Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,631, for William Pennoyer, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Pennoyer, William
S 17631
War of 1812
Carded
CONTENTS

Let to Hon J.C. Perkins 20 Jan 1853 " " O.P. September " " " " P. West 21 " " " " U.S. Hostility 8 Feb "
33.046
Connecticut William Pennoyer
in the State of who was a Private in the by Captain of the by in the Conn. line for Revolution 
Inscribed on the Roll of Hartford at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Augt. 1852 and sent to  Edward S Smith Arrears to the 4th of Present .
Semi-annual allowance ending  Fraudulent Claim - Protection confirmed on pay 1- of loss to Mts. dist apy. { Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by K.M. Mac Clerk, Book Vol. 3 Page 35

State of Connecticut Town of Norwalk } S.S. Fairfield County }
Personally appeared before me a Judge of the Court of Probate the same being a court of record in and for the district of Norwalk in said county & state holden on this twenty fifth day of February, A.D. Eighteen hundred and fifty two William Pennoyer who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit made by the passage of an act of Congress; That he is aged Eighty Seven Years and eight months and a resident of the Town of New Canaan in said County and State; That he Enlisted in the Town of Norwalk in a company commanded by Captain Eli Reed of said town of Norwalk in the month of October A.D. Sixteen hundred and Seventy Seven for the Term of Three Months and continued in actual service until the expiration of said Term guarding the Coast at Norwalk; Declarant further states he again enlisted as a Private in said Captain Eli Reeds company on the first day of March A.D. Seventeen hundred and Seventy eight for Three Months said Coast guards was commanded by Colonel Wells J. Mead and some part of the time Colonel Enos took command said Pennoyer further states That he served until the expiration of said term; When he again enlisted in the month of March A.D. Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine in Captain Eli Reeds Company for the Term of Nine Months and continued in constant and

actual service until the expiration of said Term Declarant also states That Captain Reed was taken sick and in consequence of Disability and other causes Lieutenant Glanson took the command of the Company; Declarant also states That he again enlisted in Captain Benben Scofield company at Stamford in said county and State in the Month of March A D Seventeen hundred and eighty for the Term of Nine months and while standing as a Sentinel, Two Whale Boats so called came from Long Island into a cove near where he was standing, he hailed them at the same instant he hailed them They fired at him He returned the fire and started for head quarters the other boat landed a little sooner than the one that came where he was; the first he knew he was in the midst of and surrounded by the enemy; and They took him Prisoner and carried him to Lloyds neck Long Island; The said Declarant was taken a prisoner on the Twenty ninth day of July A D Seventeen hundred and eighty; The time he recollects well having it being his birth day; as soon as the enemy got him on the Island They began to flatter him to enlist in the British Service, he refused all their flattering offers, They then began to threaten and use compulsory to make him enlist in the service of the enemy; but he still declined, They then starved him, but their threats and force was all in vain; He was then put into what They named The Black Hole a place dug under the Block House from 12 to 15 feet square & ten feet deep without light except

when the Imp door was opened overhead, He had nothing but the bare earth for a bed, mouldy bread for food and poor brackish water to drink, and not half water or bread enough, after remaining in Solitary confinement Three months, He began to grow feeble and was soon after taken very Sick and bereaved of His reason, When His reason again returned he found Himself in a miserable Hovel near the Port he remained there til the latter part of March A D Seventeen hundred and eighty One , He was then put on board of a Vessel and carried down to New York and then put on board the old Prison Ship that lay between New York and Brooklyn where he remained til the latter part of October A D Seventeen hundred and eighty Two and then he was paroled a Prisoner of War; He was never exchanged & he suffered every privation that the cruelty of the enemy could cause him to endure short of death; It is not in the power of language to describe his sufferings; Declarant also stated that at the time he was taken a Prisoner Captain Scofield did not have charge of the men; a man by the name of Comstock had charge of the guard Declarant further states that the said Reuben Scofield's rolls are part of them destroyed and in consequence of his being the said Declarant taken a prisoner he was informed by Capt. Scofield deceased that his name would not appear as he was transferred and when he returned home and was released he was paid by General Waterbury of Stamford in said county & State; Declarant further states, that the latter part of his service in the year A D Seventeen hundred & eighty was performed under Colonel

Beebe & Wells; Declarant hereby relinquishes every other claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except an Invalid's pension which is granted to him for wounds & disabilities which he received during the late War with Great Britain while in the service of the United States as a Sergeant, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state except the State of Connecticut for an Invalid's pension as aforesaid; Declarant remembers one circumstance that happened during his first enlistment. He had just been released from his post as Sentinel not more than five minutes when there was the report of a gun, the guard repaired to the post he had been relieved from and found the Sentinel who took his place shot dead by the enemy and weltering in his blood; And for the further proof of the within facts he exhibits the affidavits accompanying this declaration
Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year first above written
William Demsey The testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the seal of said Court to be affixed at Small in said District of Norfolk this twenty fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two George A. Davenport Judge of the Court of District for the District of Norfolk aforesaid

Dr. Voyes Affidavit

Application for an Increase of Pension New Canaan February 6 th 1835 Fairfield County State of Connecticut. It is hereby certified that William Pennypacker of New Canaan Fairfield County Connecticut formerly a Sergeant of Captain John Brown's Company 37 Regiment United States Infantry In the Last war with Great Britain. who it appears by the accompanying Certificate was placed on the Pension Roll February 4 th 1832 at the Rate of Six Dollars per Month on account as he States of having Received and contracted a violent Cold on or about the first of August 1814 while he had Charge of a Patrol at a Place called Grooton point Second military District State of Connecticut which threw him into a fever which finally terminated in permanent Lameness in his Left Leg and a General Bodily Infirmary rendering him not only Incapable of performing Military duty but wholly Disabling him from obtaining his Support from manual Labor for three Years Last past his Disabilities Lameness and Infirmary of body has Increased to a total Disability. at times he is confined to the house and frequently to his bed the Last Year he was taken in December 1833 and confined to the house till August 1834 and to his bed for 4 or 5 months and during this time he suffered from Nervous or Neuralgic pains and Cramps in Different parts of his Body the Digestive organs were very much affected all this time and these Nervous or Neuralgic pains with Cramps about the Stomach or bowels Some times the Urinary Bladder was the seat of those Complaints and he would at that time pass off Blood in Considerable Quantities from the bladder Some times the Lungs became So affected as to Impede his Breathing for a Considerable length of time and he is Still to this day troubled with those Complaints in a greater or Less Degree Cold or any the quality Irregularity which Breaks down the ballance of System in any Degree brings on a Return of these Complaints and those Complaints

which have latterly attended him are of the same character and class which have affected him formerly and from the same cause viz. his exposures while in the service of the United States while in the line of his duty and the said service is not only still disabled in consequence of the said injury at fit of sickness, But in my opinion is entitled to receive more than he already receives as a Pensioner Being Disabled to a degree amounting to a total Disability.
Samuel S Noyes Physician I Swear
Fairfield County ss New Canaan February 7 th 1835 personally appeared Samuel S Noyes signer of the above Deposition and made solemn oath to the facts therein stated before me
Samuel Raymond Justice of Peace I further certify that the above Samuel S Noyes is a physician and surgeon of respectable standing in his profession
Samuel Raymond Justice of Peace I further the Deponent above subscribing is a Respectable Witness Samuel Raymond Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } ss Fairfield County } I Thomas Bloome Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Samuel Raymond Esq is now & was on the 7 th day of February A D 1835 a Justice of the Peace in & for s d Fairfield County duly commissioned and duly authorized to administer oaths & take Depositions &c. I further certify that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the s d Samuel Raymond Esq and that I verily believe that the signatures to the foregoing certificates purporting to be his are all genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand & affixed the Seal of s d County Court in Fairfield this 16 th day of July A D 1835. Thomas Bloome Clerk

Dr. Hall's Affidavit

Application for an Increase of Pension
It is hereby certified that William Penn- -nover of New Canaan Fairfield County Conn. serving as a sergeant of Capt. John Brown's Com. in the 38 th Regt. N. States Infan t . During the last war with Great Britain, who it appears by the accompanying certificates, was placed on the pension roll Feb y 1 st 1852 at the rate of six dollars per month, an- swering, as he states, of having received a violent wound on or about the 1 st of Aug t 1814 while he had charge of a picket patrol at a place called Groton Point in the 10 th Military district, State of Connecticut, which caused a high fever that finally fell into intermitting in a permanent lameness of his left leg & a general bodily infirmity rendering him not only incapable of performing military du- -ty, but wholly disablin g him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor - and fur- -ther. Affir m in examination that his infirmit- -ties have so far increased since his place of reaso n & injuring him as aforesaid while in the line of his duty - & in the said service on or about the 1 st of August A.D. 1814 at a place called Groton Point in the State aforesaid, is not only still disabled in consequen ce of the said aforesaid & injuring but in my opinion is entitled to receive more than he already receives as a pensioner, being dis- -abled to a degree amounting to a total disa- -bility
Isaac Hall
Surveying Mate of the Ship 38: No 2: Bl. 1: W

State of New York
Dutchess County } ss. On the thirtieth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty five before me the subscriber First Judge for Dutchess County appeared Asahel Hall, known to me to be the person who executed the within instrument who being by me duly sworn saith that the contents of the within instrument are true & I certify that the said Asahel Hall is of respectable standing in his profession & entitled to credit.
Jos. D. Jackson
State of New York, } ss
County of Dutchess, } ss. I Henry J. Brewer, Clerk of the County and County Courts of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Joseph D. Jackson Esquire is first Judge of the said County duly commissioned and qualified and further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and that his name above subscri- bed is the genuine signature of the said Judge Given under my hand and seal of Office the 1 st July A.D. 1835
Henry J. Brewer Clerk

Connecticut 1580
William Pennoyer Sergeant
Captain Brown's company of the 37 th regt. U.S. Inf.
Ratio of disability, three fourths
Date of discharge, 15. Sep. 1834
Time of closing the testimony, 4 Feb. 1832
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at Six Dollars per month, to commence on the 4. Feb. 1832
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of Feby. 1832 and sent to Hon. G. Tomlinson Senate U.S.
Arrears to 14th of Semi-ann. all ce ending
Act of the mil. est.
Record. B. D. Vol. 3. fol. 18
" Book F. Vol. 3. " 24
Pension increased to $26 commencing 29. March 1. Dupl. certif. issued & sent to J. Dodd Esq. Pen. Agt. Har., 5. April 1836.

Conison Office Aug 10 th 1873
Hon John

Stanford Augt. 5. 1830
Hon J. H. Eaton Secretary of War
Sir
I again
enclose the papers of Mr Pinney of New Canaan which he hopes (with the additional testimony) may bring his case within the Spirit if not within the letter of the Law
I am Sir Your Obedt. Humble Servt
A. Melick

Pension Office Oct. 19 #7830
Hon. W. H. Caton
Sunday 18th Washington

Stamford Oct. 16. 1830
Hon. W. H. Eaton Secretary of War
At the request of Mr Pinney an applicant for a Pension. I herewith forward sundry affidavits, which in con- -nection with those already in the Pension Office he hopes may be deemed satisfactory. There is no doubt that Pinney has been quite inform d concerning his left the service
With much Respect
Your Obs. Servt.
J. H. Minor

Surgeons Affidavit
State of Connecticut §
Tanfield County
ss New Canaan July 29 th
1830 It is hereby certified that W m Ponder a Sergeant in the company of Capt John Brown in the 37 th Regiment of the United States Infantry is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a soldier, by reason of wounds or other injuries inflicted while he was actively in the service of the said and in the line of his duty viz By satisfactory evidence and accurate exam- ination it appears that on or about the first of August in the year A D 1814 being engaged and had charge of a Patrol at or near a place called Gorton Point in the Second military district in the state of Connecticut he received or contracted a violent cold which threw him into a fever which fell into his left leg and has given him a permanent lameness together with a gen- eral impaired state of his constitution and is thereby not only incapacitated for military duty but in the opinion of the undersigned is two thirds disabled from obtaining his subsistence from manual labor
Samuel S Noyes Physician & Surgeon

State of Connecticut } New Canaan July 29 th 1830 Fairfield County }
Personally appeared Samuel S. Wages signer. of the foregoing affidavit and made oath to the truth of the facts therein stated before me and I further certify that the said Samuel S. Wages is Respectable in his profession.
Samuel Raymond Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } Thomas Bleborne Clerk Fairfield County } of the County Court within & for the County of Fairfield, do hereby certify that Samuel Raymond whose own proper signature is annexed to the foregoing Certificate is now & was at the date of his said Certificate a Justice of the Peace for said Fairfield County duly commissioned. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 30 th day of July A.D. 1830. Thomas Bleborne Clerk of County Court

Original of May 14
J. G. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington city
33723

State of Connecticut Comptroller's Office Hartford March 3 d 1852
I certify that on application for evidence of the service of William Pennoyer in the War of the Revolution, I have examined the books and documents remaining within Office and do not find any Pay Roll containing the name of William Pennoyer.
I find on the books of the Pay Table Office and on Haskells Receipts, sundry accounts with several officers with whom it is alleged that he served. Viz 1 st In a charge To "War", under date Feb. 6 th 1778 "To Ordnance Treasurer for Pay Roll Capt. Eli Reed Co. Stationed at Norwalk £462. 10."
Oct. 25 th 1779. Is a charge to "War", "for Ordnance Treasurer for Capt. Reuben Scofield's Pay Rolls Sundry Towns Coast Guards £3725. 9. 1."
In Haskells Receipts Under heading "The United States Dr To the State of Connecticut for sundry expenditures for the service and expense of Guards on the Sea Coast for the defense of the State" I find an entry as follows, "1777 June 6 th  Capt. Nathaniel Halsey Guard at Stamford, £113. 19. 4 1/2"
On the Books of the Pay Table, under date June 15 th 1781. Is a charge to "War" for Capt. Reuben Scofield's accounts for service "at Horse neck £2,300. 8. 9"
R. G. Pinney Comptroller by Geo. Robinson Clerk

State of Connecticut Town of Norwalk Fairfield County
J. S. S. Personally appeared before
me a Notary Public in and for the county, Town, and State aforesaid, Daniel Weed who being duly sworn makes oath and says, That he is a Revolutionary United States Pensioner and placed on the pension rolls at Hartford in said State, That he is personally acquainted with William Pennoyer who was a Private in the Revolutionary War; That he knew the said Pennoyer since childhood and knew him to be a Soldier of the Revolutionary War That the said Pennoyer was a Prisoner and taken by the enemy from Stamford to Long Island, & that he was a Prisoner 'til the fall of the year ad Seventeen hundred and eighty two, he was taken prisoner by the enemy at the time he was taken prisoner I affirm further that That he is aged Eighty, six years and a resident of the Town of Norwalk in said County and State; That he makes the foregoing statements from the fact of being acquainted with the said Pennoyer at the time of the said War; and having been in the same Service and having often conversed with the said Pennoyer and other aged people who were his comrades; That he is disinterested in the application of William Pennoyer for a pension
Sworn to and Subscribed before me on this 21 st day of Feb y ad 1832
Isaac Stevens Notary Public
all enclosures & interlineations made prior to presentation I also certify that the

Statements of the foregoing deponent are entitled to credit and I believe him to be of the age stated in the foregoing Deposition
Is Stevens Notary Public

My D I know all Persons by these presents That I William Pennoyer a resident of the Town of New Canaan Fairfield County and State of Connecticut; Have made constituted and appointed S d L d Edwards Smith of Washington City D C My true and lawful attorney for me and in my name place and stead, to prosecute my claim for a Revolutionary Pension, before any Department, in Washington, & receive a receipt for the certificate therefor giving and granting unto my said attorney or his substitute full power and authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as if I were personally present with full power of substitution and revocation hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done
In virtue whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal on this twenty six th day of February A D 1852
- Attest -
William Pennoyer
Signed sealed and delivered in presence of George A Davenport Charles Thomas
Known to and acknowledged before me on this 26 th day of February A D 1852 George A Davenport
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield Probate District of Norwalk
} ss
On it known that on this twenty sixth day of February A D 1852 before the subscribed sole judge of the Court of Probate

in and for the District of Norwalk in the County and State of Connecticut William Percy who hath subscribed the foregoing power of attorney and acknow- ledged the same to be his free act and deed In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said Court to be affixed at said Norwalk in said District the day and year last above written
George A Davenport Judge of the County Probate for the aforesaid District of Norwalk

State of Connecticut ss Fairfield County Stamford September 9 th 1830 I Mezekiah Lyon was a Soldier in the Last war with England belong- ing to the 37 Regiment Infantry Stationed at Fort Griswold Second Mil- itary District Connecticut on or about the first day of August In the year A D 1814 I was Detached to go on Duty and put under the Charge of Sergeant William Pennock; and his orders was to Patrol Groton point near Fort Griswold Connecticut and while we were on duty there came a most violent Storm of Rain and we all got as wet as water could make us and Sergeant Pennock contracted a violent Cold which threw him into a Fever and when the fever Left him it fell into his Left Leg which gave him a permanent Lameness together with a feeble and Broken down Constitution and his Exposures to Cold and hard rain and hard Military duty and fatigue while he had Charge of the Patrol and in the line of his duty was the sole cause of his Sickness above men- tioned and he was Discharged from the army through Disability the Disability which he now Labors under originated solely from the above named Sickness he had in the year 1814 I have Lived near him Since my Discharge from the army and his bodily Infirmary and Lameness has always attended him ever since his Discharge and Sickness above alluded to Lieutenant Henry Starr was the Last postmaster to the 37 Regiment Infantry Mezekiah Lyon
State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss Stamford September 9 th 1830 Personally appeared Mezekiah Lyon signed of the foregoing Affidavit and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same before me Nathan Moxie Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut } Thomas Bleborne Clerk of the County Court in Fairfield County ss } for Fairfield County do hereby certify that Gotham Hoyt Esquire whose signature appears to the Certificate on the other page hereof, is now & was at the date of this Certificate a Justice of the Peace for the Fairfield County & duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court in Fairfield this 14 th day of October 1830 Thomas Bleborne Clerk of said County Court

I Samuel J. Noyes of New Canaan in Fairfield County in Connecticut being duly sworn depose & say - That I have been acquainted with William Pinoye of said New Canaan for Nineteen years last past - That I have been his Family Physician for the last Fifteen years or more I was knowing to the said Pinoye enlisting into as a Soldier into the Army of the United States in the late War with Great Britain - The precise date of his enlistment I do not know, but at the time of his enlistment I considered him to be a strong, robust & healthy man & when he returned from the Army he was in a weak & feeble state of health, & since that time has been more or less complaining of bodily infirmities which, in my judgment, are the effects of an injured or broken -down constitution - At one time he was under my care for some months with a painful nervous affection of the left leg & for more than six months wholly unfitted him for labour - The same leg still remains weak & troublesome & prevents his gaining a livelihood by manual labour I further testify that, in my opinion, his lameness & infirmity was brought on & occasioned by exposure when in the Army of the United States as above stated - Samuel J. Noyes Physician & Surgeon

Fairfield County } ss New Canaan March 18 th 1830 State of Connecticut }
Personally Appeared Samuel S Noyes signer of the foregoing Deposition whom I hereby certify is a respectable and skillful Physician and surgeon and made oath to the truth of the Deposition by him subscribed before me
Samuel Raymond Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } Fairfield County, } I Thomas Blocher Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield, do hereby certify that Samuel Raymond Esquire whose own proper signature is annexed to the foregoing Certificate is now and was at the date of his said Certificate a Justice of the Peace for said Fairfield County and duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 23 rd day of March A.D 1830.
Thomas Blocher Clerk of said County Court
Attest B. S. Noyes

State of Connecticut } Stamford Septm 26 th 1875. Fairfield County } Personally appeared before me J. H.
Minors a Notary Public within & for said County. Notice D. Haight of said Stamford who being first duly sworn on his oath says that he now is & for eight years last past has been a practising Physician in said Lower Stamford - That he has been acquainted with William Pinnage of New Canaan in said County a United States Residence who lives about two miles from the Deposition That the Deposition has attended the said Pinnage as his Physician for the last two years, some times in com- pany with Dr. Noyes & some times alone. The said Pinnage for more than three years last has been much afflic- ted with nervous affections & has been for a great portion of the time confined to the house & for five or six months at a time to his bed - Said Pinnage is in my opinion wholly disabled from earning a livelihood from manual labor & that the infirmities under which he is now laboring amount to a total disability - I have no knowledge of the origin of Pinnage's complaint but from his story & the general reputation in the neighborhood, which is that he con- tracted this disease by exposure in a rain storm & taking a violent cold when on duty as a Sgt. in Capt. Brown's Comp. in the 27 th Regt. at Fort Point in 1814 - The general approval of his complaint duly justifies the idea that his complaint was contracted in the manner he claims (any
ADW in W) Surgeon of the 8 th Regt. Horseartill. Sworn & Subscribed the day & year above written I further certify that the above deposition is a credible person & respectable in his profession - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my official seal. J. H. Minors Notary Public

I John Brown of Stamford in Connecticut Testify that I commanded a Company of Infantry in the 67 Regt in the service of the U.S. during the late war (Station at Fort Griswold) that William Pennoyer, of said Stamford now residing in New Canaan belonged to my Company that he was taken sick on or about the first of Aug st 1814 while in the line of his duty; his sickness was occasioned as I believe by his being in said service that he was a Sergeant in said Company that I have known him ever since I have often seen him and that he has ever since been infirm in point of health - and was last paid by Lieut. Henry Starr, Pay-Master of said Regt
John Brown
State of Connecticut } Stamford July 30 th 1830 Fairfield County }
Personally appeared before me J H Minor a Justice of the Peace for Fairfield County, Capt. John Brown Signer of the foregoing affidavit, who is Personally known to me & is a credible Witness & made oath to the truth of the same
J H Minor Jus of Peace
State of Connecticut } Thomas Bloome Clerk Fairfield County } of the County Court within & for said Fairfield County do hereby certify, that Simon William whose own proper signature is annexed to the foregoing Certificate is a Justice of the Peace for said Fairfield County duly commissioned. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 30 th day of July A D 1830 Thomas Bloome Clerk of County Court

Sergens Affidavit State of Connecticut ss Fairfield County New Canaan Sep 1 st 1830 It is hereby certified that William Pinnoyer a Sergeant in the company of Capt. John Brown in the 37 th Regiment of the United States Infantry is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a Soldier by reason of wounds or other injuries inflicted while he was actually in the service aforesaid in the line of his duty viz by satisfactory evidence & accurate examination it appears that in or about the first day of August AD 1814 being engaged I had charge of a patrol at or near a place called Grotton point in the second Military District in the state of Connecticut he contracted a violent cold which caused him a severe fit of sickness which fell into his left leg & has caused him permanent lameness with a general impaired state of his constitution. & he is thereby not only incapacitated for Military Duty but in the opinion of the undersigned is two thirds disabled from obtaining his subsistence from manual labor, & while he had charge of the Patrol above alluded to he was exposed to a violent storm of rain which together with fatigue while on military duty was the cause of his sickness & from my own personal acquaintance with William Pinnoyer since he left the army of the United States am of opinion that his lameness he is now laboring under with a general impaired

state of his constitution is caused by his sickness and exposures while in the Army of the United States
Samuel S. Noyes, Physician & Surgeon
State of Connecticut } ss New Canaan Fairfield County }
September 1 st 1830 personally appeared Samuel S. Noyes who has subscribed the foregoing affidavit and made oath to the truth of the same before me and I certify that said Samuel S. Noyes is respectable in his profession
Samuel Raymond Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } Thomas B. Bronson Clerk of the County Court Fairfield County } within & for sd Fairfield County do hereby certify that Samuel Raymond Esquire whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is now & was at the date of his sd Certificate a Justice of the Peace for sd Fairfield County & duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of sd County Court in Fairfield this 14 th day of October A.D. 1830. Thomas B. Bronson Clerk said County Court

H State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. Norwalk September 8 th 1830 Charles W. Scofield lived in the family with William Pennock when he enlisted into the United States army and when he returned home from the army and down to the present time and when he returned from the army of the United States he was in a weak and feeble state of health together with a very lame leg which originated entirely from a fit of sickness which he had in the year 1814 while he belong- ed to the army of the United States and his lameness has always attended him from his discharge down to the present time together with a very feeble state of bodily health and he has expended a good deal of money for surgical and physical aid for his lameness and other infir- mities since his discharge from the army but all to no purpose there has been a large proportion of time since his discharge from the army that he has not been able to walk a step without the help of crutches Charles W. Scofield
Fairfield County } Norwalk September 9 th 1830 State of Connecticut
Personally appeared Charles W. Scofield and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed,
Before me,
Smith R. Sibley Justice of Peace
State of Connecticut } Fairfield County ss. } Thomas Bloorne Clerk of the County Court within and for the County of Fairfield, do hereby certify that Smith R. Sibley Esquire whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate, is now & was at the date of his certificate a justice of the peace for said Fairfield County & duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 14 th day of October A.D. 1830 Thomas Bloorne Clerk said County Court

State of Connecticut ss Fairfield County Stamford August 31 st 1830 I David Tucker was a Soldier in the last war with England belong- ing to the 37 Regiment Infantry Stationed at Fort Griswold Second military District Connecticut was on or about the first day of August In the Year AD 1814 I, detached to go on a Patrol and put the under the Charge of Sergeant William Pennock and his orders was to Patrol Groton point near Fort Griswold Connecticut and while we were on duty there Came a most violent Storm of Rain and we all got as wet as water could make us and Sergeant Pennock Received and Contracted a violent cold which threw him into a Fever and when the fever Left him it fell into his Left Leg which gave him a Permanent Lameness together with a feeble and Broken down Constitution and his exposures to a cold Sea Breeze Incessant hard Rain and hard Military Fatigue while he had Charge of the Patrol and in the Line of his duty was the Sole Cause of his Sickness above mentioned and he was Discharged from the army through Disability the Disability which he now Labors under originated Entirely from the above named Sickness he had in the Year 1814 I have Lived near him since my Discharge from the army and his Bodily Infirmity and Lameness has always attend him ever since his Sickness above alluded to Lieutenant Henry Starr was the last Paymaster to the 37 Regiment Infantry David Tucker
State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss Stamford August 31 st 1830 Personally appeared David Tucker signer of the foregoing affidavit & made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me
State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss
Smith R. Sibley Justice of Peace
Thomas B. Osborne Clerk of the County Court in & for Fairfield County, do hereby certify that Smith R. Sibley Esq. whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is now sworn at the date of his Certificate a Justice of the Peace for said Fairfield County & duly empowered to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County Court in Fairfield this 14 th day of October A.D. 1830.
Thomas B. Osborne Clerk said County Court

Capt. John Brown Testimony —

I John Brown of Stamford in Connecticut late Capt. in the 67th Regt. of U. S. Inf y testify that I knew W m Pennoyer of New-London many years previous to his enlistment in the service of the U. S. and up to the time of his sickness while in said service and always considered him a sound healthy man. And further that the statement of his infirmity contained in the certificate of discharge was predicated as I believe entirely upon the information I derived from his discharge
John Brown
State of Connecticut } Stamford Feb. 4 th 1832 Fairfield County }
Personally appeared John Brown the person of the foregoing affidavit & made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me J. H. Minor Jus. Peace

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss New Canaan July 27 - 1830 David Tucker of Stamford was a Soldier in the 37 Regiment of United States Infantry In the Late war with England on or about the first day of August 1814 I was Detached & ordered out on Patrol and put under the Care and Charge of Sergeant William Remsey and his Subaltern orders was to patrol Groton point near Fort Griswold In Military District Number two in the State of Connecticut and while on Duty there Came on a most Severe Storm of Rain and he contracted a violent Cold which threw him into a Severe fever and had a very Severe fit of Sickness and his Life was despaired of for a considerable Length of time and when the fever Left him it fell into his Left Leg which gave him a permanent Lameness & he was Discharged thereby from the army on account of Disability in which originated in consequence of Sickness he had while he belonged to the United States army and I have Lived near him ever since the close of the war and he has always been Laboring under Bodily Infirmary ever since his Discharge from the army. & Lieutenant Henry Starr was the Last Regimental paymaster that paid the 37 th Regiment Before and after they were Disbanded
David Tucker
State of Connecticut } S Stamford July 27 th 1830 Fairfield County }
Personally appeared David Tucker and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me
Smith R. Sibley Just Peace
State of Connecticut } Fairfield County ss } Thomas B. Borne Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Fairfield do hereby certify that Smith R Sibley whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is now & was at the date of his Certificate a Justice of the Peace for the County of Fairfield duly commissioned, & I further certify that I verily believe the foregoing signature of Smith R Sibley is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the County Court in Fairfield this 30 th day of July A.D. 1830. Thomas B. Borne Clerk of the Court

I wish Mr Cole would examine the case of Penneyer if there be such application for pension in file - & inform me if he sees any thing like fraud in the papers.
HEN

New Canaan Dec 29/52
Hon O S Seymour
Dear Sir
Yours of the 22 nd was duly received. I feel very grateful for your kind- ness and shall pen for you a epistle of my thoughts on the subject of our petition in a very few days.
There is another case in this immediate neighborhood of flagrant injustice perpetrated on the government in obtaining pensions, that of William Pennoyer who is said to have received one last year. If you see fit to inform the commissioner of the fact and he will send me the papers I think I can give him the right trust much easier than in the Davis case as there is record testimony of his birth. It is some of Paylors work and as we have the best reasons for believing that false depositions have been made by him I think they ought to be shown. I shall leave it at your discretion to present or not as you think best
Respectfully Yours Thomas H. Bloomstock

For the Pension Office War Dept 3
Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office October 20 th 1880
It appears from the Muster Rolls of Capt. Brown's Company of the 37 th Regt. Infy that William Pennoyer a Sergeant Enlisted on the 16 November 1873 for one year & re-Enlisted the 1 May 1874 for during the war - He was mustered present the 30 June & 31 August 1874 without remark of sickness, and on the Muster Roll from the 31 August to the 31 st October 1874 he is remarked to have been "discharged for disability" - According to the Certificate of Capt. Brown filed with the payment made to him for his services to the date of his discharge by Pay-Master Gen. L. Perkins, he was on the fifteenth of September 1874, discharged the service of the United States on account of a Chronic affection of the liver and mania rendering him incapable of performing the duties of a soldier" - See Rolls in ap. of H. Starr 1 st B ty & ap. of Perkins A.H. E. v. 76 -
John H. Agner And

$6 per mo: from 4 th Feb. 1832
J. L. Edwards Esq. Pension Office

Washington Feb. 20. 1832.
Sir, Agreeably to the suggestion, at our interview, on Saturday last, I transmit herewith two affidavits in relation to the application of William Pennoye. I indulge the hope that these affidavits, with the evidence already in your possession, will be deemed sufficient to establish Mr. Pennoye's claim to be placed on the invalid pension list.
I am very respectfully Your obedt servt. G. Pomfretson
J. L. Pedwards Esq.

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Hon. G. Tomlinson Senate U.S. Jan. 6. 1852

State of New York } Dutchess County } Fishkill October 27 th 1832
It is hereby Certified. That William Pennoyer, a sergeant in the Company of Capt John Brown in the late 37 th Regt. of the United States Infantry is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a soldier, by reason of wounds, or other injuries inflicted, while he was actually in the service aforesaid, & in the line of his duty. Vis. By satisfactory evidence & accurate examination, it appears, that on, or about the first day of August, in the year of our Lord 1814, being engaged, & commanding a patrolling party (a very necessary service at that time), & on a severe stormy night, at or near a place called Grotton Point, upon Long Island Sound, & about three miles from his quarters at Fort Griswold, in the second Military district in the State of Connecticut, he received an unusually severe cold, which in addition to the great fatigue to which he was necessarily subject in the discharge of this duty, caused a violent inflammatory fever, which for sometime affected his senses, his liver also suffered much for a time, & the sequel seems to have been, a general infirmity, & weakness, with permanent lameness of the left leg, which latter difficulty, is a very natural consequence of such fever. His general health & constitution having been very good before this exposure

sickness. I have no doubt, that his disability with -ets I now is, as fully appears an examination. The re- -sult of the aforesaid military service, which was a -niserously hazardous to the health of our Officers & -soldiers. - and he is thereby not only incapable -stated for military duty, but, in the opinion of the -undersigned, is now & has been, since the above- -named period, three fourths disabled from ob- -taining his subsistence from manual labor.
It may be proper to observe that I was the attend- -ing Physician, in the aforesaid case of sickness, which -by Capt. Griswold aforesaid
Asahel Hall Surgeon, Mch. of the late 37 th Reg't N.Y. Inf'ty
State of New York
Dutchess County ) ss. On the twenty seventh day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty one appeared before me the subscri- ber a Judge of the County Courts for said County of Dutchess the above named Asahel Hall with whom I am personally acquainted, and made oath to the truth of the facts stated in the above certificate & I certify that the Asahel Hall is respectable and reputable in his profes- sion as a Surgeon -
Jos. J. Jackson

State of New York, } Dutchess County } I Henry J. Fraser Clerk, of the County of Dutchess do hereby certify that Joseph J. Dackoo be- fore whom the preceding affidavit was taken is a judge of the County Courts of said County and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his signature to the certificate of taking such affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Courts this 28 th October 1830
Henry J. Fraser Clerk,

Washington, March 6, 1852.
Sir,
We enclose herewith three affidavits and the declaration of William Pennoyer, in support of his claim to a pension for revolutionary service. We also enclose a power of attorney authorizing us to act in his behalf. Please to report the case, when examined, to the undersigned. It is believed that Pennoyer made an unsuccessful effort to obtain a pension some years ago. Two of the affidavits were made in 1834. Why they were not authenticated until the present year we cannot say.
We are respectfully Your Obt. Servants Edwards & Smith
James E. Heath Esqr Commissioner of Pensions

Hon. O. S. Seymour
or
Hon. J. G. Hunt
Mar. 29 th 1852.

Washington March 29 th /52
Hon. Mr. Watts
Dear Sir,
I have recd. a couple of letters requesting information at your department, & being unable to wait upon you this morning in person, I send them by Mr. Hinman a young gentleman who is studying with me, & ask the favor of you to assist him in obtaining the required information.
Yours very respectfully
O. S. Gwynn

Dec. 20. 1845.
Wm. J. M. Niles.

Washington Dec 16. '45
Sir
One of my constituents wishes me to withdraw the petition and papers of a revolutionary soldier of the name of William Penniger, supposed to be on file in your office, as he wishes to apply for a pension to congress. He He applied for a pension it is supposed some time after the passage of the act of 1832 - I am yours truly C. L. Edwards Esq. Comm Pension
Hon J. M. Niles
papers sent Hon. Mr. Niles on Dec. 20. 1840. see copies of office letters.

Brief in the case of M m Dennoyer. County and State of Connect act 7 June 1832.
Claim, ("original," or " for increase. ")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record evidence that the Officer, were in service and parole testimony by pensioners who served with him that he performed the service —
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Edward Smith Present,
Kirby Examining Clerk.

Wm Pennoyer, Connt.
Act 7 June 1832.
Adm?
2 yrs private. $80.
Per Ann.
bequeath to
Edward Smith Present,

Pension Agency Hartford 29 th March 1863
Sir
The enclosed papers being an application for an increase of pension by William Pennoyer an invalid pensioner, were sent to this Agency requesting a certificate from me as to the reputation of the surgeons who have certified to his disability.
I have no personal knowledge of the character or standing of either of the surgeons, but from the information of Messrs Miner & Raymond with whom I am personally acquainted I have no doubt that Docks, Noyes and Haight are respectable and reputable in their profession as set forth in their certificates.
I am very Respectfully Your obedient servant
Wm. F. H. D. A. S.
J. J. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington

Jas. L. Edwards Esq.
Mar. Sep. 1.

Surgeon General's Office 24 th February 1832
Sir,
In the case of Mr. Pennoyer I am of opinion that he is three fourths disabled from the causes stated in the certificate of Dr. Hall
Very respectfully Yrs & c.
J. Novello Adjudgent
J. L. Edwards Esq.

WILL DEPARTMENT MID PENSION
Increase to $8 per month, to commence 29 March 1836
James Dodd, Esq. Hartford, Con

WAR DEPARTMENT.
INVALID PENSION.
I Certify, That, in conformity with the Laws of the United States, relative to their military establishment, "William Pennoyer late a Sergeant in the Army of the United States" is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of six dollars per month, to commence on the fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 24 th day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty two,

Copy
War. Dept.
Pension Off
May 18, 1836.
The papers in support of the claim of William Tennoyer have been examined & placed in our files
His 2 nd term of alleged service in Capt. Scofield's co in 81 is not sustained by the rolls in this office. Unless the witnesses can be more specific with respect to the time & manner of leaving this service, it cannot be admitted consistently with the rule in such cases and the other term should be supported by the certificate of the Comptroller of Court J. H. Minor Esq. Stamford Conn

Copy of letter
Pension Office Feb. 8, 1853.
Sir: I have recd your letter of the 4 th inst enclosing the report of H. T. Blake, Esq. in the case of Wm. Pennoyer of Connecti- cut, a pensioner under the Act of 7 June 1832.
I have to request that you will im- mediately commence a suit against him for the amount recovery of the amount he received.
We do not know the amount paid over to him by Taylor or others but the amount allowed and paid by the U. States to the 4 September last amounts to $1720.
I trust you will give this your early attention that government may recover some portion at least of the money thus fraudulently obtained
Hon. T. C. Perkins U.S. Dist Atty Hartford Ct

Copy of portion of letter dated Pension Office Jan. 16, 1846.
--- In the case of William Pennoyer I have to inform you that the allegation of his service under Capt. Scofield is discredited by the rolls of that company in this office, his name not being found thereon. Those rolls cannot be rebutted by any testimony whatever, the credit of the record being greater than the testimony of witnesses. The claimant alleges service under Capt. Eli Reed but the Comptroller's certificate filed with Pennoyer's papers discredits the claimant's assertions. The papers were all sent to the Hon. Mr. Niles of the Senate on the 20 ultimo. We cannot over

Admit the claim up- on the proof exhibited
Hon H. Johnson
Chairman of the Committee on Pensions
Senate U. States.

Copy of letter.
Pension Office Dec 27, 1847
Sir
I have the honor to return herewith William Pennoyers letter and to inform you that his papers were transmitted to you on the 20 th December 1845 and have not since been returned to this office.
A report was made in this case on the 16 January 1846 to Hon Henry Johnson Chairman of the Committee of Revolutionary Pensions in which the objections to granting Pennoyer a pension is clearly stated
Hon J. M. Niles Senate U States

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS. ♦♦♦♦♦
Briefed by _____
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier William Pennoyer
Service _____
Additional Service _____
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No. Old War. Int. Wid. or Rep except Sur. File 17631. Rev. War and Sur. File 20911. War of 1812, which are consolidated under Sur. File 17631.

See ltr. 16 Dec. 1834 to Hon. G. Tomlinson - do. to same 2 d March 1836 -
Pension increased to $8 per mo. commencing 29. March 1836 New certificate issued & sent to J. Dodd, Pen. Agt. Hartford ct.
1580
Connecticut
William Pennoyer Sergeant in Captain Brown's company of the 37 th regt. U.S. Infantry
Ratio of disability, three fourths Date of discharge, 15 September 1814 Time of closing the testimony, 4 Feb. 1832
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at six dollars per month, to commence on the 4 February 1832 ,
Certificate of pension issued on the 24 of Feb. 1832 and sent to Rev. G. Tomlinson D. U. States  W. R.
Arrears to 4th March 1832 $6. - Sem-an'l all'e ending
$6. -
Act of the ex-mil. vest.
Rec: Book J. vol: 3 fol: 18, " " " " " 24

Consolidated with L.W. File 17.631
20911
18/2 INVALID.
File No. 20911
William Pennycuick
Sergt No. S. F.
Act: Mail Est
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 317
[Arrangement of 1870.]

entitled to pension even could the discrepancies between this & the present certificates be reconciled. He seems to have been considered a sound man in August, & such complaints on those for which he was discharged do not often arise in six weeks.
Thoult
Oct 21. 1830
LL
Wm Pennoyer.
Will the Surgeon General be so good as to give his opinion in this case?
[Vide the certificate of the 3 d Auditor.]
War Dep t
Pension Office
Oct. 20. 1830
J. S. Edwards
From the certificate of Capt Brown himself it appears that Pennoyer was discharged 4 months & 1/2 after his last enlistment "on account of a chronic affection of the liver & spleen, rendering him incapable of performing the duties of a soldier". There is no evidence that these complaints originated in the last service; either his enlistment therefore was a fraud upon the public, or he was discharged on false pretences; in either case is he supposed to be

80. Eli Reed. Coast guards
9 mo
81. Reuben Scofield —
— prisoner July.

March 10/52 H. Pennoyer Count
Papers in the case of William Penn- oyer in Apr. 10th 52
Edward H. Smith Present H. Smith Esq. Commissioner of Pensions

Mar 16/52
Ad. evi: case
ev. Penroyed
Edward & Smith Present
James E. Heath Esq
Commonpleas of Penins.

17.631. ✓ INVALID.
Rev War
File No. 17.631
William Pennycuick
Rev War
Act: Same 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 294
[Arrangement of 1870.]

M rs P. P. P. P. supplemental relocation claim for increase
Hon. G. Tomlinson

State of Connecticut } Stamford Nov. 26 th Fairfield County } 1834
Personally appeared before me J. H. Minor a Notary Public within said said County, William Pennoyes of New Canaan in said County, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath declare - That in the month of August 1814 he was a sergeant in Capt. John Brown's Company in the 37 th Regt. United States Infantry, then stationed at Groton in the Second Military district, that when actually engaged in the service of the United States, & having charge of a Patrol near Groton point he was exposed to a violent storm of rain wind, which threw him into a fever which wholly destroyed his constitution & has left him with a permanent lameness in his left leg - That his lameness has constantly been increasing since he left the army, inasmuch that for the last year he has been unable to earn any portion of a livelihood by manual labor - That he was placed on the Pension list Roll of the Connecticut agency at $6 per month to commence on the 4 th day of Febry 1832 as may be seen by his original Pension Certificate dated the 24 th Febry 1832 enclosed with this - That he believes himself justly & fairly entitled to receive from the United States a Pension equal to the half pay of a sergeant war- -rant as he has lost the benefit of a regular consti- -tution & thereby deprived of earning a living many parts thereof by manual labor
William Pennoyes
Sworn & Subscribed this day before me above written in testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name & affixed my official Seal
J. H. Minor Notary Public

H. Edwards Esq 2 Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Stamford May 7 1836
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of pensions
Sir I send you within the Declaration and proof of William Pennoyer an applicant for a pension for Revolutionary services under the law of 7 th June 1832. His papers were made out by Judge Smith of the Norfolk district the successor of Judge Isaac (who has heretofore had much to do in obtaining pensions). This applicant is now in the receipt of an invalid pension for a permanent lameness contracted in the late war with Great Britain. Notwithstanding I should think him entitled to a pension for his services in the Revolution. His services must be submitted to the board by law provided to determine.
Respectfully yours
Off. Servant
J. H. Minor