and is suffering very much for want of his pay, in arrears. — I hope Sir, that his ear name may be restored, so that he may immediately draw his pay, which has been suspended.
Yours very truly
A Vandapare
J L Ednards Esq

William Payne
Dear Sir
Hon
A Vanderpool
W.C.
Washington
W.C.
Washington
Hon A Vanderpool
W.C.
Feb 18.

FREE
Hon: Aaron Vanderpoel
M. C.
Washington

Knarshook 3 rd Feby 1836
Dear Sir
William Payne of Canaan was placed on the Pension roll for 9 months revolutionary service rendered in Col Ennis Regt in 1778 & one year service in Col Humphrys Regt in 1780
The department - say the former Regt was not on duty but 6 months in that year 1778 , and the latter Regt not at all in 1780 - Therefore Payne must produce satisfactory proof if he would receive a pension for more than 6 months service - vide the enclosed letter -
Payne's pension was allowed on the off- of Stephen Churchill as to the years service in 1780 - and I well recollect that Payne and Churchill differed as to the year, & that I saw the off according to Churchill's relation as to the time - Churchill has obtained a pension for 1 year service in the same Regt in the same year for which Payne is refused one -
I wish you would look at Churchill's off - & in Payne's case and his declaration in his own case and see if they do not agree - There is some mistake in this matter - There is some thing wrong in it, that Churchill should draw a pension & Payne be refused one for similar servi- ces - Let me know what Churchill says in his declaration about the service in 1780 - on in Col Humphrys Regt - and how that agrees with his off in Payne's case

Unless the department will permit Payne to count his declaration he must consent to accept of a six months pension - and you will please see that he is restored for that and let me know of it  some period - The old man is in a state of starvation for hunger as well as want and must be speedily relieved -
There will be no difficulty I presume in his receiving his pension for 6 months but before he consents to that - it should be ascertained, that there is no chance for his restoration to a full pension
Fully Yours
Wm Lloyd
Hon A Randall

State of New York } Columbia County }
ss on this thirteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me the undersigned a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of aforesaid William Payne of the town of Canaan in said County an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 who being duly sworn deponeth and saith Colonel Made commanded the Regiment at Horse neck to which Captain Amasa Mills' company was attached in which this applicant was a private as stated in his declaration hereto made & subscribed to on the 24 th day of January 1833 & that he served in the year 1781 four months as stated in his said declaration (under an instrument made in June of that year) under Colonel Made and in a company over which Amasa Mills was Captain the greater part of the time. Payne Sworn to and subscribed } W. H. H. ^ before me this 13 th } day of June 1833 }
Abel Butler a Judge

State of New York Columbia County 3 ss. I Joseph D. Monda Clerk of the said County do Certify that Michael Butts Esqr. before whom the within Affidavit of William Payne purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same. a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verify his name subscribed to the said Affidavit to be his proper hand wri- ting and Signature. Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 18 th day of June 1833.
J. D. Monda Clerk

Rehman
11.198 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 11.198 William Payne Prior River War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 289
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Nov 14 96 found to Mrs Martha P Higgin Oak Park Ills. 1916 Nov. 27. History to G. L. Bailey & Co. 1927 Aug. 15. hist. to Mrs. Olive Payne Deering, U.S.A.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Payne a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 11, 198
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apl. 1778 1 year Private Amsa Mills Roger Ens. Conn.   July or Aug. 1779 3 mos. " " Thomas Bidwell ✓   June 1780 9 mos. " " Elisha Stoddard Humphrey   June 1781 4 mos. " " Amsa Mills ✓  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, New Hartford, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Jany. 24, 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Canaan, Columbia Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born in 1764 at New Haven, Conn.
Remarks: there is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

G. W. & N. Div.
I 11,193
L. W. E.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
November 14, 1896.
Madam:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of William Paine, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that William Payne made application for pension April 28, 1818, at which time he was 54 years of age and residing at West Stockbridge, Mass., and his pension was allowed for twenty one months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time he served under Capt. Miles and Col. Roger Enos. He enlisted at New Hartford, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mrs Martha P. Higgins,
715 Fair Oaks Ave.,
Oak Park, Ills.

Co. A Rev. War The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Please give the record of service of the following:-
Revolutionary War.
William Payne member company of Capt. Amasa Mills Connecticut State Troops. enlistment from New Hartford Conn.
War of 1812.
Sur. orig. 34,463 (1812)
Austin Payne. member of company of Capt Reuben Smith Connecticut Militia. Simsbury or New Hartford Conn. Later resident of Cardington Ohio.
Thanking you for the courtesy of a reply, I am,
Respectfully,
G.L.Bailey,
Ridgeville Indiana.
Oct 31" 1916.

Cleveland, Ohio. April 21, 1927.
The Pension Bureau, of The United States, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please give me any information possible as to the record of service of one,
William Paine,
in the Revolutionary War, who enlisted from New Harfford, Conn., in the year 1781, Aug. 5, in Capt, Mathew Smith's Company in General Waterbury's Brigade.
I want to obtain his age at enlistment in order to substantiate my connection with his family. Any other information you may have will be deeply appreciated,
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Olive Payne Deering
1005 Fidelity Building
Cleveland, Ohio.
Enclosure - stamped envelope.