Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42542, Joseph Tucker, Conn. R I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Tucker, Joseph
S 42542
W.I.
B.L.Wt. 1101-100
CONTENTS

Warrant (No 1101.) issued to Joseph Tucker (private of the Connecticut Line) for 100 acres of Land
January 10 th 1825
and delivered to Henry Martindale

Noted in senk Nov 6 th 1820 to John Palmer Plattsburgh N.Y.
$1000.  New York
Joseph Tucker
of Plattsburgh in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Swift of the Connecticut line, for the term of War 1777
Inscribed on the roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 7 of May 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Sep 1819 and put to J. Palmer Esqr  Plattsburgh, Clinton Co. N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 . 15 mos \frac{25}{31} + \frac{4}{30} 127.58 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1820 . 48 —  $175.58
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Joseph Suckers Rev. Purser Certified copy of Oath + Inventory
14.09.11
Feb 1819
89, 25
Con
John Pauline
4525 Plattsburg
officer of the
Joseph Suckers
6 Nov

At a Court of Common Pleas holden at the Court-House in Plattsburgh , in and for the County of Clinton , and State of New-York , on the Third day of October 1820 Present: Elisha Arnold Caleb Kellogg
Nathan Carver & Allen R. Moore
Judges of the said Court.
COUNTY OF CLINTON ss: On this Third day of October 1820 personally appeared in open Court, it being a Court of Record proceeding according to the course of the common law, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, and keeping record of their proceedings in and for the County of Clinton , Joseph Tucker aged Sixty four years resident in the town of Plattsburgh in the said County of Clinton , who being first duly sworn according to law; doth on his oath de- clare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows: he enlisted for two months at Attlebury before the battle of Lexington and was in that battle that the spring after the battle of Lexington he enlisted at Providence in Capt Owens company Col Hitchcock's regiment of Rhode Island for one year and served the said term and was discharged near New York . The year after that immediately after his discharge he enlisted at the same place in Capt Smith's company Col Sidell's Regt of Connecticut line for during the war and continued to serve in said regiment six or seven years and until the end of the war when he was honor- ably discharged opposite West point in June or July 1783 he was in the Battles of Lexington  Dunners Hill  Flat Bush  York Island White Plains  Brunswick  Princeton  Germanstown at the siege of Yorktown
that his original declaration to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 was made the seventh day of May 1818 that he has received a pension certificate Numbered 14090 and dated the fourth day of September 1819 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 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," 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.
Real Estate none - personal estate excepting necessary bedding and Clothing One Old table worth about $2.00

Sworn to and declared on this Third day of October 1820 before the above named judges in open court Charles Platt Clerk
I Charles Platt, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas held in and for the County of Clinton; do 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 nine Dollars and twenty five cents , and I further certify that the last term of the said Court closed on the 11 day of May last before the pro- mulgation of the act of Congress of the 4 th of March 1820 and that there has been no court in the said cou- nty until the present term at which the aforesaid Schedule and oath could be received _____
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this Third day of October 1820
Chs. Platt
Clerk of the Court for the County of Clinton.

$2.00
  One pot one dish kettle and one tea kettle 2.00   two pails and one wash tub 1.00   set cups saucers knives and forks & tea pot 1.00   half a dozen iron table spoons & 8 doz plates 1.00   One ax and one line and one fire shovel 1.50   One pair mittens .75 
$9.25
My occupation is that of a common day labour my family which I have to support consists of my wife Elizabeth Tucker aged fifty four years Ezra Tucker my son aged thirteen years and Betsy Tucker my daughter aged twelve years who is so weak and feeble as to be unable to do any thing towards her support
Joseph lady Tucker mark

Applicant by aff declares some of alleged facts - off with character of Judge is as follows
On Kase correct
A. J. Blackwell but to credibility of the man is no discredit
7 May 1818.
Joseph Tucker Plattsburgh - 7 May
Appears on the Roll to have enlisted in Col. Swift's Reg. Connecticut Line on the 10th of Feb. 1777 for the War. The certificate of the Judge as to the cre- dibility & disinterestedness of Andrew Thomson, the within witness is correct. Honble Caleb Nichols Judge
The official character of the Judge must be authenticated under the seal of the Court before it can receive the character of a public proclamation in evidence. The evidence of the signature of the Judge appears this must be authenticated with the seal of the Court newly calamine. The judge about the time of the proceedings corresponds with the appearance of the the signature of the Judge, for which the Judge Tucker is the name of the Witness - The mistake of the Judge's certificate is corrected by him.

STATE OF New York Clinton COUNTY, ss. }
On this sixth  seventh day of May 1818, before me the sub- scriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the county and state aforesaid: personally appears Joseph Tucker aged sixty two years, resident in Plattsburgh in the said county and state, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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:" That the said Joseph Tucker enlisted in New York in the state of New York in the company commanded by Captain Smith of the second  Independent  Regt. ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the Spring or summer of 1783 when he was discharged from service in Newburgh state of New York , that he was in the battles of Lexington Bunker Hill Red Bank Kingsbridge Yorktown Monmouth and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. his discharge is lost
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid. & he further states that his lost enlistment was for during the war previous to which time he had served one year in the years Service in Col Nichols Rhode Island Regiment & was in that Regiment at Bunker's hill battle -
Sworn to and declared before me the Day and year aforesaid Caleb Nichols a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the STATE OF NEW-YORK } county of Clinton in the State of New York COUNTY, ss. }
Lewis Tucker of Plattsburgh in the county of Clinton aged twenty seven years, being duly sworn, says that he is acquainted with Joseph Tucker in the preceding declaration named and described, and know that he served in the army of the United States in the war of the Revolution, as is mentioned in the preceding declaration.
Son, and, from his infancy to the present time, has heard him frequently tell that he served in the army of the United States in the war of the Revolution as mentioned in the preceding Declaration in substance very nearly -
Sworn the 7th Day of May 1818 Before me Caleb Nichols Judge of Clinton Common Pleas Lewis Tucker mark
Caleb Nichols a Judge of the court of
Common Pleas of the county of Clinton and state aforesaid, DO CERTIFY, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Joseph Tucker did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary, for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Plattsburgh May 7th 1818 Caleb Nichols as Judge of the court of Common Pleas a Judge of the court of Common Pleas of the county of Clinton

State of New York Clinton County ss:
Joseph Tucker within named being sworn says that he enlisted in the service of the United States for & during the war of the revolu- tion his last enlistment about the last part of the winter or the fore part of the spring of 1777 the exact time he is unable to state and further says not
Sworn this 2 nd day of June 1819 Joseph T. Tucker Mark
1819 before me Valeb Nichols Judge
I Valeb Nichols a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton do certify that the within named Joseph Tucker is in adverse circumstances & in need of assistance from his family for support that the addition of Judge re to my signature to the certificate on the opposite side was erased by me after the same was partly added because I did not think such addition need- -ary as it was recited in the first part of the certificate
Valeb Nichols Judge

State of New York Washington County } ss. Andrew Freeman of Salem in the County and State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that Joseph Tucker of Plattsburgh in the said State served in a Regiment Command- ed by Colonel Swift in the Connecticut Line in the Continental establishment sometime in the fall of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty two but how long the said Joseph served in the said Regiment this deponent does not rec- ollect - that this deponent understood that the said Joseph had enlisted for during the war - that this deponent was then acquainted with the said Joseph and was in the said service with the said Joseph from this fourteenth day of April 1918
before me. —
Anthony J. Blanchard First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York —

I certify that I am acquainted with the within named — Andrew Freeman and that he is a person of good repute and a credible Witness — Dated 31 st July 1819. Anthony J. Blanchard
First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington State of New York —
I certify that Anthony J. Blanchard is first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington & that his signature to the above certificate & to the burat of the within affidavit are in his own proper hand writing without my hand & seal of office this 2 nd day of August 1819
Ruben W. Walworth Not Public

I Reuben H Walworth a notary public for the State of New York Certify that Caleb Nichols whose signature in his own hand writing is affixed to the annexed certificate affidavit, was at the date thereof, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton and State aforesaid, in testimony whereof I have subscribed my name & affixed the seal of my office this 8 th Day of May 1844 and I further certify that Anthony S Blanchard and Esq is the first Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of the County of Washington in said State Reuben H. Walworth Not. Public
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State of New York Clinton County ss. I Charles Platt clerk of the County of Clinton certify that Caleb Nichols before whom the within affidavits & declarations were made were at the time thereof & still is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton and that his name subscribed to the within affidavits & certifi- cates & etc. as such is in his own proper hand writing. Plattsburgh 4 June 1809 Chas. Platt Clerk of Clinton County

Jon Tucker
Claim good
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This claim was handed in to the Secy. P afterwards sent back to Mr. Cutting
Feby. 15 th 1820
Warrant no —
1101- ip d —

War Department.
Section of Bounty-Lands. Feb. 12 th 1820.
The Hon ble John C. Calhoun, — dc. dc. dc.
Sir,
The Claim of Joseph Tucker for Military Bounty Land alleged to be due him for service in the Revolutionary War of the United States, as set forth in his Petition to Congress handed to this Office yesterday, and now returned herewith, has been duly investigated; by authentic Records, it appears that he did acquire a Right to one hundred acres of Land ; and no evidence is found that said Claim has ever been satisfied.
All which is respectfully submitted.
J. N. Cutting.

State of New York } County of Clinton }
(additional)
I, Joseph Tucker of Plattsburgh, Clinton Co. N.Y. aged Sixty one years, a citizen of the United States, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and Seventy five I first enlisted in the army of the Revolution, against the common enemy of my country, for a limited time for the term of "during the war," and served in the company commanded by a Captain Smith, (most of the time) and in the regiment No. first or Second, I believe under command of Colonel Neman Swift , 1st & Huntington's Brigade of the Connecticut line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, in seventeen hundred and eighty-three, when I was regularly discharged from the the same regiment, commanded by Colonel Neman Swift - I served first, for a time, in Col. Hitchcock's Regiment, Rhode Island line
My discharge is now lost or mislaid, so that I cannot produce it to corroborate the above statement. I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assign- ed or transferred my claim to that gratuity in any manner whatsoever: therefore, Know all men by these presents, that I, Joseph Tucker aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint William Swettand of the county of Clinton and state of New York 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, or of such other person as is duly authorised to issue and deliver the same, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid, and to sign a receipt or acquittance therefor; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest, Joseph Tucker John B. Skinner Justice of the Peace
I, Ezra Turner aged Fifty three years, a citizen of the United States, do, upon oath, declare, that I have been long acquainted with Joseph Tucker (at 35 years) who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and, further, I believe  know that he did perform the mi- litary service therein stated.
Attest, Ezra Turner John B. Skinner Justice of the Peace
Before me, John B. Skinner Justice of the Peace personally appeared the above named Joseph Tucker subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared Ezra Turner who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this Seventeenth day of September 18 24
John B. Skinner Justice of the Peace
In testimony that the above written John B. Skinner was a magistrate authorised to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the state of New York at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Plattsburgh this first day of October 18 24
John Walworth C. Clerk, &c.

An endorsement made hereon by Wm M. Stewart Esq., on other blank, in office of the War Department, that the land warrant on the within application has been issued & forwarded to me by mail, shall operate as a full & conclusive receipt for the same on the part of the said Joseph Tucker - as shall also the receipt of the Hon. Henry C. Martindale who is hereby substituted & appointed with full power, to act in the premises - Dated Plattsburgh Dec 25. 1824 Wm Swett and

42 542
Rev INVALID.
File No. 42 542
Joseph Tucker Ph. New York
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 577
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Report. Case Joseph Tucker. Land W. for 100 acres due; — He must comply with the printed Regulations herewith. Feb. 12. 20.

W.H.
To the Hon. house of Congress of the United States of America
MS. A. 9. 2. 22 p. 22 Shaker 7
Hattiesburg July 26

Joseph Tucker
Feby. 2-1820
Ref. to the Committee on Pensions & Revolutionary Claims
States was a Soldier of Revolution asked for bounty land as a reward Soldier
Feby. 7-1820
Ref. to the Secretary of War.
7. Dec. 2. 1820. to Sec. War
Feb. 11 th 1820.
Spencer

Wm M. Stewart Esq. Section of Boundary Commission (General Department)
10 Jan y 1825
William Lloyd Esq.

Plattsburgh Dec 25. 1824
Dear Mr. Stewart Esq
Sir Your letter of Aug. 16 th last stating objections to the allowance of the claim of Joseph Tucker, and giving instructions, with a blank form, was rec d but ill health has prevented an earlier attention to the subject. I now enclose the papers prepared in conformity with the rules of the Department. I have also annexed the first afft of Tucker, as well by way of further explanation, as to shew that the proofs of his service are on file in the Department with the papers containing his application for a Revolutionary pension, and that he cannot again obtain the same testimony without great difficulty & expense. I presume further testimony will not be required than the enclosed papers present - if so, may I ask a reference to be made to those papers on file. The witnesses then obtained do not live in this section of the country. If the papers are satisfactory, will you please to issue the land warrant I for- ward it to me by mail - I have made an endorsement on the back of the power which I suppose will supersede the necessity of further receipt from me - if not I will forward a receipt - or if that will not answer, please hand the same to the Hon. Henry C. Martindale, of Conesville, & take his receipt, & would have forwarded the papers to him had I supposed it necessary to trouble him with the matter.
Allow me to present my acknowledgements, for the obliging manner in which you communicated information & disinterested relation to this claim.
very respectfully your obedt Servt
William Swettland

Joseph Tucker

State of New York Clinton County ss Joseph Tucker being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he served as a soldier in the Revolutionary army of the United States during the whole war of the Revolution - was in the first Battle at Bexington and continued in service during the whole time until the end of the war - He first enlisted first into Col. Hitchcock, 2 Reg of Rhode Island - but served most of the time in Col. Heeman Swift's Regt, Jeremiah Huntington's Brigade, in Connecticut line - I was discharged from the same at the close of the war - The proof of his serving is to be found with his papers made an application for a Revolutionary pension under the late law for that purpose - which proof he cannot regain process without great trouble & expense - His discharge is lost -
Sworn Jan'y 20. 1823
Joseph his X Tucker mark
Before me J. Swift
Notary in Chautauqua N.Y.