Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 2021-300, Thomas Cartwright, Continental (Mass.)
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Service   Number
Continental (Mass.) Cartwright, Thomas
B.L. Wt. 2021-300.
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Thomas Cartwright
No. 2021
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DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revoluntionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.

By an Act of Congress of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who 
engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such
Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died
of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the
proper authorities:
State of Massachusetts,
County of Norfolk

I, Elizabeth Cartwright heir at law of Capt Thos Cartwright
do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that said
Tho Cartwright did enter the service in 1776, for the term of the war
and served as a Captain in the Regiment No, 16 under the command of Colonel
Henry Jackson of the Massachusetts line; and that he continued
in the service aforesaid until 1781, or after that period.
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to Capt
Thos Cartwright on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received
it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore, I have to request
that script may be issued for whatever bounty land
said Thos Cartwright is entitled to receive.

Know all men by these presents that I, Elizabeth Cartwright aforesaid,
do hereby constitute and appoint William Jackson, Esq
to be my true
and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the
United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is
hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys
under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest George Adams
Elizabeth Cartwright
E C Adams
Personally appeared the above named Elizabeth Cartwright subscriber
to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of
attorney thereto subjoined to be her free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest, 
Sherman Leland Justice of the Peace
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In testimony that the above written Sherman Leland was a magistrate
authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements, &c., in the State of Massachusetts
at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto
affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Dedham
first
day of April A.D. 1834
Jonathan H. Cobb Register of the
Court of Probate for the County of Norfolk
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[illegible] Wm Jackson

Rg. April 8, 1834
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United States of Ameriea.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SUFFOLK ss.
City of Boston.
I, THOMAS A. DEXTER, Notary Public, by
legal authority admitted and sworn, and dwelling in BOSTON, aforesaid
, and a Justice of the Peace for the County of Suffolk, do hereby
certify, to all whom it may concern, that on the day of the decla
hereof, appeared before me Joseph Adams Esquire
and Mrs Mary Adams - both of whom are person -
nally well known to me - and did in my presence
subscribe the annexed Affidavits - and severally
made oath according to law, that all the declara -
tions contained therein as set forth, by the said Des-
ponents -  and by them respectively subscribed, are wholly
and strictly true
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and
affixed my Notarial Seal, this tenth
day of March
in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty four
Thomas A. Dexter
Public Notary &
Justice of the Peace
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Affidavit
I Joseph Adams of Roxbury, in
the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Mas-
sachusetts, do declare and say- that I formerly was
acquainted with Major Thomas Cartwright, late of Boston
deceased, and was intimate with his family more than
fifty years ago - It is distinctly within my recollection
that he served in the war of the Revolution-- he held
a Commission as Captain, and when he left the army
he was Major by Brevet - he was the aid of General
William Heath according to the best of my belief
- The said Thomas Cartwright died in Virginia, in or
about the year Seventeen hundred and eighty three and
was then aged thirty years, according to the best of my
belief-- he was never married-- and had no children
and he died intestate - he had a number of brothers and
sisters, none of whom survived him, excepting Elizabeth
Cartwright, now living in Roxbury aforesaid-- and Han -
nah Cartwright, now living in Amherst, in the State of
New Hampshire, the former of whom has been a mem-
ber of my family, for more than forty years past - the
brother and sisters who have deceased-- died without issue
the said Elizabeth - and the said Hannah are sisters of
the said Thomas Cartwright - neither have ever been married
and are the only surviving heirs of the said Thomas Cartwright
Joseph Adams
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Affidavit
I Mary Adams of Roxbury in
the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
do declare and say, that I was formerly well acquainted with
Major Thomas Cartwright late of Borton, deceased
I was intimate with him - and with his family more than
sixty years ago - It is distinctly within my recollection that
he served during the war of the revolution - according to the
best of my belief he served three years and upwards - he
held a commission as Captain and was aid to General
Heath and I always understood he was a Major by Brevet
when he left the army. The said Thomas Cartwright died
at Fredericksburg in Virginia in or about the year 1783
and according to my best of my recollection he died at the age
of thirty years. After he left the army he lived in Boston. He
was never married-- and had no children-- and he died
intestate he had a number of brothers and sisters-- none of
whom survived him, except the two sisters hereinafter
mentioned, and all who have deceased, left no issue
The only surviving heirs of the said Thomas are his two
sisters namely Elizabeth Cartwright now living in said Roxbury
who has been an inmate of our family for fifty years and
upwards and Hannah Cartwright now living in Amherst in
the State of New Hampshire, both of whom are unmarried
Mary Adams
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk ss
I Sherman Leland, Judge
of the Court of Probate for said
County, hereby certify, that satisfac
tory evidence was addressed to me to prove that
Elizabeth Cartwright & Hannah Cartwright are the
sisters, & the only heirs at law, of Thomas Cart-
wright late a Captain in the Army of the Revo
lution of the Massachusetts line
Given under my hand
& Seal of
Office
this twenty ninth day of March in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
thirty four
S. Leland
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J.D. Woodward
May 10, 1841

No. 2021


Res. Wm

The Secretary of  War
Bounty Land Office
Washington D.C.
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Plattsburg N.Y
May 4, 1841
William Gordon Esq.
Sir
William Cartwright
---
whose Deposition is enclosed & supposes himself
entitled to Bounty Lands as the Heir at law of
---
Thomas Cartwright who is understood to have
served in the Revolutionary army as a Captain
of the Massachusetts line
Please to cause an examination and
furnish such instructions as you deem necessary and proper in the case.
Yours Respectfully
J.D. Woodward
Warrant 2021 for 300 acres of said the 15 April 1839 to Eliz & Hannah Cartwright the sisters and heirs of Thos Cartwright, who was a Capt in the Massachusetts 
dated to [illegible]
Wm Jackson