Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,292, for Charles Rice, Connecticut

SERVICE
Conn.
Rice, Charles
NUMBER
S. 14292
CONTENTS
carded

Connecticut 9633
C. J. Jack May 10 1836
Charles Rice
of Middlesex in the State of Conn t . who was a pri t : in the company commanded by Captain Hall of the Reg t commanded by Col. Cooke in the Connecticut line for 20 m s or 10. days -
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 67 Dollars 75 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 d day of May '33 and sent J. Fisk Middletown Conn t .
Arrears to the 14th of March '33 - 131 50 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. " - 38. 50
$169.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Miller Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 Page 37

12709
Charles Rice
b.t
 54.19  79.92  40.07  111  42.92  8  33.3 
Admitted
20 mo & 10 days
Const. Line
on Rolls X
int. 5 June 1782
disch 5 Dec 1782 6 mo 4 days
J. Fish
Middletown
Connect

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
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 subjjoined 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. These 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 Charles Rife b.t
   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.     1776 Sept o 5 Private Capt. Shepherd Col. Talbot March d To N York Island 72 born in Wallingford 64 b.t and there entered the service and now lives in Middle Flat Bush sea 64 b.t   " served. 5 " Col. Hall Col. Cook guard at E and West Haven   1777- 4 6 " John Fox Col. Eno. Duk Hill N.Y. birthplace of two citizens   April 1782. 8 " Col. Reed Col. Dutcher West Point N.Y.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
enl 1 st June 1782 dis d 5 th Dec r 1782
6 mo 4 4 " 6 10 20 . 10

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 the 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 [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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.

Ch. Rice
12.709
John Col Butler

8, State of Connecticut County of Middlesex ss Middletown 23 d . Augt. 1832
On this 23 d . day of August AD 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate in and for the District of Midd- letown now sitting in said Middletown Charles Rice a resident of said Middletown aged seventy two 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 1832, That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, & served as herein stated.
That in the year 1776 he served five months in the Connecticut militia at New York as a soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Shiphard of Wallingford Court Col. Atwater of said Wallingford was the Lieu- tenant and James Rice of the same Town was the orderly Sergeant of the same Company. The Regiment to which said Company belonged was under the command of Col. Dalcott. The Regiment left home in early in May and returned late in September. He was on Long Island when the battle or about the time the battle took place at Flat Bush retreated with the Army to New York after was marched to Turtle Bay and thence they

Discontinued to Wallkill.
The Defendant further states that between this time and his tour to Peekskill hereinafter mentioned he served as a soldier more than five months at New Haven & West Haven Conn. in the company commanded by Capt. Elihu Hall of said Wallkill and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Isaac Cook. The name of the Lieutenant of said company was Aaron Ackley; the name of the orderly sergeant Israel Cooley; both of said Wallkill. They kept guard at the above mentioned places until some time in September when he with others were relieved by other guards. He was dismissed and returned home.
In the year 1777 he served as a soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Miles Joseph of said Wallkill in the Regiment commanded by Col. Eno. James Hale of said Wallkill was Lieutenant and James Beck of said Town was first sergeant of said company. He served most of this tour at Peekskill where he remained until General Burgoyne was taken and soon after he was dismissed and returned home. He served this tour four months and his days. They had some small skirmishes while on this tour.
In the month of April 1782 he enlisted

3 into the Continental Army of the United States as a private in the company of Capt. Enoch Reed who belonged in Lyne County. The Lieutenant's name was Sutliff, the first Sergeant was Chapman. The said company belonged to Col. Zebulon Butler's Regiment; the Adjutant's name was Giles Curtis who then belonged in said Wallingford but now resides in Berlin County. He is now a Major of the militia. He is 5 years older than the Deponent and is deaf. Col. Butler's Regiment was the fourth in the Connecticut line. The Deponent this town moved part of the time at West Point and part of the time at at Newpawk's point. His employment part of the time was chopping & boatng wood. The Deponent served eight months and was then discharged which was about the first of January next after his said enlistment.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
To the first interrogatory he replies that he was born in Wallingford County, in 1760 as he thinks.
To the second, that he finds from the in- -spections of the Town Records of said

4 Wallingford that he was 47 years old in 1807 and this is all the Record he has of his age
To the third that he lived in said Wallingford until after the Revolutionary War then he moved to Withersfield County, and lived there 15 or 16 years and then came to said Middletown where he has ever since resided.
To the fourth and fifth, that he cannot state more particularly than he has done,
To the sixth that he never rec d . a discharge in writing but was discharged in the usual way. Soldiers who enlisted during the war had written discharges; but not so with recruits.
To the seventh he replies that Elisha Great Esq Esq: Joseph R. Wilcox and others if necessary will testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
That for more than ten years last past he has been sadly troubled with a sore leg which has become almost insupportable. He is poor and needy and his leg is troublesome beyond description as it smells exceedingly bad and troubles him in various other ways. He He has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify

5. to his service with Gils. Certify above named. All his other companions are moved off into the Western country beyond his knowledge or are dead. sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Charles Rice
I, Elisha Treat, residing in Middletown foresaid in the immediate neighborhood of the said Charles Rice hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Charles Rice who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be 72 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 I concur in that opinion. sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Elisha Treat
I, Joseph R. Wilcox residing in Middletown foresaid in the immediate neighborhood of the said Charles Rice hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said Charles Rice who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be 72 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 I concur in that opinion.
sworn and subscribed the 19 th day of September 1832.
Joseph R. Wilcox

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 Elisha Treat Esq. and Dea: Joseph R. Wilcox, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in said Middletown and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Stillman K. Wightman, Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown.
And said Court do further certify that the leg of the said Charles Rice referred to in his Declaration is so extremely troublesome and annoying that it has been with no little difficulty that his Declaration has been taken at all. He would make many other statements relative to the towns abovenamed, but it is thought that the foregoing, will be thought sufficient, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, by the Department.
Stillman K. Wightman, Judge of Probate for the District of Middletown.
I John Pink Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Middletown do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of

Charles Rice for a Pension —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal of Office this 2 nd day of Oct. A.D. 1832.
M c Swick C.M.

July 31, 1934.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Mr. Charles R. Hale 30 Oak Street Hartford, Connecticut
BA-J/ady Charles Rice S.14292
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter relative to Charles Rice, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.14292, based upon his military service in that war.
Charles Rice was born in 1760 in Wallingford, Connecticut. No reference is made to his parents.
While a resident of Wallingford, Connecticut, he enlisted in May 1776 and served five months in Captain Thomas Shephard's Company, Colonel Talcott's Connecticut Regiment. He then served more than five months in Captain Elisha Hall's Company, Colonel Isaac Cook's Connecticut Regiment. He enlisted in 1777, served four months and six days in Captain Miles Johnson's Company, Colonel Enos' Connecticut Regiment, was in several skirmishes and discharged soon after General Burgoyne was taken. He enlisted in April 1782 and served about eight months as private in Captain Enoch Reed's Company, Colonel Zebulon Butler's Fourth Connecticut Regiment.
After the Revolutionary War he moved from Wallingford, Connecticut, to Wethersfield, Connecticut, and about fifteen or sixteen years later he moved to Middletown, Connecticut.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 23, 1832 while a resident of Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
Soldier died August 23, 1833, place not stated. On a B.
In 1856, one C. J. Jack of 345 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York, made inquiry in regard to pension that might have been due the daughter and son of Charles Rice, United States pensioner of Middletown, Connecticut, who died in 1833. He

stated that the name of the daughter was Mrs. Esther Williams and that the name of her mother was Ann Rice. He did not give the name of Esther's brother. He did not state whether or not he was related to the family. There are no further family data.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Sir
— I have heretofor written to you but from the lapse of time I presume it must have miscarried relative to the claim of Mrs Esther Williams for the Pension of her father or mother as the case may be Her father name was Charles Rice he lived in Middletown Connecticut and drew a pension as a Revolutionary Pensioner to the time of his decease in 1833 She believes that his pen- sion was paid at Hartford Connecticut her mothers name was Ann Rice and She drew the pension to

the time of her decease in the year 1834 she wishes to know what steps are necessary for her to take to obtain the pension if any are coming or what is necessary to procure the Land there is only herself and her brother living heirs Your answer will much oblige
Yours Oht C J Jack 345 Fulton St.
Brooklyn April 22 d 1856

Charles Rice
no widow's claim found.
Rice.
Nov. 22, 1936.

MEDICAL DIVISION.
3-151. (Old No. 3-516.)
THIS PAPER MUST NOT BE DETACHED FROM THE ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE
♦ ♦ ♦ Department of the Interior BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C.,-----
DOCTORS:
Please amend or complete the attached certificate, complying with the requests made below, and return without unnecessary delay.

To the
FREE
Cassipinna Darius and Stephen City Washington
9633
Lee

Rev. Mr.
✓ 14.292 INVALID.
1924 Feb. 2. Hist. to Mr. C.C. Brien MNH 1934 July 31. Hist. to Charles P. Hale Biont.
File No. 14. 292 Charles Price Priv: Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 317
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Berlin May 5 th 1831
According to the best of my recollection Charles Price served in the Continental Army of the United States in the year 1782 as a Private Soldier, in the 1 st Connecticut Regiment, then commanded by Col. Lebelon Mather, and is my Opinion he was in the Army over eight months
Caleb Root
he was in the Army over eight months

HEADQUARTERS COMMANDERY-IN-CHIEF SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR
CHARLES R. HALE, CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON MARKING GRAVES
30 OAK STREET HARTFORD, CONN.
July 10, 1934
Chief Clerk Pension Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me Revolutionary War record of Charles Rice S 14292. We would like to get a headstone for him.
Yours very truly,
Chas. R. Hale
CRH:MHB

HEADQUARTERS COMMANDERY-IN-CHIEF SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR
CHARLES R. HALE, CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON MARKING GRAVES
30 OAK STREET HARTFORD, CONN.
July 10, 1934
Chief Clerk Pension Department Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Please send me Revolutionary War record of Charles Rice S 14292. We would like to get a headstone for him.
Yours very truly,
Chas. R. Hale
CRH:MHB

Mrs. C. E. Emig, President
1767 P St.
Washington, D. C.
Office Rev. Records of Pension Bureau: Sirs:-
Be good enough to give me the record of service of Charles Rice, who was a pensioner in Middlesex Co - Conn. from 1831/ May 3 - 1833 - to his death. I desire name of his wife & children, & date of his death, & any other particulars.
Very sincerely Celia D. Emig
1767 P. St Wash. D. C.

mmst+2
February 2, 1924
Mrs. C. E. Emig 1767 P St., Washington, D. C.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 14292 it appears that Charles Rice was born in 1760 in Wallingford, Connecticut, and lived there during the Revolution.
He was allowed pension for the service of twenty months and ten days as a private in the Connecticut Troops, on his application executed August 23, 1832 while living in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
Soldier married Ann, her maiden name not given, who died in 1834. He died in 1833.
In 1856 a daughter Mrs. Esther Williams, and a son whose name is not stated, are referred to. There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner