Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44822, Archelaus Fletcher, Mass.

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Service
Mass

Fletcher, Archelaus

Number
S. 44822

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(2496)
New York Roll
Archelaus Fletcher
Colo Porter
Private

Massachusetts line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 15 of April 1818

Certificate of pension issued the 18 of Sept 1818 and forwarded to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canandaigua 
Ontario County New York

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818  $37.33
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 $48.00
(illegible) 4 mos: 20ds  $85.33

{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
One Year
Porter
Not entitled
Canandaigua, Ontario County
[end left side]

Notification sent the 20th June 1820 to Stephen Phelps Esquire Canandaigua, N. York

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Claims of Archelaus Fletcher

April 15th, 1818
sent to Stephen Phelps
Canandaigua, N. York

Not on Rolls
(illegible)

The Honorable
Secy of War
(illegible)

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State of New York
Ontario County} Ss.
Archelaus Fletcher of the Town of Canandaigua in the County of Ontario and State of New York formerly from Springfield in the State of Massachusetts being duly cautioned and sworn does on oath depose say and declare that he is a native citizen of the United States and that he served this country in the War of the Revolution and that he enlisted in March 1776 as a private soldier in Capt. John Shepards Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Elisha Porter in the Massachusetts line for the term of One year and that he the deponent after having served out Ten Months of the aforesaid time Received an honorable discharge which he has lost and that during most of said time he the deponent was in the campaign in Canada. And the deponent further saith that he is Fifty Eight years years of age and in indigent circumstances and in need of support from Government and therefore prays that his name may be placed on the pension list pursuant to an Act of Congress passed the 18th day of March 1818 - entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Services of the United States in the Revolutionary War" And the deponent further saith that he served three months as a private soldier in Capt John Morgan's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Woodbridge, in the year 1777 - at the Capture of Burgoyne. And at the expiration of said time he was dismissed, and further the deponent saith not - [signed] Archelaus Fletcher
Sworn to and Subscribed this fifteenth day of April 1818 before me
[signed] Stephen Phelps
A Judge of the Court of Common Please in and for the County of Ontario in the State of New York

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Ontario County Ss.
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that it hath satisfactorily appeared to me that the said Archelaus Fletcher did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy as  stated in the preceding declaration and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the aforementioned Act of Congress -
[signed] Stephen Phelps
Canandaigua
April 15th 1818}

State of New York
Ontario County Ss.
I Stephen Phelps A Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid do further certify that I am personally acquainted with the aforesaid applicant Archelaus Fletcher and know him to be in indigent circumstances and sustains the character of an honest man
[signed] Stephen Phelps
Canandaigua July 24th 1818

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The Honorable Secretary of War if my claims are allowed will please to forward the same to Stephen Phelps Esq. of Canandaigua who is my agent
Archelaus Fletcher

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In the matter of Archelaus Fletcher a pensioner

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State of New York, County of Ontario.
On this twenty third day of May 1823 personally appeared in open Court (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county and constitutes a Court of record by proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount and keeping a record of its proceedings and recognized as such court by the laws and judicial decisions of the said state) Archelaus Fletcher resident in said county aged sixty six years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st May 1820 that he the said Archelaus Fletcher enlisted for the term  of one year on the _ day of March 1776 in the state of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said corps until the 1st of January 1777 when he was discharged from said service in Morristown in the state of New Jersey that his name has been places on the pension list and dropt [dropped] therefrom on account of his property And in pursuance of the act of the 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen in the UNited States on teh 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by sale sale of in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War pass on the a8th day of MArch 1818 and that I have not nor has anyt person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed (illegible) one horse (illegible) Waggon owned by me in the month of June last (illegible) at which time they left here for Pennsylvania and it is unknown to me whether the horse is dead or alive waggon cost $7

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That I am by occupation a Farmer but owing to a hurt received by the falling of timber which caused a breach I have not been able to do a days work for twenty six years that my wife resides with me aged sixty years in tolerable health that my daughter Esther resides with me aged about 30 years in good health also my daughter Almira aged 26 years that since the exhibition of my first schedule the following changes have been made in my property Viz the house and land sold at Sheriffs sale as pr certificate annexed horses both dead Cow killed for the support of my family
Sworn and subscribed to the 22d day of May 1823 before me a Judge of the Court of Common Peas for said county
Moses Atwater 
(signed) Archelaus Fletcher

Justice's Court
Thomas Beals and Archelaus Fletcher} I David C Bates underSheriff to Phineas P Bates Sheriff of the county of Ontario do hereby certify that I did on the 20th day of May 1823 sell by virtue of an execution  issued by teh clerk of the said county, at public vendue twenty rods of land recently owned by the above named defendant lying in the town of Canandaigua for the sum of $65:32 it being the amount of the said execution to Thomas Beals of Canandaigua May 22d 1823
For Phineas P Bates Shff.
State of New York, Ontario County
I, Ralph Lester Deputy Clerk...

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...of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that it appears to the satisfaction of hte court that the said Archelaus Fletcher did serve in teh Revolutionary War as states in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental Estalbishment I also certify that the foregoing oath a nd the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from teh records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court htat the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is twenty five dollars. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix th eseal of the said Court this 28th day of May 1823
(signed) Ralph Lester Dep Clk

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44822
INVALID

No. 44.822
Archelaus Fletcher
(illegible) Rev. War
Act: 18th March 1818

Vol 3, Page 173
(Arrangement of 1870)

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New York
Archelaus Fletcher, Private, served 1 year from March 1776. 1st schedule, dated 22 May 1820 -
22 rods of land & house - $150..00
2 horses $70 1 cow $16 - $86..00
Wagon & harness - 55.00
                               $291.00
Owes $75 - (illegible) June 26 1823

Schedule under act March 1823 dated 23 May 1823
I horse and wagon which left New Work, for Pennsylvania in June 1822 and he does not know whether the horse is dead of alive if alive the horse is worth $20. 
The wagon worth $7

Accounts for decrease of property by sale of his land under an exeuction for $65.32 which was the amount of the execution - This is proved by the certificate of the sheriff. 
By death of the 2 horses and cow being killed for the support of his family
No debts stated
Claimant aged 66 by occupation a farmer, but in consequence of a breach caused by the falling of timber, has not been able to do a days work for 26 years - Wife aged 60, in tolerable health 2 daughters aged 30 & 26 in good health.

Henry W Taylor
Canadaigua, NY
4 March 1819

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Archelaus Fletcher
(2496)
$291-
March 1819

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To the Hon. the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Ontario, Holden at the Court House in Canadaigua, in and for said county, of the term of [handwritten] May [end of handwritten] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty 
I, [handwritten] Archelaus Fletcher [end of handwritten] being an actual resident of the town of [handwritten]  Canadaigua [end of handwritten] in said county, having been placed on the Pension List of the United States, by virtue of the act, entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War,” passed the 18th day of March, 1818, do hereby, persuant to the act in addition to the act above mentioned, passed May 1st, 1820, exhibit to said Court the following as a Schedule containing my whole estate and income, (my [illegible handwritten] wearing apparel and bedding excepted) this is to say :-
[handwritten]
22 Rods of land with a building therein | $150
2 Horses | 70
Wagon and Harness | 55
One Cow | 16
| $291 | 00

I do on my oath further declare that I am fifty nine years of age and that I served in the revolutionary war with company commanded by Capt. Shepard in the Regiment commanded by Col. Clisha Porlin of the Massachusetts live as set forth in my original declaration bearing date the 15th day of April 1818, and that I received a pension certificate No 2496 and further that I am by occupation a farmer and that by age and infirmities am able to perform but little manual labor, and that my family consists of my wife aged 57 years and one daughter aged 17 years  and that I am indebted Seventy dollars for which I am now liable to be called on 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 22nd day of May 1820
Archelaus Fletcher

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I, [handwritten]Archelaus Fletcher [end handwritten] do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in Land and Naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.  

[handwritten]
Sworn this 22nd day of May 1820 in open Court} Archelaus Fletcher
[end handwritten]

AT a Court of Common Pleas, held at the Court-House in Canandaigua, in and for the County of Ontario, before the Judges of said Court, on the [handwritten] 22nd day of May [end handwritten] of the therm of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

PRESENT
[Handwritten]
Nathaniel W. Howell
Stephen Bates
Micah Brooks
Moses Atwater
[end handwritten]
JUDGES.

EX PARTE
In the matter of [handwritten] Archelaus Fletcher [end handwritten] Pensioner residing in the town of Canandaigua in said County. The said Archelaus Fletcher as a person placed on the Pension List of the United States, having exhibited a schedule subscribed by him, containing his whole estate and income, (his [illegible word handwritten above text] wearing apparel and beds bedding excepted) in pursuance of an act of Congress of the United States, entitled “An act in addition to an act, entitled “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, passed May 1st, 1820; and having taken, subscribed and produced to this Court the oath or affirmation by said act required, and said Court having heard evidence of the nature and value of the property mentioned in said schedule and duly considered the premises, are of the opinion that the property contained in the said schedule is of the value of [handwritten] Two Hundred and ninety one [end handwritten] dollars and cents, and they hereby order their Clerk to certify the same in due form.

Ontario County, Clerk’s Office, SS.} I, [handwritten] John Van Fossen [end handwritten] Clerk of Common Pleas of Ontario county, do hereby certify the foregoing schedule and copy of the oath or affirmation of Archelaus Fletcher are true copies of the original schedule and oath or affirmation now on file in my siad office, and also that the above opinion and order of said court touching the value of the property set forth, is a true copy of the minutes of said court in the case of Archelaus Fletcher a United States’ Pensioner. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, this 22nd day of May 1820. 

[signature] John Van Fossen Clk

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Ontario County [illegible]

Benjamin Wells of the Town of Gorham in the county of Ontario being duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he the Deponant is personally acquainted with Archelaus Flether of the Town of Canandagua in said county and that he was acquainted with the said Fletcher in the year 1776 in the [illegible] of the understated and that he enlisted in the county of Hamshir in the state of Massachusetts in the month of [illegible crossed out] February or March in teh year 1776 in the regiment commanded by Colonel Elisha Porter of the Massachusetts Line and that he the deponent served in the same regiment and knows that the said Fletcher served for the term of nine months or more and was honorably discharged from service as he believes in the [illegible] Town of New Jersey and for the saith not

Benj. Wells

Sworn to and subscribed on this 24th day of July 1818 before me
Stephen Phelps a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Ontario

I certify the aforesaid deponent Benjn Wells to be a man of truth and veracity
Stephen Phelps

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State of New York} 
Ontario County} JS

Luke Phelps of the [illegible due to hole, probably says “town of”] Williamson in the county of Ontario being duly sworn deposith and saith that he the deponent is acquainted with the Archelaus Fletcher of the town of Canandagua in the county aforesaid and that he Nu [crossed out illegible] said Archelaus Fletcher served as a private soldier in the Same Company with him the deponant in the war of the Revolution in the year 1776 in a campayn to Canada in [illegible] Capt. John Sheparel in Col Porters Regiment in the Massachusetts Line for the term of [illegible] or [illegible] months

Luke Phelps

Sworn & Subscribed
This 18th day of April 1818 before me Stephen Phelps a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and State of New York 

I certify that the aforesaid deponent Luke Phelps has ever sustained a reputable character as it respects truth and veracity   

Stephen Phelps 

Canandaigua July 24th, 1818

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The National Archives
Form VAN-51
12-5-41

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Name Fletcher, Benjamin 
Grade Private 
Line Connecticut

Warrant Number 5824
Acreage 100

Issued July 25, 1799 to Abijah Holbrook 

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of “Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800” which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.