Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,443, for Seth Sturtevant, Massachusetts

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Sturtevant, Seth
S 37,443
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5742. Maine
Seth Sturtevant
Pirate
Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 rd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd of January 1819 and sent to Albion K. Parris Paris Oxford County Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818  4 \text{ mo } \frac{12}{30} = 35.20 emi-anl. all'ce ending 4 th Mar 1819 = 48.
$83.20
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Not entitled to a pension under law of the 1 May 1820. Notification Sent to Thomas Clark Esq 11 July 1820. Paris, Maine
For appt. under Act 11 March, 1823. Letter to S. P. Barron 5 August 1828 written by special direction of Col. J. L. C.

Seth Sturtevant Biovate Wesson's Mass. Reqd June 2 o 1777. 3 years
Admitted
April 23 1818
Seth Sturtevant.

2.22.46 I Seth Stewart of Sumner in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman, on oath declare that I served in the War of the Revolution as a soldier in the Army, on the Continental establishment for the term of forty one months — That I enlisted into said service (after having served through five months service at New York) at Halifax in the County of Plymouth and said Commonwealth, into a company commanded by Captain Amos Cogswell belonging to the Regiment commanded by Col. James Weston of the Massachusetts Line, on the second day of June in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, for the term of three years and soon after joined the Regiment at Stillwater and, after the battle with the Burgoyne in which I was engaged, I marched with said Company to Pennsylvania, where I was in said service till March seventeen hundred & seventy eight, when I was taken from said company and attached to General Washington Life Guards, commanded by Major Caleb Gibbs, in which Guards I continued through the remainder of my said term, being with the army in the evacuation of Philadelphia and in the pursuit of the enemy through East Jersey and at the Battle of Monmouth and was, at the close of my said term discharged at Morristown in New Jersey on the first day of June seventeen hundred & eighty by the said Maj. Gibbs — And I further declare that I am a

resident Citizen of the United States of America - that I am not borne on any pension list of said United States and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support -
Seth Sturtevant
We the subscribers, selectmen of the Town of Sum- ner, in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify, that Mr Seth Sturtevant of said Town, is in quite low circumstances in life & in our opinion is needy of some assistance from his country. Sumner, 22 April A.D. 1910 -
James Henry Sun Calvin Bish

I Isaac Sturtevant of Sumner in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Esquire, testify and say that I was a Soldier in the America Army in the war of the Revolution - that I enlisted into the service of the United States at Halifax in the County of Plymouth & said Common- wealth, on the second day of June seventeen hundred & seventy seven, into the Company commanded by Captain Amos Cogswell of Col. James Weston Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, for the term of three years - that Seth Sturtevant now resident in said Sumner, did enlist into the same Company at the same time and for the same term - that we both did duty together in said Company till March in the year seventeen hundred & seventy eight, when the said Seth was taken from said Company and drafted into General Washington Life Guard - after which I was well knowing to the said Seth continuing to do duty in said Guard through the remainder of said three years & until June seventeen hundred & eighty where he was discharged at Morristown, we being frequently in each other's company although belonging to different Corps —
Isaac Sturtevant

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty third day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Seth Sturtevant the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence a regular discharge given him in the war of the revolution, also the affidavit of Isaac Sturtevant who served with said applicant in said war, made and signed in my presence, together with the certificate of James Hovey Jun. & Calvin Bickel, municipal officers of the corporation to which said applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life; all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Seth Sturtevant the applicant, served as a non-commissioned officer in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion L. Parrish
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

Seth Sturtevant N o 5742-
Not Entitled
22 Jany 1819
not entitled

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the second Tuesday of June A.D. 1820 and by adjournment from before the Honorable Benjamin Green & Judah Dana Judges of said Court.
On this 16th day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford - Seth Sturtevant aged sixty years, resident in Sumner in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Amos Cogswell in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Weston in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 22 nd day of January A. D. 1819, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5742 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 so 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 18th 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 to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particu- larly described below, also subscribed by me.
Seth Sturtevant -
Sworn to and declared, on the 16th day of June A. D. 1820.
Benjamin Green Judah Dana
BEFORE
Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: - twenty eight acres of very poor lands - one acre of which is improvable only - an unfinished house of one room - one barn - one lame horse fourteen years old - two cows - one calf - four sheep - five lambs - one swine - two old hoes - two axes - one scythe & snath - one old loom two tubs - two pails - earthen, tin & crockery ware - to the amount of one dollar - one pot - one kettle - one poor gun valued at two Dollars - six old chains - one table - one old chest of Drawers - one old sea chest - one shovel
Seth Sturtevant -

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Seth Sturtevant who by occupation am a farmer which I am un able to pursue by reason of  more than two thirds of the time by reason of infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Abigail wife of said Seth — 66 can labour but little  
Seth Sturtevant
I Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record 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  eighty nine dollars and cents  $09.00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 21 th day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thomas Clark { Clerk of the Circuit Court of Com. Pleas for said county of Oxford

Corporal Seth Huntant of the Corps of Guards having served the term of time out for which he was engaged is discharged the service of the United States.
Given under my hand at Head Quarters Morris Town this first day of June 1780 at E. Gibbs. M c Guards A. B.

37 443 Rev INVALID.
File No. 87, 443
Seth Stuart
Rev Rev 1823
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 399
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 5,742 Maine
Seth Sturtevant
of Oxford in the State of Maine who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Googmille of the regiment commanded by Colonel Weston in the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years from June 1777 to June 1780 .
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 23 day of April 1818 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d of January 1819 . and sent to Albion R. Paris Oxford: Maine .
Restored to the Roll on 22 d day of October 1828 and notification sent to Samuel F. Brown at Bucksfield: Maine Pension commencing on the 7 th of October 1828 .
Amount due on 4th of March 1829 . }
$ 39 18
{ Revolutionary Claim Acts March 18, 1818 May 1, 1820 V 11 March 1829

Rockfield Maine October 10. 1828
Hon. P. B. Porter Esq.
Secretary of War of the United States
Sir
Enclosed are the papers pertaining to the application of Seth Sturtevant for a pension agreeable to the law of March 10. 1818. His application has been amended and further evidence is forwarded all which I hope and believe will be sufficient to establish his claim
You will please to communicate the result to me for the use of Mr Sturtevant
yours respectfully
Samuel F. Brown

I Nathaniel Briggs of Sumner in the County of Oxford State of Maine, of lawful age testify & say that about seven or eight years ago as near as I can recollect I purchased of Seth Sturtevant of said Sumner four sheep for which I gave him ten dollars & seventy five cents for each and discharged of a debt which he was owing me for mending which he had before received of me and I am not certain but I paid him some cash towards them to pay taxes, but of this I am not certain — After said Sturtevant had sold me said sheep, he had but one left according to my present impression —
I further say that said Sturtevant is a very poor man and has, for some time past, hardly been able to support himself & wife without the calling on the charity of his neighbors Nathl Briggs
State of Maine
County of Oxford ss. September 29. 1828. Then the abovenamed Nathaniel Briggs, to me well known as a man of truth and under oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, before me
Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace

I Jonas Stetson of Sumner in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, of lawful age testify and say that in the Month of June last, I contracted with Seth Sturtevant of said Sumner for the purchase of his land lying in said Sumner and that on the seventh day of said June I received of said Sturtevant a deed of the same, the consideration which I paid him therefor being ninety five dollars for which I gave my promissory notes to said Sturtevant with an understanding that I should pay certain debts of said Sturtevant towards the payment of my said notes. That pursuant to this agreement I paid and took up from Jacob Brown of Penn in said County two notes given by said Sturtevant to said Brown amounting to between seventy one & seventy two dollars which sum was indorsed on my said notes, the balance being still unpaid.
Further say that I am knowing to the fact that one of said notes so taken up by me, was given to said Brown for a horse formerly sold by him to said Sturtevant and that I understood the other was given for the amount of an account for sundry necessaries before supplied by said Brown to said Sturtevant.
I also state that the land I so purchased, is of a poor quality, being very rocky and that said Sturtevant has never been able to get his living off of it, there being but about one acre that is capable of tillage.
Jonas Stetson
State of Maine County of Oxford ss. October 3 rd 1820 - Then the above named Jonas Stetson to me well known as a man of truth, made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me. Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace

I. Jacob Brown of Peru in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, of lawful age, testify & say about four or five weeks since James Stetson paid and took up from me two notes of hand given to me by Seth Sturtevant of Sumner in said County amounting to rising seventy dollars which was then due me from said Sturtevant one of which notes he had given me in payment for a horse which I had before sold him and the other was given in payment of my account against said Sturtevant for corn and rye & wheat and some money which I had before supplied said Sturtevant with and also for the payment of some debts of his, said Sturtevant not raising enough on his land for the supply of his family —
I further say that I am well knowing to the circumstances of said Sturtevant — that he is a very poor man and for such a man, is considerably in debt and I am fully of the opinion that as he is not able to labour but in a trifling degree unless he should procure a pension from the United States as a revolutionary soldier, he must resort to his friends or the public for a support.
Jacob Brown
State of Maine
County of Oxford ss. October 6. 1828. Then the abovenamed Jacob Brown to me well known as a man of truth, made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me Samuel H. Brown Justice of the Peace
State of Maine
Oxford ss.
I Rufus Goodwin Clerk of all the judicial courts within the said County of Oxford that Samuel H. Brown Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was at the times & is now a Justice of the peace & duly authorized to administer oaths in said County — that his name written on this & the two preceding pages purporting to be his signature is in each case his own proper hand writing as I verily believe. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of one of said courts this 7th day of October A. D. 1828. Rufus Goodwin Clerk

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS===THAT
I Seth Sturtevant of Sumner in the County of Oxford and State of Maine Yeoman.
In consideration of the sum of Ninety five dollars paid by Zenas Stutson of Said Sumner Yeoman.
the receipt whereof I - do hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said Zenas Stutson his
heirs and assigns forever A certain piece of land situated in said Sumner being part of lot number nine in the first range and first division of lots in said town & bounded as follows viz. beginning at the South east corner of said lot. thence running West forty five rods to a heap of stones. thence North one hundred & five rods to a hemlock tree. thence East forty five rods to the North east corner of said lot. thence South one hundred and five rods to the bound first mentioned containing twenty nine acres and one half. and is the same land that was conveyed to me by Isaac Sturtevant by his deed dated December 2. 1797 & recorded in the Registry of Deeds for Oxford County Book 11. Pages 260 & 261.
To Have and to Hold , the aforegranted and bargained Premises, with all the privileges and appurtenances thereof, to the said Stutson his
heirs and assigns, to his & their use and behoof forever. And I - do covenant with the said heirs and assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the Premises; that they are free from all incumbrances; that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said Stutson to hold as aforesaid.
And that I will warrant and defend the same to the said Stutson his
heirs and assigns forever, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons.
In Witness Whereof, I - the said Seth Sturtevant
have hereunto set my hand and seal this Seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED IN PRESENCE OF Samuel H. Brown.
Seth Sturtevant -
Oxford ss. June 7 th 1828 - Personally appeared Seth Sturtevant - his free Act and Deed.
Before me, Samuel H. Brown - JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Oxford ss. June 9. 1828 and recorded from the original Harrison & Allen Registrars.

Exford ss. Paris June 9 th 1828 I hereby certify that the within is a true copy from Exford Records from Book 31. Page 25. —
Attest. Alanson Mellen Register of Deeds for Exford County
Copy of a Deed Seth Stewart to Zenas Henson
I Rufus R Goodwin, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the County of Oxford in the State of Maine, do hereby certify, that the name of Alanson Mellen above written & purporting to be his signature is his own proper hand writing & that he is Register of Deeds for said County of Oxford & that full faith may be given to his certificate as above
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of one of said Courts this eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight
Rufus R Goodwin, Clerk

Seth Sturtevant's application for a Pension.
S. F. Brown Bucksfield, Maine. rec d . Aug. 4. 1828.

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Eastern Circuit , begun and holden at Paris within and for the County of Oxford on the second Tuesday being the tenth day of June and by adjournment from day to day on the 11 th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Ezekiel Whitman Judge of said Court.  1828
ON this eleventh day of June in the year 1828, personally appeared Seth Sturtevant of Sumner in said County of Oxford, before the court aforesaid
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit County aged sixty eight years, resident in Sumner in said Circuit County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private Soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Amos Cogswell in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Wilson and also in Washington's Life guards in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration made on the twenty third day of April A. D. 1828, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5742 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 so 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 18th 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 to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
(Signed) Seth Sturtevant
Sworn to and declared, on the eleventh day of June A.D. 1828 A.D. 1820.
BEFORE (Signed) Ezekiel Whitman
} One of the Judges of the said Court
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
  One cow valued at twelve dollars $12.00   One sheep one do 1.00   One shoat four do 4.00   Two Beds & bedding twenty do 25.00   House hold furniture 13.00   $55.00 
(Signed) Seth Sturtevant

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Seth Sturtevant who, by occupation am a Farmer which I am not able to pursue by reason of the infirmities of old age, except in light work
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Abigail Sturtevant my wife seventy four years Not able to labor but in a very trifling degree by reason of age & its infirmities.    Sgn Seth Sturtevant
STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County ss. I, Rufus K. Goodnow of Oxford do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record 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 fifty five dollars and eighth cents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit  County within the county Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Oxford  Rufus K. Goodnow

State of Maine
Oxford ss. At a Court of Common Pleas begun & holden at Paris within and for the County of Oxford on the fourth Tuesday of September and by adjournment from day to day to the 24th day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & twenty eight, before the Honorable Ezekiel Whitman Judge of said Court
On this 24th day of September in the year 1828 personally appeared the Seth Sturtevant of Sumner the applicant in the aforesaid application & prays liberty to amend his declaration aforesaid, and thereof being permitted & being duly sworn subjoins the following amendment viz, that since the time of the exhibition of his first schedule the following changes have been made in his property viz
   Description of property To whom disposed Time of sale Amount of money or description of property received in return     Twenty eight acres of land with house & barn Jenas Stetson June 7. 1828 Ninety five dollars, Seventy of which he paid my creditors and is bound to pay them the residue   One old horse died with botg in summer of 1821   One loom sold to Jacob Brown 4 or 5 years since Rec d chiefly in Rye for my family the balance in money spent to pay debts & buy necessaries, amount ten dollars   One calf butchered & sold as veal The time I cannot remember Rec d in necessaries for my family for payment of taxes   Three sheep & 5 lambs Sold four to Nath. Briggs & the remainder to others cannot tell the time exactly Paid my taxes & consumed a part in my family   One old gun Now good for nothing  
(Signed) Seth Sturtevant
Sworn to & declared on the twenty fourth day of September A.D. 1828
before (sign) Ezekiel Whitman Chief Justice of said Court

Oxford County ss. State of Maine
I Rufus Goodenow, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Oxford do hereby certify that the within is truly copied from the Record of the said Court. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifth day of October A.D. one thousand eight hundred & twenty eight
Rufus Goodenow, Clerk V.