Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31875, for Jehiel Munger, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Munger, Jehiel
S 31 8 7 5
CONTENTS

Order to pay 28 th Sept 1837.
Paper Kopia & sent to How B. B Thurns Law,
March 1848
Connecticut 2251
Schiel Munger
of Guilford, in the State of Conn. who was a Private in the Co commanded by Captain Heath of the Regt commanded by Col Butler in the Conn. line for Six Mo!
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th day of Sept. 1833 and sent to Geo. Greenwood Guilford. Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. - 1833 - 50.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept. 33, 10.00
$60.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1831
Recorded by Book
W. W. Calmes Vol. 3.8 Page 28

22.518 1889)
Isabel Springer Connecticut
Adm 6 months
Return i.g. $20
on rolls bus
6 mo -
Admitted
Private bus on the
Can't Service
Geo Griswold Guilford H. H. Warren Plan

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Schoelellunger  Men. Karen Co Connecticut
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Enl-1781 ~ 6 Serut Capt Deuke Col Bullock Gen Heath Parsons White Plains New York Westpoint 69 Traditionary Evidence + 1 Witness  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 1a note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Connecticut Probate office District of Guilford
18897 on this Second day of August - 1832 - personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford - Ichiel Munger a resident of the Town of Madison, within the District of Guilford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged 69 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 act of Congress passed June 7 th A.D. 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - That sometime in the month of June 1781 - (the particular day of the month he does not recollect.) he enlisted at Guilford, in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut as a private soldier, into a company command- =ed by a Captain ———— Denike - into a Regiment commanded by Col Zebulon Bittler in the line of the State of Conn- =ecticut in the Continental establish- =ment - The name of the Adjutant of the Regiment he thinks was ———— Cones - That he enlisted into said company (the 4 th as he believes) and Regiment (the 4 th also as he believes) for the term of six months

That as soon as he enlisted he marched through Branford - New Haven - Stratford. Fairfield and Horse Neck in Connecticut and through White Plains in the State of New York to to a place called Philips Patent - a few miles West of said White Plains - where he joined the main Army con- sisting of about twenty American - and several French Regiments - That Generals Stirling Parsons and Heath were with the American troops - and the French Count - de Rochambeau with the French troops - That he was stationed with the army at the said Philips Patent for something more than one month - That he was then marched to Peekskill in the State of New York where he was stationed a few days - That he assisted to demolish the Fort at Dobbs Ferry which was -posed to be taken possession of by the enemy - That he was marched with the Army from Peekskill to Galloway Hill about two or three miles from said Peekskill where That while the Army was stationed at Galloway Hill. He was taken for one of the rear guard to accompany Genl - Huntingtons Brigade which marched towards New London in the State of Connecticut on the receipt of the news of the British being at and burning the said New London - That he marched with said General Huntingtons Brigade during all one night and part of one day. When news came that the British had evacuated New London - That he then was marched back to Galloway Hill and again joined Col-

Butler's Regiment - That he remained station- -ed at Gallows Hill till the Army moved to the Highlands at West Point for Winter Quarters - That he remained at said Winter Quarters but a short time, when his term of service of six months for which he enlisted expired, and he was regularly discharged from the service at said Winter Quarters on the 13 th day of December 1781 -
That he received a written discharge which he has since lost from the service, signed by Col. Smith and Col. Butler - That the discharge he recollects was dated December 13 th 1781 and read thus - "This may certify that Ishiel Munger a soldier in the 4 th Company - and 4 th Reg t (as he believes) who has served the term of six months is discharged, to return to his place of residence" - That his wages during the six months which he served were Forty Shillings per month - That he has no documentary evidence and that Ishiel Wilson of Madison is the only person whom he knows to be living who served with him, and who can testify to his service, and that he knows of no other person whose testimony he can procure, to testify to his said service -
That the said Ishiel Munger was born at Guilford (in that part of Guilford since incor- -porated into and now called the Town of Madison) in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut on the 24 th day of March 1763. That at the time of his enlistment he resided - and has ever since resided, and does now reside in that part of the said Town of Guilford now called Madison - That his age is recorded upon the Records of the Town of Guilford, and

That he has a copy of the same from under the hand of Samuel Hawley Esq - Clerk of said Co of Guilford -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
before me, Isaac Menger Richard Elliott Judge of Probate We Samuel N. Shepard a Clergyman residing the Town of Madison — and Jesse Crampton residing in Madison — hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isak Menger who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - That we believe him to be 69 years of age - That he is reputed and believed the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution - and that we concur in that opinion -
Samuel N. Shepard
Jesse Crampton
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 certifies that it appears to them that Samuel Shepard who has signed the foregoing certificate is a Clergyman residing in Madison and that Jesse Crampton who has also signed the same is a resident in Madison & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Richard Elliott Judge
under his hand

George Griswold Clerk of the probate Court of Guilford District - Do hereby certify that the foregoing contains contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Dehiel Munger for a pension ~
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office This 2 nd day of August - 1832 ~
George Griswold Clerk
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the 25 of Jan and a

To the Hon d Secretary of War of the United States—
This may certify that Mr. Jehiel Munger was born on the 24 th day of March A.D. 1763. in the Society of East Guilford, which was formerly a part of the Town of Guilford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, but is now a part of the Town of Madison in said County. —
Dated at Madison July 13. th A.D. 1832. —
Certified by Walter P. Munger Town Clerk—
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Guilford District for Probate Court Aug 13: 1832 Personally appeared in open court Jehiel Welcos known to the court to be a credible witness and being first sworn on his oath declared and said that he belonged to Col Zebulon Buttleys Regiment of Continental troops fourth company Capt Lay, and that Jehiel Munger was a Soldier in Capt Demkes company and that I Munger served six months in said Service and further the deponent saith not Sworn in Court the day & date aforesaid before me Reuben Elliott Judge of Probate
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Sub Sta 25 th of the same and see my dep

I George Griswold Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford in New Haven County Do certify that Reuben Elliott who has signed foregoing Deposition is a Judge of the Court of Probate for S d Guilford District duly qualified & that S d Court is a Court of Record - and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 3 rd day of 1832 -
Geo. Griswold Clerk

Ichiel Wilcox of Madison in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut aged Seventy one years, testifies and says - That on the 11 th day of February 1781 - he enlisted into Col. Debutant Butler Regiment of the Connecticut Line on the Continental Establishment for three years - That sometime in the month of June 1781 - Ichiel Munger then of Guilford but now of Madison enlisted into the said Col. Butler Regiment for six months as he the deponent believes. That he the deponent well recollects serving in the said Col. Butler Regiment with the said Ichiel Munger during the six months for which the said Munger had enlisted. That the services was principally performed upon and near the Hudson River - and that the deponent is fully of opinion that the said Ichiel Munger did serve in the said Regiment for the full term of six months and further the deponent saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed by - Ichiel Wilcox
State of Connecticut New Haven County ss. Madison July 25 th A.D. 1833 - Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace for said New Haven County and residing in said Madison - Ichiel Wilcox of said Madison well known to me to be a person of truth and veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by himself him - subscribed before me.
Reynold Webb Justice of Peace

George Griswold Clerk of the Court of Probate for Guilford District, Hereby certify that Reynold Webb, who has taken the attestation of the foregoing Deposition & Signed the same Is a Justice of Peace for the County of N. Haven duly appointed & legally qualified as such to administer Oaths, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & believe his Signature to the foregoing to be genuine
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 27 th day of July 1833
George Griswold Clk. Probate Court

31875 Rev INVALID.
May 4 th H. 21. to E. J. Chittenden St. Paul, Minn. M. E. C.
File No. 31,875-
Jehiel  Munger Rev  Rev  Rev
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 290
[Arrangement of 1870.]