Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14930, Samuel Atwood, Conn. Mass. Vt.
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Service
Conn.
Mass.
Vt

Atwood, Samuel

Number
S.14930

Carded
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1857
New York

Samuel Atwood
of Whitehall in the state of New York
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Robinson of the Regt commanded
by Col Mott in the Connecticut
line for 16-1/2 months

Inscribed on the roll of New York
at the rate of 44 dollars per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of November 1832 and sent to C H Ingalls

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $85.50
Semi-anl allowance ending 4 Mar '33 $27.50
$110.00

{Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1831}

Recorded by Geo C Stiles - clerk
Book D Vol 5 Page 60

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See letter to E. Ames Esq April 10th 1835
See letter to Putnam April 10th, 1835
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In the matter of the 
application of Samuel
Atwood
for a pension
8778
For 16-1/2 months service

Served at [illegible} 6 Mo.
Served at " 4-1/2 mo.
Served at " 5 mo.
Served at ' 1 mo.
Total 16.5 mon

Admitted
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State of New York
County of Washington

On this thirty-first day of August AD 1832 personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the state of New York held at the courthouse in the town of Salem in and for said county now sitting, in open court Samuel Atwood a resident of the town of Whitehall in said county aged seventy-six 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 7th, 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following name officer and served as herein stated - In the year seventeen hundred and seventy-six in the latter part of the month of May in that year the day of the month he cannot recollect, he enlisted in Bennington in the state of Vermont in a company commanded cy Captain Robinson in a regiment of Connecticut state troops for six months, that Captain Robinson left some money with him to enlist some more men that he engaged & took with him three other soldiers and joined the said company with them at Spenborough in the state of New York north of Bennington he does not remember the name of the Lieutenant or Ensign of his company, he remembers Colonel Swift who commanded a regiment of State troops belonging to Connecticut & which was stationed near the regiment in which the declarant served both at Skenes borough & at Mount Independence, the regiment in which the declarant served was commanded by Col Mott. That he was stationed * served under said officers at Skeen borough aforesaid (now called Whitehall) all summer in September he thinks he marched with the regiment to Mount Independence near Ticonderoga where he remained until his time was out & was discharged there on the first day of December of that year as he believes, that he was in no battle during that service.

That in the latter part of May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-seven he again entered the said service in a company of militia raised in Bennington and Pownal in the state of Vermont commanded by Captain Reuben Celey of Pownal & in a
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regiment of militia commanded by Colonel Brush of Bennington, his Lieutenant's name in that company was Garner and another by the name of Goff he is not sure but thinks that Goff was in service at the [illegible] time, that he then marched from Bennington with said company and regiment to Ticonderoga where he found a large number of American troops, Col Seth Warner was there with his regiment, the other officers in service there he does not remember, that he remained there until Ticonderoga was given up to the enemy, the first part of July in that year when he with his regiment & several other regiments crossed the Lake over a floating bridge & stopped a few hours at Mount Independence & then retreated through Hubbardton where Col Warner's regiment being in the rear were attached by the enemy & suffered dearly. He was marched on through Castleton & to Manchester at which place he got leave of absence and went home to Bennington where he resided and remained a week or two & then joined the same company at Bennington and served in that company and regiment at Bennington battle soon after which he was marched with said company and regiment to Stillwater in the state of new York and joined our army and assisted in driving Burgoyne's army back to Saratoga where he surrendered, within a few days after this event he was discharged which took place about the 18th or 19th of October in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-seven having served that season under Captain Celey at least four months and a half.

That in the latter part of May in the year 1778 he enlisted at Dunfield Massachusetts in company of Massachusetts state troops commanded by Captain Frary at the time he enlisted but soon after Captain Slazer took the command of said company, his enlistment was for six months, he was soon after marched with said company to White Plains in the state of new York or Connecticut can't say which is not sure what regiment he belonged to but thinks the Colonel's name was Smith soon after he arrived there he was ordered out with about three hundred out of different companies to Kingsbridge
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for the purpose of foraging that he went to Kingsbridge accordingly where he remained about two months & then returned to White Plains & joined his company again where he remained until the last of October and although his time enlisted was not expired, he was discharged at that place was in no battle during this service & cannot now recollect the names of officers who served with & near him at that time having served at this time at least five months.

Sometime in the month of August in the year 1779 he volunteered in Captain Celey's company of militia from Pownal and Bennington & went with that company to Castleton in Vermont to guard the inhabitants and remained there in service about four weeks. Lieutenant Tupper was in service at the time at Castleton he went out on a scout and was killed by the enemy & his party were taken prisoners, he knows of no person by whom he can prove his said services, and in answer to the questions put to him by the court he says that he was born in the town of Hardwick in the state of Massachusetts - that he has no record of his age but he recollects that in the year 1777 on the 25th day of July of that year he was twenty-one years of age. That at the several times when he entered the service as aforesaid he resided in the town of Bennington in the state of Vermont (then called the New Hampshire grant) that since the revolutionary war he has resided in the town of Whitehall in the county of Washington & state of New York having moved to that place the year after the was closed or the same year and has resided there ever since and still resides there - that he volunteered his services at each of the above times and was not a substitute for any other person - he is not able to state now particularly than he has done above the names of his officers or of those who served with or near him and the general circumstances of his service are above recited as particularly as he now recollects - that he never received any written discharge from the service & don't remember that any were given to the militia or state troops. That he is known to Melancton Wheeler, Elisah Andrews
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Clark Eastman Ezekial Jones & Jeremiah Lockwood & others who reside in the neighborhood where he now resides and will as he believes testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution and 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.

Samuel Atwood

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

J.S. Leigh - Clerk

We Elisha Andres a clergyman residing in the town of Whitehall and Ezekial Jones residing in the same town in the county of Washington & state of New York do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Atwood who has subscribed the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy-six 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

Elisha Andrews
Ezekiel Jones

Sworn & subscribed this 30th day of August 1832 before me the words "seventy-six" being first written are erasure.

W H Parker - Justice of the Peace 

I Clark Eastman residing in the town of Whitehall in the county of Washington and state of New York do hereby certify that I am acquainted well with Samuel Atwood who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy-six 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.

Clark Eastman

Sworn & subscirbed the day and year first aforesaid the words "seventy-six" first written are an erasure in open court.

J.S. Leigh - Clerk
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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 Elisha Andrews who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in said town of Whitehall and that Ezekial Jones who has also signed the first preceding certificate and that Clark Eastman who has signed the last preceding certificate are residents of the said town of Whitehall and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit. And that the personal attendance of the said Elisha Andrews & Ezekiel Jones in court could not be procured without too much trouble & expense to the applicant.

I Jesse S Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Washington in the state of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the court aforesaid in the matter of the application of Samuel Atwood for a pension and that William H Parker before whom the first above certificate of Elisha Andrews and Ezekiel Jones appears to have been sworn was on the thirtieth day of August 1832 a justice of the peace of said county and that the signature to the first is his genuine signature.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirty-first day of August 1832.

J.S. Leigh - Clerk
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14930
INVALID
Rev War

File No 14930
Samuel Atwood
Priv Rev War

Act June 7th, 1832

Index Vol 1 Page 12

[Arrangement of 1870.]