Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12432, Ephraim Camp, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
born.
Camp, Ephraim
S. 12432
carded
CONTENTS

3076
Connecticut
Ephraim Camp of Plymouth in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Lewis of the ————— commanded by ————— in the Connecticut for Militia
for 12 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Decem 1832 and sent to R. J. Hinman, Salerno Bridge P.O. 6 t
Accrues to 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 6 0 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Mar 1833 — 2 0
$ 8 0
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Eras. D. Bullock Clerk Book J Vol. 3 — Page 35

3925 Ephraim Camp & Plymouth Ct. Application for a pension —
3925—

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
State of Connecticut } ss. County of Litchfield }
On this 31 st day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the court of Probate for the District of Watertown at Plymouth in Litchfield county in said District now sitting Ephraim Camp, a resident of Plymouth in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, aged seventy seven 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 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - That is to say
That in the month of March as near as he can recollect, - he does not remember the day of the month, in 1776, he was drafted into a company of Connecticut State Troops, commanded by Capt Jesse Lunt and Lieutenant James Warner, that he served in said company as a private soldier

for two months, that he joined said company at Waterbury in New Haven County and State of Connecticut and marched from there to New Haven in said State and from there sailed to the city of New York, and in a day or two crossed over to Brooklyn on the west end of Long Island and there remained till the expiration of the two months for which he was drafted, that he was in no battle during this term of service that he received no written discharge but was dismissed at the expiration of this term of service
That about the 25 th of June 1776, he again entered the service by enlistment in the Connecticut State Troops for the term of six months, under Capt Lewis, and Lieutenant James Warner and Ensign Joseph Beach that he served in said company as a private soldier the said term of six months that he joined the said company in Waterbury aforesaid, that he marched from said Waterbury to New Haven in the same State, and from there he sailed to New York City, and there continued until some time in August of the same year, till the night before the British entered New York, when being sick he was conveyed to Horse Neck where he remained for some time till he received a furlough from the Colonel

of the regiment to which he belonged, and was carried home, where he remained sick till after the expiration of the term for which he enlisted, that he received pay being eight dollars per month for the whole term of his enlistment of six months, that he was in no battle during this term of service, that he has since lost the furlough given him by the Colonel, that the officers commanding the regiment to which he belonged were, Colonel Douglass - Lieutenant Colonel Arnold and Major Porter, that he has no documentary evidence of these two terms of service but can prove the same by the testimony of Lake Potter, whose deposition to that effect is hereto annexed.
That he again entered the service in the month of March as he thinks, he does not recollect the precise time, in the year 1777 as a drafted private, in the Connecticut State Troops, in a company commanded by Capt Jesse Curtis, the names of the other officers, commanding the company he does not remember, the General's name under whom he served was McLaughlin, that he entered the service at Watertown aforesaid and from there marched to Pockskill in the State of New York

where he served for the term of two months, that while he was there the town of Danbury was in the State of Connecticut was burnt by the British, & he with others amounting to about fifteen hundred, was marched from his service quarters at Peekskill for the purpose of intercepting the Enemy, & preventing their reaching their shipping but did not succeed, although they came in sight of them when they were going on board, that during this term he was employed in keeping guard, and in scouting parties, that when his term of service expired he with the rest of the company to which he belonged was dismissed, but received no written discharge
I had no documentary evidence to prove this service and knows of no person by whose testimony he can prove the same except so far as it is testified to in the deposition of Lake Potter hereto annexed
That in the month of April or May, he does not recollect the precise time, in the year 1781, he was again drafted as a private soldier into a company of State Troops of the State of Connecticut commanded by Captain Granger, the names of the other officers that commanded the company he does not recollect, that the regiment in which he served was commanded by Colonel Wells, He thinks the

Generals name, who commanded the corps in which he served was Putnam, but of this he is not certain, as the General was absent most or all of the time during this term of service, that he was engaged in no battle during this term of service, that he joined the army at a place called Horse Neck in the State of Connecticut where he remained during the whole term of this service which was two months, when he received a written discharge from Colonel Wells, which he has since lost, and that he has no documentary evidence of this service and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove the same.
The names of the persons to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood who can testify to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution are Rev d Luther Hart & Calvin Butler Esq s
That to the interrogatories propounded to him as set forth in the regulations of the War Department, he answers That he was born in that part of the then town of Watbury which is now Plymouth in the State of Connecticut on the 8 th day of June

1755 but has no record of his age, That he was living at the place where he he was born when he entered the service at each of the times stated in the foregoing declaration where he still lives and ever since has lived except about Fifteen months that he was living in Stockertown, Luzerne County & State of Pennsylvania, from about the middle of August 1830 to about the middle of November 1831, That he was called into service at the several times when he entered the same in the manner herein before set forth, That he has already stated all the names of the officers, the Regiments, and all the circumstances of his service which he can recollect. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed the day & year aforesaid William Camp

We Luther Hart, a clergyman residing in the town of Plymouth aforesaid and Calvin Butler Esq r Presiding in said Plymouth, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Ephraim Camp, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Luther Hart. Calvin Butler
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, and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Luther Hart Ephraim Camp who has signed the proceeding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the said town of Plymouth, and that Calvin Butler Esq r who has also signed the same is a resident in said Plymouth and is a credible person, and

that this statement is entitled to credit.
I Robinson S. Hinman, Clerk of the court of Probate for the District of Waterbury, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Ephraim Camp for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this 31 st day of August, 1832.
R. S. Hinman Clerk

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss.
On this 25 th day of August 1832 came personally before me Calvin Potter a justice of the Peace for Litchfield County Lake Potter of Plymouth in said County being well known to me to be a person of truth and veracity and being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose and say that he has been long acquainted with Ephraim Camp of said Plymouth and that about the first of March 1776 he the deponent entered the service of the United States in the Revolu- tionary war and served two months on the west end of Long Island in the State of New York and according to his best recollection the said Ephraim Camp served with him during all term. That the deponent again entered the service about the 25 th of June 1776 and served six months in a company commanded by Capt. Lewis

of which company John Warner was Lieutenant and Joseph Brant, Ensign, the Regiment in which he served was commanded by Colo. Douglass, Lieut. Colo. Knapp and Major Porter. He was dismissed from this corps of service on the 25 th December 1776 and will recollect that the said Sphynx Camp served with him in the same company during the whole of this term except while recruited by recruits. This service was performed in the city of New York and that vicinity.
The deponent was again in the service in the year 1777 he thinks the term of two months, during which time Burgoyne removed from the town of Saratoga in the State of New York and it was burnt by the British while the deponent was at Fishkill in the State of New York making intrenchments. At the time to which he belonged was at Fishkill at that time. During this term of service the deponent was not much with the company to which he belonged being a great part of the time at Fishkill making intrenchments and a part of the time waiting to join Washington and therefore does not particularly recollect the said camp's being with them at this time but from many conversations particularly related by said camp the deponent is satisfied said camp was in the same company and served during the whole of this term also.
Lake Potter
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid before me M c Intosh Clerk of Court William Justice of Peace

Court within and for the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify to whom it may concern, that Calvin Butler , Esq., before whom the preceding affidavit of Lake Potter appears to have been taken, is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Litchfield, & that the above signature which purports to be his is genuine. — In testimony whereof I have unto set my hand, & affixed the seal of said Court at Litchfield in said County this 25 th day of August A.D. 1832. Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

admit
12 th private
$40.
R J Hunsman
Lake Mingo PO
Con

BRIEF in the case of Ephraim Camp. of Plymouth in the State of Connecticut. (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? Seventy Seven 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.     March In 1776 — " 2. " As a private. Gen. Capt. Sepsa Curtiss   25 June — " — " 6. " " Capt. Lewis.   March 1777 — " 2. " " Capt. Sepsa Curtiss   April or May 1781 — " 2. " " Capt. Granger  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Plymouth, Conn.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? on Living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Francis J. Fancini Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Ephraim Camp. 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. 12.432.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mch. 1776 2 mos. Pvt Jesse Curtis Conn   June 25, 1776 6 mos. Grevis Douglass.   March, 1777 2 mos. Jesse Curtis   Apr or May 1781 2 mos. Granger. Wells.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Plymouth, Litchfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 31, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Plymouth, Litchfield Co. Conn.
Age at date of application, born in that part of Waterbury later called Plymouth, Conn June 8, 1755
Remarks: _____
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1915 Jan 6: History to Dr. Charles H. Long. M.B.H. 1915 June 3: History to Mrs. Martha A. Crawford. M.B.H.
Pleasant
✓ 12.432 INVALID.
File No. 12,432
Ephraim Camp Brn. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. a , Page 61
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N21 Rev Sec
Pontiac, Ill. May 29, 1915. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, Ill.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give a statement of the services of a Revolutionary Soldier Ephraim Camp of Plymouth, Conn. He was a pensioner for some years. He was the father of an Aunt of mine, who has lost all data desired.
I will be greatly pleased to receive such a statement
Yours Very truly,
(Mrs.) Martha A. Crawford

CHAS. H. LONG M. D. 207-8 STERRY BLOCK PONTIAC, ILLINOIS
Pontiac, Ill., December 31, 1914.
Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir;
I am anxious to secure a Statement of the Military History of Ephraim Camp , a REVOLUTIONARY Soldier, from Litchfield County, Connecticut. I have not been able to learn the company or regiment he belonged to, but have been assured that he received a Pension for services for some years. Doubtless the application for pension will show or include this.
If his name appears on the rolls I will consider it a great favor to have a statement.
Yours most Respectfully,