Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,481, Abraham Couch, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Couch, Abraham
S. 36,481
CONTENTS

4.318
Connecticut Roll
Abraham Couch Capt. Mills Private Connecticut line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of Nov r 1818 and sent to Pierpont Edwards, Post Judge Bridgeport.
Arrears to 4 th of Sept r 1818 L st 4 27 / 30 — 39:20 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48:—
Deed Aug 27, 1841
$ 87:20
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18 th March, 1818. }
77 Three years
Continued
Redding

Abner Gouch
20

District of Connecticut
On the 8 day of April A.D. 1810 Abraham Couch of Redding in said District under oath declares before Pierpont Edwards District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut in which District the Declarant now resides and ever since the end of the war of the Revolution hath resided that in the Spring of the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven the Declarant enlisted into the service of the United States in Captain John Nibbles company Colonel Charles Webb's Regiment in the Connecticut line on the continental establishment of the armies of the United States in the war of the Revolution for the term of three years which term the declarant faithfully served out a part of the time as a soldier & a part of the time as a fifer in said Regiment in said line on said establishment in the armies of the United States in the war of the Revolution and at the time that he was at the end of said term honorably discharged but by time and accident hath lost his said discharge And that by a subsequent enlistment he was placed in a regiment commanded by Colonel Heman Swifts Regiment also in the Connecticut line on said establishment in which he faithfully served the United States in the said war of the Revolution a term of nine months that being the term of his said last enlistment as he recollects and was then permitted to leave said service And the Declarant further maketh oath that he was & ever since the declaration of Independence hath been a resident citizen of the United States. And that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for his support Abraham Couch

District of Connecticut ss April 8 th 1818 The Witness named Abraham Cook came before me in my presence subscribed his mark the aforesaid declaration & made oath that the same is true
Deacon Edward District Judge of District

District of Connecticut ss
On this 8 day of April A.D. 1818 before me Pierson Edwards District Judge of the United States for the District of Connecticut came John Limes of Isaac Platt both of Redding in said District who being duly sworn depose & say that they well know that the above named Benjamin Abraham Limes was a soldier & fifer in the Continental Army agreeable to his declaration foregoing for as they believe according to their best recollection at least a year & half or two years and they also know that he now is & for a number of years last past hath been a resident citizen of the United States and that by reason of reduced pecuniary circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for his support
At the same time also came Ephraim Sanford and Isaac Sanford both respectable citizens of said Redding who being also sworn depose & say that the said Abraham Limes now is & for more than thirty years last past hath been a resident citizen of the United States and that by reason of his reduced pecuniary circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for his support and that in all faith & truth it ought to be proven to his declaration foregoing the being of a character unquestionable for truth
April 8 th 1818 Sworn before me
John his Limes mark
Isaac his Platt mark
Isaac his Platt mark
District Judge of the District of Connecticut

Abraham Bouch
21
Abraham Bouch

At a County Court held on and for the County of Fairfield, in the District & State of Connecticut, on the 19 th day of July 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and having a seal, by virtue of the Laws of said State — Personally appeared, in open Court, Abraham Couch a resident in the town of Reading, in the County of Fairfield, in said State, and exhibited and subscribed, the following schedule, and made solemn oath that the same is a true and perfect schedule of all his income and property, necessary cloathing and bedding excepted viz.
Equity of redemption and a small house situate in the town of Reading, about 16 Rods of ground & Rocks on Breakneck hill so called — mortgaged to Nancy Couch in 1804 amount $40 — — — — — 35.00
  Cow & Calf  18.00  1 Hog  2.50  2 tables  1.25  21.75    7 chairs  4.50  Iron Pot & kettle both cracked  50 cts  5.00     2 Water Pails  75 cts  Earthen Plates  18 cts 3 do 25 cts  1.18     6 knives & forks  34 cts  2 Meal Casks  75 cts  Axe  75 cts  1.84    Hee  25 cts  Brafs kettle  4.00  4 Cups & saucers & tea pot  25 cts  4.50    Iron Dogs  25 cts  Shovel & tongs  50 cts  trammel  50 cts  1.25    3 Earthen jugs  30 cts  Washing tub  12 cts  Iron Spider  35 cts  0.77    Small Looking Glass  50 cts  Sythe & Snath  1.00    1.50  

District and State of Connecticut, ss.
Be It Remembered, That in the County Court, held in and for the County of Fairfield in the District and State aforesaid, on this 19 th day of July, 1820 the same being a Court of Record, and having a Seal, under the authority of said State personally came and appeared in open Court, Abraham Bouck aged fifty seven years, resident in the Town of Redding in the County of Fairfield in said State, and being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: as a private in the Regiment of the Connecticut line commanded by Col d Charles Webb & in Capt John Mills Company three years from the spring of 1777 to the spring of the year 1780 & nine months after that — that the original Declaration made by him, for the purpose of obtaining a Pension, under the Act of Congress of the 18 th of March, 1818, was dated the 8 th day of April 1818 that in pursuance thereof he was entered in the List of Pensioners, and received a Pension Certificate No. 4.308 And I do further solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of United States on the 18 th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, since since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby as to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of the an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and and naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th 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. And I do further declare that my occupation is says Workman at the shoemaking business. but I am unable to labour by reason of a disease in my Head & Rheumatism but a small portion of the time.

and that I have a family residing with me consisting of a my wife aged 59 years Named Abigail & one daughter named Maretta aged about 20 years and one other named Harriet aged 16 years.
all which is subscribed by me the day and year aforesaid. Abraham Couch. — Sworn to and declared in the Court aforesaid. Whereupon said Court is, on satisfactory proof exhibited in Court, of opinion that the total amount in value of the property, contained in the aforesaid Schedule, is Seventy two Dollars and Seventy nine Cents, and doth order these proceedings to be entered in the records of said Court.
Attest David Ferriss (Clerk)

April 22, 1931
Mr. John H. Hodge Mechanicsburg Ohio
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section PRL
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.36481, that Abraham Couch, enlisted, place not stated, in the spring of 1777, and served as a private and fifer in Captain John Mills' Company, Colonel Charles Webb's Connecticut Regiment, length of service three years.
He subsequently enlisted, and served nine months in Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment, no dates given for this service.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818, while a resident of Reading, Connecticut, where, he stated, he had resided ever since the Revolution.
In 1820, he stated that he was aged fifty-seven years, and that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife, Abigail, aged fifty-nine years and two daughters, Haretta, aged about twenty years, and Harriet, aged sixteen years. There are no further family data.
He died August 29, 1841.
Very truly yours
From AB H. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

Rev. & 1812 War Section.
December 11, 1925.
Charles W. Couch, 151 Gilbert Ave. New Haven, Conn.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 36481, it appears that Abraham Couch enlisted in the Spring of 1777 and served three years as private and fifer in Captain John Mills' Company, Colonel Charles Webb' Connecticut Regiment, after which he re-enlisted and served nine months in Colonel Heman Swift's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 8, 1818, while living at Redding, Connecticut. In 1820 he was fifty-seven years old, his wife Abigail was fifty-nine years old and his daughters Marotta aged twenty and and Harriet aged sixteen years.
There is no further data on file as to family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

Mechanicsburg, Ohio
March 30, 1931
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am incloseing a copy of the questionnaire you send in regard to the service of a Revolutionary Soldier. I wish to know if there is any records on file in regard to the service of one Abraham Couch.
First name of wife ----- Abigial Disbrow Couch
Full name of soldier ----- Abraham Couch
Residence of soldier at enlistment ----- Fairfield Co. Conn. ( I think that he was living in Green Farms)
Residence of soldier after service--- Fairfield, Co. Conn.
Name of state from which he enlisted ----- Connecticut
Approximate date of birth----- July 10, 1763
Approximate date of death ----- 1844
If you do not have this Abraham Couch on record do you have any record of any Abraham Couch ,
Sincerely yours,
John H. Hodge

Abraham Couch. Conn. Line Regts. 2nd Mills Co. Enlisted Mch. 1-1777 3 Yrs. Trans to Beebe's Co. Sept. 1-1780 Disch. Mch. 1-1780
Abraham Couch. Private. Pensioner.
Abraham Couch. Age. 78 Reading, Conn. Pensioner.
1 July send record to Chas. W. Couch 161 Gilbert Ave. New Haven Conn.

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Redding, Conn.
Pension Bureau, Washington,
Sir:-
Will you please send me the military history of Joel Merchant of Redding, Connecticut, a soldier of the Revolution, who was pensioned in 1832 and died in 1844 - buried here in the Unfawang Cemetery. I am treasurer of the Unfawang Burrying Association and also sexton and am interested. Also Abraham Couch pensioned in 1818. There was another Joel.

Merchant in New York state, but it is the Redding Merchants I am in search of.
Yours respectfully Edgar T. Field. (P.O. Address) Georgetown, R. I.
The Pines May tenth,

36 481
Rev INVALID.
File No. 36 481
William Lloyd Rev Dr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 91
[Arrangement of 1870.]
May 24. 1904 Edgar S. Field Georgetown Conn
1925 Dec 14. Heist. to the W. Lloyd 1931 - Apr 22 - Heist. to John H. Hodge - 8th

Shaham Couch
1000 to 1100 East
March 1919
Con

State of Connecticut, ss.
I DAVID BURR, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in the said State, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is of Abraham
Couch is seventy two Dollars seventy nine cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Fairfield, this 19 day of July 1820.
David Burr
Clerk of the County Court for said County of Fairfield.
District and State of Connecticut, ss. Fairfield July 19 1820
I ROBERT FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield, in said State, do certify that DAVID BURR, Esq. is the Clerk of said Court, duly appointed and sworn; and that the said Court is a Court of record, made so by the statute laws of said State; that it proceeds according to the course of the common law, has a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, with the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeps a record of its proceedings.
Robert Fairchild
Chief Judge of the County Court for the County of Fairfield.

Abraham Corich, private, Connecticut line, 8 th April, 1818.
Admitted on Count. Roll
Pierpont Edwards, Esq; Judge, Bridgeport, Fairfield co. Connecticut.
Rec'd 27. May, 1818.

I Richard Edwards District Judge of the District of Columbia do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Abraham Touch who made & subscribed the declaration contained in the annexed schedule did so in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy as stated in his said declaration & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me in his case to the Secretary of the department of War pursuant to an Act of Congress in such case made & provided said proceedings & testimony are contained in the annexed schedule May 20 1898
Richard Edwards

Att. Leonard
The
Honorable John E. Calhoun
Secretary of the Department of War
Washington.