Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19132, Samuel Trevitt, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Trevitt, Samuel
S. 19132
central
CONTENTS

Maine 11.542
Samuel Prvitt of Waldo, to in the State of Maine who was a P. in the Company commanded by Captain Hodgdon of the R. commanded by Col. Crow in the Mass. - for Troop 3 -
13 Mo Pirtch - $43.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine - at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of May and sent to 1833 Baily Pierce, Frankfort, Waldo Co Me
Arrears to the 1 st of March 1833 - 8 6.66 Sem-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept - 21.66
10 8.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. D. Sprague Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 58

Samuel Trowell

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss.
ON this 21 st day of Feby A. D. 1833 personally appeared Samuel Jewett before the Board of Probate of Waldo County of said State, yeoman a resident of Frankfort in the County of Waldo and State of Maine, aged Seventy five years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States, in the year 1776 with Captain Abel Moulton and served in Col. John Frost's  Mass regiment of the
line or troops under the following named officers: — I first enlisted in December 1776 under Capt. Abel Moulton for three months, & marched to Poughkeepsie in the State of New York under his command in Col. Frost's Regt. After serving out my time of enlistment, I was discharged & returned to my residence in Maine in March 1777. When I enlisted I lived in the Town of York, & County of York in the State of Maine, on my way from thence to Poughkeepsie we passed through Cambridge, Springfield, Massachusetts, Hartford & Danbury, Connecticut. And made a halt for a few days at the last place. The only officers names I can recollect are Capt. Abel Moulton , who commanded the Company to which I belonged, Col. John Frost & Lieut. Col. Edward Grew commanding the Regt. The adjutant's name was Forbald . I was in no engagement except a small brush with a British party at an advance post at a place called Yonkers while on an expedition against Fort Independence. A part of this three months we were at Sarytown and Northport .
I enlisted a second time in June 1777, for five months, under Capt. Hodgdon , the name of the Lieutenant to the Company was Simon Weeks , I do not remember the names of any other Officers. From the town of York the place of my residence, when I enlisted, we marched to West Point on the North River, State of New York, while there, assisted in building Putnam's Redoubt , on our way to West Point, we passed through the same places we did in going to Poughkeepsie under my first enlistment, and served out this five months & was discharged & returned to York in November or December of the same year.
I again enlisted a third time in May or June 1778 for five months, under Capt. Timothy Goodwin the name of the Lieutenant belonging to the Company I served in was Samuel Dummer , Col. Edward Grew commanded the Regt. We were stationed this five months at the Harbour of York, Maine, while there we were employed in building a Battery & guarding the Harbour & neighbouring Coast against the attacks from the Boats of British Vessels. I do not know of any person now living who was in the Service at the time I was, as I now live nearly two hundred miles from the place of my residence at that time. I believe I had written or printed discharges at some, if not all the times I left the Service but am not certain. If I did, I have since lost them as I have none now in my possession.

And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers :
1 st - I was born the 19 th day of October 1757, in the Town & County of York & State of Maine -
2 nd - I have no record of my age in my Testament but I put there is one on the records of the Town of York in this State, the place of my nativity
3 rd - At the time of several times of my enlistment, I lived in the Town and County of York & State of Maine, where I continued to live after leaving the Service until Dec. 1791. When I moved to Frankfort in the County of Waldo & same State, in which last place I have lived ever since -
4 th - I voluntarily enlisted at each of the three several times of the above Service
5 th - I do not recollect the names of any other officers except those of our own Company & Regiment viz - Capt. Abel Morton who commanded the Company, Colonel J. Frost & Lieut. Col. Enoch Grew who commanded the Regt. during the first three months Service - The names of the only Officers I can recollect while under my Second Enlistment are Capt. Hoagston who commanded the Company to which I belonged, the name of the Lieut. was Simon Weeks - The names of the Officers that I recollect while under my third enlistment are Capt. Timothy Goodwin who commanded the Company, & Lieut. Saml. Dunning of the same Company, Col Enoch Grew commanded the Regt. - Our chief duty the first three months was to Guard the Military stores belonging to the American Army at P'keepsie, while on that Service we once marched down to take fort in dependence about fifteen miles from the City of New York. In consequence of the extreme cold we were retarded in our March, arrived too late in the morning, and returned without making any attack excepting a small brush with a party or out post of the enemy at a place called Yonkers.
6 th - I do not recollect from whom I received my discharge as I have long since lost them
7 th - I am personally known to Rev. Joshua H. Allen & Waldo Pierce Esquire to whom I have lived a near neighbor in the same Town for thirty years last past & who have been intimately acquainted with me the whole of that time -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me
Sam l Towett Alfred Johnson Judge of Probate
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Alfred Johnson Judge

State of Maine.
AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and 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 Joshua Hall who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Frankfort — and that Waldo Peirce Esquire who has also signed the same, is a resident of the same town of Frankfort — and is a creditable person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Alfred Sturtevant Judge
State of Maine.
Waldo ss.—I, Nathaniel R. Lowney, Minister of Probate for the County of Waldo hereby certify that the Hon. Alfred Johnson before whom the within proceedings was had, is a justice of a court of record of said State ; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Samuel Smith for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this Twenty first day of February A. D. 1833.
Nath. R. Lowney Minister of Probate Waldo County

24563
Samuel Trewitt Waldo Co Maine
Admitted 13 mos $43.30
Baily Pierce Frankford. Waldo Co Maine

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
183
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 subjunctive 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. These 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 Sam l Trewitt. Wald's Co. Maine.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Dec. 1776 " 3 " Priv Capt. Motion Col. Frost Lt. Col. Grew None N. York 75 yrs York Co. Tradition   June 1777 " 5 " " " Hodgdon Not rec d " " Maine   June 1778 " 5 " " Capt. Goodwin Col. Grew " Maine  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
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.
I _____ 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 day 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 (1) 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 he 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 enquiry 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 Territory, 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 hours, 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 affix 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 [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in 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.
Joseph Rowen.

P 19132
INVALID.
File No. 19132
Samuel Merrill
Mar. 1890
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 379
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1893 Apr 15 Visit to Miss Dwight Hotel Angeles Minneapolis
6. L. San Min. Is.

Hotel San Angelo, Oct. 14/92 Minneapolis, Minn.
Commissioner Kaum!- Friend Sir!-
Very greatly desire to obtain a statement of the services of Mr. Samuel Trivett - it may be spelled Trivett, who served in the war of the rebellion; he was wounded, and

and was a Revolutionary Pensioner for years.
I think that he must have been enrolled from York Maine, - but he died about 1839, in Frankfort, Maine.
It is very necessary for me to obtain this statement of his term of service, and any other facts, - the record gives Dana his grand dan- ghter, and as he died before my remem- brance - and I find no

records of this important business - in family records, they having gone to the oldest - son, out of my reach. I ask this - as a great favor.
Very respectfully,
Miss Emma L. Brewett

Hotel San Angelo Minneapolis, Minn. Jan. 7 '93 Pension Office. Washington D.C.
I am desirous of obtaining data and facts of the Revolutionary record of Mr. Samuel Trevett. - I think he was a private. - he was wounded and did not

serve Wright the entire war. - He drew a pension the rest of his life. at - Mansfield I think he lived in York, Maine - then a part of Mass. I am anxious to obtain all informa- tion possible. Please give me as full a statement as possible. I am his grand- daughter. Let me hear from you at your earliest

concerning.
Miss E. L. Trevette Hotel San Angelo St. Minneapolis. Minn.
I will glad for- ward all funds for expenses.

JAN 16 1893 File 3.

Frankfort will on July 22
Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
Washington City
Mr. C.
the minutes of the session of the last day

Hon Lew. C. 1832 Secy of War
Frankfort Me Feb. 22 1832
Dr. Sir
By direction, & at the special request of Samuel Pratt I herewith inclose to the Department of War for their examination & consideration, the requisite Papers & certificates in order for the obtaining a Pension agreeably to the act of Congress Passed June 7 th 1832. Trusting & hoping, on due Examination he will in due time receive a certificate, that the same will be forwarded to him, or to me for him, directed to this Place. I Am Very respectfully
Yr Ob st Humble Serv t
Parley Purser

State of Maine
We Joshua Hall, a clergyman, residing in the town of Frankfort in the county of Waldo in said State, and Waldo Pierce Esquire residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Trvitt who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five 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
Joshua Hall Presb. Waldo Pierce
State of Maine
Waldo Co. Sworn & subscribed to this - First day of December A 1832
Before me Bailey Pierce Justice of the Peace
State of Maine Waldo County ss.
I Nathaniel M. Loring Register of the Court of Probate for said county certify that Bailey Pierce is a Magistrate as above & that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto have affixed my seal of office & subscribed my name this twenty first day of February A.D. 1832.
Nathl. M. Loring Register of Probate

19132
Isaac
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 189___
Miss
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Samuel Jewett , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec 1776 3 yrs priv Asa Moulton Frost Mass   June 1777 5 " " Hodgdon _____ "   June 1778 5 " " Dwight Goodwin Edward Grown "  
Battles engaged in, None Residence of soldier at enlistment, York Maine Date of application for pension, Feb 2, 1833 Residence at date of application, Waldo Maine Age at date of application, Rowe York Maine Oct 19 1757 Remarks: Put all. an early rebel
Very respectfully,
Miss E. L. Jewett Hotel San Angelo Minneapolis Minn.
Commissioner.