Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16233, for Zadok Raymond, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Raymond Gadok or Gadock
S116233
boarded
CONTENTS

H. 56 Connecticut
Sadock Raymond
of Fairfield in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Conn. commanded by Captain Tilton of the Reg. commanded by Col. ... in the Conn. for 1 Year.
Granted on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of 40 Dollars per annum to commence on the 24th day of March, 1831.
Due date of Pension from the 26 day of Aug. 1833 and due to the H. D. Doolittle parent
Arrears to the 24th of Mar. '33 $ 80 Pension allowance ending Aug. '33 20 $100
{ Revolutionary Pensions, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. A. Bates Clerk Book E. Vol. 2, Page 3

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Zadock Raymond which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. Has he mentioned 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? — no — It does not appear in the declaration that any service was performed.
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? — no —
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
L. Iselwyn
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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. January 1861

State of Connecticut, } County of Fairfield, } ss.
On this 3. day of Augt. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before
The Court of Probate within and for the District of Norwalk in said County
now sitting, Iadock Payson a resident of Wilton in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged Sixty Eight years, who being first 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. That on my coming to the age of fifteen years which was the 5. day of Jan'y 1780 I entered into the Company commanded by Capt. Nathan Gilbert in the town of Wilton as now called it was then a parish of Norwalk. and served in said Company in guarding and protecting the sea coast and on the lines until the end or close of the Revolution War. That I never recd any written discharge and have no documentary evidence of my Service. was born in said Wilton on the 5. day of Jan'y - 1764. have no record of my age and have always lived in said Wilton and now live there as in no Regular Battle.

State of Connecticut } Probate Court. District of Stony Hill County of Fairfield } in said County July 2 1833 Personally appeared the within named Ladoh Raymond, and being duly sworn in open Court, according to law, deposes and says, in explanation of his declaration herein set forth, that on the fifth day of January 1780, I entertained a horse stolen in Capt. Nathan Gilbert Company Col. Stephen S. Johns Major John Dewees Fort Gage attached to Sullivan and was in company at Stony Hill Horse Creek. Person there and on the lines and was but in the Campaign and was in active and constant service for the United States as a Patriot soldier for more than one year before the close of the War there and before the year and day of my death in open Court Ladoh Raymond Benj. Searle Judge
No. 3151 Ladoh Raymond
named 12 mispice 140

The said Isadore Raymond 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 and year aforesaid.
Isadore Raymond
We, Charles J. Todd a clergyman, residing in the town of Wilton and Nathan Gilbert residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isadore Raymond who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 68 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood 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.
Charles J. Todd Nathan Gilbert
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Charles J. Todd - who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Wilton and that Nathan Gilbert - who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Wilton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Benj. Isaac, Judge
I, Charles Isaac Clerk of the said Probate Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isadore Raymond - for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Probate Office, this 3 day of Aug - 1832.
Chas. Isaac, Clerk

State of Connecticut } } Probate Court District of County of Fairfield } Know all men by these presents: That on or about the 5th day of Jan'y. 1780. I, Iddok Raymond of said Wilton with whom I am well acquainted entered into my Company and served in said Company under my Command until the close of the Revolutionary War in guarding and protecting the sea coast and on the lines.
Nathan Gilbert
Sworn & subscribed in open Court Brj. Isaac Judge
At the same Court. Personally appeared Iddok Betts aged 70 years and being duly sworn in open Court depon and say that he is well acquainted with Iddok Raymond of said Wilton and knows that said Raymond served in the Company commanded by Capt. Nathan Gilbert from about the 5th day of Jan'y 1780 to the close of the Revolutionary War having served in the same Company myself Iddok Betts
Sworn and subscribed in open Court Brj. Isaac Judge

P 16233
INVALID.
File No. 16233
Zarock Haggins
Pr. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 79
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 310
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Raymond, Zuriel GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4908 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 25, 1796
to Zuriel Raymond
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.