Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36187, for Josiah Nettleton, Connecticut
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Conn. Nettleton, Josiah S36187
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14.684
Connecticut
Josiah Nettleton
of Woodbury in the state of Connecticut
who was a private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Sheldon of the Connect
line, for the term of 1 year

Inscribed on the roll of Connecticut
at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence
the 5 of August 1819

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd of Sept. 1819
and sent to N. Preston, Esq
Woodbury, Connecticut

Arrears to 4th to Sept 1819 -27.4/30.31  8.26
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1820 48.00
$56.26

[Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.]

Continued
Litchfield Co

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Letter
Hon Thos B. Butler 23 Mar 1850

[written vertically right side] Phelps Woodbury Conn.
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Josiah Nettleton
14.684

CM
March 1820.

C. B. Phelps

[vertically on right side] Sworn to and declared 4 on the 4 day of July 1820
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District of Connecticut ss. County of Litchfield, County Court.
On this 4 day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court, being a court of RECORD possessing the power of fine & imprisonment for said county in said district Josiah Nettleton aged 66 years resident in [illegible] in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
In the Connecticut Line Col Sheldons Regiment Captain Chapmans Company and that he has received a pension and that his certificate is dated 23 Sept 1819 and numbered 14.684 and commenced on 5 August 1819

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and 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 it, so as to bring myself within the provision 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, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. One cow $20
2 female pigs - 8 -
a few chairs Pot
2 culinary utensils  one table
for a tenant who is a day laborer 10 -
38.00 and that he
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is a Day Labourer by occupation and is tolerably healthy for a man of his years that he has in his family his wife Hannah who is 60 years old and decrepit. One child a Boy about 14 years old by the name of Orrin Turril the son of my wifes sister who is an illegitimate child his mother now resides in [illegible] part of the Western Country unknown to the applicant, the said child having lived with & been supported by the applicant from the day of its birth to this time. And the applicant also states that he is afflicted severely by turns with the piles.
Josiah Nettleton
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[vertically at top] Josiah Nettleton
14.684
CM
March 1820.
C.B. Phelps

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Sworn to and declared 4 on the 4 day of July 1820 before the County Court aforesaid

Frederick Wolcott, Clerk.

I, Frederick Wolcott Clerk of County Court, in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Thirty Eight dollars --
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 4 day of July 1820
Frederick Wolcott, Clerk

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Josiah Nettleton
Pri
Col. Sheldon's 
Connecticut Regt
1776 - 1 year
5th Aug. 1819.

Admitted

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J Nettleton 4701 [check mark]
Return [illegible]
to N Preston Judge of
Probate
Woodbury
Con -

rec'd Aug. 30. 1819.
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State of Connecticut
Ss Probate District of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield.

Be it remembered that on this sixth day of August 1819 before me Judge of said Court which is a Court of Record personally appeared Josiah Nettleton of Woodbury in said County who being by me first duly sworn deposes and says for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Law of the United States passed & approved the 18th March 1818 for the relief of [illegible] Revolutionary soldiers, that in June 1775 I enlisted into Charles Webbs Regiment for six months & remained in P Company at Boston for the Six months, In June 1776 I enlisted into Capt Chapmans Company Col Sheldons Regiment for one year. I immediately joined the army and marched to New York and continued to
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to June at New York Long Island and the Banks of the Hudson in Westchester County and parts adjacent untill April 1777 and was discharged at Harlaem. I then went a tour on Long Island after this about June the fore part of the month 1779 I enlisted into Capt James Sutter company. Col Meads Regiment where I served until March I should say near the end of the month 1780 after this I went a short tour on militia duty on the coast of Connecticut.
Josiah Nettleton

State of Connecticut Probate District of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield
On the 6th day of August 1819 be it remembered that before me Judge of said Court of Probate personally appeared Josiah Nettleton signer of the foregoing application now resident in Woodbury and to me personally known who having been duly warned on his oath declares that the facts set forth and related in said application by him subscribed are true.
Nathan Preston
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I Nathan Preston Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield do hereby certify that it appears to my full satisfaction that said Nettleton did serve in the army of the Revolution as stated in said affidavit against the Common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony heard before me to the Secretary of the War Department pursuant to the act of Congress approved the 18 Day of March 1818 entitled "an act to procure for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War."
I also certify that said Josiah Nettleton is very poor and in need of aid from his country for support. he is and has been for twenty years excessive poor.
Nathan Preston
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State of Connecticut }
Litchfield County } Woodbury Aug 6 1819

Be it remembered that on this 6 day August 1819 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for said County Samuel Franklin of said Town to me personally known to be a credible witness and being first duly sworn according to Law having heard the application of Josiah Nettleton annexed and deposed and says that so much of the same as relates to the service in Webbs Regt and enlistment in service in Sheldons regiment he knows to be truly stated having had personal knowledge of the same.
Chs B Phelps Justice of Peace

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State of Connecticut }
Ss Litchfield County }
Town of Woodbury } August 6 1819

Be it remembered that Nathaniel Crane of said Woodbury personally known to me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County appeared before me and being first duly sworn according to Law deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with said Josiah Nettleton from [illegible] and very well recollects his service at Boston as by him stated in the annexed application and also knows he enlisted and served in G Chapmans Company Sheldons Regt as stated in said application.
I certify also that said Crane is a competent & credible witness
Chs B Phelps Justice of Peace
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State of Connecticut }
Litchfield County } Woodbury Aug 6, 1819

Be it remembered that on this 6 Day August 1819 personally appeared before me a Justice within and for said County William Nettleton of said Town to me personally known to be a credible witness and being first duly sworn deposes and says that so much of Josiah Nettletons application annexed the same having been [illegible] to him as relates to the enlistment in service in Sheldons Reg and the enlistment in Mead Regt he knows to be correct.
Chs B Phelps Justice of Peace

I Frederick Wolcott Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas with in the County of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, certify that Charles B. Phelps, Esq. at the date of the preceding instruments by him subscribed was & that he now is a Justice of the Peace within said County legally commissioned & qualified & that his name subscribed in said instruments is his hand writing & that the seal hereto affixed is the Seal of said County. Aug 19. 1819.
Frederick Wolcott.

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August 21, 1935.

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Miss Mary Francis
101 Elm Street
Hartford, Connecticut

BA-J/ady
Josiah Nettleton
S.36187

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Josiah Nettleton, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.

The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.36187, based upon the military service of Josiah Nettleton in that war.

The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Josiah Nettleton are not shown.

Josiah Nettleton enlisted, place not stated, in June 1775 and served six months as private in Charles Webb's Connecticut Regiment. He enlisted in June 1776, served as private in Captain Chapman's Company, Colonel Sheldon's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged in April 1777. He enlisted in the first of June 1779, served as private in Captain James Smith's Company, Colonel Mead's Connecticut Regiment and was discharged the last of March 1780.

[inserted in the margin by an arrow pointing to "Captain Chapman's Company"] I am putting Continental [underlined] on the jacket as this service may have been under Capt Elisha Chapman and Col Samuel Selden [underlined] not Elisha Sheldon, the former a state organization, however in the Conn records the name Josiah Nettleton is found on Page 476 in Major Skinner's troop, Major Elisha Sheldon, which organization went to N.Y. as did the Selden outfit shown on page 403 same Conn volume - mst 

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 6, 1819 at which time he was about sixty-five years old and a resident of Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

In 1820 soldier stated that his family consisted of his wife, Hannah, aged sixty years, and Orrin Turril, aged about fourteen years, a nephew of his wife, and son of her sister, whose name is not shown.

It is not stated whether soldier and Hannah had any children.
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[this is the handwritten portion shown upside down in FOLD3 File #25088634, previous document #14 in Josiah Nettleton file]

Major Skinner's troop, Major Elisha Sheldon, which organization went to N.Y as did the Seldon outfit as shown on page 403 same Conn volume  - mst
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In 1819 one William Nettleton was a resident of Woodbury, Connecticut, his age or relationship to soldier not stated.

Soldier died October 24, 1830, place not stated. On O.B.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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36187
Revy INVALID.

File No. 36.187
Josiah Nettleton
Pri Rev War

Act: 18th March 18"

Index: - Vol. 2, Page 296

[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Mch - 16 - 1900
Histy to Mr. Marsh present

1935 Aug. 21 Hist. to Mary Francis. A.D.Y.
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Miss Mary Francis
Registrar, Ruth Wyllys Chapter
101 Elm Street
Hartford, Connecticut

August 10, 1935

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C. 

[circle stamp at right, numbers 1 through 12 around rim] Recd Aug 12 1935 Mail Sub-Div. Vets. Adm. Reader [illegible]

Dear Sir:

Will you please send me a copy of the Revolutionary War pension record of the following soldier, -

Nettleton, Josiah ---------S 36187

I would like to have his service record and any details about his family that are available.

Thanking you in advance,
Sincerely yours,
Mary Francis
Registrar Ruth Wyllys Chapter