Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,435, Daniel Brewer, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Brewer, Daniel
S. 36,435
CONTENTS

D. Nov. 4, 1923
Notification sent to Mrs. Chester West 19 Oct 1890 Hartford Conn.
1758 L.
Connecticut
Daniel Brown
of Hartford in the state of Connecticut
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel John of the Connecticut
line, for the term of 3 years Conn & Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 21 of May 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of Mar 19 and sent to Sarah Brace Hartford Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1839 73.50
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1839.48
9 35
$323.80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT—ss—HARTFORD
On this 29 th day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the County Court for the County of Hartford in said district, personally appeared Daniel Brew aged 77 years resident in East Hartford in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That he, the said Daniel
Brew enlisted in East Hartford in the state of Connecticut in the Month of March 1778 in the company commanded by Captain Samuel W Williams of the First Connecticut Regiment commanded by Samuel B Webb being the 3 d Connecticut Regt to serve for three years
; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the first day of March 1781, when he was discharged from service at the Hubs in the Highlands state of New York, that he was in the battles of Springfield State of New Jersey & in the Highlands under Genl Sullivan
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support;
and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. except the subjoined
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford aforesaid
I, Jonathan Brace — Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Daniel Brew did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
May the 29 th 1818 Jonathan Brace Judge as aforesaid
***** SEAL OF THE COURT. *****
May 29 1818 sealed with the seal of said Court by direction of the Hon. Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said Court
Thomas Chester Clerk

State of Connecticut ss. County of Hartford (May the 29 th 1878 I hereby certify that it appears to my full satisfaction by the testimony of Joseph Brown under oath, who is a credible witness, that the within named Daniel Brown is in induced circumstances, and such circumstances from his country for support Jonathan Brown Judge of the County Court for the County of Hartford aforesaid

Daniel Brewer
cont.
Daniel Brewer Private March 1778 to Mar. 1781 S.B. Webb Connecticut Reg.
BREWER, DANIEL (CONN. CONT) S. 36435

Daniel Brewer
4458 Sept 1829
C

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD, ss. Special County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August, 1820.
ON this / day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment,
Daniel Brewer aged 79 years, resident in East Hartford in the County of Hartford,
who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows:
I enlisted March 1 st 1778 into Capt Samuel W Williams Comp y in Col o Samuel B Webb, Reg t in Conn line Continental establishment for three Years served my time out and was honorably discharged in 1781 March 1 st my original declaration was May 29 th 1818 and my Pension certificate No 7758
"And I do 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed."
I have not any Property real or Personal and for many Years have been poor infirm & dependent on the Charity of my friends, I am by occupation a farming day labourer but can do no labor I have no Wife nor family. In this respect the liberty of my country was a severe purchase to me. I entered the service with three Sons one of my Sons, fell in the storm on Stony Point, another was killed at the attack on Fort Griswold in Groton and the other was taken Prisoner in Battle and died on board a Prison Ship - Of my Pension which I received in the strongest feelings of gratitude cease I shall again be dependent disconsolate & wretched - East Hartford Aug
Daniel X Brewer mark

Sworn to and declared by said Daniel Brewer - on the 1 day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
dollars and
cents.
The said Daniel Brewer has no property I, Thomas Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 10 day of August 1824
Th. Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford.
with 1820 ever

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
AWF/hmn See
July 8, 1929.
Mr. Leslie L. Brewer, Norwich, Connecticut.
Dear Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 36435, it appears that Daniel Brewer enlisted at East Hartford, Connecticut, March 1, 1778, and served as a sergeant in Captain Samuel W. Williams' Company, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Gnn. Regiment and was in the battles of Springfield and Rhode Island, and was discharged March 1, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 29, 1818, at which time he was living at East Hartford, Connecticut, aged seventy-seven years. He died November 4, 1823.
Three of soldier's sons (names not stated) entered the service with him. One fell at the storming of Stony Point, another was killed in the attack on Fort Griswold, and the last was captured in a battle and died on board a prison ship. The name of soldier's wife is not given.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.

February 6, 1929
F.C. Bissell 1009 West Boulevard Hartford, Connecticut
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.36435, it appears that Daniel Brewer enlisted at East Hartford, Connecticut, March 1, 1778, and served as a sergeant in Captain Samuel W. Williams' Company, Colonel Samuel B. Webb's Regiment and was in the battles of Springfield and Rhode Island and was discharged March 1, 1781.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 29, 1818, at which time he was living at East Hartford, Connecticut, aged seventy-seven years. He died, November 4, 1823.
Three of soldier's sons (names not stated) entered the service with him, one fell at the storming of Stony Point, another was killed in the attack on Fort Griswold, and the last was captured in a battle and died on board a prison ship. The name of soldier's wife is not given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
Daniel Brewer File 25302 - I can not make out wid op. but - I can not make out the same Daniel Brewer - Eel

Withersfield 1 st Feb y 1879
This may certify that Daniel Brewer was Inducted a Sergt in Col o S ap rs B. M ty in the month of March last past, since which time he has done Duty as such, and at present is a Sergt in said Regt.
To whom it may concern I am W m Williams Capt Col. Webb Regt.
Sergeant Daniel Brewer having served with great fidelity Three Years in the Regiment under my Command, being the term for which he engaged is hereby Honorably Discharged from the American Army.
Given under my hand at the Hatties in the Highlands This first day of March 1901.
W m B. Webb Col o 3. Comm d Regt.
Brewer Daniel
Small Commission

THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY of the SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
President GEORGE S. GODARD State Library, Hartford Vice-Presidents Maj. CHARLES H. SPRAGUE Bridgeport DENNIS A. BLAKESLEE New Haven FRANK E. SANDS Meriden Secretary ROBERT F. BRADLEY 306 Meigs Bldg., Bridgeport Treasurer HARRY H. PRITCHARD 886 Main St., Bridgeport
Registrar F. CLARENCE BISSELL 1009 West Boulevard, Hartford Historian FRANK A. CORBIN 185 Church St., New Haven Chaplain Rev. ORVILLE A. PETTY 395 Englewood Ave., New Haven Necrologist LEVERETT BELKNAP P. O. Box 734, Hartford Trustee to National Society WILLIAM W. BUCKINGHAM 444 Humphrey St., New Haven
F. CLARENCE BISSELL, Registrar 1009 West Boulevard, Hartford
Jan. 30. 1929
DELEGATE AT LARGE
TRACEY B. WARREN
DELEGATES
WILLIAM G. BAXTER ELI BIRDSEY DENNIS A. BLAKESLEE CLARENCE BLAKESLEE WILLIAM H. BURR F. JOSEPH CHATTERTON FREDERICK A. DOOLITTLE ARTHUR C. KLOCK ARTHUR S. LANE A. MCCLELLAN MATHEWSON FREDERIC T. MURLESS, JR. HANS C. OWEN JOHN M. PARKER, JR. EDGAR L. POND SEYMOUR N. ROBINSON ERNEST E. ROGERS FRANK E. SANDS CHARLES E. P. SANFORD WILLIAM A. SCHENCK JOHN A. SPAFFORD ALFRED SPENCER, JR. MARTIN WELLES HERBERT H. WHITE CLARENCE HORACE WICKHAM ARTHUR E. WOODRUFF
OTHER MANAGERS
WILLIAM H. ALLEN JOHN C. BRINSMAD ORLANDO H. BROTHWELL ALBERT F. CORBIN WILLIAM H. CORBIN REV. J. ROMEYN DANFORTH FRANK B. GAY WILSON H. LEE ROBERT W. LOVELL FRANCIS MAXWELL EDWARD J. MORGAN GEORGE C. ROSS EARNEST C. SIMPSON WILBUR F. TOMLINSON HARRY R. WILLIAMS DR. GEORGE C. F. WILLIAMS
Secretaries of Local Chapters, ex-officio
WILLIS N. BARBER, Meriden F. JOSEPH CHATTERTON, New Haven FREDERICK A. DOOLITTLE, Bridgeport EARLE M. WOOD, Norwich ADRIAN L. MULLOY, Waterbury CHARLES A. QUINTARD, Norwalk MALCOLM D. RUDD, Salisbury ELMER H. SPAULDING, New London CHARLES G. STONE, Hartford HARRY E. TARGETT, Danbury
Comt. Pension
Please send military history of Daniel Brewer , of Hartford or East Hartford in 1818 - probably aged 77 to 79.
Respectfully F. C. Bissell Regt

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Daniel Brewer
Service Conn.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
No claim, except I. # 36435 W. # 25302

Canaseraga Canaseraga, N. Y. October 19 th 1908
To the
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir,
Will you please send me the date of death of Daniel Brewer, a soldier of the Revolution; he enlisted May 21 st 1778 with Col. Sam. Williams Col. S. B. Webb Regiment as

Record of Amos Holliday a Revolutionary Soldier who enlisted from Annapolis and whose obituary reads that he served six years in the Revolutionary War from the battle of Bunker Hill to the taking of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
He was also a Pensioner for many years. He died April 9 th 1853 Aged 106 years.
I need these records and dates to complete my ancestral history to join the Daughters of the American Revolution. Miss Grace Pierce directed me to write to the Pension Office for the above information. She is Chairman for the Harriet's Valley Chapter.
Thanking you in advance for address I am Very truly Yours (Mrs William C. Hindes) Marcella H. Hindes

Sergent. P. 246 Conn. see see Rev. Served one year
He enlisted and served as Sergeant, from July 1 st 1780 to Dec. 1 st 1781 in third line reg't. Col. Miles Conn. See Page 330. (Daniel Brewer)
Granted U. S. Pension under Act of Congress, 1818 E. Hartford P. 666.
Also kindly send me the

36 435 Rev  INVALID.
1908 Oct. 30. Hist to Mrs. Wm C. Windsor p 1929. Feb. 6. " " J. C. Bissell see 1929. July 8. " " Leslie P. Brewer See letter in Daniel Brewer W. 25302 Aug 3
File No. 86 435
Daniel Brewer
His Her Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 579
[Arrangement of 1870.]

reply to your request of _____, received for statement of the military history of Daniel Brewer a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. File 36, 435
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mch. 1, 78 to Mch. 1, 81 Sergt. Saml. W. Williams Saml. B. Webb Conn't Cont'l                                                   
Battles engaged in, Springfield N.J. + Rhode Is. under Gen. Sullivan.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Eul. E. Hartford.
Date of application for pension, May 29, 1818.
Residence at date of application, East Hartford, Conn.
Age at date of application, 77 said Nov. 4 1823 (agency book)
Remarks: Three of soldier's sons (names not stated) entered service with him; one fell at Storming of Stony Pt., another killed in attack on Ft. Griswold, and the last was captured in battle and died on board a prison ship.
Very respectfully,

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Brewer, Daniel GRADE Private "in Moylan's Dragoons" LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 9032 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 29, 178 - (torn) To M. McConnell, assignee
*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. 10064