Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18544, for Lyman Munger, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Munger, Lyman Eunice
N 18544.
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N.B. Being allowed too much there is no balance due him W.K.
24.072 24.06 24.072  New York Lyman Munger of Monroe Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Hall of the Regt. commanded by Col. Ward in the New York line for 20 months — " —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Oct. 1833 and Deut. S. Whittlesey Rochester
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33 $166.66 Semi-ann. allowance ending A.M. '34 33.33  $199.99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Co. O'Callaghan Clerk, Book E. Vol. 4. Page 29

Albany. 8291. New York
Reported
Eliza Manger, dec. widow of Lyman Manger N.Y. who was a Private in the Revolution Her husband died 26 July, 1835.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843, and terminating 15th July, 1843, when she Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Dec. 1847, and sent to
Hon. C. P. Holmes Secy of Reps.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A 80 Vol. 2 Page
Payable to Henry, Lyman & Edwin Manger only children

No 13471 S 43 9392 Elvira Mongr do Wid of Lyman
Ms Oct 7 July 1838
Marrid 1798 - claim and died 15 July '43 -
adms 75 - 6 mo. Swift 76 6 - Ward
$40
Also acts 43. & 44 40 to 15 June 43. when she died to Henry - Lyman & Edwin Munger only children Hon E.B. Holmes H.R.

State of New York, County of Monroe
On this 28 th day of Sep- -tember eighteen hundred and forty seven personally appeared in open court Henry Munger of the town of Gates in said County who being first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the amount due to the heirs of Eunice Munger deceased widow of Lyman Munger under the act of 7 th July 1838-
This declarant states that he is the son of Lyman Munger of said county who was a soldier of in the war of the revolution and who drew a pension at the rate of sixty six dollars and sixty six cents per annum for his services in said war
This declarant states that his father the said Lyman Munger died on the twenty sixth day of July in the year eighteen hundred & thirty five (1835)
This declarant further states that his mother's maiden name was Eunice Parmely - that she was a native of the town of East Guilford (now Madison) in the state of Con- -necticut - that where she was mar- -ried on the seventh day of August seventeen hundred & ninety three (1793) to this declarant's said father, as appears by the annexed certified transcript of record-
This declarant further states that his said mother, the said Eunice Munger died on the

fifteenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred & forty three 1843 - that after the death of this declarant's said father she did not again intermarry -
This declarant further states that his said father & mother left three children surviving them, whose names are Henry, Lyman, & Edwin Munger - And further says not -
Sworn & subscribed the day & year first above written.
Henry Munger
John C. Nash Clerk
State of New York County of Monroe ss I John C. Nash Clerk of said County do hereby certify that at a term of the Supreme Court of said State held in & for said County - the same being a court of Record - on the 28 th day of September 1847 - it was duly proved by the ad- -duction of testimony satisfactory to said Court that Lyman Munger died on the twenty sixth (26 th ) day of July in the year eighteen hundred & thirty five (1835) - that Eunice Munger his widow died on the fifteenth (15 th ) day of July in the year eighteen hundred & forty three (1843) - and that the

said Lyman & Eunice Munger left three children surviving them whose names are Henry, Lyman & Edwin Munger -
In testimony whereof I have herunto set my hand & the seal of said Court & county this 28 th day of September 1847 -
John C. Nash Clerk.

I Samuel N Shepard of the Town of Madison County of New Haven & State of Connecticut do hereby certify that on application to me made for evidence of the marriage of Lyman Munger with Eunice Parmely I do find on the records of the first Church in Madison that the said marriage was solemnized by the Rev. John Eliott on the seventh day of August seventeen hundred hundred and ninety three, that it is a true copy of the record with exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows —
1793 Aug 7
Lyman Munger & Eunice Parmely
Samuel N. Shepard, Pastor of the First Church in Madison. County & State of I Samuel N Shepard above named depose and say That I am the Pastor of the first Church in Madison County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, and that I have in my custody the records of the aforesaid Church, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Church, with the exceptions above named as certified by me Sept 13th 1847 Samuel N. Shepard, Pastor of the first church in Madison County & State aforesaid
State of Connecticut County of New Haven) ss Madison Sept 13th 1847
Be it Remembered that on this 13th day of Sept 1847 personally appeared Rev. Samuel N Shepard Who hath subscribed his name to the foregoing Deposition, and made Oath in due form of law to the truth of the same before me
Jesse Crampton Justice of the peace

Jesse Crampton Justice of the Peace State of Connecticut County of New Haven } ss County Clerks Office }
I Henry G Lewis Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of New Haven and Keeper of the seal thereof, and of the Commission of the Justices of Peace for said County, hereby certify:- That Jesse Crampton
was on the 20 th day of June A D 1847 a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly appointed commissioned (which Commission will expire on the 20 th day of June A D 1848) and sworn, with power by the laws of this State to administer Oaths, and take the acknowledgement of Deeds and other in- struments; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature above affixed purporting to be his is his genuine official
Please certify that I am a Justice of the Peace taken out of this state
see the

signature.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and seal of the said Court this 14 th day of September A D 1847
Henry G Lewis Clerk.

State of New York County of Monroe
David W. Allen of the city of Rochester in said county being duly sworn doth depose and the say that in the year eighteen hundred and forty three he was Sexton of the said city of Rochester that by reference to his books he finds that Eunice Munger, widow of Lyman Munger was buried on the sixteenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred & forty three (1843) and this deponent states that he was present and officiated in the capacity of Sexton at the funeral of the said Eunice Munger, and he knows that the funeral took place at the day month & year above stated.
Sworn & subscribed this 2 nd day of October 1847 - Before me
David W. Allen
John C. Nash Clerk.

16074
Lyman Munger Monroe co. N.Y.
L.f.
Admitted
Private 20 months Service under Hand & Wyllie, discredited by rolls - Dec 1843 - G.W.
Fullerton Eng. Rochester, Brighton Monroe Co N York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
May 17 183 3
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 Lyman Mangle Monroe County New York
   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.     April 1775 11 9 11 Pri Capt Hall Colo Mace N York Gilford   April 1776 Genl Moore Canada New Haven   intd 1776 11 8 11 Pri Hall Genl Moore Fort St Johns Quebec Connecticut Devers   April 1777 11 6 11 Pri X Ward Col Willis Canada Witnesses   intd area 72 years  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions:
X No Capt Stand in Willis's regt in 77 - Not borne on the regt rolls

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? 9  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 9  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 he 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 [i] 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.

Syman Mangle
paper on application.
In a Press

State of New York
County of Monroe. Monroe Common pleas § 55
On this Second day of October one thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common pleas of the County of Monroe now sitting. Symon Munger a resident of the Town of Pheasant in the County of Monroe and State of New York aged Seventy two  two years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, that he first enlisted as a private and entered the service of the United States at the Town of Guilford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut in the month of April 1775. in the Connecticut State Troops in the Company commanded by Capt Stephen Hall in the Regiment commanded by Col Ward. under the Command of Gen Wooster. that about two weeks after his enlistment the Regiment in which this deponent was. was ordered to the City of New York. where this deponent immediately went with the Regiment. where he remained until the first of September in the same year - About the first of September the said Regiment and this deponent with them were ordered to Canada where they proceeded this deponent with his regiment. by the way of Hudson River & Lake Champlain. that he was engaged in the attack upon & taking of St Johns in October or November of the same year. that he arrived at Montreal with the Regiment & which he belonged in the month of November or December in the same year that he left Montreal the last of December in the same year and arrived at his home in the month of January 1776. About the last of the month. having served at this time more than

nine months, but the period of his enlistment had expired two or three months before his arrival at home - at the attack upon St Johns Col Ward Commanded the Regiment A which this deponent belonged Gen Wooster the brigadier and Gen Montgomery was the Commander in Chief all of which officers this deponent saw then frequently
This deponent was enlisted in the month of April 1776 in the Town of Guilford before mentioned in the Connecticut State Troops under the same Capt Stephen Hall before mentioned for the term of Seven  Eight months - about the middle of April the Company of this deponent & this deponent next then marched through the Country to Ticonderoga - at which place the said Company joined a Regiment under the Command of Col. Herman Swift and the Brigade Commanded by Gen Waterbury - This deponent remained at Ticonderoga as one of the garrison of that post until the month of January 1777 - The Enemy lay at Crown Point fifteen miles distant a good portion of the time but this deponent was in no engagement that season - This deponent saw frequently while at that place Col Swift & Gen Waterbury - and saw Gen Arnold then frequently who commanded on the Lake - this deponent reached home about the last of January 1777 having been in the service this Campaign more than nine months
This deponent was enlisted in the month of April 1777 in the Town of Guilford aforesaid under Capt Daniel Hand in the Connecticut State Troops for the term of six months - Early in the Spring this deponent & the Company he was in marched to Fishkill on the Hudson River where this deponent joined the Regiment under the Command of Col Willis
This deponent remained at Fishkill about one month

when the Enemy having pushed us. we followed them up the Hudson River - The village of Esopus was burned by the Enemy before the troops with whom this Deponent was reached the place - this Deponents Company & Deponent with them marched up the River to Saratoga and joined the Army under General Gates - but at what time this Deponent cannot recollect - this Deponent remained at Saratoga with Gen Gates Army until after the Capture of Burgoyne - this Deponent was not engaged in action with the Enemy then - Col. Miller commanded the Regiment of this Deponent at Saratoga - but he cannot recollect the name of the General Commanding the Brigade. He saw Gen Gates & Gen Arnold at Saratoga - This Deponent then returned home about the month of November having been engaged in Service this Town about Seven months - This Deponent served all this time as a present Soldier - and he turned out at other times occasionally for a month or two at a time upon any alarm - to which short tours of duty this Deponent was refused from being on the Seaboard - but he cannot recollect the particulars of such Service with sufficient accuracy to state them - This Deponent had a discharge but it has been mislaid and is lost - and that he has now no documentary Evidence to prove his Service he thinks Stephen Everts, Benjamin Wright  Wright of Rensselaer County may know and be able to prove some part of the Services of this Deponent - but he knows of no other person who is acquainted with his Services. Except they reside more than three hundred miles distant and that he is not acquainted with any Clergyman in Poughkeepsie This Deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or 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 & year first above mentioned J. Butler Dep. clerk Lyman Wanger
We Sire blood juror a juryman residing the Town of Poughkeepsie Ulster County and State of New York and Ashbel W. Riley residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lyman Wanger who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and we believe him to be twenty two years of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides & have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn & Subscribed the 3 d day of October one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two J. Butler Dep. clerk
Ashbel W. Riley G. Merrill Jr

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 certify that it appears to them that Leon Weiss Jun. in who has signed the preceding Certificate is a credible person  a clergyman resident in the Town of Brighton above mentioned and that Asahel W. Ailey — who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Brighton above mentioned and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Leonard Adams Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monroe in the State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lyman Menger for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of the said Court of Common Pleas this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
L. Adams Clerk

Moor Com. Phas
In the matter
of
The application of Lyman Menger for a pension

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 Sward as he states and the Court further Certify that it appears to them that Sam Weiss Junr who has signed the preceding Certificate is a  a credible person resident in the Town of Brighton above mentioned and that Asahel W. Ailey — who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Brighton above mentioned and is a credible person and that their Statement is entitled to Credit
I Leonard Adams Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Monroe in the State of New York do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Lyman Munger for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of the said Court of Common Pleas this thirteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
L. Adams Clerk

1. the first question deponent answers that he was born in Guilford in the state of Connecticut in the year 1750 2. the second question he answers that he has no record of his age and knows of none in existence 3. the third question he answers that he had at Guilford (now called Madison) in Connecticut when he was called into the service - since the Revolutionary war he has lived in Glastonbury & Middletown Connecticut & Brighton Monroe County New York 4. the fourth question when he now lives his general declaration will answer. the same as the fifth question 5. the sixth question this deponent answers that he never received a written discharge from any body 6. the seventh question he answers that Dr. Levi Woodruff and Asahel Lo-Abley of Brighton can testify to his character for veracity and belief of his answers. Sworn & subscribed as a supplemental declara- tion this 3 rd day of October 1832 Lyman Manger J. Cutter Dep. clerk

State of New York } Monroe County }
Monroe Common Pleas } of June Term 1833 }
On the tenth day of June 1833 personally appeared in Open Court Lyman Manger the applicant for a pension mentioned in the annexed papers who being duly sworn deposed and said that the facts set forth in the annexed statement are substantially true. 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 he is quite certain that he served not less than the periods mentioned below in the following grades viz;
In the year 1775 for Nine months I served as a private - In the year 1776 for Eight months I served as a private & in the year 1777 for Seven months I served as a private. And for said service I claim a pension
Sworn & subscribed in Open Court this 10 th day of June 1833 } J. L. Miller Dep. clerk
Lyman Manger
I Frederick Whittelsey Member of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States do certify that the papers hereto attached & before this Court now drawn by me and that they are the identical papers containing the original proceedings before the Court of Common Pleas for Monroe County in October last. in the matter of the application of Lyman Manger for a pension. and that said papers have not since been altered.
No October June 10-1833-
F. Whittelsey

I Leonard Adams Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Monroe County & State of New York do hereby certify that Lyman Munger appeared in Court & made oath to the affidavil on this sheet and that at the same time the previous sheets hereto attached were then connected therewith
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas this tenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty three
L. Adams Clerk

O. W. & N. Division.
P. S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., December 13, 1894.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of LYMAN MUNGER a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 7118544
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. April, 1775 9 mo. Pri. Stephen Hall Ward Conn. April, 1776 9 mo. " Stephen Hall Swift Conn. April, 1777 9 mo. " Daniel Ward Willis Conn.
Battles engaged in,
ST. JOHNS.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Guilford, Conn.
Date of application for pension,
October 2, 1852.
Residence at date of application,
Brighton, N.Y.
Age at date of application,
Seventy-two years.
Remarks: He married Eunice Parmely August 7, 1795, and died July 6, 1855. No record of Nicholas Stockhouse as a pensioner.
James H. Fisher, Esq., 133 Mount Hope Ave., Rochester, N.Y.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1894 Dec. 18 Hist. to Jas. H. Fisher, Rochester, N.Y.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 18,544
Eunice Mounger Widow of Lyman Mounger Priv. Rep. War.
Act: Mar. 3 d 1843
Index:—Vol. m , Page 73
[Arrangement of 1870.]

JAMES H. FISHER, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, 183 MOUNT HOPE AVENUE, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
J. H. F.
m - not J.
S - not J. " " W. Dec 1 st " 1894
Chief Clerk Pension Office Washington D.C.
S - not J " W.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly have search made of the name of Nicholas Stackhouse on the pension Rolls of Revolutionary Pensioners of the State of Pennsylvania - I desire to know if possible when his pension began - when it ceased, and under what office he served.
Also for the name of Lyman Munger of Connecticut who with his father and his father's brother went in the expedition at Quebec and one of them, I believe, died on the shores of Lake Champlain under Lord Burgoyne - Any information which can be gathered from the pension rolls as to any of the Munger family , either in the Colonial times or during the Revolutionary War is be greatly welcomed. The present loss of certain family records makes this particularly desirable. I will thankfully remit for any moderate charge for such information. Hoping for an early and favorable reply I am very respectfully J. H. Fisher

Report
10376
New-York
Eunice Munger, dec. Widow of Lyman Munger who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 26 July 1835 at Monroe in the State of New-York who was a Pri. in the Comp y . commanded by Captain Neale of the Regt. commanded by Col Ward in the Recs. time for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Dec r 1847 and sent to Hon E. B. Holmes, V. S. of Rep s Total amount, $
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. D. Rumpston Clerk, Book D Vol. 1. Page 169

V No 13471 Eunice Mangerde N Ad. to L. Mr. Drury Oct. 28th '47
act 7 July 1838

Payment to be made at
Albany, by
J. W. Olcott, Esq. New York
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 2 Page 80
H. D. Rumpf, Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT, WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of March 3, 1843, Eunice Munger, dec. widow of Sylvan Munger, who was a Private and died on the 26 day of July, 1835, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of forty dollars and _____ cents per annum, commencing on the 4th March, 1843, and terminating on the 15th July 1843, unless the Pensioner married or died before the last mentioned date; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage or death. Eunice. Play & t Henry, Sylvan & Eunice Munger only children Given at the War Office of the United States, this 21 day of Dec. one thousand eight hundred and 43. Seven.
Examined and Countersigned.
Secretary of War.
Commissioner of Pensions.

"Register of Interments July. 1843 July 16 th Eunice Monger 70 - Bilious Fever, St. Paul. St. M. H. 15-6. G."
State of New York County of Monroe } p
I certify that I hold the office of Sexton of the City of Rochester in said County and that the above contains is a true extract from the Register of Interments for the month of July 1843. as recorded by David W. Allen who kept the books of belonging to the City Sextons Office & who was Sexton of the said City of Rochester at the date of the above entry -
Sworn & subscribed to this 6 30 th day of November  December 1847 Before me
John C. Nash Clerk
E Brown

Canandaigua NY Nov 25, 1847-
Sir,
Herewith is transmitted additional testi- -mony in the case of Eunice Munger widow of Lyman Munger, as required by your letter of the 28 th . ult.
It will be seen that there are no rolls of Capt Hall's Co. in 1776. preserved in the Comptroller's Office.
The testimony of the former Sexton who of- -ficiated at the funeral was  was furnished before - showing Mrs Munger was furnished before - showing that the day of her funeral death was precisely the same as that certified by the books in the possession of the present sexton.
Lyman Munger, it will be seen by the papers died in July 1838 - & there is due on his account the amount from March 4 th to the time of his death in 1838 - which you will please notice in issuing certificates -
I am respectfully - Your obedt servt.
J. M. Drowne -
J. L. Edwards Esq Counsel of Petitioner. Washington, D.C.

Canandaigua Oct. 2 nd 1847 Sir:
Herewith is transmitted the claim of the heirs of Emeline Munger, widow of Sylvan Munger, for the amount due under the act of July 7 th 1838, & March 3 rd 1823.
The certificates, when issued you will please for- -ward to me.
Respectfully -
Your O bt Servt -
L. M. Dunning.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington D.C.

State of Connecticut Comptroller Office
Hartford 22 Novemr. 1847.
I Certify, that on application for evidence of the service of Lyman Munger, in the war of the Revolution, I have examined the documents remaining in this office relating to that war, and find, in a document headed
"Discharges A.D. 1775 - General Wooster's Regiment" with the original certificate of "Richard Varick, Secy to M c Genl. Schuyler", the name of Lyman Munger, in the list of men discharged from Lt. Col. Ward's Company, as discharged by General Schuyler, 23 November.
The General Assembly of this state at their Session of June 1776 ordered two Battalions to be raised to join the Continental Army in the Northern Department.  at New York Col d Nathan Swift was appointed to the command of the 2 d Battalion, in which Stephen Hall was appointed Captain of the 3 d Company. These troops were ordered to serve until the first of December.
In the books of the late "Pay Table Office", I find the following entry under date of February 1 st 1777, -
"Cap. Stephen Hall - Col d Swift's Regt. . . . . C 1 "Pay acct s for his C o rend d Viz:- " Enlisting Bounty 59 Men 120f. . . . . 354.0.0 " Equipping d o 59 d o 22f. . . . . 64.18.0 " Wages 1 st M o . . . . . 1144.0.0 " Billiting 22.11.6- Commis n 8.15.6- Cash return d 255.15.0 787.2.0 No Pay Roll of Cap. Hall's Company in 1776 has been found. . . . . £ 850.0.0 "
Abijah Galtin Comptroller

State of Connecticut New Haven County } ss. I Jesse Crampton the Justice of the peace before whom the within Deposition of Ichil Munger & Saul Foster were taken. Do Certify that the said Ichil Munger & Saul Foster are persons of good character for truth & accuracy and of credibility as witnesses Dated Madison June 6 th 1833
Jesse Crampton, Justice of the peace
State of Connecticut, County of New Haven ss. New Haven June 11 th 1833. I M c Beath Clerk of the County Court in the New Haven County, hereby certify that Jesse Crampton whose name is above, within written & subscribed is to wit at the date of his signature respectively, a Justice of the peace in the New Haven County & duly qualified to ad- minister Oaths, & that the signatures by him made here are respectively his genuine official signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said County Court the day & date above written.
M c Beath Clerk

I Jehiel Munger of the Town of Madison County of New Haven and State of Connecticut; Testify and say, that Lyman Munger, (now of Roches- -ter State of New York; formerly of the Town of Guilford East Society; now the Town of Madison) Entered the service of the United States, in the month of May 1775, served six months in Capt Halls Company; the next year he enlisted in 1776 and served according to the best of my recollection 7 or 8 months; the next year year in 1777 - he enlisted under Capt Daniel Hand; do not recollect how long he served under Capt Hand -
Jehiel Munger
New Haven County ss Madison Sept 28 th 1832 personally appeared Jehiel Munger Signer of the foregoing certificate and made Oath to the same according to his best recollection and belief
Jesse Crampton; Justice of Peace

New Haven County ss Madison Sept 28 th A D 1832 Personally appear before me Jesse Crampton Esq Justice of peace for New Haven County, State of Connecticut; Saul Foster of said Madison and Testifies declares and says that he was in the United States service by enlistment about the first of May 1775 Stephen Halls company Col Wards Regiment, Genl Shosters Brig- ade; Marched to St. Johns Fort, Canada after that campaign, in the 1777-3 served under Capt Daniel Hand, Col. Fowlers, regiment went Fishkills from there to Albany returned late in the fall I served six months in Capt Halls company and two months in Capt Hands company.
And I hereby certify that Lyman Munger of Rochester State of New York was with me and served with me in both the above desc- ribed campaigns Saul Foster
New Haven County ss Madison Sept 28 th A D 1832 Personally appeared Saul Foster Signer of the foregoing certificate and made Oath to said certificate according to his best recollection and belief
Jesse Crampton; Justice of peace

State of New York Genes. County } ss I Hart Spafford the Magistrate before whom the within Affidavit of Stephen Evarts was taken do Certify that the said Stephen Evarts is a man of good character for truth & accuracy & of Credibility as a witness Dated Bangor May 20 th 1833 Hart Spafford

Whereas Steven Everts came before me and made oathe that he is acquainted with Lyman Munger of Rochester formerly of the town of Guilford State of Connecticut Herkhausen County, and he further states that he enlisted into the continental Army under the command of Captain Steven Hall for the time of Six Month and went to the North and I think according to my best belief stayed his time out Subscribed and Sworne (Stephen Everts, before me at Bergen Genesee County N.Y. Sept 24 th 1832 Hart Spafford J.P.
State of New York Genesee County ss. I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of said county certify, that Hart Spafford before whom the foregoing affidavit purports to have been taken and made was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, and that I am well acquainted with the signature of said Justice sub- scribed to said affidavit and verily believe the same to be genuine — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the court of Common Pleas of said county this nineteenth day of October 1832.
Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Deputy