Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15314, Moses Bartholomew, Conn.
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I James Baldwin of the town & County of Litchfield
Conn aged 74 being duly sworn do depose & say
that in May 1775 I enlisted into a Company of
Provincial Troops commanded by Major David
Welch, Lieut Bezaleel Beebe, Lieut Aaron Foote
& Ensign Thomas Catlin in the Regiment of Gen.
Wooster but the company was detached & served
under the command of Col. Hinman.  We assem-
bled at So. Litchfield & marched through [Gothen ?]
[?] to the North River [?] at Lansingburg then
called New City then marched up the River to
Waterword then called Halfmoon where we cross-
ed, we then recrossing the River at Fort Edwards 
marched to Lake George, crossed
the said Lake & then marched to Ticonderoga
and Lake Champlain, where our company was
stationed in the fort through the summer and
until about the 1st of December 1775.  I believe
that Moses Bartholomew then of [So. ? or Sd.?] Litchfield
now of [Veshire Craige Ct., VZ. ?] was a member
of said company, & served with us at said
Ticonderoga.  It is my belief & impression that
said Bartholemew assembled with us at [So. ? or Sd.?]
Litchfield & marched with us on our route
to [So. ? or Sd.?] Ticonderoga, & served with us in [So.? or Sd.?] Fort
and this belief is confirmed by the facts that,
although I have not been acquainted, and I believe
have not seen him since the Revolutionary
War, [words crossed out] till yesterday, yet
he has related to me many circumstances
& incidents which took place on our march
from Litchfield to [So.? or Sd.?] Ticonderoga, & others
which took place at & near the fort during
my said service, & has mentioned to me
the names of men connected with incidents
& events which actually happened; of of which
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took place & happened precisely as he has
related them, & which none but an actual
observer could have known, & which he has
related with such accuracy & minuteness
as leaves no doubt on my mind that he ac-
tually served with me.  The probable reason
why independant of the latter facts I cannot
swear, positively that he actually rendered
this service is, that I was not acquainted
with him particularly before the war, have not
been acquainted with him since, that the Com-
pany was large & that I was at times employ-
ed in the work shop at the fort & at times
on board express boats down the Lake while
sd. Bartholomew was employed at the Fort.
Still my belief & impression is that he did
so serve, which is confirmed & strengthened
by the facts which I have above related.
This service was rendered by us as soldiers
in the actual service of the United States
and further saith not
Dated at Litchfield, Conn, this 15th day of Oct. 1833
                                           James Baldwin
     Litchfield County, Conn. [?] Litchfield Oct 15th 1833
Personally appeared James Baldwin a person to
me well known & who is entitled to full credit
& who subscribed the forgoing deposition in my
presence, I make solemn oath to the truth
of the same
     Before me
             Geo. C. Woodruff
                     Justice of the Peace
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I Frederick Wolcott clerk of the
County Court within and for the County
of Litchfield in the State of Connecticut
certify that Hugh P. Welch Esq. before
whom the [preceding ?] [affidavit ?] of Moore
Gibbs appears to have been taken is a
Justice of the Peace for said County duly
commissioned & qualified & that the
signature to the certificate [appended ?]
to said affidavit is the [illegible]
handwriting of the said Hugh P.
Welch.  I further certify that
George C Woodruff Esq. before
whom the [preceding ?] affidavit 
of James Baldwin appears to have
been taken now is and for more
than one year  [ ? ] past [hath ?]
been a Justice of the Peace for
said County duly commissioned
& qualified & that the [signatories ?] 
to the certificate [appended ?] to said
affidavit which purports to be
the signature of the said Geo. C. Woodruff
is genuine and his [ ? ] handwriting.
       Witness my hand & the
       Seal of said Court this 16th
       day of October [?] 1833
       Frederick Wolcott, Clerk

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