Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37176, for Timothy Littlefield, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Littlefield, Timothy
837176
CONTENTS

18:595
Maine
Timothy Littlefield
of Kennebec Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Hussey of the Maine line, for the term of nine months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 1 of December 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 of May 1822 and sent to John Holmes Esq Alfred Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1822  217.3
Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1822  48
27 3/4 218 123 217.3
$365.3
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
63-21 May 1. 1820
Kennebec

Tim g Littlefield priv Col Tappens Mass t Reg July 1779 to March 1780
Nine months original declaration before Judge Clark Dec. 1. 1819.
Kennebec County Com. Dec. 1. 1819 Ser. 9 months
Proof Col N. M. Littlefield. Certificate
see letter to Hon. J. Holmes 20 March 1822 (L t Col's Certificate insufficient.)
Hon. John Holmes Alfred M c Kin

State of Maine
Wernicke County ss:
On this eighteenth day of September 1821 Personally appeared in open Court, before the Supreme Judicial Court, being a Court of Record, now held at Augusta, within and for the County of Wernicke, Timothy Dittfield, aged sixty three years, resident in Waternille in the County of Wernicke, aforesaid; who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818, and the 1 st May 1820, that he the said Timothy Dittfield enlisted for the term of nine months in June, in the year 1779, in the State of Massachusetts, in the company commanded by Lt. Commandant Hells, in the regiment commanded by Col. Benjamin Tupper, in the line of the State of Massachusetts, on the continental establishment; and that he continued to serve in the said corps until March 1780, when he was Generably discharged from the said service, at West Point in the State of New York, and that he has no other evidence, now in his power of his said service, except the certificate of Lt. Col. Noah M c Gilchrist who commanded the regiment at the time he was discharged: and that he made his original declaration of his services before Judge Clark of York County Maine, on the first day of Dec r AD 1819 - and in pursuance of the act of the 1 st May 1820 - I do voluntarily swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war", passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities contracts, or debts, due me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
The

The following is a schedule of my whole estate and income, necessary bedding, & clothing excepted, one old Horse of the value of fifteen dollars, one Cow, ten dollars, six sheep nine dollars, and few articles of old house hold stuff (besides bedding) worth three dollars, I have no debts due me, and owe upward of fifty dollars, I am a laborer by occupation, but by reason of the Rheumatism I am subject to I can do but little labor — my family consists of myself and wife Lydia aged sixty two years, who has been subject fits and is now feeble and unable to labor. —
Timothy Littlefield —
Sworn to and declared on the eighteenth day of September A.D. 1821 in open court Before —
Mathew Weston Jm.
Just. S.P.C. —
Attest Copy
Attest John Davis Clerk. —
State of Maine
Worcester County ss:
I John Davis Clerk of the Judicial Court herein within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify
that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are true copies from the records of the said court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty seven dollars. —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Supreme Judicial Court on this 18 th day of September Anno Domini 1821. —
John Davis
Clerk of the court for the County of Worcester. —

December 12, 1914.
Hon. Charles F. Johnson, United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter dated the tenth instant, requesting information for Mrs. E. W. Heath, 60 Front street, Waterville, Maine, I have the honor to furnish you, from their papers on file, the histories of the following Revolutionary War pensioners, Timothy S. 37,176 Littlefield, Thomas S. 18,705 Bates and S. 29,747 John Davis.
Sur. File No. 37,176, Rev. War, Timothy Littlefield enlisted in June 1779, as a Private in Lieutenant Wells' company, Colonel Benjamin Tupper's 11th Massachusetts regiment, and served until March, 1780.
In 1821 he was sixty-three years of age, a resident of Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, and referred to his wife Lydia aged sixty-three years.
For the date of soldier's death, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, giving him all of the following data: "Timothy Littlefield, Certificate No. 18,595, issued May 13, 1822, for $6. per month from December 1, 1819, under Act of March 18, 1818, at the Maine Agency."

37 176
INVALID.
Rev
1914 Dec. 12. Hist. to Hon. Charles F. Johnson U.S. S.
File No. 37,176
Timothy Littlefield Rev Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 248
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Judge Clark's, Certificate in the case of T. Littlefield

State of Maine
County of York
Be it remembered, that on the first day of December, 1819, Timothy Littlefield who served for the term of nine months in the army of the United States, in the war of the Revolution, in the capacity of a private soldier, personally appeared, before me, a Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of York, aforesaid, and made declaration under oath, which he at the same subscribed to, setting forth his services while a private soldier on the Continental establishment, for the purpose of obtaining the provisions of the act of Congress passed on the 18 th day of March, 1818. The said declaration was made in every respect agreeably to the aforesaid act of Congress, and in conformity with the said act. I transmitted the same to the Secretary for the Department of War.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this eighteenth day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty two. Jonas Clark.

(Additional Evidence) -
I Noah M Littlefield of Wells in the county of York and district of Maine do on solemn oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Timothy Littlefield now of Waterville in the county of Kennebec and have been for the last fifty years and further say that in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine the said Timothy Littlefield enlisted into the continental army for the term of nine months and was attached to the regiment commanded by Benjamin Tupper, of which I was Lieutenant Colo, which was the eleventh Massachusetts regiment. I further testify that the said Timothy faithfully served out the nine months, the period of his enlistment, and I gave him a written discharge to that effect. The name of the commanding officer of the company to which he belonged I do not now recollect. I further testify that Timothy Littlefield now present at the taking of this deposition is the same Timothy Littlefield above named and further say not - Noah M Littlefield
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
York ss December 2 d 1819 Then the above named Noah M Littlefield, who is a credible and disinterested witness and a man of great respectability and in the full exercise of his mental faculties, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed -
Before me
Gloucester his clerk

Deposition of Noah M c Littlefield in the case of Timothy Littlefield.
State of Maine.
York ss.
I Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial courts for the said County of York, do hereby certify that George W. Wallingford, who certifies the within deposition of Noah M c Littlefield, is a Justice of the Peace within & for said County & was so at the date of said certificate, that the signature is the proper signature of the Geo ge W. Wallingford & that full faith & credit are due to his attestations as such Justice of the Peace —
In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the seal of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said County this third day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & twenty one —
Jere. Bradbury Clerk of the Judicial courts for the County of York —

CHARLES F. JOHNSON, ME., CHAIRMAN. JAMES E. MARTINE, N. J. JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS, ILL. JAMES H. BRADY, IDAHO. THEODORE E. BURTON, OHIO. CHARLES W. ARTH, CLERK.
United States Senate,
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL BANKS.
Washington, D.C., December 10, 1914.
Hon. E.C. Tieman, Acting Commissioner, Pension Department, Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:
Enclosed find copy of correspondence with the Adjutant General under date of December 2 and his reply of December 4, in which he suggests I can ascertain from your Department the answer to my inquiry. This matter has to do with my home city and I am very anxious to have as full a report as possible upon the same. Please return the enclosed correspondence to me after you have made such use of it as you may desire.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am,
Very sincerely yours,
Enclosures.
Service Residence Timothy Littlefield Massachusetts Kennebec Co. Me. Thomas Bates " " John Davis " "

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Timothy Littlefield , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
S. File 37.176
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1779 to Mch. 1780 Private Lieut. Wells Benjamin Tupper Mass.   a Col in the Continental        
Battles engaged in, ✓  Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓  His home.  Date of application for pension, Sept. 18, 1821.  (Inst. date on Dec. 1, 1819)  Residence at date of application, Waterville, Kennebec Co., Maine.  Age at date of application, 63 yrs.  Remarks: 1821 he referred to his wife Lydia as 62 yrs. In 1819 for death.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.