Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22721, Solomon Day, Conn.

SERVICE
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Conn.
Day, Solomon
S. 22721
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act 6. April 1838 from 4 March to 18 Aug 1841 Notified 31 July 1841

5182 New York
Solomon Day
of Washington in the State of New York who was a Brig Genl in the Genl's command by Captain Burnham of the D.L. command by Col. Dyer in the Connieticut line for 9 Mo of Artillery & 15 " Infantry
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 87 Dollars 44 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Feb 1833 and further Hon. N. D. H. of N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $131.10 Semi-ann. allowance ending 24 th " 33 43.72
$174.88
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by E. C. Stiles Clerk Book D Vol. 5 Page 81

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPROLLER'S OFFICE,
January 6 th , 1845.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The children of Solomon Day, decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y., Agency, at the rate of Eighty Seven Dollars and 44 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1840, to the 18 th August 1840.
Respectfully, yours,
Merriam
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

Solomon Day New York
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Hono Mr. Pitcher H. B.

BRIEF in the case of  Soloman Day  County of Washington in the State of New York  (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? 70  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.     In 1776 — 5. — private Col Burnham no other officer   1 14 " Colo Liggot in Commission   June 1777 — 6 — " Col Brown   1778. 6 — " Col Northum Col Hazel   1780 — 9 — Col Gresham " Lamb.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hartford Co Connecticut  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional, and three living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Solomon Day , 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.
822721     DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 76 5 mos Pri Burham none Conn.   Nov 76 6 mos " Not remembered Leggett "   June 77 6 mos " Brown Not stated "   June 78 6 mos. " Northam " "   Apr 80 9" " Mott Lamb (Art. Regt) "  
Battles engaged in, None mentioned Residence of soldier at enlistment, Colchester & Herson Conn. Date of application for pension, December 4, 1832 Residence at date of application, Ringebury Mt. Age at date of application, Born Colchester Conn. 1762
Remarks:
Very respectfully, Chas H. Sherrill Jr. c/o John T. Longshin 1626 Sixth St NW C.C.
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Commissioner.

In the Matter of Solomon Day a revolutionary Soldier
Declaration for a Pension
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State of New York } Washington County } fs
I Sepe S Leigh clerk of the Court of Washington County Common Pleas do hereby certify that the annexed contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Solomon Day for a Tinsman In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal of my office this 14 th day of December 1832

State of New York } Washington County } fs
On this 14 th day of December 1832
personally appeared in open court before us the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington & State of New York now Sitting Solomon Day a resident of the town of Kingsbury County of Washington and State of New York aged Seventy years on the tenth day of November last 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 4 th 1832
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and Served as herein stated
That while he lived in the town of Colchester in the County Hartford and State of Connecticut and in the Month of June A.D. 1776 he enlisted in the Connecticut State troops for five Months and entered the Service under the command of Capt Burnham that there were no other Commissioned officers and was marched to Seabrook about eighteen miles and was stationed on the Sea Shore in a house as a Guard near to Governor Griswold residence and object of the guard was to stop the Smuggling of Goods to Long Island and from Long Island at which time the British Troops lay on said Island that he remained there until in the Month of November when his term of enlistment expired and he received a written discharge signed by Capt Burnham which he has lost long since - That he served and performed his duty as a private Soldier five months - That there were no other Troops then during this campaign
5 Mo
And he further saith that while he lived in the town of Colchester aforesaid and immediately after his return from the last mentioned Service and in the Month of Nov A.D. 1776 he volunteered and entered the Service but does not recollect the names of his Company Officers he belonged and was under the command of Col Leggit after he was marched to New London and was stationed in a Quarters Fort called New London where he remained as a Guard that there were in the Fort Continental Troops but he does not remember the names of the Officers that were in the first day of January A.D. 1777 when he was discharged by parole and he had served and done his duty six weeks as a private Soldier
1 1/2 Mo
And this deponent further saith that while in the town of Colchester aforesaid and in the Month of June the A.D. 1777 he enlisted in the Connecticut State troops for six Months under the Command of Capt Brown and was detached to drive a team which belonged to the United States and he was engaged in transporting provision and other necessaries for the

6 Mo
Army from Hartford to Fish kill. Ticks kill - Sharon - Danbury and other places as he was directed and commanded by his Officers that he be the Army and several other troops but cannot now recollect their names - That he served and performed his duty as a private Soldier Six Months and was discharged by parole in the month of December after returning his team to the town of Colchester to John Buckley, who found the forage for all the continental teams through the winter
6 Mo
And he further saith that while he lived in the town of Colchester aforesaid and in the month of June in A. D. 1778 he enlisted in the State Troops Connecticut line for Six Months under the command of Capt. Northam and he was again detached to drive one of the Continental teams and was engaged in transporting Military Stores and depositing them at Danbury Fish kill - Ticks kill and at other places of deposit under the direction and orders of his Officers and continued in the said Service until in the month of December when he was discharged by parole after returning his team to Colchester at John Buckley who took the same and fed the teams belonging to the United States That he served at this time as a Private Soldier Six Months That he remembers of being the Reg of Col Hazel known by the Congress Regiment with which Regiment he was engaged and went with when they marched from Hartford to Connaug for winter quarters the last part of his said Service although he saw other Troops yet he cannot remember the names of the Officers or Regiments
And the deponent further states that while he lived in the town of Hebron in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut and in the month of April A. D. 1780 he enlisted in the State Troops or new Service to fill up the continental Army Connecticut line for one year and he was sent with several others to the Ticks Kill where he joined Capt. Gershon Mott company of Artillery does not remember the names of the Lieutenants in Col Loombes Regiment of Artillery and was attached to Brig Gen Hixon's Brigade that he crossed the river and was marched to the English neighborhood that upon he arrived there the British left and marched to New York that he encamped at upon and the English neighborhood and remained there some time while there his Capt was

taken sick and he was detached and sent with his Copt- Shatt to Meristown at The Hospital as nurse for the Copt Shatt and he remained there as such nurse until some time late in the Fall and left him the said Copt Sick and joined the company and army at New Windsor in the Jerseys on the north river and was employed in building barracks for Winter Quarters and remained there until in the Month of January 1781 when Col Lamb informed his Regiment that he would discharge all the New Series as they were not wanted any longer and received an honorable and written discharge signed by Col Lamb which discharge has long since lost and does not know what has become of it That he served and performed his duty nine Months as a private Soldier —
9 Mo
And he further saith he remembers of seeing Gen Washington Gen Lafayette Gen Steuben and many other Officers and Regiments but cannot now distinctly remember their names
That he returned home to Hebron aforesaid where he resided several years from there he moved to Cambridge in the County of Washington and State of New York where he resided a few years and from there he moved in the town of Kingsbury where he now resides and has resided for forty five years
That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his Service except John Tawes - Thomas Phelps and Mary Clapp whose Affidavits are hereto annexed
1 That he was born in the town of Colchester County of Hartford and State of Connecticut in the year of 1762 2 That there is no record of his age to his knowledge 3 That he was living when he entered the Service in the towns of Colchester and Hebron and since the revolutionary War he has lived in the town of Hebron aforesaid and towns of Cambridge and Kingsbury where he now lives 4 That he volunteered and enlisted when he entered the Service 5 That he cannot now distinctly remember the names of Officers and regiments than is set forth in his declaration which also contains the General circumstances of his Service from the best of his recollection

6 That he viewed two written discharges one Signed by Capt Burnham and the other Signed by Col Lord that he has lost them both and cannot tell when they are or what has become of them or either of them
7 That there is no clergyman residing in his neighborhood who knows any thing about him that David Merrill - Israel Hend Stephen Stanton Samuel Smith and many others to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution 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 or Territory
Sworn to and Subscribed } The day and year aforesaid J. S. Leigh CLERK
Salomon Day
We Samuel Smith residing in the town of Fort Edward and Stephen Lee residing in the town of Kingsbury hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Salomon Day who has Subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Seventy years of age that he is reported 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 year aforesaid J. S. Leigh CLERK
Samuel Smith Stephen Lee
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 Samuel Smith who has Signed the preceding certificate resides in the town of Fort Edward and that Stephen Lee who has also Signed the same is a resident in the town of Kingsbury and that they both are credible persons & that their statements are entitled to credit
I Jesse S Leigh clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and the County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Salomon Day for a pension - And I also certify that John Mott before whom the annexed affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington and that I am acquainted

with his hand writing and verily believe his name Subscribed to the said Affidavits to be his proper hand writing and Signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of my Office this 4 th day of December 1832
J. S. Leigh C.R.

State of New York } Washington County } ss
Mary Clapp of the town of Royalton County of Windsor in the State of Vermont being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that she is and will be on the twenty first day of November instant seventy two years of age that she resided in the towns of Calchester and Heburn in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut during the whole of the Revolutionary war and some time afterwards and is a sister to Salomon Day of the town of Kingsbury County of Washington in the State of New York
And she this deponent on her oath further saith she was well knowing to her Brother Salomon Day's going from home and for the Service of the United States from the best of her recollection A.D. 1776 to Seabrook and was from home she thinks four or five Months and after he returned home in the Fall of the same year he left home to go to New London and was gone six weeks That A.D. 1777 she believes he enlisted under the Command of Capt Brown and that he left home for the Service and was gone five or six Months on the year That A.D. 1778 he left home again and she believes he enlisted for six months under the Command of Capt Hetherm that according to her remembrance he was absent from home six months
and this deponent further on her oath saith that in the spring of the year (in the same year Andrew was said to be hung) near she was informed enlisted for one year in the State Troops or new Service that he left home and was gone until in the winter before he returned. Thinks he was absent nine Months
And this deponent on her oath further saith that they lived lived in one family together until the year last forementioned when this deponent moved into the adjoining town of Heburn in the same neighborhood that the public highway was the line dividing the two towns - That she has and did immediately and since his return from the Service has him relate the history of Service in the revolu- tionary War and verily believes he served as he states in his said declaration hereto annexed.
And this deponent further saith not
her
Made her mark once was
Mary X Clapp
Sworn before me this
Mark
3 rd day of November 1832
at Kingsbury — John Mott a Judge of
Testify that Mary Clapp is Washington County Courts reputed to be a person of truth and veracity

State of New York } fs Washington County }
John Towns of the town of Harnsburg in the County of Washington and State of New York being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that he is Seventy years of age and that he was well acquaint- -ed with Solomon Day of Kingsbury County of Washington and State aforesaid and was well acquainted with him before the revolutionary war in the town of Hebron County of Hartford now Tolland State of Connecticut since this deponent for his oath further saith that in the Month of April A.D. 1780 Solomon Day engaged in the United States Service for one year and that he went with this deponent to Tuckers Hill and then he joined the Continental line and he this deponent was informed he was of the Connecticut New Series to fill up the Continental Troops that he was put in the Artillery and about a week the Main Army left Tuckers Hill and the Brigade this deponent belonged to encamped at Tappan and the remainder encamped further South that he does not recollect he saw him the said Solomon Day again during the Campaign but from the facts and circumstances to this deponent verily believes he served the whole term of his engagement for nine Months - as he states and this deponent further saith not subscribed and sworn } John Towns before me this 18 th day of September 1832 }
I certify that this deponent is } John Moss a Judge of reputed to be a person of truth } Washington County Courts veracity

State of New York } County of Washington }
Harmon Phelps of the town of Fort Ann County of Washington and State of New York being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is sixty nine years of age and that he was well acquainted with Solomon Day before revolutionary War in the town of Hibern Hartford County now Litchfield County and State of Connecticut and never knew him ever since
And this deponent on his oath further saith that in the year of 1780 he the said Solomon Day enlisted for one year in the State troops or New Levies Connecticut line to fill up the Continental line and left the said town for that purpose and this deponent in June after enlisted in the State Troops or New Levies and left home for the same purpose when he this deponent returned home in December at which time he was informed that the said Solomon Day had not returned from the army and that same time the last of January A.D. 1781 he thinks he returned to Hibern aforesaid and this deponent from the facts and circumstances verily believes that he the said Solomon Day was in the United States Service during his absence and served as he states nine months And further this deponent saith not
Subscribed and Sworn
Harmon Phelps
before me this 19 th day of
September 1832
I certify that Harmon Phelps John Mott a Judge of a Prison of truth and veracity Washington County Courts and is so reported in his Niglen hand

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