Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,230, for Shubael Preston, Connecticut

SERVICE
Conn.
Preston, Shubael
NUMBER
S. 14230
CONTENTS
carded.

8819
New York
Abel Preston
Abel in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain [unclear] of the Reg't commanded by Col. [unclear] in the [unclear] for [unclear]
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of April 1833 and sent to L. B. [unclear] to Abel
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. 1 - 40.00
$200.00
Revolutionary Claim. Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 70

13.430
Lowell
L
London papers
Admitted.
24 mo. Private

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of New York County of Cortland ss on this fourteenth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Cortland now sitting Shubel Preston a resident of the Town of Homer in the County of Cortland and State of New York, aged Seventy Three Years the twentieth of November last past, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declarations, in order to obtain, the benefit of the act of Congress passed June Seventh Eigh- teen hundred and thirty two — That, in the Year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy Six, in the month of June, or before the tenth day of July, in the aforesaid Year I enlisted for the term of Six Months in Captain Reuben Macey's Company, and served in the Regiment under the command of Colonel John Chester of the Connecticut Troops, in the Army of the Revolution, & that I continued in the service aforesaid, until the full term of Six Months, when I was honorably dis- charged at Morristown in the State of New Jersey I further declare, that at the time of my discharge, I was left sick there, and remained sick for five weeks before I was able to go home. I paid my own expenses while sick, and never have received any remuneration for the same, neither for my time, from any one I also declare, that in the Year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven, on the fourth of July in the same Year I went as a Substitute for the term of two months, for Billy Snow, in Captain Caleb Hurd's Company, and think the Regiment was commanded by Colonel Gallup — and that I served the full term of two Months, when I was

honorably Discharged, at Groton in Connecticut - also in the Year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Eight, I again Enlisted for the term of one Year, in Captain Igleine Hills Company, and the Regiment was Comman- ded by Colonel Samuel W. Glallen, Connecticut Vooops. I served faithfully, six months, and I was held as Minute man the remainder of the time. I enlisted the fifteenth day of June the same Year, served three months til the fifteenth of September after - then returned home, and in October after I went into the service again in the same Company and in the same Regiment, and served the full term of three months til into January Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine - after which I stood as a Minute man til into June Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine, when I was honorably discharged at Can- -turbury, Connecticut - the first three months, of the last Year aforesaid, I went to Northeaster, and to Westpoint in New York, the next three months in the same Year, I went to New London and remained there all the time I was and subscribed before he says that he never had me that a written Discharge, of any of his services - he says he has no documentary evidence and that he knows -ues of no person, whom testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service - he was born in Asford, Wind- -ham County & State of Connecticut - he was born in Seventeen hundred and Fifty Eight - he has no Record of his Age, except in the Town of Asford aforesaid - he lived in said Asford when called into the service he says Elder Alfred Bennett & Deacon Thomas Gollar can testify as to his character for truth and veracity, and their belief as to his services in the Army of the Revolution - he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Samuel Atchison B. W.
Shubael Preston

The Eldn Alfred Bennet a Clergiman residing in the Town of Homer, and Thomas Collar residing in the Town of Homer & both in the County of Cortland and State of New York - hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Shubel Preston who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy three years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - Sworn and subscribed this
26 th day of September 1832. Alfred Bennett Sates of the before me, Legist & Campfield Baptist Church in Homer Williamstown Justin Peck. Thomas Collar
certify that Alfred Bennett & Thomas Collar are men of truth & integrity & credible in their neighbourhood - Legist & Campfield Justin Peck and the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the Matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - and the Court further certify that it appears to them that Eldn Alfred Bennett who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the Town of Homer and that Thomas Collar who has signed the same is a resident in the Town of Homer and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
William Matory { Judges of Court Andrew Dickson Aaron Brown Oliver Kingsman
I Samuel Hotchkiss Junior Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cortland, do hereby certify that the foregoing, contains the original proceedings

of the said Court in the Matter of the Application of Shubel Preston for a Pension - and that Lieut Gen -field Esquire before whom the foregoing Certificate of Peter Alfred Bennett & Thomas Collar was sworn, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace of Hams and the County of Cambridge - and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and know that his signature to the same is genuine in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official seal this 29 day of September 1832.
Samuel Hotchkiss D. Clerk

13.439
Shubael Preston
admitted
24 mo. Private
L. B. Canfield
Homer — N. York

BRIEF in the case of  Shubel Preston of Homer in the State of N. York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 6 Private Gen. Capt. R. Murray } 3 Col. In o Chester } 3 Connect.   July 4 th 1777 2 Substitute Capt. Caleb Hensdy } Col. Gallup } 3 "   1778 6 Private Capt. Hills } Col. Sam l M c Clillan } 2 "   June 15 th " " 3 " " " " "   October " " 3 " " " " "   States that he afterwards Stood as a Minute Man from Jan y to June 1779  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ashford — Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence alone  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not properly attached 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

Rev. War
✓ 14.230 INVALID.
File No. 14.230
Shubael Preston Rev. War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 352
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Apr 15" 1898 Em Preston
Nevada City, Cal
1907 Apr. 23. Hist. to N.D. Preston. c 1923-June 16-Hist. to Ruth A. Rogers-ans

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Shubael Preston which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERÉ XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERÉ XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Alfred, N. Y. April 23, 1923.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sirs: Please send me a copy of the Revolutionary War Record of the following men: —
1. Tolent Gold (or Gould), born Fairfield, Conn. Jan. 17, 1759. Died, Friendship, N. Y. 1836. 2. Col. Geo. Stillman IV, born Westerly, R. I., May 19, 1739. Died June 15, 1817, Westerly, R. I. 3. Shubael Preston, probably of R. I. I haven't the dates at hand!
If there is any charge for this, kindly let me know. Thanking you for the trouble, I am.
Yours truly, Ruth A. Rogers Alfred, N. Y.

Headquarters Medal of Honor Legion of the United States of America
ARMY
S. B. HORNE, SENIOR VICE COMMANDER WINSTED, CONN. WILLIAM SEACH, JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER BOSTON, MASS. NOBLE D. PRESTON, QUARTERMASTER 2312 POPLAR ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA. REV. DR. WILLIAM HUBBELL, CHAPLAIN 31 BIBLE HOUSE, ASTOR PLACE NEW YORK CITY.
P. DELACY, COMMANDER 860 CAPOUSE AVE., SCRANTON, PENNA.
JOHN C. HUNTERSON, ADJUTANT 311 WHARTON ST., PHILA. PA. WALTER THORN, JUDGE ADVOCATE 371 FULTON ST., BROOKLYN, N. Y. CHARLES H. HOUGHTON, INSPECTOR NEWARK, NEW JERSEY GABRIEL GRANT, M.D. SURGEON IN CHIEF NEW YORK CITY ST. CLAIR A. MULHOLLAND, HISTORIAN PHILADELPHIA, PA.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
M. EMMET URELL, CHAIRMAN CARE WAR DEPT., WASHINGTON, D. C. J. MADISON DRAKE, 116 JEFFERSON AVE., ELIZABETH, N. J. P. J. KYLE, 6 MT. VERNON ST., CHARLESTOWN, MASS. BENJAMIN B. LEVY, 2365 7TH AVE., NEW YORK CITY, GERALD E. CRONIN, 2D CLASS, 666 PARK PLACE, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
NAVY
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER
PHILADELPHIA, PA. April 22, 1907. 19
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I would respectfully request transcripts of the records of Shubal Preston and Jacob Preston, both Revolutionary War pension- ers.
Yours respectfully,
N. D. Preston
N. D. PRESTON, Q. M. Medal of Honor Legion, 2312 Poplar Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
To be referred to Capt Kelly for his signature

PRESTON SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY . . .
Of the State of California.
All freight, and express should be sent to Ione, Amador Co., Cal.; Only Mail to Waterman, Cal.
APR 2 1898
OLD WAR &amp; PENSION
Nevada City WATERMAN , CALIF. March 25 1898 To the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington.
Dear Sir:
Mr. Shubal Preston of Homer, Cortland County, New York was a Revolutionary War pensioner in 1833. He served in the Connecticut troops organized at Ashford, Windham County Conn.
I wish to secure a copy of his military record which is on file in the Pension office. If you will kindly forward me a copy of the record with a bill for the usual fee I will I will send you a draft for the fee.
Asking that you kindly favor me in this particular I am
Very respectfully Yours
O. M. Preston.

AWJ. S. 14230
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 192
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of Shubael Preston , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1776 6 mos. Pvt. Reuben Marcy John Chester Conn.   July 4-1777 2 mos. Caleb Hendel Gallup   1778 1 yr. Squire Hill Sam'l McClellan   Jan 1779 to June 1779 stood as a minuteman  
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Ashford - Windham - Conn Date of application for pension, Sept 26-1832- His claim allowed. Residence at date of application, Homer, Cortland Co - N.Y. Age at date of application, Born Nov. 20-1758- Ashford - Conn Remarks: no family data on file
Respectfully,

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Preston, Stephen GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11586 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 1, 1790 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.