Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16595, John Hazelton, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Hazelton OR Haselton, John
Polly

NUMBER
W. 16595

CONTENTS
(blank)
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(3457)
New Hampshire
John Hazelton
 private 
New Hampshire line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
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Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 8-Dollars per month, to commence on the 16th of April, 1818.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 10th  of Oct(ober)1818
and delivered to E. Evans Esq(uire)
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Arrears to 4th of Sept(ember) 1818
  4 mo(nths) 19/30                             37.06
Semi-an(nua)l. all(owan)'ce ending
 4th Mar 1819                                     48.00
(sum)                                                $85.06
3 years 1777
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

Res(idu)al of pens(ion)
Hebron, Grafton Co(unty)

Continual
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Notification sent to S. P. Webster Esq(uire) 29th December 1820
Plymouth N.H.
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2000
New Hampshire
ref   ----
Polly Hazelton
widow of John Hazelton dec(eased)

who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1843 and who died on the 12 May 1838
at Grafton Co(unty) in the State N(ew) H(ampshire)

who was a private in the comp(any) commanded by Captain (left blank) of the reg(imen)t commanded by (left blank) in the N(ew) Hampshire line for 2 y(ea(rs. 
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Inscribed on the Roll of Concord N(ew) Hampshire at the rate of 80 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the  12th May 1838   (lined out-- 4 of March, 1836) 
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Certificate of Pension issued the 8th day of March 1839 & sent to Hon(orable) J Williams
Lancaster, N(ew) Hampshire
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Arrears to the 4th of March 1839        $64.86
Semi-annual allowance ending
 4 Sept '39                                             40.00
(sum)                                                  $104.86

{Act July 7,
1838}

Recorded by   D McCurdy    Clerk
.Book A.   Vol(ume) 1.  Page 42
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No 15
John Hazelton
Capt(ain) House Comp(any)
Col(onel) Cyllys Regi(ment)
N(ew) Hampshire
line

(faint) Correct
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Grafton SS.)
On this sixteenth day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, (lined out--one of the) Judges (lined out--of)  the Court for the probate of wills &c for said County
personally appears John Hazelton aged sixty 
years, resident in Nelson? in the said State, who being by me first duly sworn according to
law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the
said John Hazelton enlisted in 1777, for three years in the State of N(ew). Hampshire
in the company commanded by Captain House Col(onel) Cilly (lined out Reg(iment) the) Regiment in the New Hampshire line; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States, until the first of February 1780, when he was discharged from service in (left blank) State of (left blank) 
that he was in the battles of (left blank)
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services, than what is ? with ? 

Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. 
(signed) Evans Judge of Probate

I Edward Evans Judge of the Court for the probate of wills &c for said County
as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said John Hazelton
as in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for his support & that he 
did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the  aforementioned act of Congress. 

In testimony where of I have here unto
set my hand & have affixed the seal
of said Court the day & date above
written  
(signed) E. Evans Judge of Probate
(seal affixed)
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John Hazelton
(faint) Groton
(faint) Grafton
3.457
Mar(ch) '19
Con
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State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss.

I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Chapel Judicature for said County of Grafton do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said Court---
I further certify that this the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property in the aforesaid schedule is thirty seven dollars---

In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court on this eighth day of
November Anno Domini eighteen
hundred and twenty---

(signed) S. P. Webster Clerk
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(entire record is crossed out) 

SCHEDULE,
CONTAINING the whole estate and income of
(his necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) by him subscribed, exhibited to the Probate Court or the county of   
in the State of New-Hampshire, on the    day of
18, and annexed to his oath, viz.
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Grafton ss.] STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
ON this 8th day of November A.D. 1820 personally appeared John Hazelton before the Superior Court of Judicature holden at Plymouth (lined out -- Judge of the Court of Probate) county of Grafton in open Court being a Court of Record,  in and for the said county, (lined out--having the power of fine and imprisonment) by law established. aged
sixty three years, resident in Groton in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: viz. That he enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt(ain) House in the first New Hampshire Regiment in the month of April or May 1777 for the term of three years in the New Hampshire line and faithfully served the
said United States the full period of his enlistment & was honorably discharged at Exeter in New Hampshire

The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 16th day of April
1818  The number of my pension certificate is 3,457.   I have received a Pension. 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 and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed 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, and by me subscribed. My occupation is a farmer but not of sufficient
ability to pursue it but part of my time--

in family residing with me is my wife aged sixty four years and my daughter named Sally Hazelton weakly & not able to labour for her support but trifling aged twenty six years

(signed) John Hazelton

(lined out --Their capacity to contribute to their support)
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Sworn to and declared at Plymouth in said County on the 8th day of November AD 1820 before the Justice of said Court

(signed) S. P. Webster Clerk

A schedule of John Hazeltons property Real Estate he has none ----  1 shot at 5.00 
One Cow at $15.00
farming tools one Old ax & do hoe do sickell
2.00.
Kitching(kitchen) furniture  15.

(signed) John Hazelton     $37
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4478
Polly Hazelton
wid(ow) of John 
N(ew)  H(ampshire)
Act July 7 1838
Married 1792
died May 12, 1838
Allow $80 per ann(um)
from May 12 1838

Hon(orable) J W Williams
Lancaster
N(ew) H(ampshire)
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th July 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain  widows" 
State of New Hampshire} 
Grafton}  ss

On this tenth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me Walter Blair one of the Justices of the Court of common
pleas within and for the County of Grafton Polly Hazeltine a resident of Hebron in said County of Grafton aged eighty two years
who being first 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 July 7,
1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"" That she is the widow of John Hazeltine who was a private in the Revolutionary Army and a Pensioner under the act of Congress of 1818 at the rate of
eight dollars per month.   the proof of service being in the Pension office a reference to it is requested, said Hazeltine was a pensioner upon the N(ew). Hampshire agency

She further declares that she was married to the said John Hazeltine on the fourth day of October seventeen hundred and ninety two By Thomas Page   that her husband the aforesaid John Hazeltine died on the twelfth day of
May eighteen hundred thirty eight:   that she was not married to him prior to his leaving (lined out--leaving) the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day
of January seventeen hundred and ninety four
viz at the time above stated, and that she has never since been married to any other person

(signed) Polly Hazelton

Sworn to and subscribed on the
day above written before
Walter Blair Justice of the Court
of Common Pleas
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The within named Polly Hazeltine is infirm
and unable to attend Court and her declaration
was taken at her residence

(signed) Walter Blair
Justice of the Court
of Common Pleas

State of New Hampshire 
Grafton ss     I Nathan B Felton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, hereby certify that Walter Blair whose name is subscribed to the two foregoing certificates, was on the 10th day of January last Just(ice) or  Judge of said Court, & that his name so subscribed is, in each case foresaid his genuine signature

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court the
fourth day of February AD. 1839
(signed) W. B. Felton Clerk
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State of Newhampshire
Grafton County ss

 Groton January 10, 1839
Albert G Cheney Town Clerk of Groton
in the town county and State aforesaid
do hereby certify that among the records
of said town I do find the following 

October fourth Seventeen hundred and ninety
two "John Hazleton and Polly Bartlett of
Cockermouth were joined in marriage by
Tho(ma)s Page"  and I certify that the
foregoing is a true copy of the record
with the exception of the date which is
expressed on the record in fair legible
figures as follows " Oct. 4th 1792.

(signed) Albert G Cheney} Town Clerk
                                            of Groton 
I Albert G. Cheney above named depose
and say that I hold the office of Town
Clerk in the Town County and State afore
said and that the above is a true extract
from the records of said town with
the exception above named as certified
by me
(signed) Albert G Cheney} Town Clerk
                                            of Groton 
January 10. 1839
Sworn to before me
(signed) Walter Blair Jus(tice of the) Peace
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In reply to your request of (left blank), 
received (left blank) for a statement of the military history of John Hazelton
a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (and (lined out-- or) his widow's) applications for pension on file in this Bureau.   W.  F.   16.595

(table begins) 
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
April or May, 1777 to
Feb(ruary) 1, 1780

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
(left blank) 

RANK.
Pri(vate) 

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.                 
House
COLONEL.
Cilley

STATE.
N.H

(note) Only John Hazelton of N.H. found on the Rev(olutionary) War pension records
(table ends) 
Battles engaged in, (check mark)
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, Apr 16 1818. His cl(aim) was al(lowed) 
Residence at date of application, Hebron, Grafton Co(unty). N.H.
Age at date of application,  60 y(ea)rs
Remarks: He mar(ried) Oct(ober) 4, 1792 at Groton, Grafton Co(unty). N. H. ,
Polly Bartlett, of Cockermouth; he died May 12, 1838 and she was all(owe)d pension on an appl(ication) executed Jan. 10, 1839, while 82 y(ea)rs old and a resident of Hebron, N.H. 
A daughter, Sally, was of age in 1820

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

6 -- 2856
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Mrs Horton, Member of the 
Board of Lady Managers
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Administration Building
Buffalo NY February 26, 1904
Record of Pension Office
War Department
Washington-D.C.
May I ask for information
as to whether pensions
were issued to families 
of the following-
John Haselton possibly the same as 
(Col John Hazeltine)
Townsend Vermont
"New your in the Revolution, is colony 
& state page" 61
Maj Browny's detachment, also called
Gen Arnold's Regiment-
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also to
Samuel Pratt. East Hartford Connecticut
Enlisted July 10, 1775, in 3d company 
8th reg. Huntington's Brygade
Connecticut  Men in the American
Revolution.  Page 86 & 188

Samuel Fletcher
First Lieut 2d [illegible] Reg
served 8 June 1775 to Jan 1776
afterwards Reg quarter master
                         JYS Militia
Heitman's Register of officer
of the Continental Army. Page #177
Married Mehitable Hazeltine
Townsend Vermont
Immedidate attention will greatly oblige
Mrs John Miller Horton
736 Main Street
Buffalo NY
Pension Office Mar 2, 1904
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                                 Newark, Ohio
                                 Aug 30, 1912
Dear Sirs:

Please send me the 
record of John Hazelton, 
Private in Capt. John House's 
Co. 1st N.H. Reg. Col.
Joseph Cilley, Enlisted
Feb.1, 1777, at [illegible]
also=John Hazelton, 
2nd Lt. Capt Augustus
Blanchard's (Co., N.H. mili
tia and greatly oblige
yours respectfully
Mrs Luella Imply
Lock Box 335
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Mch22, 1904 His To
Mrs. Jno. M Horton
Buffalo NY

sept 12, 1912 History to 
Mrs. Luella Imply

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16595
Dolly Hazelton
widow of 
John Hazelton
Priv Rev War
Act: July 7th 1838
Index:-Vol..............., Page 312
[arrangement of 1870]
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John Hazelton. Concord Agency NH
Act March 18 1818 [illegible] paid
HHJ

[illegible] 12th, May 1828 paid to that period
JH
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Exeter June 5th 1780

the bearer John Hazelton soldier in the
first New Hampshire Regiment having 
served three years which was the term of 
his Enlistment is hereby discharged the 
service from the 1st day of February [illegible]

by Henry Dearborn [illegible]
To Whome it concern
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Order for 400 Dollars