Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22837, Sylvanus Conant, Mass.

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Mass
Conant, Sylvanus Sylvia
N 22837
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Maine 2212
Reported
Sylvia Conant widow of Sylvanus Conant who was a Sgt. Private & Drummer in the Massachusetts line for 13 months 20 days
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Seventy Nine Dollars Seventy eight Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of December 1843 and sent to Hon. A. R. Parris Present.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 3

State of Maine Oxford County } ss
On this nineteenth day of September eighteen hundred thirty nine person-ally appeared before the Probate Court held at Turner, within and for said County of Oxford, Sylvia Conant a resident of Turner in the County of Oxford, aged eighty five years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Sylvanus Conant, who was a private and Sergeant in the Revolutionary war - that she has good reason to believe and does believe, that her said husband served as a private soldier eight months in Capt James Allen's Company and Col Baileys Regt at Roxbury in the State of Mass, in the year 1775, that he served as a Sergeant two months at Rhode Island in the year 1776 in Capt Abraham Washburn's Company in Col Bushnells or Halls Regt - that in the year 1777 he served as Sergeant two or three months at Bristol

in Capt. Cobb's Company and Col. Pitcomb's Regt. That he also served as a private Soldier six weeks at Rhode Island in the year 1778, in Capt. Nathan Packard's Company, in Col. Carpenter's Regt., and that, at the time said service was performed, he was a resident of Bridgewater in the State of Mass. She further declares that she was married to the said Sylvanus Conant on the twenty fifth day of November in the year seventeen hundred and eighty four at Bridgewater aforesaid, and that Rev. John Porter solemnized the marriage, that her husband the aforesaid Sylvanus Conant died at Turner in said County of Oxford, on the twenty first day of June eighteen hundred and twenty eight; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred ninety four, at the time above stated, and that she has remained a widow and unmarried ever since the death of her husband the aforesaid Sylvanus Conant, and that her maiden name before her marriage with the said Sylvanus Conant was Conant .
Witness Levi Stowell
Sylvia her X mark Conant
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year first above mentioned
Sylvanus Conant Judge

State of Maine
Bedford ss. I the Levi Stowell Register of the Court of Probate in & for said county hereby certify that Lyman Rawson is Judge of the Courts of Probate aforesaid. I further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Sylvia Conant for a Pension. I further certify that Job Prince, before whom three of the annexed Depositions were taken and whose proper signature is annexed thereto is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this nineteenth day of September A.D. 1839.
Levi Stowell

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Sylvanus Conant , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 8 Mos Pri James Allen John Bailey Mass   1776 2 Mos Sgt Abraham Washburn Cushing "   1777 3 Mos " Cobb Titcomb "   1778 6 Mos Pri Nathan Packard Carpenter "  
Battles engaged in, None mentioned Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bridge water Mass Date of application for pension, by widow Sept 19/1834 Residence at date of application, the widow Turner Me. Age at date of application, of wid. 85 years Remarks: He married Sylvia Conant Nov 25, 1784 and died June 21, 1828.
Very respectfully,  Mrs. Alice Hampton 714 - 17 St  Nolina Ill.
Commissioner.

Sylvanus Conant modern times in Turner. think pks is entitled to land - left by Edward Blake
Dec 16 1836
Mahon Service.
17:8:6 1:7:6 1:0:4 4:7:6 3:6 1:7:6 29
20 - 9 = 6 13 - 3 = 0 16 - 12 = 6
17 1/4 6 3/4 9 3/4 18 1/4 20 3/4 59
CONANT, SYLVANUS (MASS.) W-22837

By Jonathan Titcomb Esq r , Colonel of a Regiment of the Massachusetts Army Raised for the Defence of the Colonies of North American Army Anno Domini 1777
To Silvanus Conant Greeting
By virtue of the Power and Authority from the Province of the Massachusetts Bay to me given & Reposing Special trust and Confidence in your Loyalty Courage & Good Conduct I do By these Presents Apoint you the said Silvanus Conant To Be A serjeant in A Regiment of foot under my Command you are therefore to Discharge the Duty of A serjeant in A Company (Commanded By Edward Cobb Captin) to use your utmost Endeavour to Discharge your self in all Cases of said office and to be obeyed as such for which this Shall Be A sufficient Warrent Given under my hand & Regiment Seal in Bristol Camp this 20 Day of June 1777 Consented to By Edward Cobb Capt

Washington Sept. 26. 1843
J. L. Edwards, Esq.
Sir,
The pension papers of the widows, Lucy Clark, Mary Richmond, Sylvia Coonant and Sybil Walker have been transmitted to me as the friend of their husbands, and, as requested, I submit them for your examination
Respectfully &c
William L. Gass

Mar 17. 1840,
Great Northern
Sylvia Conant one side
Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions Washington City

Portland March 11-1840
Dear Sir -
Sylvia Constant of Turner in the county of Oxford and State of Maine obtained a Pension Certificate, dated the 28 th day of Oct 1839 - I immediately made applica- tion to the Pension office for the amount then due - & was told, that they had been directed not to pay until the fourth of the present month - on certificate bearing so late a date - I have this day, made application at said office, & was told, that no  return had been made of such  Certificate  having been granted - Please inform me why no return has been made - & when the money can be obtained. Yours - Job Prince J L Edmonds Esq
Please address Job Prince, Turner, Maine

Washington Oct. 24. 1839
Sir,
I herewith hand you a pension application from Mrs. Sylvia Corson to widow of Sylvanus Corson, a Revolutionary soldier, and am, very respectfully &c Abner H. Parrish
J. L. Edwards, Esq.

2638 June 29/40.
Feb. March 5/43 me 3
S. Conant S. Walker
Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions City of Washington D.C.
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Turner June 26th 1843
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir - Herewith you will receive the Declaration of Sylvia Conant & Sybil Walker for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, please communicate to the subscribers at Turner Maine the result of their application
Job Prince
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, July 12 th 1839.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of his attestation Philo Seach _____ was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth, _____ in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John F. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Samuel Leonard of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts being in the eighty sixth year of my age do depose testify & say that in the year 1775 I was a drummer in the company which was commanded by Capt James Allen & which was mustered into Col Byles Regiment for one eight months campaign at Roxbury Massachusetts and that Sylvanus Corbett was a Private in said company & served therein during the campaign Samuel Leonard
State of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss Be it known that on the eighth day of July in the year 1839 before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace within & for the County of Plymouth Personally appeared Samuel Leonard the above affiant who is a man of truth & veracity and made oath that the above by him Submitted is true In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written
Philo Leach } Justice of the Peace

I Jacob Leonard of Bridgewater in the county of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts being in the eighty first year of my age do hereby testify & say that in the year 1775 I was a sifer in the company commanded by Capt James Allen which was mustered into Col. Baillies Regiment for one eight months campaign at Roxbury Massachusetts that Sylvanus Conant of Bridgewater was a Private in said company and served therein during the campaign. Jacob Leonard
State of Massachusetts { Plymouth county ss } Be it known that on this eighth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred & thirty since personally appeared the above named Jacob Leonard who is a man of truth & veracity Before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace within & for the county of Plymouth & made oath that the above by him subscribed is true
Philo Leach } Justice of the Peace

The following is a copy from the Book of Records of Marriages belonging to the Town of Bridgewater Commonwealth of Massachusetts
"Seventeen hundred and eighty four November twenty fifth Sylvanus consent Sylvias consent by Revd John Porter"
I certify that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in full legible figures as follows "Nov r 25. 1784."
Mitchell Keith Town Clerk
I Mitchell Keith above named, do hereby certify, that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me —
Mitchell Keith Town Clerk of Bridgewater Mass.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. } July 8 th 1839 —
Sworn to Before me
Philo Leach Justice of the Peace

I Sylvanus Conant of Turner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine aged fifty three years, testify and say, that I am the son of Sylvanus Conant late of said Turner deceased, that I have frequently heard him relate many of the incidents of his life while in the Revolutionary war - that the Sergeant's warrant hereunto annexed was in his possession during his life time that I have often heard him say that it was granted him while he was in the service of his country - during said war, that he died at said Turner on the twenty first day of June 1828 that he left a widow by the name of Sylvina Conant who now resides in Turner aforesaid - and who has remained a widow & unmarried ever since the death of her husband the aforesaid Sylvanus Conant Sylvanus Conant
State of Maine
Oxford ss - September 6 th 1839 personally appeared Sylvanus Conant a credible witness and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit before him Subscribed Before me Job Paine Justice of the Peace

I Benjamin Alden of Green, in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine (now in the County of Oxford) aged eighty two years, testify & say, that, in the year 1776 I enlisted to serve as a Private Soldier, two months in the Revolutionary war, at Rhode Island, in a Company commanded by Capt Abraham Washburn, in Col Cushing's or Hall's Regt (am not certain which commanded the Regt at that time! Sylvanus Conant late of Turner in said County of Oxford deceased, who then resided in Bridgewater State of Mass, enlisted to serve as Sergeant in the same Company during the same time. Soon after our enlistment I was detached for- ward the purpose of cutting wood for the Army The remainder part of said time, & do not know how long said Conant served, but have no doubt that he served as Sergeant in said Company the full term of two months for which he enlisted Benjamin Alden
State of Maine Oxford ss September 12-1838 Then personally appeared Benjamin Alden, a credible witness, and made solemn affir- mation to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed Before me Job Prindle Justice of the Peace

2627
J. Conant
$49:78 per a
2212
Hon. A. K. Parris Present
Price

State of Maine } County of Oxford } ss.
On this third day of June A.D. 1873, personally appeared before me Job Prime, a justice of the Peace within and for said county, Sylvia Conant a resident of Turner in the county of Oxford aged eighty seven years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the third day of March 1873, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war, - That she is the widow of Sylvanus Conant who was a Sergeant H. in the Revolutionary war - and for proof of the period of service of her late husband, as well as the Regiment or Corps in which he served, H. She would refer the Department to the evidence accompanying her former declaration and application on which she was granted a pension of forty nine dollars and seventy eight cents per annum under the Act of July 7, 1838, the certificate of which was numbered 4450, and payable at Portland Maine. She further declares that she is still a widow and the identical person named in the certificate above referred to, her
witness } Job Prime Paschal Barrell
Sylvia X Conant Mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first above written before the subscriber who hereby certifies that the declarant is personally known to him as the person above represented
Job Prime, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Oxford County ss: I the Subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County, hereby certify that Job Prince, whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing "Declaration", is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, and full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof I here subscribe my name & affix the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty three.
Geo. F. Emery Register

I certify that I am well acquainted with Job Prince Esq. whose genuine signature as Justice of the Peace is attached to the within paper - The signature I know to be his own proper hand writing - And I do further certify that on the Register of Civil officers of Maine for the present year now before me, which Register was transcribed from the Records of the Department of State, said Job Prince's name is borne as a Justice of the Peace and Quorum throughout the State M. L. Parris Sept. 26. 1843

6250
Sylvia Jonant me
Act 7 July 38-
  M 84. d 28     Vol 14. 2. 75.  pri. 8mo-    3. 260. 76  Drumt. 2 -    1. 139. 77.  Sergt 2. 4    22. 50. 78  pri. 1. 16       adm     9. 16  pri - 31.78    2 -  Drumt - 7.33    2. 40  Sergt - 10.67        49.78  
no deduction
2m (compf -)
Present

I Samuel Crafts of Hebron in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, aged seventy five years testify & say, that I served as a private Soldier six weeks in the Revolutionary war, in the summer of 1778 in Captain Nathan Parkards Company, & Col Carpenters Regiment at Rhode Island. Sylvanus Coonant late of Turner in said County of Oxford deceased, who then resided in Bridgewater Commonwealth of Massachusetts, & within a few miles of my place of residence, served as a private Soldier in the same Company, during the same time.
Samuel Crafts
State of Maine
Oxford ss November 6th 1838
Personally appeared Samuel Crafts a credible witness & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me - Job Prince Justice of the Peace

Mil. Hist. to Mrs. Alice H. Crompton, 714 17 th St., Astoria, Ill. C.
Revg
June 23/94
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22,887
Sylvia Neuman widow of Sylvanus Neuman Sgt P.W. War
Act: March 3 rd /48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 450
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4450
Maine
Sylvia Conant
widow of Sylvanus Conant decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of and who died on the 21 st June 1828 of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine who was a Sgt Pickern l in the Comp y commanded by Captain Allen of the Reg t commanded by Col l Bailey in the M s . line for 13 mos & 20 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 49 Dollars 78 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Octo. 1839 and sent A. K. Parris, Present
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1839 $174.23 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mar: 40. 24.89 $199.12
{ Act July 7, } 1838 }
Recorded by M c Adison Clerk. Book P Vol. 15 th Page 51
Letter to Payt of Pensions March 18. 1840 do. to J. P m a Sent 16 1843-

Moline, Rock Island Co, Ills., May 28th 1894.
To The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I desire to join the society of the Daughter's of the Revolution as a lineal descendant of Sylvanus Conant who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.
My mothers people removed to Illinois over Sixty years ago, and all family records were left in the East, and the older members of the family dying many years since, it is rather difficult to substantiate my claim so I have ventured to address you, and beg your assistance.
My Great Grandmother, Sylvia Conant, received a pension for her husbands services, late in life, as nearly as I can ascertain about the year Eighteen Thirty Five (1835). I think it must have lapsed about Eighteen Forty Three (1843) or possibly later.
Can you send me a certificate to that effect; I think it must certainly be on record. I would be very grateful to you. Of course we are satisfied of the fact, but the statement has to be verified. Will you kindly reply as soon as convenient, and I shall consider myself under great obligations.
Yours Respectfully.
Mrs Alice H Crompton. Moline, Rock Island Co. 714. — 17 ST. — Ills.