Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2414, for Richardson Miner, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Miner, Richardson or Minor
No 2414
B.L.Wt. 9482-16d-55
Sally
CONTENTS

1.703 Wassachusetts Sally Minor Widow of Richardson Minor who served in the Revolutionary War, as a n private
inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 23 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818. 3 rd February 1833
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Sept r / 53 and sent to
Franklin Hall Boston Mass a
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1818 Page 42 Vol. A
Entry 3 rd / 53
1832

80372 Edor Mar 3/55 Edor Apr 15/55
Sally Minor wife of Richardson (Major) Penn
Capt Col Private Navy War of the Revolution
U.S. Penitentiary See Capt Miller's Roll Under Lot Oct 1853
map Feb 53-1705 Dorchester
Ad. 160 ac's Nov 8/55
Boyle
John Wilson Seafaring Mars
Vol M 1. 34

21.935 Massachusetts Richardson Mainer Franklin in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Wister of the Regt. commanded by Col. Alden in the Massachusetts line for 7 months
W. M.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Nov. 1833 and sent to claimant Colerain
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 33 $58.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr. 34 11.66 $69.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. Stiles Clerk, Book 6, Vol. 5, Page 54.
80 Franklin

No. 372
BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Mrs. Sally Miner
Widow of Richardson Miner
Presented by
JOHN WILSON,
Deerfield, Mass.

DECLARATION FOR WIDOW.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF FRANKLIN. }
On this nineteenth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sally Miner aged Sixty Seven years, a resident of Coleraine in the State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law, declares, that she is the widow of Richardson Miner deceased, who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain  Regiment of  now a Pensioner at the rate  commanded by  of twenty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum  under the act of Congress of the 3 of February 1853 Payable at  That her said husband  The Boston Agency & and Recorded in the  on or about  the Pension Office Page 42. Vol. 6. A. D. _____ for the term of _____ and continued in actual service in said war for the term of _____ and was _____ at _____ on the _____ day of _____ A. D. _____. She further states that she was married to the said _____ in _____ day of _____ A. D. _____ by one _____ and that her name before her marriage was _____ that her said husband died at _____ on the _____ day of _____ A. D. _____ and that she is a widow at the date of executing this her declaration, and having obtained a Bounty Land warrant under act of _____ for _____ acres, No. _____ which she has legally transferred and disposed of, and not within her power to return, she refers to said declaration for evidence of her husband's service, and her marriage, &c. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under act approved March 3d, 1855. She also declares that she has never received nor applied for Bounty Land under this, or any other act of Congress, except as above stated.
Sally Miner
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written; and I certify that I believe the claimant to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in said claim.
John Wilson Justice of the Peace
AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESSES.
STATE OF Mass. COUNTY OF Franklin } ss.
On this nineteenth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Emerson J. Cary and Mary Lyons residents of the State of Massachusetts and County of Franklin who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Sally Miner who saw her sign her name (or made her mark) to the foregoing declaration, that they know her to be the identical person therein represented, and that she is now a widow; and they swear they are disinterested witnesses.
Emerson J. Cary
Mary Lyons
Subscribed and sworn to on the day & year above written Before me John Wilson Justice of the Peace

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF FRANKLIN. }
I, George Gannett Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that John Wilson Esq. whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing declaration, affidavit, and power of attorney, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace , in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court, is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at Greenfield in said County , this twelfth day of April , A. D. 1855
Geo. Gannett Clerk.
No. 372
BOUNTY LAND.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Mrs. Abby Winer
Widow of Richardson Winer
Presented by
JOHN WILSON,
Deerfield, Mass.

23074
Richardson Miner Man
Private 7 Months
5.06
1116
Claimant Colerain Map E. Alford Gumfield Man

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Richardson Oliver Franklin Co Mass
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Vol 1775 time Nov Officer mentioned New York 78 years   Enlist 1776 ~ 6 12 pr cap McLester Col Saldow Long Island Long Is d and Stonington Connietent Documented Enrolment   Draft 1777 " 1 " lieut Swan gen's Concord   Enlist 1778 time not stated Beard Pouhkeepsie   1781 " 2 " Stonington Point   Graton  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
x This must be done
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

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

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Richardson Minnow Coturnam
23674
Richardson Minnow

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin County ss
In this twenty ninth day of August A D 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate, held by Richard E Newcomb Judge of Probate Said Commonwealth now sitting at Greenfield within and for the County of Franklin. Richardson Meara a resident of Cohoes in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated That at Sturminster in the County of New London & State of Connecticut where I was born, according to old stile September 10th 1753 and at Sturminster I believe in the year 1775 at an alarm occa- sioned by a British ship Wallis commander and his attendants forcing upon the Town of Sturminster I turned out with the militia and served til I was discharged and at said Sturminster in the month of May on June one thousand seven hundred and seventy five I enlisted in the Connecticut new levy of militia for six months in Capt. Ebenezer Witter's company Joseph Smith and Elias S Doolittle Lieutenants John Williams Ensign and served in Col Silliman's Regiment sent Col Silliman in May Gen Spencer brigadier we shipped a board of a vessel at New London arrived at New York Stationed in the City at the foot of Broadway near the Grand batteries in August 1776 We were ordered to North to Cobble Hill Fort an long island helped draw a cannon from the fort and played it upon the enemy with grape shot at the time the army retreated and suffered in the mud after this we were ordered back and marched down to the shore embarked aboard boats in the night arrived in the City a fog cleared off in the morning and the British

had not got us. We cantonned in the City a short time then ordered out and encountered some distance north of the City then ordered to the north and marched into the entrenchment under the fire of the shipping the British landed colours as and a battle ensued and as they moved down the island at the shore the British took Brigadier May Willis prisoner and he ordered us to retreat after he was taken a prisoner we retreated down to the City on the north river shore General Putnam rally down called for the officers of the Guard ordered the Centennials relieved and to make the best of our way off the island for they the British had cut us off and we got a biscuit of a vessel and arrived at Poughkeepsie hook and up on the Garrison shore and crossed the river and Yonkers. The Regiment next day at Harlem lines below Fort Washington and then cantonned under discipline circumstances October 17th 1776 I was then commissioned by the Sergeant of the Regiment and received a permit to pass the Guard to my officers to recruit my health and on the 19th of November I was discharged by order of Major General Spencer from my the month's service and returned home. My discharge is now in my possession and in the Spring of the year one thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Seven I was drafted for one month and served under Captain John Sween to guard Stonington point and then I served and did duty for the term of one month and received my discharge and returned home.
I then enlisted into a company of Cavalry after that I was called out and stationed at Grafton on an alarm at New London While there I was ordered with others to take some British prisoners to Hartford under Locke's Creek where we remained there a short time and returned home after being discharged the year & time of service I cannot tell and at said Stonington in January on the first of February one thousand Seven hundred and Eighty and I was drafted for two months

in the barracks to go to the West and from a Substitute of hired Newland Babcock for which I paid him fifteen hundred Silver Dollars on Gold equivalent on his engaging to go and answer two months Service for me which I can show by a written contract and was knowing by him say that he the said Babcock did perform the said Service and it was said in the time of it that he was one of the men that apprehended M c Dowd who was executed at Hartford and when New London was taken another alliance I was collected and only got there in season to see the dead men lying in the forts and see the British flag up and Boer off the
There is no person now living within my knowledge whereby I can prove the said Service and complying with the rule printed by the Secretary of War I offer the Revd Aretas Loomis and Charles Thompson Esq to certify in compliance with said rule
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension on annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
R. E. Sherman Judge of Probate Richardson Minor
We Aretas Loomis a clergyman and Charles Thompson Esq a Justice of the Peace both residing in Colerain aforesaid hereby certify that we believe him are well acquainted with Richardson Minor who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be twenty eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed to be in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion Subscribed and sworn the day and year aforesaid
R. E. Sherman Judge of Probate Aretas Loomis Charles Thompson

Richardson Miner
Richardson Miner Colerain
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department, that the within named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Aretas Loomis who has signed the within certificate is a clergyman resident in said Colerain, and that Charles Thompson who has also signed the same is a resident in said Colerain, and is a Justice of the Peace for the said county and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
R. E. Mearns
Judge of Probate
I Elijah Alvord, Register of said court do hereby certify that the within and foregoing contain the original proceedings of the court, in the matter of the application of Richardson Miner for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Greenfield on the twenty ninth day of August A. D. 1832.
E. Alvord Reg. Prob.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, May 21 st 1853
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation, Edward G. Loring was Judge of Probate for the County of Suffolk - and Charles Thompson was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Franklin
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E. H. Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The second day of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated, She further declares
Yours truly as ever
Charles Thompson Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts, & Suffolk County, ss.
On this twenty fifth day of April, A.D. 1853, personally appeared in open court, before the subscriber Judge of Probate within and for said County, Sally Minor, a resident of Colebrook in the County of Frank- lin, but now commorant of Boston, aged sixty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions of the second section of the Act of February 3 rd 1853:
That she is the widow of Richardson Minor who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of June 7, 1832 at the rate of twenty three 33 dollars per annum, and was paid at the Boston Agency, & for proof of the services upon which said pension was granted, she refers to the evidence on file in the Pension Office with his application under said law.
She further declares that she was married to said Richardson Minor on the day of October, eighteen hundred and twenty nine; that her said husband died on the nineteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty seven; that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January, eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares

That she is still a widow and that she has appointed Franklin Hall of Boston her true and lawful attorney for her & in her name to prosecute her claim to a pen- sion under the above named act.
Witness Olney Williams Sally Miller
Sworn to, subscribed & acknowledged this day & year above written, before me. & I certify that I have no interest in the claim of the within declarant to a pen- sion & am not concerned in its prose- cution.
Edw. Loring Judge of Probate }

I Perly Johnson of Coleraine in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of Forty four years do now and say that some time in the Month of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine I was at the Wedding and saw Mr Richardson Minn and Sally Stearns married in said Coleraine They were joined together by the Reverend Amos Linses then a settled Minister in said Coleraine who has since gone to the State of Oregon as I have been told
And I further depose and say that that the said Mr Minn now remains the Widow of the said Richardson Minn and further this deponent saith not
Perly Johnson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss Coleraine April 6 th 1853 Then personally appeared Perly Johnson and made oath that the above Deposition by him subscribed is true
Before me Charles Thompson Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with the above named Perly Johnson for about twenty five years past and can safely say that his character for truth and veracity is good
Charles Thompson Justice of the Peace

I, Horatio Hagg of Coleraine in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby depose & say that I hold the office of Clerk in said town of Coleraine & that its books of re- cords are in my possession & custody, & that I have examined said books, carefully, for the purpose of finding a record of the mar- riage of Richardson & Sally Minion, and that I have not been able to find a record of said marriage nor of any other which occurred at a date prior to eighteen hundred and forty four.
Horatio Hagg.
Franklin p. May 19 th 1853. Sworn to & sub- scribed before me, & I certify that I have no interest in the claim of Sally Minion to a pension and am not concerned in its prosecution.
Charles Thompson Justice of the Peace.
Charles Thompson Justice of the Peace

I Aaron Lyons of Coleraine in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of seventy two years
Depose and say that I was well acquainted with Mr Richardson Minion of said Coleraine who died nineteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty seven and I was at his funeral on the twenty first day of said March And I further depose that Sally Minion is now the Widow of the said Richardson Minion and further this deponent saith not
Aaron Lyons
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss Coleraine April 7th 1853
Then Aaron Lyons personally appeared before me the subscriber and made oath that the above depo- sition by him subscribed is true
Charles Thompson Justice of the Peace
I the Subscriber do hereby certify that I have been acquaint- -ed with Mr Aaron Lyons signor of the above deposition for about fifty years past and have always said that he is a man of truth and veracity
Charles Thompson Justice of the Peace

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Richardson Minner
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 Ebenezer Witter   May 1776 6 mos 1st John Dwan Conn   Spg 1777 1 "   Afterwards joined a Cav Co. and was out on several alarms  
Battles engaged in, during retreats from Long Island and New York
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Aug. 29, 1832  claim allowed
Residence at date of application, Colebrook Franklin Co. Mass.
Age at date of application, born Sturminster Conn. Sept. 10, 1783 (Old Style) Died Mar. 19, 1847
Remarks: Sol. mar. Oct. 1829 at Colebrook Mass. Sally — She was allowed pension on an ap. ex. Apr. 25, 1853 while a res. of Colebrook Mass aged 64 yrs. No further data as to family

Gonn | Miner, Richardson.
W. 2414

Richardson Miner
W. 2,414
Conn.

This may certify that Richardson Miner being unable to serve his Country this Campaign is Discharg d by Order of major Gen l Spencer Norwalk Nov r 19 th 1776 —
Rich d Deyon Capt.

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Rev. War Section.
September 21, 1912.
Mr. Alfred L. Holman, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ills.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 13" and received the 16" instant, you are advised that you were given two copies of the record of Richardson Miner, Rev. War pensioner. W. File No. 2,414, on August 9, 1907. and it is not the practice of this Bureau to continue to furnish such records to the same person.
Very respectfully,
J. C. Klavenport Commissioner.

Lucas Co. Ohio Nov 1 st 1883
Secretary of War
Dear Sir: I have herewith enclosed to you my Declaration and letter, & make and if you find the evidence sufficient for the Six Months and the one Month to allow me a portion you will do it as to the Service of 1875 I cannot state any thing more only I can say it could not be less than my Captain's battery which seven days as to the Service when I went to Rockford Connecticut I can say it could not have been less than half month as to the time I cannot say any thing more as to the time when Groton fort was attacked I can say it could have not been less than three days my wife Lucinda Smith and all the Penniston if you should think that you can allow a portion for the Seven Months and no more with the evidence you will do it otherwise I will comply with the rules of your offer in good faith
Yours Respectfully Richardson Miner

Sally Miner Mile 9 Richardson & Minon $23.33
Paid 19. March 1847

Brief in the case of Sally Minor Wid of Richardson Minor of Suffolk County and State of Massachusetts under the act of 3 rd Feb 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Richardson Minor was a Rev Pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832 at $23.33 per annum, and who died on the 19 th . March 1847.
Sally Minor his Wid, on the 5 th April 1853 in the Probate Court of said County, made application for a pension under the act of 3 rd Feb 1853
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by one Witness who was present at marriage, Death by 3 rd Med Cert, and by 1 witness who attended the funeral on the 20 March 1847
Pension allowed at the rate of $23.33 per annum, com- mencing on the 1 st of February 1853 August 28 th 1853
Name and residence of Agent
Franklin Hall 39 State Street Boston Mass
Amiel A. Cook Examining Clerk.

39 State St. Boston May 31 st 1853.
Sir,
Enclosed herewith I forward the application of Sally Minor, widow of Richardson Minor, deceased formerly a pensioner under the law of 7 th June 1832, at the rate of $23.33 per annum, for a pension under the 2 d section of the Act of February 3 d 1853.
Very respectfully
Your obed t Serv t Franklin Hall,
L. P. Waldo Esq., Comm r of Pensions, Washington D.C.

June 2 o 1853
M rs R ose App l of Sally
Minor widow of Richardson.
21935
map: D. $ 23.33
Act 3 d Feby: 1853
Monu ts R ec d. No. 53 at $23.33 per annum from 3 d Feby 1853
D. H. Cook Franklin Hall Ex Coll
39 State St.
Boston.
map.
{ War good Evidence full
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Patent Office, Official Business

Pension office
17 Aug 53
This case is respectfully referred to B d and for date of death of Pensioner and of last payment
Very Respectfully
J. Cole Chief Clerk
(See other side.)

Richard son Meiner, Act 1832, $23.33 p. an. — Died 19 th March 1847. Paid to his death.
F Burt Auditor

{ Suffolk County & Massachusetts 5 April 53 Probate Court
Marriage Oct 1829 at
1 Witness was at wedding. Oct 1829 Identifies Widow & prior contract Widowhood
Death 19 March 1847 at
1 Witness was at his funeral on 20 March 47 Identifies Widow

✓ 9482
S 160 Acres

No. 80372
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 19 th , 1875.
Richardson, Junior. Treas. Prin.
Capt. Miller
Cont. Dist.
Rev. War
9483-160-55-
John Boleon
Deerfield
Mass.

Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2414
Sally Minor Widow Richardson Minor Prin. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 23, 1853
Index: — Vol. 81 , Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1907 Aug 9. Hist. to Alfred L. Holman 2 copies 1911 Feb. 6 Hist. to Mrs. Laura Alice M. Ringland. V.P.M. 1912. Sept. 21, A. L. Holman info he had already been furnished hist

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Boone, Iowa. Feb 27, 1911.
Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Sir:-
I have the honor to request that you forward me record of the service of Richardson Miner of Stonington, Conn. He served during the Revolution, and lived at Colerain, Mass. at which place a pension was paid him and after his death, I think, to his widow. Thanking you for the same I am,
Very Respectfully,
(Mrs) Cora Alice Miller Ringland 522 5 th St.,
Boone, Iowa
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MAR 2 - 1911
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ALFRED L. HOLMAN
225 DEARBORN STREET
CHICAGO
Cable Address—NAMLOH Code—BEDFORD McNEILL
August 3rd, 1907.
Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. O.
Dear Sir:—
Will you kindly furnish me with the record for services in the Revolutionary War of Richardson Miner — Franklin Co., Mass., under Act of Congress of 1832. Placed on roll Nov. 25, 1833. Pension commenced March 4, 1831.
May I ask that you will be so kind as to give this to me in duplicate, as I wish one copy for my own files and one for a descendant living in Mass. I judge it would be more convenient to your Department to have both copies made at the same time.
Yours faithfully,
Alfred L. Holman

ALFRED L. HOLMAN
219 SO. DEARBORN STREET
CHICAGO
CABLE ADDRESS: NAMLOH CODE: WESTERN UNION
September 13th, 1912.
Commissioner of Pensions, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish me with the pension record for services in the Revolution of Richardson Minner, who enlisted in Stonington, Conn., but who lived in Colerain, Mass. , at the time he applied for a pension.
Thanking you in advance for your courtesy in the matter,
Yours faithfully,
Alfred L. Holman