Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 42552, William Tuthill, New York
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New York
Tuthill, William
S 42552
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Oxford July the 15th 1819 
Sir-
I expect the name Tuthill in the within declaration is on the roll Tuttle tho[ugh] the applicant calls it Tuthill . Governor Courtland thinks the same on roll is tuttle and if so it will save the troble [sic] of going and Getting affidavits to prove the sarvis [service].
I Remane [remain] Yours to
Isaac Sherwood
 To his honorable Secretary of War Washington
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New York
13539
William Tuthill
Of Oxford in the State of New York
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Van Cortland the New York line for the term of three years [illegible]
Inscribed on the roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 21 of May 1818
certificate of Pension issued the 1 of Aug 1819
and sent to Isaac Sherwood
Oxford New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 9 15/31 75.87
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 September 1819
48
$123:87
Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Notification sent to Isaac Sherwood Esquire 30 Sepytember
Oxford New York
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42552 
INVALID.
Revolutionary
File Number 42,552 
William Tuthill 
Private Revolutionary War 
Act: 18 March [18]18
Index: -- Volume [illegible] Page 577 {Arrangement of 1870.}
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William Tuthill Declaration 
13530 
1 August 1819 Make Returns to Isaac Sherwood Esquire 
Oxord Chen[ango] County
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Chenango County
State of New York ⎬ Ss.
On this 15th day of June 1820 personally
appeared in open court it being a Court of Record for said County William
Tuthill aged fifty Eight years resident in the town of Oxford in said
County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath
declair [sic] that he served in the revolutionary war as follows. I enlisted
under the command of Captain Newkirk in Colonel Cortlands Regiment
in the New York line and served as a soldier in said Regiment about
three years and a half and was at the taking of Cornwallis
and the date of my declaration was the twenty first day of
May 1818 and the number of my certificate is 13.539. and I do
solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States
on the 18th day of March 1818 & 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
is 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 me or have I any income other than what
is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
Viz [namely] 1 broad at $2.50 1 saw $2, 1 plain $ .50, chisel 75 cents.
I have no other property neither real or personal my
occupation is a carpenter but being very infirm and have been
sick and supported by the County as a County pauper the
pension that I now draw and what I can labour gives
me support I never had any family but have resided
in Oxford for about 24 years Signed and subscribed to this
fifteenth day of June 1820
William Tuthill
Sworn to in open Court before
Uri Tracy Caspar M. Rouse and David
Bull [illegible] Esquire Judges of the Court of
common pleas for said County
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Chenango County
Clerk’s office Ss.
I, Nathan Chamberlin Clk
of the Court of Common Pleas in and
for the County of Chenango do hereby certify the
the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are
truly copied from the Records of this Court And I further
Certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total
amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid
schedule is five Dollars and seventy five cents [illegible]
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court the 1st July 1820
N. Chamberlin
Clerk of said court
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Evidence of William Tuthills Revolutionary service 
William Tuthill private Colonel Van Courtlands Regiment New York line 1780 to 1783 
Not on Roll 
William Tuttle On roll Admitted 29 July 1819
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State of New York Chenango County ss.
On this twenty first day of May 1818 before
me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the court
of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chenango
in the State of New York personally appears William
Tuthill aged fifty Eight years resident in Oxford
in the County and State aforesaid who being by me
first duly sworn according to law doth on his
oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the provision made by the late 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. that he the said William Tuthill enlisted in Morristown in the State of
New Jersey in the month of April 1780 during the
war into the company commanded by
Captain Newkirk in Colonel Van Cortlandts Regiment
n the New York line: That he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States until the end of
the war when he was discharged from service
in Newburgh in the State of New York
That he was in the Battle at Yorktown
Virginia at the time Cornwallis was taken and
that he is in reduced circumstances and
stands in need of the assistance of his country
for support and that he has no other evidence
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now in his power of his said services.
William Tuthill
Sworn to and declared before
me the day of year aforesaid
Isaac Sherwood one of the Judges
of the Court of Chenango Common
Pleas in and for the County of Chenango
Isaac Sherwood one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and
for the County of Chenango and State of New York
do certify that it appears to my satisfaction
that the said William Tuthill did serve in the
Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding
declaration against the common enemy for nine
months on the continental establishment and I
now transmit the proceedings and Testimony
taken and had before me to the Secretary for
the department of War pursuant to the directions
of the aforementioned act of Congress
Oxford New York May 21st 1818
Isaac Sherwood Judge of the Court of
Chenango Common Pleas
Clerks office Chenango County
State of New York May 24th 1818
I certify that Isaac Sherwood
is one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas
for said County of Chenango duly qualified
according to law and that the above is his
signature. In Testimony whereof I have
hereto affixed my seal of office and set my hand
the date above mentioned
David G. Bright, Clerk
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J. Isaac Sherwood one of the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Chenango
and State of New York, do certify that I have been
acquainted with William Tuthill about sixteen years
in the town of Oxford, and that he is a very poor man
and has been very much out of health and have
been supported by the Town and is not able to
Work and no kind of property to help him self with
Isaac Sherwood Judge of the Court
of Chenango Common Pleas
State of New York
Clerks Office Chenango County
December 3d 1818 I hereby certify that the
above named Isaac Sherwood
Esquire is and at the time the above certificate
was signed by him was a Judge of the Court
of Common Pleas in and for said County
and that from the acquaintance I
have with the hand writing of
the said judge I verily believe the above
to be his signature.
M. G. Bright [illegible] clerk