Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43900, for Solomon Rathbun, Vermont
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Service
N.H.
VE.

Rathbun, Solomon S.
or Rathburn

Number 43900
B.L.Wt. 1445-100
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11.968 R
New York
Solomon Rathbun
of Truxton, in the state of New York, who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dearborns of the New Hampshire line, for the term of Two Years 1732. 
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of June 1819 and sent to Miles Dunbar [Esqs.] Truxton New York.
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819.
'0Mo 6/30 4/31
82.63 + 48.00 = $130.64
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}

Continued

[In sideways handwriting along edge of paper] Notification sent Nov 7th 1820 to Joshua Ballard, Cortlandt Village N. Yk.
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Schedule
State of New York
Cortland County [?] On this Thirteenth day September 1820 personally appeared in Open Court being a Court of Record by the Laws of said State for the said County of Cortland Solomon Rathbun aged fifty seven years resident in the Town of Truxton in the said County of Cortland who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: that he enlisted during the war in the month of April 1782 & served until 7th June 1783 in a Company Commanded by Moody Dustan in Henry Dearborns first New Hampshire Regiment on the Continental Establishment. That his Original declaration bears date the 25 April 1818. The Certificate found [therein?] is numbered 11968. And I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any [part] thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land [& naval?] service of the United States with Revolutionary War" [illegible] on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed & by me Subscribed: vis. Real Estate I have none, 1 cow purchased with the money rec. for my pension last year, 2 small pigs, 2 old [chests], 5 old chairs, 1 pot, one tea kettle, 1 bake kettle, the two latter purchased with my pension money. 1 old table, 1/2 sett old knives & forks. 6 spoons. 1 sett cup & saucer. 1 tea pot, 1 coffee pot. 1 [tea basins?] 4 earthen plates, 2 pewter plates, 2 earthen platters. 3 earthen milk pans. 1 shovel. 1 [tramel?]. 1 lantern. 6 bottles. 1 Geography. 1 other Book. 1 sett old Bagpipes. 2 pails. 1 old axe. 1 old hoe. 1 pitchfork. 
Solomon Rathbun
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And the said Solomon Rathbun further swears that he has been unable to earn his support by labor in the capacity of a tailor to which trade he was bred for the span of eleven years, being lame in his left leg which has been twice broken and that his eyesight is extremely poor & fast failing, that his right arm is affected with weakness & numbness so that it is of little use. That he has a wife named Eunice, fifty six years old, infirm & weak & at times unable to perform the ordinary duties of a housewife - That he has no children living with him - 
Sworn & Declared on this 13th day of September 1820 before Edward C. Reed, Barak Niles, Oliver Wiswell, Citizens of Cortland [illegible]
Solomon Rathbun

I, Joshua Ballard, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cortland do hereby certify that the forgoing oath and the Schedule [illegible] annexed and truly copied from the word of the [said] Court & I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Thirty Six Dollars and Twelve cents. 
In Testimony wheresof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this Thirteenth day of September 1820. Joshua Ballard, Clerk. 

[Written sideways in bottom left corner]:
Solomon Rathburn
11.960
Sept. 1819
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No. 1445
Solomon Rathburn
Pri.
N. Hamp
[illegible] Han P. L. Tracy
New York
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Department of War.
Regulations for the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary War who acquired a right to Land from the United States, but have not received it.
By an Act of Congress, of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve, during the War, or until discharged by Congress, shall receive land in proportion to their rank. 
N.B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration must be filled up and sworn by the claimant:
State of New York
County of Allegany
I, Solomon Rathbun, aged fifty four years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one I enlisted for the term of "during the war," and served in the regiment No. first under the command of Colonel Henry Dearborn of the New Hampshire line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the first regiment, commanded by Colonel Henry Dearborn. 
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever: therefore, know all men by these presents, that I, Solomon Rathbun aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Phineas L. Tracy to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed. 
Attest, G.W. Knapp
Solomon Rathbun
I, Russell Rathbun, aged fifty six years, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with Solomon Rathbun who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated. Attest, G.W. Knapp. Russell Rathburn. 
Before me, George W. Knapp, commissioner & subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared Russell Rathburn who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well-known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the deposition by them respectively subscribed, this 19 day of April 1828
G.W. Knapp, Justice of the Peace, Commissioner
In testimony that the abovewritten G.W. Knapp was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements, &c., in the State of New York at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Angelica, this Eighth day of May 1828.
Amos Peabody, C. Clerk, &c.
This law expires 3d March, 1827
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In reply to your request of ______, received _______ for a statement of the military history of Solomon Rathburn, a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
8.43.900

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment: [frequently?] served Sept. 1781 to June 7, 1783.
Length of service: 5 years
Rank: Private
Officers under whom service was rendered: officers not stated - Moody Dustan.
State: [Vermont Rangers, 1st N.H. regt]
Battles engaged in: Morrisania, New Rochelle & Kingstreet
Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Saratoga, N.Y.
Date of application for pension, [illeg.] 1817, the [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Truxton, Cortland Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, fifty-five
Remarks: In 1820 he [referred?] to his wife Eunice as 56 yrs. No other family [illegible].
Very respectfully, 
Commissioner.
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43900
INVALID
[Ray?]
File No. 43900
Solomon Rathburn
Pri. Rev. War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 410
[Arrangement of 1870]

[Mist?] & Mrs. F.M. Rathbun
Mar. 14, 1906
1912 Nov. 22. to Miss Nellie L. Rathbun c/
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To the Honourable the Secretary at War for the War department of the United States. The petition of Solomon Rathbun of Truxton, Cortland County & State of New York humbly [I beseecheth?],
That your petitioner served [as a?] private soldier in the Revolutionary War between the  United States & Great Britain, that he served his country faithfully as a good soldier in the Continental Army and on the Continental establishment for more than nine months at one time as well appears by the subjoined affidavit, that he is now a citizen of the United States - that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his country for support - that he relinquishes all claims to a pension but by the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 - that he verily believes his can come within the provisioning of the said act, he humbly prays therefore that his name may be placed upon the pension list of the pensioners of the United States, pursuant to the [illegible] of said act as in [duty?] bound he will ever pray.
Dated Truxton April 25th 1818 - 
Solomon Rathbun
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State of New York Cortland County - 
Solomon Rathbun being [duly?] sworn maketh oath & saith that in April or May seventeen hundred & eighty two at Saratoga in the said state he enlisted as a private soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Moody Duston - in the first Regiment of the New Hampshire line Commanded by Col. Henry Dearborn in Genl. Stark's Brigade, that he enlisted [for & during] the war of the Revolution between these United States & Great Britain, that from Saratoga he was marched to Newburgh Cantonment & was then stationed till the spring of eighty three when he was marched to Fishkill & was honorably discharged by his Excellency Gen'l George Washington on the seventh [illegible] of June Eighty three which said discharge was [illegible word inserted above] placed in the hands of one Samuel Shea of Sheffield Berkshire County Massachusetts after the close of the war to draw his back [pay?] that the said Shea moved away without ever returning the said discharge & is in parts unknown to the [dependent.]
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that pror to his enlistment as before
stated he further saith that he was frequently in the army as a Vermont Ranger, & was in various engagements with the common Enemy at Morrisania, New Rochelle & Kingstreet
that in the whole he served in the war
of the Revolution five years & upwards
that he received various wounds in
the service - that he is now a citizen
of the United States, that he is a cripple
in one leg, unable to labor & by reduced
circumstances stands in need of assistance
from his country for support
that he relinquishes all claim to any
pension but by the act of the Eighteenth
of March 1818 & that the foregoing is
all the proof now in his power to
offer- I further saith not-
Sworn and subscribed this
day of April 1818 before me
Solomon Rathbun
John Miller one of the Judges
the County Cortland-
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Cortland County

Benjamin Cotton of Truxton in County aged Sixty Years being duly sworn maketh oath & saith that from early in the spring of the year 1782 till the seventh of June 1783 he was acquainted with Solomon Rathbun maker of the foregoing affidavit & that he was a soldier in the army of the United States during the term above specified in the same line (to wit, the New Hampshire line) with this [applicant? informant?] & was [his] charger at the time, place & manner set forth in his [said] affidavit & further saith not - 

Sworn & subscribed before me Benjamin Cotton this 16 day of May 1818 - John Miller and [?] Judges of Cortland
Cortland County
John Noies & James Darwood
being duly sworn make oath & say that Solomon Rathbun is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance for support & further say not.
Sworn before me
May 16 1818
John Miller one of [?] judges of Cortland County.
John Noye
James Dorward
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I John Miller of the Judges of Cortland County & State of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Solomon Rathbun did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding affidavit made by [illegible] Benjamin Cotton against the common enemy & that he stands in need of assistance from his Country for support & I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken here before me to the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the act of Congress [illegible] the 18th of March 1818 & I also certify that he is in [necessitous?] circumstances.
John Miller
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Solomon Rathbun's Petition [?] for a Pension 
Private Colonel Dearborns
Regt. New Hampshire line
1782 war

Admitted by the [illegible]
Admitted
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[Daughter?] April 29 1818
This may certify to whom it may concern that Solomon Rathbun is a cripple in consequence of an injury done his [illegible] somes years ago for which there is no remedy - he is also very poor and is not able to support his family. 
[Hubbard Smith?] [illegible]
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Clerk's Office
Cortland County [illegible],
I hereby certify that John Miller Esquire before whom the written affidavits were made is now and has been for three years anterior to this time A judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County his acts therefore in that case [only] are to be Regarded as such, and also that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said John and verily believe his signature thereunto affixed to be his own proper hand writing.
In writings whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said courts this 1 June 4 1819 
[Sam. A Hotchkiss], [illegible], Clerk.
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[Stamp]: O.W.& N. DIV. MAR 3 1906

To Pension Dept.
Wash, D.C.
Will you kindly send to address below any information on the pension rolls in regard to this following named persons.
Date of enlistment + date of discharge. Reg't Company. [Rank?] and date of deaths of
1st. Solomon Rathbun or Rathbone a Revolutionary soldier who was drawing a pension in 1849
2. Job Rathbun or Rathbone father of Solomon. Job Rathbun was also a soldier in the American Revolution + I think drew a pension.
Mrs. F. H. Rathbun
#1906 Capitol Ave. Omaha Neb.

[Stamp]: PENSION U.S. OFFICE A MAR 2 1906
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Lineal Descent. Nellie L 10 (Alvin ^9, Demarcus ^8, Solomon ^7, Job ^6, Joshua ^5, John ^4, John ^3, John ^2, Richard ^1)

Silver Creek, N.Y., Nov. 18, 1912
Depart. of Interior,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen,
You will please find inclosed the genealogical and military records of two of my ancestors, so far as I know it, who served in the War of the Revolution.
Will you please supply whatever is lacking and give me any further information you can concerning them.
In so doing, at an early date, you will greatly oblige
Very Respectfully Yours
Miss Nellie L. Rathbun,
38 Oak st.,
Silver Creek,
Chautauqua Co., 
N.Y.

N.S.D.A.R., No. 79140
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[Stamp]
PENSION OFFICE
U.S.
NOV 19 1912