Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,519, Isaac Trowbridge, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Trowbridge, Isaac
NUMBER
8.42.519 B.L. Mt. 1743-100
CONTENTS

3341.
New York Roll
Isaac Troobridge, 4
Drake's private Massachusetts Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Enrolled on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Oct r 1818 and sent to John Grover Esq r Auburn New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 38.93 Semi-annual acct ending 4 th Nov r 1819 48.00 Arrears to 26/30 $86.93
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18 th March, 1818. }
6 Scars
Continued under law 1 st May 1820 Aurelius Cayuga Co
10 July 22
Continued, Notification sent to John Grover Esq r Auburn New York 29 th July 1820

W. K. Roll
Isaac Lowbridge m st 9 April Correct
To John Gaver Auburn

State of New York Cayuga County
Isaac Crowbridge of the town of Aurelius County of Cayuga and State of New York being duly sworn deposes and saith that in the month of March seventeen hundred and seventy seven he entered into the army of the United States upon the continental establishment, in Capt. Elisha Brewer Company in the 12th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Brewer; and this deponent further says that he was afterwards transferred to Capt. Pray's Company in the 1st Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col. Vose; that this deponent continued in the army six years & seven months as this deponent believes, and was honorably discharged out of the last mentioned company & regiment on the third day of June 1783. And this deponent further saith that by reason of reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance for support from his Country. And further saith not.
State of New York Cayuga County
Isaac Crowbridge
Personally appeared before me John Brown Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Cayuga Isaac Crowbridge above named to me personally known, and made oath upon the Holy Evangelists that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. And I the said Judge do certify to the Hon. the Secretary of the War Department, that I am satisfied that the facts above set forth are just & true.
Dated April 9. 1858.
John Brown

State of New York County of Cayuga
I hereby certify that John Grover Esquire before whom the within Affidavit appears to have been made was at the time of taking the same a Judge of Court of Common Pleas in and for said County acting under the authority of this State that full faith and credit are due to his Official acts in that Capacity and that his Signature thereto subscribed is of the proper hand writing of the said Judge - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County the ninth day of April A. D. 1818
E. T. Mroop Clk

Isaac Trowbridge Aurelius, Cayuga Co. N.Y.
3341
5 Oct. 1818
C

State of New-York, } ss. Cayuga County, }
ON this Sixth day of July 1820 personally appeared, in open court, being a court of record for the said county, vs the July Term of Cayuga pleas & Genl Session Isaac aged 62 years, resident in the town of Auburn in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows:
That he enlisted as a private soldier for during the war in the year 1777 in the company commanded by Eliska Brewer in Col Samuel Brewers Brig in the Massachusetts Line & continued to serve till the end of the war and was discharged out of service for Poorce Brig in Massachusetts Brig at newburgh cantonment in the state of newyork on the day of June 1783 and was in the Battle German town Stoning point & mentioned that the date of his original declaration was the day of April 1818 Pension certificate no 13341
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed and that I do solemnly swear that my occupation is that of a farmer & that by reason of old age am rendered unable to support my self by manual labor and that I have no family and that I have no real or personal estate
Isaac Tombridge
Sworn to, and declared, on the 6 th day of July 1820 before
me
Rufus Sheldon Judge of Cayuga Co. pleas
I, James Brown clerk of Cayuga County do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is no dollars and no cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 6 th day of July 1820
James Brown
Clerk of the Court for the County of Cayuga

Isaac Snowbridge N o 17/43
m

State of New York County of Cayuga ss.
I Jasper Crowbridge heir at law of Isaac Crowbridge do upon oath testify and declare to the best of my knowledge and belief that the said Isaac Crowbridge did enlist in 1776 for the term of during the war and served in regiment No. _____ under the command of Colonel _____ Vose _____ of the Massachusetts line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the Revolutionary war.
I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to the said Isaac Crowbridge on the part of United States; nor do I believe that he or any other person ever received it, or that he ever transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore
Know all men by these presents that I Jasper Crowbridge aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Amos Gould to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purposes above expressed, as witness my hand and seal this 22 nd day of May 1831
In presence of J. H. Hopkins
Jasper Crowbridge
On this 22 nd day of May A.D. 1831 personally appeared the above named Jasper Crowbridge subscriber to the foregoing declaration and made oath that the facts set forth in the above declaration were true according to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. And he also in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
John H. Moore Justice of the Peace

State of New-York.
CAYUGA COUNTY, } ss. CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, MICHAEL S. MYERS, Clerk of the County of Cayuga, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said County: DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that John Grover Esquire, was on the twenty second day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty one a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity: And that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said John Grover and verily believe the signature to the annexed certificate to be his proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, and subscribed my name this twenty fourth day of May A. D. 1831
M. S. Myers By P. H. Myers D. Clerk

sion on file in this Bureau.
Isaac Trowbridge S.F. 425-19
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mar. 1777 Ebenezer Brewer Samuel Brewer Mass.   Pray Joseph Vose Mass.   dis June 3, 1783                                            
Battles engaged in, Bunker Hill, Monmouth and Stony Point Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated Date of application for pension, Apr. 9, 1818. His claim al. Residence at date of application, Aurora, Cayuga Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, 60 yrs.
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42 579
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 42, 579
Isaac Thornbridge Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 578
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1907 Nov. 19 Hark to Mrs. A. H. Burdick V. S. M.

Answered please file with
O.W. Inv. 42519 - Isaac Crowbridge -

Answered Nov. 19. 1907 Second Presbyterian Church,
NEWMAN HALL BURDICK, PASTOR.
RESIDENCE, 1506 NORTH 20TH STREET.
OMAHA.
Nov. 21, 1907.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir;—
On November 7th I wrote you asking you if you would kindly send me a copy of pension paper of Isaac Trowbridge, who served in the Revolutionary War, both in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Having received no reply, I am writing again, thinking either my letter or your reply may have miscarried. Thanking you for your trouble in this matter, I am,
Very truly yours,
(Mrs. N. H.) Caroline Trowbridge Burdick

Second Presbyterian Church,
NEWMAN HALL BURDICK, PASTOR.
RESIDENCE, 1500 NORTH 20TH STREET, OMAHA.
Nov. 7, 1907.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir;—
Will you please send me a copy of pension paper of Isaac Trowbridge, who served in the Revolutionary War, both in the Conn. Continentals, and in the "Mass. Line". Thanking you for this fa-
vor, I am.
Very truly yours,
(Mrs. N. H.)
Caroline Trowbridge Burdick

County of Office July 8. 1831
1743

Auburn July 1 1831
Sir
Enclosed I send the receipt for Land warrant No 1843 to Jasper Snowbridge & Polly Crawford wife of G Crawford as per direction
Respectfully Yours Amos Gould
William Gordon Esq
Amos Gould July 1 1831

Auburn July 1 1831
I hereby acknowledge to have received, (by mail) from William Gordon Esq, Clerk in the Bounty land office, a warrant, No 1743, to Jasper Crowbridge, & Polly Crawford, wife of Gideon Crawford, for one hundred acres of Bounty land due them as heirs at law of Isaac Crowbridge dec d late a private of the Massachusetts line in the Army of the Revolution
Amos Gould, Agt of Jasper Crowbridge

State of New York
Cayuga County
Surrogate's Office } I John Porter Surrogate of the County of Cayuga, do hereby certify, that it has been satisfactorily proved before me, this day, that Isaac Trowbridge late of the town of Buteus in the said County of Cayuga, now deceased, was a Soldier in the Army of the American Revolution; that he is now de- ceased, and that Jasper Trowbridge of Auburn in said County, and Polly Crawford the wife of Lydia Crawford of the town of Buteus, County of Onon- daga, are the only children heirs at law, of the said Isaac Trowbridge deceased.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this twenty third day of May in the year, One thousand eight hundred & thirty one.
John Porter Surrogate

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Trowbridge, James GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5123 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 10, 1791 to Anthony Maywell
*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.