Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37820, William Carpenter, Continental (Conn)

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Continental (Conn.) Carpenter, William S 37820
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Connecticut
William Carpenter, Jr. Connecticut Line Capt Wadsworth
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Subscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 6th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of September 1818 and sent to the care of William Edmond Esquire Fairfield Con- necticut
Arrears to 4th of September 1818 39.73 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48.
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$ 87.73
4 mo. 29 30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
79 4 years sent by mistake to Jonathan Braw
Huntington, Fairfield Co.
William Carpenter, Jr. to Osias Brant, Esq. Fairfield Co. Sept 1819

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss Newton April 16th AD 1815. Before me William Edmond a Judge of the Superior Court in said State came William Carpenter formerly of Middlebury in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts and now of Huntington in said Fairfield County & claimed that he served as a soldier in the war of the revolution from some time in the Month of September AD 1779. until the month of June in the year 1783 Against the common enemy and that as such he is entitled to the benefits or provisions of the law of the United States entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," and in support of his said claim the said William Carpenter (who is well known to me), being first duly sworn and cautioned to speak the truth declared on oath that he enlisted as a soldier at Litchfield in said State of Connecticut in the Month of September 1779 into the Second Troop in the second Regt of Light Dragoons commanded by Col. Elisha Sheldon & that from the time of his enlistment as aforesaid, which was for & during the war, he continued in the same Troop in the same Regiment doing duty as a soldier until 1781 when he received a Sergeant's Warrant & from that time served as a sergeant in said Troop until the end of the war, at which time the aforesaid Regiment belonged to the Connecticut Line on the continental establishment - that at Danbury in said State of Connecticut on May 1st June 1783. he received a regular discharge, signed by Genl. Washington, together with his said Warrant which is now lost or mislaid that on receiving his said discharge he proceeded to said Huntington where he now lives & has resided ever since discharged as aforesaid. That he is in very reduced circumstances in life being destitute of property & in need of assistance from his Country & that he never has heretofore applied for or recd. a pension from the United States from before William Edmond a Judge of the Superior Court -

Whereupon being well satisfied from the testimony of sd Carpenter as aforesaid & from my own personal knowledge of his being in the service at the close of the war when the soldiers were discharged, that he served in the revolutionary war as stated in his sd declaration on oath against the common enemy on the continental establishment in the second旅 in the second Regiment commanded by said Sheldon until the close of the war from the time of his said enlistment as aforesaid and that he is in reduced circumstances in life & in need of assistance from his Country, I do hereby certify the same, together with the testimony by him produced as aforesaid before me as Judge as aforesaid to the end that William Carpenter if the facts aforesaid being proven of sd act he may be placed on the pension roll in the benefit of the same as said by sd act.
Certified by William Edmondson Judge Superior Court
State of Connecticut ss Fairfield County Aug. 10 th 1818. I William Edmondson a Judge of the Superior Court in sd State certify that I am fully satisfied from the testimony of sd William Carpenter the Plaintiff & from my own knowledge of his being in the service at the close of the war when the soldiers were discharged & that he is in indigent circumstances, that the sd Carpenter served as a soldier in the war of the revolution against the common enemy on the continental establishment for a period of more than nine months at one time & that he is in indigent circumstances & stands in need of assistance, and I do accordingly certify the same together with the evidence exhibited which is hereto annexed
William Edmondson a Judge of the Superior Court

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss;
I David Burr of Fairfield, in the County of said Fairfield, Clerk of Superior Court of Judicature, within and for said County — Do certify that
the Honorable William Edmond, is a Judge of the Superior Court of Judicature, in the said State of Connecticut — And that full faith and credit is given to his Official Acts and proceedings —
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and the Seal of said Court, in said Fairfield, this 24 th day
of April Anno Domini 1810 —
State of Connecticut Fairfield County August 12 th 1810 — David Burr — I David Burr Clerk as aforesaid, further certify, that the Name of William Edmond a Judge of the Superior Court, annexed to the foregoing Certificate, & whenever the same appears on the annexed Papers and Documents was signed or subscribed by the said Judge with his own hand, and was, and is the proper Official Signature of the said Judge — Attest David Burr Clerk of S. Sup r Court —

William Carpenter (Ex 2 )
(2427) March 1899
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District and State of Connecticut, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State aforesaid, on this 13 th day of March 182 0 ; the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the Authority of said State, personally came and appeared in open Court, William Carpenter aged fifty years, resident in the Town of Huntington 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:
Enlisted in the month of September 1779 into Col. Elisha Sheldon Regiment of light dragoons, in the second troop of said Regiment, for the term of the war, then commanded by Capt. David Edgar and served during the war, and was discharged in Danbury in Connecticut in June 1783 as a trooper then being commanded by Capt. Elihu Woodworth as per my original declaration for a more particular description -
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 6 th day of April  1818 that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 2427 . 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
post rider and mail carrier for more than seven years previous to the 1 st of January 1813, and
since that time have been incapable of any business in consequence of the great infirmities and frailty of my body and that I have no family residing with me
William Carpenter
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
William Carpenter
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 two Dollars and fifty Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the Records of said Court.
Attest David Burr Clerk

State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield County.
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
two _____ Dollars fifty cents —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this 13 th day of June A. _____ 1820.
David Burr —
Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield June 13-1820
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.

At a County - Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield - in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 18 th day of June - 182 8 the same being a Court of Record, and having a seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, William Carpenter - a resident in the town of Huntington - 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. one good grass dyke, one old dyke, one old snath, 1 muck fork, 1 pair old boots Bens Wm  William Carpenter

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Carpenter 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. 37820
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept. 1779 Private David Edgar Ebenezer Sheldon 2 Continental   1781 promoted Sergeant Elijah Wadsworth Dragoons   discharged June 1783 at Danbury, Conn.  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. at Litchfield, Conn.
Date of application for pension, Apl. 6, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Huntington, Fairfield Co., Conn.
Age at date of application, fifty-eight years.
Remarks: It is stated that he was formerly of Attleborough, Bristol Co., Mass.
There is no family data on file.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

37820
INVALID.
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1913 July 22, History to Mrs. Susie E. Dollan, letter in N. File 17631 Jesse Clark. 4
File No. 37820
William Carpenter Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 67
[Arrangement of 1870.]