Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,506, for Isaiah Pratt, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Pratt, Isaiah
S. 33,506
CONTENTS

7971
Massachusetts
Isaiah Pratt
of Southbridge — in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Webb — of the Connecticut line, for the term of one year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 d of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of Mar: 1819 and sent to Edward Bangs Esquire Worcester, Worcester County Mass s
  Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819. 10mo. 20/31 =  83.16    Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 th p 1819 —  48.00     $131.16  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Pension work for 1820 to be paid by the State of Mass.

State of Massachusetts
I Isaiah Pratt a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Southbridge in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the first day March D 1781
I entered and was engaged in the service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to about the first Day of March D 1782
as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Captain Dnorthy Adams Company in Col Samuel Webb Regiment of the Connecticut Line
and that I left the service on or about the first day of March D 1782  2 Another man being provided in my place and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of seventy eight years - I enlisted for a Class who entered into engagements with authority to supply another man in my stead in one year which they did or I must have served three years
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Att. E. Bangs Applicant for a certificate
Isaiah Pratt his Mark
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 23 d day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 18 pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me,
Judge C. C. Comm. Mass Western Circuit the abovenamed Isaiah Pratt
and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
Heath the seal of said Court
Colw. Bangs

I Obadiah Child of Woodstock County of Windham state of Connecticut of lawful age do on oath testify and say that I belonged to a certain class in said town of Woodstock when duty was to hire a soldier for three years to serve in the war of the revolution on the continental establishment and that I was one of said class who hired and enlisted the within named Deborah Pratt for the term of three years on or about the first day of March A D 1781. Said Pratt was discharged in the year A D 1782 in one year from the time he enlisted by reason of our class hiring another Man to take his said Pratt place by a pecuniary agreement with him said (Pratt) the person that we hired to take said Pratt's place was of the name of - Jackson
State of Connecticut Windham County Ss April 21st A D 1818 at Woodstock in said County Personally appeared the above named Obadiah Child and after being lawfully examined and cautioned to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth made solemn oath to the above certificate by him subscribed before me David H. Phipps Justice of Peace
Deborah Pratt
Not on Rolls J. H.
Adm

This may certify all concern'd that I was knowing to the Mr. Isaiah Pratt being in the Continental service of the United States in the revolutionary war as a Private Soldier in Captain Timothy Allen's Compy Col. Saml. B. Webb's Regt of the Connecticut line enlisted for three years service on the first of March 1781 but served only one year was in the same Comp with one and was also my M c Math — Abiel Chase Woodstock April 20 th 1818.
Personally appear the above named Abiel

I Jacob Wight of Monson in the County of Hampden in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify that I am well acquainted with Isaac Pratt formerly of Woodstock in the State of Connecticut but now of here the bridge in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that I know that the said Isaac was in the United States army as a soldier during the revolutionary war upon the continental establishment that he served during the year seven hundred and eighty one in a Regiment in the Connecticut line at first commanded by Col d Webb but afterwards by Col d Huntington of Norwich I was in the same Regiment myself - and I know that he served a year in said Regiment and further with me Springfield Oct 22 1880. Jacob Wight
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. On October 22 1880 then personally appeared Jacob Wight above named & after being duly cautioned made solemn oaths to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before George Bliss Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll Clerk of all the judicial Courts within & for the County of Hampden do hereby do certify that George Bliss Esq r is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County duly commissioned & qualified agreeable to the laws of this Commonwealth and that full credit is to be given to him as such Justice

Isaiah Pratt.

State of Connecticut Comptroller Office Hartford February 4 th 1819
On examination of the Books of this Office it appears that Isaiah Pratt served as a private in Colonel Samuel B Webb Regiment in the Connecticut line of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War from the fifth day of March 1781 - to the thirty first day of December 1781. - and that after said year 1781. the services of the Army being settled at the Paymaster General's Office. no Record appears in this State (to my knowledge) of the time of his discharge - the pay for his services in the year 1781 was made up in the Regimental Payroll, settled at the Pay Table Office in this State, charged to and allowed by the United States on the settlement of the claim of this State for the expenses of said Revolutionary War
Certified by Elisha Colt Comptroller of Public Accounts

Isaiah Pratt Southbridge 7991
Con

The said Pratt has no estate, real or personal, excepting the clothes which he usually wears, nor any income, debts, dues or demands of any kind whatever; and but for his pension would be wholly capable incapable of maintaining himself without the assistance of the town where he belongs. I have no family residing with me
Witness Jerusha Plimpton Isaiah his Pratt mark
[recollection of names or dates, but refers to his former declaration, when his mind was not so much shattered.]
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.
Attest Edward D. Bangs.
Isaiah his Pratt mark.
Sworn to and declared, on the twelfth day of July, 1820. before the said Court.
Attest,
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule  Statement thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further 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 said Isaiah Pratt has dollars and no property cents whatever except the clothes which he usually wears.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of July 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twelfth day of July 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, Isaiah Pratt aged seventy eight years, resident in Southbridge 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: One year in Capt Allen's Company Col. Reg t Connecticut line (I cannot recollect the name of the Colonel,) my original application appear to have been made Ap r 23. 1818, and my pension certificate is No 7971; — [This applicant is so broken in his mind, that he does not seem to have any distinct recollection of names or dates, but refers to his former declaration, when his mind was not so much shattered.]
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.
Attest Edward D. Bangs.
Isaiah Pratt. his mark.
Sworn to and declared, on the twelfth day of July, 1820 before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule  statement thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further 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 said Isaiah Pratt has dollars and no property cents whatever except the clothes which he usually wears.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of July 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.

33 506 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33,506
Isaiah Pratt
His Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 338
[Arrangement of 1870.]