Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4005, for Hugh Stewart, Massachusetts
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass.
Vt.

Stewart, Hugh
NUMBER
S. 4005


CONTENTS
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7763.
Ohio Pittsburgh
Hugh Stewart
of  Cuyahoga in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Comp'y commanded by
Captain Hutchins of the Reg't commanded by
Col. Fletcher in the Mass Line. for eleven months

Mass & N. H. Line Records A.F. Mass.

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
Pittsburgh
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Co
per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Mar  1833 and sent to
Geo Headly, Cleveland, Ohio

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '38
73.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept
1833
18.33
$91.65


Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Wm R. Palmer, Clerk
Book E. Vol. 8. Page 127.
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20082 -7.763

Hugh Stewart
Cuyahoga Co. Ohio
Admitted 11 month
from 17.77-
$36.66-

Geo. Headly Esq
Cleaveland
Ohio
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Brief in the case of Hugh Stewart
of Cuyahoga Co in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily injury? 
3. How old is he? 71 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. - In 1777 | Duration of Service. - 2 months | Rank.- As a private |Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. - Cap McLeland. Col. Wells

Period. - In 1780 or 1781 | Duration of Service. - 9 months | Rank.- As a private |Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. - Col. Fletcher, Col Hutchins

Period. - prior to this | Duration of Service. - believe 8 days [7 crossed out, initialed by FH?] | Rank.- As a private |Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. - Genl Stark

5. In what battles was he engaged? None expressed

6. Where  did he reside when he entered the service? Hampshire Co. Massachusets

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the roles? Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Joseph Rowen Examining Clerk
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entered
Hugh Stewart
20082
filed Nov. 6. 1832
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The State of Ohio
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas
November Term 1832
On this sixth day of November AD
in open court before the Judges thereof now sitting
personally came Hugh Stewart a resident
of Parma in said County and state aged Seventy
one 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
and served as herein stated.
In the year 1777, he volunteered at
Colrain Hampshire County and State of
Massachusetts and served two months with the
troops of that state. He marched to Stillwater
& to Fort Edward where he was discharged October
20, 1777. His officer was Hugh McLeland
Captain and Col Wells, and Brigadier
Fellows.
In 1780 or 1781 he enlisted at Bennington
 Vermont and served nine months
under Capt. William Hutchins, Lieut Nath’l
Spencer and Col Samuel Fletcher. They built Fort
Warren at Castleton, and garrisoned the same. They
scouted in that neighborhood and at the expiration
of the time were dismissed at the Fort.
Previous to all these services, he was
out from one to two weeks with General Starks
at Bennington Vermont.
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The Applicant was born at Colrain, Hampshire
County, Massachusetts & resided there until he
was forty years of age. He then removed to Bennington,
 Vermont - In 1805 he moved to Lebanon,
in New Hampshire. Four years after, he
removed to Pembroke, Genesee County, New York,
 where he entered until May last
when he came to Parma, Ohio, his present
abode. He has no documentary evidence,
and knows not where to find living witnesses
of his service. That is as settled Clergyman
in Parma. He is well known to John L
Green, the acting Magistrate of Parma, and
to Dr David Long ,the principal physician
of Cleveland in said Cuyahoga County.
Also to the father of said Long who is a
resident of Pembroke aforesaid.
The applicant hereby [relinquishes] every claim
whatever to a pension or annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not on the Pension
 of the Agency of any State.
 Hugh Stewart
Sworn to in open Court
Nov. 6. 1832
Horace Perry
Clerk Com Pleas
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We John L Green, Justice of the Law for
Parma township and David Long physician of 
Cleveland and late President of the Village
corporation do hereby certify that we are
well acquainted with Hugh Stewart who
has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration.
We believe him to be seventy one years
of age. That he is reputed and believed in the
 neighborhood where he resides as a soldier 
 of the Revolution and we concur in that opinion. 
The said David Long has known him for nearly twenty years
David Long
John L. Green
Sworn to in Open Court Nov. 6. 1832 
Horace Perry 
Clerk Com Pleas

I GenHastings of Parma aforesaid
have known said Hugh Stewart twenty years
and concur with Dr. Long as above
Gen Hastings

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 David Long, John S Greene & Gen Hastings who have signed the
above certificate are residents in the County of Cuyahoga and are
credible persons and that their statements is entitled to credit.

The State of Ohio, Cuyahoga County  I Horace Perry Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Hugh Stewart for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office
this seventh day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred
and thirty two
Horace Perry Clerk C P
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
O W N
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.  19.
In reply to your request of ____, received ____ 
for a statement of the military history of Hugh Stewart
 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.  S. F. 4005

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. [blank] | LENGTH OF SERVICE. [1 ?] 2 wks | RANK. Pvt.  | CAPTAIN.-served at Bennington | COLONEL. [blank] | STATE. Mass.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. [illegible-2  mos. enlisted?] | LENGTH OF SERVICE. Oct 20, 1777  | RANK. [blank]  | CAPTAIN.-Hugh McLeland | COLONEL. Wells | STATE. Mass.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. 1781 | LENGTH OF SERVICE.  9 mos. | RANK.[blank] | CAPTAIN.-William Hutchins | COLONEL. Samuel Fletcher | STATE. Vt.

Battles engaged in, none
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Colrain Hampshire Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Nov 9 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Parma, Cuyahoga Co. Ohio
Age at date of application, 71 years, born in Colrain, Mass.
Remarks: there is no family data on file.

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

3–2256
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these
 answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Hugh Stewart which require further proof or explanation.

I Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes

V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine
to what amount of pension he is entitled? No

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Two respectable citizens their belief

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Dept answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 2

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by rests of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For __year ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___ . For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a ___  ; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite
, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant’s entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the 
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
in every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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1916 Mch 20. History to Mr
George S. Stewart & letter. MMFH

4005
REv'y War
INVALID.
File No. 4005

Hugh Stewart
Pri. Mass Line
Act: June 7 1832
Index:-Vol. A, Page 357
(Arrangement of 1870.)
Mass N.H. Line. Records corrected
Mar. 26 '04
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[Re-sent]
Bedford, Mass, Mar. 17, 1916.
B

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir,
I wish to obtain the military history
of the following Revolutionary pensioners with such
family data as your records contain concerning
them;

[next 2 lines were added by Pension Office staffer]
the pensioner is Seaward, S4812.
error on printed list.

(1.) John Steward (or Stewart ) Portage County, Ohio,
pensioned 4 May, 1833, served in Massachusetts
Continental Line
(2) Hugh Stewart, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
pensioned 29 Mar. 1833, served in Massachusetts
State Troops
(3 ) Justus Cobb, Middlebury, Vt.
pensioned by act of Congress, 2nd Session, 23rd Congress,
House Bill #687, referred to Senate Committee on Pensions
& by them amended; passed by the Senate &
approved 3 Mar. 1835. His name is included in
the Census of Revolutionary [Revolutionary crossed out and ‘not Rev.’ written by Pension Office staffer] Pensioners taken in 1840.
If it is necessary for me to write some other department
for this last man's service, please inform me to whom
I should address my request & greatly oblige.
Yours Respectfully
George S. Stewart
Bx. 355, Bedford, Mass.

[Left margin note by Justus Cobb] 
p. 351 Private claims
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M. B. H.
Rev. War Section.

March 30, 1916.

Mr. George S. Stewart,
Box 255,
Bedford,
Massachusetts.
Sir:

In response to your letter of the 17th instant, you are furnished
the history of Hugh Stewart, Revolutionary War pensioner
S. File 4005 and advised that the name printed as John Steward
on the list of pensioner of Portage County, Ohio, in 1835
note by you is a typographical error.
The soldier who served as Private in the Massachusetts,
resided in said County and was pensioned from May 4,1833 signed
his name Seaward.
Justus Cobb of Middlebury, Vermont, was pensioned under the
Act of March 3, 1835, W. File 12765 on account of disability incurred
 in the War of 1812, it does not appear that he served in
the Revolutionary War.

Very respectfully,
G M Saltzgaber
Commissioner.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME  Srewart, Hugh
GRADE Private
LINE Pennsylvania

WARRANT NUMBER  10378

ACREAGE 100

ISSUED  October 26, 1789
to Hugh Stewart

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.