Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5419, for Joseph Huntoon, New Hampshire
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N. H.
Huntoon, Joseph
NUMBER
R. 5419
CONTENTS
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[illegible]
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Hon. Mr Woodworth
Chicago, ILL,
by the [illegible] of Mr Beech
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Aurora Nov 1855
MRs Woodworth
Dear Sir
I send you this package of paper
by Mr Beech hoping you will bet so
good as to take them to the pension
office and try to obtain a pension
of my Father I have
an allowed
conversed with Mr Wentworth and
he advised me to try for a pension
by giving the matter in to your hands
I have coppied or you will see and if you
will be so good as to attend to it you will
oblige, put more evidence and if you find
that more is required on the Original
papers will be requisite, you will please to
write to me and I will send them to you
will you talk with Mr Wentworth before
you go to Washington, he can place
something further
to you,
do [illegible] yours with
respect to Mr Woodworth E. J. Huntoon
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John Sam Sherborn was the Judge of
N. Hampshire District in the time
of the Revolution, who gave my
Father
Joseph Huntoon his commision
my Father
lifted his men when
he lived in Ninety N.H. he was
wounded in his right arm by a
musket ball which went through
it in the battle in the battle of Burgoin [Burgoyne]
there were several pieces of bone and the
one of his extracted from the wound which
I have seen many time
for they were
take care of he laid by some time and when
he got able his [illegible]
he recoured for that he went to
Portsmouth N.H. and took a commission
and moved his family to Kingston N.H.
his give at the west was Enoch on
his Capt at its mouth was Capt at Portsmouth
he served until the resolution
ended, though I was a child, I can well
remember when Cornwallace [Cornwallis] was taken
he then got to be a pentioner as the papers
will show and in the year of 1812
the in
lived in Danvill Vermont, he there volunteer
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and went as Mayjr with a volunteer company and went to Stansteed L Canady
he died March 8. 1813
soon after the war of the the Revolution
ended I do not recollect how long our house
was burned and his commissions and discharge
were burned in it, I well remember the
house having been burnt for I was a little
child and county lot it on five my my
by[illegible] fire to same has
my oldest brother was also went with my
Father in the Revolution he was a pension
he died a few years since
my next brother was with Father
seven months, he died a year or two since
aged 87 in the way I came by the above
mentioned Certificates &c. I rate to a relation
in N.H. who was Clerk of the Court, he wrote the
his Father well recollected when my
Father
come after[illegible] took place and has
heard him tell many instance and in
the war, but at Concord N.H. they have
of
and of all the of all the officers and soldiers
who went from W H Cheston of Several Elms
immediately wrote to the City
Clerk and
not knowing his name, and he sent me they
same how I could not the
open for
I can prove in this neighborhood the
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but have not got information now long
I expect a letter soon to certify the time
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April 8, 1940.

BA-J/ILL.
Joseph Huntoon
R. 5419

Mrs. H. J. Nachtman
1165 South Grandview Avenue
Dubuque, Iowa.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request
information in regard to Lieutenant Joseph Huntoon, of Captain
Tilton's company, Colonel Enoch Poor's New Hampshire Regiment.
Joseph Huntoon, while a resident of Unity, New Hampshire,
was commissioned lieutenant in the New Hampshire troops, War of
the Revolution; the exact date when he entered service is not
shown. He served as 1st lieutenant in the 3rd New Hampshire regiment
in the battle against General Burgoyne ( Stillwater, and was
severely wounded in his right arm by a ball which fractured several
bones. After his recovery, he served as lieutenant under Captain
Dearing in the New Hampshire troops, length of said service not
given. This officer had two sons who were in service with him during the
Revolutionary War, but their names were not designated; one son
served only seven months.
On account of injury received in service in the Revolutionary War
, as stated above, Joseph Huntoon was allowed pension which commenced March 4, 1789.
In 1820 Joseph Huntoon resided in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vermont. At that time he appointed one Amos T. Huntoon to
receive his Invalid pension for him; he did not state any relationship to him. This Amos T. Huntoon resided in Danville, Vermont.
on examination of Lieutenant Joseph Huntoon in March
1807, his Invalid pension was increased, commencing September 22, 1808.
In 1807, he resided in Charlestown, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. In
1812, he resided in Danville, Vermont. He volunteered there and went
as Major with a company to Stanstead, Canada; no further details per

[note] [illegible] - 1776- 1st Lt - 3 N.H. Nov 8 - 1776- wounded at Stillwater   Burned list- Vermont [illegible] Secy of War.
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taining to that service are given.
Lieutenant Joseph Huntoon died March 8, 1813. His age was
not given, nor the name of his wife or the date of their marriage.
In November 1855, this officer's son, E. T. Huntoon, resided
in Aurora, Illinois; only his initials are shown. His
brothers who served in the Revolutionary War were both deceased
then. E. T. Huntoon applied in 1855 for the pension which might
have been due on account of his father's service in the Revolution
ary War. The claim for pension was not allowed as there was then
no provision of law under which the children of soldiers or
officers of the Revolutionary War were entitled to pension in their
own right.
it is suggested that further information in regard to the
military service of Joseph Huntoon might be obtained from the
Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
Very truly yours,
-

A. D. HILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
Our Revolutionary War file - 
Reuben Huntoon W. 25808 son of this
Joseph Huntoon-full account of service
Amos T. Huntoon, R. 5418 -- another son served
as waiter to his father other
family data. ILL.
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State of Newhampshire
This certifies that Joseph Huntoon
served as a Lieutenant in the third Regiment
of said State, that he has produced sufficient
evidence that while in the service of the United States
he received a wound in the arm which
undered him an invalid and that we
Judge him to be entitled on that account was
pension of three pounds per month from the
31th of July 1786
Joseph Gilman Committee
Even March 1767. Samuel Tenney

Cheshire Newhampshire, Charleston oct 1847
Joseph Huntoon came before me Simeon Alcott Esq one of the Justice of Peace within and for the the County
of Cheshire and made Solemn Oath that he is
same Joseph Huntoon to whom the
original Certificate in his possession was given
of which of which the preceding is a copy.
that he served in the third Newhampshire
Regiment in the army of the United States at
the time when he was disabled and he now
reside in Charleston New hampshire
Simeon Olcott
Justice Peace

A true Coppy
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Joseph Huntoon of Charleston in the
County of Chester and State of New Hamps
do hereby constitute and apoint Henry
of the County and State aforesaid to be my
Lawful Attorney to
receive in my behalf
of John Willard Esq Supervisor for the
district of Vermont, my pension for said
months as an Invalid of the United States
from the fifth day of March one thousand
eight hundred and seven and ending
the fifth day of September 1807
Joseph Turton

State of
Newhampshire
10th of Oct 1887
Cheshire
Personally appeared
Joseph Huntoon
Signed and sealed of the foregoing Instrument and acknowledged the same
to be
his free act and deed before Simeon Olcott Justice of Peace

True coppy
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1914 Dec Hist to
Mrs. Geo. S. Richards
1940. April 8. Hist. to Mrs.
H.J. Nachtman JLL

[stamp] REJECTED
5419
P. O.
Service
17417
Joseph Huntoon
enlisted
Discharged:
Application filed:
Alleges:
Re-enlisted:
Attorney:
P. O.
Recognized.
18
18
Contract.
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212. So. 16th Ave. E.
Duluth. Minn
Dec 3rd 1914
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.

In making application to the "Daughters of the American Revolution" My record is incomplete for want of our date. Will you please look it up for me. The record of Pension of Joseph Huntoon of Unity or Kingston N.H. will you please send me this as soon as
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2
possible and oblige
Mortgratefully


Mrs. Jno. S. Richards
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No 39,058
Joseph Huntoon decd
illinois
Rejected. He
died in 1813. No declaration was filed

5419
June 7 1832
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Certificate for Joseph Huntoon
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Cheshire District of Newhampshire
This certifies that in pursuance of a
Commission from John Samuel Sherburne
Esqr district Judge of Newhampshire
district we have examined Joseph Huntoon of said district, who is an Invalid
in consequence of a wound received in the
service of the United States, and that we
report that he in Justice ought to have
a full Pension allowed him in future
according to his rank when wounded
Charlestown Sept & 1800
[signature] O. Hastings
Physicians
&
Surgeon
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire Charletown December 14th 1807 Then
Personally appeared Oliver Hasting & Joseph Roby
and made solemn oath, that the foregoing certificate by them Subscribed, contains the whole
truth & nothing but the truth.
Sworn before me,
[signature] Simon Abott
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Cheshire ss. District of New Hampshire
This certifies that in pursuance of a
Commision from John Samuel Sherburne Esquire
district Judge of New hampshire
district we have examined Joseph Huntoon
of said district who is a voted involved in consequence of a wound received in the
service of the United and that we report
that he in justice ought to have a
full pension allowed him in full
according to his rank when wounded
Charlestown Sept - 1806
[signature] Oliver Hastings
Surgeon
Physician

State of Newhampshire
Cheshire
Chartertown December 15. 1807, then
personally appeared Oliver Hastings
Joseph Roby and made solemn oath
that the forgoing certificate made by the
Subscribed, conform the whol truth and
nothing but the truth, were before
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Hon J. H. Woodworth
April 5/56

Old Book
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Pension Office
April 5 1836

Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the
papers sent to your care by the Son
of
Joseph Huntoon decd late of Vermont
have been filed among the respected uses under the
Act of June 7 1832
Mr Huntoon having died in 1813
before the passage of any act of Congress
allowing pensions for services in the war
of the Revolution had no claim to such
pension and children of Revolutionary
Soldiers have no claim for pension in their
the right
I return the letter of Mr Wentworth
Hon J H Woodworth
of Reps

Joseph Huntoon
Illinois, June 7 1832
Rejected
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Hon. J.H. Woodward
Ho Reps
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Pension in
May 23, 1856
Sir
In reply to your note of the 17th inst.
I have the honor to state that the name of your
respondent in the pension claim of Joseph
Hunton, decd appears to be
"E T Huntoon"
that his letter is dated
"[illegible] Nov 1833
It is presumed he resides in Aurora Ill.
I herewith return the letter
and [illegible] by you by this was under date of
Apl 5, 1836
Very respy


Hon J. H. Woodworth
Ho Reps
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House of Reps
Washington May 17/56
Sir
Will you please inform
me of the
residence
of Joseph Huntoon
named in the inclosed  communcating
which I inclose to enable you to for
to the
papers filed in his application
for a pension
Very Respectfully yours
J.H. Woodworth

Hon.J.C. Minot
Com. of Pensions
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December 9, 1914.

Rev. War Section.
Mrs. George S. Richards,
212 So. 16th Avenue East,
Duluth, Minn.

Madam:
In response to your letter of the 3"" instant,
you are advised that the records of this Bureau show
that Lieutenant Joseph Huntoon of Unity, New Hampshire
served in the 3d New Hampshire Regiment, Revolutionary War
and was wounded in the right arm in the battle with
Burgoyne, for which disability he was pensioned at the
rate of $120. per annum, under the Act of June 7, 1785.
In 1807 he resided in Charlestown, Cheshire County,
New Hampshire, and in 1812 while living at Danville,
Caledonia County, Vermont, he went as a Major with a
Volunteer company to Stanstead, Canada, and died March 8,
1813.
A son E. P. Huntoon was living in 1855. Another
son referred to, no names are stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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MRS. H. J. NACHTMAN
1166 SOUTH GRANDVIEW AVENUE
DUBUQUE, IOWA

[stamp] FEB 29 1946

Tuesday Feb. 27
Mr. A. D. Hiller
Veterans AD
Washington, D.C

Dear Mr. Hillar,
Do you have on file a
record for Lt. Joseph Huntoon of
Captain Lilton's Co.
Col Enoch Poors, N.H. Reg.
all the other information
you have sent me has him very
valuable in validating books and
material in my possession and also straightening out some twisted facts.
Having, we know Lt (this wife's name was Sarah Davis
and we had when and where she died
but do not know the Marriage date.
or place
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MRS. H. J. NACHTMAN
1165 SOUTH GRANDVIEW AVENUE
DUBUQUE, IOWA

I also thought, that it might
state the name of the oldest son
and something pertaining to him
Please inform me also, you
are desirous of being paid for this
work for I am greatly indebted
you for your hands so for
and
would be glad to compensate your
be
sincerely
Emma Nachtman