Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,784, Jacob Blanchard, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
Blanchard, Jacob
NUMBER _____
S 37,784
CONTENTS

899
Connecticut
Jacob Blanchard, Capt Brown Private 4 Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of June 1818 and sent to Hon. Saml. W. Johnson, Stamford, Con.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818
Semi-annual ce. ending
5 months 4/30 $41.6
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
From May. 7/1818 till May. 80 3 Years
Stamford Stamford Co

Jacob Blanche
10/10
Covent

District of Connecticut ss Stamford April 1 st 1818
I Sam. W. Johnson Esq r . Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County in said District do cer- tify that in the case of Jacob Blanchard, appli- cant for a Pension, under an act of Congress appro- ved the 18 th day of March A.D. 1818. The testimony & proceedings had on his application appear at large on this & the following pages of this sheet
Sam. W. Johnson
District of Connecticut ss, Stamford.
On this 1 st day of April A.D. 1818 Jacob Blanchard of Stamford in said District, under oath, doth declare before Sam. W. Johnson Esq r . Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County in said District. That the last of the Month of April or the first part of the Month of May in the year A.D. 1777 he enlisted into the Service of the United States in a Company Com- manded by Capt. Silvanus Brown belonging to a Regt. Commanded by Col. John Chandler in the Connecticut Line, on the Continental establishment & that he continued in the Service of the United States, engaged against the common enemy under his aforesaid enlistment untill the last of the Month of April or the first part of May in the year A.D. 1780, when he was Honor- ably discharged, at Springfield in the State of

of New Jersey & that his Discharge is from time & accident mislaid & lost. That he is in the sixty eighth year of his age, is very infirm & that from his reduced circumstances in life is in need of Assistance from his Country for Support -
Jacob Blanchard
District of Connecticut ss Stamford the 1 st day of April 1818
Personally came the above named Jacob Blanchard & having been by me duly sworn made oath that the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed is true before me
Sam l W. Johnson Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County
District of Connecticut ss Stamford April 1 st 1818
Personally appeared Theodore Mills of said Stamford
before me Sam l W. Johnson Esq r Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County in said District, who being duly sworn deposed says that they are  he is well acquainted with Jacob Blanchard Signer to the foregoing Decla- ration & that he now is & for many years now last past has been a resident Citizen of the United States in the said District of Connecticut & that by his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for Support. & further says that he belonged to the same Reg t with the P. Blanchard & that he ever understood & verily

believes that the said Blanchard served (as stated in his said declaration) & that he was Honorably discharged from the service after he had served out the term of his enlistment.
Herb Mills
District of Connecticut, S. Stamford in the County of Fairfield. I Sam l W m Johnson Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Jacob Blanchard the above named applicant served in the revolutionary War against the common enemy. In testimony whereof I have subscribed the same & affixed the seal of said Court this 7 th day of April 1810.
Sam l W m Johnson

Jacob Blanchard.
099.
Sept. 1810
law

At a County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 26 th day of July 1824 the same being a Court of Record, and having a seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Jacob Blanchard a resident in the town of Stamford in the County of Fairfield in said State, and exhibited and subscribed the following Schedule, and made Oath that the same is a true and perfect Schedule of all his income and property, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) viz. 1 Cow - 1 Horse - 1 Sled - 1 Table - 4 Chairs - 1 Iron pot - 1 Iron Kettle - 14 milk hans  stands 4 milk shelves - Churn Chest 4 Knives & forks - 2 Swine - 3 Sheep - 2 Pails - 2 Hogsheads - 2 Barrels - 1 Plough - 1 Shaving Glass - 1 Lanthorn - 1 Tea Kettle - 2 Earthen Platters - 9 Earthen plates - a Basket - 1 Small Pail - a Loom - 1 meat Barrel - 16 Shock of Rye - 2 Corn Baskets - 1 Rose - 1 W th Moose Geus - 1 Pitcher - 1 Wooden Bottle Glass Bottle - 1 Horse Barrel - 1 Lask - 1 Scythe - 1 Sycke -
$39.68
Jacob Blanchard

District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield County
BE IT REMEMBERED, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield — in the District and State aforesaid, on this 26 th day of July — 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, Jacob Blanchard — aged seventy — years, resident in the Town of Stamford — in the County of Fairfield in said State, and being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: viz
In the month of May 1777 he enlisted into a Company Commanded by Capt S. Brown in Col. Chandler's Regiment in the Connecticut line for the term of three years, served out his time and was honorably discharged
that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March, 1818, was dated the 1 st day of April — 18 18 — that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 899 And I do further solemnly swear
that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule herein annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is that of
a Labourer but from old age I am unable to Labour
and that I have a family residing with me of a Wife aged sixty five years & my son Isaac aged twenty six years whose back was broken about six years since and from that time to the present he has had no use of his limbs below his hips
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Jacob Blanchard
Sworn to, and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property contained in the aforesaid Schedule is thirty nine Dollars and 68 Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the Records of said Court.
Attest David Root (Clerk)

State of Connecticut, ss.
I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
thirty nine
Dollars \frac{68}{100}
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this 26 day of July 1820.
David Burr
Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 26 1820
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.

John Blanchard To J. R. Edwards Power of attorny,
We desire to see the papers of Elizabeth, widow of Jacob Blanchard, among Conn. Rev. Cases 16 July 1851.
Edward Smith

State of Connecticut Newfield Court 355.
Know all men by these presence that I John Blanchard a resident of the town of Standre in Connecticut and the only surviving child of Mrs Elizabeth Blanchard late of said Standre deceased have made constituted and appointed, and by these presence do make constitute and appoint J L Edwards Esqr of Washington D C my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name place and stead to examine the papers on file at Washington City D C, relating to my said Mother claim to Pension as the widow of Jacob Blanchard deceased a Revolutionary Pension Giving and granting unto my said Attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing therein requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present with full power of Substitution and hereinafter lawfully ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney or his Substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof
witness my hand this third day of July A D Eighteen hundred and fifty one John Blanchard
In presence of Charlotte E Ferris Edward Smith
Acknowledged before me this third day of July A D one thousand eight hundred and fifty one
Edward Smith Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Standre

Revolutionary Period
Mr. Lodge
688
W. Cole
Elizabeth Blanchard
born 18 July
File A. Heath Esq. Cambridge

37 784
Rev INVALID.
File No. 37 784
Jacob Blanchard Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jacob Blanchard Con - 18 m.
Ex by Edwards & Smith Augt 1 - 1851

Washington 16 July 1857
Sir
Enclosed is the power of attorney of John Blanchard, son of Jacob & Elizabeth Blanchard. We desire to see the revolutionary pension papers on file in the case, Very Respectfull Edwards & Smith
J. Heath Esq. Comm. Pensions