Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22036, for Stephen Ranney, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Waney, Stephen Waney, Elizabeth.
W. 22036
B.L. M ts 1518-100
CONTENTS

See letter to P. Ag D . July 20. 1837
Connecticut 1814
Elizabeth Ranney, dec d . widow of Stephen Ranney
who died on the year 1807. of Middlesex Co. in the State of Conn e . who was a Private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolution time for 2 years
ascibed on the Roll of Connecticut the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & to terminat the 12 th Sept 1836, when she died
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of July 1837 and sent to J. M. Niles Hartford, Conn.
Arrears to the time of her death $360.88 Pension allowance ending Payable to the Heirs viz Stephen Ranney, Reuben Ranney, and Elizabeth Pease, wife of Agift Pease
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book A. Vol. 1 — Page 88

Country Land Office
Burlington Ia June 30 th
free
Hon. John H. Eaton Secretary of War Washington

Burlington 30 th June 1829
Received this day in mail Land Warrant No. 1518 Issued to me as assignee of Stephen Raney Son and Heir at Law of Stephen Raney who was a soldier of the Connecticut Line for one Hundred Acres of Land to be Located on any of the unlocated parts of the fifty Quarter townships and fractional Quarter townships reserved for original holders of Military Warrants dated at the war office the 20 th day of June 1829 and signed by Genl. H. Eaton Secretary of war
Henry Sill

State of Connecticut } ss. Chatham. County of Middlesex }

Subscribed and sworn to this 27 th day of March A. D. 1837 before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and sworn dwelling in said Chatham. I farther certify that the deponent is a respectable and credible witness.
Philip Sage Justice of the Peace

I Hervey Talcott a clergyman over the first Congregational church in Chatham in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut of Lawful aged do. Depose and say that it appears from the church records kept by the Rev d Moses Bartlit formerly pastor over sd. church, that Stephen Runney and his wife Elizabeth owned and resided renewed their Baptismal covenant in Sep r 1763 and that in Dec r 4 th of the same year Stephen Runney their son was Baptised. I further depose and say that it appears by the records of deaths kept by me that Elizabeth Runney, the mother of Stephen and Reuben Runney and Elizabeth or Betsy Pease, the wife of Agift Pease, died Sep r 12 th 1836 aged 96 years. Further this deponent sayth Not — Hervey Talcott.
State of Connecticut } Chatham County of Middlesex } June 29 th 1837
Personally appeared before me the Rev d Hervey Talcott who. subscribed the above and made solemn oath to the truth of the same and I further certify that he is a very credible and respectable witness. Heel Lewis Just Peace

State of Connecticut } County of Middlesex }
Chatham June 29 th 1837
On this twenty Ninth day of June personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the District of Chatham Agift Pease a resident of the Town of Chatham in the County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut aged fifty seven 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 July 4 th 1836 That he is the Husband of Elizabeth, who is the Daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Ranney, and that the said Stephen died (as near as he can recollect) in the year 1807 and that the said Elizabeth died Sept r 12 th 1836
That the said Stephen and Elizabeth left three Children two of whom are Now living in this place and one is supposed to be living in the State of New York and has not been heard from in twelve or fifteen years, and there is no knowledge of his place of residence
Elizabeth My wife has been in a state of Mental derangement for more than twenty years, and is incapacitated to transact any legal business. Stephen Now, and always has resided in this place, and is upwards of Seventy three years old, and had a paralytic shock eight years since and his body and mind very much enfeebled, and incapacitated to transact any legal business. He has a wife and seven children living The Name of the Son supposed to be living in the State of New York is Reuben. The proof of the Military Service of the S d Stephen and his Marriage with the S d Elizabeth and their death, are hereto annexed.
Agift Pease
Sworn to, and subscribed on the day and year above written and I hereby certify that the the facts stated above are substantially correct that Stephen and Elizabeth Ranney deceased left three children and that Stephen

Ramsey (Now living in this place) in my Opinion is incapacitated to make a declaration before this court for the reasons herein stated, and that Elizabeth the wife of the Subscriber is also in my Opinion incapacitated for the reasons herein stated — and that Ruben has not been in this place for many years & I have no knowledge of his place of residence. Stephen Ramsey and Betsey or Elizabeth Pease the wife of Agift Pease of this place and Ruben Ramsey of the State of New York are the only surviving legal heirs of Elizabeth Ramsey Dec d .
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this 29 th day of June A D 1837.
Philip Sage Judge
State of Connecticut Affix of the Secretary of said State June 30 th 1837
I hereby certify that Philip Sage Esq r is a Judge of Probate within and for the District of Chatham in this State duly qualified, as appears upon the records in this office — which said Judge has power by Law to administer oaths, take depositions & certify any records of said Court
In testimony of which I have hereunto affixed the seal of this State & signed the same at the state last above
Ray T. Kimball Secretary

I Charles Churchill of the Town of Chatham County of Middlesex and State of Connecticut aged Sixty eight years do depose and say that I am well acquainted with Stephen Runny of this place, the Son of Stephen and Elizabeth Runny deceased, and that about eight years since he had a paralytic shock which has very much infibled his body and mind and is incapacitated him to transact any legal business. I also am well acquainted with Elizabeth Pease the daughter of the Jd Stephen and Elizabeth Runny and the wife of Gift Pease, and that for more than twenty years. She has been in a state of mental derangement, and totally incapacitated to transact any kind of business. I further depose and say that I was well acquainted with Runny the Son of the Jd Stephen Runny and Elizabeth Runny deceased and that he left this place forty five years since (as near as I can recollect) and has not been in this place more than once since and no tidings has been had of him in twelve or fourteen years. I also further depose and say that I am well acquainted with Gift Pease the husband of Elizabeth the daughter of Jd Stephen and Elizabeth Runny deceased, and that I consider him a credible and respectable person. Further the deponent sayeth not
Charles Churchill
State of Connecticut } Chatham County of Middlesex } June 29 1837
Personally before me Charles Churchill who Subscribed the above and made solemn oath to the truth of the same & I further certify that he is a credible person — Abel Lewis Just Pease

Stephen Raney
N o 1518

State of Connecticut } County of Middlesex } ss
I Stephen Raney heir at Law of Stephen Raney who do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Stephen Raney my father did enlist in or about the year 1777, for the term of "During the war," and served in the regiment No. 1 st under the command of Colonel Meigs of the Connecticut line, and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war. I further declare, that have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to my father Stephen Raney on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever. Therefore
I know all men by these presents, that I Stephen Raney of the town of Chatham in the County aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Henry Sill of Burlington in the County of Orange in the state of New York to be my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to demand and receive from the secretary of War, of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more attorneys or sub- stetutes under him for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest In presence of Isaac Webb
Stephen Raney
Personally appeared the above named Stephen Raney before me and made solemn oath to the above declaration and subscribed the same in my presence and acknow- ledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest
Isaac Webb
Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut Middlesex County } ss. Middletown } Middletown 15 th June 1829
Probate Office, District of
I certify that satisfactory evidence was adduced to me, to prove that the Stephen Ranney the within subscriber is the son & rightful heir at Law in fact to Stephen Ranney late a soldier in the 1 st Regiment of the Connecticut line Given under my Hand and Seal of Office this 15 th day of June 1829
John Alsop Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown
State of Connecticut Middlesex County & John Park Clerk of the County Court of said Middlesex County do certify that Isaac Webb Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Middlesex duly Commissioned & sworn as per Commission on file in my Office & that his name subscribed to the ack- nowledgment is his proper Hand writing & signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this 15. day of June A.D. 1829
W. D. Wilcox

This indenture made this 15 th day of June in the year of our Lord 1829 Witnesseth that I Stephen Ranney an aged of Chatham in the State of Connecticut heir at Law of Stephen Ranney a deceased soldier of the Revo- lutionary army Witnesseth that for and in con- sideration of the sum of ten Dollars to me in hand paid by Henry Sill of Burlington in the County of Otsego and State of New York the receipt whereof I hereby acknowledge and confess. I have sold and by these presents do hereby grant bargain sell and set over and assign and transfer to said Henry Sill and to his heirs and assigns forever all my right, title, interest claim or heretofore in and to a certain Bounties of Land of One Hundred acres promised and owing to my said father Stephen Ranney for services in the revolutionary army. And I hereby authorize said Henry Sill to prosecute and pursue all lawful means to obtain said claim either in my name or otherwise and further I agree to execute all further writings or deeds that may be necessary for said Henry Sill to obtain a perfect title to said Land he being to the expence of procuring all such writings ready for my signature for the faithful performance of all said covenants I hereby bind myself & my heirs firmly by these presents Witness my hand and seal the day & year first above written Stephen Ranney In presence of Isaac Webb Wm C Ramsey

State of Connecticut Middlesex County 3
Be it remembered that on this 15 th day of June 1829 before me personally appeared Stephen Ranney the person who signed the within writing as assignment and acknowledged the same to be his free act and deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned
Isaac Webb
Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut
Middlesex County
I John Foss Clerk of the county court of said Middlesex County do hereby certify that Isaac Webb Esq. is a justice of the peace within and for said county of Middlesex duly commissioned and sworn as per commission on file in my office and that his name subscribed to the acknowledgment is his proper hand writing and signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 15. day of June A.D. 1829.
W. Park Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Stephen Ranney , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. W. file 22036.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 20 77. 2 yrs 2 mo 11 da Pri. ✓ Samuel Myllyp. Conn   Jan 1 80 1 yr. " " " "   Jan 1 81 5 mos. " Isaac Sherman "   June 2 81 7 mos. Coplt. " "  
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓ Date of application for pension, June 29 1837 - for benefit of heirs - Residence at date of application, made by Agift Pears - Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: Sol. man - Elizabeth - he died in 1807, and she died at Chatham, Conn., Sept. 12 1836 aged 96 years, leaving three ch: Stephen (baptized Dec 11 1763) res of Chatham Conn - Elizabeth wife of Agift Pears of Chatham Conn & Parents of New York State who had not been heard from for 12 or 15 yrs - 1837

May 7, 1900.
Hon. Nehemiah D. Sperry,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Sperry:
In reply to your communication dated the 5 th and received the 6 th inst. relative to the request of Mr. C. Collard Adams of Cromwell, Conn. for the military history of Stephen Ranney and Joseph Churchill who served in the War of the Revolution, I have the honor to advise you, that from the papers in pension claim, Wid. File 82,036, it appears that Samuel Ranney served as a Private in Col. Samuel Wyllys' Third Connecticut regiment from May 20, 1777 for 3 years 7 mos. and 11 days; and in Col. Isaac Sherman's Fifth Conn. regiment from Jan. 1, 1781 for 1 year, the last seven months of which he served as a Corporal.
Stephen Ranney died in 1807, and his widow Elizabeth died at Chatham, Conn., Sept. 12, 1836, aged 96 years, and on July 8, 1837 the pension to which she would have been entitled was issued for the benefit of her three children, Stephen (baptized Dec. 4, 1783) and Elizabeth, wife of Agift Pease, residents of Chatham, Conn., and Reuben Ranney of New York State.
You are further advised that the Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to Joseph Churchill described by Mr. Adams.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Key WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22036
Elizabeth Rainey Widow of Stephen Rainey Dis. Ben Mar.
Act: July 1 st 86 Index:—Vol. 16 , Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rept. 8, 1904. Hist. to R. G. Ramsey Cape Girardeau, Mo. F.W.
1906 Aug. 3. History to C. Colbert Adams
Feb. 11, '08, Hist. to Mrs. F. M. Sprague.
1909 May 7. Hist. to Hon. N. D. Sperry
1938 Nov. 7. Rev. C. C. Adams wife only three children named in claim aw
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U. S.,
Washington, D. C., May 5 , 19 09 .
Respectfully referred to
the Commission on Customs.
Kindly look into the enclosed.
Very respectfully,
N. D. Sleezy
M. C. Dist.
Comm. 7/7

CONGRESSIONAL MAY 6 1900 U.S. Bureau of Pensions.
RECEIVED MAY 10 1900
RECEIVED MAY 10 1900

2116 Eliz h Ranney da r widow of Steph n Ranney de d Co d .
Adm rs Dyer p m $80
per ann. comm d 4 March 1831. Ent d to issue in the name of Stephen Ranney, Ruben Ranney, and Elizabeth Pierce, wife of Asaph Pierce, children and heirs at law of Elizabeth Ranney de d
See op art should not be as corporal
Ent d

I, ROYAL B. HINMAN , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
THAT Philip Sage & Huld Lewis Esquires, are and for more than dix months last past, has been a Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Middlesex in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgement of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Philip Sage & Huld Lewis in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 30 th day of June — in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven
And I farther certify that the signatures of said Justices hereto attached are genuine
Royal B. Hinman Secretary

July 20
The Rev. Mr. [?]
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J. J. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington.

Pension Agency Farmers & Merchants Bank Hartford 17 July 1837
Sir
I have been informed that Elizabeth Pease wife of Agift Pease and one of the three children of Elizabeth Ranney dec'd to whom was issued a certificate of Pension under the 3 d Section of the Act of 4 th July 1836. is a lunatic and incapable of transacting business.
Will you please inform me if under these circumstances I should be authorized to pay her share to her husband on his power of Attorney duly executed or his application in person at this Agency, and whether I am to require proof from a court of record of the Relationship of the children to the deceased pensioner. As I have not had a similar case I am somewhat in doubt as to the proper course to pursue in relation to it.
I am very Respectfully Your obed t Servant
Sam l S. Pitkin. Agent.
J. S. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

James L Edwards Esq

Healford March 30 1837
Sir,
I enclose you the papers containing the evidence in support of the claim of the heirs of Elizabeth Rance & hope you will be able to have the claim examined and decided upon soon, as the heirs are in very distress circumstances.
I am very respectfully Yours & etc J. M. Niles James I. Edwards Esq. Comm. Pension

Comptrollers Office Hartford Connec't. 4 March 1837.
On application for evidence of the service of Stephen Ranney, I have examined the record of the settlements made with the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, and Certify that the following are true extracts therefrom, and facts found therein.
"Settlement with the 3 d Connecticut Reg t . Samuel Wyllys Esq d . Colonel, before January 1. 1780," in which is this entry:—
"Stephen Ranney—Private—commencement of Service—May 20. '77—Time of this settlement—January 1. '80—Term—2 Yrs 7 m s 11 days." And in another settlement made with the same Regiment, "for the year 1780," is this entry:—
"Stephen Ranney—private—commencem t of Service—January 1. '80—Time of this settlement—January 1. '81—Term—1 Year." And under head of
"Settlement with the 5 th Connecticut Regiment, Isaac Sherman Esq d . Colonel, for the year 1781," is this entry:—
"Stephen Ranney—private—commencem t of Service—Jan y 1. 1781— Expirat n of Service. June 1. 1781— Term. 5 months, " ditto. . . capt l . . . . . d o . . . . . June 2. 1781—Dec r . 31. 1781—7 d o ."
Jeremiah Brown, Treasurer of the State of Connecticut.
In the absence of the Comptroller

State of Connecticut } ss. Chatham. County of Middlesex }
I Enoch Sage of Chatham in the County of Middlesex, and State of Connecticut, of lawful age depose and say, that I am more than eighty five years of age, and have allways resided in said Chatham, that I was well acquainted with Elizabeth Ranney, now deceased the widow of Stephen Ranney deceased, that said Stephen and Elizabeth resided in said Chatham, that said Stephen died about thirty years since; that said Elizabeth survived him, and lived single and unmarried as his widow, until the 12 th day of September A.D. 1836. when she died at said Chatham that said Stephen was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution. that those of said Stephens children are now living, namely, Stephen Ranney and Betsey Pease the wife of Agost Pease, both of said Chatham and Reuben Ranney living in the State of New York, as far as

this deponent saith not. Enoch Sage
Subscribed and sworn to this 28 th day of March A.D. 1837. before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and sworn, dwelling in said Chatham. I further certify that the deponent is a respectable and credible witness. —
Philip Sage Justice of the Peace

Lampa Fla. Feb. 1-1908 R. F. D. 4
Com. Pensions. Washington D. C.
Will you please send me a copy of the "Military Record" of Stephen Ramsey of Connecticut stating his years in 1837, applied for a pension + in which they gave the name of his brother Benben Ramsey as being some where in N. Y. I want the record

as Stephen Barney was my great grandfather. & I can thus use it to become a member of The Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution. & greatly oblige
Yours truly. (Mrs. F. M.) Abbie B. Sprague

Hon. Frank Langdon Wilcox, President. Berlin, Conn.
Charles Collard Adams, M. A., Sec'y-Treas. Cromwell, Conn.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
The President. Charles Henry Stanton, Clinton, N. Y. Ebenezer Goodhue Ranney, Homer, N. Y. Arthur Boardman, Cromwell, Conn. John Goodhue Ranney, Syracuse, N. Y.
SOCIETY OF MIDDLETOWN UPPER HOUSES,
INCORPORATED.
VICE-PRESIDENTS:
Rev. James Riley Johnson, D. D., Nyack, N. Y. Rev. Francis Goodwin, D. D., Hartford, Conn. Wm. Pierrepont White, Utica, N. Y. Edgar Jared Doolittle, Meriden, Conn. Zenas Edwards Ranney, Middletown, Conn. John Keyes Williams, Hartford, Conn. John Hall Sage, Portland, Conn. Charles Eben Jackson, Middletown, Conn. Frederick Butler Wightman, New Rochelle, N. Y. Geo. H. Blanden, Springfield, Mass. Geo. Washburn Stocking, Sisterville, W. Va.
Cromwell, Conn.
May 3, 1909.
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.
To: Hon. A. D. Sperry, M. C. Sir: - I respectfully apply for a copy of the military history in the Revolutionary War of Stephen Ranney, also spelled Ranney, of Chatham, Conn. whose widow or children in 1836 applied for a pension. A surgeon Stephen Rainey of Middletown, Conn. and a Stephen Ranney of Litchfield, Conn. are not the same as Stephen Ranney or Ranney of Chatham.
Reference is had to form 3-525.
Also the record of Joseph Churchill, of Chatham, Conn. private and later captain, for whom a pension may not have been paid.
Respectfully,
Charles Collard Adams

Society of Middletown Upper Houses, Incorporated.
Cromwell, Conn., July 19. 1906.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.,
Sir:— I have a copy of the Military History of Stephen Ranney, F. W.
Mid. 22,036 Rev. War.
The Country Record says he died 1807
said to have died 1807, and whose children as heirs. Stephen, Reuben and Elizabeth wife of Agift Pease applied for pension June 29, 1837.
I respectfully ask for the place of residence of this Reuben Ranney
in 1837, I am preparing a Ranney Genealogy Respectfully
C. Collard Adams

Omicron Survivors Association
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WM. D. BRIDGE, '61 Pres. 71 Snyder St., Orange, N. J.
WM. E. MORGAN, '60 Vice Pres. Vienna, Virginia.
CHARLES COLLARD ADAMS, '59 Sec.-Treas. Cromwell, Conn.
Cromwell, Conn. Sept. 27, 1920.
The Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Stephen Ranney, a Revolutionary Soldier of the town of Chatham, Conn. died in 1807. His widow Elizabeth died in Chatham Sept. 12, 1836. The heirs applied June 29, 1837 for a pension which was allowed.
From my Ranney geneal- ogy 1908
Children
Stephen, baptized Dec. 4, 1763
Abigail, " Aug. 18 1765
Reuben " Oct 28, 1767; in 1837
it was stated in the application for a pension that he had gone to New York State some years previously and had not been heard from for 12 or 15 years
From this quotation from my book it appears that about 1906 I inquired of you - I do not recall anything except

Omicron Survivors Association
Theta Delta Chi
WM. D. BRIDGE, '61 Pres. 71 Snyder St., Orange, N. J.
WM. E. MORGAN, '60 Vice Pres. Vienna, Virginia.
CHARLES COLLARD ADAMS, '59 Sec.-Treas. Cromwell, Conn.
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what I have printed,
I now have an inquiry from Mr. F. H. Sharp of Stockport, New York, as to his great-grandmother Mrs Sarah Sharp , sister to this Reuben -
And I would be pleased if you would favor me with a copy from your records of the names of all the children of Mrs Elizabeth Ranney aforesaid. Any information I receive since publication is added to the volume in the Conn. State Library.
Resp.
Charles C. Adams Late chaplain 22 nd Conn. Infy

Rev. War Section. aw
Nov. 4, 1920.
Rev. C. C. Adams, Cromwell, Conn.
Sir:
In reply to your letter of Sept. 27, 1920, you are advised that in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. File 22,036, of the heirs of Stephen and Elizabeth Ranney, that the only names of children stated, are those of the three who survived their parents, Stephen, Elizabeth and Reuben.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

R. G. RANNEY, Attorney at Law,
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO.
Cape Girardeau, Mo., August, 27th. 1904.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
In cooperation with an association organized for the purpose at Cromwell Conn., I am endeavoring to hunt up the history of the Ranney family which emigrated to this country from Scotland in 1652. My Grand father, Stephen Ranney enlisted in the Revolutionary war from Connecticut and served eight years, but I have been unable to find out to what company and regiment he belonged. I have some letters, however, which show that he was at the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Mud Island and Red Bank. He was appointed Captain, 13th Infantry, February 13, 1799, Captain 4th. U. S. Infantry, June 18, 1808, promoted to Major Jan. 20, 1813 and to be Lieutenant Colonel May 15, 1814 and discharged, on the reduction of the Army, June 15, 1815. If you can help us out in this matter I am willing to pay for having the records examined. I would like to know whether Stephen Ranney ever applied for a pension, and if so on what service it was based. I have often been told by my father that he received two wounds at the battle of Monmouth one in the leg and one in the hand, but that he did not get a pension because he would not swear that he could not make his own living.
If you will kindly let me know what the expense will be to have the above looked up I shall be glad to remit.
Very truly yours.
R. G. Ranney