Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11301, for John Rice, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
born.
Rice, John
S 11301
carded
CONTENTS

8707
New York
John Rice
Green Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded Captain Hall of the Regt commanded Col Baldwin in the Conn Conn. for 14 mo 16 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York the rate of 47 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Ap 1833 and sent to Reuben Hafford Lexington Heights Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $95.54 Pension allowance ending Sept " 23.88
$119.42
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book Vol. 4 Page 30

11333
John Rice
admitted.
14 mo. 10 days. Private.
56.16
14 Sep. 32
27 Dec. "
Reuben Woodford Lexington Heights New York
2.71

11,332
BRIEF in the case of  John Rice, - Wadsworth,  et of Green in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? It does  3. How old is he? 74 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.     Aug. 1776 not more than 6 weeks private Gen. E. Hall Col. Baldwin   Oct. 1776 "till January" " Cap. E. Hall Col. Moore   "at 10 Oct" "2 mos. or more" " Cap. E. Hall   Apr. 1778 2 mos substituted (blank)   July 1779 5 weeks or more private J. T. Shepherd   Sep. 1780 2 mos " Cap. Hough   Oct 1778 2 mos " (blank)  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Willingford, New Hampshire, Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Witnesses for '80 - Genl Witness & Lady  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. H. Hovey Examining Clerk.

11332
John Rice application to Board of War
admitted.
14 mo. 10 days Pirate.
46.66 1 11 47 77

Declaration in order to ob. the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 1832. . . . .
State of New York
Green County ss On the sixth day of September 1832 personally appeared before me Munn Kent one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green and State of New York John Rice of the Town of Windham In the County of Green and State of New York aged Seventy four years of age who being first duly sworn according to law do hereby make the following Declaration In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 1832 that he the said John Rice entered the service of the United States under the following Appointed Officers and Served and hereafter stated that he entered the service under the following Officers that sometime the first of August in the year 1876 at the Town of Wallingford In the County of New Haven State of Connecticut he was drafted for two or three months In Captain Elisha Hall Company Col. Baldwin's Regiment went to the City of New York the Enemy had then landed on Long Island was there when the American Army retreated of from Long Island into the City of New York from there went up to a place called Turtle Bay from thence to Harlem where Westchester County was taken into the Camp of Washington and there discharge and as soon as he could return home thinks he did serve more that Eight or ten weeks in all that In the fall of the same year he entered the service again was drafted again on the last of October or first of November for five months went to a place called the Swamp below the Town of Stone Neck In Captain Elisha Hall Company for get the Colonel Name thinks that General Water was General that he then continued to do duty In the said Company until January and was then once more discharged at the Swamp - That he again entered the service sometime About the first of October he was drafted otherwise went with the Militia to Captain Elisha Hall Company went through the Country from Wallingford to Danbury from thence to Fishkill the time the Enemy came up the North river and took Fort Montgomery that he was once more drafted to go up the North river was up as far as to a place called the Hook continued there until January for the weather in March was discharged that he again entered the service at Wallingford In the Month of April 1878 for get his Captain Name that his father was drafted and that he went to take his place went to a place called Stone Neck and there

Continued to do duty on keeping guard until the two months Expired and was then and there discharged at Stone Neck some time on the first part of June. Says that he again Entered the service in or about the fourth day of July 1779 there his Captain's name Thomas Shepherd of Wallingford was his Captain - from there went to New Haven the Enemy had Seized there was drafted out after the Enemy left New Haven to go to Branford a few miles to the Eastward of New Haven In the aforesaid Company In which Simon Shepherd was Captain and there continued to do duty In guarding the Coast there at Branford for five weeks or more and was there discharged sometime about the twentieth of August at Branford - That he again Entered the service In the beginning of September 1780 at Wallingford again was drafted for two months under Captain Hough of Norriden went to a place called West Haven to guard the Coast near New Haven and there continued to guard the Coast until sometime In November when he was discharged at West Haven That he Entered the service On the first of December In the year 1781 After he returned from his two months Campaign at Branford for two months more was drafted for gets the name of his Captain went to a place called Stratford about ten or twelve miles South of New Haven there he continued to do duty until his two months Expired and was then discharged That he faithfully served as a soldier In the service of the United States In the revolutionary war more than one year and two months and one day he further says that he was In no battle, that he never received any written discharge verbal dismission that he has no documentary Evidence that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, and that he relinquishes every claim whatever to a person or annuity except the present and further declares that his name is not on any pension Roll of the agency of any State
John Rin
Sworn and subscribed this sixth day of September 1831 before me Mason Root one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas In and for the County of New York State of New York
Attorney & Certificate

We Henry B. Stimson Clergyman and Perry Steel residents of the Town of Windham In the County of Greene and state of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr. John Rice of said Windham who has above subscribed his name and sworn to the above declarations that we believe him to be twenty four years of age and that he described and believed in highlandhood when he renders to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we know him to be that person sworn and subscribed this 11th day of September 1832 Before me Thurber Root - one of the Judges Henry B. Stimson of the Court of Common Pleas In and for the County Perry Steel of Greene state of New York
Interrogatories of the Judge
Question 1 st Where and In what year were you born and have you any record of your age If so where is it
Answer I was Born I think In the year 1788 In the Town of Wallingford New Haven County State of Connecticut I have no record of my age I am 74 years old
Question 2 nd Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary war and where do you now live
Answer when called into service I lived In the Town of Wallingford aforesaid where I lived some years after the revolutionary war from there I moved to the Town of Windham Greene County State of New York where I have lived with my family for more than twenty years
Question 3 rd How were you called into service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and If a substitute for whom
Answer when first called the service I was drafted and I think I was drafted every other time except the last of the service at Housatonic my father was drafted and I took his place when I went to the ferry hill in the year 1777 I think the whole militia was called
Question 4 th 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 recall and the general circumstances of your services
Answer When at the City of New York I saw great numbers of officers I saw General Washington In and many other officers that I have forgot their names as well as some of the officers In whom I served I have got their names I will remember General

Worster will remember Colonel Saltonstall that his Forces otherwise was mostly Companies and Regiments to guard the Coast and guard the River & Homestead
Question 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom?
Answer I never received any written discharge from service but a discharge only
Question 7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known or in your present who can testify to your Character for Veracity and their belief of your service as a Soldier of the Revolution
Answer I will name the Reverend Henry B. Shinnon I was a Member of his Church for many years until five or seven years ago when in his providence he was so afflicted with a palsy like paralysis complaint that he has since been unable to attend the Sabbath services in the House of God and that he believes that he has but a few days more on Earth to live I am also well acquainted with and many others if necessary to attest them
Certificate of the Judge
I William Dool - - - Judge as aforesaid do declare that my Opinion is 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 I do further certify that it appears to me that the Reverend Henry B. Shinnon of the Town of Windham I know a Clergyman there and that the said Henry B. Shinnon who has signed his name with him and swore to the above Certificate is a man of truth and veracity and entitled to full credit as a witness And I do further certify that the said John Rice the applicant is a respectable man a man of truth and veracity And I do further certify that it is my opinion that the said Applicant by reason of bodily infirmity cannot attend Court and further that it is my belief and the belief of the neighbors where he resides that the Applicant served in the Revolutionary War as he states and I do further certify that when I examined the Applicant on the Interrogatories William Dool Judge as aforesaid

h. was under oath
Clerks Certificate.
I William T. D. Heermance clerk of the court of common Pleas of the County of Greene do certify that Mawson Buel Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration of John Rice, and affidavits of Henry D. Stumpson and Perez Steele, and the following affidavits of Henry D. Stumpson and Benajah Rice, were sworn, was at the date of the same a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County, (being a court of record) and that his signature thereto is genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of September 1832
William T. D. Heermance Clerk
State of New York
Greene County to all to whom the present shall come I, the undersigned, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the within copy of the declaration of John Rice, and the affidavits of Henry D. Stumpson and Perez Steele, and the following affidavits of Henry D. Stumpson and Benajah Rice, are true and correct copies of the originals now on file in my office and of the whole thereof. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, and of the Independence of the United States the fifty seven.
sworn and subscribed this sixth day of September 1832 before me Mawson Buel - one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene State aforesaid
I Mawson Buel Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify that the Rev. Henry D. Stumpson who has above signed his name to the above affidavit is a man of both and veracity.
1832

State of New York
Green County ss. Benjamin Price of the Town of Lexington in the County of Green and State of New York being duly qualified on his oath deponeth and saith that he is well acquainted with John Price of Windham who has subscribed his name to the within Substantive forsooth. He has a son named that he is the brother to the said John Price and that he is three or four years younger than his said brother well remembering that his brother John Price was out in the Revolutionary war a number of campaigns to New York State such as Stratford Brantford and Fishkill -
Sworn and subscribed this sixth day of September 1832 before me Munson Lord one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Green State of New York
Benjamin Price
I Munson Lord - Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify that the said Benjamin Price who has subscribed his name to the above offered is a man of truth and veracity
Munson Lord -

John Rice
Application
To
The Board of War for a pension

State of New Jersey
Green County ss Stephen Johnson of the Town of Pennington In the County of Green being first duly sworn doth on his oath say that he is well acquainted with Mr John Rice of Windham who is about maturing an application to the Board of War for a pension and that he has been well acquaint- ed with him for more than fifty years will remember that the said John Rice was a soldier in Captain Houghs Compa- ny in a two months campaign at West Haven In the fall of the year 1780 as he thinks that he was a soldier in the same Company with the said John Rice and well knows that he served out his full term and was discharged at said West Haven with him and has heard the said John Rice was out at other times, and believes the same to be true
Sworn and subscribed this
twelfth day of September
Stephen Johnson
1832 before me Munsor Buel
of the Judges of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas In and for the County of Green State of New York
I Munsor Buel Judge do hereby certify that Stephen Johnson whose name is subscribed to the above affidavit is a man of truth and veracity.

Apr. 9, 1904, High Fred. S. Hammond Oneida N.Y.
Rev. War
11301
✓ INVALID.
File No. 11301
John Rice Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1932
Index:—Vol. A , Page 317
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Declaration In order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of New York
Green County ss on the twenty second day of January 1833 personally appeared before me Munson Doolittle one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and after the County of Green and State of New York John Rice of the Town of Windham in the County of Green and State of New York aged Seventy four years, He 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 7 th 1832 Says that he entered the service of the United States in the revolutionary war on the fifth day of August 1776 at the Town of Wallingford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut that he was drafted for the term of three months as he believes and that he served under the following officers as I hereafter stated that Captain Elisha Hall of Wallingford was his Captain the regiment he served in was commanded by Colonel Baldwin under these officers I marched from Wallingford to the City of New Haven from thence to the City of New York the British Troops was then landed on Long Island was in the City of New York when the American troops retreated from Long Island into the City of New York from thence we marched to a place called Turtle Bay from thence to a place called Harlem was there taken sick with the Camp distemper Continued with the Company until the twenty fourth of October was then discharged Not far from a place called White Plains In the same year 1776 that he again entered the service on the Tenth day of November 1776 at Wallingford was again drafted for the term of two months In the same Company Company commanded by Captain Elisha Hall of said Wallingford In thence Shadus Cook of Wallingford was the Colonel of the regiment General Wooster was the General belonged to the City of New Haven and had the Command

of the troops, went from Wallingford to New Haven from there to Horse Neck and from there to a place called the Sawpits, a few miles below Horse Neck and there continued to do duty. In the fourth day of January 1777 And he further says - that he again entered the service at Wallingford on the fourth day of October 1777 was drafted or otherwise the whole militia was called out into service that he served in the Company commanded by Captain Elisha Hall of Wallingford went from Wallingford to Danbury from Danbury to Fishkill on the North river It was at the time when the British Troops took fort Montgomery and near the time when General Gates took Burgoyne and his Army and after arriving at Fishkill I was drafted out with a party to go to a place called Red Hook on the North River some miles south of Catskill and there continued to do duty until the fifteenth day of December 1777 when I was discharged at Red Hook on that day And he further says that he entered the service again at Wallingford aforesaid on the fourth day of April In the year 1778 for the time of two months that his father Amos Rice of Wallingford was drafted for two months and hired him to take his place that Deacon Berry of Meriden his Captain as he believes that they marched from Wallingford to New Haven from there to a place called Horse Neck and there kept guard and continued to do duty In the said Company at Horse Neck until the fourth day of June 1778 when he was discharged at Horse Neck And he further says that he again entered the service at Wallingford on the fourth day of July 1779 In the Company commanded by Captain Thomas Shepherd of Wallingford In the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Cook. of the Town of Wallingford In the County of New Haven The whole militia was called out when the British landed at New Haven and after the British Troops left New Haven they

Company was drafted out to go to a place called Branford a few Miles to the Eastward of New Haven to guard the Coast and that he there continued to do duty in the said Company until the twentieth day of August 1779 and was then and there dis- charged at Branford And he further says that he again entered the service at Wallingford on the fifth day of September 1780 and Wallingford was drafted for the term of two months under Captain Hough of Meriden near Wallingford marched to West Haven near New Haven to guard the Coast there I continued to do duty in the said Company until the fifth day of December 1780 and was then and there discharged at West Haven And he further says that he again entered the service at Wallingford on the first day of December 1781 in the Company commanded by Captain Name does not remember was drafted for two months went from the Town of Wallingford to the Town of Stratford Ten or twelve Miles to the West of New Haven to guard the Coast there he continued to do duty in the said Company until the first day of February 1782 when he was discharged at Stratford And he further swears that he has made this Second declaration on oath for the Express purpose of more fully explaining and stating the times of his Entitlements, Services and discharges and other things than he did in the former one which said former one was taken on the sixth day of September 1832 the same is now attached to this Second declaration, and I do consider the same to be a part of the first declaration for the purposes aforesaid And I do further swear that I am a poor old paraly- tick man have been confined to my House and bed for a consi- derable part of the time for some years and that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory I cannot recollect every circumstance of my service in the revolutionary war as well as I could wish but according to my best recollection I have stated what I have sworn to is true and perfectly correct and true and that he served in the said service of the

of the United States In the Revolutionary war fourteen months and Ten days for which service he deserves a pension
John Rice
Sworn and Subscribed this twenty fourth day of January 1833 before me Munson Dyer - one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas In and for the County of Green State of New York
Clerks Certificate
I William T. D. Hermance Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Green do Certify that Munson Dyer Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration of John Rice was sworn was at the date of the same and now is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County (being a Court of record) and that his signature thereto is genuine. In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of office This 20 th day of January 1833
William T. D. Hermance C.R.

Municipality of the City of Oneida, N. Y.
APR 6 1904 MILES.
April 1 1904
ALDERMEN— BERTRAND H. STEBBINS FREMONT CHAPIN CHARLES E. REMICK ALBERT E. CLARK EDWARD J. PARDEE ROBERT COLWAY CHAMBERLAIN— ROBERT A. HILL CITY JUDGE— JAMES E. BREWER CITY ATTORNEY— DANIEL C. BURKE COMMISSIONER OF CHARITIES— FREDERICK MCCRAITH BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS— WM. M. BAKER ALVIN L. NIXDORF DELZON D. HARP SUPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS— DANIEL J. CONROY CITY ENGINEER— W. R. VEDDER INSPECTOR— THOMAS A. DAPSON BOARD OF HEALTH— JEROME B. HOFFMAN KIRK W. KEENE PRENTICE D. CHENEY HEALTH OFFICER— DR. A. P. DODGE CITY PHYSICIAN DR. J. T. WALLACE FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONER— DR. F. C. DRAKE CHIEF OF POLICE— AUSTIN WILCOX CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT— WM. H. PLATO HOSPITAL COMMISSION— SETH D. BALDWIN EDWARD B. FRENCH FREDERICK S. HAMMOND SUPT. OF HOSPITAL— CLARENCE C. ALLEN ASSESSORS— CHARLES B. COWLES JOSEPH VELING JOSEPH STODDARD BOARD OF EDUCATION— HENRY D. FEARON BREWSTER S. BROWN CLARK A. FROST DR. GEORGE W. MILES C. HERMAN PHILIPP SUPT. OF SCHOOLS— AVERY W. SKINNER, A. B. SUPERVISORS— JOHN W. GREGG CHARLES HOUSE JEROME B. MILLER CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION— M. CAVANA E. R. McDOUGALL H. C. STONE
Hon E. J. Ware Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
The record of Rev. was service of John Rice (Wid. File 24,760) which you kindly sent me, does not apply to the John Rice whom I seek for.
The John Rice whose service record I desire, died at the home of his daughter Mrs. Emma S. Rice Morris, in the township of Lebanon, Madison Co., N.Y. about 1832. He was a widower at the time of his death. His grandson, who is still living aged 82 years, declares that his grandfather was in

Municipality of the City of Oneida, N. Y.
 ALDERMEN—  BERTRAND H. STEBBINS  FREMONT CHAPIN  CHARLES E. REMICK  ALBERT E. CLARK  EDWARD J. PARDEE  ROBERT COLWAY    CHAMBERLAIN—  ROBERT A. HILL    CITY JUDGE—  JAMES H. BREWER    CITY ATTORNEY—  DANIEL C. BURKE    COMMISSIONER OF CHARITIES—  FREDERICK MCCRAITH    BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS—  WM. M. BAKER  ALVIN L. NIXDORF  DELZON D. HARP    SUPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS—  DANIEL J. CONROY    CITY ENGINEER—  W. R. VEDDER    INSPECTOR—  THOMAS A. DAPSON    BOARD OF HEALTH—  JEROME B. HOFFMAN  KIRK W. KEENE  PRENTICE D. CHENEY    HEALTH OFFICER—  DR. A. P. DODGE    CITY PHYSICIAN—  DR. J. T. WALLACE    FIRE AND POLICE COMMISSIONER—  DR. F. C. DRAKE    CHIEF OF POLICE—  AUSTIN WILCOX    CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT—  WM. H. PLATO    HOSPITAL COMMISSION—  SETH D. BALDWIN  EDWARD B. FRENCH  FREDERICK S. HAMMOND    SUPT. OF HOSPITAL—  CLARENCE C. ALLEN    ASSESSORS—  CHARLES B. COWLES  JOSEPH VELING  JOSEPH STODDARD    BOARD OF EDUCATION—  HENRY D. FEARON  BREWSTER S. BROWN  CLARK A. FROST  DR. GEORGE W. MILES  C. HERMAN PHILIPP    SUPT. OF SCHOOLS—  AVERY W. SKINNER, A. B.    SUPERVISORS—  JOHN W. GREGG  CHARLES HOUSE  JEROME B. MILLER    CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION—  M. CAVANA  E. R. McDOUGALL  H. C. STONE   
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receipt of a Rev. war pension at the time of his death.
Will you kindly have a further examination made and see if such a man does not appear on the records in your office.
I particularly desire date of birth and death and the record of service.
Thanking you for your kindness in this matter.
I am,
Very Sincerely Yours
Fredk S. Hammond,

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Rice, John GRADE Sergeant "in the Invalids" LINE Invalids"
WARRANT NUMBER 13687 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED August 30, 1790 to Simon Veeder, assignee
*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.