Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 717, Oliver Clark, Conn.

SERVICE
SERVICE soon.
Clark, Oliver Hulda
NUMBER _____
W. 717
B.L. Wt 33758-160-55
CONTENTS

1360
Connecticut
Hannah Clark
widow of Oliver
Clark
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a
Private
Conn n Troops.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 40 Dollars 22
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1818.
3 rd February 1833
Certificate of Pension issued
the 17 th day of Aug/53
and sent to
Edward Taylor
Danbury
Ct.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
January 2 1818, Page 58 Vol. A
3/53
1832
04742

204.742 act Mawd Aug. 22/55
Huldah - wid. of Oliver Clark
Print.
see Original. Declaration couple in Rev. Dept.
Rev. War.
Rev. Pen. act July 3. 1853
Rev. no. 13.600
July 53- 1360
W: 160 ac, pty. 11/56
PT 1/2
Vol. 154. 7
154
Bryant Smith Brookfield Conn.

17656
Connecticut
Oliver Clark
of Brookfield in the State of Conn who was a Pirate in the Conn commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Cooke in the Conn St. Ar line for 12 months 2 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 40 Dollars 25 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Sept 1833 and Rent Co- Taylor Danbury Conn Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833. $ 100 95 Semi-ant. allowance ending March. 20 11 $120,66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by ED Bullock Clerk, Book 60 Vol. 3 Page 9

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss. D. S.
On this 26 th day of July 1832 personally appeared in Open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in the said County & State, now sitting at Danbury within & for the said District. The same being a Court of Records.
Oliver Clark a resident of Brookfield in the said County aged seventy one 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 was born in Milford in the County of New Haven in the said State, on the 22 nd day of October 1760. At the age of seven years he removed to Brookfield aforesaid, and has ever since resided there; and on each occasion when he entered the service of the United States as herein after mentioned he resided in then Brookfield. That he entered the service of the United States, and served as herein stated under the following named Officers — 1 st That in the month of June, as he believes, it might have been in July, 1779, he volunteered to serve in the Connecticut Militia, and did serve therein at Patterson in the State of New York. Six weeks in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph P. Cooke, in the company comman- =ded by Captain Richard Smith. Said Colonel Cooke belonged to said Danbury, and said Smith to Brookfield. Part of the Regiment he served at Camp Pond near Patterson — The said Oliver Clark belonged to said Company of Militia, and the whole com- =pany volunteered and served as aforesaid, the whole of said term: There were no regular troops.

there at the time, and but a small body of militia under the command of said Colonel Cooke, there might have been another Regiment there at the same time and it is his belief that there was, but he does not recollect by whom it was commanded - at the expiration of said term of six weeks, he together with the whole of said Company was dismissed and returned home -
2 nd That on or about the 9 th day of July 1779. the British landed at Fairfield, and burned that Town, and the Town of Norwalk. An alarm was made, and he belonging to the Connecticut Militia volunteered and proceeded to said Fairfield, in the Company commanded by said Captain Smith and was engaged in the action with the enemy at said Fairfield, and Norwalk; On this time of service; he was engaged two weeks .
3 rd That while he so belonged to the Connecticut Militia in the Company commanded then formerly by said Richard Smith; he volunteered to serve the term of six weeks , at Crump Pond in the State of New York. This was in the month of August - in the same year 1779. He proceeded to said Crump Pond with the whole of said Company. Then under the command of Captain Ezra Dibble the successor in Office of said Captain Smith, and served during said term of six weeks , and until some time in the month of September following, at said Crump Pond. There was a large body of Militia there collected, and stationed, and an encampment of regular Troops at Peekskill, as he understood. He did not go to Peekskill; the Militia at Crump Pond were commanded by General Washworth. The Regiment to which he belonged, was again commanded by Colonel Cooke. He was dismissed as

= aforesaid in the month of September and return- -ed home: No written discharges were given him at the expiration of either of said periods of service
4 th That about the 1 st day of April 1778 he still belonged to the Connecticut Militia and entered the service of the United States in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel- -Canfield of the Connecticut State Troops; in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Smith then of said Brookfield. Whether he entered the said service on being drafted or enlisted he does not remember, but believes he enlisted; he entered the service for the term of eight months, and imme- -diately joined the said Regiment and served on the lines. The Regiment was stationed near White Plains in the State of New York. He there served at garrison-duty from said month of April until the month of October following, when he with eleven others under the command of Sergeant McKey was detached to thresh a quantity of grain for the subsistence of the Troops at Sillicks Point on Long Island Sound in the Town of Stamford in said Fairfield County. While at Sillicks Point the said party were in the night through the carelessness of a sentinel surprised by a small body of Tories, while asleep under a tree - Sentinels had been posted, but they neglected their duty. The party were fired upon by the Tories, and he the said Black was wounded by a musket ball which passed through his thigh; he had been at said Sillicks = point about one week when he was so wounded. He with great difficulty and without any assistance as the whole party was dispersed, pro- = ceeded nearly two miles before he could get admitt- = ance into any house - as no Tory would admit him; - he was confined ten days, and then carried home, by two men belonging to said company.

by the order of the said Captain Smith: and it was near three months afterwards before he was able to walk without crutches. He received no written discharge but was carried home as aforesaid by order of said Commanding Officer. In this last mentioned time he served about seven seven months, and was confined by said wound four months more -
He served in each of said times as a Private soldier.
That he has no documentary evidence, and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his said service, excepting those persons whose affidavits are hereto annexed. — While his case is under examination in said Court, he produced a roll of the Troop with whom he served in 1777-8. He said Oliver Clark saith that in the month of December 1777, he belonged to the Connecticut Militia, and was a Private therein, and he was then drafted into the service of the United States, for the term of two months, — and thereafter served as a Private soldier at New Pits near the lines, a Military Post, where in the state of New York about thirty miles East of the City of New York said term of two months, in the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Smith, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Moad of Connecticut Militia, and was dismissed the last of January, — before time in February following — He has no other evidence of his service than the roll of said Captain Smith, commanding Officer at said New Pits —
Being further examined by the Court here, he saith, that he served two times at and near Patterson —
Oliver Clark

and Greenfield Band in the year 1779. - in said Regiment commanded by Col. Brooke, one in the company com- manded by Captain Smith and one in the company commanded by Captain Ezra Noble -
The said Oliver Clark 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 and year aforesaid in open Court
Oliver Clark mark
We, the undersigned  clergymen , residing in the town of Brookfield residing in the same , hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Oliver Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventyone years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid in open Court -
John Peck Andrew Morgan Dea. Solomon David Thaler Thos. Morgan Abel Smith
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that the gentleman who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Brookfield aforesaid  and that  who
has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of and are all and is a credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit - The words above on this page, "Clergyman," "residing in the same" - "who has signed the "preceding certificate" - "and that" - "who has also signed the same "is a resident in the town of" - "and is" - erased before signing.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk
I, Edward Taylor Clerk of the County of Probate for the District of Dumfries do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Oliver Clark for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my hand Office, this 26th day of July 1832.
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

11 State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss
Be it known that on this nineteenth day of March AD Eighteen hundred and fifty three before me Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court in and for said County and State, personally appeared Hulda Clark a resident of Danbury in said County and State and made oath according to law that she is the widow of Oliver Clark, late of Brookfield in said County and State deceased, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the United States, at the time of his death at the rate of Forty dollars per annum. That she was mar- ried to the said Oliver Clark on the Twenty fifth day of January AD Eighteen hundred and twenty one at in said County by Ebenezer Russell White, who was then a minister of the Gospel, and that her said husband died on the Twenty sixth day of February AD Eighteen hundred and thirty six That she makes this declaration

for the purpose of obtaining such amount of Pension as may be due her under any of the laws, regulations or decisions, that have been or may hereafter be adopted, and she re- -quests that her certificate of Pension may be sent to Edward Taylor of Danbury In presence of George P. Starr                      Huldah her Clark Edward Taylor                                              mark
I Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court in and for Fairfield County and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Huldah Clark above- -named is a respectable resident of said County, and is the same person she represents herself to be in the fore- -going declaration, as I believe, and that she has on the day and year above written personally appeared before me, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by her subscribed, according to law The erasure & the interlineation of the word "February" in the third line from the bottom on the first page of this dec- -laration, were made before execution
Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County

State of Connecticut Fairfield County } ss
This certifies that Oliver Clark of Brookfield was married to Huldah Lacey of Dan- bury on the twenty fifth day of January AD Eighteen hundred and twenty one by me Ebenezer Ruse White
A true copy of the original certificate Recorded by Philo Lyon Town Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows "This certifies that Oliver Clark of Brookfield, was married to Huldah Lacey of Danbury on the 25 th day of January 1821.
by me Ebenezer Ruse White A true copy of the original certificate Recorded by Philo Philo Lyon Town Clerk
Attest Waters of Olmstead - Town Clerk of Plainbury I Waters of Olmstead above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town County and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the excep-

-tion above named as certified by me Walter L. Almon - Town Clerk of Randolph Sworn to and subscribed before me on this 18 th day of March AD 1853.
Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County
1853 March 18 Edward Taylor Judge

I RUFEL LACEY of Danbury Fairfield County and State of Connecticut aged Fifty six years, being duly sworn accord- ing to law, doth depone and say, that that I am the son of the said Huldah Clark who has signed and made oath to the foregoing declaration, that before her intermarriage with the said Oliver Clark her name was Huldah Lacey - That I was also well acquainted with the said Oliver Clark in his life time and well recollect that he died on the twenty sixth day of February AD Eighteen hundred and thirty six, leaving the said Huldah Clark his widow, and who still remains his widow - I attended the funeral of the said Oliver Clark, and recollect he died on the day above stated Rufel Lacey
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the Eighteenth day of March AD Eighteen hundred and fifty three - I further certify that I am well acquainted with the above named deponent, and that he sustains a good character for truth and is a credible witness - Edward Laylor Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County

STATE OF CONNECTICUT COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE,
} ss.
I, W. H. H. Kellogg CLERK.
of the Court, within and for Fairfield County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, hereby certify—THAT Edward D. Taylor was on the 18th day of March 1853 before me acknowledged to be his free act . was on the _____ day of _____ 1853 and now is, Judge of the County Court within and for said County duly appointed, commissioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to administer Oaths; that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to his official acts and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and know that the signature to the instrument hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court, at Bridgeport in said County and State, on this 22nd day of August A. D. 1853 W. H. H. Kellogg Clerk.

State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield ss. Brookfield August 16 th 1855.
On this Sixteenth day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Notary Public duly authorized by law to administer oaths within & for the County and State aforesaid Hulda Clark aged Eighty three years a resident of Brookfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Oliver Clark late of said Brookfield deceased, who was a private in the army of the Revolution and served in the Revolutionary war as a private soldier under the command of the officers specified and named in the original declaration of the said Oliver Clark now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions in the War Department, and for the several terms and periods of time mentioned in the said declaration, and inasmuch as she has no personal knowledge of the various particulars relative to his said service of the several times when his terms of service commenced & ended, or the names of the officers under whom he served, she refers to the said original declaration for a more particular description thereof - That the said Oliver Clark was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States, which said Pension was granted to him for the service aforesaid, and she refers for the proof of such service to the evidence accompanying

his said original declaration also on file in the office of said Commissioner of Pensions — She further states that she was married to the said Oliver Clark in Danbury in said Fairfield County on the 25 th day of January 1821 by one Ebenezer Russell White a minister of the gospel — That her said husband Oliver Clark died at said Brookfield on the 26 th day of February 1836 and that she is now a widow — She further states that she was married to her first husband Aaron Lury on the 28 th day of May 1789 who died at said Danbury on the 22 nd day of March 1818 and that her maiden name before she was married to her said first husband Aaron Lury was Huldah Dibble — She further states that she is now a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States under the act of February 3. 1853 and draws a pension on account of the Revolutionary services of her late husband Oliver Clark at the rate of Forty dollars and twenty two cents per annum — That her pension certificate bears date the 17 th day of August 1853 and signed by Saml. Clegg and Secretary of the Interior — and numbered 13600 — and she refers for the proof of her said marriage to her said husband, and his death to the evidence accompanying her Declaration now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Pensions —
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty bond to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 rd 1855 —

She also declares that she has not received an award for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor -
Hulda X Clark mark
We Henry J. Stern & Sarah S. Dibble residents of Brookfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hulda Clark in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be -
Henry J. Stern
Sarah S. Dibble
The foregoing declaration & affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be and that I have no interest in this claim -
Bryant Smith Notary Public

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Oliver Clark W.F. 417
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1777 2 mos. Pvt. Joseph Smith John Mead Conn.   Apr. 1 1778 7 mos. " Joseph Smith Samuel Canfield "   June 1779 6 weeks " Richard Smith Joseph P. Cooke "   * July 1779 2 weeks " Richard Smith " "   Aug. 1779 6 weeks " Ezra Dibble Cooke "   July 15 1780 2 or 3 mos. " Joseph Smith John Mead "  
Removed July 1, 1912
Battles engaged in, * Fairfield & Kennebec and Slick's Point where he was wounded in thigh. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Brookfield Fairfield Co. Conn. Date of application for pension, July 26 1832 His el. was ab. Residence at date of application, Brookfield Conn. Age at date of application, b. at Milford New Haven Co. Conn. Oct. 22 1760
Remarks: at Danbury Conn. died Feb 26 1836 at Brookfield Conn. Soldier married Jan 25 1821 Huldah Lacey (Maiden name was Dibble) Her son Russell Lacey was 56 yrs of age in 1853. She was allowed pension on an application executed Mch. 19 1853 while a resident of Danbury Fairfield Co. Conn. aged 81 years. Very respectfully, Feb 18 1913 As further data has been added since Bount. Land has been filed with claim it is not necessary to

add widow's children by Aaron Lacy to show her marriage to soldier was a 2 nd marriage.

Accounts against the Estate, January 6 1841
  Yaac Lacharod 8 1 42   Philos Mearns State Tax as paid by L. L.   E. Hawley Simning 0 33   Levi Smiths 3 29   Simon Blackman School Tax 0 45   Nichols & Prince Wood account 2 22   Doct Gideon Shepard 6 21   Doct Noah Lacy on '80 2 42 paid by L. L.   Newton Platt on '80 92 16   Aaron Lacy on '80 2 00   Habib Smith, on '80 19 22   Eli Baldwin 83   David Osborn 6 25 as paid by L. L.   Levi Babbie 4 38 by L. L.   Eli Hucok 2 00   Oliver Noble Bancraft 7 00   144 89   Appraisers & Distributors 28 00   172 89 against the E/te   Judge Cooks fees 8 00   Lyman Smith account 33 10   100 

I Oliver Clark of Newton do acknowledge to have Voluntarily enlisted myself a Soldier to serve in a Regiment of this State to serve the term of three months if not sooner discharged to be commanded by Col and is a Company commanded by Capt Joseph Smith and to obey all the Rules and Regulations prescribed in the act as witness my hand Oliver Clark July 18 1750
January 22 orders given to parson Baldwin Church for Servis in my Church order for Newmilford 8/8 order for Dunbury 6/0 order for Newtown 10/4
CLARK, OLIVER (CONN) W-717

April 3 rd 1853
App d . of Huldah Clark widow of Oliver - Fairfield Conn:
17656
Act 3 rd Feby 1853 $40.22 per Annum Aug: 3 rd Feby: 1853,
Edw d Taylor Danbury Conn:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Commission

Middletown, Conn. Feb. 18-1899 No 232 College Street.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir Will you
Please inform me if there is any record of Johnathan Miller or Oliver Black? Connecticut both soldiers of the Revolution. Did either of them draw a Pension? When & where did they die?
Yours Very Respectfully Lurina C. Gordinier.

33, 58
5 New Am

SWB  Cl. 17656 O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. May 25 , 189 6
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
John L. Horton Acting Commissioner.
Full name of soldier:
Alvin Clark
Place of residence before service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Fairfield Co. Conn.
Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Brookfield Fairfield Co. Conn.
Date of death (as near as possible):
Feb. 26 th 1836
Christian name of widow:
Betty Starr of Brookfield
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Do not know
Remarks:
Alvin Clark was born Oct 3 rd 1760
Your name and address:
Mrs. Andrew Little 14 Clifton St Danbury Conn.

N o 780 Houldah Clark widow of Oliver Connt.
Set to Hon. E. Taylor 2 June 1853
Act Heby 3/53

I John Gregory of Danbury Fairfield County and State of Connecticut aged Seventy one years being duly sworn doth depose & say that I am well acquainted with Oliver Clark of Brookfield in said County. That the said Oliver Clark belonged to the Connecticut Militia in the year 1779. and volunteered to go to Fairfield in the Company commanded by Captain Richard Smith, and was engaged in the actions fought in Fairfield a Norwalk when these towns were burned, & was in the service at this time two weeks
And in the same year in the month of August said Clark volunteered to serve the term of six weeks at Crump Pond in the State of New York in the company commanded by Capt Ezra Dibble the successor in office of Captain Richard Smith, & served at that place the full term of six weeks
In the year 1778 I understood at that time said Oliver Clark was out for the term of eight months on the lines, near White Plains in the State of New York, I recollect of hearing my Father say that he was brought home wounded, I recollect of seeing him after he was brought home, and he was then confined with his wounds -
John Gregory

July 26 th 1832 Sworn & subscribed in open court & the said Court of Probate certifies that the Deponent is a credible witness & sustains a good character for truth Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

I Abel Smith of Brookfield in the county of Litchfield and state of Connecticut aged seventy five years, being duly sworn do depose and say that Joseph Smith formerly of said Brookfield now deceased was my father. and he was a Captain in the Connecticut Militia and also in Connecticut State Troops during the Revolutionary war. Early in the year 1778 he entered the Regiment of Connecticut State Troops commanded by Colonel Samuel Mansfield as a Captain for the term of eight months. The soldiers of his company were enlisted in said Brookfield and the adjoining towns. Oliver Clark of said Brookfield and Asahel Smith enlisted in said company for said term of eight months as a Private soldier. but I cannot say definitely in what month he so enlisted. He was mustered for service with said company and left Brookfield for the purpose of defending the whole town. He was absent several months. - and some time in the fall of the year was brought home in a litter wounded. I was not in the said service with him - but saw him mustered for service and march with the company from Brookfield and saw him carried past my father's house in the litter and knew of his enlisting. and I always understood from my father that said Clark was wounded in the said service at Middlesex or Milford Point. He was wounded by a musket ball in the thigh I saw him frequently after his return. he was confined three or four months.
Abel Smith
under and that Clark was wounded in the said service at Middlesex or Milford Point.

July 26 th 1832 Sworn & subscribed in open court And the said court of Probate certifies that the Deponent sustains a good character for truth and that he is a credible witness
Attest Edward Saylor Clerk
July 31 1832
Conner Office No 1248.
O. Black

NATIONAL SAVINGS AND TRUST COMPANY
CAPITAL $ 1,000,000.
WILLIAM D. HOOVER, PRESIDENT.
WOODBURY BLAIR, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT.
FRANK W. STONE, SECOND VICE PRESIDENT.
INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT OF CONGRESS, JAN. 22 ND 1867. REORGANIZED UNDER ACT OF CONGRESS, OCT. 1 ST 1890.
GEORGE HOWARD, TREASURER.
CHARLES E. NYMAN, SECRETARY.
CHARLES C. LAMBORN, ASSISTANT TREASURER.
FRANK STETSON, ASSISTANT TRUST OFFICER.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
February 11, 1913.
Hon. James L. Davenport, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:-
On February 12, 1912 you sent my uncle, Thomas S. Clark of New York, a signed copy of the Revolutionary War Record of my ancestor, Oliver Clark, of Brookfield, Connecticut, - I would appreciate it very much if you would be good enough to send me a copy of the same.
I made a duplicate of the report on the enclosed application of membership, but have been requested to secure one signed by yourself, to file with my papers.
Trusting that I am not imposing on good nature in making the request, I am,
Very truly yours,
W. A. Whitaker

34 Wharton St., Westhaven, Ct., Conn.
Oct. 19, 1910.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
On page 650 of Conn. Men in the Revolution, I find one Oliver Clark named in the Pension List of 1832 as a resident of Fairfield County.
Kindly advise me what your records show in regard to this man's

service.
His age at time of application residence at date of enlistment etc.
Sincerely yours, (Miss) Ethel L. Scofield.
OCT 21 1918

The Commission of Pensions. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir,
Can you give me any information about Oliver Clark of Brookfield, Conn. who is supposed to have fought in the Revolution? Did he receive a pension; if so, for what service, and to whom was it paid after his death? Any detail that will serve to identify

him will be of largely received. Also the same information about William Dobbs of Danbury, Conn., is desired.
Very truly yours, Bessie B. Hoover.
November 27, 1896.

W. W. W.
Birmingham, Ala. South Highlands. March 10 th 1900.
Hon. W. Clay Evans. Dear Sir;
Kindly send me a copy of the Revolutionary record of John Barnard ; he was from Massachusetts; also the record of Oliver Clark , a soldier from Connecticut; both of these treated of services from the Government.
Hope soon to receive the information.
I am very respectfully, Chas. D. Smith.
Mrs. J. Morgan Smith. State Agent D. A. R. Birmingham, Ala.

Free
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Hon Loren P Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

Dec 11 96 To Miss Bessie B Hanover Bridgeport Ct
Mar 8 98 Miss L C Gordon Middleton Ct.
Feb. 21-1900 Mrs. J. Morgan Smith Birmingham Ala.
1910 Oct. 31. Hist. to Ethel L. Seaford. D.L.M. 1912 Feb. 1 Hist. to Thomas V. Clark thro Miss Powell's desk Finance Div.
1912 Feb. 1 Hist. to passage Whitaker thro Miss Powell's desk
1913 Feb. 18 Hist. to W. A. Whitaker D.L.M.
WIDOW, &c.
File No.
717 Huldah Clark, Widow
Oliver Clark, Pain. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3, 1852.
Index: — Vol. A , Page 134
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oliver Clark Conn. W. 717
A pay roll of Capt. Joseph Smith for Sawpits in Col. John Moad's regt. in Jan., 1778, on back of which paper are endorsed two receipts.
This paper has been removed from above case to be forwarded to the War Dept.
M.R.
APR 20 1912
Sent to War Dept. Jan. 16, 1913.

To the Commission of Pensions Sir
all communication in relation to the claim, inclosed, of Huldah Clark, may be sent to Brookfield Ct., Bryant Smith August 20 th 1855. Brookfield Conn.

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss.
David S. Dibble of Brookfield in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut aged fifty seven years dispose and say, that I am son in law of Huldah Clark who now resides in said Brookfield, that the said Huldah Clark has resided in my family for the most of last year and that she now remains the widow of Oliver Clark - That the said Oliver Clark died at said Brookfield some time in the month of February 1836, that I was present and attended his funeral
David S. Dibble
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss. Brookfield August 20 th 1855 Personally appeared before me a Notary Public duly authorized by law to administer oaths within & for the County and State aforesaid, David S. Dibble whose subscribed name made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition, who I certify is a credible witness -
Bryant Smith Notary Public

Oliver Smith
1248
P 25
Leahell and /n information
1242 private
40.22
Edw Taylor Esq
Canbury
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Oliver Clark which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides ? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides ? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so ? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served ? not satisfactorily V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled ? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations ? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832 ? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion ? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate ? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed ? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal ?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
It does not appear that the best evidence has been obtained
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
not answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Brief in the case of Hulda Clark, widow of Oliver, Fairfield County and State of Connecticut act 3 d Feby: 185 3 / 4 ,
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Duesham was a pension, under the act of June, 1832. Second evidence of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Edward Taylor Esq., Danbury, Ct.
Name and residence of Agent
S. C. Boynton, Examining Clerk.

State of Connecticut Fairfield County ss.
Reuben Booth of Danbury in the said County & State, Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in said County and State, do hereby certify to all whom it may concern that Edward Taylor Esquire who has the signed and certified the foregoing proceedings of said Court, is Clerk of said Court of Probate, and was Clerk as aforesaid, at the time of signing and certifying the same; and that the signatures attesting the said proceedings and the caption of the deposition of the Smith are as in the proper form reciting of said Edward Taylor - and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts as such Clerk - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of February AD 1833
Reuben Booth Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury Conn.

The said _____ 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 and year aforesaid.
Attest Edward Taylor Clk
We, Benjamin Branan a clergyman, residing in the town of Brookfield and Abel Smith residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Oliver Branan who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty two 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 and date aforesaid.
Attest Edward Taylor
Benjamin Branan Abel Smith
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary War soldier. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Benjamin Branan who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in town of Brookfield and that Abel Smith who has also signed to same, is a resident of the town of Brookfield and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest Edward Taylor Clk
I, Edward Taylor Clerk of the Court of Probate in the District of Springfield do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Oliver Branan for a Pension.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my hand this _____ day of February 1832. Office,
Attest Edward Taylor Clerk

I Abel Smith of Brookfield in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged seventy five years being only known to the poor and needy that Oliver Clark Moore of said Brookfield in the summer of the year 1780, then residing in that part of the town of Newtown in County which has since been incorporated into a new town by the name of Brookfield, enlisted for the term of three months in a company of troops raised by the State of Connecticut, commanded by Captain Joseph Smith who was my father. He died in said company at a private soldier at Gorke neck and until the middle of the month of October of the same year I had knowledge of his enlistment, said him leave Brookfield in said company under my father's command. Saw him when he returned.
My said father is now dead. And in his executor's hand since the 26th day of July 1832, I have found among the papers of my said father, the enlistment of the said Oliver Clark, which is hereunto annexed. I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Oliver Clark, and the signature of the said enlistment is in his proper handwriting. The body of the instrument is in the hand writing of my father. There is a blank left in the body of said enlistment, for the name of the colonel. Said troops after they were mustered were placed under the command of Colonel John Head of the Connecticut militia.
Abel Smith

State of Connecticut New Britain County ss. d. d.
Before the Court of Probate for the District of Danbury in said County & State now sitting at Danbury in said County, personally appeared that Smith and acknowledged the foregoing deposition, and being duly sworn, made solemn oath to the truth of the same - And said Court certifies that the Deponent has a good character for truth, and is a credible witness -
Attest Edward Sayre Clerk

Huldah Clark
Sept 1 Dec 11

State of Connecticut Lanfield County }
Be it known that on this fourth day of July A D Eighteen hundred and fifty three person- ally appeared before me Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid in open Court, specially held at Danbury in said County for that purpose. Huldah Clark a resident of said Danbury, and files this her declaration sup- plemental to a former de- claration now on file in the Pension office at Washington for a Pension as a Widow of Oliver Clark late of Brookfield in said County, and she declares, that the facts set forth in her said former declaration are all true, and that she is the identical widow of the identical Oliver Clark, who was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the State of Connecticut, and that she makes this declaration for the

purpose of obtaining such amount of Pension as may be due under any of the Laws, Regulations or decisions that have been or hereafter be adopted sworn to and _____ Huldah her Clark subscribed the day and mark year aforesaid before me
Edward Taylor Judge of the County
Court for Fairfield County The above Declaration was executed in presence of Rufus Lacey Edward Taylor
I Rufus Lacey of Danbury Fairfield County and State of Connecticut aged Fifty seven years being duly sworn do depose and say that I am acquainted with Huldah Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration, and that she is the widow of the Identical Oliver Clark who was a Revolu- tionary Pensioner of the State of Connecticut, who lived in Brookfield in said State when living, and with whom I was also well acquainted. Rufus Lacey

I Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court in and for the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that Hulda Clark above named is a respectable resident of this County, and that she appeared before me on the day and year first above written and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by her subscribed, in open Court specially held for that purpose - I further certify that I have no interest in the case direct or indirect.
At the same time personally appeared Ruspel Lacey the above-named deponent, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. I further certify that I am well acquainted with said deponent and that he sustains a fair character for truth and is a credible witness.
Edward Taylor Judge of the County Court for Fairfield County

State of Connecticut Hartford County ss. d. d.
on this 9 th day of
February 1833, personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate within the District of Danbury in the said County and State now sitting at Danbury within and for said District, the same being a Court of Record, Oliver Clarke now aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, both on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 18 th 1832. Supplementary to his declaration for said purpose before said Court on the 26 th day of July 1832.
That on the 15 th day of July 1780, he enlisted for the term of three months, as a Private Soldier, in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Pease in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Mead of the Connecticut Militia. He served said term in said company at Housatonic in said County of Fairfield. Under the command of said Colonel Mead. and until the 15 th of October of the same year when he was verbally discharged by said Colonel Mead at said Housatonic. A military post was maintained at said Housatonic, and by public authority said corps in which he performed his service, was raided by Act of the State of

Connecticut - He further saith, for the purpose of refuting the objections of the War Department under the queries No. V and XIII, as follows - I unit -
That in the town first mentioned in his said original declaration, he served six weeks. In the town secondly therein mentioned, he served two weeks. - In the town thirdly therein mentioned he served six weeks. In the town fourthly therein mentioned, he served seven months. In the town fifthly therein mentioned he served two months - And in all of them he served as a Private soldier. And he further saith, that he believes the war when he served, were in the years mentioned in his said original declaration. He also saith that he knows of no person living, other than the Lockport Depositors are annexed to his said original declaration and to his supplemental declaration who can testify to his said service - That he has employed an Agent who has spent many days, in making enquiries for evidence to prove said service - That he cannot produce any other or further testimony of his said service, and now submits his claim to the final judgment and decision of the Secretary of War -
Attest Edward Taylor clk
Oliver his Mark

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss.
I Rachel Starr of Brookfield in the County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut aged Fifty years depose and say, that I am a daughter of Huldah Clark by her first husband Aaron Lacy, that her second husband Oliver Clark died at said Brookfield some time in the month of February 1886, and that I was present and attended his funeral, that my mother the said Huldah Clark now resides in said Brookfield and now remains the widow of the said Oliver Clark -
Rachel Starr
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss. Brookfield August 16 th 1855
Personally appeared before me a Notary Public duly authorized by law To administer oaths within & for the County & State aforesaid, Rachel Starr and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition, who I certify is a credible witness -
Bryant Smith Notary Public

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss.
I Merium Dibble of Brookfield County of Fairfield & State of Connecticut aged fifty six years before and say that I am the wife of Daniel S. Dibble of said Brookfield, and the daughter of Hulda Clark by her first husband Aaron Lacy, that her second husband Oliver Clark died at said Brookfield in the winter of 1836, that I was present and attended his funeral, that my mother the said Hulda Clark now resides with me in said Brookfield and is now the widow of the said Oliver Clark.
Merium Dibble
State of Connecticut County of Fairfield ss. Brookfield August 16 th - 1855.
Personally appeared before me a Notary Public duly authorized by law to administer oaths within & for the County & State aforesaid, Merium Dibble & subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition, who I certify is a credible witness -
Bryant Smith Notary Public