Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,394, for Timothy Putnam, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Putnam, Timothy
L 29394
CONTENTS

Timothy Putnam
Massachusetts, No 63 Ct.
Plate 9 Number
No 16 of Apr 26 1833
P 357
Mathew Lord Jr Salem Mass

BRIEF in the case of Timothy Putnam  of Essex County in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 3. How old is he? 69 years. 4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     June In 1779 enlisted " 6 " Private Gen. Col Nathan Folsom Regt Capt Jeremiah Putnam Co.   August 1780 " " 3 " " Col Woodbridge Regt Capt Scituate Co.  
5. In what battles was he engaged? — 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Danvers Massachusetts. 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Four living witnesses & traditional 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no (flawless) Certificate annexed
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
C Little
Examining Clerk.

76 Open
21. 012 Massachusetts
Timothy Putnam
of Essex Co. in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Putnam of the Regt. commanded by Col. Tyler in the Mass. line for 9 mos.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 30 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Aug 1833 and sent Benj. Merrill Salem Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 15.00 $75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. H. Jackson Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 65

Timothy Putnam
No 6384.
Errors corrected
Please reply to
Maria Saltonstall

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that the said  who has signed the preceding Certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the said  who and that the said and is a credible person and that has also signed the same is a Magistrate resident at their statement is entitled to credit.
D. Atwell Judge of Probate
Essex ss: May. 8. 1833 I certify that I personally know that Genl. Amos Hovey, Jonathan Porter, Rufus Putnam, and James Prince who have subscribed the annexed affidavits by them respectively made, are credible and disinterested witnesses.
Brig. Merrill Just. Pease
I, NATHANIEL LORD Junior, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy Putnam for a pension, and that George Osgood is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, and his signatures on the annexed affidavits are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832.
Nathl. Lord Jr.

Timothy Putnam
No 6384.
Errors corrected
Please reply to Perssonia Saloni
[Faint, mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]
Signed and sealed anew this seventeenth day of May, A.D. 1833.
Math. Lord Jr.

of Jonathan Porter of Danvers in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. on oath depose and say that I served as a soldier in the revolutionary army, in the Massachusetts State troops at Rhode Island six months in Capt Jeremiah Putnam's Company, in Col Nathan Gyles's Regiment, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine; and that Timothy Putnam of Danvers in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman, was a fellow soldier with me in the same company and regiment; that he served as a soldier with me in the same company and regiment for the term of six months. that I now see the said Timothy Putnam and recognize him to be the same person who served with me aforesaid Dated at Danvers this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Jonathan Porter
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex Danvers August 6th 1832
Then Jonathan Porter above named personally appeared and subscribed his name and made oath to the certificate by him-subscribed. before me George Osgood Justice of the Peace.

I Amos Hovey of Salem in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Gentleman, on oath depose and say; that I served as a soldier in the revolutionary army, in the Massachusetts State troops at Rhode Island, six months, in Capt Jeremiah Putnam's company and Col Nathan Gyles Regiment, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine; and that Timothy Putnam of Danvers in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was a fellow soldier with me in the same company and regiment for the term of six months. That I now see the said Timothy Putnam and recognize him to be the same person who served with me as aforesaid. Dated at Salem this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Amos Hovey
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss Danvers August 7th 1832
Then Amos Hovey above named personally appeared and subscribed his name and made oath to the certificate by him subscribed. Before me George Osgood justice of the Peace

I Rufus Putnam of Beverly in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman. on oath depose and say that I served as a soldier in the revolutionary army in the Massachusetts state troops at West Point in the State of New York three months in Capt Benjamin Peabody's company in Col. Woodhull's Regiment in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty and that Timothy Putnam of Danvers in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman was a fellow soldier with me in the same company and Regiment that he served as a soldier with me in the same company and Regiment for the term of three months. That I now see the said Timothy Putnam and recognize him to be the same person that served with me as aforesaid. Dated this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Rufus Putnam
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (ss) Danvers. August 7th 1832 Then Rufus Putnam personally appeared and subscribed his name and made oath to the certificate by him subscribed before me George Osgood Justice of the Peace

of James Prince of Danvers in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Calver. on oath Depose and say that I served as a soldier in the revolutionary army in the Massachusetts State troops at West Point in the State of New York three months in Capt Benjamin Peabody's company in Col Nathaniel Wade's Regiment in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and eighty. and Timothy Putnam. of Danvers in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman, was a fellow soldier with me in the same company and Regiment, that he served with me as a soldier in the same company and Regiment for the term of three months, that I now see the said Timothy Putnam and recognize him to be the same person that served with me as aforesaid. Dated at Danvers this eighth day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
James Prince
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (ss) Danvers. August 8 th 1832. Then James Prince personally appeared and subscribed his name and made oath to the the certificate by him subscribed before me. George Osgood Justice of the Peace

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS: COUNTY OF ESSEX, ss.
On this fourteenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open court, before the HONORABLE DANIEL APPLETON WHITE, Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Essex aforesaid, now sitting, Timothy Putnam , a resident of Danvers , in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged 69 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
That in May or June 1779 at said Danvers he as a Volunteer enlisted as a private soldier in Capt Jerh. Putnam's Company in Col Nathan Tyler's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia and served therein Six months on a campaign to Rhode Island, and was honorably discharged at the end of said term:
That in 1780 in August at said Danvers he again enlisted as a Volunteer private in Capt B. Peabody's Company in Col Nathl Wade's Regiment of Mass ts Militia and served therein Three months on a campaign from Massachusetts to Westpoint, where he was honorably discharged.
He was born in 1763 at Danvers & has always resided there: he never had a written discharge or record of birth. He is known to Judge Putnam and George Osgood Esq.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Dinah Pitnam
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
D. Pitnam
JUDGE OF PROBATE.
We, _____ a clergyman, residing in _____ aforesaid, and _____ Esquire, a magistrate, residing in _____ aforesaid, do 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.
Subscribed and sworn to before

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Timothy Putnam
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Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 329
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Putnam, William GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7591 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 24, 1790 to David Howell, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.