Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35626, for Samuel Rich, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Rich, Samuel
S. 35626
B.L. Mt. 6,404-100. issued Apr. 15, 1800.
CONTENTS

Continued on the Roll under the law of the 1 May 1820. Notification sent to John Fish Esq. 5th July 1820. Middletown Connecticut.
Letter to Hon. W. Booth April 3. 1830
Connecticut Roll.
1080
Samuel Rich
Capt Belcher
Private
Connecticut line 1777. 6 years In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818, and sent to Stephen T. Horner, Esq. Middletown, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
4 months 21/20.
$37.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
dec Nov 15, 1838 Agency Book
Setham

State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown.
A.
On this 14 th day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Samuel Rich aged 72 years, resident in Chatham in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision 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 Samuel Rich on the first day of January 1777, enlisted in Chatham in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Belcher, of and in the regiment commanded by Colonel Benedict and in the brigade commanded by Second Brigade in the Connecticut Lines.
that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the 8 th day of June 1780, when he was discharged from service at Westport in the state of New York, that he was in the battle of Brandywine, and at the capture of Fort Mifflin.
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. That his discharge may be delivered to one William G. Sibley Esquire who holds his military land and whether it is in existence the above is known.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Stephen Williams
B.
I, Stephen Williams a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Samuel Rich 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.
Connecticut, ss. Middletown April 14 th 1818.
Stephen Williams

C
State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown,
ON this 14 th day of April , 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears  Hendrick Fols of Chatham 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 Samuel Rich of Chatham of name the person who made the preceding declaration on oath, and that he (the said Hendrick Fols) was in the Continental Army in the whole year service; that he (Hendrick Fols) once declared, that the said Samuel Rich was a private in the Company of Capt. Belcher in 4 th Regiment commanded by Col. Lockwood Connecticut, in the Second Continental Brigade; that the said Samuel Rich enlisted in the year 1777 in the Month of January, and served as a Soldier in the said Company, and other companies in the Continental Army, and that he was discharged from service in June 1783, at the time when the Soldiers were discharged who enlisted for the War.
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. Fols

I John Fisk Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut do certify; That the Hon- orable Stephen Fitch Wiggins of Midd- letown in the State aforesaid is one of the Judges of the said Court, and that the declarations & certificates aforesaid marked A. B. C. are signed with his name, in his pro- per hand writing and signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the Seal of the said Court at Middletown aforesaid on this 20 th day of April 1815.
J. Fisk Clerk

N o 30. Sant. Rich
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30 June 1818
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United States of America.
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT } County of Middlesex. } ss.
On this 14 th day of June 182 0 , personally appeared in open Court of Common Pleas, holden at Haddam  by adjournment in and for the County of Middlesex; 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; Samuel Rich  formerly in East Haddam aged Seventy four years, resident in Chatham now, 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 raised to the best of his recollection commanded by Col. Deborah Huntington in Capt. Beecher's company, as more particularly stated in his original declaration, dated the 14 th day of April A. D. 1818-; that he has received a Pension, the Certificate of which, bears the Number as he believes although said number is somewhat defaced by time and accident - 1686
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 James Rich abovenamed, comprising every article of the same, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted: to wit:
Jack Wife —
James Rich his mark

I, the said Samuel Rich , do also swear that my occupation is, and for more than Twenty years last past, has been that of a Farmer ; that by reason head & other infirmities of a Cancer in the , I am unable to labour more than  any considerable the year; that my family consists of part of persons who steadily reside with me; the time and that I have no family whose names, ages, and capacity to contribute to their own support, are as near as can be ascertained by me, as follows, to wit:
my wife aged : ability equal to her support. a son aged : ability his support.
who wholly unable to contribute to support.
SWORN to and declared on the 14 th day of June 1820 before the Court of Common Pleas for W. Smith Clerk of said Court.
I, W. Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas  Leicester Co 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 _____ dollars and Seventeen cents.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court, on this 14 day of June 1820.
W. Smith Clerk of the Court for the T
Clerk of the Court for the

land Warr. N o 6404. for 100. anns, issued the 15 th April 1800. to Samuel Rich, a private of the Connecticut Line. The papers filed in this case, were destroyed in the conflagration of the Old War Office in this City on the 8 th Novem r . 1800
M c Gordon

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Rich, Samuel GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6404 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 15, 1800 to — not shown —
*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.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
Ve. C. 1.
November 19, 1925
Mrs. Edith Brown Pawnee City Nebraska
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 35626, it appears that SAMUEL RICH enlisted in Chatham, Connecticut, January 1, 1777, in Captain Belcher's Company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth and at the surrender of Cornwallis and was discharged June 8, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818, while living in Chatham, Connecticut, aged seventy-two years.
In 1820 he lived in Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
He died November 15, 1838.
The above noted is the only soldier named SAMUEL RICH found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

35626
Rev INVALID.
1925 Nov. 19 hist. to Mrs. Edith Brown W.C.T.
File No. 35626
Samuel Fish
His Rev. son
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 342
[Arrangement of 1870.]

35,676 Samuel Peck
apl. 14. 1818 - 72 Chatham Conn.
May 1777 Chatham Conn. Capt Belcher Col Jed. Huntington 6 yrs
Monmouth Yorktown

No. 1686 War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
July 5 - 1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
A. L. Edwards
To Mr. Samuel Rich Can of John Fisk Esq Middletown Conn.

House of Reps Washington March 25 th 1830
Hon J L Carraway Chair of Pensions
Sir
Will you please inform me whether the Samuel Rich had been to whom the enclosed motion was directed, was entitled to Bounty Land and if so whether he ever received it,
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Yours &c
Walter Booth

The Brown Grain Company
Joseph J. Brown, Owner
Pawnee City, Nebraska
Oct. 17-25.
U.S Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Will you please tell me if Samuel Rich of Conn. Rev. war soldier draw a pension.
Respt.
Mrs Edith Brown Pawnee City Nebr.