Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36561, Bildad Granger, Conn.

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Granger, Bildad
S. 36561
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Connecticut Roll
Bildad Granger  41  Capt Momy  Lieutenant  Connecticut Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of May 1818 and sent to Hon. Jonathan Brace,  Hartford, Con.
Arrearages to 1 st Sept r 1818 5 months \frac{5}{31} \times \frac{4}{30}  $105.88
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
1 year
Suffield, Hartford Co.
1893 Sept 27 Rev J. T. Sawyer - history Div

Bildad Grange Linn
The Monk and Rose
27 March 1818
Conrad —

State of Conn s of / County of Hartford } /
Bildad Granger of Suffield in said County being duly sworn doth depose & say that he served in the revolutionary war on the continental establishment & in the Connecticut line as a Lieutenant — that having previously served in the state's service as an Ensign, he was duly commissioned on the 1 st day of January A D 1777 by the Congress a Lieutenant which commission was signed by John Hancock & dated the said first day of January A D 1777 — that the company to which he was attached was commanded by Capt Theophilus Munroe & belonged to the Regiment under the command of Col o John Chandler & afterwards when he, 1 st Granger, left the service, by Col o Isaac Sherman — that during this time he was present in the engagements with the enemy at White-marsh, Monmouth &c — that he faithfully served his country as a Lieutenant aforesaid until the winter of month of October A D 1778 when by the consolidation of the Connecticut Regiments when by lot he became by lot a supernumerary officer, & consequently received a furlough for absence until called for, & was not thereafter recalled into the service.
He further deposes that he is a resident citizen of the United States — has never had any pension — is in indigent circumstances & in need of assistance from his country for support — Bildad Granger
Sworn to & subscribed This 27-day of March A D 1818.
Before me — Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Hartford and County of Hartford. }
I JONATHAN BRACE, Judge of the County Court, within and for said County, the same being a Court of Record, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that Bildad Granger who swore to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, served as a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy, and on the Continental establishment, for at least the term of nine months, and is a resident citizen of the United States, in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support. His commission discharge he also swears is lost, he having parted with it when he sold his bounty land — And in addition to the proof contained in the foregoing affidavit, and in support thereof, I further certify that it is proved to me by the testimony under oath of Lyman Austin Esq. Luther Loomis Esq. Ephraim H. Granger who are credible witness, that the said Bildad Granger served in the revolutionary war, as aforesaid ;
and from the like testimony of Luther Loomis Esq. Ephraim H. Granger that the said Bildad Granger is in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support. And from other papers further papers the fact of his having served in the service is further confirmed —
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, and subscribed my name at Hartford aforesaid, this 15 th day of April —
A. D. 1818.
Jonathan Brace Judge of the Court for the County aforesaid
April 15. 1818 Sealed with the Seal of said Court by direction of the Honorable Jonathan Brace who is the presiding Judge of said Court
Thomas Chester Clerk

36 561
Rev INVALID.
File No. 36,561
Bildad Granger Sint Rev Dad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 599
[Arrangement of 1870.]

~ Copy ~ Addressed Sept 27 1893 to Rev. John S. Sawyer D.D. Pastor of La Ave M. E. Ch. South N o 913 Magazine St New Orleans La. Sir,
In answer to your request relative to Bildad Granger a Revolutionary officer from Connecticut, Lieut Elisha Sawyer, alleged to have deceased in 1809 or 1810 and deacon Perez Loring who is stated to have died in 1827, both from Massachusetts in  in service during the war of the Revolution, from Massachusetts , you are advised that while Bildad Granger was residing in Suffield, Hartford County Conn t he applied for pension in March 1818 under the act of March 18. 1818, on account of his service as Lieutenant from January 1. 1777 in the Continental establishment, in the Company commanded by Capt Theophilus Munn and regiment of Col. John Chandler, until the Consolidation in October 1778 of the Companies and regiments of the Connecticut line, when he became a supernumerary officer and was not again required to be in service.
In his just  brief application, he briefly stated that he had "previously served in the State's service as Ensign" of which no other particulars are given, and his Commission as Lieutenant dated January 1, 1777, signed by John Hancock, President of Congress, he parted with when he sold his claim for bounty land - "He was present in the engagements with the enemy at White Marsh (Pa a ) (near Germantown) Monmouth (N J ) &c"
A list of the names of the Connecticut men in said war has been recently published but it mentions no other service by Granger than the above except nine days on the "Lexington alarm" in April 1775 -
In regard to Elisha Sawyer and Perez Loring, their names

or that of their widows, are not on record as applicants for pension which circumstance prevents this office from furnishing their military history, but it probably may be obtained from the office of the Secretary of State in Boston, Mass -

New Orleans, La., Sept. 13/93.
My Dear Sir:
In the little pamphlet entitled "How to Obtain Proof of the Service of an Ancestor" by Henry Hall, Historian General Sons of American Revolution, on page 17, I find this: "The Pension Office cheerfully makes searches and supplies information, with certified copies of the records, without charge to the applicant." I am seeking to become a member of the La. Society Sons of the Revolution and need certificates in regard to three of my lineal ancestors. I suppose, of course, they were pensioners as they were engaged in the Revolutionary War.
Their names are: Lieut. Bildad Granger , who went from Suffield, Conn., & lived & died there Feb. 26, 1820. He was a minute man in the Lexington alarm. On Jan. 1, 1777, he was commissioned lieutenant in the Connecticut troops. By re-arrangement of officers, Nov. 15, 1778, he was assigned to the Eighth Regiment, Conn.

necticut line. He was in the Battles of Ger- mantown, Monmouth, White Plains 1776 , Stony Point 1779 &c. He spent the winter at Valley Forge. After the war he was a pensioner." This is from page 108 of Granger's Genealogy by James A. Granger, of Niagara Falls, N. Y., & published by The Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co. of Hartford, Conn. 2 d , Lieut. Elisha Sawyer , born in Sterling, Mass., Feb. 1743, & died in Sterling, Mass., in March of 1809 or 1810. "He had a lieutenant's com- mission in the army under Washington and was with him at White Plains and Valley Forge."
3 d , Deacon Perez Loring of Duxbury, Mass., where he was born Aug. 26, 1729 & where he died in 1827, aged 98 years. We find from Justin Winsor's History of Duxbury, published in 1849 by Crosby & Nichols, Boston, Mass., on pages 126, 135, 137, 140, 143, that Deacon Perez Loring was actively engaged throughout the years 1775, 1776, 1778, 1779, 1780 & 1781 as a Member of the Committee of Correspondence, Safety and Inspection of those days. Of course, I do not

know whether or not my ancestor Loring was pensioned, or entitled to one, not possibly having been actually in the navy or army - still, he may have been pensioned . The other two I feel quite sure were pensioners after the War of the Revolution. Will you kindly at your earliest convenience make the necessary research in your office and mail me certified copies of the facts & record?
Yours Truly, John T. Sawyer.
Address your letter to -
Rev. John T. Sawyer, D.D., Pastor of La. Ave. M. Ep. Ch. South, No. 913 Magazine Street, New Orleans, La.