Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21800, for John Mitchell, New Jersey
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
New Jersey
New York

Mitchell, John
Sarah

NUMBER
W. 21,800

CONTENTS
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8306
New York
John Mitchell
of Tioga in the State of N. York who was a Pri of Drg & Inf commanded by Captain Blain of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hursthorn in the New York line for 12 months Dragoons 12 months a Pri: of Inff.

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York at the rate of 90 Dollars ---- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of April 1833 and sent to Th. Maxwell Elmira

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. '33  $180
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '33   45
$225

Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles, Clerk,
Book E. Vol. 4 Page 25
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(left side)
Reported

(right side)
5342 A.
New York
Sarah Mitchell widow of John Mitchell who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private of Dragoons & Infantry

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 90 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 13th day of Feby 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Feby 1850 and sent to Thomas Maxwell, Elmira, New York.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 128 Vol. 4
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No 11447
John Mitchell

5.16
8 Sep. '32
13 Dec.  "
153

Thos. Maxwell Agent
Elmira N. York
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No 11447
BRIEF in the case of John Mitchell, of Catherine, County of Tioga, in the State of New York 
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  In open court.

2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3.  How old is he?  74 years.

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

(Headings in table format)
Period.
Duration of Service - Years, Months, Days.
Rank - As a
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. - Gen.

In 17  --from commct. of War, yo Jany 1782, more than 2 years service 
As a private
Capt. Wm. Blain. Col. Hursthorn

Jany 1782  1 year  
As a trooper 
Capt. John Walton.

5. In what battles was he engaged?  (blank)

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Warwick, County of Orange, N. York

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

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

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James Ord Examining Clerk.
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A
No 14024
Sarah Mitchell Wid of John NY
Act 7 July 1838
Married before 1794
Husb died 13 Feby 1849
Repeld
Admd Act 2 Feby 1848
$90.00 p
ann pri 13 Feby
1849

Thomas Maxwell
Elmira NY
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Sarah Mitchell

Th. Maxwell
agent
Elmira NY
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In Supreme Court of the State of New York before Hiram Gray Esqr one of the Justices thereof at Elmira Chemung County 22d Nov 1849

State of Newyork Chemung County SS
Personally appeared in open court before the Hon Hiram Gray one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of Newyork, Sarah Mitchell, a resident of the town of Catharine in the said County of Chemung aged eighty six years or thereabouts who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 July 1838 & the several acts amendatory thereto, & the resolutions applicable to Pension cases; for the benefit of the widows of Revolutionary soldiers.
That she is the widow of John Mitchell late of the said town of Catharine deceased who was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of 1832 on the Roll of the Newyork agency as a Dragoon & fifer at the rate of ninety dollars per year: For the details of his services she respectfully refers to the proofs on file with his application for a pension:
She further declares that she was married to the aid John Mitchell n the twentieth day of November one thousand seven hundred & eighty six (1786) at Warwick in the County of Orange & State of Newyork by Elder Benedict a clergyman of the Baptist Church then resident in Warick aforesaid -
That her maiden name was Sarah Bennett. She was born on the tenth day of December 1763 near Warwick in the said County of Orange. That her husband the aforesaid John Mitchell died in the Town of Catharine on the thirteenth day of February 1849: that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four, to wit, at the time above stated. 
She further testifies that she still remains the
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widow of the said John Mitchell having never married since his death:
Sarah Mitchell X her mark

Sworn before me Nov 22 1849
H Gray one of the Justices of the Sup Court of Newyork

Chemung County SS Before the Judge aforesaid on the day & date aforesaid personally appeared John Mitchell aged forty one years who being duly sworn says that he is the youngest son of John Mitchell deceased & Sarah Mitchell the above named applicant for a pension: that the said John Mitchell who was a pensioner of the United States on the Pension Roll of Newyork under the act of 1832 at the rate of ninety Dollars per year as a Dragoon, died on the 13th of February 1849 and that the said Sarah the person above named is still living & remains his widow.
He further testifies that the leaf from his family bible hereto annexed, contains the record of the ages of his father & mother & the time of their marriage, and was by this deponent correctly copied from the original record from his father's bible, then in a state dilapidation & nearly worn out, that the same has probably been destroyed, or become effaced, so as to be illegible - The bible in which it was contained was at the time very much worn as well as the record aforesaid. that he took the above copy with his own bible for the purpose of preserving the same, as well as to attach to it his own family record - the old bible as he is informed was taken by his sister to the State of Wisconsin, that he
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the same, as well as to attach to it his own family record - the old bible as he is informed was taken by his sister to the State of Wisconsin, that he has repeatedly written to procure the record if still in existence but has been unable to procure it: nor does he know that the same is in existence; when he saw it last it was detached from the bible & the presumption is that it is destroyed.
John Mitchell Jr

Sworn before me Nov 22 1849
H Gray one of the Justices of the Sup Court of New York

Chemung County SS Esther Truesdell of Big flatts in the said County being sworn says that her age is seventy six years & upwards having been born in September 1773, That John Mitchell above named boarded with her mother in the year 1786 (seventeen hundred eighty six: That in the fall of that year the above named Sarah Mitchell, then Sarah Bennett (and a sister of the deponent) resided at Elder Benedicts, in Warwick in the County of Orange N. Y. that he the said Mitchell left his mothers & went to Elder Benedicts where he was married to the said Sarah as she was informed at the time & verily believes & soon after brought her home to her mothers; The deponent was then somewhat over thirteen years of age. The said John Mitchell & the said Sarah have lived together as husband & wife ever since until February last when said Mitchell died - The week after the marriage they went to house keeping & the deponent lived with them three years - She has never doubted their marriage nor ever heard it disputed. The said Sarah still remains the widow of the said John Mitchell
Esther Truesdell X her mark

Sworn 22 Nov 1849 before me 
H Gray one of the Justices of the Sup Court of New York
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Chemung County SS Thomas Maxwell of said County and fifty seven years & upwards being sworn says that some time last spring he applied to Wm. H. Wisner Esqr of the said County who was about to visit the town of Warwick in the County of Orange to ascertain whether a record of marriage was kept by Elder Benedict in the Baptist Church at Warwick. That the said Wisner on his return informed the deponent that he had inquired of the oldest members of the Baptist Church then resident at Warwick & who resided there at the time of the marriage mentioned in the annexed declaration in 1786. but was informed by them that he left no record. Among those inquired of by him were the Hon Jeffery Wisner & James Burt Esq both over 80 years of age; The said Wm H Wisner Esqr died a short time since. The deponent saw Hon Jeffery Wisner at the village of Elmira lately who informed him that he the said Burt had examined the records of the Church for several years before & after 1786 but found no marriage records among them. The said Jeffery Wisner Esq is a resident of Warwick in the County of Orange aforesaid & as he informed the deponent is more than eighty years of age; he was at the time on a visit to Elmira to attend the funeral of his son the said Wm H Wisner Esqr & in such state of affliction as rendered it improper for the deponent to insist on his affidavit of the facts herein related.
Th Maxwell

Sworn before me Nov. 22d 1849
H Gray Jus Sup Court