Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 5591, for John Putnam, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Putnam, John Mary
N. 5591
CONTENTS

3407.  New Hampshire John Putnam of Chelsea in the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col Mooney in the N H line for 6 weeks 9 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 20 Dollars 99 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of Decr 1832 and sent to Head Quarters Chelsea N H Arrears to 4th of Febr 1832 $31.48 Semi-ann. allowance ending 21 Mar 33 10.49  $41.97
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H Blain Clerk Book D - Vol. 125 Page 177.

1853 Oct, 28 Ltt to T. P. Fay, Hamble -
1853 Oct, 28 - Ltt to S. M. Knight
with new record Mary Putnam widow of John Putnam N H who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a paint artificer should be $ 20.99 Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 19 Dollars 16 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Octr. 1853. and sent to S. M. Knight Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feb 3, 1853, Page 137. Vol. A
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7068
Mrs Putnam Pinal
M. E.
6 Mos 49 days
Alma
$20.99
L. G. Mead Chesterfield NH

7068
BRIEF in the case of  John Putnam of Chesterfield County of Cheshire  in the State of  New Hampshire (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? 76  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. As a Gen.     May In 1779 6 9 private Cap Stone Col. Mooney  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chesterfield  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? one living witness,  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Right 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk.
* as per Roll of Service

State of New Hampshire
Cheshire. On the 10 th day of August A.D. 1832 Personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate, now sitting at Keene within & for said County of Cheshire John Putnam a resident of Cheshire said County of Cheshire aged 71. 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 7, 1832 That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers and served as herein stated — "During the Revolutionary War I resided in Cheshire in the County of Cheshire N.H. where I now reside — About the first of May A.D. 1779. there was a Regiment of Militia raised in said State of New Hampshire, to join the American Army then stationed at Rhode Island said Regiment was raised to serve six months and was commanded by Col. Mooney. At this time I enlisted with two others from said Cheshire, who are both dead, under Capt. Samuel King, then commanding a company in said Cheshire I marched to Rhode Island, where I joined the Army Here I was assigned to a company commanded by Capt. Ephraim Stone, I think the Major's name was Runnels, Col. Mooney — I was stationed at Providence — then at Warren, then at Tiverton Here we continued till the American Army crossed the River & went on to the Island — Lunched into Newport where we continued till about the last of January — then we returned to Providence, where we were discharged. The term of our enlistment having expired I received no written Discharge and cannot be particular as to date

but I know I was in the service six months after I joined the Regiment -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or Annuity except the present and he declares that his name is upon the Pension Roll of any Agency of any State
John Putnam
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Aaron Watson Judge of Probate
I the Clerk Register of the Court of Probate for the said County of Cheshire, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of John Putnam for a pension -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of August A.D. 1832 -
Asa Parker { Register of the Court of Probate

State of New Hampshire } ss. County of Cheshire } of Probate
On this twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three before the subscriber a Judge of the Court held in and for the County and State aforesaid, being a Court of Record, personally appeared Mrs. Mary Putnam who is to me known as a resident of the Town of Chesterfield in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged seventy-five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, approved 3 d February A.D. 1853, viz: That she is the widow of John Putnam deceased, who was a private and Artificer in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner on the N. H. roll under Act of 1832 at the rate of $ per annum.
That she was not married to the said pensioner prior to 2 d January, eighteen hundred but was married at the date herein after mentioned, viz: She further declares that she was married to the said John Putnam on the twenty-sixth day of June in the year eighteen hundred and one as will more fully appear by the proofs hereto annexed: That her husband the aforesaid John Putnam died on the seventeenth day of November in the year eighteen hundred and forty nine. She further avers that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a Pension.
Subscribed & sworn to before me the day and year first above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the application as attorney, agent or otherwise. I certify that the foregoing declaration is made at her residence in Chesterfield in said County she being unable from bodily infirmity to attend Court.
Larkin Baker Judge of Probate for the County of Cheshire
I do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel H. Knight of Washington N.H. my true & lawful attorney for the purpose of presenting this my application for a Pension, to attend to the same while pending and to receive the Certificate when issued and to do all things necessary and proper, as fully as I could do were I personally present. Dated this twentieth day of June A.D. 1853
Mary Putnam
Larkin Baker His Assidov
State of New Hampshire } County of Cheshire } ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited

and proper, so fully as I could do were I personally present. Witness. June A.D. 1853
Dated this twenty-sixth day of Mary Putnam
Larkin Baker Otis Arrison
State of New Hampshire County of Cheshire ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me the undersigned Judge of the Court of Probate a Court of Record held in and for the said County that John Putnam who was a pensioner of the United States and a resident of the said County,
died on the 17 th day of November eighteen hundred and forty nine: and that he left surviving him the following named widow and children, viz: Mary Putnam his widow Mary Adeline Burroughs, Elizabeth Gleason, Charlotte Gleason, L. Putnam Julia Rawson and John J. Putnam -
Witness my hand this twenty first day of June
A.D. 1853.
Larkin Baker Judge of Probate
State of New Hampshire County of Cheshire ss.
I do hereby certify that Hon. Larkin Baker whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Probate held in and for said County (a Court of Record) duly commissioned and sworn. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 21 st day of June - A.D. 1853. Leonard Rice

State of New Hampshire Cheshire County Gs.
I Leonard Risw. Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, of said State, for said county, do hereby certify that Reuben Porter before whom the annexed affidavits of Henry O. Goodridge and Oscar Goodridge and Ois Amidon were made, was, at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace for said county duly authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and that his official signature thereto are in my belief genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this twenty first day of June A.D. 1853.
Leonard Risw. Clerk

June twenty-six, Eighteen-Hundred and one. Joined in the covenant of marriage John Putnam with Mary Conner both of Chesterfield. by Asa Wood, Clerk.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures as follows:
June 26, 1801.
Henry O. Goodridge, Town Clerk.
I, Henry O. Goodridge above-named depose and say that I held the office of Town-clerk of the town of Chesterfield in the County of Cheshire and State of New-Hampshire, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town, with the exception above-named as cer- tified by me.
Henry O. Goodridge. Town Clerk of Chesterfield.
Chesterfield. June 20, 1853. Subscribed and sworn before me.
Reuben Porter Justice of the Peace.

We, Oscar Lovelace and Otis Amadon of Chesterfield in the county of Cheshire, depose and say; we were well acquainted with John Putnam late of Chesterfield, deceased, a revolution- ary pensioner, and that he died November, 17 th A.D. 1849, and that he left surviving him the following named widows and children, viz: Mary Putnam, his widow, Mary A. Burchard, Elizabeth Gleason, Charlotte Gleason, Charles S. Putnam, Julia Rawson, and John Jay Putnam. Witness our hand this twentieth day of June A.D. 1853.
Oscar Lovelace Otis Amadon
Chesterfield, June 20, 1853. Subscribed and sworn before me,
Reuben Porter Justice of the Peace.

Geo  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 5591
Mary Putnam Widow John Putnam Artiller Rev; War
Act: July 3, 1858
Index:—Vol. 86 , Page 144
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Washington
July 2. 1833
Hon. L. P. Waldo Clerk Court of Pensions Sir.
I have the honor to enclose herewith the declaration of Mrs. Mary Putnam widow of John Putnam, deceased, (late a Pensioner on N. H. roll under Act of 1832.) for the benefits of the 2 d Section of the Act of 3 rd Feby 1853; together with evidence of her marriage and the death of her husband.
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t S. M. D r Wright

Washington
Oct 26 th 1853.
Hon L. P. Waldo.
Comm ee of Pensions } Sir.
I most respectfully request the issuance of a new certificate in the name of the widow of John Patterson deceased, in lieu of the one erroneously issued at $49. 50 / 100 per annum and returned in person on the 23 rd inst. by.
Very Respectfully Your Own Serv. S. M. Wright

Otis Amidon Chesterfield N.H.
Payment to be made at Fayetteville by James Huske.
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of
North Carolina
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 3d, 1853, Page 137. Vol. A
G. T. Getty Clerk.
The pension in this case should be $20.99 per annum
Cole
See husband's papers within

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of Feb- mary 8, 1852,
Mary Putnam John Putnam widow of who was a priv: & Artificer in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Forty Nine dollars and fifty two cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1852, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior, this thirteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty three,
W. L. C. Claiborne
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
L. P. Mallico Commissioner of Pensions.

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Washington Oct 3 1853
Hon. Com. of Pensions Sir
I have the honor herewith to submit the additional proof required under date of Sep 12 th in the suspended claim under Act of Feb 3 1853 of Mrs Mary Putnam -
I have not required the claimant in this case to incur the expense of having the within Certificate authenticated by the County Clerk as the letter from the Pension Office alluded to and herewith enclosed does not seem to require it, and as a comparison of the signature to the paper enclosed with that upon some of the proofs heretofore filed, will I trust, leave no doubt as to its genuineness -
Very Respectfully Your obed Serv L. M. Wright

Brief in the case of Mary Putnam, widow of John Putnam Cheshire County and State of North Carolina act 3 d February 1853.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioned under the act of June 7. 1832 at $49 36 /per annum
Marriage proved by verified copy of Town Records
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
J. M. Wright Esq. Washington
Name and residence of Agent
S.C.
W. D. D. D.
Examining Clerk.

Ms 7068. Putnam
Declaration of Chesterfield Ches. Co.
N.H.

I Joseph Brown of Keene in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire, on oath say that in the year 1779. a Regiment of Militia was raised in New Hampshire, to go in the service of the Revolutionary Army of America, to Rhode Island, under the command of Col. Mowry. called "N. Hampshire Militia" or "new Service" at Providence. R. I. this Regiment was organized and officered - I well recollect Mr. John Putnam, then & now belonging to Chesterfield in said County of Cheshire, and whom I have this day seen, was one of these new Services so called, and belonged to this same Regiment - I met D. Putnam often, at Rhode Island & knew him well. The soldiers in this Regiment enlisted for six months - I served my time out (6 months) at Newport & Providence & I believe said Putnam also served during the same six months - Joseph Brown
Cheshire J. June 16, 1832.
Then the said Joseph Brown made test that the above affidavit by him signed is true -
Before me
L. G. Mead Just Peace

J. Brown
Affidavit -
for John Putnam
3
J.H.
his section
The rest of our section testimony which I is in his own hands that the forgery of the Oath is and for Darien & that is East in County of Solms Hall, etc.
9.1032

Churhup. Aug. 9. 1832
I Salma Hale, clerk of the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Sarkin G. Mead is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County & that the foregoing official signature is in his own hand writing. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale clerk
John D. Sleeper Assistant Clerk

Mary Putnam 328
ms. A. 9. 2. 13. 1883

Pension Office Sept n 12, 1853,
Sir,
The credibility of the wit- -nesses, (Oscar Coledge and Otis Amidon) who testify in the case of Mrs Mary Putnam, who claims a pension, must
I certify that I am well acquainted with Oscar Coledge and Otis Amidon, who heretofore made an affidavit relative to the pension claim of Mary Putnam before me, and that they are credible witnesses.
Chesapeake, N. H. Sep. 23/53.
Reuben Porter Justice of the Peace
J. W. Knight Esq Parent,

Pension Office Sept r 12, 1853,
Sir,
The credibility of the witnesses, (Oscar Goodledge and Otis Amidon) who testify in the case of Mrs. Mary Putnam, who claims a pension, must be duly certified before the claim can be finally disposed of. This may be done by a simple certificate of the justice before whom their depositions were made.
Very Respectfully J. P. Williams Commissioner
J. W. Knight Esq Parent,

No. 231234
Mary Putnam, widow of John Putnam Letter to S. W. Knight Sept. 12/53. (RB)
Rev.
Act 3 rd Feby. 1853. —

Pension Office, Oct. 6/53
Sir Please certify the time to which the within named pensions was last paid; and (if in your power) the date of his death
Very respectfully G. D. Smith J. D. Dole For Commr.
H. Bust Eng 3 d Auditor, Present
John Putnam, Act 1832, - $49.56. p. an. - Died 1 st Sept. 1840 Paid to his death.
J. B. Smith See the side for Auditor 2 d explanation. —

Pension Office, Oct. 6/33
Sir Please certify the time to which the within named pension was last paid; and if in your power the date of his death very respectfully J. S. Cole H. Lemmings
H. Butts Esq. 3 d Auditor, Present John Putnam, b. 1832 - $49.56 p. an. - Died 1 st Sept. 1840 Paid to his death.
J. Smith See the side for Auditor 2 d explanation. —
On going back to the settlement of the Concord Agency for the 4 th yr. 1840, it is found, that the date of death was entered to the name of John Putnam $49.56 p. an - instead of John Putnam $20.99 p. annum. — I have corrected both erroneous entries, and send you the date of the true John Putnam, you are in search after. —
Your H. S. C. B. J. Boyan for 3 d Auditor.
J. S. Cole Esq. the 4 th Pen. Office.

Pension Office Oct 8. 1853
Sir,
The proof in this case shows the pensioner to have died 17 th November 1849 Please furnish a new certificate.
Very respectfully Your ob. servt.
J. G. Cole For Commissioner J. Burt Esq. 3 d Auditor, Present
(See other side.)

Pension Office Oct 8. 1863
Sir, The proof in this case shows the pensioner to have died 17 th November 1849 Please furnish a new certificate. Very respectfully Your off. Asst.
G. Call for Commissioner J. Burt Esq. 3 Auditor. Present
(See other side.)
John Putnam, act 7 th June 1832, $49.56 p. an. — Died 1 st Sept. 1840, and paid to his death. — There is no mistake in this fact. — Please refer to the papers of John Putnam, same act, at $20.99 on the same roll. Perhaps he is the Pensioner you are in search of as the husband of Mary Putnam, widow, here applying for a pension.
J. Burt Auditor.

Pension Office Oct. 11. 1853
Sir,
I enclose the case referred to in your last note. It appears that the John Putman who received the pension of $20.99 c per annum died 1 st Sept. 1840. There must be some mistake in your books.
Very respectfully Your Off. Servant
J. C. Calhoun For Commr.
F. Burt Esqr) 3 d auditor) Present)
(See other side.)

Pension Office Oct. 11. 1853
Sir. I enclose the case referred to in your last note. It appears that the John Putman who received the pension of $20.99 c per annum died 1 st Sept. 1840. There must be some mistake in your books.
Very respectfully Your Off. Servant
J. Call for Commissioner
F. Burt Esq. 3 d Auditor Present
(See other side.)
John Putnam, act 1832, $49.56, Paid to 4 th Sept 1849, no date of death on our Books.
F. Burt Auditor.

Nov. 3 rd N.Y. 1853 Mary Putnam Jr. M. Oct 13 th 1853

PENSION OFFICE,
Octr 13th 1853
Sir: Be pleased to inscribe on your roll under the act below mentioned the following names, and pay the pensions as directed opposite the names.
Respectfully,
James Hunter Commissioner of Pensions.
To James Hunter Hon: Agnt. Fayetteville Pa 3
   NAMES. RANK. ACT. ANNUAL AMOUNT. COMMENCEMENT OF PENSIONS. CONTINUATION OF PENSIONS.     Mary Putnam widow of John   priv: & Artificer  Harry; 3 rd Feby; 1853 $49.56   7 m 1 d $29.04  3 rd Feby; 1853 widowhood