Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37819, John Camp, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Conn.) Camp, John
S. 37819
CONTENTS

No 19780
Connecticut
John Camp
of Litchfield Co in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bartwick of the regiment commanded by Colonel Charles Webb in the Connecticut line, for the term of one year from December 1775 to January 1777
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th day of June 1827
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1827 and sent to Ansel Sterling Esq. Sharon, Connecticut
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1827 $22-40 Semi-ann. all'ce ending
$22-40
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820 }

Original Claim.
County of Litchfield ss. February Term, Superior Court, D. 1827. On this 21 st day of February 1827, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, for the County of Litchfield, John Camp, resident in said County, aged 69 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 & the first of May 1820, that he the said John Camp enlisted for the term of one year on the 12 th day of December in the year A.D. 1775, in the State of Connecticut, in the company commanded by Capt. Isaac Root in the Regiment commanded by Col. Charles Webb, in the line of the State of Connecticut, on the Continental Establishment, that he continued to serve in the service until the first of January 1777, when he was discharged from the said service, in a Town in the State of New Jersey, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the roll of any State except Connecticut, & that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension, that he is poor, or not worth one hundred dollars, nor has he been for eight or ten years last past & therefore has not been able to defray the expenses, & that he has never been able to procure, until now, the assistance of a friend to aid him in the business, & that he is now assisted by a man who is himself a Pensioner, (vizt.) Samuel Campfield.
And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820 I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, & that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with the intent thereby to so diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress, entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War, passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, & that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and

That I have now no property of any kind, real or personal, except what I wear on my person, every day, except one Jack knife, & that I have had none for more than ten years last past. & that I have nothing but my labor for my support. That I have no family or children to aid me, that I am too old & feeble now to furnish myself with necessaries, & that for several years past I have received the greatest part of my support from charity. —
John Camp. —
Sworn to & declared on the 21 st day of February A. 1827, before the said Superior Court for the County of Litchfield - Vested by
Frederick Wolcott, B.H.
I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of said Court, do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said John Camp did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the foregoing Declaration, against the common enemy for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the Continental establishment.
I also certify that the foregoing Oath is a true copy of the records of said Court, & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the said John Camp has no property, nor has he had any for eight or ten years last past. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court on this 21 st day of February
A. 1827.
Frederick Wolcott.

37819
Rev INVALID.
File No. 37819
John Camp Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 67
[Arrangement of 1870.]

J. J. Edwards Esq.

Sharon Litchfield County Conn June 25 th 1827.
Sir: I again inclose to you the papers of John Lank of this Town to me well known as a poor indigent person. I had no concern in the formation of his papers as first transmitted to the Department but have now endeavored to com- ply with your instructions which I enclose -
The papers have been unfortunately delayed for the want of a certifi- cate from Otsego County in the State of New York over two hundred miles from this place a great deal more immediately forwarded by Mail to the Justice M c Beath requesting him to transmit a certificate of the Clerk of the County of Otsego

showing his official character. & I have from Mr. Prentiss letter this day recd that he lies about 40. miles from the Clerks & that when he visited the Clerks was in the city of New York & on his return the inclosed certificate was made out sent to Mr. Prentiss & by him transmitted to me - & is now inclosed
The Declaration has been amended in the way pointed out by you instructions. & to my knowledge it is true in that particular. I have known Mr. Cook for about 18. years & he has never been north more than the clothes on his back at any time & had it not been for the aid he has received from an old soldier who draws a pension. He could not now have made out his paper when to return to me an answer as soon as convenient

Yours very respectfully
Arthur Shurkin
J. S. Edwards Esq.

War Department,
Pension Office,
26 th Jan. 1827.
Sir,
I herewith return the papers forwarded by you, in support of John Camp's claim to a pension, and have to state, that before a final decision can be had in his case, he must amend his declaration, by setting forth therein, his reasons for not having made earlier application for a pension, and the changes which may have taken place in his property since the 18 th of March 1818, in the manner prescribed in the printed instructions herewith enclosed. The affidavits of his witnesses, especially that of Ensign Amos Bostwick, must be authenticated by the certificate of the proper Officer, under his seal of Office, as to the official character and signatures of the magistrates before whom they were sworn to.
I am, respectfully,
W r Off. Secy.
J. L. Edwards
Ansel Sterling, Esq r .
Sharon, Conn.

State of New-York
Chautauqua Eldon's Office & p.
This Certifies, That Abijah V. Beach, Esqr. was, on the 26 th of December, 1826, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county, duly commissioned and sworn as such.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county this 11 th day of June 1827.
C. H. Brandab, Clk.

State of New York } Otsago County } Be it known that on the 26 th day of December 1826 before me the Subscri- ber a Justice of the Peace in & for the said County of Otsago - Personally appeared Amos Bostwick to me personally known as a Man of truth and an Creditable witness and being by me duly sworn according to Law Deposeth and saith that he personally knows John Camp formerly of New Milford in Connecticut and now of Sharon in Connecticut - and that he this Deponent was an Ensign in the Company Commanded by Capt n Amos Bostwick in the Regiment Commanded by Colo c Charles Webb and that he served such in said Regiment during the Campaign of the year 1776 And that he this Deponent perfectly well Remembers that the aforesaid John Camp was a private soldier in the said Comp- -any and that he said Camp continued to serve in the said Company about one year and untill the close of the said year 1776 - that the said Company was on the Continental Establishment and duly Commissioned by Congress - and further this Deponent further saith Not
Sworn to & subscribed the - 26 th Dec r . 1826 before me
Amos Bostwick
Abijah H Beach Just e of Peace

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss. On the 29 th day of April A D 1826 personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of Peace for the county aforesaid, Daniel Epley of New Milford in said county aged Seventy years, to me well known by me deemed to be a credible Witness, & being first duly sworn according to Law, deposes & saith that John Lump formerly of said New Milford but now of Sharon in said county, & who is now here present, is to the depon t well known, that he said Lump was a private in the company of Continental troops commanded by Capt. Isaac Bostwick in the Regiment commanded by Col. Charles Webb of the Connecticut troops; which company was enlisted for one year commencing on the 1 st of Jan y 1776. That said Lump joined said company about the same time with this depon t  and which was about the last of Dec r 1775. at Temple's Farms near Boston, & remain- ed with said company in the neighborhood of Boston untill that place was evacuated by

by the British troops in March 1876. & from there marched to New York, that this Dep't. con- tinued in said Company until for about nine Months during which period the s d . Comp. served in said Com- pany, & this Dep't. when discharged therefrom, left the s d . Comp. still serving in said Company, ac- cording to his best recollection & belief; & he further says that he has understood & believes that s d . Comp. continued in to serve in s d . Com- pany until the expiration of his said term of enlistment, to wit: for the period of one full year excepting an absence on furlough for about four weeks during which time he s d . Comp. furnished a substitute in his place and further the Dep't. saith not. - Daniel G. G.
Sworn on the Day & year first above written before me David L. Boardman
J. P. Reury

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss. On this 29 th day of April 1896 person- ally appeared before me the subscriber assistant of Clerk for said County, personally appeared Stephen Clark of New Milford in s d County aged Sixty three years to me well known and by me deemed to be of worthy of full credit, and being by me first duly sworn according to Law deposes & saith that he well knows John Lemp formerly of New Milford but now of Sherrill in said County, & who is now here present. That when a youth he lived a near neighbour to s d Lemp, and well remembers that he went as a Private in the Company of Continent- tal troops commanded by Col d Isaac Bostwick during the campaign of the year 1776, near Boston & at New Bedford, & this Dep t remembers that s d Lemp was absent from home in s d service about one year; further saith not - Stephen Clark Jr
Sworn & subscribed on the day & year first above written before me
David L. Boardman Jus t Clerk

I Frederick Wolcott, Clerk of the County Court within & for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that David S. Boardman, Esq. to me well known, now is, & for more than one year last past hath been, a Justice of the Peace within & for said County, legally appointed, sworn in & qualified, & that the signa- tures to the preceding certificates which purport to be his, are as I sincerely believe genuine & in his own hand writing, & that all evidence is due to his official certificates & acts. — In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 21 st . day of February A.D. 1827.
Frederick Wolcott,