Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18648, Justus Whitlock, Conn. Privateer

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
born. Privateer
Whitlock, Justus
S. 18648
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6826  Connecticut Luther Whitlock
of Reding in the State of Connecticut who was a Private in the [blank] commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the line for Connecticut Troops 18 months & Privateers
Order to Pay 22 Sep 1837.
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of March 1833 and Lewis G. Tomlinson Kuala U.S.
  Arrears to the 4th of  March 33  120  00    Semi-ant. allowance ending  4 Sept  30      150   
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book D
Vol. 3
Page
76
R. E. C.
Clerk

State of Connecticut } ss      on this 24 th day of July District of Fairfield, }
A 1832 personally appeared in open Court before David Miller Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid Justice Whitlock a resident of the town of Milford in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut - aged Seventy seven years who being 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
I was born in Danbury in the State of Connecticut in the month of April in the year 1755. I have no record of my age. I removed from Danbury when a boy and took up my residence in Fairfield I enlisted under Capt Ebenezer Hill of Fairfield in June 1775 and went with his Company to Boston and did Sergeant's duty Seven months when I was discharged but the discharge is lost - I served in the Regiment of Col Charles Webb of Stamford Connecticut and the Brigade of General Sullivan - In 1776 I enlisted under Capt Eliphalet Phelps of Fairfield and went to New York in the State of New York and served three months - And in 1777 and 1778 I served when occasionally called upon as a minuteman two years in the alarm Company as it was called, part of the time under Capt George Burr and part of the time under Capt Thomas Stark of Fairfield our duty was to guard the coast and repel the occasional incursions and attacks of the enemy during which Period I was in several seven skirmishes with the British and the Hessians as they were called - In the year 1779 I was drafted into the state troops and served two months in guard at Mill River in Fairfield under Sergeant James Buckley - I also served about one month in guard at Black Rock under General Gault of Silliman of Fairfield - And in 1780 I was drafted into the state troops and served six months at Danbury to guard the continental stores placed there under Sergeant - Hanley who commanded the guard - In the year 1776 I was taken prisoner by the British and

was detained and confined on board a British Man of War five months - And I served four months in 1776 under Capt Edward De Beebe of Saybrook on board the Hoop John Adams. we took several prizes one of which consisting of warlike stores according to her invoice was worth Ninety thousand pounds sterling - I served on board the John Adams as Quarter Master -
Sworn to and subscribed in the day and date aforesaid - before me - David Hill Judge of Probate
Justus Whittick
I hereby acknowledge my claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Fairfield July the 24 th 1832
Sworn to and subscribed in the day and date aforesaid. before me
David Hill Judge of Probate -
Justus Whittick
I Walter Bradley residing in the Town of Fairfield and State of Connecticut. do certify that I am well acquainted with Justus Whittick. who has submitted the foregoing declaration and so far as I know he is a man of truth and veracity -
Fairfield July the 29 th 1832
Sworn to and subscribed in the day and date aforesaid before me David Hill Judge of Probate
Walter Bradley
I Gershon Wakeman residing in the Town and County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Justus Whittick who has signed the foregoing declaration. I believe him to be seventy seven years of age. that he is respected and beloved in this section of the country where he permanently resides. to have been a soldier of the revolution. and I am of the same opinion and I also believe him to be a man of truth and veracity. True
Fairfield July the 24 th 1832
Sworn to and subscribed in the day and date aforesaid. before me
David Hill Judge of Probate -
Gershon Wakeman

I Nathaniel Perry of Farnsworth in the County of Farnsworth and State of Connecticut hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Justus Whitlock residing in the town of Haddam in said County and I believe him to be seventy years of age that he is respected and beloved in the Section of County where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and I also concur in the same opinion and also know that he enlisted under Capt. Hemenway's Comp y of Farnsworth in 1775 and went to Boston in Massachusetts and served seven months Farnsworth July the 18 th 1832 And also that he was our friend at Mill River some time in the course of the revolutionary War
Farnsworth July the 18 th 1832 -
Nathaniel Perry
Farnsworth County Vt Farnsworth July the 18 th 1832 Personally appeared Nathaniel Perry the subscriber to the foregoing certificate and made solemn oath that the facts stated therein are true before me
Daniel Hildreth Jr. Clerk

certify for the Applicant is because all the records were destroyed with the loss of the production of the records and there are none in the district of Fergusfield giving notice along the margin to with the applicant a Daniel McInerney
That by Committee of District of Fergusfield August 25 th 1882 The within deposition of Nathaniel Perry of Fergusfield was taken before it was known that County of Fergusfield was in the opinion of the war department proper tribunals to authenticate the Papers of Applicants for Pensions. Daniel McInerney Clerk

State of Connecticut ss District of Fairfield January the 8 th 1883. County of Fairfield -
on this 8 th day of January 1883 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the District of Fairfield aforesaid, now sitting Justus Whitlock a resident of the County of Middlesex in the County of Fairfield in said State aged seventy seven years and in his seventy eighth year, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in addition to and explanatory of the declaration he made the 24 th day of July A D 1882 returned with objections by the War department - and in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1882 - The grade in which he served in the revolutionary War in the several Services stated in his former declaration, was that of a private, except when otherwise particularly mentioned as the Term of Service at Boston in 1775 under Colonel Bunker Hill, and that in March the War Scheme in 1776 under Capt. Beers although he is positive as to the service, the applicant in declaration cannot be positive as to the precise period, some he served in Guard at Black Rock under Capt. Stillman stated in his former declaration as being about one month, he must therefore submit to have that term of service rejected by the War department - The declarant also says that the evidence he produced in support of his first declaration, he then thought was the best evidence in his power. And it was not from any disinclination to comply with the requisitions of the War department that he did not procure the testimony of a Clergyman as to his general character for revolutionary Services in the neighborhood where he resides, for he did not then think of the Revd Charles Smith - Mr Smith was brought up in Middlesex the place where the declarant now resides, but has been gone from there a number

of years. and he escaped his recollection - But upon more mature consideration and reflection. In the course of the Revd Gullensan. and upon conversing with him on the subject. the declarant found he was acquainted with the declarants character for revolutionary services. and was willing to give his certificate accordingly. He lived in Fannin when called into the State Service in the time of the revolutionary War. and resided there until February 1782. when he moved to Prebley the place where he now resides The declarant has no documentary evidence of his services. and the evidence he has now produced is inverum. so far as he knows is the best in his power The declarant is acquainted with Messrs Ebenezer Banks. Joseph Banks. Nathan Beers. Walter Brachy and the Hon. G. Jennings of Fannin. and Parson in Genesys. who can testify as to his character.
Justice Whitehead
Sworn to and subscribed in the city and year aforesaid before David Hill Judge of Probate for the district aforesaid -

State of Connecticut p. District of Fairfield January the 8 th 1888 I Charles Smith - a Congregational minister in the Town of Fairfield and State of Connecticut hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Pastor Whittaker of Middlebury in the County of Fairfield and State aforesaid. and who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That I believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a follower of the New Testament and I concur in that opinion. and I also believe him to be a man of truth. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid. before Daniel Hill Judge of the County Probate for the District aforesaid
Charles Smith
State of Connecticut p. District of Fairfield January the 8 th 1888 I Nathan Beers, a resident of the District and State aforesaid. do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Pastor Whittaker of the Town of Middlebury in the County of Fairfield and believe him to be seventy seven years of age. that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a follower of the New Testament and am also of the same opinion. being acquainted with him in the New Testament. and I also believe him to be a man of truth. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid before Daniel Hill Judge of the County Probate for the District aforesaid -
Nathan Beers

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the second investigation of the matter, that the facts stated in this second declaration of Justice Whittick are true and are entitled to credit - and the court further certifies that Charles Smith who has signed one of the preceding certificates is a Clergyman resident at present in the Town of Fairfield, and that his certificate is entitled to credit - and also that Nathan Beers who has signed the other immediately preceding certificate, a resident of the said District of Fairfield, is a man of truth and that his certificate is entitled to credit -
David Hill Judge of Probate.
I David Hill Jr. Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Fairfield aforesaid - do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Justice Whittick of Middlesex for a Pension in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of Office at Fairfield aforesaid, this 8 th day of January 1833 -
David Hill Jr Clerk

And the said Board 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 Justus Whittick the Applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - and the Board further certifies that Walter Bracey Esq. Gershom Wakeman Esq and Nathaniel Perry who have signed the preceding Certificate are credible Persons and that their statement is entitled to credit - No Clergyman could be obtained who was acquainted with him David Hill Jr Esq
I David Hill Jr Clerk of the Board of Pensions for the District aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Board in the matter of the application of Justus Whittick for a Pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this 16 th day of August AD 1892
(David Hill Jr Clerk)

State of Connecticut p. District of Fairfield August 13 th 1832. I Thomas Perry, residing in the said District and State, being seventy five years of age, and being duly sworn according to Law, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Justin Whittaker of Residing in said State. That he is reported and believed to have been a Colonel of the Provolutions, and I know that he was drafted and served in the State Troops in the year 1780 and was marked to Danbury in the State of Connecticut to guard the continental Stores under an invalid at Derby or Danbury as some such name. The particular term he served I do not know exactly - I believe also that he is seventy seven years of age - sworn to and subscribed in the Day of year aforesaid before Daniel Hill Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid -
Thomas Perry

State of Connecticut ss. District of Fairfield August 15 th AD 1832. I Joseph Hays a resident of the District and State aforesaid. aged Twenty six years. being duly sworn according to Law. do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Justus Whittaker now a resident of Haddam in said State. and formerly of said Fairfield. that he is respected and believed in this section of the County when he resided in the Revolutionary War. to have been a soldier of the Revolution and I concur in the same opinion - I also know and certify that he was drafted for six months in 1780 and served in the State troops I believe. at Danbury in Connecticut. to guard the continental stores there. and as I believe under some officer of the United States. name is not now recalled.
Joseph Hays

State of Connecticut ss. District of Fairfield August 16 th 1832 I David Hill Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid. do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Joseph Hovey and Thomas Perry who have sworn to and subscribed the two within and immediately preceding certificates. that they are men of truth and that their statements are entitled to credit - David Hill
I David Hill Jr. Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Fairfield aforesaid. do hereby certify that David Hill who has signed the preceding certificates is Judge of the Court of Probate for the District aforesaid and that the above signature of his name is his genuine signature. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of Office at Fairfield aforesaid in the District aforesaid August 16 th 1832 David Hill Jr. Clerk.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
Aut
November 19, 1925.
Mrs. G. T. Allen 43 Stevens St. Danbury, Conn.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 18648, it appears that Justus Whitlock was born in April 1755 at Danbury, Connecticut.
While residing at Fairfield, Connecticut, he served in the Connecticut Troops, as follows-
From in June 1775, seven months as a Sergeant in Captain Ebenezer Hill's Company, Colonel Charles Webb's Regiment.
In 1776, three months in Captain Eliphalet Thorp's Company.
In 1776, he was taken prisoner by the British and held five months.
Later in 1776, he served four months as Quartermaster, on board the sloop "John Adams", Captain Edward Beebe.
In 1777 and 1778 at various times in Captains

George Burr's and Thomas Nash's Companies, and was in several skirmishes, length of service not stated.
In 1779, two months under Sargeant James Bulkeley, as guard at Mill River in Fairfield; and one month as guard at Black Rock under General Gold S. Silliman.
In 1780, six months in  under Colonel Durkee, Reg and guarded the Continental stores at Danbury.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 24, 1832, while a resident of Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
There is no data on file as to his family.
The above noted Justus Whitlock is the only soldier of that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
Corrected before sent out Nov. 19-25-

18 648 INVALID.
File No. 18 648
Justus Whitlock
Pre Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 419
[Arrangement of 1870.]

18 648 INVALID.
File No. 18,648
Justus Whitlock
Per Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 419
[Arrangement of 1870.]

43 Stevens Street Danbury, Connecticut
United States Pension Board -
Dear Sirs -
I wish to determine if Justus Whittock a Rev-Pensioner was a native of Ridgefield - or Redding Conn -
Justus of Ridgefield married his Cousin Elmeri Whittock
Justus of Greenfield later of Redding married Abigail Gaham -
Thanking you for the courtesy of an early reply - S. Very truly Yours
PENSION OCT 21 U. 1925 OFFICE
Mrs S. J. Allen 43 Stevens St. Danbury Conn

Juricek Whilode
private 18 months private $60 per year
Elaine
Henry Woodlief Page 73.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Justus Nutlock , further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?
V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? no

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.