Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19085, for Gideon Shurtleff, Massachusetts
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( 3-1776 ) SERVICE Mass. Shurtliff, Gideon NUMBER S. 19085 Carded
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( left page ) 10.173 Massachusetts Gideon Shurtliff of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain ___ of the reg't commanded by Col Tyler in the Mass line for 12 mos.  Stat & Mil . Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 40 Dollars __ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March  1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 22nd day of March 1833 and sent to  John B. Thomas Plymouth , Mass. Arrears to 4th of Mar 18333 $ 80- Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. $20 ( total $ 100 ) {Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832 } Recorded by S H Mc Blair Clerk Book E Vol. 2 Page 76 ( right page ) payment ordered to be resumed and notice to Wm Thomas Esq. 11 March 35  71 Phymo ( vertical note ) Let Oct .. 1834 to Gid. Shurtliff @ to Agent , suspend'd payt
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6674 Gideon Shurtliff Private 12 Months  W.C.E.  Adm $ 40  Jno . B. Thomas Esq Plymouth, Mass
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6674 BRIEF in the case of Gideon Shurtliff of Plymouth Co. in the State of Mass ( Act 7th June 1832. ) 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or  Judge ? Court. 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity ? 3. How old is he ? 69. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. Period. Apl 1st 1778 to July 1st '79 to Jany '80 Augt '80. Duration of Service. 3 months, 6 months, 3 months. Rank. As a Private. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Cap. Patridge, Cap. Sparrow - Col. Tyler, Cap . Sturtevant- Col . Jacobs. 5. In what battles was he engaged ? None mentioned. 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service ? Carver Mass 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by tradionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls ? Six living witnesses. 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication ? and if so , in what respect ? Right. I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.  Wm C. Easton ( signed ) Examining Clerk 24 Jan 33
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Gideon Shurtliff Carver Mass  No 6674
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REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS Commonwealth of Massachusetts  County of Plymouth . ss ON  this thirteenth day of August  1832, personally appeared in open Court before __ the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Plymouth within and for said County of Plymouth, Gideon Shurtliff  resident of Carver in said County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts , aged 69 - sixty nine 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 act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a  pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That is to say , that he entered the service of the United states under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.   I enlisted into the company commanded by Capt.  Calvin Patridge the first of April 1778  to serve therein the term of three months  & did serve therein the term of my enlistment & was  discharged in the forehand of July of the same year. We at first marched to Roxbury in the vicinity of Boston, where we met Capt. Whipple's company & after a short time we were ordered to Dorchester Hill to take charge of a fort & our company built another fort on Dorchester Heights : the other fort was garrisoned by the Americans & honorable artillery company. We were  in Castle William in Boston Harbor when Gen Burgoyne's troops went on board the ships to return our Lieutenant was Joshua Parkins, our Ensign was Thomas Drew. Tho I enlisted into the company commanded by Capt. Edward Sparrow to  serve six months & marched the first day of July 1779  to Liverter (?) in Rhode Island ; after  a short time we crossed over to Bristol & marched to Providence
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where we met with Cobb's Regiment commanded by Maj.  Huntington & Jackson's Regiment. We were  stationed there under the command of General Gates: then we were ordered to Bristol & then to the  Island of Rhode island  & marched within about three miles of Newport ; the next morning  we marched into the  town & continued there with Greene's regiment  until January 1, 1789 when  we were discharged. I  arrived our company  to belong to Tyler's regiment our Lieut. was Peter Hoar & our Ensign was  John Weston. In the forepart of August 1780 I enlisted into Capt. Jesse Sturtevant's company , Nehemiah Cobb, first Lieutenant  & Col. Jacob's Regiment to serve for the term of three months & I did serve the full term of my enlistment - we were  to march to Haverick (?) and when we were at Townton (?)  we were ordered to  march to Rhode Island - we went to the Island of Rhode Island & were a short time at Britt's hill and were a great part of the time at  Mistol (?) Ferry  where I  assisted in the transportation of Gen. .. ( illegible )  & the troops & baggage &  where we were discharged . I never had any written discharge. I was born in the year 1762 in the same place I always have lived : the town in now called Carver , it was formerly included in the town of Plympton  as to persons with whom I am acquainted, I refer to Benjamin Ellis , Senator of this County , to Nehemiah Cobb Esquire in said Carver, & to the Clerks of all these Courts in the town of Plympton . The record of my birth  is in a Bible in my house, which was kept by my father. I am  further well acquainted with  Rev'd Elijah Dexter  & Daniel Soule of the town of Plympton  - & they with me . Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year aforesaid in the  Court of Common Pleas. Gideon Shurtliff ( signed ) Attest Wm Thomas ( signed ) Clerk
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We, Elijah Dexter  a clergyman , residing in the town of Plympton and Daniel Soule  residing in the town of Plympton  hereby certify that we are well acquainted with  Gideon Shurtliff  who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age ; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution , and we concur in that opinion. Elijah Dexter ( signed ) Daniel Soule ( signed ) Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in the Court of Common Pleas. Attest Jno B Thomas ( signed ) Clerk And the Court do hereby declare their opinion , after the investigation of the matter , and after putting the interrogatories  prescribed by the War Department, that the above name applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies ,that it appears to them  that Elijah Dexter who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Plympton and that Daniel Soule who has also signed the same is a resident in   Plympton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. By order o the Court . Attest Jno B Thomas ( signed ) Clerk   I Jno B Thomas, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Gideon Shurtliff for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of  __ office, this thirteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty  two. Jno B Thomas ( signed / sealed )
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P 19085 INVALID File No. 19.085 Gideon Shurtliff  Pri Rev War  Act : June 7th  32 Index : - Vol. 1 Page 341 ( Arrangement of 1870 )
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6674 Gideon Shurtliff
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Revolutionary Pension ( post mark ) [ BOSTON JAN 28 ] free J.L. Edwards Esq.  Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington D.C.  ( vertical note ) ( Mass Feb 2nd ) ( upside down ) (Gideon Shurtleff Jno Thomas )
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Secretary's Office Jany 22nd 1835  I hereby certify , That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution,, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Gideon Shurtleff as a private is borne on a page roll of Capt. Calvin Partridge's Company  in  Col. Abijah Stearn's Reg't. where he  is allowed from April 6th  to July 22nd  1778 two months and twenty eight days. 2m +28d Gideon Shurtleff's name is borne on the pay rolls of Capt. Edward Sparrow's Company in Col. Nathan Tyler's Reg't. where he is  allowed  from July 31st to November 15th 1780 three months and one day. 3=1 ( total 11: 22 ) Edward D Bangs Esq ( signed )
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Plymouth Mass  27th January 1835 Sir, Under act of 17th October last you informed  Gideon Shurtleff of Plympton , now Carver , Plymouth County , Mass  that he was required by the War Dept. to produce a certificate of his military service from the Secretary of State at Boston, and that the agent  paying pensions was instructed to  suspend all further payment until otherwise directed. Enclosed is the Secretary's certificate, confirming I believe substantially to his  declaration . is good enough to inform him or me if this document be satisfactory. Perhaps it may not be remiss to say that the subscriber is well known to Mssrs. B... ( illegible ) & Reed of the H. of R. from this  State. Your obt servt Wm. Thomas ( signed )
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John Bisbe's Dec
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I Zebedee Chandler of Plympton in the  County of Plymouth, aged sixty eight years, do testify  & say that I was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army in the year 1778 , in  Capt. Edward Sparrow's Company ; that I enlisted in the year aforesaid & marched the forehand of July to Providence  & was stationed there about four months & then marched to Bristol & stayed there a few days & then marched  to New Port on Rhode Island where we stayed till the first of January , when we were discharged, and no discharges were in writing -  John Weston was Lieutenant or Ensign in the same Company . I further certify  & say  that I then  & was  then well acquainted iwth Gideon Shurtleff , now of Carver in said County  but then of said Plympton, said Carver having been taken  off from Plympton by an act of incorporation - & that during all the time of my service as aforesaid which was the full time of six months , said Shurtleff was  with me  &  served in the same company as a soldier. Zebedee Chandler ( signed )  Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth  ss. Augt. 12, 1832 Then the above named Zebedee Chandler appeared & made oath  to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed & I further certify that  said Chandler is a man of truth & a credible witness. Zechariah Eddy ( signed ) Justice of the Peace
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I, John Bisbe of Plympton in the County of Plymouth  aged seventy seven years 15th of Sept. next, do certify and say that I was a soldier in the Army of the revolution in the year seventeen hundred & eighty    served three months on the Island of  Rhode Island at Britt's hill - Mistol Ferry  & Middleton - I served in Capt. Jesse  Sturtevant's Company , Nehemiah Cobb, Lieutenant .. ( illegible ) Weston Ensign & during all the said time of three months, Gideon Shurtleff of Carver in said County served in the same Company with me as a soldier & was discharged when I was discharged. He then lived in the same town with me , &  still lives in the same place where he then lived, that part of Plympton  having been  set off into a separate town. John Bisbe ( signed )  Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth  ss. August 12, 1832 - Then the above named  John Bisbe made oath to the truth of the above disposition by him subscribed, & I certify that said Bisbe is a man of truth & a credible witness. Zechariah Eddy ( signed ) Justice of the Peace
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Neh. Cobb & .. ( illegible ) Depos. - for G. Shurtleff
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I, Nehemiah Cobb , of Carver in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts , being in the eighty first year of age , do testify  & say that I was several times in the service during the war of the Revolution, & especially in the year 1780. I enlisted for the term of three months as first  lieutenant in the company commanded by Jesse Sturtevant , and Regiment commanded by  Jacob Bayley & served them the full term of three months when I was discharged. We served in the State of Rhode Island & were stationed at Middleton & other words at Britt's Hill on said Island & afterwards at Mistol Ferry. During all that time, that is, during said term of three months, Gideon Shurtleff , now of said Carver  served as a soldier in the same company in which I served as lieutenant as aforesaid. I have always been acquainted with said Shurtleff  &  served in the same tour with him. At the time of said service we lived in what was called Plympton, but  the  faction there in which  we lived has since been incorporated by the name of Carver. Neh. Cobb ( signed )  Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss.  August 12, 1832. Then the above named Nehemiah Cobb made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed. I further certify that said Cobb is a man of  good character for truth & veracity & a credible witness. Zechariah Eddy ( signed ) Justice of the Peace
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Benj. Pratt Declaration
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I, Benjamin Pratt of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts , in the sixty ninth year of my age , do testify & say that I was a soldier in the revolutionary army, & served  therein several companies; especially I was a soldier in the Massachusetts Militia & enlisted & served therein six months in the State of Rhode Island - was at first stationed at Providence, then at Bristol & afterwards at Newport all in that State; the Captain of the Company which I served was .. ( illegible ) Sparrow, the Lieut. was Peter Hoar, the Ensign was John Weston, all of said Middleborough  & Col. Tyler was the Commander of the Regiment, & I served the full term of my enlistment & was discharged at the end of the term  in January 1789 - it might  possibly be 1781 - but I think it 1780 that we were discharged, & the service was in 1779 - During all that time, Gideon Shurtleff of Carver in said County was a soldier in the same company with me & served with me & was discharged at the same time that I was. We both belonged to the town of Plympton in said County , in that part thereof  since incorporated into a town by the name of Carver. I have ever since always been well acquainted with said Shurtleff . Benjamin Pratt ( signed )  Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. August 12, 1832. Personally appeared the above named Benjamin Pratt & made oath to the  truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed. I further certify that said Pratt is a person of truth & a credible person . Zechariah Eddy ( signed ) Justice of the Peace
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James Vaughan's Deposition
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I, James Vaughan in the County of Plymouth , aged seventy one years , do testify & say that I was in the Army of the Revolution for the term of three months in Capt. Partridge's Company , Joshua Perkins , Lieutenant  & Thomas Drew Ensign; I then lived in the town of  Plympton, of which said Carver was then its part , and enlisted & march April 3, 1778 - went that day  to Roxbury  vicinity of Porter where we stayed one month, then to Dorchester Hill where we stayed two months including a  short time in  Castle William: I further testify & say that Gideon Shurtleff of said Carver was with me in the same company & same  mos. in the above mentioned service., marched when I did & served when I did , which was July 3, 1778 - we were discharged, but there were no written discharges. James Vaughan ( signed )   Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. August 12, 1832, Then the above named James Vaughan appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed. I further certify that said Vaughan is a person of truth  & a credible witness. Zechariah Eddy ( signed ) Justice  of the Peace
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Pelig Sampson & others dep's Case- Gideon Shurtleff
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I, Pelig Sampson of Plympton in the County of Plymouth , aged seventy seven years, do testify & say that  I served as a soldier in the Army of the revolution in the year 1778 in Capt. Partridge's Company , having enlisted in the spring of the year & marched to Roxbury  in the vicinity of  Porter, & there served the full term of three months, & was discharged & during that whole time , Gideon Shurtleff  of Carver in said County served as a soldier in the same company with me - I have always since known him - Carver & Plympton then were then all one town. Pelig Sampson ( Signed )  Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. August 12, 1832 Then the above named Pelig Sampson made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed & I further certify that said Sampson is a man in good reputation for truth & a credible witness. Zechariah Eddy ( signed ) Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I Jno B Thomas  Clerk of the Judicial Court for the said County of Plymouth  hereby certify that Zechariah Eddy  Esquire before whom this and other affidavits by me hereunto  annexed is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Plymouth  and that his name to each of  each of these subscribed is his  true and proper signature.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this twentieth day of August  A.D. 1832. Jno B Thomas ( signed / sealed )