Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 8395, for Peter Powell, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Powell, Peter Eunice
R. 8395
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Elmer Powell Pension Paper (Copy)
Oct. 16. 1838
old one recd 29 Oct '38
some papers to Dr. Green say at 1840

Declaration
State of Connecticut, District of Washington
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7 th July 1838, and an act granting half pay & Pensions to certain Widows —
On this 16 th day of October 1838, Personally appeared before me, Daniel B. Brinsmade, Judge of Probate, for the District of Washington, Pueri Powell, a resident of Derby, in New Haven County, aged Sixty Six years, who being first duly sworn, according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, "intitled an act granting half pay, &c and pensions to certain widows," That she is the widow of Peter Powell, who was a Soldier of the Revolution - And that according to her best knowledge and belief he went several tours of duty, to the amount of nine months, that her husband went a tour of duty, to New York under, Capt. David Hudson, that he went to Fairfield and Horse Neck and Danbury, I have often heard him relate the hardships he endured while in the service and that he was entitled to a pension and the reason that he did not apply was that he was the owner of property, more than the Law that granted pensions, allowed individuals to possess, and receive a pension from the government, She further states that her husband Peter Powell, died the 10 th day of September 1830, That she was married to the said Peter Powell, on the 24 th day of March 1793, That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place, previous to the first day of January, Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four, (viz) at the time above stated, Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written
Pueri Powell

State of Connecticut, } District of Washington, } Oct 16 th 1838 —
At a Court of Probate held at Washington on the day aforesaid — Present —
Daniel B. Brinsmade Judge Personally appeared Eunice Powell, widow of Peter Powell, to me personally known, and to whose credibility I hereby certify, and in open court made the foregoing declaration, and signed the same, and made solemn oath to the facts stated in the same,
In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of said Court, to be prefixed the day and year above aforesaid —
Certified by Daniel B. Brinsmade, Judge Thomas H. Brinsmade Clerk
This certifies that Peter Powell, and Eunice Davis were married by the Rev. Noah Merwin the Twenty fourth day of March. One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Three — Litchfield County ss } Washington Oct 16 th 1838,,
This certifies that the foregoing, is a true transcript, from the record, of right that the day of the month is in figures 24 th and the year in figures, 1831-1793, on the Record
Certified by, Daniel B. Brinsmade Town Clerk

Joseph Titus of Washington, in Litchfield County, do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Peter Powell formerly of Washington upon deceased. In the year 1777, I went a tour of duty, in the Militia to New York, of two months, and Peter Powell went with me, Capt David Anderson, was Capt, Powell served the time out, and came back to Washington with me , I went another tour of duty with Peter Powell, of two months, to Fairfield in Fairfield County, Nathaniel Mitchell was our Capt, we served our time out, and were dismissed together, the year I do not recollect.
I am quite confident, that he went another tour of duty of two months with me, to Horse Neck and other places, Capt Jonathan Tarrant was our Captain.
In our first tour of duty, to New York we were all sick, and eight died out of our Company and further the Deponent saith not.
Joseph Titus —
State of Connecticut, District of Washington } ss. Oct. 16 th 1838.
At a Probate Court held on the day aforesaid personally appeared Joseph Titus, the above named person to me known to be a credible witness and made solemn oath in open court to the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit. In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed the day and year aforesaid.
Seal
Daniel B. Brimblecombe, Judge —
Done in open court —
Certified by Thos. F. Brimblecombe Clerk

Hon R. H. Gillet Ogdenburgh

Ogdenburgh Sept. 19. 1848.
Hon R. H. Gillet. Sir -
Your kindness in presenting the Pension Papers of my Mother to the Department has induced me again to call your attention to the matter. I should have been glad to have seen you personally, but your short visit at this place, and the pressure of business on your hands induced me not to trespass on your time - I am inclined to think, from the letter of Mr Crump to yourself that in the examination of the papers, no reference was had to the original application of my Mother - as Mr. S. Wilson omitted sending the copy at the time he sent the papers to you. Your attention of course was not called to it - I have enclosed it in the package with the rest of the papers. Will you have the goodness to make another effort in behalf of my Mother. In the original application the Marriage of my Mother is proved.
Very Respectfully Your friend P. W. Poulton

Emmice Powell widow of Peter Conn.
act 7 July 1838—
Let. to P. H. Powell 1 May 1839.
8395
No 13.550
Emmice Powell N
Let. to Wm. R. Mc Gill Jan'y 27 th 1848 let. to same Nov. 20. 48
act 7 July 1838

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
P. O. 8395 Emerson Powell
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

This certifies I am personally acquainted with Elizabeth Hudson of Morristown or Lawrence County & State of New York whose Affidavit is attached hereto & I am well acquainted with her character & standing. I have resided in this County since 1815 & Mrs. Hudson has resided in it during all that time & for many years previously.
She is a lady of great respectability intelligence & integrity. She is the mother of a large family & some of her sons are very responsible citizens in society.
I have the fullest confidence in her recollection & veracity. Bedensbury S d by me Nov 16. 1841 John Fine M aj of the 26 th Battery

I have been acquainted from boyhood with the family of Mrs Elizabeth Judson now of Morristown formerly of Oswe- gatchie in Lawrence County, New York and fully concur in the foregoing certificate of the Hon John Fine Ogdenburgh Nov. 16. 1847.
Preston King
Member of the 28 th & 29 th Congress
I knew Mrs Judson & have been acquainted with her many years & affirm all that is said by Hon John Fine concerning her January 1848 Not filled

10/6
Eunice Powell
Gen. R. H. Gillet Editor of Treasury

Washington Jan'y 19. 1848
Sir,
I have the honor to hand you the papers of Eunice Powell, who asks a widow's pension. She claims that her husband served six months. I have looked at a copy of the affidavit of Joseph Titus in relation to his service. Two tours of two months each are sworn to in a positive manner. The third, the tour at Horse Neck is spoken of in different terms. The witness says he is "confident that he went another tour of duty of two months with me to Horse Neck & other places". It is said that this statement is objected to, as not being positive. It strikes me very differently. It seems to me it is more positive than the others. Mrs. Powell now sends her own affidavit with many details which tend strongly to confirm Titus statement. Titus is said to be now dead. But in addition to all this I send you the affidavit of Mrs. Elizabeth Judson, whose statement is worthy of all credit. She strongly corroborates the statements of Mrs. Powell & Titus. It seems to me there cannot be a reasonable doubt of the service

having been performed.
When at home last summer, the friend of Mrs Parnell, as well as she, invited my attention to this case & solicited me to look at it. I heard what had been & what could be proved, & I know all the parties to be above any attempt at defrauding the government or any body in the world. I then promised to bring the case before you, if the papers were should be sent home. And this is the reason why the papers come to me. I have satisfied myself that Mr Parnell is entitled to a pension, & hope the evidence will make the same impression on your mind.
Please send your answer to me.
Respectfully your obedient servant R. H. Gill
Col. L. Edwards
Com. Pensions

State of New York St Lawrence County ss. Elizabeth Judson of Morristown in said County, being sworn, deponeth & saith, that she was born in the now Town of Washington Litchfield County & State of Connecticut, and that she resided there until the year 1806. That she is now Eighty four years of age, and the events of the revolutionary war, which occurred in the vicinity where she then resided, are strongly impressed on her memory, particularly those which called for the services of the militia in that neighbourhood. That Peter Powell was then a resident of that Town, and intimate in the family of her father, having subsequently married a sister of hers. That she has a distinct recollection of his being called into service as a soldier, on repeated forms of duty as one of the militia or otherwise. She well recollects the recital from him of the transaction at Horse neck, when Genl. Putnam made his escape by riding down a rocky declivity, and of the duties his company performed on the occasion, and of the part which he personally took in the matter. Her recollection is, that he was drafted at that period of service for three months, but that his company was discharged at the end of two months. That one of his periods of service was performed under Capt. Farnam, and that he was out under command of Capt. Judson the father of deponents husband. The facts of the said Powell's services as a soldier, was generally known & understood in the neighbourhood and vicinity, and the husband of this deponent, having been an officer in the regular service during the said Revolutionary war, the details and incidents of service were the subjects of frequent conversations and remark in her presence & hearing, and the relation of the said Peter Powell, of the transactions at Horse neck in which he participated, were among those often spoken of as part of the history of those times, and that he was one of the soldiers on that occa- sion she never had doubted, nor does she now suppose there is the least reason to doubt. That the said Peter Powell is reported to have died at Washington aforesaid some fifteen or twenty years since,

many years after her removal from said town to the neighborhood where she now resides - and further saith not.
Elizabeth Dudson
sworn before me this first day of Nov:
1847.
Henry Hooker Deputy of the Peace
State of New York St Lawrence County
Clerk's Office ss: D. Martin Thatcher Clerk of
the County of St Lawrence do hereby certify that Henry Hooker whose name is subscribed to the Dusat of the foregoing affidavit of Elizabeth Dudson was at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected & qualified and authorized to take the same and further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice and truly believe his signature subscribed to said Affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 14 th day of November A.D. 1847 Martin Thatcher Clerk,

2806 Eunice Powell widow of Peter Powell Conn act 1838

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July, 1838, entitled, an act granting half Pay and Pensions to certain widows. State of } Connecticut } District of } Washington }
On this 16 th day of October 1838 Personally appeared before me Daniel B Dorr, made Judge of Probate for the district of Washington. Eunice Powell a resident of Derby in New Haven County aged Sixty Six years who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay, and Pensions to certain widows. That she is the widow of Peter Powell who was a soldier of the Revolution and that ac- cording to her best knowledge and belief he went several tours of duty to the amount of nine months. That her husband went a tour of duty to New York under Capt David Ferrar That he went to Fairfield and Horse neck and Danbury. I have often heard him relate the hardships he endured while in the service and that he was entitled to a pension and the reason that he did not apply was that he was the owner of property more than the law that granted pensions allow individuals to possess and receive a pension from the Government. She further states that her husband Peter Powell died the 10 th day of September 1830 That she was married to the said Peter Powell on the 24 th day of March 1793. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place pursuant to the first of Dan't's Seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated Sworn to and subscribed } on the day & year above written } Eunice Powell

State of Connecticut } District of Washington } Oct 18 th 1838 }
At a Court of Probate held at Washington on the day aforesaid Present.
Daniel B. Brinsmade Judge Personally appeared Eunice Powell widow of Peter Powell to me personally known and to whom credibility I hereby certify and in open court made the foregoing declaration and signed the same and made solemn oath to the facts stated in the same
In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of said Court to be prefixed the day and year aforesaid.
Daniel B. Brinsmade Judge Certified by Thos. L. Brinsmade Clerk
This certifies that Peter Powell and Eunice Davis were married by the Rev. Noah Merriam the twenty fourth day of March One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Three
Situated County ss. } Washington Oct 16 th 1838. }
This certifies that the foregoing is a true trans- cript from the record except that the day of the month is in figures (viz) 24 th and the year in figures (viz) 1793 on the record -
Certified by Daniel B. Brinsmade Town Clerk

I Joseph Titus of Washington in Litchfield County do testify and say that I was well acquainted with Peter Powell formerly of Washington now deceased. In the year 1777 I went a tour of duty in the Militia to New York of two months and Peter Powell went with me Capt. David Hudson was Capt. Powell served the time out and came back to Washington with me.
I went another tour of duty with said Powell of two months to Fairfield in Fairfield County. Nathaniel Mitchell was our Capt. we served our term out and were dismissed together the year I do not recollect.
I am quite confident that he went another tour of duty of two months with me to Hornick and other places Capt. Jonathan Ferrand was our Capt.
In our first tour to New York we were all sick and eight died out of our company - and further the deponent saith not.
Joseph Titus
State of Connecticut } District of Washington } ss. Oct 18 th 1838
At a Probate Court held on the day aforesaid Personally appeared Joseph Titus the above named person to me known to be a credible witness and made solemn oath in Open Court to the facts stated in the foregoing affidavit in testimony whereof I have caused the seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed the day and year aforesaid.
Daniel H. Brinsmade Judge
Done in open Court
Certified by: Thos L Brinsmade Clerk

No 13550 Emmice Powell Moms of Peter NY act 7 July 1838

I Eunice Poole, of Ogdenburgh, St. Lawrence County, State of New York, aged seventy five years, depose and say, that I was born & formerly resided in Washington Litchfield County, State of Connecticut, That I am the widow of Peter Poole, who died at said Washington, on the tenth day of September, A.D. One thousand Eight Hundred, and thirty, that I have remained sole, and unmarried, from the decease of my late husband, Peter Poole, to the present time, That during my late husband's life he frequently conversed with me respecting the events which occurred during the War of the American Revolution, that he performed several tours of duty of two months each, in the militia under Captains Hudson, Mitchell, & Hance, That he was on a tour of duty at New York at the time it was taken by the British Army, That he also was on a tour of duty, at Fairfield and Danbury, in the State of Connecticut, and was present at said Danbury, at the time it was taken, & burned by the enemy, That he was also on a tour of duty at Horse Neck, and vicinity in the year An. thousand seven hundred, & seventy eight,
I further state that in June One thousand Eight Hundred, & four, my late husband, Peter Poole, and myself went a journey from said Washington Conn, to the City of New York, passing through Danbury Fairfield, Horse Neck, and through West Chester County to New York, At said Danbury we made a short stop, and my then husband pointed out to me the ground

which was occupied by the troops of both armies,
On our arrival at Horse Stock, we stopped, and my husband gave me an account of the attack of the British Dragoons, upon the American forces, He pointed out to me the ground occupied by Capt. Parsons company to which he then belonged. We also viewed the steps down which Genl Putnam rode when pursued by the Dragoons, He also pointed out to me the house which was occupied by his company and others, at the time they quartered at this place, and also the ground they occupied, and to which they fled, after a retreat was ordered, and to which they were pursued by the Dragoons, One man only of the company to which he belonged was killed, and that man stood next to my husband, and on his left—
On our arrival at New York, my late husband told me of the privations, & sufferings they endured while they occupied the city, that they were nearly all sick and a number died out of the company to which he belonged. That he served his several tours of duty out faithfully and that on his receiving his discharge he was much worn down with sickness, & fatigue, and felt its effects sometimes afterwards, — and further the deponent saith not,
Subscribed and sworn before Me this 18. day of October 1847.
L. Baldwin J.P.
Ennis Powell

State of New York St Lawrence County
vs J. Martin Thatcher Clerk of the County of St Lawrence He hereby certify that Daniel Baldwin Esq whose name is subscribed to the Surety of the foregoing affidavit of Ennis Powell was at the date of such affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Elect and qualified and duly authorized to take the same And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and truly believe his signature sub- scribed to said Affidavit is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County this Eighth day of November A.D. 1847
Martin Thatcher Clerk,