Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22,069, for Gershom Richards, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Richards Gershon
W 22069
Elisabeth
CONTENTS

Connecticut 1354
Elizabeth Richards
widow of Gershon Richards
Conn. who died on the 18 th Dec r . 1810
of Fairfield Co, in the State of Conn.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Read of the Reg t commanded by Col. Mead in the Conn.
time for 11. months
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 2 / 3 Cents, per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of August 1837 and sent to B. Isaac Norwalk, Conn.
Arrears to the 4 th of March '37 220.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sept. " 18.33
$ 238.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 — }
Recorded by D. Brown
Clerk,
Book A. Vol. 2. Page 74 75

V1741
Elizabeth Richards widow of Gershom Conn.
Married 14 March 1773.
Col John Head Capt B.W. - Private 2 men Capt Reed 9 - Private 11.
B. Isaac, Esq. Prest

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County } ss.
On this fifth day of April 1837 personally appeared before the Court of Probate within and for the District of Norwalk in said County and State Elizabeth Richards a resident of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged Eighty two Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 that she is the Widow of Gideon Richards formerly of said Norwalk dec d who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War and according to her best knowledge and belief he entered the service of the United States in Danin at that time a part of Stamford in said Fairfield County in the Spring of the year in the Month of March 1777 in Capt. Eli Reed Company under Col. John Moad and was on Guard at said Danin and on the lines at how nick and was in the said Service Nine Months also knows that said Gideon Richards was often on Guard and on the lines but owing to his great age and the persons who were with him are all dead - but she will remember and shall never forget that in July 1781 said Gideon Richards was taken a prisoner by the enemy at the Meeting house in said Danin and was taken off with a number of other persons and did not return for more than four Months and was confined to his house the whole of the Winter following that he returned from being a prisoner Sick and Poor from which sickness he never recovered
She further declares that she does not know of any docu- mentary evidence in support of said Richards services nor does not know that he was in any engagement with the enemy She further declares that she was married to the said

Gynhom Richards on the 14 day of March 1773 in the Year Seventeen hundred and Seventy three that her husband the opina Gynhom Richards died on the 18 th day of December Eighteen hundred and ten and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof here annexed
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before said Court of Probate
Elizabeth Richards
This may Certify that the following is a true Copy from the Records of the Town of Norwalk County of Fairfield State of Connecticut viz
Gynhom Richards was married to Elizabeth Richards March 14 - 1773
Elizabeth Richards Daughter of said Gynhom & Elizabeth born Augt 21 - 1773
The said Elizabeth died 14 October 1773
Harriet Richards Daughter of said Gynhom & Elizabeth born Sept 14 - 1774
Samuel Fitch Richards son of said Gynhom & Elizabeth born Oct - 1 - 1777
Rufus Richards son of said Gynhom & Elizabeth born April 25 - 1781
Polly Richards Daughter of said Gynhom & Elizabeth born July 9 - 1788
Albert Bangs Isaac Town Clerk

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
Stonewall Feb. 17. 1837
Personally appeared before me Brng: Isaac a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Fairfield of said State Warren of Stonewall in said County who being duly sworn according to Law deposes and says that he is seventy six years of age was well acquainted with Gershon Richards formerly of said Stonewall and will remember that said Gershon Richards initiated in Danbury in said County in Capt. Jonathan Bell company under Col. John Mead Genl. Wadsworth in the summer of 1776 was attached to the City of New York as a private soldier and was in said service Four Months the deponent was in the same company part of the time and part of the time in Capt. Cornwall's Company.
That in the Spring of the year 1777 said Gershon Richards initiated in said Danbury in Capt. Eli Reed Company and was on guard and on the lines under Col. John Mead and was in said service Nine Months the deponent was part of the time in the same company and was in the service of the same time with said Richards.
That in July August 1781 said Gershon Richards was in the service of the United States in Capt. Nathaniel Slosson Company under Col. Mead and was taken prisoner at the Watkins house in Danbury and put into irons was carried to New York and was in prison in New York under Cunningham and was confined there five Months the deponent was taken a prisoner at the same time with said Richards and was a prisoner with him.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year first above and that I am well acquainted with said Gershon Warren and that he is a respectable and credible person & Witness
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Brng: Isaac Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
New York Feb. 22. 1837
Personally appeared before me Benj: Isaacs Justice of Peace within and for said Fairfield County Thaddeus Bell of Dorien in said County who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he was well acquainted with Gynhon Richards formerly of said New York dist. and well remembers that about the middle of July 1781 said Richards was taken a prisoner by the enemy at the Meeting house in said Dorien and was put in horse cars and carried to New York and put into prison under Old Cannongate and kept in close confinement and returned home there about the 14 th of December the deponent was taken a prisoner at the same time and was in prison with said Richards until war was exchanged for some prisoners taken in a fortification and suffered every thing almost but death
Thaddeus Bell
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above that I am well acquainted with said Thaddeus Bell Esq. and that he is credible and respectable Person and Witness
Benj: Isaacs Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County ss Norwalk April 6. 1837
Personally appeared before me Benj. Isaac a justice of the Peace in and for the County of Fairfield Joseph Plott of said Norwalk who being first duly sworn according to Law deposes and says that he is twenty one years of age was well acquainted with Gershon Richards formerly of said Norwalk deceased and well remembers that said Gershon Richards died in a fit on the 13 day of December 1810 and well remembers of seeing said Gershon Richards after his return from being a prisoner in New York of his being sick and from which he never recovered and is well acquainted with Elizabeth Richards the Widow of said Gershon Richards deceased and knows that she has remained his Widow ever since his death to the present time
Joseph Plott
Benj. Isaac Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Fairfield County. ss.
Newark April 6. 1837
Personally appeared before me Benj. Isaac a justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid Samuel F. Richards of said Newark who being first duly sworn according to law upon oath says that he is Fifty Nine Years of age and is the second child of Gynhom Richards dec. and Elizabeth Richards and that said Gynhom Richards died on the 18 day of December 1810 and that said Elizabeth Richards has remained his Widow ever since that period.
Sworn and Subscribed this Sam l F. Richards day and year aforesaid and that I am well acquainted with said Samuel F. Richards and that he is a credible Witness
Benj. Isaac justice of Peace

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss
J. R. S. Williams Clerk of the Court of Probate within and for the District of Norwalk in said County and State being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Benj. Isaac whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of Proof to the foregoing dispositions was on the day and date thereof and for more than one year before a justice of the Peace within and for said Fairfield County Commissioner and sworn and duly authorized to administer oaths and to take depositions and am well acquainted with his hand writing and know the same to be genuine for testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and offered the Seal of said Probate Court this 11 th day of April 1837
J. R. Williams - Clerk

I, Reuben A. Williams Clerk of the said Probate Court being a Court of Record do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the Matter of the application of Elizabeth Richards for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of said Probate Court this 11 th day of April. 1837
R A Williams - Clerk T B H

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22069
Elizabeth Richard wid of Abraham Richard Brn Rev. war
Act July 4 th 1866
Index: Vol. 16 , Page 164
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Gershom Richards -
76. Jonathan Bill - eluded not on 2 mo- 4 mo 77. Eli Reed " not on 9 " 81. Nathl Slason Mead prisoner 5-

Suspended see let. to Benj. Isaac, July 6. 1837.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Richards, Gilbert GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7671 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 1, 1791 To John Thompson, 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.