Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36155, for Zephaniah Mitchell, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conni. continental
Mitchell, Zephaniah or Mitchel
S. 36155
CONTENTS

8645 1/2 Connecticut
Depehaniah Mitchell of Chatham in the state of Connecticut who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wyllis of the Connecticut line, for the term of One year.
Enscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 of March 1819 and sent to Stephen T. Hosmer Middletown, - Connecticut.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 86.36 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1819 48.
$134.36
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued on the roll under the law of the 1 May 1820. Notification sent to John Fitch 5 July 1820 Middletown

N o 91
Zephaniah Mitchel
Chatham
N o 8,645.
issd. 29 Mar: 1819.
Continu

United States of America.
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT } ss. County of Middlesex. }
On this 21 st day of June 1820, personally appeared in open adjourned Court of Common Pleas, holden at Middletown in and for the County of Middlesex; on the 20 th day of June 1820 being a Court of Record, according to the laws of the State of Connecticut; by which it was created; and having the power of fine and imprisonment; Stephanus Mitchell aged 93 years, resident in Chatham in the County and District aforesaid, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: to wit: in the Connecticut Line in a Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Wyllis in Capt. Levi Wells company, as more particularly stated in his original declaration, dated 11 th day of April A. D. 1818; that he has received a Pension, the Certificate of which, bears the Number 8645 . I was not in any battle having been selected by the Commissary to work at my trade to wit that of a Cooper
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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.

Schedule of the real and personal estate of Zephaniah Mitchel abovenamed, comprising every article of the same, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted: to wit:
Nothing
_____ his Zephaniah  + Mitchel mark

I, the said Lephaniab Mitchel , do also swear that my occupation is, and for more than 40 years last past, has been that of a Cooper ; that by reason of age & debility I am unable to labour more than the year , that my family consists of 1 persons who steadily reside with me; whose names, ages, and capacity to contribute to her  their own support, are, as near as can be ascertained by me, as follows, to wit:
a daughter my wife aged 54 ; ability equal to  nothing said daugh her support . ter & myself are supported by the Town both being wholly a son, aged ; also unable to his support. ourselves Lephaniab  his  Mitchel mark
who wholly unable to contribute to support.
SWORN to and declared on the 21 st day of June 1820 before the Court of Common Pleas for Middlesex County.
Wm. Pills Clerk of said Court.
I, Wm. Pills Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Middlesex 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 do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is nothing  dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 21 st day of June 1820.
Wm. Pills Clerk of said Court.

I Stephen Mitchell of Shattuck County of Mississippi, State of Connecticut do hereby testify That I belonged to the army in the war of the Revolution about five years; That I enlisted in the Spring of the year One thou- -sand, Seven Hundred, & Seventy Six in the Continental army in the company commanded by Capt. Levi Wells, in the Regiment com- -manded by General Wythe, Col. in the Connecticut Line, and served in said Re- -giment One year as a Soldier; at which time my term of enlistment having expired, I left said Regiment, and entered into the Commissary Department, in which I remained until the end of the War.
I further testify, that I am wholly destitute of property, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. Further saith he, Shattuck April 11 th 1818. Stephen Mitchell
We Stephen Mitchell 2 nd and Rebecca Mit- -chell both of Shattuck aforesaid do hereby testify; That we have heard the above Deposition of Stephen Mitchell, and know and declare, that all the facts therein stated are true, further saith he Shattuck April 11 th 1818 Stephen Mitchell Junr Rebecca Mitchell

I John Fisk Clerk of
State of Connecticut p. Chatham April 11 th 1818.
A Before me Stephen Fitch, Wosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut personally appeared Ephraim Mitchell of said Chatham sign of the first deposition on the preceding page, and Ephraim Mitchell & Rebecca Mitchell both of said Chatham Fithers of the Deposition immediately preceding, and made solemn oaths to the truth of the Depositions by them respectively Subscribed. Stephen Fitch, Wosmer.
B. I Stephen Fitch, Wosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ephraim Mitchell did serve in the revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding Deposition made by him, and that he is a poor man in reduced circumstances, - granted the common enemy; & in order to obtain the provision made in the late act of Congress for revolutionary Soldiers, I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Stephen Fitch, Wosmer
Con. p. Missititown April 20 th 1818.
I John Fisk Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do

Certify, That the Honorable Stephen Fiter Wilson of Ankeny in the State a- foresaid, is one of the Judges of the said Court, and that his name subscribed to the foregoing certificate, marked A. B. is his proper hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid at Ankeny in An- keny on this 20 th day of April 1888.
W. S. [unclear]

State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown.
C
ON this 7 th day of July 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears
Philip White of Shatsham in the said State,
who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare and say, that he is well acquainted with Ephraim Mitchell of Said Shatsham , the person who made the preceding declaration on oath, and that he said
Philip White served in the Army from the begin- ning of 1776 to the end of the War, and in the year of 1776, to wit, 1776, that he served as a soldier in the Regiment commanded by General Willy  Putnam , that the said Ephraim Mitchell was a soldier in the said Regiment at the same time, & served therein from the spring of the year 1776, so long as the said Philip White served therein, which was six months, & also he the said Philip White left the said Regiment the said Ephraim Mitchell remained therein as a soldier, and continued therein some time, the period he cannot ascertain, & after that the said Ephraim Mitchell went into the General's Camp, Regiment, and continued therein during the war; —
The said Philip White further testifies, that the said Ephraim Mitchell is wholly destitute of property, &
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
John D. Dyer

State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown,
D.
ON this 7 th day of July 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Stephen Brainard of Glastonbury in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare and say, that he is well acquainted with Gephaniah Mitchell of said Glastonbury the person who made the preceding declaration on oath, and that the said Gephaniah Mitchell was a Soldier in the revolutionary army from the beginning of the year 1776 to the close of the war; that he then lived not far from him, where he was at home, and the said Gephaniah Mitchell was often in his return on furlough to see his family, and he saw him in the army; and that the said Stephen Brainard further testifies, that the said Gephaniah Mitchell is entirely destitute of property
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
J. Titus Woodmer

State of Connecticut. S. East Haddam. C. On this 18 th day of July 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connec- ticut, person appearing Ephraim Chaplin, from -place of Said East Haddam, who being by me first duly sworn, ac- -cording to Law doth, on his Oath, de- -clare and say, that he is well ac- -quainted with Ephraim Mitchell of Chatham in said County, the person who made the preceding declara- -tion on Oath, and that in the campaign of 1776 he, the Said E- -phraim Chaplin, was with the revolutionary army in the Lower Ferry line; - That in the fall of 1776 the Said Ephraim Mitchell was at his quarters, and was then in the Said army, as he believed, in the capacity of a Soldier. - That the Said Ephraim, according to the impression on the mind of the Said Ephraim Chaplin -prior, remained in the Said army, for the most part of the year.

Revolutionary War; and that he is a man in very reduced circumstances.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid. Henry Hosmer
State of Connecticut ss. EastHaddam.
On the 15 th day of July 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appearing, Ephraim Hosmer of EastHaddam aforesaid, who being the first duly sworn are according to Law, doth, in his Oath, declare and say, That he is well acquainted with Ephraim Mitchell of Chatham in said State, the person who made the preceding declaration or Oath, and has been from early life, that he the said Ephraim Hosmer was an officer in the Revolutionary army, from 1776 to the close of the year 1780; That he knew the said Ephraim Mitchell to be a Soldier in the Revolutionary army, from the Spring of the year 1776 to the year 1780, in part of which time he was among the troops as a Cooper; That it was the practice to permit the Soldiers, if they were mechanics, to serve in the

unlawful arrangements in their respective occupations, and to retain them in the Oath, & return them as belonging to the Company; . . . The said Stephen Watson further testifies, that the said Ephraim Mitchell is a poor man in very severe circumstances. Given to be declared before me this day and year as aforesaid. Stephen Watson
9. State of Connecticut, p. Woodstock.
On this 13 th day of July 1858 I Stephen Watson Judge as aforesaid do Certify, That I am personally ac- -quainted with Philip White, Stephen Brainard, Genl. Epaphroditus Lam- -pin, & Ephraim Holmes Esq., the persons who have made the prece- -ding declarations on Oath, and that they are men of fair character, and worthy of belief. -- Stephen Watson

I John Fiske Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the Honorable Stephen Stites Warner of Middletown in the State aforesaid is one of the Judges of the said Court and that his name subscribed to the preceding certificate marked C. D. B. F. G. is his proper hand and seal and signature - - -
In testimony whereof I have here- to set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid at Middletown on this 15 th day of July 1885
John Fiske Clerk
J. M. H. H.

Permit the bearer Left Mitchel. to pass to to Genl Huntington Brigade & Return this evening to Fifth Hill Decr 5 th 1780
J Baldwin Col o Com d of Artificers

This may certify all concerned that Zephaniah Mitchell of Coehuster was enlisted & serv'd as a Soldier in the Continental Army in Col. Wyllys Regiment During the Year 1776 Dated Coehuster 18 th May 1779
Henry Chapman { Lieutenant Regt. in the

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File No. 36,155
Leahman Mitchell Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1378 one case of Judge Mesmer Middletown Conn - Returned
Recd 21 July 1818 (Middletown)
Japhaniah Mitchell Private Col Willis Dist. Connecticut Conn 1776-1783

Honorable J. C. Calhoun 1776-1850
Private Col. William R. Lee Connelley's Run
Washington. Secretary of War

Sir, Middletown July 14 th 1888.
I return the declaration of Stephen Mitchell with additional testimony. It is unfortunate for him, that Genl Keeny Campion, the person who enlisted Mr. Mitchell, and was Lieutenant of the Company in which he served, is absent in some part of the Western Reserve, and not expected to return until September. I transmit a Certificate, which Mitchell had in possession, given in the year 1779 by Genl Campion, with whose hand writing I am perfectly acquainted, from which it will appear that he enlisted Mr. Mitchell, and that the latter person served in Willis's Regiment during the year 1776. I have, likewise, enclosed, a permit given to Mr. Mitchell by Col Baldwin who commanded the artillery, from which it may be inferred, that he belonged to that Corps. I rather presume, that what is termed the Com- missary department by Mr. Mitchell, was in reality the department of arti- lery, and the testimony of Judge Holmes confirms me in this sup- position. The recollection of Mr. Mitchell, as from his great age it might naturally be supposed,

much impaired —
I think the testimony transmitted not be satisfactory. So soon as Genl Thompson returns I will for- ward his Deposition, as I make no doubt, that Mr. Mitchell faith- fully serves according to his declaration.
I am, most respectfully, your very Obedient Servant J. Fitz Roy D. Mery.
Honorable J. F. Calhoun.