Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13751, for Caleb Litchfield, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Litchfield, Caleb
S13751
CONTENTS
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See N.A. Acc. No. 874 No. 050104 - Not Half Pay Caleb Litchfield

Vermont. 18.736
89 July 8 J. W. Sharpegrave history
Price
Caleb Litchfield
of Windsor co. in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Comp. command by Captain Crocker, of the Regt. commanded by Col. Whitney, in the Mass. Mex. War for 2 years
Founded on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 50 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 1th day of March, 1831.
Estimate of Pension fixed the 28 day of Sept 1833. and sent to Carlos Coolidge Windsor Vt.
Amount to the 1th of Sept '33 $ 200 — Pension and allowance ending 1 Mar '34 40 — $ 240 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ele Mrown Clerk, Book E. Vol. 3 Page 74

8800 Caleb Litchfield
5
Admit
2 years
$80.-
Carlos Coolidge Mineses Vig. it

BRIEF in the case of  Caleb Litchfield  County of Windsor  in the State of Vermont  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a judge of a Probate Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 years  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.     in the Spring In 1775. 1 Private Gen. Col. Crocker.   Spring of 1776. nearly 8 Private Col. Whiting & thinks Col. Dinsmore   in 1777. 3 Private Col. Joseph Fletcher. Col. Dimes.   again in 1777. 3 Private does not recollect the name of his officers   in the fall of 1777. 1 10 Private Col. Pierce   Spring of 1779. about 4 Marine Col. John Foster Williams.   again in 1779. 3 or 4 months. Private Col. Curtis. Col. John Jacobs.   Early in the year 1780. 8 Private Col. Amos Turner Col. Jacobs & Col. Clapp.   latter part of summer of 1781. 3 Private no officers mentioned.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged?  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Plymouth Massachusetts.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses & traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Samuel D. Dows Examining Clerk.

Declaration of Caleb Litchfield
State of Vermont } ss. County of Windsor }
District of Windsor, ss.
On this sixth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared, before the Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Windsor in the state of Vermont, now sitting, Caleb Litchfield, a resident of Weatherfield in the County (and District) of Windsor aforesaid, aged seventy two years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832; That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated viz;
That in the spring of the year 1775 and in the month of May as he strongly believes but cannot say positively, at Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, he enlisted, for six or seven months, into the company of militia, Massachusetts troops, commanded by Capt. ... Brooks. There was not, to his recollection, any more than one company - He does not remember the other officers of the company. Upon his enlistment, he marched to Marshfield, adjoining Scituate, and there, in the company, performed the duty of guarding the coast. Some British soldiers with a number of Tories, were at Marshfield just before the company marched there - He remained here only one month. Then the company went to Roxbury, but he being young, was discharged and returned home to Scituate;
The said Caleb Litchfield further declares, that in the spring of the year 1776, a few days before the British evacuated Boston, at Scituate,

aforesaid, he enlisted for either six or eight months, but which term it was he cannot remember, although he has been for a long time impressed with the recollection that it was nearly eight months from the time he enlisted until he was discharged. He enlisted into the regiment of Massachusetts state troops commanded by Col. Whitney, in the company commanded by (as he has very little doubt though unwilling to declare certainly) Capt. Amos Furness. He was out so many times during the war that he may mistake in this respect. Of the subalterns of the company he does not remember the names - He recollects that the Orderly Sgt. was Colman Barnell. He does not remember names of other field officers, and thinks the whole regiment were not together at Nantasket, where he served and where Col. Whitney aforesaid commanded. A few days after he enlisted, he marched with others, part of the company, and joined near or at Hingham and then went through Cohasset, Braintree then so called (now Quincy) Milton & Roxbury, to Boston, and arrived at Boston but a day or two after the British army left the place and went into the ships in the harbor. He remained in Boston but a few days before Col. Whitney and the Regiment, or what companies were under him, marched out to Point Shirley where they remained until the night before the British ships sailed out, when he marched from the Point on to Nantasket, and the next morning the enemy's fleet sailed by where the declarant was - Before the British came out, they blew up the Light House. From this time until he was discharged, he remained at that place (Nantasket) and was in the duty of building a fort there - Part of the men dug a well one hundred feet deep and "was said they found clam shells at the bottom of that well" - Very late in the fall, and in cold weather, although it is impossible for him to tell the day of the month, he was discharged at Nantasket with the rest of

his company, and he returned to Scituate, having served out his term, which was, as aforesaid, nearly eight months, according to his best recollection and belief;
The said Colib Pitchfield further declares, that having remained at home some time, as nearly as he can state from two to four weeks he enlisted for three months, into the Company of Capt. Joseph Stetson, and marched to Boston where he was stationed almost all the time; He has some recollection of having been a small part of the time at Roxbury. He thinks the Colonel was of the name of Dike, but fears to declare positively respecting this. He does not remember that there was or was not a whole Regiment there. He is also unable to recollect the names of other company officers - After arriving at Boston he quartered in the barracks on a wood-wharf, a little south of the fort on Fort Hill where a guard was kept. Here he remained on duty, taking his turn upon guard, until the expiration of his term, when he was discharged at Boston, and once more returned to Scituate. He was discharged the latter part of the winter of 1777, in February as it seems to his recollection, but what time he is unable to state; he only knows he served three months, this term;
The said Colib Pitchfield further declares, that at Scituate aforesaid, sometime in the spring of the year 1777, but whether in March or April, he is unable to state - he enlisted, for three months into a company raised from Scituate and a number of other towns in the vicinity, and marched to Nantasket, and was there quartered in barracks, near the fort, to guard which the company was sent; his turn, to go into the fort on guard, coming once in three days. Here he remained until the three months ended, when all the company was discharged. There was not but one company out at this time He has

entirely forgotten the names of the officers; none of them was taken from Scituate - He only remembers the names of David Dunbar and Ezra Hazden who were privates in the company, and were of Scituate - Said Dunbar is dead, and said Hazden removed from Scituate to some place unknown to the declarant. He knows of no person by whom he can prove this service;
The said Litchfield further declares that at Scituate aforesaid, sometime in the fall of the year 1777 and, as he thinks "towards the first of October", he enlisted for forty days, into the company of Capt Howard, or Hayward, Pierce, to go on, what was then called, "a secret expedition" to Rhode Island. The British were then on the Island. He marched to Secutt , below Howland's Ferry, and was there stationed doing guard duty - It was about a mile across to the island. He remained here for the forty days; was then discharged with the whole company. He does not remember the names of other officers of the company, and recollects the name of the Captain only because he (Capt. Pierce) when at home lived within a quarter of a mile of the declarant - He does not remember, if he ever knew, that there was "any regular regiment out" this time;
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3 p.m. The said Litchfield further declares that sometime in the spring of 1779, he went from Scituate to Boston and there enlisted into the Brig Hazard of 16 Guns, Capt John Foster Williams, and "was put into the service". The Brig cruised about off Boston and to the eastward sometime until she joined the expedition to Penobscot; the naval force under Commodore Saltonstall and the land troops were under Gen. Dorell - The forces arrived off Penobscot in July, and after laying in the River some days, about one o'clock in the night, about 150 marines from all the armed ships went into

boats, laid by the ships 'til about sunrise, and then pushed for the shore. As they struck the shore, the enemy who were posted on top of a steep bank about four rods from the beach, fired on the Americans "to great advantage" and all would have been shot down but for the militia, of whom "there was as many as a thousand," that landed from the transports farther up the river - came down, and then the enemy that fired on the marines retreated - Then the Americans went up the bank and there built a breast work. Here they kept up a fire with the enemy until the British fleet came in and then the American ships were run up the river, except three, that in trying to get around an island and escape, were taken - The declarant, with the rest of the men of the expedition, came home through the woods, and suffered greatly from hunger and fatigue for many days. He was, according to his best recollections, about three months on board the Brig from the time he enlisted until she was burnt, and nearly or quite four months out from Boston to his reaching home - He thinks it was after the middle of August before he arrived at Salem.
The said Litchfield further declares, that at Scituate aforesaid, not long after he returned from Penobscot, he "should think in less than a month after he got home" he enlisted, for as much as three months, and he does not know but it was for four months, into the company of Capt. ... Curtis, in a Regiment of Massachusetts State troops which was (as he thinks) but does not feel quite certain) commanded by Col. John Jacobs - Other officers of the company he does not remember. On his enlistment he marched to Rhode Island, and was on the north end of the island when the British, sometime in the fall, left it, and then he marched into Newport. Here he remained until his time was out, when he was discharged.

and returned to Scituate;
The said Litchfield further declares - that early in the year 1780, at Scituate aforesaid, he enlisted between an early day in the spring and the close of the campaign that year, twice, & once for a term, as he recollects it, of four months - the other time for three months, & and both terms served in Rhode Island; One term he was in the company of Capt. Amos Turner, Col. John Jacob's Regiment, Massachusetts troops - another term in the company of Capt. Clift in the same Regiment; but under which captain he went out first he cannot confidently assert, though he thinks the first service was under Capt. Turner. This year, he was discharged late in the fall, having in the whole been out in both terms aforesaid as much as eight months, except a few days interval in going home from his discharge in the first, to his enlisting for the latter term;
The said Litchfield further declares that in the latter part of the summer of 1781 or early in the fall, he enlisted at Scituate aforesaid for three months and with a few others marched to West Point. Arriving there, the declarant with two others, David Dunbar and Elisha Dunbar were not put into any company, but were put in charge of the Ferry boat that ran across North River and was used to carry back and forth the troops and property. The place where the boat ran was about half a mile below the chain that reached from side to side buoyed up by blocks of timber, or logs - In this duty, he continued until he served his three months, when late in the fall, he was discharged at West Point and returned home. While there, news of the capture of Cornwallis came - He recollects that the night before he was discharged, the snow came a foot deep. In this service, he was not put under any particular officer. He knows of no persons by whom he can prove this service. The said Elisha Dunbar died at New Bedford, Massachusetts;

Said David Dunbar, many years ago, before the declarant came to Wethersfield, removed from Scituate to Maine, and the declarant has never since heard of him, nor does he know where said David is, if living, nor does any one of whom the declarant has enquired; See back 38 The said Litchfield further declares - that in 1778, he served in Rhode Island three months, and was there when the Americans under Gen Sullivan were driven from the island; also, that in all his services he was "out better than three years in the whole"; but he is unable to recollect all his officers, or speak of many events; his memory has not retained them -
He was not with any continental regiments, during his service; nor did he become acquainted with any continental officers - "There was some regular soldiers at Rhode Island, but he didn't see 'em"
He did not get to West Point until "all the regulars had gone to Yorktown"; He has no documentary evidence of any of his services having never received any written discharge. He was born on the 8th day of May 1760, at Scituate aforesaid; his age was "set down" in his father's bible; whether there is, or not, any public record of his age, he cannot state; he has lived in Wethersfield for thirty seven years past, and still resides there -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
He states the names of Genl. Daniel Bowen and Asahel Warren, as persons, to whom he is known in his present neighbourhood, and who can testify, as to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid Caleb Litchfield Ruben Proctor Judge

We Daniel Bowen and Asahel Warren, residing in the town of Weathersfield in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Caleb Litchfield, 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 neighbourhood, where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Daniel Bowen
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day, and year aforesaid. }
Asahel Warren
Isaac Proctor Judge

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 Daniel Bowen and Asahel Warren, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the Town of Weathersfield aforesaid, and that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Jabez Proctor Judge
I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Caleb Sitchfield for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this sixth day of September in the Year of our Lord one and Eight Hundred and thirty two.
Reuben Washburn.

Purvis
✓ 13.751 INVALID.
File No. 13.751
Caleb Litchfield Prin. Phil. and
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 234
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Feb. Mr.
16. 1897 - History to Thomas S. Hopkins Washington - D.C.
June to.
12. 1897 - History. Mr. Thomas S. Hopkins Washington, D.C.

NAVY DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting.
Washington, D. C., June 29, 1887.
Respectfully returned to the writer, with the following information:
The Bureau informs you, that it is unable & furnish you the desired information. The Commission of Pensions may be able & comply with your request.
W. H. [Signature]
Chief of Bureau.
The record of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury may have the data you desire.

State of Vermont Windsor Co. ss
At Windsor in said County, on the twenty second day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, Caleb Litchfield, to whose original declaration this supplementary affidavit is here annexed, 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 one month, I served as a private, in the year 1775 For six months, I served as a private, in the year 1776 For three months, I served as a private, in the winter 1776-7 For three months, I served as a private, in spring of 1777 For one month & 10 days, I served as a private, in fall of 1777 For three months, I served as a private, in forepart of 1779 For three months, I served as a private, in fall of 1779 For seven months, I served as a private, in 1780 For three months, I served as a private, in 1781 For three months, I served as a private, in 1778 and for such service, I claim a pension; the said Caleb

Litchfield further deposeth and saith, that he did not, and could not, procure the affidavit of a clergyman, as to his belief, of and the general belief, of his revolutionary services, because he (the declarant) since he came from Massachusetts to Vermont, has lived a retired life, in an obscure station, and remote from general society, and has never been brought to the acquaintance of clergymen, and was unable to find one who could speak to the facts of reputation as to his (the declarant's) services; only one, within the county, living nearer to him than eight miles, and that one four miles distant, and but seldom seen by him;
Caleb Litchfield
Sworn to, and subscribed,
Before me Carlos Goodridge Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont Windsor County ss.
Woodstock, County Clerk's Office, July 23 d A. D. 1833 - I, Benjamin Swan Clerk of Windsor County Court, do hereby certify that Carlos Goodridge is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, and that the above is his signature; In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court the day and year above -
Benj. Swan

I Nehemiah Manson of Falmouth in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts on oath do testify and say, that Caleb Litchfield now resident of Milford in the State of Vermont served with me as a private for the space of forty days, in the war of the Revolution in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred seventy seven in a company commanded by Hayward Pierce, in the State Service or Expedition, and that said Caleb Litchfield enlisted for said term of forty days and went to Rhode Island upon a secret expedition as it was called, also I distinctly recollect that said Caleb Litchfield enlisted on board of the Brigg Hazard commanded by John Foster Williams whose Lieutenant was George Little, in the Amboy expedition as it was called, commanded by Capt. Saltonstall, and that he served three months.
Nehemiah Manson
July 18. 1832
Plymouth ss July 18-1832 Then the above named Nehemiah Manson made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. before Me. —
Samuel H. Turner Just. Peace.
and I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Nehemiah Manson for several years, and that he is a credible person. Attest Samuel H. Turner Just. Peace.

Signature of Samuel A. Turner
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I, the undersigned Clerk of the Superior Court in the County of Plymouth hereby certify that Samuel A. Turner appeared before whom the within certificate was sworn and the within certificate made in testimony of the Peace for the County of Plymouth - and that his name thereto subscribed is his true and proper handwriting. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Superior Court this twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Will Morris
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord, Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth hereby certify that Samuel A. Turner Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in said County and that I believe the within certificate to be his own proper handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of court this fifteenth day of August in Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord

I Elisha Briggs of Scituate in the State of Massachusetts on oath do testify and say, that Caleb Litchfield of Wethersfield in the State of Connecticut in the year seventeen hundred & seventy nine served with me one campaign of four months as a private in the State militia in the War of the American Revolution in the company commanded by Calvin Curtis, at Rhode Island, the time of the above service was when the British troops left the Island which I think was in 1779. Also the said Caleb Litchfield served with me one other campaign of four months as a private in the State militia in the War of the Revolution at Rhode Island in the year seventeen hundred & eighty in the Company commanded by Amos Turner, and further saith not. Elisha Briggs
Plymouth ss - July 17. 1832 Then the above named Elisha Briggs made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true according to the best of his knowledge & belief, before me, Ebenezer T. Dagg - Justice's
and I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Elisha Briggs for many years and that he is a credible Person. Attest - Ebenezer T. Dagg - Justice's
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth, hereby certify that Ebenezer T. Dagg Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Plymouth, & that I believe the above signatures to be in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this fifteenth day of Aug- ust in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two. Jacob H. Lord

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
We, the undersigned, Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of Plymouth, hereby certify that Theodore T. Fogg, Regius before whom the within Affidavit was sworn and the within certificate made is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth, and that his name therein subscribed is his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court on this twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
William Lloyd

I Jesse Dunbar of Silicate in the county of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts, on oath do testify and say, that Isaac Litchfield now resident of Withersfield in the state of Vermont, served with me as a private for the space of four months in the war of the American Revolution in the state Militia at Rhode Island, in the year Seven- teen hundred & Seventy Nine or eighty, in the company commanded by Moses Turner, & I think in Col. John Jacob's Regiment. Also the said Isaac Litchfield who was then an inhabitant of Silicate served one other campaign of three or four months with me at Rhode Island in one of the above years in the company commanded by Joseph Bliss & I believe Col. John Jacob's Regiment. Jesse Dunbar July 18-1832
Plymouth ss July 18-1832 Then the above named Jesse Dunbar made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true before me.
Samuel C. Turner Just: of the Peace
And I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Jesse Dunbar for many years, and that he is a credible person.
Attest Sam: C. Turner Just: of the Peace

See John Sebastian
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Weymouth Is. J. B. Morton Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Plymouth, hereby certify that Samuel A. Turner Esquire before whom the within affidavit was sworn and the within certificate made is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth and that his name thereto subscribed is his true and proper signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Superior Judicial Court on this twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
J. B. Morton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth Is. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth hereby certify that Samuel A. Turner Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Plymouth & that I believe the signature to be his own proper signature & hand writing to the certificate within.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this fifteenth day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two. Jacob H. Lord

Daniel Merritt of Scituate in the State of Massachusetts on oath do testify & say That Caleb Litchfield of Weathersfield in the State of Vermont in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six served one campaign of six or eight months as a private in the state militia at Nantasket in the War of the American Revolution, the name of the Captain of his company I do not recollect, but that he served the cam- paign as aforesaid, I do know, having been there myself as a private in the same service, a principal part of the  the time & further saith not
Daniel Merritt
Plymouth ss. July 17. 1832 Then the above named Daniel Merritt made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true according to the best of his knowledge & belief before me Ebenezer T. Fogg - Justice of Peace
July 17. 1832 I further certify that I have been personally ac- quainted with the above named Daniel Merritt a number of years and that he is a credible person - Attest Ebenezer T. Fogg - Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Plymouth, hereby certify that Ebenezer T. Fogg Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Plymouth & that I believe the above signature to be his own proper handwriting
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this fifteenth day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two. Jacob H. Lord

Separation of Darius Merrill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Know all men by these presents: That I, Darius Merrill, of the County of Bristol, State of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that Reverend T. L. Ladd, Esquire, before whom the within Affidavit was sworn and the within Certificate made is a true and correct copy of the original thereof and that the same has been attested to by him and his seal and his signature.
Given under my hand and seal this 10th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Darius Merrill

I Benjamin Briggs of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts on oath do testify and say, that Caleb Litchfield now resident of Withersfield in the state of Vermont served with me a private for the space of three months in the war of the American Revolution in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy six and seventy seven in a company commanded by Joseph Pitson in the State service or militia and was stationed in Boston, and that said Caleb Litchfield enlisted in said company for three months and served the whole time as aforesaid also in addition to the above I distinctly recollect that the said Caleb Litchfield in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six, served a campaign at Nantasket with the state troops in Col. Whitney's Regiment, the length of time I am not able to state, I not having been there myself but a short time, and further saith not, July 17-1832 Benja Briggs
Plymouth July 17. 1832 Then the above named Benjamin Briggs made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true according to the best of his knowledge & belief before me Ebenezer T. Fogg - Justice of the Peace
July 17. 1832 And I further certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Benja Briggs for many years, and that he is a credible person - Attest Ebenezer T. Fogg - Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Weymouth I. Nathl. Morris Clerk of the Inferior Courts for the County of Plymouth hereby certify that Ebenezer T. Pogg Esquire before whom the within draft was sworn and the within certificate made is a true copy of the same for the County of Plymouth and that his name subscribed is his true and proper signature of which I have known to be right and am assured that all the premises are true to the best of my knowledge in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Deputation of Henry Briggs
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate Court for the County of Plymouth hereby certify that Ebenezer T. Pogg Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that I believe the within to be the proper signature & handwriting of said Ebenezer T. Pogg Esq. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this fifteenth day of August in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty two. Jacob H. Lord

I John Whitcomb of Scituate in the State of Massachusetts on oath do testify & say that Caleb Pitchfield now resident of Weathersfield in the state of Vermont, enlisted as a private in the state militia in the war of the American Revolution in Captain Joseph Pitman's Company, for three months and that he was stationed at Boston, and that he served with me in said Company the time of said service was the winter of 1776-77 the whole time as aforesaid, and further saith not. John Whitcomb
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Plymouth ss. July 17. 1832 Then the above named John Whitcomb made oath that the above affidavits by him subscribed is true according to the best of his knowledge & belief.
before me, Ebenezer T. Pogg - Just peace July 17. 1832 And I further certify that I have been acquainted personally with the above named John Whitcomb for many years and that he is a credible person.
Attest, Ebenezer T. Pogg - Just peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth hereby certify that Eben- ezer T. Pogg Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in said County of Plymouth & that I believe the above to be his own true signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Probate this fifteenth day of August in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord

Deposition of John Whitcomb
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I, John Whitcomb Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Francis J. Fogg, having been before whom the within affidavit was sworn and the within certificate made is a true copy of the same for the County of Plymouth And that his name there subscribed is his true and proper signature.
My testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Superior Judicial Court on the twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two.
John Whitcomb

Caleb Litchfield.
Mass. Troop.
Rev. War.
Mar. 1775. enlisted under Capt. Grooter.
Mar. 1776. " " Capt. Turner.
Col. Whitney's regt
— 1776. " " Capt. Henson
Col. Dyer's regt
1777. " " Capt. Howard
1779 " as a marine under Capt. Williams & served on board the Brig "Haggard"
Sep. 1779. enlisted under Capt. Curtis.
Col. John Jacob's regt
1780 " under Capt. Dyer's regt
Col. Jacob's regt
He was a prisoner. & after the war lived in Manchester, Vt.
I desire to know if he ever rec'd a bounty land warrant.
Thos. S. Hopkins
This information is desired by his daughter
Caleb

JNO. W. STURTEVANT, KEENE, N. H.
July 1. 89
Hon Clemens, Secy of Pensions Dear Sir:
I enclose the within paper at suggestion Navy Department. If you can furnish information desired please do so and I not well you have the kindness to forward to Fourth Auditor of Treasury.
Yours truly Jno. W. Sturtevant

JNO. W. STURTEVANT, KEENE, N. H.
June. 23. 1889
Adjutant General U.S.A. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Do the records of your office show, and if so will you please send me a copy of the Naval service of Caleb Litchfield of Silicate Mass, who served in the war of the revolution enlisting about the year 1778 from Boston Mass , and who received a pension for said service about the year 1835.
If you can give a record of such service you will care for a great favor-
Yours truly J. W. Sturtevant

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
June 12, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your communication of a recent date wherein you request informations as to whether Caleb Litchfield, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, received a bounty land warrant for his services, you are advised that a very careful search has been made and it does not appear, from the records and papers on file in this Bureau, that the soldier mentioned ever received a bounty land for his services in the Revolutionary war.
It is proper to add, however, that nearly all the papers and records pertaining to bounty lands issued by the Government prior to 1814 were destroyed by the burning of the War Department buildings in that year and in 1800.
Very respectfully,
First Deputy Commissioner.
Mr. Thomas S. Hopkins,
Washington Loan & Trust Co. Building,
Washington, D. C.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 13751.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
February 16, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Caleb Litchfield, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 6, 1832, at which time he was 72 years of age and residing at Weathersfield, Vermont, and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Crocker and Col. Whitney. He enlisted at Scituate, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mr. Thomas S. Hopkins,
Washington, D. C.