Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37060, Asa Hays, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Hays, Asa
S. 37060
CONTENTS

Publication sent to Thomas Chester Esq 20 Oct 1870. Hartford Conn
(2,424)
Connecticut
Isaac Hays Private Connecticut line Capt Belts
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 14th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of Septem r 1818 and sent to the care of Jonathan Brace esquire Hartford Connec- ticut
Arrears to 4th of September 1818 37.60 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 - 48.
4 mo 17/30 $ 85.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
War
Continued Isaac Hays Private Connecticut

37 060
Rev INVALID.
File No. 37 060
Isa Days
Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index — Vol. 2 , Page 176
[Arrangement of 1870.]

17a days
Box 100 100 days
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State of Conn. P.P. County of Hartford. S.P.
I Asa Bruns of Simsbury in said County, aged sixty years being duly sworn depose & say that I served in the war of the Revolution on the Continental establishment & in the Connecticut line for about six years — that I was enlisted at Pishkill in the state of New York in the month (I believe) of December A.D. 1777 as as a private in Capt. Betts company in the 1 st Regt. commanded by Col. Webb & faithfully served in 1 st Regt. until the end of the war when I rec d an honorable discharge at Pishkill — which discharge is lost — that I am a resident citizen of the United States — have never had any pension & am in reduced circumstances & in need of assistance from my country for support —
Sworn to & subscribed to this 14 th 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 Asa Hays _____ who swore to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit, served as a private 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 discharge he also swears is lost
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 James Slater _____ who is a credible witness, that the said Asa Hays served in the revolutionary war, as aforesaid ;
and from the like testimony of Benjamin Ely Esq r _____ that the said Asa Hays _____ is in reduced circumstances, and in need of assistance from his country for support.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, and subscribed my name at Hartford aforesaid, this 14 th day of April
A. D. 1818.
Jonathan Brace Judge of the County Court for the County aforesaid
April 14. 1818 sealed with the seal of said Court by direction of Honorable Jonathan Brace who is the Presiding Judge of said Court
Thomas Chester Clerk

Asa Hayes
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24 24 March 1849
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of HARTFORD,
ss. Special County Court, or Court of Common Pleas, holden by order of the Chief Judge of said Court, on the first Tuesday of August, 1820.
ON this 1 st day of August, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, the same Court being a Court of record for said County, having the power of fine and imprisonment,
Asa Hays aged 50 years, resident in Stonesbury in the County of Hartford , 3 d County
who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolu-
tionary War, as follows in a reg t of Light Infantry commanded by Col o Charles Webb & company commanded by Capt t Beets That I applied for a pension by petition dated the 14 th day of April 1810 & was inscribed on the pension list roll of the Com t agency & received pension certificate No 2424
"And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th 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."
Seven dollars in cash $7. his Asa Hays mark
That he by occupation is a basket maker is afflicted with the asthma so such a degree that he cannot endure violent exercise & is thereby rendered wholly unable to support himself & that he is without any family

Sworn to and declared by said Asa Hays on the 1st day of August, 1820, before said Court, and it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is
Seven dollars and  cents
I, Thomas Chester
Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Hartford aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 21st day of August 1820
Th. Chester Clerk of the County Court or Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Hartford.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Hays, Asa GRADE Private "in the LINE Infantry"
WARRANT NUMBER 13213 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED September 1, 1790 to Theodosius Fowler, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.