Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,022, John Booth, Conn.
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SERVICE
Conn.

Booth, John
Sarah

NUMBER
R. 1022
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28.008 Connecticut
John Booth
of Stallingford in the State of Con who was a private in the Com commanded by Captain - of the Regt commanded by Col Cook in the Conn troops for 9 mo 18 days

Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 32 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of Jan. 1833 and sent to Hon G A Foot 

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 33 $80.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Mar 4 34 16
$96.0
Revolutionary claim
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by E L Bullock Clerk
Book E Vol. 3 Page 49
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State of Connecticut County of New Haven Probate District of Wallingford SS.
Town of Wallingford 
On this 11th day of August 1832 personally appeared in Court of Probate for the district of Wallingford - said court being a court of record & having by the laws of this state a clerk & seal and being now in session - in open Court - John Booth a resident in Wallingford in the aforesaid county of New Haven - aged seventy seven years the 18th day of November 1832 - who first being 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 7, 1832 - 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated - that in the year 1775, he enlisted into a company commanded by Col. Street Wall of Wallingford - that the said Wall was Lieutenant Col - the Commanding Col was Webb - said company being commanded by a Col. had no Capt. - One Potter was Lieutenant & a W Nols Ensign - that the company consisted of about Eighty or ninety men - that the said Company was stationed at New Haven a few weeks - that they received orders to march to Boston - that they arrived there soon after the Battle of Bunker Hill & were station at Boston through the summer and fall - that the business of the troops was to go on guard - stand on sentry & fortify some of the adjacent heights - that on Prospect Hill they dug up apple trees - turning their tops down the hill & laying barrels of sand upon them to roll down on the British troops should they attempt to ascend the hill - the length of time for which the said  troops were enlisted was six months - but applicant says that
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at the end of five months he received a written permission of Col Wall - said permission is now lost - who commanded the company to go home upon obtaining a substitute to serve out the month then wanting - that he hired Jotham Hall and paid him forty or fifty shillings - applicant further says that in the year 1776 he was a member of the militia of this State in the town of Wallingford - in a company commanded by Captain Elisha Hall Lieut Shepherd & Ensign Atwater - that all the militia were called upon to go to New York that he went to New Haven in Company with them & then set sail for New York - that they had a long voyage - that they were near a week getting from New Haven to New York that most of the time they had head winds and the rest calms - that he was quartered in the city of New York; that for some time previous to the retreat of the American troops from Long Island; firing was heard on the Island that the troops came from the Island in the night - that he stood upon the wharf in New York when the last boat left Brooklyn that while there and just as the last boats shoved away from the wharf the British came down and fired upon them - that about this time applicant was taken sick with the camp distemper and at the end of three weeks was verbally discharged - being unfit for service -
Applicant further says that on or about the first day of January 1777 he enlisted for the term of three months and a half - as he thinks into a company commanded by Captain Augustus Collins of Guilford in said New Haven County - Dan Johnson of Wallingford being Lieutenant and the said company being in a Regiment commanded by Col Thaddeus Cook of Wallingford that during the Enlistment he was at Horseneck Marmaroner - West Chester- East Chester and others
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places which applicant has forgotten - that he was verbally discharged about the middle of April the same year - 
applicant claims pay for services - five months in his tour to Boston in 1775. three fourths of a month in his tour to New York in 1776. and three months and a half in his tour in 1777 - making in all nine months and a quarter -
In answer to interrogatories by the Department, applicant says to the 1st that he was born in Middletown in the year 1755. To the 2nd that he knows of no record - 
To the 3rd that he has always lived in Wallingford since he was 16 or 17 years of age.
To the 4th that he has answered it to the best of his knowledge in his declaration -
To the 5th he says the same
To the 6th he says the same
To the 7th he refers to Rev James Noyes, Rev Sedgwick Rice - Caleb Cook Esq. Amos Dutton Esq. & Dr. John Andrews all of Wallingford.
Applicant relinquishes all claim to any pension or annuity whatever except the present and declares his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state.
John Booth
Subscribed & sworn to this day and year aforesaid
Mr. Sedgwick Rice a clergyman residing in the town of Wallingford & John Andrews a residing in the same hereby certify that are well acquainted with John Booth who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration hence and believe him to be seventy six years of age - that he is believed in the neighborhood where he now resides been a soldier of the Revolution & that [illegible]
Sedgwick Rice
John Andrews
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, And the Court further certifies that Sedgwick Rice who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in said town of Wallingford, and that D'John Andrews who has also signed the same is a resident of said town of Wallingford and that their statement is entitled to credit and the Court further certify that the applicant was supported in his declaration in relation to his service in the year 1775 by the oral testimony of Street T Hall given in open court - and in station to that of 1776 by the deposition of Moses Hart and in relation of 1777 by the deposition of Col Samuel Blake is duly authenticated.
Jno D. Reynolds Judge of Probate for the District of Wallingford

I Randall Cook Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Wallingford, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Booth for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said office this 11th day of August AD 1832.
Randall Cook Clerk
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29.169
John Booth
Wallingford

9 mo 18 days


Hon L. A. Foot
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183

Sir: 
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7th, 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 show 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, showing the Service of John Booth
[column headings: Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.]

1775 | 1775 5 months 5 days | private | Col. Street Hall | 77. 18 Nov. 1832 | Street J. Hall

1776 | 1776 3/4 months | private | Capt. E. Hal | Moses Hall |

1777 | 1777 3 1/2 months | private | Col. T. Cook | Samuel Blakesley

9 1/4 months

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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2 REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. 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. State, Territory District of County of 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 pension 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 enered 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. [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 application of for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this --- 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 

[handwritten]
[illegible]  Reg was raised 1 July 75 (for 5 mo claimant was dismissed before the end
a member of the regular regiment but - but of an independent co as a Col. company - having no capt. but 
commanded by a Col. & he
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alleged service, as they are known to the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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 rules laid down for his guidance [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county were 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 clamant 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 worn, deposes 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 persons mentioned below, and in the following grades: For --- years ---- months, and -----days, I served as a . For months and days, I served as a ----- for ----- months ----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, is too indefinite , and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the miliia, &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 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 in 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 pass under the seal of office of the certifying once, 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 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 credibly 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 [a] to [i] are 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 indispensible 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

[handwritten]

term the facts must he stated - Claimant was not infantry- made up by voluntary enlistments - and were considered not to be said in his declaration- he had also stated that that a part of the
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term of his service - and spent at New Haven a "few weeks" he says - but is not able to state defiantly - how many weeks. - he also states that he received a written permission to come home - which permission is now lost.
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Nov 5 07 
T.Sec
1022
BOOTH, JOHN
(CONN.)
R.1022
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A declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of July 4, 1836.

State of Connecticut, County of Hartford Ss
-
On this 2 day of October AD 1834 before the Probate Court for the District of Hartford personally appeared Sarah Booth resident of said Hartford but formerly of Wallingford in New Haven County, aged seventy six 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 4, 1836: That she is the widow of John Booth late of Wallingford decd. who was a private soldier in the revolutionary war before and after her marriage but in account of her memory being much impaired by ill health she cannot distinctly remember names of the officer or periods of service. She however thinks he was absent soon after the battled Lexington about 6 weeks
and on his return joined a company in Colonel Street Hall regt & served at Roxbury about
six months - also absent at Danbury about ten weeks in 1777 when the public stores were burnt
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and in 1778 went to N Haven when the enemy landed & served there in Captain Hall's 
company about a week or ten days & was frequently absent on several tours afterwards, a month 
in the whole according to her impressions about two years having seven or  Six 1/2
months as a substitute for [[illegible] of Wallingford

She further declares that she was married to the said John Booth on the 13th day of September
AD 1778 at Wallingford by the Revd James Dana of that Town now decd; that her husband
the aforesaid John Booth died on the 7th day of September 1833 at said Wallingford, and that
she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference
to the proof hereto annexed. 

Previous to his death he applied to the War Department for a pension under the act of
June 7, 1832 but a certificate was not issued until January 8, 1834, when he was enrolled
upon the list of the Connecticut Agency at the rate of thirty two dollars per annum - reference
may be had to the proof there forwarded in support of his claim which proof is  
in possession of the pension Office at Washington
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John Booth [signature]

Sworn to and subscribed this 26 day of October 1836
Before me In testimony whereof I have hereto affixed the seal of
said Probate Court and subscribed my name
Thomas H Seymour Jus

I further certify that it has been proved to my entire satisfaction that Mrs Sarah Booth 
the widow of the above named John Booth has remained unmarried ever since the period of her husbands death viz from the 7th day of September 1823
Thomas H Seymour Judge
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Oct 30  6

Samuel H. Parsons esq
Attorney at Law
Hartford Conn
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Extract from the Town Records of the Town of Wallingford - vol. 21 p. 267 - 
"John Booth married Sarah Mattoon September 14, 1778" -

The above extract is from the records of the Town of Wallingford vol. 21 p. 267 where it is entered among the list of marriages in the hand writing of Caleb Hall Esq - at that time Town Clerk of said Town - 
Certified from Record
James W Carrington T. C.

Town Clerks Office
Town of Wallingford
October 28, 1836
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Dr. Sir,
Enclosed I send you a certificate. It is all that appears on [illegible] 
& being thing like all the others, I Suppose until -  [illegible}
If it is insufficient & any other form of certificate would be
better Please advise me

I am in [illegible]
Your Obt. Sent
A B Chapin
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November 17, 1937
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

JOHN BOOTH
H. 1022
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. A. B. Cook
485 East Main Street
Meriden, Connecticut

Dear Madam: 
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of John Booth, of Wallingford, Connecticut, who died September 7, 1833, and whose widow, Sarah Booth, applied for pension which was rejected.

You are furnished herein the record of John Booth as found in pension claim, R. 1022, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.

John Booth was born November 18, 1755, in Middletown, Connecticut. When sixteen or seventeen years of age, he moved to Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.

While a resident of Wallingford, Connecticut, he enlisted July 8, 1775, served in a company commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Street Hall, Colonel Webb's Connecticut regiment, and was discharged December 19, 1775. He enlisted in 1776 and served three weeks as private in Captain Elisha Hall's Connecticut company. He enlisted January 1, 1777, and served three and one half months as private in Captain Augustus Collins' company, Colonel Thaddeus Cook's Connecticut regiment. He enlisted in 1778 and served a week or ten days as private in Captain Hall's Connecticut company. It was stated that he served several tours afterwards and that his service in all amounted to about two years, but no further tails of service were given.

John Booth was allowed pension on his application executed August 11, 1832, while a resident of Wallingford, Connecticut. He died there September 7, 1833.

John Booth married in Wallingford, Connecticut, Sarah Mattoon. The date and place of her birth and names of parents were not stated. They were married September 13, 1778, as stated by a soldier's widow, Sarah, or September 14, 1778, as shown by a copy of an extract from the town records of Wallingford, Connecticut.
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After the death of John Booth, his widow, Sarah, moved from Wallingford, Connecticut, to Hartford, Hartford County, in the same state, where she resided with her granddaughter. The name of her granddaughter and names of the parents of her granddaughter were not stated. No names in the claim were designated as those of children of John Booth and his wife, Sarah.

Sarah Booth, soldier's widow, while residing in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, aged seventy-six years, applied for pension October 26, 1836, but her claim was not allowed as the Act of Congress under which she applied did not entitle her to pension.

Very truly yours

A. D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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I Street Thaddeus Hall of Wallingford in the County of New Haven & State of Connecticut of lawful
age depose & say that I am acquainted with John Booth that I have been acquainted with
him since we were young- that at the commencement of the war of the American Revolution I enlisted as a soldier in the company commanded by a Street Hall who was Lieutenant Col under one Webb deponent thinks of Stamford - that said Company was enlisted by Col. Hall & commanded by him afterwards the term of time for which man enlisted was six months - that deponent thinks he enlisted in June-- but is not able to say, that they were stationed in New Haven for a time from that place they proceeded to Boston as deponent thinks on account of orders they received from head quarters that the deponent was during this time a waiter to Col Hall, but he was mustered with the others - that they remained in Boston till the time for which they enlisted had expired, when they were verbally discharged & returned home about thanksgiving which happened in  - December as near as he can recollect - that as near as he can recollect John Booth was there a part of the time, but he thinks Booth left a while before the six months expired-- Stephen Potter &
a Mr. Hall were Lieutenant [illegible] was ensign, and further the deponent saith not 
Street T. Hall [signature]


New Haven County & Wallingford August 7 1836
Personally appeared Street T. Hall a credible person & signer of the foregoing deposition & made solemn oath to the foregoing facts according to the best of his knowledge & belief before me

Alonzo B. Chapin Just of Peace
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State of Connecticut County of New Haven Ss
Wallingford October 13th, 1832

I Randall Cook clerk of the Court of Probate for Wallingford District certify that Alonzo B. Chapin Esq. whose name is within written and subscribed is a Justice of the peace in and for said New Haven County and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the day and date above written - 
Attest Randall Cook Clerk
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I Moses Hall of Meriden in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say that I am well acquainted with John Booth of Wallingford in the said County of New Haven - that I was in the City of New York in the latter part of the Summer of 1776 & in the fore part of the Fall - that John Booth was also there - that Booth did not belong to the same company but I saw him at the time the City was given up - And further the deponent saith not
Moses Hall

County of New Haven & Meriden Aug. 8th 1832
Personally appeared Moses Hall the signer of the foregoing deposition - & made oath to the truths of the facts therein stated according to the best of his knowledge & belief before [illegible]
Jno D. Reynolds Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
New Haven County Ss Wallingford October 30th 1832
I Randall Cook Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Wallingford certify that John D. Reynolds Esq, whose name is above written and subscribed is a Justice of the Peace in and for said New Haven County and duly qualified to administer oaths - 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the day and year above written
Attest, Randall Cook Clerk
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John Booth
Application for a Pension

(A B Chapin Atty.)

State of Connecticut
County of New Haven Ss
Wallingford
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I Samuel Blakesley of Avon in the state of New York sworn in Wallingford in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut of lawfull age depose and say that I am acquainted with John Booth of Wallingford that I have been acquainted with him from the time of our boyhood - that I enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. Augustus Collins of Guilford, Lieutenant Dan Johnson of Wallingford - said Company was a Regiment commanded by Col. Thaddeus Cook of Wallingford - that I enlisted on the first day of January 1777 - for the term of three months and a half - that I went to Horseneck to West Chester Mamaroneck & other places - that I was discharged verbally on the middle of April of the same year - that John Booth enlisted at the same time - into the same company & served the same length of time - and was discharged at the same time - and further the deponent saith not - 
Samuel Blakesley

New Haven County Ss Wallingford August 4th 1832
Personally appeared before me Samuel Blakesley signer of the foregoing deposition made solemn oath to the truth of the facts stated in the above 
before me
Jno D. Reynolds Justice of Peace

County of New Haven Ss Wallingford October 30th 1832
I Randall Cook Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Wallingford certify that John D. Reynolds Esq. whose name is above written and subscribed is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of New Haven & duly qualified to administer oaths
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the day and year above written
Attest, Randall Cook Clerk
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State of Connecticut
County of New Haven Ss Wallingford

I A.B. Chapin Notary Public and Justice of the Peace within & for the County of New Hartford & before whom the depositions of Street T. Hall, Moses Hall and Samuel Blakeslee - as Justice of the Peace - as aforesaid - and attached to and accompanying the application of John Booth for a pension - hereby certify this the said Street T. Hall - Moses Hall - and Samuel Blakesley - are credible persons - and thus their statement is entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name & seal this 12 day of September one thousand Eight Hundred & thirty three
A.B. Chapin Justice of the Peace & Notary Public for the County aforesaid
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Comptrollers Office
Nov. 18th 1833.
I Elisha Phelps, Comptroller of Payee Accounts of the State of Connecticut do certify that it appears by an authenticated copy of a payroll of Lt. Col. Street Halls company regiment AD 1775 that John Booth enlisted into said company on the 8th day of July 1775, & served therein as a private until the 19th day of December 1775, being five months & seven days. Of said company William Hall was Capt Lt. Stephen Potter Lt. & Titus Moss Ens. The regt was commanded by Col. Webb.
E. Phelps

State of Connecticut
New Haven County SS Wallingford

I A.B. Chapin Notary public for the county aforesaid - do hereby certify that E. Phelps whose name is above written - is controller of the state of Connecticut - & that the signature purporting to be his is genuine - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand together with the seal of my office this twenty fourth day of December One thousand Eight hundred & thirty three
A.B. Chapin Notary Public
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Wallingford Sept - 1833
Hon J. L. Edwards
Accompanying this I return the pension papers of Mr Booth - and have made an additional certificate of the credibility of the deponents who have testified to his tours of service It will seem by reference to his declaration that in 1775 - he was not a regular member of the regiment - but of a ^ company of volunteer enlistments - commanded by a Col. to hence called a Col. company - that a part of his ervice was performed before he went to Boston - In this tour of five months he has the deposition of Street T. Hall who was in the service In the tour of 1776 by Moses Hale & in 1777 by Samuel Blakesly - 
He has also the certificate of the clergyman & one other person as required by the instructions bearing date June 27, 1832 - 
Mr. S. T. Hall seen the making of the accompanying deposition has died & no further proof is known to that tour of service -
I am his
Respectfully by You
A. B. Chapin
Atty for J. Booth
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Hartford Nov 2. 1836
Sir: 
I have the pleasure of endorsing an application for a pension under the Act of 4th July 1836 in favor of Mrs Sarah Booth the widow of John Booth late a pensioner under the Act of June 7 1832.
Mrs Booth was formerly of Wallingford, but since her husband decease has removed to this City, and now resides with her Granddaughter. She is very poor & in feeble health - 
I am Sir
Very respectfully
Yr. Ob. Se.
Samuel H Parsons

J.L. Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions

PS. Mrs Booth states her marriage day to have been the 13th of September but the records say the 14th. I am inclined to think the old lady is right as women seldom forget so important a fact
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S H. Parsons
Hartford
Count
23 Nov 1836
OC

Rec vol 39
Page 267
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War Department
Pension Office
Nov 23 1836

Sir
The papers of Sarah Booth widow of John Booth have been examined and on file - The marriage of the applicant appears to have taken place on the 14th Sept. 1778 - By the declaration of [crossed out] her husband ^ for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the Act of June 7, 1832 it would appear that he was not in the service after 1777.
To pertain the claim to pension after the marriage would require the most conclusive evidence ^ under the circumstances of the case -  
The certificate of the town clerk in relation to the marriage of Mrs Booth should be sworn to before a magistrate as a true copy of the record & the official character of the Magistrate ^recorded as duly certified
Samuel H. Parsons Esq
Hartford 
Connt
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[very difficult to read due contrast]
[illegible]
Sarah Booth widow John- Conn
[illegible] Parsons Nov 22 Susp [line crossed out]

Act 4 Jun 1836
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Dec. 14 /77 Date of birth and
service given to Mr. Root White

Aug 11 '99 
B F Root
Bridgeport Conn

Decr. 14 1900
Mrs. J.E. Hood
N.Y. City

1914 Ap. 8. Hist to Mrs. W. D. Martin

letter in W. 16, 486 Christopher P. Yates
1937, Nov. 17 - Hist. to Mr. A.B. Cook

[right column]
Ex'r. INVALID.
1022
P.O. Sarah Booth
widow of John ┃
Printed List of 1852 Rejected + Suspended
[illegible] shows the following cause of a
suspension:
married after service - service in 177?
Marriage in 1778.
charged: 18
Application filed:18
alleges
enlisted:
Attorney
P.O.
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500 Main Sheet
Bridgeport Conn't
June 5th 1871

Hon. Commissioner of Pension
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Can you inform me of the recoeds, birthplace & services of John Booth of Wallingford whose widow was pensioned for his services in the Revolutionary War

Please give me all the facts concerning him and you will confer a great favor. he was the grand [illegible] of my wife, and I wish to establish all the facts concerning him.

Yours very truly
Benj Root
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L. C.W. Navy and C. W

(No. 60. )
WIDOW'S DIVISION.
Department of the Interior
PENSION OFFICE,
Washington, D.C. June 8. 1877

Sir,
To aid in tracing the claim referred to in the inclosed papers, THEY SHOULD BE RETURNED TO
THIS OFFICE with answers in full to the subjoined interrogatories, which answers should be inserted on the blank lines below the said interrogatories. 

Any communications heretofore received from this Office relative to the claim should also be returned

Very Respectfully,
J W Bentley
Commissioner

Benjamin Root Esq.
500 Main St. 
Bridgeport Coun

INTERROGATORIES.
1st. What number was given to the claim by the Pension Office?
2d. What is the claimant's full name? Mrs. Sarah Booth
3d. What was the soldier's full name? John Booth
4th. What was his company and regiment?
5th. When, or about when did he die? 1832
6th. When or about when, was the claim filed?
7th. If Pension has been paid, at what Agency?
I think Hartford Ct agency
(Signature )

[right column]
Old War

[stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE
DEC 5 1877
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485 East Main St.
Meriden, Conn
November 4, 1937 -
Veteran's Administration Bureau
Washington, D. C. -
Gentlemen -
Will you please send me the pension record of John Booth of Wallingford and of his widow Sarah who applied for and was denied a pension. I believe her record was R. 1022.
John Booth died Sept. 7, 1833 aged 70.
Thank you.
Susette M. Cook
(Mrs. A. B. Cook)
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In reply to your request of _____, received ______ for a statement of the military history of John Booth
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.
R.1022

DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
July 8, 1775 
1776
Jan'y 1777
1778

LENGTH OF SERVICE.
to Dec 19 75
3 weeks
3 1/2 months
[illegible]

RANK.
Private

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Street Hall
Elisha Hall
Augustine Collins
Hall
COLONEL.
Webb
Thaddeus Cook

STATE.
Conn.

Battles engaged in,
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Wallingford New Haven Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, August 11 1832  his claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Wallingford Conn.
Age at date of application, born Nov 18, 1755 at Middletown Conn
-
Remarks: married at Wallingford, Conn Sept 13 or 14 1778 Sarah Mattoon no 
children referred to  Sold. d. Sept. 7, 1833, and his widow Sarah was
76 yrs of age in 1836 and resided at Hartford, Conn
with her granddaughter whose name is not stated
Respectfully
Commissioner.

1827. Ben Root stated that sol was grandsire of his wife [this line crossed out]