Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,085, for Thomas Pratt, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass. N.H.
Pratt, Thomas.
S 45,085
CONTENTS

3507.
New Hampshire
Thomas Pratt, Capt House private New Hampshire line 1779. War In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May, 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of Oct 1818 and delivered to Edward Evans Esq.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 . amt  $33.96 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar 1819  $48.00
4 mo. \frac{4}{30} - - - - - $81.06
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. difference between invalid pensioner & revolutionary to the 1 st  Sept. 1818 continued $11.02
Hebron Trafton C.C.
Hobson Grafton Co.
Notation sent to S.P. Webster 26 Dec 1820 Grafton Co. N.H.

No 19 Thos Pratt Capt Moody Dustin Com Dr Hampshire Line
On the Pension Roll already which he is lingering

I Thomas Pratt of Hebron County of Grafton & State of New Hampshire I do hereby certify that I enlisted into the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War with Great Britain in the month of May A 1775 into a Company commanded by Capt. Dow Col. Prescotts Regiment for the term of eight months & served in S. Corps against the common Enemy the full period of my enlistment. After said term I again enlisted under Capt. House for one three years. That after these services I again enlisted under Capt. Woody Dustin during the war, & rec d . an honourable discharge after having served the full period of my enlistment. in the New Hampshire line. That I am now a Resident Citizen of said United States and am in the seventy-eighth year of my age am in reduced circumstances in life and stand in need of assistance from my Country for support.
Hebron May first 1818
Thomas Pratt By [Signature] [Signature] [Signature]
Thomas Pratt
State of New Hampshire Hebron May first A.D. 1818 Then personally appeared the above named Thomas Pratt & made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & have affixed the seal of said Court the day & year above written I am Judge of Probate

Edward Evans Esqr Judge of The Court for the probate of wills &c for said the County of Grafton do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the with in named Thomas Pratt did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy; & I now transmits the proceedings & testimony laid before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the upon mentioned act of Congress & I further certify that the said Thomas Pratt is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his coun- try for his support
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this 14 th day of Sept A.D. 1813
Edward Evans Judge of probate

Grafton ss.] STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
ON this 8 th day of November A. D. 1820 personally appeared Thomas
Pratt at Plymouth before the Superior Court of Judicature held by Judge of the Court of Probate in the county of Grafton in open Court being a Court of Record, in and for the said county, having the power of fine and imprisonment, by law established . . . . . aged eighty years, resident in Hebron . . . . . 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: viz. That he enlisted in to a company commanded by Capt Housse in the regiment commanded by Colly for the term of three years in the spring of the year 1777 that after which time had expired he again enlisted into the same Company & Regiment for during the war & faithfully served the United States the full period of his enlistment & was, honorably discharged in the month of June 1783 at Windsor in the State of New York.
The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the first day of May 1818. The number of my pension certificate is 3507. I have received a Pension. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; 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. My occupation is a labourer but am not of sufficient ability to pursue it to any advantage.
in family residing with me I have no family Thomas Pratt
Their capacity to contribute to their support

Schedule
Containing the whole estate and income of Thomas Pratt (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted)
One ax valued at . . . . . 0.75 One Hatchet . . . . . 50 One Hoe . . . . . 50 Shaving apparatus . . . . . 1.00 2.25
Thomas Pratt
Sworn to and declared at Plymouth in said county on the 8 th day of November A D 1820. before the Justices of said Court — S. P. Webster Clerk

State of New Hampshire Grafton fs.
I Stephen P. Webster Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said county do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath & schedule are truly copied from the record of said Court. I further certify that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in said schedule contained is two dollars seventy five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this eighth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
S. P. Webster Clerk

SCHEDULE,
CONTAINING the whole estate and income of (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) by him subscrib- ed, exhibited to the Probate Court for the county of in the State of New-Hampshire, on the day of 18 , and annexed to his oath, viz.
Thomas Pratt Hebron Grafton Co 3507 Mar 19 Pug

F.H. Jan. 8, 1912.

Pratt, Thomas
His name appears upon a list of applicants for invalid pension returned by the District Court for the District of New Hampshire submitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of War on December 31, 1794, and printed in the American State Papers, Class 9, Page 137.
Rank : Private.
Regt. : Col. William Prescott's
Disability : Received a wound in his right arm by a musket ball which fractured the bone.
When and where disabled : June 17, 1775, Bunker's Hill.
Residence : Hollis.
To what pension entitled : One-half.
Remarks : Militia.
Evidence complete. It appears by the original return from the above state, that he received a pension of fifteen shillings per month from June 7, 1783 to July 31, 1786.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
October 8, 1926.
Thomas Pratt S-45085
Wright A. Gardner, Auburn, Ala.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 45085, it appears that Thomas Pratt enlisted in May 1775 and served as a private for eight months, in Captain Dow's Company, Colonel William Prescott's Massachusetts Regiment, he was at the battle of Bunker Hill, where he was wounded by a musket ball, which fractured the bone of his right arm.
He enlisted in the spring of 1777, served in Captains House and Moody Dustin's Companies of Colonel Gilley's New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged in June 1783.
He was pensioned from June 7, 1783, on account of the disability resulting from his wound.
He was a resident of Hollis, New Hampshire, date not stated. In 1812 he was living in Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts and in 1820, he was living in Hebron, Grafton County, New Hampshire, then aged eighty years.
There is no family data on file in the claim.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

Auburn, Ala.
Aug 24. 1926.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Department of Interior. Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I shall be glad to have the service record of Thomas Pratt of Hollis, N.H. in the Revolutionary War. His wife was Anna (Lawrence) Pratt. They had twins, Susannah and Stephen, born Oct. 24. 1784 at Hollis, N.H.
Other information concerning Thomas Pratt will be appreciated.
Yours truly Wright Gardner

1906. Rev. S. H. H. to M c right C. Gardner. awl
45085
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 45-085-
Thomas Pratt
Prin. Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index: —Vol. 3 , Page 403
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sincere & h l Devout
Thos Pratt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss Dunstable Feby. 20, 1812
Personally appeared Thomas Pratt and made solemn oath that he was the same Thomas Pratt to whom the original certificate was given of which the following is a true copy
State of New Hampshire } Portsmouth Sep r 7 th 1796 Rockingham ss.
This certifies that in pursuance of a Commission from Edward S t Loe Livermore Esqr. Attorney of the United States for the District of New Hampshire, we the Subscribers Ammi Peabody Cutter & Hall Jackson have examined Thomas Pratt who is an Invalid in consequence of a wound received in the service of the United States, and have made report relative to the degree of his disability
N.B.
Said Pratt was examined May 27. 1794.
A. M. Cutter } Physicians Hall Jackson & Surgeon
That he served in Colonel William Prescott's regiment at the time he was wounded that he resided in Hollis in the State of New Hampshire formerly and now resides in the town of Dunstable County of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts
Micah Oldridge Justice of Peace

Thomas Dorsett Relinquish part of former pension

I Thomas Pratt of Nelson Country of Grafton & State of New Hampshire do here by Reli- quish unto the Government of the United States the pension which was as granted to me of record by said Government & which I have drawn from the pension office at Portsmouth N.H. up to the 4th Day of March last past on condition that I be placed on the Pension list of the said United States for the New Hampshire agency at the rate of eight Dollars per month during my natural life agreeable to the act of Congress of March 19th 1818 from & after the date of my application made & sworn to before the Hon Edward Evans to wit on the first Day of May last past necessary here in my former pension from the said 4th day of March last past to the said first day of May last past; the assamination of the Physicians & surgeons & their report on which said the pension was granted here dated May 27th 1894
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 7th Day of Sept 1919 signed sealed & delivered in presence of his
David Pratt Edward Evans
Thomas Pratt mark

Grafton N. ?
State of New Hampshire Weber Sept 11 th 1818 personally appeared the within named Thomas Pratt signer & sealer of the within written instrum ent & acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act & deed before me
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & have affixed my Notarial Seal the day & date above written Edward Evans Notary Public

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Pratt, Thomas GRADE Private LINE New Hampshire
WARRANT NUMBER 3389 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 20 (?) , 1796
(Registered with officers' warrants vide No. 3389) 2389
30 to Joel Abbott, 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.