Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16300, David Wolcott, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Wolcott David
NUMBER
S. 16300
B.L. Wt. 5067-160-55
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CONTENTS

31.40
Ohio (Pittsburgh, David Wolcott Portage Co, in the State of Ohio who was a private in the Company commanded in Smith of the regt - commanded Putnam in the M a 1781 six months from 29 June 1781
Letter to James Southaway, July 11/47
scribed on the Roll of Ohio (Pittsburgh) the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d day of May 1838 and Ser t to J. H. Skiff Esq. P.M. Windham, Ohio.
ears to the 4th of March 1838 $ 140. — m s -ant. allowance ending 4 Sep 38 10. — $150. —
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. J. H. Allison
Recorded by J. H. Allison Clerk, k E 2 Vol. 5 Page 158

36.4880 Adm 2/55 Ahe 3/55
David Wolcott Rev. pensioner
Asaph Smith Col Rufus Putnam Maj U.S. Vols
Enr June 29, 1789 Disch Jan 23, 1782 Rev. War
Private - Smith's Regt Maj Samuel  Putnam
Buxton Enr 160 acc. Aug 22/55 Debt
Rev. War
5767 ip Aug 25/55
E. F. Curtis Farmington Trumbull Co. Ohio
Ohio
June 32 - no 31408
Vol 102, Page 98.

I Francis Elliott of Southampton in the county of Hampshire and state of Massachusetts Testify and say That I was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution in Col * Rufus Putnam regiment and served in the same for Six years And that in April or May 1781 when the Army was at West Point David Woburn of West Springfield in the state of Massachusetts joined the Army to serve as a Soldier in the said Rufus Putnam Regiment I saw him almost daily he told me when he first came that he was to stay Six or Eight months he continued in the Army as near as I can recollect until January or February in the year 1782
✓ Francis Elliott
Hampshire ss Sept o 29 th 1837
Then Francis Elliott personally appearing made oath in due form of Law to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed Before me
William S. Rogers } Justice of the Peace
I William S. Rogers hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Francis Elliott and I know him to be a person of Truth and veracity
William S. Rogers
Southampton Sept o 29 th 1837
** Interlined before signing

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. I Samuel Wells Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that William Rogers Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within Certificates was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the peace within and for said County, duly Commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity - And that I am acquainted with the handwriting of the said William Rogers, and believe his signatures within to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven.
Samuel Wells
Clerk

I Solomon Wolcott of Southampton in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts Testify and say That I am Brother to David Wolcott of West Springfield who was hired by a Class to serve in the War of the Revolution for Six months or until there was a substitute ob- -tained to take his place. He left home the forepart first part of May 1781 to join the army and did return until about the middle of February 1782.
Solomon Wolcott
Hampshire ss Sept r 29 th 1837
Then Solomon Wolcott above named personally appeared and made oath in due form of Law to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me
William S. Rogers } Justice of the Peace
I William S. Rogers hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Solomon Wolcott and I know him to be a person of truth and veracity.
William S. Rogers
Southampton Sept r 29 th 1837

D. W. Hott Op. 8037.

The State of Ohio Portage County ss.
Supreme Court, August Term A.D. 1832.
On this 28 th day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Supreme Court of the County and State aforesaid, now sitting, David Wolcott a resident of Windham in said County of Portage and State of Ohio, aged sixty six years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, about the first day of May 1781, in a regiment of the line, (which he believes was the fifth,) under the following named officers: Col. Putnam, Lieut. Col. Newell, Major Ashley, Adjutant Mearble; and belonged to the 1 st Company commanded by Capt. Smith - Lieut. Santo; Ensign Warren, Serjeants Rice, Mears, and Ridgway, Corporals, Gibson, Kramp and Johnson, and continued in the service of the United States for eleven months and a few days, when I received at West Point a regular written discharge from Col. Rufus Putnam, my father having then procured a substitute for me to wit, Mordall Witchell, since deceased. My discharge has been lost nearly 30 years. I was born in New Haven, Connecticut, 22 d April, 1766, and I believe my age is recorded there. I lived in West Springfield Massachusetts, when I enlisted, and remained there about 36 years after the close of the Revolutionary War, then removed to Owego, New York, where I lived 9 years, thence moved to Windham where I have resided for the last five years. In the first part of the service, I went from East Springfield to guard provisions then carried to Head Quarters at Philipsburgh, near New York. We marched thence to Perkins hill, thence to a place near Gallows hill, where we remained some time, and thence to West Point our Winter quarters. I was in no general battle, but was once in a company at Sing Sing when it was attacked by the British. Our Brigade Officer was Genl. Patterson. I never held a commission. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his

name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
David Wolcott
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. John A. Skinner Dept Clerk of the Supreme Court - I George Kirkham, Clerk of the Supreme Court within and for the County of Portage. -
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states.
I George Kirkham, Clerk of the Supreme Court within and for the County of Portage and State of Ohio, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Wolcott for a pension. -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29. day of August. A.D. 1832. Geo. Kirkham Clerk.

David Wolcott
36,485

State of Ohio } On this 21 st day of March, A.D. Franklin County } One thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me Franklin - E. Stowe , a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, David Wolcott a resident of Braceville, County and State aforesaid, aged Ninety years on the 22 nd day of April last, and on his oath declares that he is the identical David Wolcott who enlisted into the Continental Army for the term of three years at West Springfield Massachusetts on the 29 th of June A.D. 1781 (Seventeen hundred eighty one) under Capt. Smith, Col. Reuben Putnam, Lieut. Col. Steel That he was honorably discharged from the service by a written certificate at West Point about the 23 rd day of January A.D. 1782 , Major  Mitchell taking his place in the Army. That he was placed upon the pension list of Revolutionary United States pensioners by certificate of pension dated May 23 rd A.D. 1838 , act of congress of June 7-1832 at the rate of twenty dollars ($20) per annum That he has never received or applied for Bounty Lands, but in the present instance, He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty Lands to which he may be entitled under the act granting bounty lands to certain officers and sol- diers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States passed March 3 rd 1855
Witness { Franklin E. Stowe } { H.S. Robbins }
David his  Wolcott  mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written. And I certify that I am well acquainted with the said David Wolcott. That he appears to be of the age stated and of remarkable clear- ness of mind for his age, and further that he further that he received from Government a pension as stated by him.
Franklin E. Stowe
Justice of the Peace

State of Ohio } On this 21 st day of March A.D. 1855 personally Trumbull County ss } appeared before me Franklin E. Stowe justice of the Peace in and for said County. Harvey Lane and H. Seymour Robbins to me well known as credible and reliable witnesses who on their oath say that they are and have been for many years personally and intimately acquainted with the identical David Wolcott who makes the within declar- ation. That he appears to be of the age stated by him, that he is a pensioner of the United States at the rate of twenty dollars per annum, and has been for many years, that said pension is now paid at the Agency at Cleveland Ohio.
H. Seymour Robbins Harvey Lane
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the day and year first above written.
Franklin E. Stowe — Justice of the Peace
Report to E. G. Curtis Farmington Trumbull Co. O.
The State of Ohio,
TRUMBULL COUNTY.
I, ALMON D. WEBB , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above named Franklin E. Stowe Esquire, before whom the foregoing paper was executed, was, at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and legally authorized to administer oaths, to whose official acts full faith and credit are due: that his signature above written I believe to be true and genuine: and that I have no interest whatever in the result of the Bounty Land Claim of the aforesaid David Wolcott nor am I concerned in the prosecution thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand official, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Warren, in said County, this 29 th day of March A. D. 1855
Almon D. Webb Clerk. By A. A. Robbins Dep.

16.300 INVALID.
File No. 16.300
David Wolcott
Tri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

David Woolcott
Ohio
Suspended See Letter to Mr. S. C. Otis March 26, 1838.
Act June 7, 1832

D. Wilcutt
Popus-
Scrib an
February 1875
THE following is a list of the names of the persons who have been admitted to the several Prisons of the Colony during the year 1874, and the number of persons admitted to each Prison during the year. The names are arranged in alphabetical order of the Prisons, and within each Prison in alphabetical order of the names of the persons admitted.
THE following is a list of the names of the persons who have been admitted to the several Prisons of the Colony during the year 1874, and the number of persons admitted to each Prison during the year. The names are arranged in alphabetical order of the Prisons, and within each Prison in alphabetical order of the names of the persons admitted.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of (David Woolcott) which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? 910
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? 911
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? 912
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 913
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 914
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
There being no evidence of service in this office the applicant should make out his declaration see regulations as in Militia Cases.

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by _____
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier David Wolcott
Service Rev.
Additional Service Mass.
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190____
No claim, combination records _____, 190____
REMARKS:
No old war inv. or wid. or rej. except S.F. 16300
acm.
May 25/09
Chief Division

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
July 20 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of David Woolcut, (so spelled) is borne upon a List of men who engaged to serve in the Continental army for the term of 6 Months, as a private of West Springfield, enlisted June 29 1781, at the age of 16 years, for the term of 6 months - No officers named. - is also signed to a Receipt for £ 13, as a Bounty for engaging to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 6 months - Said Receipt is dated, West Springfield, July 9. 1781. - Upon a List of Certificates due to Officers and Soldiers of the late 3 rd Massachusetts Regt, Col Rufus Putnam - no Service named - Amount of his certificate is Fifty two dollars and eleven cents. - The above is all the evidence of service of any one of the

Name, Shown by the Military records in this Office.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Foster, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Application for Certificate of Revolutionary Services done by my self in the war of the Revolution
Braceville Frankville County. State of Ohio
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his office of my service in the war of the Revolution I went into said war at age of six or eight months But from Old age am unable to state the Exact time I served under Capt Smith and Col Putman, if I am not mistaken it was in the A d 1781 and I am now 81 years old witness my hand this 26 th day of May A d 1846
Signed By said David his Mark in my presence R. M. Higley Justice of the Peace

David Woodcott Ohio 34. H 35
admitted P. 6 no f 1781 on roll vol. 33 page 624. f u sent notes for 29 June 1781 H n C. Whittier N.Y.
J. A. Skoff Wadsworth Portage Ohio

The State of Ohio Portage County ss }
In the Courts of Common Pleas February Term A.D. 1838
On this twenty eighth day of February A.D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, before the Honorable the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas now sitting at Ravenna within and for the County aforesaid, David Woolcott a resident of the township of Windham in said County of Portage, aged twenty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the acts of Congress passed June 7. 1832; That he enlisted in the service of the United States between the twenty fifth day of April and the first day of May A.D. One thousand seven hundred and eighty one, at West Springfield Massachusetts, in a Regiment commanded by the following named officers, viz: Col. Rufus Putnam, Lieut. Col. _____ Newell, Major Moses Ashby, Adjutant _____ Marble; that he belonged to the First Company, Fifth Regiment Massachusetts Line, and the company was commanded by the following officers, viz: Capt. _____ Smith, Lieut. _____ Gardo, Ensign _____ Warren, and Sergeants Rice, Moss and Ridgeway, and that he continued in service until the last days of March A.D. One thousand seven hundred and eighty two, when he received, at West Point, a regular discharge in writing from his Colonel, Rufus Putnam, into which discharge has been last nearly thirty years. At this time my father procured a substitute by the name of Medad Mitchell, who took his place. West Springfield, the place of his enlistment is in the County of Hampden, formerly a part of Hampshire County, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
And he further declares that after enlisting at West Springfield he proceeded to Old Springfield where he remained about six weeks, from thence to Headquarters to a place called Philipsburgh about eighteen or twenty miles above the City of New York and within about two miles of Dobbs Ferry, where he remained about one month. Nearly all the Army, together with the French, marched thence to Yorktown, Virginia, to the taking of Cornwallis, but the

Regiment to which he belonged remained at Philipsburg for a time. He was then marched up to Peekskill where he remained about six weeks, and then went into winter quarters at West Point, where he remained until discharged as aforesaid. During the foregoing period he belonged to General Patterson's Brigade. That during two months of his stay at West Point, he was kept on half rations and performed double duty. He has no documentary evidence of the foregoing facts, and he knows of no persons who are acquainted with them except those whose testimony is herewith annexed, being the affidavits accompanying this declaration. He resided in West Springfield about thirty six years after the close of the Revolutionary War, when he removed to Rome in the State of New York, where he lived nine years, and then removed to Windham, Portage County, Ohio, where he has resided eleven years last past. He never held a commission, and was never in any general battle, but was in a skirmish at King's Bridge.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and affirms that he has no knowledge of his name being on the list of any State, and that it is not according to his knowledge and belief.
Sworn to and subscribed the day for David Woolcott and year first above written, before me Charles Sumner Atty. Judge
We Reuben Fergusson, a clergyman residing in the township of Windham, Portage County, Ohio, and Worcester Bliss and Merrick Baird residing in the same township, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with the above named David Woolcott, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be twenty one years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed, affirmed & sworn to the day & year first above written before me Charles Sumner Atty. Judge
Reuben Fergusson W. Worcester Bliss Merrick Baird

And the said board 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 board further certifies, that it appears to them that Reuben Geyerson, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, residing in the township of Windham, and that Worcester Bliss and Merrick Baird are credible persons; and that their statements is entitled to credit.
I George Kirkum, clerk of the board of Common Pleas of Portage County, Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said board in the matter of the application of David Woolcott for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty eighth day of February A.D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
Geo. Kirkum Clerk—

War Department.
Pension Office.
August 1 st 1836.
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 3 rd ultimo, I have to inform you that it is impossible, consistently with the laws and regulations respecting pensions to admit the claim of David s Wolcott, on the evidence exhibited. Since his papers were returned from this Department in 1818, requiring the Judge's certificate as to indigent circumstances, a law has passed, obliging every claimant to render a schedule of his property and directing him to take a certain oath respecting his residence &c. This schedule and oath the claimant has not attended to. I enclose herewith a form, with accompanying notes, to enable him to comply with the act. In regard to this part of the business I have acted according to custom in sending you a form, and pointing out what is necessary; but it is proper for me to observe, in relation to the alleged service of Wolcott, that his is a case of such a doubtful nature, that unless the most positive, explicit and satisfactory testimony can be produced

a pension cannot be granted. He states that in May or June 1781 he entered the service; and in February or March following he left it. Now as it is just as probable that he enlisted on the last of June and was discharged in February, as otherwise, let us suppose such to be the fact; and we must reject his claim. Hence you will perceive that there is a necessity for being very particular. It was because, his statement was so vague, and because his name could not be found on the rolls, that he was required to prove his service by the testimony of an officer. The affidavits of Messrs Caleb Tuttle and Gideon Jones are still more objectionable than Wolcott's own statement. They merely go to shew that the claimant served, but neither of them state the length of the service. In a case where the name of the applicant cannot be found on the rolls, the testimony of at least two credible and disinterested witnesses, certified to be such by the magistrate who may administer the oaths, is indispensable. They should set forth the time of entering and the time and manner of leaving the service, and the regiment and company in which the claimant served, with such other circumstances respecting the claimant's circumstances as they may be in possession of. The County Clerk, or some

other officer properly authorised, should certify, under seal of office, to the official character and signature of the magistrate. All the papers which you forwarded are herewith returned, except the original declaration, which must remain on the files of this Office, agreeably to regulations.
I am, respectfully
Your Obt. Servt.,
J. L. Edwards
M rs S. B. Leonard, Owego, Tioga Co. N. Y.

Windham P. O. April 25. 1838
In Sir
M r . David Wolcott requested me to say to you that Yours of the 26. of March 1838 is recd & contents noticed. There is an objection to the claim on account of the age of D. Wolcott at the time of enlistment "which is rendered still more objectionable from the fact that he has so delayed his application" To remove this last and greatest objection I herewith forward all the papers which can be found which will prove that D. Wolcott has made three applications before but failed on account of not having sufficient testimony. M r . Wolcott has been to the trouble of sending to Massachusetts to obtain testimony & if any man in the United States is entitled to a Pension that man is David Wolcott. M r . Wolcott is poor & needy. Perhaps these papers may be sufficient to satisfy you, if not, please send some blanks with directions how to procure &c
Very Respectfully Your O b d Servant
J. A. Swift { P. M. - Windham. Por. Co. Ohio
Hon J. S. Edwards for D. Wolcott Commission of St. Secy War Department Washington P. O.

Jan 25, 1847
Col. David Rootes Phila.
Hen. J.

Chardon Geauga Co. Ohio January 19, 1847.
Sir
I herewith send the application of David Woolcott for an increase of his pension, he resides in Tumbull Co. within a few rods of the line of Portage Co where he made his Application to R. M. Higley Esqr before whom he made his application resides within a few rods of said Woolcott and by his making his application in Portage Co. it saved him trouble and expence. I think there can not be any doubt but what the said Woolcott is intitled to a small increase of his pension.
Very Respectfully your Obedt Servant
James Keathaway

27. 800 David Wolcott-
My sole not
Cyano Prunella Ravenna Ohio

The State of Ohio } Court of Common Pleas Octo Ter Portage County ss 1833- on this ninth day of October 1833
personally appeared in open court before the court of common pleas now sitting David Wolcott a resident of Minakaw in the county of Portage State of Ohio aye a sixty six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - that he enlisted for three years in the Army of the United States between the 28 th of April and the first day of May 1781 in a Regiment commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam Lieutenant Col. Abel Haskins and belonged to the first company - commanded by Capt. Smith Lieutenant Sando Ensign Warren Sergeants Rice, Mars, and Ridgway - and continued in the service until the last day of March 1782 when Medad Mitchell took his place as a Substitute - and he received a written discharge from Col. Rufus Putnam which discharge has been lost nearly thirty years - that he enlisted in the town of West Springfield County of Hampshire (which has since been divided) and State of Massachusetts from West Springfield he went to Old Springfield where I remained about six weeks from thence to New Garden to a place called Philipsburgh where I remained about one month (from thence nearly all our Army with the French marched to Virginia to the taking of Lord Cornwallis) during this our Regiment remained at Philipsburgh for a time and then marched up to Puckasilla remained at Puckasilla about six weeks and then went on to West Point to Winter quarters where he remained until he was discharged - that during the above period we belonged to Genl. Pattersons Brigade that during two months of his stay at West Point they were on half rations and did double duty - that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service that he resided in West Springfield about 36 years after the close of the Revolutionary war then removed to Owego New York where he lived nine years then removed to Minakaw Portage County Ohio where he now resides that he was in no general Battle was in a Skirmish at Sing Sing that he never held a commission -

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever 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 That he knows of no Clergyman that he can conveniently get -
David Wolcott
Sworn to & subscribed this 9 day of Oct. 1833 Before me Bruce S. Hunter Dep. Clerk
We William B. Washington of Windham Portage County and William King of Ravenna -
Portage County Ohio do hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with David Wolcott who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be sixty six years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Sworn to & subscribed the day & year above written Before me Bruce S. Hunter Dep. Clerk W. B. Washington Wm King
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 certifies that it appears to them that William B. Washington who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident of the Township of Stow Windham aforesaid, that William King who has signed the same certificate is a resident of the Township of Ravenna aforesaid; that they the said William B. Washington and William King are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit -
I Geo. Kirkum Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Portage in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of David Wolcott for a Pension - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this ninth day of October A. D. 1833. Geo. Kirkum Clerk.

I Caleb Suttle of West Springfield in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts Testify and say that I am well acquainted with David Wolcott formerly of West Springfield and that in the year 1781 he was hired by a class as a soldier to serve six months or until he was relieved and that as near as I can recollect about the first of March 1782 I went with David Mitchell to West Point to relieve said Wolcott by Mitchell taking his place and Wolcott was discharged I recollect that Major Hill objected to Mitchell as a substitute but Baron Steuben passed him, he entered Col Putnam's Putnam's Reg t as being the regiment in which Wolcott had served Caleb Suttle
Hampden ss Sept 27 th 1837
Then Caleb Suttle above named personally appearing made oath in due form of law to the truth of the fore- going Affidavit by him subscribed Before me Henry Ely Justice of Peace
I Henry Ely hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Caleb Suttle above named and that I know him to be a person of strict truth and veracity Henry Ely

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record within and for the County of Hampden do hereby certify that Henry Chap. before whom the two foregoing depositions were verified was on the 27 th day of September A.D. 1837 a Justice of the Peace within said County of Hampden duly Commissioned & qualified agreeable to the laws of this Commonwealth and that full faith & credit are and ought to be given to all acts done by him in said capacity & that his name hereto is subscribed is his true hand writing -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas at Springfield on this second day of October A.D. 1837
John Ingersoll Clerk

I Clarissa Morgan of West Springfield in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts Testify and say that I am well acquainted with David Wolcott formerly of West Springfield and that as near as I can recollect in the month of May in the year 1781 I was in a company of young people where Mr Wolcott was present and it was understood that he was then under an enlistment and that he was to leave home for the army the next day which he did. I well recollect that there was conversation on the subject of Mr Wolcott going into the army and that War songs were sung on the occasion. Clarissa Morgan.
Hampden ss Sept 27 th 1837
Then Clarissa Morgan personally appearing made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by her subscribed before me Henry Ely Justice of Peace
I Henry Ely hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Clarissa Morgan above named and that I know her to be a person of truth and veracity Henry Ely

State of Ohio } Portage County } ss on this 2 nd day of December A.D. 1846. Personally appeared before me R. M. Higley a justice of the peace in and for the County of Portage aforesaid and State of Ohio David Woolcott a Resident of the township of Brace- ville County of Trumbull & State aforesaid aged 81 years old who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain an increase of Pension under the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1832. That he is now in the Receipt of a Pension of about twen- -ty dollars per year under said act of Congress of July 7 th 1832 that he refers to his declaration and other papers on file in the pension office and the certificate of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts and that he fully believes that he was in said war of the Revolution over a set months and is entitled to a larger Pension than he now draws and Prays a certificate may be granted him to draw said increase of Pension
David his Woolcott mark
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year above written and I hereby certify that said declaration is a true and veracious
R. M. Higley S. Peace
The State of Ohio } Portage County } ss I Morace Y. Beebe Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Portage in the State of Ohio do hereby certify that Robert M. Higley Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavit was made was at the time of taking such affidavit a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine as I verily believe.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this first day of January A.D. 1847. - Morace Y. Beebe Clerk

No. 36485
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 3, 18 55
David Wolcott Capt. Smith Col R. Putman Rev. War
Warrant No 5067-160-55
E. F. Custis Garmington Ohio.

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