Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,262, for Philip Minor, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Minor, Philip
R. 7262
CONTENTS
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED 7262
P. O. Philip Minon
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

20.4.28.
Philip Minor Chenango County New York Ret 18 March 1818
Guilford. 16. Oct. 1827.
Hon. James Serif
7262

20428 Pension Office Oct. 22 d 1827
Guilford. 16. Oct. 1827.
Free
Hon. James Parkour Secretary of War Washington City D.C.
79 50

Guiford Oct r 14. 1827.
Yr Second is the authorization of Philip Minor who claims to be planned on the pension roll of the United States, in the Reg t of This will give you full information of the result
Yours with Great Respect
D. S. Dickinson

Rejected
See letter 22 October 1827 to D. S. Dickinson Esq.

Original Claim.
Declaration in order to be placed on the pension list under the Act of the 18th March 1818.
County of Chenango, Ys. On this ninth day of October 1827 personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record in and for the County of Chenango in the State of New York and having the power of fine and imprisonment Philip Minor resident in Said County aged Sixty Seven years who being first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his Oath Make the following declarations in order to obtain the provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the first May 1820. That he the said Philip Minor enlisted for the term of one year in the Month of March and according to the best of his recollection in the year 1776 in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain Lee Say in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gallop in the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said Camp until the Month of February as near as he can recollect in the year 1777 when he was discharged from the same in Providence in the State of Rhode Island that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present and that his name is not on the roll of any state except Connecticut and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier applications for a pension 1 st that this is not the first application But a removal of a former application made some years since and 2 nd that he has been able to support himself by Labour until within a Short time previous and was not in such indigent Circumstances as to be under the necessity to apply for a pension and 3 rd that he has not understood the manner of applying for a pension correctly and as long as he was able to support himself by his Labour had rather do it than to bear the trouble and expense of procuring himself placed on the pension roll And in pursuance of the act of the first May 1820 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 by gift Sale or in any other manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby to disqualify 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 in 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
  I have one Cow worth. ————— $14 "   two Swine " ————— 12 " "   Nine Sheep " ————— 6 75   one Plough " ————— 2 " "   one Drag " ————— 2 " "   one Axe " ————— " 50   one Spinning Wheel " ————— 2 " "   one Table " ————— 1 " "   one Pot " ————— 1 " "   one Kettle " ————— " 75   one tea Kettle " ————— " 75   one Spider " ————— " 50   one Set Knives and forks " ————— " 50   one Set Cups and Saucers. ————— " 50   Six Spoons. ————— " 38   one tea Pot " ————— " 25   one Set Chairs " ————— 1 " "   Two Pails " ————— " 50   one Shovel and Tongs " ————— 1 " "   one pair Andirons " ————— 2 " " 
$49.38
Philip Mino
I am by occupation a farmer and am unable to pursue it by reason of the Shaking palsy with which I am seriously affected I have no family residing with me except my wife Ruth aged sixty four years and she is unable to contribute at all to her support by reason of a lame Arm
Philip Mino
On the 18th day of March 1818 I had in my possession one yoke of three year old oxen which I had taken of Isaac Boyes to keep for their labour until they were six years old at which time they were returned to him Accordingly I had also two cows one of which I sold in the year 1828 to pay a Debt but I do not recollect to whom the debt was due

Accordingly I had also two Cows one of which I sold in the year 1828 to pay a Debt but I do not recollect to whom the debt was due the amount of the same nor who received the cow of me But the cow was applied to the payment of a Debt then due The other cow I exchanged with Abiram Mills and have the cow now in my possession which I received of him as mentioned in the foregoing Schedule I had also nine or ten sheep and still about the same number as by the schedule aforesaid will appear I have butchered and disposed of them about as fast as the increase of the flock from one year to another I had also two Swine which were butchered for my own use
Philip Minor
Sworn to and subscribed in open court October 9th 1827 Before John Tracy Levi Bigelow John E. Fogg & Nathan Taylor. Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
I, Isaac Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Chenango do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the said Court that the said Philip Minor did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the Proceeding declaration against the common enemy for the term of eleven months under one engagement on the Continental establishment I also certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 $49 (Dollars and 38 Cents)
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court this 9th day of October 1827
P. Mearns
Clerk of the court of Common Pleas