Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 2.384, Doctor Bostwick, Conn.
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
Conn.
CONTE
Bostwick, Doctor
NUMBER
S.2.384
carded

CONTENTS
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To Ohio City agency
7036
[Ohio crossed out]
from
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Doctor Bostwick
of Portage Co in the State of Ohio
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Hazelop of the Regt commanded
by
Col Mead in the Connecticut [mia]:
[line is crossed out] for 9 mo. from '79
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio
at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of February
1833 and Sent to
H.A. Brewster Ravenna O.
Arrears to 4th of March 1833 $60.00
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833
15.00
$75.00
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{Revolutionary Claim,}
    Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E. Vol. 8. Page 2
Oct 2d 33 certif of tran 
sent to him at Ravenna 
Ohio
G. Bostwick 23 Jany 1855.
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The State of Ohio
County of Portage 
⎬
On the Twenty Eight day of August AD 1832
personally appeared before the Supreme Court
of the State of Ohio now sitting
The same being a Court of Record and having by [Law Clerk ]  Doctor Bostwick
a Resident of the city of Ravenne
Portage County and State of
Ohio aged sixty seven years who first being duly sworn according to
Law doth on [his] oath make the following Declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress
passed June 7th 1832
That I entered the service of the Connecticut State in the year 1777 as a
substitute for my Father who was drafted and could not leave his
Farm in the town of New Milford Connecticut Marched under Capt
Harzelop and Col. Mead to Horseneck where remained
in the same the month till the expiration of my time and
was dismissed on employment was to guard the line between the
British and American while the British were in New York
In the year 1780 according to the militia regulations it was the time
of my Father's  duty to serve and I volunteered being the most able
and went to a place on the sea coast called Cumps to protect
the Inhabitants on the depredations of the British Cow Boys
as they were called a set of men who led to go into the County
and still Horses & cows for the Inhabitans while at Cumps
a Continental major with his men crossed from Camp or to Gonge
land to a fort Shawangunk, I recollect right which was
occupied by the ways and destroyed it and returned will
a number of 50 or 60 prisoners with their arms my time of service
was three months at the expiration of which I was dismissed
my Capt at this time was Capt Amos Bostwick
the year not recollected I was a substitute for a Brother under
Capt Hill in Colonel Swifts Regiment of Regulars at Nelson's
Point opposite West Point, where I served three  months until my
Brother returned  home whom is dead
Question
when and in what State were you born
Answer
I was born in New Milford in Connecticut in the year 1764
Question
Have you any record of your age and if so where is it
Answer
my Father kept a Record of all his family and at his death
it was in my house but now cannot find it
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Question Where were you living when called into service Where have you lived since and where do you now reside
Answer I was living in New Milford at the time I was called into service. I have lived sixteen years in Hinesburg Chittenden County, Vermont. Five years in Duchess County, State of New York some years in Gloucester in New Jersey and Ravenna Porte County Ohio 16 year where I now reside.
Question How were you called to the service were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom
Answer I have before informed you as to how I entered the service. I was a substitute & volunteer both
Question State the name of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served such continental and Militia Troops when you served continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect and the General circumstances of you served.
Answer I have given a court account of all my serves and the circumstances as I am able in my declaration.
Question did you receive a discharge for service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it
Answer I never received any discharge but was only dismissed.
Question State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood who can testify to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a solder in the Revolution.
Answer Elisan Bostwicks knows of my service in the any and all of my character sustained in my neighborhood likewise My Brother Ebenezer Bostwick can testify to my character whose testimony is annexed to this deposition
I hereby relinquish all claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll Agency of any state
Doctor Bostwick 
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Before me 
John N. Skinner Dept. Clk. of Supreme Court
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The State of Ohio
Portage County
We Elizur Bostwick, and Ebenezar Bostwick, residing in the County of Portage aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Doctor Bostwick who has subscribed, and sworn to the annexed declaration, and have been since the Revolutionary War -
I Elizur Bostwick knew of his entering the Army as he has in his declaration stated, and of his services as therein stated -
and I Ebenezar Bostwick know only the belief of the neighbor had us believe him to be sixty seven years of age - and he has always
been reputed, and believed in the neighborhood where he resides
to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion - His character for veracity is unquestionable -
Recorded August 28, 1832
Ebenezer Bostwick
Elizur Bostwick
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
aforesaid Before me John N. Skinner 
Dept Clerk of the Supreme Court

Question
How were you called into the service was your answer
did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute
[remainder missing]
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[handwritten black ink]
9573
doctor Bostwick
Ohio
from 1779 private
9 months
H 30.
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BRIEF in the case of [handwritten] Doctor Bostwick Substitute
County of Portage in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1.  Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Courts
2.  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3.  How old is he? 67
4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
[ typed table, filled in by handwriting in black ink]
Period  Duration of Service  Rank  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
[period] Substitute In 1779
Vol 1780 {s}eef
Sub.
[Duration of Service]
3 [months]
3 [ months]
3 [months]
[Rank] 
As a
private
[Names of Generals]
Capt Hazelop Col Mead
Capt Bostwick
Capt Hill, Col Sarpis
5. In what battles was he engaged?  None
6.  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  New Millford, Con;
7.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  tradition [symbol] + [illegible]
8.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication?  and if so, in what respect?
not authentication
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
[signature]
Chon Forrest
[typed] Examining Clerk.
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[handwritten, at right]
Doctor Bostwick
9573
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And the said 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 named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.  And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Ebenezer Bostwick and Eliza Bostwick who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the township of Edinburgh in the county of Portage aforesaid that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I George Kirkum clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio for the county of Portage do hereby declare that (I) certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Doctor Bostwick for a pension.
In testimony where I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this thirty first day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Geo. Kirkum. Clerk.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Doctor Bostwick which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes

V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No Clergyman, Two citizens

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Witness

XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ______ year ________months, and _______days, I served as a ______________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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John Robb Esqr
Dr Sir
Enclosed I hand you the application
of Doctor Bostwick for the benefit of the pension act passed June 7 1832
I am Sir yours very respectfully
H. A. Brewster
Ravenna Sept 3 1832
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[handwritten top right] Doctor Bostwick go
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[all handwritten]
[top right]
P.O. Ravenna O
Application for a Transfer

The State of Ohio
Portage County 

 On this twenty-second day of August 1833
before me the Subscriber.
A Justice of the Peace for said County of Portage personally appraised Doctor Bostwick  who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formally belonged to this Company Com-
manded by Captains Hazelop, and Bostwick and Hill, in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Mead in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio unbiased within the Pittsburgh Ohio where he intends to remain and wishes this to be payable in future.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day, and year aforesaid
[signature at right] Doctor Bostwick
the State of Ohio
Portage County
(       ) August 22, 1833
Appraised Doctor F. Wells
of lawful age, when being sworn says that Bostwich, who has subscribed and sworn to the above Affidavid, is the identical person described in above affidavit. 
[signature] F Wells
I certify that said John F. Wells is a person of truth and vivacity.
Before me Lucius V Bierce (unreadable)
THE STATE OF OHIO
Portage County 
I, Ga Kirkum, Clerk of the Court of Common Please, in and for the county of Portage, in the state of Ohio, do by these presents, certify and make known that Lucius V Bierce Esquire, before whom the annexed and foregoing Deo=position was taken and who has thereunto, in his own proper hand writing subscribed his name, was, at the time of taking such deposition and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and sworn, and to all whos official acts as such, full faith and credit is and ought to be given throughout the United States, and elsewhere.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Ravenna, in said County, this twenty second day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and three
Geo. Kirkum Clerk
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2384 
INVALID.
Rev War
Rile No. 2384
Doctor Bostwick
Pri C. M
Act: June 7, '32
Index:- Vol. A, Page 37
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Ravenna
Sept. 4th
Free
9573
Ohio
To John Robb Esq.
Acting Secretary of War
Washington City 
D.C.