Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,752, Alexander Bolton, New York
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(3-1776)
Service
New York
Bolton, Alexander
Sarah
Number W. 20,752

Contents
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20.953
New York
Alexander Bolton
of Cayuga in the State of New York
who was a Private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Harrison of the Regt commanded
by Col. Blair in the County
line for 10 months

Inscribed in the Roll of New York
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Oct
1833 and sent to J. M. Connelly 
Ledyard
Arrears to the 4th of Sep '33  $83.33
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4m '34  16.66
[total] $99.99
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Go C Stiles Clerk
Book E Vol. 4 Page 89
$99.99

Dead let to J. N. Burnham
July 20 1839
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2194
New York Albany
Sarah Bolton
widow of Alexr Bolton
who was a private
in the revolution

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 Dollars 33
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
20th day of Dec 1843
and sent to Jonathan Mason
Canandaigua N York

[Act of March 3, 1843]
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 Page 102

Reported
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State of New York
Cayuga County}ss
On this 20th day of June AD 1833
personally appeared before Wing Tabor one of
the Judges of the Common pleas in said County Alexander Bolton a resident of the Town of Ledyard in said County of Cayuga and State of New York aged Seventy five 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he was born on the 27th day of April AD 1750 in the Town of Glasgow in the County of Berkshire State of Massachusetts at about six years of age he removed to the town of Dover Dutchess County State of New York remained there six years or there about he then removed to the town of Stillwater in the then County of Albany where he remained about two years when he removed to the town of
Cambridge in the same County where he resided
during the war, has no record of his age no 
written document to refresh his memory says he think in the year 1776 in August he was called out in the Regiment under the command of Colonel Lewis Van Vort Captain John McCalis first Lieutenant Gersham Woodruff and second Lieutenant Allen was out more that two weeks at this time was called out again in October following under the same officers the
whole Regiment and lay at the headquarters of the Regiment while General Burgoyne lay at Crown point just three week at this time and had
to board himself he was drafted the next season
in the month of June when General Scuyler [Schuyler] was retreating before General Burgoyne he was ordered out under the command of Governor Clinton Lieutenant Colonel John Blain Captain John McCaliss Lieutenant Gersham Woodruff 
Sargent Brown he then continued in service till
17th or 18th of August it being on sunday
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the next day after the Bennington Battle at that
Battle General John Stark was the commander
and he (the applicant) was engaged in the battle
under the above named officers, during the above
Campaign he retreated from Fort George to
Fort Edward and he went back every day to Fort
George for more that a week to guard the teams
through with the baggage at which time General
Scuyler was with them and he see him every day
and was out at this time more than two month
he was next called out the next day after he got how
under the command of James Bolton Comitant
of the company as the Captain (McCalif) was under
an arrest and he then went to Fort Edward was
out at this time seven days. The last of July
1779 John Younglove Esqr was shot and wounded
at his own house in Cambridge he thinks and he was
called out four days at this time.
In the month of March 1780 he was drafted for one
month and went to Whitehall and the place was taken
he was discharged and sent home. About the first
May following he was drafted and ordered to Fort Edward
from thence to Palmertown and was there engaged in building
a block house from thence he marched to Schenectady
and from there to Fort Stanwich under the command of
Captain Joseph Harrison, Lieutenant Buell the commanding
officer was Major Hughs. That he returned the last
of November 1780 to Schenectady and was there discharge
after being in seven more than seven months at
this time. That in consequence of living on or near the other
portions he was frequently called out in alarms
serving a few day at a time making in all more than
fourteen days exclusive of the above, after the war
he removed to the State of Vermont in the Town of
Sherburne and lived there three years he then removed
to the Town of Salem in the then County Albany in
the State of New York then to the Town of Johnstown
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in the County of Montgomery then the next year he
removed to Galaway in Saratoga County he being a 
millwright by trade he removed where he thought his
business was best then he removed to Johnstown in
Montgomery there two years in Herkimer then one
year in Oswego in the then County of Chenango then
he removed to the now County of Cayuga which
was in the year 1799 where he has resided ever since.
He never received a written discharge, that he has
no documenting evidence or known of no person whose
testimony he can procure who can testify to his service
except the hereunto annexed.
That the above is true in every respect according to
his best recollection & belief. He hereby relinquishes
every claim whatever to a pension or annuity 
except the present, and declares his name is not on the
pension roll of any State or Territory.
Alexr Bolton [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Wing Taber Judge

State of New York
County of Cayuga} ss
One James Manliff Clergyman
residing in Ledyard in the County of Cayuga and
Joshia M Crowley of the same place [illegible]
that we are well acquainted with Alexander
Bolton who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding
declaration and that we believe him to be 75 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
in that opinion
James Stancliff
Joshua M Coonley [signatures]
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Wing Taber Judge
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And I the undersigned do hereby declare in my
opinion after investigation of the matter and after
putting the interrogations prescribed
by the War Department that the above named
applicant was a soldier in the Revolutionary war
and served as he states and I further certify that
it appears to me that James Stanley who has
signed the same is a Clergyman resident in
Ledyard and Joshua M Coonley who has also signed
the same is a resident in the same place is a
credible person and their statements
is entitled to credit.
Wing Taber Judge [signature]

State of New York
Cayuga County Clerks Office
I Michael S Myers Clerk of
said County hereby certify that I
Wing Taber Esquire before whom the above affidavits
were made & by whom the above declaration is signed
was at the time the same was done a Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas of said County
and that Joshua M. Conley Esquire before whom
the affidavit on the paper hereto attached by my official seal
was taken, & the certificate thereon signed, was at the time
the same was done a Justice of the peace in & for the
County of Cayuga. And further that I am well
acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge
& Justice & verily believe their several signature to said
papers to be genuine. Witness my hand & official
Seal this twenty second day of June AD 1833.
MS Myers
I hereby certify that the above named applicant is unable
to attend in Court from old age and a
malady he has for some years been afflicted with
Ledyard June 20th 1833
Wing Taber Judge
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State of New York
Ontario County Ss

On this nineteenth day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and forty one, personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ontario, at a court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in Canandaigua in & for said County, on the third Tuesday of February Eighteen Hundred and forty one, Sarah Bolton, a resident of East Bloomfield in the County of Ontario & state aforesaid, aged seventy one years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838 Entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Alexander Bolton who was a private Soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and who received a pension for those services from the United States of thirty three dollars and thirty three cents per annum - and that his pension certificate bears date the twenty third day of October 1833. She further declares that she was married to the said Alexander Bolton on the tenth day of August in the year seventeen Hundred and Eighty six - that her husband the aforesaid Alexander Bolton died on the twenty fifth day of October Eighteen Hundred and thirty six - that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but that the marriage took place previous to the first day of January seventeen Hundred & ninety four vis: at the time above stated - that her maiden name was McNitt - 
Sworn & subscribed on the day & year above written before -
[signature] John Lapham
Judge of Ontario County Courts
[signature] Sarah her X mark Bolton

State of New York
Ontario County Ss

I Thomas Hall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Sarah Bolton for a pension
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this Nineteenth day of February A. D. 1841 at Canandaigua
[signature] Thomas Hall
Clerk of Ontario County
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Alexander Bolton Married to Sarah McNitt August the 10 1786
Salem Wasington [Washington] County
State New York
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to one hundred of flour
to 50 pounds pork
to weaving 404 yards
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famamaley [family] record
Racel was born April 10th 1787
Barnard 27 December 1788
Zilpha 1st of april 1791
Alexr was born April 28 1795
Paggey on the 26 of March 1797
Sallay on the 9th of Siptember 1799
Eliza on 26 Siptember [sic] 1802
James on 15 of Jenurey [sic] 1804
Thomas G 1st of June 1806
Daniel on the 19th Febrey [sic] 1809
Nanse Anne 15 of April 1815
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[ ]
24 weaving 44 for Deshong 1-16-4
20 for [ ] Dirkes0-17
34 yds for Wilbur Dirkes 1-13-41
37 yd for ant Sarah
34 yds for Goolding
30 for Deshanz 1-5-0
24 for mather
6 
weaving for Phylona at 1/2
AJR Fekerthonz
36                1434
36                 1767
09                     69
74
41 $2
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for the reef and plats $12.00
for to window frames 4.00
for the porteh[?] 6.00
for Lainly for 4.00
for the slepers 1.50
for one day on the arteh 1.00
for the insid doore 2.50
for cuting and planing for Is and mofi 1.00
for the sash 6.20
for going for bonds 1.00
for the Banches 2.00
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Hear [Here] Ends the year 1814
A Bolton was 60 years old
on the 27 of April this year
I A Bolton was Born the
27 day of April 1754 in the
State of Masatuts [Massachusetts] and County
of Barcksher [Berkshire]
my father was born in grat britin [Great Britain]
and kingdom of [Ireland?] in the
year of our Lord 1720
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18168
Alex Bolton
Cayuga County
New York

Admitted
Private 10 months

Joshua M Conely
Ledyard
Cayuga Co NY
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the service of Alexander Bolton, Cayuga N.Y.
[columns]
Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. Years/Months/Days | Rank of the claimant. | Names and Rank of the Company
officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported. |

Drafted 1777  | about 10 months| private | Lieut Woodruff  | Col Blair - | Whitehall  | 74 [age] | traditionary
do [drafted] 1780  1 month Capt Harrison Maj Hughes | Fort Edward Palmertown
7 months Lieut Buel Major Hughes
Schenectady  Fort Stanwick
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
Ste Territory or District of
County of } ss
On this --- day of --- personally appeared (a) before --- A.B. a resident (b) of --- in the county of --- and State, Territory or District of aged (c) --- 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 provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) --- with --- and served in the --- (e) regiment of the --- line, under the following named officers:

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]

He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of --- Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. --- A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I --- of the Court of --- do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of --- for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this ---
day of --- &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the --- and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with ---, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be --- 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 in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A.B. --- who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the --- and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the --- and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, --- , Clerk of the Court of --- do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of --- for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this --- day of --- & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. To a Soldier} Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
To an officer} Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
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.
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons-one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character
and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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  --- month, and --- days, I served as a --- ; and for such service I claim a pension."
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, too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that 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 shown 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-
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.

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 papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops, The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. 
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Revy WIDOW, & c.
File No. 20.752
Sarah Bolton
Wid of
Alexander Bolton
Priv Rev War
Act March 3rd '43
Index: vol. A; Page 75
[Arrangement of 1870]
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6174
New York
Sarah Bolton
widow of Alexander Bolton
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7th June 1832
and who died on the 25th October 1836,
of Ontario Co. in the State of New York
who was a private in the Company commanded
by Captain Harrison of the Regt commanded
by Col: Blair in the NY
line for 10 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 26 day of October 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of May
1841 and sent to Jonathan
Mason Esq. Canandaigua N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1841 $144.97
Semi-annual allowance ending -0-
[total] $144.97
Recorded by
Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by W. W. Tyler Clerk.
Book A Vol 2 Page 70
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I do here certify that Mr. Alexander Bolton was a
Soldier in Revolutionary war in 1780, in
Capt Joseph Harrison's company Lt Colonel John
Harper's regiment of New York State levies for the term of seven mos in which Regiment served as Lieutenant and [illegible] was knowing to his serving his time out and was
present when discharged with the rest of his regiment in Schenectady.
Seth Sherwood
Scipio May 5th 1818

I certify that the above certificate signed Seth Sherwood
and dated Scipio May 5. 1818. is my hand writing
and I fully believe that I wrote the same by the
dictation of my Father. Seth Sherwood as I was frequently in the habit of writing for him and signing his name as he was partially blind and I further certify that I have often heard my Father say that he was an officer in the Revolutionary war.
  Belva Wood
Ledgard August 22. 1832

I hereby certify Belva Wood in [is] a person of truth and veracity and of the first respectability Joshua M Coonley Justice

Appeared before me Belva Wood
and signed and affirmed to the above
certificate this 22 day of August 1832
Joshua M Coonley Justice of the peace
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Andrew Simpson being Duly Sworn Saith that
he knew Alexander Bolton And witness further Seth [saith] he knew him in the United States Service in the revolution war and was with him at Tilamega [Ticonderoga] and was with him from that time till Borgine [Burgoyne] was taken
And witness further Seth [saith] he knew him in the services from that time returned till the war was Dun [done] 
witness further Seth [saith] he knew him under Capt John Barnes in the year 1777 Between two and three months he witness farther Seth [saith] he knew him seven months. At one time under Seth Sherwood Capt [tenant?] the Capt name cant recollect.
this is described to the Best of witness's recollection.
Andw Simson [signature]
Sworn and Subscribed
this 18 day of June 1833
Before me Samuel Hudson J Peace
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Steuben County
I AC Switzer Deputy clerk of the county of Steuben do hereby certify that Samuel Hudson
before whom the within affidavit was taken
was at the date thereof a Justice of the peace
in and for the said County and that
I am acquainted with his hand writing
and truly believe his name subscribed thereto
is genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office
at Bath this 27th day of June 1833.
A. C. Switzer 

I hereby certify that this paper was received after
the others was officially sealed July 1st 1839
Sworn and Subscribed before me
the day and year aforesaid
Alexr Bolton
Joshua M Coonley Justice of the Peace
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For reference Please apply to Capt Jonathan Richmond or Capt Daniel Avery late Members of Congress or Cristopher Morgan Supreme Court Commissioned
all of Ledyard Cayuga County NY
Please as before direct your further communications
on this subject Joshua McCoonley 
Ledyard Cayuga
County NY
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on the day of June 1815
appoint that if the
in & for the State of Anton Potter
a resident of the town of Bristol in the Court
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[the following is clear text]
Sworn to & subscribed in presence of Sarah Bolton [cross betwwen first and last name labeled "her mark"]
on the day and year above Isaiah S. Cornell 
written before me
Det. Hawks
Justice of the Peace

And I further certify that the above named Sarah Bolton is personally
known to me, and that she executed the above declaration by affixing thereunto
her mark and declaring at the same time that she could not write her name in consequence
of bodily infirmities
Hawks
Det Hawks Justice of the Peace ┃
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State of New York
Ontario County Clerks Office} ss

I Thomas Hall Clerk of said County do hereby
certify that Dexter K Hawkes Esqr before whom the within affidavit
was taken and by whom the within certificate was made was at the date
of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County elected and
qualified and duly authorized to act as such and further that I am
well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice and that his
signatures D. K. Hawkes within written are genuine.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of said County
this 20th day of September AD 1843
Thomas Hall Clerk
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Alexander Bolton N.Y. Albany Agency
Act June 7 1832. $33 1/3 d 1836
When paid  H HL
May 1 1844
pd to 4 Sep 1836
JH
M. Harry
Page 29

19 July
B295. July 17, 1839
Pension Office

July 20 1839
20953
[illegible stamp]

Alex'r Bolton
NY [illegible]

[upside down mailing address]
FREE
Hon Joel R Poinsett
Secretary of War
Washington
USA
Page 30

Aurora Cayuga Co. N.Y.
July 12th 1839.
Hon J. R. Poinsett
Dear Sir
I [own?] few days since Mrs. Sarah
Boulton, Widow of Alexander Boulton, who was a Soldier in the Revolution, called upon me to assist her in procuring an Extension of the pension granted to her late Husband;
she is very poor, has twelve children, four of them Idiots & perfectly helpless. I write you at this time, to ascertain whether anything can be done for her relief, her husband died in October 25. 1836. they were married in 1786, at
Salem in this State, & have resided in this County nearly 40 years. All the facts of the case can be shown by various individuals relation to her Marriage &c. If she can have the pension continue in any way to her Will you please [illegible] instructions for procuring the same, & any new orders which
have been made relative to pensions in General,
I any your Obt Servt.
James N. Burnham
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M 4446
Sep. 25 1843
Sarah Bolton
Act 1843
N Y
$33.33 per an
-
Jonathan Mason
Canandaigua

James L. Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Canandaigua Sept. 21. 1843
J.L. Edwards Esqr

Dear Sir
I herewith enclose you
the declaration of Mabel Morgan & also of
Sarah Bolton on the application for pensions
under the act of 3 March 1843 & both of
the pensioner under the act of 7 July 1838
Your Obt Servt
Jonathan Mason
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Alex Bolton d 25 Oct '36
Sarah M. 86
Priv. [illegible]
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Sarah Bolton
Wid of Alexander
New York
Act July 7 1838
Married 1786
died Oct 25 1836
Allow $33.33 per an
from Oct 25 1836
pri Capt Harrison's
Co Col Blain Comr
Militia

Jonathan Mason Esq
Canandaigua
New York
Page 35

7741
Mar 17 1841
N.Y.
July 7 1838
Sarah Bolton
[stamp] FREE
James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

[other writing on right, from a different page]
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Canandaigua March 11. 1841
J. L. Edwards Esq
Enclosed are the papers of Mrs
Sarah Bolton on her application for a
pension. I suppose her application was
made in season to entitle her to the benefit
of the act her ignorance of the law being
in existence, was the reason why her
application was not made before 
Altho she has been unable to complete
her proof before the expiration of
law, she trusts, that her application
having been made reasonably, will be
sufficient.
Yours Respectfully
Jonathan Mason
Page 37

Payments to be made
at New York
[Pres. U.S.S Bank?]
Agent for paying Pensioners 
in the Agency of
New York
Recorded in the Pension Office,
in Book E. Vol. 4
Page 89 by Go C Stiles
Clerk
Page 38

WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Alexander, Bolton of the State of New York who was a private in the Revolutionary
Army is entitled to receive Thirty Three dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-
annually on the 4th of March, 1831 and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 23 day of October one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Lew Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
Geo. Wm Crump
Actg Commissioner of Pensions
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7741
In the matter of
Sarah Bolton on the
application for pension

Given under my hand and seal
of Office this 11th day of March A.D.
1841 at Canandaigua
Thomas Hall Clerk
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State of New York
Ontario County
Barnard Bolton being duly sworn according to
law, says that he resides in the town of East Bloomfield in the County
and state aforesaid, is fifty two years of age, and is the son of
Alexander Bolton and Sarah Bolton: that his father Alexander
Bolton died on the twenty fifth day of October Eighteen Hundred
and thirty six in the town of Ledyard in the County of
Cayuga and State aforesaid - that his mother Sarah Bolton
still survives him, and now remains his widow and has
remained his widow ever since the death of the said
Alexander Bolton this deponent's father this deponent
further says, that his father the said Alexander Bolton,
in his life time kept a family record that the said
family record, so made by his father, was kept in an
account book belonging to this deponent's father, that the
family record so kept as aforesaid, is hereunto annexed
and is wholly in the hand writing of the said Alexander
Bolton this deponent's father, with which this deponent is
well acquainted. This deponent further says, that the
leaves containing the family record of his father's family
were cut from the account book in this deponent's
presence and hereunto annexed. that the said
account book containing the record has remained
in the custody of this deponent's mother, ever since
the death of his father and that the family record
so kept as aforesaid, and hereunto annexed, is the
original family record of Alexander Balton this
deponent's father. This deponent further says, that the
record hereunto annexed, has always been recognized, as
his father's family record, by all the members of his
father's family, and as such, has always been reported
to by the members of his father family, for the dates
therein contained. This deponent further says,
that his father in his life time, received a pension
from the Government of the United States, under the
Pension certificate hereunto annexed which
said certificate has remained in the custody of this
deponent's mother since the death of his father the
said Alexander Ballon.
Barnard Bolton
Subscribed & sworn to this
ninth day of March 1841.
Before me Riverius C Stiles
Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Barnard Bolton,
who has subscribed & sworn to the foregoing affidavit, and
that he is a person of good character, and whose
statements are entitled to full credit and belief
Riverius C. Stiles Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Ontario County SS
Thomas Bolton being duly sworn according to law says that he resides in the town of East Bloomfield in the County and State aforesaid is thirty four years of age and is the son of Alexander Bolton & Sarah Bolton that Alexander Bolton his father died on the twenty fifth day of October Eighteen Hundred & thirty six in the town of Ledyard in the County of Cayuga & State aforesaid that his mother Sarah Bolton still survive him, and remains his widow and has remained his widow ever since the death of this deponents father. This deponent further says that his father, the said Alexander Bolton, in his life time kept a family record that the record of his family, so kept by him, was made in an account book kept by this deponents father that the said family record so kept by this deponents father as aforesaid is hereunto annexed, and is wholly in the hand writing of the said Alexander Bolton, this deponents father, and with which hand writing this deponent is well acquainted. This deponent further says, that the leaves containing the record [illegible] of his fathers family, were cut from the said account book in the presence of this deponent and hereunto annexed - that the said account book containing the said record has remained in the center of this deponents mother ever since the death of this deponents father and that the family record so kept as aforesaid and hereunto annexed, is the original family record of Alexander Bolton, this deponts father. This deponent further says, that the record hereunto annexed, has always been recognized, as his fathers family record by all the members of his fathers family, and as such has always been referred to by the members of his fathers family for dates therein contained. This deponent further says that his father in his life time, he received a pension from the Government of the United States, under & by virtue of the pension certificate hereunto annexed which said certificate has remained in the custody of this deponents mother ever since her death of the said Alexander Bolton this deponts father
[Signed] Thomas Bolton
Subscribed & sworn to this ninth day of March 1841.
Before me [Signed] Riverius C Stiles Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that I am acquainted with Thomas Bolton who has subscribed & sworn to, before in the foregoing affidavit, and that he is a person of good character and on whose statements are entitled to full credit and belief
[Signed] Riverius C. Stiles Justice of the Peace
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State of New York
Ontario County 
I Thomas Hall Clerk of said County do
hereby certify that Riverius C. Stiles Esq. whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavits and certificates
was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in
and for the said County duly elected and qualified and authorized
to take the same. And that his several signatures foregoing
written are his genuine hand writing
Given under my hand and seal
of Office this 11th day of March A.D.
1841 at Canandaigua
Thomas Hall Clerk