Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10,921, for Isaac Pratt, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Pratt, Isaac Betsy
No. 10,921
CONTENTS

Massachusetts. 4,681 Roll of Vermont - B.
Isaac Pratt Private Col Sprouts Reg't Mass Line in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 20 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of Novem r 1818 and sent to B.M. Atherton Agent Brattleborough.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 4 M th & \frac{15}{30} — 36: Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819 — 48:
4 84 —
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
147 9 225 1752.
Continued Brattleborough. Dec. 2nd 19
Given to Pen Age 19. Feby 1841. To Massachusetts from 4 th Sep 1840. 20 th March 1841. Notification to Pensioner Nathan Sudbury Mass.
Nathan Sudbury Mass. Feb 19 1841 to Pensioner Brattleborough Mass.

Isaac Pratt affidavit
W. M. Atherton, agent
Subscribed to Mr. Isaac Pratt
Admitted

Windham Is
State of Vermont
In this twentieth day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber, assistant or Sides Judge of the Hon. County Court of the said County of Windham, personally appears Isaac Pratt aged fifty five years resident in Brattle- borough in said county who being by me first duly Sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the follow- -ing declaration, in order to obtain the provisions made by the Late 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" that the said Isaac Pratt enlisted at Ward in Massachusetts in the month of May 1780 as a soldier for six months in the company called "Major's Company" (but does not recollect his name), in the regiment of Col. Shepard and in Glover's brigade. That he passed muster at Leicesterons. before Col. Newell. That he continued to serve in the said Corps until the expiration of said term of service, when he was discharg- -ed from Service at West Point in New York. That he en- -listed again at Ward aforesaid in September 1782 as a soldier for the term of three years in the company then commanded by Lieutenant Town, afterwards by Captain Mills of Boston in the second Regiment of the Massachusetts Line com- -manded by Col. Spratt (that he passed muster at Boston before Col. Cobb) that he continued to serve in the said Corps until the end of the revolutionary war and afterwards till the thirtieth day of June 1784 when he was discharged from service at the Garrison at West Point aforesaid. That he marched with the regiment aforesaid from West Point on the 22 d day of June 1783 to suppress the mutiny of the Pensyl- -vania Line at Philadelphia, that he is in reduced Cir- cumstances and stands in need of assistance from

his country for support. (and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services his discharge being lost or destroyed -
Isaac Pratt
Sworn to and declared before me the day & Year aforesaid
Gilbert Denison, Asst. Judge of the County Court
I Gilbert Denison Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Isaac Pratt did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy. (and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress
Brattleborough Windham County
20 Apr. 1818
Gilbert Denison, Asst. Judge of the County Court
I hereby certify that the above is the true and official signature of the Hon. Gilbert Denison assistant or side judge of the Windham County Court -
Witness my hand, and the seal of the said Court, at the Clerk's Office, Brattleboro' Windham County, Vermont, this 25 th day of April, A. D. 1818.
Attest - James Elliot, Clerk.

To the Hon: Gilbert Dennis Esquire
Sir, We the subscribers are personally acquainted with Isaac Pratt of Brattleboro; we have known him for several years, he has for five or six years past supported himself by hiring and paying rent for a small farm; he has no land of his own, he is in reduced circumstances, not having two hundred dollars clear of debt; and his health is so impaired that he is unable to support himself by labour --
Brattleboro November 17, 1818 -
Adum Cuthbert
Oliver D. D. D.
Solomon C. Pratt

I Gilbert Denison Judge as aforesaid do further certify that I am personally acquainted with Nahum Cutter, Elisha Field and Solomon C. Pratt of Guilford in the County of Windham signers of the annexed certificate and that they are of reputable and respectable characters I further say that I believe their representation of the circumstances of Isaac Pratt to be just & true. Wherefore I certify that said Isaac Pratt, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of assistance from his country for support. Given under my hand at Brattleborough in the County of Windham State of Vermont the twentieth day of November A D 1818
Gilbert Denison J. Ass't Judge of the County Court

Rec 5 1821 165. Isaac Pratt-
Application for Pension.
Windham County Vermont.
June 1821.
41681
March 1819.
Con J. L. E.
Pensioner, Brattleborough. Brattleborough, Vt.

State of Vermont.
Windham County ss.
At the County Court, begun and held at New Haven, within and for the County of Windham, on the 2 d Monday of June in the Year 1821.
Present.
Hon. John Roberts, Chief Judge
Hon. Jairus Hall and Ebenezer Huntington, Ass t . Judges.
On this 15 th day of June 1821, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record (made so by the Statute of this State, and having the power of fine and imprisonment) for the said County of Windham -
Isaac Pratt, of Pratt's [Prattstown] in said County, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. In May 1780, he enlisted into Shepard's Regiment and served six months. In Octo. 1782, he enlisted for and during the term of three years into the Regiment commanded by Col. Ebenezer Sprout, Capt. Mills Company, on the Continental Establishment, in the Massachusetts Line, and served and did military duty in said Regiment until the 30 th day of June 1784, when he was honourably discharged at the Garrison of West Point.
His original Declaration dated the 20 th day of April 1818. His pension certificate No. 4,681.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18 th 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, 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, pensioned on the 18 th 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 other income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed - to wit -
Isaac Pratt.
One Cow and calf appraised at $18 - One Hog, do $4.80. Two Pigs, $1.67 - six old knives and forks 25 cts . six iron spoons 25 cts . seven teen tea spoons 12 cts . one doz earthen plates 75 cts . one earthen teapot 20 cts . two old platters 12 cts . one small pitcher 25 cts . one earthen cream pot 6 cts . one set of tea cups & saucers 25 cts . one earthen sugar bowl 6 cts . Two old tables $2 - six old chairs $1.50 - one old desk, 75 cts . one chest 50 cts . one chest of drawers $2 - two pails 40 cts . one pot 50 cts . one dish kettle 50 cts . one tea kettle $1 - one shovel and tongs $1 - Trying pan 36 cts . old brass kettle $1 - one plow $2 - one chain $2 - pair fire dogs $1 - looking glass 25 cts . two old axes $1.50 - foot wheel $1 - woolen wheel 75 cts . Scythe & Snath $1 - one hoe 34 cts . dung shovel & fork $1.50 - six old cider barrels $3 - four pails 60 cts . six bowls 50 - one pitchfork 50 cts . one grindstone $2 -
And I do swear that my occupation is that of a labourer, fifty eight years of age, exercised severely with the Rheumatism at times, have a wife aged fifty four in a declining state of health, and one daughter twelve years old -
Isaac Pratt.
Sworn to and declared in open Court on the 15th Day of June A.D. 1821 -
Before,
John Roberts, Judge.

I James Elliot, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annex- ed, are truly copies from the Files and Records of the said Court. And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total a- mount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Forty nine dollars and eighty three cents.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this twenty ninth day of June, A.D. 1821.
James Elliot, Clerk of the Court for the County of Windham.

258
Massachusetts
Betsey Pratt
widow of Isaac Pratt
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Husband died 17 Dec. 1845.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844.
17 th December 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of Sept. 1846, and sent to
L. M. Stone, Boston, Mass.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 2, Page 36.
Rep. n

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, } ss. Middlesex County
On this fourteenth day of April 1846, at the dwelling house of Solomon C. Pratt in Sudbury this day, personally appeared before the Hon. Samuel P. P. Gay Judge thereof, Mrs. Betsey Pratt, a resident of Sudbury, in the County of Middlesex, aged seventy nine 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed 17 th June 1844. -
That she is the widow of Isaac Pratt who was a private in the army of the Revolution and served according to the best of her recollection as follows;
That in 1779 or 1780, at the age of sixteen he entered the service, as I have always heard, & was in service somewhere about three years - I have often heard him speak of his sufferings by cold & hunger & therefore think he was in service in winter - but as to the place where, the officer under whom, he served I cannot recollect, tho' I have often heard him name them & relate many particulars & details concerning them & his services -

She further declares that her said husband was a pensioner of the U. S. under the law of 18 th March 1818. at $96.00 per annum which until he drew until the 4 th of September last and that since that time, to wit, on the fifth inst. this deponent rec d . the balance due up to the day of his death. For a more particular account of his services she beg s leave to refer to his original declaration for a pension, & the papers accompanying the same, now on file in the War Department.
She further declares that she was married to the said Isaac Pratt on the twenty first day of February in the year seventeen hundred & eighty six; that her husband the aforesaid Isaac Pratt died on the seventeenth day of December eighteen hundred & forty five; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated - and further that

she still continues a widow.
Betsey her X Pratt Dmark
sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first written, by the said Betsey Pratt, before me at her place of residence in Sudbury, she being very infirm & unable to leave her bed - before me
J. P. P. Day Judge of Probate for Middlesex County,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
I Isaac D. Dike Overseer of the Court of Probate in & for said County hereby certify that Hon. Isaac D. P. Day is the Judge of said Court & that his signature above written is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of April in the year Eighteen hundred & forty six Isaac D. Dike By

I Solomon C. Pratt of Sudbury in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty years, on oath testify and say, that Isaac Pratt lately dec d . was my Father. - He was a pensioner of the United States at eight dollars per month under the law of 18 th March 1818. and died on the seventeenth day December now last past (1825.) leaving a widow, Betsey Pratt, now living & unmarried, and who is about applying for a pension in her own right. My said Father & Mother were married as I always understood in the year 1786. = and further say not.
Solomon C. Pratt
Middlesex p. March April 14 th 1826. - Then Solomon C. Pratt known to me as a credible witness, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me
J. P. P. Fayer Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
I Isaac Burke Esquire of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that the Hon. Saml P. Day is the Judge of said Court & that his signature within written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of April in the year eighteen hundred & forty six
Isaac Burke Esq.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Worcester, Town of Auburn (formerly called Ward) April 17 th 1846
I the Subscriber hereby certify that it appears from the Registry of Marriages of this town that "Mr Isaac Pratt of Ward & Miss Betsey Bixby of Worcester were Married" by "Isaac Bailey" on the twenty first of February seventeen hundred & eighty six.
and I further certify that the above extracts are true copies of the records with the exception of the date, which is expressed in fair legible figures, as follows
"February 21. 1786"
I Alvah A. Stone deposet say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County, town, & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Alvah A. Stone Town Clerk of Auburn formerly called Ward
Worcester ss. April 17 th 1846.
Then personally appeared Alvah A. Stone Town Clerk & Made oath that the above Certificate & affidavit by him subscribed are true Before Me Isaac Stone Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston April 28 th 1846
I hereby Certify , That at the date of the annexed attestation Israel Stone was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Sleeper, Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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No. 249. — Betsey Pratt. Mass. to Letter to S. A. Stone July 10 '46.
Act 17 June 1846

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston;
August 21 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Isaac Pratt, is borne upon a List of men mustered for the term of 9 Months, in Capt Coombs' Company, Col Denny's Regt, as a private of Ward - Said list is dated June 25 1779. - Upon a List of men who served 9 Months, as a private in Capt Bancroft's Company, 8th Regt from July 10 1779 to April 10 1780, 9 Months. Upon an Order on Treasurer for pay for 9 Months Service in the Continental Army in the years 1779 & 1780. - 8th Regt - Said order is dated, "Ward April 20 1780" - Upon a Pay Roll of the town of Ward as a private from June 29 to December 6 1780 including allowance of 180 Miles travel, 5 months and 16 days. - Upon a Master Master's Return, as having enlisted for the
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term of Ward for the term of Three years Said Return is dated, "Boston September 26. 1889." Not upon rolls of any of the Officers named in the Commissioner's letter.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the Commissioner's letter of July 14. 1886. was filed in this Office; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said letter, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowl- edge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

249
J. L. Edwards Esq. Court of Pensions Washington D.C.
Paid

Boston, 28 th April 1846.
Sir.
I enclose herewith the application of Betsey Pratt for a pension under the act of 17 th June 1844.
Very Resp. Mr. A. A. Gove L. M. Stone
- J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r . of Pensions Washington D.C.

Sept 1846. Adams can Deliver Paid
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commr of Pensions Washington D.C.

Boston, 3 d . September 1846.
Sir,
In compliance with your letter of 10 th July last I herewith transmit the Secretary of States Certificate in the case of Betsey Pratt, widow of Isaac; law of 17 th June 1844.
I am, very respf.
Your Ob t S er v t L. M. Stone
J. L. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington D.C.

Revolution. Massachusetts Line WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10921
Betsey Pratt Widow of Asa Pratt Rev War
Act: June 17 th / 44
Index:—Vol. 31 , Page 140
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Sir
Jenson Agency
Burlington Feb 24 1849
I have the honor to inform you that Isaac Pratt under act of 18 Mar 1818 was paid to 4 th Sep 1840
I am Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt
H. Lowry Pension Agt.
By Cha. H. Warren
J. S. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pensions
Washington

No 249
Betsey Pratt widow of Isaac
Mass
Act 17 June 1844
Aged 2 years per
$80 00 per
per 17 Decemr. 1845
L. M. Stone & Boston Mass

Feb 8 1841
No. 200
PAID
25
J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
On this twenty eighth day of January A.D. 1841 before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the said County of Middlesex personally appeared Isaac Pratt who on oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belong- ed to the Company commanded by Captain
Mills in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Sprout in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the state of Vermont from whence he has lately removed to Sudbury in the County of Middlesex State of Massachu- setts where he now resides and intends to remain and wishes his Pension to be payable in Boston for the future Witness Charles Tower
Isaac Pratt
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year above written
Charles Tower Justice of the Peace
I Solomon C. Pratt of Sudbury in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts being personally acquainted with Isaac Pratt above named do testify and say that he is the identical person named in a pension certificate in his possession and that the above statement by him subscribed is true Solomon C. Pratt
Middlesex ss. January 28 th 1841 Then person- ally appeared the above named Solomon C. Pratt and made oath that the above Affi- davit by him subscribed is true Before me Charles Tower Justice of the Peace

I the subscriber having been for many years well acquainted with the within named Solomon C. Pratt do certify that he is to the best of my knowledge and belief a man of truth good moral character and standing in society.
Charles Tower
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex Jr.
I Isaac Tiske Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Middlesex hereby certify that Charles Forster Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex, duly commissioned & qualified & that the signatures contained on the foregoing certificates are his genuine signatures. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty ninth day of January in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & forty one Isaac Tiske, Reg

Sir the applicant within named is very infim and not able to go to Vermont for his pension and it is attended with a great expence to send an attorney there to receive it he therefore is very desirous to have it paid in Boston, if the transfer can be made please to write to him the said Isaac Pratt North Sudbury Massachusetts
Yours &c Charles Tower