Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40595, Isaiah Tuttle, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New Jersey
Tuttle, Isaiah
S. 40595
CONTENTS

(2349) Pennsylvanian Roll
Isaiah Tuttle Col. Dayton Private New Jersey line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th of September 1818 and sent by Capt to Samuel Roberts Esq. Judge for Isaiah Tuttle. Jefferson Green Co. Pennsylv a
arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 - 4 mths 25/30... 36 emi-ann. all'ee ending 4 th Sept r 1819. 48
20 / 1 year $ 84.-
74 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Transferred from New Jer- sey when in arrears to the 4th of Sept r . to Pa. on 6 Sept r 1819 to take effect from the 4 th Sept r 1818
Continued Greene County
Duplicate certificate 6 th April 1820; and due Hon. R. Moore, H. R.
to the Pension office for the same

District of Penns. ss.
On the 19 day of April Anno Domine eighteen hundred and nineteen before me the Subscriber one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said district personally appeared Isaiah Tittle aged Seventy three years Resident in Greene County in the said District who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" That he the said Isaiah Tittle enlisted for the term of one year in the month of March 1776 in Roxbury township in Morris County in the State of New Jersey in the Company Commanded by Captain Peter Dickerson of the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Elias Dayton in the line of the State of New Jersey on the Continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps or in the service of the United States until the end of his year or nearly so when he re-enlisted with twelve more of the said Regiment then in Albany for and during the war. That he served in the said Regiment for one year more from his last enlistment and was obliged to quit the service at Valley Forge in the State of Penns as having lost his sight from Cold &c That he was then placed on the pension list in New Jersey at thirty two dollars per annum which he has regularly received until March 1818 when he made his first

application for the benefit of this present act of Congress That he was in an engagement on Staten Island against Refugees & British forces where there were about two hundred of the enemy made prisoners. That he was in the Battles of Brandywine & Germantown That he is now in Reduced Circumstances and stands much in need of the assistance of his country for support that he hereby relinquishes all Claims to his Pension from the State of New Jersey as paid by the United States agent in Trenton finding it now not adequate to his necessities as from extreme age he can no longer pursue any manual industry. That such evidence as could establish the foregoing facts are not now in his power or within his power in this western part of Penn a Sworn to & declared before me the } David Gray day and year aforesaid — }
I David Gray Judge etc as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Isaiah Tuttle did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of two years at one time in the Continental establishment and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress. I am also satisfied that he needs the assistance of his country for support. April 19 th 1819 David Gray

Pennsylvania Greene County
I William T. Hays, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, hereby Certify that David Gray Esquire before whom the within Depositions appear to have been made is and was at the time of taking and signing the same an acting Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County And that full faith and Credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such. In testimony whereof I have here set my hand & seal of Office April 19 th Anno Domini 1879. W m T Hays Proth y

Isaac Little
2349
16 Sep '18
Leon

Fifteenth District of Penn. y Vs. Greene County
On this nineteenth day of September 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for said county Isaiah Tuttle aged seventy four years resident in Clarke-ville in said county who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows in the 3 d New Jersey Regiment in the Company commanded by Capt n Peter Dickenson or Dickerson that he made declaration thereof as well as of the battle he was in & the time which he served on the twentieth day of April 1818 before the Hon ble Samuel Roberts whereon he has obtained a certificate from the war department N o 2329 a duplicate of which he now holds dated & renewed 6 th day of April 1820 (the original being lost in transmitting by post) and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 the 18 th 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 vizt
one old handsaw a few plates & potted dishes a drawing knife a pewter tea pot an axe part of a set cups & saucers old & cracked a jointer plane a broze, a knife & { inshave a tea kettle a pot a spider a few old knives & forks
Isaiah Tuttle

I also declare that my occupation is a cooper that I have no use of one eye that I am frail and seldom able to pursue that my children are all gone from me and are able to sup- port themselves that my wife only remains with me who is also old and infirm — Sworn to & declared on the 22 nd day of September 1820 before,
Isaiah Tuttle
Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court
The 18 th September 1820
Attest W m J. Hays Prothry.
Penn te Greene County So
William J. Hays Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene aforesaid do certify that the foregoing draft and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 schedule is Ten Dollars & twenty five Cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 16 th day of October Anno Domini 1820
W m J. Hays Prothry

J. L. Edwards
Pension office Washington City

Sir,
enclosed the affidavit of Thomas Fletcher Esq. relative to the loss of Israel Little Pension certificate. You will send me a duplicate as soon as possible.
Yours - respectfully
J. T. Edwards Esq.
Robert Moore

Hon. Secretary of War Jefferson Octo. 20 th 1820
Sir
Isaiah Little was a pensioner in the State of N. Jersey and on his removal to this County of Greene in Penn o his claim was transferred upon his taking the benefit of the act of Congress passed 18 March 1818
He is now feeble and it is supposed he will live long. He hopes you will have the goodness to notify at the post office at Jefferson in this County of his late removal.

Jefferson 22 M ch
Three
The Hon ble the Secretary of War Washington City

Jefferson Greene County Pa. Dated 22 April 1819
Sir
At the request of Isaiah Little I enclose a second application for a pension (the first having been lost or mislaid in the war office or possibly in one of the post-offices) he had applied in April 1818. — Have the goodness to correspond with Mr. Little thro' this post-office
I am Sir your obedient Servant
M rs M c Clatchey
The Honorable the Secretary of War —

Jefferson Green County Penna 17 May
Free
The Judge must certify the claim in these circumstances The Honble the Secretary of the War-office City of Washington
Adams St. Louis Oct 15th 1865

Pennsylvania p o
Before the undersigned President of the court common pleas of the Fifth Judicial District personally appeared Isaiah Tuttle of Greene County and being duly sworn doth depose and say that in the month of March in the year One Thousand seven hundred and seventy six he enlisted as a private soldier in a company commanded by Peter Dickerson attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Elias Dayton in Genl. Serrill's and that the Deponent continued to serve in the same Regiment till sometime after the battle of Brandywine when by reason of his infirmities he was permitted to leave the army.
The Deponent further says that at this time he has a pension from the United States of Fifty Dollars. That by reason of his age and bodily infirmities and poverty he has need of assistance from his country, and further he saith not.
Sworn & Subscribed This 20 th day of April W th 1877
Sam l Roberts
his Isaiah Tuttle Mark

Pennsylvania County ss.
I William H. Hays, Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in and for said County hereby Certify that Samuel Roberts Esquire before whom the within Deposition appears to have been made is several the time of taking & signing the same Presiding Judge of the court of Common Pleas  in and for in & for said County; and that
full faith and Credit are due and ought to be given to all his official acts as such. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County April 28 th Anno Domini 1818
Wm H. Hays Protho.
Mr. Little wishes to have his pension paid in Baltimore if convenient; if not in Philadelphia. any notification or certificate to Mr. Little can be done at the post-office at Jefferson Greene County Penns

Pennsylvania
Samuel Roberts President of the courts of common pleas of the fifth Judicial District including the county of Greene Do certify
That the attested copy I am fully satisfied that the of Francis Scott French is true in the army of the U.S. upon the continental establishment in the war of the Revolution against the common enemy for nine months at one period and I am also well satisfied that he is in indigent circumstances. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 24 th day of August A.D. One Thousand eight hundred & eighteen
Samuel Roberts

Jefferson 3 1/2
Free
The Hon ble the Secretary of War of the U. S.
Washington City
Virginia, as per M. C. ...

Greene County & State of Penn a . ss
Before me William Kincaid Esquire one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County personally came Thomas Fletcher Post master of Jefferon & said County who being sworn as the law directs deponeth & saith that he enclosed and forwarded by post a Certificate from the war office of the United States which was given to and in the possession of Isaiah Tuttle a Revolutionary Soldier which Certificate was numbered 2349 and dated the 18 th day of April 1818 to the best of his depon t recollection that the said Certificate so was enclosed in Octo r last to the house of Clarke & Small Merchants No 33 North Howard St Baltimore who have answered & saith that they never received either Certificate or letter in which it was enclosed. Deponent also saith that in consequence of the loss of Certificate Isaiah Tuttle has never received any pension on the said Claim & that he is now old and in great want of subsistence.
Sworn & subscribed before me this 13 th March 1820
W m Kincaid
Tho s Fletcher

Pennsylvania Greene County p
I William T. Hays Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene aforesaid, do Certify that William Kincaid Esquire before whom the within Deposition appears to have been taken is a
Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly Commissioned and sworn, and as such full faith and Credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts.
In Testimony whereof I set my name and affix the seal of the County of Greene at Waynesburg the thirteenth day of March eighteen hundred and twenty
Wm T. Hays Protho

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Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 577
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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