Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19,488, Thaddeus Tuttle, Conn. Continental

SERVICE
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Conn. Continental
Tuttle Thaddus
S. 19.488
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Vermont 30.742
Thaddeus Tuttle
Chittenden Co. in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Martin of the troops commanded by Gen. Wooster in the Cont. State troops time for 6 months & Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of July 1836 and sent to Gen. H. Allen M.R.
Arrears to the 4th of March '36. 100.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. '36. 10.00 $110.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. 28.1836
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E. 2 Vol. 3 Page 109

A. Thaddeus Tuttle.
Declaration in order to obtain to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
On this 26 th day of October 1832 personally appeared before the subscribing Authority one of the Judges of Chittenden County Court, Thaddeus Tuttle, a resident of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden, and State of Vermont, aged seventyfive 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 Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, for nine months, in July 1776 in the Company commanded by Capt. Martin, of the Connecticut State troops, that he went from Cheshire in said State, to the City of New York, where he was stationed until the battle of Long Island, when he was ordered on board the boats employed in bring off the American army on their retreat, under a heavy fire from the British shipping; after which he joined his company at White Plains, was there taken sick and carried home to Cheshire in the month of December 1776, otherwise should have served the term.
On the first of October 1777 he entered the service again as a volunteer, in the alarm when Burgoyne invaded the Country, arrived at Saratoga just as Burgoyne had surrendered; after that he marched with part of the troops to Esopus, which had been previously burned by the British troops; was stationed at Esopus under the command Continental Officers, until the first of May 1778 at which time he was dismissed from further service, having served seven months.
In April 1778 he entered the service under Genl Wooster at the time Tryon came out and destroyed the Stores at Danbury, during which expedition Wooster was mortally wounded, and remained in that service three months. In July 1779 he again volunteered in the service at the time Arnold invaded and plundered New Haven, and was under the command of Capt. Parker who was killed in the battle. That he fought the enemy until his last cartridge was expended, and they had reloaded on board their boats and were out of the reach of musket shot. After which he remained to guard the coast with others, until May 1780, being in service nine months. In the same year 1780 the Gov r of Connecticut Commissioned Capt. Dayton to take command of four whale boats with ten men in each boat, to watch the movements of enemy on the sound, in which service he entered and they were taken prisoners by surprise, carried to Hamstead on Long Island where he was robbed of his clothes and five guineas, and remained a prisoner from April to December, six months.

In the Month of May 1781 horse men were called for, as spies on the lines at Horrenbeck and White Plains, and he volunteered, found his own horse and equipments entered that service, and was under the command of the regular Officers on that station, and had a Sergeant's warrant in the light horse, but cannot now produce it. He served in that capacity nine months. He does not recollect the names of the Officers on that station. He further states that he cannot find evidence of the personal knowledge of his services except that which is hereunto annexed.
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. Thos. Tuttle
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me John Mansfield O. Justice of the Peace
The following are answers to interrogatories put to the applicant by the Judge of the Court, as required by the regulations of the Secretary of the War Department, under the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
First. I was born in Cheshire State of Connecticut in the year 1757.
2 d My birth is on record in the town books of Wallingford in Connecticut.
3 d I was living in Cheshire in Connecticut at the time I entered the service, have since lived in sundry towns in Vermont, and now live in Burlington, Vermont.
4 th All my services were voluntarily turning out in defense of my country.
5 th Genl. Washington, Putnam, Gates & Wooster were at the stations where I served at different times.
6 th I never received a regular discharge but was regularly dismissed.
7 th George Robinson Esq. Herman Lowry Esq. A. H. Bliss Esq. J. D. Doolittle Esq. and the said Judge doth, hereby declare that the applicant from bodily infirmity cannot appear at Court, and in his 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 Judge further certifies, that Herman Lowry and Moses Bliss who have signed the certificate hereunto annexed are residents of Burlington, are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
John Mansfield O. Justice of the Peace
I Nathan W. Haswell Clerk of the Court of the County of Chittenden, do hereby certify that John Mansfield Justice of the Peace of said Court, and that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Judge in the matter of the application of Thaddeus Tuttle for a Pension. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 1 st day of November 1832 Nathan W. Haswell

Moss South Affidavit
Hon. H. Allen

I Moses little of Prospect, in the County of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, testify and say, that in the year 1779, my Brother Abraham Little, now residing in Burlington, in the State of Vermont, in company of Light-horse which was drafted from the State of Connecticut, as near as I can recollect from six to nine months, in the War between the United States and Great Britain. He rode my horse which I like to have during the time he was in the service. I was in the Infantry during the same period. I repeatedly saw my Brother in his company of Light-horse, at Providence and at the White Plains. But I cannot ascertain the precise period of time my Brother served in the Army, but think it to be as I have above stated. About the time that my Brother served in a Boat for the Protection of Long Island Sound and was taken by the British and confined on Long Island. But I cannot say how long he served in the Boat nor how long he was detained as a Prisoner. I am now in the eighty-fifth year of my age and cannot accurately recollect dates more exactly than I have stated.
Moses Little

State of Connecticut // New Haven County February fourth A.D. 1834 Personally appeared Moses Tuttle and made solemn oath to the truth of the within deposition by him sub- scribed; — taken at the request of Shaddens Tuttle of Brookfield in the State of Vermont, to be used by him in an application for a pension for services in the Revolutionary War, now depending in the War Dept most of the United States — Merrage Beach, for Clerk, "G. H."
State of Connecticut County of New Haven ss. New Haven Feby. 4 1834
I G. H. Beach Clerk of the County Court in the said New Haven County hereby certify that Merrage Beach is a justice of the peace in the said New Haven County duly qualified to administer oaths & that the above signature by him made is his genuine official signature.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County and the day & date above written G. H. Beach Clerk

Thomas Little
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At B. Haswell Esq. Burlington Direct to David Rusk

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
12 Sept '33
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Thaddeus Tuttle
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776 2 5 - Soldier Capt Martin   1777 7 - - " " Continental Officers names not recalled 76 years Ambrose Atwater   1778 3 - - " " General Wooster Colubine   1779 7 - - " " Capt Parkin Connecticut   1780 6 - - " " Continental Officers names not recalled   1781 7 - - Sergeant Regular Officers names not recalled Recommendatory witnesses   3 3  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
_____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 16 note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

REFLECTED
10.781
P. O. _____
Wadsworth Tuttle
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

H.R. 166.
Thaddeus Tuttle.
Verf. roll act '32
$20 per ann: to com: 4 March 1831-
act 28 June 1836
Com: on Pensions
Hn H Allen ~HR

Burlington July 3, 1835
Dear Sir,
I am sorry to have given you so much trouble on Theobaldus Smith's account, as he could make no better proof of his services. He requests that you would have the goodness to enclose to me, all his papers and testimony filed in your Office.
Your obedient servant
David Russell
J. L. Edwards Esquire
ret d July 9 1835

July 1.
To
Hon. J. R. Edwards
Com. of Pensions
Henry H. Allen M.P.

Washington July 1. 1836
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Sir, Special Pension Act having been passed at the present Session of Congress, to the favor of Mrs. Hester
Thackeray Smith
John L. Allen &
Singleton Ritchie -
and as I have the care of the papers for the respective applicants - I desire Mr. Edwards have the goodness to be made such the certificates & transmit them to me.
Yours &
Heman Allen

Shadew, Tittle
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FOR THE LADIES OF LINGUELLA LINES

Priv. 129
24th CONGRESS, 1st Session.
H. R. 166.
JANUARY 15, 1836.
Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Mr. FRY, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill:
An Act
A BILL
For the relief of Thaddeus Tuttle.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That 3 the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and 4 required to place the name of Thaddeus Tuttle upon the list of 5 revolutionary pensioners, and to pay him at the rate of twenty 6 dollars per annum month, commencing on the fourth of March, eighteen 7 hundred and thirty-one.
Approved June 28 th 1836
A true copy compared with the Roll in this Office
Dept. of State } June 30 th 1836. }
Henry Brinkins Chief Clerk

THADDEUS TUTTLE.
[ To accompany bill H. R. 166. ]
JANUARY 15, 1836.
Mr. FRY, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following
REPORT:
The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to which was referred the petition of Thaddeus Tuttle, report:
That the petitioner has never yet been on the list of revolutionary pensioners, owing to his not being enabled strictly to comply with the requirements of the War Department in relation to his testimony.
He states, upon his oath, that he entered the United States service for nine months in July, 1776, in Captain Martin's company of Connecticut State troops, marched to New York, was there till the battle of Long Island, when he was ordered in boats to bring off the American army, in their retreat, under heavy firing from the enemy, and that he was carried home in December of the same year sick.
That in October, 1777, he entered as a volunteer, arrived at Saratoga, just after Burgoyne's defeat, went to Esopus, and was stationed there under command of the continental officers, to May 1, 1778, when he was dismissed, having served seven months. That in May, 1778, or immediately after being dismissed, he entered the service again under General Wooster, while the stores at Danbury were destroyed, during which expedition General Wooster was mortally wounded; in this service he was for three months.
That in July, 1779, he again entered the service under command of Capt. Stephen Parker, who was killed, fought till his last cartridge was gone, and was retained to guard the coast until May, 1780, being nine months.
That he entered the service the same year with Captain Dayton, commissioned to take charge of four whale boats, ten men each, to watch the movements of the enemy on the Sound, was taken prisoner by surprise, carried to Hempstead, Long Island, robbed of his clothes and five guineas, and remained a prisoner to December; making six months.
That in May, 1781, he again entered the service, and found his equipments in a horse company, called the Expresses, "at Horse Neck and White Plains;" that he then obtained a sergeant's warrant, and served nine months, making in the whole three years and three months.
That he is seventy-nine years of age, and destitute of property.
Ambrose Atwater testifies, that he lived in the same town with petitioner; that some time during the revolutionary war, the petitioner entered the

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service with a troop of horse to guard the "Cow Boys" at Horse Neck, was gone some time, but does not recollect how long.
Moses Tuttle testifies, that his brother, the petitioner, served in a horse company in or about 1779, that the petitioner rode deponent's horse, that he served from six to nine months, that deponent was in the infantry at the same time, and frequently saw petitioner in his company. That in 1780, the petitioner served in a boat for the protection of Long Island and was taken prisoner, but cannot recollect how long detained; deponent is eighty-five years of age.
Stephen Parker testifies, that he was in the revolutionary war, and is now a pensioner; that he recollects the petitioner served in the same company with him when the British attacked New Haven, and burnt part of it, but cannot recollect how long he served; he also recollects that the petitioner served in the same company when the British attacked Danbury, when General Wooster was mortally wounded; he also thinks petitioner served in the army at different periods, as also in the light horse, but cannot recollect the length of time.
Heman Lowry and Moses Bliss certify, that they have long known the petitioner, and that he is and has been reputed as a soldier of the revolutionary war, and a man of good moral character.
Notwithstanding the committee are of opinion, from the nature and character of the testimony adduced, that the petitioner has rendered valuable services to his country, the testimony is not sufficient to grant relief to the extent that the real merits of the case might reach, they are of opinion, however, that the petitioner ought to be placed on the list of revolutionary pensioners, and they, therefore, report a bill for that purpose.

Thaddeus Tuttle Petition to Congress
Thaddeus Tuttle
Dec r 16, 1835. Referred to Com ee on Rev Pensions
Jan. 15. 1836 Bill reported No 166
H. Allen Rev Pens

To the honorable the Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled.
The petition of Shadrachus Tuttle of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden, and State of Vermont, humbly represents to your honors, that he faithfully served in the Revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration marked A. that he early sent it to the Pension Office at Washington, but that it was returned for proof of service; and your petitioner has done every thing in his power to obtain the evidence required; he has been at the expense of sending a person to Cheshire in Connecticut, (his native place) in hopes to find some of the survivors of the Revolution who could testify to their personal knowledge of his service, but no one that he relied upon could be found living. All the evidence he can produce is the affidavits of Stephen Parker and Moses Tuttle, herewith forwarded. In compliance with a rule furnished by the Commissioners of Pensions your petitioner makes a further declaration which will be found attached to the paper marked A. and also another declaration herewith marked B. yet he has been denied a pension, and therefore appeals to your honors for redress, and must rely on the circumstantial proof he has made, the fidelity of his character, for which he would appeal to the member from Vermont, and the certificate of those gentlemen whose signatures will be found attached thereto with the paper marked A.
Your petitioner has ever been a faithful subject of the Government: soon after the close of the war, he came into this northern section, and entered largely into Mercantile business, imported goods from Canada, and for many years was paying large sums of money into the revenue of the United States by way of duties, but by misfortune he has now become poor, without the means of support for himself and family and in a declining state of health. Your petitioner therefore prays your Honors to take his case into consideration, and if satisfied of his claim, order his name to be placed on the pension roll of the Act of 1832 or grant him such other relief as in your wisdom you deem just. And as in duty bound he will ever pray.
Shadrachus Tuttle

33.065
Thucydides Dittmar's Declaration
[Faint handwritten text, possibly bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]
[Small handwritten mark or signature]

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STATE OF VERMONT. Chittenden County, ss.
I Nathan B. Haswell Clerk of Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify that, David Russell Esqr. before whom the annexed Affidavit is taken, was at the time thereof, a Justice of the Peace, duly qualified, acting under the authority of this State, and that I believe his name thereto subscribed, to be his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Burlington, this 25 day of September A. D. 1833.
Nathan B. Haswell

STATE OF VERMONT, Chittenden County, ss.
I Nathan Russell Clerk of Chittenden County Court, do hereby certify that, David Russell Esqr. before whom the annexed affidavit is taken, was at the time thereof, a Justice of the Peace, duly qualified, acting under the authority of this State, and that I believe his name thereto subscribed, to be his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Burlington, this 17 day of November A. D. 1832
Nathan Russell

State of Vermont } Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of Chittenden County } the Peace within and for the County of Chittenden, Thaddeus Futtre, 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 services but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades, for five months in 1776 I served as a Soldier. For seven months in 1777-8 I served as a Soldier. For three months from April 1778 I served as a Soldier. For nine months from July 1779 I served as a Soldier. For six months in 1780 ending December I served as a Soldier. For nine months in 1781 I served as a Sergeant in the Cavalry employed as express on the lines at Horseneck. And for such services I claim a pension Thaddeus Futtre
Sworn and subscribed at Burlington this 2 nd day of September 1833 David Russell Justice Peace
We the undersigned hereby certify that we have been personally acquainted with Thaddeus Futtre for many years, and believe that his statements of services in the revolutionary war are true according to his best recollection, and that he is justly entitled to a pension for all he claims Herman Allen. Mem. Com.
Stephen Haight
Herman Allen -
N. W. NY D
M c H. Griswold

Ambrose Atwater of Burlington, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont, aged 38 years, testifies, that he lived in Cheshire State of Connecticut, that Thaddeus Tuttle lived in the same town, and was his near neighbour, and that some time during the revolution in the year he does not know from his advanced age now recalled, a troop of Horse was called for to guard what was called the Cowboys at Horse Creek, and he does recollect that Thaddeus Tuttle entered into that service, was absent some time, how long he does not know.
Ambrose Atwater
State of Vermont of Burlington October 26, 1832 Chittenden County ss. Personally appeared Ambrose Atwater and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him, subscribed and his credible witness. Before David Russell Justice Peace
We Hemen Sonny and Moses Bliss of Burlington, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Thaddeus Tuttle who has subscribe and sworn to the within declaration; that we believe him to be 75 years of age; that he is respected 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 this 26 th day of October 1832
H. Sonny
M. Bliss

Man. Smith addition of Guttenberg

B.
Thaddeus Tuttle being duly sworn according to law, declares as formerly, that he volunteered and entered the service in the revolutionary war in July 1776, in Capt. Martin's Company of the Connecticut Militia and served six months, but cannot now recollect the name of the Col. Martin was under. That in April 1777 he entered the service under Genl. Wooster of the same Militia as formerly stated, at the time Wooster was mortally wounded, & served three months.
That in October 1777 he entered the service again in the Connecticut Militia, was ordered to march to Saratoga and from his best recollection was there and at Enniskillen just under the command of Continental Officers, cannot recollect any of those but Genl. Putnam, thinks he was one of them. And served seven months in this tour.
That in July 1779 he volunteered in the Connecticut Militia under Capt. Parker who was killed at the Battle of New Haven. The Militia turned out in the alarm, they were not as he recollects put into regiments but fought the enemy until they were disembarked, without much regularity. After which he remained with others to guard the coast, and served nine months to May 1780. The same summer of 1780 four boats were commissioned by the Governor of Connecticut, under the command of a Capt. Dayton to guard and reconnoitre the Long Island sound, when they were all taken prisoners as formerly stated and that he was in service and prisoner eight months.
That when he went into the service in the horseas formerly stated a Sergeant, he now recollects that he was under the command of a Capt. Dole of Col. Sheldon's Regiment, there was also an Officer in said Regiment by the name of James. That in all the aforesaid tours of duty he was a Militia volunteer of Connecticut, not being subject to draught or any but free voluntary service having procured a coloured Man and enlisted him (into what was called the black Regiment of leather Caps commanded by Col. Meigs of Connecticut) for during the war.
+ From some enquiry, he now recollects that Capt. Martin was in Genl. Waterbury's Brigade of the Connecticut Militia.
Thaddeus Tuttle
I sworn and subscribed this 10th day of November 1834
Before me
David Russell Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont } Nathan B Haswell Clerk of Chittenden County Chittenden County } Court in the State of Vermont, certify that David Russell is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by the laws of this State to administer oaths, and that his signature above, is his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court. Nov. 10, 1834
Nathan B Haswell

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Thad Smith aad. H.
Upper Carbon A. H. Smith

I Stephen Parker of Cheshire in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut testify and say, that I am in the 75 th year of my age; that during the Revolutionary War between this Country and Great Britain. I belonged to Company of the Militia of the State of Connecticut com- manded by Captain Miles Hull of said Cheshire. Soccurs (sic) of said Cheshire was Ensign of said Company and often had the sole command of the Company when it was called out to perform Service I was well acquainted with Thaddeus Little then of said Cheshire, who now re- sides in Burlington in the State of Vermont I served myself at different times during said War when called to perform duty for which Service I have obtained a cer- tificate for a Pension from the Government I well remember that said Thaddeus Little performed service in said Company when the British made the attack upon New Haven and burnt a part of it but how long he served at that time, I cannot now recollect - and according to my best recol- lection he served in the same Company when the British made the attack upon Danbury, where General Wooster was mortally wounded - I also think he served in the army at many different

I have no means by which I can state with precision as to the several times and length of the time services and it is my impression, that he also served at different times in the Light-horse, and further this Deponent saith not Stephen Barker
New Haven County ss; Cheshire March 10 th 1834. Personally appeared Stephen Barker, and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts in the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed.
Before me Burrage Beach Justice of the Peace
State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } ss.
I M c Beck clerk of the County Court in & for said New Haven County hereby certify that Burrage Beach was on the 10 th day of March 1834 a Justice of the peace in & for said New Haven County, duly qualified to administer oath, & that the above is his genuine official Signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court this 27 th day of June 1834
M c Beck Clerk

I hereby certify, that Stephen Parker the Signer of the foregoing Depo- sition is credible and, that his testimony, is entitled to full faith. Surage Beach Justice of the Peace

107 B.1
Vermont
Thaddeus Tuttle
Suspended Act 7. June 32
See letter 10. Oct. 1833
to
David Rufell Esq.
Burlington
Vt.
W. Hon. Herman Allen
Aug 2 26 th 1832,
letter to same 19 th Dec r 1834,
Papers endorsed to D
Rufell with letter
9 July 1835

19488 INVALID.
File No. 19488
Thaddeus Little
His Rev War
Act: June 28 " 36 "
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 228
[Arrangement of 1870.]