Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,945, for John Hutchison, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
Penn
Hutchison, John or Hutchinson.
NUMBER
844945
CONTENTS
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0155 1/2
New York
John Hutchinson
of Phelps in the state of New York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Butler of the Pennsylvania line, for the term of three years 1776-4-25
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 16 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 March 1819 and sent to Stephen Phelps Esq. Canajoharie New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 87.03
Semi-annual ce ending 11 Sept 1819 $ 8.
$ 135.03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Stephen Phelps Esq. Canajoharie New York

Claims of John Hutchinson April 18 th 1815
The Honorable Samuel
succeeded in
Phelps

State of New York Ontario County JR
John H. Hutcheson of the Town of Phelps in the County of Ontario and State of New York formerly of York County in the State of Pennsylvania being duly cautioned and sworn do hereby declare say and declare that he is a citizen of the United States and that he served this Country in the War of the Revolution and that he enlisted in February 1776 as a private soldier in Hutton's Company in the 2 d Pennsylvania Regiment Commanded by Col. Hutton for the term of One year and that he the deponent served said year in Canada and other places and at the expiration of said time he immediately enlisted as a private soldier in Capt. Bird's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Wm Butler in the Pennsylvania line for the term of Three years - and that he the deponent received an honorable discharge after having served out said time and three or four months over - which discharge he has lost - And the deponent further saith that he is Sixty Three years of age in indigent circumstances and in need of support from Government and therefore prays that his name may be placed on the pension list pursuant to an Act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818 entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Services of the United States in the Revolutionary War" and further the deponent saith not - John H. Hutcheson
Sworn to and acknowledged this Sixteenth day of April 1818 I have done Joseph P. Yates a Commissioner of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario

Ontario County
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Hutchinson did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony to you and hand before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the direction of the aforementioned Act of Congress.
Canandaigua, July 10 th 1818
Stephen Phelps
Ontario County
I Stephen Phelps a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify from satisfactory evidence exhibited before me that John Hutchinson the aforementioned Applicant is in reduced circumstances and in need of the assistance of his country for support Canandaigua July 10 th 1818
Stephen Phelps

My dear Sir, I have the honor to inform you that the enclosed will please be found a list of the names of the Stephen P. of the names of the names who is my agent Yours truly A. B.

State of New York Ontario County ss. Clerk's office
Canandaigua Jan y 1
In Testimony that Stephen Phelps whose name is subscribed to the forego- ing certificate was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County seal at Canandaigua this 24 th day of April A D 1818
Yours M c Naughton

copy of John Hutchinson 3
5 11 184
Sept 17

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this seventh day of August 182 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) John Hutchinson aged 80 years, resident of the town of Hutchinson in said county, who being, first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
Under Col. Bird in Col. Putnam's Regiment Pennsylvania Line as a private for the term of three years, commencing in 1776 or 1777 not fully recollected
and that he made application for a Pension on the 11th day of July 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 8.155 And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed, viz.
  One Horse Remmer — — — 81.00   One Cow — — — — 1.00   One Wagon Box — — — — 12   — 2.12 
John Hutchinson Brave
And I do further swear and declare that I am by description a Mason into very infirm & unable to work at any trade — John H. Hutchinson Brave
Sworn and declared this 21st day of August 1820 in Open Court before me
Wm Rogers " " a judge of Ontario Common Pleas

ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
I, John Van Patten Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is Three dollars and Twelve cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Twelfth day of August 1820.
J Van Patten Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

Sketch to will Pa 3 King 6 20000 Pa
44.945
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1892 Feb 10 Shot R S Bowman Ben
June 4, 1904 Miss Nancy C. M. Trieste
File No. 44.945
John Hutchinson
Rev. Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 244
[Arrangement of 1870.]

44975 3-068. (Old No. 3-649.)
Bureau of Pensions.
Gen. W. T. Sherman
July 16, 1818 - 60
Thos. G. W. S.
Nov 76 ( ) 90
Capt. W. T. Sherman
Col. W. T. Sherman
Det. 1 for
→ Capt. W. T. Sherman
Col. W. T. Sherman
Det. 2 for
→ Gen. W. T. Sherman

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS, WASHINGTON, D. C.,
November 11, 1911.
Sir:-
In reply to your communication of December 12, 1910, I have to inform you that one of the Joint Memoranda referred to in your application is in National Park. Resl. for 2 years and soliced for decision from the Dept. of the Interior, (Docket), N. Y., April 17, 1911. Date of death not given.