Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46,519, Aaron Tuttle, Continental Conn. Agency And Residence

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental
Little, Aaron
S. H. G., 5-19
B.L. N o 1496-100.
Conn. Agency & residence
CONTENTS

N o 1496
Aaron Tuttle
Prin
Haynes
mail to himself
N. York

In the matter of Aaron Tuttle
Revolutionary Claim for Bounty Lands
Should the within papers be defective or inaccurate the Secretary of War is requested to return the papers with a particular statement of the defect. Should the claim be allowed the Secretary is requested to forward the "Land Warrant" to Aaron Tuttle directed to the care of Edward C. Reed of Homer Cortland County New York.

Bounty Lands —
For Revolutionary services — Individual application —
State of New York Cortland County ss
I Aaron Tuttle aged Seventy one years do upon oath testify & declare that about or in the year One thousand seven hundred & seventy seven I enlisted or entered the service as a private for the term of three years or during the war as I supposed at the time of my enlistment but that I was returned as having enlisted for a "During the war" in the Regiment under the command of Colonel Haren & afterwards served in the same Regiment under the command of Colonel Haren and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war when I was regularly discharged from the said Regiment commanded by Colonel Haren of the Connecticut line I think (that is) if the said Haren's Regiment was attached to any State line but what line for a certainty I cannot state & when I was a private. I further state that I was discharged at the close of the war at New Windsor in the State of New York by Genl Washington & that I received from him under his signature a regular written discharge which discharge I carried home & kept for several years but the same at last got destroyed or lost & cannot now be found. I further declare that I am now a United States Pensioner upon the Pension list of the under the act entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers & soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved 15 th May 1828 — I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever —
Dated Home Cortland County New York Feb y 20. 1829
Aaron Tuttle
State of New York
Cortland County ss I Moses Tuttle of the town of Tully County of Onondaga & State of New York aged Sixty eight years do upon oath declare that I have been long acquainted with Aaron Tuttle who has subscribed the above declaration

in my presence & will know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be & further I know or do believe that he did perform the military service therein stated. Dated Homer Cortland County New York Feb'y 20. 1829 Attest.
Moses Tuttle
State of New York } Cortland County } ss
Before me Levi B. Canfield Esqr. a Justice of the peace in & for the County aforesaid personally appeared the above named Aaron Tuttle subscribed to the foregoing declaration & likewise personally appeared Moses Tuttle who hath subscribed the above certificate of Identity both to me well known to be men of respectability & truth & made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed this 20 th day of February A.D. 1829. — Levi B. Canfield Esqr. Justice of the Peace.
I certify that Levi B. Canfield Esqr. whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit, was on the day of the date of the same justly qualified to have been taken a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly authorized to act as such. And further, I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily believe the signature of Levi B. Canfield subscribed to the said affidavit to be the proper hand writing of the said Justice. Witness my hand and the seal of the said County hereto affixed this 23 rd day of February 1829. Samuel Holchkiss & Clerk for Paul J. Wheeler Deputy

For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of "An act for the relief of certain surviving officers & soldiers of the army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th of May 1828 I Aaron Tuttle of the town of Southbury in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut do hereby declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the revolution for the term of three years or during the war as he supposed at the time of his enlistment but that he was returned as having enlisted for & during the war & that he continued in the service under his said enlistment for the period of about seven years until the termination of the war at which period he was a private in Capt. William Munson's Company in the Congress Regiment so called commanded by Brig. Genl. Hazen who always commanded that Regiment from the time this deponent enlisted into it although he was promoted from a Col l to a Brigadier before the close of the war - And this deponent thinks that said Hazen's Regiment was not attached to any particular State line during the war - And I also declare that I do not now remember whether I ever received a certificate for the reward of Eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778 - And I further declare that I was not on the fifteenth of March 1828 on the on the Pension list of the United States -
And I do also further declare that after the close of the war I was discharged at New Windsor in the State of New York by General George Washington & that I received from him under his signature a regular written discharge which discharge I carried home & kept for several years but the same at last got destroyed or lost & cannot now be found - And I do also further declare that although at the time of my enlistment I supposed I only enlisted for the term of three years or during the war but I was told shortly after by my

superior officer who informed me that I had enlisted for "during the war," that I joined the army in the spring of 1777 under my said enlistment & was claimed by my Superior Officers as a during the war man & served as such from the time I joined the army til the close of the war & when I was discharged & after I got home my Capt. presented me with a suit of broad cloth for my faithful service in the army - And I do further declare that my brother Moses Tuttle whom affidavit is hereto attached is the only person now living within my knowledge who has seen my dis- charge as I went to his house to live for a while when I came out of the Army -
Dated Homer Cortland County } Aaron Tuttle New York Oct. 7. 1828 }
State of New York } Cortland County } Before me Simeon B. Canfield a Justice of the peace of the town of Homer in the County of Cortland & State of New York personally appeared this day Moses Tuttle of the town of Tully County of Onondaga & State aforesaid & Iddediah Barber of the town of Homer County of Cortland & State aforesaid who did severally make oath that Aaron Tuttle by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed & believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated - And the said Moses Tuttle for himself doth further swear that he is well acquainted with Aaron Tuttle's revolution- ary services & the reason why he is so well acquainted

with these facts is from his intimacy & relationship being a brother of the said Aaron & having also himself served in the Army of the Revolution. That he knows the said Aaron joined the army about the time he states in his above declaration & that he continued in the said service until the close of the war when he returned home & came to live in this deponent's family. That he showed this deponent his discharge & this deponent has frequently seen & read the same & that the same was signed by George Washington & purported to be a regular discharge from the service. That while the said Aaron was in the army this deponent frequently visited him & carried him messengers from home & at one time while the said Aaron was stationed in the Highlands in the State of New York it was reported the soldiers were in want of clothing & this deponent went from the town of Woodbury in the State of Connecticut where this deponent then lived & carried him clothing. - the said Aaron also occasionally came home on furlough to make a visit & at one time when he so came home this deponent recollects of seeing & reading his furlough. That at one time when he came home on a visit he had "enlisting orders" from Capt. Noah Lee of Hazens Regiment & tried to coax this deponent to enlist but this deponent declined. This deponent at that time saw & read these "enlisting orders". This deponent also knows of the said Aaron being absent from home in the army from the time of his first enlistment to the close of the war - that others of this deponent's acquaintance who were in the army & whom witness has seen himself in Camp during the war have frequently in conversation with this deponent spoke about Aaron's services in the army. And this deponent never heard of the said Aaron's enlisting but once although

he served the whole length of time which he states in his said above declaration —
Witness my hand the 7 th of Moses Tuttle day of October in the year Eighteen hundred twenty eight } Jeremiah Barber
Sworn and subscribed before me this 7 th day of October 1828 Levi B. Garfield Justice Peace for Cortland County —

State of New York Cortland County ss Clerks Office
I Sam l Fletcher Jr Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Sigur B. Canfield Esq before whom the within affidavits of Moses Tuttle & Judiah Barber was taken, was on the day of the date thereof, a Justice of the peace in and for said County. duly co- mmissioned and sworn. his acts therefor in that capacity are a be regarded as such. Also that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice & truly believe the signature "Sigur Canfield" to the within subscribed, is the proper hand writing of the said Justice In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of said County the 8 th day of Oct. 1828 Sam l Fletcher Jr Clerk

In the matter of Aaron Tuttle Revolutionary claim
Should there be any defect in drawing the within papers - it is requested that the same should be specified - If the claim is disallowed the reasons therefor are request- ed to be stated - If allowed Tuttle would prefer having his pension payable at the United States Branch Bank in the City of New York - If the pension is not allowed is there sufficient proof of his services upon the Records at Washington to entitle him to a pension upon an application under the act of 1818 - Communications to be addressed to Edward E. Reed Homer Cortland County New York

Homer Cortland County New York Oct. 20. 1828
Hon R. Rush
Sir
I enclose to you the application of Aaron Tuttle for a pension under the act of 1828. I have noted upon the back of the papers certain requests in case the same is disallowed. The Pension certificate if allowed he wishes to be for- warded to me.
Stratton Sherwood a soldier of the Revolution in Col s Habbel or Habbels Reg t New Jersey line & who is now on the Pension List but whether under the act of 1818 or 1828 I did not think to enquire called on me today & states that he never has received any Bounty Land for his Revolutionary Services. He states that he has lately been told that he is entitled to it & that it is not too late to make application now for it. He wished me to write to the proper officer at Washington & ascertain whether he is or is not entitled to Bounty Land & whether it is too late to make application now for it & what must be his form of application. if he is now entitled to it. If my enquiry should have been addressed to the Sec y of War instead of to yourself you will confer a favor upon a meri- torious soldier of the Revolution by delivering this letter to the proper person to answer my enquiries who is desired to address a line to me upon the subject. I am yours respectfully
Edward C. Reed

Rev. War Section.
EW
April 23. 1923.
Mrs. S. Goodrich Gessner, 141 Alden Avenue, New Haven, Conn.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated April 20, 1923, you are advised that from the papers in the claim S. File No. 48519, Revolutionary War, it appears that Aaron Tuttle enlisted in the Spring, 1777, as Private in Colonel Hazen's "Congress Own" regiment, in which he served until the end of the war, at which period he was in Captain William Munson's company.
On October 7, 1828, while 70 years of age and a resident of Southbury, Connecticut, he applied for a pension, which was allowed. He died November 29, 1841, leaving surviving children, no names stated.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to Ezekiel Tuttle or Robert Treat as described by you.
Very respectfully yours,
Commissioner.

Plain City, Ohio July 5, 1915.
Also Rev War record of Aaron Tuttle Ridgefield Conn. Col Moses Huggins Regiment - 1773-1783.
Officers & Men from Conn. Regiment raised at-large for Continental Army. of 77 called sometimes, "Congress Own" & Canadian.
It served generally in Washington main Army & was engaged at - Brandywine, Germantown Marched at a siege & surrender of Yorktown was enlisted in Conn largely N. Haven.
Mrs John Horace.

New Haven, Conn.
April 20th, 1923
Mr. H. M. Vandeyoot Acting Commissioner, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
In reply to enclosed letter all the information I have concerning Robert Treat is that he was born in Milford, Conn. Oct. 7, 1730, died Aug. 10, 1807 (gravestone in Milford) married Mary Clark daughter of Thomas and Susanna Clark. He was a farmer.
I would also like to ask if you can give me the war service of Aaron Tuttle Born June, 19, 1760 was the son of Ezekiel Tuttle, married Rebecca Wooster died Sept. 15th, 1836. I believe he came from Southbury or Middlebury, Conn. Ezekiel Tuttle was born Jan. 15th 1718 and died Feb. 6th 1799 so it might possibly be that he was in the Rev. War instead of Aaron Tuttle..
Thanking you in advance for your trouble, I am,
Very truly yours,
Mrs. S. Goodrich Gessner,
141 Alden Ave.,
New Haven, Conn.

10.773
P. O. Heirs of Aaron Tuttle
Service: See admitted claim 1828 Fr 46.519
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: ok _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

No. 790
Heirs of Aaron hine Suttle, et.
10,773
Lett.
Elisha Wheeler Aug 16, 1853.
Act. 1828—

Southford May 31 st 1853
Sir
The third auditor of the pension Department refers me to you in behalf of the heirs of "Aaron Tuttle" of Connecticut Deed - "Aaron Tuttle" served for "during the war" and received 100 acres bounty land as a reward - he was pensioned under the act of 15 th May 1828 at $6-66 2 / 3 per month which sum was paid him up to the time of his death, which was on the "29 th day of December 1841" The surviving Children of "Aaron Tuttle" claim that under the act of March 18 th 1818 and other acts or Resolutions of Congress that he was Entitled to draw for services the sum of $96- per annum and that he never drew but $80 per annum - as the files of your Office will show
will you please state whether the heirs are Entitled to any thing in addition to what their Father drew or not - and if so Entitled will you please send a blank form of Application - for them to Execute -
Very Respectfully
Your Ob t Serv t
Elisha Wheeler
To Hon L. P. Waldo Commissioner of Pensions

Southbury Ct 9th May
"P. Inc. Revolutionary Claims."
War Department Bounty Land Office. City of Washington

Homer Cortland County N.Y. April 15, 1829.
Sir
I have this day rec d from Mr Reed a Land Warrant issued by you - The No. is 1496 - Dated Ap l 6. 1829 for 100 acres of land - While in the Revolutionary army I belonged to what was called the "Congress Regiment" commanded by Hazen who was towards the close of the war a Brig. Genl - Our Regiment to my best recollection was not attached to any particular State line - If it was attached to any State line I think it must have been the Connecticut line - I cannot procure the act of Congress of the 15 th April 1806 & shall therefore be much obliged to you if you will please to direct me what course to take in order to locate my 100 acres - also where the land lies & whether any further step than barely locating my land is necessary in order to secure my title - Please to address your letter to me to the care of E. C. Reed Homer Cortland County N.Y. By complying with the above request at as early a day as is consistent you will confer a great favor upon Your hum l Serv t
Hon. J. H. Eaton
Asaah Tuttle

War Department Bounty Land Office 11 May 1829
Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 15 th of April received this day. I would advise you not to take out the Patent unless you want to settle on the land, which lies in the State of Ohio - you can dispose of your title by an assignment on the back of the Warrant , & the purchaser may have the Patent issued in his own name - if you prefer the latter, you will return the Warrant under cover to Genl. Graham Commiss r of the Genl. Land Office with your direction.
Yours & For Rev d Taylor E. P. Jones
W. Aaron Tuttle care of B. C. Reed Esq. Homer Ga

M c L Original pay note 290
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
13 Nov 1828.
Aaron Tuttle of Southbury in the County of New Haven in the State of Connecticut has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private — in captain Munson — 's company, in Col Hazen's regiment of the line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary F.H. Skinner.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
18 th November 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Aaron Tuttle — — — in the  Col o Hazen's Regiment . It further appears that is now on the pension list of the agency, and has been so since the at the rate of dollars per month.
There is now on the broad Revolution-ary pension Roll of the Connecticut Agency, a man by the name of Aaron Tuttle, at the rate of $5 32 1/2 / 100 per month, who, according to his pension papers, belonged to Cap t Blake's Company of Col s Haddam's Regiment —
Chas Haddam

JM Rev. War Section.
July 10, 1925.
Mrs. John Florence, Plain City, Ohio.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated the 5 th instant, you are advised that from the papers in the claim Sur- File No. 46,519, Rev. War, it appears that Aaron Tuttle enlisted in the Spring, 1777, as Private Colonel Hazen's "Congress Own" regiment, in which he served until the end of the war, at which period he was in Captain William Hanson's company.
On October 7, 1828, while seventy years of age and a resident of Southbury, Connecticut, he applied for a pension, which was allowed.
He died November 29, 1841, leaving surviving children, no names stated..
Very respectfully,
E. C. Tichenor Acting Commissioner.

1915 July 10. History to Mrs. John Florence Br
1923 Apl. 23 hist. to Mrs. S. G. Gessner Ev.
Re-Issues.
No. 814
M 46.519
(Conn) Name: Aaron Tuttle Rank: Private Comp'y: _____ Reg't: Col. Hazen's of the line Prov (Conn Comp'y) Connecticut Died in Southbury Conn } Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____ 2d Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____ 3d Issue. { _____ Comm'g _____
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st Issue. { _____ Sent to _____ 2d Issue. { _____ Sent to _____ 3d Issue. { _____ Sent to _____
Act 14th July, 1862. Bk. G., Vol. _____, Page _____ Registering Clerk: _____
Disability. { Rejected claim inside