Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,883, Stephen Deming, Conn.

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Deming, Stephen
S. 37,883
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Connecticut Roll
Stephen Deming Capt Webb Private
Connecticut line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
scribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 rd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of September 1818 and sent to Simeon Baldwin Esquire Newhaven
  Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 - 4 mo s - 12/30 35 80   Semi-ann. all ee ending 4 th March 1819 48   $ 83 80 
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
.81 Two Years
Hamden, New Haven Co.
Wolfsonian Inst. Lyndonber 23/15/1818 Henry G. Hagg. New Haven Conn Letter Stark January 24/1857

Stephen Doming
Apr 23. 1818
Correct

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ss.
ON this Twenty third day of April in 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Superior Court of the said State, personally appears Stephen Deming - aged 50 - years, resident in Hamden in the said State, 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 Stephen Deming on the 10th of Decr. 1781 enlisted in Berlin in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain John Webb being the first Troop in the second Regiment of Light Dragoons , commanded by Col Tristram Haddon - to serve during the war.
That he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the month of June 1783 - when he was discharged from service, in Danbury - state of Connecticut - That he was in the battles of German town, & Monmouth , when he belonged to the Lamb's regiment of Artillery -
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, having lost his discharge
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Simeon Baldwin
Stephen Deming
I, Simeon Baldwin Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do Certify, that it appears, to my satisfaction, that the said Stephen Deming did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding DECLARATION, against the common enemy; 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.
NEW-HAVEN; April 23 c
1818.
Simeon Baldwin
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } NEW-HAVEN COUNTY, ss.
NEW-HAVEN; April 23 c 1818.
I, DYER WHITE, Clerk of the Superior Court of said State, for said County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do CERTIFY that the name SIMEON BALDWIN, subscribed to the foregoing Certificates, is known to me to be the proper hand writing and signature of SIMEON BALDWIN, who is one of the Judges of said Superior Court. In testimony whereof, I affix the Seal of said Court.
Dyer White

New Haven Aug. 21. 1818
I certify that it appears to my full satisfaction from my own personal knowledge & information derived from others that the applicant Stephen Leaming is a poor man & by reason of his reduced circumstances needs the assistance of his country for support
Simon Baldwin
A stylized signature of Simon Baldwin, featuring a large, bold, horizontal line with a looped flourish at the end.

Stephen Deming's
2.302
March 10/19
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At a County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven , in the District and State of Connecticut, on the 5 th day of July 1820, the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, by virtue of the laws of said State.
PERSONALLY APPEARED, in open Court, Stephen Dunning a resident in the town of Hamden in the County of New Haven 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 in- come and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted, viz: Nothing .
That he has no property real or personal of any kind whatever
Stephen Dunning

District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be it Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of New Haven , in the District and State aforesaid, on this 5 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, Stephen Deming aged 59 years, resident in the Town of Hamden in the County of New Haven in said State, and being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: viz. That he entered into the 2 d Reg t of Light Dragoons commanded by Col. Sheldon on the 10 th of Dec. 1781. in Col. Hubs company being the first troop & continued to serve in the same till the close of the war.
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 23 day of April 1818; that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the list of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 2382 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 hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed. And I do further declare that my occupation is Shoemaking
and that I have no family residing with me
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid.
Stephen Deming
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  applicant has no property Dollars and Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest, Henry C. Flagg Clk.

District of Connecticut, ss.
I, Henry C. Flagg Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State and District of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court : and I do further certify, that 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.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court on this
5th day of July 182 5 Henry C. Flagg
I, Isaac Hull presiding Judge of the County Court in and for the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that Henry C. Flagg is Clerk of said Court, and keeper of the Seal and Records thereof ; and that the preceding Certificate, under his hand, and the Seal of said Court, is authentic, and in due form of Law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in New Haven this 5th day of July 182 5
Isaac Hull presiding Judge of said Court

Jesse Bunning's Papers

State Connecticut County of New Haven } ss
I David J. Peck Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of New Haven, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to this Court that Stephen Dunning was a pensioner of the United States, under the act of 18 th March 1818, at ninety six dol- lars per Annum, was a resident of Hamden in the County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, and died in said Hamden in the year 1836, on the 11 th day of May, that he left no widow, and his only surviving child is Jesse Dunning now a resident of Hamden
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Signed my name and affixed the Official Seal of said Probate Court at New Haven this 11 th day of June January in Eighteen Hundred and fifty- three.
David J. Peck Clerk
I Frederick Cromwell Judge of the Probate Court for the District of New Haven do hereby certify that David J. Peck is Clerk of said Court, and the foregoing certificate by him signed is according to law.
Fred: Cromwell Judge

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } p.
Be it Known that before me M c S. Beach Justice of the Peace for New Haven County, personally appeared Jesse Herring of Hamden in said County, and made oath in due form of law that he is the son of Stephen Herring, the identical person who was a pensioner and is now dead, and to whom a certificate of pension was issued, which is surrendered & on file in the Office of the 3 d Auditor -
That the deceased pensioner resided in Hamden in the state of Connecticut, for the space of fifty years before his death; and that previous thereto he resided in Simsbury and was a native of said town -
Jesse Herring
Sworn and subscribed before me this 10 day of December 1852 January 1853 -
M c S. Beach Justice of Peace
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

x No 219 D.  Em
Stephen Fleming (Chief of)
Unclaimed pension $18.13
Reported Jany. 18. 1853 Retd - " " "
Reg d No. 2134 dated the 20 th Dec r to Treasury 21 st January 1853
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER Received from GAO

STATEMENT.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
The United States,
To the only child of Stephen Fleming, dec. pensioner of the Connecticut agency, per act 18 March 1818, , Dr.
For his pension from 4 March 1836, to 11 May 1836, at eight dollars and — cents per Month $18.13.
Stated, Jany 18. 1853, by
W. G. R. Saffee
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
Examined, July 18, 1853, by C. F. Huch.

Waverly Mass. Dec. 21 st 1886
To the Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir
I sincerely thank you for the attention you have bestowed upon my communication in behalf of my poor old neighbor and will state further that his Father's name was Ebenezer Demming of the State of Connecticut. I believe of the town of Farmington County of Hartford. He may have been a resident of the town of Bristol same State and as he was out with the Militia. I would also state that My Brother was also out with the Militia called out in 1776 and was a soldier in Capt. Abraham Pitkin's Company composed of men from New Britain and Bristol County of Hartford and State of Connecticut. He was called with others to the defense of New York I think was out about six weeks or more. His name was Schabock Stark Esq. Now Sir if we or either of us can obtain a warrant for land you confer a great favor by letting me know how it is to be done and shall receive our sincere thanks
My Address Luther Stark
Asst
Pleasant Mount
Wayne Co Pa
The oldest man for whom I am writing has just come in and says he does not know but his father's name was Stephen but think it was Ebenezer he was about 2 years old when his father died

37883
Rev INVALID.  Rev
File No. 37883
Stephen Deming Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 125
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wilson H. Clark
New Haven, let.
Feb. 16/52
Claim of Jesse Deming, for arrears of pension due Stephen Deming, and private in the army of the Revolution
Recd Feb. 19/52
Respectfully referred to the Rev. Auditor and writer as informed
Blayton
as Auditor
Recd Feb. 19/52 Ans - 20 th
Mr Randall
FINAL PAYMENT VOUCHER
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New Haven Conn.
February 10. 1852
Sir
Please find enclosed application of Jesse Bourn- -ming for the army pension due his father at the time of his decease. The applicant carried his papers in his pocket till they have become somewhat antiquated before handing them to me for transcription. Please address me at this place
Yours very truly William H. Clark Atty for J. Bournings
Feb 15 4 o'clock 1856

Stephen Dunning Certified
on the 11th March at the end of the year at The U. States Branch Bank Middleton Conn.
Stephen Dunning
acc. to...
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I CERTIFY. That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES,
of the eighteenth day of March 1818
Stephen Deming late a Private in the Army of the Revolution
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Connecticut Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars cents per month, to commence on the 23 rd day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the
WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES,
this 17
day of September
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War per John W. B. C. Caval Lt Colonel Bgt 2nd

4 Mar 36 11 May 36 4 8 per mo
New Haven Conn
Aug. 14 th 1853
W. H. Clarke
Recd Aug. 17 th 1853
Connecticut Aug 18 Mar 18. Pay the only shall the and have Care of Mrs C
Stephen Deming. pension
Mr W. Marshall

New Haven Conn.
Jan'y. 14. 1853
Dear Sir
Enclosed please find Application of Jesse Dunning for Arrears of Pension due his father Stephen Dunning. Application was made in Feb'y. last for the same, but owing to a mistake (which arose from the statement of a Witness as to the date of the decease of the Pensioner) the declaration was returned for Correction and explanation. The letter from your Office returning the papers bears date Feb'y. 20. 1852. A blank voucher was sent me to be made out in addition to enclosed papers, but owing to the delay in finding record evidence of the death of the Pensioner, the voucher has been lost. I am therefore compelled to ask for another blank from your Office.
Yours very truly
Wilson H. Clark Atty for J. Dunning.
To Hon.
Third Auditor Washington

State of Connecticut.
I, John P. Kirtland Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That John S. Beach , was, from the fourth day of July, A. D. 1852, to the fourth day of July, A. D. 1854, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of New Haven in said State, duly appointed and commissioned—having full power and authority by the laws of said State, to take the Acknowledgment of Deeds and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give Certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations.
And I further certify, That I believe the foregoing signature of the said John S. Beach to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, at Hartford, this 18 th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
Mr. P. Kirtland , Secretary of State.

This certifies that Stephen Dunning enlisted into the 2 d Reg. t H. Dragoon, commanded by Col. o Elisha Haddon, on the 10. th of Dec. r 1781 to serve during the war; & that he continued in 2 d Regiment until the close of the Revolutionary War - Extracted from my Regimental Books, now before me - Litchfield. Conn. Apr. 17 th 1818
I certify that the above is the proper handwriting & signature of Col. B. Saltonstall who has been to me. A. Baldwin a Judge &c
Benj. m Saltonstall late Major 2 d Reg. t H. D.