Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15805, Peletiah Tuttle, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Tuttle, Pletiah Elizabeth
W 15 805
CONTENTS

See letters to D. B. Cady & Ab. Cady March 25: 1835 - Do. C. P. Cady 4 April 1835
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1839 from 4 March to 27. July 1837 the day of his death - Age notified 8 July 1840
14362 18183 New York
Patiah Tuttle of which in the State of New York who was a Col. in the Company commanded by Captain Grafton of the Regt. commanded by Col. Selden in the Ch. Ma for some for to Capt. 3
Entered on the Roll of New York at the rate of 48 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of May 1831 and sent to D. B. Cady Chittenango. Pensions to the 14th of March 1833 $97.32 Steward. allowance ending Septm - 24.33 $121.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Issued June 7, 1832. } Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book E Vol. 4 Page 88

Albany 3116
Elizabeth Tuttle
widow of Pelitiah Tuttle
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7. June 1832 and who died on the 24. July 1837 of Madison Co. in the State of N. York who was a Prt Vt Co. in the company commanded by Captain D. Conn. of the regt commanded by Col. Selden in the Conn. mil. time for 8 mos. Prt time for 6 " Co.
838
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 48 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836. 25. July 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5. day of June 1839 and sent to H. G. Warner Chattanooga, N.Y.
Arrears to the 14th of Semi-annual allowance ending
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by D. Brown Book A, Vol. 2
Clerk, Page 106

Patiah Tuttle -
18183 v
2 N. Ledy atty.
Chittenden N.Y.

State of New York Madison County } ss:
On this Eighth day of October, 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Pitatiah Tuttle, a resident of the town of Sullivan, in the County of Madison aforesaid, aged seventy seven years, on the 29 th day of May last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, in 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.
1st. That in the Summer of 1776, he enlisted, in the town of Newville, in the State of Connecticut, for the term of six months, into the Company commanded by Capt. Richard Besher, belonging to the regiment of Colo. Sedgwick of which said Company, Jonathan Lattimore was Lieutenant. That he officiated as third corporal in said Company during the whole term of his enlistment. That the Warrant hereunto attached bearing date the 1 st . day of December 1776, was given him by the said Capt. Richard Besher. That at the expiration of the term of his enlistment, he was discharged near West Point, in the State of New York, in the month of December 1776. That he received no written discharge. That after his enlistment at Newville, he marched to Brooklyn, in Connecticut, & thence to New York, & thence to Kings Bridge, & thence to White Plains. That he was in the engagement on York Island, at the time the British landed from Long Island. That Lieutenant Comstock was killed in this engagement. That after his discharge he returned to Newville.

2. That in the year 1780, the applicant was drafted for the term of three months, at Montville aforesaid, for the State Service. That immediately upon his being drafted he enlisted for the term of six months into the Company commanded by Lieutenant Perry, belonging to the Regiment of Col. Wil- lis; of which, one Grosvenor was Lieut. Col. That he marched from Montville, & joined the Army at Nelsons Point, on the North River. That he marched from Nelsons Point into New Jersey & remained there until he returned into winter quarters at the Highlands on the North River. That at the expiration of the term of his enlistment he was discharged at the Highlands by Capt. Warner, & returned to Montville. That he received no written discharge.
3. That during the Revolutionary War, he was twice drafted & served, in two different years, for the term of one month each time, & was stationed at the Fort in New London, in Connecticut.
That the best evidence of his services which he can procure is hereto attached. To wit, the Warrant of Capt. Richard Beekman, the affidavits of Thomas Rogers, Jason Comstock & Heshiah Matteson —
That he was born in Montville, in the State of Connecticut, on the 29 th day of May 1755, That he has a record of his age in Connecticut. That he has always resided in Montville, in the State of Connecticut since the revolutionary war, until a year or so last May, when he moved into the town of Sullivan aforesaid, where he now resides. That he resided in Montville when he entered the service. That he entered the service under an enlistment, & was so drafted. That he does not recollect the names of the

regular officers, or continental, or militia regiments; nor can he relate the general circumstances of his service, more particular than he has above stated.
That he is well known to George R. Butler & John W. House of Salina aforesaid who reside in the neigh- borhood of the applicant, & who can testify as to his charac- ter for veracity, & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to, & subscribed the day & year aforesaid A. S. Sloan Clk
Petrick Tuttle
We George R. Butler a clergyman, residing in the town of Salina in said County, & John W. House residing in the same place — hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Petrick Tuttle, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, & have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid A. S. Sloan Clk
George R. Butler
John W. House

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that George R. Butler who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Sullivan aforesaid & that John W. House who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place — & is a credible person, & that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Andrew S. Sloan, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Madison, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Petstock Tuttle for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & 42.
A. S. Sloan Clk

To Mr. Pelatiah Tuttle Greeting
By virtue of authority vested in me as Captain of the Seventh Company 4 th Battallion of Connecticut forces I do hereby Nominate & appoint you the S d Pelatiah Tuttle third Corporal of My Company Within the S d Battallion or Reg t of which I am Captain you are therefore to take Charge of ye S d Company as third Corporal & from time to time when thereunto regard Enlist and warn the men in My Company to appear under arms & such other Military Duty as shall from time to time be requested and as the Men are oblige to observe your orders so are you likewise to observe & follow such orders & Directions from time to time as you shall Receive from your Superior officer or officers according to the Rules & Discipline of war and also such warrant as shall be issued by me or any Commission officer in said Battallion or Regiment or Commanding officer of S d Company to you Directed the same from time to time to Execute and for So doing this shall be your sufficient warrant given under my hand and Seal. this 1 st Day of December A D 1776
Richard Dushan Capt.

State of New York
Oneida County ss. Hezekiah Matteson of the Town of Verona County of Oneida aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he will be Seventy Six Years of Age in November Next; that he is personally acquainted with Belatiah Tuttle who now resides in the Town of Sullivan in the County of Madison and State aforesaid and has known him for upwards of Sixty Years - That deponent and said Tuttle were brought up near each other in the then North parish of New London in the State of Connecticut & lived in the vicinity of each other for near forty Years - And deponent further saith that said Tuttle entered the Service in the Spring of the Year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Six as a Soldier in a Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Col. Seth Muns on the Continental establishment and stationed at White Plains - That deponent saw said Tuttle in the Service at White Plains in the Month of October of the same Year, and lodged in the same tent with said Tuttle one night, who was then a Corporal but deponent cannot name the Officers commanding the Company to which said Tuttle belonged - That said Tuttle returned home some time in the Winter following.
And this deponent further saith, that in the Spring of the Year 1780. And according to the best recollection of deponent about the first of April said Tuttle again entered the Service but deponent does not remember the names of the Officers of the Regiment or Company in which said Tuttle served in the Year 1780 aforesaid, but deponent well recollects of seeing said Tuttle a short time after his enlistment in the said last mentioned Year and conversing with him

Aware that said Tittle was then on his way to join the Army - That said Tittle was absent according to the best recollection & belief of deponent between said and seven months - That it was generally known in the neighborhood that said Tittle was in the Army during the time last mentioned and therefore has no doubt that said Tittle was during his said last mentioned absence in the Continental Service as a Soldier. And further deponent saith not.
Frederick Matteson
State of New York
Onida County ss. I do hereby certify that on this fourth day of September A. D. 1832 personally appeared before me the undersigned one of the Justices of the Peace of the Town of Onida in the County aforesaid the above named Frederick Matteson to me known who resides in the Town of Onida of said County aforesaid and is a person entitled to credit as a witness, and subscribed the foregoing deposition & made oath to the same.
John P. Sherwood Justice
Clerk's Office
Onida County ss. I George Brown Clerk of said County do hereby certify that John P. Sherwood Esq. before whom the within affidavit purports to have been taken & sworn.

was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County, and duly authorized by law to act as such, and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper handwriting and signature
Witness my hand & seal of Office at Waco this third day of October A.D. 1832
Geo. Brown Clerk
J. B. Read Dep. Clk.

I Thomas Rogers, Age 75 years of the town of Mansfield in the county of New London and State of Connecticut Testify and say that I am well acquainted with Percival Little formerly of Mansfield in Connecticut now residing in the State of New York and know that he enlisted in the service of the United States in the company commanded by Capt Richard Deshon of New London in said Connecticut and marched to New York and served six months in the year 1776 and in the following year 1777 he again enlisted into said service and served six or eight months the company and officers I do not recollect - and further saith not Thomas Rogers
State of Connecticut
New London County ss Mansfield
September 3 1832
Personally appeared Thomas Rogers
who is known to me to be a man of truth and respectability and made oath to the foregoing deposition by him subscribed - even before me
Shubael Raymond Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut. New London County ss I John D'Witt Clerk of the County Court for said New London County do hereby certify that Sherwood Raymond esquire before whom the within deposition of Thomas Rogers was taken, is a Justice of the peace in and for said New London County. And that his signature thereto annexed is in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 7 th day of September A D 1832
John D'Witt Clerk
(H)

2 I Jason Cornstock of the Town of Montville New London County & State of Connec- ticut do testify & say that I am of 45 years of Age and that I am well acquainted with Pelatiah Tuttle formerly & until very lately of the Town County & State aforesaid who has within the two years last past moved into some part of the State of New York & I know him to be the same Pelatiah Tuttle who enlisted under the Command & into the Company of Capt. Richard Dechore of the Town of New London Lieutenant John Cornstock who was slain on Long Island Lieutenant Rollan & Ensign Rich- -ard Douglass Officers of said Company & in the Regiment of Col. Seton and that he the said Tuttle served the term of his enlistment which term was six months and I also know that he the said Tuttle enlisted afterwards but for term I do not know neither what service he performed. I also state further that the said Tuttle enlisted in the latter part of the month of June 1776 and was marched to New York forthwith & was in an engagement on Long Island & on York Island & that he was discharged on the 25 th of Dec following
Jason Cornstock Town of Montville New London County State of Connecticut September 8 1832 Personally appeared Jason Cornstock the signers of the foregoing Aff. and made solemn Oath to the truth of the same before Me Nathaniel Bradford Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that the within in arm Pelinha Tuttle was a Soldier of the Revolution according to my best knowledge & belief and the Statement made by Jason Comstock is true in my opinion Montville September 6 th 1832 Nathl Bradford
State of Connecticut New London County ss I John D e Witt Clerk of the County Court in & for the New London County do hereby certify that Nathaniel Bradford as of before whom the within deposition of Jason Comstock was taken as a jus- tice of the peace in & for the New London County and that his signature annexed thereto & above are in his own proper hand writing - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 7 th day of September AD 1832 John D e Witt Clerk

No 18183
Pelatico Tuller Madison County New York
admitted.
8 mos. Private.
6 mos 3 rd Corporal.
Notes of Col. Tuller in Dept of State
26 16 22 00 48 16
Daniel B. Cady Chittenden Madison County New York.
Math

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Petatiah Tuttle Madison County New York
   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.     Enlisted June 1776 4 6 - Corporal Capt Dison Col Selden York Island Marched to New London Connecticut to New York to Kings Bridge White Plains Marched to Nelsons Point North River 77 years Montville Connecticut Traditionary & 3 living Witnesses certified credible - Documentary, papers & property   Drafted then 1780 Enlisted 3 - 6 - private Lieut. Perry Col Willis   that during the war he was twice drafted & served in 2 different years for one month each & was stationed at the Fort in New London Connecticut - 2 -  
+ Capt Dison on roll of Col Seldons regt
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
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 (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that 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 tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

3116
4539
Mr Noo 1783 Hd. 24 July 1837
Eliz. Tuttle
Admuted Corporal 6 months Private 8 " 14
H. G. Warren Esq. Chittenango N.Y.

State of New York Madison County } ss.
On this second day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred thirty nine, personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the County Courts of the said County of Madison (being a court of record) Elizabeth Tuttle, a resident of Sullivan in said County, aged Seventy Six years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her  on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7, 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay pensions to certain widows" - That she is the widow of Petetiah Tuttle late of Sullivan aforesaid, who was a private soldier & corporal in the War of the Revolution as she has always been informed & believes, & before his death drew a pension for such service under the act of the United States of the fourth of June 1832, to the amount of Forty Eight dollars & sixty six cents per year, as will appear by his certificate thereof issued by the War Department & dated the 21 st day of May 1833 -
And she further declares that she was married to the said Petetiah Tuttle according to the best of her recollection & belief, in the month of November 1783 - and that her name before said marriage was Elizabeth Swaddle, commonly called Betsy Swaddle - That her husband, the aforesaid Petetiah Tuttle, died on the 24 th day of July 1837 - That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four - at the time above stated -
Sworn to subscribed on } her The day & year above written before me } Elizabeth X Tuttle M. G. Warner } mark Judge - Mad. Co. Courts }

State of New York } Madison County } ss. I Moratio Gates Warner a Judge of the County Courts of said County, to the same before whom the within declaration was made, do certify, that I am a resident of the Town same in which Elizabeth Tuttle within named resides, & acquainted with her. That in my opinion the said Elizabeth cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court of said. (The only court of record in this County) for the purpose of making the said declaration according to law. The said Court being held more than twelve miles from her residence in Sullivan.
Dated at Sullivan this 2 day of January 1839
Moratio Gates Warner Judge
State of New York } Madison County } ss. Charles Tuttle of Sullivan in said county being duly sworn says that he has resided with Elizabeth Tuttle in the foregoing certificate named, since the death of her husband Pelatiah Tuttle, & that she has not been married since his said death. I further settle that - I was subscribed this 2 day of } Charles Tuttle January 1839 before me H. G. Warner Judge of Mad. Co. Courts

State of New York
Madison County ss. Be it Known That before me Horatio Gates Warner a Judge of Madison county Courts personally appeared Elizabeth Tuttle made oath in due form of Law, that she is the widow of Belatiah Tuttle deceased the entitled person who was a Pensioner & is now dead, to whom a certificate of pension was issued of which the following is a copy - to wit -
"War Department - Revolutionary claim - I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832 Belatiah Tuttle of the State of New York who was a Private & Corporal in the War of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty Eight dollars & Sixty Six cents per annum, during her life, commencing on the 4 th of March 1831. Payable semi-annually on the 4 th of March & 4 th of September in every year -"
(Given at the War Office of the United States this 21 day of May One Thousand Eight hundred & thirty three
Levi C. Babb Secretary of War
Examined & Countersigned } J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
(Endorsed) Payments to be made at New York by Presd: U.S. for Bank Agent for Pensions in the Agency of New York -
Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E. Vol. 4 Page 80 by M. L. Williams Clerk
That the deceased Pensioner resided in Sullivan in the State of New York for the space of six years before his death & that previous thereto, he resided in Montville in the State of Connecticut
Elizabeth X Tuttle Seven & subscribed this 2 nd day of January 1838 before me
H. G. Warner Judge Mad. Co. Courts

State of New York Madison County } ss. I Alexander Donaldson junior Clerk of the said County of Madison do certify that on the second day of January 1839 Horatio Gates Warner was one of the judges of the County Courts of said County. That his signature annexed to the within Declaration & the Certificate & affidavits following the same, is in each & every instance his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office at Eaton in said County this 5th day of January A. D. 1839
Alexander Donaldson Jr Clerk

State of Connecticut County of New London ss. Montville Nov. 17. th 1838
"Pelatiah Little and Betsey Swaddle were married Nov. Seventeen Hundred & Eighty three."
I certify that the above is a true copy of the records of the Town of Montville with the exception of dates, which is expressed on the records in fair legible figures as follows. Vis. "Pelatiah Little and Betsey Swaddle were Married November D. 1783."
Melford O'Raymond Town Clerk
I Melford O'Raymond of Montville in the County of New London & State of Connecticut do hereby declare that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Montville aforesaid and that the above is true extract from the Records of said Montville with the exception above named as. certified by me -
Melford O'Raymond
Sworn to and subscribed before me Lyman Law Judge of Probate within and for the District of New London in the State of Connecticut I further Certify that Melford O'Raymond Esq holds the office of Town Clerk in the Town of Montville and is a credible person and his statements are entitled to credit
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand, officially, and affixed my seal of office the day and year above mentioned,
Lyman Law

January 7, 1933
Pelatiah Tuttle, W. 15805
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Honorable Richard P. Freeman House of Representatives Washington D.C.
My dear Mr. Freeman:
Reference is made to your request relative to information desired by Mrs. Mary B. Bishop, 142 Grove Street, Putnam, Connecticut.
The data furnished below were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 15805, based upon the military service of Pelatiah (personal signature, Pelatiah, but pensioned Peletiah) Tuttle.
He was born May 29, 1755, in Montville, Connecticut.
While a resident of that place he enlisted and served with the Connecticut troops as follows: from the summer of 1776, six months as third corporal in Captain Richard Deshon's Company in Colonel Selden's Regiment and was in an engagement on York Island; in 1780, six months as private under Lieutenant Perry and Captain Warner in Colonel Wylllys' Regiment; also served two tours of one month each, as private, the dates and the names of officers not given, was stationed at the fort in New London, Connecticut.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1832, at which time he was living in Sullivan, Madison County, New York, having moved there in May, 1831, from Montville, Connecticut.
He died July 24, 1837, in Sullivan, New York.
This soldier married in November, 1783, Elizabeth or Betsey Swaddle and the marriage was recorded in Montville, Connecticut.

His widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed January 2, 1839, at which time she was seventy-six years of age and was living in Sullivan, New York.
One Charles Tuttle was living in Sullivan, New York, in 1839, but his relation to the soldier was not given. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
Widow's death not on agency list.
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator

1933 Jan. 7 hist. to H. Richard P. Freeman Mrs. Mary B. Bishop Miss
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 15805-
Elizabeth Little Wid of Petulia Little herf. Rev Wm
Act July 7 th  188
Index: Vol. Am , Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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1 5 Veterans Administration, Revolutionary War Division. Washington, D. C.
Hon. Freeman did not write letter but just enclose Mrs. Bishop's letter to him in this envelope She requested to ask Polatiah Tuttle 16.18503-40
Interior - R-1143
was returned

Frederick Rogers of Montville in the county of NewLondon & State of Connecticut, aged Seventy two years last April, being duly cautioned and sworn, deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Pelatiah Tuttle and Betsey Tuttle both formerly of Montville aforesaid, that the said Pelatiah & Betsey were married in cold weather, that deponent was present at their wedding and saw them married, — that they were married about seven years before deponent was married, — and deponent was married on the sixteenth day of June, Seventeen hundred and ninety, — that the said Pelatiah and his wife the said Betsey moved from Montville aforesaid, a few years ago, and were reputed to have moved to Madison county in the State of New York, and deponent further saith that the said Pelatiah was reputed to have been a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army, and further deponent saith not,
In presence of Thomas Rogers Jr Norwich 20th Nov. 1838,
Frederick Rogers
State of Connecticut - ss. NewLondon county, Be it known that on the 20th day of November A.D. 1838 personally appeared, before the subscriber, a Notary Public within and for the State aforesaid, Frederick Rogers named in the foregoing deposition, and made oath that said deposition by him subscribed is true — And I certify that said Rogers is a credible person and that his testimony is entitled to credit,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and have affixed my
Test, Samuel W. Wood Notary Public,

Thomas Rogers, of Montville in the county of New London & State of Connecticut, aged Eighty one years, being duly cautioned and sworn, deposeth and saith, that he was personally acquainted with Pelatiah Tuttle and Betsey Tuttle, both of them formerly of said Montville, that they were married in cool weather, that deponent was present at their wedding & stood up with them at said time, that they were married before deponent was married; and ac- cording to the best of deponent's recollection about one year before he, (deponent) was married. and deponent was married on the seventh day of November, Seventeen hundred and eighty four. — that the said Pelatiah and his wife the said Betsey moved from said Mont- ville a few years ago, & were reputed to have moved into the State of New York, & further deponent saith not.
Montville 21 st Nov. 1838,
Thomas Rogers
In presence of
Thomas Rogers
State of Connecticut - ss. New London County, Personally appeared before me the subscriber on the 21 st day of November 1838, Capt. Thomas Rogers named in the foregoing deposition and made oath that said deposition by him subscribed is true and I certify that said Rogers is a credible person and that his testimony is entitled to credit.
Test. Samuel W. Wood Notary Public,
M c Worm Sir I recd d your letter from you about matter Pension I have been out of it since the expenses that I have had is three full and fifty cent 3350 Yours truly

State of Connecticut } ss. Probate District of Norwich, New London County }
I William E Tracy clerk of the court of Probate within and for the District aforesaid. do hereby certify that, Samuel M. Wood, before whom the deposition of Frederick Rogers & Thomas Rogers hereto annexed were taken, is a Notary Public within and for the State of Connecticut, duly commissioned and quali- fied and that his signatures written to the cer- tificates annexed to said depositions, are in his own proper and genuine hand writings,
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 22 d day of November, A. D. 1838,
Test. William E. Tracy Clerk

Mar 14.
Eliz Tuttle
Miss
Mar 15. 39
Secretary of War.
(Pension Office)
Washington D. C.
FREE

Chittenango March 8. 1839
Sir -
Several weeks since I enclosed & directed to the War Department some papers prepared for the purpose of getting a Pension for Elizabeth Tuttle a widow - & also the balance of her husband's pension being a small amount - Not having heard from the papers, I take the liberty to enquire whether the papers were received -
Please address me, as I have the charge of her business, at Chittenango Mad. Co. N.Y.
Yours Resp c
M. Warner

In the matter of an application for a pension for Elizabeth (commonly called Betsey) Tuttle Widow of Pelatiah Tuttle deceased
Act. July 7. 1838
Also the the balance of said Tuttle's pension from March 4. 1837 to the time of his death July 24. Thereafter —
1— The marriage is proved by 2 affts enclosed with the record of the Town where the marriage took place — the & the time — All certified as the law requires — 2. The services of the husband appearing upon the records of the War Department — He having drawn a pension before his death — The Certificate dated May 21. 1833 Recorded Book E. Vol. 4. Page 80 — 3— The death of the husband proved by 2 affts — 4. That she has never been married since his death is proved by one afft — 5. The applicant's inability to appear in Court is manifest from the Certificate — 6. The of the authority of the Officer making the Certificate appears from the hand & seal of the Clerk of the Clerk of Madison Co. N.Y.
Balance of Old Pension
1. That Pelatiah Tuttle was a pension appears from the Record of the Certificate in the War Department dated May 21. 1833 — Recorded in the Pension Office Book E. Vol. 4. Page 80 — by W. S. Williams, Clerk — $48.66 per year — 2. His death appears from an afft. of court of Mad. Co. certified by the Clerk of the County — was July 24. 1837 3. The marriage appears as above,

Elizabeth Tuttle Purdue papers

State of New York Madison County ss      I Alexander Donaldson junior Clerk of the County Courts of Madison County, do certify that holden at the Court house in Eaton in said County, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court that Petrick Duttle was a Pensioner of the United States, at the rate of Forty Eight dollars Sixty six cents per annum, was a resident of the County of Madison aforesaid, & died in the Town of Sullivan in said County on the 24 th day of July 1837 - That he left a widow whose name is Elizabeth Duttle -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of Office at Eaton in said County this 19 th day of Jan y 1838 -
Alexander Donaldson Jr Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 30 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 widow of Patrick Lutte , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany N.Y. Agency , at the rate of forty eight Dollars and 66 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 24 th July, 1837 , the day of his death.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Paton Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

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Tuttle, Peter.
R. 35697
There are no papers on file in an application for pension made by this soldier under the Act of June 7, 1832. His name is not on old Rejected Register of Rev. War claimants, nor on printed list of 1852 Rejected and Suspended claimants.
See Rev. War claim - William Key, R. 5895 from which this file number was obtained & in which the reference is made to the rejection of Peter Tuttle's claim.
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