Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,263, for Zadock Pratt, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn. Continental
Pratt, Zadock or Zadoc
S. 44,263
CONTENTS

B. 223
New York
Zadoc Pratt
of Lexington in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Huntington of the New York line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 1 st of January 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of July 1819 and sent to Mansel Buel Esq. Lexington Green Co. N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819 17.00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819. 48.00 2 Mo. 4/31 $ 65.00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
death not on a B
1858 Jan'y 29 Lt Wm P. King

State of New York } ss - On the 2 d day Green County }
of January 1819 before me Thomas E Barker one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for for the said County of Green, personally appeared John Palmer of Durham in said County who being by me first duly sworn both on his oath declare that he was acquainted with Lador Pratt in the revolutionary war and that he knew him to serve as a private in the Company commanded by Capt Joseph Jewett in Col Huntington's Regiment of the Connecticut Line in the summer of 1776 at or near New York & served until the 27 th  or 28 th of August when he understood that the said Lador was taken prisoner at the battle on Long Island which he verily believes to be true and that he the Deponent and the said Lador were both in the said Capt Jewett's Company until the said engagement on Long Island as above mentioned -
John Palmer
Sworn to and Subscribed the 2 d day of January 1819 Before me Thos E Barker Judge as aforesaid

I the within named John Palmer Do solemnly swear and declare that I am not directly nor indirectly interested in the application of Edward Pratt for a pension as hereunto annexed
John Palmer
I certify that the above named John Palmer Swore and subscribed to the above on the 19th day of June 1819 before me, And that I am well acquainted with the said John and believe him to be a Credible Witness -
Wm B. Wadsworth
I Munn Buel one of the Judges of the Court of Common pleas in and for the County of Greene and State of New York do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction from the affidavits above made and from other witnesses who have made oath before me that John Palmer and Jonathan Pratt are Credible witnesses and in no shape related or Inter- ested in or to the avails of the application or in any shape whatever.
Lexington June 22 nd 1819
Munn Buel

Ladoc Pratt Private 76 to 77 Huntington Connec. Pres.
Admitted

State of New York Green County
On the first day of January 1819 before me Thomas Barker one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Green, personally appeared Jonathan Pratt of Durham in said County who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration & to which he subscribed his Name (to Wit)
That he the said Jonathan Pratt was acquainted with Zador Pratt in the Revolutionary war and that he saw him in New York in the summer 1776 and understood that the said Zador then belonged to Col Huntington's Regi- ment of the Connecticut line, he also understood that the said Zador was taken prisoner at the battle on Long Island And he saw him soon after his return home from his imprisonment which was in January or February 1777 - And in this Deposition only believes that the said Zador served in the army & in prison during the Campaign of 1776 in New York and 1777
Jonathan Pratt
Sworn to and subscribed
This 8 th day of January 1819
Before me Thomas Barker Judge as aforesaid

State of New-York
Green County - ss - On the fifth day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen before me Morrison Buel one of the judges of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Green and state of New-York personally appeared Zadock Pratt aged sixty three years resident in the town of Lexington county aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war. That the said Zadock Pratt enlisted the first part of the month of December in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five for one year and one month at the town of Litchfield in the state of Connecticut in the company commanded by Capt. Christopher Ely in the regiment commanded by Col. Parsons in the Connecticut line that he continued to serve in said corps about one month and was then transferred into the company commanded by Capt. Joseph Hunt in the regiment commanded by Col. Jedediah Huntington in the Connecticut line and continued to serve in said corps until the 27 or 28th day of August 1776 when he was taken a prisoner at the battle at Flatbush or Long Island in the state of New-York and remained a prisoner with the British on board the ship Whitty and at the City of New-York until about the first of January 1777 when he was exchanged at the city of New-York and returned home. That the whole of his property real and personal as valued on the tax list by the Assessors of the town of Lexington aforesaid amounts to one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars and no more and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services but such as accompany this declaration.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Morrison Buel
I Morrison Buel one of the judges of the county of Green aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Zadock Pratt did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and have examined the aforesaid tax list the same being presented to me by the oath of one of the Assessors aforesaid and find that the valuation of the real and personal property of the said Zadock Pratt as taken by the Assessors aforesaid amounts to one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.

and no more. that the said Zadock Pratt has been a hard laboring man but has become very infirm by reason of the rheumatism and other disorders and is now unable to labor for his support and I now transmit the proceedings and testi- mony taken and laid before me to the Secretary for the De- partment of War pursuant to the directions of the aforemen- tioned act of congress—
Dated at Lexington this 5 th day of January 1819—
Morrison Bowel—
The Judge must be that the motion was advised as intended
W. H. Brown Clerk
I, H. T. Banker, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Green do certify that Nuren Bull & H. B. as Examiners were Judges of said Court at the time of taking the within affidavits that I am well acquainted with their hand writing & that the signature of the said Nuren Bull & H. B. as Examiners are genuine In witness where- of I have hereunto set my hand & fixed the seal of the Court above said this 7 th Day of Jan. 1819
H. T. Banker
I, Zadock Pratt do solemnly swear and declare that neither John Palmer nor Jonathan Pratt whose affidavits are herewith annexed are either directly or indirectly interested in my application for a pension as within stated
Zadock Pratt
Sworn to and Subscribed the 19 th day of Jan. 1819 before me W. H. Brown

June 25, 1931.
Mrs. David Flagg Putnam, Connecticut.
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section ILL
Zadock Pratt B. 44263
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 44263, that Zadock Pratt, pensioned Zadoc Pratt, enlisted early in December, 1885, in Lyme, Connecticut, served as a private in Captain Christopher Ely's Company, Colonel Parson's Connecticut Regiment about one months, was transferred to Captain Joseph Jewett's Company, Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut Regiment and served until August 27 or 28 when he was taken prisoner during the battle of Long Island; he was confined to the prison ship, "Whitley" in New York until about the first of January, 1777, when he was exchanged.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 5, 1819, while a resident of Lexington, Greene County, New York, aged sixty-three years.
He died in 1828."
Soldier's son, Zadock Pratt, was a member of Congress from the State of New York from to 1858.
The name of soldier's wife is not stated.
Very truly yours,
E.W.MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

1931 - June 25 - Will. to Mrs. David Hagg. S.S.R.
44 263
Rev
INVALID.
File No. 44 263
Jadoc Pratt Pri Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 402
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Putnam, Conn., May 14, 1931.
Hon. E. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly furnish me with the military records of the following ?
Samuel Chapel, W. 23385 ✓ OK Zadoc Pratt, ✓ 1755-1828 Saybrook. ✓ OK
only OK
Yours truly
(Mrs Dand) Alice C. Flagg. Alice C. Flagg.

Washington Jan. 13 th 1858
Hon George S. Whiting Com. of Pensions
Dear Sir
Hon Zadock Pratt lately a member of Congress from the State of New York writes me that he desires a copy of the papers upon which a pension was granted to his father Zadock Pratt who died in 1828 - Can you do me the favor to furnish me with a copy of them - that I may send it to him? -
I enclose his letter very Respectfully Reston King