Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,081, for Jonathan Starr, Connecticut

SERVICE
lawn
Starr, Jonathan
NUMBER _____
R. 10.081
CONTENTS

28.228
Jonathan Stur
J. C. Walworth Esq. Burlington Otsego Co New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Nov. 19 th 1837
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. These 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 Jonathan Sturtevant
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1779 Apr 1 Pvt Col Pumphrey Our Living Witness   Sept 1779 7 Teamster Capt Merrill   1781 1 Pvt Col Pumphrey   " 1 " Capt Merrill  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES 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 days 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 the 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 inquiry 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.
[k] 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.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

7/10 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2

State of New York Owego County
Tryphena Rockwell a President of the Town of Butternut in said County being duly sworn Deposeth and saith that she is 71 years of age that she is the Sister of Jonathan Hare of the said Town of Butternut and that during the Revolution war that they both leave their homes at their father's house in Danbury Conn State that she well recollects the said Jonathan Hare her brother was a Soldier in the United States Service under Captain Mersick and further that she was well acquainted with Mr Stone a Soldier of the United States Army that he was quartered and sick at her father's for a long time and unable to do duty and she went home and did not come back again And further this Deponent saith not sworn this 8 th day February 1834 Tryphena Rockwell before me Oliver Somers Justice
This may certify that I am well acquainted with the said Deponents and believe them to be persons of truth and veracity Oliver Somers Justice

State of New York Otsego County } ss
Benjamin Rockwell as Resident of the Town of Butternuts in said County being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is 77 years of age that he is the brother in law of Jonathan Hale of the said Town of Butternuts and that during the Revolution war he lived in Danbury Conn. Note that he well recollects the said Jonathan Hale was a Colonel in the United States Service under Captain Morris and further this Deponent saith not
Sworn this 3 rd day of February 1834 Before me Oliver Somers Justice
State of New York
Otsego County ss } I, Horace Southrop, Clerk of said County do certify, that Oliver Somers, before whom the foregoing Affidavits of Christopher Rockwell and Benjamin Rockwell purport to have been sworn, was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Otsego. And that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavits, and to the above certificate, to be his genuine signature. Witness my hand and seal at Office the 12 th day of February 1834
Horace Southrop, Clerk.

State of New York } Otsego County ss: }
Salmon Starr of the Town of Mans. County of Otsego and State of New York being duly sworn. deposes and says. That he is a Brother of Jonathan Starr who applied for a Pension in 1833, under the act of the 7th of June 1832. That he was born in Danbury Connecticut That he there be Eighty five years old. The 9th day of January, next. That his brother Jonathan was five years older than he is. This deponent further says, that his Brother Jonathan entered the service as a "substitute" in Rensselaer here in the year 1878. or 1879. and that he was in said service eight months in all to this deponent's knowledge. — This deponent does not recollect the precise time of the said Jonathan Starr entering the service. nor the time and manner of his leaving, nor the regt Company and line to which he belonged. But this deponent does distinctly recollect that the said Jonathan Starr entered and served in the Rensselaer here for a very extended period of eight months at different times.
This deponent further says that Ruggles Starr is a son of Jonathan Starr who is now deceased and further this deponent says not.
Dated Mans. Sept. 17th 1854. Salmon Starr
Subscribed to me this 20th day of
September 1854
before me J. S. Prune County Judge Otsego Co

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 State of New York Otsego County ss.
On this 15th day of September 1833 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the same it being a court of Oyer and terminer and a court of Record now sitting Jonathan Starr a resident of town of Butternuts in said county of Otsego aged sixty nine years who being duly sworn up his oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the United States Service under the following named Officers that at the town Danbury in the State of Conn enlisted in the year 1779 in the month of April he was drafted in the State Militia into the company of Captain Sears and Col. Griffiths Regiment and was marched to Horse Neck in Long Island Sound and there served one month regarding the shores and was then discharged verbally by Captain Sears at Horse Neck and return home to Danbury aforesaid
And then again in the first of September 1779 he enlisted into the Connecticut State Troops at Danbury aforesaid as a substitute for Thomas Stone in the company of Captain Merrills and at a commencement the Regiment went near New York and worked as a common soldier for the term of seven months and soon after

This was put by order of his commanding Officer in Driving one the United States Outtrams from Danbury to Peekskill on the Hudson River and to Fishkill a transporting the Publick Prop- erty and so continued in this service until the end of the 4 months and was then discharged at Danbury aforesaid verbally by Captain Merrills and then again in the year 1781 in the month of March he was drafted in the Conn. State Militia in company of the said Captain Sears and Col. Canfield's Regiment and was marched to the town of Middlesex on Long Island Sound and was there stationed a guarding the Shores against the enemy and Lored from Long Island from plundering the inhabitants and lived one month and was then discharged by his Captain and returned home to Danbury, aforesaid
And then again in September 1781 or 1782 he enlisted in the Connecticut State Troops again at Danbury aforesaid under the same Captain Merrills the Regiment not now recognized for one Month and was marched to Boston and was there stationed until the end of the month at the Public Stores and was then discharged verbally and returned home to Danbury, aforesaid

and that he does not know of any written or documentary evidence nor of any living witness except that he can produce ex parte Salmon Stare the
whose affidavit is herewith annexed
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pensions Roll of the agency of any State
The following is his answer to the interrogatories submitted to him by the court
1 question Where and in what year were you born
A I was born in the town Danbury Fairfield and St Connecticut in the month of March 1764
2 q Have you any record of your age if so where is it.
A There is a town Record of his age in Danbury
3 q. where were you living when you was called into the service & where have you lived since the Revolution war and where do you now live
A I lived in the said town Danbury during the war and until the year 1801 then moved

As into the town of Butternuts in the said County of Otsego and State of New York where he now resides and has ever since
4 questions Here were you called into the service were you drafted or did you volunteer or were you a Substitute And if a Substitute for whom
Answer I was then drafted in the Militia and once I volunteered or enlisted in the State Troops and 7 months I served as a Substitute for Thomas Storer
5 questions 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 remember and the general circumstances of your services
Ans r I recollect of being Col. Campbell & Captain Iser. V. Merrill and Lieut. Furrill Dibbles and Ensigns David Paton and Whitney and Major Oliver Lawrence was wounded in my Battalion recollect when Danbury was Burned and General Wooster was killed and saw him killed
6 questions Did you ever receive written discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given you
A I never had any written discharge

9
State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your general character for veracity, and belief of your of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer Rev. Russell Wheeler and Rev. Isaac Garrison Rev. Jacob Morris Judge John C. Morris (Barnesboro at time) Benjamin Davis (Barnesboro) Andrew J. Washburn
This deponent further saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot in detail particularly to the precise length of all his services or all the particulars but according to the best of his memory he could not have served less than the period mentioned above for the term of five months I served as a private and for five services I claim a pension. Subscribed and sworn to the above and year aforesaid Jonathan Starr in open court Horace Lathrop. Clerk.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
February 19, 1929
Mrs. Hyde T. Hunt 19 Roosevelt Avenue Binghamton, New York
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 10081, it appears that Jonathan Starr was born in March, 1764, in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
He applied for pension, September 5, 1833, while residing in Butternuts, Otsego County, New York, and alleged that while a resident of Danbury, Connecticut, he served as a private with the Connecticut Troops as follows:
From in April, 1779, one month in Captain Sears' Company, Colonel Canfield's Regiment; from September 1, 1779, seven months as teamster under Captain Merrill; from in March, 1781, one month in Captain Sears' Company, Colonel Canfield's Regiment and from in 1781 or 1782, one month in Captain Merrill's Company.
His claim was not allowed as the length of service was not proved.

In 1854, it is stated that the soldier was dead, also in 1854, a son, Ruggles Starr, was living in Morris, Otsego County, New York.
The name of soldier's wife is not given and there are no further data as to children.
The above noted Jonathan Starr (Star) is the only soldier by that name found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

23.228 Lona Starr Russian
L. C. Mawworth Atty - 5
the last draft before 16 years of age

State of New York Otsego County
Johnson Starr a resident of Butternuts - in the said county, aged 63 years being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that during Revolutionary war he lived in his father's family in the town Danbury in the State of Connecticut that he is the Brother of Jonathan Starr of the town Butternuts in the said county of Otsego - that he well recollects that about the year 1779 his brother joined into the Service under Captain Sears and was said to have gone to Horse Neck on the River and was gone one Month and then returned home again with the said Company and then again in the fall of the same year he recollects that his Jonathan Starr again went into the United States Service under Captain Morris and was gone until the next Spring he thinks as much as 7 or 8 months and then returned with Captain Morris Company to Danbury and then again that he was drafted and went off with Captain Sears Company for the Hound again and was gone a Month or more and then returned home with the said Company to Danbury aforesaid
And then again about the close of the war he recollects that he saw his Brother Jonathan Starr March off in Captain Morris Company for Boston and was gone as much as a month as he thinks and then came home to live and what not makes him remember more particular about his Brother serving as a substitute for Thomas Starr is that he was about three

234 r 88 p 02
Q 8
Side to his father's and Divide soon after his brothers Return home to Danbury — and further faiths next Salmon River Spoken & subscribed in Open Court September 5, 1833 Horace Lathrop. Clerk

Otsego county ss
We Russell Wheeler a clergyman residing in the town Butterkill Otsego county and State of New York and Jacob Morris residing in the same place do certify that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Davis of a resident of the town of Butterkill that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age and that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolutionary War and that we concur in that opinion and that he is a person of unblemished veracity and entitled to full credit in his statements Sworn and subscribed this 19 th day of July 1833 Before me Benajah Davis a Justice of the Peace Russell Wheeler Jacob Morris
I Benajah Davis the above named Justice of the Peace do certify that that I am well acquainted with Russell Wheeler (and that he is a clergyman) and Gen. Jacob Morris and that they are creditable persons and are entitled to full credit in their statements Benajah Davis Justice Peace

And the said Court declare their opinion after full an 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 was And the said Court further certify that it appears to them Russell Wheeler is a Germantown a Resident of the town Butterfield and was signed the above certificate and that Jacob Morris who has also signed the above certificate and Salmon Starr who also signed the foregoing affidavits are Residents of the town Butterfield in said county are credible persons and are entitled to full credit in their statements
J. Mansfield Sam Page Seth Chase
State of New York } Otsago County ss } I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that that the fore- going contain the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Sona- than Starr for a Pension & I further certify that Benajah Davis before whom the Affidavit of Ruel Wheeler and Jacob Morris purports to have been sworn was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace in and for said County & that I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his name en- scribed to the said Affidavit is his proper hand writing and signature Witness my hand and seal of office this 6 th day of September 1831
Horace Lathrop Clerk

ad d cincinnati Jonathan H. Clark Newbern N.C.
L. Edwards Esq. Com. of Pensions Washington
See February 25 1834

Burlington May 9 County Feb 20th 1834
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Sir I send you enclosed the two affidavits they are all an integral part that Atty Jonathan Starr furnish of his services in the Revolutionary Services
I wish them attached to his application now on file in your Office after examination of the same -
I further wish to call your attention to the claims of Calvin Danielson and Daniel Root now in your Office to be examined
I am Sir yours with all due respect
J. C. Walworth

J. C. Walworth 20 Nov. 1833 o. C.
See vol 30. p. 160.

War Department Pension Office Nov. 20. 1833
Sir The papers of Jonathan Starr an applicant for a pension have been examined. He alleges in his declaration that he enlisted twice in Col Canfield's Regiment at the age of fifteen - Recruited because At that age he could not in conformity with the regulations of the service have been enlisted. The claim for service as a recruit cannot be allowed unless it be proved that he was enlisted in a Corps of Continental troops - Proof of which may be obtained by applying to Elisha Phelps, Esq. Comptroller of the State of Connecticut. The case is suspended until the papers placed on file.
J. E. Wolworth Esq. Bantingtown Otsego New York

June 17. 1834 to J. C. Walworth
Q
Rec: Vol. 30. pa. 518.

War Department Pension Office June 1834
Sir
The papers of Jonathan Sturges have again been examined; the additional proof does not go to remove the objections to the seven months term under Capt Merrill; the claim is therefore rejected
The papers are  remain on file
J. C. Walworth Esq. Burlington Otsego New York

R. Starr
Aug 23/39.

100 Pension Office August 23, 1851.
Sir,
In answer to your letter of the 19 th inst. I have to inform you that in the year 1833, Jonathan Starr, of Otsego County, N.Y., applied for a pension under the Act of 7 June 1832, but the claim was rejected.
He claimed to have serviced three tours of one month each and one of seven months, as a seaman under Capt Merrill, of Connecticut, but no proof of either period of service has been furnished. If he served, as he declared, in Capt Merrill's company of seamen, proof may, possibly, be obtained, by applying to the Secretary of the Historical Society, at Hartford, Ct.
Ruggles Starr, Esq. Morris's Otsego Co N.Y.
Rev

John ... ..
March 19/33.

Pension Office March 19 1855-
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the affidavit of Salmon Starr, lately forwarded by you, does not add any thing to the evidence already on file, in the case of Jonathan Starr of New York. He had testified in the case when application was first made, but his testimony could not be received as conclusive, because he really knew nothing personally of the service rendered, farther than the mere fact that his brother had rendered some service. How does he know that 8 months was the length of the service? The claim was for 10 months. The claim must be proved by those who can describe the service, thus giving some test by which we can judge of  test the accuracy of their memories. Hon H Bennett New Berlin NY

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. Lamparter
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Jonathan Starr
Service Conn.
Additional Service Rev. War
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim as above except Reg. # 10081

New York Rev
Jonathan Starr
Suspended for the  Walworth Dec 1833
Rejected let to same Jan 17. 1824. Let to the Starr 23 Aug 1827. Hon H Bennett Mich 19 1853
10081
Act. 7 June 32

19 Roosevelt Ave. Binghamton N.Y.
Pension Dept.
Will you tell me if a pension was ever granted or applied for by Jonathan Starr who lived in Danbury Conn. and who volunteered as a soldier for the relief of Fort Wm Henry in 1757.
He removed to Butternuts Otsego Co. New York. soon after 1800. Died Feb. 1823 Married Lucy Ruggles of Brookfield

Also only Jonathan Starr born May 18, 1764 in Danbury Conn. Shoemaker Moved to Butternuts Otsego Co. New York in 1804 Died May 6. 1838. Married Mar. 29 1787 Mary Dibble who was born May 30. 1769
Sincerely Mrs Hyde T. Hunt. 19 Rorert Ave (Binghamton N.Y.

FREDERICK W. STARR SIXTEEN MONTGOMERY PLACE BROOKLYN-NEW YORK
Commissioner of Pensions U. S. Pension Office Washington D.C.
Dear Sir
Will your dept. furnish me information regarding Pensioner Jonathan Starr of Danbury Conn who was a member of Col. Canfields Reg't Conn. State militia. was discharged in May 1779 re-enlisted in Sept. 79 - served at Danbury Conn. Pekeskill N.Y. & Fishkill N.Y. In 1781. was again a member of Col Canfields Reg't Conn S. M. served on Long Island - was after. discharged - and drew Pension from U. S. Gov't until his death - I desire full and authentic record of this. that I may use same for proof of my eligibility to the Sons of the Revolution. Any Explan this matter - I will wait - A prompt reply will oblige -
Yours Very truly
Frederick W. Starr

B B B

Morris. Aug 19 th 1852
Dear Sir
About Twenty years ago Jonathan Starr made application to the Pension Office to draw a pension there by the said due him - The Papers establishing the claim were then sent to your office - Since which nothing has been heard from them. This letter is to request you to examine and find the papers containing the application then made together with the papers containing the evidence then supposed sufficient to establish his right to a Pension and when you shall have found the said papers which are without doubt filed in your office.
Please write what other evidence is necessary to establish the claim - of Jonathan Starr herein to said pension - and the required proof. I shall be sent you and whatever may be the trouble you shall be paid to. You shall be amply paid -
Respectfully Yours -
Reygles. Starr
Morris Otsego Co N.Y.
To Samuel Cole. Clerk of Pension Office.

Jan. 18 '08. Hist to Knapp. Star.
1929 Feb 19. Hist & Mrs. Hyde S. Hunt airt.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED
10081. P. O. Jonathan Starr Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 . The printed list of 1852
Alleges: shows reasons for suspension -
Re-enlisted: "He did not serve six months."
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

History of Jonathan a Revolutionary WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Q. 10081
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1779. 1 mo. Pri. - Sears. - Canfield. Conn.   Sept. 1, 1779. 7 " Teaster - Merrill - "   March 1781. 1 " Pvt. - Sears - Canfield "   Sept. 1781 or 1782. 1 " " - Merrill - "  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Danbury, Fairfield Co. Conn.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 5, 1833.
Residence at date of application, Bitternutt, Otsego Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, Born March 1764, Danbury, Conn.
Remarks: a son Ruggles. In 1854, it is stated that he was dead & his son Ruggles. Said claim was not allowed, length of service not proved. The name of his wife is not known.