Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14719, Willard Trull, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Trull Willard
S 14719
CONTENTS
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Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 1 st April 1838 from 4 th March to the 28 th Aug 1838 the day of his death and also $15 per month for the same time as an Invalid Pensioner Agent notified 20 April 1840
8594 New York
Willard Trull
of Washington in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Miner of the Regt. commanded by Col Ward in the Massachusetts line for 20 months & 2 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 66 Dollars 88 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of April 1833- and sent to J. Howe (Cambridge NY)
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar '33 $133.76 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep '33 33.44
$167.20
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Jno Cromwell Clerk. Book E Vol. 4 Page 32

Willard Knoll
2 Pension
16 87
Swom
admitted mo days 20. 2
$
L. J. Howe atty
20

I Jesse S Leigh, Clerk of the County of Washington in the State of New York Certify that the annexed contains the original proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County in the matter of Willard Tull for a pension and that Josiah Durst whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavit of Willard Tull, was at the time the same been dated a Justice of the peace of said County that I am acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice & believe his signa- -ture to said affidavit to be his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of office this 12 th day of March 1833.
J. S. Leigh CCR

Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace of the town of Cambridge in the County of Washington & State of New York, Willard Tull to me known who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age & 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 & in the following grades: For six months & 17 days I served as a private soldier from June 15th 1778 to January 1. 1779
For one month & 15 days I served as a private soldier from September 10. 1779 to October 25. 1779
For two months I served as a private soldier from November 1. 1779 to January 1. 1780 -
For four months I served as a private soldier from August 1. 1781 to December 1. 1781 -
For six months I served as a piper from June 1780 to December 1. 1781. And that he served at the several times above stated not less than one year and eight months in the whole, and that he resides in the town of White Creek, in the County of Washington & State of New York (formerly called Cambridge,) and has resided there since soon after the Revolutionary War - That he was born in the town of Bilerica in the State of Massachusetts on the 6th day of March 1763 - That he has no record of his age, and that when he was called into service he lived at said town of Bilerica, in said State of Massachusetts
Sworn before me this 8 th day of March 1833.
Darius Dutton Justice of the peace

State of New York } County of Washington } ss
On this 28th 28 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the John Willard, Charles F. Inyalls & Benjamin F. Skinner, the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Washington & State of New York, Willard Inyall aged 59 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, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers & served as herein stated. That on or about the 15 th of June 1848 he enlisted, in the troops of the State of Massachusetts for six months, under the following officers to wit: Capt. Miner, Lieut. Laurence Lieut. Holden, Ensign Parker, Field officers, Col. Ward, Lieut. Col. Wood, Maj. Wilson that about 5 days thereafter they were ordered to Concord in said State to muster, that he went there under said officers & passed muster & were stationed there until about the last of June, when they marched directly to Providence in the State of Rhode Island, & stayed there in service under said officers 3 or 4 weeks, and then marched for sum to order to Livermore ferry, arrived there and lay on the ground all night, & the next day in the forenoon, crossed the said ferry on to the Island, which was an Sunday, a severe storm of wind Thunder & Rain succeeded & lasted three or four days during which our Army lay on the north end of the Island. (Rhode Island) our army then marched towards the south end of the Island & attacked the fortification of the enemy, where we were under a heavy cannonading from the enemy for several days, when our army retreated back to the north end of the Island, leaving a strong guard to secure our retreat. & on the next day said guard retreated to our main army which lay on the Island south of Butts Hill fort. Closely pursued by the enemy, our army retreated, slowly.

in good order Contending every inch of ground to the top of Gruber hill where they made a stand & fought for some time, but not being reinforced were compelled to retreat. In the afternoon of the same day the enemy tried to take a fort which was in possession of our Army, in the advance between them & the enemy the enemy came round between the fort & our Army where they were met by our Army & a severe Battle ensued & after several Reinforcements on both sides the enemy retreated, & our Army commenced raising a breast work across the Island, but as he thinks, that same night after dark our Army retreated to Tiverton ferry leaving a strong picket guard to secure our retreat, that part of our Army crossed from the Island at Tiverton ferry that night, it being Sunday night just 3 weeks after we crossed onto the Island at the same place, our Picket guard also came off the Island the same night, and on the next day the enemy took possession of the fort on Butts Hill & the other parts that our Army possessed the day before -
That this expedition was defeated by the storm when mentioned, which so damaged the French shipping that came to assist our Army, that they would not stay but proceeded to Boston to repair their shipping - our Army crossed went from Tiverton to Greenwich in Rhode Island & stayed there under said officers until we went into winter quarters at North Kingston, where we stayed until the latter part of January 1779, when the time for which we enlisted having expired we returned home. That he served at this time, from the time he enlisted, until he returned home, under said officers Six months & 17 or 18 days, & that Gen Sullivan, & Gen Green were both there in Command but he thinks Gen. Sullivan had the principle Command especially at our retreat, as also states

That as on about the 10th of September 1779 he the said Willard Trull enlisted under Capt. Leland, in the Regiment of Col. Evans, for one month & a half & went to Boston in Massachusetts, that after doing 3 or 4 turns of duty he was taken sick, & remained sick during the remainder of the term  that campaign ; that the object of going to Boston with the men at that time, was to take care of the military stores, & put them in order for safe keeping through the winter, that at this time there was but 3 men required out of the town of Billerica in Massachusetts in which he was born & then resided, and that he being sick in the Hospital nearly the whole month & half can not recollect the names of many of the officers, and after the expiration of the said term, he returned home
That soon after he returned home, there came forth orders for men to go to Fort Stanwix in the State of New York when Rome was threatened, the Indians and Tories being expected to attack that place, that he enlisted for the term of three months as he thinks, and remained at South Watkins  Plain near Boston, pursuant to orders on the last of October or first of November 1779, & marched from there for Fort Stanwix, through Springfield, Pittsfield & Greenbush to Albany, then up the Mohawk River above the big Falls - where the troops halted a few weeks, and then marched to Troy on the Hudson River where the Regiment was discharged & he returned home to Billerica, he thinks he was in service at this time a little more than two months, his Captain's name was Brown & Col's name Bullard,
That as on about the 1st of August 1881, he enlisted into the service for 3 months & a half under Capt. Walker Lieut. Isaac Burns, Col. Webb of Boston & Maj. Edward

Farmers of Bilerica. And on about the 7th of October Marched . Through Concord, Worcester, Springfield & Litchfield, to Gullares Hill near the North River below West Point, where our Regt. went into tents with Col. Michael Jacksons Regt. on a few nights & Col Henry Jacksons Regt on our Left. That at the time he enlisted it was said our Regt. was to go to assist in taking New York, but after they were encamped at Gullares Hill. it was said our main army had taken a more Southern direction & gone to take Cornwallis and that our Regts & those above mentioned was to remain to defend West Point & that he remained in service under said officers until some time in Dec when he was discharged & went home, which he thinks was about four months from the time he left and marched as a prisoner
In the month of June 1780. he enlisted at Bilerica in the State of Massachusetts. into the Regular Army as a volunteer, for the term of six or eight months and he can not tell which, and that, he thinks in the first part of July he marched through Concord, Wor- cester, Springfield, Litchfield to West Point & crossed the River where he was taken under command of a Regular officer onto parade on the other side of the River, to form the 8th Mass -achusetts Regiment. Commanded by Col. Michael Jackson. In the Company which was soon after com- -manded by Capt. "Wade" or "Watt"; that he remained there in service under said officers a few weeks. he can not tell the time precisely, when the army crossed the Hudson River & marched down on the East side of the River to Stoney Point & crossed over onto the Jersey side, & when we were encamped at a place marched down to Sapponter and from there he marched to a place in New Jersey a few miles from the Hudson River. The name of which place he does not now recollect.

when they remained for a few weeks and then returned to Tappan town, when he received under command of said officer a short time, when they received the news of the capture of Maj. Andre & the treachery of Arnold, which news was read at Rolla Call in the morning in front of the Regiment publicly, soon after which he marched in a Company which was detached from the Regiment, commanded by Capt. Alden, Lieut. Benjamin, to Dobb's Ferry, and kept Garrison until they went into Winter quarters at West Point, at Fort Clinton, formerly called Fort Arnold, and remained there until about the first of January in service under said officers, when they were discharged at the expiration of the term for which he enlisted, and returned home,
In the latter part of Summer 1781. That he served during a part of the time before mentioned as a private Soldier & a part as a fifer, That he supposes there is a Record of his age in Biloxi as aforesaid, and that he has resided in the place where he was born ever since soon after the revolutionary war. That he never received a written discharge (except one from the services last when shipped, which discharge he has lost) That Rev. Beebe, Paul Cunnell, Austin Wells & Luther H. Howe & others
who reside in his neighborhood can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution, and that he knows of no person by whom he can prove his services except Thias Johnson whose affidavit is hereto annexed, and the Hon. Benjamin Pierce, late Governor of the State of New Hampshire

who both served with him the said Willard Trull, in the last above mentioned Campaign. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity for revolutionary services except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State, except for services a pension as an invalid in the late war, with Great Britain for wounds received during said last war, he being a Captain therein. And the said Willard Trull further declares on his oath affirmed that he served about one year of the before mentioned time as a musi- -cian, with a pipe & the residue as a private and that he was Born March 6. 1763.
Sworn to & subscribed the And the said Willard Trull further declares that there is no Cler- -gyman residing in his vicinity who can subscribe -swear to the following Certificate. The nearest Clergyman belonging to the Methodist Connection and not having resided there but a few weeks Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid J. S. Leigh CMC Willard Trull
We Austin Wells & Luther G. Howe residing in the town of White Creek in the County of Washington & State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquain- -ted with Willard Trull who has subseri- -bed & sworn to the foregoing declaration.

that we believe him to be 67 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neigh- =bourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn in open Court this 29th day of August 1832 J. S. Leigh C.B.
Luther J. Howe Austin Wells
We residing in the town of White Creek in the County of Washington & residing in the hereby Certify, that we are well acquainted with Mr who lives
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinions after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolution- =ary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further Certify that it appears to them that Austin Wells who has signed the preceding Certificate is a resident in the town of White Creek in the said County of Washington and that Luther J. Howe who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place and that they are both credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit & that Thias Johnson who made the annexed affidavit is a credible person
I Jesse S Leigh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter

of the application of Willard Full for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office, this 29th day of August 1832 J. S. Leigh Clerk

Willard Inull
Application for a Pension

State of New York } Washington County }
Thias Johnson of the town of Jackson in said County being duly sworn with that in the year 1780 he was a Soldier of the Revolutionary Army & served in the 8 th Massachusetts Regiment mentioned in the foregoing declaration of Willard Trull. That he knew said Willard Trull at that time. That said Willard Trull served as a fifer in said Regiment under the officers by him stated, and at the places by him stated in said declaration, and for the time by him therein stated. That he was well acquainted with said Trull during that time, & knows him to be the same person named in & who signed the said Declaration. Thias Johnson
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Sworn in open Court this 29 th day of August 1832 J. S. Leigh Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 11 th , 1840.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The children of Willard Trull, dec d .. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Sixty Six — Dollars and eighty eight Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 28 th August 1838, the day of his death; and also $15.00 per month for the same time as an Invalid Pensioner.
Respectfully, yours, William B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

No 7687
William Trull -
Precise length of residence State - Ark (or Louisiana) Certifies credibility of writings - admitted
P-40
5.14.16
13 3 Dup.
Sep. 1. 1832 Nov 9. 1832
Luther J Howe Cambridge NY
5.1

7687
BRIEF in the case of  Willard Full  of _____ in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1778 enr at 15 June enlisted for 6 mo Served supplied 6 17 or 18 private Gen. Capt Mines Col Ward Lt Col Wood Major Wilson Genl Sullivan Genl Greene Capt Ireland Col Williams Evans   on or abt 10 Sept 1779 1 1/2 mo - Served 1 1/2 fifer   enlisted he thinks for three mo Served a little more than 2 2 Capt Brower Col Bullard Col Webb Major Edward   on or about 16 July 1781 enlisted for 3 1/2 mo Served he thinks about 4 4 Col Michael Jackson Capt Ward or Brit  
5. In what battles was he engaged?  June enlisted for 6 or 8 mo abt 1 party was discharged at a t the } 6 or 8 mo. expiration of the term of enlistment -
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? 5 In what Battles was he engaged? none stated 6 Where did he reside when he entered the service. Belerica Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Thos Johnson knows that declarant served as a fifer for the time stated in his declaration about 1 year -
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Not authenticated
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A Rintze Examining Clerk.

322
New York Roll
Willard Trull Captain 4
Captain company of the 23 d Regiment of U.S. Infantry
Ratio of disability, Three fourths Date of discharge, Dec r 11 th 1873
Inscribed on the roll of New York at 15 dollars per month, to commence on the first of Dec r 1873
Certificate of pension issued the 28 th of Dec r 1818 and sent to the Hon: John Savage H, Representative U.S. —
Arrears to 4th Sept 1818. 57 days No. $ 8 55 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1819 — $ 9 0
$ 9 45
Act Ex. J. M. W. Esq.
See letter to L. Howe. 9. Nov. 1832

26 810 1812 INVALID.
File No. 26 810
William Small
Capt. B. S. C.
Act: Mil. Est.
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 122
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Consolidated with OW Em. File #14779.

524,
(3-469.)
Bureau of Pensions. File # 26810
Application No. _____
Certificate No. _____
NAME OF SOLDIER, " Johnson Willard Trull War of 1812. Co. _____, Reg't _____
INFORMATION DESIRED.
see papers

Rehran
14419 INVALID.
File No. 14419
Willard Brull
Brn. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 379
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Newyork
County of Washington
It is hereby certified, that Willard Snell late a Capt in the 23 d Regiment of the United States Infantry, is rendered incapable of obtaining his subsistence by manual labour by reason of a wound inflicted while he was actually in the service of the United States, and in the line of his duty. By satisfactory evidence and accurate examination it appears, that on or about the 21 st day of May 1813 being engaged by order of Col o Daniel Brown the then Col o Commandant of the said 23 d United States Infantry in securing a number of boats loaded with troops and baggage, of the said 23 d Regt at a near a place called Reg Harbour on the south side of Lake Ontario, in the State of Newyork, he rec d a wound by a bayonet which entered the inside of his left foot a little below the Ankle, and passing through the foot wounded the extreme branch of a nerve and the integuments of the part; in consequence of which his leg is reduced below its natural size about two inches, and he is thereby in the opinion of the undersigned not only afflicted with pains in his left foot knee & leg, but is three fourths disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual labour.
Witnesseth my hand William W. Pride Practising Physicians and Surgeons in the town of Jackson County of Washington State of Newyork

State of New York County of Washington ss. On the 13 th Day of August in the year 1818 Before Me Anthony J. Blanchard First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington - Appeared Solomon Dean and William W. Buel the Physicians within named who being Sworn duly Sworn say - That the contents of the within certificate are True - Anthony J. Blanchard
State of New York Washington County ss. I, Daniel H. Shepard Clerk of the County of Washington do hereby certify that Anthony J. Blanchard Esq d before whom the above affidavit was made was at the time of making the same first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County acting under the authority of the said State and that the above is his Signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this 14 th  August 1818 D. Shepard Clerk
I Willard Trull of the town of White Creek in the County of Washington and State of New York the within named applicant for a pension was last paid by Peter L. Hagoboom Pay Master of the 23 rd United States Infantry at Fort George Upper Canada and paid up to the first Day of July 1819 My accounts are now before the Hon ble Peter Hagoboom Esq d accountant of the War Department at the City of Washington for final settlement where I presume I shall be allowed pay as a Capt up to the 4 th Day of December 1813 at which time I had notice that My Resignation was accepted To the Hon ble J. C. Calhoun Esq d Secretary of War at Washington City Willard Trull Lte Capt 23 rd Reg t United States Inf try

State of New York } ss County of Green }
I. T. J. S. - Merely Certified that on or about the 21 st Day of May Eighteen hundred and thirteen that I Daniel Brown of the town of Durham In the County of Green and State of New York was then Col o Commandant of the twenty third Regt. United States Infantry and on my passage by Water on Lake Ontario from Oswego to Fort George Upper Canada with said Regt. that I was overtaken by a violent Storm at or near a place called Hag Harbor on the South side of said Lake Ontario in the State of New York which Compelled me to put on shore for safety that Wood Came to the that a number of the United States Boats Loaded with United States troops and baggage of said 23 rd Regt were driven on shore among the Rocks in distress and In great danger of being lost I ordered Willard Snell then a Captain in said 23 rd Regt and In need Service with me to take a Boat with a party of the Soldiers and go to their relief which he hastily obeyed and being so engaged he was  was  severely  severely wounded in the left foot by a Bayonet entering the inside just below the ankle bone and Run through his the said Capt Willard Snell's foot which Disabled him until the latter part of June 1813 at which time I Left the Service and Capt Willard Snell at Fort George Upper Canada So Disabled and Complaining of a very sharp pain in the bottom of his left foot and leg and that the same wound arose while in the Service of the United States and in the line of his duty
I swear and Subscribe Daniel Brown
Before me Horatio Moore First Judge of the County of Albany - and to me well known
This appears to be the signature  signature of the late Br. Brown D. Park A. B. Knapp
Residence Viler 5th July August 1813

Clerks Office City & Co. of Albany I do hereby certify the within mem d of Apollos Moore by whom the oath in Affidavit was administered is First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the City & County of Albany and that the within signature is in his own proper hand writing. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said Court of Com- mon Pleas of the said City & Coun- ty on this 6 th Day August 1818. George Newhall Clk
William Trace was appointed Captain in the 23 rd Infantry on the 12 th March 1812 and resigned on the 30 th June 1813. -
Adj t Genl's office 28 th Decem r . 1878
D. Park R. Genl

The Adj t & Insp r . Genl. will be pleased to certify whether it appears from the rolls in his Office that Cap t . Dull was wounded in service & also the time when he left the service — ———— ———— ———— Pension Office War Dept t 28 Dec r 1818
[Handwritten signature or mark]

Tahoe N. York Aug. 25 th 1818
Dear Sir
At the request of Captain Nathl. Moran enclose you his papers to obtain a pension, I have looked over them carefully and hope and believe they will be found correct - Captain Tull is a cripple to my knowledge and very needy - If a certificate granted be good enough to send it to me at this place or to Captain Tull at Cambridge Post off N. Y.
I am Dear Sir with great respect Your obed Servt John Savage
Hon ble J. C. Calhoun

Make small Catalog card for 1812 series . Pope the dis. . receive pension