Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23961, for Gad Sutlief, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conn.
Sutlief, Gad.
8 23 961
CONTENTS

Albany 31,384
Gad Suttief
of Genesee Co. in the State of N. York who was a Pr. of Inf.  Wagoner in the company commanded by Captain Sears of the Regt. commanded by Col. Ely in the Com. line for 10 months Pr. Inf. 33.33 12 " Wagoner 40.00 $73.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of April 1838 and sent to Amos Wright Clarence, N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March '38 513.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sept. " 36.66 $550.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk Book E. 2 Vol. 4 Page 67
✓ Paid and drawn on Agency book.

15-987
Gan Settlement Genesee Co. N York
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In Dept of M. Gen Return - 1779 Washington Papers - Susp?
Ezra Starr - Danbury - Admitted Wagon service of claim state of other service is confirmed by the records of Commissaries
E. G. Spaulding Attica Genesee N.Y.

Amended Declaration of Ezra Suttief
State of New York } ss; County of Linnun } ss;
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a justice of the Peace in and for said County, Ezra Suttief, the person named and described in the declaration herewith returned, who being duly sworn, deposes 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 under the officers mentioned in the declaration herewith returned, and in the following grades; For one month, as a private in the Militia in Capt. Sears Company in the Spring of 1776; For seven months in the State troops of Connecticut in Col. Wolcott's Regiment, Capt. Buckley's Company, in the summer and fall of 1776, as a corporal ; For five months in the State troops of the said State of Connecticut, as a private soldier, in Capt. Smiths Company in the winter and spring of 1777; For seven months as a private soldier in Col. Ely's regiment, in Capt. Collins Company, in the summer and fall of 1777 - In the whole not less than one year and eight months and for such service I claim a pension
This deponent further saith that at each time he was called into the service of the United States as mentioned above, he served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority, and that during such service he was not engaged or employed in any civil pursuit
This deponent further saith that in may 1781 he enlisted as an express rider in the quarter master department for six months under the command of Ezra Starr assistant Dept. Quartermaster at Danbury in the State of Connecticut - His business while engaged in this service was to go on express for the army to different places - He went frequently to Hartford, and P'keeps-kill and Fish-kill in the State of New York - That he served faithfully six months , his time out, and was discharged; and that during such service he was not engaged in any civil pursuit - and for the last six months, also, I claim a pension
Sworn to and subscribed this 6th day of June 1833 before me Henry Patnam S. Dean
Ezra Suttief

State of New York } ss: County of Essex }
I, Timothy Fitch Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in and for said county do hereby certify that Harry Putnam before whom the above affidavit purports to have been taken was on the date of the said affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for said county; and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and verily believe the signature "Harry Putnam" subscribed to the same is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said court this Seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Timothy Fitch Clerk By B. Pringle Deputy

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
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 subjined 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, showing the Service of John Sottief
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Spring 1776 1 Private Capt Scott L. Smith To New York + Long Island 76 years New Haven a Cleyymon Testimony   June 1776 about 1/2 Corp d Capt Buckley L. Hazine Capt. Wolcott 60 years   July 1777 about 1/2 Capt Smith Capt. Ely Rhode Island   June 1777 76 Capt Collins L. Taylor Capt. Brainerd   July 1778 1 Teamm n   1779 1 Teamm n   9   10  
12 Teamm n 1. 10. —
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.
Team service not allowed.

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) _____, who has 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 day 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 tours, 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] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix 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.
In and Declaration

And Suttief's Application for a pension 3 1/2 years
15987 v
Admitted Private Inf ty 10 mo Wagner 12 1. 10. —
Please send certificate to E.G. Spaulding Atty Genesee Co. N.Y.
Amos Wright Esq Clarence New York

State of New York } ss: County of Greene
On this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting in said County Gad Suttief, a resident of Buntington, in the County of Greene and State of New York, aged 76 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, 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he was born in the year of our Lord 1756 in the town of Durham, County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, and resided during the Revolutionary War, and at the time he entered the service in the town of Haddam in said County and State - That he entered the militia service in the Spring in the year of our Lord 1775 under the command of Capt. Sears and Lieutenant Smith, and marched to New York City, thence to Long Island, and was in the service a month or six weeks and returned home to Haddam. - That soon after his return, about the first of June of said year 1775, he enlisted into the State troops of said State of Connecticut, and joined the army at New London, same State under the following officers, viz: In a regiment commanded by Col. Wolcott or Wolsey, in Capt. Buckley's company Lieutenant Hazard, Ensign Richard Johnson, Sergeant Major Bolman, and served himself as one of the corporals in said company, and was stationed at New London until the first of January 1777, when he was discharged and went home, but did not receive a written discharge - that he was in the service at this time about seven months -
That according to the best of his recollection some time in the month of January, soon

after his return home from New London, he again enlisted in the State troops of said State of Connecticut, to wit, in January in the year of our Lord 1777, under the command of Capt. Smith and Ensign Bradford - Capt. Smith's company was called out at this time to Stamford to guard the shore on Long Island Sound, and was not attached to any regiment - neither were there any other troops at this place except Capt. Smith's company as aforesaid. That he was stationed at Stamford about five months and returned home in May following.
That he again enlisted into the State troops of said State of Connecticut, about the first of June in the year of our Lord 1777, and joined the army at New London under the command of the following named officers, to wit: In a company company commanded by Capt. Collins, lieutenant Taylor, and Ensign David Scranton, in a regiment commanded by Col. Ely and Lieutenant Col. Arnold - That at this place he assisted in building fort Trumbull and was stationed at New London until some time in the fall of said year 1777 when he went to Rhode Island and joined the Army under General Spencer, and where he was stationed a month or six weeks when he again returned to New London, where he remained until his time was out, to wit, until the first of January 1778 and was discharged and went home -
That in February in the year of our Lord 1778 he again enlisted into the quarter master department at Danbury in said State of Connecticut under the command of Capt. Wood in Capt. Morgan's company of ox teams for one year, at which place he was stationed until his time was out - That he assisted in collecting provision for the army and forage for the horses &c. belonging to the army - That as soon as his first years enlistment had expired he again enlisted into the same department for one year more under the

commanded of Ezra Starr in Capt. Morgans company as aforesaid, and continued to serve in said quarter master department , as an enlisted soldier until the year 1788 - That he carried provisions to Peks kill and Fishkill in the State of New York, to supply the regular army at those places - and served faithfully in said department, in all, for more than four years in succession, to wit, from February 1778 to some time in the year 1788 and that he was regularly enlisted and bound to said service all the time - That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service he hereby relinquished any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state Sworn to and Subscribe the day and year aforesaid in open court. Gad Suttief Timothy Fitch Clerk
We, Asa Burdick - a clergyman residing in the town of Parian - county of Greene and State of New York, and Benjamin Clark residing in the same place hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Gad Suttief, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be 76 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 day and year aforesaid in open court Asa Burdick Timothy Fitch Clerk Benjamin Clark
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

abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Asa Burdick -- who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Burlington in the county of Genesee and State of New York and that Benjamin Clark who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Darien county and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
Isaac Wilson James Taggart Robert Duff William Wetmore Judges of Genesee Common Pleas
I, Timothy Fitch, clerk of the court of common Pleas of said county of Genesee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Gad Sutherland for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court of common Pleas this 16th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Timothy Fitch Clerk

State of New York } Elizabeth Barnard of the Town of Burns Allegany County } in Tioga County do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God that in the time of the old revolution war between England & America I lived in the town of Haddam County of Hartford Montgomery in the State of Connecticut & that I am the sister of Gad Sullif whose age at that time was about twenty & this deponent further saith that the said Gad Sullif went from home from his father's where he & this deponent then lived a number of times in the course of the said war & when he started he said he was going into the United States service & as this deponent understood & verily believes was enlisted in the army of the then united colonies of America & this deponent further saith that she knew the said Sullif to equip himself in officers close & understood he served as a quartermaster & this deponent further saith that the said Sullif had two other brothers in the war (viz) John & James Sullif & knew the said Gad Sullif to go & return with his said brothers John & it was said & commonly believed they had been serving in the army of the united States as enlisted soldiers & this deponent further saith as near as she can recollect it was from the one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven to the close of the said war that she knew the said Gad Sullif to go & return to & from serving in the army of the united States & this deponent further saith that he the said Gad Sullif was out at & returned at various seasons of the year & the officers under that this deponent knew & believes was out at the same time in the united States services were Capt. Sears & Ensign Richard Johnson & this deponent further saith that she does not recollect all the names of the places to which the said Sullif went to But does recollect one very well viz Danbury & this deponent further saith not
Elizabeth her Barnard mark
in the 15 th day of March 1838 L. Leonard Commissioner of Duesbury Allegany County NY

October 21, 1939
Mr. E. R. P. Hazen Chester Drug Store Chester, Vermont
BA-J/AWF Gad Sutlief S. 23961
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Gad Sutliff (Sutcliffe), who was born about 1740, and died in Ohio, "very old."
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in claim for pension, S. 23961, based upon the military service of Gad Sutlief, in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Gad Sutlief found on file in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office; the surname was searched under various spellings.
Gad Sutlief (as his signature is shown in the claim) was born January 1, 1758 in Durham, Connecticut. The names of his parents are not given.
While residing in Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, with his father, Gad Sutlief served with the Connecticut troops as follows:
In the spring of 1776, one month or six weeks as private in Captain Sears' company; from sometime in June, 1776, seven months as corporal and 2nd sergeant in Captain Bulkley's company, Colonel Wolcott's regiment; from sometime in January, 1777, five months as private in Captain Smith's company, to guard the shores of Long Island; from sometime in June, 1777, six or seven months in Captain Collins'

company, Colonel Ely's regiment, and was in General Spencer's Expedition to Rhode Island; from sometime in February, 1778, three or four years as teamster and express rider, under Captain Morgan and Colonels Wood and Ezra Starr.
Gad Sutlief moved from Connecticut soon after the close of the Revolution, to New York State.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 18, 1832, then living in Bennington, Genesee County, New York
June 24, 1834 Gad Sutlief gave his address Sandusky, Ohio, and October 27, 1834 gave his address Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio.
Elizabeth Barnard, sister of this soldier, was living in Burns, Allegany County, New York; she stated that their two brothers, John and Janner(?) Sutlief, also served in the Revolutionary War. in 1838
The papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following data:
Gad Sutlief Certificate # 31384 Issued April 11, 1838 Rate $73.33 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Albany, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Let Gad Sutclief
Surp d
Let 26 March '41 to application
refer d to Comf of Connec ts
Let 25 March 1836 to Hon. J. C. Love

Addition of Evidence
Had Sutliff
John returned October the latter -
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[Faint, illegible handwriting]

The State of Ohio Lorain County ss
Alma Clark aged about seventy years being duly sworn according to Law deponeth and saith that he is well acquainted with Gad Suttiff and has been acquainted with the said Gad Suttiff now residing in the County of Grimsessee in the State of New York, while residing in Old Haddam in the State of Connecticut. In the County of Hartford, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy six, that the said Gad Suttiff was drafted in the Militia of the State of Connecticut in the year 1776. and put under the command of Capt Charles Sears of said Haddam and was called into actual service and continued in the said service during the time of six weeks. That on or about the first day of June 1776. the said Gad Suttiff enlisted under the command of Captain Elphalet Buckley in the Militia of the State of Connecticut for the time of seven months, and according to the best recollection of this deponent the said Gad Suttiff did not return til on or about the first day of January following. And this deponent saith that he knows that in January 1777. the said Gad Suttiff again enlisted as a soldier in the Militia of the State of Connecticut under Capt Smith and joined Captain Smiths Company for the purpose of guarding the shores, and returned some time in May following. That on or about the first day of June 1777. the said Gad Suttiff again enlisted as a soldier in the service of the United States in the Militia of the State of Connecticut for the time of seven months, and marched to New London and returned about the first of January 1778. That about the first day of January 1778. the said Gad Suttiff again enlisted under the command of

of Captain John Smith of Old Haddock aforesaid and was imployed to guard the shores as this deponent understand and believes they returned about the first of May 1778 - and further this deponent saith not -
Sworn to and subscribed this 24 th day of June
1834 -
Before me Fredk Whittelsey
J Peace
State of Ohio
Lorain County ss
I Ebenezer Whitton Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Lo- rain County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Frederick Whittelsey is a justice of the Peace in & for said County duly Com- missioned & qualified that his commission was dated on the 18 th day of January A.D. 1832 and will expire on the 18 th day of January A.D. 1835 and that his signature above written is genuine - Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court the 24 th day of June A.D. 1834
Ebenezer Whitton Clerk
The State of Ohio Lorain County ss
I hereby certify that Adna Clark signer of the above statement is a credible witness & that his statement is entitled to credence
Elyria April 27 th 1835
Fredk Whittelsey
Late J Peace

James Perry
March 2-1836
Slaves N.Y. 3 free March 9 3
by Thomas E Love No. 6
Washington City
Hon. F.C. Love H.R.

Adams March 2 d 1836
Dear Sir
I write to you by the request of an acquaintance of mine by the name of Gad Suttcliff who has made application for a pension for services done in the Revolutionary war soliciting you to make inquiry whether he will probably obtain his pension said Suttcliff informs me that he first employed Esq Spalding of Athens to do his business, returns requesting proof which he obtained in Ohio after forwarding was requested to have the credibility of the witness testified to which was done by Officer who took the affidavit and that sent on since which has heard nothing which was last April. if you will take the trouble to make inquiry and write to me soon you will very much oblige an aged and I believe a worthy man I think whatever he has testified to may be relied upon as correct
Yours Respectfully
Yours in honor & Love
James Perry

Gad Satliff 26 March 1835
O.G.
Ms. Vol. 40. P. 169.

War department Pension office March 25. 1835
Sir Your papers have again been examined - The affidavit of Adna Clark is herewith returned in order that his credibility may be certified by the officer before whom he was sworn -
Some further evidence in relation to your claim may be had by applying to the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut. Rodger Huntington Esq. to whom reference is made for that purpose
W. G. Sattliff Elyria Ohio

Hon. J. C. Love
25. March 1836
O. C.
Ms. A. 1. 1 v. 38 p. 192.

War Department
Pension Office
March 25 th 1836
Sir The claim of Genl Sullif referred to in the letter of James Perry Esdaile is for one month's service in 1776 in Capt Sears Company; Six months in Capt Buckley Company Col Wolcott reg't same year; Five months in Capt Smith Company in 1777 - Six months in Capt Collins Company Col Ely reg't in the same year - The claimant Of this service there is no evidence , some evidence may be found in the Office of the Comptroller of the State of Con- necticut, to whom the claimant has been before referred for that purpose - As soon as the certifi- cate of that officer shall have been received a final decision may be expected on the case
Hon T. C. Love Home Rep N.S.

Mar 19.
My Dear Suttif
Hon J. L. Edwards Prison Agent Washington
J. C. Love H. R.

House of Representatives
March 18. 1836—
Sir
The enclosed letter from Mr Perry was rec d by me yesterday, and I hasten to lay the same before you, for the purpose of obtaining the information sought — such information as you may possess on this subject, is requested at as early a day as your convenience will permit —
Yours Respectfully Thomas A. Love
Hon. J. L. Edwards

1000 Elyria O } Oct 31 }
Free
add. pff Gad Mittleif
applied from N. York reside in Ohio
War Department
Pension Office Washington City D.C.

Hon. S. L. Edwards
Dear Sir — The inclosed affidavit was returned from the "War Department" in a letter, inquiring for what object it was designed. — Some time since, Gad Suttief a revolutionary soldier, made an application for a pension and to prove that he had actually served as set forth in his application, he procured the deposition of Adna Clark, which was transmitted with other papers to the War Department. — A few months after he had sent on the deposition of said Clark, the applicant Suttief was told by those who profess to know much about obtaining pensions, that the "War Department" would require an affidavit from some person to support the character, veracity &c of the witness Clark; accordingly the within affidavit of Johnson was taken and sent on to the "Department" without any explanation of its object. — Had the affidavit been sent with Clark's deposition, the object would have been apparent, but being sent some time afterwards, without any explanation of its object, it is not at all surprising that its bearing should not have been understood. —
Mr. Suttief wishes me to mention that he does not intend returning to the State of New York for several months, and desires letters directed to him at this place. — Yours with Respect. A. D. Clark
Attorney for Gad Suttief
Elyria Lorain Co. Ohio October 27 th 1834
P. S. Mr. Suttief says the application for his pension was made by E. G. Spaulding state of New York

Free
Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington City
add. evidence for Genl. Scott  Shill iff 2 o July 1834 Ga d  Pat iff Ga d  New York
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Elyria Lorain Co Ohio June 24 1874
Hon Sec of War
Sir I inclose further proof in support of my claims for a Pension - You will please direct all returns to me at Sandusky City Huron Co Ohio - My other papers were forwarded by Ely Spalding of Attica New York -
respectfully your obst servt
Gad Suttcliff

Comptroller's Office Hartford Connecticut January 5 th 1838
I certify that Capt Elisha Bulkley is 1778 charged on the pay table Books as follows, to wit, Jan'y 22 To order on Treasurer in account for his Co. 270 " " July 2 " do do do do do 50 " " " 22 " do do do do do 35 12 1/2 Sept 17 " do do do do do 24 3 " 1779 Jan'y 17 " do do do to balance account 1008.99 £1438.99
Capt Bulkley is credited January 17 th 1777 for Wages, Billiting, Milage &c the same amount, and he is named as belonging to Col Wolcotts Regt New London,
Capt Elijah Smith is charged on the pay table 1776 Books in this office as follows, to wit, Dec 21 To order on Treasurer in account his Co 172 " " 1778 May 27 " Cash advanced by Col Hart on Long Island 1781 in part his Wages Cooks Regiment } 8 " " March 12 " Order on Treasurer 25 " " 1792 Augt 20 " do do do to secure the payment of 180 " " £325 " "
He is also credited the same amount and named as belonging to Cooks Regt,
Capt Augustus Collins is also charged on the same 1776 Books as follows, to wit, June 12 To order on Treasurer to raise his company 400 " " July 4 " do do do do do do 302 " " Augt 16 " 1 Gun Bay & 3 Blankets re d G th M th of Hebron for use his Co 7 19 " 1778 " Order on Treasurer in for G th M th Hebron Blankets his Co 2 2 " Jan'y 17 " Cash p d you by Col Ely £220. Order on Treas r 1050.12.0 1270 12 1/2 £1082 13 1/2

Capt Collins is also credited the same amounts and named as belonging to Elys Battalion. He is also credited on Haskells Receipts under the head of Militia service from April to November 1779, £1764.12.10.
He is also further credited on the same book under the head of expence of post at New London, January 17th 1778, £1.982.13.10.
It does not appear that Charles Sears rendered any service as capt in 1775 or 1776, by the books in this office, and no rolls of either of the Captains named in the foregoing certificate remain in this office.
I further certify that the name of Gad Butlicf has not been found.
Wm Field Comptroller

God Antliff

The State of Ohio } Lorain County } I Ebenezer Johnson of the Township of Elyria of lawful age being duly sworn according to law do depone and say that I am well acquainted with Adna Clark of Elyria Township County & State aforesaid. That he is a man of truth and veracity and that full faith may be given to his testimony under oath - and further saith not. Sworn to and submitted } Ebenezer Johnson before me this 28. day of August - 1834 -
Raymond Starr J. P.
State of Ohio } Lorain County }
I E. H. Leonard Clerk Pro. Tem of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Certify that Raymond Starr is a justice of the Peace within and for said County duly Commissioned and Sworn and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine, and that his Commission was dated on the 27 th day of February 1834 - and will expire on the 26 th day of February 1837 - In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Seal of Office and Subscribed my Name at my Office in Elyria the 9 th day of September AD 1834.
E. H. Leonard Clerk P. Tem

Atkins N Y
July 6
free
Mad Sulliff
Lott Burgess
et al. Cranes
Hon. George W. Lay
Member of Congress
Washington City
D.C.
Hon. G. W. Lay

February 6, 1834 -
To The Hon, G. W. Lay Esq.
Dear Sir,
Enclosed I send you some business which you will do me a favour by attending to soon - Pension applications -
In the matter { of Gad Suttlif } In this case I made out his declaration in the team service at first, it was rejected by the War Department -
I have now made an entirely new declaration in conformity with the regulations prescribed by the War Department - I wish you would attend to this claim in person, for I think the claim to be an honest one - He served in the team service about 3 years - The papers are herewith enclosed.
In the matter { of Emmons Spencer } In this case I sent the declaration sometime in September 1832, and have not heard anything from it since - It has probably miscarried - It is possible that it has been sent from the War Department wrongly directed - Letters are very often sent to Utica and Ithaca instead of Attica - I had one sent to Utica -
In the matter { of Lott Burge } In this case I have received a certificate, but the amount per annum is not equal to the time of service for which he applied, and which he proved - There was probably a mistake in the computation. If there was a mistake, can it now be corrected?

My Friend Sturtevant was in court doing your business, in real lawyer like style yesterday.
Sturtevant, Terplanck, Ramsay, and myself were examined and admitted to practice in the com. Pleas the present term - Sturtevant thinks he will make a speech on some of your business before the court rises - He has a certiorari cause for argument on the calendar -
Mr. Billings rides our nominal editor coolly for his abusive letter to Mr. Adams -
If it is convenient I wish you would send me full instructions in relation to pension claims, as my means of information on that subject are rather limited -
Respectfully yours
E. G. Spaulding

In the matter { of Gad Suttie {
Application for pension 23½ months since
Amended Declaration
E. S. Spaulding agent Attica, Seneca Co. N. York
Hon G. W. Lay.

State of New York } ss: County of Greene }
On this fifth day of February 1834, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, being a court of record, now sitting Gail Suttief, a resident of Binnington in the said county of Greene, aged seventy eight 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, 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated -
That he resided during the Revolutionary war (except when in the service) in the town of Haddam in the county of Middlesex  New Haven and State of Connecticut - That he entered the service in the militia of said State of Connecticut in April 1776, under the command of Capt. Sears, and Lieutenant Smith, not being under the immediate command of any Col, and marched from Haddam to the city of New York, and from thence to Long Island and continued to serve as a private under the command of said officers for a term not less than six weeks when he returned to Haddam after being discharged - was drafted at this time -
That in June 1776 he enlisted into the State troops of the State of Connecticut, and served as Second Sergeant in Capt. Buckley's company, and found the army at New London in a regiment commanded by Col. Wolcott. That he was stationed at New London during this summer and fall, worked on fort Trumbull some of the time, and received his discharge about the first of January, having served at this time six months -
That he again enlisted, as a private in the State Troops of Ct. in January 1777, in a company commanded by Capt. Smith and Ensign Bradford - This company was called out to Stamford to guard the shore on Long Island Sound, and was not attached to any regiment - That he served at this time for a term not less than five months and was discharged -
That in June 1777, he again enlisted into the State Troops of Connecticut as a private for six months

in Capt. Collins Company, in Col. Ely's regiment, and was stationed at New London until sometime in the fall of this year, when he marched under the command of said last mentioned officers to Rhode Island and joined the army under General Spencer where he remained a month or six weeks, and returned again to New London - served his time out and was discharged about the first of January 1778 -
That in January 1778 he again enlisted into the State Troops of the State of Connecticut as a private in a company commanded by Capt. Smith of West Haddam and was stationed on the shore of Long Island Sound between New Haven and New London, as a guard - and was not at this time attached to any regiment - served at this time not less than five months - and was discharged -
That he did not at any time receive a written discharge, and has no documentary evidence, and does not know of any person who can testify to his service - That he was born in the town of Durham in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut on the first day of January 1756, - That he resided in said county of New Haven until after the Revolutionary war had closed, and soon after removed to the State of New York where he has resided ever since and where he now resides - That Asa Burdick and Ethan Sanders are his neighbours and can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid in open court Timothy Fitch Clerk
God futter
We Asa Burdick a clergyman residing in the town of Bannington county of Essex and State of New York and Ethan Sanders residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with God Futter

who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 78 years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afore said in open court -
Asa Burdick Ethan Saunders
Timothy Fitch Clerk
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 Asa Burdick who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman a resident in the said town of Binnington and that Ethan Saunders who has also signed the same is a resident in the same place, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -
Isaac Wilson
Horace S. Turner James Faggott William Mitchell
I Timothy Fitch Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Essex, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proce- edings of the said court in the matter of the applica- tion of said Suttief for a pension -
I Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court of Common Pleas this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four -
Timothy Fitch Clerk

Rejection
2/3 961 INVALID.
File No. 213,961
End Suthiff
Phi Rev 1883
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: — Vol. 9 , Page 405
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1908 Nov. 13. Hist. to Louis E. Suthiff of 1909 Mch. 9. " Nellie S. Alverson of 1909 Mch. 10 Letter to Danil. M. Suthiff to see within — © 1913 Apl. 16. Hist. to Miss Josephine Reed letter in S. F. 23441 Thomas Stevens & 1915 May 29. Hist. to Mrs. G. W. McDowell. & 1916 Jan. 26. Do Mrs. R. H. King. & 1916 Apl. 29. Mrs. McDowell advised only one abstract to same person. Error in S. 17052 Ephraim Robbins & 1939. Oct 21. Rev. L. E. R. P. Hagen

File with 1469 857
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE 1486590
Address: "The Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D. C."
WAR DEPARTMENT, 1486590
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, February 10, 1909.
Respectfully returned to
Nellie Sutliff Alverson, 80 Marion Street, Corry, Pennsylvania.
The name Gad Sutliff has not been found on the rolls, on file in this office, of any organization of Connecticut or continental troops in service in the Revolutionary war. It is suggested that some information relative to the man referred to can possibly be obtained from the Adjutant General of Connecticut, at Hartford, or from the Commissioner of Pensions, this city.
[Signature] The Adjutant General.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE & WASHINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY
NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY
WEST JERSEY & SEASHORE RAILROAD COMPANY
23961
Corry Pa., Feb'y 8-1909
Adjutant General, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you please furnish me the Military History of Gad Suthiff who served in the Revolutionary War from the state of Conn. (Haddam), telling me all that is known of him. He was my great gr-father, and I desire this record in order to become a member of the S. D. Daughters of Revolution.
Respectfully
Nellie Suthiff Alverson
#80 Marion St.
Corry Pa.

SAMUEL M. SUTLIFF
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
SUITE 1815 MASONIC TEMPLE
TELEPHONES { AUTO. 8611 CENTRAL 3002
CHICAGO, ILL.
Feb. 16 th 1908
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. Dear Sir:
In re Gad Sutliff, revolutionary soldier from Haddam Conn. and subsequently a pensioner
You have, I am informed, in your department affidavits made by his two (2) brothers viz. Anna and John; also belief by his sister
Will you be so kind as to give me the name of the notary or Justice of the Peace before whom the affidavit was made also
The County in which the notary or J.P. took the acknowledgment and the date thereof
Thanking you in advance for the information and your kindness I am
Very Respectfully Samuel M. Sutliff

Elyria. O. 11/2/18, Pension Office, Washington D.C.
Gentlemen,
Will you kindly furnish me the following in- formation, if your records show it of our God  Sutliff (Sutliff- Sutliff) a pensioner of the Revolutionary war, enlisted from State of New York, enlisted where?
Rank?
Years of service,
Where located at time of death or lapsing of pension?

Also of our John Suttiff (Sutthiff- Sutliff) supposedly of Connecticut (father of Jas. I) enlisted where,
Rank
Years of service,
Where pension was located at time of lapsing?
If I am misinformed as to the proper place to apply for this information kindly correct me,
If I am asking gratuitously then for which a fee is required kindly so report,
In any event allow

use to thank you in advance for the courtesy.
Truly
Yours E. Dulliff
424 6th St.
Elyria Ohio.

Crawford, Neb. Rev Sec K May 25, '15.
Pension Office, Washington.
Gentlemen:
Will you please send me the pension record of Gad Suttiff, who served from Haddam, Conn. in the Revolution, under Capt's. Sears, Buckley, Smith, Collins and Morgan. He was a pensioner from Oct. 16, 1832 until death.
Very truly, Mrs. Gwendolyn W. McDowell

Rev per H Primghar D. Jan 18, 1916.
Pension Bureau, Wash. D. C. -
Sir, Please
send Pension record of (Rev. service)
Sergeant Geo Suttiff living at Bennington N. Y. at time of death Enlisted from Haddam Conn. April 1776 serving under Capt Sears; re-enlisted in June 1776 served as Sergeant under Capt. Buckley.

2.
re-enlisted Jan 1777 served under Capt. Smith re-enlisted June 1777 serving under Capt Collins, re-enlisted Feb. 1778 serving under Capt. Morgan, re-enlisted serving under Capt. Morgan in quarter master dept.
Was pensioned Oct 16 1832. Wife's name Katherine - Children's names; - Abner, Sarah, Salmon, Aaron, Lucinda Norman, Permelia, Clarissa, Jesse.

Thanking you
I am
Sincerely
Mrs R. H. King, Pringle, Iowa

Record Division.
March 10, 1909.
Mr. Samuel M. Sutliff,
Suite # 1515 Masonic Temple,
Chicago, Ills.
Sir:
In reply to your letter dated the 16" and received the 17" ultimo, you are advised that the papers in the claim of Gad Sutlief (Sur. File No. 83,961) show that his application for pension was executed October 16, 1888 in Genesee County, New York, by Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said County.
Soldier's sister, Elizabeth Barnard of Burns, New York, made an affidavit March 15, 1888 before J. Leonard J. P. and Commissioner of Deeds for Allegany County, New York, in which she simply stated that he (Gad) "had two other brothers in the War, John and Janner Sutlief," neither of whom testified in the above case.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

1 st
Sp. 76 1m 6m Sears ✓ June 76 7m Buckley Wolcott Jan. 77 5m Smith ✓ June 77 6m Collins Ely Feb. 78 1yr Morgan Wood 3yr " Eyn Starr
2 nd
Sp 76 1m Sears ✓ June 76 7m Buckley Wolcott June 77 5m Smith ✓ June 77 7m Collins Ely  May 81 6m 6/yr Smith Eyn Starr
3 rd
Apr 76 6m Sears ✓ June 76 6m Buckley Wolcott Jan. 77 5m Smith ✓ June 77 6m Collins Ely Jan. 78 5m Smith ✓

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Gad Suttcliff a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. L. File 23,961
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apl. 1776 1 mo. Pri. Sears ✓ Conn.   June 1776 7 mos. Corpl. or 2 Serjt. Buckley Nolcott   Jany 1777 5 mos. Pri. Smith ✓   June 1777 6 mos. Collins Ely   Jly 1778 1 year Teamster Morgan Emmitt Wood   Expird above 3 years Expird above Morgan Ezra Starr  
mos. in Genl. Spencer's expedition to Rhode Island.
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Haddam Conn.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 16, 1832.  This claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Bennington, Genesee Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born Jan. 1, 1756 at Durham Conn.
Remarks: _____
1838 sister Elizabeth Barrard  Two brothers John & James Suttcliff
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
h

Chester, Vermont, Sept. 25, 1939.
Pension Records Bureau, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs,
Please give us names of places and children or any other personal facts contained in the Revolutionary War pension papers of Gad Sutliff (Sutcliffe), who was born about 1740, and died in Clyde(?) Ohio, very old. Did he apply under law of 1818 and again later?
The only item we have is: One son was Salmon Sutliff, born in New York 1786, married Anna Beaman, removed to Carlisle, Ohio 1826, or earlier, and his father was with him.
very truly yours,
E. R. P. Hazen rev C.
E.R.Pember Hazen,
Chester Drug Store, Chester, Vermont.
Re SUTLIFF.