Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2378, Abraham Covil, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
born
Covil, Abraham Inchitable
R. 2378
CONTENTS

Power of Attorney, Revolutionary Pension Claim
Know all men by these Presents, that I Anna Smith, aged eighty six years, a resident of the town of Winchester, County of Litchfield and state of Connecticut only surviving child of Abraham Covill deceased hereby constitute and appoint J. S. S. a qua of said Winchester my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, with power irrevocable. to prosecute my claim for any amount of Revolutionary Pension or Pay which may be due on account of the services of the said Abraham Covill in the war of the Revolution, and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said Claim on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself, to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
Witness my hand and seal this 24 day of March
Signed & sealed in presence of AD 1853
S. M. Coe Forbes H. H. H.
Anna Smith (the words, with power irrevocable, interlined before signing)
State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
On this 24 day of March AD 1853 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Anna Smith and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to her act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel M. Coe Justice of the Peace

Claim of Anna Smith Act of July 4 th 1836
Be it known that on this 24 th day of March A.D. 1833 before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut, personally appeared Anna Smith a resident of Winchester in said County, and made oath according to law, that she is the only surviving child of Abraham Covil deceased who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and who it is believed died while in service in the year 1776 or 1777, the precise day of his death being unknown, and also of Mehitable Covil widow of the said Abra- ham Covil who died at Cortland County New York Cincinnati, on or about the 17 day of November A.D. 1836 leaving the said Anna Smith her only surviving child; — that she has been in- formed that her mother the said Mehitable Mehitable Covil was entitled to a pension — that she is directly interested as a claimant, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim, and especially a letter which was written by said Covil, to her mother while he was in the service at Crown Point in 1776. Sworn to, and subscribed this day and year aforesaid, before me
Anna Smith
Samuel M. Love Justice of the Peace
I Samuel M. Love Justice of the Peace in and for said County, do hereby certify that Anna Smith, who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is I believe directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
Samuel M. Love
Justice of the Peace
The words "Cortland County New York" were interlined by me before signing. S. M. Love Justice of the Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } COUNTY OF LITCHFIELD, } ss. Litchfield.
I Frederick D. Beeman Clerk of the County Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Samuel W. Coe Esq. whose genuine signature appears to the accompanying instrument,
is and was, at the time of signing the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly elected and sworn, and by law authorized to administer Oaths, and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds, and that all his official acts, as such, are entitled to full faith and credit: and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Litchfield, this 26 th day of March A. D. 1853.
Frederick D. Beeman
CLERK.

N o 7.941.
Mehitable Covill, dec d Widow of Abraham, Coan
July 11 th 1836
J. S. Jaqua, Winchester, Coan

Crownpoint July 7th 1876.
Leaving wife and children after my regards to you I would inform you that I am well at present and hope that these few lines will find you so I have nothing remarkable to right but we have Retreated back to Crownpoint I have not to right much I now send by the Post Seventeen Dollars I would have more money take Care of my harvest in time and pay how out of this money and take the rest for your Comfort. So I remain yours
Abraham Covil
Abraham Covil

Civil service under
Capt. Austin. New Bedford
not on list in Harkness
COVIL, ABRAHAM (CONN.)
R. 2378
application made by J. S. Lagna Winstea
not found 7 days

No 7.941
Melitabel Corill
Acc d Trid.
Leon - Abraham
Let: to J. S. Laguna
27 June 185
Sam Sept. 5/53 J. S. Laguna 28 th Sept. 1853.
2378
4 July 1836

Acts of July 14, 1902, and March 3, 1903.
9278
RECORDED
P. O. _____
Mehitable Covell
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Winchester Litchfield Co Connecticut July 6th 1853
Dear Sir
In reply to yours of the 27th of June 1853 you ask for a declaration to be filed by the surviving Children of Abraham Covil and of his widow Mehitabel Covil Deceased. I answer - that the only surviving child of Abraham Covil and of his widow Deceased has filed a declaration in your office dated March 24th 1853 signed Anna Smith and I would state that Anna Smith is in good health and has a good memory but she says her memory does not serve to tell the length, grade, nor Period of her fathers service in the Revolutionary War and that she is now aged 87 (eighty seven) years and she thinks her father enlisted for one year and she further says she thinks her father died before he had been in service more than 6 Months and that he lived in the Town of New Hartford Ct at the time of Enlisting & that she has been informed that he enlisted into Captain Aaron Austin's Co of New Hartford Connecticut - and proof can only be had that is Circumstantial that Anna Smith is the daughter of some aged persons that has been acquainted with her mother Mother Mehitabel Covil Deceased for more than 50 years & may be 60 years
I have examined for records of Marriage in the town of New Hartford Ct where they were reputed to have been Married without success
And if the declaration you have will answer to find the service or if her Atty will be allowed to search for the service then a declaration may be filed setting forth the service
No service or proof of service can be found at the Comptrollers office in Connecticut of Abraham Covil for in the war of the revolution if you have no records of the service of Abraham Covil's service; the heir may drop the case Ples to report if you have
{ There is a letter in the declaration written by Abraham Covil in the service }

I received from the office as follows December 6th 1852
Sir
your communication of the — inst. relative to the case of Jesse Tailor deceased enclosing additional evidence in support of the claim of his heirs to Bounty land for his services in the Revolution & also a power of Atty from the administrator: is received, and will be fully considered as soon as it can be reached in its proper order.
your obedient servant
J. E. Heath Commissioner of Pensions
If you will oblige me with the answer whether the claim was rejected or confirmed Very respectfully yours
J. S. Jaqua
To L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

West Winsted Litchfield County Connecticut August 17 th A.D. 1853
Sir
Under what act ought the claim of Abigail Covil Deceased, to come - widow of Abraham Covil, a Revolutionary soldier who died in the service. from Connecticut. dont know how long he served his widow died 1836 Nov 17 th
And oblige with a form
Very respectfully yours
J S Jaqua
To the Hon
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Mill Brook, Litchfield Co. Conn. 22 Dec. 1852.
Sir,
Your favor of the 13 th inst. in reply to mine of the 7 th has been duly received, and I certainly feel like apologising for intruding on your time by writing again, in consequence of not having so informed myself before in regard the claim for a pension in behalf of the heirs of Abraham Covil with greater particularity.
In my previous communication the name as given by me, was "Hewitt", but should have been Covil.
The best information that I can obtain respecting the matter is, that Abraham Covil enlisted in the war of the Revolution in March 1776, and died in the service in Dec. 1776. He enlisted at New Hartford Conn. under Capt. Aaron Austin, and served at Crown Point in the State of New York. His wife is dead, and one child, Anna Smith is now the his only heir . He had but one wife, was married previous to the War, and she died in Nov. 1836. We have one letter from him while at Crown Point, giving instructions in regard to his affairs at home and enclosing Seventeen

Dollars to pay hired help and to procure family necessaries.
You stated that if he died before "after the 4th of March 1831" having served six months "without drawing a pension" the form of application which you enclosed would be right; but inasmuch as he died before 1831, I have thought it might be necessary to vary the form of application, of which please inform me. Will it be necessary to prove his marriage in order to draw for this, his child, and if so, will the opinion of persons living in his neighborhood be satisfactory in the absence of all records and living witnesses?
In view of the above facts, is his widow entitled to a pension for the time she survived him, and for which this child (Anna Smith) can make application?
"Bounty land is granted only to those soldiers of the Revolution who enlisted for the war and actually served to its close", you say, and now allow me to inquire if an enlistment for the war, but so near its close as only to make three years or less of service, would entitle to bounty land.
I regret that my ignorance in the premises is such as to make me trouble you to this extent, but if you will gratify me by answering the above interrogatories I hope it will suffice.
I am Sir, very respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.
C. F. Barber
Hon. J. E. Heath.