Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18847, Andrew Grant, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Grant, Andrew
S. 18847
CONTENTS
carded

1743 Vermont
Andrew Grant
of Clarendon in the State of Vermont who was a Serjt. & priv in the company commanded by Captain Robinson of the Regiment commanded by Col. M c Lean in the Connecticut line for 18 months as private 60.00 6 " " Serjeant 30.00 $90.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 90 Dollars in per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of October 1832 and sent to Pensioner Clarendon, Rutland County, Vermont
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 135.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th March 3 1833 45.00 $180.00
{ Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by McDuffield Clerk Book D Vol. 4 Page 59

18847 INVALID.
File No. 18847
Andrew Grant
Serg Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 443
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Andrew Grant
6 mo. leg. 2 yr. Private
Admitted
Private 18 mo 60.00 Infy. 6. 30.00 90.00
to Prisoner
Clarendon
Rutland
Co.
Vt

STATE OF VERMONT, RUTLAND COUNTY, ss. }
On this 8 th day of Aug t A. D. 1832 personally appear- ed in open Court before the Judge of the Rutland Court of the United States now sitting, Andrew Grant a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 72 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, and served as herein stated.
At the commencement of the Revolutionary war he lived in Windham, Conn. & on the 1. Jan y 1776 he enlisted into Capt. Leavensworth's company, Col. Miley's Reg t for one year & marched to West Point where he was stationed & worked on the Forts until the next winter, when he went to Fishkill & remained there until he was discharged the 1. Jan y 1777 - for this service he applied for a pension in 1829 & was rejected on acct. of his property - In the Spring of 1778 he enlisted into Capt. Robinson's company Col. McClaren's Reg t for six months, & when his time was out for another six months, St. Rofley & Cleveland, he does not remember his other officers - marched to Horn Neck, returned to White Plains & West Point, where he was discharged. In the Spring of 1780 he enlisted for six months in Capt. Allen's company, St. Wilson, Col. Canfield's Reg t was appointed Sgt. marched to Horn Neck & served there & in the neighborhood guarding the lines, & was discharged at Horn Neck - he never rec d any written discharge. He knew Gen l . Putnam, Lafayette, & many others whose names he does not remember - neither can he remember so as to distinguish the names of the other Reg t s who served with him. He has no documentary evidence, & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his services, except what he sent with his former application. He was born at Windham the 5. June 1760, but does not know that his age is recorded except in his Bible. He came to Danmark soon after the Revolutionary war, & has resided

in Rupert, Panton, Sunderland & Clarendon, for the last ten years in Clarendon. There is no clergymen residing in his immediate vicinity as he lives in a remote part of the town, but he is known to John Clark & Zimri Ward who are present, & to most of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood —
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.
Andrew Grant
R. Royce Regt
We John Clark a Clergyman residing in Clarendon and Zimri Ward residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Andrew Grant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we con- cur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the } day and year aforesaid.
John Clark Zimri Ward
R. Royce Regt
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 John Clark who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Clarendon and that Zimri Ward who has also signed the same, is a resident in Clarendon and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Richard C. Royce Regt Clerk of the Court of Panton do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original procee- dings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Grant for a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 9 th day of August A. D. 1832
R. Royce Regt

State of Vermont Rutland p — 3
On the 11 th day of February 1829, personally came before the undersigned Magistrate, John Page, a credible witness, who being duly sworn, doth depose & say, that he is acquainted with Andrew Grant of said County who has this day made application for a pension, and was acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war — that he knows said Andrew was a soldier in Capt. Leavensworth's company, in Col. Kings' Regt. of the Connecticut line for one year, being the year 1776 — he frequently saw him doing duty in that Regiment, & has no doubt he served a full year — and further says not. Known before me this day & year above written.
R. Temple per. Rev.
State of Vermont Rutland p — 3
On the 11 th day of Feb. 1829, personally came before the undersigned Justice of the Peace for said County, Joseph Howland, a credible witness, who being duly sworn doth depose & say, that he is acquainted with Andrew Grant of said County, an applicant for a pension — and was acquainted with him during the Revolutionary war — and he knows said Andrew served one year in Capt. Leavensworth's company in Col. Kings' Regt. of Connecticut from Jan'y. 1776 to January 1777 — he was present when said Andrew was discharged at Fiskhill — and further says not. Known this day & year aforesaid before me.
R. Temple per. Rev.

State of Vermont Rutland Co. ss — 3
I Robert Rippon Clerk of said Court do certify that Robert Rippon before whom the foregoing affidavits were taken, is a justice of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and that his name thereunto subscribed, is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this 15 th day of Feb y . 1829
R. Rippon

20.902 Andrew Grant
Rejected. See letter to R. Temple 3 rd April 1829

STATE OF VERMONT, Rutland County, ss.
On this 4 th day of Feby 18 29 personally
appeared before the Suprem court for said county of Mittland in open court, (said court being a court of record, agreeably to the laws of this state, having the power of fine and imprisonment, &c.) Andrew Grant resident in said county, aged
69 years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st of May, 1820; that he the said Andrew Grant
enlisted for the term of one year on the 1 st of January in the year 1776 in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Leamensworth in the regiment, commanded by Colonel Brigs in the line of the State of Connecticut continental establishment; that he continued to serve on the
in the said corps ( or vessel ) until January 1777 when he was discharged from the service, at Fishkill in the State of New York
that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropped therefrom on account of his property of any State that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present. That he has had his discharge - & that the reason why he did not make earlier application for a pension is, that he understood when could be admitted as long as they could live without.
And, in pursuance of the act of 1st May, 1820, 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 -
32 acres of land in Clarendon with a small house & barn on it 2 cows 1 hog 15 sheep 1 horse - a one horse wagon & harness - about 3 tons hay & 10 bush. corn, & a few old blacksmith tools
18 th March 1818 no
That, since the exhibition of my first schedule , the following changes have been made in my property, except that with the produce of my land & labor, & the assistance of my children, I have lived. My occupation has been that of a blacksmith, but for 6 years past I have been out of health & unable to labor at my trade, but have done a little light work on my land. My son William who has a family now occupies my land & takes care of me & my cattle & supports me & my wife Sarah who is 64 years old & has the dropsy - Andrew Grant
Sworn to, and declared, on the 4 th day of Feby 18 29 before said Court.
R. Peeples CLERK.
I Robert Peeples Clerk of The Supreme Court do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Andrew Grant did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify, that in the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Four hundred fifty six dollars, and cents .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 10 th day of Feby 18 29
R. Peeples Clerk of the Court of the County of Mittland

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Grant, Azariah GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5881 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 7, 1792
to Thomas Stanley
*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.