Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,555, for Josiah Tilden, New Hampshire
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N.H.
Vt.
CONTENTS
Tilden, Josiah
NUMBER
S.11.555
carded
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18.938
Vermont
Josiah Tilden of Winsor Co in the State of Vermont who was a Pr in the Company commanded by Captain Chase of the Regt commanded by Col Marsh in the [star] Vermont line for Troops 7 Mo [months] 18 Ds [days] Private 25.32
[star] N.H. and Vt.
Records completed May 20 [18]05  [illegible]

Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 25 Dollars 32 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of Novr 1833 and Sent to Wyllys Lyman. Burlington Vt.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. 63.30
Semi-anl. [annual] allowance ending 4 Mch [March] [18]34 12. 66
[Total] 75.96
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. T. Springur Clerk
Book Cc Vol. 3 Page 94
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21.578
Josiah Tilden
Windsor Co
Vermt [Vermont]

Obj E

Wyllys Lyman
Burlington Vt
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War Department,
Pension Office 183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjoined notes you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statment, shewing the Service of Josiah Tilden
Period when the service was rendered |
Duration of the claimant's service. Years. Months. Days. | 
Rank of the claimant. |
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. |
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. |
Battles in which the applicant was engaged. |
Country through which he marched. |
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. |
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. |

June 1777 |14 [days] | Private | Capt Chale | 72 years Hartford Vermt | To a [illegible] of a Clergyman to living Witness

Augt 1777 "I nothing [illegible] | 2 [months] [Private] | Capt Hodges | Colo Marsh  | From Hartford to Charleston and to Manchester |

July 1780 | 7 [days] | [Private]

Octob 1780 | 4 [days] | [Private] | Barnard

"Next day" | 7 [days] | Baring of Royalton

Feby 1781 | 3 [months] 15 [days] | [Private] | Capt Benjamin | Col West | Marched to Bethel Fort

I am respectfully, Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming
the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in
stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is
considered a Court of Record.
of
On this
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Sate, Territo
County of
day of
A.B. a resident (b) of
personally appeared (a) before
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed
June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)
served in the
(e) regiment of the
with
and
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and state in which he resided when he cheered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
A. B.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
and C. D. residing in (the same)
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
who has
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And then will follow the certificate of the Court.
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 Revowho
has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
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Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of
for a pension.
in the county of
and State, Territory or District
years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
olutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this day of
&c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained the
but neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will
gle whether he was all
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal
means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.
All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there
subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account
of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State
troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war
, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?
And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such
Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
To a Soldier.{ Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it giv-
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en and what has become of it?
has become of it?
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify
as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are
requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court,
without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from
their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed
and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration be
fore required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the
proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to
perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure
, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will not
The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not
conforming to the rule.
The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the
laim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 makingan

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 reason
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."
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,
too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 shown 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.
The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
The opinion of the Court is always required.
The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no pubthe
seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the
papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
ness under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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.
The notes from to are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in
note il applies to continental troops only.
This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Josiah Tilden
21578
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STATE OF VERMONT,
WINDSOR COUNTY, SS.
On this 15 day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared
in open Court before the Judge of the Probate
Court of the District of Hartford
now sitting, Josiah Tilden
a resident of the county of Windsor
and State of Vermont, aged Seventy Two 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 under the following named officers,
and served as herein stated. The British came to Ticonderoga in the year 1777 and the
Militia were added out. The applicant belonged to the 
ordered out. He joined a company from New HampShine under Capt Mose Chase, He joined said Company 
in the month of June and marched into the city of Ticonderoga and has met with the head of the evacuation
of the fort. General Shepardson [illegible] the troops and
ordered us back. We returned to Connecticut River and
after remaining a few days this applicant was ordered home
the time he was out on this service was two weeks, the
militia were again ordered out in said year 1777 and the
applicant went out under capt Seth Hodges in the
Regiment commanded by Col Joseph March. We marched
to Charlestown NewHampshire the first part of August 1777 and from
thence to Manchester in Vermont On our March the news of Bennington
battle met us. The said militia remained a few
weeks at said Manchester, while said Militia were at
Manchester Genl Lincoln came with a body of troops and
Col Brown was detached with five [illegible] dead men to Lake
George landing to destroy stores belonging to Burgoyne
the said Militia and this applicant were out on the said
service something more than
Seven months in the year 1780 the Indians came to
Barnard in Vermont, and this applicant was ordered
out and went to the said Barnard and
our weak. This was in the month of July of said year
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the October 1780 the nucleus came and burnt the town of
Patton in the said State of Vermont & the militia were again
out & this applicant went and was out four days
& returned home. The next day he was again ordered to Barnard
Fort and remained on west & then went to the Fort in Bethel
& remain them one week. In February 1781 he enlisted for
Nine months in the service of the State of Vermont under Capt John
Benjamin and Col. Benjamin Wait, He marched to British Fort &
staid there three months and a half. He [illegible] a substitute
whose name he does not remember, and said substitute served out
the full time of nine months, was born in the year 1760
in Ellington Connecticut had no record of his age, thence
to the pension he lived in Hartford Vermont and has live
in said Hartford ever said the revolutionary war. Col Benjamin wait my stationed at Corinth Vermont never had any regular discharge

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present,
and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid.
[Signature] L. Marsh, Register
[Signature] Josiah Tilden

We, Austin Hazen a Clergyman residing in Hartford aforesaid and Wyly Lyman
residing in the same place, hereby certify, that
we are well acquainted with John Tilden
who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 years of age;
that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a
soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid
[Signature] Marsh Register
[Signature] Austin Hazen
[Signature] Wyly Lyman

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 Austin Hazen
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in Hartford
and that Wyllys Lyman
who has also signed the same, is a resident in
Hartford
and is a credible person, and that their statement is
entitled to credit.
I, Lyndon A. Marsh, Regine
of the Court of Probate of the District of
Hartford
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application of Josiah
Tildon a Pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this
15 day of August
A. D. 1832
[Signature] L Marsh, Register
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January 20, 1940
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA-J/cc
Josiah Tilden
S. 11555

Mrs. A. Colclain,
461 Shelton
Chadron, Nebraska.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War record of Josiah Tilden of Vermont.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file
in pension claim, S. 2155, based upon service of Josiah Tilden
in the Revolutionary War.

Josiah Tilden was born in 1760, in Ellington, Connecticut,
names of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont, he
enlisted in June, 1777, and served as private for two weeks
in Captain Moses Chase's company of New Hampshire troops,
enlisted in August 1777, served two months as private in Captain
Seth Hodges' company, Colonel Joseph Marsh's Vermont regiment. In July 1780, he went in the Vermont militia for one week to
Bernard, Vermont, when the Indians invaded that place. In October
1780, he served two weeks and four days in the Vermont militia,
at Royalton, Durward and Bethel, Vermont, enlisted in February,
1781, served three months and a half in Captain John Benjamin's
company, Colonel Benjamin wit's Vermont regiment.

The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed
August 15, 1832, while residing at Hartford, Vermont. 
[Note] He had resided ever since in [illegible]

No family data are shown.

The above noted is the only Josiah Tilden found on the
Revolutionary War records of this office.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension,
the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of
death of Josiah Tilden, you should address the Comptroller
General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city,
and cite the following data:
Josiah Tilden,
Certificate No. 1969
Vermont Agency.
Issued November 9, 1833
Rate $23.33 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1831
Act of June 7, 1832
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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J.L. Edwards Esquire
Commissioner of Pensions
Admit 7 Mo 18 days. Washington Dis Col
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Bushington Oct. 25. 1833
Sir
I now send to you the papers in the case
of Josiah Tilden with an additional affidavit
of the applicant touching the term of his service
the applicant in this case is a man of the
first respectability and I make no doubt but every
word he says many be relied on I hope the
papers are now sufficiently expect to entitle him
to his pension. Will you did give this case
as early an examination as possible, & should
there shall be deficiency it can be supplied
I sent on with the papers in the first witness
the deportion of Seth Fuller, which was not
returned. That deposition made a part of the
manner as to the service- Please and to
me at this place.
Yrs. very Respectfully
[Signature] Wyley Lyman
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Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice
of the Peace within and for the County of Windsor & State of
Vermont. Josiah Tilden of Hartford in said County and
State aforesaid who being duly sworn deposeth and Saith
that by reason 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 seven months and eighteen days I served as a
private soldier and for such service I claim pension
[Signature] Josiah Tilden

Sworn and Subscribed this 28th day September AD 1833 Before me
[Signature] Samuel Nutt Justice the Peace

State of Vermont
Windsor County of
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County
Court, Do hereby certify that Samuel Nutt
is one of the Justices of the Peace within & for
said County, duly commissioned qualified
and that his name above written is genmine

Given under my hand, and the Seal of said
Court at Woodstock this first day of
September 1833
[signature] Benj Swan Clerk
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I Herekiah Goodrich of Norwich in the County of
Windam and State of Vermont, Seventy five years
of age depose and say that I enlisted into Henricks
Regiment called the Green Mountain Rangers, in
July 1777 and was ordered to Manchester. At
Manchester in said State of Vermont became
acquainted with Josiah Tilden of Hartford in
said State of Vermont. He was in the service
of the state and belonged to Col Joseph March
Regiment
I was well acquainted with him and
I know that said Josiah Tilden was in the [illegible] service
of the State of Vermont during the Said year 1777
under said Col Joseph Marsh between two and
there months, I often saw him and a very
distinct in my recollection that said Tilden
served as I have before stated by said year
proved of time between two & three
months-
Norwich Aug 15. 1832 [Signature] Hezekiah Goodrich
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State of Vermont 
Windham County
At Norwich in said County
of Widam [Windham]15th August AD 1852
personally appeared Hezikial Goodrich and made
solemn oath to the with of the facts by him stated in
the within affidavit a deposition Before me
[Signature] Wyley Lyman Justice of the Peace
-
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the
within named Hezikial  Goodrich and that he is
man whose statements
an entitled to the fullyest Credit and belief
[Signature] Willy Lyman Just of the peace

State of Vermont  
Windsor County 
Woodstock County Clerks Office Decemr. 12th 1832
I Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor 
County Court, Do hereby certify that Wylly Lyman
was at the date of the above certificates one of the
Justices of the Peace within for said County
and that the above are his signatures
In Testimony whereof I hereto annex the seal of
said court, and subscribe my name the day and
year last above
[Signature] Benj. Swan
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December 23d 1896.
To the Commissioner of Pensions
I write to enquire
in regard to Josiah Tilden, who
died in Hartford, Vermont, Jan 3
1849. He drew a pension from
Government and I wish to know
the time of his enlistment, duration
and place of his service and other
facts if your books contain them.
for this information I shall be grateful
Yours
[Signature] Clementine T. Alling
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[Stamp] OLD WAR & NAVY DEC 30 1896 FILES.
[Stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE B DEC 28 1896

Address
Mrs. William Alling.
To Oxford Steel
Rochester. N.Y.
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813 St. N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Apr. 7, 1897.
Hon. H. Clay Evans
Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir-

I wish to learn
as much as possible concerning the
record of Josiah Tilden, who
was born in 1760. It is known
that he drew a pension for actual
service in the Militia in the Revolutionary War
7 mos 18 days. His home was
in Hartford, Vermont, any further
data which your office can supply
me will be gratefully appreciated.
Respectfully yours
Mrs. A. F. Stevens
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[Stamp] OLD WAR & NAVY
APR 10 1897
FILES

[Stamp] U.S.PENSION OFFICE F APR 8 1997
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11.555
INVALID.
No.
11555
Josiah Tilden
Pri Rev War
---
Act: June 7th 32
ex: -- Vol. A, Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Jan.8. 1897. Hist. to
Mrs. W
Alling
Rochester NY
May 1, 1897 - History to
Mrs. A. F. Stevens 1813 -
1st. N W. Washington D.C.
-
1924 Mar. 11. Hist to
Jno. W. Linzer, and
1940 - Jan 20. Hist to
Mrs. A. C. McLain . D.C.
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Rev & 1812 Wars Section.

Aw
March 15, 1824.

John W. Linzee,
848 Beacon St.
Boston, Mass.
Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the
Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11555, it appears that
Josiah Tilden was born in 1760, in Ellington, Connecticut
and resided at Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont during the
Revolution.
he enlisted in June 1777 and served as a private for
two weeks in Capt in Moses Chase's Company of New Hampshire
Troops. He served from August 1777, for two months, in
Captain Seth Hodges' Company, Colonel Joseph Marsh's Vermont
Regiment. In July 1780, he went in the Vermont Militia
for one week to Barnard Vermont when the Indians invaded that place. In October 1780, he served two weeks and
four days in the Vermont Militia, at Royalton, Barnard and
Bethel, Vermont. From February 1781, he served three
months and a half in Captain John Benjamin's Company, Colonel
Benjamin Wait's Regiment of Vermont Troops.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
August 15, 1832, while living at Hartford, Vermont. There
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There is no data on file as to his family,
The above noted is the only Josiah Tilden found on
the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
[Signature] Washington Gardner
Commissioner.
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Chadren Nebr
Jan 8.1940.
Veterans Administration
I would like information of Josiah Tilden who served in the Revolutionary War. he was Called "Capt," by his grandchildren would like information of his family if any in records. his wife was Susan Clark. they lived in State of Vermont. to age 89
Sincrly
[Signature] Louis M McLain.
[Signature] Mrs. A.L. McLain

[Stamp] RECEIVED JAN 11 1940 MAIL SUB-DIV Reader No. 11 VETS ADM

RETURN IN FIVE DAYS TO
Mrs A L McLain
461 Shelton
Chadron Nebr.
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[Stamp] OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FEB 15 1924 U.S. BUREAU OF PENSIONS

848 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
Feb. 13 th, 1924.

Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Washington Gardner, Esq. Commissioner

Dear Sir:
 
Two Josiah Tildens, according to my way of thinking, but the families
are mixed in their interpretations of the records, served in the Revolutionary
One Josiah served in Col. Gills regt. in Aug. 1782, and I think was was
Stoughton or Canton, Mass. The other Josiah served in Capt. Amos Rathbun's Co.
Col. John Brown's detachment, in 1777, and I think came from the Berkshire's
I think Richmond, Mass.

If your wonderful records can help me to distinguish between these two
Josiah Tilden, and finally tell me other important facts about them, particularly
where they moved to, and who were their wives, and children, I will be most gratefull
for this very kind help.

These old heroes, when on service, met ladies far from home whom they later
married, and this makes it especially difficult to trace them accurately
Yours very respectfully,

John W. Linzel