Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15072, Ebenezer Darrow, Continental (Conn).

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental (Comm.)
Darrow, Ebenezer
S.15072
boarded.
CONTENTS

9268
Connecticut
Ebenezer Sarrow of Bristol in the State of Conn who was a prisoner in the Conn commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg commanded by Col Hildon in the Continental line for 3 years 6 mos 20 days
and July 3, 05,
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 100 Dollars 63 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of April 1833 and sent S. H. Parsons, Hartford Conn Arrears to the 4th of March 03: $207, 26 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 4, 33: 51 81
To be Dropped $ 259,07 from Rev. Roll
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 10

FREE
Comt
Hon. John C. Calhoun
Secretary of War
Washington

District of Connecticut ss town and County of Litchfield on this twenty second day of April A.D. 1818. Personally appears  Ebenezer before me The subscribers Augustus Pettibone Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Litchfield personally appears Ebenezer Darrow of the town of Bristol in said District of Connecticut aged sixty one years 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 at Plymouth in said County on the first day of April A.D. 1777 he the said Ebenezer Darrow enlisted for and during the war of the Revolution on the continental establishment in the Company commanded by John Lewis Vande- rue in the second Regiment of Light Drag- oons commanded by Colonel Elisha Sheldon That he continued to serve the United States in  sd Corps in the war against the common enemy from the day of his enlistment to the end of said war that he served therein as a private and non commis- sioned officer. and was regularly discharged at Danbury at the close of the war, but has lost his Discharge That on the thirteenth  tenth day of June 1783 he received from sd Colonel Sheldon the enclosed warrant under his hand to be a corporal in the second Troop or company in sd Regiment.
That in the summer of A.D. 1777 his said company was detailed for the northern service and he served therein and was in the battles at Stillwater & Saratoga and when General Burgoyne was captured in the autumn of 1777 and in the battle at Bennington in New Jersey and in other battles & skirmishes with the common enemy

That he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support
That he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except the thereon enclosed Warrant and certificate under the hand of the Hon ble Benjamin Fallmudge late major in said Regiment and the testimony of John Warner 2 nd of said Plymouth a witness now present Ebenezer Darrow
Subscribed sworn to and declared before me The day and year first above written Augustus Pittibone Chief Judge of Sitsfield Court of Common Pleas
Personally appeared John Warner 2 nd of Plymouth in said County and being by me duly sworn testifies & says that he has been personally acquainted with the above named Ebenezer Darrow for more than forty years. That he knows that the said Darrow enlisted in September  April 1777 for and during the war of the Revolution in the second Regiment of light Dragoons and served in said corps till the end of the war. - That this deponent was in the revolutionary war but not in the regiment with said Darrow. He the said Warner frequently saw the said Darrow serving in said Regiment and particularly at the Capture of General Burgoyne with the company to which said Darrow belonged. That the character of said said Darrow for truth & in all other respects is irreproachable
John Warner 2 nd
Subscribed to declared and sworn to before me this twenty second day of April 1818
Augustus Pittibone Chief Judge of Sitsfield Court of Common Pleas

I Augustus Nettibone Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Litchfield in said State as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the aforesaid Ebenezer Darrow of said town did serve in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy as stated in his preceding declaration. and I now transmit the proceed- ings and testimony taken and had before me to the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the seal of the Court in which I preside on this 22nd day of April 1818
Augustus Nettibone Chief Judge
If a pension is allowed to Ebenezer Darrow Please send his certificate to Asa Bacon Jun. Litchfield.

Ebenezer Darrow
1891
Sept 1818
C

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD,
ss. Special County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August, 1820.
ON this second day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment,
Ebenezer Darrow aged sixty three years, resident in Bristol in the County of Hartford, & State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolu-
tionary War, as follows: He enlisted in a company John Lewis Vandensburgh captain in the regiment commanded by Col. Sheldon in the month of April 1777 & continued to serve as a private & corporal from the time of his enlistment until 1783 & until peace when this deponent was honorably discharged at Danbury in said State. This deponent has lost his disch- arge but believes it was signed by Col. Sheldon. The occupation of this de- ponent is that of a shoemaker. My first declaration was made 22 nd April 1818 & the number of my certificate is 1891 —
And I do 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed."
The family consists of himself & his wife who lives separate & apart from him & labors for her own support. This deponent has a few awls & a part of a kit of tools belonging to his occupation the whole of them not worth over thirty four cents & this is all the property this deponent owns or is possessed of except his wearing apparel which is no more than de- cent & also a bed on which he sleeps. This deponent's eye sight is weak & much impaired so that he is unable to do but very little work at his trade, he is also subject to Rheumatism & is dependent almost entirely on his son for support - eats at his sons table & in his sons house — Ebenezer Darrow

Sworn to and declared by said Ebenezer Darrow on the 2 nd day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
dollars and  thirty four cents.
I, Thomas Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 21 st day of August 1820
T. Chester Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
ll ln file 15072
Rev. War
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Darrow , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will 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.     Plymouth Apl. 1, 1777 Priv. John L. de Vries Elisha Sheldon Lt. Dr. Cont'l Est.   dis Copel. Thos. Seymour   Danbury Conn. at close of the war. Hotchkiss Madsen  
Battles engaged in, Both Hillwater Danbury N.J.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, Apl 22 1818
Residence at date of application, Plymouth, Litchfield Co., Conn - 1818 Bristol
Age at date of application, 61 yrs -
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
274 633

1906 Aug. 13. History to Mary F. Martin - c
INVALID.
15072
File No. 15.072
Ebenezer Darrow & Corp. Prin Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index Vol. 1 , Page 28
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Connecticut Roll.
(N o 1891.)
Ebenezer Darrow, Corporal, 4 Continental Connecticut line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31. of July 1818, and sent to Mr. Bacon, Jr. Esq. Litchfield, Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Semi-annual allowance
4 months 13/30. $35.46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
77 War
62 years
Deputy Clerk Bristol Hartford Co.

Notification sent to Thomas Chester 19 Octr 1820. Hartford Cont

Ebenezer Darrow
Payable on the 4. March & 4. Sept. of each year at the U. States Branch Bank, Middletown, Conn.
(Recorded.)

Bristol - C. Hazzan
WAR DEPARTMENT. Revolutionary Claim.
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18. March 1818, Ebenezer Darrow, _____ late a Corporal 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 twenty second day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES, this thirty first day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. C. Calhoun Sec. of War.
Wadsworth Cavalry Brinkerhoff

Ebenezer Darrow (born) Continental S.F 15072

Elisha Sheldon Esq Colonel of the Second Regt of Light Dragoons raised by the united States of North America To Ebenezer Parrow greeting By Virtue of the power and authority to me given by the Delegates from the the said States in Congress assembled I do by these presents reposing special trust and confidence in your Loyalty Courage and good conduct constitute and appoint you the said Ebenezer Parrow to be the third Corporal in the Second Troop in said Regt you are therefore Carefully and Diligently to Discharge the Duty of a Corporal in ordering and exercising said Troop in their several aforesaid Commanding them to obey you as their Corporal and yourself observe such orders and instructions as you shall from time to time receive from me or other your superior officers according to military rules and Discipline pursuant to the Trust reposed in you for which this shall be your sufficient Warrant given under my hand and seal this thirteenth day of June A D 1783
Elisha Sheldon Colonel Major of Dragoons
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Litchfield. State of Connecticut. Apr. 22 d . 1818
This certifies that Eben r Darrow enlisted to serve as a Soldier in the 2 d Reg t L t Dragoons, on the Continental Establishment, on the 1 st Day of April 1777, & that he continued to serve in said Reg t until the close of the Revolutionary War — Extracted from my Regi- mental Book now before me
Benj m Sallinadge
Late Major 2 d Reg t L. D.
I further certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of Col o Elisha Sheldon, & readily believe the signature of his Name to the within appointment is sincere & true — Benj m Sallinadge

Please reply to Samuel H. Parsons Hartford Conn Writ of Cavalry 3 years Corporal of Cavalry 2 w th 20 days # 103 63 S H Parsons (to be dropped)

State of Connecticut } County of Hartford } ss: Hartford.
On this fourth day of March A.D. 1833 personally appeared Ebenezer Darrow of Bristol in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut, aged Seventy Six years well known to me as a person of veracity, and made oath that he is in the receipt of a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month from the the roll of the Connecticut agency under the Act of 18 March 1815.
That he served as a Corporal for more than two years in Colonel Elisha Sheldon regiment of Cavalry in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary war, That he served under Captain Thomas Seymour - Hoadley & Wadsworth one or two others whose names he does not now recollect - That he now resides in said Bristol, where he has resided for fifteen years past and that in the year 1818. he resided in Plymouth in the County of Litchfield

and State of Connecticut, the That he is entitled under the act of 7 th of June 1832 to a higher pension than he now receives, and would respectfully, request that his name may be transferred to the roll under the act of 7 th June 1832 at the rate which that act entitles him to receive.
Ebenezer Dorr
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year abovenwritten
Before me. Samuel H. Parsons Notary Public

80 High St. Bristol, Conn.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me the military services and other details on record of the men by the name of Abel Lewis who were pensioned from Connecticut? There were evidently two and perhaps another. I would also like the military services etc. of Ebenezer Darrow and Nathaniel Hart who

were pensioners residing in Bristol Hartford Co. Connecticut.
Very truly yours Mary F. Martin Registrar
Katherine Gaylord Chaplin D. A. R.
Bristol Conn. July 21 - 1906
Further Data to be sent