Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12422, Comfort Carpenter, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
bonn
Carpenter, Bonfort
S. 12422
CONTENTS

2152 2152 Connecticut
Comfort Carpenter of Holland in the State of Connecticut who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Spencers of the Regt commanded by Col Wyllys in the Connecticut line for State Troops — for 13 Mo —
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 65 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Nov 1832 and sent to Pensioner
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 97 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Dec 1832 32 $ 129
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Dullack Clerk Book A Vol. 3 — Page 36

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832
State of Connecticut } Probate Court July 30. 1832 County of Tolland } Jeremiah Parish Esq. Judge
On this 30 th day of July A D 1830 personally appeared in open court before Jeremiah Parish Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate for Tolland District now sitting, Comfort Carpenter a resident of the town of Tolland in the County of Tolland & State of Connecticut aged Ninety one 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. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That on the 5 th day of May 1775 he entered into the service of the Army of the Revolution & served under Cap t . Solomon Wille, Lieut s Jonathan Parker & Samuel Felt & Ensign Noah Chapin in Col o . Samuel Mayhew's Regiment of which one was Major under the command of Brigadier Gen l . Spencer for the space of seven months in the towns of Roxbury & Boston in the State of Massachusetts which service he rendered as first Sergeant of the 5 th Company of the 33 rd Regiment raised by the United Colonies of North America. And that Ammi Dault was in said Company during this campaign & can testify to the truth of the above statement whose deposition accompanies this declaration. That he has the original roll used by him when Sergeant of s d Company which accompanies this declaration. He further states that in the month of May 1776 he entered again into the service of the Army of the Revolution & served under Cap t . Rowley Lieut s Palmer & Haz- zard & Ensign Phineas Frower in Col o . Swift's Regiment having Starr for Lieut o Colonel for the term of six months which service was rendered as first Sergeant of s d Company under the command of Cap t .

Capt. Rowley left the service & returned home in the month of November 1776. That he first went to Skeensborough where he tarried from four to six weeks, from thence he went to Mount Independence where he continued until he returned home, and was at Mount Independence when Burgoyne's Army came down & returned to Canada. That Timothy Carpenter of Ellington in Tolland County is knowing to this town of service whose deposition accompanies this declaration.
In answer to the interrogatories put by direction of the War Department he states that he was born in the town of Coventry in Tolland County in the year 1740 & has no record of his age. That he lived in the town of Tolland aforesaid when he was called into the service of the Revolution years since the Revolutionary war he has resided in said Tolland. That he first enlisted into Capt. Solomon Willes company & was chosen first Sergeant & received a warrant signed by Joseph Spencer Brigadier General which warrant he now has & has exhibited the same in court. He does not state the names of the officers more particularly than in the preceding declaration. And the only documentary evidence he has is his roll & warrant.
That Jesse Eaton & Loren D. Waldo are known to him & can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a revolutionary soldier. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present declaration that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
his Comfort X Carpenter mark
We Jesse Eaton & Loren D. Waldo both of the town of Tolland in Tolland County, Connecticut, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Comfort Carpenter who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be ninety one years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Jesse Eaton Loren D. Waldo

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, & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jesse Eaton who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Tolland in Tolland County & that Loren L. Waldo who has also signed the same is a resident in said Tolland and a Justice of the Peace within & for S. Tolland County & both are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. And they further find that Ammi Dault of Tolland aforesaid & Timothy Carpenter of Ellington aforesaid the persons named in the preceding Declaration whose depositions are to accompany said declaration are credible witnesses and that their statement is entitled to belief & that there is no settled Clergiman in the town of Tolland who is acquainted with the said Comfort Carpenter.
Pass d by the Court
Attest J. Howard Clerk
I Joseph Howard Clerk of the Court of Probate for the district of Tolland do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Comfort Carpenter for a pension — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 30 th day of July A D 1832 Joseph Howard Clk.
A true copy, certified from record Attest J. Howard Clk.

(1764)  BRIEF in the case of Comfort Carpenter  of Tolland — in the State of Conn t  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 91 Years —  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     5 May In 1775 — — 7 — — As a Serg t Gen. Spencer & Capt. D. Wyllys Co y . Col e S. Wyllys Reg t State   May 1776 — — 6 — — — Col s Swift — D r ? D r Capt Rowland's Co y — D r ? D r  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Tolland  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 1 st period by one witness — His Warrant as 1 st Serg t dated 20 Aug. 1775 — & the traditional evidence of two others — Certified to be credible persons —  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not attached according to the regulations 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. Stephens Examining Clerk.

Prisoners
admit
Sergeant 13 m o
$ 65 pr-
Pension

I Timothy Carpenter of Ellington in the county of Tolland and State of Connecticut of lawful age do testify (and say) that I will remember that my father Campat Carpenter of Tolland in said County left home in the month of May in the year 1776 (and went as I understood into the service of the Army of the Revolution under Capt. Rowley in Col. Swifts Regiment. He was absent from home until the month of November 1776 when he returned and states that he had been to Skaneateles and Mount Independence. - and further the aforesaid with rest.
Timothy Carpenter
Tolland County ss. town of Tolland August 7. 1832 Then personally appeared Timothy Carpenter who subscribed the above deposition in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of the same. I further certify that I am acquainted with said Carpenter and know him to be entitled to full credit as a witness, and that his credibility is to be believed. -
Inver Before me
Loren P. Waldo Justice of Peace

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N.F. 12422
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Comfort Carpenter 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.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     aw May 5 1775 7 mos Sgt. Solomon Wille Samuel Hylly Conn.   May 1776 6 mos. " Rowley Swift  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Tolland Tolland Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, July 30. 1830. His cl. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Tolland Tolland Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, b. at Coventry Tolland Co. Conn. in 1740.
Remarks: Son Timothy was a resident of Ellington Conn. in 1830. No other family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
(W) Conn printed records show this man as a Sgt as the aliases from date of first enlistment. Hence I did not make a note of his com. as 1 st Sgt. and the rest designated as 3 rd in the Conn. is called in said records the 2 nd so I did not use no.

Revman
12.422
✓ INVALID.
File No. 12,422
Comfort Carpenter Sergt. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. a , Page 61
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1913 Jan'y 10 Hist. Soc. Miss Gertrude B. Jobin 1932 - Dec. 7 - Mrs. E. Kurlado Adv. missing roll of Comfort Carpenter not found in this office. in 1932 1933 - July 11 - Mrs. E. Kurlado again Adv. - no pen. cl. - fol Daniel Kibbe + no roll of Comfort Carpenter on file. See her letter in Reverend Kibbe. W. 21530

Ami Paults of Tolland in the County of Tolland (and State of Connecticut) of lawful age do testify and say that on or about the 3 rd day of May 1775 I enlisted into the service of the Revolutionary War under Captain Solomon Willes Lieutenant Jonas Thom Patten and Samuel Felt and Ensign Noah Mason and served under General Spencer and was located in the town of Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts near Boston and served Seven months. That during all said time comfort company- tee of Tolland aforesaid was the orderly or first Sergeant of said company and did the duty as such until we were discharged and further the deponent saith not. —
Ami Paults
Tolland County p. town of Tolland August 7, 1832 Then personally appeared Ami Paults the de- ponent above named and known who subscribed this deposition in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of the same. I further certify that the above named deponent is a man of truth and veracity and his statement entitled to the fullest confidence and belief. —
Before me
Loam F. Waldo Justice of Peace

Tolland County Court s. s. Clerk's Office } s. s. Tolland
I Jeremiah Parish Clerk of Tolland County Court do hereby certify that Lorenzo P. Waldo Esq. before whom the accompanying depositions of Captain Ammi Peabody & Timothy Carpenter on the 7 th day of August 1832 were taken & sworn — was on sd day long before & still is a justice of Peace in & for sd Tolland County legally appointed & installed in this Office as such & by law authorized to administer oaths & take depositions and that the signatures to the accompanying certificates purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of sd Court at Tolland this 9 th day of August AD 1832
Jeremiah Parish Clerk

Joseph Spencer Esq; Colonel of the 33 d Regiment raised by the United Colonies of North America, and Brigadier General To Comfort Carpenter
Greeting.
BY Virtue of the Power and Authority to me given, in and by the Delegates from the said Colonies in Congress assembled, I do, by these Presents, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct, constitute and appoint you the said Comfort Car- penton to be the First Serjeant in the Seventh Company, in the said Regiment : You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Serjeant, in ordering and exercising said Company in the Service aforesaid, commanding them to obey you as their Serjeant ; and yourself to observe such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from me or other your superior Officers, according to military Rules and Discipline, pursuant to the Trust reposed in you ; for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant.
Given under my Hand and Seal this 20 th Day of August in the Year of our Lord 1775.
Joseph Spencer B: gen l

1764
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Comfort Carpenter 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?  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? — no device * 

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? — no XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? none 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? And is the official character and signature of the magistrate 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? — not quite XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 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.

Mr. J. L. Davenport.
Commissioner
Dear Sir
Will you kindly let me know of the following Soldiers of the Revolution, received pensions.
1 st  neg. Jonathan Carpenter of Surrey New Hampshire - 2 nd  neg. Ebenezer Carpenter of Berkshire Co. Massachusetts 3 rd Comfork Carpenter of Tolland Connecticut (over)

If you have a statement of their Military History will you kindly send it to me and also the charge for this trouble and oblige
Yours truly
(Miss) Gertrude B. Tobin 565 W. 148 St New York.
January 5. 1913

Oct-27-1932 215 W. 91 st St., N.Y. City - N.Y.
U.S. Pension Bureau - Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: -
I would like to obtain a copy of a pension record for my application of membership in the D.A.R.
The record concerned is as follows:
Daniel Kibbe , enlisted

Copy of record about Daniel Kibbe - as soon as possible - If there is any charge, I will forward check to cover same. Thank you
Yours truly -
Florence Kibbe Hurtado (Mrs. E. Hurtado)

DEPARTMENT OF
BUREAU OF PENS
Washington,
December 7, 1932
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Mrs. E. Hurtado 215 West 91st Street, South New York City
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in regard to securing the Revolutionary War record of one Daniel Kibbe who enlisted in Somers, Connecticut, May 7, 1775, served in Captain Wills' company at Roxbury and was also in the battle of Bunker Hill.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service of a Daniel Kibbe. You state that a copy of the roll kept by Comfort Carpenter, orderly sergeant, during that service is on file in the pension claim of Comfort Carpenter who rendered the same service, which roll contains the name of Daniel Kibbe.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and no such roll has been located in this office.
Many military rolls were transferred to the War Department under an act of Congress, and in some of the transfers the records kept were incomplete, therefore, the roll to which you refer may have been included in the number of rolls transferred, in which instance, it is suggested that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is now the custodian of such rolls as were transferred to that department.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator