Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 10,291, for Lemuel Sturtevant, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Sturtevant, Lemuel Priscilla
R. 10,291
CONTENTS

Vermont 28055
Lemuel Sturtevant of Barton in the State of Ver who was a Private in the com commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Bailes in the Ver Troop line for Donno
Inscribed on the Roll of Ver at the rate of 66 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Febry 1874 and Lemuel Sturtevant B. F. Dunning 26 of R
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 33 $166 66 Pension allowance ending Mar. 4. 34 - 33 33
$199 99
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. B. Wheeler Clerk, Book C Vol. 3 Page 92

State of Vermont } At a Probate Court held Orleans District } at Barton in said District on this 22 nd day of August 1883 personally appeared before said Court Lemuel Stiment a resident of Barton in the district and county of Orleans aforesaid aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to form, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 - That at the breaking out of the Revolutionary War I lived at Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth Massachusetts that on the day of the Lexington Battle being out in a Regiment of Minute Men and being myself a minute man never came off the Battle - and that the next day we set out for the scene of action and marched to Milton & Danville  Barnesfield - in Capt James Allen's Company in Col. John Briley's Regt. That after we had been at these places  Barnesfield four or five days I enlisted for eight months as a private in the Massachusetts State Troops and served said period of eight months in Capt James Allen's Company in Col. Briley's Regt. Lieutenant Col. Mitchell - Captain Briley, or son of Col Briley, Adjutant. That we were stationed the eight months at Dorchester and Roxbury and was dismissed the first of January 1776 - but without writing--
That at the close of the above named period of service I enlisted again as a private in the Continental Army for the term of one year - That I then entered the service at Dorchester and a company commanded by Capt.

Ensign Clapp. Depe Sturtevant, a brother of mine, Lieut. in Col. Jonathan Ward's Regt. And was station 3 at Roxbury and Dorchester until the enemy left Boston  that when the after the British left Boston we were marched to New York - That ten or fifteen days before New York was evacuated by the American Army I was put into a company of carpenters and and sent there, and assisted in building Fort Washington where we were under the command of Col. Putnam That after this we were marched to the Babb's Ferry - Then to White Plains - Thence to Peek's Kill where we had a skirmish with the enemy's boats - Thence to Kings Ferry where I was discharged the last day of December 1776 - by a written discharge - which writing was burnt up with my house many years ago -
I was born in the Town of Halifax Plymouth County Mass the 9 th day of Nov. 1756
I have a record of my age in my Bible but know of none any where else -
I was living at Bridgewater Mass when I was called 3 into the service being an apprentice as a carpenter and house joiner - but my home was at Halifax where my father resided -
I removed from Halifax to Syme New Hampshire in the year 1778 when I resided about nineteen years when I removed to Boston at my present residence and where I have resided ever since -
I always served by voluntary enlistment. at 
I received a discharge at the close of my years service which was burnt up with my house at Syme N.H.

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Samuel Sturtevant
We Bowman Brown pastor of the Congregational Church in Boston and residing in Boston in Olens County and Harry Baxter Minister of the Gospel in the town and Representative in the State Legislature of the State of Boston hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Sturtevant who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be seventy six 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 - Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Bowman Brown Harry Baxter
I Lyman Sturtevant of Boston a resident of Boston in Olens County aforesaid aged forty four years do hereby certify that in my childhood and after more than twenty years ago I have my father Samuel Sturtevant who has made the above declaration state many incidents which occurred in the Revolutionary War. I have more often heard him say that he was a minuteman and that on the breaking out of the Revolutionary War he went to Dorchester and served as a soldier of Dorchester and Roxbury through the summer

I remember having heard him say that he was a Soldier at the time of the Bunker Hill Battle - also of the manner in which they avoided the enemys walls when they were building a fort - I also remember having heard him tell how he killed British with shot & hit them or I called them British to receive the enemy - also his going to New York the next spring assisting in building Fort Washington & c - all of which statement I have often heard him state more than twenty years ago - sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid -
Cyrus Sturtevant
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 in the States - And the Court further certify that Brown Brown who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, Resident in said town of Barton and that Henry Baxter Esq. and Cyrus Sturtevant who have signed the preceding certificates are also Residents in said Barton and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit
I John H. Kimball Register of the probate court aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceeding of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Sturtevant for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 22 d day of August 1833
John H. Kimball Register

Lemuel Sturtevant Declaration for pension

Original claim
Declaration in order to be placed on the pension list under the act of the 18. March 1818.
County of Orleans ss.
On this 29. day of June 1832 personally appeared in open court being a Court of record within and for the County of Orleans and State of Vermont, Lemuel Sturtevant resident in said County aged seventy five years 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 acts of Congress of the 18. March 1818 and the 1. May 1820; that he the said Lemuel enlisted for the term of one year on the 1. day of January in the year 1776 in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Earl Clapp in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ward in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until the first of January 1777 when he was discharged from the service in Kings Ferry in the State of New York, that he here by relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, that his name is not on the roll of any State except Massachusetts; and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension, that twelve or fourteen years ago he procured papers for a pension and sent them by Judge Stanley to the war Department but the result of the application and that since that time he has made no effort for the above purpose. And in pursuance of the act of the 1. May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18. 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 18. 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, real estate appraised at eighty dollars. —
   personal estate, one table — — — — —  75    one light stand — — — — —  75    one trunk — — — — —  1.00    one chest — — — — —  1.00    one old desk — — — — —  75    chairs in the whole — — — — —  1.50    five dogs & tongs — — — — —  2.25    one saw — — — — —  15.00    one yearling heifer — — — — —  6.00    three sheep & two lambs — — — — —  4.00    one old waggon — — — — —  11.00    three swarms of bees — — — — —  9.00     133.00   
That since the 18. March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property, on the twelfth January 1825 gave to Samuel Dias a mortgage deed of my farm to secure the payment of about two hundred fifty two dollars due him and on the 19. day of March 1828 I deeded a part of my farm to my son Cyrus Sturtevant as will more fully appear by the copies of the deeds to said Samuel Dias and Cyrus Sturtevant and from the affidavit of said Cyrus and the attested certificate of Ellis Cobb and Luther Merriam all of which are forwarded — my occupation that of joiner and carpenter but so infirm as to be unable to labour but little, my wife is about my age and quite infirm and I have no child who resides with me but Cyrus who is poor and unable to do much for me.
Lemuel Sturtevant
Sworn to and declared in open court on the 29. day of June 1832, before Ira H. Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court.

I Jas H. Allen Clerk of Orleans County Court do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Lemuel Sturtevant did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under an engagement on the continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied 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 one hundred thirty three dollars. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 12. day of July 1832.
Jas H. Allen Clerk of the Court of the County of Orleans —

9401.
Priscilla Sturtevant
Vermont
Act July 7 th 1838
Marr'd 1778
Husband died 15 Nov. 1839
Mono, died 4 July 1842
Not entitled.

State of Vermont Orleans District
At a Probate Court held at Newburgh in and for the District of Orleans on the 29. day of June A.D. 1843
Present Hon Geo. Nye Judge
Personally appeared Cyrus Sturtevant Administrator of Priscilla Sturtevant late of Barton deceased and after being first duly sworn, made the following decla- -ration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the United States passed July 7. 1838 and all any subsequent act of Congress which may be applicable to the case for the purpose of obtaining a Pension for the benefit of the heirs of the said Priscilla Sturtevant vis.
That the said Priscilla Sturtevant was the Widow of Samuel Sturtevant who was a Pensioner under the act of Congress of 1832 at the rate of Sixty six dollars sixty six cents per annum. And that the said Samuel Sturtevant died on the 15 th day of November 1839. And that the said Priscilla Sturtevant died on the 4 th day of July A.D. 1842. And the said Cyrus Stur- -tevant claims a Pension as Administrator of the said Priscilla Sturtevant for the benefit of her heirs as such Priscilla Sturtevant would have been entitled to under the aforesaid acts of Congress.
And the declarant declares that he has heard the said Samuel & Priscilla Sturtevant frequently say and the said Cyrus believes that they the said Samuel & Priscilla were married in the month of December 1778. And that most of the service performed by the said Samuel Sturtevant was before the marriage of the said Samuel & Priscilla and that the marriage was previous to the first of Jany 1794. to wit in the month of Decr 1778. as aforesaid.

And that the Pension certificate of Samuel Sturtevant was returned to the War Department at the time the arrears of his Pension was claimed. And the heirs of the said Priscilla Sturtevant for which the Pension is claimed are as follows viz Cyrus Sturtevant Samuel Sturtevant Polly Woodman Sarah Sturtevant Ezra D Sturtevant Cyrus Sturtevant Hulda Verney Lucy Newton Sally Sweet Deborah Dean. & Lydia Seland as by the certificate of the Court will more fully appear
Subscribed and sworn to in open Court this 29 day of June A.D. 1843 Cyrus Sturtevant Geo. Nye Judge I Cyrus Sturtevant of Barton in the County of Orleans & State of Vermont aged Fifty three Years Testify & say that I am the Son of Samuel & Priscilla Sturtevant formerly of Barton deceased and that the papers hereto attached denominated family records. Marked (A Page 1) and (B. Page 2) was by me taken from the family Bible of My deceased Parents. and that the writing on each page (except on the page marked (4)) is in the hand writing of My Father and has ever been understood by Myself & Father's family to be a correct family record of the births &c of the family of Samuel & Priscilla Sturtevant. and I so believe. and further say not Cyrus Sturtevant
Subscribed & sworn to in open Court this 29. day of June A.D. 1843 Geo. Nye Judge

State of Vermont Orleans District
Probate Office Irasburgh 28 th June AD 1843
And the said Court hereby declare their opinion: that after examining the Deponent, and carefully enquiring of the matters, declared the said Court believe that the said Cyrus Sturtevant is well informed of the facts set forth, and that the same are true as alleged. And the said Court further say that from twenty years personal acquaintance with the said Cyrus Sturtevant who has subscribed the affidavit on the preceding page that he is a witness of truth and his testimony entitled to full credit.
Geo Nye Judge of Probate
State of Vermont Orleans District
Register Office Irasburgh 28 th June 1843
I Henry M Bates Register of the Probate Court for the District of Orleans Hereby certify that the above and foregoing is the original proceedings had in the Probate Court aforesaid in the matter of the Declaration of Cyrus Sturtevant Administrator of Priscilla Sturtevant for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name this 28 th day June AD 1843
H M Bates Register
ge ues the

Lemuel Sturtevant Was born in the year of our Lord A D 1756 November the 9
Priscilla Sturtevant born the 11 April A D 1760
Cyril Sturtevant Was born August the 16 1779
Lemuel Sturtevant Junr Was born 23 Jene- wary 1781
Priscilla Sturtevant was Born November the 20 1782
Jariss Sturtevant was Born 16 July 1784
Lemuel Sturtevant Died in the year of our Lord 1839 Nov the 15th aged 83
Priscilla Sturtevant Died July the 4th 1842 in the 82nd year of her age
Priscilla Dean died 23 Jeneuary 1822

FAMILY RECORD.
Mary Sturtevant was born the 10 Jenuary AD In the year of our Lord AD 1786
Ezra T Sturtevant was born 10 Jenuary the 23 AD 1788
Cyrus Sturtevant was born November 26 AD 1789
Huldah Sturtevant was born 17 September AD 1791
Lucy Sturtevant was born 17 February AD 1793
Isaac Bryant Sturtevant was Born 17 October AD 1795
Isaac B Sturtevant Died when he was 17 months old

Sallay Sturtevant was born 5 September In the year of our Lord A D 1797
Debrough Sturtevant Was born 5 of October A D 1799
Lydia Sturtevant was born the first day of may In the year of our Lord A D 1802
Dated at Barton 22 August 1829 on the indepen- -dence of the united States the fifty fourth By me Lemuel Sturtevant In the 73 year of his age

(4)
FAMILY RECORD.
Cyrus Sturtevant was born Nov the 26 th 1787
Phebe Wyman was March the 29 1787 and was married Febry the 1 st 1816
C W Sturtevant was born Sept the 19 th 1817
J C Sturtevant was born Sept the 27 th 1820
Phebe Sturtevant April 22 nd 1826
J H Wyman was born July the 26 1834
cyrus

State of Vermont. Orleans District
At a Probate Court held at Irasburgh in and for the District of Orleans on the 29 th day of June A D 1843
Satisfactory evidence was adduced to prove that Samuel Sturtevant who was a Pensioner of the United States died at Barton on the 15 th day of November 1839. and left a Widow by the name of Priscilla Sturtevant who died at Barton on the 14 th day of July 1842. And that Cyrus Sturtevant has been duly appo- inted Administrator on the Estate of said Priscilla Sturtevant and given Bonds to administer said estate according to law: And that Cyril Sturtevant. Samuel Sturtevant. Polly Woodman. Darius Sturtevant. Ezra Sturtevant. Cyrus Sturtevant. Huldah Varney Lucy Newton. Sally Swift. Deborah Dean & Lydia Seland are the heirs and only heirs of said Samuel & Priscilla Sturtevant deceased
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the the Seal of said Court together with my official signature at Irasburgh this 29 th day of June A D 1843
Geo. Nye Judge

I Certify that Samuel Sturtevant Jr of Halifax and Priscilla Thompson of Middleborough was published in Halifax November 23 rd 1778. The above is a true copy of the record, as put in figures, which was in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight November the twenty third day Halifax July 5 th 1843 Attest Zaddock Thompson Town Clerk of Halifax
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth County ss July 5 - 1843 Personally appeared Zaddock Thompson the above named Town Clerk of Halifax a Man well known to me, and is a credible Person and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me, and I further certify that I was present with the said Town Clerk and assisted him in the examination of the Town Records in his possession and we could find no record of the Marriage of Samuel Sturtevant Jr and Priscilla Thompson in his Book -
Samuel Thompson Justice of Peace for the County of Plymouth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston October 11. th 1843.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestations Wilkes Wood was Judge of Probate, and Samuel Thompson was a Justice of the Peace, for the County of Plymouth.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John A. Dole Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I George Thompson of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth, Massachusetts of lawful age to give evidence testify & say that Samuel Sturtevant formerly of Halifax in said County but late of Boston in the County of Orleans & State of Vermont deceased was the Brother of my Mother now deceased. And his widow formerly of Middleborough aforesaid but late of Boston aforesaid now deceased was the Sister of my Father Isaac Thompson of Middleborough aforesaid. Enquire deceased that my said Father while living kept a diary of particular family events & incidents as they occurred which Diary is now in my possession in his own hand writing: that in this Diary I find the following entry. "December 24 th 1778. Samuel Sturtevant and Priscilla Thompson was married."
That the said Priscilla Thompson was a member of my Father's family at and before the marriage aforesaid. as informed by my P. Parents.
That altho the aforesaid marriage took place before I was born yet I well remember of seeing the said Samuel Sturtevant and his said wife repeatedly at my Father's house in said Middleborough, on visits. George Thompson July 6 th 1843.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth County ss. July 6 th 1843. Personally appeared George Thompson a Man well known to me, and is a credible Person and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me Wilkes Wood Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth.

July 5 44,
Mr Adolph Mistalla Skutervant
Barton St E & 10th
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Col. J. A. Edwards Commr of Pensions Washington City D.C.
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State of Vermont Orleans District ss I Geo. Nye Judge of the Probate Court within and for the District of Orleans, Hereby certify that at a session of said court held at the Probate office at Irasburgh in and for the District aforesaid on the 26th day of June A.D. 1844
Satisfactory evidence was adduced that Priscilla Sturtevant widow of Samuel Stur- tevant late of Barton deceased, died at Barton in said District of Orleans on the 4th day of July A.D. 1842. That she left the following named children who were living at the time of her decease viz-
Cyril Sturtevant born August 16th A.D. 1779 Samuel Sturtevant Jr. born January 23 d - 1781 Jairus Sturtevant born July 16th 1784 Polly Woodman born January 23 d 1786 Ezra Sturtevant born January 23 d 1788 Cyrus Sturtevant born Novr 26 1789 Huldah Johnson (now Huldah Varney) born Sept. 17th 1791 Lucy Newton born Febr 1793 Sally Leavitt born Sept. 5th 1797 Deborah Dean born October 5th 1799 Lydia Leland born May 1 st 1802
And that on the 29th day of June A.D. 1843 Cyrus Sturtevant was appointed administrator on the estate of Priscilla Sturtevant in due form of law
In witness Whereof I have unto affix the seal of said court together with my official signature at Irasburgh in said District this 26th day of June A.D. 1844
Geo. Nye Judge

Barton Vt. June 28. 1844
Col. J. L. Edwards Sir
I here send you the certificate of Judge Nye showing the time of the death of Priscilla Sturtevant, the names names & ages of her surviving children agreeable to your requisition of date Apl. 22 d - 44 - -
The Judge & also the Administrator both are fully of opinion that the same certificate has been made before & that it has misled the same when or was not forwarded by my Father
My Father died May 9 th 16 28
If there has an additional act passed granting or continuing widows Pension I would be much obliged if you will send me a copy of its provisions together with your rules & Regulations
Respectfully yours
abt. Secy. J. M. Kimball

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
September 20, 1928.
Mrs. Florence S. Carr 300 W. Glenwood Ave. Knoxville, Tenn.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 10291, it appears that Lemuel Sturtevant was born November 9, 1756 at Halifax, Massachusetts.
He was a minute-man in Captain James Allen's Company, and enlisted in 1775 and served eight months as a private in said captain's company in Colonel Bailey's Massachusetts Regiment; and enlisted January 1, 1776 and served one year as a private in Captain Earl Clapp's Company, Colonel Jonathan Ward's Massachusetts Regiment. His brother, Jesse Sturtevant, was Lieutenant in this company at this time.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 29, 1832, at which time he was living at Barton, Orleans County, Vermont. He died there November 15, 1839.
The soldier married at Middleboro, Massachusetts, Priscilla Tomson or Thompson on December 24, 1778. She was born April 11,

1760. She was then of said Middleboro and he was of Halifax, and was referred to as Junior.
She died July 4, 1842 at Barton, Vermont, leaving the following children- Cyril Sturtevant, Lemuel Sturtevant, Jairus Sturtevant, Polly Woodman, Ezra Sturtevant, Cyrus Sturtevant, Huldah Johnson(in 1844 Huldah Varney), Lucy Newton, Sally Leavitt, Deborah Dean, Lydia Leland.
The following are the births of their children-
  Cyril born August 16, 1779   Lemuel " January 23, 1781.   Priscilla " November 28, 1782.   Jairus " July 16, 1784.   Mary or Polly " January 10, 1786, or January 23, 1786   Ezra D. or T. " January 23, 1788.   Cyrus " November 26, 1789.   Huldah " September 17, 1791.   Lucy " February 17, 1793.   Isaac Bryant " October 17, 1795, died when he was 17 months old.   Sally " September 5, 1797.   Deborah " October 5, 1799.   Lydia " May 1, 1802. 
It also appears on family record that Cyrus Sturtevant married Phebe Wyman February 1, 1816, and that O. W. Sturtevant was born September 19, 1817; I. C. Sturtevant was born September 27, 1820; Phebe Sturtevant was born April 22, 1826; and J. H. Wyman was born July 26, 1834.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

West Lebanon, N. H.,
Feby 27, 1901..
To the Honorable The Commr of Pensions. Washington, D.C.,
I acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the letter from your Bureau in reply to my own requesting information regarding a Revolutionary Soldier named Samuel Sturtevant . In making the search the right Samuel has not been found - The man I wrote concerning was a native of Middleborough, Mass. , and as some of those who marched upon the alarm , from Bridgewater Mass. , This Samuel Sturtevant I ask about, was drawing a pension long before the date of 1832, and where he lived at his home in Barton in the state of Vermont . Of my own knowledge there are a number of revolutionary soldiers of the name, and originating in Eastern Mass.
Very respectfully Yrs,
M. M. Day,

U. S. Pension Dept. Washington D. C.
I would like to ask for the record of Samuel Studevant who served in the Revolutionary war - I think he lived in Middlebury Plymouth Co Mass. Born Nov. 9 1756 Married Priscilla Thompson Dec. 24 - 1778 - Died in Barton Vt. 1839
He received a pension
I think he was Capt. of a Military Co.
Please send all family data And very greatly oblige Mrs Florence Studevant - Coari Knoxville Tennessee Nov 14 - 1927

300 W. Glenwood Ave
Knoxville Tennessee
Answered Sept. 20, 1928
May 31-1928
To Commission of Pension
Dear Sir
Will you please send me a copy of the pension application of Lemuel Sturdivant , Revolutionary War soldier from Massachusetts.
If there is any family history will you please have that copied for me - Thanking you in advance.
I am
Very Sincerely
Mrs. Florence Sturdivant - Coax 300 W. Glenwood Ave
Knoxville
Tennessee

Mar 16 1900 m. m. Day - W. Johnson N.Y. 1928 Sept. 20 - Hair Rev Mrs. Florence S. Carr aug. 
REJECTED
10. 291.
P. O. Priscilla Thurston
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Ry - 10, 291 - cont
Lemuel Sturtevant
June 29, 1837.
Orleans, Vt - 75-
Barton
July 1, 76
Capt Earl Clapp
Cul Jones Ward
Pvt - 1 yr
May 1, 75 Bridgewater Mass
Capt Jas. Allen
Cul Enr. Bailey
- Pvt 8 mos
Born Halifax Mass.
Nov. 9, 1756
Skirmish with British bouts at Peekskill V's
Marrying Priscilla Thompson
in Dec 78
Died Nov. 15, 1839
She died Juf 4, 1842

9401
Priscilla Sturtevant widow of Lemuel Verb
J Kimball Sep 29 1843 J W Kimball Apr 22 1844 Dp Octo 15 1844 J H Kimball June 12 1846 S D Kimball Mch 14 1852
10291
act July 7/88

Brasburgh W. Feb. 26 1854, Sir,
Enclosed please find the affidavits of Cyrus Sturtevant, son & administrator of Phoebe Sturtevant, deceased,
Mr. Sturtevant, says his last papers that were filed in the Pension Office, were for- warded, some 6 or 7 years since by S. W. Kimball his Agt.
He is anxious to know the situation of the case, & what further proof is required to substantiate his claim,
I am Sir, With Respect, your Obedt Servt, L. D. Kimball
Hon L. P. Waldo, Commr of Pensions Washington. D. C.

Barton VA March 17-1846
Sir
I send you herewith the Deposition of Susanna Thompson the proove. with testimony already in your office the marriage Lemuel Sturtevant & Priscilla Thompson. — I trust be used in the application of the latter by her agent for a Pension.
I am very respectfully Yours obedt Servt.
John H. Kimball Agent
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C. —

I Susanna Sampson of Lynn in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire age Seventy eight years last July elapsed and say I am a native of Middlebury in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts where I resided until I was twenty nine years old I then removed to said Lynn where I have since resided. I further say that Priscilla Sampson who married Lemuel Sturtevant then of Halifax in the said Commonwealth of Massachusetts was my Aunt and at the time of her marriage the said Priscilla lived with my Mother my Mother then being a widow and residing in said Middlebury. I further say that the said Lemuel Sturtevant & the said Priscilla Sampson were joined in marriage at my Mother's House in said Middlebury in the month of December in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy eight. I was present and saw them married I well recollect it because it was the first couple I ever saw married I was then eleven years old the July previous to the above marriage. Soon after their marriage they removed to Lynn New Hampshire where they resided many years when my husband moved from said Middlebury with myself & family we lived in the House with said Sturtevant about two years. They had several children the oldest of which was born in Halifax the his the oldest child's name was Sevel or Sypel . When the said Sturtevant left said Lynn he removed with his family to the Town of Barton Vermont where I understood he resided until his death he and his wife and children frequently used to visit me at Lynn previous to his death and some of his children have visited me since their Father's death. He had a large family of children thirteen in all I believe six sons and seven daughters.
Susanna Sampson
State of New Hampshire Grafton County ss. Lynn March 13. 1846 Sworn to and subscribed before me D. G. Churchill Justice of the Peace

I further certify that I have been personally acquainted with the within-named Susanna Janson for more than thirty years past. She is a respectable person ever has and now does sustain a good moral & religious character since my acquaintance with her. She retains her physical and mental faculties remarkably for a person of her age - in my opinion full credit may be given to her statement.
D. C. Churchill Justice of the Peace.
State of New Hampshire
Grafton County set. Nathan B. Felton, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that David C. Churchill is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the twentieth day of May, A.D. 1844, and will expire on the twentieth day of May, A.D. 1849; and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of March A.D. 1846. N.B. Felton Clerk

Benton Vermont 3 August 1843
Col James L. Edwards
Sir enclosed is the papers for the purpose of obtaining the pension due Priscilla Sturtevant Widow of Lemuel Sturtevant. I perceive that the Certificate which should have been affixed to the papers from Massachusetts shewing the Justices to have been such is omitted - but as there is so full a family record I hope the papers to show Marriage will be satisfactory, but should it be otherwise you will please return the papers to me and I will take measures to obtain the necessary certificates -
Respectfully Yours - John Kimball
P. S on the family record on page Mark 4 is the family record of Cyrus Sturtevant son of Lemuel and Priscilla Sturtevant

B.
Oct 13. 1843.
Miss Abigail Priscilla Sturtevant
Dear Jane

Boston Oct 11 1843
James D. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir
I have enclosed two certificates & other papers, for your Department, at the request of John Kimball Esq of Boston Vt
Yours &c
E. S. Brigham

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston Octbr 11 th 1843
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Wilkes Wood was Judge of Probate for the County of Plymouth,
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Jno. A. Bolles Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Allen Shaw Town Clerk of the Town of Middleborough Massachusetts hereby certify that in the Record of publications previous to marriage in said Town; the publication of the purpose of marriage between Samuel Sturtevant junior and Priscilla Thompson is recorded as follows, viz, "November ye - seventeenth hundred eighty eight then published a purpose of marriage between Mr. Samuel Sturtevant junior of Halifax and Priscilla Thompson of Middleborough - per Abner Barrows Town Clerk."
I Allen Shaw above named before and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Middleborough Mass, and that the foregoing is a true extract from the Record of publications of the purpose of marriage in said Town, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows, viz, "Nov. 17 th 1778." and I further testify that I have made search in said Record to find the record of the marriage of the above named Samuel Sturtevant & Priscilla Thompson and cannot find the record of such marriage there.
N.B. The word office was interlined before signing Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Allen Shaw } Town Clerk of Middleborough Plymouth County ss July 7 th 1813. Subscribed and sworn to before me and I further certify that the above named Allen Shaw is Town Clerk of the Town of Middleborough -
Wilkes Wood Justice of the Peace and Judge of Probate for the County of Plymouth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Decem r 20 th 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Lemuel Sturtevant as a private, is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt James Allen's Company, in Col. Bailey's Regt where he is allowed from May 1 st to August 1 st 1773. for services and travel three Months & eight days m d 3-8 Lemuel Sturtevant claims for further services under Capt. James Allen in 1773. the rolls of which are not found in this Office after the first of August in '73.
Edward D. Bangs, Secy.

Barton Vt Aug t 4. 1832
Hon Lewis Cass Secy War Sir since the reception of your letter dated Feb 10. 1832 I have taken such further steps as was therein directed, and have been before the proper court and had the papers authenticated according to your direction and herewith transmit them to you; If they are correct & satisfactory please to forward me a certificate accordingly as Should there be any failure as to my receiving a pension under the old Act are not the papers satisfactory for one under the new; If there is any failure in them now so that I am not granted a pension I wish the papers all returned & the reasons why and what further needs be done
I am Sir Your Obed t Serv t
Leviathan

War Department Pension Office December 18, 1831.
Sir,
The papers in the case of Samuel Sturtevant have been examined and they are herewith returned. Service in 1776 for one year in Colonel Ward's regiment will bring his case within the provisions of the acts of Congress, provided he can produce the necessary proof in relation to his indigent circumstances and the disposition of his property since March 18, 1818. The enclosed papers containing evidence of service, must be properly authenticated. The enclosed printed sheet will point out more particularly what is necessary to be done.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your O bt Servt
Hon. W. Cahoone. House of Representatives.
J. L. Edwards

To the Honorable Secretary of the Pension Office
Sir you will think it strains that my pension business has been lingored Along till the Eleventh hour but I cannot Inform you the reason without defamacion This is one affidavit Is still mis laid
of my, serving the first eight months 1875 In Captain James Allen's Company of Heavy Artillery in County of Plymouth Massachusetts and Cornell Baley regiment Sir if you can find time to Attend to the business as soon as may be yours Compliance will greatly oblige your most obedient and very humble Servant Lemuel Sherwood

I Zebediah Thomson of Halifax in the County of Plymouth a State of Massachusetts, of the age of twenty two years, do hereby testify and say - That I have always known Samuel Sturtevant formerly of Halifax, now of Belmont, having been born and brought up in the same town. That we enlisted together in what was called the year's service in the Revolutionary war, which enlistment was on or about the first of January seventeen hundred and seventy six. The Company we enlisted and served in was commanded by Earl Clapp; Jesse Sturtevant 1 st Lieutenant & George Dorrham 2 d Lieutenant belonging to Col. Ward's Regiment. After the said enlistment Samuel Sturtevant continued with the Company and marched with it to New York - in the latter part of summer the said Sturtevant was detailed as a Carpenter - after that service I always understood he returned to the company, and served his time out, but all the latter part of that year I was sick in the Hospital, and do not recollect to have seen him. Zebediah Thomson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. June 28 th 1831 - Then personally appeared the within named Zebediah Thomson and made oath that the Deposition foregoing by him subscribed in my presence is true. Before me
William Thomas, Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. This certifies that on the twenty eighth day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty one personally appeared the within named Zebediah Thomson, a citizen well known to me to be of good character for truth and veracity, and made oath that this affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me
Wm. Thomas, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Witnesseth I M c R o Thomas a Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court being a Court of record in the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that William Thomas Esquire before whom the foregoing Affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth - And that I believe his name there subscribed to be his true & proper signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Supreme Judicial Court at Plymouth on this Twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and Forty two
M c R o Thomas

War Department Pension Office February 10. 1832
Sir,
In reply to the enclosed letter from Mr. Lemuel Sturtevant, I can only say in addition to what I mentioned in my letter to you of December last, that the evidence as to his service, will be sufficient, provided he will have it authenticated. But all the instructions in the printed sheet which I sent to you must be strictly adhered to. The affidavits which I returned to you contained proof of his having served during the Revolutionary war, but the officer whose duty it was to certify as to the official character and signature of the magistrates who administered the oaths, failed to give such a certificate. This he must do, under his seal of office, before the papers can be considered properly authenticated.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obdt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards
Hon. Mr. Cahoon House of Representatives

I, Cyrus Sturtevant of Barlow, in the county of Orleans and State of Vermont, aged 64 years do now here say, That I am son of Samuel & Phebe Sturtevant. That my said mother was an applicant for a Pension, when she died her papers are on file in the Pension office at Washington, Please notify Mr. A. D. Kimball, my agt. the situation of her papers on file in said office, and if any thing further is necessary to substantiate said claim, I am also administrator of my said Mother Estate, I think the papers are in my name, as administrator Cyrus Sturtevant
State of Vermont, Orleans County, ss. On this 24 th day of Feb'y, A. D. 1854, personally came Cyrus Sturtevant and signed & made oth to the truth of the above affidavit before me, I certify that deponent is a man of truth,
A. C. Robinson Notary Public

State of Vermont } Orleans County, ss. } I, S. D. Kimball, Clerk of Orleans County Court, in the State of Vermont, do certify that A. G. Robinson Esq., whose genuine signature is attached to the for- going certificate is a Notary Public, duly au- thorized and empowered by the laws of this State to administer oaths &c.
Given under my hand & seal (this) of office this 25 th day of Febry A. D. 1884,
S. D. Kimball, Clerk,
(Signature of S. D. Kimball)

I Abel Farnes of Middleborough County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the seventy sixth year of my age testify that I enlisted as a Soldier into the United States service & into a company commanded by Capt d Earl Clapp, Jesse Stickworth 1 st Lieut t George Dunham 2 d Lieut t in January in the year seven-teen hundred & seventy six - soon after March Marched & joined the Company at Roxbury.
That Samuel Stickworth then belonging in the County of Plymouth to Halifax enlisted as a Soldier about the same time & joined the same Company at Roxbury which was attached to a Regiment commanded by Col. Lord & Lieut t Col. Dufresne; we both marched with the Company in the summer of that year to New-York and in August I entered into the re-en- ing service - said Stickworth went with a party of carpenters to Fort Washington: until then I was familiarly acquainted with him but from that time 'til within a few days I have not seen him. And further the Deponent saith not.
June 25 th 1831. - Abel Farnes
Plymouth ss. June 25 th 1831. Personally appeared the above named Abel Farnes & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
Before me William Blood Justice of Peace Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Slymouth ss. This certifies that on this twenty fifth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty three four one Daniel Danner a person well known to me to be of good character for truth & veracity personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the within af- fidavit by him subscribed: Witness my hand and seal of office before me Wilkes Leland Judge of Probate for the County of Plymouth

I Amos Farnes of Middleborough, County of Plymouth, Massachusetts, aged seventy eight years, testify & say that I enlisted into the United States service in fall of the year 1775 & into a company commanded by Capt. Earl Cope & Lieut. Jesse Stewart of said County and joined the company forward at Dorchester near Boston and at about the same day Samuel Stewart then of Halifax in said County joined the same company as a private at said Dorchester and he served in said company at Dorchester & that vicinity until the British troops left the Harbor of Boston and soon after that our company was ordered & marched to New-York City where we continued until the American army retreated out of the City; when I enlisted into the ranging service & left said company and did not join the said company again & saw no more of said Stewart. Myself & the whole company enlisted for the term of one year which term I served until about four days before my term was out when being out of health I was discharged, and have no reason to doubt that said Stewart served the year out. Amos Farnes.
I Zebadiah Thompson Esq., of Halifax in the County of Plymouth, Mass. aged seventy four years, testify & say that in the year 1775. I enlisted into the United States service & into a company commanded by Capt. Cope & Lieut. Stewart Sent both of the County aforesaid; and I joined the company on the first day of January 1776. at Dorchester near Boston and when I joined said company I found Samuel Stewart in the company aforesaid, a private, and he served in said company at said Dorchester & in its vicinity until the British troops left Boston Harbor, when our said company was ordered & marched to New-York City where we were stationed until the American troops retreated from the City; after that said Stewart was taken out of said company as a carpenter & employed in some other service. Not long after that I was sick & confined in a hospital until my term was out, and do not recollect of seeing Stewart until his return home. Stewart & myself were then both

of Halifax aforesaid & well acquainted with each other. I always understood that said company Sturtevant served his term from year out & was made up in the company for its full term aforesaid - we both entered for one year. The company above named was in a Regiment commanded by Col Jonathan Ward. said Sturtevant many years since moved from Halifax aforesaid to the State of Vermont and I have been informed & believe that he now resides in the Town of Boston in said Vermont, & further say not.
Zebadiah Thompson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth County ss. Personally appeared Ariel Farnum and Zebadiah Thompson Esq. persons well known to me, & made oath to the foregoing depositions by them respectively and subscribed & made oath to the same respectively before me; And I further state that said Depositions are  are true to the best of my knowledge & belief to full credit as witnesses. -
Wilkes Wood, Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Court of Probate -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth, do hereby certify that Wilkes Wood Esq. before whom the two foregoing Depositions were taken is Justice of the Peace & Judge of Probate for said County & that the foregoing signature is his true & genuine handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this sixth day of August in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty three.
Jacob H. Lord

Adm 20 m o per vate 66.66 — Poligista
Hon. Mr. Deming & R ✓
J. H. Kimball Esq.
Boston
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him; two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.