Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4680, Lemuel Harrison, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Harrison, Lemuel
R. 4680
B.L.Wt. 31644-160-55-
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act 8 mar 187, 844, 12 July '55
Samuel Harrigan Pri
Capt James Smith
Col Matthew Mead
Lt. mil
Enl about 15. Aug 1779
Dis on 1. Mar 1780
Revolutionary War
Private Col Mead
Comp't State Troops Comm Reg 39
Ad. 160 Daco June 25, 1856
Ver Dodge
Classick
Heaven
Hon J. Woodruff Col H.R
Vol Hc=1-33

State of Connecticut New Haven County } District of Watertown }
On this 21 day of Nov 1835 personally appeared in open court before the Court of Probate for the District of Watertown at Watertown in New Haven County and said District now sitting Lemuel Harrison a resident of the town of Watertown County of New Haven State of Connecticut aged Seventy years 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 7 1832 That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated viz
In May 1779 the Genl Assembly of Conn't passed an act for raising two Regts of Men for the defense of the State a Copy of which is herewith annexed. which Regts were raised in pursuance of said act of Assembly one of which was commanded by Lieut Col. Mathew Mead & Major Tiber and Bull was Adjutant of the same Regt there were 8 Companies in the Regt one of which Companies was commanded by Capt. Jas Smith, Lieutenant Lemuel Harrison Ensign Samuel Doty. Lieutenant Harrison was the applicant's father the Regt was raised and stationed at Horse Neck in Fairfield County Ct as early as the latter part of June or the first of July of that year and remained at the same place until dismissed on the first of March 1780 Abner Emmons was a private soldier in Capt Smith's Company and knew

as a waiter to the Applicants father Lieut. Harrison untill theunday forenoon to the 27 th of July 1779. when the applicants father returned from Horse Neck to his & the applicants then place of residence in Litchfield, Litchfield County Ct. bringing with him his waiter Emmond who also resided in Litchfield. immediately after my father returned to Litchfield it was arranged between him & Emmond & myself that I was to enter into the aforesaid service as a substitute for said Emmond. In consequence of which arrange- ment Emmonds was dismissed & I was taken into the service immediately. My father remained at his home in Litchfield and I with him for a short time partly for the purpose of recent entering other services for the Regt. & partly for the purpose of benefiting his health which was then feeble. how long he remained at home the Applicant is from the lapse of time & the consequent loss of memory now unable to bear precisely. but he thinks not far from two months. when he returned to Horse- Neck & the applicant returned with him and served in said Capt Smiths Company

untill the Regt was dismissed in March 1780 during all which time and from the time the said Lieut Harreson returned to his residence in Litchfield the applicant did duty as belonging to said Capt Smiths Company as the substitute for said Ensigns. Viz for the period of Seven months and five days at least.
The applicant remembers that his father Lieut Harreson returned to Litchfield on a Sunday in July and he is enabled to state that it was previous to the 27 of that month from the fact that he finds a reckoning with one of his neighbours signed by both of them & dated the 27 of July 1779 on an old account book of his fathers
The applicant further states that he has no documentary evidence of his service or any part of it except a Copy of the act of Assembly raising the two Regts His fathers Commission as Lieut of a Company in said Regts and a Copy of the roll of Capt Smiths Company as it was when first called into the service which documents are herewith annexed He has also annexed the Disposition of the said a soldier in the same Company who attested to a part of the applicants service which is the only evidence in his possession

To the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department the Applicant answers that he was born in Litchfield Litchfield County Ct in the year 1765. He has been informed that his birth is recorded in the town records of the said Town of Litchfield but he has never himself seen it.
He resided in Litchfield when called into the above service. He resided in said Town of Litchfield until from his birth until the year 1786 when he removed to Waterbury New Haven County Ct his present residence & where he has ever since resided except for the period of about three years when he resided in Southington in Hartford County Ct.
The 4 th & 5 th Interrogatory he has answered in the body of his application. To the 6 th He answers that he did not receive a discharge but was dismissed with the rest of the Regt on the 1 st of March 1780.
To the 7 th He answers that he is acquainted with the Rev d Doct R Arnold a Clergyman in said Waterbury & with John Kingsbury

sign of the same plan who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief in his service as a soldier of the revolution
The said Lemuel Harrison hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state government & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Lemuel Harrison
We Joel R Arnold a Clergyman residing in the town of Watbury & John Kingsbury residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lemuel Harrison who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Joel R. Arnold
John Kingsbury

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after hearing the interrogato- ries prescribed by the War Department that the above Applicant was a revolutionary Soldier & served as he states & the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Joel Richnold who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in the town of Waterville & that John Kingsbury Esq. who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Waterville and is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit
I Elisha S. Abernethy Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of Lemuel Harrison for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal & affixed this 21 day of Nov 1835
Elisha S. Abernethy Clerk

187.844
Bounty Land Claim of Samuel Harrison
War of the Revolution

BOUNTY LAND, ACT OF 1855.
SOLDIER'S APPLICATION FOR FIRST WARRANT.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } COUNTY OF New Haven } ss:
On this tenth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace within and for the county and State aforesaid, Samuel Harrison aged Eighty five years, a resident of Waterbury in the State of Connecticut , who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Samuel Harrison who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain James Smith in the regiment of Infantry commanded by Colonel Matthew Mead , in the war with Great Britain, declared by the  United States on the 18th day of June, A. D. 1812.
War of the Revolution. That he Enlisted at Fitchfield in the State of Connecticut on or about the 15 th day of August A. D. 1779 for the term of about six months , and continued in actual service in said war for the term of fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at Horeneck near Greenwich in said State the first day of March A. D. 1780 or about that day. I hat. he served as a private and waited to his Father Samuel Harrison who was a Lieutenant in said Company
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3, 1855. He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any other act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor. He also declares that he is the identical Samuel Harrison who made application for a Pension under the Act of June 7 th 1832, which application failed on the sole ground that not quite six months service was proved.
We, Elisha Leavensworth and Eli Scott  Samuel Harrison residents of Waterbury in the State of Connecticut, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Samuel Harrison in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.
Elisha Leavensworth Eli Scott
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Cabin H. Carter, Justice of the Peace
The Comm'r of Pensions will please forward the Warrant on the above to
Kellogg & Carter, Waterbury Conn

Clerk's Certificate.
Sold by George B. Bassett & Co., 115 Chapel Street, New Haven.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
} ss.
I, Alfred H. Terry Clerk, of New Haven County, and of the Superior Court within and for New Haven County, and keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commission of Justices of the Peace for said County, hereby certify:—THAT,
Calvin H. Carter Esquire was on the 10 day of July 185 8 and now is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly appointed, commis- sioned and sworn, having full power and authority by the Laws of this State, to take the acknowledgment of Deeds and other instruments, and to certify the same; also to administer Oaths, to take affidavits and depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; that full faith and credit may, and ought to be given to his official acts, and attestations; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature to the instrument hereto annex- ed purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature ; and that said instrument is executed, acknowledged and duly authenticated accord- ing to the laws of this State.
In Testimony Whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the Seal of said Court at the City of New Haven, in said County, and State, on this 11 th day of July A. D. 185 8
Alfred H. Terry Clerk.

✓ 31.644
5 New Aug

Two Regiments May 1763
Samuel Harrison R. 4680. Crown

At a General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, on the 2d Thursday of May, 1779.
An ACT for raising two Regiments of Men for the Defence of this State.
B E it Enacted, by the Governor, Council and Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That there shall be forthwith raised by voluntary Inlistment, two Regiments of Men for the Defence of the Sea Coasts and Frontiers of this State, and to prevent the Incursions and Depredations of the Enemy, to consist of Five Hundred and twenty Men each, exclusive of commissioned Officers; and each Regiment composed of eight Companies, to be commanded by one Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, and one Major. Each Company to consist of one Captain, one Lieutenant, one Ensign, four Serjeants, four Corporals, one Drummer, one Fifer and fifty five Privates, to be continued in Service until the first Day of March next, unless sooner discharged, and shall be under the Direction of this Assembly, or in their Recess, to be under the Direction of the Governor and Council of Safety.
And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That for the Encouragement of those who shall voluntarily enlist into said Service, each able bodied and effective non commissioned Officer and Soldier who shall enlist into either of said Regiments by the fifteenth Day of July next, and shall provide himself with a good and sufficient Gun, Bayonet, Cartouch Box, Knapsack and Blanket, to the Acceptance of his Captain, shall be entitled to receive as a Pre- mium, the Sum of Twenty four Pounds Lawful Money; and in Case either of the said Ar- ticles shall be lost in actual Service, the Owner thereof shall be allowed and paid for the same according to the appraisment of the same, which shall be made at the Time of his Inlistment, or before they march into Service: And each of the said Regiments shall have one Adjutant, one Quarter Master, one Surgeon, one Surgeon's Mate, one Serjeant Major, and one Quar- ter Master Serjeant, which shall be nominated and appointed by the Colonel and other Field- Officers.
And be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Officers and Soldiers of the said two Regiments shall be intitled to, and shall receive the same Wages and other Allowances as the Militia of this State are intitled to when called into Service.
And it is further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the said two Regiments shall not be subject to be called into the Service of, or to join the Army of the United States unless in Cases of urgent Necessity, and then in the adjoining States only; and the Governor with Ad- vice of his Council of Safety, is hereby empowered and requested to give all necessary Orders for the inlisting, raising, equipping and marching the said Regiments, as the Time and Ex- igency of the Case may require.
A true Copy of Record,
Examined, by
GEORGE WYLLYS, Sec'ry.
N. B. The Wages of the non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers will be allowed and paid as follows, viz. To each Serjeant, £. 28 16 s. To each Corporal, Drummer and Fifer, £. 26 8 s. and to each Private, £. 24 per each Kalender Month.
HARTFORD: PRINTED BY HUDSON AND GOODWIN.

187.8.14
Hon. Leon P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

JONATHAN TRUMBULL, ESQUIRE, Captain-General and Commander in Chief in and over the State of CONNEC- TICUT, in AMERICA.
To Samuel Harrison Genl. GREETING.
YOU being by the General Assembly of this State appointed to be Lieutenant of a (company in a Regiment of Infantry) ordered to be raised for Defence of the Sea Coasts and Frontiers of this and the adjoining States, and to prevent the Incursions and Depredations of the Enemy, reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, I DO by Virtue of the Laws of this State, me thereunto enabling, appoint and impower you to take the said (company) into your Care and Charge as their Lieutenant carefully and diligently to discharge that Office and Trust, exercising your inferior Officers and Soldiers in the use of their Arms, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, ordained and estab- lished by the Laws of this State, keeping them in good Order and Government, and com- manding them to obey you as their Lieutenant for the Service aforesaid; and you are to observe all such Orders and Directions as from Time to Time you shall receive, either from Me, or from other your superior Officer, pursuant to the Trust hereby reposed in you.
G I V E N under my Hand, and the public Seal of this State, at Hartford the 9. Day of July Anno Domini 1779.
By His Excellency's Command,
George Wyllys Sec ry .
Jon. Trumbull

I Asa Lord of Losenovia Madison County & State of New York, aged Seventy five years do testify & say that in the year 1779. The Defendant lived in Saybrook Connecticut. where he was born & bro't up. that in the year 1776 this defendant volunteered into the Service of the United States under Capt John Shipman of said Saybrook & Col Northam's Reg't. & from that time this defendant continued in the said Service under different officers for the period of six years. that in the year 1779. He was in Col Matthew Mead's Reg't in Capt. James Smith's Company & from July 5 th of that year. until the 17 th day of January 1780 saw Smith's Company & that Reg't was stationed at Horse Neck. and continued there until the first of March next following

saw 17 of Jan. though the defendant was not with them after that date as he was then taken prisoner by the enemy and remained a prisoner ten months from that time.
This defendant will recollect that Lemuel Harrison was the Lieut of Capt Smith's Company at saw Horn Lake and that Lemuel Harrison Jr. a son of said Lieut. Harrison was a private in said Capt Smith's Company he joined said company as near as he can now recollect the latter part of August 1779 as a substitute for Abner Emmons who before that was a member of the Company and said Lemuel Jr. continued in the Company from that time until this defendant

• was taken prisoner and as he 3 believed until the Regt was disbanded in March 1780. saw Lemuel Harrison Jr now resides in Watertown New Haven County Connecticut his place of residence at the time he went into the service is unknown to the deponent except from hearsay evidence. He has been told however that it was Litchfield Connecticut The word Smith, in the 1 st page of this deposition in the 3 rd line from the bottom was erased & the word Mears, inserted before this deposition was signed dated at Watertown Sept 26 1835
Asa Lord
State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } ss Watertown
On this 26 day of Sept 1835 personally appeared Asa Lord to me known to be a credible witness & signed & made oath to the above deposition before me
Joel Burrows Justice of Peace

33.602 Lumel Harrison Application for Pension
rejected -
See Letter to Joel Hinman Esq. March 29. 1836

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } ss
I Robinson S. Newman clerk of the County Court within and for said County, and keeper of the seal, chev d & of the Commission of Justice of the Peace for said County, hereby certify that Joel Newman Esq. who has signed the foregoing Certificate was on the 26 th day of September 1835. for a long time had been and now is a Justice of Peace within & for said County duly appointed Commission and sworn
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 24 th day of March A.D. 1836.
R. Newman Clerk

I Samuel Harrison of Waterbury, New Haven County and State of Connecticut aged eighty five years being first duly cautioned and sworn upon and say that at the May session of the Legislature of the state of connecticut 1779 my father Samuel Harrison was com- missioned as Lieutenant in a company of Infantry commanded by Capt James Smith in Regt Conn marched by Col Mendl as soon as the company was filled he with the rest of the company marched and joined the Regt at a place called Hornbrook in the state of New York  Connecticut on the seaboard and near the city of New York he selected one of the recruits (viz) Abner Emmons as his waiter after remaining in service a while my father came home by permission and his waiter with him this was on Sunday and I think on the 25 th of July what confirms me more in the belief of the date of his return is, I found a reck- oning, between him and Benjamin Hall which was made during his stay at home and is in the words & figures following (to wit, 1779 July 27 th then reckoned with Benjamin Hall and balanced all book accounts and there remains due to him £2. 14. witness our hands
Samuel Harrison Benjamin Hall
During my father's stay at home as above stated which was but a short time it was agreed that Emmons should be discharged and that I as a substitute should take his place this was accordingly done and Emmons returned to the army no more - but after I had engaged or enlisted my father thought proper that I should have the small pox before joining the Regt I was thereupon immediately inoculated and had the small pox and as soon as my health would permit I entered on the duties aforesaid when I continued with the company and Regt

until the first of March then next when we were honorably discharged and returned home. If Emmons never remained on the Roll after the exchange as aforesaid made I am certain it was without his being with the company. I make this deposition in further explanation of my former application of obtaining the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 1832.
Samuel Harrison
State of Connecticut New Haven County ss Be it known that on the 27 th day of January A.D. 1851 before the subscriber a Notary Public within and for the county and state aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer oaths personally appeared Samuel Harrison who signed the foregoing deposition by him given and made out in due form of law to the truth of the same
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office the day and year above written
E. F. Merrell Notary Public

Washington City April 12 th 1851
Sir.
I enclose you herewith a second declaration made by Lemuel Harrison, who claims a pension under the act of 1832, in explanation of his former application.
I hope this additional statement may be satisfactory and that his claim which is now sus- pended may be allowed.
I am very respectfully
To
James E. Heath Esq. Com r . of Pensions
Thos. Ewing Jr.

Samuel Harrison Samuel Harrison 14 years old. Sub. for Simmons his father's write from 1 July 79 to 1. mar. 80. Capt. Smith-Mead 7. 5.

33. 602
Samuel Harrison Connecticut.
Rejected.
See Letter to Joel Hunman Esq. March 29. 1836. do to Lieut Kings- bury, May 23. 1836.
T. Ewing Jr July 2 1851
4686
Reg. Mar 3 '55 157.844

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
11680
P. O.
Samuel Harrison
Service: born.
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.