Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4993, Solomon Cartwright, New Jersey
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New Jersey
Cartwright, Solomon
S. 4993
Carded.
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Letter to T.W. Porreo 4 March 1839
As to Pen Agt. 7 June 1839.
To Ohio from 4th Sept 1838
19 June 1839 Notification sent to T.W. Powell Delaware O.
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Letter to Pen Agent Pittsburgh 21 April 1840
Hon C Delano, Dec 23, 40
________________________
[New York is Crossed out] Ohio
Solomon Cartwright of Tompkins in the State of N. York who was a private in the Comp. Commanded by Captain Harper in the Regt commanded by Col. Martin in the New Jersey time for 17 Mov.
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 36 dollars 66 cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of Sept 1833 and Saith S Crittenden [Thach?]
Arrears tot he 4th of Sept 33 $113.33 
28.33
Semi-anl allowance ending Sept 33 $28.33
169.99
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7 1832
Recorded by W.L Williams, Clerk
Book E Vol 4 Page 52
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In the matter of the application of Solomon Cartwright for Pension
Declaration 14718
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State of New York
Tompkins County Clerks office
I, Samuel Love Clerk of the court of common pleas for the county of Tompkins so hereby certify that the following papers hereunto annexed contain the original [?] of the said court in the matter of the application of Solomon Cartwright for a Pension. In testimony whereof I [?] hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10 day of May &D 1833
Saml. Love Clerk
Tomp. County
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832
State of New York, 
Tompkins County ss.
On this 3 day of October - personally appeared in open court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, now sitting, Solomon Cartwright, a resident of the town of Danby in the county of Tompkins and the state of New York, aged eighty 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. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he first volunteered into said service for one month at the town of Wantage in Sussex County, New Jersey where he then resided, in the month of March 1776, in Capt. Joseph Harpers Company and Col. Martin's Regiment of N. Jersey Militia - immediately after his enlistment he march with his said company to New York & There continued in said service during the month when he was discharged & he returned home about the first of April 1776 - That afterwards and about the first of June 1776 he volunteered a private into the same service, at the town of Wantage aforesaid for the term of five months in Captain Soward's Company in said Col. Ephraim Martins Regiment of N.J Militia - that immediately or soon after his said enlistment for five months he joined his said regiment at Morristown N.J. about the nineteenth of June 1776 and marched from thence under Captain Bond in the aforesaid Regiment to New York, thence to Long Island when the British Army landed on Long Island- They were forced by the British back to New York and from thence to Fort Washington near Rings Bridge. From Thence this declarant with said regiment crosses the Hudson River to Fort Lee and from thence they marched to Hackensack New Jersey where after a short time their term of service expired and this declarant was discharged on the last day of November 176 and the returned to his place of residence in the town of Wantage, aforesaid-
That during the years 177&78 he volunteered with his company into the monthly service at first for one month in the Capt. Colis Company and afterwards for our month in Capt. Coykindoll's[?] company in said Col. Martins Regt. and during the said two months service by the declarant such service was rendered by standing as a guard at Morristown but the precise time of that service he cannot now recollect, that and after that & during the years 1778,79, &80 he was service times called into actual  service for a few weeks at a time but this declarant cannot now state the precise times nor the names of his officers. 
That on the first day of March 1781 as the said town of Wantage, County & State aforesaid this declarant
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enlisted into the same service for the term of nine months in Capt. James Bunnel's  company in  which Caleb Hopkins was first Lieutenant and in Col. Ephraim Martin's Regiment of New Jersey Militia as aforesaid in which said Regt. John Welling was Quarter Master - That under his said last mentioned enlistment he served as second Sergeant in the aforesaid Capt. Bunnel's Company for nine months and during the term of such enlistment as and in the immediate vacinity of a place called the Block House in the town of Montague in said County of Sussex & state of New Jersey- that during that service he was  employed in guarding the banks of Delaware against innovations by the British and indians - That he was discharged from said service at the Block House about the first days of December 1781 and immediately returned to his parents with whom he resided at the town of Wantage aforesaid - that during his said service he was in the Battle of Flatbush on Long Island - at Tide Mills at Elizabethtown N.Jersey - at Aquchaunock[?] Saxchawax[?] at a Battle against the Indians & torces[?]
That he has no documentary widence[?] and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service other than Moses Bociek and Solomon Meddough whose affidavits are hereunto annexed-
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The following questions were propounded by the Court to the applicant.
1. Where and in what year were you born? Answer. in Wantage Sussex County N.J in 1752 the 8th of July
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer. I have not here but there is a record in New Jersey where I was baptized
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War; and where do you now live?
Answer. When i went into the service i was in Wantage N.Jersey - has since lived at same place till about 25 years ago he moved to Danby where he now lives-
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute; and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer. I volunteered
5. State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Answer. Genl. Washington, Gen Putnam, has seen Gen Lee at Elizabethtown. Col Martin, Capts Cole & Coykendoll in the Militia. His service is stated in the body of his declaration.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer. I never received any written discharge-
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer. [?] Jennings, Audwin Jennings, Stephen Beers[?}, [?] Clark, [?] Clark, Chester W Lord
We, Solomon Stevens a clergyman, residing in the town of Danby and the County of Tompkins and State of New York, and Benj Jennings - residing in the same place, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Solomon Cartwright who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, and that we believe him to be eighty years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur int hat opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid,
S Love Clerk 
Solomon Stevens
Benj Jennings
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations 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 Solomon Stevens Clergyman, Benj Jennings who has signed the preceding certificate as credible citizens resident in the town of Danby and county of Tompkins and are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Samuel Love Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Tompkins do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of the Solomon Cartwright for a pension. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 4th day of October, 1832
Saml Love Clk
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State of New York
Tompkins County for Moses Brink of the town of Candor in the County of Tioga in the State aforesaid being duly sworn doth on his oath depose and day that he is sixty nine years of age on the tenth day of March next that he was born and brought up in the town of Montague in the county of Sussex and State of New Jersey and that he resided there until about twenty years after the close of the Revolutionary war - and this Deponant[?] further saith that he was well acquainted  with Solomon Cartwright who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration previous to this Revolutionary War, that he first became acquainted with the said Solomon Cartwright when he was but a child about eight or nine years old that at that time the said Solomon resided in the town of Wantage in the county of Sussex & State of New Jersey about nine miles from the residence of the deponant - That he has been well acquainted with the said Solomon Cartwright from that time to the present - That he saw the said Solomon Cartwright actually engaged as a soldier in the American Revolution in a company of Militia of the State of New Jersey commanded by Capt. James Bunnel at the Block house in the aforesaid town of Montague & County of Sussex & State aforesaid in the early part  of the year 1781 - That he saw him the said Solomon at and near that place almost daily during the spring, summer and fall months of the year 1781 engaged as aforesaid in said Capt Bunnel's Company & Col. Isaac Martin's Regiment - that the Block house when the said Solomon was in the aforesaid service during the spring summer and fall aforesaid was situate about three quarters of a mile from where this deponant then resided with his parents - That during the aforesaid period of about nine months he was knowing of the said Solomon's service as aforesaid he the deponant was induced to visit the Block house where the said company were stationed from his previous acquaintance with the said Solomon Cartwright and others who served with him in the aforesaid company commanded by Capt. Bunnel  -
His Mark X Moses Brink
Subscribed & sworn before me this 3rd day of October 1832
Benj. Jennings, one of the judges of Common Pleas forsaid County
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Tompkins County : I Benjamin Jennings one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Tompkins do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Moses Brink and Solomon Middough who have subscribed &sworn to the two several affidavits hereunto annexed and that their reputation for truth is good and in my best judgment  from my acquaintance with them in their [?] neighborhoods they are entitled to full credit - Given under my hand this 4th day of October 1832
Benj. Jennings
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State of New York
Tompkins County: Solomon Middough of the town of Caroline in the County and State aforesaid being first duly sworn in open court before the judges of the court of Common Pleas in & for the said county of Tompkins doth on his oath depose and say that he was well acquainted with Solomon Cartwright who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration before and during the Revolutionary war - that this Deponant was born and brought up in the same town with the said Solomon Cartwright in the town of Wantage in the County of Sussex and state of New Jersey - That  during the Revolution and in the month of March 1776 this deponant and the said Solomon Cartwright served a campaign of one month together in Capt. Joseph Harper's company in Col Martin's regiment in the service of the United States  int he city of New York where they were employed in repairing batteries at that place - That immediately or soon after the said Solomon Cartwright returned from the aforesaid service he (the said Solomon Cartwright) again enlisted into the service at Wantage N.J. for the term of five months in Capt Soward's company and in Col Ephraim Martin's Regiment of the militia of said state - That the said Solomon Cartwright was absent from home during the summer of 1776 and this deponant has always understood & believed & still believes that said Solomon Cartwright was during that time engaged in said Corps in the aforesaid service - That this deponant was present at the time of his said last mentioned enlistment at Wantage. That during the month of January 1777 the Solomon Cartwright was in the service aforesaid for one month at Scotch planes N. Jersey in the same company with this deponant - that at the campaign this deponant in the absence of Capt. Cole commanded said company as lieutenant commandant in Col Ephraim Martin's Regiment and afterwards commanded in Col. Hawkison.
That in the summer of 1778 that said Solomon Cartwright was engaged as a soldier for one month in the aforesaid service on the Delaware River in the town of Minesick[?] in a company there under the command of this deponant as first lieutenant in the Col. Hawkison's regiment there commanded by Lieutenant Col. Soward - and there engaged during that time in constructing a fort and scouting at the place
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and along the Delaware River -
And this Deponant further saith that the said Solomon Cartwright was in said service in the aforesaid company under the command of Capt. Cole & this deponant as lieutenant for a short town on the Delaware River at Lackawax among the indians in the month of July 1779- 
That he then understood and believed and still surely believes that during the years 1780 & '81 the said Solomon Cartwright was engaged in said service mostly within the State of New Jersey under an enlistment for nine months during and for that period - That such was the report in the neighborhood at that time where he lives and this deponant  knows that during a part of that period the said Solomon Cartwright was absent home and further saith not -
Sollomon Middough [Middaugh?]
Subscribed & sworn in open court aforesaid before the judges thereof this 4 day of October 1832
Saml. Love Clk

In the matter of the application of Solomon Cartwright for Pension
Declaration 14718
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14718
Solomon Cartwright
Tompkins Co.
New York

Admitted
Private 17 months

16-06
May 9th 1833
P.384

Samuel Crittenden
Ithaca, NY
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BRIEF in the case of Solomon Cartwright
of Tompkins County in the State of New York
(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? 80
4 State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
(The following is a table 4 with columns with the following headings: Period - Durations of Service - Rank - Names of General and Field Officers under who he served.) (4 entries filled in:)
- Volunteer in 1776, 1 month, as a Private, Capt. Harper, Col. Martin
-Volunteer June 1776, 5 months, as a Private, Capt. Soward, Col. Martin
- Volunteer 1777 & 78, 2 months, Private, Capt. Cole and Capt. Coykendoll
- Enlisted 1781, 9 months, Private, Capt. Bunnel, Col. Martin
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sussex county, New Jersey
7. In his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witness tradition
8. Are the papers defective as to form an authentication? And if so, in what respect? Not connected as required
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
T.E[?] Bradford 
Examining Clerk
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The State of Ohio
Delaware County
On this 8th day of February A.D. 1839 before me the subscribed a justice of the peace for the said county, personally appeared Solomon Cartwright who being duly sworn upon his oath declares that he is the identical[?] person to whom whom a pension certificate was issued in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th of June 1832. by which he said Solomon Cartwright late a private in the army of the Revolution war inscribed on the pension list. Roll of the New York agency at the rate of fifty six dollars and 66 cents per annum during his natural life commencing on the 4th of March 1831. and hearing date at the war office of the United States the 12th day of September 1833. and number 20417. That his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of New York from whereas he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State of Ohio, where he intends remain, and wishes his pension to be there paid in the future. The following are his reasons, for removing from the State of New York to the State of Ohio, to [?] that his children & friends were residing in the County of Delaware in the State of Ohio, and it was his wishes to reside with or near them, and therefore removed to the State of Ohio.
His Mark X Solomon Cartwright
From & wherith to the day & year alone written - The words "of Ohio" inter[?] before executed[?]
Signed & sworn to in this presence of:
J.W. Powell
John Ward
Before me Joel Z Mendenhall, Justice of the Peace
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Also at the same time & place personally came from friend and Solomon Cartwright was who being duly sworn whom their oaths say that they are personally well acquainted with the [?] named Solomon Cartwright and who appeared before this and justice and argue[?] & was sworn to, the foregoing affidavit, that they personally sworn that he is the person to whom was issued the pension certificate, and the identical[?] pensioner described in the said affidavit & certificate, and sworn the facts in this affidavit are true and further say not.
Ira Finch
Solomon Cartwright
Sworn & subscribed to before me on this 8th day of February 1839. and I certify that I was well acquainted with the above named Ira Finch and Solomon Cartwright [?] that they  are persons of good character for truth and entitled to full belief - 
Joel Z Mendenhall
Justice of the Peace
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State of Ohio Delaware County, SS.
I Thomas Reynolds Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Joel Z. Mendenhall Esqr is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified; that his commission was dated on the 18th day of Decr 1838 & will expire on the 8th day of Decr 1841. & that his signatures before written, I believe to be genuine-

Given under my hand & the seal
of said County, this 9th day of
Feby AD 1839.
Thos Reynolds Clerk
by Wm D. Heim Dep.
[seal affixed at left]
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December 8, 1933.

Mrs. W. W. Waugh
330 South Grove Street
Bowling Green, Ohio.

BA-J/[something crossed out] not my section/ILL
Solomon Cartwright
S. 4993/ILL

Dear Madam:

This letter has reference to a recent reexamination of pension claim, S. 4993, based upon service of Solomon Cartwright, whose record you requested in March 1931. It is noted that in the record furnished you of that soldier on April 6, 1931, the name was inadvertently written Samuel, instead of Solomon. A corrected record is furnished you herewith to be used in place of the one dated April 6, 1931.  } [in margin] Mrs. Finch

The record of Solomon Cartwright, as his name is borne on the pension rolls, is given below as shown in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S.4993, based upon service in the Revolutionary War.

Solomon Cartwright was born July 8, 1752 in Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey, and resided there with his parents during the Revolutionary War; the names of his parents are not shown.

He volunteered and served in the New Jersey troops as follow: from March 1, 1776, one month in Captain Joseph Harker's company, Colonel
Ephraim Martin's regiment; from about June 1, 1776, in Captains Seward's and Bond's companies, Colonel Ephraim Martin's regiment, was in the battle of Flat Bush on Long Island and was discharged at the expiration of service of of [sic] five months; in January, 1777, one month in Captain Cole's company, Colonels Ephraim Martin and Hankinson's regiment; in the summer, 1778, one month, Captain Kirkendall's company, Lieutenant Colonel Seward and Colonel Hankinson's regiment; in July 1779, one month in Captain Cole's company at Lackawaxon and was in an engagement with the Indians: a short tour in 1780, no officers named; from March 1, 1781, nine months as second sergeant in Captain James Bonnel's company, Colonel Isaac Martin's regiment, on duty at the Block House in Montague, Sussex County, New Jersey. He was in engagements at Tide Mills, Elizabethtown, and at Aquahanock.
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After the war, the soldier resided in Wantage, New Jersey, later moved to Danby, Tompkins County, New York.

Solomon Cartwright was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832, at which time he resided in Danby, Tompkins County,
New York; he had lived there about twenty-five years.

In February, 1839, the soldier was a resident of Delaware County, Ohio; he stated then that he had moved to that county recently from
New York State because his children resided in Delaware County, Ohio; he did not give the names of said children, nor is the name of his wife shown in the papers in this pension claim. In 1839, Solomon Courtright, Junior, as he signed his name, made affidavit in behalf of the soldier in Delaware County, Ohio.

In May 1838, one Elias Vansickie stated in Delaware County, Ohio, that he had been acquainted with the soldier for thirty years.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.

Dec 8 1933-
Note-- I drew this claim - at request of Dr. Chas. C. Pinkerton, Akron, Ohio- reexamined, corrected and marked on Dec. 1-1933.-- The
former record, furnished, April 6, 1931 -- as Samuel- Mrs Finch requested me to send the corrected record-
ILL

2.
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[left side]
June 2-1922 History to Edna D Hecton
See Letter in claim William Britton
Mass. S. 4209-

April 6, 1931 - Hist to Mrs. W. W. Waugh,
330 So. Grove St. Bowling Green, Ohio - MLB

1933 - Dec. 1 - Hist. to Dr. Charles C.
Pinkerton I L L.

1933-Dec. 8 - corrected history to Mrs. W.W.
Waugh- ILL.

[right side]
Rev War.  4993
INVALID.
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File No. __4993 _____
___ Solomon Cartwright _________
___Privt Rev War ________
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Act: __June 7" 1832 ______
Index: -- Vol. _M__, Page _57__

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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New Jersey    May 13
[stamp:] DELAWARE OHIO MAY 8

FREE

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commr of Pensions
Washington
D.C.
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The State of Ohio
Delaware County ss
On this 4th day of May in the year 1839 before
me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for
the County of Delaware personally appeared
Soloman Cartwright late of the State of New York who on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain William Bond in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ephraim Martin in the New York State Militia in the Revolutionary war and in the service of the
United States; that his name was placed on
the pension roll of the State of New York from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the state of Ohio, where he intends to remain, and with his pension to be then payable in future, the following are his reasons for removing from New York to the state of Ohio, to wit; that his children had previously removed to Delaware County in the state of Ohio, and that it was his wishes to reside with them and therefore removed to this County.
Soloman Cartwright his mark
Subscribed to sworn to on the day & year above written before me
Joel Z Mendenhall
Justice of the Peace
And also at the same time and place came Elias Vanrickle who being duly sworn who his oath say that he has been well acquainted with the above named Soloman Cartwright who appeared and made oath to the above affidavit
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and signed the same, for the last thirty years, and personally knows him to be the identicle [identical] person to whom a pension was
granted as he claims in his above affidavit. and further say not.
Elias Vansickle

Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above written before me and I certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Elias Vansickle and that he is a person of good character for truth and his statements are entitled to full belief-
Joel Z. Mendenhall
Justice of the peace
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State of Ohio Delaware County ss.
I William D Heim Clerk of the Court of Common
pleas in & for said County, do hereby certify that Joel Z. Mendenhall Esq is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified, that his commission was dated on the 18th day of Decr. AD 1838 & will expire on the 18th day of Decr AD 1841 & that his signature above written I believe to be genuine.

Given under my hand & the seal
of said County this 6th day of
May AD 1839
W S Heim Clerk
[seal affixed at left]
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Delaware (Ohio) May 6. 1839

Sir,

At the request of Solomon Cartwright I forward the enclosed vouchers &c for the purpose of transferring the payment of his pension from New York to this state-  The certificate of transfer you may forward to my care at this place.
J. W. Powell

Honl. J. L. Edwards
Court of Pensions
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MECHANICS' & FARMERS' BANK,
Albany Pension Agency,
June 10. 1839
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Esquire,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 7th inst. I have to state, that Solomon Cartwright a Pensioner under the Act of 7 June 32 at 56 66/100 Dollars per annum was last paid to the 4 day of Sept. 1838.
I am, Sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't
T. W. Elliott
PRES'T AND PENSION AGENT.
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14718-
Solomon Cartwright
N. Y.


16


Saml. Crittenden
Ithaca
N. Y.
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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
Solomon Cartwright of Tompkins co New York which require further proof or explanation.

1. 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 amout [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?   yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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?
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' crossed out]   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?   yes
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? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
all answered
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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 [blank] year [blank] months, and [blank] days, I served as a [blank].   For [blank] months and [blank]  days, I served as a [blank]; 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 just 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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Bowling Green O. Feb. 26-31
The Pension Dept.
I am writing for information regarding a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, Solomon Cortwright of the Sussex Co. N. J. Militia. Would
like to know his marriage date and residence after removing to Ohio. Also any information will be grate fully received.
Resp
Mrs. W. W. Waugh
330. S. Grove St
Bowling Green O.
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Ans. 4/6/31

Bowling Green O. Mar 11 -31
Pension Dept

My ancestor Solomon Cortwright a soldier of the Revolutionary war was a pensioner up to the time of his death in 1844.  Could you give me any information as to his place of residence & any thing concerning his wife Hannah Ayers Cortwright.

Resp- Yours,
Mrs. W. W. Waugh
330 S. Grove St
Bowling Green
O.

[stamp:] US PENSION OFFICE  MAR 14 1931
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CHARLES C. PINKERTON, M.D.
435 SECOND NATIONAL BLDG.
AKRON, OHIO

November 21, 1933

[stamp:] RECEIVED NOV 22 1933 MAIL SUB-DIV. VETS ADM READER #2

Commissioner of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-

I should like a statement of the military history of Solomon Kortryk, ( Kortreyght) Cortreight or Cortrite) a soldier of the American Revolution. I am not certain as to the spelling of his name but he is said to have been a member of the third Battalion of Sussex County, New Jersey Militia.

This information is sought for membership in
the Daughters of the American Revolution.

With sincere thanks, I am
Very truly yours,

Chas. C. Pinkerton

MP: HVD
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RECORD DIVISION
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION

S4993.

3-525
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., __________, 19__


In reply to your request of [blank], received
[blank] for a statement of the military history of Solomon Cartwright a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
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[table follows with 5 columns; column headings are as follows:]
(1)  DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
(2) LENGTH OF SERVICE.
(3) RANK.
(4) OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. {sub-headings:  a. CAPTAIN b. COLONEL.
(5) STATE.

[text under column headings as follows:]
(1) Mar 1776 
(2) and served 17 mos. at various times until
Dec. 1781
(3) Pvt. & 2" Sgt.
(4) a. Joseph Martin, Soward, Bond,  Cole, Col Kendall, James Bunnell.  b. Ephraim Martin
(5) N. J.
[END OF TABLE]

Battles engaged in, __Flatbush, Tide Mills, Elizabethtown Aquahanock & Lackawaxon___
Residence of Soldier at enlistment, ___Wantage____N.J.____
Date of application for pension,___Oct. 3, 1832 His cl. was allowed_____
Residence at date of application, ___Danby Tompkins Co. N.Y. _____)
Age at date of application. ____b. July 8, 1752 in Wantage, Sussex Co. N.J. _____
Remarks: ___In 1839 he was living in Delaware Co. Ohio with his children. Date of death not on record.____________

Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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December 1, 1933.

Dr. Charles C. Pinkerton
435 Secon National Building
Akron, Ohio.

BA-J/ILL
Solomon Cartwright
S. 4993

Dear Sir:


Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Solomon Kortryk (variously spelled), a soldier of Sussex County, New Jersey, in the Revolutionary War.

The record of Solomon Cartwright, as his name is borne on the pension rolls, is furnished herein as found in the papers on file in his claim for pension, S. 4993, based upon his service in that war.

Solomon Cartwright was born July 8, 1752 in Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey, and resided there with his parents during the Revolutionary War; the names of his parents are not stated.

He volunteered and served in the New Jersey troops as follow: from March 1, 1775, one month in Captain Joseph Harker's company, Colonel
Ephraim Martin's regiment; from about June 1, 1776, in Captains Seward's and Bond's companies, Colonel Ephraim Martin's regiment, was in the battle of Flat Bush on Long Island and was discharged at the expiration of service
of five months; in January, 1777, one month in Captain Cole's company.  Colonels Ephraim Martin and Hankinson's regiment; in the summer, 1778, one month, Captain Kirkendall's company, Lieutenant Colonel Seward and Hankinson's regiment; in July, 1779, one month in Captain Cole's company at Lackawaxon and was in an engagement with the Indians; a short tour in 1780, no officers named from March 1, 1781, nine months as second sergeant in
Captain James Bonnel's company, Colonel Isaac Martin's regiment, on duty at the Block House in Montague, Sussex County, New Jersey. He was in engagements at Tide Mills, Elizabethtown, and at Aquahannock.

After the war, the soldier resided in Wantage, New Jersey, then moved to Danby, Tompkins County, New York.

[following hand-written at bottom:] N. Jersey book gives Capt Seward, Sussex Co.- later Lieut. Col. Seward-- there is no Capt Soward - The same list of officers gives Capt Joseph Hacker & Capt James Bonnel - Capt. Kirkendall - Capt Bond.
also- Col. Hankinson - successor to Ephraim Martin.
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Solomon Cartwright was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832, at which time he resided in Danby, Tompkins County,
New York; he had lived there for about twenty-five years.

In February, 1839, the soldier was a resident of Delaware County, Ohio; he stated then that he had moved to that county recently from New York State because his children resided in Delaware County, Ohio; he did not give the names of said children, nor is the name of his wife shown in the papers in this pension claim. Solomon Courtright, Junior, as he signed his name, made affidavit in behalf of the soldier in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1839.

In May 1839, one Elias Vansickle stated in Delaware County, Ohio, that he had been acquainted with the soldier for thirty years.

Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER,
Assistant to Administrator.
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April 6, 1931

Mrs. W. W. Waugh
330 South Grove Street
Bowling Green, Ohio

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
MLB

Dear Madam:


You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 4993, that Samuel [note in margin:  '??? should be Solomon ILL. 12-1-33'] Cartwright or Cortwright was born July 8, 1752 in Wantage,
Sussex County, New Jersey.

While residing in Wantage, New Jersey, he volunteered in March, 1776 and served with the New Jersey troops, as follows: one month in Captain Joseph Harker's company, Colonel Martin's regiment; from June, 1776, five months as private in Captains Soward's and Bond's companies in Colonel Ephraim Martin's regiment and was discharged November 30,
1776. During 1777 and 1778 he served two months as guard at Morristown, in Captain Cole's and Coykindall's companies in Colonel Martin's regiment. In 1778, 1779 and 1780 he
served at various times, a few weeks at a time, dates of service and names of officers not given. He enlisted March 1, 1781 and served nine months as second sergeant in Captain
James Bunnell's company, Colonel Ephraim Martin's regiment and was stationed at the Block House, in Montague, Sussex County, New Jersey, where he was discharged about December 1, 1781. During his service he was in the battles of Flatbush, Tide Mills, Elizabethtown, Aquahanock and Lackawax.

He was allowed pension on his application executed October 3, 1832, while a resident of Danby, Tompkins County, New York, where he had lived for twenty-five years.

In 1839 the soldier was living in Delaware County, Ohio,
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where he stated he had removed to be with his children.

There are no data on file in regard to soldier's
marriage and no record of his death.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner