Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44242, for Samuel Pettit, New York
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(3--1776)

Service
New York

Pettit, Samuel
Petit

Number
S. 44242

Contents
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4390
New York

Samuel Pettit
Capt Sacket Private
New York line

In the army of the United State during the Revolutionary War
1778 4 year 7 months

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate eight dollars per month, to commence the 20th of April 1818

Certificate  of Pension issued the 13th of Nov 1818 and sent to James Hildreth Esq
Judge Montgomery Cty NY 4 mo 15/30 = 36.00
Semi-anl. all'ee ending Mar 1819 = 48.00
$84.00
                                                        
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
Continued on the roll under the
law of the 1 May 1829.
Notification sent to
J C
Cordell E. 16 July 1827
Johnston Montgomery
Let G.C. Ames Sept 9 /51
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Sam Pettit Private
Fourth New York Regt
1778 to 1781
20 April 1818
Van Cortland's (2d. Regt)

Correct
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Montgomery County
On this 20th day of April 1818 before me the subscriber one of the judges of the court of common pleas of the county of Montgomery and State of New York Personally appears Samuel Pettit aged fifty-six years and three months resident in the town of Johnstown in said county who being by me first duly sworn according to laws doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions 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 the said Samuel Pettit entitled at Claverack in the county of Columbia in the state aforesaid the fourth of May one thousand and seven hundred seventy eight for nine months in the [company commanded by -this was struck out] Regiment commanded by colonel Van Schaick that afterwards in October or November he enlisted at Peekskill in the county of Dutchess in the state of New York during the war in the said year one thousand seven  and seventy  in the company commanded captain Samuel Sackett of the fourth New York Regiment that he continued to serve in the said corps until one thousand seven hundred and eighty one when he was transferred to the second New York Regiment and continued to serve in said corps until June one thousand seven hundred and eighty three when he was discharged from service in the town of Newburgh in the state of New York as a private soldier. That he has lost his discharge was in the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia
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Virginia at the taking of Cornwallis and that he
is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his [illegible] of his said service Samuel Pettitt
Sworn and declared before me the day and
year aforesaid James Hildreth

I James Hildreth Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Pettit did serve in the Revolutionary War
as stated in the preceding declaration Page
likewise satisfied that he is in indigent circumstances against the 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 dated this 20th day of April 1818-
James Hildreth

State of New York
Montgomery County
---
I John McCarthy Clerk of the
said County of Montgomery do certify that
I James Hildreth whose name appears signed
above, and before whom the above examination was taken was one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the said County on the 20th day of April 1818-
John Carthy
State of New York
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State of New York
Montgomery County
James Williamson late a Soldier in the
Army of the Revolutionary war against the common Enemy being duly sworn oath that he knows Samuel Pettit the soldier in the preceding declaration and certificate of his honor  Judge Hildreth named, that the said Samuel Pettit served as a soldier in said war in Captain Samuel Sacketts and Capt Fowlers company company and in the second and fourth New York Regiments and New York Line for the time he specified in his said declaration. And that he verily believes the facts stated by the said Samuel Sackett in the foregoing declaration and certificate to be substantially true
sworn before me this
23d day of May 1818    James Williamson

James Hildreth
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Samuel Pettit
Corter
4390
13 Nov. 1818.
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State of N York
County of Mont:
On this 17th day of June 1820 personally
appeared before in Open Court being
a Court of Record for the said County
of Montgomery called the Court of Com:
pleas proceeding according to the principals
of common law having the power
of fine & imprisonment Samuel Pettit
aged fifty eight years resident in may
field in the said County aforesaid being
Sworn according to law doth on his
Oath declare that he served in the Rev
olutionary war as follows in Captain
Samuel Sackett & Theodowers fowler
companies in Colonel Wysenfieldt and
Phillip Van Cortland's Regiment and
New York line as is more particularly men
tioned in my original declaration that
my original declaration was made on
the 20th day of April 1818 and the
number of my pension certifact is 4390
And do solemly swear that I was a
resident citizen of the United States on
the 18th day March 1818 and that I have
not since that time by gift sale or in any way
disposed of my property or any part thereof
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with intent thereby so to diminish it as to
bring myself within the provisions of an
act for certain persons engaged
in the land or 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
Sworn to and declare
Samuel Pettit
by
On the 17th day of June 1820
in Open Court of Carthy Clerk
Real property, I have none either in poss
ession reversion remainder or expectancy
Personal property
2 Tables
1 pair and Irons & Shovel & tongs
1 Pot and kettles and space
Some tinware
3 Glasses
Some crockery
3 Chest
5 Barrells
1 pr flat Irons
1 Wooden Bowl
1 Ax-1 hoe
1 Scythe
2 Rakes
1 Pitch fork
1 Wheel
1 Corn Basket
1 Looking [illegible]
1 Knife
   Knifes & forks
spoons
some table and linen & towels
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2 Small Basketts
3 Candlesticks
1 pr Shears
1 Umbrellar & whip
1 Hog
7 Bags
7 Bushels of Rye

I owe Debts to the amount
of Seventy two dollars
and twenty five cents

I am a farmer by occupation but
in consequence of sickness cannot attend
to it I have a wife and one child living
with me for whom I provide that my is
fifty years of age and tolerable hearty
my child thirteen years of age and very weak
ly that I have no other means of support
than above mentioned except occasionally
attending will and the pension I receive
from the United States And further saith not
Samuel Pettit

State of N. York
Mont:/Co Clerk's Office
I John M Carthy Clerk of the Court
of common pleas in and for the said
County of Montgomery do hereby
Certify the foregoing oath and
the schedule thereto annexed
are truly copied from the Record of the said
Court and further certify that it is proved to
the satisfaction of the said court by the Oath of
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creditable Witnesses and that it is the opinion
of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is $79.50 cents, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on the 21st day of June 1820
Jn. M Carthy
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RECORD DIVISION
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D.C., ____, 19___

S44242

In reply to your request of _____, received_____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Pettit a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau

S44242
 
                                                                                                                                          OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT     LENGTH OF SERVICE     RANK                CAPTAIN                                         COLONEL                               STATE
May 1778                                                                                                  Pvt.                                                                          Van Schaick                            NY
October 1778                                                       2 years                            "                     Samuel Sackett                              Weisenfelt (Weissenfels)         "
1781                                                                     3 years                            "                     Theodosius Fowler                         Philip Van Cortlandt               "

Battles engaged in, Yorktown
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enl. at Claverack, Columbia Co. NY
Date of application for pension, Apr 20 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Johnstown, Montgomery Co NY
Age at date of application, 56 years & 3 mos.
Remarks:  In 1820 soldier referred to his wife, 50 years and a child 13 years, names not mentioned. There is no further family data on file.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
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44242
INVALID.
Revy.
File No. 44242
Samuel Pettit
Pri. Rev War
Act: 18 March 18th
Index: --Vol. 3, Page 391
[Arrangement of 1870]

1913 Dec 2 Hist to Miss Alice R Stark, M.B.H.
1915 Apr 24:  history to Mr. John S. Pettit M.B.H.
1917 Apr 7 His to G.W. Pettit
1919 July 15: History to Miss G.W. Pettit
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State of New York
Secretary's Office

I certify that it appears from the Military Register of the New York Continental line of New Army of the Revolution, remaining in this office, that Samuel Pettit enlisted in Capt. McCrackin's Company in the first Regiment on the 20th day of November 1776 for the War, that he was made a corporal December 14, 1779, and a Sergeant June 1, 1782, and that he mustered to the end of the war.  Dated Albany April 30, 1807.

A.G. Johnson
Dep Sec of State,

Does not correspond with Soldier's own statements. No proof that this refers to pensioner
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Washington, May 30 1851

James E Heath Esq

Sir
Enclose you will please find Certificate of the Comptroller of York, Showing that Samuel Pettit was a Sergeant at the Conclusion of the War and that he served more than 2 years as Corporal and Sergeant.

He is now on the pension Roll under the Act of 18 March 1818 at $96 per annum and asks to be placed on that of 7 June 1832 at a higher rate. His service as Sergt and should be [illegible] as Sergeant from 1st June 1782 to 3 Sept 1783, the final ratification of the Treaty of Peace and for the balance of the 2 years as a Corporal

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sevt
Geo C Ames
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Fees $1.81.

N.B. If the Secretary of War decides in favor of the applicant.  We will be pleased to direct his communication to Abner A. Johnson Merchant, Johnstown Montgomery County, State of New York.

Con
J.L.E.
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And was then transferred to Captain Theodosius Fowler's company, in Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt's regiment, in which I served about three years and was discharged at Newburgh.  The date of my original declaration is the 20th of April 1818 and that the number of my certificate is 4390.  And the date of my application, under the restrictions of 1820, is the 17th of June 1820.  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 dispossessed of my property or any pact thereof, with Intent Hereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress Entitled "An act to provide for certain persons, engaged in the land and naval service of the United States with 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.  That I am a farmer by occupation, but am unable to work, my wife is fifty two years of age, and possesses pretty good health, I have one child living with me, fourteen years of age, and is very sickly.

Schedule of property now in my possession.  7 Barrels, 2 tubs, a quantity of tin, 3 stone pots, 1 flour chest, 1 box, 1 bowl, 1 pr fire-dogs, 1 pr shovel & tongs, 1 pr steelyards 1 pr
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1 pr Sad Irons Hollow ware, 1 Trunk, crockery, 2, canisters, glass bottles, 1 spinning wheel, 3 chests chairs, tables, table linen, knifes, forks and spoons, candlesticks, baskets, looking glass, Axe and hoe, rakes, pitch fork, scythe, 4 casts, flour bags, 1 hog, 1 calf, 1 pail, 10 gall vinegar, 6 bushel corn, flour, cider, pork 1/2 ton hay.

I our in debts to different persons about forty five dollars

Samuel Pettit

Sworn to and declared on the 13th day of June, in open Court

Henry F. Yates Clk
State of New York Ss.

I Henry F. Yates Clerk of the County of Montgomery, and of the court of common pleas of the said County, do hereby certify, that the statement of facts signed by Samuel Petit and the schedule thereunto subjoined
are truly copied from the records of the said
Court: And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount of the value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is ninety nine dollars and seventeen cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Seventeenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, Eight hundred and Twenty two

Henry F. Yates Clerk
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St Peter Minnesota

Dear Sir

Will you please send me a copy of the pension application of Samuel Pettit who enlisted in the Rev. War 1778 in N. York.  He applied for a pension 1818.  It was allowed as private New York line.  He was my g-grandfather.

Thanking you I am Respectfully
Miss Alice R Stark
St Peter Minnesota
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Washington
April 20, 1915.

The Commissioner of Pensions.

Sir:

Kindly furnish to me such information as your records show as to the service, etc., of Samuel Pettit, a soldier of the War of the Revolution, who enlisted from the State of New York.

The soldier was pensioned on the rolls of the New York Agency.

Respectfully,

Jno S Pettit
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UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO. INCORPORATED

HEAD OFFICE UNDERWOOD BUILDING
VESEY STREET NEW YORK, USA
AURORA SUB BRANCH:
65 SOUTH BROADWAY

Aurora, Ill.,
July 1 1919

Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs:-

Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension record of Samuel Pettit, a revolutionary soldier, who we are certain applied for a pension in 1818.  We are also anxious to learn the name of his wife and children, especially to know if he had a son by the name of Nathaniel, and any other data which you may have in regard to this soldier.

Thanking you in advance for your kindness, I am,

Yours very truly,
G.W. Pettit

Address:
Mrs. G. W. Pettit
Byron, Ill.

Stamped: Pension Office, July 8 1919
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Oelwein, IA
March 23th 17

Pension Dept Washington DC
Record division

I respectfully request of the Pension Dept a copy of the pension and other data you have of one Samuel Pettit a revolutionary soldier.

He applied for pension 1818 at the age of 56 years, it was allowed for 4 years and seven months actual service as private - N.Y. line.

What I most desire is information about his wife and children, how many children, their names, etc. 

All information on record will be gratefully received.

Rest. G. W. Pettit

132 4th Ave S
Oelwein Ia