Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14978, Jonathan Bostwick, Conn.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Conn
Bostwick, Jonathan
NUMBER
S. 14978
carded
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17.689
Connecticut
Jonathan Bostwick
of New Milford in the State of Con
who was a Pri-- in the Com commanded
by Captain________of the Regt commanded
by Col Swift in the Com 2ts Tro?
[crossed out: line] for 7 mo 13 days 
Inscribed on the Roll of Con
at the rate of 24 Dollars 77 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Septem'r
1833
and sent David
G, Bordmen. New Milford Ct
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1833          $61.92
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar 4 34 12.38
                                                           $74.30
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by E D Bullock  Clerk,
Book 8  Vol. 3  Page  6
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Jona. Bostwick

No 3392
2
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State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
& Probate District of New Milford ss

On the 6th day of August 1832. Personally
appeared before the County
of Probate for said District
holden at New Milford in said County in open Court
Jonathan Bostwick a resident in New Milford in County 
aged Seventy 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 inlisted
in the Army of the United States at said New Milford
where he was born & where he then resided, & has
ever since resided. for the period of eight months commencing
on the 1st of May [inserted: 1780] and terminating on the 1st
of Jany 1781 which enlistment was [inserted: with] Lieut. David 
Beach of the Continental Army & in the Month
of April or May in s'd year 1780 under which inlistment 
the declarant soon after joined the
5th Reg,t of the Connecticut line of the Continental army
under the command of Col. Philip B. Bundy
at Nelson Point on the Hudson River nearly
opposite to West Point & served therein a few days
only, when he was transferred to a Reg't of Light
Infantry commanded by Col. Heman Swift of
Connecticut, & served therein untill the 14th day
of Dec'r following, when he was regularly [illegible]
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honorably discharged at the Highlands in the State of New York
Seventeen days before the expiration
of the period of his inlistment, which he then
supposed, [illegible] supposes was on account of
the Reg't, being about to go into winter quarters
& his time being near expiring-- This discharge
he has lost - The light infantry Reg't in which
the Declarant served commanded by Col. Swift [illegi
was under the orders of the Marquis de Lafayette
as commander of the Light Infantry, & was
during the campaign employed in the States of
New Jersey & New York, principally in the
former Brigade of Lt Infantry to which the
Declarant was attached was commanded
by Genl Poor, untill his death which took
place at Hackensack in New Jersey, & subsequently
by by Col. Shepard of Massachusetts. The
Company to which he belonged by Capt Elijah
Chapman, & the Lieutenant of s'd Company at
the time of his joining it was Lieu't Bradley
who left the Comp'y on account of ill health
was succeeded by Lieutenant David Beach
before named, with whom the declarant
& the Sargents of the Compy during the
Declarent's service therein, were Baron
Cooley & Keeler - The declarant was born
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on the 7th day of July 1762 according to an
entry in a family bible now in his possession
also on the the records of births kept by
Elisha Bostwick Esq. Town Clerk of s'd Town
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever
to a pension or annuity except the present &
declares that his name is not on the Pension
Roll of any agency in any State
Sworn & subscribed this
day & year aforesaid
Jonathan Bostwick

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Nathaniel Perry Judge
of the Court of Probate
for said District
S
tate of Connecticut
District of New Milford ss
I William Starr Clerk of the Court of
Probate for said District do hereby certify that
the foregoing contains the original procedings of
of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Jonathan Bostwick for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court this 6th day
of August AD 1832
William J Starr
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State of Connecticut}
County of Litchfield} ss       June 5th, 1833
& Prob Dist of New Milford}

Personally appeared before
me Nathaniel Perry Esq. Judge of the
Court of Probate for s'd district, in open Court,
David Bostwick of New Milford in the County &
District aforesaid, to me well known, & by me
deemed worthy of full credit & being duly 
sworn according to Law & doth on such his
oath depose & say, [inserted: that he is now in the 73rd year of his age] that he is the Brother 
of Jonathan Bostwick to [inserted: whose [illegible]& supplementary
declarations this affidavit is annexed; that
that he at the time mentioned in s'd declarations of
s'd Jonathan to wit in the year 1780, lived in the same
house & family with the sd Jonathan. that
knows the s'd Jonathan left his father's house for
the Continental Army under an enlistment
said 
to be for the period of Eight Months, that he 
did not return untill near the expiration 
of s'd period, when the s'd Jonathan did
return as this Depon't now remembers, a few
days before he was expected by the family.
that is, a few days before the expiration
of s'd period of enlistment. But this Depo't does
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not precisely state the time at which the
s'd Jonathan left home for the army, but knowsthat it was early in the Season of farmers
work & that he was not at home during the
Summer or falls work. His return was not
untill some time in Dec'r following & he belives  the latter part of the month. In this
belief he is the more confident [inserted: from the date] of Discharge 
now shown him, annexed to the
Supplementary Declaration of the s'd Jonathan purporting
to be signed by Col. H. Swift, which
signature he has no doubt is in the proper
Jean
handwriting of Col. Swift, he having [inserted: seen]
many of his signatures to like instruments
during the service of the Depon't in Continental Army, which was for three years
next preceeding that in which the s'd Jonathan served as before stated. The Depon't further
states that the s'd Jonataon informed him on
his return from the army of his having been
transfered to & serve in the Light Infantry
he has stated, & now remembers that when
he returned home he wore his hat the
badge of the Light Infantry, with which
the Depos'd was well acquainted. The Depose'd
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further says that from conversation with
the s'd Jonathan soon after his return [inserted: as well as sense]
has not the least doubt of his having served
as he has stated, although he never saw him
in actual service - 
David Bostwick

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
and I certify that the said David Bostwick
sustains a good character for truth and is 
a credible witness
 Nathaniel Perry Judge
of the Court of Probate
for said District
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Jona'th Bostwick
Discharge

[Written sideways on left]
Jonathan Bostwick
S 14978
Conn.

[on lower right]
May the 11th
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John Bostwick Soldier in the 5th Conn.
Reg't is Discharged in the service of the United
States 
December 15th 1780
To
1
H. Swift Col Conn
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State of Connecticut}
County of Litchfield} ss
Prob't District of N Milford}   June 5th 1838

Before me Nathaniel
Perry Judge of the Court of Prob. for s'd District
in open Court personally appeared
Samuel Oviatt of New Milford in s'd district to
me well known & by me deemed worthy
of full credit & being first duly sworn according 
to Law Deposeth and saith [inserted: he is now in the the 71st year of his age &] he has
from his childhood been well acquainted
with Jonathan Bostwick named in
the foregoing Declaration. That during the
campaign of the year 1780 the Depon't was
in service in the United States army as an
Artificer; that he knows that the s'd Jonathan
during that campaign served in
the Light Infantry, & understood that he
was enlisted for eight or nine months.
but he does not positively know
either the time his joining or leaving
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the army. The Depon't now well remembers
to have seen the s'd Jonathan several
times during the Summer shall of the year
1780 aforesaid, in the service before mentioned
& particularly remembers seeing him
at Georgetown , at Hackensack, & at Bergan
Point in the State of New Jersey and the Deponant 
further says that he has always understood
that the s'd Jonathan served
as he has stated in his Declaration
Saml'e Oviatt

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
and I certify that the said Samuel Oviatt [illegable] a good character for truth & is a credible
Witness
Nathaniel Perry Judge
of the Court of Probate
for said District
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State of Connecticut County of Litchfield
Probate District of New Milford

On the 5th day of June 1833 personally appeared  Court of Probate for s'd District [illegible] by
Nath'el Perry Esq. Judge of s'd Court, Jonathan
Bostwick of the Town of New Milford in the County
& Distrct aforesaid named in the preceeding
declaration [crossed out: to which] bearing date the 
6th day of Aug't 1832, & being fist duly sworn
according to Law doth on such his oath make
the following supplementary Declaration
in addition to the foregoing orig'l Declaration
for the purposes therein expressed to wit
That since the making & transmission of the
afores'd on declaration he has found his Discharge
from the service, which in his s'd declaration
stated that he had lost, & the same is hereunto
annexed, bearing date the 13th day of Dec'r 1780
which was delivered to him the day following
& he was thereby discharged the service on the
14th day of Mouth as stated in his s'd declaration
by Col. H. Swift as commandant of the Brigade
in the absence of Gen'l Jedediah Huntington of
the Connecticut Line, to whose Brigade the 
5th Reg't. as well as that ordinarily commanded
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by Col. Swift belonged - The declarant
again repeats that although he enlisted as a
Soldier into the 5th Reg't then commanded by Col.
Bradly, I was discharged as a Soldier of that
Reg't still his whole period of service, with the
exception of a very few days when he first
joined the army was performed in the Light
Infantry detachment as stated in his former
declaration; which he supposed to be the reason of his name's not being found, (as he is informed
that it is not) on the Rolls of the 5th Regt and if
the entire Rolls of the Reg't  [illegible] as Light
Infantry & commanded by Col. Swift during the
active part of the campaign of the year
1780, & of the Company of such L't Infantry
commanded during the same period by Capt
Elijah Chapman can be found, & be resorted
to, he with confidence asserts that his name
will there be found. He further says that
Shadrack Bostwick whose name is stated
to have been found on the Roll of the 5th Reg't
in the communication from the Pension Office
accompanying the return of his s'd former Declaration, 
was well known to the declarant
& from the same town with him, but is long
since dead; that he did not join s'd  5th Reg't
till he the declarant had been detached from
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him to the L't Infantry service as before stated-
The Declarant further states that since the
return of his s'd declaration, he has made
all the search enquiry in his power by
himself & by the aid of others employed by
him to find some one living, who served
during the campaign of the year 1780 in the
Reg't with him, but without success. He is
therefore unable, after the most [inserted: diligent]  search enquiry
to obtain positive proof of the length of time
for which he served. Depositions of persons who
knew him to have been in the service during the [crossed out: period] campaign aforesaid, are herewith
transmitted, which together with his discharge
under the hand of Col Swift. & his own testimony
contains all the proofs [crossed out: now} in his power to furnish-
Jonathan Bostwick

Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
and the said Court do hereby
declare their opinion that the above mind
applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served
as he states
Nathaniel Perry Judge
of the Court of Probate
for said District-

State of Connecticut,
District of New Milford ss
I William J. Starr Clerk of the Court of
Probate for said District do hereby certify
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that the foregoing contains the original
proceedings of said Court in the matter
of the supplementary application of Jonathan
Bostwick for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court this 5th day
of June AD. 1833-
William J Starr  Clerk
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War Department
Pension Office
27 November 1832.

Sir
The declaration of Jonathan
Bostwick is herewith returned. His
name is not found upon the Rolls
of the Connecticut line in this office
A person by the name Shadrack Bostwick 
served in Chapman's Company but
the times of his enlistment and discharge
being different, from those stated in the
declaration, there is no probability that 
the name was mistaken. Mr Bostwick
must prove his service by two credible
witnesses, who are required to state the
time of his entering, and the time and
manner of his leaving the service, as
well
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well as the company regiment, and
line, to which he belonged. The testimony
must be properly certified and authenticated 
as is pointed out in the printed
sheet herewith enclosed.
I am, respectfully
your obt sert
J.L. Edwards

To
DavidS. Boardman, Esqr
New Milford
Conn't
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New Milford Ct.
June 6th

The Hon'ble Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington

For the Pension Office

[Written inverted at bottom]

23.33
  1.47
24.77

7 mo 13 days [illegible]
24.77

David S. Boardmen
New Milford
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                 New Milford 5 June 1833

Sir 
Since the return of the Declaration of
Jonathan Bostwick, I have at his request
been at much pains in enquiring by letters
otherwise, for some person now living
who served with him during the Compaign
of 1780, but have not been able to find or hear of
any person who served in the same Company
or  Reg't with him, now living-- It being therefore 
impossible to comply with the rigid
requisites suggested in your letter to me
of the 27th of last (herewith returned) Mr
Bostwick was discouraged about making
further trial untill he on more thorough
search, found his discharge now forwarded
together with the affidavits of two credible
& respectable witnesses who knew him
in the service at the time he states, that the
exact time of his entering of the
service - Believing that these proofs would
be satisfactory he again solicits attention
to his application-- I am Sir Respetfully
                      [signed] David L. Bondmen

 [signed] J. L. Edwards Esq
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1929, July 11, Mrs. J.H.
Randall adv. as to
obtaining date death [illegible]

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14978
INVALID.

File No.  141978
Jonath Bostwick
RW  Rev. War
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Act: June 7 1832
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Cuthbert, Ga., March 14, 1929.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir,
     Will you give the place and time of the death of Jonathan
Bostwick who was a private in the Revolutionary War, in the 5th
Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Col. Philip Bradley in 1780. He 
was a pensioner in 1832 residing in Litchfield County. This information
is requested in order to secure additional ancestral bars in
the Daughters of the American Revolution.
      Thanking you in advance for any help you can give me,
                                 Yours truly,
                         [signed] Mrs. J.H. Randall
                                        Cuthbert, Ga.

[handwritten}
556 Lumpkin St

[postmark ] 
Pension Office
Mar
18
1929
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Rev. and 1812
Wars Section
MCS/HMM

[1 illegible]

Mrs. J. H. Randall,
566 Lumpkin Street,
Cuthbert,
Georgia.

Dear Madam:

I advise you that in order to obtain the date of the last
payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and
possibly the date of death of Jonathan Bostwick, S. 14978, you
should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office,
Washington, D.C., giving the following data:
Jonathan Bostwick, Certificate No. 17689,
issued September 13, 1833, rate $24.77 per
annum, commenced March 4, 1831, "Act of
June 7, 1832, Connecticut Agency."
Respectfully,

EARL D. CHURCH.
Commissioner.