Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1218, Austin Bristol, Conn.
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Service                                            Number
Conn.               Bristol, Austin        R. 1218 

Contents
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38,433
Auston Bristol
Application law '32
from New York

[Teaming?] Service, See old discharge, See his name on printed [?] of 12 Companies of Conct? Teamsters in your office
 From Arad Joy
 Ovid N.Y.

Please answer at once
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State of New York
County of Onondaga SS:
On this fifth day of June AD. 1832. personally appeared before the court, holdin in and for said County, in open court, "Sarah Hitchcock" at present a resident of said county aged fifty five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.
"That she is the daughter of Auston Bristol; that she makes this declaration for the surviving children of the said Auston Bristol, and in his name as the soldier of the Revolution. That this deponent believes her said father, Auston Bristol Enlisted as a Teamster, in the service of the United States, in the year AD. 1778, under Captain Thomas Gilbert, as per discharge, and he may and probably did perform Earlier Service, as well as later, but in what capacity she cannot say. For and in behalf of the said Austin Bristol deceased she hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to pension or an annuity except the present, and she declares that she believes her said father's name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in the United States; that her said father died in the town of Cheshire New Haven County, State of Connecticut, on the 12th day of May AD. 1839, leaving no widow, but leaving the following named children, him surviving, and that Each of them is over the age of twenty one years, to wit: "Augustus Bristol and Sarah Hitchcock. And the courts do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant is a respectable person. 
The clerk of the Court and of the said County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing, contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the applicant of Auston Bristol per Sarah Hitchcock
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sworn before the court this fifth day of June AD 1832,    Sarah Hitchcock
In testimony whereof I 
have hereunto set my        
hand and affixed my 
official seal this fifth day 
of June AD 1832.
     Rufus Cossit
           Clerk
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State of New York
County of Onondaga

I Rufus Cassit, county clerk and clerk of the Court, holden at the city of Syracuse in said County, on the fifth day of June AD 1832, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence was then and there exhibited to the said Court, that Austin Bristol, was a resident of New Haven County in the State of Connecticut, and died in that county on the 12th day of May AD 1839; that he left no widow him surviving, but left the following named children him surviving and who still survive, being his only children him surviving, and that each of them is over the age of twenty one years, to wit; Augustus Bristol and Sarah Hitchcock.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this fifth day of June AD 1832.

Rufus Cossit
Clerk
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March 20, 1940

BA_J/AWF
Austin Bristol
R. 1218

Major Charles A. DuBois
Fifth Avenue at 59th Street
New York City

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Austin Bristol, "sometime known as Augustus" who was born in Cheshire, Connecticut in 1743, and died there is 1839.

The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of Augustus Bristol.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, R. 1216, based upon service of Austin Bristol in the War of the Revolution.

The date and place of birth of Austin Bristol, and names of his parents were not given.

Austin Bristol died May 12, 1839 in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, leaving no widow. There are no data in this claim in regard to his wife.

The following children survived Austin Bristol- Augustus Bristol, and Sarah Hitchcock.

The said Sarah Hitchcock applied June 5, 1852,
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March 20, 1940

BA-J/AWF
Austin Bristol
R. 1218

Major Charles A. DuBois
Fifth Avenue at 59th Street
New York City

Dear sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request for the Revolutionary War record
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at which time she was sixty-five years old, and residing in Onondaga County, New York, for the pension which might have been due on account of service of her father, Austin Bristol, and alleged that he served as teamster under Captain Thomas Gilbert, and was discharged January 30, 1778.

The claim was not allowed as proof of service as required by the pension law was not furnished.

The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.

Very truly yours

A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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1940 - Mch 20 list to Maj. Chas A DuBois [Assg?]
  1218
[stamp] REJECTED
P.O. Auston Bristol
Service:  ___
Enlisted: ___, 18
Discharged: ____, 18
Application filed: ______, 18
 Application too late to be on  printed list of 1852
Alleges: ____
Re-enlisted: ___
Attorney: ___
P.O. ____
___Recognized. ____Contract
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Nov 13th 1852

Rel: to claim of Austin or Augustus Bristol


Arad Joy
Ovid NY
[postal stamp] OVID N.Y. NOV 11
[stamp] FREE

[on side]
Hon J.E. Heath
Comsr. of Pens.
Washington DC
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Austin Bristol
suspended
Law 1832
New York
from
Arad Joy
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Austin Bristol
Law 1832
Team Service

Examining clerk calls it Boat Service of course an error, his discharge is for team service, an old  rec't on file, his name is on the list of Colton &c-Hartford as a teamster, see rec'd on file, & see those rolls
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Austin Bristol
applied from NY 
Teamster
see declaration as teamster, & not boat service
14 Aug '52 papers, all filed. The examining clerks called it boat service, this is an error
from
Arad Joy

See his names on private list of teams & see his discharge on file. Printed list prepared by Colton of Hartford.
Filed a 2d call with Genl Johnson Feb 8 '53
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L.P. Waldo Esqr
Comr of Pensions
Washington DC

[stamp] FREE
[postal mark] OVID N.Y. DEC 12
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No. 38,433

Austin Bristol dec NY
[crossed out - Arad Joy Nov 1 1852
Arad Joy 28 April 1853
Arad Joy 19th Decr 1853]

1218

Act June 7 1832
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BRISTOL
AUSTIN
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Kingston  January 30th 1778
these are to certify that Auston Bristol is Discharged from the Teaming Servis [Service] for he has Provided a man in his place.
  Thomas Gilbert [Cond?]
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Dec 19/53
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Pension Office
19th Dec 1853

Sir,

Yours of 9th Decr 1853, enclosing a letter from E. Gleason Esqr, showing that certain services are credited to one Augustus Bristol on the Books of the Connecticut Historical Society, has been received.

The application of Auston Bristol dec'd is on file in this Office, but there is no evidence that they were the same man. No claim of Augustus Bristol is found on our files.

Arad Joy Esq
Ovid
N.Y.
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April 28/53
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264
Pension Office
28th April 1853

Sir,

The application of Auston Bristol dec'd of New York on file under the act of June 7th 1832, is still open to the same objections urged in the letter from this office of date the 1st Nov 1852. No Record in this Office affords evidence of his services as a Teamster; and the discharge filed with his application, gives no statement of the length of time he served.

Arad Joy Esq
Ovid
NY
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Arad Joy
Nov 1/52
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Pension Office
Nov 1 1852

Sir

The application of Austin Bristol dec of NY has been received and filed under the act of June 7 1832. His name is not borne upon any roll of boat service in the possession of this office. His claim cannot be allowed upon the discharge presented, for that gives no information as to how long he served.

Arad Joy Esq
Ovid
NY
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Ovid Dec 9 '53

Sir,

The enclosed or attached letter, shows service from 13 May to 13 June '77; you have an old discharge in your hands of his having been discharged Jany 30 '78- if we call his service from May 13 to 30 July we have a little over 8 1/2 months. I next refer you to the proof of his service as teamster, noted in the printed list of the names of the officers & soldiers of 11 companies, this list you have, & I am informed that you call it authentic. See his name on said list under Capt Thomas Gilbert from Canaan.

Most respectfully your obt servt,
Arad Joy

Hon L P Waldo
Comr
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Hartford, 22 Nov 1853

Mr. Harrison [Co?]

Sir,

On examination of the Books in the Connecticut Historical Society, I find that Augustus Bristol enlisted into Capt Thos Gilberts' Co of Teamsters, May 13th 1777, & Capt Gilbert is charged cash for his Co for 1 months pay, from May 13 to June 13, 1777  £4.10. each.

Yours respectfully,

E Gleason
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Revolutionary Pension
State of New York
Auston or Augustus Bristol

Sir

Yours of the 1, I beg leave to refer you back to the declaration, & see if teaming service is not claimed, I refer you also to the rolls you have on file, printed & furnished by Colhon & Dewell of Hartford, Capt Gilberts company, you can by this reference judge as to the merit of the claim.

Respectfully your obt servt,

Arad Joy

Hon J E Heath
Comm of Pens
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February 24, 1940

Veteran's Administration
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

From the records of your office relative to the Revolutionary War can you give us any information as to the service rendered by Augustus Bristol, sometimes known as Austin, who was born in Cheshire Connecticut in 1743 and died there is 1839. His wife's name was Sarah Preston when he married in 1765. She was born 1742, died 1817.

New York Genealogical & Biographical record says that he took part in the Revolution in which he lost a leg.

Any information you can give us regarding this service will be greatly appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Chas A Dubois
Secretary
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https://catalog.archives.gov/images/misc/drag.png
The National Archives Form VAM-51  12-5-41
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name  Bristol, Benjamin   
          (Bristor) [written under the last name]
          In pencil, only.  [written below that, on a diagonal, under an arrow pointing to the alternate last name.]    
     
Grade Private    Line Connecticut

Warrant Number 5443  Acreage 100

Issued Nov. 2, 1791  [written below date] to Jonathan Tuttle 

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* The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.