Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,741, Edmund Tuttle, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Tuttle, Edmund
S 17741.
Carded
CONTENTS

Connecticut Edmund Tuttle
of Farmington in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Marvin of the Key-Stone Battery by Col. Mead in the Connecticut line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of August. 1832 and due to Mrs. W. H. Tuttle present
Arrears to the 4th of March $ 160 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 40 $200
Recorded by C. C. Hule { Revolutionary Claim, } Act, June 7, 1832. } Clerk Book E Vol. 2. Page 43.

Edward Scitler
Nº 3159
admiral
24 mar. 1911
80 $

State of Connecticut, } ss. County of Fairfield, }
On this 2 d day of Aug t 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before The Court of Probate within and for the District of Norwalk in said County
now sitting, Edward Tuttle a resident of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged 68 - years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, 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 Officers, and served as herein stated. That on the first day of March 1779 I enlisted in said Norwalk in Capt. Ozias Mearns Company of State troops for one year and served my time out. That on the first of March 1780 I again enlisted into said Company in said Norwalk for one year and served my time out in guarding and protecting the sea coast. On the first of March 1781 I again enlisted into said Capt. Mearns Company in said Norwalk and served until Capt. Mearns following. On the first of September I went as a substitute for John Burr of said Norwalk to West point and served at West point three months under Major. Herkels. Gen l M c Douglass and was discharged at West point. - I never had any written discharge and have no documentary evidence of my services. Born in said Norwalk. Aug t 9 th 1764 and have always lived in said Norwalk and now live there. my age recorded in my Family bible and on the Form of Norwalk Records -

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield } ss Probate Court District of Norwalk Augt. 2 d 1832 Personally appeared Isaac Fellow of said Norwalk aged 71 years and being duly sworn in open Court according to Law depose and say that I am well acquainted with Edmund Tuttle of said Norwalk and that I know that said Tuttle served in Capt. Byers Mawin Company of State troops from the first day of March 1779. to the first day of September 1781. and that I served in the same Company during said time.
Sworn & subscribed in open Court      Isaac Fellow Benj. Isaac Judge
At the same Court. Personally appeared Jonas Jelliff aged 72 years of said Norwalk being duly sworn in open Court according to Law depose and say that he is well acquainted with Edmund Tuttle of said Norwalk and that I know that said Tuttle served in Capt Byers Mawin Company of State troops in the Revolutionary War from the first day of March 1779 to the first day of Sept. 1781. and I also know that said Tuttle served in 1781 at West point under Genl. M c Douglass three months.      Jonas Jelliff Sworn & subscribed in open Court. Benj. Isaac Judge
State of Connecticut } Probate Court District of Norwalk County of Fairfield } Feby 9. 1833 I do hereby certify that Isaac Fellow and Jonas Jelliff who have subscribed and sworn to the above depositions are well known to me and that they are credible persons.      Benj. Isaac Judge

State of Connecticut } County of Fairfield. } Sp. Probate Court. District of Stamford Feby. 9. 1833. Personally appeared before said Court Edmund Tuttle, of said Stamford, the within named declarant and being duly sworn in open Court, deponed and say in explanation of the within declaration, that on the first day of March 1779, I enlisted into Capt. Oyes Mearns Company, of State Troops or coast guards under Col. John Mearns and Col. Stephen D. John and continued in said service and was on guard every third night, and drew pay and rations until the first of September 1781, making two years and six months. On the first of September 1781, I went as a substitute as in former State I cannot recollect the Capt. name the Sergeant name was Wilcox under Major Haskell Col. Fairfield and Gen. M c Dougall and was in actual service as in being held until the first of January 1782 December 1781 making three months and served the whole of said time as a private soldier. Edmund Tuttle Sworn and Subscribed in open Court the day and year above said Bery Isaac, Judge. before me

The said Edmund Tuttle 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, the day and year aforesaid.
Edmund Tuttle
We, Edwin Hall a clergyman, residing in the town of Tuttle and Samuel Beens residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Edmund Tuttle who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 68 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood 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.
Edwin Hall Samuel Beens
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Edwin Hall who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Stockbridge and that Samuel Beens who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Stockbridge and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Brigs Isaac Judge
I, Charles Isaac Clerk of the said Probate Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Edmund Tuttle for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Probate Office, this 2. day of Aug. 1832.
Chas Isaac Clerk

MEE/HDM
January 20, 1930.
Mrs. Harry T. Mathews 37 Sands Avenue Mt. Kisco New York.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 17741, it appears that Edmund Tuttle was born August 9, 1764 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
While residing in Norwalk, Connecticut, he enlisted March 1, 1779, served two years and six months as a private in Captain Ozias Marvin's Company under Colonels John Mead and Stephen St John, Connecticut troops, guarding and protecting the seacoast. On September 1, 1781, he went to West Point and served three months in Colonel Canfield's Connecticut Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 2, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Norwalk, Connecticut, where he had always lived.
There are no data concerning his family.
The above noted Edmund Tuttle is the only soldier by that name that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ Rev. and 181st Regt. of the military history of Edmund Tuttle a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 17741
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mch. 1, 1779 2 yrs. 6 mos. Private Ozias Mearns John Mead Stephen St. John Conn.   Sept. 6, 1781 3 mos. " not recalled Sergeant Wilcox Canfield at West Point                              
Battles engaged in, ✓ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Norwalk, Conn. Date of application for pension, Aug. 2, 1832. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Norwalk, Conn. Age at date of application, born Aug. 9, 1764 at Norwalk, Conn. Remarks: there is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

E Tuttle
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1901.

3159
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Edw. Little which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
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? — no
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? — grades not stated
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
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?

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?
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?
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? — no
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
4 Subsequent
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 the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.

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17/4/11
INVALID.
File No. 17.741
Edmund Tuttle
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 39
Index:—Vol. / , Page 381
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1906 Aug. 10 - History to Miss Elizabeth Corning C 1916 May 16. Hist to Miss C. B. Capshaw letter in L. 37656 Daniel Allen. f
1930, Jan 20, Hist to Mrs. Harry J. Mathews, M.E.G.

John
24. E. Bayard St. Seneca Falls.
7-31-1906.
Pension Bureau. Dept Interior -
Would like copy of Pension Papers of Edmund Tuttle a Revolutionary Soldier of Westport, Fairfield Co. Connecticut. A Mrs. E. A. Squire, a descendant, wishes me to get them for her. Would like them soon as possible. Address -
(Miss) Elizabeth Cowing.
24. E. Bayard St. Seneca Falls. New York.

Stamp Enclosed
Nov. 8 th 1929.
W. S. Commissaire of Pension Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
From the reply to an inquiry about a Revolutionary ancestor having served in the Connecticut militia I was advised that one Edmond Tuttle served with Capt. E. Lockwood's Coast Guard 1780-1783, discharged and in the census of Pensioners in 1840, his name appeared age 76 (from report)
Will you please verify this, if you have such record?
This will be gratefully received
Very truly yours Mrs. Harry T. Mathews, Mary S. Mathews 37 Suedo Ave., Mt. Verno, N.Y.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Tuttle, Enos GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 6579 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 16, 1797 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.