Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35360, Joseph Treat, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Treat, Joseph
S. 35360
CONTENTS

1586 Aug 12 T.S. Hopkins - history
Bno
Adoption of to John Dick Esq 5 July 1890. Middletown Cont
Deed Dec. 19. 1836
See A. B.
448
Connecticut Roll
Joseph Treat II Capt Buckley Brigade Connecticut Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 19 th of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of May 1818 and sent to S. T. Hosmer, Esq. Middletown, Con.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept r 1818
3 months 13/31 & 4/30 $ 44.41
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
See A. B.

I Joseph Treat of Middletown, County of Middle- -sex, & State of Connecticut do hereby and say; That in the year One Thousand, Seven Hundred, and Seventy Seven I enlisted as a Soldier in the Company of Captain Edward Bullock -ley in the Third Connecticut Regiment com- -manded by General B Webb Esq., - During the war, ... and during the said war the whole period of my enlistment I served as a Soldier in said Company & Regiment, until the Eighth day of June One Thousand, Seven Hundred, & Eighty Three when I was dis- -charged from the army with all the Sol- -diers who enlisted for the period aforesaid.
I further testify, that my written discharge signed by G. Washington delivered to Genl. Denne & Parsons many years since, & it is, as I believe, lost, -
I further testify, that I am poor, wholly destitute of property, lame, infirm, and reduced in my circumstances so as to need assistance for the support of my- self from my country; & pray that I may obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress for Revolutionary Soldiers.
Middletown March 10 th 1885. Joseph Treat A. State of Connecticut, County of Middlesex, ss. I Mid-

Mitain March 10 th 1818.
Personally came before me Situs Woomer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut Joseph Heat of said Middletown, signor of the preceding written declaration & made solemn Oath to the truth thereof. Situs Woomer
I Daniel Loxer of Middletown, County of Middletex, - State of Connecticut do hereby and say, That I am well acquainted with Joseph Heat of said Middletown, & was myself a soldier & afterwards a sergeant in the Company of Capt. Edward Bulkeley, in the third Connecticut Regiment commanded by General B. Webb Esq. That the said Joseph Heat, who enlisted during the War, was a Soldier in the said Company, and served therein from the year One Thousand, Seven Hundred, & seventy seven, until the end of the War, & that in June One Thousand, Seven hundred, & eighty three he was discharged with the other Soldiers, who had enlisted for the same period; I further testify, that the said Joseph Heat is poor, wholly destitute of property,

and a cripple; - further this Deponent saith not. - (Daniel Sizer)
13. State of Connecticut, Middlesex County ss. mid- dletown March 19 th 1818. Personally came Daniel Si- zer of said Middletown, Signer of the preceding Deposition, before me Stephen Fitch Wosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut, & made solemn Oath to the truth thereof. - S Fitch Wosmer
C. I Stephen Fitch Wosmer a Judge of the Superior Court for the State of Con- necticut do certify, That, to the best of my knowledge that Joseph Treat the Signer of the first Deposition above, served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as in said Deposition he has testified; I, therefore transmit the foregoing testimony. S Fitch Wosmer
Middletown (Conn.) March 19 th 1818.
To the Honorable the Secretary for the Department of War. - - - - -
I John Fisk Clerk of the Superior Court for the State of Con- necticut do certify, That the Honor- able Stephen Fitch Wosmer of

Signed in the State aforesaid, is one of the Judges of the said Court, and that his name sub- scribed to the preceding certificate marked A. B. C. is his proper hand writing and signa- ture.
In testimony whereof I have here to set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Milledgeville aforesaid on the 17 th day of April 1818.
M c Mill Clerk

93 Joseph Treat
Middletown
N o . 448.
if o 12 May 1818.
Continue

State and District of Connecticut, ss.
ON this 21 st day of June 1820 personally appeared in open Court, before the adj d County Court holden at Middletown , within and for the county of Middlesex in said State, on the 20 th day of June 1820, the same being a court of record, proceeding according to the course of common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having power of fine and imprisonment, Joseph Treat aged 64 years, resident in the town of Middletown in said State, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows: That he the said Joseph Treat enlisted for the term  period  during of which the war should be  on the continue on the 8 th day of March in the year 1777 in Wethersfield in the State of Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Edward Buckley in the regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel B Webb in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment: That he continued to serve in the said corps until June 1783 when he was discharged from the said service at West Point in the State of New York . That he made a declaration to obtain a pension under the law of the 18th of March 1818, as nearly as he can recollect, having no minutes, on the 19 th day of March 1818 ; and had transmitted to him a Certificate for a pension from the Secretary for the Department of War, No. 448
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;" 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.
I do further solemnly swear, that I was in the battles of Rhode Island and at the Burning of Springfield in New Jersey
That I am by occupation a Day Labourer

That the number of my family residing with me is Two and their names and ages are as follows :
my wife Mary aged 61 Years
my son Esda aged 18 Years
Joseph Street mark
Sworn to and declared day of June
1820
, before
the Court of Common Pleas for Middlesex County on the 21 st
J. W. Bult Ch. of P.C.

SCHEDULE annexed to the Declaration and Oath above made and taken before the Court aforesaid.
  1 Chest Drawers $ 1.00  6 Chairs $ 3.50  4.50    2 old Tables $ 1.50  Cooking utensils $ 1.00  2.50    Pig $ 1.00  2 geese 50  1.50      $ 8.50  
Joseph his  Strat mark

I John Trilk Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for W & B aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath and Schedule annex- ed, are truly copied from the record of 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 Fifty - - - cents.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 21 day of June - - 182 0
J. Trilk Clerk of P Court

June 25, 1934
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BA-J/MCS Joseph Treat S. 35360
Mary Allen Rule 304 South Main Street Wallingford Connecticut
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Treat.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 35360, based upon the military service of Joseph Treat.
He enlisted in Wethersfield, Connecticut, March 8, 1777, and served as private in Captain Edward Bulkley's company in Colonel Samuel B. Webb's regiment. He was in the battles of Rhode Island and Springfield and was discharged June 8, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 19, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
In 1820 he stated that he was sixty-four years of age and was living in Middletown, Connecticut, and he then referred to his wife, Mary, aged sixty-one years, and his son, Elisha, aged eighteen years. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Joseph Treat died December 19, 1836.
Very truly yours
See Agency Book
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

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Please send me the Revolutionary record of Joseph Heat of Middlesex County. Conn. born June 1, 1758, at Wallingford, Conn. enlisted March 6, 1777, under Capt. Bulkeley. 3 rd Conn. Regiment. Col. Samuel R. Webb. S-35360, is the number in the surviv- or's file, I believe.
If you have any family data, please send that, too. Very truly yours,
Mary Allen Rule.

35 360
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35,360
Joseph Twest Rev Rev No
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 425
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931 July 18 hist to F. Clarence Bissell. Will
1934 June 25 hist to Mary Allen Rule. Will

Hist. to
Mrs. A. H. Olmsted Mountain Road Somers, Conn.
10-4-40.

THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETY of the SONS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION
 President DENNIS A. BLAKESLEE 58 Waverly St., New Haven  Vice-Presidents Maj. CHARLES H. SPRAGUE Bridgeport WILBUR F. TOMLINSON Danbury FRANK E. SANDS Meriden  Secretary ROBERT F. BRADLEY 306 Meigs Bldg., Bridgeport  Treasurer HARRY H. PRITCHARD 886 Main St., Bridgeport
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F. CLARENCE BISSELL, Registrar 1009 West Boulevard, Hartford
June 2-1931
 DELEGATES COL. TRACY B. WARREN (at large) WILLIAM G. BAXTER CLARENCE BLAKESLEE WILLIAM H. BURR ARTHUR W. CHAMBERS JOHN A. COE FRANK A. CORBIN EDMUND E. FREEMAN WILLIAM H. HART ARTHUR R. KIMBALL ARTHUR C. KLOCK ARTHUR S. LANE A. MCCLELLAN MATHEWSON FREDERIC T. MURLESS, JR. REV. ORVILLE A. PETTY ARTHUR V. PILLSBURY EDGAR L. POND SEYMOUR N. ROBINSON ERNEST E. ROGERS CHARLES E. P. SANFORD WILLIAM A. SCHENCK ROBERT SCOVILLE ALFRED SPENCER, JR. MARTIN WELLES HERBERT H. WHITE CLARENCE H. WICKHAM J. ALLEN WILEY ARTHUR E. WOODRUFF
U. S. Pension Bureau
 Please send me Pension Record of Joseph Frost of Conn. (Orange, I think) in Pension Roll 1818, aged 78, as per U. S. Report from Dec. War, printed 1835. Respectfully F. C. Bissell, Regr 
 OTHER MANAGERS WILLIAM H. ALLEN JOHN C. BRINSMADE ORLANDO H. BROTHWELL MORRIS L. BURR ALBERT F. CORBIN WILLIAM H. CORBIN FRANK B. GAY WILSON H. LEE ROBERT W. LOVELL EDWARD J. MORGAN JOHN M. PARKER, JR. CHARLES PHELPS EARNEST C. SIMPSON DR. GEORGE C. F. WILLIAMS HARRY R. WILLIAMS
Secretaries of Local Branches, ex-officio
F. JOSEPH CHATTERTON, New Haven WILLIS N. BARBER, Meriden SAMUEL F. BEARDSLEY, Bridgeport EARLE M. WOOD, Norwich CHARLES A. QUINTARD, Norwalk ELMER H. SPAULDING, New London HARRY L. HILTON, Hartford MALCOLM D. RUDD, Salisbury HARRY E. TARGETT, Danbury RUSSELL H. POPE, Waterbury EARLE F. SCHOFIELD, Greenwich

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July 18, 1931
Mr. F. Clarence Bissell 1009 West Boulevard Hartford, Connecticut
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MCS
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 35360, that Joseph Treat enlisted March 8, 1777, in Wethersfield, Connecticut, and served as private in Captain Edward Bulkley's company in Colonel Samuel B. Webb's regiment. He was in the battles of 1783 Rhode Island and Springfield and was discharged June 8, 1878.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 19, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
In 1820 he stated that he was sixty-four years of age and was living in Middletown, Connecticut, and he then referred to his wife, Mary, aged sixty- one years, and his son, Elisha, aged eighteen years.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the name of Joseph Treat that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator