Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15470, for Moses Hutchins, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Hutchins, Moses
NUMBER
S. 15470
CONTENTS
carded

190.03.
Mrs. Pittsburan
19603
Mrs. Hutchinson
of Lawrence Co in the State of Ohio.
who was a Private, in the Co. commanded
by Captain Gage, of the Regt commanded
by in the (Co.)
line for two years.
$80
Issued on the Roll of Ohio Pensions.
at the rate of 80. Dollars 00. Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Aug. 1833. and No. 66. June 7. 1833. G. C. Ohio.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833. 160.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 1st July 1833. 40.00
$200.00
{ Pensions of Ohio, } { dated June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. M. ... Clerk
Book ... Vol. ... Page 113.

9589 19.003
Moses Hutchins
Ohio
Adm 2 years $80
book - 1814
all - 1814
not for
1814
returns
1814-1816
Chas. C. Paine Chardon Ohio

BRIEF in the case of Moses Hutchins (County of Geauga in the State of Ohio ) (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     enlisted In 1776 9 Private Gen. no Genl or Field Officer stated Capt. Warner's company does not recollect the Col's name   " 1777 9 " Capt. Blanchard's company   " 1778 12 Teamster part of time Capt. In Oliver's company Capt. Gage  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Athol, Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? in due form 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
E. H. Warren Examining Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Apr. 28. 1853.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
the Identities of Moses Hutchinson, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars and Cents per annum under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 11 th of March 1834 to the 22 nd June 1834.
Respectfully, yours,
J. M. Brodhead Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

959
New
Moses 2 Hutchins
Pension Declaration
4
Filed Aug. 10 th 1882
6.

The State of Ohio
Guangal County ss On this tenth day of August 1832 before the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio in for said County of Guangal personally appeared Moses Hutchinson a resident in said County. aged with twenty 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated. to wit.
He enlisted at Athol now called Orange in the State of Massachusetts, for the term of nine months on or about the first of March 1776 in Captain Warner's Company of Infantry. (he does not recollect his Col d name) in the Massachusetts line. and entered the service soon afterwards, near Boston, and marched into that City immediately after it was evacuated by the British Army. was quartered a short time on Roddles Island. Sailed in an Old Sloop, in the night, from thence to Nantasket. and was stationed on Nantasket hill the greatest part of the time until he was discharged in December follow- ing. When the British were driven from the chan- nel they blew up the light House, & sailed out. Lieutenant Obern Sandus, and Ensign Sawyer were in command in Capt. Warner's Company. He again enlisted at Athol aforesaid, in the Spring of 1777 in Captain Blanchard's Company for the term of nine months.

and Marched to Albany thence up the Mohawk River to Fort Herkimer. While stationed at this Fort he assisted in making prisoners of Col. Butler & Col. Brant who were descending the Mohawk with a party of Indians. Afterwards Marched to Fort Stanwix where he arrived soon after the attack upon that Fort by the enemy. and engaged in the pursuit of the Tories and Indians down Wood Creek. immediately after the return of the party he was ordered down the Mohawk, halted a short time at Fort Herkimer and marched from thence to Still water where he remained until after the surrender of the British Army under Genl. Burgoyne. he was taken sick with the measles a few days before Burgoyne sur- -rendered, and shortly after the capitulation, was suffered to return to Athol. where he re- -mained in feeble health until after the ex- -piration of his term of service.
He again enlisted for the term of twelve months at Athol aforesaid in the Spring of 1778 in Captain John Oliver's Company (the name of his colonel he does not recollect) — in the Massa- -chusetts line, and entered the service at Pake- -Kill in the State of New York. and was sta- -tioned at or near Pepskill during the summer, in the fall he was ordered into the team service under Captain Simon Gage and continued to drive a team until the expiration -tion of his term of enlistment. and was dis-

charged by Captain Gage at Peekskill.
That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure to prove his service. That he resided at Athol in Massachusetts at the time he entered the service. That he now resides in Patavia in the County of Geauga & State of Ohio, and has resided there for the space of seventeen years past.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Rolls of any State.
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid in Open Court
Moses Hutchins
Edward Paine Jm. Clerk.
We Maximon Cook & Erastus Goodwin of of Norton in said County of Geauga do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Moses Hutchins who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy two 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. And further that there is no clergyman living in the immediate vicinity of the said applicant.
Erastus Goodwin Maximon Cook
Sworn & Subscribed this 18 th day of August 1832 in Open Court
Edward Paine Jm 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 Erastus Goodwin and Merimow Cook, both of whom are residents of the township of Burton, who signed the preceding Certificate are credible persons. And that their statement is entitled to credit. -
Edward Paine Ind. Clerk
I Edward Paine Ind. Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, in & for the county of Geauga do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Hutchins for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office This 18th day of August 1835
Edward Paine Ind. Clerk.

Jacob Hutchinson Affidavit Moses Hutchinson case

Before me Caleb Alvord a Justice of the Peace for Orange County in the State of New York & State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that of Orange County do hereby certify that duly sworn and in nature of an oath, deposes that his brother John Alvord  is was in the Spring of the year being the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three after the Battle at Bunker Hill in the service of the United States in the State of New York at Albany in the State of New York & State of Pennsylvania and served in the 6th Regiment  Sanders and was engaged in the War of the Rebellion as a soldier being on the Continental Army  March 1st to Boston was not with him the whole time but knows that he served the whole time & was honorably discharged — John Alvord — deposes knows nothing about the Battle of Bunker Hill in the year 1775.
In the Spring of the year being the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three after the Battle at Bunker Hill in the service of the United States in the State of New York at Albany a Horse Battery in the service of the United States for 12 Months & served under Capt Alvord 6th Regiment to Pittsburgh from Albany to Washington from there up the Potomac River to Fort Washington or General Smith's Battery just after the Brandywine Battle at or near Long Point then Marched to Fort Mifflin arrived there just after the Enemy left the place took their Artillery Baggage & Wagons  Marched then Marched back to Schuylkill from there to Still water was drafted into a company of Artillery was in the Battle at the taking of Burgoyne soon after was taken sick and was not able to do any more service during the 12 th Month for which he enlisted at the expiration of which time he was honorably discharged
Sworn to and acknowledged before me this 22 nd day of April A.D. 1833 Caleb Alvord J. Pease

State of Ohio - Cuyahoga County p? - I Caleb Alvoord a justice of the peace do hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with Jacob Hutchinson who, signed & acknowledged the within, for many years, and further certify that he has the reputation of being a Man of truth & veracity and I verily believe him to be such - Caleb Alvoord J. Peace
The State of Ohio } I Henry G. Nelson Deputy Clerk of the Court of Cuyahoga County } Common Pleas in and for said County do hereby certify and make known that Caleb Alvoord Esquire before whom the within Deposition was taken was on the date thereof and still is a justice of the peace within and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn to all whose official acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my name and affix the Seal of said Court at Cleveland this Thirteenth day of April A D 1833 Henry G. Nelson Dep. Clerk

February 10, 1936
Moses Hutchins-S.15470 B. 1754
Mrs. Edward V. Howlett 53½ Huron Street W. Pontiac, Michigan
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information relative to Moses Hutchins, soldier of the Revolutionary War and a pensioner in Geauga County, Ohio.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 15470, based upon the service of Moses Hutchins in the War of the Revolution.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not shown, nor are the names of his parents given.
While residing in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, with his father, he enlisted March 1, 1776, served nine months as a private in Captain Warner's Massachusetts Company. He enlisted in the spring of 1777, served in Captain Blanchard's Company, marched up the Mohawk River to Fort Herkimer, thence to Fort Stan Stanwix, reached there soon after the attack on the fort and pursued the Indians and Tories to "Wood Creek", from there marched to Stillwater, was at the surrender of Burgoyne, length of this service about nine months. He enlisted in the spring of 1778, served in Captain John Olver's Company, was stationed near Peekskill, New York, during the summer and in the fall, was transferred to the "team service" under Captain Simeon Gage, and

continued in this service until in the spring of 1779.
The soldier, Moses Hutchins, was allowed pension on his application executed August 10, 1832, at which time he was aged seventy-two years and living in Batavia, Geauga County, Ohio, where he had lived about seventeen years. He died June 23, 1834.
His brother, Jacob Hutchins, was living in 1833 in Orange Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
The papers in this claim contain no further reference to the family of the soldier, Moses Hutchins.
If you desire information in regard to the name and address of the person paid the last payment of pension, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and cite the following:
Moses Hutchins Certificate # 19603 Issued August 1, 1833 Rate $80.00 per annum To commence March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Ohio (Pittsburgh) Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

P
1511/70
1936 Feb 10. died to Mrs. Edward V. Houlett and
INVALID.
File No. _____
St. Thomas _____
Pr. Rev. W. S. S. _____
Act: June 7 th 32 _____
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 156 _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Moses Hutchinson which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No. Clergyman, Two respectable citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No. See certificate of the 2 citizens
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1, 2, 7 not answered
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

The State of Ohio Franklin County ss I, Solomon Johnson a resident in Newark in the County aforesaid aged sixty nine years being duly sworn, do on my said oath depose and say that during the Revolutionary War, I was well acquaint- ed with Moses Hutchinson, then of Batavia in said County of Franklin, that the father of said Hutchinson & my father were near neighbors & resided in Athol, in Worcester County in the State of Massachusetts, during the time  greatest part of that War. That I then understood, and that it was common- ly reported & believed in that neighborhood, that the said Hutchinson performed several tours of duty as a private soldier in the armies of the Revolution - That he was in the northern army at the taking of  Fort Ticonderoga . That he was out near Pitsfield in Capt. John Olney's Company, at other places & officers and that he was out one or two times at places unknown to the deponent - Given & subscribed this sixth Solomon Johnson day of August 1832 before me Simson Root Justice of the peace
I certify that I am well acquainted with Solomon Johnson who has signed & sworn to the above affidavit That I believe him to be sixty nine years of age. That he instills a fair character, as to  as to truth & veracity. and that I am of opinion that he cannot prudently attend the court, on account of ill health. Aug. sixth 1832 Simson Root Justice of the peace

The State of Ohio Franklin County ss. I, Edward Praine Junior Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio in and for said County of Franklin do hereby certify that Simon Kase Esquire, before whom the above oath was to have been taken, was a Justice of the peace in and for said County, and that full faith is due to his official acts as such, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and believe that the above signature purporting to be his is true and genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the 18 th day of August 1832
Edward Praine Jnd. Clerk

The State of Ohio } Geauga County } Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said County, Moses Hutchinson who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he can not state the names of the Colonel or Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment in which he served, but that his brother Jacob Hutchinson, whose affidavit he has obtained and which accompanies this, served in the same regiment at the time this deponent served the twelve month tour mentioned in the foregoing declaration and that he, the said Jacob Hutchinson is now receiving a pen- sion for his service of which the above tour made a part Sworn & subscribed this 3 rd day of May AD 1833 before me Moses Hutchinson Alva Pease Justice of the peace
I John Barnett, a clergyman residing in Welch- field in the County of Geauga & State of Ohio, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Moses Hutchinson who has made the foregoing declaration & affidavit, that I believe him to be seventy two years of age, that he is re- puted and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that I con- cur in that opinion John Barnett Sworn & subscribed this 3 rd day of May 1833 before me Alva Pease, Justice of the peace I Alva Pease a justice of the peace in & for the county of Geauga & state of Ohio, do hereby certify that John Barnett who has subscribed and made oath to the foregoing certificate before me, is a clergyman in good standing and that his statement is entitled to credit. Alva Pease Justice of the peace Welchfield May the 3 rd 1833

The State of Ohio Geauga County ss
I, S. D. Atkin, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, do hereby certify that Almond Beals Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavits of Moses Hutchinson and the Rev. John Baret, appear to have been taken, on the third day of May A.D. 1833, and whose signature, in his own proper hand, sealing are affixed to the certificates thereof, was at the time and still is, a justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned & sworn according to law: — And further, that the Reverend John Baret, as appears from the Records of said Court (which Court, by the laws of said State is authorized to grant licenses to Clergymen in good standing to solemnize Marriages) is a Clergyman of good standing —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Chardon, this 15th day of June A.D. 1833
S. D. Atkin, Clerk.

Dept of Commerce.
Bureau of Pensions.
Rev. War Section.
Washington.
D.C.
Sir:
From the Official Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Ohio. I have the following data on Moses Hutchins
p. 199.
Moses Hutchins , private and Dragoon of the Conn. Continental Line; pensioned. 1832;
born. 1750;
Children: Nancy, Sarah, Diana, Jacob, and Caleb.
He d. 1837. Burton. Ohio; came to Geauga Co. in 1816.
Do your files show where Moses Hutchins was born; the name of the mother of his children, or other family data?
Thanking you I remain
Respectfully
Mrs Edus V. Howlett
53 1/2 Huron St. W.,
Pontiac
Mich.