Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11759, Malachi Wittum, Green Mt. Boys Vt.
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Service: Green Mountain Boys, Vermont 
Name: Wittum, Malachi Sarah 
Number: R11759
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie }
On this 31. day of August AD. 1843 personally appeared before the
subscriber on [one] of the associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid Sarah Wittum a resident of the township of Elkcreek in the said County of Eerie [Erie] and State of Pennsylvania to law doth on the oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 1836, that she is the Widow of Malachi Wittum who was a soldier of the revolution and that according to the best of her knowledge and belief he Enlisted under Captain Lemuel Stewart That the name of the Colonel was [blank space] [illegible] and that the name of the first-Lieutenant was [blank space] Blair & some time in the summer of 1775, and that the first service he performed was under Col. Ethan Allen at the taking of Ticonderoga in the Spring of 1775 and that he afterwards accompanied Bemedict Arnold in the Campaign against Quebec and returned in the summer of 1776 that he was in the battle of Bennington and also in the battle of Saratoga at the taking of Gen. Burgoyne and that he was one of the Garrison at Ballston Saratoga Co. N.Y. That prior the Commencement until the close of the war he absent in actual service more than one half of the time that he left the service in the month of October 1782. That a part of the time he was an Enlisted soldier and part of the ^time served as a
volunteer. That when he entered the service he resided in the town of Powell in the State of Vermont and that she has no Documentary Evidence in support of her claim and further declares that she was Married to the said Malachi Wittum on the fifteenth day of
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November A.D. 1776 by the Rev. Benjamin Gardner
of the said town of Parnell A Babtist Clergyman
and that she does not know that there is any Public
record of her said Marriage that her husband
the aforesaid Malachi Wittum Died on the
thirteenth day of September AD. 1818 and
that she has remained a widow ever since that
period or wile mere fully appear by [illegible ]
to the proof hereto annexed
Sworn to and subscribed in
the day and year first
above written Before
Miron Hutchinson
Associate Judge
Sarah Wittum her mark
State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie
On this 31. August AD
1843 personally appeared before the subscriber are
of the associate Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County aforesaid Squire Eaton
resident of the township of Elkcreek County
Erie and State of Pennsylvania aged Seventy
five years who being first duly sworn according to
Law doth on his oath depose and say that
from his earliest recollection he has been well
acquainted with Malachi Wittum until the
period of his death which record September
the 13, 1818 that at the commencement of
the war of the revolution he resides in the town
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Powell in the State of Vermont within these
power this of a mile of the widow of the said
Malachi Wittum that he distinctly recollects the
time he enlisted under Capt Lemuel Stewart and that it was a matter of Public
Notoriety in the Neighbourhood that the said
Malachi Wittum was with Col Ethan
Allen at the taking of Ticonderoga and that
be accompanies Benedict Arnold in the
Campaign against Quebec that he was a
solder at the battle of Bennington and
at the Battle of Saratoga and well recollects
that he was absent from home in actual
service more than one half of the time
during the war, and that he has also been
well acquainted with Sarah Wittum the
wife of said Malachi from his Earliest
recollection until the present time, that he
distinctly recollects hearing of the Marriage of
the said Malachi & Sarah Wittum at
the time it took place
and knows that the
Rev. Benjamin Gardner was a clergyman
residing in the town of Parnell and thinks
the marriage took place in the year 1776
and knows that since that time until the
period of his death they have lived together as
husband and wife and that the said Malachi
Wittum Died in the Township of Conneaut
in Erie County aforesaid and that the said Sarah Wittum has remained a widow ever since the Period of his Death and that the said Sarah Wittum has always had a good reputation per
truth and veracity
sworn & subscribed before me Squire Eaton
Aug. 31. 1843
Mirion Hutchison
Probate Judge
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And I do hereby certify that Sarah Wittum
Squire Eaton the within named Deponents are
unable to attend in open Court by reason of old age and certify informities and from the statement made
by the said Sarah and the manner of her testifying
I am fully satisfied of the truth of her declarations
and have been personally acquainted with the
Squire Eaton for sum fifteen years and
that during that time he has sustained a good
Character for truth and veracity
6078 Sarah Wittum Pa
Act 4 July 36
Miron Hutchinson
Hon J Galbraith Erie PA

Erie County 
I, Wilson King, Prothonotary
as the Court of Common
Pleas in & for said County, certify
that Mirion Hutchinson Esquire
before whom the foregoing attestations appear to have been
was at the time & is now one of the Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County
& that full faith & credit are due to all his act
as such. And further that I am well acquainted
with the hand writing of said Mirion Hutchison
Esq & that the signature above purporting
to be his are genuine. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto at my hand & seal of office
the 27th day of Oct. A.D. 1833
Wilson King Prothy
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Sarah Wittum
Mrs of Malachi Wittum
State Pennsylvania
Act 1836
Pow atty
Jno T Neely
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State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie

Be it Known, that on this Eighth day of November A.D. 1852 before me, the under signed, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Artemus Wittum and Triphosa Eaton (formerly Triphosa Wittum) resident of Elk Creek in said County, and made oath according to law that they are the only surviving children of Malchi Wittum, who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of ___/
That he and she are directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint
Washington City, my true and lawful money to prosecute the claim of 
Malichi Wittum for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Department at Washington City or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D.C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present.

Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.

[signature] Artemus Wittum
Tryphosa X [her mark] Eaton

Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Artemus Wittum & Triphosa Eaton to directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party

H.A. Hills Justice of Peace

State of Pennsylvania
County of Erie

It is Hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the County Erie County Pennsylvania that Artemus Wittum & Triphosa Eaton the parties who have sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney, are the identical Children of the reputed soldier aforementioned. I further certify that H.A.Hills, Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this eleventh day of November 1854
Samuel Perley Pro

[footnotes]
1. Claimant's name or names in full. -2. Post Office address.
3. "That he is the identical man," or, "that she is the widow of the identical man," or, "that he or she is the legal heir of the identical man," &c., &c.
4. Leave this line lank. --5. "He is," "she is," or "they are." --6. Revolutionary soldier's full name. --7. Claimant's signature. --8. Claimant's name. --9 Magistrate's signature.
10. "Identical," "widow of," or, "child of." --11. Magistrate's name." --12. Clerk's signature.

N.B.--Should two or more heirs join in the foregoing, the plural should be substituted for the singular number.
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November 3, 1939.
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BA-J/CC
Malachi Wittum
R. 11759
Mrs. H. A. Harrold
2024 First Street
Napa, California.

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Malachi Wittum who enlisted July 13, 1775, in Captain Lemuel Stewart's company.

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, R. 11759, based upon service of Malachi Wittum in the Revolutionary War.

Date and place of birth of Malachi Wittum and names of his parents are not shown. He died September 13, 1818, at Conneaut Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania.

He married November 15, 1776, Sarah (her maiden name not shown). They were married by the Reverend Benjamin Gardner of Pownel,
Vermont. Date and place of her birth are not shown.

While residing in Elk Creek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Sarah, widow of Malachi Wittum, then aged eighty-six years, made application for pension and stated that while a resident of Pownel, Vermont, Malachi Wittum enlisted in the spring of 1775, served at various times as private until the close of the war,^[handwritten: add next time-->in actual service about one half the time,] under Captain Lemuel Stewart, Colonels Easton, Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold, that he was at the taking of Ticonderoga, in a campaign against Quebec, and that he was in the battles of Bennington and Saratoga and at the surrender of Burgoyne.

The claim was not allowed as she failed to furnish proof of service as required by the pension laws.
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The date of death of Sarah Wittum is not shown.

Artemus Wittum, and Triphose Eston (given name of husband not shown), children of Malachi Wittum were residing in Elk Creek, Erie County, Pennsylvania in 1852.

In 1843, one Squire Eaton was aged seventy-five years and a resident of Elk Creek Township. His relationship to soldier's family not stated.

No further family data are shown.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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1939 - Nov 3 - Hist to
Mrs. H. A. Harrold W

[crossed out] Act of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1872.
11.759
[stamp ]REJECTED
P. O.
Sarah Wittum
Service: Widow
Malachi Wittum
Enlisted: [empty], 18 .
Discharged: [empty], 18 .
Application filed: [empty], 18 .
[handwritten between the printed lines}
1852 printed list of  rejected and suspended claims the cause of suspension 
is shown as: "Proof of marriage 
deficient, and service too vaguely set out."
Re-enlisted: [empty], 18 .
Attorney: [empty]
P.O. [empty]
[empty] Recognized. [empty] Contract.
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6018
Sarah Whittum
[illegible]
[crossed out] Jus & Hon J Galbraith
[crossed out ] July 27.44
Hon. E. Babbitt, [illegible]
11759
Act July 4 1836
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Hon. J. Galbraith
July 27. '44 [1844]
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467
 
Pen [illegible]
July 27 44 [1844]

Sir--

I have the honor to inform you that the papers in the case of Sarah Wittum have been examined & filed. The rules under which her claim must be adjusted have not been complied with in the narrative of her husband service which is altogether vague & indefinite. It appears to be a claim for service under the authority of Vermont and should therefore be sustained by the certificate of the Secy of that state in whose office are rolls of the service rendered under the authority of that State-
The alleged date [underlined] of the Marriage should be established by that grade of proof which is so generally afforded by the records of the Town, Church & some branch of most families-
Hon. A. J. Galbraith
Erie
Pa
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6078 nov 1 1843
PA July 4 183
Sarah Wittum
James L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City 
D.C.
Atn J Galbraith Erie PA
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2024 First St.
Napa, Cal.
Oct 13, 1939.
[illegible]
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir--
Please send me any information you have concerning one Malachi Wittum (or Witham) a Revolutionary soldier, who enlisted July 13, 1775 as a private in Captain Lemuel Stewart's Company. He was paid by Capt. Stewart at Albany, Jan. 27, 1776.
I want to find out if I can where his place of residence was at time of enlist-
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ment; if he received a pension, and if so, where
that pension was paid; and if he is the same
person as Malica Witham listed in
the Vermont census of 1790.
Truly yours
Mrs. H. A. Harrold

[round Received stamp]
RECEIVED
OCT 17 1939
MAIL SUB-DIV
[illegible] No. 8
VETS ADM