Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [BLANK], Joel Camp, Conn. Residence 1794

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Camp, Joel
Dis.
No papers.
Conn. residence 1794.
CONTENTS

1913, May 28 - History to Mrs. Wm. A. Robinson. Lrr.

May 10, 1906 aw E. J. H.

Camp, Joel
His name appears on a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of Connecticut, submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on April 25, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, class 9, page 89.
Rank: Private
Regt: Colonel Patterson's
Disability: Wounded on board a batteau when crossing Lake Champlain; which wound occasioned an ulcer, and renders him almost unable to get a living by labor
When and where disabled: June, 1776, Lake Champlain.
Residence: Litchfield
To what pension entitled: Two-thirds.
Remarks: There are no returns of this regiment for 1776 in this office.
Evidence transmitted by the District Court complete.
Allowed. See 1835 list Comm p 21

844 East Fourteenth Street,
Davenport, Iowa.
May 16 th 1913.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
I wrote the Adjutant General, at Washington, in regard to an ancestor of mine who was a soldier in the Revolution. He suggests that the meager account which his, "for from complete records of the Revolutionary soldiers," gives may possibly be supplemented by you, and hence I write this letter.
Abel Carrup , born Feb. 2 nd 1729 (G.S.) at Bristol, Conn. died in Barre, Vt. April 21 st 1821. His name is on the

"Honor Roll of Litchfield Co. Revolutionary Soldiers", published by the D. A. R. as enlisting Jan. 21 st 1776.
I find also from "Connecticut Men in the Revolution", Aug. 27 th 1781, he was in Capt. James Plodchards Co., Gen. Waterbury's State Brigade.
There is a tradition that has come from father to son, to grandson and great-grandson — all supposed to be of unimpeach- able character — that Abel  Carp was a Captain in the Revolution, and that he furnished two sons for that war, one of whom was my grandfather, Goold Carp .
Can you help me in any way in

proving this?
I have found the name "Joel Camp an invalid pensioner", and this name would agree with that of Abel Camp's oldest son.
Thank you in advance for your kindness.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs. William A. Robinson.

Rev. War Section.
May 28, 1913.
Mrs. William A. Robinson, 844 East 14th Street, Davenport. Iowa.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 16" and received the 19" instant, you are advised that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Abel Camp or Goold Camp, described by you.
In the publication entitled "American State Papers, Claims Class 9," on page 89, it is shown that Joel Camp, a resident of Litchfield, Connecticut, was allowed pension on account of being wounded on board a batteau when crossing Lake Champlain, in June, 1776, while a Private in Colonel Patterson's regiment; and Volume I of "List of Pensioners " reported by the Secretary of War in 1835, page 21, under the State of Connecticut, shows that Joel Camp was pensioned from September 4, 1793, and died in 1807.
There is no information in the files of this Bureau, as the soldier's papers were destroyed when the British burned the War Office in 1800 or 1814.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.