Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12663, Hodges Cutler, N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N. H.
Cutler, Hodges
NUMBER
S. 1.26663
B.L. Wt. 6251-160-55
carded
CONTENTS
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2737
New Hampshire
Hodges Cutler
of Sullivan in the State of N.H
who was a private in the Comp. commanded
by Captain --- of the Regt commanded
by Col Beedle in the N. H line for 24 Months
Suspd
Inscribed on the Roll of N.H
at the rate of 80  Dollars --- Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of April 1834 and sent to John Bryant Esq,
 Meriden, N.H.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1834                $240-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep "            40
                                                                 $280
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by George Taylor  Clerk,
Book C  Vol. 1  Page 77
  
[Illegible]
This Certificate is issued in Lieu (page torn on left margin) dated Dec 5, 1832 and corrected 
Book E. Vol 1 page 77

Sel. Pen Agt Oct 11 18??
payl su?  see paper
I N Sterns No. 21.515 H.H.
Died Feb. 4,1857 (A. B.)
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Regt. N.H. Troops
War of Revolution
Rec Pension Act June 7, 1832
N.H. June 32 No 2737
June 32 - 2734
Boynton
[Illegible] 160 aco  Sept 13/55
Dodge
Wt No 3251
John Bryant
Meridian
Sullivan Co., N.H.
Vol. C2-150
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Hodges Cutler of N.H.
Land Claim Act March 3 1855
48. 143
John Bryant Agent
Meriden
NH
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State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss.
On this 22d day of March AD one thousand
Eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Justice of the Peace within and for said County and State aforesaid
Hodges Cutler a resident of Plainfield in the State of New Hampshire aged 97 years who being sworn according to law declares that he is the identical Hodges Cutler who served
in the War of the Revolution to the amount in all of upwards of two years as a N.H. private for which he is now in the receipt of a pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum
under the act of the 7th June 1832.  That his pension is payable at the Concord agency N. Hampshire.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which he may be entitled under the act approved March 3 1855.  He also declares that he has not received a warrant for bounty land under this or any ┃
other act of Congress nor made any application therefore.
Hodges (X her mark) Cutler
We Calvin Cutler and John Bryant residents of Plainfield in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Hodges Cutler in our presence and
that we believe from the appearance and statements
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of the applicant that he is the identical person he represents himself to be.
Calvin Cutler
John Bryant
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify
that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
George Bryant Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire.
Secretary's Office, Concord,
April 3. 1855.
I hereby certify, That at the date of the
annexed attestation George Bryant was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Sullivan
in the said State, duly commissioned and qualified, and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and aught to be given, in and set of Court.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
affixed the Seal of the State, the date above written.
John L. Hadley
Secretary of State.
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Hodges Cutler's
Declaration
Mo 5.  9 months
on Roll Capt. Hender Compy 
for 2 M & 3 da [Illegible]
on Roll Capt. Stevens's Compy 
for 3 mo & 19 days
[Illegible]
7 mos 22 days
adm
$25.77-
Hon. H. Hubbard
H R
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State of New Hampshire
County of Sullivan  ss.

On this second day of August personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate of Wills & for said County  Hodges Cutler a resident of Plainfield in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire, aged seventy four 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.  That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the month May in the year 1776 for two months in Captain [Illegible] Putnam's company & Col Beedles Regiment, he was marched with the company to Ticonderoga where he served the whole of his time (two months) he was discharged, the above service was performed as a substitute for William Cutter, [Illegible] 1777 he again enlisted for three months in Cap.t Hinds Company & in Col Chase regiment.  The Regiment was marched to Glochesterton in New Hampshire & there the regiment was divided & that  part of said Regiment which was commanded by Major Howard of Charleston aforesaid was sent to Cavendish in Vermont he belonged
that [Illegible], the other  part of said Regiment was sent & Bennington in Vermont after the news of the Battle at Bennington reached us at Cavindish, our company was ordered to march to them West & we were ordered to Stillwater where we  staid & at Bemis Heights untill our service was out, & he was discharged, he has no documentary evidence of this last service but has the affidavits of Josiah Bliss & Daniel Chase herewith attached, he further states that in the month of June  1780 he inlisted into Chase 
Stevens company & Col Nichols Regiment for four months, he marched to West Point t where was stationed untill his time of [Illegible] was out & then discharged,  He has no other witness of the service except  & the affidavits pf Alphaeus Derning & Joseph Bartlett, herewith attached, the first service of two months, he has no witness of
that he lived in Plainfield aforesaid [Illegible] are the above service & still resides there.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Hodges Cutler
Frederick A. Sumner  Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Frederick A. Sumner Judge of Probate
I Register of the Court of Probate
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
Hodges Cutler for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this
Second day of August AD 1832
Aaron Nettleton Jr  Register of Probate

see the affidavits of Josiah Bliss and Daniel Chase
see the affidavits of Alpheus Dining & Jos Bartlett.
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October 2(?), 1936

Marie H. Hinckley
West Lebanon
New Hampshire

HODGES CUTLER
S. 12663
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Hodges Cutler, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
You are furnished below the record of the only soldier named Hedges Cutler found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.  The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 12663, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Hodges Cutler are not given.
While a resident of Plainfield, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Hodges Cutler enlisted in May, 1776, as a substitute for one William
Cutler (relationship not stated) and served two months as private in Captain Daniel Putnam's company, Colonel Bedel's New Hampshire regiment.  He enlisted in June, 1777, and served three months as a private in
Captain Hendee's company, Colonel Chase's New Hampshire regiment, stationed part of the time at Stillwater and Bemus Heights in New York. He volunteered in December, 1778, served as private in Captain Daniel Putnam's New Hampshire company and was discharged in June, 1780.  He enlisted in June, 1780, and served four months as private in Captain
Abel Stevens' company, Colonel Nichols' New Hampshire regiment.
Hodges Cutler was allowed pension on his application executed August 2, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-four years and
residing in Plainfield, Sullivan County, New Hampshire and was still living there in 1854.  He died February 4, 1857.
No reference was made in the claim to wife or children.
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In 1886, one Calvin Cutler was residing in Plainfield, Now Hampshire, his age and relationship to the soldier, Hodges Cutler,
were not shown.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name of the person paid, you should apply to the Comptroller General,
General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Cutler Hodges
Certificate # 2737
Issued April 14, 1834
Rate, $80 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act June 7, 1832
New Hampshire Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Apr. 22. 1897 - History
Mr. Frank D. Hinkley
Milwaukee Wis.
(serv asid 68.3)
(John Daniels)
1936. Oct, 26 - Hist to Marie H
Hinckley
MLB


Rev War
12663
INVALID.
File No. 12.663
Hodges Cutler
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7" 1832
Index: Vol. [Blank], Page [Blank]
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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6251

160 [Illegible]
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2737.
New Hampshire
Hodges Cutler
of Sullivan in the State of NH
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain [Blank] of the regt commanded
by Col Beedle in the NH line for 7 mos 22 Days
increase to $80
by adding 16mo 8 day $54.23
Inscribed on the Roll of N H
at the rate of 25 Dollars 77. Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Decr 1832 and sent Hon H Hubbard present
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                  $38.65
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33    12.88
                                                              $51.53
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J H Mc Blain  Clerk
Book D.  Vol. 1st Page 147.
See Book E Vol 1 page 77
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No. 48143
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 7, 1855.
Hodges, Cutler
Rev. War-
Warrant 6251-160-55
John Bryant
Meriden
N. H.
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I, John Stevens of Plainfield in the County of
Sullivan State of New Hampshire a surviving Officer of the Revolution depose and say that I have seen the affidavit of Hodges Cutler of this town a Pensioner of the United States under the act of the 7th June 1832 made before John Bryant Esq a Notary Public for the State of New Hampshire on the 24th of February 1834 wherein he states that he served eighteen months as a volunteer in Captain Putnam's Company of Volunteers, which was omitted in his original Declaration; to which I am knowing for I was at the same time a Lieutenant of said company.
John Stevens 
Sworn and subscribed to this 5th day of March 1834.  The Testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my Notareal [Notary]
Seal at Plainfield in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire, this 5th day of March AD 1834
John Bryant Notary Public
I certify that John Stevens the above deponent is a credible Witness.
John Bryant Notary Public
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Hodges Cutler's claim for increase of pension
Case of John Bryant
Meriden, N.H.

I the within named applicant for an Increase of Pension, acknowledge that I have received my pension at the rate of $25.77 up to the 4th of March 1834
March 31. 1834
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I, Hodges Cutler of Plainfield in the County of Sullivan State of New Hampshire depose and say that on the 2d day of August 1832
I made Declaration before the Hon. Frederick A. Sumner Judge of the Court of Probate for said County in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832 wherein I stated that in the month of May 1776 I enlisted and served two months as a substitute for one William Cutler; that in June 1777 enlisted & served three months in Capt.  Hendee's company of Col Chase Regt & that in the month of June 1780 I enlisted and served four months in Capt. Stevens company of Col Nichols Regiment.  For the above named services my name has been placed upon the Pension List of the New Hampshire
Agency at the rate of $25.77 per annum.  My certificate is dated Dec 5, 1832. And whereas at the time of making my Declaration as aforesaid I omitted to state a portion of eighteen months service that I voluntarily rendered the County.
I do now on oath make this additional declaration as an amendment to the former one in order to obtain an increase of my
Pension.
That service was as follows. In the fall of the year 1778 as I now think a company of volunteers was raised composed of individuals from the town of Cornish, Plainfield and what was then called New Grantham to act
as a frontier guard, and to perform more foreign service if it should be required.  This company as I then understood was raised by the authority of the State of New Hampshire of
which Daniel Putnam of said Cornish was Captain, John Stevens Lieutenant, and Robert Scott of said New Grantham was ensign.  This company was stationed at said Cornish &
Plainfield, I joined the same and served therein from Dec 1778 till June 1780. when a Regiment of the N.H. Troops were called for to go to West Point when I for one was detached
from said company, or otherwise enlisted therefrom to go on that service and I did so go and serve in a company commanded by 
Cap.t Abel Stevens for the term of four months as stated in my Declaration made as aforesaid 
Hodges Cutler (Signature)
Sworn and
subscribed to this 24th day of February 1834
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal at Plainfield in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire this 24th day of February AD 1834.
(Name & signature cut off)
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Hodges Cutler claim for increase of pension.
Case of John Bryant
Meriden, N.H.

I the within named applicant for an Increase of pension acknowledge that I have received my pension at the rate of $25.77 up to the 4th of March 1834.
March 31. 1834
Hodges Cutler
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Adv. increase for Hodges Cutler
New Hampshire
9 April 1834

James L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D C
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Hodges Cutler
Payments to be made
at Portsmouth N H
by The [Illegible] B Bank
Agent for paying pensioners
in the Agency of N. H.
Recorded by J H Mc Blain
Clerk, in Book S  Vol 1st  Page 147
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Hodges Cutler, of the State of New Hampshire
who was a Private in the army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty Five dollars and Seventy Seven cents per annum, 
(the following paragraphs were crossed out) (during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.  Given at the War Office of the United States, this Fifth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.)
Lew Cass
Secretary of War
This Certificate is canceled and one issued April 14th '34
for $80
Examined and Countersigned. }
J L Edwards
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Meriden N H April 4 1834
Sir
At the request of Mr. Hodges Cutler of
Plainfield who is a very credible old gentle
man I herewith send his Pension Certificate and
application for an increase of his pension
And as the claim appears to be a fair one
I hope he will not suffer too much by his
part sin of ignorance.-
Respectfully your obt Servt
John Bryant

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
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Alpheus Derning & Joseph Bartlett
Affidavit
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I Alpheus Deming of Cornish in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire do depose and say that some time in the month of June 1780 I was drafted into the sevice of the country and service in Captain Stevens Company of Col Nichols New Hampshire Regiment for the space of four months or thereabouts and mainly at West Point and I well recollect that Hodges Cutler then and now of the adjoining town of Plainfield was a private in said company and served with me as above stated.
Alpheus Derning
State of New Hampshire 
Sullivan ss. 
Sworn and subscribed on the 2nd day of July 1832 before me
John Bryant Justice of the Peace
I Joseph Bartlett of Cornish aforesaid depose and say that I was also a private with Alpheus Deming the above deponent in Capt. Stevens Company of Col Nichols Regiment during the time above stated by him and perfectly well remember that Hodges Cutler of Plainfield
served with an as stated by said Alpheus Derning is the above affidavit.
Joseph (X his mark) Bartlett
State of New Hampshire 
Sullivan ss.
August 1st 1832
Sworn and subscribed before me
John Bryant Justice of the Peace
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I Benjamin B. French, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Sullivan in the state of New Hampshire do hereby certify that
John Bryant is a Justice of the Peace, and
that the foregoing signatures purporting to
be his are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court
the 9th day of August A.D. 1832.
B.B. French
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Isaiah Bliss affidavit &
Daniel Chase Affidavit
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I Isaiah Bliss of Lebanon in the County of Grafton State of New Hampshire a soldier of the Revolution do depose and say that Hodges Cutler of Plainfield in the County of Sullivan & 
State of New Hampshire did actual service for the space of three months with me in Captain Hendees Company of Col. Chase New Hampshire Regiment in the year 1777 which service commenced in the month of June of that year, and was performed mainly at Stillwater in the State of New York.
Isaiah Bliss (Signature)
State New Hampshire 
Sullivan ss.
July 25, 1834. 
Then personally appeared Isaiah Bliss and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me
John Bryant Justice of the Peace
I further certify that the above named deponent is a credible witness.
John Bryant Just Peace

I Daniel Chase of Cornish in the County of Sullivan do depose and say that I was Lieutenant of Captain Hendees company of
Col. Chase Regiment at the time above named by Isaiah Bliss and will recollect that Hodges Cutler was a private in said company but I am unable to state, confidently, that he served three months for the reason that I was sick and left him in the company at Still water before our times were out.
Daniel Chase
State of New Hampshire 
Sullivan ss.
August 1st 1832  
Sworn and subscribed before me
John Bryant   Justice of the Peace
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I, Benjamin B. French, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Sullivan in the
State of New Hampshire, do hereby
certify that John Bryant is a Justice of the Peace and that the foregoing signatures purporting
 to be his are genuine.
Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court
August 9th 1832
B.B. French
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(Envelope)
Pension Bureau
Washington, D.C.
(Postal stamp)
West Lebanon N.H.
Sept 19 
6 PM
1938
(Received Stamp)
RECEIVED
Sep 21 1938
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS AUG. 5
READER
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West Lebanon, N.H.
September 19th 1936
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: Will you Please let me know if
Hodges Cutler of Revolutionary War
fame received a pension.  If so could
you give me his Revolutionary War
record of service.
Thanking you in advance
for any help in this direction. 
[Illegible]
Respectfully
Marie H. Hinckley