Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 5836, for Thomas Nott, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
A. H. Green Mt. Boys.
Nott, Thomas
S. 5836.
Carded
CONTENTS

Dead - letter to Pittsbg. Sept 16 1836.
Dead May 15, 1834 for A. P.
Ohio 1834 Pittsburg
Thomas Nott
of Morgan Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company comm. by Captain White of the Regt. commanded by Gen Schuyler in the Cont. A. for 2 years
M. H. X May 23 1795 Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburg at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Sept 1833 and sent to John E. Hanna M c Connellville
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 1833. $ 200.00 Pension allowance ending 4 March 1834 40.00
$ 240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M c R. P. Palmer Clerk, Book E Vol. 8. — Page 121.

Th. Nott
21314
22584
Certificate of the credibility of Witness

The State of Ohio } Personally appeared in Open Morgan County } Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Morgan County Ohio at a Special Session of said Court now sitting Thomas Nott a resident of said Morgan County aged ninety two 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 Act of Congress passed June 7 th A.D. 1832
Where and in what State were you born I was born in Fairfield in Connecticut on the twenty fourth June A D 1740 Have you any record of your age and if so where is it None but in my Hymn Book here now

Shewn to the Court
Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live.
I was living at Acworth in the state of New Hampshire and after the war I returned to Acworth till I came to the North Western Territory now the State of Ohio on the waters of the Muskingum River about the year 1800 when I now live in Bristol Township in Morgan County Ohio How were you called into service.
I was a volunteer and remained three years in the service
State the names of some Regular officers who were with the troops where you served such continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstan- ces of your service
I do not recollect the names of any officers but General Schuyler General Lyman and Captain White during the time of my service I had the small pox I was in the battle at Stillwater & at the beginning of the Saratoga
State the names of some persons in your neighborhood to whom you are known and who can testify as to your charac- ter for veracity and good behavior your services as a soldier of the revolution.
I am acquainted with Benjamin Wal- lotts Esq. Hon Joseph C. Linn Nicholas

Heir John Wilson Elijah Stevens and I knew of no person by whom I can prove my service but John Wilson Thomas his Nott mark
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid J. A. Barker clk pro tem C. C. P. U. C.
We Benjamin B. Talbot & Nicholas S. Heir hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Nott who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be ninety two years of age. That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resi- des to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion By us B. B. Talbot Nicholas S. Heir
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
J. A. Barker clk pro tem C. C. P. U. C.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investi- gation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolution- ary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the B. B. Talbot and Nicholas S. Heir are res- idents of Morgan County and that their statement is entitled to credit.
was born in Fairfield in Connecticut

The State of Ohio
Morgan County ss. Samuel A. Perkins Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas of said County pro tempore do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Thomas Rott for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court at McConnelsville this 27 th day of November A.D. 1832.
S. A. Perkins Clk P. 66 P.M.S.

The State of Ohio } Personally appeared Morgan County } in open Court being The Court of Common Pleas for Morgan County Ohio at a special session of said Court John Wilson who after being duly sworn deposeth and says that he is well acquainted with Thomas Scott of Bristol Township in Mor- gan County Ohio that at the time of the Revolutionary war he deponent was a boy of two years of age that a number of men in his neigh- borhood amongst whom Thomas Scott was one that they started was deponent under- stood to go to Luebbeck that they were gone some time & when they returned he remembers that they were pretty well armed with small p's that amongst them who went were Peter Revens Theodrick Keys Henry Lilsbury who deponent now remembers all of whom deponent understands are except Thomas Scott deceased & we are then living in Skeworth Township in the County of Cheshire in the State of Great Britain that he very believes that Thomas Scott served in the army of the Revolutionary war that he is well acquainted with Scott & he is a man of good character for truth & veraci- ty & that it is reported in the neighborhood that Scott was a soldier of the Revolution & that deponent believes the truth of said report & further deponent saith not John Wilson
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court November 22 nd 1832 J. N. Barker Clerk pro tem C.C.C.P.M.

The State of Ohio Morgan County ss I Samuel A. Barker Clerk pro tempore of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby Certify that the within named John Wilson did personally appear in open Court and acknowledge and was duly sworn to the within statement at the time and place therein men- tioned. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Mt. Carmelsville This 27 th day of November A.D. 1832. S. A. Barker Clerk P.S. C.C.P.M.
The State of Ohio Morgan County ss I Samuel A. Barker Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify that on the 22 nd day of November last I did in open Court administer the within oath to the within named John Wilson with whom I have been personally acquainted for many years and I do hereby certify that the said Wilson is a respect- able farmer of said County whose statements are entitled to credit Given under my hand and the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Morgan This 28 th day of May A.D. 1833 S. A. Barker Clerk

Thos. Nott.
Col: Ethan Allen's
Regt.
"Green Mountain boys" -
1776-1781
Rejected.
Not Continental.
McConnellville
Nov 22 nd
Mr. Hon. J. C. Calhoun
1832-1841
18,652v
Thomas Nott.
Morgan Co. Ohio.
S. A. Barker
McConnellville, Ohio.
Miss
Rec. D. 4. 1832-1841

The State of Ohio Morgan County ss
Supreme Court October Term A.D. 1822
On the 24 th day of October A.D. 1822 Personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for the said County having power to fine and imprison Thomas Scott a resident of said County aged Eighty two years, who being first duly affirmed according to law, doth on his affirmation declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: that he enlisted in the year 1776 in Capt. Whartons Company in Col. Cathans St. Lawrence Regiment; in what line of Troops does not recollect, but went under the appellation of Green Mountain Boys, does not recollect what time he enlisted for, but he thinks he served about one and a half years, that he was sent into Canada in the winter of 1776 & 77 for the relief of General Arnold before Quebec, but, was driven out by the British, that he left the Army on a furlough and was never after called into service.
And he further solemnly affirms that he was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that he has not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of any property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring himself 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 during the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that he has not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, securities, contracts, or debts due me, nor have I any income or property, except the Clothing upon my back.
The Declarant further on his affirmation states that he is by occupation a Farmer that on account of his advanced age he is unable to pursue his occupation to any extent, and that his infirmity is increasing that his family consists of his wife aged 76 years, very infirm.
Thomas Scott
Appeared to me & subscribed in open Court the day and year above written. Attest J. H. Marcher Clerk

The State of Ohio Morgan County S. Samuel A Barker clerk of the Supreme Court in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing Declaration and affirmation are truly copied from the Records of said Court In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at McConnelsville this 2 nd day of November in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty two S A Barker Clerk
(Direct to the care of S A Barker, McConnelsville)

22584.
Thomas Nott, Ohio
Return of
Adm 2 years for $80-
John E. Hanna McConnelsville Morgan County Ohio

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
20 th April
1833.
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. Those 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 Thomas Nott
   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.      Pay 1776  volunteer  3 Private Br White General of Pennsylv  98 born in G.T.  colonial in S o State now  lives in Ohio   one living witness  not certified as credible  Certificate of two  Citizens  interrogatories answered   
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. 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 enquiry 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 terms, 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] One 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 [j] 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.

September 19, 1935
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BA-J/MCS Thomas Nott, S.5836
Mrs. Clyde Williams 503 East Seventh Street Sheldon, Iowa
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S.5836, based upon the military service of Thomas Nott.
He was born June 24, 1740, in Fairfield, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Acworth Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, he enlisted early in the Revolution and served about one and one-half years or about three years as private with the Green Mountain Boys and with the New Hampshire troops, was under Captains Weatherby and White and Colonel Ethan Allen and was in the engagement on the Plains of Abraham and in the battle of Stillwater.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 27, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio, having moved there about 1800 from Acworth.
In 1832 he referred to his wife as being seventy-six years of age but did not give her name. There are no further data relative to the family of Thomas Nott.
This soldier died May 15, 1834.
No charge is made for furnishing this information.
Very truly yours
See Agency Book
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. Name
5836
INVALID.
File No. 5836
Thomas Nott
Pr. Rev. Mrs
Act: June 1 st 82
Index: —Vol. 16 , Page 276
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931 Feb. 16. hist. to Agnes Pyle see letter in ch. of Hannahiah Newton D. 40198 M.C.S.
1935 Sept. 19. hist. to Mrs. Clyde Williams M.C.S.
1935 Oct. 17. Leliabel Birch surv. date of sol. death.
1935 Dec. 23. Mrs. Clyde Williams, inf. rel. to abt. person to whom test pay int. pen. was paid M.C.S.

Merchants & Manufacturers Bk Pittsburgh Sept 9 th 1836
Sir I have the honor to submit to Your inspection enclosed Warner's Certificate belonging to James Watt widow of Chas Watt dec d Pensioner under the Act June 7 th 1832. at the Rate of eighty Dollars per annum, who received his last payment the 4 th March 1834. I am with great respect Your obed Servt M. Cierman pr. Fred W. Kahl
J. Edwards Esqr. Comm r of Pensions Washington

December 23, 1935
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BA-J/MCS Thomas Nott, S. 5836
Mrs. Clyde Williams 503 East Seventh Street Sheldon, Iowa
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of December 7, 1935, requesting the place of death of the Revolutionary War soldier, Thomas Nott, S. 5836, or the place to which the last payment of pension was sent.
The place of death of this soldier is not shown in the papers of his pension claim.
In order to obtain the name and address of the person to whom the last payment of the pension of Thomas Nott, S. 5836, was made, it is suggested that you address the Comptroller General, Records Division, General, Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., citing the following data:
Thomas Nott, Certificate 19861, issued September 21, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Pittsburg, Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

October 17, 1935.
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Miss Leliabel Birch 503 First National Columbus, Ohio
BA-J/ady Thomas Nott S.5836
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting the date of death of Thomas Nott, S.5836, Revolutionary War soldier who was allowed pension on his application executed November 27, 1832 at which time he was a resident of Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio.
Thomas Nott died May 15, 1834, place not stated.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

September 18, 1935
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Mrs. Clyde Williams 503 East Seventh Street Sheldon, Iowa
THOMAS NOTT S. 5836 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Thomas Nott and Josiah Richmond.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of a Josiah Richmond, under any spelling. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office.
The record of Thomas Nott has been found and is furnished herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

to arrange service in this manner soldier's statements are contradictory historian. Ethan Allen was captured at Montreal Oct. 25, 1775, and not exchanged until May 6, 1778, soldier probably served under him February 16, 1931 in 1775 but stated that he enlisted in his 20th year in 1772.
Agnes J. Pyle
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section MCS:MLB
Mc Connelsville, Ohio
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 5836, that Thomas Nott was born June 24, 1740 in Fairfield, Connecticut.
* While a resident of Acworth Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, he enlisted early in the Revolution and served about one and one-half years, or about three years, as private with the Green Mountain Boys, and with the New Hampshire troops, was under Captains Weatherby and White and Colonel Ethan Allen, and was in the engagement on the Plains of Abraham and in the battle of Stillwater.
Not allowed under Act 1818 He was allowed pension on his application executed November 27, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio, where he had moved about 1800.
In 1822 he referred to his wife as being seventy-six years of age, but did not give her name.
There are no further data relative to his family.
The above noted is the history of the only soldier by the name of Thomas Nott (searched under all spellings of the name) that is found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau; and there is no Tom Nott.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

MRS. CLYDE WILLIAMS 503 EAST SEVENTH STREET SHELDON, IOWA
Dec. 7, 1935.
Veterans Administration A. D. Hiller, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:- I am referring to your letter of Sept 19, 1935. Ba-T/WCS Thomas Nott , S. 5836.
In your letter you say this soldier died May 15, 1834. Did he die at Bristol Township, Morgan Co Ohio, and if you do not have that, could you tell me where his last Pension was sent to him.
Yours truly (Mrs. Clyde) Jessie R. Williams

Leliabel Birch 503 First National
Columbus, Ohio, October 10, 1935
Veterans' Administration Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Re: Rev. & 1812 War Section MCS:MLB
Gentlemen:
Attention E.W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner
I would like to know if you have the death date of Thomas Nott , a Revolutionary War Soldier, who was born June 24, 1740, in Fairfield Connecticut. We received his war service from you in 1931 but didn't ask for the date of his death at that time. He was allowed pension on his application executed November 27, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio, where he had moved about 1800.
I suppose it is customary to notify the Bureau of Pensions at the death of a soldier and no doubt you have this date on record.
If there is any charge for this service kindly advise me.
Yours very truly,
Leliabel Birch

MRS. CLYDE WILLIAMS 503 EAST SEVENTH STREET SHELDON, IOWA
Sept. 11, 1935.
Pension Dept.
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:- Do you have war records of the following two Revolutionary Soldiers.
✓ I Thomas Natt born 1738-40 must have been to Bristol Township Wayne County Ohio.
Would like any other information about him you have, where was his pension paid + was it sent to Ohio until he died?
✓ II Josiah Richmond born Light Mass, 1747-50 died May 28 1821 had a farm in Middleboro Conn died in New York.
Please let me know how much to send for copies of records and if you have both records.
Yours truly (Mrs Clyde) Jessie Williams address top of page.

Thomas Nott, Amended Declar- ation
No 22584
Amended Declaration of Thomas

Amended Declaration of Thomas Scott in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832
The State of Ohio Morgan County ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for said County Thomas Scott who being by me duly affirmed deposes and saith that by reason of the loss of memory he cannot affirm positively as to the precise length of his service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the pe- riods mentioned below and in the following grades. For Seven years as a private and for such service I claim a Pension his Thomas + Scott mark
Declared and affirmed to before me this 27 th day of May A.D. 1833 B. H. Talbot probate judge

The State of Ohio } Morgan County } ss I Samuel A. Barker Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that B. H. Talbot Esq r before whom the foregoing Amended Declaration appears to have been made and affirmed to be true on the 27 th inst. and now is one of the acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County duly commis- sioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is due and ought of right to be given to his acts as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas at McConnels- ville this 28 th day of May A.D. 1833      S. A. Barker Clerk