Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,799, Charles Wattles, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Wattles, Charles.
8. 14 799
Carded
CONTENTS

741. New York
Charles Waller
of Norwich in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Mason of the Regt commanded by Col o Williams in the Cont l State line for 3 mo s . Blacks co. & Sagi's regt for 6 mo. and in the calvary commanded by Col o Hyde for five months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 50 Dollars 83 Cents per an m to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Oct r 1832 - and sent to Claimant
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832. 76.24 \frac{1}{2} Penzant. allowance ending 4 Mar: 1833. 25.41 \frac{1}{2}
$101.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo: W m Greemp Clerk, Book D o Vol. 5 Page 155
Death not on A. B.

In the matter of the application of Charles Walther for a Pension
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1. State of New York Sixth Equity Circuit Chautauqua County p:
On this thirteenth day of August, 1832, personally appeared in open Court, be- fore the Hon. Robert Monell - the said Robert Monell composing the Vice Chancellor's Court for the Sixth Circuit of the State of New York, now sitting, Charles Wattles a resident of the town of Norwich, County of Chautauqua, in said State, aged 73 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following decla- ration 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 named of- ficers and served as herein stated: On the 1 st or 2 nd day of January 1775, he volunteered for the term of three months in the State Troops of Connecticut, at Lebanon, then Windham County let, in a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Jeremiah Mason; the name of the Lieutenant was Andrew Waterman, of the Ensign, James Dean: that the Colonel of the Regiment was William Williams, of the town of Lebanon aforesaid and the Lieutenant Col. was a Mr. Hosford of Nelson and the name of the major he does not know: that at the time he volun- teered he resided in the said town of Lebanon: that he served the term of three months for which he volunteered, through, in the town of Lebanon and was discharged on the first day of April 1775 at the same place: that he knew the officers whose names he has mentioned; that he also knew Capt. Daniel Clark & Capt. Walter Hyde, each of whom commanded a Company of Militia at the same time in the same town: that he well knew Sergeant Elihu Thomas, Sergeant Isaiah Voorhis, Sergeant Olin Bigelow and private John Howle all of whom resided in Lebanon, volunteered in the same Company and at the same time he did, served with him and were discharged with him - he further declares that his discharge was a regular one and that he has no documentary evidence & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to this term of service.
That on the 1 st of July 1 st of July 1776, he enlisted at the town aforesaid, as a private soldier in the United States service, in the State Troops of Connec- ticut termed the "New Services" for the term of six months, in a Com- pany commanded by Capt. James Clark of Lebanon - Lieutenants Ebenezer West of same place & one Latten of Coventry or Holland & Ensign Ichabod Bosworth of Lebanon - the Colonel of his Regiment was

Comfort Sage of Middletown - the adjutant, one Johnson of Middletown the Lieutenant Col, one Russell of Stonington - and the major one Buell of Tolland or Coventry and that the name of his Brig- adier General was Samuel Wadsworth of Lyme - that at the time of his enlistment he resided in Lebanon aforesaid - that he was acquainted with the officers he has mentioned - that he and his Company on the 10th July 1776 marched to Norwalk landing; on the 11th embarked on board a sloop, Capt Pierce, for New York where they arrived on the 15th July and joined the Army under Genl. Washington - He re- mained at New York until August when he went with his Regiment to Gov- ernors Island where he remained until the defeat of Genl Washington on Long Island, when he retreated back to New York, and on the 15th of Sep- tember retreated from before the enemy to Harlem Heights and remained a few days: then marched with the Army to Philips Manor over Kings Bridge remained a short time and then went to White Plains and was engaged in the Battle of White Plains - after the Battle he marched with the Army to North Castle Church - stayed two nights and marched to Cortlands Manor at Cum Pond - where he re- mained until the 25th of December following (1776) when he was discharged and allowed six days to march home in- that he recollects during this time he served with Capt. Crosby and Capt. Piersons companies - Dont know whose or what other Regiments he served with. That at the time he enlisted Sergeant Thomas Seamis, Sergeant Solomon Diddale, privates Cary Platt, Andrew Rudd and Jacob Baldwin of Lebanon all of whom he knew, enlisted with him, served with him and were discharged with him - that his discharge was a re- sol one
That on the 20n the 20th August 1777 he again volunteered at the town of Lebanon aforesaid, in the Militia of the State of Connecticut, in a Company of Horse, under Captain Greene of Lyme (as he thinks). the Lieutenant was Abraham Fitch of Lebanon - the Cornet, Lemuel Sill of Lebanon - the Quarter Master he does not rec- lect - the Commandant was Elijah Hyde - that he marched with his company through Hartsford, Litchfield Greenbush &c to Albany and joined the Army some time in August - remained one night and was then ordered by the Commander at Albany

whose name he does not know to Bennington Vermont: that he then marched with his regiment from Albany to Bennington where he was stationed with 10 or 12 men under the command of Sergeant Jacob Boomis for the purpose of carrying Expresses &c. That he went several times Express to the Head Quarters of General Gates at Saratoga from Genl. Bicoles - and also went once to Albany Express - that he was acquainted with the officer he has mentioned, but does not know the name, a man of the Captain, commanding Company, in his Regiment & does not know what other regiments he served with - that he was discharged on the 21 st . or 22 nd Oct. 1777, by Lieutenant Abraham Gilch and received a written Discharge, which he has lost - that at the time he enlisted he resided in the town of Lebanon aforesaid and that Dan. Chappel, Samuel Clark, Asa Walcher and others of Lebanon all of whom he knew, also enlisted and served with him but were not discharged at the time he was - and that he has no evidence of this service but the affidavit of Sherman Whalley -
"That on the 13 th September 1781, while he was residing in the said town of Lebanon, he, with the Company of Horse in which he served the year before, now commanded by Capt. Abraham Gilch Lieutenant Amos Thomas, Serjeant Samuel Smith, was ordered to New London on the occasion of Arnold's attack upon that place and went there - On the next day Sept. 14. 1781 he volunteered with Serjeant John Newcomb, the Thomas L. Hyde, Joseph W. Bissel, Orias M c Call and others to stay and carry Expresses under the immediate command of Col. Jeremiah Mason then commanding the fort soldiers, and remained there at New London in that service and mounting guard until the 14 th . or 15 th December 1781 when he was verbally discharged by Col. Mason - that he has no documentary evidence of this service and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to this term of service - all of which he services above specified were done and performed in the Revolutionary War. The question required by the War department to be put, was propounded by the Court to the 1 st Interrogatory proposed by the War Department to

be put to applicants, he answers that he was born at Lebanon, then Windham Co. Conn. on the 1 st November, 1758. To the 2 nd that he has a record of his age in an account Book at his residence in Norwich which he copied from his father's family Bible - To the 3 d that he was living at Lebanon at each time he entered the service - that since the Revolutionary War he resided at Lebanon Conn. till 1792 - when he moved into Franklin, Delaware Co. N.Y. that he resided there 5 Years - then moved into Allegany County from thence to Cortlandt County and from thence to Chemung County and that his present place of residence is Norwich Chemung Co. N.Y. To the 4 th he says he has answered it in the preceding part of this declaration - To the 5 th he gives a similar answer - To the 6 th he also gives a similar answer. To the 7 th He gives the names of the Rev. Horace P. Bogue, Pastor of the Wesleyan Church - Rev. Salus S. Swan Elder of the Baptist Church - John Clapp Esq. D.M. Dore & Randall Sale County Clerk, James Bidwell, Cashier of Bank of Chemung, Charles York, Judge of County Courts, Samuel Pike Justice of the Peace, Truman Cross. Benjamin Chapman Merchant all of Norwich, who can testify to his character for truth and veracity and their belief of his soldier services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year after said.
Charles Waller
Robt. M'Clure Vice Chancellor
We Horace P. Bogue, a Clergyman, residing in the town of Norwich and Truman Cross residing in the same town do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Waller who is named in the above declaration of his services - that we believe him to be 73 Years of age that he is respected & believed in his neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion and that we have never heard any doubt expressed by any person as to his having been such soldier -
Sworn and subscribed this 11 th August 1832 before me
Horace P. Bogue
Truman Cross
Charles York A. Judge of Chemung County Courts

5.
State of New York
County of Chemung ss. I, Darius K. Lake, clerk of the said County do certify that Charles Galt, Esq., before whom the preceding affidavits or Certificates of Horace P. Boque and Truman Guss, purport to have been taken and sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County: that I am acquainted with his hand writing and readily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine hand writing and signature -
Witness my hand & seal of office this 11th day of August A.D. 1832;
P. B. P. D. Dep. Clk. (H. P. Boque)
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 certify that it appears to them that Horace P. Boque who has signed and sworn to the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Norich and that Truman Guss who has also signed and sworn to the same is a resident of the same town and that they are both credible persons and that their statement is entitled to full credit - and that in the opinion of the Court the said applicant could not produce the said Clergyman and the said Guss in open Court, without imposing too much inconvenience and expense upon him -
Robt. Merrill Vice Chancellor
Jonathan L. Woods, clerk of the said Vice Chancellor's Court for the Sixth Equity Circuit do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles Walter for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13 th day of August A.D. 1832.
Jonathan L. Woods Clk.

Chemung County p.
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Sherman Wattles of the County of Delaware, State of New York being duly sworn, depose and state that he was acquainted with Charles Wattles in the year 1776 and that on or about the first of July in said year the said Charles enlisted as a private soldier in the company commanded by Captain James Clark, in the Regiment commanded by Colo: Comfort Sage in the line of the State of Connecticut, and that he served in said Corps for the term of six months and was duly & honorably discharged — and this deponent further on his oath states that on or about the 20th of August 1777 he the said Charles Wattles again enlisted as a private in a Regiment of Horse commanded by Maj. Elijah Hyde of Upton, Connecticut and that he served in said Regiment for the term of two months, and was discharged and that the above mentioned services were performed in the Revolutionary War —
Sworn & subscribed
Before me
March 5. 1832
Sherman Wattles
Sam l Pike Justice

I certify that the within Samuel Heman Walby is a man of good character according to the best information I can get of him
S. Pike Lustin
10 August 1832
State of New York
Chemung County ss. I, Saml. K. Pike Clerk of the said County do certify that Samuel Pike, Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Peace in and for the said County: and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and really believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his genuine hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and seal of office this 11th day of August 1832
S. B. M. Miller
Dep. C.R.

January 11, 1936
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BA-J/MCS Charles Wattles, S. 14799
Ruth L. Webb 25 Cortland Street Norwich, New York
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the records of Revolutionary War soldier, Charles Wattles and John Wasson, who were pensioned from Chenango County, New York.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is impossible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of those wars. The record of Charles Wattles is furnished you herein, as found on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 14799.
Charles Wattles was born November 1, 1758, in Lebanon, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Lebanon, Connecticut, he served as private with the Connecticut troops as follows: from January 1, 1775, three months in Captain Jeremiah Mason's company in Colonel William Williams' regiment; from July 1, 1776, six months in Captain James Clark's company in Colonel Comfort Sage's regiment and was in the battle of White Plains; from August 20, 1777, until October 22, 1777, in Captain Greene's company under Major Elijah Hyde; from September 13, 1781, until December 15, 1781, in Captain Abraham Fitch's company in Colonel Jeremiah Mason's regiment.
He lived at Lebanon, Connecticut, until 1792 when he moved to Franklin, Delaware County, New York, where he lived five years. He then moved to Otsego County, from there to Cortland County and from there to Chenango County, New York.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 13, 1832, at which time he was living in Norwich, Chenango County, New York.
In 1832 one Sluman Wattles of Delaware County, New York, stated that he knew the soldier in 1776 but it was not shown that they were related, and there are no further data on file relative to the family of Charles Wattles.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILMER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 192
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of  Charles Wattles , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the _____ claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan 1, 1775 3 mos. Pvt Jeremiah Mason Wm Williams Conn.   July 1, 1776 6 " " James Clark Comfort Sage   Aug 20, 1777 to Oct 22, 1777 " Ebenezer Major Elyah Hyde   Sep. 13, 1781 to Dec 11, 1781 " Abraham Fitch Jeremiah Mason  
Battles engaged in, White Plains Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lebanon Conn. Date of application for pension, Aug 13, 1832. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Norwich N.Y., Geneva C. Age at date of application, at Lebanon Conn. Nov. 1, 1758 Remarks: There is no data on file as to family
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
I would like to receive the Revolutionary War Service of
Charles Waller who served in Connecticut and received a pension in Chenango County N.Y. and of
John Wasson who served in New York and received a pension in Chenango County, N.Y. Thanking you. Yours truly
Ruth L Webb 25 Cortland St., Norwich, N.Y.

MRS. V. H. GOTTSCHALK 522 WEST 183RD STREET NEW YORK, N. Y.
Nov. 26, 1922
Dept. of Interior, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Did Charles Gates receive a pension or land grant for Revolutionary War Service. He was born in Connecticut, died in N. Y. State - probably served from Sharon Conn. —
Also —
Matthew Cole b. 1746 Sharon Ct. d. in N. Y. or his widow
Luis Cole b. in Sharon Ct. d. in N. Y.
I am particularly interested in information given about this Luis Cole. Matthew Cole served from Sharon Conn.
Very truly yours,
V. Gottschalk

Revised
14799 INVALID.
1922 Dec. 21. Heir to Mrs V. H. Gottschalk. aw.
1936 Jan 11. Heir to Ruth L. Webb, M.C.S.
File No. 14.799
Charles Wattles
Rev Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: —Vol. 1 , Page 395
[Arrangement of 1870.]