Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,564, for Medad Potter, Connecticut

SERVICE
Potter, Medad
NUMBER
S. 35.564
CONTENTS

let to A. S. Meriam Aug. 15 th 43
10,583
R
Connecticut
Mehad Potter
of Branford in the state of Connecticut who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Douglas of the Connecticut line, for the term of Six Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of October 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of May 1819 and sent to Stephen S. Hosmer Esq. Middletown Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819. 39.48 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819. 48.00 Who: 29/31. $87.48
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Found with Eng. Roll Aug. 1883. EUP

Mercad. Potter. Private Col: Douglass. Regt born: June 1777 6 years died: 7 th October 1818
Admitted

State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown.
a ON this 7 th day of October 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Meadad Potter aged 62 years, resident in Branford 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 Meadad Potter in the Spring of the year 1777 , enlisted in Wallingford in the state of Vermont in the company commanded by Captain Joseph B. Mansfield , of and in the regiment commanded by Col. Wm. Douglas and in the brigade commanded by Genl. Saml. H. Parsons , being The fourth Connecticut Regiment
that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the month of June 1783 , when he was discharged from service in Utica state of New York near Fort Schuyler ; that he was in the battles of White Plains, & at the taking of Fort Mott commanded by Col. Reuben Serrall  Meigs , 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 he has not his discharge
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Stites Warner
B. I, Stites Warner a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Meadad Potter did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support: 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,  October 7 th 1818
Stites Warner

C State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown,
ON this 7th day of October 1818, before me the Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears Henry Elliott of Branford in the said State, a person known to me, to be of good character and worthy of belief, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare and say, that he is well acquainted with Richard Potter of Branford aforesaid , the person who made the preceding declaration on oath, and that he is a man in low circumstances in life, worth little property, with a family consisting of a wife & two children to support,
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. H. N. ...

State of Connecticut, ss. Middletown.
ON this seventh day of October  November 1818, before me the
Subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, personally appears
Jacob Griswold of Griswold in the said State,
a person known to me, to be of good character and worthy of belief, who being by
me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare and say, that he is well acquainted with
Mabel Foster of Branford the person who made
the preceding declaration on oath, and that she has a little property
only worth not exceeding five hundred
dollars, and that she has a wife
two children to support.
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. H. W. [Signature]

I  John Fisk
Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify, That the Honorable
Stephen Fitch
of Hartford — in said State, is one of the Judges of the said Court, and that his name subscribed to the preceding Declarations and Certificates, marked A. B. C. D.
is his proper hand writing and signature.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, at Hartford  April 15 th on this 15 th day of October 1818
J. Fisk
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I John Mansfield of Wallingford in the County of Newhaves in the State of Connecticut of lawful age before You that I am well acquainted with Mecca Potter of Mansfield in said County and State; that he was enlisted by me as a Private in the Army of the United States in the late Revolutionary war on the continental estab- lishment in a Company then commanded by Capt Joseph Mansfield in which I was then Lieutenant, which company then belonged to the fourth Connecticut Regiment raised by Col. Douglas Hassetwards commanded by Col. Deming, Col. Meigs and others; that said Potter enlisted in the early part of the year 1777 and served from that time to the close of the war; that he then was then a native citizen of the United States Wallingford September 3. 1818 Lydia John Mansfield
State of Connecticut Newhaves County ss. Wallingford Septm. 3. 1818. Personally ap- peared John Mansfield whose name is subscribed to the foregoing deposition made oath to the truth of the same Before me Samuel Hall Just. of Peace

I Elias Monson formerly a Surgeons Mate in the Regiment commanded by Samuel B. Webb in the Connecticut line of the Continental army, which Regiment was previously commanded by Douglas & Deming & Meigs according to my best recollection. While I belonged to the regiment I was personally acquainted with Mead Potter, now belonging to Brenford who was an enlisted soldier and served during the revolutionary War between Great Britain and America. I entered the service in the year 1780 in the regiment then commanded by Herman Swift, and continued until the close of the War in 1783 and for more than two years was knowing to the service of the aforesaid Mead Potter in the Regiment last commanded by Sam d B Webb, according to my best recollection I further certify I was personally acquainted with Lieut d John Mansfield of the 4 th Connec t Regiment, and know him to be an officer of truth and integrity and further the Dependent hath not testified by me at New Haven this 12 th day of October Domini 1818 Elias Monson for Late Surgeons Mate In the Connec t Line of the Continental Army
State of Connecticut
New Haven County ss 12 th Oct r 1818
Personally appeared Elias Monson & Esq r to me well known, signs of the foregoing deposition made with to the form Before me
John D. Dyer Not. Pub.

I Thomas Day 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 Samuel Hall Esq. of Wal- lingford and Charles Denison Esq. of New-Haven, in the County of New- Haven, whose names are respective- ly subscribed to the foregoing certifi- cates for the authentication thereof, are, and for more than three months last past have been, Justices of the Peace within and for said County of New-Haven, duly appointed commissioners and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses and to take affidavits out of court; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to their official acts and attestations respectively.
In faith whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of New-Haven in said State, the twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and eighteen.
Thomas Day

35 564 Rev INVALID.
File No. 35-5-64
Mrs. Potter
Rev Rev. Mrs.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 85
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Aug 7 43
Oct. Medea
J. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington Dist. Columbia
600 226

J L Benedict New Haven 4 August 1843
Dear Sir
I have written to the department a year or more on behalf of Medad Potter of North Guilford Ct who is allowed only a year & complains that he has not full pay. The reason assigned was that he was part of the time in the boat service.
This service on water guard was an act of compulsion by order of Genl Washington in which he was drafted from the Light Infantry & served the last part of the time nearly three years in this service. He served from the commencement of the war to the close of it all the remainder of the time in the Infantry.
This soldier was celebrated for more signal acts of enterprise & courage than any other man belonging to the Connecticut line of the Continental Army as related to me by an officer of the same line & notoriously a havefellow. The same officer thinks it is not right that he should not be allowed his full pension.
Can you not inform me what obstacles are necessary to enable him to get it, if practically
Your Olt. Servt Alfred Sellerson.

Mrs. Julia Potter
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Middletown Conn. at the U.S. Branch Bank
Act 1825 Settled at Treasury Cons d with Invalid file # 35564
RECORDA

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No. 1 Original payment list
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Aug 27 1828.
Medad Potter , of Guilford , in the County of New Haven , in the State of Connecticut has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in captain Pray 's company, in the 6th Meigs regiment of the Connecticut line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing .
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
2 nd September 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Medad Potter in the Connecticut line
It further appears that Medad Potter - not - is now on the pension list of any - 1826 agency, and has been so since the 3 d March  at the rate of  dollars per month.
Richard Wagner And
No. 1,063

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of 'An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution' approved on the 15 th of May 1828 I Medad Potter of Guilford in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the Army of the Revolution for & during the war and continued in its service until its termination, at which period I was a private in Captain John Lee's company in the — regiment commanded by Col Miles of the Connecticut line, and I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a Resolution of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778 — and I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth day of March 1828 on the pension list of the United States.
Witness to the mark as signature — Elias Mowson
Medad his Potter mark
Before me Charles A. Ingalls a justice of the peace in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut personally appeared this day Elias Mowson Esq. Samuel Hughes of New Haven — of the said County who did severally make oath that Medad Potter by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reported & believed to have been a private in the Army of the Revolution

in the manner as therein stated. Witness my hand this 11 th day of August in the year 1828 —
Chas. A. Ingersoll
Justice of Peace
I J. B. Clark Clerk of the County Court of the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut do certify that Chas. A. Ingersoll Esq. in before whom the foregoing affidavits are sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace in for said New Haven County and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 11 th day of August in the year 1828
attest: J. B. Clark Clerk

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Maria Potter late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the Seventh day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Fourteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. S. Edwards, in the absence and on behalf of the Secretary of War.