Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11054, for John Mc Nitt, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
-
McNitt, John or
McNutt

NUMBER
S. 11054
carded

CONTENTS
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Suspd see letter to P. Agt March
10.1835- do. to Same & P. B.
Prindle May 27, 1835

Let. to P.B. Prindle 16 April 1835
do. to same, May 13. 1835

20590
New York
John McNutt*
of Chenango in the State of New York
who was a private in the Comp. command
by Captain Long of the Regt. commanded
by Col. Webster in the New York
line for $15 mo

*John McNitt

Records corrected Mch. 25/05.

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 50 Dollars ----Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Sept
1833 and sent to P.B. Prindle 
Norwich
=
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33    $125
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. Mar '34
$25
[Total] $150

{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Co. O. Stiles, Clerk
Book E, Vol. 4, Page 691
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No 18265
John McNutt, Chenango County New York

Admd

P. B. Prindle Norwich
Chenango County N. York
Walls
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$3.00 paid
---
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. Those 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.

Statement, showing the service of John McNutt Chenango County N. York

Period when service was rendered:
(1) Called out June 1777
Duration of claimant's service:  2 months
Rank of the claimant. - private
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Capt. Hutchinson
Names and Rank of the General and Field Officers : Gen'l Williams, Col. Williams
Battles in which the applicant was engaged:
[blank]
Country through which he marched:
Marched to Ticonderoga through Vermont
Place of  abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period: 73 years.  Salem, County of Washington, New York
Evidence by which the declaration is supported. - Traditionary & witnesses living.
Clergyman cert'd. and papers correctly attached.

(2) Period: Called out 1778
Duration:  1 month
Rank: private
Company officers: Capt. Long
Field Officers:  Col. Webster

(3) Period:  Called out 1778
Duration:  1 month
Rank: private
Company Officers:  Capt. Long
Field Officers:  Col. Webster

(4) Period: Called out 1779
Duration:  2 months
Rank:  Private
Company Officers:  Capt. Long
Field Officers:  Col. Webster

(5) Period:  Enlisted 1780
Duration:  9 months
Rank:  private
Company Officers:  Capt. Harrison
Field Officers:  Col. Harper
Country through which he marched:  Fort Edward, Fort Ann to Schenectady

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 instance, 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. 
DECLARATION. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. State, Territory, or District of County of } ss. On this ___day of ____personally appeared (a) before __________A B. a resident (b) of____in the county of____and State, Territory or District of aged (c)____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 provision 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_____line, under the following named officers: 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 entered 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 _____. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 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. I, _______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____and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with_____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be______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 days 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 Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who 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. I, Clerk of the Court of_____do hereby certify 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, 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 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 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. 
6. To a Soldier: Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? 
To an Officer: Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. 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 the 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 inquiry 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 before 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. 
(a)The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. (b) 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. 
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. 
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. 
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim 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 making an 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." It is 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," is 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; places where the service was performed, that the applicant served with all 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. 
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. 
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required. 
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. 
(i) The Clerk must fix 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 public 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. [Note:  this section is marked.]
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 pass 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. 
(j) 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.
 [picture of a pointing finger] The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only. 
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. 
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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State of New York
Chenango County } ss:
On the ninth day of October A.D. 1832
personally appeared in open Court
before the Court of Common Pleas of said County, now sitting
Present:  Jno: Tracy
Nathan Taylor
Levi Bigelow         } Judges
Hezekiah Reed
Charles York

John McNutt, a resident of the town of Norwich in the County of Chenango, N.Y.,
aged Seventy three 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:
In the year 1777 at about the first of June
at Salem, Washington County N.Y. he was called out into the Ranks of the New York Troops by the orders of Captain Hutchinson.
The officers of the Company were Captain Hutchinson, Lieutenant Long and Ensign Stewart.  John Williams was Colonel of the Regiment, and one Armstrong, Major.  He
joined his Company at Salem and marched immediately with the Regiment to Ticonderoga, through Vermont.  His regiment was called out to reinforce the Continental troops.  They arrived at Ticonderoga in June stayed there about two weeks and
then retreated from the Fort back to Salem
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the way they marched out -- after reaching Salem he was engaged with the troops in building a piquet [picket] round the meeting House, which was done.  He remained (he thinks) in the Fort and scouting round some three or four weeks, as near as he can recollect, when on the approach of Burgoyne' s Army, they retreated from before him and were dispersed - and he went home to his friends in Hoosick having been out full two months.
In the next year at Salem aforesaid, he
was classed and called out in a company
of Troops commanded by Captain Long &
Lieutenant Stewart - Alexander Webster was
Colonel of the Regiment - the name of the
adjutant he thinks was Nathan Morgan and
General Williams had command of the Brigade.
About may or June (don't recollect which) he marched with his company to Skenesboro
now White Hall) to join a company
of 9 months men that lay there. He was relieved here at the end of one month and
went home.  At the end of the month was
again called out to White Hall where he
served another month - making in all, that
season, two months - One Andrew Simpson,
William McCoy were called out with him
and served with him.
In the year 1779 at the same place under the same officers in the same company
and Regiment, about the same time of
the year, which was after the leaves had got
thick upon the trees, was called out again
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twice to go to White Hall, which duty he performed and served two tours of a month
at a time- Andrew Simpson and Nathan
Hopkins were with him at the time.
In the year 1780, at Salem, he enlisted in the new Levies of New York State troops some time about the last of April or the first of May
for nine months in a company commanded
Captain Harrison, Lieutenant Buell, Ensign
Broadshaw- Harper was the Colonel of
the Regiment, but the Regiment was commanded by Major Hughes -- joined the Company at Fort Edward a few days after enlistment.
There were two companies stationed there.
He remained there a few weeks & marched
to Fort Ann and there built a Piquet Fort.  Was
stationed a few weeks at Fort Ann scouting around and guarding the frontier.
In September as near as he can recollect he marched with his company and four others to Schenectady thru Stillwater and Saratoga and joined the Regiment under the command of Major Hughes - remained a few days at Schenectady and then marched up the Mohawk River to Fort Stanwix, now Rome, 
stopping at Fort Herkimer and Fort Schuyler a short time.  Between Fort Herkimer and
Fort Schuyler at Germantown they had a
skirmish with some Indians and killed 5
of them. He remained at Fort Stanwix
relieving Col. Van Schaick's Regiment which
went to the Southward - He lay at Fort
Stanwix until snow fell pretty deep-- don't
recollect the month or time of the month
when he was marched back to Schenectady
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being relieved at Fort Stanwix by Colonel Weisenfelt of the Continental Regiment.  In
going back to Schenectady they stayed over night at Fort Schuyler and one night at Fort Herkimer and marched along the Mohawk down to Schenectady, where he was discharged with the whole company by Maj. Hewes - He had no written discharge. He served his nine months out before he was discharged but can not tell the exact time he
entered the service or was discharged from it.
He has no documentary evidence of his services except the accompanying affidavit of
John Eastwood and he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his service except the said John Eastwood.

In answer to the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department to be put
to applicants he answers as follows:
1.  Was born in the town of Pelham, (County
does not know), State of Massachusetts on
the 24th day of February 1759 -
2.  He has a record of his age in his family
Bible at his residence in Norwich, Chenango County
3.  He lived at Salem, Washington County N.Y.
each time he entered the service.  Since the
war he resided at Salem until about thirty
Eight years ago when he removed
from there to Norwich, Chenango County
where he has ever since resided and
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where he now resides-
4.  He was called out by his officers of the
militia every time except one, when he enlisted
for nine months as stated previously
5. He knew Col. Warner a Continental Colonel at Fort George & Fort Edward - He knew Colonel Wisenfelt at Fort Stanwix - Also Col. Gansevort - also Captain Shipman at Fort Edward and Captain Drake, Captain Vrooman - Captain Vrooman - Captain Bogert and Captain Harrison who were in the same Regiment
with him. This question is answered as fully in the body of his declaration as he can answer it.
6.  Never received a written discharge from
the service - was always discharged verbally
7. He gives the names of the Rev. Jedediah Randall, Rev. Jabez S. Gowan; Peres Randall, Late County Clerk; General German, Late Senator in Congress; General May, late Sheriff;
John Clapp, Post Master;  Samuel Pike, Justice of the Peace - James Berdrall, Cashier of the Bank of Chenango, all of Norwich, Chenango Co. N.Y., and Uri Tracy, late First Judge
and member of Congress & Judge Sherwood
of Oxford, Chenango County N. Y., as men living in his present neighborhood to whom he is known and who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution-
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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.
[signed] John McNutt
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J.K. Pike Clk

We, Jedediah Randall, a Clergyman resident
in the town of Norwich, Chenango County
N. Y. and Peres Randall residing in the same
place do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John McNutt who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding declaration; that we believe him to be
Seventy three 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 and that we have never heard
any doubts expressed by any person as to his having been such soldier.
[signed] Jedediah Randall
[signed] Perez Randall
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
( Jabez S. Swan erased & Jedediah Randall over
written before execution)
J.K.. Pike Clk

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 Jedediah Randall, who has signed the preceding certificate is a
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Clergyman resident in the town of Norwich
Chenango County N.Y., and that Peres Randall who has also signed the same is a resident of the same place and that their statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] Mo. Tracy
[signed] Her. Read
[signed] Charles York
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Chenango County, N.York

State of New York
Chenango County } ss: 
I, Jarvis K. Pike, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, do hereby Certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the
matter of the application of John McNutt for a pension.
--
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this ninth day of October 1832
P. B. Prindle.
Dep. Clerk
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I John Eastwood of the town of
Butternuts, County of Otsego and State of New York do on oath depose, testify and say that I
am seventy three years of age. That I am well
acquainted with John McNutt formerly of Salem, Washington County and State aforesaid now of the town of Norwich, County of Chenango and State aforesaid and that the said John McNutt was in the Revolutionary service and was in the same company with myself from the first of April or first of May until some time in October following, when I was taken prisoner. All which time of five months the said John was a soldier in the troops called at that time the new Levy & in actual service - to my knowledge the name of the Captain of the company was Harrison, Lieutenant, Buel; Ensign: Broadshaw.  The company first met and for a time were stationed at fort Edwards, afterwards marched to Fort Ann after the old fort was burnt, and there built a Picket fort and afterwards marched to Fort Stanwix at which place I was taken prisoner, all which time & in all of these services the said John was a soldier, & after I was taken prisoner I do not know from personal knowledge that the said
John remained a soldier in the said company
but as they were not discharged until four
months afterwards I have no doubt that the
said John was for the remaining four months
a soldier and in service of the Revolutionary war as for the former five. And at this
time I was twenty three years old.
[signed] John Eastwood
Subscribed and Sworn
August 28 1832 before me Elisha Beckwith Just. of the Peace
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State of New York
County of Chenango
On this 28 day of August 1832 personally appeared before me John Eastwood the
Signer of the within written deposition & being
duly sworn on his oath says that the aforesaid
deposition contains the truth and nothing
but the truth.  And I further certify that the
said John Eastwood is to me well known
and that he Sustains an irreproachable
character for truth and veracity and that in
my opinion his statement is entitled to credit.
Elisha P. Beckwith
Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Chenango County  } ss:
I, Jarvis K. Pike Clerk of the said County do certify that Elisha P. Beckwith before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe that his name subscribed to the said affidavit and the preceding Certificate to be his genuine handwriting and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of Office this ninth day of October 1832
P B Prindle
Dep Clerk

Affidavit of John Eastwood of the service of John McNutt

John McNutt
Pension Papers
18265
address
P.B. Prindle
Norwich
Chenango Co., N.Y.

Adm'd.
15 mo. pri.
$50
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF/eel
S. 11054

December 5, 1928

Marion D. Smith
59 Mitchell Street
Norwich, New York

Sir:

I advise you that from the Revolutionary War records of this bureau it appears that John McNitt (pensioned McNutt ) was born February 24, 1759 in Pelham, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Salem, Washington County, New York, he enlisted about June 1, 1777 and served two months as private in Captain Hutchinson's Company, Colonel John
Williams' New York Regiment.
He enlisted in May or June 1778 and served two tours of one month each as a private in Captain Long's Company, Colonel Alexander Webster's New York Regiment, then about
the same month in 1779 he enlisted and served two tours of one month each under the same officers.
He enlisted in April or May 1780, served nine months as private in Captain Harrison's Company, Colonel Harper's New York Regiment and was in a skirmish with Indians near Fort Herkimer.
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He was allowed pension on his application executed October 9, 1832 while a resident of Norwich, Chenango County, New York, to which place he had moved from Salem, New York, thirty-eight years before.
There are no data on file as to family.
Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

Date of death not on
Ap
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11054
INVALID.
Rev War
File No. 11054
John McNutt*
Priv Rev War

Act: June 7 1832
Index: - Vol. A, Page 247
[Arrangement of 1870.]

*John McNitt
Records corrected Mch 25/05.

1928-Dec 5 - Hist to
Marion D Smith - MMNF
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See letter 27 May 1835 to
B. Prindle
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Suspension of John McNutt's pension, under June 7. 1832

[circular stamp:  NORWICH 2]

FREE

James L. Edwards, Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington, D.C.
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Norwich Chenango Co. N.Y
May 21. 1835

Sir

I enclose you the affidavit of John McNitt & the Hon. H. Mitchell, in explanation of the
circumstances why his name on the pension
voucher does not correspond with the name
on his original declaration &c.
As Mr. McNitt is in declining health and is not expected to survive long may I ask you to
give this an early attention.
Respectfully
Yr. Obt Sert
P. B. Prindle

J. L. Edwards Esq
Com'r of Pensions
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April 2nd
John McNutt
N.Y.
South

[circular stamp:  NORWICH NY MAR 24]
FREE

James L. Edwards, Esq.
Com'r of Pensions
Washington
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Norwich Chenango Co. N.Y.
March 23, 1835.

Sir.
Mr. John McNutt of this place, who
was placed upon the pension roll of the New
York Agency under the law of June 7, 1832
on applying to the Agency at Albany for the
amount due him from 4th September 1834 to
the 4th March 1835, had his papers returned with a line from the agent that the payment was suspended by order of the War Department. 
I am requested by Mr. McNutt to ascertain from the Department the reasons for such
suspension, and the causes which have led to it, that he may, if within his power, remove them, to your entire satisfaction.
An early answer is desired.
I am with respect,
Your obedient servant,
P. B. Prindle

James L. Edwards
Com'r of Pensions
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Suspension of John McNutt's pension - 
under June 7, 1832

May 11
Jno. McNutt
14541 N. York

J.L. Edwards, Esq.
Com'r of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
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Norwich May 1, 1835

Sir,
Your letter of 16th April ultimo in relation to the Suspension of John McNutt's pension, is rec'd.
The difference in his signature to the declaration and the voucher to draw his semi-annual allowance is caused by the certificate being granted to John McNutt instead of McNitt, which is his real name.  He has uniformly written his name McNitt until his vouchers were returned from the pension Agency on account of the name not corresponding to the name in the certificate. He was thus under the necessity of writing it McNutt in order to draw his money -
He has resided in this town a great many years and always passed & still does, by the name of John McNutt in conversation-- There are more persons who call him McNutt than McNitt.
I drew his pension papers for him and supposed from having heard others call him McNutt that that was his name and so wrote it. My misspelling it probably misled the Department in making out his certificate-
The above statements can be verified by the most ample testimony and I
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write to request you will send me some instructions and directions how to proceed to have his name restored to the Pension Roll, and his certificate altered to his true name,
if the department should deem it proper to have it done-
Very Respectfully
Yr. Obt Servant
P. B. Prindle
Norwich
Chenango Co.
N. Y.


J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com'r of Pensions
Washington City
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P.B. Prindle
May 27 1835
G.C.
Record 2 page 62
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War Dept
Pension Office
May 27, 1835

Sir
The papers in the case of John McNutt
have been placed on our files.  I have directed the Agent to pay the amount due on preparing the proper vouchers.

P.B. Prindle, Esq.
Norwich
Chenango County
N. York
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State of New York
Chenango County } ss:

John McNitt of the town of Norwich
in said County, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that he applied in the year 1832 for a pension under the pension law passed in that year:  that Philanden B. Prindle of said town was his agent in preparing his declaration and papers; that this deponent in writing his signature to the declaration wrote it
as he believes, "John McNitt," in which way he had always spelt his name, but the pension certificate issued by the War Department and sent to him is granted to "John McNutt" and he further says that "McNitt" is his real name and the name of his family, though he passes in community and is called by his acquaintances both by the names of "McNutt" and "McNitt."
And this deponent further says that until the receipt of his certificate he had uniformly spelled his name "McNitt," but since then he has written it on his pension vouchers "McNutt" in order to have it correspond with the name in the certificate, and he has
always said when so writing it that that was
not the true way of spelling it.
[signed] John McNitt
Sworn to & subscribed this 20th
day of May 1834 before me
Squire Smith
Public Notary
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State of New York
Chenango County } ss:
Henry Mitchell of Norwich in said County, being sworn says that he has been, for a great many years well acquainted with the within named John McNitt  -  this deponent has during his acquaintance with him heard him called in community both by the names of "John McNutt" and "John McNitt" and
he is as well known by one name as by the other, though this deponent has always understood and believes that he writes his name McNitt and not McNutt, and this is also the spelling adopted by the family.  And further this deponent saith not.
[signed] Henry Mitchell
Sworn to and subscribed this 20th
day of May 1835 before me
Squire Smith
Public Notary

And I certify that I am well acquainted with
the above named Henry Mitchell and that he is a credible person.
Squire Smith
Public Notary

State of New York Chenango County } ss:
I Perez Randall, Clerk of said County do certify that Squire Smith before whom the above and within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the dates of the jurats of said 
affidavits a Notary Public in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and that his signature to the same is his genuine hand writing.
Witness my hand and seal of said County this
21st day of May 1835.
Perez Randall Clk
By S. S. Randall Dept'y
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Rev. & 1812
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IN REPLY REFER TO
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF/eel

3 -- 1865
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON

October 24, 1928

Marion D. Smith
59 Mitchell Street
Norwich, New York

Madam:

I advise you that in order to identify the record
of a particular soldier of the Revolution named John McNitt, as much as possible of the following data is essential; approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service, and if known, the given name of widow.
Due to the very large number of inquiries similar to yours and the lack of a clerical force available for the purpose, the bureau is unable to make prompt reply to each request pertaining to soldiers of the Revolution.
Letters are being answered as rapidly as possible in the order of receipt.
Please return this letter with your reply.
Respectfully,
EW Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
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Oct. 30, 1928.

Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MMHF/eel

Gentlemen:-

I have your letter of the 24th inst. and thank you for same. I will give you as much of the information required as I know. John McNitt died, at Norwich, Chenango County, New York,
on the 17th day of April, 1843. His headstone simply gives the name, date of death, and the following, " Age 85 years. Soldier of the Revolution." Therefore he must have been born in or about the year 1758, but I am unable to give you the name of the place.
I do not know the place of his enlistment, but he came to this section in or about the year 1793 or 1794, settled on a farm here, and remained here until his death, as I understand. After I have straightened out the record for entrance into the D. A. R., it is my intention to trace back his ancestry as far as I can, and I thought if he had a pension, the application for same might show the date, place of birth and enlistment, etc., which would give me a clue on which to work later on.  I think the name of
his wife was Ellinor.
I am enclosing a copy of the data furnished me by the War Department, which may help you. I am unable to identify my particular ancestor from same, as I do not know in what branch
he served. This, also, I suppose the application would disclose.
I think that my ancestor, John McNitt, may have been related to Capt. Alexander McNitt, for John McNitt had a son named Alexander, and therefore the John McNitt mentioned in the certificate quoted above and having been signed in the presence of Alex. McNitt,
may have been my ancestor. This is merely a surmise on my part.
I trust that if this soldier or his widow had a pension you will be able to give me such information concerning them as the
applications or any other papers on file in your department may show, and I shall be very grateful for any information on the subject you
may be able to furnish me. I am returning your letter, as requested.
Very truly yours,
Marion D. Smith
59 Mitchell St.,
Norwich, New York.
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Copy
War Department
The Adjutant General's Office.

The records of this office show services in the Revolutionary War of man named John McNitt as follows:
John McNitt, rank not stated, Capt. Joseph Harrison's Company, Col. John Harper's New York Regiment. His name appears on an undated receipt roll of that organization which shows that certificate number 18116 in the amount of L6 S6 D10 and certificate number 18175 in the amount of £10 S13 D4 was issued on account of his service in that organization in the year 1780. These certificates were transferred to one Seth Sherwood. The following is a copy of a record on file in this
office: "To whom it may concern
Blackcreek 18 of December 1783.
This certifies that I John McNitt a soldier in Capt. Drakes Company in Col. Harpers Regiment of Levies raised for to serve in the
year 1780 in the New York Levies in the service of the United States have for value received sold Capt. Seth Sherwood my wages coming to me for seven months service (Viz) from the first of May until the first of December 1780. These are therefore to desire you to settle the same
with him and pay it to him and this order shall be your sufficient discharge for the same and I do hereby warrent the same to him against all
other claims whatsoever as witness my hand in presence of Alex. McNitt
( Signed ) John McNitt. "
John McNitt, rank not stated, Col. John Williams' Regiment New York Militia. His name appears on an undated abstract of certificates
delivered to that regiment, which shows number of certificate 7771, sum S10 D5.
John McNitt, rank not stated, Webster's Regiment New York Militia. His name appears on an undated abstract of certificates delivered
out to Col. Webster's Regiment of Militia, County of Charlotte, now Washington, which shows number 9312 sum £2 S13 D4, number 8319 sum S17 D9, number 8213 Sum L1 S10 D3, number 8092 sum £1 S3 D1.
A return of persons employed in the Quartermaster General's Department from King's Ferry to Wappens Creek, under the direction of Hugh Hughes Deputy Quartermaster for the state of New York, shows that one John McNit served as a blacksmith and that he was drafted from the line. This return is dated Fishkill, December 28, 1781.