Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 41672, Sylvanus Hulet, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass
Number
Hulet, Sylvanus or Silvnus
S 41672
CONTENTS
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Ohio
17,530.
Sylvanus Hulet, (R).
of Portage Co.4 in the State of Ohio,
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sproat of the Massachtrs,
line, for the term of nine months,
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio,
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of June, 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of June 20,
and sent to Elias Harman, Judge
Ravenna, Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 $69.56
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 1820 48. $117.56
8 mos. 17/30
& 4/31
{ Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued

{Handwritten on right side}
Notifn sent to Seth Day Eqr a Nov 1820.  Ravenna Ohio. Death not in Q B
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Sylvanus Hulet
17,530
Struck off.
8th November 1820.
M. C White
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State of Ohio Portage County Lo.
On this 8th day of August in the year of our Lord 1820,
Personly appeared in open Court being a court of Record for Portage County and state
aforesaid Sylvanus Hulet aged sixty three years resident in Portage County and
State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare
that he service in the Revolutionary war as follows in the Massachusetts state line
in the Company commanded by Capt. Abraham Williams, thirteenth Ridgement
Commanded by Col. Sprout, that he is inscribed on the pension list roll of the
Ohio Agency to 17,530. 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 to gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof
with intent thereby to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provision of an 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
and property or securities contracts or debts due to me, nor has any income other
than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed as 160 acres third the land, about twenty five acres improved with a log cabin for a house, A new framed for a burn
Lands $3,25 per acre $520,00 7 Swine 7.00
1 pair five year old oxen 50.00 3 iron Cattles 18 gellseas 10,00
2 Cows & one calf 32.00 1 Beef cattle 5.00 
6 Sheep 12.00 
No debts due to the amount of twenty dollars
One twenty four dollars to David Gouit, One twenty two dollars to Agustus Tonson that {illegible} infirmity of weakness of eyes, that I have a wife and four children depending on
me for suport .Mary my wife aged fifty seven years, has been unable to do but
little for her support for twenty years past, Charlette aged twenty seven years
sickly for eighteen years past. Sylvester aged twenty years of a serene constitution
but one year to stay. Francis aged seventeen years of weekly constitution not able
to perform any hard labour. Mary youngest daughter aged fifteen years of a sound
constitution.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court
this 8th day of August AD. 1820
[circle stamp] Day Clerk
The State of Ohio Portage County L⎬ I Seth Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby
Portage County certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion
of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the
aforesaid schedules after deducting the debts due and owing by the said Sylvanus
Hulet is six hundred and four dollars. In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the said of the said court at Ravenna this tenth day of
August Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Day
Clerk
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State of Ohio
Portage County

re Corrected Declaration,

On this fourteenth day of June 1819 before me the subscriber are of the judges of the county aforesaid personly appeared Sylvanus Hulet aged sixty years resident in Nelson in said county who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on this Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late Act of congress entitled to act to provide for certain persons engaged in land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war; that he saw Sylvanus Hulet enlisted for the term of nine months on or about the Eighth of July 1779 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Capt. Abram Williams of the Regiment commanded by Col. Sprout in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment that he continue to serve in said corps or in the service of the United States until the tenth day of April 1980 when he was legally discharged from Service at Fishkill in the State of New York which discharge is lost. And that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has had no other than this and the accompanying evidence now in his power of his services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid,  --
Elias Harmon Judge --
I Elias Harmon Judge of the aforesaid do certify that it appears to my subscription that the said Sylvanus Hulet did service the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months at one time on the continental establishment, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned at the congress I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his Country for support, I certify that the previous declaration was dated the 14th day of June 1819

Elias Harmon Asst Judge
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The State of Ohio
Portage County

I Seth Day Clerk of the court of common pleas of said County do certify that Elias Harmon Esquire who it appears to my satisfaction took and certified the within deposition is & was an Official Judge of the said county duly commissioned and sworn and to whom official acts full faith and and credit is and ought to be given.  On Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal at Ravenna this fourth day of April Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
S Day, Clk
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May 19, 1939
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Frances S. M. McDermott
1708 Jackson
Pueblo, Colorado

BA-J/MCS
Sylvanus Hulet, S.41672

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Sylvanus Hulet, a Revolutionary War soldier who served from Massachusetts and was pensioned while living in Portage County, Ohio.
The data which follow were obtained by papers on file in the pension claim, S.41672, based on the military service of Sylvanus Hulet.
The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
Sylvanus Hulet enlisted the Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, July 8, 1779, served as private in Captain Abraham Williams' company in Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts regiment and was discharged April 10, 1780. He also served six months in 1780, officers' names not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 14, 1819, at which time he was sixty years of age and was living in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio.
In 1820 he referred to his wife, Mary, aged fifty-seven years, and to the following children: Charlotte, aged twenty-seven years, Sylvester, aged twenty years, Francis, aged seventeen years, and Mary, aged fifteen years.
In 1819, one John Hulet of Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio, stated that he had been acquainted with the soldier from his (the soldier's) youth, relationship not shown.
There are no further data relative to the family of Sylvanus Hulet.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of Sylvanus Hulet, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of death of the the soldier, it is suggest that you address the Comptroller General General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington D. C. giving the following data:

Sylvanus Hulet, Certificate 17530, Issued June 15, 1820, rate $8 per month, commenced (smudged) 14, 1819, Act of March 18, 1818, Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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[a printed ledger page filled in with cursive]

41672
INVALID
Roy [?]
File No. [number] 41.672
Sylvanus Hulet
Lie Gen Trav

Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol: 3, Page 244
[Arrangement of 1870]

[the following in a different hand]
1928 Nov. [November] 2 hist to Dora Hulet Morrison MCS
1932 Dec. [December] 14 histories to Hannah B. Mendenhall c.f. MCS
1938 Apr [April] 11 hist. to Mrs. Melvin W. Hunt MCS
1939 May 19, hist to Frances S. M. McDermott MCS
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Pueblo, Colorado
March 26, 1939
Dear Sirs:
How do I do, about getting a copy of the pension papers for Sylanus Hulet-
Private mass Line. from 
Portage co. O.
His wife Mary-
Had 4 children: Charlotte, Sylvester, Frances and Mary. Kind Sir, if you have any more information of this G.G. Father of mine will you please send it to me
Kindly let me know how I can obtain this information
Truly yours,
Francis S. McDermott
1708 Jackson
Pueblo, Colorado
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[black time stamp]
Received (arrow pointing at 10)
Mar 25 1938
[rest illegible]

210 Meade Street
Wilkinsburg, Pa.
March 24, 1938

Pension Department of the Veteran's Administration
Washington, D.C,

Gentlemen:

I am tracing my family history of the Whiting and Hulet branches and I would like very much to know if there is on file any record or pensions having been granted to the following persons:
First, of Sylvanus Hulet (or Hewlitt, as the name has various spellings). His was record is given in the "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution" in Vol. 7, as Sylvanus Hewlett - Payroll for 6 months men raised by the Tyringham for service of the continental Army during 1780; marched to camp July 19, 1780; discharged Jan. 16, 1781; service 6 mos. 1 day, including travel (80 mi.) home. And from Vol. 8 of the same series of books, briefly, it is given thus: Sylvanus Hulet, 20 yrs., Stature 5 ft 10 in.; dark complexion. Engaged for the town of Tyringham; entered service 10 July, 1779; discharged 10 April 1780. Also- Private Lt. Col. Jackson's Col, col. John Ashley's Regiment; enlisted Oct. 13, 1781; discharged Oct. 1781; service 12 days, including 48 (or 84) miles travel home. Company marched from Berkshire co. under command of Lt. Col. John Collar by order col. John Ashley Jr., on alarm at Northward. Roll dated Tyringham. Other data for identification include -- Sylvanus Hulet's parents were John and Sarah Hulet and he was born at Killingly, conn., Nov. 7, 1758. He married Mary Lewis before 1787, and records of the birth of four of their children are given at the Vital Records of Lee, mass. Sylvanus Hulet is buried in the Abbot Cemetary near Garrettsville, Ohio. The inscription on his tombstone copied exactly, follows:
Sylvanus Hulet
Died Nov. 10, 1824
Aged 66
I do not know exactly where he lived when, and if, he claimed a pension, but I suppose it was either in Lee, Mass., Or in Garrettsville, or some other small town in Ohio. Have you any record of him or his wife ever receiving a pension?
I do not have the record of service of another ancestor Elisha Whiting, but the family have reason to believe that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was christened Nov. 21. 1762 at Hartford, Conn. His marriage to Susanna Butler is given March 25, 1784, in "Early Conn. Marriages" in the Boston Public Library. He died in 1796 in West Hartford, conn. So the locality where he lived at the time of service would likely be Hartford, conn. or some other nearby place in Conn. Was a pension received by him or his wife?
I believe that he had a son name Elisha Whiting who was probably born before 1785 I do not have a definite connection between the two Elisha Whitings. Regarding the Elisha Whiting, we received the following information from Jesse F. Stevens, Adjutant Gen. of Mass., 1922, "In the "rolls of Mass. Militia, War of 1812-14" appears the name of ELISHA WHITON, who was a corporal in Cap. J. Nye;s Co. Lt. Col. S.K. Chamberlin's Reg't, raised at Lee and vicinity, and served at Boston from Sept. 14 to Ot, 30. 1814.
WHITON is often given as a co-name with WHITING. This Elisha is supposed to have gone from Conn. to Lee, Mass. and there he married Sally Hulet Sept. 18, 1806. In 1816 they moved to Nelson Twp., Portage Co., Ohio. In 1846 they were in mt. Pisgah, Iowa. Was a War of 1812 pension ever granted to this Elisha, or to members of his family? He likely lived in Ohio or Iowa at the time of pension would have been granted.
Any information concerning any of these men would be greatly appreciated.
If you have a charge for this service will you please inform me regarding it? I am
Very truly yours,
Ruth Whiting Hunt.
(Mrs. Melvin W. Hunt)
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[black date time stamp]
[arrow pointing to 12]
Received Dec 7 1932

Springville Utah
Dec 3, 1932

War Dept.
Wash. D.C.

Dear Sir:
Can you give me any information of Sylvanus Hulet or (Hulett) who was a soldier in the Rev. War. Did his widow receive a pention and have you any record of his parents and family.
I am his gt. gt. grand daughter and am seeking information of him. This much I have received fro m Library in Salt Lake City that he went into service in 10 July 1779, discharged 10 Apri. 1780 age 20 yrs old on entering in Capt. Lancaster's Co. Ashleys Reg't, and went from Berkshire Co. Mass. What I want to know is something more of him if you have any record.
Thanking you kindly
Hannah B. Menderhall
Springville, Utah
P.S My great grandmother was Sally Hulet dau of this Sylvanus that I am asking about.
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[Preprinted letterhead with typed letter and handwritten signature]
[monogram:] FSB
ANTHONY A. ROTH, PRESIDENT
HENRY A. FRIER, VICE PRESIDENT
GEO. [George] W. HOLLAND, VICE PRESIDENT
VINCENT K. HOOVER CHAIRMAN OF BOARD
JOHN P. RUPPENTHAL, cashier
BEN. [Benjamin] G. PHLEGAR, ASS'T [Assistant] CASHIER
DORA H. MORRISON, ASS'T CASHIER

THE FARMERS STATE BANK
CAPITAL $50,000.00
SURPLUS AND PROFITS $35,000.00
RUSSELL, KANSAS JAN th, 1928.

Department of the Interior.
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington D.C.

Gentlemen: -
Will you please send to me the war records of the two men who were soldiers in the Revolutionary War, Sylvanus Hulet and Asa Hulet. I believe that they enlisted from Massachusetts or perhaps Connecticut. If they did not draw pensions and you are not able to give me their records will you please tell me where I can secure them?
Thanking you in advance for this favor, I am,
Very truly yours,
D H M- M (Mrs.) Dora Hulet Morrison

[A round stamp, upside down on bottom right:]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE JAN 10
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I John Sterns of Brunswick, Medina County, State of Ohio Being of Lawful age and duly Cautioned and Sworn to testify the truth deposeth and Saith that Silvanus Hulet of Nelson, County of Portage State of Ohio, being now Sixty one years of age did in the year ['Seventy-nine' is crossed out here] Seventeen Hundred and Seventynine, as near as I can recollect Enlist in the Continental Service as a private Soldier for the term of Nine months in my presents [sic], In the Town of Tyringham County of Berkshire State of Mass [Massachusetts] - and returned from the Army Nine months after, also that the Said Silvanus Enlisted again and Served for the term of Six months in the year 1780. - I also certify that I have been accuainted [sic] with the Said Silvanus from his youth, and verily believe him to be a man of a Respectable, and unblemished caracter [sic] whose word may be relied on. In witness whereto I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this Twentyeth [sic] day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Nineteen [signature in a different hand:] John Stearns [note different spelling than above.]
In presents of
Jacob Ward [this hand may match the body of the affidavit]
Lucy Stearns [different hand]
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Ohio Medina Ss} Brunswick Augt [August] 20th 1819 Then personally appeared John Sterns the Signer and Sealer of this Instrument and being duly sworn Certify that the within Instrument is a true and impartial Statement according to the best to his recollection [sic]
Before me Jacob Ward Justice of the Peace
[a round illegible stamp over:] State of Ohio Medina County Ss} 
[different hand:] I hereby Certify That the above named Jacob Ward is now an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Medina and that the within named John Stearns is a disinterested Person and a man of Truth and veracity
Given under my Hand and Seal of office at Medina this Twenty third day of August AD 1819 John Freese Clerk P.T.C.P.
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[typed letter no handwritten signature]
April 11, 1938.
Mrs. Melvin W. Hunt
210 Meade Street
Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.

RA-J/ILL
Sylvanus Hulet
S. 41672

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Sylvanus Hulet and Elisha Whiting, who was christened November 21, 1762, in Hartford, Connecticut, married Susanna Butler and died in 1796, in Connecticut, also the record of his son Elisha Whiting who moved from Connecticut to Lee, Massachusetts, married Sally Hulet, September 18, 1806, moved in 1816 to Portage County, Ohio, thence to Iowa, where he resided in 1846.

There is no claim for pension on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War or War of 1812 of an Elisha Whiting under any spelling of that surname. The record of Sylvanus Hulet is furnished herewith from pension claim, S. 41672.

Very truly yours,

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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April 11, 1938


Sylvanus Hulet, S. 41672
BA-J/MCS

Mrs. Melvin W. Hunt
210 Meade Street
Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania

Dear Madam:

The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the
pension claim, S. 41672, based upon the military service of Sylvanus
Hulet.

The date and place of his birth and the names of his parents
were not given.

Sylvanus Hulet enlisted in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, July 8, 1779, served as private in Captain Abraham Williams' company in Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts regiment and was discharged April 10, 1780. He also served six months in 1780, officers not stated.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 14, 1819, at which time he was sixty years of age and was living in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio.

In 1820 he referred to his wife, Mary, aged fifty-seven years, and
to the following children: Charlotte, aged twenty-seven years, Sylvester, aged twenty years, Francis, aged seventeen years, and Mary, aged fifteen years.

In 1819 one John Hulet of Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio, stated that he had been acquainted with the soldier from his (the soldier's) youth but did not state that he was related to him.

There are no further data relative to the soldier's family and no
one applied for pension as his widow.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator

Soldier's death not on A. B.  (handwritten notation)
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December 14, 1932

Sylvanus Hulet
S. 41672
BA-J/MCS

Hannah B. Mendenhall
Springville
Utah

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter of December 3, 1932, requesting
information in regard to Sylvanus Hulet, a soldier of the
Revolution,

The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file
in the pension claim, S. 41672, based upon the military service
of Sylvanus Hulet.

He enlisted in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts,
July 8, 1779, served as private in Captain Abraham Williams'
Company in Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts Regiment and was discharged
April 10, 1780. He also served six months in 1780, officers
not stated.

He was allowed pension on his application executed June 14,
1819, at which time he was sixty years of age and was living in
Nelson, Portage County, Ohio.

In 1820 he referred to his wife, Mary, aged fifty-seven years, and to the following children: Charlotte, aged twenty-seven years, Sylvester, aged twenty years, Francis, aged seventeen years, and Mary, aged fifteen years.

In 1819 one John Hulet of Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio,
stated that he had been acquainted with the soldier from his (the
soldier's youth) but did not state that he was related to him. 
(Handwritten notation in margin: make this a new paragraph [illegible]
There are no further data relative to the soldier's family,

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MCS/eel

November 2, 1928

Dora Hulet Morrison
The Famers State Bank
Russell, Kansas

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 41672, it appears that Sylvanus Hulet enlisted in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, July 8, 1779, served as a private in Captain Abraham Williams' Company, Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged April 10, 1780. He also served six months in 1780, officers not stated.

He was allowed pension on his application executed
June 14, 1819, at which time he was sixty years of age and
was living in Nelson, Portage County, Ohio.

In 1820 he referred to his wife, Mary, aged fifty-
seven years, and to the following children: Charlotte,
aged twenty-seven years, Sylvester, aged twenty years,
Francis, aged seventeen years and Mary, aged fifteen years.

This is the history of the only soldier named Sylvanus
Hulet that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this
bureau.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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I John Hull of the Town of Brunswick, County of
Medina and State of Ohio, being of lawful age
and duly cautioned and Sworn to Testify the truth, deposition [illegible] Silvanus Hulet of Nelson County of Portage State of Ohio being now sixty one years of age, did in the fore part
the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy nine, enlisted
as a private soldier in the Continental Service for the term of
nine months and was honorably discharged in Fishkill state of
New York in April following. That I saw and ead  his discharge after his return. Also that P. Silvanus
enlisted in Service again for the term of Six months
in the year eighty in which time I visited him  in Jersey. The place of his residence when he enlisted for nine months, was in Tyringham in Berkshire County State of Mass. I have been acquainted with the P. Sylvanus from in his youth and believe him to be of an 
unblemished character and whose
vow and Oath may be relied upon.-- In the
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty
th day of August in the year of an Lord one thousand
Hundred and Nineteen
In presents of
John Rule
Lucy Stearns
Jacob Ward
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Ohio
Medina ss
Brunswick Augt 20th 1819. Then personally appeared the within named John Hulet Signer and Sealer of this instrument, and under Oath certified the within is a true and impartial Statement

State of Ohio
Medina County ss
Before me Jacob Ward Justice of the Peace
I hereby Certify That the above named Jacob Ward Esquire is now an acting Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Medina and that the within named John Hutet is a disinterested Person and a man of Truth and veracity
Given under my hand and Seal office at Medina this Twenty third day of August AD 1819
John Freese Clerk P.J.C P.