Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10475, Josiah Colburn, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Colburn, Josiah
S. 10475
CONTENTS
carded

Rev. John
101475
INVALID.
File No. 10,475-
Joseph Colburn Rev Rev War
Act: June 9 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 77
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2379 New York
Josiah Colburn
of Ontario in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp'y commanded by Captain Green of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Lewis — in the Connecticut — line for 16 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 58 Dollars 33 Cents per ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Nov. 1832 — — — and sent to
J. M c Neil Clerk
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $19.99 Semizant. allowance ending 4 M. '33 26.66 $106.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by
Geo. C. Stiles Clerk.
Book D
Vol. 5
Page 96

Isiah Colburn Declaration 1985
Passed

STATE OF NEW YORK, Ontario COUNTY. } ss.
ON this Twenty Seventh day of August 1832, personally appears in open court, before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Ontario now sitting
Josiah Colburn a resident of Manchester in the county of Ontario and State of New York aged sixty eight years , who being 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 7th, 1832, That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. In the month of September in the year 1776, as near as the deponent can recollect he enlisted in the service in the Revolutionary War an assistant to Col. Samuel McClellan in his Regiment of Connecticut Militia and served one month (marched) to New London, for the purpose of saving the place from the Enemy but did not arrive until a little after it was burnt, at which place he staid until his term of one month had expired (was totally discharged) and returned home. That in the year 1780 he enlisted in Capt. Greene, Company of Connecticut Militia in Col. Lewis Regiment and served three months, marching first to New Britain in Connecticut from there to Wethersfield Point where he made a short stay, and marched to Haddam on the Connecticut river where he remained until his term of three months had expired, (was totally discharged) and returned home. That in the year 1782 he enlisted in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Allen of Connecticut State Troops in Col. Samuel Mansfield's Regiment, and served twelve months, marched first to Winsted from there to Stamford in Connecticut where he remained most of the time of this term, during the campaign he had several skirmishes with the enemy and was once in particular at Agawam when he received a wound in his left leg by a musket ball from the enemy, which has at times greatly pained and disabled him. At the end of this Captain's term voluntarily discharged and returned home. He was born in the year 1765 in the town of Woodstock, County of Windham and State of Connecticut, where he lived at the time he entered the service and most of the time since the Revolution in Connecticut until the year 1786 he emigrated to the State of New York. That he now resides in Manchester in the County of Ontario and State of New York and has resided there for fourteen years past. That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, but that he is acquainted with Marvin Allen a clergyman and Adonai Dewey who reside in his neighborhood and who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a soldier in 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. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
in open Court, Charles Crane, Clerk.
Josiah Colburn

1784 in the County of Ontario and State of New York and has resided (Manchester in the County of Ontario and State of New York) since that time, that he has no documentary evidence, and therefore for want of such, that he has no persons who can testify that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, but that he is acquainted with Marvin Allen a clergyman and Jediah Dewey who reside in his neighborhood and who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his service as a Soldier in 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
in open Court, Charles Crane, Clerk.
Josiah Colburn
We, Marvin Allen — a Clergyman residing in the Town of Manchester in the County of Ontario and State of New York
and Jediah Dewey — residing in the Town of Manchester, County and State aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Josiah Colburn who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be Sixty eight years of age, that he is reputed 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.
in open Court, Charles Crane, Clerk.
Marvin Allen Jediah Dewey
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 Marvin Allen who has signed the foregoing Certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Manchester in the County of Ontario and State of New York and Josiah Colburn who has also signed the same is a Resident of Manchester, County and State aforesaid and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Charles Crane, — Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Josiah Colburn — for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Twenty-seventh day of August A.D. 1832.
Charles Crane

No 7985 Josiah Colburn
admitted
16 mo
$53.33
26.66
79.99
10 Dec 1882
Davis McNeil Agent

No 7985  BRIEF in the case of Josiah Colburn of Manchester County of Ontario, in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  In Open Court. —  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  _____  3. How old is he?  68. Years. —  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.     Sept. In 1779. — _____ 1. _____ Assistant Gen. Col Saml McClellan   1780. — _____ 3. _____ Capt Greene Col Lewis   4th March 1782. — _____ 12. _____ Capt David Allen Col S. Canfield  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  Battle of Horse Neck. —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Woodstock County of Windham Count. —  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  By traditionary Evidence. —  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  They appear to be in due form. — 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Od
Examining Clerk.